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Mendelssohn's Elijah

Saturday 22nd March 2025 – 7.30pm at St Pauls Church, Weymouth

Mendelssohn – Elijah

Bass – Sam Young

​Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Soprano – Verity Joy

Weymouth Choral Society

Helen Brind – Conductor

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​​​​​​​​Mozart’s Requiem 

Saturday 30th November 2024 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Mozart – Requiem

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society  

Chris Dowie – Conductor

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Dowie's Songs for St Cecilia

Saturday 29th June 2024 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne

Dowie – Songs for St Cecilia

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society 

Chris Dowie – Conductor

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Mozart’s Requiem 

Saturday 30th March 2024 – 7.30pm at Broadstone Church, Broadstone.

Mozart – Requiem

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Broadstone Choir

Ivy Tan – Conductor

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Puccini's Messe di Gloria

Saturday 23rd March 2023 – 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Swanage.

Puccini – Messe di Gloria

Bizet – Pearl Fishers Duet 

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Purbeck Arts Choir

David Fawcett – Conductor

 

Stainer’s Crucifixion and other works 

Saturday 16th March 2024 – 7.30pm at St Pauls Church, Weymouth

Elijah – Excerpts - Ye People rend Your Hearts, If With All Your Hearts

Britten – The Flowers are Great Blessings

Vaughan Williams – Easter from The 5 Mystical Songs 

Durante – Suscepit Israel

Stainer – Crucifixion

​Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Weymouth Choral Society

Helen Brind – Conductor

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Dowie's Missa Brevis & Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings

Sunday 3rd March 2024 – 7.15pm at Durweston Church, Durweston

Dowie - Missa Brevis

Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

The Parry Strings

Chris Dowie – Conductor

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Mozart’s Requiem 

Saturday 11th November 2023 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Mozart – Requiem

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bournemouth Bach Choir and Bournemouth Bach Orchestra

Tim Hooper – Conductor

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Mendelssohn's Elijah

Saturday 24th June 2023 – 7.00pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne

Mendelssohn – Elijah

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society 

Chris Dowie – Conductor

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Mozart's Vespers and Haydn's Maria Theresa Mass

Saturday 1st April 2023 – 6.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Swanage.

Mozart – Vespers
Haydn – Maria Theresa Mass

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Purbeck Arts Choir

David Fawcett – Conductor

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Mozart's Vespers and Haydn's Nelson Mass

Saturday 25th March 2023 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne

Mozart – Vespers

Haydn – Nelson Mass

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society 

Chris Dowie – Conductor

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Vaughan William's On Wenlock Edge

Sunday 6th November 2022 – 7.15pm at Pimperne Church, Pimperne

Vaughan Williams – On Wenlock Edge

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

The Parry Strings

Chris Dowie – Conductor

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Stainer’s Crucifixion 

Monday 11th April 2022 – 7.30pm at Broadstone

Stainer – Crucifixion

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Dorset Chamber Choir

Jonathan Watkins – Conductor

 

Stainer’s Crucifixion 

Saturday 9th April 2022 – 7.30pm at Milton Abbey

Stainer – Crucifixion

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Briantspuddle Singers

Michael Moorsam – Conductor

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Mozart’s Requiem 

Saturday 2nd April 2022 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Mozart – Requiem

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society  

Chris Dowie – Conductor

 

Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Saturday 19th March 2022 – 7.30pm at Christchurch Priory, Christchurch.

Mozart – Vespers K339

J S Bach – Lutheran Mass No.2 in A

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bournemouth Bach Choir and Bournemouth Bach Orchestra

Tim Hooper – Conductor

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Concert

Saturday 27th November 2021 – 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Swanage.

Schubert – Mass in G

Pergolesi – Magnificat 

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Purbeck Arts Choir

David Fawcett – Conductor

 

Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Saturday 18th September 2021 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Haydn – Nelson Mass 

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bournemouth Bach Choir and Bournemouth Bach Orchestra

Tim Hooper – Conductor

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Wedding 

Saturday 8th February 2020

Schubert– Ave Maria

Trad. – Amazing Grace (Unaccompanied)

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

 

Everton Festival 

Sunday 15th December 2019 – 7.30pm at Everton Church, New Forest.

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Piano Trio

 

Concert

Saturday 7th December 2019 – 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Swanage.

Mozart – Spaur Mass 

J. S. Bach – Sleepers Wake Cantata (Wachet auf)

Mozart – Alma Dei Creatoris

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Purbeck Arts Choir

David Fawcett – Conductor

 

Everton Festival 

Sunday 9th June 2019 – 7.30pm at Everton Church, New Forest.

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Piano Trio 

 

May Festival  

Sunday 6th May 2019 – 10.30am at St Stephen’s Church, Bournemouth

Mozart – Spaur Mass

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Ian Harrison – Conductor

 

Michael Haydn Requiem

Saturday 30th March 2019 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Michael Haydn – Requiem

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society 

Chris Dowie – Conductor

 

Vaughan William’s Wenlock Edge

Thursday 7th June 2018 – 7.30pm at AUB University Theatre, Bournemouth

Vaughan William – Wenlock Edge

University String Quartet

Ian Davis – Piano

 

Vox Serenata Quartet Concert  

Saturday 19th May 2018 – 7.30pm at St Nicolas Church, Moreton

See website for more details:- www.voxserenata.co.uk

 

May Festival

Sunday 6th May 2018 – 7.30pm at St Stephen’s Church, Bournemouth

Handel – Messiah (Excerpts of)

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Rob Dishington – Conductor

 

May Festival  

Sunday 6th May 2018 – 10.30am at St Stephen’s Church, Bournemouth

Mozart – Coronation Mass

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Rob Dishington – Conductor

 

Vox Serenata Quartet Concert  

Saturday 28th April 2018 – 7.30pm at St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth

See website for more details:- www.voxserenata.co.uk

 

The Wessex Consort Concert 

Saturday 7th April 2018 – Stinsford Church, Dorchester

Andrew King – Conductor

Graham Stansfield – Composer

 

Stainer’s Crucifixion 

Wednesday 28th April 2018 – St Mary’s Church, West Moors.

Stainer – Crucifixion

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

West Moors Singers

Suzanne Oldrey – Conductor

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Stainer’s Crucifixion 

Sunday 25th March 2018 – 7.30pm at St Stephen’s Church, Bournemouth

Stainer – Crucifixion

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Organ – David Beeby

Rob Dishington – Conductor

 

Mozart’s Requiem & Mozart Vespers

Saturday 24th March 2018 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Mozart – Requiem

Mozart – Vespers

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Wimborne Choral Society  

Chris Dowie – Conductor

 

J.S Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Sunday 18th March 2018 – 7.30pm at St Ambrose Church, Westbourne.

J.S. Bach – St Matthew Passion 

Tenor (Evangelist) – Philip Salmon

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bournemouth University Choir and Orchestra 

Ian Davis – Conductor

 

J.S Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Saturday 17th March 2018 – 7.30pm at Christchurch Priory, Christchurch.

J.S. Bach – St Matthew Passion 

Tenor (Evangelist) – Thomas Herford

Tenor (Peter, Judas & Arias) – Michael Aitkenhead

Bournemouth Bach Choir and Bournemouth Bach Orchestra

Tim Hooper – Conductor

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Maunder’s Olivet and Calvary Oratorio

Wednesday 12th April 2017 – St Mary’s Church, West Moors.

Maunder – Olivet and Calvary Oratorio

Soloist – Michael Aitkenhead

West Moors Singers

Sue Oldery – Conductor

 

Durufle’s Requiem

Saturday 11th March 2017 – at Sturminster Marshall

Durufle – Requiem 

Soloist – Michael Aitkenhead

Sturminster Marshall Singers

Gillian Carter – Conductor

 

A Choir For All seasons Concert 

Saturday 18th February 2017 – 3pm at The Spire, Poole

The Wessex Consort 

Andrew King – Conductor

Graham Stansfield – Composer

 

Handel’s Messiah

Saturday 10th December 2016 – 7.30pm at St Ambrose, Westbourne.

Handel – Messiah

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bournemouth University Chamber Choir and The Collegium Vocale Orchestra 

Ian Davis – Conductor

 

A Choir For All seasons Concert

Saturday 3rd December 2016

The Wessex Consort 

Andrew King – Conductor

Graham Stansfield – Composer

 

Mozart Requiem

Sunday 20th November 2016 – 6.30pm at St Peter and St Paul, Blandford.

Mozart –Requiem

Soprano – Jaquline Foan

Alto – Elizabeth Denham

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bass –  Richard Lea

Southampton University Symphony Orchestra  

Robert Dishington – Conductor

 

If music be the food of love Concert

Saturday 5th November 2016 – 5.30pm at St Stephens church, Bournemouth.

A selection of Shakespeare songs, both solos and SATB, and songs focusing on the Gun Powder Plot.

Soprano – Sarah Palfmann-Kay

Alto – Natalie Davis

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bass – Robert Dishington

Bournemouth University Chamber Choir  

Ian Davis – Conductor

 

A Choir For All seasons Concert

Saturday 17th September 2016 – 7.30pm at Mitchem Church, London.

The Wessex Consort 

Andrew King – Conductor

Graham Stansfield – Composer

 

Vox Serenata Quartet Concert  

Saturday 6th August 2016 – 7pm at St Nicholas Church, Moreton.

Soprano – Hayley England

Alto – Emma Dorey

Tenor –Michael Aitkenhead

Bass – Robert Dishington

 

Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Saturday 2nd  July 2016

Haydn – Nelson Mass 

Soprano – Sarah Palfreman-Kay

Alto – Kate Chapman

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bass – Jonathan de Garis

Broadstone Choral Society  

 

Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Friday 1st July 2016

Haydn – Nelson Mass 

Soprano – Sarah Palfreman-Kay

Alto – Kate Chapman

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bass – Jonathan de Garis

Broadstone Choral Society  

 

A Choir For All Seasons Concert

Saturday 2nd April 2016 – 1pm at Poole Lighthouse, Poole.

The Wessex Consort 

Andrew King – Conductor

Graham Stansfield – Composer

 

Michael Haydn’s Requiem

Saturday 19th March 2016 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Michael Haydn – Requiem 

Goodall – Requiem 

Soprano – Natalie Davies

Alto – Elizabeth Denham

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bass –  Tbc

Wimborne Choral Society  

Chris Dowie – Conductor

 

Handel’s Messiah

Saturday 12th December 2015 – 7.30pm at St Ambrose, Westbourne.

Handel – Messiah 

Soprano – Sarah Palfreman-Kay/Natalie Davies

Alto – Lauren Bush

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead/George Hayes

Bass – Jonathan Prentice

Bournemouth University Chamber Choir and The Collegium Vocale Orchestra 

Ian Davis – Conductor

 

Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Saturday 5th December 2015 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Haydn – Nelson Mass 

Bush – Christmas Cantata

Soprano – Jaquline Foan

Alto – Elizabeth Denham

Tenor – Michael Aitkenhead

Bass –  Hugh Sutton

Wimborne Choral Society  

Chris Dowie – Conductor

 

Lieder and Song Recital

Saturday 25th June 2015 – 1.10pm at St James’s Church, Poole.

Schumann – Dichterliebe (Selected songs)

Schubert – Wohin, An sylvia, Du bist die ruh

Quilter – Now sleeps the Crimson Petal, O mistress mine, Dream valley, The Jolly Miller

Anon – She Moved through the fare (unaccompanied)

Foster – I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair

Britten – Down by the Salley Gardens, Come you not from Newcastle, Oliver Cromwell 

Michael Aitkenhead – Tenor

Chris Dowie – Accompanist

 

Lieder and Song Recital 

Sunday 17th May 2015 – 7.30pm at St James’s Church, Holt.

Schumann – Dichterliebe (Selected songs)

Schubert – Wohin, An sylvia, An die Musik, Du bist die ruh, Der Wanderer 

Quilter – Now sleeps the Crimson Petal, O mistress mine, Dream valley, The Jolly Miller

Anon – She Moved through the fare (unaccompanied)

Foster – I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair

Britten – Down by the Salley Gardens, Come you not from Newcastle, Oliver Cromwell 

Michael Aitkenhead – Tenor

Chris Dowie – Accompanist

 

St George’s Day Concert

Thursday 23rd April 2015 – 7.30pm at Wimborne Minster, Wimborne.

Rutter – Requiem (Select movements)

Vaughan Williams – Lark Ascending

Vaughan Williams – On Wenlock Edge (Select movements)

Michael Aitkenhead – Tenor

Bournemouth University/AUB Orchestra and Choirs.

Ian Davis – Conductor