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How it works: Please click on BOOK TICKETS. This will take you to the Concerts calendar. Click to choose a concert. This will take you to the details of the tour. Scroll to the bottom of the page to choose your ticket type. Continue to payment by credit card. Your ticket confirmation will be sent by email. For Bridport please go the Booking information. For more information, please go to How to Book
Updated 10 December 2024
Header photo: Berkeley Ensemble – 16 November 2024 – Dance House, Crewkerne
We would like to thank the Berkeley Ensemble for a wonderful finale to the 2024 season.
We thank all the musicians who came to play for us this year. They gave joy to their audiences in so many ways. We also thank them for their work behind the scenes: the learning of new repertoire; rehearsal time; and all the organisation enabling them to come.
16 —17 February 2024 – Perks Ensemble
& Alexander Ullman
15 —16 March – Sara Trickey & Ivana Gavrić
19 —21 April – Gildas Quartet
17—18 May – Pocket Sinfonia
21—22 June – Lara Melda
19—21 July – Lumas Winds
6—8 September – Mēla Guitar Quartet
4—5 October – Hilary Cronin & Asako Ogawa
15—16 November – Berkeley Ensemble
Thank you to our loyal audiences at each venue. Your support is so important to the continuation of the concert series. We look forward to seeing you in 2025.
We would also like to thank the teams who run each venue. Their kindness and help is essential to the smooth running of the concerts.
Another important group of people are the hosts who look after the musicians while they are with us. Thank you for your support of the concerts.
We run the calendar year so the 2025 season will start on 14 February with the Ensemble Hesperi.
Clicking on BOOK TICKETS above will take you to all the concerts in 2025. You can also can see a list of who is coming next season by clicking on – 2025
To return to this Home page click on the Concerts in the West logo at the top of any page.
Booking will open for the February 2025 tour on 6 January.
Here is the brochure for 2025.
Bridport Arts Centre – please note that bookings for Bridport go through their booking arrangements. All the concert tours go to Bridport.
Ticket prices: £20 for evening concerts – £16 for the morning concerts in Bridport.
Archived concerts from 2006 when the concert series began – if you go to Concerts by date, scroll down to Previous concerts, this will take you back to earlier seasons.
Under Concerts by venue you will find venues where we have held concerts in the past as well as those we go to currently. In 2025 we will be visiting Bridport (all tours), Ilminster (all tours), and Crewkerne (all tours).
2019, 2020, 2020 Online, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Seasons – you can see the list of performers for each year under our News section.
Concerts in the West was launched in 2006. We aim to bring talented young professional musicians to small, intimate venues in the West Country, in areas that may not have easy access to music of this quality. Short intensive tours, lasting a few days, are arranged mainly in Dorset and Somerset.
We feel privileged to hear music performed to such a high standard. The repertoire is enormously varied and gives local audiences a wonderful opportunity to hear both familiar and unusual works for voice and instrument in many combinations.
Ensemble Hesperi
14 — 15 February 2025
Magdalena Loth-Hill, baroque violin
Mary-Jannet Leith, recorders
Florence Petit, baroque cello
Thomas Allery, harpsichord
News
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2022 Season
Solem Quartet – February 2022 – Ilminster Arts Centre 4 – 6 February Solem QuartetAmy Tress, violin – William Newell, violinStephen Upshaw, viola – Stephanie Tress, cello 4 – 5 MarchAlasdair Beatson, pianoEusebius … Read more
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2021 Season
Ferio Saxophone Quartet – June 2021 – Ilminster Arts Centre 18 – 19 JuneFerio Saxophone QuartetHuw Wiggin, soprano – Ellie McMurray, altoAnthony Brown, tenor – Katie Samways, baritone 23 – 24 JulyCreating CarmenEmily Andrews, … Read more
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2020 Online Season
Linos Piano Trio The ONLINE 2020 project put us all on a steep learning curve. The decision to go ahead was made in June 2020 and the players were then … Read more
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2020 Season
Andrew Marriner, Alasdair Beatson and Michael Petrov – January 2020 – Bridport Arts Centre 17 – 18 JanuaryMarriner, Beatson and PetrovAndrew Marriner, clarinetMichael Petrov, celloAlasdair Beatson, piano 21 – 22 FebruaryMulroy, Reid … Read more
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2019 Season
Elissa Cassini and Alasdair Beatson – May 2019 – Wellhayes Vineyard 14 – 16 FebruaryTrio SōraPauline Chenais, pianoMagdalēna Geka, violinAngèle Legasa, cello Trio Sora – February 2019 – Ilminster Arts … Read more
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2018 Season
Ferio Saxophone Quartet – February 2018 – Lower Pulworthy, Hatherleigh 15 – 17 FebruaryFerio Saxophone QuartetHuw Wiggin, soprano – Ellie McMurray, altoJose Banuls, tenor – Shevaughan Beere, baritone 15 – … Read more