BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Taunton Association of Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tapa.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Taunton Association of Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251114T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251114T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20241025T130253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T130253Z UID:10013299-1763121600-1763127000@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert DESCRIPTION:Advance Notice more detail will be added later. Doors open at 12.00pm\, performance starts at 12.45pm. URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/lunchtime-concert-10/ LOCATION:St John the Evangelist Church\, Taunton\, Park Street\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 4DG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ORGANIZER;CN="St John the Evangelist Church%2C Park Street%2C Taunton":MAILTO:french.michaelfrench@gmail.com GEO:51.0133012;-3.1091756 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St John the Evangelist Church Taunton Park Street Taunton Somerset TA1 4DG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Park Street:geo:-3.1091756,51.0133012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251114T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251114T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20240414T220819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T173619Z UID:10013223-1763121600-1763128800@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert – Advanced Student Muscians Perform DESCRIPTION:Pupils from Wellington School \nA scintillating showcase of musical talent featuring a group of Award-holding students with a wide range of ages\, stages and styles. \nRetiring collection in aid of Reminiscence Learning\, a local dementia Charity and St John’s Church. \nDoors open at 12.00pm\, performance starts at 12.45pm. Hot and cold drinks will be available before the start of the concert. People are welcome to bring a packed lunch to eat quietly before and during the concert. URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/lunchtime-concert-advanced-student-muscians-perform/ LOCATION:St John the Evangelist Church\, Taunton\, Park Street\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 4DG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ORGANIZER;CN="St John the Evangelist Church%2C Park Street%2C Taunton":MAILTO:french.michaelfrench@gmail.com GEO:51.0133012;-3.1091756 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St John the Evangelist Church Taunton Park Street Taunton Somerset TA1 4DG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Park Street:geo:-3.1091756,51.0133012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251123T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251123T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20251025T151342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T204915Z UID:10013371-1763924400-1763929800@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Blackdowns Early Music Projects – The Myth of Venice – C16 music for Cornetto and Keyboards DESCRIPTION:Gawain Glenton\, cornetto and Silas Wollston\, organo di legno\nThe appointment of the Flemish composer Adrian Willaert at Venice’s Basilica San Marco in 1527 heralded the emergence of Venice as a cultural super-power. This recital explores the work of original composers who built the ‘myth of Venice’ in sound.\nReviews of the CD of the same name are dazzling: ‘Glenton’s own diminutions are gently and lightly patted into the larger musical line. Together with Wollston’s calm\, the whole thing sways like a dance made of chiffon.’\nGramophone URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/blackdowns-early-music-projects-the-myth-of-venice-c16-music-for-cornetto-and-keyboards/ LOCATION:All Saints Church\, Culmstock\, Fore Street\,\, CULMSTOCK\, Devon\, EX15 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LS-web-poster.jpg GEO:50.9140223;-3.2794674 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=All Saints Church Culmstock Fore Street CULMSTOCK Devon EX15 3JD United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fore Street\,:geo:-3.2794674,50.9140223 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251128T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251128T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20251007T114121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T114121Z UID:10013366-1764356400-1764363600@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Josephine and Stephanie present a Classical Christmas DESCRIPTION:A ‘Classical Christmas’ – a mix of carols and classical song to get you in the festive mood! URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/josephine-and-stephanie-present-a-classical-christmas/ LOCATION:West Monkton Church\, West Monkton Church\, Taunton\, TA2 8QT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Green-Red-Watercolour-Wreath-Merry-Christmas-Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260208T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20260128T142815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T142819Z UID:10013385-1770562800-1770570000@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:LISZT in TAUNTON presents: DESCRIPTION:Élizabeth PION\n Solo Piano Recital by\n Canadian Star pianist\nThe first UK performance during\nher European 2026 tour by Canada’s multi award winning star pianist\n Works by :\n CHOPIN\n Hélène de MONTGEROULT\n LISZT – SCHUBERT URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/liszt-in-taunton-presents/ LOCATION:United Reform Church\, Taunton\, 18 Paul St\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 3PF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Untitled-100-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260215T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260215T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20250418T112334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260103T180437Z UID:10013340-1771171200-1771178400@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Celebrating Palestrina DESCRIPTION:The Line of Beauty\nCelebrating Palestrina and his impact on 500 years of choral composition \nGP Palestrina – Missa Papa Marcelli\nThomas Tallis – Loquebantur Variis Linguis\nGiacomo Carissimi – Plorate filii Israel\nAntonio Caldara – Crucifixus a 16 voci\nJohannes Brahms – Geistliches Lied\nOla Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas\nArvo Part – The Deer’s Cry\nCaroline Shaw – And the Swallow URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/celebrating-palestrina/ LOCATION:Kings College\, Taunton\, TauntonSouth Road\, TA1 3LA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Ecclesiastical,Music - Choral,Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Giovanni_Pier_Luigi_da_Palestrina_Archenzo_-_Wikimedia_Commons.jpeg GEO:51.0115841;-3.0948281 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260321T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260321T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20251121T105157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260103T191536Z UID:10013375-1774121400-1774126800@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Collegium Singers Concert – The Tudor Revival DESCRIPTION:Works by Vaughan-Williams and Howells influenced by music of the English Renaissance\nGuest Music Director – George Bevan \nAve Verum – William Byrd\nMaster Tallis Testament – Herbert Howells\nMass in the Dorian Mode – Herbert Howells\nO Clap your Hands Together – Orlando Gibbons\nAgnus Dei – Thomas Morley\nOrgan solo – Thomas Tallis\nMass in G Minor – Ralph Vaughan Williams URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/collegium-singers-concert-the-tudor-revival/ LOCATION:St John the Evangelist Church\, Taunton\, Park Street\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 4DG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Choral,Music - Recital GEO:51.0133012;-3.1091756 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St John the Evangelist Church Taunton Park Street Taunton Somerset TA1 4DG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Park Street:geo:-3.1091756,51.0133012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20260325T153242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T153242Z UID:10013436-1777820400-1777827600@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Piano Recital - Marie Pascale Talbot Hitier DESCRIPTION:Marie-Pascale first studied at the Conservatoire of Caen and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Music and Dance in Paris under Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen and Jean Hubeau\, before completing her studies at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels and training as a teacher at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. She was an award winner in the European Community music competition in 1989. Her professional career is divided between teaching piano and chamber music\, and being a concert pianist as soloist\, chamber musician\, accompanist and vocal coach. In more recent years\, her concerts have included Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus by Messiaen\, Mozart concertos\, Brahms quintets\, works by Schumann\, Dvorak\, Vierne and Schubert’s Winterreise for voice and piano.\nThe afternoon will finish with the serving of Tea and Cakes. URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/piano-recital-marie-pascale-talbot-hitier/ LOCATION:St John the Evangelist Church\, Taunton\, Park Street\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 4DG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026Marie-Pscale-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="St John the Evangelist Church%2C Park Street%2C Taunton":MAILTO:french.michaelfrench@gmail.com GEO:51.0133012;-3.1091756 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St John the Evangelist Church Taunton Park Street Taunton Somerset TA1 4DG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Park Street:geo:-3.1091756,51.0133012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20260409T110200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T110200Z UID:10013442-1779391800-1779397200@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Blackdowns Early Music Projects – Before the Guillotine DESCRIPTION:BEMP have invited Dialogue Viols to present a programme celebrating\, as its title suggests\, the music of pre-Revolutionary France. In it\, the audience will be introduced to the ‘laptop’ member of the viol family\, the pardessus de viole or its cousin\, the quinton. These will be played by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Peter Wendland\, supported by Ibi Aziz on viol and Lynda Sayce\, theorbo.\nThe programme includes music by French and Italian composers including Marais\, Corelli\, Hotteterre URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/blackdowns-early-music-projects-before-the-guillotine/ LOCATION:All Saints Church\, Culmstock\, Fore Street\,\, CULMSTOCK\, Devon\, EX15 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-05-21-web-p1-Guillotine.jpg GEO:50.9140223;-3.2794674 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=All Saints Church Culmstock Fore Street CULMSTOCK Devon EX15 3JD United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fore Street\,:geo:-3.2794674,50.9140223 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20251121T105618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T175146Z UID:10013376-1781983800-1781989200@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Collegium Singers Summer Concert – She who creates\, She who inspires DESCRIPTION:A concert placing women at the heart of choral expression as composers\, as symbolic figures\, and as voices through which beauty\, light and devotion are explored. From Renaissance madrigals to modern contemplative works\, the programme traces an arc of intimacy\, awe and radiance. Alongside music by women composers – including rarely performed gems – stand pieces by male composers whose texts turn towards feminine figures\, the beloved Virgin Mary\, and symbolic presences of light\, dawn and momory.\nProgramme\nFirst half\nHor che la vaga aurora – Raffaella Aleotti\nMorir non puo l’mio cuore – Maddalena Casulana\nOf a Rose – Cecilia McDowall\nCome again! Sweet love doth now invite – John Dowland\nAve Maris Stella – Mitosz Bembinow\nSee\, see the shepherds’ queen – Orlando Gibbons\nDieu! Qu’il la fait bon regarder!\nInterval\nAve Maris Stella – Edvard Grieg\nAve Maria – Anton Bruckner\nPeace I leave with you – Amy Beach\nA Hymne to Christ – Imogen Holst\nSicut lilium inter spinas – Marek Rcznski\nNorther Lights – Ola Gjeilo\nJesus Christ the Apple Tree – Elizabeth Poston\nBird Raptures Ill – and my love – Lucy Walker\nA Boy and a Girl – Eric Whitacre URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/collegium-singers-summer-concert-6/ LOCATION:United Reform Church\, Taunton\, 18 Paul St\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 3PF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Choral,Music - Recital END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20260103T181927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260103T181927Z UID:10013380-1785610800-1785618000@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Somerset Chamber Choir Concert - Memories of Leipzig DESCRIPTION:Musical Memories of Leipzig\nWELLS CATHEDRAL\nSaturday 1st August 2026 at 7.00pm \nJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Wachet auf\, ruft uns die Stimme\nFELIX MENDELSSOHN Hear my prayer\nHEINRICH SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien (excerpts); Die mit Tränen säen\nJOHANNES BRAHMS Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)\nCLARA SCHUMANN Abendfeier in Venedig\nGUSTAV MAHLER Urlicht (from Symphony No 2‚ ‘Resurrection’) \n Andrea Brown conductor\nJoin us for an evening of radiant choral music celebrating the great composers who lived and worked in Leipzig\, a city at the heart of musical inspiration. URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/somerset-chamber-choir-concert-memories-of-leipzig/ LOCATION:Wells Cathedral\, Cathedral Green\, Wells\, Somerset\, BA5 2US\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Choral,Music - Orchestral,Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Zills_Tunnel_1885.jpeg GEO:51.2107146;-2.6445615 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2US United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Cathedral Green:geo:-2.6445615,51.2107146 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260814T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260814T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20260313T200422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T214421Z UID:10013421-1786708800-1786716000@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert – Pipes Unveiled DESCRIPTION:Ed Jenkins\nJoin local organist Ed Jenkins as he performs the best known of organ works\, the mighty Toccata and Fugue in D minor by J.S. Bach alongside more unfamiliar works to entice you to explore the wide but often unexplored repertoire of the ‘King of Instruments’. \nCollection in aid of 4 Louis Baby Loss charity and St. John’s Church. Doors open at 12.00pm\, Recital starts at 12.45pm. Drinks will be available before the recital. URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/lunchtime-concert-pipes-unveiled/ LOCATION:St John the Evangelist Church\, Taunton\, Park Street\, Taunton\, Somerset\, TA1 4DG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Recital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tapa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/202681408EOJPipesUnveiled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="St John the Evangelist Church%2C Park Street%2C Taunton":MAILTO:french.michaelfrench@gmail.com GEO:51.0133012;-3.1091756 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St John the Evangelist Church Taunton Park Street Taunton Somerset TA1 4DG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Park Street:geo:-3.1091756,51.0133012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261214T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261214T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T182946 CREATED:20260209T163550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T163550Z UID:10013412-1797276600-1797282000@tapa.org.uk SUMMARY:Christmas Charity Concert DESCRIPTION:A joyous evening of carols and Christmas music URL:https://tapa.org.uk/event/christmas-charity-concert/ LOCATION:St John the Baptist Church\, Wellington\, High Street\, Wellington\, Somerset\, TA21 8QY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Music - Choral,Music - Recital GEO:50.9797222;-3.2259884 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=St John the Baptist Church Wellington High Street Wellington Somerset TA21 8QY United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=High Street:geo:-3.2259884,50.9797222 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR