We look forward to seeing you at our remaining concerts this Summer!

Scroll down this page to find out more about the music and musicians for the concerts we are holding in Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, and Norfolk.

More details about the musicians can be found HERE and you can book tickets HERE

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REMAINING CONCERTS

13 July at 3.30pm

St Mary the Virgin, Bruton, Somerset
A Journey East

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
- Elena Urioste (Violin)
- Savitri Grier (Violin)
- Melissa White (Violin)
- Nathan Amaral (Violin)
- Rosalind Ventris (Viola)
- Edgar Francis (Viola)
- Laura van der Heijden (Cello)
- Tony Rymer (Cello)

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–19): Quartet for Four Violins
Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904): String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

Interval

George Enescu (1881–1955): String Octet in C major, Op. 7

Tickets: £20 (General Admission); £10 (Bruton residents)

Further useful information

Venue & Access
The Church’s address is Silver St, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0EB
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Please enter the Church via the West door.

There is level access to the Church. If the path is wet, please exercise extra care and caution on the paths.

If you are in a wheelchair, please arrange to be dropped at the entrance to the churchyard. Wheelchair spaces will be signed inside the Church.

If you have any concerns about access, you can contact us in advance via email: info@musicincountrychurches.org.uk

Parking
There nearest car park is Station Road Car Park:
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There is more parking at various locations around Bruton. Please arrive in plenty of time to find parking.

Timings
Doors open at 3.00pm.

The concert starts at 3.30pm. If you arrive after the concert has started, please wait until an appropriate break in the music to enter. There will be an interval of approximately 20 minutes. We expect the concert will finish between 5.00pm and 5.15pm.

Tickets and Seating
Please have your tickets ready to show on the door either as a print out or on a mobile device.

If you have booked for a group, please try to enter with everyone who is on your booking.

Seating is general admission and first-come-first-seated. You are welcome to bring a cushion to sit on.

Please do not sit in any seats or rows that have been marked with reserved signs and please try to fill in any gaps so that everyone can be accommodated in the pews.

Drinks
Soft drinks will be available during the interval. All proceeds from the bar will go towards supporting St Mary the Virgin Church. Please bring both cash and a card.

Picnic
If the weather permits and you would like to bring a picnic for before or after the concert you would be more than welcome to have this in the church grounds.

Merchandise

The 2025 MICC tea towels have arrived!
Tea towels, canvas bags, and the concert series guides will be available to purchase before the concert, during the interval, and after the concert. Pre-purchased merchandise can be collected from the merchandise table. All proceeds go towards supporting the work of Music in Country Churches.

Facilities
There is no toilet in the Church, but facilities will be available in the Hall across the road. These will be signposted.

A first aider will be on duty.

Please note that there are no facilities to leave coats or bags and concertgoers are responsible for their own belongings.

Photography
Please do not take videos or photos during the concert. It can be distracting to the performers and will infringe copyright/performing rights regulations.

During the concert distant or general crowd photography and video will be taken by an official photographer/videographer to be used for MICC's social media pages, website, and other literature. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please speak to a steward or member of MICC.

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22 July at 6.30pm
This concert is sold out: please contact us if you would like to be added to the ticket waiting list.

St Mary the Virgin, Wiveton, Norfolk
Crossing Borders: Eighteenth Century Travels Across the Italian Border

La Serenissima directed by Adrian Chandler

Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758): Ouverture-Suite for Strings and Continuo in F major
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): ‘Paris’ Concerto VI for Strings and Continuo in G minor, RV 154
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in B flat major, RV 380

Interval

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in G minor, RV 330
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Ouverture-Suite for Strings and Continuo in A minor, TWV 55.a2

Tickets: £50 (General Admission), includes a pre-concert reception

This concert has been generously sponsored by the Lady Hind Trust and the R. C. Snelling Charitable Trust.

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23 July at 5pm
All Saints, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk
The Nelson Mass in Nelson's Church: Come and Sing Afternoon Workshop and Performance

Our final concert will be a performance of F. J. Haydn's Missa in Angustiis directed by Nigel Short of Tenebrae. Haydn's mass setting was was dedicated to Horatio Lord Nelson who was baptised in All Saints. The afternoon workshop for anyone who would like to come-and-sing will be followed by a performance for which audience is welcome to join. The orchestra will comprise local professional musicians and the soloists will be singers from Tenebrae.

This concert is being held in association with Music in the Burnhams.

Tickets: £15 (come-and-sing), £20 (audience, 5.00pm performance)

This concert has been generously sponsored the Lady Hind Trust.

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