Future Concerts

Saturday 12th June 2010
St James' Church, Holt, nr Wimborne

St Cecilia Concert

A selection from the following:- Britten "Te Deum" & "Jubilate" in C / Dowie "Jubilate" in G & "O Lux Beata Trinitas" Stainer "I saw the Lord" / Stanford "A Song of Wisdom" / Balfour Gardiner "Evening Hymn" Wood "Hail Gladdening Light" / Harris "Bring Us, O Lord God"

This concert will be accompanied by Organ

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 27th November 2010
St Michael's Church, Colehill, Wimborne

St Cecilia Concert

Rossini "Petite Messe Solenelle"

This concert will be accompanied by Piano & Organ

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 19th March 2011
St Michael's Church, Colehill, Wimborne

Passiontide Concert

Bach "St.Luke Passion"

This concert will be accompanied by Orchestra

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Friday 22nd April 2011
St James' Church, Holt, nr Wimborne

Good Friday Concert

Fauré "Requiem"

This concert will be accompanied by Orchestra

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 18th June 2011
St James' Church, Holt, nr Wimborne

Summer Concert

Programme tba

This concert will be accompanied by Organ/Piano

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 19th November 2011
St Michael's Church, Colehill, Wimborne

St. Cecilia Concert

Programme tba

This concert will be accompanied by Orchestra

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 10th December 2011
Wimborne Minster, Wimborne

Christmas Concert

Bach – "B minor Mass"
with Wimborne Choral Society

This concert will be accompanied by Orchestra

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Past Concerts

Friday 2nd April 2010 at 7.00pm
St James' Church, Holt, nr Wimborne

Good Friday Concert

Maunder: "Olivet to Calvary"

This concert will be accompanied by Organ

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 20th March 2010 at 7.30pm
St Michael's Church, Colehill, Wimborne

Passiontide Concert

Schubert: Mass in E flat
Fauré Requiem

This concert will be accompanied by Wimborne Chamber Orchestra

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 21st November 2009 at 7.30pm
St Michael's Church, Colehill, Wimborne

St Cecilia Concert

Haydn: "Te Deum Laudamus"
Purcell: "Ye Tuneful Muses"
Mendelssohn: "Lauda Sion"

This concert will be accompanied by Wimborne Chamber Orchestra

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 20th June 2009 at 7.30 pm St.James' Church, Holt

Summer Concert

Moeran: "Songs Of Springtime"
Britten: "Rejoice In The Lamb"
Radford: "Quel Bonheur"

Conductor - Christopher Dowie
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Saturday 30th May 2009 at 7.30 pm.Venue: Wimborne Minster, Wimborne

Twinned Choirs Concert

The Wessex Singers with "La Valmontaise" The town of Wimborne Minster is twinned with Valognes, France, "La Valmontaise" is the Valognes/Monteburg Choral Society.

Mendelssohn: "Kyrie"
Dyson: "Thy Vineyards"
Lotti: "Missa Brevis"
Radford: "Quel Bonheur"
Other items to be announced

Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Friday 10th April 2009 at 7.00 pm.
Annual Good Friday Concert
St.James' Church, Holt
Stainer: "The Crucifixion"
Other items tba
Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Saturday 21st March 2009 at 7.30 pm.
Passiontide Concert
St.Michael's Church, Colehill
Weber: Mass in E flat
Mendelssohn: "Kyrie"
John Tavener: "The Lamb"
(In memoriam: Angela Johnston)
Chamber Orchestra. Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Saturday 20th December 2008,
St.James' Church, Holt
A Christmas Miscellany
Geoffrey Bush - "Christmas Cantata", Britten - "A Ceremony of Carols"
Carols for Choir and Audience, Seasonal Readings
Wimborne Chamber Orchestra Strings, Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Saturday 22nd November 2008
St.Michael's Church, Colehill
St.Cecilia Concert
Vivaldi: "Gloria", Dyson - "Hierusalem"
Wimborne Chamber Orchestra Strings, Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Saturday 21st June 2008
St.James' Church, Holt
Summer Concert
Holst: Two Psalms, Purcell: "Come ye Sons of Art"
Purcell: The Bell Anthem, Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Friday 21st March 2008
St.James' Church, Holt
Music for Good Friday
Allegri: "Miserere", Dowie: "Save me O God"
String Quartet, Sam Hanson - Organ, Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Saturday 8th March 2008
St Michael's Colehill
Handel: "Messiah"
Soloists from The Wimborne Studio, Wimborne Chamber Orchestra, Conductor - Christopher Dowie

Saturday 24th November 2007
St. Michael's Colehill
St.Cecilia Concert
Handel: "Coronation" Anthems, Mozart: "Coronation" Mass K317

About Us

The Wessex Singers is a Wimborne Choir of about 40 singers, established by its musical director Christopher Dowie in 1979. This East Dorset choir is promoted by Wimborne Music Society and usually gives three main concerts a year, often with Wimborne Minster Chamber Orchestra, as well as singing the occasional service in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, in the absence of the Minster Choir.

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