Christ Church

Peter King, organist emeritus at Bath Abbey, launches Christ Church’s Festival programme with an exciting and varied programme. Featuring Respighi’s The Birds, pastoral Bach, Mendelssohn’s Sonata No 4, romantic Schumann and much more. This concert also includes work by distinguished Newcastle musician William Rea (1827-1903) to celebrate the forthcoming bicentenary of his birth. Event sponsored […]

Experience the beauty and spiritual peace of Bach’s Easter cantata, Christ lag in Todesbanden, with strings and voices in perfect harmony. Directed by Alan Burgess. Donations to Christ Church’s building fund, Christ Church Future, gratefully received.This event is part of Frome Festival.

Frome Youth Choir present a festival concert inspired by the elements! Enjoy songs that explore our world and universe in all its forms. Featuring a range of music, including new works, written for young people that challenge our view of the world and inspire. Take part in a raffle supporting Frome Youth Choir, Christ Church […]

Quorum perform Ravel’s ravishing quartet in F major, followed by Bartok’s piano quintet where they are joined by a regular collaborator, pianist Charles Wiffen. This magnificent work was composed when Bartok was only 22, and combines his Hungarian nationalistic style with his early passion for Richard Strauss. The result is dramatic, exciting, and highly accessible!This […]

A traditional church service with beautiful music for choir and organ, a peaceful oasis in a busy world. The music includes “Expectans expectavi” by Charles Wood (1866-1926), the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E major by Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) and “Give us the wings of faith” by Ernest Bullock (1890-1979). Retiring collection for church funds.This […]

Two award-winning musicians – Nicola Meecham (piano) & Claudia Huckle (contralto) – team up to perform two remarkable works; Schubert’s Sonata in A major D959 and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder WWV 91.This event is part of Frome Festival.

Jane Osmani-Pearce and David Turner offer a varied programme of late romantic and contemporary music for flute and piano. Works will include Carl Reinecke’s wonderful and exuberant Flute Concerto in D, and Debussy’s Syrinx for flute and Clair de lune for piano. CHRIST CHURCH LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES PASS Enjoy a fantastic selection of lunchtime performances […]

Miranda Dodd (baroque violin and recorder), Matthew Dodd (baroque bassoon) and Matthew Nisbet (archlute, theorbo and baroque guitar) formed Ebble Baroque to share their love of Renaissance and Baroque music. Discover works from well-known composers such as Telemann, Handel and Bach, alongside less familiar names such as Zamboni and Stradella, all masters of this wonderfully […]

By 1825, nearing the end of his life, Beethoven had suffered years of painful ill health, emotionally draining family troubles and a profound deafness. However, in this astonishing and beautiful string quartet, the heart of the work is titled ‘Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a convalescent’. Despite contemplating his own mortality, Beethoven gives […]

A delightful programme of early Baroque music from Rome, with the voices of Maria Danishvar, Jane Hunt and Philippa Neaverson soaring over Din Ghani’s archlute and baroque guitar in a happy hour of music that is intimate, expressive, and full of character — music that feels surprisingly direct, even four hundred years on. Musicke in […]

Richard Pinnock (tenor) and Gareth Burgess (piano) celebrate the composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the tenor Peter Pears, with a recital of songs they performed together and apart, including works by Purcell, Schubert, Poulenc, Warlock and many more. CHRIST CHURCH LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES PASS Enjoy a fantastic selection of lunchtime performances at Christ Church […]