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Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
season 2007-8

Concerts

The Spirit of Elgar

Wimborne Minster [location]
Saturday 3 November 7.30 pm

Graham Scott • organ

The splendid architecture of Wimborne Minster provides the perfect backdrop to some of the jewels of the English Cathedral repertoire. The concert features Land of Hope and Glory from the Last Night of the Proms, Chanson de Matin and favourite anthems by Edward Elgar, whose 150th birthday falls this year. Elgar
Tickets £10 nave, £8 side aisles, £2 under 18s

BSC Box Office
01258 880118

WimborneTourist Information Centre
29 High Street
Wimborne
01202 886116
Give unto the Lord • Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance • Elgar
Great is the Lord • Elgar
Chanson de Matin • Elgar
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis • Howells
The Twelve • Walton
Faire is the Heaven • Harris
My Song is Love Unknown • Pott
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Noël! Noël!
Piano • David Warwick


TWO alternative venues this year, Canford and Dorchester

Canford School, Wimborne
Monday 17 December 7.30 for 8.00 pm
Tickets £14, include refreshments
Only available by booking in advance


Please send cheque payable to BSC and sae to:
Neil Cullum, 3 Lavender Place, Ashwood Drive, Broadstone BH18 8LN
BSC extends its popular concerts of festive music to Dorchester this season. We return to our regular venue, Canford School, and also offer an opportunity for music lovers further west to get into the festive spirit. At the Dorset County Museum, enjoy the rare chance of a private viewing of the ground floor galleries before the concert.

To guarantee your mulled wine, mince pies and lashings of carols in Canford or Dorchester, be sure to book your tickets early.

Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
Thursday 20 December 7.15 for 8.15 pm

Tickets £12, including refreshments
Only available by booking in advance

Please send cheque payable to BSC and sae to:
BSC Box Office, 25 North Street, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford DT11 0NJ

or visit the
Dorchester Tourist Information Centre 01305 267992
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Come and Sing!

Accompanists • Graham Scott and Will Todd (piano)
mouths St Stephen’s Church, Bournemouth [location]
Saturday 19 January 2.30pm-6.30pm
Doors open for registration 2.00pm


Messiah • Handel
Mass in Blue • Will Todd

Sing through at 5.45 pm
- invite your family!


Join the choir for a good sing through choruses from Messiah, the most popular of all choral works. In addition, we have the pleasure of Will Todd’s dynamic presence to introduce us to sections of his Mass in Blue.

All singers are given a warm welcome at BSC’s choral days. After the rehearsal, enjoy a legendary BSC tea and invite your friends to join us all for a free informal performance.
Tickets £15, £5 under 18s, including music and refreshments

Please send cheque payable to BSC to:
Wendy Dimmick, 23 Bloomfield Avenue, Moordown, Bournemouth BH9 1UA
01202 518850

Assume your application to take part in the day has been accepted unless you hear otherwise
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Musical Riches
A concert in aid of the Richard Ely Trust
with
The Madrigal Society,
Sherborne School for Girls


Sherborne girls
Conductors • John Jenkins & David Gostick
Piano • Graham Scott

Mass for the Children • Rutter
Stabat Mater • Scarlatti

St Mary’s Church, Dorchester [location]
Saturday 9 February 7.30 pm


Tickets £12, £2 under 18s


BSC Box Office
01258 880118

Dorchester Tourist Information Centre
01305 267992
logoThe Richard Ely Trust provides financial help to enable young Dorset musicians to continue to study and perform.

BSC is delighted to be joining with the exceptional Madrigal Society from Sherborne School for Girls, to support the Trust’s excellent work. Two very different pieces will show off the amazing sound of our combined choirs.

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Salisbury spire Sunday Services at Salisbury Cathedral [location]
Sunday 24 February
The choir is thrilled to have been invited to provide the music for the Sunday services at Salisbury Cathedral.
We hope you will come and share these masterpieces in their natural place within the liturgy.

Eucharist 10.30 am
Messe à deux choeurs • Martin
Salvator Mundi • Tallis

Evensong 3.00 pm
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
(Collegium Regale) • Howells
Like as the hart • Howells

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Messiah
St Peter’s Church Parkstone [location]
Saturday 15 March 7.30 pm

The Sinfonietta Players

Soprano • Jaqueline Foan
Mezzo-soprano • Rebecca Lodge
Bass • Andrew Foan

Church window
Handel’s Messiah needs no introduction as one of the most enduring choral favourites.

A new star on the English choral scene is Roxanna Panufnik. Her glorious affirmation of the power of love is a tapestry of hypnotic rhythms and rich textures.


Messiah parts 2 and 3 • Handel
Love Abide (UK première) • Panufnik

Tickets £15 nave, £12 side aisles, £2 under 18s

BSC Box Office
01258 880118

DJ Brooking Bookshop
420 Ashley Road
Parkstone
01202 741675
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Mass in Blue
 


Blandford Parish Church [location]
Sunday 18 May 7.00 pm

The Will Todd Trio
Soprano• Bethany Halliday


Will Todd
Will Todd

Tickets £10 nave, £8 side aisles, £2 under 18s

BSC Box Office

Huckleberry’s Bookshop
39-41 Salisbury St
Blandford
01258 458767



There’s plenty here for both lovers of choral music and jazz enthusiasts to enjoy. Mass in Blue is a wonderful fusion of sumptuous vocal richness and driving jazz rhythms. We’ll also enjoy Bethany’s rendition of Summertime and other favourites from the choir.

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Soiree
Summer Soirée

St Andrew’s Church, Fontmell Magna [location]
Saturday 28 June 7.00 pm

Tickets £8 , £2 students, free under 14s

BSC Box Office

Fontmell Magna Village Shop

 


The choir’s summer soirée makes a welcome return this summer in the North Dorset village of Fontmell Magna where the edge of Cranborne Chase meets the Blackmore Vale.

Relax with a varied programme of madrigals, folk songs and toe-tappers and enjoy drinks and nibbles in the interval with the Choir.
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