For further information on any event please email: boyntonmusic@btinternet.com or phone: 07961 348697
Wednesday 10th June, 2pm
THE JOY OF MUSIC: THE FRENCH TRADITION IN THE 19th and 20th CENTURIES
A talk illustrated by outstanding CD recordings by Adrian Boynton.
In this session we savour the distinctive music of the French Impressionists, including Debussy's iconic piano solos 'Clair de lune' and 'La cathedrale engloutie', his sensuous 'Prelude a L'Apres midi d'un faune' for orchestra and evocative Symphonic Suite 'La Mer '. We enjoy Ravel 's jazz-infused Piano Concerto in G, his ballet master-work Daphnis and Chloe and orchestral tour-de-force Bolero.
Join us for an afternoon of French musical riches. Admission £6 at the door. 2pm start, mid afternoon refreshments, finish by 4.20.
The Oak Tree Centre, Wallinger Drive, Shenley Brook End, MK5 7GZ
Sunday 14th June, 6pm
A SPECIAL CHORAL EVENING SERVICE: CELEBRATING CREATION & CARING FOR OUR PLANET
The Choir of the City Church,
Directed by Adrian Boynton
Join us for this special Choral Evening Service, bringing to a climax the events of World Environment Day (5th June) and the 'Great Big Green Week' (6th - 14th June), during which tens of thousands of people are coming together to urge that our neighbourhoods should be better places to live and that the natural world we love should be protected. The service includes visionary readings, inspirational music by Joseph Haydn, Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, Christopher Tin and Adrian Boynton, and several fine hymns on an environmental theme. Revd Tim Norwood offers a Reflection.
Do join us if you can. There will be a retiring collection.
The City Church of Christ the Cornerstone, MK9 2ES
Wednesday 17th June 2026, 7:00 pm
Amalgamas Ensemble: Four centuries of dance
CORNERSTONE MUSIC presents a concert raising funds for the Chernobyl Relief Foundation, featuring the inspiring Amalgamas Ensemble:
- Javier Garcia Aranda (violin)
- Giordano Ferla (piano)
- with ANASTASIA VASYLIUK (soprano)
featuring works by BACH, BERTALI, VITALI, TARTINI, DE FALLA, SARASATE, RAVEL, BARBER, ANATOLSKY
We welcome prizewinning duo Javier Garcia Aranda and Giordano Ferla to the City Church for this special concert in aid of the Chernobyl Relief Foundation on the 40th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. They present a delightful programme charting the history of dance styles from the Italian Baroque composers through Bach to some of the giants of the Twentieth Century. The programme features the world premiere of an attractive new work by Charlie Barber. Award-winning soprano Anastasia Vasyliuk brings a special Ukrainian touch to the concert with a selection of beautiful songs by Kos-Anatolskyi.
Refreshments will be available during the interval
Tickets £15 (child £2); book online (fee applies), reserve by email: boyntonmusic@btinternet.com or phone: 07961 348697, or on the door. Please note: 7pm start.
Church of Christ the Cornerstone - Milton Keynes, 300 Saxon Gate West, MK9 2ES
Wednesday 24th June, 2.30pm
EXPLORING MUSIC: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION
A talk, illustrated with fine CD recordings, by Adrian Boynton
In today's talk we celebrate more composers from the group known as the 'Boston Six', including ARTHUR FOOTE and VICTOR HERBERT, both of whom wrote stylishly for string orchestras, and AMY BEACH, one of the greatest American composers of the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century, whose output includes the outstanding Symphony in E minor, Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, and a rich array of fine chamber works.
An afternoon not to be missed.l 2.30 start. £5 at the door. Mid afternoon refreshments. Finish at 5pm.
11, Burewelle, Two Mile Ash, MK8 8LS