BLACKDOWNS EARLY MUSIC PROJECTS presents selected works from the Eton Choirbook and other contemporary English music The Eton Choirbook was created between 1500 and 1505 and originally contained 93 works by 24 composers from the early Tudor period. It exists in highly decorated manuscript, and was compiled for use in Henry VI's Chapel at Eton… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects: The Eton Choirbook
Verdi Force of Destiny Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen Dvorak New World Symphony
Red Cross 2 Choir Concert Featuring Wycombe Orpheus and Taunton Deane Male Choirs supported by talented soloist Hannah Deason-Barrow
A concert celebrating St Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians. Saint Nicolas - Britten Hail! Bright Cecilia - Purcell Featuring tenor Thomas Elwin and soprano Lorna Anderson Guest appearance by the country's foremost baroque trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins (think 'Antiques Roadshow' theme music!) Tickets £15 (students £10/under 12s free) from Taunton Tourist Information Centre or… Read More »Amici – Hail! Bright Cecelia
The Creation by Joseph Haydn performed by the West Somerset Singers and guest soloists. Tickets on the door, £10
Candlelit Advent Concert Our new Musical Director, Edward Goater, presents an atmospheric introduction to the Advent season. Features organist Matthew Redman. Join us for mince pies and mulled wine afterwards! Tickets £8 (students £5) from Taunton Tourist Information Centre or TCS website www.tauntonchoralsociety.org.uk
Celebrate the festive season with Wellington Choral Society’s performance of J S Bach’s choral masterwork, The Christmas Oratorio, a wonderful exploration of the nativity which features some of Bach’s most spectacular orchestration. The event takes place at 7-30 pm on Saturday November 26th at St John’s Church, Wellington. Ticket prices are £12, those under… Read More »Wellington Choral Society – J S BACH Christmas Oratorio
Join The Phoenix Singers with Music Director Andrew Maddocks for a special fundraising concert supporting the work of St Margaret's Hospice Care.
Get into the Christmas spirit with the Taunton Concert Band at their annual Christmas concert at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre. The programme will feature a selection of Christmas carols as well as Christmas music to bring those Christmas thoughts closer.
Our new Musical Director, Edward Goater, conducts Handel's 'Messiah'. Taunton Choral Society are joined by soloists Siona Stockel, Sarah Denbee, Eamonn Mulhall and Andrew Rupp and all are accompanied by Taunton Sinfonietta. Tickets £18/£15 (students £9/£7.50) available from Taunton Visitor Centre, The Market House, Taunton or through the TCS website www.tauntonchoralsociety.org.uk
