Services at Bath Abbey
Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May 2026
The choir will be singing the services at Bath Abbey this weekend:
Saturday 30th May, 5.00pm - Evensong
Responses - Lawson
Psalms 97, 98
Canticles - Blair in B minor
Anthem - Wood: Glory and honour and laud
Voluntary - Richard Lloyd: Church Parade
Sunday 31st May, 11.30am - Eucharist
Mass - Darke in F
Anthem - Gibbons: Lift up your heads
Voluntary - Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545
Sunday 31st May, 3.30pm - Evensong
Responses - Lawson
Psalms 93, 150
Canticles - Wesley in E
Anthem - Britten: Te Deum in C
Voluntary - Boellmann: Toccata from Suite Gothique
How Dazzling Fair
St Thomas's Church, Salisbury
Saturday 27th June 2026, 7.30pm
The Farrant Singers celebrate summer with choral greats by Charles Wood and Samuel Sebastian Wesley - both being remembered in anniversaries this year.
There's lots more by composers directly connected with the choir, including pieces by Richard Lloyd, Richard Shephard, Sam Hanson, Barry Ferguson and Howard Moody written specially for the choir's 50th anniversary in 2008, and the programme finishes with some familiar songs arranged by Philip Lawson.
The Farrant Singers
Conductor - Philip Lawson
Organist - John Challenger
Tickets are available online here
until 5.00pm on Saturday 27th June 2026,
or buy tickets at the door, from choir members,
or from Kit & Caboodle in Salisbury High Street
'Messiah' at Salisbury Musick Festival
Sunday 4th October 2026
The second Salisbury Musick festival of early music concludes with a gala performance of G F Handel's 'Messiah'.
Our concert at the 2025 festival sold out, so early booking is advised!
The Farrant Singers
Salisbury Baroque (leader Alice Poppleton)
Conductor - Philip Lawson
with soloists:
Charlotte La Thrope - soprano
Sarah Denbee - alto
Hugo Hymas - tenor
William Drakett - bass
Evensong at Portsmouth Cathedral
Saturday 17th October 2026
The choir will be singing evensong at Portsmouth Cathedral.
Christmas concert
Salisbury
Saturday 19th December 2026, 7.30pm
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