Plans for 2026 are in progress:

Monday May 4 at  4 pm in Church of St John the Baptist WELLINGTON TA21 8QU    'Et ecce terrae motus'

Musical Director Andrea Brown will be leading an ambitious project to bring one of the earliest known large choral works to our audiences, Brumels' 12 part 'Earthquake ' Mass Et ecce terrae motus, together with other works of the  time

Thursday May 21 at 7.30 pm  in All Saints' Church CULMSTOCK EX15 3JD  'Before the Guillotine'

Dialogue Viols present a programme celebrating the music of pre-Revolutionary France and introducing the audience to the 'laptop' member of the viol family,  the pardessus de viol

Thursday July 16th at 7.30 pm  in All Saints' Church CULMSTOCK EX15 3JD  English Fiddles

Delighted to be able to host the return of Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll  who performed wonderful music of the earliest kind, that of real folk -  without whom there'd be no music!

Saturday August 29th at 7 pm in Church of St John the Baptist WELLINGTON TA21 8Q   DATE REVISED

Musical Director JanJoost van Elburg, our regular director since 2004 will lead a programme entitled 'Il Pastor Fido', the faithful shepherd, in a selection of music for small vocal and instrumental ensembles by renaissance composers who used the libretto of Guarini's Arcadian play of the same name

Thursday November 19th in All Saints' Church CULMSTOCK EX15 3JD

Baroque Alchemy bring their unique performance style to Culmstock, Piers Adams and Lyndy Mayle offer a brand new insight into baroque !

 

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Sunday May 4th 7pm   

Latin American Baroque - choral music from Puebla Cathedral -  Church of St John the Baptist  Wellington TA218QY  -- more information here

Thursday July 17th  7 pm   

Fiddlers Three - programme presented by Musical & Amicable Society  All Saints' Church, Culmstock

This concert is supported by the Continuo Foundation  - more information here

Sunday September 28  19.00 

Newe Vialles - Old Viols - Chamber recital  All Saints' Church, Culmstock

This concert is supported by the Continuo Foundation -  more information here

 

We are delighted to be presenting The London Obbligato Collective, following their successful bid to the Continuo Foundation on February 7th  7.30 pm in All Saints' Church, Culmstock.  More information here.

The ensemble specialises in under-represented chamber music repertoire featuring a written-out harpsichord part, where the harpsichord takes centre-stage, supported by beautifully complementary instruments.

Their programme features music composed by musicians whose works were often played in the salon of artist Thomas Gainsborough.  He was a keen musician as well as a renowned artist and several of the composers' portraits are in the National Portrait Gallery, where the ensemble opened their tour on January 23rd.  What a wonderful legacy from these associations!

We are delighted to welcome the international ensemble Phaedrus, as part of their UK tour following an appearance at the Cambridge Early Music Festival.

Emma-Lisa Roux  (voice & & lute) with Mara Winter, Charlotte Schneider and  Luis Martinez Pueyo (renaissance flute consort) are bringing a programme entitled The King's Flutes, referring to the 72 Renaissance flutes found in Henry VIII's collection

The ensemble first came together while studying at the renowned Swiss music centre, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. They became fascinated with the refinement to be found in Renaissance music, which gave it a completely distinctive character, now recognised as representing courtly life in the 16th and 17th centuries.

In England, one of the greatest patrons of the arts was Henry VIII who developed the cultural and musical splendour of the Tudor court, and it is music of this time that the members of Phaedrus are bringing to Culmstock in October.  Tickets available here

 

Give yourself a summer treat on Saturday August 24th in St John the Baptist Church, Wellington TA21 8QY

Looking forward to this exciting programme conducted by our principal Musical Director JanJoost van Elburg with sackbuts directed by Emily White and continuo Martin Perkins.

Three dates for your diaries this Summer and Autumn, follow the links for ticket details

Friday July 12th 2024 in All Saints' Church  CULMSTOCK

James Akers, guitar, in a programme called LOST TREASURES ; forgotten masterpieces for 19th century guitar

Saturday August 24th 2024 in St John's Church, WELLINGTON Soms

JanJoost van Elburg conducts a choral programme of Lassus &  Palestrina including the extraordinary PROPHETIAE SIBYLLARUM

Friday  October 25th 2024 in All Saints' Church  CULMSTOCK

Phaedrus present THE KING'S FLUTES, this exciting ensemble of Renaissance traverso flautists explore the world of Henry VIII's court from a musician's perspective.

Think Milan in 1623... wonderful music in a bustling Cathedral full of singers, sackbuts, violins, maybe a cornetto tucked away somewhere, too! Transport yourself to the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington, Soms at 4pm on November 5th and enjoy a recreation of that atmosphere led by musical director Gawain Glenton, assistant director Emily White with a team of sackbuts and violins and keyboard player Masumi Yamamoto. This will be a full on Italian baroque immersion experience....come and try it!

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