St John the Baptist Church, Wellington

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  • Amici – Summer Concert

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    In the beautiful Church of St John the Baptist in Wellington, a summery concert. The programme is a closely guarded secret yet! Watch this space for more details and ticket prices nearer the time...

    £12

  • Iberian Treasury: Renaissance music from Spain and Portugal

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend Blackdowns Early Music Projects are promoting two concerts, this is the second second concert, starting at 6pm on Monday May 7th in the Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington TA21 8QY.  BEMP singers under their principal Musical Director, JanJoost van Elburg, will present a programme of music… Read More »Iberian Treasury: Renaissance music from Spain and Portugal

  • Wellington Choral Society – Handel’s ‘Messiah”

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Laurence Blyth is conducting WCS in this much-loved oratorio which, though traditionally performed at Christmas, was originally intended to be sung at Easter. It is now hard to believe that this masterpiece, written in just 24 days, had a cool reception when first performed in London.   Daisy Walford (soprano), Juliet Curnow (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Hawker (tenor)… Read More »Wellington Choral Society – Handel’s ‘Messiah”

    £12

  • Blackdowns Early Music Projects: Music of Robert Carver & Ludovico Viadana, Director Andrew Parrott

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Tickets available through the website, Ticketsource, at Taunton Visitor centre (01823 340470) and at the door for this interesting juxtaposition of Early Renaissance ideas contained in the rhythmically complex  Robert Carver Mass Dum Sacrum Mysterium written in about 1510, set against the  Vespers of 1612  by Ludovico Viadana, directed by the distinguished conductor and musicologist, Andrew Parrott

    £08 – £015

  • The Phoenix Singers – Service of Nine Lessons & Carols

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    A  candlelit service following the traditional format of Nine Lessons & Carols.  Participation in congregational carols. The event is a ticketed event but there is no charge.  A collection will be made during the service.  It is advisable to book your ticket in advance.  Tickets are available from December 1st. The venue for our May… Read More »The Phoenix Singers – Service of Nine Lessons & Carols

    Free

  • Blackdowns Early Music Projects German Baroque Weekend: Preludes, Partitas & Grounds

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    BEMP is offering two concerts of early to mid C17th century German Baroque music over the Bank Holiday weekend,  encompassing two ends of the musical spectrum in scale. Enthusiasts of solo instrumental music will be delighted by the first event,  a harpsichord recital entitled PRELUDES, PARTITAS & GROUNDS to be given internationally renowned Steven Devine, whose busy… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects German Baroque Weekend: Preludes, Partitas & Grounds

    £10

  • Amici – Music from Stage and Screen

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    A compilation of songs and music from award winning productions from stage and screen arranged for SATB choir. All the big names are there - Gershwin, Bernstein, Kern, Mancini, Rogers and Hammerstein are all rubbing shoulders with Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber…even ABBA gets a look in! Tickets are £12 (under 12s admitted free) available from: The… Read More »Amici – Music from Stage and Screen

  • Wellington Choral Society

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Laurence Blyth conducts Wellington Choral Society in an eclectic programme of music which includes three of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Poulenc’s Gloria, Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer and Elgar’s Benedictus, with Héloïse West (soprano) and David Davies (organist).  Doors open 6.45 pm.  Tickets £12, under-18s free, from Taunton Visitor Centre or through the WCS website. 

  • Collegium Singers: ‘Celebrating Josquin’

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Sacred choral works by the Franco-Flemish master and his contemporaries: Surmise, Isaac, Janequin & Obrecht

  • Blackdowns Early Music Projects: Maestros del Monasterios

    St John the Baptist Church, Wellington High Street, Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

    JanJoost van Elburg will direct choral music retrieved from the archives of the Monasterio de la Encarnacion and Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid. This music has rarely been performed in recent times, yet it represents a large body of work by musicians working throughout the 17th century and even later. They were influenced… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects: Maestros del Monasterios

    £15