Works by Orlando Gibbons, Pachelbel, Couperin, Stanley and, of course, Bach.

David, who also plays harpsichord with Salisbury Baroque, has been playing the organ for 70 years! He now plays regularly at Barford and Chilmark. Recent recitals have been at the Horniman Museum in London and for Salisbury Chamber Music Club.

The Barford organ is an excellent example of a modest sized instrument. Ben Maton, in his YouTube explorations of village organs pronounced it one of the finest he had ever played, particularly noting its versatility.

This event is unticketed, with free entry and retiring collection for those who would like to make a contribution.

Come and enjoy a selection of jolly ayres and dances from the 17th century, featuring composers of the day, music from John Playford’s The English Dancing Master  (1651) and some local tunes, played on a variety of  period instruments including recorders and viols of all sizes, mandola, fiddles and crumhorns. 

The band: Vaughan Danning, Frances Eustace, Pauline Gallear, Karen Goodwin, Malcolm McDonald, Julie Mettyear, William Shering, Shelley Stokes, Jane Young

Coffee available at the Parish Hall from 10 until 12. 

This event is unticketed, with free entry and retiring collection for those who would like to make a contribution.

Leipzig in the 18th century, being at the confluence of trading routes and host to regular trade and book fairs, was a thriving cosmopolitan city with international connections. The city’s renowned choir school at St. Thomas’ Church and the university attracted students from Saxony and beyond; many musicians who were later to become respected composers received the foundations of their musical training in the city. For Salisbury Musick Sarum Baroque is pleased to present music by composers connected to Leipzig in various ways: Fasch as a student at St. Thomas’ School, Telemann as a university student, Bach as Cantor at St. Thomas’ Church and Handel as a regular visitor to the city.

The members of Sarum Baroque met playing Bach Cantatas with Bishop David Stancliffe. Most are familiar to local audiences as regular members of Salisbury Baroque. With both early and late Baroque recorder and string models available they enjoy exploring a wide repertoire aiming at all times for historically informed performances.

This event is unticketed, with free entry and retiring collection for those who would like to make a contribution.

Preparing to perform any work requires time, thought and practice but with a masterwork like Bach's Mass in B minor this process is even more fascinating.  Colin Howard recently conducted a performance with Dorchester Choral Society.  Julia Bishop led the orchestra for that performance and leads the performance that concludes our festival.  Come along to hear more about this remarkable work and how musicians prepare for it. 

Tickets for this event are £9, or £2 for any child under 18, and will be available on the door.

Internationally acclaimed concert artist David Wright will celebrate the golden age of the harpsichord with dazzling works by baroque giants Bach, Handel and Scarlatti alongside some of their lesser known contemporaries. This recital will be presented with anecdotes about the composers and musical life at the time and will prove to be a very entertaining evening.

Tickets for this event are £20, or £2 for any child under 18, and will be available on the door.

This intimate, candlelit concert explores the rich repertoire of lute song in England and France at the turn of the seventeenth century.  Soprano Charlotte La Thrope and tenor Hugo Hymas, with lutenist Sergio Bucheli, present music of love and longing by Dowland, Campion and Purcell, alongside rarely heard Airs de Cour by composers such as Ambruys and Lambert.  This programme will trace the expressive range of early song from private melancholy to courtly elegance, performed here in historically informed style and atmospheric surroundings.

Tickets for this event are £20, or £2 for any child under 18, and will be available on the door.