June 2026

David Acres
Counterpoint Choir
1,000 Years of Sacred Choral Music
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 27 June

Glenorchy Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exeter

Saturday 20 June 2.30pm

SUMMERTIME SPECIAL CONCERT

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Tim Laurence-Othen

Tickets: £8

Proceeds to Glenorchy 2026 Mission Partners

Exeter Hospice

Devon Freewheelers (Blood Bikes)

Rehoboth Community in Zimbabwe

Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Southernhay Church Exeter

Saturday 20 June 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT

Conductor: Michael Graham

Leader: Colin Albery

Jean Sibelius: 'En Saga' (1892)

Malcolm Arnold: Overture Op. 51 (1955)

(Robert Burns: 'Tam O'Shanter' 1790)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony V (1943)

Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)

Family Ticket (2+2): £25

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Kenton Koncerts

All Saints Church Kenton

Saturday 27 June 11.45am

'CLAIRE DE LUNE et PASSION'

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Tim Laurence-Othen

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson et Dalila'

"Printemps, qui Commence"

Claude Debussy: 'Suite Bergamasque'

(3rd Movement: 'Claire de Lune')

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson et Dalila'

("Mon Coeur s'Ouvre à ta Voix")

Georges Bizet: 'Carmen' ('Sequidille')

Admission: FREE

Counterpoint Choir

Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 27 June 7.30pm
A THOUSAND YEARS OF
SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

Musical Director: David Acres
Hildegard von Bingen: "O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti"

("O Fire of the Spirit, the Comforter")
Heinrich Isaac: 'Virgo Prudentissima' (part 1)

("Quo progrederis quasi aurora valde rutilans?"

- "Where are you going, glowing brightly as the dawn?") Juan Gutierrez de Padilla: "Deus in adiutorium meum intende"

(Psalm 70: "O God come to my assistance.") . . . . . . . ."Circumdederunt me dolores mortis"

(Psalm 114: "The sorrows of death have surrounded me." Thomas Tomkins: "O sing unto the Lord" Robert Lucas Pearsall: "Tu es Petrus"

("You are Peter, [and upon this rock I will build my Church].") Sergei Rachmaninov: "богородице дево"

(All Night Vigil 1916: "Rejoice, O Virgin.") Jonathan Spilman: "Flow gently sweet Afton"

(Transylvania 1837 arrangement of Robert Burns' poem 1791) [in honour of Mary O’Shea Hayward]
C. Rand Matheson: "Be still my soul" (arrangement of Jean Sibelius' 'Finlandia')
Bob Chilcott: "Were you there?" Graham Keitch: "O God, whose hand hath spread the sky" Joanna L’Estrange: "Drop, Drop Slow Tears" Dan Forrest: "Good Night Dear Heart" Ivo Antognini: "O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum"

(Christmas Matins: "O great mystery and wonderful sacrament")

[that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!] Owain Park: "Here is the little door"

(Frances Chesterton 1918: adoration of the magi) Native American Melody: "Darkness Falls" (Text and edition: David Acres) Michael John Trotta: "Ubi Caritas et Amor, Deus ibi est"

(Paulinus Aquileia AD796: "Where Charity and Love are, There God is.") Eric Whitacre: 'Sleep'

Tickets: £15

Abbey Gift Shop: 01364 645506

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Exeter Chamber Choir

Crediton Parish Church

Sunday 28 June 3pm

'THE GOLDEN HOURS'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Piano: Alex Wilson

James MacMillan: "O Radiant Dawn"

Eric Whitacre: 'Water Night'

Jeremy Rawson: 'Early One Morning'

PIANO INTERLUDE

Stephen Paulus: 'The Road Home'

. . . . . "The Day is Done"

Andrew Daldorph: 4 Summer Songs

'In the Morning'

'The Heat of the Day'

'The Warmth of the Evening'

'The Calmness of Night'

Andrew Daldoph: Arrangements

"As Time Goes By"

"The Way You Look Tonight"

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)

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Exeter Chamber Choir

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Tuesday 30 June 7.30pm

'THE GOLDEN HOURS'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Piano: Alex Wilson

James MacMillan: "O Radiant Dawn"

Eric Whitacre: 'Water Night'

Jeremy Rawson: 'Early One Morning'

PIANO INTERLUDE

Lucy Walker: 'Today'

. . . . 'Twilight'

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Calme de Nuits'

Andrew Daldorph: 4 Summer Songs

'In the Morning'

'The Heat of the Day'

'The Warmth of the Evening'

'The Calmness of Night'

INTERVAL

Gustav Holst: 'Balfour Gardner'

Stephen Paulus: 'The Road Home'

. . . . . "The Day is Done"

Andrew Daldoph: Arrangements

"As Time Goes By"

"The Way You Look Tonight"

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)

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June/July 2025

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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Charles Avison: Concerto Grosso IX

Pieter Hellendaal: Concerto Grosso II

Tickets: £25 (student £5)

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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: 

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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)

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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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