Sunday 27 April 2014

Events from May 2014



East Devon Choral Society
Johann Sebastian Bach: "B Minor Mass"
Tiverton Baptist Church
 Saturday 10 May















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 ChangRussell 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 MitchellBen Pennington
Sarah PenningtonZoe 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 families with children
from babies to 11 years.
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
John Williams: "Star Wars"
     ("May the 4th" be with you!)
Julian Rippon
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue for String Quartet
Leroy Anderson: "The Typewriter"
     (for String Quartet & Typist)
Michael Nyman: "In Re Don Giovanni"
John Flansburgh & John Linnell:
      "They Might Be Giants" for Baritone
Ralf Hütter & Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk):
      "Das Modell" for String Quartet
Steve Reich: "Diff'rent Trains
     (Mvt I with accompanying train video)
Simon Belshaw: "Between Moon and Earth"
     (Opening sequence with video & sound montage)
     "Music Machine 1" (with audience participation)
Violin: Julie HillEmma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett  'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Baritone & Typist: Julian Rippon
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
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
VIVALDIGRANADOS & 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

Counter Tenor: James Armitage
Tenor: Andrew Henley
Violin: Julie Hill, Julian White
Viola: Steve Gleed
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Double Bass: Michael Allnatt
Oboe: Linda Birt
Trumpet: Phil Makin
Tickets: £10 (NUS £5 U16 FREE)
Exeter Visitor Information: 01392 665885
exeterchoralsociety@gmail.com
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



















Anthos Arts
Cygnet New Theatre, Exeter
Friday 9 May 6.30pm
(first of four performances in Devon)
WINGS IN THE WAY
20 Arts Award Students
in a dance theatre production

of their own creation
Tickets: £10 (student £8 U16 £5)
Exeter Phoenix Box Office
01392 667080
Anthos Arts Website
















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 WeltonJulie 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
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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











Anthos Arts
Civic Centre Totnes
Sunday 11 May 6.30pm
(second of four performances in Devon)
WINGS IN THE WAY
20 Arts Award Students
in a dance theatre production

of their own creation
Tickets: £10 (student £8 U16 £5)
Exeter Phoenix Box Office
01392 667080
Anthos Arts 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













Anthos Arts
The Beehive Honiton
Saturday 17 May 2pm
(third of four performances in Devon)
WINGS IN THE WAY
20 Arts Award Students
in a dance theatre production

of their own creation
Tickets: £10 (student £8 U16 £5)
Exeter Phoenix Box Office
01392 667080
Anthos Arts Website








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









Anthos Arts
Manor Pavilion Sidmouth
Sunday 18 May 6.30pm
(fourth of four performances in Devon)
WINGS IN THE WAY
20 Arts Award Students
in a dance theatre production

of their own creation
Tickets: £10 (student £8 U16 £5)
Exeter Phoenix Box Office
01392 667080
Anthos Arts 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 (see below)
Counterpoint website






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(Thanks to David Acres)



Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 24 May 7.30pm
THE GLORIES
OF 13th TO 17th CENTURY
SPANISH POLYPHONY
  1. Tomás Luis de Victoria - "O Quam Gloriosum"
  2
Tomás Luis de Victoria - "Missa pro Defunctis"
      - Excerpts:  a) "Taedet " b) "Graduale"
        c) "Versa est in Luctum"  4. "Libera Me"
  3
Cristóbal de Morales - "Peccantem me Quotidie"
  4. Alfonso X (el Sabio) - "Virgen Santa Maria"
       (Tambourine: Clive Dickinson)
                          INTERVAL
  5. Mateo Flecha (el Viejo) - "Riu, Riu, Chiu"
       (Tambourine: Clive Dickinson) Verses 1-4 only
         Baritone Sole: Julian Rippon
  6. Francisco Guerrero- "Ave Virgo Sanctissima"
  7
Tomás Luis de  Victoria- "Ave Maria" à 8
  8. Francisco Guerrero - "O Domine Iesu Christe"
  9
Sebastián de Vivanco - "Oquam Suavis"
10
Juan de Esquivel Barahona - "Gloria in Excelcis Deo"
11. Alonso Lobo - "Versa est in Luctum"
Conductor: David Acres
Tickets: £10 (advance £8)
By Post: Counterpoint
Summercourt, Lodge Hill, Exeter  EX4 4AB
EmailCounterpointVox@aol.com
WebsiteCounterpoint 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
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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








Duo Poniente
Voice: Michael Solomon Williams
Classical Guitar: Jesse Sebastian
Duo Poniente
Moose Hall, Bowden Hill
Crediton  EX17 3EJ
Thursday 29 May 8pm
Classical Guitar: Jesse Sebasatian
Voice: Michael Solomon Williams
Tickets: £8
Nicola King: 01363 877748
nicola@beechhill.eclipse.co.uk
Poniente Website







Ruth Molins
The Eloquent Guitar
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 1 June 4pm
BACH, GIULIANIBARTOK & 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






















ExTunes (University of Exeter Music Office)
Exeter University Great Hall
Sunday 8 June 6pm

WAR SONG


Act 1 Scene 1 - Soldiers:

University War Song Ensemble
EUCS President
Maria Yiting Liu
Eric Bogle (arr. Alex Hawker): "No Man's Land"
Exeter University Choral Society
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man"
(excerpt - "The Armed Man")
Local Schools Choir
Songs of the Great War

Exeter University Clarinet & Flute Choirs
Adolphe Adam (arr Alex Hawker): "O Holy Night"
University War Song Ensemble
Georgina Lewis: "Freedom"

Act 1 Scene 2 - Civilians

Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
George Butterworth: "Banks of Green Willow"
University War Song Ensemble
Isabelle Balantyne-Dykes: "What are we Fighting For?"
A Capella Society - The 'Bluebelles'
Ross Parker/Hugh Charles (arr ?): "We'll Meet Again"
Exeter University Big Band & Jazz Orchestra
Glen Miller (arr Alex Hawker): "V is for Victory"/"In the Mood"

 « « « INTERVAL « « «



EUSO Conductor
Richard Gonski
Act 2 Scene 1 - Battles
University War Song Ensemble & Brass Ensemble
Elmer Bernstein: "The Great Escape"
Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Gustav Holst: "Planets Suite" - "Mars, The Bringer of War"
Exeter University Concert Band
Eric Coates: "The Dam Busters"
Exeter University Choral Society
Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man" (excerpt - "Torches")
Trumpet Voluntary
General Daniel Butterfield: "The Last Post"

Act 2 Scene 2 - Remembrance

Exeter University Concert Band
John Williams (arr Paul Lavender): "Hymn to the Fallen" ("Saving Private Ryan")
Exeter University Singers
Isaiah Chapter 2: "They Shall Not Learn War"
Exeter University Brass Ensemble
Sir Edward Elgar: "Enigma Variations" - "Nimrod"
Exeter University Singers
Lawrence Binyon (arr Douglas Guest): "For the Fallen"

Tickets: £7

Buy Online















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
















Powderham Castle





Josie Walledge
Powderham Castle
Friday 20 June 7.30pm
CHORAL WORKS FOR TEN VOICES
Giacomo;Carissimi: "Jephte"
Domenico Scarlatti: "Stabat Mater"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Preludes
Josie Walledge
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Singt dem Herrn"
Musical Director: Josie Walledge
'Cello Continuo: Clare Garton-Sprenger
Organist: George Pratt
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Emma Indge: 01626 890243















'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
VIVALDIGARCIA & 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)
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
Violin: Emma WeltonJulie Hill
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Simon Belshaw: "Music Machine 4"
                           "Music Machine 26"
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
John White: "Humming & Ah-ing Machine"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue for String Quartet
Ralf Hütter & Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk):
      "Das Modell" for String Quartet
Annie Gosfield: "Long Waves & Random Pulses"
(Annie brought her trio - with Roger Kleier
& Chris Cutler - to Dartington Great Hall on
Wednesday 23 November 2011 for the première
of "Floating Messages & Fading Frequencies"
with the Athelas Sinfonietta: Pierre-André Valade)
Ticket Details: To be confirmed
Information: Exeter Phoenix 01392 667080








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 EadeBrenda 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 KimStella 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
SchubertSchumann & 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 BarboraGregová 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 WillisRoz Harding
Gary BayleyLou GareSarah Dean
Ian Wellens
Kate Westbrook
Trumpets: Mike BrewerSam Massey
Dave HoldsworthBrian Moore
Trombones: Andy DoreSam Smith
Stewart StunnellKen 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 EadeLinsay 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