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The 2026-2027 season of music marks our 40th anniversary and the orchestra will celebrate this with a special Gala Concert in May 2027.
You can now purchase tickets for our first concert or take advantage of a 3-ticket saver which covers the October, November and May Gala performances. In February we will give our 2nd performance in Sherborne and in March we feature our regular guest narrator and patron, Martin Clunes. Please note that our May Gala concert is a joint promotion with Dorchester Arts. Once the 3-ticket saver offer closes on 10th October, tickets will only be available from the Dorchester Arts website.
All concerts take place in St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester except for our Sherborne February concert.
10 October 2026 7.30pm
Overture – Marriage of Figaro – Mozart
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No. 12 – Corelli
Masques et Bergamasques – Fauré
Symphony No. 2 – Beethoven
Book now for this opening concert or take advantage of the ‘3-Concert Saver’.
The remaining concerts in our 40th Anniversary Season.
21 November 2026 7.30pm – The Spanish Concert
Espana – Chabrier
Pavane pour une infante défunte – Ravel
Concierto de Aranjuez – Rodrigo Soloist: Alexandra Whittingham – guitar
El Cid Ballet Suite – Massenet
Capriccio Espagnol – Rimsky-Korsakov
21 February 2027 3.00pm – Gransden Hall, Sherborne
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No. 12 – Corelli
Pastorale d’été– Honegger
Masques et Bergamasques – Fauré
Symphony No. 2 – Beethoven
13 March 2027 4.00pm – Concert for Youth
The Musical Time Machine
Eight stops. Centuries of music. One extraordinary journey with Martin Clunes narrating a new script by Rebecca Anderson-Deas.
Featuring a local, young soloist to be announced.
8 May 2027 7.30pm – 40th Anniversary Gala Concert
Overture – Prometheus – Beethoven
Violin Concerto – Beethoven Soloist: Rose Gosney – violin
Symphony No. 7 – Beethoven
Please note that this is a joint promotion with Dorchester Arts. Tickets for this concert can presently be purchased via the 3-ticket saver offer but after 10th October tickets will only be available from the Dorchester Arts website.
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