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  • Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

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

    You are warmly invited to our carol service on Saturday 17th December at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. This is a highly traditional carol service following the order of Kings College, Cambridge. Along with choir carols by Boris Ord, Vaughan Williams, Will Todd, Matthew Owens, John Rutter and others, the service features all of […]

    Free
  • Choral Eucharist

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

    Introducing our new monthly service of Choral Eucharist. Please join us on Sunday 12 February, at 10.30am. The music incudes Haydn: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo ('Little Organ' Mass), Stopford: God be in my head, Tallis: If ye love me and Mozart: Ave verum corpus. All welcome!

  • 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 25th February at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Chilcott ‘Even such is time’, Weelkes ‘Third Evening Service’, Tomkins ‘Preces & Responses’ and Bairstow ‘Blessed city, heavenly Salem’. Peter Nardone is at the organ. Please join us for […]

  • Dave Kelly, Bob Hall & Hilary Blythe

    Caryford Hall Maggs Lane, Castle Cary

    Dave Kelly, ex member of the Blues Band and one of the UK's premier Blues vocalists and guitarist, is reunited with the Blues and boogie boogie pianist, Bob Hall, and emotive singer of classic Blues, Hilary Blythe, on bass. Tickets via www.caryfordhall.co.uk

    £15 – £18
  • Come & Sing: Vivaldi-Gloria

    Upton Community Centre Poole Road, Upton

    Come and join The Quayside Choir for an exciting and inspiring afternoon of singing. The Workshop will be led by guest conductor Simon Earl, Director of Music, Organist & Master of the Choristers at Christchurch Priory, Dorset. This afternoon workshop will feature Vivaldi's Gloria in D Major, RV 589, through which Simon will focus on […]

    £10
  • Choral Evensong for Passiontide

    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 25th March at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for Passiontide includes: Stopford ‘God so loved the world’, Barnard ‘Preces & Responses’, Wood ‘Evening Service in Eb (No.1)’ and Brahms ‘Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnung’. David Beeby is at […]

    Free
  • Stainer’s Crucifixion

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

    On Good Friday 7th April at 6pm, Music at St Peter's present a performance of Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’. The choir will be accompanied by the organist Chris Dowie and we welcome Colin Howard and Stefan Oakes as tenor and bass soloists. The performance is offered as an act of worship, so admission is free and all […]

    Free
  • Choral Evensong for Easter

    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 22nd April at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for Easter includes: Parry ‘My soul, there is a country’, Sumsion ‘Preces & Responses’, Howells ‘Gloucester Service’ and Stanford ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’. Graham Scott is at the organ […]

    Free
  • 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 22nd July at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for includes: Duruflé ‘Ubi caritas’, Seal ‘Preces & Responses’, Brewer ‘Evening Canticles in D’ and Rutter ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation’. David Beeby is at the organ […]

    Free
  • 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 28th October at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Elgar ‘They are at rest’, David Bruce Payne ‘Preces & Responses’, Kelly ‘Evening Canticles in C’ and Purcell ‘Rejoice in the Lord, alway’. Do join us for a glass […]

    Free
  • Three Counties Swing Band

    Caryford Hall Maggs Lane, Castle Cary

    Playing music from the big band era and beyond. Ticket price includes afternoon tea. Prosecco bar will be open. Tickets via www.caryfordhall.co.uk

    £12 – £14