Tuesday 23 October 2012

Concerts & Events Run-down: November 2012 onwards

A TIME TO REMEMBER
Matthew Cann will conduct the Antiphon Choir
Buckfast Abbey Saturday 10th November 7.15pm



Jasminka Stancul
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 1 November 7.30pm
MOZART MAGIC
Don Giovanni Overture
Piano Concerto No 21
soloist: Jasminka Stancul
Idomeneo Ballet Music
Symphony No 29
conductor: Nicholas Collon
Tickets: gallery front £36
             gallery rear £29.50
Nicholas Collon
              gallery box £21.50
               ground £21.50 / £18 / £12
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
book online












Exeter Alternative Theatre
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Weds 31 Oct  - Sat 3 Nov 8pm
A DARK VICTORIAN CABARET
An imagined re-opening of Exeter's
Theatre Royal - in 1889
'Before Dracula' - Bram Stoker in Exeter
'Lilly Laudanum' - danse macabre
'The Living Doll' - secrets of the music box
'Flaming Feathers' - can-can
'And then there was One' - Jack the Ripper
'Ms Johnson's Séance' - supernatural
'Kitty Brunel' - music hall songs
'The Phantom Juggler' - extraordinary skill
Tickets: £12.50 (student £10)
Box Office: 01392 270891
Barnfield website
Exeter Alternative Theatre website



The Laurence Blyth Singers
in Exeter Cathedral Chapter House

Soprano Josie Walledge,
Counter-Tenor Laurence Blyth

Baritone Matthew Cann,
Tenor Edward Woodhouse

Bass Julian Rippon
'Cello Hilary Boxer
Laurence Blyth Singers & Schola Exe
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 2 November 5.30pm
All Souls' Eucharist:
Eucharist of the Commemoration
of the Faithful Departed
Gabriel Fauré: 'Requiem Mass'
an Anglican church service - open to all














soprano: Keri Fuge
Devon Baroque
1. St George's Church, Tiverton
Saturday 3 November 7.30pm
2. Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 4 November 3pm
BACH BY ARRANGEMENT
Harpsichordist & Director of Music:
Jonathan Watts
a) a parody of Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater'
'Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden' (Psalm 51)
soprano: Keri Fuge, alto: Nicholas Clapton
b) a transcription of Harpsichord Concerto 6
Brandenburg Concerto IV
recorders: Alan Davis & James Risdon
c) a reworking of music by Vivaldi
alto: Nicholas Clapton
Harpsichord Concerto in G minor BWV 975
harpshichord: Jonathan Watts
d) from a cantata by Bartolomeo Conti
'Languet anima mea'
soprano: Keri Fuge
Tickets: £18 (student/U18 £5)
Dartington: 01803 847070 (12.30-7pm)
Appearing soon on Dartington website
Tiverton: TIC 01884 255827
wegottickets
Devon Baroque website





Clive Betts - guitar
'Café at 36' Cowick Street
Sunday 4 November 11.30am - 2.30pm
LATIN AMERICAN AND SPANISH
GUITAR MUSIC
Admission FREE
to book lunch: 01392 410352








Exeter Cathedral
Bach Cantata Service
Exeter Cathedral
Sunday 4 November 6pm
Exeter Bach Society and St Peter's Singers
Cantata 150: 'Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich'
an Anglican church service - open to all

- followed by:




David Davies
Exeter Bach Society
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Sunday 4 November 7pm
Director of Music: David Davies
A talk on pre-reformation church music
composer John Sheppard (1515-60)
with examples from the choir
Tickets: £10 details TBA
Exeter Bach Society website






Osiligi Maasai Warriors 
Osiligi Maasai Warriors
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Tuesday 6 November 1pm
Tribal songs and dances
Admission FREE - collection for:
'Osiligi Charity Projects'
(supporting Kenyan villages)




Josephine Pickering
& David Lee
Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 7 November 12.30pm
PIANO DUETS
Josephine Pickering & David Lee
(originally billed as Josephine Pickering
and Frances Waters. Sadly Frances is not
able to play for us this week. Many thanks
to David Lee for stepping in!)
Admission FREE  retiring collection





David Davies
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Wednesday 7 November 7.30pm
A FESTIVAL OF PSALMS
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
John Rutter: Psalmfest
Sir Edward Elgar: Great is the Lord
Organ: David Davies
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: £12 (student £10)
book online



Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Thursday 8 November 7.30-9.30pm
OPEN REHEARSAL FOR THE EMG  CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Come and join the fun - this is what they will
be rehearsing:

Conductor
Marion Wood

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Saturday 24 November 7.30pm
EMG CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Valse des Fleurs'
Peter Warlock: 'Capriol Suite'
Edvard Grieg: 'Holberg Suite'
Dmitri Shostakovich: 'Tahiti Trot'
Leroy Anderson: Christmas FEstival
Sergei Prokofiev: Troika
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
conductor: Marion Wood
leader: Clare Smith
Tickets: TBC

(full details on the EMG website)



Roger Bourgein
'Where e'er you walk'
Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 7 November 8.30pm
Open to all-comers to listen and play
master of ceremonies: Roger Bourgein
guests may include:
Tim OthenAndrew OdberAnthony Powell
(pianists)
Mike Obart, John & Daphne Harlock
(piano trio)
No charge for admission - just come and join in!




'cello: Oliver Gledhill
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Saturday 10 November 7.30pm
ROMANTIC 'CELLO
Édouard Lalo: 'Cello Concerto in Dm (1876)
'cello soloist: Oliver Gledhill
George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad (1912)
(words by Alfred Edward Housman 1896)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 4th Symphony (1935)
Tickets: details to follow
ESO website




Matthew Cann conducts 'Antiphon'
Buckfast Abbey 3 December 2011
Antiphon
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 10 November 7.15pm
A TIME TO REMEMBER
plainsong: 'De Profundis'
Eric Whitacre: 'Lux Aurumque'
Herbert Howells: 'Requiem'
Matthew Cann:
'Call to Remembrance'
Samuel Barber: 'Agnus Dei'
Eric Whitacre: 'Sleep'
Benjamin Britten:
'Hymn ot St Cecilia'
plainsong: 'Dies Irae'
Douglas Guest:
'They shall not grow old'
Thomas Tallis: 'Te Lucis'
Musical Director: Matthew Cann
Tickets: £15 (adviance £10 formBooking: David Acres 01392 490398
or Matthew Cann 01392 824311 or email: antiphonvox@gmail.com
(Hear Antiphon sing John Sanders' 'The Reproaches' on youtube)



ExeVox Choir
ExeVox Choir
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 10 November 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF REMEMBRANCE
musical director: Peter Adcock
solos & duets:
soprano: Katherine Gwynne
Shirley Tanner  Daphne West
mezzo soprano: Carolin van Montfoort
Amanda Dodds  Lucy Bray
tenor: Tom Morris
bass: Nick Viner
Paul Mealor: "Locus iste"
Giovanni Palestrina: Kyrie from "Missa Papa Marcellis"
William Byrd: Gloria from "Mass for Three Voices"
Franz Schubert: Sanctus from "Deutsche Messe"
William Byrd: Agnus Dei from "Mass for Four Voices"
J S Bach: "Die Katze Lasst" from "Coffee Cantata"
Henry Purcell: soprano duets from "King Arthur"
Alan Simmons: "The White Rose"
Meirion Williams: "Myfanwy & Gwynfyd"
B. Harley: "Evening Collect"
R Vaughan Williams: "The Lover's Ghost"
Taylor & Drennan: "Heaven Bound"
Barratier & Coulais: "Cerf-Volant" from "Les Choristes"
Billy Joel: "Lullabye"
Eric Whitacre: "Sleep"
Paul Spaeth: "My Evaline"
Thiele & Weiss: "What A Wonderful World"
Prevert, Kosma & Mercer: "Autumn Leaves"
E Hawkins: "Oh, Happy Day!"
Duke Ellington: "It don't mean a thing . . . "
Paul Mealor: "Wherever you are"
Tickets: £8 (student £6 U16 FREE)
01647 252298 info@exevox.org.uk
ExeVox website



Four members of the
Divertimento Sextet
'cello: Vicky Evans
viola: Andrew Gillett
violins: Mary Eade
& Lindsay Braga
(photo: CecilHatfield/Dorota Turowska)
Divertimento Concerts
St John's Church Totnes
Sunday 11 November 3pm
EXPLORING MUSIC
String Sextet:
violin: Mary Eade & Lindsay Braga
viola: Andrew Gillett & Tina Bennett
'cello: Vicky Evans & Barbara Degener
Arnold Schoenberg: "Verklarte Nacht"
Johannes Brahms: "Sextet number 1"
commentary: Colin Hodgetts
Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)
from Divertimento: 01803 863677
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
Totnes Tourist Info: 01803 863168






Hilary Boxer & Susan Steele

Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 14 November 12.30pm
'CELLO & PIANO DUETS
Hilary Boxer & Susan Steele
The welcome of the 'Tasty Music' duo
well known for their 'sonatas spirited
& serene'!
Admission FREE  retiring collection





Ana Laura Manero
Sherborne Latin American Music Festival
(14, 18 &  23 November)
Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, Dorset
Wednesday 14 November 7pm
PIANO & MEZZO SOPRANO
mezzo soprano: Melanie Armitstead
piano: Ana Laura Manero
piano solos:
Antonio Estévez: "17 Piezas Infantiles"
Alberto Ginastera: "Danzas Argentinas"
piano & mezzo soprano:
Blas Galindo: "Two Songs"
Carlos Gustavino: "Six Lullabies"
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Cantilena"
Melanie Armitstead
Alberto Ginastera: "5 Canciones Populares Argentinas"
and music by:
Ignacio Cervantes, Alezandro Garcia Catrula
Tickets: £12 (U12 FREE)










tenor viola:
Jennifer Bennett
Totnes Early Music Society
United Free Church Totnes
Friday 16 November 7.30pm
IN STILE ANTICO E MODERNO
lute & theorbo: Yair Avidor
violin & viola da gamba: Jennifer Bennett
(both play with the Amphion Consort)
sonatas & toccatas by:
Dario Castello, Biagio Marini,
Johannes Heironymus Kapsberger,
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi-Meali.
Tickets: £10 (student/U18 £5)
'pay as you enter'
Society website


theorbo: Yair Avidor



Martyn Warren
'Voces' Renaissance Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 17 November 7.15-8.45pm
(between Vespers & Compline)
VOCES 25, GABRIELI & HASSLER 400
Giovani Bavrieli & Hans Leo Hassler
both died 1612 - Voces was formed 1987
Director of Music: Martyn Warren
Parking & Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
Voces website





Roger Hendy
conducts
The Isca Ensemble
Sidmouth Parish Church
The Isca Ensemble
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 17 November 7.30pm
CONCERT CLASSICS
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances II
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 "Scottish"
musical director: Roger Hendy
leader: Antony Clements
Tickets: £10 (student £5) for 'Christian Aid'
advance booking: Paragon Books Sidmouth
01395 514516



Taunton Sinfonietta
violin: Mary Eade
St James' Church Taunton
Sunday 18 November 3pm
Anniversary Finale Baroque Concert
J S Bach: E major Violin Concerto
violin soloist: Mary Eade
John Stanley: Harpsichord Concerto No 5 in A
King Frederick II of Prussia: Sinfonia in G

Tickets: £15  Box Office: 01823 336344
email: events@tauntondeane.gov.uk
Taunton Sinfonietta website




Marta Gonçalves
Sherborne Latin American Music Festival
(14, 18  23 November)
Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, Dorset
Sunday 18 November 7pm
GUITAR, FLUTE, 'CELLO & PIANO
guitar : Jadran Duncumd
flute: Marta Gonçalves
'cello: Arturo Serna
piano: Ana Laura Manero
guitar & flute:
Astor Piazzolla: "L'Histoire du Tango"
Jadran Duncumd
solo guitar:
Antonio Lauro: "Valses Venezolanos"
solo flute:
Astor Piazzolla: "Etudes 1, 4 & 3"
piano & 'cello:
Alberto Ginastera: "Pampaena No 2"
flute, 'cello & piano:
Pedro Elías Gutiérrez & Rafael Bolívar Coronado:
"Pajarillo & Alma Llanera from Folklore Venezolano"
Tickets: £12 (U12 FREE)








Wensleigh &
Jacqueline Palmer
Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 21 November 12.30pm
SOPRANO, PIANO & ORGAN
Wensleigh & Jacqueline Palmer
(Wensleigh is organist at Sidwell Street
Methodist Church. He will accompany
professional soprano Jacqueline Palmer
and play solo organ pieces)
Admission FREE  retiring collection








piano: Rebecca Willson
Rebecca Willson
Knightley Seminar Room, Exeter University
Wednesday 21 November 3.30pm
A SELECTION OF TWENTIETH
CENTURY PIANO WORKS
Rolf Hind: "Solgata"
Paul McGuire: "Scatter/Gather"
George Crumb: "Five Pieces for Piano"
Jonathan Harvey: "Tombeau de Messiaen"
Admission FREE - and there's tea and cake!







Benjamin Grosvenor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 23 November 7.30pm
FIRE AND ICE
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 4
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto
soloist: Benjamin Grosvenor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Francesca da Rimini'
conductor: James Gaffigan

Tickets: gallery front £36
James Gaffigan
             gallery rear £29.50
              gallery box £21.50
               ground £21.50 / £18 / £12
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
book online






Charlotte Maclet
Sherborne Latin American Music Festival
(14, 18  23 November)
Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, Dorset
Friday 23 November 7pm
STRING QUARTET
violins : Charlotte Maclet & Alejandro Serna
viola: Danuta Adamska
'cello: Arturo Serna
Alberto Ginastera: "Quartet No 1 Op 20"
Teresa Carreño: "Quartet in B minor"
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Quartet No 1"
Tickets: £12 (U12 FREE)




TangoMotion
NEARLY SOLD OUT!
TangoMotion
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 23 November
Astor Piazzolla
Buenos Aires 1930
Dance and Song
Tickets: £10.50-£18.50
student standby £8
Box Office: 01392 493493
or book online






soprano: Mary O'Shea
guitar: Clive Betts
flute: Martha Söffker



VERY SAD NEWS - This concert has been cancelled!

Mary, Martha and Clive
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Saturday 24 November 7.30pm
SEASONAL SONGS AND FESTIVE MUSIC
guitar: Clive Betts soprano: Mary O'Shea flute: Martha Söffker
John Dowland:
solo guitar - 'Queen Elizabeth's galliard', 'Orlando sleepeth', My Lady Hunsdon's puffe'
guitar and voice - 'If my complaints could passions move'.
George Frederic Handel: Semele: 'Where e'er you walk', Rodelinda: 'Art thou troubled?'
solo guitar - Isaac Watts: 'Joy to the world'. Johann Sebastian Bach: 'Cello Prelude'
guitarflute and voice - 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring', 'Bist du bei mir'
guitar and flute - George Frederic Handel: Solomon 'Arrival of Queen of Sheba',
Xerxes 'Ombra ma fui', Suite No 5: 'The harmonious blacksmith'
Interval - mince pies & non-alcoholic punch
guitar - traditional: 'Romanza', Isaac Albéniz: Suite Española: 'Asturias'
guitar and flute - 'Tango in D', Sebastian Yradier: 'La Paloma'
guitar - Catalan folk songs: Miguel Llobet: 'El testament d'Amelia',
'Canço del lladre' (The robber's song), 'El noi de la mare' (The mother's child)
guitar and voice - Howard Blake: 'Walking in the air', John Newton: 'Amazing grace'
guitar flute and voice - traditional: 'I saw three ships', 'The holly and the ivy'
'The twelve days of Christmas'
Tickets: £10 (Student £5 U12 FREE) advance booking:
musicroom Sidwell Street 436258, 'Project Music' Mitre Lane
Clive Betts: 07791 333924

SORRY - cancelled



Conductor
Marion Wood
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Saturday 24 November 7.30pm
EMG CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Valse des Fleurs'
Peter Warlock: 'Capriol Suite'
Edvard Grieg: 'Holberg Suite'
Dmitri Shostakovich: 'Tahiti Trot'
Leroy Anderson: Christmas FEstival
Sergei Prokofiev: Troika
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
conductor: Marion Wood
leader: Clare Smith


Tickets: £7 (student/U16 £5)
one U16 flies free with each paying adult!
Box Office: Exeter Tourist Information, Dix's Field
(open 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat 01392 665885)
tickets also on sale at Exeter Strings Workshop
(Bartholomew Street West, Fore Street end)
open 10am-6pm Wed-Sat. cash/cheques only
Full details: EMG website




Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 25 November 7.30pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Adagio in G
Benjamin Britten: Scherzo Pizzicato
Gabriel Fauré: Elegie
Saint-Saëns: The Swan
Frederick Delius: Sonata (1915)
William Lloyd Webber: Nocturne
SergeiRachmaninov: Sonata in G minor
Tickets: £18 (student standby £8)
Box Office: 01392 493493
book online




"One Week"
The bride & groom
Sybil Seely & Buster Keaton
get taken for a ride
by her former suitor
Handy Hank
"Two Short NightsFilm Festival
Exeter Phoenix
Monday 26 November  7.30pm
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
silent movies:
Sagar Mitchell & James Kenyon:
"People & Places" (1901)
Edward Cline & Buster Keaton:
"One Week" (1920)
Emily Richardson: "Block" (2005)
Exeter Home Movies
with improvised orchestral soundtracks by:
The "Seat of  the Pants" Orchestra
which may include -
violin: Ali Jones
viola: Andrew Gillett
'cello: Jane Pirie
double bass: Marcus Vergette
violin & double bass: Emma Welton
harps: Ruth Wall
clarinets & saxophones: Chris Caldwell
flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams & Ruth Molins
keyboards, shakuhachi flute: Mike McInerney
vocals, sound manipulation: Sarah Owen
vocals, vocal percussion: Alex Norgate
vocals, bagpipes, bouzouki: Paul Whittall
vocals, 'cello, saw, electric guitar: Matthew Shepherd
vocals, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, & Vietnamese đàn bầuVaughan Gallavan
vocals, alto saxophone, banjo, bowed psaltery, Indian 'shruti petti': Philip Robinson
Tickets: £11 (student/child £5)
Box Office: 01392 667080
(The 'Seat of the Pants' orchestra will be at Lympstone on Friday 30 November
to provide live accompaniment to Antony Asquith's 1929 silent thriller
'A Cottage on Dartoor' - see November concerts for details



Beacon Piano Trio
Anna Cockroft, Joyce Clarke, Ruth Lass
Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 28 November 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
piano:  Joyce Clarke
violin: Anna Cockroft
'cello: Ruth Lass
Admission FREE  retiring collection






Michael Trainor & Linn Carter
Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 30 November 1pm
(lunch from 12 noon)
VIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL:
Michael Trainor & Linn Carter
Schubert: Duo for violin and Piano in A
Beethoven: Soanta for Violin and Piano "Kreutzer"
Tickets: £9




Uno Henning is Joe
a barber's assistant
sent to Princetown gaol
for threatening a client
Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Village Hall
Friday 30 November 7.30pm
A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR
Antony Asquith's harrowing 1929 thriller
with live soundtrack improvised by:
The 'Seat of the Pants' Orchestra
(see above)
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01395 271915
Lympstone Entertainments website







conductor:
Marion Wood
Exeter University Choral Society
Kay House, Duryard, Exeter University
Friday 30 November 11pm
MIDNIGHT CONCERT
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor
admission FREE
please give generously in support of
The Eddystone Trust for HIV and
Sexual Health Services in the South West
for World AIDS Day (1 December)
The B minor Mass will be repeated on
Wednesday 5 December
in the University Great Hall




Tina Guthrie
Torbay Singers
Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 1 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Torbay Singers Chamber Orchestra
soprano: Jenny Stafford
alto: Rachel Kelly
tenor: Rupert Charlesworth
bass: Alistair Ollerenshaw
conductor: Tina Guthrie
Tickets: £12 (U16 accompanied, FREE)
Box Office: 01626 777556
book online






log fire in the music room
Killerton House, Broadclyst
Carols in the Killerton Music Room
Killerton House Broadclyst
Sunday 2 December 2-4pm
drop in any time
usual charges for admission
adult £9.30, child £4.70
National Trust members FREE

(repeated every Sunday in December)





Music on the Edge
Music on the Edge
at Topsham Art Room
flute: Susie Hodder Williams
violin: Emma Welton
baritone sax: Chris Caldwell
Topsham Art Room
Sunday 2 December 6.30pm
A MUSICAL OFFERING
Bach Trio Sonatas BWV 1079 & 1039
and improvisations on the paintings of
Benedict Rubbra
flute: Susie Hodder Williams
violin: Emma Welton
baritone saxophone: Chris Caldwell
Tickets: £10 on the door
but book seats in advance
Deborah Wood: theartroom@eclipse.co.uk





Andrew Daldorph
Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 4 December 7.15pm
ADVENT CAROL SERVICE
director of music: Andrew Daldorph
Admission FREE
retiring collection in aid of
AgeUK Exeter







organ: Alex West
piano: Alex West

Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 5 December 12.30pm
PIANO & ORGAN RECITAL
Alex West
Illustrious mathematician and organist
returns by popular demand . . .
Admission FREE  retiring collection







conductor:
Marion Wood


Exeter University Choral Society
Exeter University Great Hall
Wednesday 5 December 7pm
REPEAT OF MIDNIGHT CONCERT
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor
Tickets: ground floor FREE
gallery £3 gallery boxes £5
booking: euchoraltickets@gmail.co.uk
also, please give generously in support of
The Eddystone Trust for HIV and
Sexual Health Services in the South West
for World AIDS Day (1 December)
This is a repeat of the performance of
The B minor Mass on Fri 30 Nov
in Kay House, Duryard





Broadclyst Community Primary
School Chamber Choire
Carol Concert at
Poltimore House
Broadclyst Community Primary School
Chamber Choir
Poltimore House Chapel EX4 0AU
Thursday 6 December 5.30-7.00pm
CAROL CONCERT
parking on the forecourt and front lawn
full wheechair access
passengers can get out at the chapel door
(bring warm clothes and a torch!)
Tickets: £3 (+71p handling)
advance booking online essential
(book with 'Eventbrite')



The Castalian Quartet
Hawksmoor Autumn Concert Series (finale)
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Thursday 6 December 7.30pm
THE CASTALIAN QUARTET
violins: Sadie Fields, Daniel Llewellyn Roberts
viola: Charlotte Bonneton
'cello: Rebecca Herman
Joseph Haydn: Quartet Opus 64 No 6
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet Opus 44 No 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F minor
Opus 95 - "Serioso"
Tickets: £16  Box Office: 01392 265858
RAMM website  Quartet website




Elizabeth-Jane Baldry
Elizabeth-Jane Baldry
Killerton House Broadclyst
Friday 7 December 7pm
HARP RECITAL AND DINNER
a recital by Elizabeth-Jane
in the music room
followed by a three-course dinner
in the Killerton Kitchen restaurant
Tickets: £29 - booking essential
Box Office: 01392 881345




Andrew Daldorph
East Devon Choral Society
St George's Church Tiverton
Saturday 8 December
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
and - for the 'Hallelujah Chorus':
Tiverton High School Music Students
Tickets: £10 (student/child £4)
Tiverton Tourist Info: 01884 255827
Sue North: 01884 253494




David Davies
Exeter Bach Society
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 8 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Conductor: David Davies
Tickets: £12
Box Office: 01392 468867








Andy Williamson
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 8 December 7.30pm
Christmas Jazz at the Cathedral:
DUKE ELLINGTON SACRED CONCERT
with Jacqui Dankworth, &
Andy Williamson's Big Buzzard Boogey Band
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Tickets: front nave £22
             rear nave £17
              side aisles £12
EFC tickets: 0845 6005441
Exeter tickets: 01392 665885



log fire in the music room
Killerton House, Broadclyst
Carols in the Killerton Music Room
Killerton House Broadclyst
Sunday 9 December 2-4pm
drop in any time
usual charges for admission
adult £9.30, child £4.70
National Trust members FREE

(repeated every Sunday in December)





Andrew Daldorph

Exeter Chamber Choir
The Great Barn, Lower Ashton
Tuesday 11 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS AT THE GREAT BARN
director of music: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £8 (child £4 family £20)
includes mince pies, mulled wine
Ashton Post Office: 01647 252335
Emma Birkin: 01647 252552
email: info@thegreatbarn.co.uk






piano:
Ana Laura Manero
Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 12 December 12.30pm
SOLO PIANO RECITAL
Ana Laura Manero
Ana is well known for her performances
with husband Arturo Serna -
as the Duo Teresa Carreño
(30 Nov 2011 & 14 Sep 2012)
and at the Sherborne Music Festival
(14, 18 & 23 November  2012)
Admission FREE  retiring collection




Triumph brass

Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 12 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
with Triumph Brass
conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: premium nave £16
(with supper £38)
middle nave £14  rear nave £12
unreserved side aisle £8
student discounts
Exeter tickets: 01392 665885
book online



counter-tenor Christopher Ainslie
Exeter Festival Chorus - AND
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 13 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
soprano: Gillian Ramm
counter-tenor: Christopher Ainslie
tenor: Benjamin Hulett
conductor: Nigel Perrin
Tickets: gallery front £36
             gallery rear £29.50
              gallery box £21.50
               ground £21.50 / £18 / £12
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
book online



Two Trinity choral scholars
Hannah & Bethany Partridge
Choral Scholars of Trinity College Cambridge
1. St David's Church Exeter
Thursday 13 December 7.45pm
2. St Peter's Church Tiverton
Friday 14 December 7.30pm
TWO SEASONAL CHARITY CONCERTS
Two returning scholars:
Hannah & Bethany Partidge
Music by:
Francis Poulenc
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Thomas Tallis
Peter Warlock
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Admission FREE
Retiring collection for Exeter Leukaemia Fund



Enjoy mulled wine in
The State Dining Room
at Powderham Castle
built by Charles Fowler for

William & William Courtenay
10th & 11th Earl of Devon
between 1847 and 1860
Divertimento Ensemble
James Wyatt Music Room
Powderham Castle
Friday 14 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'"MESSIAH"
a 'domestic' performance for 8 voices
with strings, woodwind and trumpets
plus mulled wine and mincemeat pies
by the vast open log fire in the
Charles Fowler State Dining Room

Tickets: £14
Call Emma (Powerham Castle office)
01626 890243 to book seats





Counterpoint Choir
at Buckfast Abbey
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Sunday 15 December 3pm
ABBEY CAROL SERVICE
musical director: David Acres
This is a Catholic church service
no charge for admission









Mary O'Shea
with the Jubilee Singers
The Jubilee Singers
Killerton House Broadclyst
Saturday 15 December 7pm
CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT
with mulled wine by the log fire
Director of Music: John Scarfe
Tickets: 11.50 - booking essential
Box Office: 01392 881345








choristers
Exeter Cathedral Choir
The Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 15 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CHORAL MUSIC
director of music: David Davies
Tickets: nave £12 (student/U18 £10)
             aisle £8 (student/U18 £6)
Box Office: 01392 285983
book online




log fire in the music room
Killerton House, Broadclyst
Carols in the Killerton Music Room
Killerton House Broadclyst
Sunday 16 December 2-4pm
drop in any time
usual charges for admission
adult £9.30, child £4.70
National Trust members FREE

(repeated every Sunday in December)





Andrew Daldorph

Exeter Chamber Choir
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Saturday 22 December 7.15pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
(with woodwind recital)
director of music: Andrew Daldorph
oboe: Nick Cornish
bassoon: Todd Gibson-Cornish
Tickets: £10 (student/child £5)
Keith Wainwright: 01404 813041
Choir website





log fire in the music room
Killerton House, Broadclyst
Carols in the Killerton Music Room
Killerton House Broadclyst
Sunday 23 December 2-4pm
drop in any time
usual charges for admission
adult £9.30, child £4.70
National Trust members FREE

(repeated every Sunday in December)