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  • Advent Carol Service

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    We are delighted that University Music Chamber Choir (formed from singers from Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth) will be providing the music for our Advent Carol Service on Saturday 2nd December at 4.30pm at St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The service will include hymns and choral music by Britten, Howells, Weir, Farrington, Tavener and MacMillan. […]

    Free
  • In terra pax – a programme of choral music for Christmas

    St Ambrose Church West Cliff Road, Bournemouth

    University Music Choir and Orchestra present a programme of choral music for Christmas on Sunday 10th December at 4.30pm in St Ambrose Church, Westbourne (BH4 8BE). Enjoy performances of Finzi’s In terra pax, Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Tickets are £15 and available to buy on the door […]

    £15
  • Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

    St Peter's Church Bournemouth Hinton Road, Bournemouth

    All are welcome to the Universities’ Carol Service, led by University Music Chamber Choir on Thursday 14th December at 6pm in St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth. Enjoy glorious choral music alongside the best-loved, traditional Christmas carols. This free event is open to everyone in the local community.

    Free
  • Christmas Lunchtime Concert

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 16th December between 12.30 and 1pm for a Christmas lunchtime concert! Britten’s ‘A ceremony of carols’ will be performed by vocal consort and talented young harpist, Marni Lai. Enjoy a restful half an hour in the midst of this busy December Saturday! Admission is free and […]

    Free
  • Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our very traditional carol service on Saturday 23rd December at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. Alongside fantastic choral settings by composers including Morton Lauridsen and Philip Stopford, you can enjoy singing the best-loved, traditional Christmas carols. All are very welcome to this free event!

    Free
  • Choral Eucharist

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 14th January at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Victoria’s ‘Missa O magnum mysterium’, Cornelius’s ‘The Three Kings’ and ‘The Shepherd’s Farewell’ by Berlioz. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards.

    Free
  • Lunchtime Concert

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 20th January between 12.30 and 1pm for a lunchtime concert given by clarinettist Natalie Burton and pianist Rob Taylor. Their programme includes music by Weber, Stanford, Paul Reade and Saint-Saëns. Enjoy a restful half an hour in the midst of your busy Saturday! Admission is free […]

    Free
  • Choral Evensong for Epiphany

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 27th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for Epiphany includes Poulenc’s ‘Videntes stellam’, Christopher Moore’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Stanford’s ‘Evening Canticles in C’ and ‘Lo! star-led chiefs’ by William Crotch. Do join us for this free event […]

    Free
  • Free Lunchtime Concert

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    On Saturday 17th February between 12.30pm and 1.00pm, there will be a free lunchtime concert at St Peter's Church, Dorchester. The soloist this month is Sam Hanson, who will perform a recital of fantastic organ music. All are welcome to this free event.

    Free
  • University Music Choir & Orchestra Concert

    Christchurch Priory Quay Road, Christchurch, United Kingdom

    University Music Choir and Orchestra present their Spring concert on Saturday 17th February at 7.30pm in Christchurch Priory. The programme includes Beethoven's 'Mass in C' along with two orchestral works - Mozart's 'Horn Concerto in Eb' and Bruch's 'Romanze for Viola and Orchestra' - which showcase two of University Music's outstanding scholars: Ella Mainard (French […]

    £18
  • Choral Evensong

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 24th February at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Purcell’s ‘Thou knowest, Lord’, Richard Seal’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Buxtehude’s ‘Magnificat’ and Amy Beach’s ‘Nunc Dimittis’ and ‘Like as the hart’ by Herbert Howells. Do join us for this […]

    Free
  • Lunchtime Concert in Lent – Pergolesi ‘Stabat Mater’

    St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

    Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 16th March between 12.30 and 1pm for our lunchtime concert in Lent, when we offer a performance of Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’. This plaintive choral masterpiece will be sung by vocal consort. Spend a truly restful and reflective half an hour with us in the midst of […]

    Free