February 2025

A Concert in Memory of Paul McClure
(seen here playing Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
with Sammy Buzzard & EUCO)
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
5.30pm Saturday 8 March

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English Opera

Mary Harris Memorial Chapel

Saturday 25 January 7pm

'DIDO & AENEAS'

Henry Purcell

(followed by a mini-concert

of arias and duets by Purcell)

Dido: Iryna Ilnytska

Aeneas: Lee Andreae

Sorceress: Jane Anderson-Brown

Belinda: Kara Malton

1st Witch: Emily Grossman

2nd Witch: Susan Gunn-Johnson

2nd Woman: Melanie Mehta

Sailor: Cressida Whitton

Chorus:

Summer Bindley-Carr, Sara Trumper

Megan Debenham, Michael Smith

Tickets £15

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White Hart Story Night

White Hart Hotel

Monday 27 January 7.30pm

'LOST HEARTS' &

'A VIEW FROM A HILL'

Short Stories: M R James

Narrator: Lee Rawlings

Hurdy Gurdy: Steve Tyler

Tickets: £3
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La Vie en Rose

CICCIC Taunton

Friday 31 January 7.30pm

SWING MUSIC NIGHT

Gypsy Favourites

Jazz & Soulful Ballard

& Latin Swing

Tickets: £18

ciccic.co.uk

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Viennese Opera

St Stephen's Church

Saturday 1 February 7pm

'ORFEO ED EURIDICE'

(Orfeo's Illusion)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Orfeo: Iryna Ilnytska

Euridice: Anna Townhill

Amore: Melanie Mehta

Flute: Ruth Molins

Piano: Richard Lucas

Chorus:

Soprano: Cressida Whitton

.     .     .   Clare Gilbert

Alto: Megan Debenham

.     .   Susan Bristow

Tenors: Gabbi Humphries

.     .     . Sara Trumper

Tickets: £10

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Blackdowns Early Music Projects

All Saints' Church Culmstock

Friday 7 February 7.30pm

'FROM GAINSBOROUGH'S SALON'

The London Obbligato Collective

Harpsichord: Masumi Yamomoto

Baroque Violin: Sara Deborah

Baroque Flute: Yu-Wei Hu

Baroque 'Cello: Carina Drury

Baroque Violin: Sarah Moffat

Tickets: £15 (student £8 U12 FREE)

Taunton TIC: 01823 340370

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir

& Lyric Chamber Ensemble

Mint Methodist Church

Saturday 15 February

CHORAL WORKSHOP

Conductor: Howard Ionascu

Accompanist: Stephen Tanner

Tickets: £22

Booking: 0333 666 3366

exeterphilharmonic.org.uk

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Netherland Exchange

Crediton Parish Church

Saturday 15 February 6pm

BACH: 'ST JOHN PASSION'

Musical Director: Tina Guthrie

Evangelist: Erik Janse

Christus: Niall Anderson

Alice Beveley, Carolyn Harries

Tom Northington, Philip Lancaster

Tickets: £12 (child/student FREE)

ticketsource.co.uk/creditonartscentre/

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Topsham Music Festival

Teatime Concerts

St Margaret's Topsham

Sunday 16 February 3pm

PIANO & CLARINET

Piano: Nina Savićević

Clarinet: Sam Lightwing

Tickets: £12 (U17 FREE)

Topsham Bookshop

Telephone: 877895

ticketsource.co.uk/topsham-music-festival

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Lunchtime Concerts

St David's Church

Saturday 22 February 1pm

'ASPECTS OF LOVE'

Mezzo-Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Tenor: Alexander Stevens

Piano: Richard Lucas

Arias & Duets from

Claudio Monteverdi:

'L'Incoronazione di Poppea'

Henry Purcell: 'Dido & Aeneas'

Georges Bizet: 'Carmen'

Giacomo Puccini: 'Turandot'

& beautiful piano solos

Tickets £7

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Devon Baroque

St John's Church Bridgetown

Sunday 23 February 4pm

'THE ENGLISH PROVINCES'

Leader: Persephone Gibbs

Harpsichord: Andrew Wilson-Dickson

G F Handel: Concerto Grosso XI

Richard Mudge: D minor Concerto

Walter Leigh: Concertino for

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Domenico Scarlatti: Harpsichord sonatas

.     .     .     .     .     .   K31 & K7

Charles Avison: Concerto Grosso IX

Pieter Hellendaal: Concerto Grosso II

Tickets: £25 (student £5)

ticketsource.co.uk/devon-baroque
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Maria Nicol

Cantina, Young's Park Road

Paignton TQ4 6BU

Sunday 23 February 2pm

LIVE JAZZ

Vocals: Maria Nicol

Piano: Craig Milverton

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White Hart Story Night

White Hart Hotel

Monday 24 February 7.30pm

'THE TIME MACHINE'

A novel by H G Wells

Narrator: Lee Rawlings

Guitar: Fintan May

Tickets: £3

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Hope Hall Arts

St Stephen's Church

Saturday 28 February 7.30pm

'AN EVENING OF SONG'

Soprano: Héloïse West

Piano: David Davies

Francis Poulenc

Henri Duparc

Richard Strauss

Tickets: £10

wetottickets.com/event/307242

hopehallarts.com

Telephone: 07763 148619

Proceeds to 'One Small Peace'

Art project by Naomi Hart

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Orchard Café Quartet

Cygnet Theatre

Friday 28 February 7.30pm

TRADITIONAL &

CONTEMPORARY

Tickets: £15

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Teignmouth Classical Music Festival

St Michael Archangel Teignmouth

Friday 28 February 7.30pm

AN EVENING CONCERT

Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe

Clarinet: Raphael Hitchen

Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto II

Sergei Rachmaninov: 'Vocalise'

Robert Schumann: 'Fantasiestücke '

I 'Zart un mit Ausdruck' (tender, expressive)

II 'Lebhaft, Leicht' (lively, light)

III 'Rasch und mit Feuer' (quick, fiery)

Francis Poulenc: Clarinet & Piano Sonata

Tickets: £14 (U18 FREE)

ticketsource.co.uk/vive-la-musique

rachaelshearmur@gmail.com

Telephone: 07960 103394

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Isca Ensemble

Sidmouth Parish Church

Saturday 1 March 7.30pm

CONCERT CLASSICS

Musical Director: Roger Hendy

Leader: Jacqueline Baldwin

Bedřich Smetana: 'Vltava' (Má Vlast)

W A Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

(Clarinet: Jordan Black)

L van Beethoven: Symphony V

Tickets: £18

ticketsource.co.uk

iscaensemble.org.uk

Paragon Books: 01395 514516

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Pete Canter Trio

Bay Horse Inn Totnes

Sunday 2 March 7.30pm

LIVE JAZZ

Saxophone & Flute: Pete Canter

Keyboards: Gavin Martin

Double Bass: Kevin Sanders

petecanter.com

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Lunchtime Concert

St Stephen's Church

Saturday 8 March 1pm

INTERNATION WOMEN'S DAY

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Sarah Maddison

Arias & Songs by

Giovanni Pisiello, Henry Purcell

Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet

Gioachino Rossini & Piano Solos

Admission FREE

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Exeter University Chamber Orchestra

Mary Harris Memorial Chapel

Saturday 8 March 5.30pm

MEMORIAL - PAUL MCCLURE

Conductor: Tim Pithers

Leader: Matt Shaw

J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto III

Sir Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings

Paul Hindemith: Five Studies for Strings

Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Sergei Rachmaninov: 'Vocalise'

Antonio Vivaldi: 'Gloria'

-strings, voices, oboes & trumpets

Campus Parking FREE

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Exeter Bach Choir & Orchestra

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 8 March 7.30pm

BACH: MASS IN B MINOR

Musical Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood

Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft

Soprano: Sam Cobb

Soprano: Bethany Partridge

Alto: Angharad Rowlands

Tenor: Thomas Hobbs

Bass: Timothy Nelson (not Tim Mirfin)

Tickets: Front Nave £30 Rear Nave £21

Side Aisles £15 (U18/student 1/2 Price)

exeterbachchoir.co.uk

ticketsource.co.uk/exeterbachchoir

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Exeter Symphony Orchestra

Southernhay Church

Saturday 29 March 7.30pm

SPRING CONCERT

Conductor: Arturo Serna

Leader: Clare Marchant

Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture

Johannes Brahms:

Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Jean Sibelius: Symphony II

Tickets: £15 (U18 FREE)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Red Earth Opera & Orchestra

1. Abbotsbury Church Newton Abbot

. . Saturday 29 March 7.30pm

2. Chudleigh Parish Church

. . Sunday 30 March 7.30pm

'ANNE BOLEYN' (in English)

an opera by Gaetano Donizetti

Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown

Stage Director: Susan Gunn-Johnson

Anne Boleyn: Joelene Griffith

Jane Seymoour: Annie George

Richard Percy: Ceri Davies

Henry VIII: Harrison Morton-Deaville

Helena Payne, Hugh Legg, Gareth Davies

Tickets: £18 (U18/60+ £15)

Box Office: 07790 889709

redearthopera.net

facebook.com/RedEarthOpera/

redearthopera@gmail.com

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Exeter Chamber Choir

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 29 March 7.30pm

BACH ST JOHN PASSION

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Evangelist: Josh Cooter

Soprano: Bethany Partridge

Alto: Benjamin Irvine-Capel

Tenor: Matthew Jeffrey

Bass/Pilate: Philip Lancaster

Christus: Alex Poulton

Tickets: Front Nave £25 Mid Nave £20

Rear Nave £15 Aisles - Front £20 Rear £12

(child/student 1/2 Price)

ticketsource.co.uk
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ISCA Ensemble

Sidmouth Parish Church

Saturday 1 April 7.30pm

JOEL MUNDAY, VIOLIN

Frederick Delius:

'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring'

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto

Sir Edward Elgar: 'Enigma Variations'

Tickets: 

ticketsource.co.uk

isdaensemble.org.uk

Paragon Books: 01395 514516

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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 5 April 7.30pm

CHORAL CONCERT

Conductor: Michael Graham

Leader: Clare Smith

University of Exeter Choral Society

University of Exeter Chapel Choir

'Exodus' Alumni Choir

Baritone: Julian Rippon

Sir William Walton: 'Belshazzar's Feast'

Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir

Ralph Vaughan Williams:

English Folk Song Suite

Tickets: £13-£20 (U16 £5)

devonphilharmonicorchestra.co.uk

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Torbay Singers

Abbotsbury Church Newton Abbot

Saturday 5 April 7pm

'MYSTERY & LIGHT'

A programme of English Choral Music

Musical Director: Matthew Cann

Baritone: Philip Lancaster

Organist: Christopher Too

Ralph Vaughan Williams:

'Five Mystical Songs'

Sir Edward Elgar: 'Lux Aeterna'

Sir Hubert Parry

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

Tickets: £18 (advance £15 U25 FREE)

torbaysingers.org

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East Devon Choral Society

St Peter's Church Tiverton

Saturday 26 April 7.30pm

J S BACH

MASS IN B MINOR

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

with orchestra

Tickets: TBC

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