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Abingdon & District Musical Society is an amateur mixed voice choir and full symphony orchestra, and has been making music in Abingdon, Oxfordshire since 1946.

The choir has about 70 singers, and the orchestra has 40 regular members with strong string and wind sections.

Each year, we give a mixture of orchestral and choral concerts, and a light hearted charity Christmas concert.

Our Musical Director is internationally-renowned conductor Alexander Walker, and our Choral Conductor is Robert Legg.

Our Honorary President is Professor Donald Burrows of the Open University.

We are a very friendly society and always welcome new members.

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Next concert

Saturday 8 November 2025 at 19.30

St Helen’s Church, Abingdon OX14 5BS

Choral and orchestral concert:

Mozart – Requiem

Rachmaninov – Symphony no 1 in D minor


Conductor: Alexander Walker

Tickets £15 at the door / £13 buy early / £1 children, or from Wegottickets (booking fee applies), or from Peter Smith 01235 521392.


 

Future concerts

Saturday 13 December 2025 at 16.00

St Helen’s Church, Abingdon OX14 5BS

A family-friendly afternoon Christmas concert, including

Howard Blake – The Snowman

Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite

Themes from Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit

Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride

plus choral pieces and a selection of carols


Saturday 7 March 2026 at 19.30

St Helen’s Church, Abingdon OX14 5BS

Orchestral concert

Wagner – Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1

Suk – Prague, symphonic poem

Saint Saens – Symphony no 3 “Organ”


Saturday 21 March 2026 at 19.30

St Helen’s Church, Abingdon OX14 5BS

Choral concert, featuring

Handel – Coronation Anthems

Organ interludes

Bach – Choruses


Saturday 13 June 2026 at 19.30

Choral and orchestral concert

Haydn – The Creation


Saturday 7 November 2026

Choral and orchestral concert

Franck – Symphony in D minor

Borodin – Polovtsian Dances

Elgar – The Music Makers


Sunday ?13 December 2026

Family-oriented Christmas concert


Saturday 6 March 2027

Orchestral concert

Brahms – Academic Festival Overture

Concerto with Abingdon Music Festival soloist

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique


Saturday 20 March 2027

Choral concert

Programme to be announced


Saturday 12 June 2027

Choral and orchestral concert

Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius


Saturday ?6 November 2027

Choral and orchestral concert


Sunday ?12 December 2027

Family-oriented Christmas concert

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