The Provisional 2019 Festival Programme can be downloaded HERE. The Festival BOX OFFICE page is open but you can also make bookings direct from this Programme page. Fuller programme details (including artist biographies and photos) and updates will be added for both the summer festival in Provence – in August – and the Autumn weekend in Kent GB – in November.
Advance purchase / reservation of tickets is advised for all evening concerts and is essential for the events on 5, 12 and 17 August. The online advance box office closes at 15h (3PM) on the day of most concerts (earlier for 5 & 12 August).
Pre-festival
samedi 27 juillet 2019 12h.00 midi
Concert des Jeunes Choristes de Musique Cordiale
(entrée gratuite)
lundi 5 août 2019 19:00
le Moulin de la Camandoule
Soirée Musicale, Díner de Gala et Collecte de Fonds
Événement de lancement pour le festival (see HERE for details of this popular annual event)
Ruth Harrison (flûte), Colette Overdijk (violon), Ian Anderson (alto), Sophie Haynes (violoncelle) & Rebecca Taylor (piano)
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le Moulin de Camandoule, 83440, Fayence
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100€ (Amis du Festival) / 115€ (reservation d’une table entière de 8+ personnes) / 125€ (individuel)
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CONCERTS du SOIR (avec entr’acte)
Vendredi 9 août 19.00
Eglise de Seillans
Concert Symphonique – concert d’ouverture du festival
L’Orchestre du Festival avec solistes
Direction: James Lowe
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante
(Colette Overdijk – violon, Ian Anderson – alto)
SCHOENBERG « La nuit transfigurée »
SCHUBERT Symphonie No 5, D485 en si bemol (B-flat)
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Église Saint-Leger, 83440 Seillans
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Samedi 10 août 21.00
Seillans Place du Valat
Soirée de Jazz et Cross-over Classics – en pleine aire
MOZART Quintette pour piano et vents
“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing”
(Jetse de Jong – piano – avec Isla van Hout – voix)
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Place du Valat, 83440 Seillans
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Dimanche 11 août 19.00
Eglise de Seillans
Concert des Bijoux Baroques
L’Orchestre du Festival avec solistes
Direction: Graham Ross
HAENDEL Concerto Grosso Opus 6
MARCELLO Concert pour hautbois en re mineur (James Hulme – hautbois)
MOZART “Voi averte un cor fedele” (Dima Bawab – soprano)
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater
(Adèle Pons soprano, Jessica Hopkins alto)
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Église Saint-Leger, 83440 Seillans
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Lundi 12 août 18.00
Seillans Domaine Val d’Iris
(y compris apéritifs et petit buffet léger)
Soirée Musique au Vignoble
Toby Hession – piano, Isabel Pfefferkorn – voix
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Domaine Val d'Iris, 83440, SEILLANS
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30€(Amis) / 25€ (choir only) 50€ (standard) – uniquement sur reservation Réservez tôt: disponibilité limitée!
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Mardi 13 août 21.00
Fayence Theatre de Verdure
Concert Symphonique
Direction: James Lowe
MENDELSOHN Ouverture « Les Hébrides »
MENDELSOHN Concerto pour Violon
(Judith de Haas – violon)
BEETHOVEN Sinfonie No 6 « Pastorale »
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Théatre verdure, 83440, Fayence
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Mercredi 14 août 19.00
Eglise de Montauroux
Concert a Capella
Chœur du Festival
Direction: Graham Ross
RAMSEY How are the mighty fallen
BACH Komm, Jesu, Komm
BYRD Ave verum Corpus
TALLIS If ye love me
LAURIDSEN O Magnum Mysterium
MARTIN Messe pour double chœur
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l'église Saint Barthelemy, 83440 Montauroux
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Jeudi 15 août 19.00
Eglise de Callian
Concert d’Oratorio: « Saul » de HAENDEL
Chœur et l’Orchestre du Festival avec solistes
Direction: Graham Ross
Emily Vine, Dima Bawab – soprano, Isabel Pfefferkorn (mezzo-soprano)
Julian Gregory, Michael Johnston – tenor
Frederick Long – basse
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Église de Callian, 83440 CALLIAN
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Vendredi 16 août 19.00
Eglise de Seillans 20€ / 30€(premium)
Concert Symphonique
L’Orchestre du Festival avec solistes
Direction: James Lowe
VAUGAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
MOZART Concerto pour flûte et harpe
(Trond Brekka – flute, Michela Zanoni – harpe)
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
MOZART Symphony No 35, K385 « Haffner »
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Samedi 17 août 19.00
Eglise de Seillans
Concert d’Oratorio – concert de cloture du festival – « Saul » de HAENDEL
Chœur et l’Orchestre du Festival avec solistes
Direction: Graham Ross
Emily Vine, Dima Bawab – soprano, Isabel Pfefferkorn (mezzo-soprano)
Julian Gregory, Michael Johnston – tenor
Frederick Long – basse
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Eglise St Léger, SEILLANS
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CONCERTS DE MIDI, Festival 2019 (entrée gratuite—répertoire à confirmer)
It is not necessary or possible to book tickets for free-entry lunchtime concerts: seats are available (in these smaller venues) on a first-come, first served basis.
Samedi 10 août 12.30
Seillans Chapelle ND de l’Ormeau
Dimanche 11 août 12.30
L’Eglise de St Paul-en-Forêt
Lundi 12 août 12.30
L’Eglise de Bagnols-en-Forêt
Mercredi 14 août 12.30
Montauroux Chappelle St Barthélmy («Dior»)
Jeudi 15 août 12.30
Callian Chappelle des Pénitents
Samedi 17 août 12.30
Fayence Chapelle des Cyprès
Festival Passes – passes de saison 2019
- Premium PASS (reserved seating) – 1 premium festival pass for all evening concerts except the three with meals: Camandoule 5/8/19 250 € per member, friend or donor, 280 € per person All passes are transferable. Tous les Passes sont transférables. Check in at the box office at least 15 min prior to start of concert. Présentez-vous à la billetterie au moins 15 min avant le début du concert. Premium pass holders: sit with your friends – email us by 12pm on concert day Premium: Asseyez-vous avec vos amis – contactez-nous avant 12h le jour du concert
- Standard PASS: 1 normal tarif place (non-réservée) pour les concerts de soir* 170 € par adhérent, ami ou mécène ou 200€ par personne *Not included / pas compris : Camandoule 5/8/19. All passes are transferable. Tous les Pass sont transférables. Check in at the box office at least 15 min prior to start of concert. Présentez-vous à la billetterie au moins 15 min avant le début du concert. Premium pass holders: sit with your friends – email us by 12pm on concert day Premium: Asseyez-vous avec vos amis – contactez-nous avant 12h le jour du concert
We are committed to presenting a brilliant festival in 2019 and look forward to welcoming you to Seillans and the Pays de Fayence. In the face of reduced subsidies and dramatic currency shifts (and Brexit uncertainties), we are more dependent than ever on the help of our audiences and supporters. To help us to keep offering a high-quality programme at affordable prices, please do consider becoming a Member, Friend or Donor of Musique Cordiale or by offering in-kind help as a volunteer or artist host.
Listings and links below still relate to the 2018 (last year’s) festival programme – for information only pending the announcement of fuller details of the 2019 programme SOON!
You can order tickets on this page from 1 April 2019. Go to other pages in the menu above to purchase membership, dinners or other items. Items selected on this page will appear in the shopping cart / panier (also on the menu above) where you can amend or complete your purchases or return to other pages to add to your order.(You can also reserve tickets by email (info@musique-cordiale.com) or on the phone (07 87 46 99 27, only in July & August) for collection and payment at the door;
special prices & discounts are available ONLY ONLINE).
Advance booking closes at 2PM on the day of the concert. A box office opens at the door of the venue 1 hour before the concert.
14th International Summer Festival in France
Concerts 28 July – 11 August 2018
Pays de Fayence in the Var, Provence, France
The programme for the 2018 International Musique Cordiale Festival includes a mixture of high-quality chamber music, recitals by talented members of the Academy, symphonic repertoire plus concertos, song cycles and an evening of operatic arias conducted by James Lowe + an exciting weekend when Classic meets Jazz. You can also encounter some folk and nostalgic rock music playing and singing. To conclude the festivities in true Musique Cordiale style, Graham Ross will conduct Haydn’s Oratorio ‘The Seasons’ (in German) and an a capella concert, another ‘German Feast’ of sublime choral masterpieces by Bach & Schutz + around 20 varied concerts in the Pays de Fayence and elsewhere in Provence.
Festival concerts: book your tickets online
You can also view the Programme and tickets on our annual CALENDAR of EVENTS here (Go to July and August)
Some events (see red alerts in the programme) feature “Early Bird” or other special time-limited discounts
Prices for members & Friends: Members of l’association Musique Cordiale are entitled to a 10% discount off the price of many concert tickets (EXCEPT for certain events where we have to cover costs of food and drink). However, for these 4 events, a special price is offered below only for Friends of the Festival.
If you did not obtain your discount when you booked, please contact us and we will reimburse the difference.For information about our FUND-RAISER & Gala Dinner on 24 July Click HERE (now sold out: waiting list only)
Samedi 28 juillet
12.00 SEILLANS, L’ÉGLISE ST LEGER
Grand concert de midi :Pre-Festival event
“Les Jeunes Choristes de Musique Cordiale”
Chansons en Anglais, Zulu et Français/La joie de chanter
Concluding concert of our
Spring 2018 educational programme for young singers of the Var (6-15 ans)
Entrée Gratuite
19.00 MONS, ÉGLISE DE ST PIERRE ET ST PAUL
Opening concert of the 2018 International FestivalRécital de chant
CHANSONS ET AIRES POUR UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ
Kiera Lyness, soprano
Aidan Coburn, tenor
Rebecca Taylor, pianoMozart: Dans un bois, Das Veilchen, Ridente la Calma, Oiseaux si tous les ans
Fauré: Le Papillon et la Fleur, Chanson d’Amour En Prière, Adieu
Schubert: Le Pâtre sur le Rocher (Danny Lyness. alto)
Delibes: Les Filles de Cadiz
Gilbert & Sullivan: Poor Wandering One Schumann: In der Nacht
Donizetti: Uno sguardo di nera
Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
Verdi: Lo spazzacamin
Tosti: Ideale, Non t’amo piu
Britten: O Waly, Waly
Watson: The Charmer
Offenbach: Night of stars and Night of Love Ray: The Sunshine Of Your Smile
Sanderson: Until
28/07/2018 19:00 - 21:00 Église de Saint Pierre et St Paul, 83440, MonsTicket Type Price Cart Opening Concert and Singing Recital - songs & arias for a summer night 0.00 € – 30.00 €
Lundi 30 juillet
SEILLANS, Chapelle des Selves
20.00 SOIRÉE MUSIQUE, DÎNER ET VINCharlotte King, voix
Stephen Spender, guitare & voix
Rebecca Taylor, piano
Martin Ludenbach, contrebasseAdmission to this event only by prior reservation please
BOOK SOON: Early Bird sale prices available for this event
30/07/2018 20:00 - 23:00 En plein air à la Chapelle des Selves, SeillansTicket Type Price Cart Music, dinner and wine evening 35.00 € – 40.00 €
Mardi 31 juillet
12.00 SEILLANS, Chapelle de Notre Dame de l’Ormeau
Concert de midi
Entrée Gratuite(Evening free for “Festival Finge”)
Mercredi 1 août
SEILLANS, ÉGLISE SAINT LÉGER
19.00 Concert Symphonique
Direction James Lowe
Rebecca Taylor, piano
Charlotte King, mezzo-sopranoRavel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mozart: Concerto pour piano n° 23 en la majeur
Mahler: Chansons d’un compagnon de voyage
Mozart: Symphonie no 41 Jupiter
01/08/2018 19:00 - 21:00 Église Saint-Leger, 83440 SeillansTicket Type Price Cart Symphony Concert, Festival orchestra 0.00 € – 30.00 € 21h30 Seillans, ancien route de Fayence
Dinner with wine in the open air with the musicians after the concert – available for members on this evening: book HERE
Jeudi 2 août
12.00 BAGNOLS-en-FORÊT, Église Saint-Antonin
Grand concert de midi
Delightful chamber music from L’Ensemble Cordial
MOZART PURE
Mozart: Quatuor à cordes « le Dissonance »
Trois Madrigales pour violon et alto
Mozart: Quintette à cordes n° 4 en sol mineurThe concert will be followed by wine outside the church at around 13:20. Consider pausing for lunch afterwards in Bagnols-en-Forêt where there are several inviting restaurants
Concert de midi
Entrée Gratuite
L'église St Antonin, Rue Montée de l'Église, 83600 Bagnols-en-Forêt
TOURETTES, ÉGLISE SAINT ANDRÉ
19.00 Les Cordes sublimes de l’Académie de Musique CordialeConcert des étudiants de l’Académie 2018 – et ses professeurs distingués
LES ÉTUDIANTS DE L’ACADÉMIE
Finale après une semaine des classes de maîtres
01/08/2018 19:00 - 21:00 Église Saint-André, 83440 TourrettesTicket Type Price Cart The Sublime Strings of the Academy - student & teacher string players, solo and ensemble 0.00 € – 30.00 € Les cordes sublimes de l'Académie - étudients et professeurs de L'Academie pour cordes 0.00 € – 30.00 € 21h30 Seillans, ancien route de Fayence
Dinner with wine in the open air with the musicians after the concert – available for members on this evening: book HERE
Vendredi 3 août
SEILLANS, ÉGLISE SAINT LÉGER
19.00 Concert Académie avec Orchestre et solistes
Direction: James Lowe
Jonathan Martindale, violon
Kiera Lyness, sopranoDebussy: Prélude à « L’après-midi d’un faune »
Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915
Beethoven: Symphony n° 2
Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour violon03/08/2018 19:00 - 21:00 Église Saint-Léger, 83440 SeillansTicket Type Price Cart Annual Academy & Orchestra Concert 0.00 € – 35.00 € 21h30 Seillans, ancien route de Fayence
Dinner with wine in the open air with the musicians after the concert – available for members on this evening: book HERE
22:30 SEILLANS, Salle Polyvalente
Concert Musique-Cordiale ‘VENDREDI LATE’
Jazz special: piano et voixFloris Kappeyne, piano
Isla van Hout, voix
Tijs Klaassen, contrebasse
Wouter Kühne, percussion03/08/2018 22:30 - 21:30 Salle Polyvalente, 83440 SeillansTicket Type Price Cart 'Vendredi LATE' concert: Jazz special: piano and vocals 0.00 € – 25.00 €
Samedi 4 août
12.00 CALLIAN, Chapelle des Pénitents
Concert de midiSCHUBERT QUINTETTE À CORDES
Entrée Gratuite20.30 TANNERON, Place de la Mairie concert Baroque et Classique
Direction: Graham Ross
Aidan Coburn, ténor
Colette Overdijk, violin
James Hulme, hautebois
Angharad Thomas, basson
Leo Melvin, violoncelleBach suite pour orchestre n° 3
Bach Concert Brandebourgeois n° 4
Arias pour ténor et orchestre de Mozart
Mozart Serenade “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
Haydn Sinfonia Concertante
Entrée Gratuite
Dimanche 5 août
21.00 SEILLANS, Place du Valat
Soirée de Jazz Cordiale
Groupe Marma: Marmaduke Leforestier, Anthony Depetris,
David Marques, Horim Choi, Loïse Campagna, Jakob VerlićGroupe Thierry: Marie-Anne Standaert, Richard Rousselet
05/08/2018 21:00 - 23:30 Bières et burgers disponibles aux barsTicket Type Price Cart Soirée du Jazz Cordiale 0.00 € – 25.00 €
Place du Valat, 83440 Seillans
Lundi 6 août
CLAVIERS, Domaine de Meaulx
A musical Garden Party – with the Filn-maker’s wine
19.00 CONCERT
Classical meets intimate Jazz in the Vineyard light early-evening buffet et apéritifs from 18h
(parking open from 17:45)Beethoven: Quatuor à cordes Op. 18 n°4
Mendelssohn Octet, Jonathan Martindale, violon+ Jazz trio: Floris Kappeyne; Tijs Klaassen; Wouter Kuhne
Admission to this event only by prior reservation please
BOOK SOON: Early Bird sale prices available for this event. Places are limited!06/08/2018 19:00 - 21:30Ticket Type Price Cart Classic meets Jazz in the vineyard: a musical Garden Party 2018 25.00 € – 35.00 €
Domaine de Meaulx, 83830 Claviers
Mardi 7 août
21.00 FAYENCE, THEATRE DE VERDURE
Fabulous Music under the Fayence Stars
Concert avec solistes :
Concerto pour violon de Tchaikovsky – et aires d’Opera
Direction: James LoweDima Bawab, Kiera Lyness, soprano
Charlotte King, mezzo-soprano
Aidan Coburn, Julian Gregory, ténor
Tristan Hambleton, bass
Jonathan Martindale, violonTchaikovsky: Concerto pour violon et orchestre
07/08/2018 21:00 - 07/08/2017 23:00 Théâtre de Verdure, 83440 FayenceTicket Type Price Cart An orchestral concert with soloists: fabulous music and Opera Arias under the stars 0.00 € – 30.00 €
Mercredi 8 août
12.00 Concert de midi
MONTAUROUX, Chapelle (Christian Dior)
CONCERT DE MIDI
« LES AMOURS DU POÈTE »
Aidan Coburn, ténor
Rebecca Taylor, piano
Schumann: DichterliebeEntrée Gratuite
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21.00 SEILLANS
RESTAURANT “ La Gloire de mon Père”
DINER MUSICAL SOUS LES FEUILLES DU PLACE DU THOURONincluding performances by festival soloists & musicians (including Aedan, Dima. Tristan, Charlotte, Cameron, Julian et Rebecca) + Johny du Toit, guitar & voice
Admission to this event only by prior reservation please: MANY NEW TICKETS RELEASED and LOTS of places STILL AVAILABLE
Please book by 3PM (15h) on 8 August. (PLEASE NOTE THAT we regret that LATE ORDERS (after Thursday 3 August) may have to be cancelled and money returned in the event of bad weather when there would have to be a limit of 100 places indoors). YOU CAN ALSO BOOK DIRECT WITH GLOIRE DE MON PERE +33 (0)494 60 18 65
08/08/2018 20:00 - 23:00Ticket Type Price Cart Dîner et vin - soirée musicale sous les feuillages de la Place dy Thoron 55.00 € – 75.00 €
Restaurant "La Gloire de mon Père" Seillans
Jeudi 9 août
19.00 BARGEMON, ÉGLISE SAINT ETIENNE
Haydn : Oratorio avec orchestre et solistes
“ Les Saisons” (Die Jahreszeiten)
Direction: Graham RossDima Bawab, soprano
Julian Gregory, ténor
Tristan Hambleton, bass
09/08/2018 19:00 - 21:30Ticket Type Price Cart Oratorio in Bargemon: Haydn 'DIE JAHRESZEITEN' - The Seasons (in German) 0.00 € – 35.00 € l'église St Etienne, 83830 Bargemon
21h30 Bargemon, selected restaurants
Vouchers for Set-menu Dinner with wine with the musicians after the concert – available for members on this evening. Spaces are limited: BOOK EARLY HERE
Vendredi 10 août
12.00 FAYENCE, CHAPELLE NOTRE DAME DES CYPRES
Concert de midi
Entrée Gratuite–
19:00 MONTAUROUX, L’Église Saint Barthelemy
Concert a cappella: A German Feast of Choral Voices
Direction: Graham Ross
J S Bach “Jesu meine Freude”
Schutz Deutsches Magnificat
Schutz “Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener”
Bach “Lobet den Herrn”10/08/2018 19:00 - 21:00l'église Saint Barthelemy, 83440 Montauroux Note: Aperitif AFTER the concert – no interval/ pas d’entracte – Apero après le concert (vers 20:15)Ticket Type Price Cart A German Feast of choral voices: 'A cappella' works of Bach & Schutz 0.00 € – 30.00 € 21h30 Seillans, ancien route de Fayence
Dinner with wine in the open air with the musicians after the concert – available for members on this evening: book HERE
22:30 SEILLANS, Salle Polyvalente
‘Musique-Cordiale VENDREDI LATE’ concert“Walking in the Wild Land”
‘Mellow countryfied rock in classic singer-songwriter vein’
Trio Jim McCarty, George Koller et Tom Reynolds10/08/2018 22:30 - 23:45 Salle Polyvalente, 83440 SeillansTicket Type Price Cart "Walking in the Wild Land" - Jim McCarty Trio, Musique-Cordiale 0.00 € – 25.00 €
Samedi 11 août
12.00 SEILLANS, LA CHAPELLE NOTRE DAME DE L’ORMEAU
Concert de midi
Entrée Gratuite19.00 FAYENCE, ÉGLISE SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE
CONCERT DE CLÔTURE
Haydn : Oratorio avec orchestre et solistes “ Les Saisons” (Die Jahreszeiten)
Direction: Graham RossDima Bawab, soprano
Julian Gregory, ténor
Tristan Hambleton, bass11/08/2018 19:00 - 21:30 Église Saint Jean-Baptiste, FAYENCETicket Type Price Cart Final Oratorio Concert: 'DIE JAHRESZEITEN' - Haydn, The Seasons (in German) 0.00 € – 35.00 € 21h30 Seillans, ancien route de Fayence
Dinner with wine in the open air with the musicians after the concert – available for members on this evening: book HERE in advance. Places are limited!
You can order tickets on this page. Go to other pages in the menu above to purchase membership, dinners or other items. Items selected on this page will appear in the shopping cart / panier (also on the menu above) where you can amend or complete your purchases or return to other pages to add to your order. (You can also reserve tickets by email (info@musique-cordiale.com) or on the phone (07 87 46 99 27, only in July & August) for collection and payment at the door; special prices & discounts are available ONLY ONLINE).
Updates and more complete information will be available regularly here and in our printed flyers – and, in July, in our printed Programme.
Festival Passes
We are committed to presenting a brilliant festival in 2018 and look forward to welcoming you to Seillans, the Pays de Fayence and nearby towns in Dracenie!
In the face of reduced subsidies and dramatic currency shifts, we are more dependent than ever on the help of our audiences and supporters.To help us to keep offering a high quality programme at affordable prices, please do consider becoming a Member, Friend or Donor of Musique Cordiale or by offering in kind help as a volunteer or artist host.
Musique Cordiale Weekend in Kent
16-18 November 2018
3 concerts
Faversham, Newnham & Doddington,
including The Messiah
& chamber music to be announcedfor information please click HERE
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