Concerts in the West

Ensemble Hesperi | Crewkerne, 15 February 2025
2025-02-15 19:30 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Ensemble Hesperi
Magdalena Loth-Hill, baroque violin
Mary-Jannet Leith, recorders
Florence Petit, baroque cello
Thomas Allery, harpsichord
Programme
A gift for your garden
James Oswald (1710-1769) Airs for Spring: “The Anemone”
GP Telemann (1721-1767) 6 Quadri, Sonata I, TWV 43: A1
GP Telemann Fantasie per il Flauto senza basso, No. 3, TWV 40:4
James Oswald Airs for the Spring: “The Hyacinth”
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771) Trio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV: 99
James Oswald Airs for the Spring: “The Ranunculus”
GF Handel (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in B minor HWV 386b
Elisabetta de Gambarini (1730-1765) Six Sets of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 2
GP Telemann Sonata for Solo Cello TWV 41: D6 in D Major
James Oswald Airs for Spring: “The Tulip”
GP Telemann Trio sonate g-moll, TWV 42: g9
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 15 February, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 14 February, 11.30AM
Bridport: Telemann, Handel, Johann Gottlieb Graun and Oswald
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Adult ticket price – £16 – concessions available
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm
1 November to 29 March:
Monday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Find out more
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 14 February 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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Ensemble Hesperi is a dynamic and innovative London-based period ensemble, with a reputation for showcasing Baroque Music through intelligent, research-led programming. The four members of Ensemble Hesperi met during their studies at the Royal College of Music in London, and the varied talents of each member of the ensemble combine to present joyful and educational performances for audiences of all kinds. Whether performing as the core ensemble of recorder, baroque violin, baroque cello and harpsichord, or collaborating with friends for larger projects, Hesperi aims to embody the true spontaneity of chamber music.

In 2020, the ensemble was selected as Britten Pears Young Artists, and won first prize at the London International Festival of Early Music Young Ensemble Competition. In 2021, the ensemble was awarded third prize at the prestigious International Van Wassenaer Competition, became City Music Foundation artists, and released its debut album, In autumn 2023, Hesperi launched its new vocal ensemble, the Hesperi Voices. The ensemble appears regularly on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show and In Tune programmes, and has a busy schedule of performances at leading festivals and venues in the UK and further afield.
www.ensemblehesperi.com/

Ensemble Hesperi | Ilminster, 14 February 2025
2025-02-14 19:30 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Ensemble Hesperi
Magdalena Loth-Hill, baroque violin
Mary-Jannet Leith, recorders
Florence Petit, baroque cello
Thomas Allery, harpsichord

Programme
A gift for your garden
James Oswald (1710-1769) Airs for Spring: “The Anemone”
GP Telemann (1721-1767) 6 Quadri, Sonata I, TWV 43: A1
GP Telemann Fantasie per il Flauto senza basso, No. 3, TWV 40:4
James Oswald Airs for the Spring: “The Hyacinth”
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771) Trio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV: 99
James Oswald Airs for the Spring: “The Ranunculus”
GF Handel (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in B minor HWV 386b
Elisabetta de Gambarini (1730-1765) Six Sets of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 2
GP Telemann Sonata for Solo Cello TWV 41: D6 in D Major
James Oswald Airs for Spring: “The Tulip”
GP Telemann Trio sonate g-moll, TWV 42: g9

Venue
Ilminster
Friday 14 February, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 14 February, 11.30AM
Bridport: Telemann, Handel, Johann Gottlieb Graun and Oswald
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Adult ticket price – £16 – concessions available
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm
1 November to 29 March:
Monday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Find out more
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 15 February, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
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Ensemble Hesperi is a dynamic and innovative London-based period ensemble, with a reputation for showcasing Baroque Music through intelligent, research-led programming. The four members of Ensemble Hesperi met during their studies at the Royal College of Music in London, and the varied talents of each member of the ensemble combine to present joyful and educational performances for audiences of all kinds. Whether performing as the core ensemble of recorder, baroque violin, baroque cello and harpsichord, or collaborating with friends for larger projects, Hesperi aims to embody the true spontaneity of chamber music.
In 2020, the ensemble was selected as Britten Pears Young Artists, and won first prize at the London International Festival of Early Music Young Ensemble Competition. In 2021, the ensemble was awarded third prize at the prestigious International Van Wassenaer Competition, became City Music Foundation artists, and released its debut album, In autumn 2023, Hesperi launched its new vocal ensemble, the Hesperi Voices. The ensemble appears regularly on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show and In Tune programmes, and has a busy schedule of performances at leading festivals and venues in the UK and further afield.
www.ensemblehesperi.com/

Ensemble Hesperi | Bridport, 14 February 2025
2025-02-14 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Ensemble Hesperi
Magdalena Loth-Hill, baroque violin
Mary-Jannet Leith, recorders
Florence Petit, baroque cello
Thomas Allery, harpsichord

Programme
A Gift for your Garden
James Oswald (1710-1769) Airs for Spring: “The Anemone”
GP Telemann (1721-1767) 6 Quadri, Sonata I, TWV 43: A1
James Oswald Airs for the Spring: “The Hyacinth”
GF Handel (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in B minor HWV 386b
GP Telemann Sonata for Solo Cello TWV 41: D6 in D Major
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771) Trio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV: 99
GP Telemann Trio sonate g-moll, TWV 42: g9

Venue
Bridport
Friday 14 February, 11.30AM

Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Adult ticket price – £16 – concessions available
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm
1 November to 29 March:
Monday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 14 February, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 15 February, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Get directions

Ensemble Hesperi is a dynamic and innovative London-based period ensemble, with a reputation for showcasing Baroque Music through intelligent, research-led programming. The four members of Ensemble Hesperi met during their studies at the Royal College of Music in London, and the varied talents of each member of the ensemble combine to present joyful and educational performances for audiences of all kinds. Whether performing as the core ensemble of recorder, baroque violin, baroque cello and harpsichord, or collaborating with friends for larger projects, Hesperi aims to embody the true spontaneity of chamber music.
In 2020, the ensemble was selected as Britten Pears Young Artists, and won first prize at the London International Festival of Early Music Young Ensemble Competition. In 2021, the ensemble was awarded third prize at the prestigious International Van Wassenaer Competition, became City Music Foundation artists, and released its debut album, In autumn 2023, Hesperi launched its new vocal ensemble, the Hesperi Voices. The ensemble appears regularly on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show and In Tune programmes, and has a busy schedule of performances at leading festivals and venues in the UK and further afield.
www.ensemblehesperi.com/

Berkeley Ensemble | Crewkerne, 16 November 2024
2024-11-16 19:30 - 22:30 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Berkeley Ensemble
Francesca Barritt, violin
Amalia Young, violin
Dan Shilladay, violin
Gemma Wareham, cello
Martin Ludenbach, double bass
Jonathan Parkin, clarinet
Andrew Watson, bassoon
David Horwich, horn
Programme
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged for String Quintet) – selections
Howard Ferguson Octet
Schubert Octet
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 16 November, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 15 November, 11.30AM
Bridport: Mussorgsky and Ferguson
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm
1 November to 29 March:
Monday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 15 November, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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The Berkeley Ensemble was formed by friends in a spirit of adventure. ‘An instinctive collective’ (The Strad), its members have come together from diverse corners of musical life to make music in new ways, reach new audiences and, most importantly, explore new repertoire, be it newly written or inadvertently forgotten.
Its acclaimed performances and recordings celebrate contemporary chamber music, especially by British composers.
Its nine albums include 18 premiere recordings amongst a diverse catalogue ranging from Knussen to Beethoven and have attracted considerable praise.
The Berkeley Ensemble regularly appears at venues and festivals throughout the UK including Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room, St David’s Hall Cardiff, Wiltshire Music Centre and the Cheltenham, Spitalfields, and Lake District Summer Music Festivals.
Away from the concert platform, the Berkeley Ensemble works tirelessly to foster the creation, appreciation and performance of chamber music at every age, level and ability.

www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk

Berkeley Ensemble | Ilminster, 15 November 2024
2024-11-15 19:30 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Berkeley Ensemble
Francesca Barritt, violin
Amalia Young, violin
Dan Shilladay, violin
Gemma Wareham, cello
Martin Ludenbach, double bass
Jonathan Parkin, clarinet
Andrew Watson, bassoon
David Horwich, horn

Programme
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged for String Quintet) – selections
Howard Ferguson Octet
Schubert Octet

Venue
Ilminster
Friday 15 November, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 15 November, 11.30AM
Bridport: Mussorgsky and Ferguson
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm
1 November to 29 March:
Monday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 16 November, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

The Berkeley Ensemble was formed by friends in a spirit of adventure. ‘An instinctive collective’ (The Strad), its members have come together from diverse corners of musical life to make music in new ways, reach new audiences and, most importantly, explore new repertoire, be it newly written or inadvertently forgotten.
Its acclaimed performances and recordings celebrate contemporary chamber music, especially by British composers.
Its nine albums include 18 premiere recordings amongst a diverse catalogue ranging from Knussen to Beethoven and have attracted considerable praise.
The Berkeley Ensemble regularly appears at venues and festivals throughout the UK including Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room, St David’s Hall Cardiff, Wiltshire Music Centre and the Cheltenham, Spitalfields, and Lake District Summer Music Festivals.
Away from the concert platform, the Berkeley Ensemble works tirelessly to foster the creation, appreciation and performance of chamber music at every age, level and ability.
www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk

Berkeley Ensemble | Bridport, 15 November 2024
2024-11-15 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Berkeley Ensemble
Francesca Barritt, violin
Amalia Young, violin
Dan Shilladay, violin
Gemma Wareham, cello
Martin Ludenbach, double bass
Jonathan Parkin, clarinet
Andrew Watson, bassoon
David Horwich, horn

Programme
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged for String Quintet) – selections
Howard Ferguson Octet

Venue
Bridport
Friday 15 November, 11.30AM

Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm
1 November to 29 March:
Monday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 15 November, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 16 November, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

The Berkeley Ensemble was formed by friends in a spirit of adventure. ‘An instinctive collective’ (The Strad), its members have come together from diverse corners of musical life to make music in new ways, reach new audiences and, most importantly, explore new repertoire, be it newly written or inadvertently forgotten.
Its acclaimed performances and recordings celebrate contemporary chamber music, especially by British composers.
Its nine albums include 18 premiere recordings amongst a diverse catalogue ranging from Knussen to Beethoven and have attracted considerable praise.
The Berkeley Ensemble regularly appears at venues and festivals throughout the UK including Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room, St David’s Hall Cardiff, Wiltshire Music Centre and the Cheltenham, Spitalfields, and Lake District Summer Music Festivals.
Away from the concert platform, the Berkeley Ensemble works tirelessly to foster the creation, appreciation and performance of chamber music at every age, level and ability.
www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk

Hilary Cronin and Asako Ogawa | Crewkerne, 5 October 2024
2024-10-05 19:30 - 22:30 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Hilary Cronin, soprano
Asako Ogawa, piano
Programme
Handel arias from Alcina
“Di cor mio”
“Ma quando tornerai”
“Ah mio cor”
“Tornami a vagheggiar”
Robert Schumann 3 movements {Entritt, Jäger, Einsame Blume} from Waldszenen ( Forest scene) for piano solo
Robert Schumann
Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend
Waldgespräche
Der Sandmann
Clara Schumann Lorelei
Humperdinck Ja Gretelchen…Hurr, hopp hopp! from Hãnsel und Gretel
Michael Head The Singer
Rebecca Clarke The Seal Man
Jonathan Dove Wedding Aria from The Enchanted Pig
Robert Schumann “Vogel als prophet” from Waldeszenen, No 7 Op 82 for piano solo
Hugo Wolf
Elfenlied
Gesang Weylas
Die Geister am Mummelsee
Nixe Bindefuss
Liszt Die Loreley
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 5 October, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 4 October, 11.30AM
Bridport: Handel, Schumann, Wolf and Liszt.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 4 October, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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We welcome Hilary Cronin and Asako Ogawa to the West Country.
Selected by BBC Music Magazine as a Rising Star of 2022, Hilary Cronin won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2021 Handel Singing Competition. Hilary is a regular soloist with The Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. On the concert platform, Hilary has appeared as soloist with many groups and orchestras including The English Concert, The Sixteen, Solomon’s Knot, Florilegium, London Mozart Players, Oxford Bach Soloists, English Chamber Orchestra, London Handel Players, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
www.hilarycronin-soprano.co.uk
Asako Ogawa is one of the today’s most versatile performers on keyboard instruments, from virginals, harpsichord, fortepiano to modern piano. Her wide repertoire covers all periods both on harpsichord and modern piano. She has been performing as a soloist, as an accompanist and as a continuo player in UK, Europe and Japan.
www.asakoogawa.com

Hilary Cronin and Asako Ogawa | Ilminster, 4 October 2024
2024-10-04 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Hilary Cronin, soprano
Asako Ogawa, piano
Programme
Handel arias from Alcina
“Di cor mio”
“Ma quando tornerai”
“Ah mio cor”
“Tornami a vagheggiar”
Robert Schumann 3 movements {Entritt, Jäger, Einsame Blume} from Waldszenen ( Forest scene) for piano solo
Robert Schumann
Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend
Waldgespräche
Der Sandmann
Clara Schumann Lorelei
Humperdinck Ja Gretelchen…Hurr, hopp hopp! from Hãnsel und Gretel
Michael Head The Singer
Rebecca Clarke The Seal Man
Jonathan Dove Wedding Aria from The Enchanted Pig
Robert Schumann “Vogel als prophet” from Waldeszenen, No 7 Op 82 for piano solo
Hugo Wolf
Elfenlied
Gesang Weylas
Die Geister am Mummelsee
Nixe Bindefuss
Liszt Die Loreley

Venue
Ilminster
Friday 4 October, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Get directions
Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 4 October, 11.30AM
Bridport: Handel, Schumann, Wolf and Liszt.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 5 October, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We welcome Hilary Cronin and Asako Ogawa to the West Country.

Selected by BBC Music Magazine as a Rising Star of 2022, Hilary Cronin won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2021 Handel Singing Competition. Hilary is a regular soloist with The Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. On the concert platform, Hilary has appeared as soloist with many groups and orchestras including The English Concert, The Sixteen, Solomon’s Knot, Florilegium, London Mozart Players, Oxford Bach Soloists, English Chamber Orchestra, London Handel Players, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

www.hilarycronin-soprano.co.uk
Asako Ogawa is one of the today’s most versatile performers on keyboard instruments, from virginals, harpsichord, fortepiano to modern piano. Her wide repertoire covers all periods both on harpsichord and modern piano. She has been performing as a soloist, as an accompanist and as a continuo player in UK, Europe and Japan.
www.asakoogawa.com

Hilary Cronin and Asako Ogawa | Bridport, 4 October 2024
2024-10-04 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Hilary Cronin, soprano
Asako Ogawa, piano
Programme
Handel arias from Alcina
“Di cor mio”
“Ma quando tornerai”
“Ah mio cor”
“Tornami a vagheggiar”
Robert Schumann 3 movements {Entritt, Jäger, Einsame Blume} from Waldszenen ( Forest scene) for piano solo
Robert Schumann
Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend
Waldgespräche
Der Sandmann
Clara Schumann Lorelei
Robert Schumann “Vogel als prophet” from Waldeszenen, No 7 Op 82 for piano solo
Hugo Wolf
Elfenlied
Gesang Weylas
Die Geister am Mummelsee
Nixe Bindefuss
Liszt Die Loreley

Venue
Bridport
Friday 4 October, 11.30AM
Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
4 October, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 5 October, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We welcome Hilary Cronin and Asako Ogawa to the West Country.

Selected by BBC Music Magazine as a Rising Star of 2022, Hilary Cronin won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2021 Handel Singing Competition. Hilary is a regular soloist with The Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. On the concert platform, Hilary has appeared as soloist with many groups and orchestras including The English Concert, The Sixteen, Solomon’s Knot, Florilegium, London Mozart Players, Oxford Bach Soloists, English Chamber Orchestra, London Handel Players, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

www.hilarycronin-soprano.co.uk
Asako Ogawa is one of the today’s most versatile performers on keyboard instruments, from virginals, harpsichord, fortepiano to modern piano. Her wide repertoire covers all periods both on harpsichord and modern piano. She has been performing as a soloist, as an accompanist and as a continuo player in UK, Europe and Japan.
www.asakoogawa.com

Mela guitar quartet | Pendomer, 8 September 2024
2024-09-08 15:00 - 17:30 | Pendomer, The Church of St Roch, Pendomer, Somerset, BA22 9PH, United Kingdom
Mēla guitar quartet
Matthew Button
Zahrah Hutton
Matthew Robinson
George Tarlton
Programme
Saint-Saëns Bacchanale
Debussy Deux Arabesques
Houghton Opals
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture
Holst Fugal Overture
Snowden My Clock is Broken!
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Gismonti Agua Y Vinho
Snowden The Emperor’s New Clothes
Venue
Pendomer
Sunday 8 September, 3PM
The Church of St Roch, Pendomer, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PH
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 6 September, 11.30AM
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 6 September, 7.30PM
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Crewkerne
Saturday 7 September, 7.30PM
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We are delighted to welcome back the Mēla guitar quartet with a ‘festival’ of music.
Winners of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition 2023, the Mēla guitar quartet are known for imaginative, engaging programmes of their ingenious arrangements and celebrated original works. The quartet are enthusiastically adding to the guitar quartet repertoire through their adventurous arrangements of much loved orchestral works and their commissions of new music.
The quartet formed in 2015 as graduates of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. They became International Guitar Festival Young Artists 2015/16, then Park Lane Group young artists 2018/19 and Royal Over-Seas League chamber music finalists 2019. The members Michael Butten and Zahrah Hutton joined founding members Matthew Robinson and George Tarlton in 2023.
“An exalted level of perfection” – Naxos.com
“A Stunning Display of Virtuosity.” “Wizardry”. “Revelatory music making” – Soundboard 2023
www.melagq.com

Mela guitar quartet | Crewkerne, 7 September 2024
2024-09-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Mēla guitar quartet
Matthew Button
Zahrah Hutton
Matthew Robinson
George Tarlton
Programme
Saint-Saëns Bacchanale
Debussy Deux Arabesques
Houghton Opals
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture
Holst Fugal Overture
Snowden My Clock is Broken!
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Gismonti Agua Y Vinho
Snowden The Emperor’s New Clothes
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 7 September, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
Get directions
Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 6 September, 11.30AM
Bridport – a selection of the programme shown above.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 6 September, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Pendomer
Sunday 8 September, 3PM
Church of St Roch, Pendomer, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PH
Find out more

We are delighted to welcome back the Mēla guitar quartet with a ‘festival’ of music.
Winners of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition 2023, the Mēla guitar quartet are known for imaginative and engaging programs of their ingenious arrangements and celebrated original works. The quartet are enthusiastically adding to the guitar quartet repertoire through their adventurous arrangements of much loved orchestral works and their commissions of new music.
The quartet formed in 2015 as graduates of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. They became International Guitar Festival Young Artists 2015/16, then Park Lane Group young artists 2018/19 and Royal Over-Seas League chamber music finalists 2019. The members Michael Butten and Zahrah Hutton joined founding members Matthew Robinson and George Tarlton in 2023.
“An exalted level of perfection” – Naxos.com
“A Stunning Display of Virtuosity.” “Wizardry”. “Revelatory music making” – Soundboard 2023
www.melagq.com

Mela guitar quartet | Ilminster, 6 September 2024
2024-09-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Mēla guitar quartet
Matthew Button
Zahrah Hutton
Matthew Robinson
George Tarlton
Programme
Saint-Saëns Bacchanale
Debussy Deux Arabesques
Houghton Opals
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture
Holst Fugal Overture
Snowden My Clock is Broken!
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Gismonti Agua Y Vinho
Snowden The Emperor’s New Clothes
Venue
Ilminster
Friday 6 September, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Get directions
Booking
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Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 6 September, 11.30AM
Bridport – a selection of the programme shown above.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 7 September, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Pendomer
Sunday 8 September, 3PM
Church of St Roch, Pendomer, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PH
Find out more

We are delighted to welcome back the Mēla guitar quartet with a ‘festival’ of music.
Winners of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition 2023, the Mēla guitar quartet are known for imaginative, engaging programmes of their ingenious arrangements and celebrated original works. The quartet are enthusiastically adding to the guitar quartet repertoire through their adventurous arrangements of much loved orchestral works and their commissions of new music.
The quartet formed in 2015 as graduates of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. They became International Guitar Festival Young Artists 2015/16, then Park Lane Group young artists 2018/19 and Royal Over-Seas League chamber music finalists 2019. The members Michael Butten and Zahrah Hutton joined founding members Matthew Robinson and George Tarlton in 2023.
“An exalted level of perfection” – Naxos.com
“A Stunning Display of Virtuosity.” “Wizardry”. “Revelatory music making” – Soundboard 2023
www.melagq.com

Mela guitar quartet | Bridport, 6 September 2024
2024-09-06 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Mēla guitar quartet
Matthew Button
Zahrah Hutton
Matthew Robinson
George Tarlton
Programme
Saint-Saëns Bacchanale
Debussy Deux Arabesques
Houghton Opals
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture
Holst Fugal Overture
Snowden My Clock is Broken!
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Gismonti Agua Y Vinho
Snowden The Emperor’s New Clothes
Bridport – a selection of the programme shown above.
Venue
Bridport
Friday 6 September, 11.30AM
Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 6 September, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 7 September, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Pendomer
Sunday 8 September, 3PM
Church of St Roch, Pendomer, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PH
Find out more

We are delighted to welcome back the Mēla guitar quartet with a ‘festival’ of music.
Winners of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition 2023, the Mēla guitar quartet are known for imaginative, engaging programmes of their ingenious arrangements and celebrated original works. The quartet are enthusiastically adding to the guitar quartet repertoire through their adventurous arrangements of much loved orchestral works and their commissions of new music.
The quartet formed in 2015 as graduates of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. They became International Guitar Festival Young Artists 2015/16, then Park Lane Group young artists 2018/19 and Royal Over-Seas League chamber music finalists 2019. The members Michael Butten and Zahrah Hutton joined founding members Matthew Robinson and George Tarlton in 2023.
“An exalted level of perfection” – Naxos.com
“A Stunning Display of Virtuosity.” “Wizardry”. “Revelatory music making” – Soundboard 2023
www.melagq.com

Lumas Winds | Shaftesbury, 21 July 2024
2024-07-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Shaftesbury, St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8LY, United Kingdom
Lumas Winds
Beth Stone, flute
Chris Vettraino, oboe
Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, french horn
Rennie Sutherland, clarinet
Florence Plane, bassoon
Programme
György Ligeti Six Bagatelles (1953)
Valerie Coleman Afro-Cuban Concerto (2001)
Antoní Dvořák String Quartet No 12 Op 96 (1893)
Dmitri Shostakovich Suite for Wind Quintet (arr. Palmquist)
John Blackwood McEwen Under Northern Skies
Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet Op 43 (1923)
Venue
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 July, 3PM
Booking
Box Office: 01747 854321
Shaftesbury Box Office, 11-13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8AR
Tickets: £18
Students £5; Free tickets to children, 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult.
Unreserved seating – choose when you arrive.
Ticket sales by phone or in person.
boxoffice@shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk
Monday to Saturday – 10am – 12.30pm
Thursday – 12.30pm – 3pm
OR online at www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 19 July, 11.30AM
Bridport: Ligeti, Shostakovich, Valerie Coleman and Dvořák.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Friday 19 July, 7.30PM
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 July, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We welcome Lumas Winds to Concerts in the West.

Lumas Winds is a dynamic, young chamber ensemble based in London. Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers. The ensemble are Making Music’s Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists and will take up an Aldeburgh residency in March 2024 as Britten Pears Young Artists.

Alongside performing the classics of the repertoire Lumas enjoy exploring and making a case for works not currently in the canon but which deserve to be so. This is highlighted in the six hidden gems that will feature on their debut album due for release in late 2023 for Champs Hill Records. The disc brings together repertoire from every decade from 1960 to 2010 and includes three world premiere recordings of music by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. Lumas won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize in 2022 with its performance of the latter, a major discovery from the ensemble’s visit to the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda’s, Oxford.
www.lumaswinds.com

Lumas Winds | Crewkerne, 20 July 2024
2024-07-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Lumas Winds
Beth Stone, flute
Chris Vettraino, oboe
Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, french horn
Rennie Sutherland, clarinet
Florence Plane, bassoon
Programme
György Ligeti Six Bagatelles (1953)
Valerie Coleman Afro-Cuban Concerto (2001)
Antoní Dvořák String Quartet No 12 Op 96 (1893)
Dmitri Shostakovich Suite for Wind Quintet (arr. Palmquist)
John Blackwood McEwen Under Northern Skies
Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet Op 43 (1923)
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 July, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
Get directions
Booking
Scroll down to book your tickets online today. Booking is safe and secure. Your e-tickets will be emailed to you as soon as you book.
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 19 July, 11.30AM
Bridport: Ligeti, Shostakovich, Valerie Coleman and Dvořák.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 19 July, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 July, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Tickets are not available via this booking site.
The Shaftesbury Arts Centre Box Office will sell tickets for this concert.
For information please go to this page.

We welcome Lumas Winds to Concerts in the West.
Lumas Winds is a dynamic, young chamber ensemble based in London. Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers. The ensemble are Making Music’s Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists and will take up an Aldeburgh residency in March 2024 as Britten Pears Young Artists.
Alongside performing the classics of the repertoire Lumas enjoy exploring and making a case for works not currently in the canon but which deserve to be so. This is highlighted in the six hidden gems that will feature on their debut album due for release in late 2023 for Champs Hill Records. The disc brings together repertoire from every decade from 1960 to 2010 and includes three world premiere recordings of music by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. Lumas won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize in 2022 with its performance of the latter, a major discovery from the ensembles visit to the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda’s, Oxford.
www.lumaswinds.com

Lumas Winds | Ilminster, 19 July 2024
2024-07-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Lumas Winds
Beth Stone, flute
Chris Vettraino, oboe
Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, french horn
Rennie Sutherland, clarinet
Florence Plane, bassoon
Programme
György Ligeti Six Bagatelles (1953)
Valerie Coleman Afro-Cuban Concerto (2001)
Antoní Dvořák String Quartet No 12 Op 96 (1893)
Dmitri Shostakovich Suite for Wind Quintet (arr. Palmquist)
John Blackwood McEwen Under Northern Skies
Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet Op 43 (1923)
Venue
Ilminster
Friday 19 July, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Get directions
Booking
Scroll down to book your tickets online today. Booking is safe and secure. Your e-tickets will be emailed to you as soon as you book.
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 19 July, 11.30AM
Bridport: Ligeti, Shostakovich, Valerie Coleman and Dvořák.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 July, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 July, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Tickets are not available via this booking site.
The Shaftesbury Arts Centre Box Office will sell tickets for this concert.
For information please go to this page.

We welcome Lumas Winds to Concerts in the West.

Lumas Winds is a dynamic, young chamber ensemble based in London. Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers. The ensemble are Making Music’s Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists and will take up an Aldeburgh residency in March 2024 as Britten Pears Young Artists.

Alongside performing the classics of the repertoire Lumas enjoy exploring and making a case for works not currently in the canon but which deserve to be so. This is highlighted in the six hidden gems that will feature on their debut album due for release in late 2023 for Champs Hill Records. The disc brings together repertoire from every decade from 1960 to 2010 and includes three world premiere recordings of music by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. Lumas won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize in 2022 with its performance of the latter, a major discovery from the ensemble’s visit to the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda’s, Oxford.
www.lumaswinds.com

Lumas Winds | Bridport, 19 July 2024
2024-07-19 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Lumas Winds
Beth Stone, flute
Chris Vettraino, oboe
Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, french horn
Rennie Sutherland, clarinet
Florence Plane, bassoon
Programme
György Ligeti Six Bagatelles (1953)
Valerie Coleman Afro-Cuban Concerto (2001)
Antoní Dvořák String Quartet No 12 Op 96 (1893)
Dmitri Shostakovich Suite for Wind Quintet (arr. Palmquist)
Venue
Bridport
Friday 19 July, 11.30AM
Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 19 July, 7.30AM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 July, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 July, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Tickets are not available via this booking site.
The Shaftesbury Arts Centre Box Office will sell tickets for this concert.
For information please go to this page.

We welcome Lumas Winds to Concerts in the West.

Lumas Winds is a dynamic, young chamber ensemble based in London. Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers. The ensemble are Making Music’s Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists and will take up an Aldeburgh residency in March 2024 as Britten Pears Young Artists.

Alongside performing the classics of the repertoire Lumas enjoy exploring and making a case for works not currently in the canon but which deserve to be so. This is highlighted in the six hidden gems that will feature on their debut album due for release in late 2023 for Champs Hill Records. The disc brings together repertoire from every decade from 1960 to 2010 and includes three world premiere recordings of music by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. Lumas won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize in 2022 with its performance of the latter, a major discovery from the ensemble’s visit to the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda’s, Oxford.
www.lumaswinds.com

Lara Melda | Crewkerne, 22 June 2024
2024-06-22 19:30 - 22:00 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Lara Melda
piano
Programme
Liszt Étude in D flat major, No 3, S 144 ‘Un Sospiro’
Chopin Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58
Chopin Nocturne No 1 in B flat minor, Op 9
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S 178
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 22 June, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
Get directions
Booking
Scroll down to book your tickets online today. Booking is safe and secure. Your e-tickets will be emailed to you as soon as you book.
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 21 June, 11.30AM
Bridport: Beethoven Sonata No 17 in D minor ‘The Tempest’, Op 31 No 2
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S 178

Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 21 June, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more

We are delighted to welcome Lara Melda to Concerts in the West for the first time.
Lara Melda won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in the final round with Vasily Petrenko and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff.
Lara made her BBC Proms and Royal Albert Hall debut in 2023 as one of the soloists performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay in an evening devoted to previous Young Musician winners. Lara made her Wigmore Hall recital debut in 2017, and followed this with three more sold out recitals.
Lara Melda performs regularly in Türkiye and made her debut at the International Music Festival in Istanbul in June 2011. Following the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, Lara has been working tirelessly on fundraising projects and events helping those affected.
In the summer of 2016 Lara graduated from the Royal College of Music with a first class honours degree.
Most recently she curated a critically acclaimed multi sensory Van Gogh immersive concert experience in collaboration with Exhibition Hub, where the audience and Lara’s playing become intertwined in a journey through Van Gogh’s life – the music and art together evoking different emotions, feelings and memories for each person.
Photos: Emrah Bostan & Mark Woods
www.laramelda.co.uk

Lara Melda | Ilminster, 21 June 2024
2024-06-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Lara Melda
piano
Programme
Liszt Étude in D flat major, No 3, S 144 ‘Un Sospiro’
Chopin Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58
Chopin Nocturne No 1 in B flat minor, Op 9
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S 178
Venue
Ilminster
Friday 21 June, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Get directions
Booking
Scroll down to book your tickets online today. Booking is safe and secure. Your e-tickets will be emailed to you as soon as you book.
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 21 June, 11.30AM
Bridport: Beethoven Sonata No 17 in D minor ‘The Tempest’, Op 31 No 2
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S 178
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 22 June, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We are delighted to welcome Lara Melda to Concerts in the West for the first time.
Lara Melda won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2 in the final round with Vasily Petrenko and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff.
Lara made her BBC Proms and Royal Albert Hall debut in 2023 as one of the soloists performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay in an evening devoted to previous Young Musician winners. Lara made her Wigmore Hall recital debut in 2017, and followed this with three more sold out recitals.
Lara Melda performs regularly in Türkiye and made her debut at the International Music Festival in Istanbul in June 2011. Following the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, Lara has been working tirelessly on fundraising projects and events helping those affected.
In the summer of 2016 Lara graduated from the Royal College of Music with a first class honours degree.
Most recently she curated a critically acclaimed multi sensory Van Gogh immersive concert experience in collaboration with Exhibition Hub, where the audience and Lara’s playing become intertwined in a journey through Van Gogh’s life – the music and art together evoking different emotions, feelings and memories for each person.
Photo: Emrah Bostan & Mark Woods

www.laramelda.co.uk

Lara Melda | Bridport, 21 June 2024
2024-06-21 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Lara Melda
piano
Programme
Beethoven Sonata No 17 in D minor ‘The Tempest’, Op 31 No 2
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S 178
Venue
Bridport
Friday 21 June, 11.30AM

Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 21 June, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 22 June, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We are delighted to welcome Lara Melda to Concerts in the West for the first time.
Lara Melda won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2 in the final round with Vasily Petrenko and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff.
Lara made her BBC Proms and Royal Albert Hall debut in 2023 as one of the soloists performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay in an evening devoted to previous Young Musician winners. Lara made her Wigmore Hall recital debut in 2017, and followed this with three more sold out recitals.
Lara Melda performs regularly in Türkiye and made her debut at the International Music Festival in Istanbul in June 2011. Following the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, Lara has been working tirelessly on fundraising projects and events helping those affected.
In the summer of 2016 Lara graduated from the Royal College of Music with a first class honours degree.
Most recently she curated a critically acclaimed multi sensory Van Gogh immersive concert experience in collaboration with Exhibition Hub, where the audience and Lara’s playing become intertwined in a journey through Van Gogh’s life – the music and art together evoking different emotions, feelings and memories for each person.
Photo: Emrah Bostan & Mark Woods

www.laramelda.co.uk

Pocket Sinfonia | Crewkerne, 18 May 2024
2024-05-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Pocket Sinfonia
Emil Duncumb, fortepiano
Eleanor Corr, violin
Rosie Bowker, flute
Thomas Isaac, cello
Programme
Mozart arr. JN Hummel Overture to The Magic Flute, K 620
CPE Bach Flute Quartet in A minor, Wq 93/H 537
Haydn arr. M Clementi Symphony 102 in B flat major
Fanny Mendelssohn Overture in C major
Mozart arr. JN Hummel Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551 ‘Jupiter’
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 18 May, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
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Bridport
Friday 17 May, 11.30AM
Bridport: Mendelssohn and Mozart
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
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Ilminster
Friday 17 May, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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Using both modern and period instruments, POCKET SINFONIA was formed to recreate the atmosphere of 19th-century living room parties, where the intimacy of chamber music performance could be applied to orchestral-scale pieces. This is made possible via various transcriptions by composers of the 19th Century, including Hummel and Clementi. Pocket Sinfonia has since also made their own arrangements, applying spontaneity and vigour to creations that are not merely smaller versions of great pieces, but are new and artistic in their own right.
The group has performed across the UK and Europe including the Brighton Early Music Festival. Pocket Sinfonia was a REMA (European Early Music Network) Showcase Artist (2020), Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artists (2018-19), and winner of the St Martin-in-the-Field’s Chamber Competition Audience Prize. They have recently recorded their debut CD – the Symphone Reimagined.

Pocket Sinfonia | Ilminster, 17 May 2024
2024-05-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Pocket Sinfonia
Emil Duncumb, fortepiano
Eleanor Corr, violin
Rosie Bowker, flute
Thomas Isaac, cello
Programme
Mozart arr. JN Hummel Overture to The Magic Flute, K620
CPE Bach Flute Quartet in A minor, Wq 93/H 537
Haydn arr. M Clementi Symphony 102 in B flat major
Fanny Mendelssohn Overture in C major
Mozart arr. JN Hummel Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551 ‘Jupiter’
Venue
Ilminster
Friday 17 May, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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Booking
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Bridport
Friday 17 May, 11.30AM
Bridport: Mendelssohn and Mozart
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 18 May, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

Using both modern and period instruments, POCKET SINFONIA was formed to recreate the atmosphere of 19th-century living room parties, where the intimacy of chamber music performance could be applied to orchestral-scale pieces. This is made possible via various transcriptions by composers of the 19th Century, including Hummel and Clementi. Pocket Sinfonia has since also made their own arrangements, applying spontaneity and vigour to creations that are not merely smaller versions of great pieces, but are new and artistic in their own right.
The group has performed across the UK and Europe including the Brighton Early Music Festival. Pocket Sinfonia was a REMA (European Early Music Network) Showcase Artist (2020), Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artists (2018-19), and winner of the St Martin-in-the-Field’s Chamber Competition Audience Prize. They have recently recorded their debut CD – the Symphony Reimagined.

Pocket Sinfonia | Bridport, 17 May 2024
2024-05-17 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Pocket Sinfonia
Emil Duncumb, fortepiano
Eleanor Corr, violin
Rosie Bowker, flute
Thomas Isaac, cello
Programme
CPE Bach Flute Quartet in A minor, Wq 93/H 537
Fanny Mendelssohn Overture in C major
Mozart arr. JN Hummel Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551 ‘Jupiter’
Venue
Bridport
Friday 17 May, 11.30AM

Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 17 May, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 18 May, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

Using both modern and period instruments, POCKET SINFONIA was formed to recreate the atmosphere of 19th-century living room parties, where the intimacy of chamber music performance could be applied to orchestral-scale pieces. This is made possible via various transcriptions by composers of the 19th Century, including Hummel and Clementi. Pocket Sinfonia has since also made their own arrangements, applying spontaneity and vigour to creations that are not merely smaller versions of great pieces, but are new and artistic in their own right.
The group has performed across the UK and Europe including the Brighton Early Music Festival. Pocket Sinfonia was a REMA (European Early Music Network) Showcase Artist (2020), Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artists (2018-19), and winner of the St Martin-in-the-Field’s Chamber Competition Audience Prize. They have recently recorded their debut CD – the Symphony Reimagined.

Gildas Quartet | Shaftesbury, 21 April 2024
2024-04-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Shaftesbury, St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8LY, United Kingdom
Gildas Quartet
Tom Aldren, violin
Gemma Sharples, violin
Christine Anderson, viola
Anna Menzies, cello
Programme
Montgomery Break Away
Haydn String Quartet No 5, Op 76 ‘Friedhofsquartett’
Puccini Crisantemi for String Quartet
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Venue
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 April, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Get directions
Booking
Box Office: 01747 854321
Shaftesbury Box Office, 11-13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8AR
Tickets: £18
Students £5; Free tickets to children, 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult.
Unreserved seating – choose when you arrive.
Ticket sales by phone or in person.
boxoffice@shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk
Monday to Saturday – 10am – 12.30pm
Thursday – 12.30pm – 3pm
OR online at www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk
Tickets for Shaftesbury are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking site.
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 19 April, 11.30AM
Bridport: Haydn, Puccini and Debussy
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 19 April, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 April, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
Find out more

Welcome to the Gildas Quartet.
The Gildas Quartet, praised for their ‘energy, verve and refreshing approach’ have performed to critical acclaim at major venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and live on BBC Radio 3. Their bold and explorative approach to performance has been recognised by the International Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz, where they won first prize in the Audience Engagement Award 2018.
Determined to bring the visceral experience of string quartet performance to audiences at close quarters, the Gildas launched their immersive ‘Surround Sound Sessions’ project in Winter 2019. This series ranges from short one-work ‘pop-up’ concerts in unusual settings to full-length recitals, with the audience literally in the midst of the players, in surround sound.
www.gildasquartet.com

Gildas Quartet | Crewkerne, 20 April 2024
2024-04-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Gildas Quartet
Tom Aldren, violin
Gemma Sharples, violin
Christine Anderson, viola
Anna Menzies, cello
Programme
Montgomery Break Away
Haydn String Quartet No 5, Op 76 ‘Friedhofsquartett’
Puccini Crisantemi for String Quartet
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 April, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
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Booking
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Bridport
Friday 19 April, 11.30AM
Bridport: Haydn, Puccini and Debussy
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 19 April, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 April, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Tickets are not for sale via this booking site.
The Shaftesbury Arts Centre Box Office will sell tickets for this concert.
For information please go to this page.

Welcome to the Gildas Quartet.
The Gildas Quartet, praised for their ‘energy, verve and refreshing approach’ have performed to critical acclaim at major venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and live on BBC Radio 3. Their bold and explorative approach to performance has been recognised by the International Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz, where they won first prize in the Audience Engagement Award 2018.
Determined to bring the visceral experience of string quartet performance to audiences at close quarters, the Gildas launched their immersive ‘Surround Sound Sessions’ project in Winter 2019. This series ranges from short one-work ‘pop-up’ concerts in unusual settings to full-length recitals, with the audience literally in the midst of the players, in surround sound.
www.gildasquartet.com

Gildas Quartet | Ilminster, 19 April 2024
2024-04-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Gildas Quartet
Tom Aldren, violin
Gemma Sharples, violin
Christine Anderson, viola
Anna Menzies, cello
Programme
Montgomery Break Away
Haydn String Quartet No 5, Op 76 ‘Friedhofsquartett’
Puccini Crisantemi for String Quartet
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Venue
Ilminster
Friday 19 April, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
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Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 19 April, 11.30AM
Bridport: Haydn, Puccini and Debussy
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 April, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 April, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Tickets are not for sale via this booking site.
The Shaftesbury Arts Centre Box Office will sell tickets for this concert.
For booking information please go to this page.

Welcome to the Gildas Quartet.
The Gildas Quartet, praised for their ‘energy, verve and refreshing approach’ have performed to critical acclaim at major venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and live on BBC Radio 3. Their bold and explorative approach to performance has been recognised by the International Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz, where they won first prize in the Audience Engagement Award 2018.
Determined to bring the visceral experience of string quartet performance to audiences at close quarters, the Gildas launched their immersive ‘Surround Sound Sessions’ project in Winter 2019. This series ranges from short one-work ‘pop-up’ concerts in unusual settings to full-length recitals, with the audience literally in the midst of the players, in surround sound.
www.gildasquartet.com

Gildas Quartet | Bridport, 19 April 2024
2024-04-19 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Gildas Quartet
Tom Aldren, violin
Gemma Sharples, violin
Christine Anderson, viola
Anna Menzies, cello
Programme
Haydn String Quartet No 5, Op 76 ‘Friedhofsquartett’
Puccini Crisantemi for String Quartet
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Venue
Bridport
Friday 19 April, 11.30AM

Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 19 April, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 20 April, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more
Shaftesbury
Sunday 21 April, 3PM
St Peter’s Church, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
Tickets are not for sale via this booking site.
The Shaftesbury Arts Centre Box Office will sell tickets for this concert.
For information please go to this page.

Welcome to the Gildas Quartet.
The Gildas Quartet, praised for their ‘energy, verve and refreshing approach’ have performed to critical acclaim at major venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and live on BBC Radio 3. Their bold and explorative approach to performance has been recognised by the International Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz, where they won first prize in the Audience Engagement Award 2018.
Determined to bring the visceral experience of string quartet performance to audiences at close quarters, the Gildas launched their immersive ‘Surround Sound Sessions’ project in Winter 2019. This series ranges from short one-work ‘pop-up’ concerts in unusual settings to full-length recitals, with the audience literally in the midst of the players, in surround sound.
www.gildasquartet.com

Sara Trickey and Ivana Gavric | Crewkerne, 16 March 2024
2024-03-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Crewkerne, The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL, United Kingdom
Sara Trickey, violin
Ivana Gavrić, piano
Programme
Mozart Violin Sonata No 21, E minor, K 304
Poulenc Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119
Brahms Hungarian Dance No 2 in D minor
Beethoven Sonata No 5, Op 24, Spring
Ravel Violin Sonata No 2 in G major
Venue
Crewkerne
Saturday 16 March, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
Get directions
Booking
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Bridport
Friday 15 March, 11.30AM
Bridport: Mozart, Beethoven and Ravel
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Ilminster
Friday 15 March, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more

We welcome two more wonderful musicians to Concerts in the West.
Sara Trickey enjoys an exciting and diverse career as a solo violinist and chamber musician. Noted for her “fiery and passionate” performances (The Strad) and her “beautifully refined tone” (Musical Opinion). Sara studied with Camilla Wicks and also was very much influenced by her studies at IMS Prussia Cove. She read Classics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and this continues to be a passion.
www.saratrickey.com
Born into a musical family in Sarajevo and raised in the UK, Ivana Gavrić studied at the University of Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music. Her playing has been described as “altogether of an extraordinary calibre” (BBC Music Magazine) and “notable for its beautiful sound, musical integrity and introspection” (The Independent).
www.ivanagavric.com/

Sara Trickey and Ivana Gavric | Ilminster, 15 March 2024
2024-03-15 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
Sara Trickey, violin
Ivana Gavrić, piano
Programme
Mozart Violin Sonata No 21, E minor, K 304
Poulenc Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119
Brahms Hungarian Dance No 2 in D minor
Beethoven Sonata No 5, Op 24, Spring
Ravel Violin Sonata No 2 in G major
Venue
Ilminster
Friday 15 March, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Get directions
Booking
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Alternative concert dates
Bridport
Friday 15 March, 11.30AM
Bridport: Mozart, Beethoven and Ravel
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via this booking site.
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Crewkerne
Saturday 16 March, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We welcome two more wonderful musicians to Concerts in the West.
Sara Trickey enjoys an exciting and diverse career as a solo violinist and chamber musician. Noted for her ‘fiery and passionate’ performances (The Strad) and her ‘beautifully refined tone’ (Musical Opinion). Sara studied with Camilla Wicks and also was very much influenced by her studies at IMS Prussia Cove. She read Classics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and this continues to be a passion.
www.saratrickey.com
Born into a musical family in Sarajevo and raised in the UK, Ivana Gavrić studied at the University of Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music. Her playing has been described as ‘altogether of an extraordinary calibre’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘notable for its beautiful sound, musical integrity and introspection’ (The Independent).
www.ivanagavric.com

Sara Trickey and Ivana Gavric | Bridport, 15 March 2024
2024-03-15 11:30 - 12:30 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
Sara Trickey, violin
Ivana Gavrić, piano
Programme
Mozart Violin Sonata No 21, E minor, K 304
Beethoven Sonata No 5, Op 24, Spring
Ravel Violin Sonata No 2 in G major
Venue
Bridport
Friday 15 March, 11.30AM

Booking
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR
Box Office: 01308 424901
Ticket sales by phone or in person from the Tourist Information Centre,
South Street, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF
Monday – Saturday – 10am – 3pm
OR online at www.bridport-arts.com
Tickets can be bought on the door from 11am, by card only.
Get directions
Alternatively, for details about the various ways of booking tickets for all the concerts, visit How to book & FAQs.
Tickets for Bridport are not for sale via the Concerts in the West booking system.
Alternative concert dates
Ilminster
Friday 15 March, 7.30PM
Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Find out more
Crewkerne
Saturday 16 March, 7.30PM
The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Find out more

We welcome two more wonderful musicians to Concerts in the West.
Sara Trickey enjoys an exciting and diverse career as a solo violinist and chamber musician. Noted for her ‘fiery and passionate’ performances (The Strad) and her ‘beautifully refined tone’ (Musical Opinion). Sara studied with Camilla Wicks and also was very much influenced by her studies at IMS Prussia Cove. She read Classics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and this continues to be a passion.
www.saratrickey.com
Born into a musical family in Sarajevo and raised in the UK, Ivana Gavrić studied at the University of Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music. Her playing has been described as ‘altogether of an extraordinary calibre’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘notable for its beautiful sound, musical integrity and introspection’ (The Independent).
www.ivanagavric.com
