8 January – no concert

5 February – Valerie Findlay and Olivia Newbold, cello and piano

Bach Sonata BMW 1029 G minor, Janacek Pohadka, Poulenc Sonata

4 March – students from Abingdon school

8 April – Dorchester Wind Players ‘in memoriam Marshall Stoneham’

Chris Britton – flute

Carolyn King, Gill Terrett – oboe

Barbara Stuart, Mark Etherton – clarinet

Lorri Atkins, David Terrett – horn

Simon Payne, Chris Grovenor – bassoon 

DWP are a group of wind players who from 1971 used to rehearse with Marshall Stoneham at his house in Dorchester, and played together over forty years with a good deal of continuity of personnel – mostly for fun, but also in concerts and for occasions. The repertory, based on the rich variety of classical and modern serenade music, ranged from the 16th century to the 1990s, from Mozart to Scott Joplin, from traditional to rare works. Many new works and arrangements were made for them, and they gave the first modern performances in recent years of works by Weber, Schubert, Beethoven, Balakirev, and others, including the Earl of Abingdon.

To include excerpts from some of Marshall’s favourite pieces – Gounod Petite Symphonie, Mozart and Strauss octets, Earl of Abingdon’s March, and a sextet by Seiber which famously includes a sneeze!

13 May – Abbey Strings

Baroque program to include Bach suite in B minor with Chris Britton flute soloist, Bach Brandenburg concerto no 3, Vivaldi flute concerto ‘la notte’ with Chris again and a Handel concerto grosso.

10 June 2012 – Olwen Turchetta and Estevan Ellul soprano and oboe

Accompanist Fiona Gannon

Works (duets and solos) for oboe and soprano by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Schubert, Rossini and Meirion Williams. 

1 July – Mami Shikimori, piano

Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, op 58

Albeniz:  from Iberia

                 “Evocacion”

                 “Triana”

Ravel: La Valse

5 August – no concert

9 September – Trios for piano, oboe and bassoon. Glynne Butt, Carolyn King and Simon Payne.

7 October – brass group

4 November – Serendipity Trio (Chris Britton flute, Keith Fairbairn percussion, Rey Lear guitar)

16 December  – Pavlova Ensemble Christmas concert. Chris Britton, Carolyn King, Barbara Stuart, Jenny Morgan, Simon Payne