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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We are delighted to welcome Caroline Ritchie, Henrik Persson and Lynda Sayce back to Culmstock. Highlights of their concert programme this year include music by the German violist August Kühnel, who visited England in the late 17th century  to study with the English masters. His music shows the influence of Christopher Simpson, especially in his […]

A cappella Concert – more information  here Four hundred years after the death of William Byrd, we still delight in singing a huge number of his works. For him music was an entire language, telling of the religious changes through his lifetime as well as describing the lighter side of life. 1623 saw the passing […]

Two concerts are lined up for  June and July as part of the Third Thursday series in the perfect acoustic of All Saints’ Church in Culmstock On June 15th hear the sounds of  early twentieth century America, when Julia Titus sings the blues as first performed by Ma Bessie Smith. More information about Spirit of […]

Looking forward to bringing music to our audience in 2023. Several events lined up to share with you very soon, some Third Thursday events, and larger choral concerts in preparation.

We are extremely sorry to report that the concert on Thursday, Jude Rees and friends’  ‘Enlightnment & Entertainment’ has had to be cancelled as one of the performers has been taken ill and will not be able to perform on Thursday.  We wish them well and will rearrange the concert in 2023.  All prepurchased tickets […]