Past Events
November 2014
December 2014
April 2015
Taunton Choral Society – Rutter’s Magnificat
Rutter Magnificat plus Eric Sweeney Hymn to Gaia. This will be the first UK performance and the composer is hoping to attend.
Find out more »June 2015
Hestercombe CYM – Wessex Greets Norway – In Song: Wessex Male Choir and Os Vocalis Ladies Choir from Norway
Hestercombe CYM music students will be taking part in this grand concert alongside the Wessex Male Choir, with Musical Director Katrine Reimers, and guest choir Os Vocalis Ladies…
Find out more »St Mary Magdalene Church – Soprano and Lute
Tea time recital with Mary Morgan and Steve Graham
Find out more »July 2015
St Mary Magdalene Taunton – Festival of Flowers Concert
Festival of Flowers In Celebration of Marriage Preview and Concert Evening: Thursday 9 July @ 7.30 pm The Mary Magdalene Choir will perform, as will Director of…
Find out more »St Mary Magdalene Taunton – An Afternoon of Music
Featuring Tom Salmon at the organ with Tim Bayton on euphonium with vocal interludes Tom has played the organ since he was at school and holds…
Find out more »St Mary Magdalene Church – Festival Service with Chapel Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford
10.00am Holy Communion to celebrate St Mary's Patronal Festival and Taunton Festival of the Arts
Find out more »Orchestra West with Elizabeth Watts
Orchestral concert celebrating the music of Gerald Finzi. To include Dies Natalis with Elizabeth Watts. Part of Taunton Festival of the Arts
Find out more »Taunton Festival of the Arts – Stile Antico
Choral Group to include service of Compline; part of Taunton Festival of the Arts.
Find out more »August 2015
October 2015
Collegium Singers – Choral Evensong
Stephen McNeff's "No man is an island" is newly commissioned for this service, held in St Mary's Church, and is dedicated to Music in 21st century…
Find out more »November 2015
Two Choir Concert for St Margarets Concert
Taunton & Reading Male Voice Choirs are joining force to raise funds for St Margaret's Hospice. Internationally recognised Tenor Cameron Roll will feature.
Find out more »December 2015
Somerset County Orchestra – Schubert Symphony No 5
Orchestral concert: Schubert - Symphony No 5; Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture; Wagner - Siegfried Idyll; Heath - Celtic concerto (Soloist: Alex Ennis Violin) and Anderson -…
Find out more »St Mary Magdalene Church – NSPCC charity Christmas concert
St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton. Further details to be confirmed.
Find out more »March 2016
St Mary Magdalene Church Taunton – Note for a Note
A concert featuring local musicians to launch the appeal for the restoration of the historic Father Willis organ at St Mary Magdalene Church Taunton.
Find out more »June 2016
Rejoice, The Lord Is King!
'Rejoice the Lord is King' A Celebration of Saviour and Sovereign for the Queen's 90th Birthday weekend. Sunday 12th June at 4 pm. A sequence of…
Find out more »August 2016
CHAMBER PHILHARMONIA COLOGNE, Vivaldi – Mozart – Paganini
Chamber Philharmonia Cologne 2016 Vivaldi - Mozart - Paganini After several successful European and overseas tours in 2014 and 2015 the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne (Germany) is…
Find out more »November 2016
Amici – Hail! Bright Cecelia
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…
Find out more »December 2016
Somerset County Orchestra
Orchestral Concert: Mozart - don Giovanni; Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (Soloist Alex Ennis); Beethoven - Symphony No 3 Eroica
Find out more »Taunton Choral Society – Handel Messiah
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…
Find out more »June 2017
In Ecclesia – Choral Evensong Workshop
A half day workshop under the guidance of Laurence Blyth This event gives everyone an opportunity to learn something about the art of choral singing. After…
Find out more »July 2017
Taunton Choral Society – Summer Concert
A joint programme - Taunton Choral Society with St Mary Magdalene Choir - raising money for St Mary's organ fund. A summer afternoon with music from…
Find out more »August 2017
St John the Evangelist, Park Street, Taunton – Lunchtime Concert
Miles Quick Organ Recital “A KOLOURFUL KALEIDOSCOPE” A kaleidoscope of organ colours in these great works by master composers for the organ, played on the fine…
Find out more »November 2017
Amici – Handel ‘Messiah’ – in aid of NSPCC
In the lead up to Advent, Amici will perform Handel's 'Messiah' with quality soloists and orchestra including the renowned trumpeter, Crispian Steele-Perkins This concert is in…
Find out more »December 2017
Taunton Choral Society
Ralph Vaughan Williams - 'Folksongs of the Four Seasons' and 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols' Gerald Finzi - 'In Terra Pax' and 'Eclogue for Strings and piano…
Find out more »June 2018
Taunton Choral Society – Brahms Requiem/Elgar
TCS's summer concert includes Elgar's 'Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands' and the well loved 'German Requiem' by Brahms in the perfect setting of St Mary Magdalene…
Find out more »October 2018
Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir – Armistice Concert
Armistice Concert WW1 Armistice Concert in aid of SSAFA in conjunction with RAFA Concert Band and The Taunton Military Wives Choir.
Find out more »December 2018
Taunton Choral Society – Handel’s Messiah
The ever popular Messiah by Handel. St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton Tickets £18 and £15 (students £9/£7.50 - under 12s free) available from Taunton Visitor Centre -…
Find out more »Somerset County Orchestra – Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto, Haydn Symphony 22, and Beethoven Symphony 2,
Our annual Christmas Sunday afternoon concert with a wide appeal.
Find out more »March 2019
Taunton Choral Society – Italian Styles and Masters
An exciting concert featuring the Gloria by Vivaldi and two works by the Haydn brothers - Missa Sancti Nicolai by Joseph and Te Deum in C…
Find out more »June 2019
Collegium Singers – Summer Concert – Night Journey
Musical Director – Tomos Watkins - http://www.collegiumsingers.org.uk/tomos-watkins Programme: Te lucis ante terminum – Thomas Tallis Night Prayer – Alec Roth The Day is Done – Stephen…
Find out more »July 2019
Taunton Choral Society – Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle
Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle which is neither small nor solemn nor, strictly, a mass is the finest work of Rossini's later years and is full of…
Find out more »October 2019
St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton – Renovated Father Willis Organ
Opening Concert for the newly renovated Father Willis Organ - more details to follow
Find out more »December 2019
Taunton Choral Society – Songs of Praise
A programme of moving devotional music including Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Michael Tippett's Five Negro Spirituals as well as works by Brahms and Fauré. Our…
Find out more »Somerset County Orchestra
Orchestral Concert: Handle - Organ Concerto Op 4 No 5 in F major (soloist - Miles Quick); Boyce - Symphony No 1 in B flat major;…
Find out more »January 2020
From Russia With Love
A concert of Russian classical and traditional folk music from the heart of the Russian culture. Once a year virtuoso balalaika player, Sergey Kossoff travels from…
Find out more »March 2020
Taunton Choral Society – Spring Serenades
Faurė Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore plus Mozart's Laudate Dominum with soloist Eloise Routledge. Taunton Sinfonietta will also play Elgar's…
Find out more »Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir – Red Cross Big Birthday Concert
A wonderful celebratory evening of song with Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir and Taunton Military Wives Choir
Find out more »July 2020
Taunton Choral Society – Summer Concert 2020: Songs of Praise and Thanksgiving
Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear repertoire for the pianola played by a renowned master of the instrument, Rex Lawson. Rex will be giving a…
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