BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dorchester Festival - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Dorchester Festival X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dorchester Festival REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T170000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20220106T095525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T083212Z UID:3900-1780221600-1780246800@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:John Rutter Come & Sing DESCRIPTION:This event is now SOLD OUT! \nSir John Rutter\, one of the UK’s foremost choral composers\, leads a Come & Sing day in Dorchester Abbey.  He explores some of his favourite treasures of English church music – and brings along some of his own well-loved shorter choral favourites.  Copies will be provided!  Enthusiastic singers of all levels are welcome to a hugely enjoyable day with this inspirational teacher. The singing day is aimed primarily at singers with some choral experience\, but all are welcome. \nThe timetable for the day will be:\nRegistration & coffee 10.00am\nSinging 11am – 4.45pm\nLunch 12.45 – 2pm (book lunch with your singing ticket)\nAfternoon tea break 3.25-3.45pm \nAccomplished soloist and accompanist Anita D’Attellis will be the accompanist for the day. \n  \n  \n  \nIf you’re not a singer do drop by the Abbey & listen at the back – completely for FREE! \nLunches bookable in advance through our ticketing website will be:\n– a roll with either pulled pork salad or Pecan Apple Chickpea Salad (Vegan )\n– a carton of fruit juice and/or tea/coffee\n– a piece of fruit\nGluten and other dietary requirements can be catered for on request – just contact us! festival@dorchester-abbey.org.uk \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements – we’d love to help you! \n \n  \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/john-rutter/ LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester-on-Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Music,Workshops & Demos ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rutter.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T110000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20220106T112053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T092145Z UID:3920-1778320800-1778324400@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:Quintessential - children's concert DESCRIPTION:Tickets £8 adults / £6 children (under 16) \nA fun family concert!\nWould you like to take your children to a concert but you’re worried in case they make a noise during the performance?  Would you like to know more about wind instruments and ask the players questions?  This is the concert for you!\nFeaturing timeless classics such as ‘The Teddy Bear’s Picnic’ and Frozen alongside interactive numbers\, the Oxford-based quintet will present music to educate and entertain.  Suitable for all ages. \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/quintessential/ LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester-on-Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Family,Family & Children,Music,Younger children ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/quintessential.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T193000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20220110T072114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T161519Z UID:4069-1778176800-1778182200@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:Rokas Valuntonis - pianist DESCRIPTION:Tickets £20/£12 Children (under 16) now FREE! \nThere will be a section of seats reserved at the very front of the nave for Festival Friends at this concert.  Festival Friend privileges include early booking and the best seats in the house!  Do consider becoming a Friend – find out more about it here. \nLithuanian pianist and rising star Rokas Valuntonis has been praised for his “liquidity of sound” and “devilish performances” and has drawn admiration for his imaginative interpretations and striking virtuosity. \nLudwig van Beethoven- Sonata no 8 (pathetique)\nEdward Grieg – Album leaves op.28\nFrederic Chopin (1810-1849) – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante op. 22\n—-\nFrancois Couperin\nFrom keyboard suites:\n– Les Ombres Errantes\n– Les Tricoteuses\n– La Bandoline\n– Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins\nRobert Schumann – Carnival op. 9 \nA laureate of more than 20 international competitions\, Valuntonis won 1st Prize at the 2018 Campillos International Piano Competition (Spain) and previous victories include both the 2013 International Music Competition “Societa Umanitaria” (Italy) and the 2010 Nordic Piano Competition (Sweden). \nValuntonis has performed all over Europe\, including Denmark\, Finland\, France\, and Portugal\, in venues such as Milton Court (Barbican Centre)\, La Sala Verdi\, The Wallace Collection\, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall\, and La Sala Casella Accademia Filarmonica Romana. He has also performed with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra\, Lund Symphony Orchestra\, St Christopher Chamber Orchestra\, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra\, and Panevėžys Chamber Orchestra \nThe 2025/26 season sees Valuntonis present solo recitals around Europe in venues and festivals such as Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Lithuania)\, Thomas Mann Festival (Lithuania)\, Dorchester Festival (UK)\, Rzeszow Philharmonic (Poland)\, Teatro de Braganca (Portugal).\nRokas joined the City Music Foundation Artist Programme in September 2017. \n“An artist endowed with stage charisma — Daiva Tamosaityte (Muzikos Barai Magazine) \nWe have a major new talent in our midst — Christopher Axworthy \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements – we’d love to help you. \n \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/rokas-valuntonis/ LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester-on-Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rokas-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T173000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20220105T072221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T091619Z UID:3876-1777908600-1777915800@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:La Bohème in The Manor House Garden DESCRIPTION:£53 VIP seats with post-performance reception\n£43/£30 / £10 children (under 16)\nThis event has numbered seating – book early to get the best seats!  Make it a night to remember with VIP seats and a post performance reception at which there will an opportunity to meet the cast\nThe opera will be moved to Dorchester Abbey if wet.  When you book your seat in the garden the seat comments will tell you where it will be in the Abbey and here is a picture showing you how the seats translate. \nWhy not consider becoming a Festival Friend?  You get to book 2 weeks before the box office officially opens and get free drink tokens and access to a front seat section for other tiered pricing Abbey Festival events.\nIf you have tickets for the performance you are welcome to picnic by the river from 2pm \nPuccini’s La Bohème\nJoin us in the beautiful surroundings of the Dorchester Manor House garden to enjoy one of the most popular operas worldwide\, performed for us by Regents Opera.\nCast :\nMimi : Christine Buras\nRodolfo: Davide Basso\nMarcello: Sam Pantcheff\nMusetta: Leila Alexander\nSchaunard: Ashley Mercer\nColline: Geoff Clapham\nBenoit / Alcindoro: Andrew Tinkler \nMusical Director Ben Woodward\nRevival Director Eleanor Strutt\nDirector: Sasha Regan\nDesign/Costumes: Reuben Speed \nRegents Opera (est. 2011) is a leading fringe Opera Company specialising in the larger works of the 19th & 20th centuries. \n“Fringe Opera at its greatest”  — Opera Now \n\nThe world premiere of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Since then\, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the .  The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian lifestyle (known in French as “la bohème“) of a poor seamstress and her artist friends. \nThe opera is in two 45 minute Acts with an interval during which drinks will be sold. \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements.  We’d love to help! \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/opera/ LOCATION:Dorchester Manor House\, 12 Manor Farm Road\, Dorchester on Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HZ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/opera-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T213000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20240107T162921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T114548Z UID:4601-1777836600-1777843800@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:The Kings Singers DESCRIPTION:The Kings Singers  Tickets: £40 /£35 /£25\nTickets for this event will be numbered seating – book early to get the best seats!Why not consider becoming a Festival Friend?  You get to book 2 weeks before the box office officially opens and get free drink tokens and access to a front seat section for other tiered pricing Abbey Festival events. \nAstonishing\, exhilarating musicianship – GRAMOPHONE\nSeamless blend and pitch-perfect\, liquid tone – WASHINGTON POST\n \nThe King’s Singers are a world-renowned British a cappella vocal ensemble\, founded in 1968 by choral scholars from King’s College\, Cambridge. Known for their impeccable blend\, technical precision\, and diverse repertoire—from Renaissance polyphony to pop arrangements—they have won multiple Grammy and Emmy Awards. With a rotating lineup of six male voices\, the group continues to perform and record internationally\, setting the standard for vocal ensemble singing. \nPatrick Dunachie · First Countertenor\nEdward Button · Second Countertenor\nJulian Gregory · Tenor\nChristopher Bruerton · First Baritone\nNick Ashby · Second Baritone\nPiers Connor Kennedy · Bass \nProgramme \nAngels\nWilliam Byrd – Haec dies †\nGeoffrey Poole  – Prologue: Ave rex angelorum ( from Wymondham Chants) * †\nEdward Bairstow  – Psalm 67 \nDemons\nGeoffrey Poole  – Scherzo: Tutivillus ( from Wymondham Chants) * †\nArvo Pärt –  Zwei Beter\nWilliam Byrd  – Miserere mei Deus \nMother\nJudith Bingham  – Ave virgo sanctissima\nGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  – Regina coeli †\nGeoffrey Poole  – Prayer: Mary Modyr ( from Wymondham Chants) * † \nSon\nHans Leo Hassler  – Cantate Domino †\nMaurice Duruflé  – Ubi caritas\nGeoffrey Poole  – Epilogue: Blessed Jesu ( from Wymondham Chants) * † \n                       Interval \nSongs of harmony and hope\nThe King’s Singers will perform a selection of their favourite pop\, jazz\, and folk songs chosen by Chris Bruerton to mark his last concert with the group. \n  \n* Written for The King’s Singers † Recorded in The King’s Singers discography \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/the-kings-singers/ LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester-on-Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kings-Singers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T160000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20220106T101319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T091243Z UID:3905-1777818600-1777824000@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:From Venice to the German lakes - Sharon Warnes & Jeremy Boughton DESCRIPTION:Tickets £17/£12 Children (under 16) free \nThere will be a section of seats reserved at the very front of the nave for Festival Friends at this concert.  Festival Friend privileges include early booking and the best seats in the house!  Do consider becoming a Friend – find out more about it here.\n \nJeremy and Sharon are delighted to celebrate a long association with the Abbey by playing in the 2026 festival. From Venice to the German lakes traverses some of their favourite repertoire from Vivaldi to Brahms via Bach\, including Mozart’s sparkling G major sonata. The concert ends with the first of Brahm’s violin sonatas\, one of his most lovable and melodic works written on a working holiday at Pörtschach on Lake Worth\, where (the composer declared) Melodies come thick and fast. \nVivaldi: Sonata in G minor Op. 2 No. 7\nKriesler: Rondino\nBach: Arioso\nMozart Sonata in G major K. 301 \nInterval \nBrahms Sonata no. 1 in G major Op. 78 \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements – we’d love to help you! \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/violinpiano/ LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester-on-Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pianoviolin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240511T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240511T170000 DTSTAMP:20261010T000138 CREATED:20220105T150148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240121T161919Z UID:3882-1715443200-1715446800@dorchesterfestival.com SUMMARY:The Tallis Scholars Masterclass DESCRIPTION:This masterclass is free to watch but is not available to join in – the participants are from local secondary schools \nCome and watch Peter Phillips inspire musicians of the future as he runs a masterclass focusing on singers from local schools. \nWe’re delighted to welcome Peter and his world-famous early music ensemble The Tallis Scholars to Dorchester Abbey. \nThe Tallis Scholars have established themselves as the leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music throughout the world. The purity and clarity of their sound\, perfect for the Renaissance repertoire\, has given them a worldwide following.  Celebrating their 50th birthday last year\, they have now performed well over 2\,500 concerts and won many awards for their recordings including the BBC Music Magazine’s much coveted Recording of the Year Award in 2021 and the 2021 Gramophone Early Music Award. \nPlease do book tickets for their 7.30pm concert here. \nIf you need disabled parking or access do contact us here with your requirements. \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X URL:https://dorchesterfestival.com/event/masterclass/ LOCATION:Dorchester Abbey\, High Street\, Dorchester-on-Thames\, Oxfordshire\, OX10 7HH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Classical,Music,Workshops & Demos ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dorchesterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tallismasterclass.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Dorchester Festival":MAILTO:festival@dorchester-abbey.org.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR