Thursday 25 July 2013

Events in Exeter & Devon from the Start of August 2013

The Exon Singers
St Eustacius Church
Tavistock
Exon Singers Summer Festival
St Eustacius Church Tavistock
Tuesday 23 - Sunday 28 July
Daily lunchtime and evening concerts
plus festival services
see brochure for full details
- - - - -
Come and Sing!
Kelly College Tavistock
Saturday 27 July 10.30am - 5pm
JOHN RUTTER
will direct a day of workshops
including his latest compositions
John Rutter
will conduct choral workshop
Tea and coffee provided
please bring packed lunch
- - - - -
Singers are invited to stay for:
Exon Singers Festival Finale Concert
St Eustacius Church Tavistock
Saturday 27 July 7.30pm
THE FAR THEATRICALS OF DAY
(A John Armitage Memorial Concert)
The Exon Singers
Onyx Brass
Organist: Jeffrey Makinson
Musical Director: Richard Wilberforce
Jonathan Dove: 'The Far Theatricals of Day'
- for choir, brass quintet & organ (2003)
John Rutter
Kelly College Tavistock
Tarik O'Regan
Matthew Martin (composer in residence)
Sir Benjamin Britten: 'Rejoice in the Lamb'
Tickets: 'Come and Sing' £20 (U18 £10)
             Finale Concert £10 (U18 FREE)
workshops and concert £25 (U18 £10)
Advance booking essential
workshop: comeandsing@exonsingers.org.uk
concert: tickets@exonsingers.org.uk
Bookstop, 3 Market Street, Tavistock
01822 617244 (Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm)
Full details on the Exon Singers website




The Amadeus Orchestra &

Philip MacKenzie
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 25 July 7.30pm
RESURRECTION
Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta (1st movement)
Wolfgang Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos
Gustav Mahler: 2nd Symphony
Conductor: Philip MacKenzie

Pianists: Michael Foyle &
Malcolm Forbes-Peckham
Soprano: Cheryl Enever
Mezzo Soprano: Jeanette Ager
Tickets: £16/£20/£24/£30
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
book online (very few nave seats left!)
Orchestra website






Stephen Taberner

Musical Director
of the
Spooky Men
The Spooky Men's Chorale
The Spooky Men's Chorale
Barnfield Theatre Exeter
Friday 26 July 7.30pm
FIFTH UK TOUR
Melbourne a cappella phenomenon
Stars of Edinburgh Fringe
& Sidmouth Folk Festival
S.L.A.B. - Singing Like A Bloke
'Spookmeister': Stephen Taberner
Special Guest: Lucy Wise
Tickets: £17
Box Office: 01392 271808
(weekdays - 10am-4pm)
Barnfield website
Spooky Men website
(Build your own Spooky Man)





BIG NOISE CHORUS
Exeter Lions Club Summer Concert
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 26 July 7.30pm
THE BIG NOISE CHORUS
(240 singers from Exeter,
  Torquay and Plymouth choirs)
DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
(veterans of the Royal Albert Hall
      and the Montreux Jazz Festival)
Tickets: £10/£12.50/£15 boxes: £5 (U10 1/2)
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online (Gallery seats selling fast!)
Big Noise Chorus website





Branscombe Festival 2013
Friday 26th – Sunday 28th July
 (See: Press Release from Albion Media)

Festival Host: Petroc Trelawny

Sublime Strings:
Carducci Quartet

(Photo: Richard Yates)



Carducci Quartet
Branscombe Hall
Friday 26th July 7.30pm 
Violins: Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming
Viola: Eoin Schmidt-Martin
'Cello: Emma Denton

(Piano: Iain Burnside)









Outstanding 'Cellist:
Philip Higham
(Photo: Helen Fraser)

Philip Higham
Branscombe Church
Saturday 27th July 12pm  










Husband & Wife Team:
Ailyn Pérez & Stephen Costello
 Francesco Carrozzini)

Ailyn Pérez
Stephen Costello
Branscombe Hall
Saturday 27th July 7.30pm
Piano: Iain Burnside

Festival Curator &
Able Accompanist: Iain Burnside













Saxophone Sensation:
Leo Green
(photo: Link)

The Leo Green Experience
Branscombe Hall
Saturday 27th July 10.30pm 












Trelights Trumpeter:
Caspar Billington
Trelights Brass Quintet
Branscombe Beach
Sunday 28th July 12pm
(Admission FREE)







Tickets:

1 concert  £15.50  (restricted view £7)
2 concerts £30      (restricted view £21)
3 concerts £43      (restricted view £35) 
4 concerts £53      (restricted view £50)

Box Office:        020 7955 1446
Ticket Master:    0844 844 0444
Eventim:             0844 249 1000 








National Theatre Encore
Barn Cinema Dartington Hall
Wednesday 24 July 1.45pm
SHAKESPEAREMACBETH
Director: Kenneth Branagh, Rob Ashford
Macbeth: Kenneth Branagh
Lady Macbeth: Alex Kingston
Tickets: £12.50
Box Office: 01803 847070 (12.30-7.30pm)
Book online










Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Village Hall
Wednesday 24 July 7.30pm
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Cygnet Theatre Company
Tickets: £10 (child £6)
 







Glyndebourne Live
Barn Cinema Dartington Hall
Thursday 25 July 6.15pm
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE
Hippolytius: Ed Lyon
Aricia: Christine Karg
Tickets: £17.50
Box Office: 01803 847070 (12.30-7.30pm)
Book online





New Devon Opera
The Chapel, Ugbrooke Park, Chudleigh
Friday 26 & Saturday 27 July
Arrive 6pm Wine & Canapés 6.45pm
Performance 7.30pm
VIVA VERDI
Scenes from operas by Giuseppe Verdi
'La Traviata'  'Rigoletto'  'Nabucco'
'La Forza del Destino'  'Aida'
Soprano: Linsey DochertySuzanne Manuell
Mezzo Soprano: Alison Kettlewell
Tenor: Anando Mukerjee
Baritone: Philip Smith
Bass: Roderick Hunt
Conductor/Piano: Jonathan Watts
Director: Alexander Hargreaves
Tickets: £35 - Dress Code: Smart Lounge Suit
Dartington Hall Box Office: 01803 847070
Book online





Dartington Outdoor Film Festival
The Tilting Yard Dartington Hall
Saturday 27 July - Friday 6 September
THE SHINING
BLING RING
THIS IS SPINAL TAP
A MIGHTY WIND
ALAN PARTRIDGEALPHA PAPA
PACIFIC RIM
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
THE WOLVERINE
Full details: Film Festival 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
01803 847077 or book online




To see all the concerts put on for the
Dartington International Summer School
- throughout August, and beyond - Click Here






Keith Tippett

Jazz Piano
Keith Tippett
Bridgewater College
Tuesday 30 July 10.30am-4pm
SOUTH WEST MUSIC SCHOOL
RESIDENTIAL STUDIES
OPEN DAY
Jazz Piano: Keith Tippett
Keynote Speaker: Richard Hallam MBE
Opportunity to watch the South West
Music School Residential in practice
Admission FREE - booking essential
Sally Clements: 01392 460770
Register online with Eventbrite





Keith Tippett

Jazz Piano
Keith Tippett
Cannington Agricultural College
Theatre, Bridgewater
Tuesday 30 July 5pm
SOUTH WEST MUSIC SCHOOL
RECITAL OF JAZZ COMPOSITIONS
BY KEITH TIPPETT
Jazz Piano: Keith Tippett
Also playing: Julie Tippetts
James Gardiner-Bateman,
Dario Cortese, Al Swainger
Including a specially commissioned
world premiere by Keith Tippett
Admission FREE - booking essential
Sally Clements: 01392 460770






Starling Octet
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Thursday 1 August 8pm
MADRIGALI
Italian Passion from 1500
to the present day
Claudio Monteverdi
Luca Marenzio
Morten Lauridsen
Soprano: Zoe FitzsimmonsMary O'Shea Hayward
Alto: Marion WoodSarah Pennington
Tenor: Ben Pennington, Neville Gibbings
Bass: Malcolm Field, Richard Mitchell
Tickets: £5 (U16 FREE)
Free interval refreshments
All proceeds to Barnardo's





Compagnie Giulia
Willow Restaurant Totnes
Friday 2 August 7.00-9.30pm
Leicestershire Small Pipes: Julia Thomas
Mandolin: Howard Frey
Bouzouki: Nick Millington
Violin: Mark Walpot
(see interview 4  Sept 2012 )








Fred Gest
St Andrew's Church Colyton
Sunday 4 August 11.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
(repeated at Honiton on 9 Aug)


(see concert 31 July 2011)
 










Beacon Piano Trio
(12 Oct 2011)
(See also 13 Feb 2011)
The Beacon Trio
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Sunday 4 August 3pm
A GYPSY SERENADE
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio in F
Josef Haydn: Trio in G (Gypsy Rondo)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio Elegiaque No 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in C minor
Gordon Langford: "A Secret Serenade"
Tickets: £6 (includes afternoon tea)
01364 652768 or on the door






Theatre in the Garden
Killerton House
Tuesday 6 August 7.00pm
SHAKESPEAREAS YOU LIKE IT
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
All male cast with multiple rôles!
Tickets: £16 (child £11)
Bring deckchairs & a picnic -
or order supper: 01392 881345
Book tickets online
 









Glyndebourne Live
Barn Cinema Dartington Hall
Tuesday 6 August 7.15pm
GAETANO DONIZETTI
DON PASQUALE
Don Pasquale: Jonathan Veira
Tickets: £17.50
Box Office: 01803 847070 (12.30-7.30pm)
Book online








O'Shea & O'Gaukroger
South Devon Arts Centre Totnes
Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 August 7.30pm
A COMEDY OF CAREERS
Marina O'Shea & Tessa Gaukroger
('What the Frock!' Comedy)
Tickets: £8 (advance £6)
Book online: Weds Thurs




Flute: Ruth Molins
(Photo: Ruth's website)
August Lunchtime Concert Series
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Thursday 8 August 1pm
(Ploughman's Lunch served 12pm)
Flute: Ruth Molins
Piano: Dorothy Raven
J S Bach: Flute Sonata in G minor
Christoph Willibald von Gluck:
"The Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

Giuseppe Rabboni: two sonatas
Graham Fitkin: "Jim & Pam & Pam & Jim"
Georges Adolphe H
üe: Fantasia
Admission FREE (lunch £5)






Flute: Leonie Stevenson-Jones
(Photo: EMG rehearsal 1 Mar 2012)
Leonie Stevenson-Jones
Church of St Cyr & St Julitta
Newton St Cyres EX5 5BX 
Thursday 8 August 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT
Flute: Leonie Stevenson-Jones
(Principal flute - National
Children's Wind Orchestra)
Piano/Organ: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £5
Enquiries: 01392 430017








Fred Gest
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 9 August 1.00pm
PIANO RECITAL
(repeat of Colyton on 4 Aug)


(see concert 31 July 2011)










Arthaven@Redearth 2013
Redearth Gallery Bickleigh
Friday 9 August 6-9pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
Music: 'The Chill Acoustic'
Electrokord: David Sawyer
Guitar: Russell Frampton
Flutes/Sax: Clive Stevens
Artworks by:
Paul Cartwright  Anne Jackson

Robert Joyce  Simon Ripley
Gabi Krukenberg-Taylor
Christine & David Sawyer
Stella Tripp  Liese Webley
Exhibition continues 10-31 Aug
Opening: Thur-Sun 11am-5.30pm
Details: 01884 855823
julia@redearth-art.com
Postcode: EX16 8RG
Bus Route:  155 / 55 / 55B
Redearth Gallery website
Arthaven website







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
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
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
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
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228

SADLY, THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN
               CANCELLED
(next date: Sidmouth Parish Church
            Saturday 26 October)






Glyndebourne Recorded
Barn Cinema Dartington Hall
Tuesday 20 August 7.00pm
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
BILLY BUDD
Billy Budd: Jacques Imbrailo
Musical Director: Sir Mark Elder
Tickets: £17.50
Box Office: 01803 847070 (12.30-7.30pm)
Book online





Barn Cinema Opera, Theatre and Ballet dates
Dartington - up to June 2014 - click here






Sam Richards
TOTNES FESTIVAL
Jazz & Poetry Night
High Cross House, Dartington Hall
Saturday 24 August 7.30pm
Poetry: Sam RichardsRichard Hillesley
Music: Sam RichardsTim SayerDavid George
Drinks available in the café
Tickets: £15
Box Office: 01803 842382






High Cross House
You can't miss it!



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
01803 847077 or book online







Lucy Bray
(Photo: Messiah 9 Oct 2012
Lucy Bray
Church of St Cyr & St Julitta
Newton St Cyres EX5 5BX 
Tuesday 27 August 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT
Soprano: Lucy Bray
Piano/Organ: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £5











John Cage
in 1948, playing
"Suite for Toy Piano"


Lona Kozik


TOTNES FESTIVAL
Kozik & Cage
St Mary's Church Totnes
Thursday 29 August 7.30pm
Piano: Lona Kozik,
Elie Fruchter, Sam Richards
Lona Kozik:
"How to Say Nothing and Mean a Lot"
- for three keyboards
John Cage:
three simultaneous pieces
"Lecture on Nothing"
Tickets: £10 on the door






THE MARSYAS TRIO
(see full press release)
Barkham Concert
(Prelude to the 2013 Two Moors International Festival in October)
Barkham Farm South Molton EX36 3LU
Friday, 30 August 2013 7.30pm
THE MARSYAS TRIO
Flute: Helen Vidovich
'Cello: Valerie Welbanks
Piano: Fei Ren            
THE GREAT GENDER DIVIDE
Elena Firsova: Meditation in a Japanese Garden
Hilary Tann: Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici
Kaija Saariaho: Mirrors (Flute and Cello)         
Elena Firsova
Clara Schumann: Caprice à la Boléro (Piano)
Cécile Chaminade: Arabesque (Piano)        
Elena Firsova: Spring Sonata (Flute & Piano)
Elena Firsova: A Triple Portrait
(commissioned by Marsyas Trio)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Trio in D minor
Tickets: By donation min. £15 per person
(Optional supper is £12 per person)
Penny and John Adie: 01643 831370 
To pay by cheque, please book first, then send to:
Barkham, Sandy Way, South Molton EX36 3LU
Press Release from John &  Penny Adie




Blackdowns Early Music Project

Exeter Cathedral
Friday 30 August 7.30pm
GRAND BAROQUE
Two UK premières:
Georg Muffat: Missa in Labore Requies
Johann Fux: Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis
Monteverdi String Band
Altenburg Trumpet Ensemble
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Conductor: JanJoost van Elburg
                   (Bartholomew Consort)
Soprano: Sally Dunkely (The Sixteen)
     Amy Haworth (Madison Bach Musicians)
Alto: Caroline Trevor (The Taverner Consort)
          Hannah Cooke (New Zealand Opera)
Tenor: Mark Dobell (The Orlando Consort)
            Julian Stocker (The English Consort)
Bass: Jonathan Arnold (Bristol Bach Choir)
           Thomas Flint (Ex Cathedra)
Tickets: £12/£18/£25 (unreserved £10)
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online (very few nave seats left!)
Early Music Project website
Press Release from B.E.M.P.






Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
Ariel Centre Totnes
Saturday 31 August 7.30pm
FOLK REVIVAL PIONEER
daughter of 1930's modernist
composer Ruth Porter Crawford
& folk musicologist Charles Seeger
Latest CD "Bring Me Home" 2009
Tickets: £12
Available from Rob & Cathy
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
01803 862088
or online from wegottickets
Details: Totnes Festival website












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
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Tickets: £30/£20/£10
from the Ntaional Centre for Early Music
01904 651485  NCEM website






Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
South West Arts Centre Totnes
Thursday 12 September 8.30pm
CHATURANGA GUITAR & FIDDLE
Tickets: £9
Ticketline: 0884 888 9991
Book online







Barrel House Totnes
Totnes Nonclassical
Barrel House Totnes
Sunday 15 September 8pm
György Ligeti:
"Po
ème Symphonique
 pour Cent Metronomes"
(Please contact Sam Richards
or Lona Kozik if you can

provide one or more
metronomes.)
Tickets: £5
£3 with a metronome!






Bass: Mike Thorne
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Sidford
Sunday 15 September 7.30pm
Reservations:
Info: Chris Gradwell 01297 22228

SADLY, THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN
               CANCELLED
(next date: Sidmouth Parish Church
            Saturday 26 October)





St Boniface Concert Society
 Holy Cross Church Crediton
Thursday 19 September
GALLIARDA
Early Flute, Recorder & Viol: Wendy Hancock
Soprano: Sara Stowe
Lute, Theorbo & Early Guitar: Richard Mackenzie
Bass Viol: Ian Gammie
Tickets: £12 (student £6 U16 FREE)






The FB Pocket Orchestra
Rich, Josh, Jen, Ollie & Paul
The FB Pocket Orchestra
Barnfield Theatre Exeter
Sunday 22 September 2.30pm
'30s JAZZ/BLUES/RAGTIME
Tickets: £9
Box Office: 01392 271808
Barnfield website
Pocket Orchestra website






Antiphon Choir
?Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 28 September

Sorry - This Concert
has been CANCELLED





Music on the Edge
Moose Hall Barnstaple EX32 8HX
Thursday 10 October 6pm
WHITE MOOSE EXHIBITION
Artwork: Edward Crumpton
Flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams
Clarinets/Sax: Chris Caldwell






East Devon Choral Society
Exeter Chamber Choir
AJ's Big Band
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 October 7.30pm
SWING HIS PRAISES:
MASS FOR LIFE & JAZZ PSALMS
Composer & Director of Music:
Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Paula Mitchell
Tickets: Front Nave £24 Mid Nave £18
Rear Nave: £12 South Aisle Front £20
Side Aisles (unreserved) £7
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
ECC Tickets: 01297 553955
kwainwright@madasafish.com







Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Matthews Hall
Sunday 13 October 8pm
CHATURANGA GUITAR & FIDDLE
Tickets: £11 (advance £9.90)
WeGotTickets








Stephen Tanner
Exeter Cathedral Assistant Organist
& Director of Girl Choristers
Rehearsal for Stephen Tanner's
Eucharist "In the Hands of God"
(Which will be at Exeter Cathedral
 Annual Choral Festival: Sat 2 Nov)


St John's Church Hall Torquay
Monday 14 October 7pm
(Directors: Cyril Jenny Rider)

St Paul's Church Honiton
Monday 14 October 7.30pm
(Director: Peter Parshall)
Andrew Mariesoboist &
Devon Area Chairman
Royal School of Church Music

Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Tuesday 15 October 7.30pm
(Director: Stephen Tanner)

Holy Trinity Church Barnstaple
Wednesday 16 October 7.30pm
(Director: Andrew Maries)

St Mary's Church Totnes
Thursday 17 October 7.30pm
(Director: Janet Dietz)

Holy Spirit Church Plymouth
Malcolm Walker
RSCM Secretary
Thursday 17 October 7.30pm
(Director: Malcolm Walker)

Registration: £5 (U18 £1)
- includes practice book and CD
Enquiriesjmw4admin@gmail.com
Malcolm Walker 01884 860501
Online booking form







Joyce Clarke
charity concert, March 2013
(review: Alain Tolhurst, Sidmouth Herald)
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 16 October 12.30pm
PIANOJOYCE CLARKE
Admission FREE











Leon McCawley
Beethoven
3rd Piano Concerto
(photo: Sheila Rock)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 17 October 7.30pm
ELGAR'S ENIGMA
Edward Elgar: Introduction & Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven: 3rd Piano Concerto
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductor: Awain Arwel Hughes
Piano Soloist: Leon McCawley
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website



James Bowman
countertenor
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 26 October 7.30pm
THE REMARKABLE Mr. HENRY PURCELL
- Verse Anthems
- Canticles
- Double Choir Anthems
- Songs
Countertenor: James Bowan
Dirertimento String Ensemble
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed





Andrew Daldorph
Chris Gradwell
Kate Walker
Chris Gradwell & Friends
St Giles & St Nicholas Church Sidmouth
Saturday 26 October 7.30pm
JAZZ RECITAL
Clarinets/Sax: Chris Gradwell
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Double Bass: Mike Thorne
Soprano: Kate Walker
Details to follow







The Old Street Band at Crediton
Leader: Jean Paterson
English Touring Opera
Holy Cross Church Crediton

Sunday 27 October 3pm
MUSIC FOR A
VENETIAN ORPHANAGE
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi:
Magnificat: RV611
Stabat Mater RV621
Gloria RV589 (excerpt)
Gloria RV588 (Introduction)

The Old Street Band
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Jonathan Peter Kenny
conducts the ETO
Countertenors
Soprano: Catrine Kirkman
Countertenor: Jake Arditti
              Michal Czerniewski
                Russell Harcourt
Tickets: £10 unreserved
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online      ETO website
(See last visit to Crediton 20 Nov 2011)

(Returning to Exeter Cathedral 24 November
for Handel's 'Music for Vespers' - see below) 





 Andreas Brantelid
Elgar 'Cello Concerto

(Photo: Sussie Ahlburg)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 31 October 7.30pm
BRAHMS TWO
Gustav Holst: St Paul's Suite
Edward Elgar: 'Cello Concerto
Johannes Brahms: 2nd Symphony
Conductor: Garry Walker
'Cello Soloist: Andreas Brantelid
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website






Delta Saxophone Quartet
Gidleigh Village Hall (Dartmoor!)
Friday 1 November
Baritone/Tenor/Alto Sax: Chris Caldwell
Soprano/Alto Sax: Martin Robinson
Tenor/Alto Sax: Tim Holmes
Alto/Soprano Sax: Peter Whyman
(+ Soprano Sax: Graeme Blevins)



Delta Saxophone Quartet
Phoenix Theatre (Exeter!)
Saturday 2 November
Baritone/Tenor/Alto Sax: Chris Caldwell
Soprano/Alto Sax: Martin Robinson
Tenor/Alto Sax: Tim Holmes
Alto/Soprano Sax: Peter Whyman
(+ Soprano Sax: Graeme Blevins)





Delta Saxophone Quartet will play music from David BowieBrian Eno (or do they mean 'English National Opera'?) and Terry Riley (conceivably Paul or Dave!) and more of those irresistible improvisations on themes by Jimmy Giuffre





Exeter Cathedral Annual Choral Festival
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 2 November 11am-5.15pm
(See October, above, for rehearsal dates)
"IN THE HANDS OF GOD"
(Eucharist for All Souls Day) - 4pm
Director of Music: Stephen Tanner
Herbert Howells: 'All my Hope in God is Founded'
Richard Strutt: 'In our Day of Thanksgiving'
Ernest Sands: 'May the Choirs of Angels
                          (come to greet you)'
Stephen Tanner: 'Deep River'
Georg Frideric Handel: 'Since by Man came Death'
Stanley Marchant: 'The Souls of the Righteous'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Ave Verum Corpus'
Rowland Prichard: 'Alleluia, Sing to Jesus'
John Stainer: 'All for Jesus!'
John Scott: 'Gospel Acclamation'
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem in D minor
- Introit, Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
This is an Anglican Church Service
there is no charge for admission





Beacon Piano Trio
(12 Oct 2011)
(See also 13 Feb 2011)
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 20 November 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Admission FREE





ENGLISH TOURING OPERA
(See above for preview at Crediton: Sunday 27 October)







English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm
FRANCESCO CAVALLI: JASON
English version of the 1649 classic
(Pre-show talk 6.30pm)
Directed by Ted Huffman
The Old Street Band
Conductor: Joseph McHardy
Jason: Clint van der Linde (Countertenor)
Medea: Hannah Pedley (Mezzosoprano)
Isiphile: Catrine Kirkman (Soprano)
Hercules: Andrew Slater (Bass)
Demus: Stuart Haycock (Tenor)
Delfa: Michal Czerniawski (Countertenor)
Egeus/Apollo: Mark Wilde (Tenor)
OrestesPiotr Lempa (Bass)
Tickets: £19/£24/£29/£32
Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online     ETO website












English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Thursday 21 November 7.30pm
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI:
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA
English version of the 1643 classic
(Pre-show talk 6.30pm)
Directed by James Conway & Oliver Platt
The Old Street Band
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Nero: Helen Sherman (Mezzosoprano)
Poppea: Paula Sides (Soprano)
SenecaPiotr Lempa (Bass)
Ottavia: Hannah Pedley (Mezzosoprano)
Ottone: Michal Czerniawski (Countertenor)
Lucano: Stuart Haycock (Tenor)
Amor: Jake Arditti (Countertenor)
Liberto: Nicholas Merryweather (Baritone)
Nutrice: Russell Harcourt (Countertenor)
Arnalta: Mark Wilde (Tenor)
Drusilla: Hannah Sandison (Soprano)
Tickets: £19/£24/£29/£32
Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online     ETO website













English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Friday 22/Saturday 23 November 7.30pm
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL:
AGRIPPINA
English version of the 1709 classic
(Pre-show talk Friday 6.30pm)
Directed by James Conway
The Old Street Band
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Agrippina: Gillian Webster (Soprano)
Claudius: Andrew Slater (Bass)
Ottone: Clint van der Linde (Countertenor)
Nero: Jake Arditti (Countertenor)
Lesbo: Luke Williams (Baritone)
Pallante: Nicholas Merryweather (Baritone)
Poppea: Paula Sides (Soprano)
Narciso: Russell Harcourt (Countertenor)
Tickets: £19/£24/£29/£32
Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online     ETO website







Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Saturday 23 November 7.30pm
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: ROMEO & JULIET
JOHANNES BRAHMS: 4TH SYMPHONY
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith







Nicholas Merryweather
Mark Wilde
Jonathan Peter Kenny
Clint van der Linde
Crediton 20 Nov 2011
(see 27 Oct 2013 above)
English Touring Opera
Exeter Cathedral
Sunday 24 November 7pm
HANDEL: MUSIC FOR VESPERS

"Donna Che in Ciel"
(Rome earthquake 1703)
"Il Piano di Mario"
"Dixit Dominus"
The Old Street Band
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Soprano: Paula Sides
Mezzo Soprano: Helen Sherman
Tenor: Mark Wilde
Baritone: Nicholas Merryweather
Countertenor: Clint van der Linde
Tickets: Nave £20/£16/£12
 - unreserved £10 (discount with opera)
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online     ETO website




Counterpoint Choir
                  AND
English Touring Opera
    (Orchestra and Soloists)
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


Alexander Gavrylyuk
Rachmaninov Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 28 November 7.30pm
WORLDS OLD AND NEW
Georges Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No 2
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody
- on a Theme of Paganini
Antonin Dvořák: 9th Symphony
- from the New World
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Piano Soloist: Alexander Gavrylyuk
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website






Craig Ogden
Craig Ogden: Guitar
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 8 December 7.30pm
FANTASY TO FLAMENCO
John Dowland : Lachrimae Pavane & Fantasia No 7
J S Bach: Prelude to Lute Suite No 4 BWV 1006a

Mauro Guiliani: Grand Overture
JoaquíTurina: Soleares (from Homenaje a Tárrega)
Caledonio Romero: Soleares (from Suite Andaluza)
Francisco Tárrega: Requerdos de la Alhambra
Tickets: £16 (group of 11 £160) standby £8

Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online     Craig Ogden website
Renaud Capuçon
Schumann Violin Concerto
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm
CHANGING MOODS
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn: 4th Symphony ('Italian')
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Violin Soloist: Renaud Capuçon
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website








Exeter Festival Chorus


Handel's "Messiah"

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
& Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 19 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Conductor: Christian Curnyn
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone
(Academy of Ancient Music)
Counter-Tenor: William Towers
(English Baroque Soloists)
Tenor: Samuel Boden
(English National Opera)
Baritone: Christopher Purves
(English National Opera)
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website




Graffiti Classics
Graffiti Classics
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 20 December 7.30pm
Gypsy/Folk/Opera/Comedy/Dance
STRING QUARTET
Tickets: £16 (group of 11 £160)
Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online  Graffiti Classics website

Also Sprach Zarathustra!





Counterpoint Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Sunurday 21 December 3pm
ABBEY CAROL SERVICE
Admission: FREE
(Arrive in time for a good seat!)
Counterpoint website





Fiona Murphy


Soprano Soloist
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 2 January 7.30pm
NEW YEAR JOHANN STRAUSS GALA
'Waldmeister' Operetta (Overture)
'Tik-Tak' Polka       'Pleasure Train' Polka
'At the Hunt' Polka  'Emperor' Waltz
'Treasure' Waltz      'Blue Danube' Waltz
Joseph Strauss:
'Phoenix' March      'Feuerfest' Polka
Conductor: Gunther Bauer-Schenk
Soprano: Fiona Murphy
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website



Roland Brautigam
Mozart Piano Concerto
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 31 January 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN'S EROICA
Wolfgang Mozart: 'Impressario' Overture
Wolfgang Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22
Ludwig van Beethoven: 3rd Symphony
Conductor: Kees Bakels
Piano Soloist: Roland Brautigam
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website





Peter Harrison


Conductor

Bournemouth
Symphony
Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 13 February 7.30pm
HEROES &  SUPERHEROES
Erich Korngold:     'Robin Hood' (1938)
James Horner:        'Apollo 13'
Michael Kamen:     'X-Men'
Elmer Bernstein:     'The Magnificent Seven'
John Williams:        'Saving Private Ryan'
Danny Elfman:       'Batman'
Michael Giacchino: 'The Incredibles'
Alan Menken:         'Hercules'
Danny Elfman:        'Spiderman'
John Williams:        'Superman'
John Barry:             'James Bond'
John Williams:        'Harry Potter'
Conductor: Peter Harrison
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website




Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 15 February 7.30pm
THE GLORIES OF
SPANISH POLYPHONY
IN THE 16th CENTURY
Castile: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Portugal: Duarte Lobo (1565-1646)
Spain: Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
          Francisco de Peñalosa (1470-1528)
          Juan de Esquivel Barahona (1560-1625)
          Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
          Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622)
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed


Jennifer Pike
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 27 February 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Piotr Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven: 5th Symphony
Conductor: Rui Pinheiro
Violin Soloist: Jennifer Pike
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website





Simon Trpčeski
Chopin Piano Concerto

(Photo: Simon Fowler)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 13 March 7.30pm
TRPČESKI PLAYS CHOPIN
Frederic Chopin: 1st Piano Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninov: 2nd Symphony
Conductor: Jac van Steen
Piano Soloist: Simon Trpčeski
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website




John Lill
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto
(Photo: Sophie Baker)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
JOHN LILL 70th BIRTHDAY
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Orchestra
Sergi Rachmaninov: 2nd Piano Concerto
Jean Sibelius: 1st Symphony
Conductor: Stefan Solyom
Piano Soloist: John Lill
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website







Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 24 May 7.30pm
THE LIFE AND WORKS
OF THOMAS TALLIS
"Spem in Allium"  (1570)
Hope in any Other - 40 part motet
"Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater" (1553)
Rejoice, Glorious Mother of God - 6 part antiphon
"Suscipe quaeso Domine Vocem Confitentis" (1554)
O Lord, accept the plea of the penitent - 7 part motet
"In Jejunio et Fletu Orabant Sacerdotes" (1575)
 In Fasting and Weeping the Priest Prayed - 5 part motet
"Absterge Domine Delicta Mea" (1575)
Wipe away my faults, O Lord - 5 part motet
The Lamentations of Jeremiah (after 1559)
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed