Monday, 6 February 2012

Concerts from February onward, with updates



Piano: Nicola Eimer
Sidmouth Music
Knowle Council Chamber Sidmouth
Tenor: Andrew Tortise
Saturday 4 February 3pm
Piano: Nicola Eimer
Tenor: Andrew Tortise
Claude Debussy:
Fêtes Galantes L80
Benjamin Britten: song Cycle:
'On this Island'
Franz Schubert: Song Cycle:
'Die Schone Mullerin
Tickets: £12.50 (student standby £2)
Box Office: Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall)
01392 214044  enquiries@opus-classical.com
www.sidmouthmusic.orgb.uk



Conductor: 
Laurence Blyth
Exmouth Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 4 February 7.30pm
J S BACH: SAINT JOHN PASSION
with Divertimento Orchestra
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Evangelist: David Webb (tenor)
Jesus: Julian Rippon (bass)
Tickets: £10 (U18 Free)
from 'Premiere': 01395 263137
www.exmouthchoralsociety.org.uk






The Sitkovetski Piano Trio

Wu Qian: Piano
Alexander Sitkovetski: Violin
Leonard Elschenbroich: 'Cello
Classical Concert Series
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 5 February 7.30pm
Haydn: Trio in C Hob XV:27
Beethoven: Trio in B flat ("Archduke")
(Click here to hear the trio play Beethoven)
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor
Piano: Wu Qian
Violin: Alexander Sitkovetsky
'Cello: Leonard Elschenbroich
Tickets: £14.50 (student standby £8)
Box Office: 01392 493493
www.exeternorthcott.purchase-tickets-online.co.uk


Divertimento StringQuartet
Divertimento String Quartet:
Viola: Andrew Gillett   
'Cello: Victoria Evans
Leader: Mary Eade
2nd Violin: Lindsay Braga
full list of Devon concerts
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Wednesday 8 February 7.30pm
Leader: Mary Eade
2nd Violin: Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in G Op 33 no 5
Franz Schubert - String Quartet in A minor
                                   ‘Rosamunde’ Op 29
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet 1 in C Op 49
Frank Bridge – Cherry Ripe
Sir Edward Elgar – Idylle
Bill Thorpe - Makin’ Whoopee
Cole Porter -  Let’s Do It
Bill Thorpe – Irish Sherry
Tickets: £12 (students £5)
The Cathedral Shop 01392 271354
Enquiries: Vicky Evans 01803 863677
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
Other Divertimento/Pressenda concerts:
Calstock: Fri 27 Jan, Totnes: Sun 29 Jan
Taunton Sun 12 Feb, Kingskerswell: Sun 19 Feb
Totnes: Fri 2 March, Kingskerswell: Sun 29 Apr
Details: www.divertimento.uk.com
Divertimento with flautist Judith Hall at Powderham Castle 



Guitar: David Cottam
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Nocturnes by Candlelight
Hockworthy Village Hall
Saturday 11 February 7.30pm
Guitar: David Cottam
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Tickets: £5 (please book in advance)
                 Val Cole 01823 673268
                    Louise Webber 01823 673025
                      louise@red-elephant.co.uk
Where? - M5, Junction 27, A361,
1/2 mile, Minnows Touring Park, turn right,
3 miles, Holcombe Rogus, turn left (Black Lane),
1 mile, Hockworthy!


Counterpoint Choir

at Buckfast Abbey
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 11 February 7.30pm
IN MEMORIAM:
Henry Prince of Wales (1594-1612)
Director of Music: David Acres
Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Robert Ramsey (1590-1644)
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (1590-1664)
Tickets: £10 (advance booking advised - £8)
Contact: 01392 490398
www.counterpoint.org.uk


Hilary Boxer ('cello)David Cottam (guitar)
Corn Barn, Cullumpton
Sunday 2 October 2011

Tasty Music Lunchtime Concerts
Exeter Central Library Music Room
Monday 13 February12.30-1.30pm
SOUNDS OF SPAIN
(A fusion warm and intimate)
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Guitar: David Cottam
Admission & Refreshments: £5
www.tastymusic.org






All for William
St Mary Arches Church, Exeter
Wednesday 15 Feb 7.15pm
A portrait of Dorothy Wordsworth
(sister of William Wordsworth)
in verse and monologue
  -  Sonia Woolley  -
Richard Skinner & Stewart Clapp
Admission: £10 (included wine)
contact Caroline Cornish
01392 851207



Dartmoor
Woodwind Duo
'Music on the Edge'
Susie Hodder-Williams
& Chris Caldwell
(flute & bass clarinet)
Photo: Chris Chapman
Music on the Edge
Spring Series 2012
The Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton
Thursday 16 February 8.30pm
Special Guests:
Violin/Double Bass: Emma Welton
'Cello/Guitar: Rick Bolton
All playing by the roaring fire in the 'Long Room'
Admission: £8 (U21 Free)
Information: The Drewe Arms - 01647 281224


Steve Knightly
One half of roots duo
'Show of Hands'











Philip Henry & Hannah Martin 
Exmouth Sea Front
Steve Knightly (Show of Hands)
Special Guests:
Philip Henry & Hannah Martin
Exeter Phoenix Theatre
Thursday 16 February 8pm
‘Committed and distinctive songs
of conscience, love and history’
Tickets: £16
Box Office: Exeter Phoenix 01392 667080
(See also Sun 4 Mar, Exmouth)




Conductor &
Violin Soloist
Duncan Riddell
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 16 February 7.30pm
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Dvořák: Romance for Violin
Berlioz: Rêverie et Caprice
Brahms: Serenade No. 1
Violin/Conductor: Duncan Riddell
Tickets: £11.50-35.00
Box Office: Exeter Poenix - 013982 667080




Cygnet New Theatre

Friars Gate Exeter
William Shakespeare: 'As You Like It'
Cygnet New Theatre, Friars' Gate, Exeter
Thur-Sat 16-18 Feb & Tue-Sat 21-25 Feb
Director: Amanda Knott
(previous Cygnet productions:
Noël Coward: 'Blythe Spirit'
Bess Wohl: 'Touch(ed)' )
Tickets: £10 (£8, £6)
Box Office: 01392 277189


Chris Gradwell: Clarinet
The ISCA Orchestra
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 18 February 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN: SIXTH SYMPHONY
SCHUBERT: 'UNFINISHED' SYMPHONY
OTTO NICOLAI: 'THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR'
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Information: Chris Gradwell - 01297 22228
www.chrisgradwell.co.uk





Piano: Anita D'Attellis


Somerset Chamber Choir
King's College Chapel, Taunton
Sunday 19 February 3pm
OUT OF THE EAST
Conductor: Graham Caldbeck
Piano: Anita D'Attellis
Russia: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov,
Grechaninov, Stravinsky & Schnittke
Estonia: Arvo Part
Lithuania: Miskinis
Finland: Rautavaara
Poland: Chopin, Gorecki, Lukaszevski
Tickets: £18/£15 reserved £11 unreserved
Taunton Tourist Info: 01823 336344
www.somersetchamberchoir.performers.co.uk




Somerset Chamber Choir, Wells Cathedral
Sat 30 July 2011, Bach Mass in B minor
Soprano Soloist: Dame Emma Kirkby

Click here to see
full concert details




 
Guitar Duo:

Alex Knight 
 
Chris Glassfield
 Music in the Art Room
The Art Room, Topsham Strand
Sunday 19 February 6.30pm
Guitars: Alex Knight & Chris Glassfield
Vivaldi's Concerto in D major, 
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach, 
Siciliana by J.S. Bach, 
Waltz in A minor by Chopin, 
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, 
Tico Tico by Zequina de Abreu 
Akatombo by Kosaku Yamada 
original composition by Chris Glassfield
Tickets: £10 - incl. wine (booking essential)
Deborah Wood: theartroom@eclipse.co.uk
www.theartroomtopsham.co.uk




Guitar: Clive Betts
 Soprano: Mary O'Shea

(Photo: Cecil Hatfield)
Celtic Classics
Exeter Central Library Music Room
Monday 20 February 12.30pm
Guitar: Clive Betts
Soprano/Violin: Mary O'Shea
O'Carolan Suite
Londonderry Air
Amazing Grace
'Celtic Rags'
and much more
Tickets: details to be arranged

SORRY THIS CONCERT IS POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL

(But look out for Mary's Coffee & Music recital with Johh Scarfe
at Broadclyst at 10.30am on Saturday 24 March - closely followed
by a performance of 'Celtic Classics' in the Exeter Cathedral Chapter
House at 1.30pm. A big day for Mary - and for John and Clive)

Shotgun Theatre Company
Kay House, Exeter University Campus
Wednesday 22 February - Saturday 25 February
7.30pm with additional 2pm matinée on Sat 25
REEFER MADNESS
A musical theatre production
Tickets: £7 - book by email:
shotgunreefermadness@gmail.com






Director of Music
and Violin Soloist:
Alina Ibragimova
The Academy of Ancient Music
'Birth of the Concerto'
Dartington Great Hall 23rd Feb
'The Arts at Dartington' & 'Orchestras Live' present:
The Academy of Ancient Music
Dartington Great Hall
Thursday 23 February 7.30pm
BIRTH OF THE CONCERTO
(from Biber's solo Passacaglia to Vivaldi & Bach)
Debut Soloist: Alina Ibragimova - violin
Franz Biber: Passacaglia from Mystery/Rosary Sonatas
J S Bach Sonata for Violin Y Harpsichord in E BWV 1016
J S Bach Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D RV234 'L'inquietudine'
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins
and 'Cello in D Opus 3/11 RV 565
Franz Biber Battalia

J S Bach Violin Concerto in E BWV 1042
Tickets: £18 (student/U18 £5)
- please specify auditorium or balcony

Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
www.dartington.org
www.aam.co.uk





BSO Chorus Master: 
 Gavin Carr
Exeter Bach Society
South Street Baptist Church
Saturday 25 February
All Day Workshop:
MORTEN LAURIDSEN:
'Lux Aeterna', 'O Magnum Mysterium'
Chorus Master: Gavin Carr
 (Bournmouth Symphony Orchestra)
Details: Gill Manning 01392 255177
www.exeterbachsociety.org.uk




Andrew Daldorph
conducts
Exeter Chamber Choir
Exeter Chamber Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 25 February 7.30pm
MOZART: MASS IN C MINOR K427
Sopranos: Hannah Partridge
Soprano: Bethany Partridge
Tenor: Julian Forbes
Bass: Rob Martin
MOZART: CLARINET CONCERTO K662
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £7-24 (FT Students/U16 - subtract £3)
Box Office: Exeter Phoenix - 01392 667080
Keith Wainwright: 01404 813031

Tenor: Colin Howard
Sunday Afternoon Recital
St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton
Sunday 26 February 3pm
A CELEBRATION OF ENGLISH COMPOSERS
Piano: Jonathan Watts
Tenor: Colin Howard
Tickets: £6 (includes tea and cakes - which are fab!)
Booking: Brian Lewis 01364 652768
www.stlawrencechapel.org.uk





Jane Pirie, Alice Bell
& Hilary Boxer ('cellos)
Corn Barn Cullompton
Sunday 13 November 2011
Tasty Music Lunchtime Concerts

Exeter Central Library Music Room
Monday 27 February12.30-1.30pm
'CELLO CHACONNE
(Mellow 'cellos, melodies sweet and dark)
'Cellos: Hilary Boxer & Jane Pirie
Admission & Refreshments: £5
www.tastymusic.org







Exeter University Theatre Company
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Wednesday 29 February - Saturday 3 March 7.30pm
(Hitler's rise to power is reflected in 30's Chicago . . . )
Tickets £12 (Concessions £8 Students £5))
Box Office: 01392 493493
Online: Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat
Information: Laura Pringle - 07792 008 744



Marion Wood conducts EMG
St Peters School

(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peters School Exeter
Thursday 1 March 7.30pm
OPEN REHEARSAL FOR SPRING CONCERT
Gustav Holst: Planets Suite - Mars & Jupiter
Sir Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations - Nimrod
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
Admission Free (also see events below)
(musicians Grade 6 or above - join in!)
the Spring Concert will be on Saturday 21 April
www.emgsymphonyorchestra.org

Sound of the South West with Exeter University

1. FAMILY MUSIC AFTERNOON
Kay House, Duryard, Exeter University
Saturday 3 March 2pm - 6pm
An afternoon workshop to prepare 'Olympic Rings'
for performance on Sunday 4 March (see below)
Come and create your own rhythm section
with whatever comes to hand . . .
(and build a hosepipe trumpet in the intervals!)

2. MUSIC TO CELEBRATE THE OLYMPICS
Great Hall, Exeter University
Sunday 4 March 7pm
University of Exeter Music Office, Choral Society
Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Charinet & Flute Choirs
Sir Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations - Nimrod
Gustav Holst: Planets Suite - Mars & Jupiter
A compilation of world sea songs to celebrate
The International Community of Exeter
G. F. Handel: Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ninth Symphony - "Ode to Joy"


Further Details on the two events above: music@ex.ac.uk
(press release)

Piano Soloist
-
Stephen Hough
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 2 March 7.30pm
Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 ("Winter Daydreams")
Piano: Stephen Hough
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Tickets: £11.50-35.00
Box Office: Exeter Poenix - 013982 667080
www.purchese.tickets.com



Antiphon Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 3 March 7.15pm
LENT REFLECTIONS
Lenten Prose - Plainsong Men Only
Lamentations of Jeremiah I - Thomas Tallis
Crucifixus for 8 voices - Antonio Lotti
]Miserere mei - Allegri
Lamentations - Men's voices by Osbert Parsley
O vos omnes - Pablo Casals
The Reproaches - John Sanders
When I survey the wondrous cross - Edgar Day
Te lucis ante terminum - Thomas Tallis
Musical Director: Matthew Cann
Tickets: £15 (£10 in advance)
from Buckfast Abbey Shop
Matthew Cann: antiphonvox@gmail.com
or SAE to: 38 Miller Way, Exminster EX6 8TH
David Acres: 01392 490398 





Steve Knightly
One half of roots duo
'Show of Hands'
Steve Knightley (Show of Hands)
Special Guests:
Hannah Martin & Philip Henry
Blackmore Theatre Exmouth
Sunday 4 March ?time
‘Committed and distinctive songs
of conscience, love and history’
Tickets: ?price
Box Office: ?phone number
(See also Thu 16 Feb, Exeter)

Hannah Martin &
Philip Henry
(see 'a week of music')














Chris Gradwell: Clarinet
The ISCA String Quartet
Kennaway House Sidmouth
Sunday 4 March 3pm
Conductor/Viola: Roger Handy
Lead Violin: Anthony Clements
MOZART: Clarinet Quintet
GORDON LANGFORD: Irish Folk Songs
Beethoven: String Quartet
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Tickets: Keith Wainwright 01404 813041
Information: Chris Gradwell - 01297 22228






The Navarra String Quartet
Violins: Marije Ploemacher
Magnus Johnston
'Cello: Nathaniel Boyd
Viola: Simone van der Giessen
Classical Concert Series
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 4 March 7.30pm
Haydn: Quartet in B flat Opus 76 No 1
(Click here to hear the trio play Haydn)
Brahms: Quartet in C minor Opus 51 No 1
Schubert: Quartet in A minor ("Rosamunde")
Violin: Magnus Johnston, Marije Ploemacher
Viola: Simone van der Giessen
'Cello: Nathaniel Boyd
Tickets: £13.50 (student standby £8)
Box Office: 01392 493493



Catherine Cartwright 
 'Al Mutanabbi  Street Coalition'
(photo: Cecil Hatfield)
Al Mutanabbi Street Coalition
Double Elephant Print Workshop, Exeter Phoenix
Monday 5 March 8pm
Catherine Cartwright will hold
an informal session of readings
of Iraqi poetry - in memory of
The terrible terrorist attrocity in
Al Mutanabbi Street booksellers quarter
in Baghdad on 5 March 2007
Admission: £5 (space extremely limited!)
contact: catherine@doubleelephant.org.uk

Catherine Cartwright gave
an impromptu recital of Iraqi poetry
on 'Classical Journey' Tuesday 24 January.
Catherine will return on Tuesday 21 Februarywith more poetry and more news about
the readings on Monday 5 March.






Violin soloist: 
Marie Langrishe
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter
Saturday 10 March
A CLASSICAL DELIGHT
W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Anton Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
William Walton: Symphony No. 1
Violin soloist: Marie Langrishe
Tickets: £10
Box Office: Exeter Phoenix 01392 667080





Sidmouth Music
Sidmouth Parish Church
The Schubert Ensemble
Saturday 10 March 7.30pm
SCHUBERT PIANO  QUINTET
Piano: William Howard
Violin: Simon Blendis
Viola: Douglas Paterson
'Cello: Jane Salmon
Double Bass: Peter Buckoke
Robert Schuman: Piano Quartet in E flat Opus 47
Martin Butler: American Rounds
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 ('The Trout')
Tickets: £12.50 (student standby £2)
Box Office: Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall)
www.sidmouthmusic.org.uk



Ruth Avis (flute)
& Hilary Boxer ('cello)
 Corn Barn, Cullompton
Sunday 4 December 2011
Tasty Music Lunchtime Concerts

Exeter Central Library Music Room
Monday 12 March 12.30-1.30pm
FESTIVE FLUTE
(Breath and bow, fingering fast and furious!)
'Cellos: Hilary Boxer
Flutes: Ruth Avis
Admission & Refreshments: £5
www.tastymusic.org









Piano Soloist
-
Francesco Piemontesi
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 15 March 7.30pm
Mozart: Idomeneo Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 K503
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Piano: Francesco Piemontesi
Conductor: Leo Hussain
Tickets: £11.50-35.00
Box Office: Exeter Poenix - 013982 667080



Professor George Pratt
James Wyatt Music Room,
Powderham Castle
1769 Bryce-Seede Organ
A Celebration of Bach & Buxtehude
James Wyatt Music Room, Powderham Castle
Friday 16 March 7.30pm
The Powderham Consort & Divertimento
& the unique 1769 Bryce Seede Organplayed by Kapellmeister, Professor George Pratt
J S Bach: 'Jesu meine Freude'
Dietrich Buxtehude: 'Membra Jesu Nostri'
(press release)
(See photos of the ETO & RCM's 'Membra' here )
Tickets: £14  Box: 01626 890243
music@exstowe.co.uk








Conductor: Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral Choir & Sinfonietta
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 17 March 7.30pm
Patrick Hawes: 'The Lazarus Requiem'
Ralph Vaughan-Williams: 'A Cambridge Mass'
Conductors: Patrick Hawes & Andrew Millington
Tickets: £19/16/11 (supper club: £40)
Exeter Phoenix Box Office 01392 667080
EPC Tickets: 01392 499211



English Touring Opera
Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville'
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
(both sung in English translation)
Rossini: Tuesday 20 March
Tchaikovsky: Wednesday 21 March
Rossini: Thursday & Friday 22 & 23 March
Tchaikovsky: Saturday 24 March
All performances start at 7.30pm
Rossini: pre-show talk Thursday 22 March 6.30pm
English Touring Opera
Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'
Dancers: Roland Wood
and Amanda Echalaz
Tchaikovsky: pre-show talk Saturday 24 March 6.30pm
Tickets: £18 - £31 (student standby £8)
Box Office: 01392 493493






The Beare Trio
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Saxophone: Chris Gradwell
The Beare Trio
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Wednesday 21 March 7.30pm
CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet & Saxophones: Chris Gradwell
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Maz Bruck: 3 of his 8 trios, Opus 83
Johannes Brahms: Trio Opus 144
Charles West: 'Shalom'
Andrew Daldorph: 'Beare Tango' for trio
Information: Chris Gradwell - 01297 22228







Cygnet New Theatre Company

Louisa Wilde: Centre
'How Well You Know Me'
Cygnet New Theatre, Friars' Gate, Exeter
Friday & Saturday 23/24 March 7.30pm
A double bill:
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: 'The Yellow Wallpaper' - details
(Adapted from the 1892 version -
with parallel story, set in the 1950s, developed by the director)
Alice Gerstenberg: 'Overtones' - details
(One of ten one act plays published in 1921)
Director: Louisa Wilde (student - Acting with Directing)
(Louisa is Leonora in the current Ayckbourn Production - see cast photo above)
Box Office: 01392 277189
www.cygnetnewtheatre.com

Soprano: Mary O'Shea

Broadclyst Coffee & Music
Church of St John the Baptist Broadclyst
Saturday 24 March 10.30am
Soprano: Mary O'Shea
Piano: John Scarfe
Admission FREE - with tea & coffee laid on
Retiring collection








Guitar: Clive Betts
Violin: Mary O'Shea

Celtic Classics
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Saturday 24 March 1.30pm
Guitar: Clive Betts
Soprano/Violin: Mary O'Shea
A thrilling mix of celtic and classical
with special guest Mary O'Shea
Admission FREE - retiring collection







Guitar:
Dimitris Dekavallas
Villages in Action
Hockworthy Village Hall
Saturday 24 March 7.30pm
(drinks and snacks available from 6.45pm
  - come and grab a table
  - but remember to book in advance!)
Guitar: Dimitris Dekavallas
(protégé of Julian Bream)
Flute: Samantha Pearce
Tickets: £5 (please book in advance)
Flute:
Samantha Pearce
                 Val Cole 01823 673268
                    Louise Webber 01823 673025
                      louise@red-elephant.co.uk
Where? - M5, Junction 27, A361,
1/2 mile, Minnows Touring Park, turn right,
3 miles, Holcombe Rogus, turn left (Black Lane),
1 mile, Hockworthy! (auto-navigation: TA21 0NW)
(press release)




Music Director:

Laurence Blyth

Wellington Choral Society
Church of St John the Baptist Wellington
Saturday 24 March 7.30pm
J S BACH: SAINT JOHN PASSION
Music Director: Laurence Blyth
Tickets: £10 (child/student £3)
Box Office  01823 400964 (from mid-Feb)









Devon Baroque at Dartington
Devon Baroque - English Baroque Weekend
Dartington Hall
Friday 23 March - Sunday 25 March
A weekend of musical workshops,
including an exclusive concert in the Ship Studio:
(details below)



Baroque Recorders:
James Risdon

Sunday 25 March 11.45am
James Risdon: Recorders, Emiy White: Violin & Sackbut
Jonathan Watts: Harpsichord
Music by: Handel, Dowland, Sammartini,
Purcell, McGibbon & Matteis
Information on the full residential weekend:
Telephone Jeremy Logie: 01803 862795
 jeremy.logie@talk21.com


PUBLIC CONCERTS:

Lute: Elizabeth Kenny
An English Banquet
Dartington Great Hall
Friday 23 March 8pm
Campion, Lawes, Purcell, Croft & Handel
Mezzo Soprano: Meg Bragle, Lute: Elizabeth Kenny
Violin: Margaret Faultless, Oboe: Rachel Chaplin
'Cello: Andrew Skidmore, Harpsichord: Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Tickets: £15 (students £5)

Devon Baroque Leader:
Margaret Faultless





The Golden Age of English Music
Dartington Great Hall
Saturday 24 March  8pm
Handel, Jocke, Blow, Avison & Boyce
Devon Baroque (Leader: Margaret Faultless)
Tickets: £18 (students £5)



Mezzo Soprano:
Meg Bragle
Dido & Aeneas (Henry Purcell)
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 25 March 3pm
Devon Baroque (Leader Margaret Faultless)
Dido: Meg Bragle, Belinda: Emma Walshe
Tickets: £17 (student £5)

Box Office: 01803 847070
www.dartington.org   www.devonbaroque.co.uk





Torbay Singers
Director of Music: Tina Guthrie
Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church, Babacombe Road, Torquay
Saturday 24 March 7.30pm
Gabriel Faure: 'Requiem'
J S Bach: Jesu, 'Meine Freunde'
Director of Music: Tina Guthrie
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 01803 867872
www.torbaysingers.com




Dartmoor
Woodwind Duo
'Music on the Edge'
Susie Hodder-Williams
& Chris Caldwell
(flute & bass clarinet)
Photo: Chris Chapman
Music on the Edge
Spring Series 2012
The Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton
Monday 26 March 8.30pm
Special Guest:
Violin/Double Bass: Emma Welton

 All playing by the roaring fire in the 'Long Room'
Admission: £8 (U21 Free)
Information: The Drewe Arms - 01647 281224




Dartmoor
Woodwind Duo
'Music on the Edge'
Susie Hodder-Williams
& Chris Caldwell
(flute & bass clarinet)
Photo: Chris Chapman
Music on the Edge
Spring Series 2012
The Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton
Monday 16 April 8.30pm
Playing by the roaring fire in the 'Long Room'
(Catch them before they go to Odessa for
  the 13th International Festival of Modern Art)
Admission: £8 (U21 Free)
Information: The Drewe Arms - 01647 281224





EMG horn section 
Leader: Trevor Ives
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 21 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Gustav Holst: Planets Suite
Sir Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
Tickets: information  to follow
www.emgsymphonyorchestra.org







Music Deco
Piano Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet Chris Gradwell
Soprano Kate Walker
Music Deco
Town Hall Seaton
Thursday 26 April 7.30pm
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Soprano: Kate Walker
(Previous concert was at
Kennaway House Sidmouth 28 Aug 2011)
Information: Chris Gradwell - 01297 22228







'Cello Soloist
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Truls Mørk
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 26 April 7.30pm
Stravinsky: Fireworks
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 25 K503
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (excerpts)
'Cello: Truls Mørk
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Tickets: £11.50-35.00
Box Office: Exeter Poenix - 013982 667080


Chris Gradwell: Clarinet
The ISCA Ensemble
Southernhay United Reformed Church Exeter
Sunday 29 April 3pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
Schubert: Octet Opus 166
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Information: Chris Gradwell - 01297 22228
www.chrisgradwell.co.uk





East Devon Choral Society
St George's Church Tiverton
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Details to follow!



Somerset Chamber Choir
Wells Cathedral Somerset
Saturday 28 July 7pm
J S Bach: Nun danket alle Gott
CPE Bach: Magnificat
W A Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Box Office: Taunton Tourist Info
01823 336344
www.somersetchamberchoir.org.uk
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