Updated 21 December 2024

Header photo: Berkeley Ensemble – 16 November 2024 – Dance House, Crewkerne

We would like to thank the Berkeley Ensemble for a wonderful finale to the 2024 season.

We thank all the musicians who came to play for us this year. They gave joy to their audiences in so many ways. We also thank them for their work behind the scenes: the learning of new repertoire; rehearsal time; and all the organisation enabling them to come.

16 —17 February 2024 – Perks Ensemble
& Alexander Ullman
15 —16 March – Sara Trickey & Ivana Gavrić
19 —21 April – Gildas Quartet
17—18 May – Pocket Sinfonia
21—22 June – Lara Melda
19—21 July – Lumas Winds
6—8 September – Mēla Guitar Quartet
4—5 October – Hilary Cronin & Asako Ogawa
15—16 November – Berkeley Ensemble

Thank you to our loyal audiences at each venue. Your support is so important to the continuation of the concert series. We look forward to seeing you in 2025.

We would also like to thank the teams who run each venue. Their kindness and help is essential to the smooth running of the concerts.

Another important group of people are the hosts who look after the musicians while they are with us. Thank you for your support of the concerts.

---

We run the calendar year so the 2025 season will start on 14 February with the Ensemble Hesperi. Booking will open online on Monday 6 January. Booking for subsequent tours will start 2 months before the tour begins.

Clicking on BOOK TICKETS above will take you to all the concerts in 2025. You can also can see a list of who is coming next season by clicking on – 2025

---

To return to this Home page click on the Concerts in the West logo at the top of any page.

Here is the brochure for 2025.

---

Bridport Arts Centre – please note that bookings for Bridport go through their booking arrangements. All the concert tours go to Bridport.

Ticket prices: £20 for evening concerts – £16 for the morning concerts in Bridport.

---

2019, 2020, 2020 Online, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Seasons – you can see the list of performers for each year under our News section.

Archived concerts from 2006 when the concert series began – if you go to Concerts by date, scroll down to Previous concerts, this will take you back to earlier seasons.

Under Concerts by venue you will find venues where we have held concerts in the past as well as those we go to currently. In 2025 we will be visiting Bridport (all tours), Ilminster (all tours), and Crewkerne (all tours).

---

Concerts in the West was launched in 2006. We aim to bring talented young professional musicians to small, intimate venues in the West Country, in areas that may not have easy access to music of this quality. Short intensive tours, lasting a few days, are arranged mainly in Dorset and Somerset.

We feel privileged to hear music performed to such a high standard. The repertoire is enormously varied and gives local audiences a wonderful opportunity to hear both familiar and unusual works for voice and instrument in many combinations.

Ensemble Hesperi
14 — 15 February 2025

Magdalena Loth-Hill, baroque violin
Mary-Jannet Leith, recorders
Florence Petit, baroque cello
Thomas Allery, harpsichord