programme of events
Dorchester, Dorset, Sunday 18 October 2009

Corn Exchange
3pm-12am

Rock, folk, blues and soul

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3pm - Thomas Hardy School Big Band
3.45pm - The Andy Grant Trio
4.45pm - The Dinner Ladies
5.30pm - Thomas and the Mock ups
6.30pm - Fungus
7.30pm - Jigsaw
8.30pm - Paddy Milner
9.30pm - Jess Upton
10.30pm - The Crack

Tickets:
  • On the door: £12/£6 (concessions*)
  • Advance: £10/£5 (concessions*)
  • Combi Ticket (entry to all events): £15/£9 (concessions*)
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*Concessions for under-18s and unwaged adults apply to tickets purchased in person with valid ID only

The Classical Collection
Dorset County Museum, 2pm-7pm

Classical and jazz

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Five concerts, on the hour, every hour. Stay for one or for all. Tickets allow entry in and out.

2pm
  • Spanish folksongs (Rick Birley)
Jenny Curiel (violin) with the Great Western Ensemble
  • Dorset Rhapsody (Rick Birley)
Julie Trevett (saxophone) with the Great Western Ensemble
  • Four Piece Suite – divertimento for two pianos (Richard Rodney Bennett)
Two pianos: Richard Hall/Heather Reed
  • Spoon River (Percy Grainger)
Two pianos: Richard Hall/Heather Reed

3pm
  • St Osmunds Singers & Harmony Club
Directed by Ray Pontin & Lemon Otter
  • Slow movement from Sonata (Constant Lambert)
Solo piano: Duncan Honeybourne
  • From the Gershwin songbook: Liza – Who Cares? – I Got Rhythm

4pm
  • Funked-up Bach – first movement of the D minor Clavier Concerto re-composed
Two pianos: Kirsty Barry & Duncan Honeybourne
Double bass: Flora Lucas
Brushes: Matt Thurtell
  • Madrigal Suite – Great Western Ensemble
  • The Flying Squad (barbershop quartet)
Directed by Rick Birley
  • The Occasional Singers
Directed by Richard Hall and Rick Birley
  • Three Hungarian Folksongs
Matya Seiber, directed by Rick Birley
  • King of Swing
Arr. Alan Simmons
Directed by Richard Hall
Piano: Heather Reed
  • From Five West Country Folksongs
Arr. Nicholas Marshall
Directed by Richard Hall
  • Two part-songs by Vaughan Williams
Directed by Richard Hall
  • The Turtle Dove
Solo Tenor: Gareth Jones
  • Linden Lea


5pm
  • Chansons de France    – Great Western Ensemble with Matthew Ward (solo violin)
  • English Folk Song Suite – Great Western Ensemble
  • Seven folksong ballads – Rhona McGregor (soprano) with the Great Western Ensemble

6pm
  • Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
Piano solo: Fiona Dalzell with the Great Western Ensemble
  • An American in Paris (George Gershwin – arr. Rick Birley)
Great Western Ensemble
  • Michael Finnissy plays a selection of his Gershwin arrangements
Tickets:
  • On the door: £8/£6 (concessions*)
  • Advance: £7/£5 (concessions*)
  • Combi Ticket (entry to all events): £15/£9 (concessions*)
Buy tickets online now

*Concessions for under-18s and unwaged adults apply to tickets purchased in person with valid ID only


Afternoon pub gigs
2-6pm

The Junction Hotel (jazz)
42 Great Western Road, Dorchester, DT1 1UF

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  • Dave Bowen
  • Mike Botterill
  • and friends...

Tom Browns (folk)
47 High East Street, Dorchester, DT1 1HU

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  • 2pm Finger's 'n' Fretz  (aka James Findlay and Jerry Bird)
  • 2.45   Bob Kirkpatrick
  • 3.30   Ken Watkins and Simon Swarbrick
  • 4.15   Graham Moore
  • 5.00   Chris Sergeant  and Benedict Taylor
  • 5.45   The Tree Fellahs with Nina Wain (Jigsaw)