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22 Music THE BOSSA DEFINITIVA TRIO 9 May The Mowlem Theatre, Shore Road, SWANAGE, BH19 1DD. 7.30pm. £15. 01929 422239 / soundcellar.org . “The evocative sounds of Brazil.” BATH CHORAL SOCIETY 9 May Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, BRADFORD-ON-AVON, BA15 1DZ. 7.30pm. £30 / £20. 01225 860100. BASSEKOU KOUYATÉ & AMY SACKO 10 May Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, BRADFORD-ON-AVON, BA15 1DZ. 7.30pm. £26 / £14.50. 01225 860100 / wiltshiremusic.org.uk. “Legendary Malian musician and ngoni master Bassekou Kouyate tours with his wife, the revered griot vocalist Amy Sacko.” THE WILBYE QUARTET 10 May South Somerset Music Centre, The Methodist School Room, South Street, CREWKERNE, TA18 8DB. 2.30pm. £12 / £10 / £6 / £5. 01460 594464. “A varied selection of madrigals, motets and songs from across the centuries.” SWING EASY TOO 10 May Village Inn, Ulwell Holiday Park, Ulwell Road, SWANAGE, BH19 3DG. 1.15pm. Free entry. 01929 427644. See 8 May. BSO: ‘INNOCENCE LOST’ 13 May Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. BILL MERRICK 13 May Sandy Hill Arts, Sandy Hill Lane, CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5JF. 6.30pm. £10. 07929 771219 / sandyhillarts.co.uk. MEG MORLEY 13 May The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 1pm. £8. poundarts.org.uk . “New compositions and improvisations.” SULA 14 May The Grasshopper, 139 - 141 Bournemouth Road, POOLE, BH14 9HT. 7.30pm. £17.50 / £10. soundcellar.org . DAVE NEWTON 14 May St Philip & St James Church, Vicarage Lane, NORTON ST PHILIP, BA2 7LY. 1pm. £10. 01373 834488. “Dave Newton is the 16-times winner of the Best Pianist at the British Jazz Awards.” Adrien Brandeis: Resurgence “Adrien Brandeis’s music presents a colourful and fi nely nuanced display of contrasting musical in fl uences , including jazz, classical, French impressionist and latin.” 15 and 16 May: Tincleton Gallery, The Old School House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, DT2 8QR. 7.30pm. £20. 01305 848909 / tincletongallery.com . GREENWICH TRIO 15 May Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 11.30am. £16. 01308 42420 / concertsinthewest.org . “Fascinating classical and contemporary works.” GREENWICH TRIO 15 May Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. 7.30pm. £20. 01460 54973 / ilminsterartscentre.com. See above. *EVOLVER_149_SB.qxp_Evolver_2025 14/04/2026 20:12 Page 46