Monday 31 March 2014

Events from April 2014

Marion Wood
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: "A Sea Symphony"
Exeter Cathedral  Saturday 5 April













The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 1 April 8.30pm            ERROR!
NEW COMPOSITIONS   APRIL'S "COMPASS"
Bass: Al Swainger             IS ON TUES 8 APRIL
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE













Christine Marsden
Betty Shipp
Frances Waters


Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 2 April 12.30pm
CHRISTINE MARSDEN
BETTY SHIPP
FRANCES WATERS
Piano, Soprano & Clarinet Recital
Admission FREE

SAD NEWS!

FRANCES IS UNABLE TO PLAY
THIS WEEK - SO THIS RECITAL
IS NOT POSSIBLE.  INSTEAD
DAVID LEE AND JOSEPHINE PICKERING
WILL ENTERTAIN WITH THEIR
EVER POPULAR DUET RECITAL
















Pop Up Opera: Docteur Miracle
Pop Up Opera
1. The Corn Barn Cullompton
Thursday 3 April 7.30pm
2. Knightor Winery St Austell
Friday 18 April 7.30pm
3. Minack Theatre St Levan
Sunday 20 April 8pm
LE DOCTEUR MIRACLE
(Opera by Georges Bizet)
Producer: Clementine Lovell
Director: Darren Royston
Musical Director: Maria Garzon
Le Docteur / Silvio / Pasquin :
Christopher Diffey Robert Lomax
Piano: Elizabeth Challenger
Tickets:
Cullompton £20
01884 32107  info@thecornbarn.com
St Austell    £19
01726 851101  info@knightor.com
St Levan     £9/11.50 (child £5/6)
book online












VILLAGES IN ACTION
The Old Dance School
THE OLD DANCE SCHOOL
1. Cheriton Bishop Village Hall
Thursday 3 April 7.30pm
01647 24789
2. Clayhidon Parish Hall
Friday 4 April 7.30pm
01823 680347
3. Kenn Centre Kennford
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
01392 833583
















Music at St Michael's
St Michael's Church Mount Dinham
Friday 4 April 7.30pm
A CONCERT OF LENTEN MUSIC
Extracts from Handel's "Messiah"
La Chorale Universitaire de Louvain, Belgium
The Choir of St Michael's & All Angels, Exeter
Admission FREE
(Retiring collection in aid of Exeter Foodbank)
















Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
"SEA SYMPHONY": Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
Soprano: Catherine Hamilton
Bass: Julian Rippon
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
Tickets: £15/12/10/8 (U16 £6/5/4)
Exeter Tourist Info: 01392 665885
Devon Strings Workshop (10-4 Wed-Sat)













Laurence Blyth
Exmouth Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Gabriel FauréRequiem in D minor
Leonard BernsteinChichester Psalms
(for treble & countertenor)
Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)
Advance Booking: £10
















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton



700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
THE ASHBURTON SINGERS
Director: Bridget Ansell
Ashburton Composers:
Richard Davy (1465-1507) (Chaplain)
Samuel Chapple (1775-1833) (Organist)
Interval Bar
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower












Dorothy Worthington
 Sidmouth Choral Society
Sidmouth Choral Society
Sidmouth Methodist Church
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Joseph Haydn: "Paukenmesse"
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man"
Musical Director: Dorothy Worthington
Mezzo Soprano: Joan Edgecumbe
Baritone: John Brindley














VILLAGES IN ACTION
PuppetCraft Theatre
Mary Tavy Coronation Hall
Saturday 5 April 3pm
NOBODY RIDES THE UNICORN
01822 810092















Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 6 April 2pm
EARWORMS
Suitable for family with children
from babies to 11 years.
AMADOU DIAGNE & GRISELDA SANDERSON
(Music from Senegal & Northern Europe)
Host: Mervyn Bedford
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website / Earworms website















David Cottam
The Eloquent Guitar
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 6 April 4pm
BACH, BARRIOS & COTTAM
Solo Guitar: David Cottam
Tickets: £7 (U16 £1)
All Four Concerts: £20
( 6 April / 4 May / 1 June / 29 June )
Demelza Henderson: 2 Brook Cottages
01395 272243  07516 322853
John Welton: 01395 271915
johnwelton68@gmail.com

















Jonathan Watts conducts
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 6 April 7.30pm
EASTER CONCERT
Director: Jonathan Watts
Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Tickets: £16 (Student/U16 £6)
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
(Open daily 12.30-7.30pm)Book Online













'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 6 April 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE














The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 8 April 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE












Beacon Piano Trio
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 9 April 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Josef Haydn: Trio 38 in D major Hob. XV 24
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio No. 8 in B flat
(Single Mvt: 'Allegretto')
Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor Op. 66
(Mvt II of 4 'Andante espressivo')
Bedřich Smetana: Klavírní Trio in G minor Op. 15
(Mvt III of 3 Finale: 'Presto')
Admission FREE















Tim Othen
Music at St Michael's
St Michael's Mount Dinham
Wednesday 9 April 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Tim Othen
Admission FREE
Full Programme February-May


















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














The Honeymead Ensemble
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
SIX QUARTETS
Violin: Tamsin Waley-CohenEmma Parker
Viola: Sarah-Jane Bradley
'Cello: Nathaniel Boyd
Ludwig van Beethoven: No 10 in Eь ("Harp") 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Brahms
Tickets: £15 in support of

Exeter Cathedral Development Appeal
01392 285983  book online











Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 10 April 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley

















Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Festival Chorus
& Southern Sinfonia
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 April 6.45-for-7.30pm
MARY'S STORY
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater 1841
Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater 1926
Giles Swayne: Magnificat 1982
Tickets: Front Nave £22 Rear Nave £17
Unreserved Side Aisle £12
EFC Tickets: 0845 6005441
Exeeter Tickets: 01392 665885
book online
choir website











Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 12 April 7.15pm
SPRING CONCERT
John Taverner: "Gloria Tibi Trinitas"
Thomas Tallis: "Spem in Alium Nunquam Habui"
John Tavener: Selected Works
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £8)
Keith Wainwright: 01297 553955
Online Booking Form















Paul Archibald
English Brass Academy
South West Music School
English Brass Academy
Wellington School, Somerset
Monday-Thursday 14-17 April
EASTER BRASS COURSE
Brass Works  Brass Studio
Percussion Adacemy
Grade V Music Theory
Leader: Paul Archibald
French Horn: Richard Wainwright
Trumpet: Victoria Curran
Trombone: Jon Hopes
Julie Edwards
Music Theory
Music Theory: Julie Edwards
Residential: £400
Non-Residential: £280
Deadline for Bursaries: Wednesday 5 March
(Leverhulme Trust info@swms.co.uk)
Deadline for Grade V: Friday 28 March
Deadline for Percussion & Brass: Friday 4 April
Paul Archibald: 01396 508060
Book Online:  Brass Works  Brass Studio
Percussion Academy  Grade V Music Theory

Press Release from Kate Wannell
















Mary O'Shea
(November 2011)
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 16 April 12.30pm
PIANO & SOPRANO RECITAL
Frances Waters & Mary O'Shea
George Frideric Handel: "Semele"
(Jupiter: "Where'er you walk") 1743
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: "Diomedes"
("Bist du bei mir" BWV 508) 1718
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Le Nozze de Figaro"
(Cherubino: "Voi Che Sapete") 1786
Henry Purcell: "Dido & Aeneas"
(Dido: "When I'm laid in earth") 1688
Robert Schumann: "Myrthen"
(Julius Mosen: "Nüssbaum") 1840
Tommaso Giordani: "Caro Mio Ben" 1780
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor"
("Pie Jesu") 1890
Franz Schubert: "Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See"
(Walter Scott: "Ave Maria") 1825
Edvard Grieg: "Seks Digt"
(Henrik Ibsen: "En Svane") 1876
Elizabeth Maconchy: "Hamlet"
(William Shakespeare: "Ophelia's Song") 1926
Admission FREE












Soprano: Erika Borley
Music at St Michael's
Church of St Michael & All Angels, Mount Dinham
Wednesday 16 April 6pm
PERGOLESI: "STABAT MATER"
Soprano: Erika Borley
Mezzo Soprano: Rachel Bennett
With words and prayers following
the Stations of the Cross
No Charge for Admission
!!Drivers!! - it is essential to collect
your free parking permit from the church.

















Val Howels

Poetry of the War Years

Branscombe Village Hall
Wednesday 16 April 7.30pm
WORDS
David Birch
Rowland Molony
Madeleine Birch
Robert Crick
John Torrance
Barbara Farquarson
MUSIC
Saxophone: Chris Gradwell
Soprano: Val Howels
Frances Waters

Piano: Frances Waters

Admission (& Wine) FREE

- Please make a donation

FULL DETAILS
















Sidmouth Arts Club Operatic Society
Sidmouth Arts Club Operatic Society
Manor Pavillion Theatre Sidmouth
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 April 7.30pm
(NOT Easter Sunday 20 April)
Saturday 26 April 3pm
JERRY HERMANHELLO DOLLY
Director: Lyn Burgoyne
Musical Director: John Griswold
Choreography: Vicky Evans
Tickets: £14 (child 3pm show: £10)
Box Office: 01395 514413 10am-2pm Mon-Sat















Sol Gabetta
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Exeter Picture House
Sunday 20 April 5pm
EASTER FESTIVAL 2014
(Live from Baden-Baden)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
'Cello: Sol Gabetta
György Ligeti: "Atmosphères"
Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of "Lohengrin"
Sir Edward Elgar: "Cello Concerto in E minor" Op. 85
Igor Stravinsky: "Le Sacre du Printemps"
Tickets: £20 (student/60+ £15)
Box Office: 08719 025730 (10p/min landline)
Book Online











Roger Fordham
with Nicholas Marshall
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 23 April 12.30pm
PIANO & ORGAN RECITAL
Roger Fordham
Admission FREE






















Colyton Grammar School
Senior Choir
Colyton Grammar School Senior Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 23 April 5.30pm 
CHORAL EVENSONG
Musical Director: David House
Thomas Tertius Noble:
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in B minor
William Smith: Preces & Responses

Bob Chilcott: Anthem
This is an Anglican church service
There is no charge to attend














Roz Harding Presents . . .
When Art Validates Emotion

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 25 April 8pm
WAVE
(When Art Validates Emotion)
Saxophone: Roz Harding
Guitar: Mike Outram
Drums: Jim Bashford
Tickets: £10 (musician/NUS £5)

Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am - 4pm Monday to Friday)
Book Online














Malcolm Latcham
The Pressenda Ensemble
St John's Church Bridgetown Totnes
Sunday 27 April 3pm
Violin: Malcolm Latcham, Mary Eade
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Recorder: Pam Canter
Antonio Vivaldi
Georg Philipp Telemann
Clive Jenkins
Tickets: £12/£10
Divertimento: 01803 863677
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com











Duncan Honeybourne
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 30 April 12.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Duncan Honeybourne
Admission FREE

















Four of Swords Theatre Company
Midge Mullin is Lord Macbeth

(Photo Matt Austin)
Four of Swords Theatre Company
Beer Quarry Caves
Wednesday 30 April - Saturday May 10
M A C B E T H
(8pm with 5pm matinee on Saturdays)
A mobile show lasting 70 minutes
- comfortable shoes &
        warm clothes recommended
Tickets: £10
Box Office: Exeter Bike Shed
01392 434169  online
















Concert Theatre
Concert Theatre
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 1 May 7.30pm
RITE OF SPRING/ROMEO & JULIET
in association with Trestle Theatre
Directors: An-Ting Chang, Russell Bender
Piano: An-Ting Chang
                 Arabella Pare
                         Bella Chen
Performers: Alex Hehman
                    Ban Hadley
                      Kim Heron
                        Monikc Lindeman
                          Nektarios Teodorou
Tickets: £14 (student/child £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am - 4pm Monday to Friday)
Book Online   Concert Theatre Website












A.J's Big Band
A.J's Big Band

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 2 May 8pm
17 Piece brass orchestra
featuring: Chris Gradwell
Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Soprano: Paula Mitchell
Tickets: £15.50
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am - 4pm Monday to Friday)
Book Online











Richard Mitchell, Ben Pennington
Sarah Pennington, Zoe Fitzsimmons
The Starling Octet
St Disen's Church Bradninch
Saturday 3 May 7.30pm
MADRIGALI
Claudio Monteverdi
Luca Marenzio
Morten Lauridsen
Soprano: Mary O'Shea Hayward
                                 Zoe Fitzsimmons
Alto: Marion WoodSarah Pennington
Tenor: Ben PenningtonNeville Gibbings
Bass: Malcolm FieldRichard Mitchell
Tickets: £8 (concession £5)
thestarlingoctet@gmail.com












Daughters of Elvin
St. Mary's Church, High Street, Totnes TQ9 5NN
Saturday 3 May 7.30pm
TEMPUS FUGIT:
THE FLEETING NATURE OF TIME
Hurdy Gurdy/Gothic Harp/Cittern: Steve Tyler
Bagpipes/Recorders/Shawm: Katy Marchant
Shawm/Recorders: Ann Allen
Percussion: Colin Seddon
Soprano: Alison Burnett
Daughters of Elvin
(seen here at Dartington Hall
Sunday 5 December 2010)
Music from Medieval Europe exploring the progress
of time through the seasons with springtime songs
of love and longing from 13th Century France & England,
summer-time ballatas from 14th Century Italy,
joyous carnival songs of harvest time and hunting from
14th & 15th Century Italy and wintery ballads of hardship,
longing and death from 13th Century Spain, England & France;
illustrated with interesting readings of seasonal recipes
and anecdotes from the period.
Tickets: £12 (student/U18 £5) at the door











Exeter Contemporary Sounds

Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 4 May 2pm
EARWORMS
Suitable for family with children
from babies to 11 years.
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
John Williams: "Star Wars"
("May the 4th" be with you!)
Steve Reich: "Diff'rent Trains"
Simon Belshaw: "Between Moon and Earth"
(Violin: Julie HillEmma Welton
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
  Viola: Andrew Gillett  'Cello: Jane Pyrie)
Host: Mervyn Bedford
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website / Earworms website
Exeter Contemporary Sounds FB Page

















Hilary Boxer
The Eloquent Guitar
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 4 May 4pm
VIVALDI, GRANADOS & SCHUBERT
Guitar: David Cottam
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Tickets: £7 (U16 £1)

All Four Concerts: £20
( 6 April / 4 May / 1 June / 29 June )
Demelza Henderson: 2 Brook Cottages
01395 272243  07516 322853
John Welton: 01395 271915
johnwelton68@gmail.com













'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 4 May 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE




















Artavian Baroque
(photo: Clive Boursnell)
John Marston & Friends
The Coach House,Bishops Tawton
Barnstaple  EX32 0EJ 
Monday 5 May 5pm
SUPPER & BAROQUE CONCERT
Artavian Baroque
Violin: Diane Moore
Flute: Byron Mahoney
Viola da Gamba: Ibi Aziz
Harpsichord: John Marston
Soprano. Ellie Laugharne
Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartets
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata for Violin & Viola da Gamba
Dieterich Buxtehude: Sonata for  Violin & Viola da Gamba
Jean-Philippe Rameau/BeneddettoMarcello: Opera Arias
Tickets: £25
Box Office: 01271 32320

















JanJoost van Elburg




Blackdowns Early Music Projects

Church of St John the Evangelist, Wellington
Monday 5 May 6.30pm
POLYCHORAL MOSAICS FROM IBERIA
An exciting programme of Renaissance and
Early Baroque polychoral music, exploring
200 years of composition from Spain & Portugal
Musical Director: JanJoost van Elburg
Blackdown Early Music Projects
Cross-Strung Harp: Frances Kelly
Bajon: Keith McGowan
Organ: Steven Hollas
Tickets: £12 (student £8 U12 FREE)
Taunton Tourist Info: 01823 336344
'Cloud 9' in Wellington: 01823 667666
Book Online
Blackdowns Early Music Projects Website




















The Cardinall's Musick
The Cardinall's Musick
Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ
Tuesday 6 May 7.30pm

BYRD: "THE GREAT SERVICE"
(Seven Movements, Ten Voices)
Director of Music: Andrew Carwood
(DoM at St Paul's Cathedral since 2007)
Tickets: Nave £20 Transept: £15 Aisle: £12
Order by Post: Sherborne Abbey Festival
PO Box 6317, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 9AP
Book Online     Cardinal's Musick Website















The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 6 May 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE

















Soprano: Héloïse West
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 7 May 12.30pm
SOPRANO DUETS
Piano: Margaret Chave
Soprano: Héloïse West
Soprano: Mary Burman
Admission FREE



















Laurence Blyth



Exeter Choral Society

St James Church Exeter
Wednesday 7 May 7.30pm
HANDEL'"SAMSON"
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Soprano: Elizabeth Drury

Details TBC
Exeter Choral Society Website













Tom Poster

Tom Poster
Royal Albert Memorial Museum Exeter
Wednesday 7 May 6.30 for 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL

Franz Schubert: Two Impromptus D899
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Sonata in D major" Op61
Frédéric Chopin: Two Nocturnes Op27
               Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major Op61
Maurice Ravel: "Pavane pour une Infante Défunte"

                           "La Valse"
Tickets: £18 (concession £16)

Advance Booking Essential
Box Office: 01392 265858  website
Information: Margi Jervoise 01392 265963
margi@jervoise.com
Sponsored by Rathbone Investment Management

PRESS RELEASE













The Sixteen

The Sixteen

(Also at Truro Cathedral

Friday 9 May 7.30pm)
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 8 May 7.30pm
(Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm)
14th CHORAL PILGRIMAGE
Director: Harry Christophers
John Sheppard: "Gaude Maria"
William Mundy: "Adolescentulus sum ego"
Richard Davy: "O Domine caeli terraeque"
John Sheppard: "Libera" I & II
John Sheppard: "In manus tuas" I
Richard Davy: "Ah, mine heart, remember thee well"
John Sheppard: "In manus tuas" II
William Mundy: "Vox patris caelestis"
Tickets: Front Nave £30  Rear Nave £20
Unreserved Side Aisle £10
Box Office: Phoenix 01392 667080













Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 8 May 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley





















Flavel Arts Centre

Exeter Contemporary Sounds

Flavel Arts Centre Dartmouth
(Flavel Place TQ6 9ND)
Friday 9 May 7.30pm
BACK THERE ON EARTH
Simon Belshaw: "Between Moon & Earth"
Paul Whitty: "Bury Your Love Like Treasure"
Steve Reich: "Diff'rent Trains"
Violin: Emma Welton, Julie Hill
Viola: Andrew Gillett
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Tickets: £10 (U18 £5)
Box Office: 01803 839530
boxoffice@theflavel.org.uk
(9.30am - 9.00pm  Monday-Saturday)
Book Online  Flavel Website
Exeter Contemporary Sounds FB Page
(Report & Photos Barnstaple June 2012)
















Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
South West Symphony Chorus
St Peter's Church Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 10 May 9.30am-4.30pm
COME AND SING
Budleigh Music Festival Choral Day
Johannes Brahms: "Requiem"
(in English - Novello 'old edition')
Informal Concert: 4.45-6pm
Director: Gavin Carr
Accompanist: David Davies
Registration Cost: £12
Manuscript Hire: £1
download application form
















Broadclyst Ensemble
at Broadclyst
(13 Oct 2012)
Coffee & Music
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 10 May 10.30am
BROADCLYST ENSEMBLE
Violin: Flora FarquarsonAyesha Ichsan
Viola: Rebecca Willson
'Cello: Hannah Willson
Double Bass: Annabel Hope
Organist: John Scarfe
Programme to follow
Admission FREE














Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James' Church Taunton
Saturday 10 May 7.30pm
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
W A Mozart: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Edward Elgar: "Chanson de Nuit"
Alexander Borodin: 2nd Quartet - "Nocturne"
Clive Jenkins: "Clarinet Quintet"
Johannes Brahms: "Clarinet Quintet"
Director: Mary Eade
Details: TBA
01935 862339
Sinfonietta Website
















Debbie Martindale presents:
The 1st Plymouth Nonclassical
The Bakery, Royal William Yard
PLYMOUTH  PL1 3RP
Saturday 10 May 7.30-11.30pm
CLUBNIGHT CABARET
Lona Kozik: "Spectra"
Sam Richards: "About Time"
(with Plymouth University Students)
4 Hands (Lona Kozik & Elie Fruchter):
"Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit" (The Cow on the Roof)
Music from the surrealist ballet by Darius Milhaud
(Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 1920) accompanies
Elie Fruchter
a screening of Mutual Film Corporation's 1916
"The Floorwalker" starring Charles Chaplin
IMPROVISATIONS
The Half Moon Assemblage
(Sam Richards, Lona Kozik, Elie Fruchter)
The Jazzlab
(Sam Richards, Tim Sayer, David George)
D.J. SETS
Henry Miller
Tickets: £8 on the door (capacity 100)


















East Devon Choral Society
East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 10 May
J S BACHMASS IN B MINOR
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Soraya Mafi
Alto: Rose Setten
Tenor: Nick Pritchard
Bass: Nicholas Morton
Tickets: £10 (child £4)

01884 253494



































Jonathan Watts



Devon Baroque
1. St Andrew's Church Colyton
     Saturday 10 May 7.30pm
2. Dartington Great Hall
     Sunday 11 May 3pm
BACH & SONS
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
String Symphony in G major
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach:
Harpsichord Concerto in A Minor
Frances Norbury
Johann Christian Bach:
Quintet for  in G major
(Oboe/Flute/Violin/Viola/Continuo)
Johann Sebastian Bach:


Violin Concerto in E major
Orchestral Suite in B minor
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach:
String Sinfonia in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Concerto for Oboe & Violin in D minor
Director: Jonathan Watts
Violin: Persephone Gibbs
Oboe: Frances Norbury
Flute: Marta Gonçalves
Harpsichord: Jonathan Watts
Colyton Tickets: £18 (student/U18 £5)
Marta Gonçalves
Box Office: 01297 551374
Book Online: wegottickets
Dartington Tickets: £18 (student/U18 £5)
Box Office: 01803 847070 (12.30-7.30pm)
boxoffice@dartington.org
Book Online:  Dartington What's On
Devon Baroque Website














ENGLISH TOURING OPERA
Opera in English:
Tuesday 13 May - Saturday 17 May
Exeter Northcott Theatre


Queen of the Night
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tues 13 - Thur 15 May 7.30pm
Pre-Show Talk: Wed/Thur 6.30pm
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
(translated into English)
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CASTS VARY!
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Papageno: Wyn Pencarreg
Monostatos: Stuart Haycock
Tuesday:
Pamina: Annabel Mountford
Sarastro: Piotr Lempa
Papagena: Hannah Sawle
Tuesday/Wednesday:
Conductor: James Southall
Tamino: Ashley Catling
Queen of the Night: Samantha Hay
Wednesday/Thursday
Pamina: Anna Patalong
Sarastro: Andrew Slater
Papagena: Caryl Hughes
Thursday:
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Tamino: Nicholas Sharratt
Queen of the Night: Laura Meloy
Book Online



English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 16 May 7.30pm
Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm
PAUL BUNYAN
Sir Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Philip Sunderland
Voice of Bunyan: Damian Lewis
Tiny: Cary Hughes
Johnny Inkslinger: Mark Wilde/Adrian Dwyer
Hot Biscuit Slim: Ashley Catling
Sam Sharkey: Stuart Haycock
Ben Benny: Piotr Lempa
Hel Helson: Wyn Pencarreg
Cross Crosshaulson: Matthew Sprange
Jen Jenson: Maciek O'Shea
Pete Peterson: Matt R J Ward
Andy Anderson: Adam Tunnicliffe
Fido: Abigail Kelly
Moppet: Amy J Payne/Emma Watkinson
Book Online





King Priam: Roderick Earle
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Saturday 17 May 7.30pm
Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm
KING PRIAM
Sir Michael Tippett
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
King Priam: Roderick Earle
Hecuba: Laura Meloy
Hector: Grant Doyle
Andromache: Camilla Roberts
Paris: Nicholas Sharratt
Helen: Niamh Kelly
Hermes: Adrian Dwyer
Achilles: Charne Rochford
Patroclus: Piotr Lempa
Book Online


Tickets for all ETO Operas:
£19, £24, £30, £33
Student Standby £8
Telephone: 01392 493493















VILLAGES IN ACTION
Le Navet Bete
Crediton Arts Centre
Thursday 15 May 7.30pm
EXTRAVAGANZA!/NAPOLEONA DEFENCE
01363 773260




















Killerton House Chapel
Exeter Bach Society
Killerton House Chapel
Saturday 17 May 5.30pm
MUSIC IN MAY
Madrigals & Folksongs
Conductor: David Davies
Tenor: Edward Woodhouse
Plus Instrumental Items:
Guitar: Clive Betts
'Cello: Edward Woodhouse
Tickets: £8 (student/child £4)
Exeter Phoenix: 01392 667080Book OnlineWeGotTickets
EBS Website











Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 17 May 7.30pm
BACH: "MASS IN B MINOR"
(SUPPER CLUB)
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: Front Nave £21
(Supper Club + Front Nave £43)
Rear Nave £17
Unreserved Side Aisle £12
01392 499211  Book online













St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 17 May 7.30pm
THE HARMONY SINGERS
Director: Sheila Harman
Classical Choral Music
Songs from the Musicals
Interval Bar
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower












Andrew Daldorph
Exeter Chamber Choir

Isca Ensemble
Exeter Chamber Choir
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 17 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
"Symphony No 39 in E flat"
Conductor: Roger Hendy
"Requiem in D minor" (Anna von Walsegg)
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Rebecca Yates
Roger Hendy
Isca Ensemble
Alto: Rachel Bennett
Tenor: Nicholas Yates
Bass: Tim Murfin
Tickets: Nave £12.50 Aisles £10 (student £5)
Keith Wainwright: 01297 553955
Online Booking Form
Isca Ensemble Website














Divertimento String Quartet
(seen here at the Chapter House
Wednesday 4 February 2012)
(Photo: Cecil Hatfield/Dorota Turowska)
Divertimento String Quartet
St Margaret's Church Topsham
Sunday 18 May 4pm
AN AFTERNOON CONCERT
Violin: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
W A Mozart: String Quartet in G major
Igor Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for String Quartet
Edvard Grieg: String Quartet in G minor
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 FREE)
Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895
Divertimento Entertainments Website

















Alex West
Music at St Michael's
St Michael's Mount Dinham
Wednesday 21 May 7.30pm
ORGAN RECITAL
Organ: Alex West
Admission FREE
Full Programme February-May



















Exeter Alternative Theatre

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 22 - Saturday 24 May 8pm
GRAND GUIGNOL
("THERE'S SOMBODY AT THE DOOR")
Gaston Leroux (author of "Phantom of the Opera"):
"The Man who saw the Devil" 1908
Translated and Adapted by Frank Morlock
William Wymark Jacobs: "The Monkey's Paw" 1902
Frederick Witney: "Nuit de Noces" 1945
Malcolme Littler (Exeter Drama Company)
after Francine Winham"A Dangerous Love" 2014
Tickets: £11 (student £9)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Monday to Friday)
Book Online  Exeter Alternative Theatre Website













A Message From . . .
The Westbrook Trio

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 23 May 8pm
THE WESTBROOK TRIO
Piano: Mike Westbrook
Saxophone: Chris Biscoe
Voice: Kate Westbrook
Tickets: £12 (musician/NUS £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Monday-Friday)
Book Online  Westbrook Trio Website













Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 24 May 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
Counterpoint website
















Peter Lea Enterprises
Richard Lennox (back row right)
at a celebration of wonderful music
in Weston Super Mare in April
Mandy Starr 2nd from left
Johnny Tudor far right

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Wednesday 28 May 3pm
OLDE TYME MUSIC HALL
Flanagan & Allen, Vera Lynn
The Crazy Gang
Director: Richard Lennox
(See piano concert below)
Song & Dance: Johnny Tudor
Comedy: Bob Webb
Singing: Mandy Starr
Tickets: £10.50 (student/child £8.50)

Box Office: 01392 271808
Book Online  
















Flute Cake
(seen here at Courtlands 6 Sept 2013)
Flute Cake
Exmouth Library
Wednesday 28 May 7pm
FLUTE FANCIES
Flutes: Sophie Brewer
             Jennifer Campbell
Flute & Alto Flute: Ruth Molins
Classical, popular & folk
music for flute trio.
Tickets: £3 on the door
(possible repeat performance
  on Thursday at Sidmouth

     check Ruth's Website for details)















Richard Lennox
Richard Lennox
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Wednesday 28 May 7.30pm
PIANO CLASSICS PIANO LEGENDS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Brahms
Franz Schubert
Leonard Bernstein
Alberto Semprini
Russ Conway
Władziu Valentino Liberace
Les Dawson (!)
Tickets: £12.50 (child £10.50)
Box Office: 01392 271808











Ruth Molins
The Eloquent Guitar
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 1 June 4pm
BACH, GIULIANI, BARTOK & VILLA-LOBOS
Guitar: David Cottam
Flute: Ruth Molins
Tickets: £7 (U16 £1)

All Four Concerts: £20
( 6 April / 4 May / 1 June / 29 June )
Demelza Henderson: 2 Brook Cottages
01395 272243  07516 322853
John Welton: 01395 271915
johnwelton68@gmail.com
















'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 1 June 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE














The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 3 June 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE

















Roger Hendy
Isca Ensemble
Isca Ensemble
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 7 June 7-for-8pm
ANNUAL ORCHESTRAL WORKSHOP
& EVENING CHARITY CONCERT
Musical Director: Roger Hendy
Admission to concert FREE
Collection & workshop fees
towards "Save the Children"
Contact: 01404 823150

rogerhendy@btinternet.com














St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton





700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Sunday 8 June 3pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Wolfgang Mozart: Sonata
Frederic Chopin: Nocturnes
Edvard Grieg: Piano Pieces
Sergei Rachmaninov: Etudes
Felix Mendelssohn: Andante & Rondo Capriccioso
Followed by afternoon tea and cakes
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower















Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein
Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 12 June 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley
















Torbay Singers
Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 14 June
MODERN CHORAL CLASSICS
Director: Tina Guthrie
Morten Lauridsen
John Tavener
Robert Chilcott

Details to follow . . .












Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 15 June 2pm
EARWORMS
Suitable for family with children
from babies to 11 years.
SOLARFERENCE
(Sarah Owen  Nick Janaway)
Host: Mervyn Bedford
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website / Earworms website










'Cello: Anup Biswas
Classical Indian Music
St Thomas Church Cowick Street
Friday 21 June 7.30pm
'Cello: Anup Kumar Biswas
Baritone: Donald Boothman

Admission FREE
Donations welcome
towards Anup's

'Mathieson Music School'
in Kolkata and the
Mathieson Music Trust
















Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra
Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Sunday 22 June 7.30pm
DYJO DREAM BIG BAND
Musical Directors:
Brian Moore  Graham Hutton
Tickets: £10 (student/child £6)
Box Office: 01392 271808

Book Online













Billy Bottle
(seen here at 'The Other Compass')
presents
'Billy Bottle & The Multiple'
A Message From . . .
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 27 June 8pm
BILLY BOTTLE & THE MULTIPLE
Composition/Keyboard/Song: Billy Bottle
Violin/Vocals: Martine Waltier
Saxophone: Roz Harding
Flute: Viv Goodwin-Darke
Trombone: Angus Menter
Bass: Jim Rintoul
Tickets: £10 (musician/student £5)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Monday-Friday)
Book Online










Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James' Church Taunton
Saturday 28 June 7.30pm
SUMMERTIME
George Gershwin: "Summertime"
Antonio Vivaldi: "Summer"
Josef  Haydn: "Bird Quartet"
Felix Mendelssohn: "String Symphonie No 9"
Gerald Finzi: "Romance"
J S Bach: "Violin & Oboe Concerto"
Ennio Morricone: "Gabriel's Oboe"
Dmitri Schostakovich: Gadfly "Romance"
Director: Mary Eade
Details: TBA
01935 862339
Sinfonietta Website










St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 28 June 2pm
ASHBURTON CARNIVAL WEEK
opens with
ASHBURTON FÊTE















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 28 June 7.30pm
THE INCON SINGERS
Director: Ralph Wickenden
25th Anniversary Celebration
Interval Bar
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower

















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 5 July
ASHBURTON CARNIVAL
Grand Fête: Saturday 28 June
Carnival Procession: Saturday 5 June




















John Tavener

Exeter Festival Chorus

Church of the Holy Cross
(and the mother of him who hung thereon)
Church Lane Crediton
Saturday 28 June 7-for-7.30pm
SUMMER VESPERS
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Vespers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aaron Copland
John Tavener
Tickets: £6-12
0845 6005441
book online
choir website










David Cottam
with
String Trio
The Eloquent Guitar
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 29 June 4pm
VIVALDI, GARCIA & BOCCHERINI
Guitar: David Cottam
with String Trio
Gerald Garcia: Concerto "Le Grazie"
Tickets: £8 (U16 £1)

All Four Concerts: £20
( 6 April / 4 May / 1 June / 29 June )
Demelza Henderson: 2 Brook Cottages
01395 272243  07516 322853
John Welton: 01395 271915
johnwelton68@gmail.com










Jonathan Watts
conducts
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 29 June 7.30pm
SUMMER CONCERT
Director: Jonathan Watts
English Part Songs
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070






















The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 1 July 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE

















Marion Wood
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Saturday 5 July 7.30pm
"CONCERTO FOR TWO MANDOLINS"
Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
Details: TBC
















Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 5 July 7.30pm
11 BRUCHNER MOTETS
with 4 trombones of the
Counterpoint Brass Ensemble

Details to be confirmed . . .












'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 6 July 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE





















Simon Belshaw
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Phoenix
Sunday 6 July
MUSIC MACHINES
Composer: Simon Belshaw
(Music Machine Radio Show)
(Music Machines Website)
GET RICH QUICK
Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Tim Sayer
E flat Tenor Horn: Gill Baker
Flute/Alto Flute: Ruth Molins
Bass Clarinet: John Welton
Get Rich Quick
Violin: Rebecca Willson
'Cello: Hannah Willson
Double Bass: Marcus Vergette
Percussion: Tom Wright
Keyboard: James Clemas
Soprano Saxophone: Pete Canter

Details: To be confirmed











Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 10 July 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley















Powderham Castle
Divertimento Ensemble
Powderham Castle
Friday 11 July 7.30pm
DIVERTIMENTO PLAY BACH
Cantatas for Bass, Oboe & Strings
Violin: Mary Eade, Brenda Willoughby
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Double Bass: Michael Allnatt
Oboe: Lynn Collins
The Divertimento Ensemble
Baritone: Paul Sheehan
1769 Bryce-Seede organ:
Professor George Pratt
Tickets: £15 (Student £7)
Powderham Castle: 01626 890243
Divertimento Entertainments Website

(repeated at Sharpham House

     Sunday 13 July 3pm - see below)














Budleigh Music Festival



St Peter's Church & Temple Methodist Church
Friday 11 July - Saturday 19 July

PLEYEL ENSEMBLE / PIANIST YUANFAN YANG
TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN / BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
SOPRANO SUSANA GASPAR / 'CELLIST LAURA VAN DER HEIJDEN
HENSCHEL QUARTETT / RED PRIEST QUARTET






The Pleyel Ensemble
(at Royal Northern College of Music)
'Cello: Heather Bills
Flute: Jonathan Rimmer
Piano: Harvey Davies
Clarinet: Hanet Hilton
Double Bass: Michael Escreet

(Photo: Tony Howard)
The Pleyel Ensemble
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Friday 11 July 7.30pm
TWO CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE WORKS
Franz Schubert: "Octet in F" D803
Wolfgang Mozart: "Quintet in A" K581
Piano: Harvey Davies
Flute: Jonathan Rimmer
Oboe: Melinda Maxell
Clarinet: Janet Hilton
Bassoon: Laurence Perkins
French Horn: Laurence Davies
Violin: Marcus Barcham-Stevens
Sarah EwinsBenedict Holland
Steven WilkieCatherine Yates
Viola: Louise Lansdown
Cello: Heather BillsChris Hoyle
Double bass: Michael Escreet



Yuanfan Yang

Piano: Yuanfan Yang
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Saturday 12 July 7.30pm
A PIANO RECITAL
J S Bach: "Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue"
Yuanfan Yang: "Waves"
Robert Schumann: "Carnaval"
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Waldstein Sonata"
Sergei Rachmaninov: "Sonata in Bь minor"







Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
Violin: Soo-Jin Hong
'Cello: Soo-Kyung Hong
Piano: Jens Elvekjaer
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Monday 14 July 7.30pm
THREE CLASSICAL TRIOS
Bent Sørensen: "Phantasmagoria"
Felix Mendelssohn: "Trio in C minor"
Franz Schubert: "Trio in Bь"
Piano: Jens Elvekjaer
Andrea Guarneri Violin: Soo-Jin Hong
Amati 'Cello: Soo-Kyung Hong









Violin: Sara Trickey
Budleigh Festival Orchestra
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Tuesday 15 July 7.30pm
RENAISSANCE TO MODERN
Giovanni Pergolesi: "Concertino"
W A Mozart: "Violin Concerto in G" K216
Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella Suite"
J S Bach: "Violin Concerto in E" BWV1042
W A Mozart: "Linz Symphony" K425
Conductor: Nicholas Marshall
Leader: Malcolm Latchem
Violin: Sara Trickey




Soprano: Susana Gaspar
Susana Gaspar & Gary Matthewman
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Wednesday 16 July 7.30pm
LIEDER & ARIAS
Robert Schumann: "Liederkreis"
Richard Strauss: "Vier Lieder"
Manuel de Falla: "Siete Canciones"
VerdiDvořákPucciniGounod: Arias
Piano: Gary Matthewman
Soprano: Susana Gaspar




Laura van der Heijden
Laura van der Heijden & Mana Oguchi
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Thursday 17 July 7.30pm
'CELLO SUITES & SONATAS
Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke" Op 73
Johannes Brahms: "Cello Sonata in F" Op 99
J S Bach: "Cello Suite Number 2" BWV1008
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Cello Sonata in D" Op 40
Piano: Mana Oguchi
'Cello: Laura van der Heijden






Henschel Quartett
(fotograf: Georg Thum)
Henschel Quartett
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Friday 18 July 7.30pm
CLASSICAL QUARTETS
Wolfgang Mozart: "Quartet in A " K464
Erwin Shulhoff: "5 Pieces for String Quartet"
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Quartet in C# minor"
Violin: Christoph Henschel & Markus Henschel
Viola: Monika Henschel
'Cello: Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj




Red Priest
Red Priest Baroque Quartet
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Saturday 19 July 7.30pm
CARNIVAL OF THE SEASONS
Antonio Vivaldi: "Quattro Stagione"
(Concerto Interludes Arr. Red Priest)
Heinrich Biber: "The Crucifixion"
Jacob van Eyck "What shall we do this Evening?"
Henry Purcell: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
J S Bach: "Prelude in D minor for solo 'Cello"
Robert Johnson: "The witches' Dance"
Arcangelo Corelli: "Per la Notte de Natale"
(Concerto Grosso in G minor Arr. Red Priest)
Recorders: Piers Adams
Violin: Julia Bishop
'Cello: Angela East
Harpsichord: David Wright







Budleigh Festival Lunchtime Music Concerts

Friday 11 July - Saturday 19 July
Temple Church (except organ recital - at St Peter's)

Kirsty Chaplin (Piano)
Kevin Hurst & Joyce Clarke (Clarinet & Piano)
Maynard School Musicians
Emma Graham & Liz Grier (Harps)
Anna Lapwood (Organ - at St Peter's) / Benedetta Dini (Piano)
Julian Rippon & Edward Woodhouse (Baritone & Tenor)
Tina Kim, Stella Kim & Sally Kim (Piano, Violin & 'Cello)




Kirsty Chaplin
Temple Church Budleigh
Friday 11 July 12 noon
PIANO RECITAL
Baroque to Romantic
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
(Bath Young Musician 2013)







Kevin Hurst & Joyce Clarke
Temple Church Budleigh
Saturday 12 July 12 noon
CLARINET PIANO RECITAL
Concours Debussy
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection

(seen here at Glenorchy 7 Dec 2011)







Maynard School Musicians
Temple Church Budleigh
Monday 14 July 12 noon
A LITTLE LUNCH MUSIC
Chamber Recital
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection





Harpe Noire
Temple Church Budleigh
Tuesday 15 July 12 noon
FROM FOLK TO FLAMENCO
Harps: Liz Grier & Emma Graham
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection

(seen here at St Michael's 15 Jan 2014)






Anna Lapwood
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Wednesday 16 July 12 noon
ORGAN RECITAL
(Magdalen's first woman organ scholar)
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection




Benedetta Dini
Temple Church Budleigh
Thursday 17 July 12 noon
PIANO RECITAL
Schubert, Schumann & Liszt
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection

(Graduate of the Verdi Conservatoire)






Julian Rippon & Edward Woodhouse
Temple Church Budleigh
Friday 18 July 12 noon
TENOR & BARITONE RECITAL
Piano: David Davies
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection

(seen here at St Stephen's Church 13 Nov 2013)







Stella & Sally Kim, & Tina Kim
Temple Church Budleigh
Saturday 19 July 12 noon
TRINITY PIANO TRIO
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection

(Pettman/ROSL scholarship winners)













East Devon Choral Society
East Devon Choral Society
Venue: to be confirmed
Saturday 12 July
SUMMER CONCERT
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph

Details to be confirmed






















Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 12 July 7.30pm
Orchestra Conductor: Brian Northcott
Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival Overture"
Joseph Canteloube: "Songs of the Auvergne"
Gerald Finzi: "Dies Natalis"
Ernest John Moeran: "G minor Symphony"
Tickets: details TBC















Sharpham House
Divertimento Emsemble
Sharpham House, Ashprington, Totnes
Sunday 13 July 7.30pm
DIVERTIMENTO PLAY BACH
Cantatas for Bass, Oboe & Strings
Violin: Mary EadeBrenda Willoughby
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Double Bass: Michael Allnatt
Oboe: Lynn Collins
The Divertimento Ensemble
Baritone: Paul Sheehan
Tickets: £15 (Student £7)
Sharpham House: 01803 731801
Divertimento Entertainments Website

(repeat of concert at Powderham Castle

     Friday 11 July 7.30pm - see above)














St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 19 July
MEDIAEVAL FAYRE
with traditional Ale Tasting
& Bread Weighing ceremonies
(Members of the Court LeetBaron Jury,
  and Town Council, in medieaval dress,
   continue the traditional role of the Portreeve
    established by the Ale Conners of London in 1276
      fulfilling the requirements of the Magna Carta)













Counterpoint Choir
Normandie & Bretagne
Wed 23 - Sun 27 July 2014
SUMMER TOUR TO FRANCE
Concerts: Fri 25 & Sat 26 July

Details to be confirmed . . .

















Bratislava Hot Serenaders
Bratislava Hot Serenaders
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 24 July 7.30pm
12 PIECE BAND - PLUS . . .
THE SERENADERS SISTERS TRIO
(Žilíkova Barbora, Gregová Juliana
& Babjaková Andrea)
Leader/Trumpet: Juraj Bartos
The music of:
Paul Whiteman
Duke Ellington
The Serenaders Sisters
The Goldkette Orchestra
Count Basie
Jack Hylton Band
Carroll Gibbons Band
Tickets: £17.50 (student/child £15)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Monday-Friday)
Book Online  (see Berlin Video)














Mike Westbrook Big Band
(Chris Caldwell centre)
Mike Westbrook Big Band
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 25 July 8pm
ROSSINI RELOADED
Jazz & Rock Variations
Musical Director: Mike Westbrook
Vocals: Kate Westbrook
Saxophones: Stan Willis, Roz Harding
Gary Bayley, Lou Gare, Sarah Dean
Ian Wellens
Kate Westbrook
Trumpets: Mike Brewer, Sam Massey
Dave Holdsworth, Brian Moore
Trombones: Andy Dore, Sam Smith
Stewart Stunnell, Ken Cassidy
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
'Cello: Janna Bulmer
Bass: Marcus Vergette
Drums: Coach York
Tickets: £12 (student £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Monday-Friday)
Book Online











'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 3 August 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE














The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 5 August 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE











St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton



700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 9 August 7.30pm
SOPRANO RECITAL
Piano: Peter Hurst
Soprano: Tracey Pearce
Sheila Harman (Director of Incon Singers)
Popular Classics & Songs from Musicals
Interval Bar
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower










St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Sunday 10 August 3pm
ST LAWRENCE DAY
CELEBRATION SERVICE
President: Rev David Sherwood
(Moorland Team Rectory)
Followed by afternoon tea and cakes



















Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 14 August 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley
















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton








700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Sunday 17 August 3pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
George Frederick Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Reinhold Glière
Bedřich Smetana
Followed by afternoon cakes and tea
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower












The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 2 September 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE










Jonathan Watts
Devon Baroque
Church of St Peter, St Paul
& St Thomas of Canterbury
Bovey Tracey  TW13 9EP
Friday 5 September 7.30pm
NOURISH FESTIVAL OF FOOD
CRAFT & CLASSICAL MUSIC
Director of Music: Jonathan Watts















Divertimento Piano Trio
The Divertimento Piano Trio
1. St Mary's Church Totnes
       Friday 5 September 7.30pm
2. St Disen's Church Bradninch
       Saturday 6 September 7.30pm
3. Church of St Candida & The Holy Cross
      Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset
        Sunday 7 September 3pm
AUSTRIA, SPAIN & RUSSIA
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Tomás BretónAlexander Grechaninov
Tickets: £12/£10
Divertimento: 01803 863677

enquiries@divertimento.uk.com















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 6 September 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF POETRY READING
The Moor Poets
Inspiration: Dartmoor
Interval bar
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower
















'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 7 September 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE














Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 11 September 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley

















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 September
HERITAGE OPEN WEEKEND
& ASHBURTON FOOD FAIR
(Admission to the Chapel is FREE)














Divertimento Piano Trio
The Divertimento Piano Trio
St Mary's Church Kingskerswell
Sunday 21 September 3pm
HARVEST CONCERT
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Tickets: price tbc
01803 863677

Divertimento Entertainments Website















Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James' Church Taunton
Saturday 27 September 7.30pm
SEPTEMBER SERENADES
Sir Edward Elgar: "Serenade for Strings"
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Rondo Capricioso"
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Serenade for Strings"
William Lloyd Webber:
Serenade for Strings - "Romance"
Paul Lewis: "Rosa Mundi"
John Williams: "Schindler's List"
(solo violin & strings)
Director: Mary Eade
Details: TBA
01935 862339
Sinfonietta Website











'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 5 October 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE















The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 7 October 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE











Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 9 October 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley
















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton







700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 11 October 7.30pm
MEDIAEVAL BANQUET
WITH PERIOD MUSIC
Music: Compagnie Giulia
Voice & Pipes: Julia Thomas
Mandolin: Howard Frey
Bouzouki: Nick Millington
Violin: Marc Walpot
Court Jester: Charlie Dennis
Comedians: Pat CrookMartin Woollacott
Tickets: £15
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower










Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 18 October 7.30pm
COUNTERPOINT
COUNTERTENOR CONCERT
with surprise guest soloists

Details to be confirmed . . .















Powderham Castle
Powderham Concerts
Powderham Castle
Friday 24 October 7.30pm
MASTERS OF THE KING'S MUSIC
Organist: Professor George Pratt
Soprano: Alison Burnett
from Nicholas Lanier to
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Details to be confirmed . . .












East Devon Choral Society
East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton High School
Saturday 1 November
KARL JENKINS
THE ARMED MAN:
A MASS FOR PEACE
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph

Details to be confirmed













'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 2 November 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE














The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 4 November 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE











Divertimento String Quartet
(seen here at the Chapter House
Wednesday 4 February 2012)
(Photo: Cecil Hatfield/Dorota Turowska)
The Divertimento String Quartet
St Mary's Church Kingskerswell
Sunday 9 November 3pm
Violin: Mary Eade, Linsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Tickets: price tbc
01803 863677

Divertimento Entertainments Website













Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 13 November 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley
















St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Sunday 16 November 3pm
PIANO RECITAL 'IN THE OLD STYLE'
Piano: Duncan Honeybourne
followed by afternoon tea and cakes
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower

















Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James' Church Taunton
Sunday 16 November 3pm
IN CELEBRATION
Archangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto"
Antonio Vivaldi: "Violin & 'Cello Concerto"
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Variations on "Dives & Lazarus"
Ottorino Respighi:
"Ancient Earth Dances Suite No 3"
Director: Mary Eade
Details: TBA
01935 862339
Sinfonietta Website










The Other Compass
The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 2 December 8.30pm
NEW COMPOSITIONS
Bass: Al Swainger
Guitar: Mike Outram, Jesse Molins
Clarinet/Saxophone: Charlie Henshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Admission: FREE











'Cello ricochet: Elie Fruchter
Flugelhorn sampling: Tim Sayer

(October Jazzlab 2013)
Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 7 December 8.30-11pm
Piano: Sam Richards
Soprano Saxophone: Andy Visser
Flugelhorn/Electronics: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Admission FREE














Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night

Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 11 December 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley
















Powderham Castle
Powderham Concerts
Powderham Castle
Friday 12 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT
Exeter Cathedral Choir

Details to be confirmed . . .












St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton






700th Anniversary Celebrations
(St Lawrence Chapel granted to  Ashburton by Bishop Stapledon 1314)
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 13 December 7.30pm
ANNIVERSARY FINALE
MUSICAL JAMBOREE
Piano: Emily Riley
The Harmony Singers
Director: Jan Sawyer
Soprano: Linda Grieveson
The Viva Singers
Soprano: Jo Woolcott
Comedians: Pat CrookMartin Woollacott
Bar available
Tickets: £7
01364 653414 11am-4pm Mon-Fri
Proceeds towards restoration of the
St Lawrence Chapel Tower