Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Huw Morgan
21 Nov 2026
St Mary’s Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH
Tomás Luis de Victoria
21 Nov 2026
St Mary’s Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH
Tomás Luis de Victoria
24 Oct 2026
Hambridge Village Hall, TA10 0AZ
Vocal and instrumental workshop – tba
26 Sep 2026
St John’s Church, Keynsham, BS31 2BL
Vocal and instrumental workshop
12 Sep 2026
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5RZ
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
18 Jul 2026
Wembury Village Hall, Plymouth. PL9 0LF
Secular music by Tudor composers
27 Jun 2026
St John the Baptist Church, 6 West Market Place, Cirencester, Glos GL7 2NH
Step into the splendour of Renaissance Venice with FESTA VENEZIANA!
20 Jun 2026
St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells BA5 2AW
Vocal music by Edmund Hooper and John Sheppard
13 Jun 2026
Romsey Abbey
Bournemouth Bach Choir and Orchestra present ‘Heavenly Harmony’: sublime music by Handel including the Coronation Anthems
12 Jun 2026
Truro Cathedral
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
12 Jun 2026
Clifton Cathedral
Join world renowned vocal ensemble, Stile Antico, for a journey across Renaissance Europe. Stunning polyphony from Rome, Paris, Lisbon, Seville and Munich and more…
11 Jun 2026
Exeter Cathedral
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
05 Jun 2026
Clifton Cathedral
Join acclaimed organist, Richard Moore (Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford), as he explores the music of the North German school that inspired the young J. S. Bach.
05 Jun 2026
Clifton Cathedral
Join Dominika Fehér for an evening of virtuosic brilliance as she perform Bach’s music for the Solo Violin.
05 Jun 2026
The Mowlem, Shore Rd, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1DD
An immersive multimedia concert featuring medieval European to North and West African music
31 May 2026
St Peter’s, Church Knowle, Dorset
Songs from the people of thirteenth-century Britain
30 May 2026
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
lute recital and album launch
30 May 2026
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
A celebration of 16th-century Italian female creativity
30 May 2026
Seavington Millennium Hall, Seavington, Ilminster, Somerset. TA19 0QH
Polychoral Music from Germany for voices and instruments
24 May 2026
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
A collaboration between Parnassus and the artist Jérémie Queyras in a performance of three settings of Martin Luther’s hymn Christ Lag in Todes Banden by Pachelbel, Kuhnau and J.S. Bach with visual artistic responses.
23 May 2026
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, 18 Church St, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND
I Fagiolini celebrates its 40th birthday with ‘the best music it knows’ from 16th century marvels to music written for them.
21 May 2026
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock EX153JD
Dialogue Viols, Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Peter Wendland celebrating the music of pre-Revolutionary France with Lynda Sayce, theorbo and Ibi Aziz, viol
09 May 2026-10 May 2026
D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh
08 May 2026-10 May 2026
Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, GL6 7QW
Join Dame Emma Kirkby, Florian Franke and Sam Brown for an immersive exploration of lute songs from around 1600 in Northern Europe
08 May 2026-10 May 2026
All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
Bristol’s Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more…
04 May 2026
Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington TA21 8QY
Antoine Brumel’s twelve-part Earthquake Mass “Et ecce terrae motus” alongside lovely works by selected C15/16 contemporaries including Praetorius, Gibbons and Lassus
02 May 2026
St John the Baptist, Mildenhall, Marlborough SN8 2LU
Music by women of earlier times, from Hildegard to Strozzi
25 Apr 2026
St Mark’s Methodist Church, Gloucester Rd, Cheltenham, GL51 8PX
Works in 12 to 24 parts by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Claudio Merulo
16 Apr 2026-19 Apr 2026
Experience the magic of Medieval & Renaissance music
11 Apr 2026
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Songs to lute from 16th century Europe, including some of first ever to appear in print
11 Apr 2026
St Stephen’s Church, St Stephen’s Road, Cheltenham GL51 3AB
An afternoon of medieval music at St Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham
28 Mar 2026
Holy Trinity Church, Bell Lane, Minchinhampton, Stroud GL6 9BP
Cantores presents a reflective programme of music exploring some of the themes associated with the seasons of Lent and Passiontide.
22 Mar 2026
South Somerset Music Centre, Crewkerne Methodist Church, South Street, Crewkerne TA18 8DB
Early music trio comes to South Somerset Music Centre, Crewkerne
14 Mar 2026
Salisbury Cathedral
Bournemouth Bach Choir, soloists from The Sixteen, with period ensemble QuintEssential and the Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus
08 Mar 2026
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Bristol, BS8 3ED
Celebrating music composed by Thomas Tallis under four Tudor monarchs.
07 Mar 2026
West Leigh Infants’ School, Backwell, BS48 3NG
Choruses from Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
05 Mar 2026
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
The Minstrels of Melodious Melancholy mark Dowland 400 with 4 voices and 2 lutes
27 Feb 2026-01 Mar 2026
Jackdaws Music Great Elm Frome, Somerset BA11 3NY
Explore consort repertoire from the viol’s Golden Age
20 Feb 2026-23 Feb 2026
Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton TA4 4BD
Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music
15 Feb 2026
King’s College Chapel, Taunton. TA1 3LA
Celebrating Palestrina and his impact on 500 years of choral composition
14 Feb 2026
St Monica’s Chapel, Cote Lane, Bristol BS9 3UN
Quinquagesima Plainchant
14 Feb 2026-15 Feb 2026
D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.
07 Feb 2026
St Mary’s Church, Bathwick Bath, BA2 4EB
Bach’s Cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (BWV 76), and extracts from the Bach motet Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227)
31 Jan 2026
St Peter’s Church, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4LD
The Western Wind
25 Jan 2026
The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminstar
Afternoon Tea Concert
19 Dec 2025
St Laurence Church, Stroud
Join The Gesualdo Six at St Laurence Church in Stroud and step into an enchanting sequence of festive works.
19 Dec 2025
St Francis Xavier Church, Hereford, HR4 9AP
Four centuries of festive music.
19 Dec 2025-21 Dec 2025
Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, GL6 7QW
Join The Gesualdo Six for a fabulous weekend of festive singing celebrations!
18 Dec 2025
Holy Trinity Church Minchinhampton, near Stroud, Glos., GL6 9BW
Four centuries of festive music.
16 Dec 2025
Wells Cathedral
Experience a candlelit journey into the spiritual heart of a medieval Christmas with Opus Anglicanum.
15 Dec 2025
21 St Stephen’s St, Bristol. BS1 1EQ
The Waites of Gloucester present a programme of Christmas music on a range of period instruments.
12 Dec 2025
Church of Our Lady and St Alphege, Bath, BA2 3NR
Four centuries of festive music.
12 Dec 2025
St Michael’s Church, Dowdeswell GL54 4LX
Gaudete! Festive music from Tudor times, for voice and period instruments.
06 Dec 2025
Culmstock Village Hall EX15 3JW
South West Baroque Orchestra’s Christmas Concert with Carols to Sing and Christmas Music.
29 Nov 2025
Leckhampton Village Hall, Church Road, Cheltenham. GL53 0PS
Praise and Prayer. A day for voices and instruments (cornets, sackbuts, curtals, strings and recorders) exploring texts on the theme of praise and entreaty.
22 Nov 2025
Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1LW
An evening concert presented by Sarah Latto & Paragon Singers
22 Nov 2025
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Cheltenham Bach Choir and The Regency Sinfonia present Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Zadok The Priest and The King Shall Rejoice, and Vivaldi’s Gloria.
16 Nov 2025
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Bristol, BS8 3ED
A celebration of Portuguese polyphony
31 Oct 2025-02 Nov 2025
Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, GL6 7QW
This course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol’s Golden Age.
31 Oct 2025-02 Nov 2025
Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, GL6 7QW
During this weekend, players of the viol will participate in enjoyable and informative sessions, where the great music of the English Golden Age will be explored.
25 Oct 2025
Thorverton Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury EX5 5NU
A Celebration of the 540th Anniversary of the Death of Andrea Gabrieli.
20 Oct 2025-22 Oct 2025
Hawkwood, Painswick Old Road, Stroud, GL6 7QW
Join us for an immersive exploration of lute songs from around 1600 in Northern Europe – centred on John Dowland’s best-beloved “First Book of Songes”.
18 Oct 2025
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Stories of the heart, set in a pastoral context
04 Oct 2025
Freshford Village Hall, Freshford, Bath. BA2 7UR
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren. Polychoral music for voices and instruments.
28 Sep 2025
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock EX153JD
Caroline Ritchie and Henrik Persson viols, Lynda Sayce theorbo and James Akers baroque guitar bring this programme with the support of the Continuo Foundation
20 Sep 2025
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Music by women of earlier times: from Hildegard to Strozzi
19 Sep 2025
Holy Trinity Church, Drewsteignton, Devon, EX6 6QN
The candlelit interior of Drewsteignton Church creates a magical setting for vocal music exploring love poetry from The Song of Songs.
19 Sep 2025
Truro Cathedral
A programme for inner peace, combining medieval sounds with the contemporary voices of Arvo Pärt, Will Todd and Anna Clyne.
13 Sep 2025
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ
A programme for inner peace, combining medieval sounds with the contemporary voices of Arvo Pärt, Will Todd and Anna Clyne.
13 Sep 2025
St Nicholas’ church, Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2PG
A concert of medieval instrumental and vocal music – part of Gloucester’s Heritage Open Day celebrations
13 Sep 2025
Zoom – details will be emailed to all members.
The SWEMF 2025 AGM will be held online. All members are encouraged to attend and show their support.
13 Sep 2025
Briantspuddle Village Hall, Dorset, DT2 7HT
Motet Settings of Psalms Workshop
12 Sep 2025
Wells Cathedral
A programme for inner peace, combining medieval sounds with the contemporary voices of Arvo Pärt, Will Todd and Anna Clyne.
12 Sep 2025
St Mary de Crypt Church, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1TP
Part of Gloucester’s Heritage Open Days celebrations
26 Aug 2025
North Curry church
Renaissance music: Linarol consort (viols) and soprano voice
24 Aug 2025
Loders Church, Bridport
Renaissance music for soprano and viols
24 Aug 2025
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
‘Con Arte e Maestria’ – the Art of the Flourish. Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque.
02 Aug 2025
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
The Virtuoso Harpsichord – Bach’s grand Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue alongside beautiful 17th century French works by D’Anglebert and virtuosic pieces by Handel and Scarlatti.
02 Aug 2025
Iford Manor Gardens, nr Bradford, BA15 2ifBA
Sacred and secular pieces for up to 3 sopranos from 17th century France
19 Jul 2025
St. Gregory’s Catholic Church, 10 St James’ Square, Cheltenham GL50 3PR
A baroque organ recital of variations.
17 Jul 2025
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock EX153JD
Musical &b Amicable Society performance supported by the Continuo Foundation
13 Jul 2025
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Bristol, BS8 3ED
Nova’s Renaissance favourites, including Josquin, Ockeghem, Senfl and Clemens
13 Jul 2025
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5SN
A concert of medieval music for voice and instruments in Tewkesbury, alongside the town’s famous Medieval Festival.
12 Jul 2025
Ven House, Milborne Port DT9 5RA
South West Baroque Orchestra Afternoon Tea Concert at Ven House, Milborne Port
12 Jul 2025
Sherborne Abbey, Abbey Close, DT9 3LQ
South West Baroque Orchestra Lunchtime Concert at Sherborne Abbey
09 Jul 2025
The Silk Mill, Merchants Barton, Frome BA11 1PT
Sacred and secular pieces for up to 3 sopranos from 17th century France
06 Jul 2025
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Made in Italy – Baroque music for recorder, flute and harpsichord by Handel, Barsanti, Corelli, Vivaldi and Scarlatti
28 Jun 2025
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
From England via France and Spain to Italy, the birthplace of the Baroque
28 Jun 2025
St Monica’s Chapel, Cote Lane, Bristol, BS9 3UN
Orlando Gibbons (c. 1583 – 1625): Consort anthems
26 Jun 2025
Not Just Sundaes Community Cafe, Trinity Church, South St, Wareham BH20 4LU
Award winning tenor Daniel Thomson and Sam Brown, “the Eric Clapton of the lute”, present Facets of Time, a dramatic performance based around Elizabethen England’s most iconic artists, William Shakespeare and John Dowland.
22 Jun 2025
St Cuthbert’s Church, St Cuthbert Street, Wells. BA5 2AW
A rare opportunity to hear 16th century music on the Goetze and Gwynn Wingfield organ
14 Jun 2025
St. John’s Church, Bridgetown, Totnes TQ9 5AB
South West Baroque Orchestra’s first performance in Totnes
14 Jun 2025
St Luke’s Church, Wellsway, Bath BA2 2BD
Improvised saxophone with choral favourites including Hildegard of Bingen
14 Jun 2025
The James Room at Clifton Cathedral
Join Clifton International Festival of Music’s Artistic Director, Tom Williams, for a fun and engaging choral workshop celebrating the ‘Father of Western Music’, Palestrina, in this the 500th anniversary of his birth.
13 Jun 2025
Clifton Cathedral
Experience a captivating tapestry of litanies, madrigals and lamentations, showcasing the extraordinary writing of two of the Renaissance’s most famous composers, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Carlo Gesualdo.
11 Jun 2025
Clifton Cathedral
Experience the regal splendour and explosive power of this mighty musical combination in music by Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Purcell, J. S. Bach and modern composers including Damase and Bednall, on whom the Baroque masters had a huge influence.
07 Jun 2025
Carey’s Secret Garden, Wareham
Enter a world of music and mischief with Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, a dazzling semi-opera inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
07 Jun 2025
St Mary’s Church, Church Rd, Yatton, Bristol BS49 4HH
Guerrero: Missa Surge Propera
06 Jun 2025
Clifton Cathedral
Experience the glory of the Baroque and immerse yourself in Vivaldi’s timeless Four Seasons with rising virtuosa Dominika Fehér and her ensemble, Logos Musica.
01 Jun 2025
St Edward, King & Martyr, Corfe Castle, Wareham BH20 5HD
Songs from 17th-century Europe (Monteverdi and Purcell) and modern Latin America (Rodriguez, Jara and others).
31 May 2025
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham, BH20 4ND, UK
Ensemble Gamut! is a fresh, experimental collective of early music and folk music specialists.
31 May 2025
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham, BH20 4ND, UK
An exciting new collaboration between the instrumentalists of Saraband with director Guido Martin-Brandis and three outstanding singers.
31 May 2025
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham, BH20 4ND, UK
Pre-concert talk exploring Handel’s art collection, and a concert by countertenor Alexander Chance and Ensemble Augelletti.
31 May 2025
United Reform Church, Wareham, BH20 4HH
Join Stile Antico members for a vocal workshop.
31 May 2025
St. George’s Church Hall, Fordington, Dorset. DT1 1LB
WORKSHOP CANCELLED
30 May 2025
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham, BH20 4ND, UK
PAW Festival welcomes back the vocal ensemble Stile Antico.
25 May 2025
Church of St Peter, Church Knowle, Wareham BH20 5NF, UK
Winners of the 2024 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition.
24 May 2025
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham, BH20 4ND, UK
Actress, soprano, and London stage star Kitty Clive (1711-1785).
17 May 2025
Church of St Cross, Winchester. SO23 9SD
Sacred Music from Renaissance Rome
11 May 2025
BRISTOL EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL. All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol. BS8 3ED
Missa Benevola by Orazio Benevoli. A workshop for singers.
10 May 2025
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Songs (and duets) to the lute that explore the secrets of the night
04 May 2025
Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington Somerset TA21 8QY
Music by Capilas, Padilla, Araujo & Fernandez
04 May 2025
Llanthony Secunda Priory, Priory Junction, Gloucester GL2 5FA
Come along to the Llanthony Secunda Priory open day on Sunday May 4th 2025 and enjoy medieval music from Ypotryll while you explore this amazing building.
26 Apr 2025
St Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham GL51 3AB
Ypotryll presents medieval music from the 13th to 15th centuries using voices and an array of reproduction medieval instruments.
25 Apr 2025
St Lawrence church Stanton Prior, Bath, BA29HT
Medieval and early renaissance music
25 Apr 2025
Griffin Coworking, Griffin Farm Estate, Bowden Hill, Lacock SN15 2PP
Musicke in the Ayre present a solo recital by soprano Maria Danishvar with Din Ghani on lute and baroque guitar, in a programme with many of their favourite pieces from England, France, Spain and Italy.
24 Apr 2025
Dunster Castle, Somerset.
Playing, singing and dancing to all the 17 instruments depicted in the famous Luttrell Psalter.
12 Apr 2025
St George’s Bristol
The Secret Life of Vivaldi
12 Apr 2025
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EL
JS Bach’s St John Passion
05 Apr 2025
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Cheltenham Bach Choir present polychoral music (in 4, 8 and 12 parts) by Gabrieli, Praetorius and Willaert. With The Meridian Sinfonia. Conductor: David Crown
02 Apr 2025
Tetbury Goods Shed, The Old Station Yard, Tetbury GL8 8EY
Lute songs for 1-4 voices based on poems by leading Jacobethan courtiers, with Musicke in the Ayre
30 Mar 2025
St. Peter’s Church, Ugborough, Devon PL21 0NY
Kitchen Conversations
29 Mar 2025
St. Nicholas Church, Brockley. BS48 3AU
A candlelit evening of Early Music with delicious home cooked food
29 Mar 2025
St Gregory the Great, St James Square, Cheltenham GL50 3PR
Resident organist, Dr August Guan, will give a recital at the church of St Gregory the Great, St James Square, Cheltenham.
29 Mar 2025-30 Mar 2025
Claverton Down Community Hall, Bath. BA2 6DT
This workshop will focus on Baroque Dance Technique using either extracts from a variety of extant dances or dances choreographed, in the Baroque Style, by Philippa Waite.
22 Mar 2025
Christ Church, Malvern Road, Cheltenham.
Music for shawms, sackbutts, cornetts, curtals, crumhorns, recorders, etc.
01 Mar 2025
Church of St Alphege Oldfield Lane Bath BA2 3NR
Venetian Splendour
01 Mar 2025
Brockley Church, near Bristol. BS48 3AX
Experience medieval chant, liturgy and monastic training at St Nicholas Church, Brockley.
28 Feb 2025-02 Mar 2025
Jackdaws Music, Great Elm, Frome, Somerset. BA11 3NY
This course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol’s Golden Age and to improve their technique along the way.
24 Feb 2025-26 Feb 2025
St Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis, Dorset. DT7 3DB
The works of J. Sebastian Bach’s predecessors.
15 Feb 2025
The Mount Without, St Michael’s Hill, Bristol
With/Without
14 Feb 2025-17 Feb 2025
Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton. TA4 4BD
Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music, as heard in both court and country.
08 Feb 2025-09 Feb 2025
D’Urberville Centre, Wool. BH20 6DL
Cantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland. Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.
01 Feb 2025
West Leigh Infant School, Westfield Drive, Backwell. BS48 3NG
Purcell “Rejoice in the Lord Alway” & Monteverdi “Beatus Vir”
26 Jan 2025
The Ballroom, The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Station Road, Ilminster, TA19 9AR
Afternoon Tea Concert
18 Jan 2025
Crewkerne Methodist Church, 36 South Street, Crewkerne. TA18 8DB
Workshop for Voices. Sing a Gregorian Mass.
17 Jan 2025
Wells Cathedral
Reconciliation
11 Jan 2025
South Somerset Music Centre
Sense & Musicality
04 Jan 2025
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
The Twelve Days of Lute-song (RESCHEDULED)
21 Dec 2024
Church of Our Lady and St Alphege, Bath, BA2 3NR
Gaudete!
19 Dec 2024
Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP
Gaudete!
07 Dec 2024
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
The Twelve Days of Lute-song
23 Nov 2024
Church of Holy Trinity, Church Lane, Bradford-on Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1LW
Ay Andar!
23 Nov 2024
St.Peter’s Church, Church Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham.
Robert Parsons – beyond Ave Maria
09 Nov 2024-09 Nov 2024
St James’ Church, Taunton TA11JS
Handel: Dixit Dominus
02 Nov 2024
St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Hill, Winchester SO22 5AB
Lute Music from the Jacobean Age: Dowland and his Contemporaries
26 Oct 2024
St Laurence Church, The Shambles, Stroud GL5 1AP
Bs and Bees
26 Oct 2024
St Michael’s Church, Aldbourne SN8 2EL
Courts and canals – 17th century music from London and Venice
25 Oct 2024-25 Oct 2024
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock EX153JD
The King’s Flutes
For the 3rd recital of our 2024 residency at St Mary’s Bathwick, we visit Versailles in the period of Louis XIV. Our team of 3 sopranos (Jane Hunt, Maria Danishvar, and Philippa Neaverson) explore some wonderful music by Charpentier, Lully, and Lambert who made best use of their combination of voices in both sacred and…
05 Oct 2024
Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Thorverton, Devon, EX5 5NU
Workshop for Voices & Instruments
29 Sep 2024
St John the Baptist, Randwick, Stroud GL9 9HJ
The well-versed courtier – lute ayres from Jacobethan courtier poets
28 Sep 2024
All Saints Church, Pembroke Rd, Clifton Bristol. BS8 3ED
The Voice of the Turtledove – A workshop for singers on settings of The Song of Songs
24 Sep 2024
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Christon, Axbridge BS26 2XX
The well-versed courtier – lute ayres from Jacobethan courtier poets
18 Sep 2024
Thorverton Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, EX5 5NU
Renaissance Music of the 16th Century
13 Sep 2024
Wells Cathedral
The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage 2024: Masters of Imitation
24 Aug 2024
Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon BA15 2BA
From Ferrara with love
23 Aug 2024-25 Aug 2024
Holy Trinity Church, Bell Lane, Minchinhampton, Glos GL6 9BP
03 Aug 2024
Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Father and Son
29 Jul 2024
Clifton Cathedral, Bristol
Byrd Takes Flight
26 Jul 2024
Royal Cornwall Museum
Byrd Takes Flight
20 Jul 2024
Online – probably Zoom.
SWEMF AGM – online, probably using Zoom.
13 Jul 2024
All Saints’ Church, 68 Pembroke Road, Bristol BS8 3ED
Tea with Telemann, Albinoni & Handel
11 Jul 2024
Christ Church, Christchurch St West, Frome BA11 1EH
From Ferrara with love – the legacy of the Concerto delle donne
08 Jul 2024
Umberleigh Village Hall
The Winkleigh Singers with The South West Baroque Players
07 Jul 2024
St Swithun’s Church, Leonard Stanley, GL10 3NP
Standish Consort/English Wind Consort/Pembroke College Choir
26 Jun 2024
St Laurence’s Church, 2 College Street, Ludlow SY8 1AN
Medieval music – free lunchtime concert
22 Jun 2024
St John’s Church, Bridgetown Court, Totnes, TQ9 5AB
Devon Baroque Chamber Ensemble
22 Jun 2024
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Courtly Airs and Dialogues – songs to the lute from Louis XIII’s reign
22 Jun 2024
St Mary’s Church, Yatton. BS49 4HH
‘Spanish and Latin American Renaissance Music’ – A Workshop for Voices and Instruments
15 Jun 2024-15 Jun 2024
Church of St Alphege Oldfield Lane Bath BA2 3NR
Spem in alium
09 Jun 2024
Ship Studio, Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6EL
Dancing with the Angel & the Devil
08 Jun 2024
Lady St Mary, Wareham, Dorset
07 Jun 2024
St. Edward, King & Martyr, Corfe Castle, Wareham, BH20 5EQ
31 May 2024
St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Hill, Winchester SO22 5AB
Songs of Mourning, Songs of Faith and Joy
25 May 2024
Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Thorverton, Devon, EX5 5NU
‘The Compendium of Revelation’ – The Musical Legacy of Girolamo Savoranola
10 May 2024
Truro Cathedral, St Mary’s St, Truro, TR1 2AF
The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2024: Masters of Imitation
10 May 2024-12 May 2024
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road Clifton BS8 3ED
10 May 2024-12 May 2024
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol
Bristol Early Music Festival
09 May 2024
Exeter Cathedral, 1 The Cloisters, Exeter, EX1 1HS
The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2024: Masters of Imitation
04 May 2024
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Courts and canals – Songs to the lute from London & Venice
13 Apr 2024
St Monica’s Chapel, Cote Lane, Bristol.
Medieval plainchant and polyphony for Eastertide
23 Mar 2024
Harwood Hall at Christchurch, Malvern Road, Cheltenham. GL50 2JH
Music for Renaissance Wind Band
17 Mar 2024
St. Andrew’s Church, Colyton, Devon
Axminster Chamber Choir and Orchestra, cond. Peter Parshall
15 Mar 2024
St Andrew’s Church, Preston Grove, Yeovil BA20 2BQ
A Spring Journey: Britten to France
02 Mar 2024
West Leigh Infant School, Westfield Drive, Backwell BS48 3NG
Choruses from Vivaldi’s Gloria
18 Feb 2024
Dartington Great Hall Totnes
Baroque Without Borders
17 Feb 2024
Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Thorverton, Devon, EX5 5NU
Workshop for Recorders, Renaissance Wind Players and Strings
28 Jan 2024
The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9AR
South West Baroque Orchestra Afternoon Concert
13 Jan 2024
The Freshford Village Memorial Hall, Freshford Lane, Freshford, BA2 7UR
‘A Musical Banquet ’ – music from Banchetto Musicale by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630).
22 Dec 2023
Church of Our Lady and St Alphege, Bath, BA2 3NR
In Dulci Jubilo
20 Dec 2023
St Michael’s Without, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ
A Carolean Christmas
19 Dec 2023-25 Nov 2023
Online (Zoom)
18 Dec 2023
St Stephens Church in central Bristol
Lunchtime Live concert
16 Dec 2023
Wells & Mendip Museum (opp Wells Cathedral)
15 Dec 2023
All Saints Church, Gloucestershire, GL5 1UB
In Dulci Jubilo
09 Dec 2023
Culmstock Village Hall EX15 3HF
Candlelit Christmas Concert – Carols to Sing & Christmas Music, Tea & Mince Pies
08 Dec 2023
St Philip and St James Church
An Elizabethan Christmas
08 Dec 2023
St Nicholas Parish Church, West Pennard, Somerset. BA6 8NT
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
25 Nov 2023
St Stephen’s Church, Lansdown Road, Bath, BA2 5SX
Handel Dixit Dominus & Mozart Requiem
22 Nov 2023
St Michael’s, Broad Street, Bath
Wondrous Machine
18 Nov 2023
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
From Ferrara with Love, with Musicke in the Ayre
18 Nov 2023
Hestercombe House, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8LQ
Hestercombe House Christmas Concerts
05 Nov 2023
The Church of St John The Baptist Wellington TA21 8QY
Vespro alla Milanese
04 Nov 2023
Tintinhull Village Hall, Vicarage St, Tintinhull, Yeovil BA22 8PY
CANCELLED – A Venetian Celebration – Vocal & Instrumental Polychoral Music for grand occasions.
21 Oct 2023
Leckhampton Village Hall, Cheltenham, GL53 0PS
‘Lob, Ehr und Dank’ – sacred music by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
14 Oct 2023
St Mary’s Church, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL53 8 JJ
Medieval music 1200-1500 for instruments and voice
08 Oct 2023
St Stephen’s Church, 42 St Stephen’s Rd, Cheltenham, GL51 3AB
07 Oct 2023
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Songs from turbulent times
30 Sep 2023
Thorverton Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Thorverton, Devon, EX5 5NU
‘Missa Dominus Regnavit’ – polychoral music by Lambert de Sayve
24 Sep 2023
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton. BS8 3ED
Ave Maria – Music for the Queen of Heaven
23 Sep 2023
West Leigh Infant School, Westfield Drive, Backwell BS48 3NG
17 Sep 2023
Gidleigh Church, Devon
Whiddon Autumn Festival Compline
17 Sep 2023
St Michael’s Church, Chagford
Bach: Then & Now
13 Sep 2023
Drewsteignton Church, Devon
Byrd Takes Flight (Whiddon Autumn Festival 2023)
09 Sep 2023
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage 2023: A Watchful Gaze. Tewkesbury
09 Sep 2023
St Monica Trust
Come and Sing with the Bristol Bach Choir and David Bednall
08 Sep 2023
Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Grn, Wells BA5 2UE
The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage 2023: A Watchful Gaze. Wells
07 Sep 2023
Exeter Cathedral, 1 The Cloisters, Exeter EX1 1HS
The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage 2023: A Watchful Gaze. Exeter
02 Sep 2023
St Mary’s church, 1 Church Rd, Yatton, Bristol BS49 4HH
‘A notorious swearer and blasphemer’ – the sad life and wonderful music of Thomas Weelkes (died 1623)
27 Aug 2023
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
JS Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin
20 Aug 2023
Iford Manor Gardens, Iford, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2BA
Plucked Byrd
05 Aug 2023
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
From Byrd to Bach and back
29 Jul 2023
St Mary’s Parish Hall, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, BA6 9EJ
Cancelled – Sacred Music from Eighteenth-Century Rome
22 Jul 2023
All Saints Church, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1UB
Renaissance in Europe
16 Jul 2023
St Andrew’s Church, New Street, Mells, BA11 3PW
Monteverdi L’Orfeo
15 Jul 2023
Sherborne Abbey, The Abbey Close, Sherborne DT9 3LQ
South West Baroque Orchestra – Grand Concerti of the Baroque
15 Jul 2023
Online via Zoom
SWEMF Annual General Meeting 2023 – Note amended time!
13 Jul 2023
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
Byrd and buddies
12 Jul 2023
Silk Mill Gallery, Frome BA11 4PT
Roman Baroque – Arias and cantatas from the Eternal City
09 Jul 2023
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Tales from Sherwood Forest
08 Jul 2023
St. Peter’s Church, Tawstock, near Barnstaple
South West Baroque Orchestra Afternoon Concert with Cream Tea
06 Jul 2023
Truro Cathedral, St. Mary’s Street, Truro TR1 2AF
South West Baroque Orchestra Lunchtime Concert
03 Jul 2023
Umberleigh Village Hall
Dido & Aeneas
18 Jun 2023
Clifton Cathedral
Reflecting Byrd
18 Jun 2023
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
The Ape, the Monkey and the Baboon
17 Jun 2023
Clifton Cathedral
400 Years of Byrd
11 Jun 2023
Clifton Cathedral
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Clifton International Festival of Music
10 Jun 2023
WI Hall, 4 Station Road, Backwell BS48 3QW
Purcell Symphony Anthem “My Heart is Inditing”, for voices and instruments.
31 May 2023
Wells BA5 2UE
Choral works by Ludovico da Viadana and Gregorio Allegri
27 May 2023
Vistoria Methodist Church, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 1NU
Music from the Renaissance court of Ferdinand and Isabella
21 May 2023
Salisbury Cathedral, SP1 2EJ
A Concert celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Byrd
13 May 2023
All Saints Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3ED
Singing workshop with Robert Hollingworth, director of I Fagiolini
Join us in stepping back in time at a concert featuring Bristol University’s Schola Cantorum. The programme will include contemporary settings of Hildegard von Bingen texts by Bristol composer Sarah Garrard and chants from the English Birgittine institution of Syon Abbey. The Hildegard texts were written around the time of St Nicholas’ Norman foundations and…
23 Apr 2023
All Saints, Pembroke Rd, Clifton.
Medieval & Renaissance songs, madrigals and motets
22 Apr 2023
St Mark’s Methodist Church, Cheltenham
Music for Renaissance Wind Band, directed by Tim Bayley of the York Waits.
21 Apr 2023
Truro Cathedral, St Mary’s Street, Truro TR1 2AF
The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage 2023: A Watchful Gaze. Truro
16 Apr 2023
Christ Church, Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2EJ
CELEBRATING BYRD 400 AND BRISTOL 650
14 Apr 2023
St James’ Priory, 1 Whitson St, BS1 3NZ
A ‘step’ back in time – English chant in motion
03 Apr 2023
St Paul’s Church, Clifton. BS8 1LP
French Baroque pieces – songs by Pierre de Lagarde
01 Apr 2023
St Swithins Church, The Paragon, Bath
Bach Motets: ‘Lobet den Herrn’, ‘Singet dem Herrn’, ‘Jesu, meine Freude’, ‘Komm, Jesu, komm’
30 Mar 2023
The Holburne Museum, Bath
An Enlightened Heart
25 Mar 2023
Tewkesbury Abbey, GL20 5RZ
Bach: St Matthew Passion
24 Mar 2023
The Magdalen Chapel, Holloway Road, Bath BA2 4PX
Latin Baroque
10 Mar 2023
Leominster Priory, Church Street, Leominster HR6 8EQ
A programme of early 16th Century German song.
04 Mar 2023
St Mary’s Church, Yatton BS49 4HH
‘Our Phoenix M[aster] William Byrd’ – A workshop for voices and instruments
25 Feb 2023
Ivor Gurney Hall, Gloucester GL1 2BG
The Bach Marathon: Book 2
18 Feb 2023
Ivor Gurney Hall, Gloucester GL1 2BG
The Bach Marathon: Book 1
29 Jan 2023
All Saints, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3ED
At the Turning of the Year
21 Jan 2023
Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4BT
Treasures of the Baroque
14 Jan 2023
All Saints’ Church, Ryde, PO33 3BG
Choir of the Earth Messiah Tour
19 Dec 2022-25 Dec 2022
Online via Zoom
Online Duets raising money for Samaritans
17 Dec 2022
St Mary’s Church, Bathwick BA2 4EB
A Renaissance Christmas
17 Dec 2022
Southernhay URC, Exeter EX1 1QD
JS Bach – Christmas Oratorio
10 Dec 2022
St David’s Church, Exeter EX4 4HR
On Holy Night
10 Dec 2022
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TJ
Handel’s Coronation Anthems and Vivaldi Gloria
10 Dec 2022
The Lord Mayor’s Chapel, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TB
A Festive Choral Concert
10 Dec 2022
Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff, CF10 3DD
Choir of the Earth Messiah Tour
03 Dec 2022
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, Wallingford OX10 7HH
The Mirth & Melody of Angels
03 Dec 2022
St Matthias Church, Babbacombe Road, Torquay TQ1 1 HW
Winter Baroque
26 Nov 2022
Wells Cathedral BA5 2UE
Mediaeval Carols
26 Nov 2022
Melville Centre for the Arts, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny NP7 5UD
Music for Advent and Christmas
26 Nov 2022
South Street Baptist Church, Exeter EX1 1JA
With Jonathan Peter Kenny and Exeter Bach Society
26 Nov 2022
Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath BA1 1JW
Choir of the Earth Messiah Tour
23 Nov 2022
St Andrew’s Church, Preston Grove, Yeovil BA20 2BQ
Salutations, Stars, Serenity & Peace
20 Nov 2022
All Saints Clifton BS8 3ED
By the Waters of Babylon
19 Nov 2022
Online via Zoom
A Plaine and Easie Introduction … to the mathematics of tuning and temperaments
19 Nov 2022
St Mary’s Parish Church, Totnes TQ9 5NN
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah
17 Nov 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
13 Nov 2022
The Chapel, St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Bristol BS9 3UN
Music for Remembrance Sunday
12 Nov 2022
Holy Trinity, Bradford on Avon BA15 1LW
Requiem Reimagined
12 Nov 2022
St Andrews Church, Sampford Courtenay EX20 2SY
Love Restor’d – Songs from the English Restoration
06 Nov 2022
The Angel Centre, Worcester WR1 3QN
Epitaph for a Green Lover
26 Oct 2022
Christ Church with St Ewen, Bristol BS1 2EJ
Autumn Ayres: lute songs for 4 voices
23 Oct 2022
Victoria Methodist Church, Bristol BS8 1NU
With Orchestra and Soloists
20 Oct 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
09 Oct 2022
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester WR1 2ES
Recorder Concert and Masterclass
08 Oct 2022
Nailsea Methodist Church
Chamber Music Playing Day
08 Oct 2022-09 Oct 2022
Sturminster Newton High School, Dorset
Non-residential study weekend directed by Chris Brown, Resident Conductor
08 Oct 2022
St Peter’s Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham GL53 OQJ
A Festival of Music in a Day
01 Oct 2022
St. Mary’s Church, New Park St, Devizes SN10 1DS
Kaffeehaus Culture – Bach, Handel & Telemann
01 Oct 2022
Tyndale Baptist Church, Bristol BS8 2QG
With Bristol Choral Society
29 Sep 2022
St Mary’s Church, Tetbury, GL8 8JG
Dufay in Italy
24 Sep 2022
Online via Zoom
SWEMF Annual General Meeting 2022
21 Sep 2022
St George’s Bristol, BS1 5RR
Re-Wilding The Wasteland
18 Sep 2022
St George’s Bristol, BS1 5RR
Great concertos of the Golden Age of Baroque
18 Sep 2022
Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
At home with the Bach family *New Date*
17 Sep 2022
Holy Trinity Church, Drewsteignton, Devon EX6 6QN
Revoiced: Choir & Saxophones at Whiddon Autumn Festival
17 Sep 2022
Stoke sub Hamdon Memorial Hall, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset TA14 6PZ
Led by Graham Coatman
15 Sep 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
14 Sep 2022
Mount Hotel Great Hall, Mount Rd, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, WV6 8HL
The Telling’s Empowered Women Trilogy
10 Sep 2022
Tewkesbury Abbey, GL20 5RZ
An Old Belief
10 Sep 2022
St Aldelm’s Church, Chessel Street Bristol
Part of South Bristol Arts Trail
10 Sep 2022
Westgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL1 2PG
Gloucester Heritage Open Days
09 Sep 2022
Wells Cathedral, BA5 2UE
An Old Belief
09 Sep 2022
St. Mary De Crypt School & Church, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1TP
Gloucester Heritage Open Days
08 Sep 2022
Exeter Cathedral, EX1 1HS
An Old Belief
04 Sep 2022
Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Division-Musick
03 Sep 2022
Leckhampton Village Hall, Cheltenham
Workshop for Voices & Viols with Susanna Pell
29 Aug 2022
Exeter Cathedral, EX1 1HS
Heart Strings: music from 18th century France for violas da gamba
28 Aug 2022
Upper Gorwell House, Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple EX32 7JP
Heart Strings – music from 18th century France for violas da gamba
27 Aug 2022
Exeter Cathedral, EX1 1HS
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
26 Aug 2022
Central United Reformed Church, 7 Argyle Street, Bath BA2 4BA
It fell on a sommers day
18 Aug 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
06 Aug 2022
St Peter’s Church, Lichee Gates, Wolverhampton, WV1 1UA
The Telling’s Empowered Women Trilogy
06 Aug 2022
Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
The English Harpsichord
31 Jul 2022
Lympstone Parish Church, Church Road, Lympstone, EX8 5JU
The Telling’s Empowered Women Trilogy
28 Jul 2022-02 Aug 2022
Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0QF
Longborough Festival Opera
26 Jul 2022
Mount Hotel Great Hall, Mount Rd, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, WV6 8HL
The Telling’s Empowered Women Trilogy
23 Jul 2022
Turnberries Community Centre, Bath Road, Thornbury BS35 2BB
Workshop with Alison Kinder
21 Jul 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
17 Jul 2022
All Saints Church, Bank Square, Dulverton TA22 9BU
South West Baroque Orchestra Afternoon Concert with Cream Tea
15 Jul 2022
Cheltenham Town Hall, GL50 1QA
Part of The Cheltenham Music Festival 2022
15 Jul 2022-17 Jul 2022
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Bringing together the choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals
14 Jul 2022
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham GL52 3JE
Part of The Cheltenham Music Festival 2022
10 Jul 2022
Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
The White Rose of York and the Cross of Burgundy
09 Jul 2022
Exeter Cathedral, 1 The Cloisters, Exeter EX1 1HS
South West Baroque Orchestra Lunchtime Concert
09 Jul 2022
St Philip and St James’ Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham GL50 2DD
In Ecclesiis – 17th Century polychoral music
06 Jul 2022
Christ Church, Frome, Somerset BA11 1EH
Part of Frome Festival 2022
06 Jul 2022
Trinity Church, Frome, Somerset BA11 3DW
Part of Frome Festival 2022
06 Jul 2022
Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UE
South West Baroque Orchestra Lunchtime Concert
04 Jul 2022
Christ Church, Frome, BA11 1EH
Motets and more for up to 3 voices and continuo
02 Jul 2022
St. John’s Church, Frome, Somerset BA11 1PL
Part of Frome Festival 2022
02 Jul 2022
Bath Abbey, Bath
Monteverdi’s Vespers
28 Jun 2022-02 Aug 2022
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Summer Concert Series
26 Jun 2022
All Saints Church, Clifton BS8 3ED
Music for the Queen’s Jubilee
25 Jun 2022
All Saints’ Church, Weston super Mare BS23 2PU
Roma Triumphans
25 Jun 2022
Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon BA15 2BA
Arias & Cantatas from the Eternal City
18 Jun 2022
Thorverton Parish Church, nr Exeter, Devon
With Angus Smith of the Orlando Consort
17 Jun 2022
Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Bristol
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Clifton International Festival of Music
17 Jun 2022
Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Bristol
J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the Clifton International Festival of Music
16 Jun 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
13 Jun 2022
Axminster Parish Church, Axminster, Devon
Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries
12 Jun 2022
Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Bristol
Dowland, Purcell and Monteverdi at the Clifton International Festival of Music
11 Jun 2022
Worcester Cathedral, Worcester
Thomas Tomkins at 450: Celebrating Worcester’s Organist
10 Jun 2022
Truro Cathedral
An Old Belief
10 Jun 2022
Central United Reformed Church, Bath BA2 4BA
Songs by the Daniel brothers from Somerset
03 Jun 2022
St Mary the Virgin, Syde GL53 9PN
Lunchtime Concert
27 May 2022-29 May 2022
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
National Centre for Early Music
27 May 2022-29 May 2022
Dunster, Somerset
Including a Choral Workshop by Rory McCleery
22 May 2022
Royal Porcelain Works, Severn St, Worcester WR1 2NE
Bach in Worcester
21 May 2022
St Mary’s Church, Beaminster, Dorset
Spring Concert
21 May 2022
St Nicholas Church, Swindon Lane, Cheltenham
With Angus Smith of the Orlando Consort
19 May 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock EX153JD
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
19 May 2022
The Church of St Peter and St Paul, North Curry, Taunton TA3 6LJ
Epitaph to a Green Lover
06 May 2022-08 May 2022
All Saints, Pembroke Road, Bristol BS8 3ED
Bristol Early Music Festival – Sponsored by SWEMF
30 Apr 2022
All Saints’ Church, Farmborough, nr Bath BA2 0AN
Part of the Three Towers Festival
24 Apr 2022
Temple Newsam, Leeds
NEEMF Annual Performing Day
21 Apr 2022
All Saints’ Church, Culmstock EX153JD
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
16 Apr 2022
Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
At home with the Bach family *Cancelled*
10 Apr 2022
Clifton Cathedral, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3BX
Passiontide Meditation
03 Apr 2022
Christ Church, Broad Street, Bristol BS1 2EJ
Drop, Drop Slow Tears – Music for Lent and Holy Week
03 Apr 2022
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
NEEMF Annual Northern Performing Day
02 Apr 2022
St Nicholas Church, Swindon Lane, Cheltenham
Workshop directed by Tim Bayley
01 Apr 2022
Central United Reformed Church, 7 Argyle Street, Bath BA2 4BA
Roman Baroque: airs and cantatas for up to 3 voices
30 Mar 2022
St Andrew’s Church, Yeovil BA20 2BQ
Songs for These Distracted Times – In Support of Ukraine
28 Mar 2022
Cheltenham Town Hall, GL50 1QA
English Touring Opera celebrates Easter with Bach’s St John Passion
26 Mar 2022
Crediton Parish Church, EX17 2AH
English Touring Opera celebrates Easter with Bach’s St John Passion
24 Mar 2022
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Calstock PL18 9QX
Music for The Royal Court of Frederick the Great
19 Mar 2022
St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol BS1 6RA
Requiem By Duruflé and Missa Pro Defunctis By Cristóbal De Morales
13 Mar 2022
All Saints, Pembroke Road, Clifton BS8 3ED
Music to Die For
05 Mar 2022
St Swithin’s Church, The Paragon BA1 5LY
A Dramatised Performance
05 Mar 2022
Great Hall, Dartington, Totnes TQ9 6EL
Réunion des goûts
05 Mar 2022
All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton BS8 3ED
Dances and Fantasies from the Spanish Renaissance Court of Ferdinand and Isabella
26 Feb 2022
Great Malvern Priory, Church St, Malvern WR14 2AY
Requiems Old & New
24 Feb 2022
St Matthias’ Church, Malvern Link WR14 1LX
Music Across the Centuries
23 Feb 2022-26 Feb 2022
Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG
The 2022 Keble Early Music Festival
05 Feb 2022
Online via Zoom
The Pleasures of the Palace and the Palate
08 Jan 2022
Online via Zoom
Julian Perkins of Cambridge Handel Opera on Handel’s Tamerlano
06 Nov 2021
Culmstock Village Hall, Devon
Baroque Orchestra with Michael Williamson and Jacqui Robertson-Wade
16 Oct 2021
St John’s Church Glastonbury, BA6 9DR
‘Exaudi nos’ – the masses and motets of Jacob Obrecht (1457/8 – 1505)
25 Sep 2021
Venue TBC
Baroque Playing Day with Dick Little and Debbie Nicholas
04 Sep 2021
Online via Zoom
SWEMF Annual General Meeting 2021
“…The dance and music must so nicely meet,Each note must seem an eccho to your feet”* Baroque Dance and music are intricately linked. The workshop is a mix of lecture-demonstration and sections of participation giving attendees an opportunity to try out some of the steps to music typical of the period from composers such as…
In this session, Julian Perkins will introduce exercises in figured bass so that players can become comfortable with playing regular harmonic patterns and chord progressions. While a basic keyboard technique is required, the session can accommodate those who are new to figured bass as well as those who have had some experience playing with others….
The Bristol Early Music Festival has been postponed until May 2022. However, there will be a number of free online events this year, including talks and short performances.
Trainee viol maker Agnieska Nalazek will discuss with Marilyn Pocock her experience of training at West Dean College through the pandemic, and show us some photographs of the instrument she’s making. Jacqui Robertson-Wade, gambist and baroque cellist, known to many for her viol teaching, workshops and publishing, and Michael Williamson, baroque violinist, teacher and director…
Sing and play chorales from the St Matthew Passion – a short practical session led by Clare Griffel. All Welcome – pitch A=440. All 12 chorales are available in a convenient format (with German text) athttps://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/b1/Ws-bachmatt.pdf.If you have a score of the work, the chorales are numbers 3, 10, 15, 17, 25, 32, 37, 40,…
06 Mar 2021
Online via Zoom
SWEMF Zoom Meeting with David Allinson
Monthly SWEMF Zoom Meeting With Bruce Saunders, director of early vocal ensemble Nova, talking about his approach to researching and buildinga concert programme. Meeting ID: 991 3696 8950Passcode: 575267
Monthly Early Music Chat session. Meeting ID: 955 6781 4741Passcode: 014733
26 Sep 2020
Venue TBC
Baroque Playing Day with Sylvia Davies and Dick Little
A brief online AGM in lieu of the AGM planned for June’s workshop. Full Details TBC
27 Jun 2020
Turnberries Community Centre, Thornbury
Tutor: David Allinson
09 May 2020
Culmstock village hall, Devon
Tutor: Michael Williamson
18 Apr 2020
St Mary’s Church Hall, Glastonbury
Workshop for Singers with Peter Syrus
21 Mar 2020
Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, Dorset
Directed by Frances Eustace
Further details and application form See reports from previous years’ workshops: 2019 workshop 2018 workshop 2017 workshop
This workshop day will look at a variety of Christmas music from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire. Much of it will be drawn from manuscripts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries – the so-called West Gallery period. The music is characterised by its danceable rhythms and its gorgeous harmonies and fugued entries. The words…
Our Tea Dance at the lovely Lion Ballroom in Leominster is now an annual event – with live music and a caller, it’s a great way to warm up a chilly January afternoon so book your tickets, dress up in your Georgian finery and join us!
05 Oct 2019
St Nicholas Church, Swindon Ln, Cheltenham
The Music of Michael Praetorius, with Gawain Glenton
28 Sep 2019
Cheddar First School, Hillfield, Cheddar
Baroque Playing Day with Sylvia Davies and Dick Little
28 Sep 2019
Chapel in the Garden, Bridport
Singing History with Vivien Ellis
20 Jul 2019
Backwell WI Hall, Backwell
Workshop for Voices, Strings and Recorders with Peter Leech
06 Jul 2019
Culmstock Village Hall, Cullompton
Workshop for Singers with Tomos Watkins
11 May 2019
The Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral
Workshop for Singers with David Allinson
03 May 2019-05 May 2019
All Saints, Pembroke Road, Bristol
Bristol Early Music Festival – Sponsored by SWEMF
23 Mar 2019
The Salt House, West Bay, Dorset DT6 4EN
Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Tim Brown
16 Mar 2019
The Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX
Workshop for Renaissance Wind Instruments with Tim Bayley
24 Feb 2019
The Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX
Workshop on Michael Praetorius with Gawain Glenton
26 Jan 2019
St Mary’s Church Hall, Glastonbury
Workshop on the music of Peter Philips with Peter Syrus