For further information on any event please email: boyntonmusic@btinternet.com or phone: 07961 348697
Wednesday 9th September, 2pm
The Joy of Music: THE GREAT GERMAN TRADITION: From Mediaeval to Baroque: HILDEGARD, HASSLER, PRAETORIUS & SCHUTZ
A Talk, illustrated with fine CD recordings by Adrian Boynton
This new series, celebrating one of the richest of all musical traditions, begins with the visionary music of Hildegard of Bingen, and proceeds to some of the early Baroque masters, outstanding among whom is Heinrich Schutz, who wrote fine Psalm settings, a delightful Christmas Oratorio, and magnificent settings of the Passions.
2pm start. Admission £6 at the door. Mid afternoon refreshments. Finish at 4.15. All welcome.
The Oak Tree Centre, Wallinger Drive, Shenley Brook End, MK5 7GZ
Sunday, 13th September 2026, 2.00–4.30 pm
Screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing Film for the Milton Keynes faith communities
You are invited to attend a free screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing Film about the risks to British life from ongoing damage to nature and to our climate. The film presents a clear, measured overview of how the climate and nature crisis is affecting everyday life in Britain – and what the evidence says about risks and responses. This screening is for members of the faith communities in Milton Keynes and is being co-hosted by Churches Together in MK, Interfaith MK and the MK Eco Church Network. The 45-minute film will be followed by a time of discussion.
Please book your free ticket using EventBrite by clicking here and registering.
City Church of Christ the Cornerstone, MK9 2ES
Sunday 13th September, 6pm
CHORAL EVENSONG FOR THE FEAST OF ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM & HOLY CROSS DAY
The Choir of the City Church, Directed by Adrian Boynton.
We are delighted that Bishop Jonathan Meyrick will join us to lead this service, which features special anthems by Blow, Bruckner and Boynton, and a fine setting of the Evening Canticles by Herbert Sumsion.
All welcome. There will be a retiring collection.
City Church of Christ the Cornerstone, MK9 2ES
Sunday 20th September, 7pm
THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS (Leader: Ruth Rogers) CRISTIAN DE SA (violin)
- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht Music
- Violin Concerto No 3 in G
- Symphony No 29 in A
We welcome virtuoso violinist Cristian de Sa back to the City Church for a collaboration with London Mozart Players, including one of the composer's finest early symphonies and best-loved concertos.
Tickets £18 (under 18s £10) available online (fee applies), tel/text 07961 348697, email boyntonmusic@btinternet.com, or at the door.
City Church of Christ the Cornerstone, MK9 2ES
Wednesday 30th September, 2:30pm
Exploring Music: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION: EDWARD MACDOWELL, HORATIO PARKER, ARTHUR FARWELL
A Talk, illustrated with fine CD recordings, by Adrian Boynton.
Our American journey continues with three remarkable composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today's session features the dazzling virtuosity and warm lyricism of Macdowell's Piano Concertos and Romance for Cello and Orchestra, the grandeur of Horatio Parker's Organ Concerto and his Oratorio 'Hora Novissima', and the distinctive piano, chamber and choral works of Arthur Farwell, once described as 'the most unjustly neglected composer in American musical history'.
2:30 start. Admission £5 at the door. Mid afternoon refreshments. Finish at 5pm. All welcome.
11, Burewelle, Two Mile Ash, MK8 8LS