Wednesday 27 February 2013

Concerts in Exeter & Devon from the start of March 2013

Roger Woodward
Australian Concert Pianist
Recital of Debussy and Chopin
St Disen's Church, Bradninch
Thursday 14th March 7.30pm



Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Studio 6, Dartington Space
Saturday 2 March 9.30am-5.30pm
& Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 3 March 9.30am-5.30pm
BACH'S ST MATTHEW PASSION
- a weekend workshop -
conductor: Jonathan Watts
160 voice choir & full orchestra
Price: £45
Information and booking:
workshop@dartington-community-choir.co.uk





Alex Blanchard conducts
the University Clarinet Choir
(Christmas 2012)
Exeter University Clarinet Choir
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Saturday 2 March 4pm
A joint Spring Concert with
The Peninsula Clarinet Choir
Conductor: Alex Blanchard
Tickets: £2







Marimba: Edward Scull

Isca Orchestra & Edward Scull
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Egmont' Overture
Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Marimba & Strings
(Special Guest: Edward Scull - marimba)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 7
Tickets: £12/£10 (student £5)
advance booking: 01395 514516
Isca Website




St David's Church, Exeter
Exeter Chamber Choir
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
PRAISE AND GLORY
Antonio Vivaldi: 'Gloria'
George F Handel: 'Dixit Dominus'
Johannes S Bach: Viola da Gamba
Sonata in G minor (Andrew Gillett)
String orchestra with oboe & trumpet
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £12 (student £6 child FREE)
Keith Wainwright: 01404 813014
online booking form
Choir website





Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie
Nonclassical
Knightley Hall, Streatham Drive
Exeter University Campus
Sunday 3 March 1pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
- AN OPEN WORKSHOP
Bring your own instruments and join:
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Tickets: £5 - for workshop and
evening performance (see below - 8pm)
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066
emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog






Rachel Smith & Schola Exe
Schola Exe
Exeter Cathedral Quire
Sunday 3 March 2pm
mixed 40 minute recital with the
Cathedral Choir Choral Scholars
Admission: FREE
retiring collection

Schola Exe website



Orlando Jopling
'Cello Pilgimage
St Michael & All Angels Alphington
Sunday 3 March 6pm
'cello: Orlando Jopling
[Oralndo has now given over 75 recitals of Bach's Suites for solo 'cello around the country, thrilling his audiences and halping to raise £55,000 for restoration of their churches. He has been invited to play at St Michael's in aid of the Reordering Appeal, aas the facilities of this lovely mediaeval church badly need updating.
He is musical director fo the 140-year-old Royal Orchestral Society in London and has also conducted the English Chamber Orchestra both in the recording studio and on the concert platform, London Mozart PlayersIrish Chamber Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has conducted over 25 opera productions and co-founded Stanley Hall Opera and contemporary opera specialist 'Tête à Tête'.]

J S Bach: D & G major 'Cello Suites
John Barber: 'Cello Songs
Doors open 5.45pm
Wine and refreshments provided
Tickets: £8 (2 tickets £15)
Juliet Meadowcroft 01392 490963
meadowcroft42@btinternet.com







Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie
Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 3 March 8pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
DJ sets by Michael Brailey
Tickets: £5
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066

emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog







Coffee House Players
City Gate Cellar Bar
Tuesday-Saturday 5-9 March 7.30pm
'PRIME' (based on 'Delicatessen')
Tickets: £5 from 'Eventbrite'
Coffee House Players Facebook page






piano: Frances Waters
soprano: Val Howels
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 6 March 12.30am
PIANO & SOPRANO
Piano: Frances Waters
Soprano: Val Howels
Admission FREE

Stop Press - Val is unwell and
unable to sing this Wednesday
(but do come along for piano duets
played by Frances Waters - with
Josephine Pickering!)





Canon Librarian Ann Barwood
with Edward the Confessor's
AD1050 Cathedral Foundation Charter
Meet the Archivists & Library
Exeter Cathedral (precise venue TBC)
Wednesday 6 March 1-2pm
A chance to see the precious items
in the archive and discuss the
work of conservation.
details: 01392 285983
education@exeter-cathedral.org.uk
FULLY BOOKED!





Sir Hubert Parry
"I was glad"


Mary O'Shea
Exeter Cathedral Chamber
 Orchestra St Peter's Singers
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 8 March 7.30pm
Spring Choral Concert:
"I WAS GLAD"
Sir Hubert Parry: 'I was glad'
(1902 - coronation anthem
Psalm 122 - used at
Prince William's wedding)
George Frideric Handel:
'Zadok the Priest'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
'Ave Verum Corpus'
Tickets: £8 (child £1)
Cathedral Shop:
01392 271354 & online








Powderham Castle
James Wyatt Music Room
Friday 8 March 7.30pm
THE MUSICAL SPLENDOURS
OF THE FRENCH COURTS
OF LOUIS XIV & XV
Francois Couperin (1678-1733):
'Trois Lecons de Tenebres'
- and music by -
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Sopranos: Josie Walledge & Louise Hardy
'Cello: Clare Garton-Sprenger
Harpsichord & Organ: Prof. George Pratt
Tickets: £14 (first 10 students FREE)
Powderham Box Office: 01626 890243






'Semi Toned' a cappella choir
Exeter University A Cappella Society
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Friday 8 March 10pm
SEMI TONED
Repertoire of modern song:
Katy Perry, Muse, Skrillex
Tickets: £1
info: Jonathan Minter





soprano: Janet Macdonald
clarinet: Philip Bonser
paino: Margaret Chave
Spring Serenade
St Margaret's Church Topsham
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
VOICE AND CLARINET
Piano: Margaret Chave
Clarinet: Philip Bonser
Soprano: Janet Macdonald
Baritone: Iain McDonald
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Richard Strauss
Sir Edward Elgar
Maria Theresia von Paradis
Nicolò Paganini
George Alexander Macfarren
George Gershwin
Scott Joplin
baritone: Iain McDonald
(with pianist Michèle Banting)
Ivor Novello
Admission FREE
(retiring collection)











Althea Talbot-Howard

Oboe & Cor Anglais
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
St David's Church,
Queen's Terrace, Hele Road, Exeter
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
Edvard Grieg: Suite from Holberg's Time
Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D minor
James MacMillan: The World's Ransoming
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony 3 in Bь
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Oboe/Cor Anglais: Althea Talbot-Howard
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
(Mon - Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11.30am-5pm)
Symphony website




Comic Baritone:
John Brindley
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 13 March 12.30am
PIANO, MEZZO SOPRANO
& BARITONE
Piano: Dorothy Worthington
Mezzo Soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
Baritone: John Brindley
Admission FREE









Roger Woodward
Roger Woodward
St Disen's Church Bradninch
Thursday 14 March 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Debussy & Chopin
(full details of programme)
Tickets: £8 (U18 FREE)
from Spar in Bradninch, or
Simon Tytherleigh 01392 881825
tythers@uwclub.net



This is a preview of the recital
which Roger Woodward will give
on Saturday 16 March at the
Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford








Exeter School Choral Society
Exeter School Choral Society
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 14 March 7.30pm
Guiseppe Verdi: Requiem
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst
Tickets: £15/10/7 (child ½ price)
book online










Roger Bourgein


Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn, Exmouth
Thursday 14 March 8.30pm
An evening of classical music
performed by audience members
COME AND TAKE PART!
Regulars include
Pianists: Tim Othen
Andrew Odber
Angus Ramsay,
Contralto: Mary Dinham
Soprano: Natasha Iuchanka
Tim Othen
Sanzakord: David Sawyer
and many more
Master of Ceremonies: Roger Bourgein
No charge for admission -
just a friendly night out at the pub.












Exeter University Theatre Company
"Music & Drama/Debating Room,
(M&D Room), Devonshire House
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Thursday-Saturday 14-16 March 7.30pm
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Directors: Dan McNiell & Harry Kingscott
(hear their interview on Abi Marlowe's 'Mighty Book'
     Phonic FM Tuesday 26 February 10-12am)
Tickets: £5 - to book, email rg298@exeter.ac.uk







Adrienne Hesketh
LYMPSTONE MUSICAL PRESENTATION
Adrienne Hesketh
Methodist Hall Lympstone
Friday 15 March 10.30am
PIANO RECITAL
Adrienne discusses and plays
her own compositions
Admission FREE

(a 'Third Age Project' production)







Exeter University Singers
Southernhay URC Exeter
Friday 15 March 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Claude Debussy
Robert Lucas de Pearsall
John Dowland
Tickets: £3 (advance £2)
gp262@exeter.ac.uk
Singers 'Facebook' page






Exeter University
Choral Society
Exeter University Choral Society
Exeter University Great Hall
Saturday 16 March 7pm
MOZART'S REQUIEM
(1791: to Anna von Walsegg
   completed posthumously by
      Franz Xaver Süssmayr)
Conductor: Marion Wood
Tickets: £1 (balcony £2 box £2)
euchoraltickets@gmail.com
Requiem 'Facebook' page
Parking FREE after 6pm
remember 'Brahms Requiem'?






Chris Gradwell
Alto Saxophone
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Seaton Town Hall
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
A Jazz Evening for the Seaton Visitors Trust
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website














Bridget Ansell





Ashburton Singers
Church of St John the Evangelist
Newton Road, Bovey Tracey
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
RUSSIAN SACRED MUSIC
Musical Director: Bridget Ansell
Visiting Organist: Lilita Ozola
(Latvian - Trained at St Petersburg)
Sergei Rachmaninov
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Lilita Ozola
Pavel Chesnokov
Boris Ledkovsky
Grigor Lvovsky
Admission FREE - retiring collection
(will be repeated at Buckfast 23 March)









Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
Johannes Brahms:
EIN DEUTCHES REQUIEM
with The Sinfonietta
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: £20/17/12
EPC Tickets 01392 499211
Exeter Tourist Info 665885
Choir website




Richard Rowntree
Exeter Bach Society
Mint Methodist Church, Exeter
Saturday 16 March 7pm
ST MATTHEW PASSION
Conductor: David Davies
Tenor: Richard Rowntree
Bass: Julian Rippon
Tickets: £15
Phoenix Box Office 667080
Book online





pianist: John Scarfe
baritone: Gareth Keene
Southernhay Afternoon Concert
Southernhay URC Exeter
Sunday 17 March 3pm
SCHUMANN AND SHAKESPEARE
Robert Schumann: "Dichterliebe"
(1840 - 16 poems from Heinrich Heine's
Lyrisches Intermezzo)
Plus Shakespearean songs by
Henry Purcell
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Roger Quilter
Gerald Finzi
Admission: FREE
(retiring collection for the
Southernhay Buildings Appeal)






Altos: Sarah Pennington, Sophie Nicholson,
Basses: Michael Willmott, Malcolm Field,
Tenors: Jonathan Croley, Ben Pennington,
Sopranos: Marion Wood, Zoe Fitzsimmons.


Starling Octet
Church of St John the Baptist
Broadclyst
Sunday 17 March 7pm
DOPPELCHOR
(German Romantic Music for Double Choir)
Conductor: Ben Pennington
Josef Rheinberger: Mass in Eь
Robert Schumann
Felix Mendelssohn
Tickets: £5 (U16 FREE)
Interval refreshments!
£2 reduction for using public transport
(eg 1B bus from Exeter Bus Station 6.15pm)
- just present your bus ticket!
full details on 'Facebook'




Diana Mathews
Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Tuesday 19 March 7.30pm
ASHES AND FLAMES
Richard Wagner: Prelude to 'Tristan & Isolde'
Krzysztof Penderecki: Viola Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: 5th Symphony
Conductor: Richard Gonski
Viola Soloist: Diana Mathews
Tickets: £6 (student £4 musiccard £3)
form EUSO at Exeter University Forum
(Next to Northcott) Thur/Fri 7/8 March
or email eusoconnected@gmail.com




English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tuesday-Saturday 19-23 March 7.30pm
Three Operas with 25 piece orchestra
Cosi Fan Tutte (In English)
Simon Boccanegra (Italian - with surtitles)
The Siege of Calais  (Italian - with surtitles)
see below:



Dorabella: Kitty Whately
Ferrando: Anthony Gregory
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 March
Wofgang Amadeus Mozart
COSI FAN TUTTE
Conductor: James Burton
Director: Paul Higgins
Fiordiligi: Laura Mitchell
Dorabella: Kitty Whately
Ferrando: Anthony Gregory
Guglielmo: Toby Girling
Despina: Paula Sides
Don Alfonzo: Richard Mosley-Evans
Tickets: £31/£28/£23/£18
Student Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office493493
book online (Tues SOLD OUT)







Tim Othen
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 20 March 12.30am
PIANO RECITAL
Tim Othen

Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 1 in Ab Major (Op. 25)
Etude No. 6 in Eb Minor (Op. 10)
Etude No. 5 in Gb Major(Op. 10)
Ballade No.1 in G Minor (Op. 23)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude No. 12 in G# Minor (Op. 32)
Prelude No. 10 in B Minor (Op. 32)
Prelude No. 5 in G Minor (Op 23)


Admission FREE





Work by just twelve
of the many artists taking part in
Exeter Open Studios 2013
Exeter Open Studios 2013
'Gloss' Gallery 1 Barnfield Crescent
Launch: Thursday 21 March 6-9pm
'A Festival  of Creativity'
See work by many local artists
while enjoying a complimentary glass
and the music of 'Chill Acoustic'
Studios open: Fri-Sun 22-24 March
See artists' details: - EOS website
For further details, contact:
Lucinda (Co-ordinator) 07786326298
exeteropenstudios@hotmail.co.uk
Press release from David & Christine Sawyer





Paulo Albiani: Grant Doyle
Amelia: Elizabeth Llewellyn
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Thursday 21 March
Giuseppe Verdi
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: James Conway
Simon Boccanegra: Craig Smith
Amelia: Elizabeth Llewellyn
Jacopo Fiesco: Anthony Gregory
Paulo Albiani: Grant Doyle
Gabriele Adorno: Charne Rochford
Pietro: Piotr Lempa
Tickets: £31/£28/£23/£18
Student Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office493493
book online (Repeated on Sat 23 Mar)






Honiton Festival Lunch
Hepplewhite Piano Trio
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 22 March 1pm (lunch at 12)
HEPPLEWHITE PIANO TRIO
violin: Amy Littlewood
'cello: Hetti Price
piano: Kevin Fan Yu
Josef Haydn: Piano Trio in G HobXV25
('Gypsy Rondo')
Franz Schubert: Notturno in E flat Op 148
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Tickets: £9 unreserved seating
Honiton TIC: 01404 43716
see video




Mezzo Soprano Helen Sherman
is Aurelio,
son of Mayor
 Eustachio of Calais
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 22 March
Gaetano Donizetti
THE SIEGE OF CALAIS
Conductor: Jeremy Silver
Director: James Conway
Edwardo III: Cosmin Sime
Mayor Eustachio: Eddie Wade
Aurelio (his son): Helen Sherman
Eleonora (Aurelio's wife): Paula Sides
General Edmundo: Adam Tunnicliffe
Giovanni d'Aire: Andrew Glover
Pietro de Wisants: Brendan Collins
Giocomo de Wisants: Niel Joubert
Tickets: £31/£28/£23/£18
Student Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office493493
book online (selling fast)





Héloïse West

Southernhay Lunchtime Concert
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Dix's Field, Exeter
Friday 22 March 1pm
PERGOLESI: "STABAT MATER"
Piano: Maragaret Chave
Soprano: Héloïse West
Mezzo Soprano: Mary Burman
Tickets: £5 (at the door)












Bridget Ansell




Ashburton Singers
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 24 March 7.30pm
RUSSIAN SACRED MUSIC
Musical Director: Bridget Ansell
Visiting Organist: Lilita Ozola
(Latvian - Trained at St Petersburg)
Sergei Rachmaninov
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Lilita Ozola
Pavel Chesnokov
Boris Ledkovsky
Grigor Lvovsky
Admission FREE - retiring collection
(Repeat of Bovey Tracey, 16 March)








Nigel Perrin
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 23 March 7.30pm
James MacMillan
ST JOHN PASSION
with City of Bath Bach Choir
and Wellensian consort
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Tickets: £22/£17/£12
online booking form





Paulo Albiani: Grant Doyle
Amelia: Elizabeth Llewellyn
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Saturday 23 March
Giuseppe Verdi
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: James Conway
Simon Boccanegra: Craig Smith
Amelia: Elizabeth Llewellyn
Jacopo Fiesco: Anthony Gregory
Paulo Albiani: Grant Doyle
Gabriele Adorno: Charne Rochford
Pietro: Piotr Lempa
Tickets: £31/£28/£23/£18
Student Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office493493
book online (Repeated from Thur 21 Mar)







Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 24 March 7.30pm
MESSA DA REQUIEM
Giuseppe Verdi (born 1813)
(mass for Allesandro Manzoni)
conductor: Jonathan Watts
160 voice choir & full orchestra
soprano: Suzanne Manuell
mezzo soprano: Helen Haviland
tenor: Anando Mukerjee
bass: Roderick Hunt
Tickets: £20 (student/U18 £8)
Box Office 01803 847070
(12.30-7.30pm) or email:
boxoffice@dartington.org
Dartington website







Beacon Piano Trio 
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 27 March 12.30am
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Admission FREE










































Director:

Sorrel Meechan

OwlGlass Theatre Productions
The Hourglass, Melbourne St, Exeter
Tue 2 - Sat 6 April 7.30pm
Harold Pinter: "The Caretaker"
Director: Sorrel Meechan
Aston: Al Wadlan
Mick: Ben Simpson
Davies: Sebastian Pope
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
From the Hourglass
01392 258722






Ruth Molins &
Rebecca Willson
(photo Cecil Hatfield)
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 3 April 12.30am
ANOTHER COUNTRY
Piano: Rebecca Willson
Flute: Ruth Molins
Béla Bartók, arr. Paul Arna:
'Suite Paysanne Hongroise'
Anne Boyd: Bali Moods







Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 10 April 12.30am
Piano: Roger Stevenson
Baritone: Martin Shaw
Admission FREE










Hilary Boxer
Hilary Boxer
Lympstone Church
Sunday 14 April 4pm
BACH 'CELLO SUITES
A one hour recital
Tickets: £7
Booking: Lympstone Post Office
01395 268180
(Whole series - 4 concerts
14 Apr, 12 May, 16 Jun, 7 Jul
£21 - from the Post Office)
Lympstone Entertainments
('Classical Journey' feature)







Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Sunday 14 April 7.30pm
"LE JAZZ"
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
glyn.holford@sky.com
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website











Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 17 April 12.30am
Piano: Jill Govier
Admission FREE












Jonathan Watts
Devon Baroque
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 20 April 7.30pm
CATCH THE CORELLI CONNECTION
(celebrating Arcangelo Corelli's 300th birthday)
conductor: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £12 (child £5)
Totnes Early Music Society








Antiphon Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 20 April 7.30pm
MISSA PAPAE MARCELLI
and other Latin/English motets
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons
Tickets: £15 (advance £10)
from Buckfast Abbey Gift Shop
antiphonvox@gmail.com
or SAE to:
38 Miller Way
Exminster
EX6 8TH
Antiphon page on Buckfast website
Antiphon Facebook page






Collyton Grammar School
Senior Choir
Colyton Grammar School
Senior Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 20 April 7.30pm
Handel's "MESSIAH"
170 voice choir
20 piece orchestra
Conductor: David House
Soprano: Jo Carpenter
Counter-Tenor: Tom Williams
Tenor Stephen Jeffes
Baritone: Daniel Rudge
Tickets: Reserved £15 (concession £10)
Unreserved £10 (concession £7)
Box Office: 01297 552327
finance@colytongrammar.devon.sch.uk
Headteacher, Paul Evans' blog
Music Department webpage




Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James' Church Taunton
Saturday 20 April 7.30pm
ALL THE B'- SIMPLY BRILLIANT!
William Boyce: "Symphony No 2 in A"
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Em Violin Sonata"
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Quartet"
Sir Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony"
"Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings"
Tickets: £15 (student £5) on the door or
Taunton Tourist Information: 01823 336344
Sinfonietta concerts webpage







Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 24 April 12.30am
Piano: Duncan Honeybourne
Piano: Max Blass-Laker
Admission FREE











Marion Wood conducts
Exeter Music Group
Symphony Orchestra
EMG Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 25 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Celebrating Russian Music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sergei Rachmaninov: Die Toteninsel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony
Tickets: £15/£12/£10/£8 (student/U18 ½ price)
Orchestra website









Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 1 May 12.30am
Piano: Margaret Chave
Clarinet: Philip Bonser
Oboe & Voice: Alison Macdonald
Soprano: Janet Macdonald
Admission FREE









Bruton Girls School Senior Choir
Bruton Girls School Senior Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 4 May 1pm
Informal Choral Concert:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
STABAT MATER
Admission FREE
(Cathedral admission: £6/£4)
online free entry card application





Jef Le Penven Choir
from Quimper in Brittany

Jef Le Penven Choir (Quimper, Brittany)

St David's Church, Exeter
(Changed from St Michael's Church)

Thursday 9 May 7.30pm
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Charles-François Gounod
Javier Busto
- plus other contemporary composers
Conductor: Jean-Philippe Brun

Tickets: £8
(see 'Counterpoint' below for booking details)





Counterpoint Choir
from Exeter in Devon
Counterpoint Choir - AND
Jef Le Penven Choir (Quimper, Brittany)
Buckfast Abbey
Friday 10 May 7.30pm
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
Maurice Duruflé/Francis Poulenc: Motets
Conductor (CP): David Acres
Conductor (JLP): Jean-Philippe Brun
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
CounterpointVox@aol.com
David Acres: 01392 490398
Abbey Shop: 01364 645532 
Counterpoint website





East Devon Choral Society
(photo: Mike Brett)

East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton High School Sports Hall
Saturday 11 May 7.30pm
40th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Giuseppe Verdi:
La Forza del Destino (overture)
MESSA DA REQUIEM
La Traviata (Brindisi Chorus)
with full orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Claire Surman
Alto: Alison Kettlewell
Tenor: Iain Milne
Bass: Samuel Evans
Tickets: reserved £15
unreserved £10 (U16 £4)
Tiverton Tourist Information Centre
01884 253494





Mellow 'Cellos
Jane Pyrie and Hilary Boxer
Tasty Music
Lympstone Church
Sunday 12 May 4pm
MELLOW 'CELLOS
Luigi Boccherini
Thomas 'Fats' Waller
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
A one hour recital
Tickets: £7
Booking: Lympstone Post Office
01395 268180
(Whole series - 4 concerts
14 Apr, 12 May, 16 Jun, 7 Jul
£21 - from the Post Office)
Lympstone Entertainments
('Classical Journey' feature)





Brent Singers
(from South Brent!)
Brent Singers
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 18 May 7.30pm
Karl Jenkins: Stabat Mater
J S Bach: Cantata 1 BWV 1
'Wie schön lauchtet der Morgenstern'
Conductor: Trefor Farrow
Contralto: Cheryl Stead
Organ: David Crocker
Piano: Irina Kosogova
Percussion: Rex King
Tickets: £10
Info: Ian Wiseman 01752 691780
Brent Singers' Buckfast page




Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Saturday 19 May 7.30pm
"LE JAZZ"
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
glyn.holford@sky.com
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website








Matthew Barley ('cello)
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 22 May 5.30pm
AROUND BRITTEN
Tickets: TBC










guitar: Jesse Molins
Exmouth Festival
Exmouth Library
Wednesday 29 May 12.30am
SILVER SUMMERTIME
(a heady mix of hot Latin & French cool)
Flutes: Ruth Molins
Guitar: Jesse Molins
Bass: Al Swainger
Tickets: TBC







Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Saturday 9 June 7.30pm
"LE JAZZ"
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
glyn.holford@sky.com
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website








Hilary Boxer & David Cottam
play Nocturnes by
Friedrich Burgmüller

Tasty Music
Lympstone Church
Sunday 16 June 4pm
SOUNDS OF (not Spain but . . .)
GERMANY & ARGENTINA
Friedrich Burgmüller
Astor Piazzolla
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Guitar: David Cottam
A one hour recital
Tickets: £7
Booking: Lympstone Post Office
01395 268180
(Whole series - 4 concerts
14 Apr, 12 May, 16 Jun, 7 Jul
£21 - from the Post Office)
Lympstone Entertainments
('Classical Journey' feature)





Antiphon Choir
?Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 22 June
(details to follow)









The Tagore Festival
Dartington Hall
Thursday - Sunday 27-30 June
Four days of talks, workshops and music
inspired by Rabindranath Tagore
Speaker: Satish Kumar
Sarod music: Soumik Datta
Multimedia Sextet: Flux







Ola Gjeilo
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 6 July 7.30pm
MYSTERIUM (Bursary Concert)
Ola GjeiloSunrise Mass
                   "O Magnum Mysterium"
                      "Ubi Caritas"
Eric Whitacre/Morten Lauridsen
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed
Counterpoint website






Nigel Perrin
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 6 July 7.30pm
Felix Mendelssohn
'ELIJAH'
with choirs from Rennes & Hanau
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Tickets: £22/£17/£12
(online booking form)






Beare Trio
Hilary Boxer
Andrew Daldorph
Chris Gradwell

Beare Trio
Lympstone Church
Sunday 7 July 4pm
CLASSICAL/BROADWAY
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cole Porter
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet/Sax: Chris Gradwell
A one hour recital
Tickets: £7
Booking: Lympstone Post Office
01395 268180
(Whole series - 4 concerts
14 Apr, 12 May, 16 Jun, 7 Jul
£21 - from the Post Office)
Lympstone Entertainments
('Classical Journey' feature)





Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Saturday 21 July 7.30pm
"LE JAZZ"
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
glyn.holford@sky.com
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website








Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall
Week 1: Sat-Sat 27 July - 3 August
Vocal Ensemble: 'Exaudi'
Sight-Singing: Rhiannon Evans
Bach on Harpsichord: Colin Booth
Early Woodwind: William Lyons
Cornett/Sackbut: Gawain Glenton/Emily White
Viol Consorts: 'Fretwork'
Balinese Gamelan: Saj Landay
African Drumming: Trevor Wiggins
Zimbabwean Mbira: Chartwell Dutiro
Song Composition: Dominic Muldowney
Jazz and improvisation: Lewis Riley
Two week course:
Baroque Orchestra Nicolette Moonen
Booking: Sophia Sheridan
sophia.sheridan@dartington.org
01803 847077 or book online






Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall
Week 2: Sat-Sat 3 - 10 August
Orchestral Music: Leigh O'Hara
Chamber Music: 'Barbirolli Quartet'
Vocal Ensemble: 'Stile Antico'
Sight-Singing: Rhiannon Evans
Bach on Harpsichord: Colin Booth
Mediaeval & Renaissance: 'Dufay Collective'
Folk Music: Alexis Bennett/Emily&Hazel Askew
Dirty Electronics: John Richards
Write an Opera: 'Royal Opera House'
Trumpet Trombone: David Staff/Adrian France
Two week course (continued):
Baroque Orchestra Lucy Russell
Booking: Sophia Sheridan
sophia.sheridan@dartington.org
01803 847077 or book online








Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall
Week 3: Sat-Sat 10 - 17 August
Mendelssohn 'Elijah': Brian Kay
Staring Orchestra: Alexander Janiczek
(and Sir Neville Marriner)
Chamber Music: 'Benhounes Quartet'
Chamber Choir: John Hancorn
Finding Your Voice: Jessica Cash
Improvisation: Daniel Pioro
Tango: Calos Morera
Tango: Laura Hansen
Aural Awareness: Shelagh Sutherland
English Strings 1651-2012: Pete Cooper
('Cello & Guitar: Richard Bolton)
Recording Techniques: Moritz Bergfeld
Two Week Course:
Advanced Composition: Johannes Maria Staud
Three Week Course:
Advanced Conducting: John Carew
(final week Piere-André Valade)
Booking: Sophia Sheridan
sophia.sheridan@dartington.org
01803 847077 or book online








Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall
Week 4: Sat-Sat 17 - 24 August
Choir: Brad Cohen/Jonathan Watts
Orchestral Workshop: Richard Heason
Chamber Music: Bennewitz Quartet
Chamber Choir: Leigh O'Hara
Chamber Piano Trios: Stephen Kovacevich
Piano Duets: Juliet Edwards/John Flinders
Tea Dance: Stephen Dummer
Children's Choir: Christopher Wray
Gospel Choir: Carol Pemberton
Creative Composition: Philip Cashian
Improve your Conducting: Stephen Dummer
Junk Music: Michael Freeman
Samba: João Bosco de Oliveira
Alexander Technique:
for Instrumentalists: Peter Buckoke
for Singers: Judith Kleinman
Two Week Course (continued):
Advanced Composition: Johannes Maria Staud
Three Week Course (continued):
Advanced Conducting: John Carew
(final week Piere-André Valade)
Booking: Sophia Sheridan
sophia.sheridan@dartington.org
01803 847077 or book online





Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Saturday 18 August 7.30pm
"LE JAZZ"
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
glyn.holford@sky.com
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website










Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall
Week 5: Sat-Sat 24 - 31 August
Beethoven Mass in C: Garry Walker
Chamber Music: Heath Quartet
Chamber Wind Music: Gallimaufry Ensemble
Chamber Choir: Jeremy Walker
Brass Ensemble: Paul Archibald/Graham Lee
Wind Band: Stephen Dummer
Songs from Musicals: ?Robert Purvis
Salsa Band: João Bosco de Oliveira
Salsa Dance: Etian Antuche
Three Week Course (continued):
Advanced Conducting: Piere-André Valade
Booking: Sophia Sheridan
sophia.sheridan@dartington.org
01803 847077 or book online






The Sixteen
conducted by
Harry Christophers
The Sixteen
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 6 September 7.30pm
(pre-concert talk 7pm)
THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere Mei Deus
Giovanni Palestrina: Stabat Mater
James MacMillan: Miserere
(full programme on choir website)
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Tickets: £30/£20/£10
from the Ntaional Centre for Early Music
01904 651485  NCEM website





Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Saturday 15 September 7.30pm
"LE JAZZ"
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228
glyn.holford@sky.com
chrisgradwellinbeer@gmail.com
"Chris Gradwell Musician" website









Antiphon Choir
?Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 28 September
(details to follow)









James Bowman
countertenor
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 26 October 7.30pm
MASTERS OF BAROQUE
George Frederick Handel
Johann Sebstian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Caldara
Countertenor: James Bowan
Dirertimento String Ensemble
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed
Counterpoint website




English Touring Opera
at Buckfast Abbey
Counterpoint Choir - AND
English Touring Opera
Exeter Cathedral Choir
ISCA Voices
Exeter Cathedral
Sunday 24 November 7.30pm
George Frederick Handel:
CARMELITE VESPERS
(including "Dixit Dominus")
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed
Counterpoint website




Counterpoint Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Sunurday 21 December 7.30pm
ABBEY CAROL SERVICE
Admission: FREE
(Arrive in time for a good seat!)
Counterpoint website