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Sherborne Abbey Festival held its first concert on Friday, 5th May 2000, and the festival has been held each year since as a four or five day event based around the liturgy and its music. The festival is run by volunteers and aims to bring high quality classical events to the town at a price people can afford. Any profits made are used to fund future festivals and to promote music within the Parish of Sherborne
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Tallis Scholars
Photo by Eric Richmond
Emma Johnson
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2010 FESTIVAL
In 2010 Sherborne Abbey Festival has organised another five days of music crammed full of the most amazing musical treats. The Festival this year runs from Friday 30th April-Tuesday 4th May and tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday the 15th February. It includes such exciting names as Lesley Garrett performing songs and arias from well known operas and musicals, The Tallis Scholars with their programme Missa Solemnis, Emma Johnson with her programme Romantic Clarinet, Sherborne Festival Chorus performing The Kingdom. An exciting new jazz group called Zum, all classically trained soloists enticing you with a programme of sophisticated jazz which magically glides into wild gypsy fiddling and Celtic lament which slips into hot blooded Arabic melody. Fay Weldon will be joining us to talk about her life and her new book Chalcot Crescent. Also something quite special, with a UK premiere of Verdi's Requiem for piano and organ, Matteo Galli (organist at S.Maria presso S.Satiro Basilica in Milan) joins with Francesco Attesti (internationally renowned pianist) for this very special performance. Ruth Rogers and Morgan Szymanski will be running workshops for violin and classical guitar before performing in the abbey and much, much more. What more could you desire!
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Lesley Garrett
Photo by Simon Fowler/Deckca Records
ZUM |
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Francesco Attesti
and Matteo Galli
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Fay Weldon
Photo by Jonathan
Decker-Drysdale
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Ruth Rogers
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Sherborne Festival Chorus
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