TREVOR Pinnock, harpsichordist and one of the leading figures in period performance music, is coming to Tisbury on Thursday 29th October to conduct the Cherubim Chamber Strings in a programme of mainly baroque music, The event is celebrating the silver jubilee of the Cherubim Music Trust, a Tisbury-based national charity that loans professional calibre orchestral…
IF you were one of the thousands – millions, internationally – who gazed in wonder as the moon eclipsed the sun in mid-August, it may have stirred deep thoughts about our small part in the cosmos, and the impact space has on human existence and culture. This year’s Constellation Symposium at Springhead, Fontmell Magna, from…
BRIDPORT Arts Centre staff and supporters have just 10 weeks to reach the fund-raising target of £400,000 to bring the South Street building into community ownership. A gala event at the arts centre on Friday 23rd October will help to boost the funds with an evening of poetry, music and good food. Local support, whether…
TAKE your loudest singing voice, dress up in your finery and bring your flags to the church of St Gregory in Marnhull on Saturday 24th October, to join in the fun of the Last Night of the Organ Proms. Organist and Music at St Greg’s organiser Gordon Emery, inspired by the famous Last Night of…
PIANIST Alberto Dalgo comes to the Old Schoolhouse at Tincleton, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October, with a programme called Northern Landscapes, featuring works by Schumann, Liszt and Chopin. The Milan-based pianist begins the musical journey in the woods. Schumann’s Waldszenen takes us into a forest that defies explanation – a few steps, a…
CONCERTS in the West, the charity that brings rising young stars of the chamber music scene to venues in Dorset and Somerset, has an exciting harp-violin duo for the October tour. The series starts with the usual coffee-time concert at Bridport Arts Centre at 11.30am on Friday 16th October, followed that evening at Ilminster arts…
OVER the past 13 years, singer and artistic director Lynsey Docherty has developed the Celebrate Voice festival that she founded at Salisbury into one of the region’s most exciting and varied events. This year’s festival runs from 21st to 31st October with a line-up of world-class singers and musicians delighting audiences with 11 days of…
BOURNEMOUTH Symphony Orchestra’s 2026/27 concert season launches at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre on Wednesday 30th September and Bristol Beacon, on Thursday 1st October, launching the orchestra’s two-year Beethoven series, Road to Joy. The BSO has announced a four-year extension of its partnership with Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth, which sees him at the helm until 2032….
THE adventurous Shoemakers Museum at Street is one of the main venues for this year’s Somerset Art Weeks, from hosting the launch of the family programme with children’s author Jasbinder Bilan to a fascinating and immersive installation by artists and performers Melanie Thompson and Helen Ottoway, the Frome-based composer. Step by Step is open during…
TWO of the UK’s up-and-coming opera stars will give a recital in the elegant setting of Merley House, Wimborne on Sunday 27th September. The two singers, a tenor and a counter-tenor, were selected by the Dorset-based arts charity Hurn Court Opera, from its prestigious 2025 Singer of the Year Competition. The recital follows the success…