Dorchester Abbey

A musical rite of the holiday season, the Baroque-era oratorio still awes listeners more than 250 years after the composer’s death.

A Celebration of the Dance. Waltzes, Marches and favourites Galore!
Our ever-popular New Year Concert returns. A concert to set the feet tapping, the hands clapping with its joyous dance music, dispelling all thoughts of winter’s cold.

Written in 1902–1903, Arnold Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande is a massive, highly complex symphonic poem.
Rachmaninov’s Vocalise is a gorgeously melancholic wordless song originally written for high voice and piano.
Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor is a towering masterpiece of the Romantic era. Premiered in 1901 with the composer himself as the soloist, it is a deeply emotional work of lush harmonies, sweeping lyricism, and sweeping virtuosity.