The annual five day Sherborne Abbey Festival begins on Friday 29 April.
There is a veritable feast of all kinds of music, words and fun. Download the programme here . You can book on line or in person at the Tourist Information Centre in Digby Road, Sherborne.
Kieran White, a brilliant singer and friend of the editor (he also appeared in “Hot Fuzz” as a delinquent), is giving a recital in Cheap Street Church with the lovely Charlotte Hewitt at 3pm on Friday 29th April. Entry is free.
The programme will be some Handel, Britten and Purcell. The centre piece is the song cycle by Britten called a birthday hansel. The cycle is a Scottish cycle and accompanied by harp. The harpist is a fellow student at the Royal Academy of Music. Caroline D’Cruz, musical director of the Milborne Port Opera is the pianist.
But there’s also plenty of other stuff, from Jazz, through James Galway, to wonderful choral music in the Abbey.