WEYMOUTH Music Club has announced an exciting series of concerts for the 2016/17 season.

The first concert of the new season makes a departure from the usual Sunday afternoon slot.

It will be at St Mary’s Church, Weymouth, on Saturday October 8 at 7:30 pm, when Duncan Honeybourne will join the Jubilee String Quartet for a performance of the Brahms Piano Quintet, followed by a Schubert string quartet, a Brahms Intermezzo and a Schubert Impromptu.

Duncan is a piano tutor at Southampton University, and is in demand for concerts, both in this country and in continental Europe.

The Jubilee Quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and named after the Jubilee line, upon which they all lived at the time. The quartet has performed widely throughout the UK.

All the other concerts are at Weymouth Bay Church, mostly at 3 pm.

The season continues on November 6, with a violin and piano duo featuring Savitri Grier (who will play with the BSO this season) and Swiss pianist and composer, Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.

The duo have both studied at the Guildhall School of Music; Savitri previously graduated from Christ Church Oxford, and Jean-Sélim from Lausanne’s Haute Ecole de Musique.Their programme will include a sonata for solo violin by Ysaye, as well as duo sonatas by Mozart, and Ravel and Schubert’s Rondo in B minor for solo piano.

The last concert in 2016 is the Carducci Quartet, who run their own recording label Carducci Classics, as well as performing over 90 concerts worldwide each year. They are named after Castagneto-Carducci, from where they take their name; they have run a festival their since 2014.

The first concert in 2017, on January 8 is a clarinet and piano duo, Walter Brewster and Duncan Honeybourne.

Walter was deputy head of the Dorset Music Service, and now runs a musical cooperative with his wife Jane, as well as a web design business. He particularly enjoys performing chamber music. Duncan needs no further introduction.

The concert on February 12 is an unusual duo, guitar and oboe, Adam Brown and Stephanie Oatridge. The duo aims to break down the boundaries between classical and popular traditions, and will perform items by Piazzolla, Ravel and other lesser known composers.

The last concert of the season, on March 4 will be at 7:30 pm, still at Weymouth Bay Church, and will feature Chris Hart and Daniel King-Smith, trumpet and organ.

The church’s acoustics lend themselves very well to this combination, and it is possible to watch the organist playing close to the trumpet player at the front of the church, using a camera link.

Tickets can be reserved in advance for £11 by telephoning 01305 832919 or 770820, or £12 on the door.

For more information, see weymouthmusic.org.uk