28 Music SKIMMITY HITCHERS 6 December Shire Hall, High West Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1UY. 6.30pm. £15. skimmityhitchers.com . “Album launch party.” BRUE BOYS 6 December Caryford Community Hall, Maggs Lane, CASTLE CARY, BA7 7JJ. 7.30pm. £10. caryfordhall.co.uk . LEVY / ROBSON INTERNATIONAL QUARTET 7 December The Grasshopper, 139 - 141 Bournemouth Road, POOLE, BH14 9HT. 7.30pm. £17.50 / £10. soundcellar.org. JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS GARRICK 10 December Village Hall, HINTON MARTELL, BH21 7HE. 7.30pm. £13 / £6. 01258 840066 / artsreach.co.uk . “This free- wheeling pair use extensive looping and effects to create exotic tapestries of sound.” BSO: ‘MONUMENTAL BRAHMS’ 10 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . LORIKEET 11 December St Philip & St James Church, Vicarage Lane, NORTON ST PHILIP, Bath, BA2 7LY. 1pm. £10. 01373 834488 / hardingtonvale.org.uk. “Indie-folk trio.” BSO: ‘MONUMENTAL BRAHMS’ 11 December Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls, Bradford Road, SHERBORNE, DT9 3QN. 7.30pm. £39. bsolive.com . JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS GARRICK 11 December Village Hall, HALSTOCK, BA22 9SG 7.30pm. £12.50 / £6. 01935 891744 / artsreach.co.uk . See 10 December. HUNDRED FACES 12 December CICCIC, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. 8.30pm. £19 / £15. 01823 337477 / ciccic.co.uk . BSO BRASS OCTET: ‘WINTER FANFARE’ 16 December Parish Church, BLANDFORD, DT11 7AD. 7.30pm. £14 / £6. 07729 786600 / artsreach.co.uk . TAUNTON CHORAL SOCIETY: ‘SING AT CHRISTMAS’ 16 December CICCIC, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. 7.30pm. £10 / £8. ciccic.co.uk . MOSCOW DRUG CLUB 16 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . BSO: ‘MESSIAH’ 17 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . “Handel’s glorious oratorio is one of the most celebrated pieces in the classical canon.” BSO BRASS OCTET: ‘WINTER FANFARE’ 17 December St Christopher's Church, WINFRITH, DT2 8JW. 7.30pm. £16 / £10. 01305 567748. See 16 December. BSO: ‘LAST NIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS PROMS’ 19 December Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, EXETER, EX4 4PY. 7.30pm. £41 / £16. bsolive.com . BSO: ‘LAST NIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS PROMS’ 20 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . ARMONICO CONSORT: ‘CAROLS BY CANDELIGHT’ 21 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 4pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . BSO: ‘CELEBRATION OF CAROLS’ 23 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 3 and 7pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . FREE LISTINGS Exhibition and performance listings should be emailed to
[email protected] Please send ALL information in the following order: Event, date(s), venue, address (including postcode), times, admission fee (if any), contact number / website, up to 30 words about your event JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS GARRICK 12 December Village Hall, PORTESHAM, DT3 4NS. 7.30pm. £13 / £6. 01305 871117 / artsreach.co.uk . See 10 December. THOKOZILE COLLECTIVE + THE BOSSA DEFINITIVA TRIO 12 December Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. lighthousepoole.co.uk . Jazz. JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS GARRICK 13 December Portman Hall, SHILLINGSTONE, DT11 0SF. 7.30pm. £13 / £6. 01258 860319. See 10 December. ‘CAROLS FOR CHOIRS’ 13 December South Somerset Music Centre, South Street, CREWKERNE, TA18 8DB. 10am. £15. 07719 187508 / southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk. ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’ 14 December St Andrew's Church, YETMINSTER, DT9 6LQ. 7pm. £12.50 / £6. 01935 873546 / artsreach.co.uk . See 4 December. SUNDAY BIG BAND 14 December CICCIC, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. 12.15pm. £19 / £15. 01823 337477 / ciccic.co.uk . “Annual CICCIC Christmas special.” DORSET YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA 14 December The Mowlem, Shore Road, SWANAGE, BH19 1DD. 7.30pm. £10. 01929 422239 / themowlem.com . “Dorset's talented young players feature in a full big band lineup. Expect festive favourites alongside classic and contemporary jazz, performed by the next generation of jazz musicians.” Follow evolvermagazine on Instagram BSO: Love and Devotion “Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin , Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder , Duru fl é’s Requiem , with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, plus star soloist and choral conductor David Hill.” 12 November: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk .