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The Uncommon OrchestraBrewhouse Theatre Taunton
Friday 1 April 7.30pm
A BIGGER SHOW
Voices: Kate Westbrook, Martine Waltier
Voice & Bass Guitar: Billy Bottle
Saxophones: Roz Harding, Sarah Dean,
Alan Wakeman, Gary Bayley, Ian Wellens
Trumpets: Mike Brewer, Sam Massey
Sousaphone & Pocket Trumpet:
Dave Holdsworth
Trombones: Andy Dore,
Stewart Stunell, Joe Carnell, Ken Cassidy
Guitars: Jesse Molins, Matthew North
Bass: Marcus Vergette
Drums: Coach York, Theo Goss
Piano: Mike Westbrook
Sound: Josh Stone
Dramaturge: Tim Goodwin
Tickets: £14 (student £10)
Box Office: 01823 283244
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Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 2 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Matthew Cann
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in Gm
John Browne: "Jesu, Mercy"
Admission FREE - retiring collection
Drinks & Snacks available at the
Grange Restaurant from 6pm
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Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 6 April 12.30pm
SIDMOUTH ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Alan Williams
Leader: David Norrish
Admission FREE Retiring CollectionFull Listing January-April 2016
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 7 April 7.30pm
ENGLISH SERENADE
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Tenor: John Mark Ainsley
Horn: Nicolas Fleury
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Suite No 3" 1730
(Ouverture, Bourrée, Gavotte, Menuets, Réjouissance)
Benjamin Britten:
"Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings" 1943
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Symphony No 39" 1788
Kids for a Quid: U18 £1
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Box Office: 01392 726363
Online Booking: Northcott Website
Pre-Concert Talk: Forum Alumni Auditorium 6.40p
"Serenade" with Head of Projects Andrew Burn
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The Pegasus Trio
Church of St Francis of Assisi Sidmouth
Saturday 9 April 7.30pm
Piano: Mariko Asakawa-North
Violin: Johanna McWeeney
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
(Biographies)
Details: TBC
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St John's Church Wellington
Sunday 10 April 6pm
CANTANTIBUS ORGANIS
BEMP Singers
Musical Director: JanJoost van Elburg
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Chamber Organ: Martin Perkins
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:
"Missa Cantantibus Organis"
interspersed with multi-choir works
Venetian school of Giovanni Gabrieli
Tickets: £15 (student £8 U12 FREE)
Online Booking: OxBoffice
Press Release
Blackdowns Early Music Website
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| Sidmouth Town Band |
Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
Tuesday 12 April 7.45pm
BOLD AS BRASS ENSEMBLE
(from Sidmouth Town Band)
A musical journey through a typical band year.
Leader: Fiona Harvey
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 13 April 12.30pm
PIANO DUETS
Piano: Duncan Honeybourne
Piano: Katharine Lam
Admission FREE Retiring Collection
Full Listing January-April 2016
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Four of Swords Production
Poltimore House
Wed-Sat 13-23 April 7 & 8.45pm
JEKYLL & HYDE RETURNS
Tickets: £12 (concession £10)
Box Office: 0333 666 3366
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Music in the Castle
Powderham Castle
Friday 15 April 7.30pmTHE MASS
Gregorian Chants from
a recently discovered Missal
plus William Byrd:
4-Part Mass, "Haec Dies"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
"Laudate Dominum", "Ave Verum Corpus"
Josef Haydn:
"Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo"
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Newton Abbot & District Society of Arts
Courtenay Centre Newton Abbot
Friday 15 April 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Viv McLean
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Friday 15 April 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Viv McLean
Claude Debussy:
"Suite Bergamasque for Piano" (1905)
Frédéric Chopin:
"Nocturne Nos 2 & 20" "Ballades Nos. 1 & 3"
Ludwig van Beethoven:
"33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli" Op. 120
Tickets: £15 (advance £13, member £10)
(student £2, accompanied schoolchild FREE)
Newton Abbot TIC: 01626 215667
Teignmouth TIC: 01626 215666
Dawlish TIC: 01626 215665
Arnold's Hardward in Bovey Tracey: 01626 832359
Membership: single £20 couple £30 corporate £50
Season Tickets: single £56 couple £112 student £10
Membership and Season Ticket Details:
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Bel Canto ChoirCollege Surgery Atrium Cullompton
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
SONGS OF LOVE & SPRINGTIME
Musical Director: Alan Boxer
Tickets: £10 (U18 £5)
Cullompton Community Centre: 01884 33265
Online Booking:
Kentisbeare Performing Arts Website
Profits to Hospiscare &
College Surgery Patients Group
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Colyton Grammar School Senior Choir
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Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
CHORAL CONCERT
Josef Haydn: "Missa in Angustiis"
(The 'Nelson Mass)
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"
Musical Director: David House
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano Soloist: Chloe Stratta
Mezzo Soprano: Anna Marie McLachlan
Tenor: Michael Graham
Baritone: James Berry
Tickets: £15 (concession £10)
(unreserved £10 unreserved concession £7)
Box Office: 01297 552327
Email: finance@colytongrammar.devon.sch.uk
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Crediton Town Band
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& St David's Singers
Holy Cross Church Crediton
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
CHRYSALIS, MUSIC FOR SPRING
Tickets: £8
from the Lady Mills Centre
Age Concern Shop & A E Lee
Proceeds to Age Concern Crediton
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Claudia Alvarez Calderón
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| Claudia Alvarez Calderón |
Catholic Church of St Mary & St George
Station Road Totnes TQ9 5NJ
Sunday 17 April 5pm
SONGS FOR EASTERTIDE
Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderón
Organist: Fr Kristian Paver
Easter Hymns & Opera Arias
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saverio Mercadante
Franz Schubert
George Bizet
Tickets: £10 (U16 £5)
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1. St Margaret's Church Topsham
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
2. Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Sunday 17 April 7.30pm
VIVALDI GLORIA & JAZZ CLASSICS
Musical Director: Paul Stock
Soprano: Janet Macdonald & Myriam Prual
Tenor: Chris Hunt
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"
Plus more Vivaldi & Choral Jazz Works
Tickets: £8.50 (valid for both nights)
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Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 20 April 12.30pm
QUORUM
Piano: Margaret Chave
Soprano: Janet Macdonald
Clarinet: Phil Bonser
Gustav Mahler: 4th Symphony
- "Child's View of Heaven"
(arranged for voice and clarinet)
Franz Schubert & Roger Quilter
Admission FREE Retiring Collection
Full Listing January-April 2016
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Exeter Railway Band & The eXe Singers
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St Michael & All Angels Church Heavitree
Wednesday 20 April 7.30pm
MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING
Band Director: Graham Eaton
Choir Director: Charles West
Tickets: £6 (student/child £3)
in aid of St Michael & All Angels Church
in aid of St Michael & All Angels Church
(Full programme from Ian Shields)
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 21 April 7.30pm
FIRE & ICE
Conductor: Jac van Steen
'Cello: Quirine Viersen
Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser" 1845
Sir William Walton: "Cello Concerto" 1957
Jean Sibelius: "Symphony No 2" 1902
Tickets: £14/£20/£24/£32/£38
Kids for a Quid: U18 £1
NUS/JSA/IS/Wheelchair: 50% discount
Box Office: 01392 726363
Online Booking: Northcott Website
Pre-Concert Talk: Forum Alumni Auditorium 6.40pm
"Cello Concerto" with BSO violist Ian Pillow
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EMG Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 23 April 7.30pm
WAR REQUIEM
Conductors: Marion Wood & Tony Hindley
Benjamin Britten: "War Requiem" Op 66 1962
for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral
combining the Latin Mass for the Dead with
nine war poems by Wilfred Owen
Ensemble 1: Soprano, Choir & Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble 2: Tenor, Baritone & Chamber Orchestra
Ensemble 3: Boys' Choir & Organ
Tickets: Rear Aisle £9 Front Aisle £11
Rear Nave £11 Middle Nave £13 Front Nave £16
Exeter TIC, Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Devon Strings Workshop: (10-6 Wed-Sat)
Online Booking: TicketSource
Full Details: EMG Symphony Orchestra Website
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
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Exeter Phoenix
(Gandy Street, EX4 3LS)
Sunday 24 April 7.30pm
TUBULAR BELLS FOR SOLO PIANO
A Solo Piano Arrangement
of Mike Oldfield's Classic
Tickets: TBC
Box Office: 01392 667080
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Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Parish Church
Tuesday 26 April 7.30pm
HERMITAGE ENSEMBLE
OF ST PETERSBURG
Russian Orthodox Liturgy
Traditional Russian Songs
Tickets: £10 (U16 £5)
Box Office: c/o Demelza Henderson
01392 272243 / 07516 322853
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Crediton Music Makers
Crediton Congregational Church
Tuesday 26 April 7.30pm
CONCERT #12
Crediton Piano Quartet:
Schumann Piano Quartet
Joel Munday & Peter Clarke:
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
JUTP Concertante Quintet:
Schubert "Trout Quintet"
Hannah Munday:
Brahms "Impromptu in A" & "Rhapsody in Gm"
The Late Night Trio and Guests:
Fauré "La Bonne Chanson"
Soprano: Janna Bulmer
Violins: Sharon Hubbocks and Mary McLaren
Viola: Adrian Janssen 'Cello: Greg Forster
Double Bass: Maureen Adams Piano: Trevor Wiggins
plus Anna Tanvir (singer and Celtic harp),
friends and the Mellow D choir
Tickets: £7 (U16 £2)
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 27 April 12.30pm
WOODWIND & SONG
Piano: Frances Waters
Soprano: Christine Marsden
Clarinet: Betty Shipp
Admission FREE Retiring Collection
Full Listing January-April 2016
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Exmouth Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 30 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Johannes Brahms: "Ein Deutches Requiem"
with piano duet accompaniment
Johannes Brahms: "Four Serious Songs"
for bass voice: Tim Mirfin
Tickets: £10 (U18 FREE)
Box Office: 01395 264043
Cabin News: 01395 260202
The Card Shop Too: 01395 446767
Online Booking: TicketSource
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Exeter Bach Society
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Streatham Campus Exeter University
Saturday 7 May 7pm
MUSIC IN MAY
Musical Director: John Pearce
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U16/student £6/5)
Exeter Visitor Information: 01392 665700
Press Release from Juliet Meadowcroft
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East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 7 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Eleanor Partridge
Baritone: Nicholas Merryweather
30 Piece Orchestra - Leader: Fiona McLean Beuchel
Organist: Colin Pettet
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor" Opus 48
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"
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Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 21 April 7.30pm
FIRE & ICE
Conductor: Jac van Steen
'Cello: Quirine Viersen
Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser" 1845
Sir William Walton: "Cello Concerto" 1957
Jean Sibelius: "Symphony No 2" 1902
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NUS/JSA/IS/Wheelchair: 50% discount
Box Office: 01392 726363
Online Booking: Northcott Website
Pre-Concert Talk: Forum Alumni Auditorium 6.40pm
"Cello Concerto" with BSO violist Ian Pillow
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EMG Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
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WAR REQUIEM
Conductors: Marion Wood & Tony Hindley
Benjamin Britten: "War Requiem" Op 66 1962
for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral
combining the Latin Mass for the Dead with
nine war poems by Wilfred Owen
Ensemble 1: Soprano, Choir & Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble 2: Tenor, Baritone & Chamber Orchestra
Ensemble 3: Boys' Choir & Organ
Tickets: Rear Aisle £9 Front Aisle £11
Rear Nave £11 Middle Nave £13 Front Nave £16
Exeter TIC, Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Devon Strings Workshop: (10-6 Wed-Sat)
Online Booking: TicketSource
Full Details: EMG Symphony Orchestra Website
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
Sunday 24 April 3.30pm
FROM DOWLAND TO PURCELL
A concert of baroque & renaissance Music
Mezzo Soprano: Susan King
Lutes, Theorbo, Baroque Guitar: Steve Graham
Admission FREE retiring collection
.Mezzo Soprano: Susan King
Lutes, Theorbo, Baroque Guitar: Steve Graham
Admission FREE retiring collection
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Sunday 24 April 4pm
DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Hoffmeister"
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 FREE)
The Topsham Bookshop: 01392-877895 TOPSHAM
(Repeated 24 April - Topsham
29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
.(Repeated 24 April - Topsham
29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
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Dave Sanderson
Exeter Phoenix
(Gandy Street, EX4 3LS)
Sunday 24 April 7.30pm
TUBULAR BELLS FOR SOLO PIANO
A Solo Piano Arrangement
of Mike Oldfield's Classic
Tickets: TBC
Box Office: 01392 667080
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Lympstone Parish Church
Tuesday 26 April 7.30pm
HERMITAGE ENSEMBLE
OF ST PETERSBURG
Russian Orthodox Liturgy
Traditional Russian Songs
Tickets: £10 (U16 £5)
Box Office: c/o Demelza Henderson
01392 272243 / 07516 322853
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Crediton Congregational Church
Tuesday 26 April 7.30pm
CONCERT #12
Crediton Piano Quartet:
Schumann Piano Quartet
Joel Munday & Peter Clarke:
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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
JUTP Concertante Quintet:
Schubert "Trout Quintet"
Hannah Munday:
Brahms "Impromptu in A" & "Rhapsody in Gm"
The Late Night Trio and Guests:
Fauré "La Bonne Chanson"
Soprano: Janna Bulmer
Violins: Sharon Hubbocks and Mary McLaren
Viola: Adrian Janssen 'Cello: Greg Forster
Double Bass: Maureen Adams Piano: Trevor Wiggins
plus Anna Tanvir (singer and Celtic harp),
friends and the Mellow D choir
Tickets: £7 (U16 £2)
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 27 April 12.30pm
WOODWIND & SONG
Piano: Frances Waters
Soprano: Christine Marsden
Clarinet: Betty Shipp
Admission FREE Retiring Collection
Full Listing January-April 2016
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum
(Gallery 20, Garden Reception Entrance)
Wednesday 27 April 6.30 for 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Martin Roscoe
Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen" Opus 15
Ludwig van Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata
(Piano Sonata in C No 21 Opus 53)
Moonlight Sonata
(Piano Sonata in C# minor No 14 Opus 27 No 2)
Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" & "L'Isle Joyeuse"
Tickets: £20 (concessions £18)
Season Tickets: £55 (concessions £50)
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| Divertimento String Quartet |
St Edmund’s Church Kingsbridge
Friday 29 April 7.30pm
DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Hoffmeister"
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Tickets: £12
Divertimento: 01803 863677 KINGSBRIDGE
Kingsbridge TIC: 01548 853195
Salcombe TIC: 01548 843927
(Repeated 24 April - Topsham
29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
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30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
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Lustleigh Village Hall
Saturday 30 April 3pm
DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Hoffmeister"
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Tickets: £10 Available from Lustleigh Dairy
Will Carnell: 01647 277270 LUSTLEIGH
(Repeated 24 April - Topsham
29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
.29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
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| Exmouth Choral Society |
Saturday 30 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Johannes Brahms: "Ein Deutches Requiem"
with piano duet accompaniment
Johannes Brahms: "Four Serious Songs"
for bass voice: Tim Mirfin
Tickets: £10 (U18 FREE)
Box Office: 01395 264043
Cabin News: 01395 260202
The Card Shop Too: 01395 446767
Online Booking: TicketSource
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St John’s Church, Bridgetown, Totnes
Sunday 1 May 5pm
DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Hoffmeister"
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Dmitri Shostakovich: "First String Quartet"
Bedřich Smetana: "Z Mého Života" (My Life)
Tickets: £12
Divertimento: 01803 863677 TOTNES
(Repeated 24 April - Topsham
29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
.29 April - Kingsbridge
30 April - Lustleigh
1 May - Totnes
- full details in Vicky Evans' Press Release)
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1. Church of St Peter & St Paul
North Curry TA3 6LJ
(5 miles east of M5 Jct 25)
Friday 6 May 7pm
2. Church of St John the Baptist
Wellington TA21 8QY
Saturday 7 May 7pm
HOLLAND MEETS BRITAIN
Musical Director: JanJoost van Elburg
William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Hubert Parry
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Charles Villiers Stanford
Pierre de la Rue, Jacob Clemens non Papa,
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck,
Alphons Diepenbrock
Marius Flothuis & Daan Manneke
Admission FREE
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Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Streatham Campus Exeter University
Saturday 7 May 7pm
MUSIC IN MAY
Musical Director: John Pearce
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U16/student £6/5)
Exeter Visitor Information: 01392 665700
Press Release from Juliet Meadowcroft
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Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 7 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Eleanor Partridge
Baritone: Nicholas Merryweather
30 Piece Orchestra - Leader: Fiona McLean Beuchel
Organist: Colin Pettet
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor" Opus 48
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"
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Soprano Solos (Eleanor Partridge)
Gabriel Fauré: "Le Secret"
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Silent Noon"
Baritone Solos (Nicholas Merryweather)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Five Mystical Songs"
No 2: "Love Bade Me Welcome" No 4: "The Call"
Hubert Parry: "Blest Pair of Sirens"
Tickets: £10 (child £4)
Box Office: Tiverton TIC 01884 255827
Information: 01884 253494
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 7 May 7.30pm
ENIGMA
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Violin: Guy Braunstein
Johannes Brahms: "Violin Concerto" 1878
Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage" 1828
Sir Edward Elgar: "Enigma Variations" 1899
Tickets: £14/£20/£24/£32/£38
Kids for a Quid: U18 £1
NUS/JSA/IS/Wheelchair: 50% discount
Box Office: 01392 726363
Online Booking: Northcott Website
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Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
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Dawlish Strand Centre
32 The Strand EX7 9PT
Sunday 8 May 4pm
MAYOR'S CHARITY BENEFIT
Soprano: Janet & Alison Macdonald
Baritone: Iain McDonald
Clarinet: Philip Bonser
Oboe: Alison Macdonald
Piano: Dorothy & Tony Raven,
Margaret Chave
Master of Ceremonies: Peter Macdonald
W. A Mozart: "Stability in a Soldier"
Ennio Morricone: "Gabriel's Oboe"
Gustav Mahler: 4th Symphony
- "Child's View of Heaven"
(arranged for voice and clarinet)
Traditional: "Londonderry Air"
Brahms, Quilter, Gershwin and more
Tickets: Details TBC
Enquiries: 01392 271858
Strand Centre: Cecilia Kokubu 07951 898 481
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Saturday 14 May 7.30pm
A CONCERT OF CELEBRATION & PRAISE
Musical Director: Andrew Millington
Organ & Piano: David Davies
with Devon County Junior Choir
Herbert Howells: "Te Deum" (Collegium Regale)
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Lobet den Herrn"
Andrew Carter: "Benedicite"
Tickets: £13 (unreserved)
Visitor Info Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Online Booking: TicketSource
Standby Ticket (15 mins before concert): £5
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Amnesty International
St Winifred's Church Branscombe
Saturday 21 May 7.30pm
LUTE CONCERT
Lute Songs & Tunes
Tickets: £10 (child £4)
Box Office: Tiverton TIC 01884 255827
Information: 01884 253494
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
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ENIGMA
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Violin: Guy Braunstein
Johannes Brahms: "Violin Concerto" 1878
Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage" 1828
Sir Edward Elgar: "Enigma Variations" 1899
NUS/JSA/IS/Wheelchair: 50% discount
Box Office: 01392 726363
Online Booking: Northcott Website
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Taunton Sinfonietta
St James Church Taunton
Saturday 7 May 7.30pm
MOZART IN MAY
Director & Leader: Mary Eade
Oboe: Lynn Carter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
"Oboe Quartet in F Major" (1781)
Arnold Bax:
"Quintet for Oboe & Strings" (1922)
Gerald Finzi:
"Interlude for Oboe & String Quartet" (1936)
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)
Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
Sunday 8 May 3.30pm
MAYNARD YOUNG MUSICIANS
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32 The Strand EX7 9PT
Sunday 8 May 4pm
MAYOR'S CHARITY BENEFIT
Soprano: Janet & Alison Macdonald
Baritone: Iain McDonald
Clarinet: Philip Bonser
Oboe: Alison Macdonald
Piano: Dorothy & Tony Raven,
Margaret Chave
Master of Ceremonies: Peter Macdonald
W. A Mozart: "Stability in a Soldier"
Ennio Morricone: "Gabriel's Oboe"
Gustav Mahler: 4th Symphony
- "Child's View of Heaven"
(arranged for voice and clarinet)
Traditional: "Londonderry Air"
Brahms, Quilter, Gershwin and more
Tickets: Details TBC
Enquiries: 01392 271858
Strand Centre: Cecilia Kokubu 07951 898 481
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Force Five Wind Quintet
Cygnet New Theatre
Saturday 14 May 4pm
A CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Lucian Russel Price:
"Lupin the Pot-Bellied Pig"
Roald Dahl: "Dirty Beasts"
Narrator: Mai Targett
Pianist: Carol Galton
Bassoon: Prue Tasman
French Horn: Beth Osment
Clarinet: John Welton
Oboe: Ben Edmonds
flute: Jessica Wright
Tickets: £7
(child £5 family £20)
Box Office: 01392 277189
Online Booking: Ents24 / WeGotTickets.
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
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Saturday 14 May 7.30pm
A CONCERT OF CELEBRATION & PRAISE
Musical Director: Andrew Millington
Organ & Piano: David Davies
with Devon County Junior Choir
Herbert Howells: "Te Deum" (Collegium Regale)
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Lobet den Herrn"
Andrew Carter: "Benedicite"
Tickets: £13 (unreserved)
Visitor Info Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Online Booking: TicketSource
Standby Ticket (15 mins before concert): £5
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Amnesty International
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Saturday 21 May 7.30pm
LUTE CONCERT
Lute Songs & Tunes
Renaissance to BaroqueLutes: Steve Graham
Voice: Susan King
Viola & Violin: Liz Pannell
Free wine & baroque nibbles
Tickets: £10
Box Office: Paragon Books Sidmouth
or 01297 680297 / 01395 513345
Free Parking at the Village Hall (400m)
Limited disabled parking at the Church
(Press Release from Martin McDonagh)
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
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Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 22 May 2016 4pm
ZEPHYR DUO
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Flute: Ruth Molins
"Around the World"
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Voice: Susan King
Viola & Violin: Liz Pannell
Free wine & baroque nibbles
Tickets: £10
Box Office: Paragon Books Sidmouth
or 01297 680297 / 01395 513345
Free Parking at the Village Hall (400m)
Limited disabled parking at the Church
(Press Release from Martin McDonagh)
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Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
Sunday 22 May 3.30pm
INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDES
- with various local musicians
(piano, pipe organ, clarinet, violin)
- with various local musicians
(piano, pipe organ, clarinet, violin)
Admission FREE retiring collection
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Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 22 May 2016 4pm
ZEPHYR DUO
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Flute: Ruth Molins
"Around the World"
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Rathbones Spring Concert Series
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
(Gallery 20, Garden Reception Entrance)
Wednesday 25 May 6.30 for 7.30pm
'CELLO & PIANO DUETS
'Cello: Michael Petrov
Piano: Erdem Misirlioğlu
Johann Sebastian Bach: 'Cello & Piano Sonata No 3
in G minor BWV 1029
in G minor BWV 1029
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Cello Sonata No 3 in A Opus 69
Sergei Rachmaninov: 'Cello Sonata in G minor Opus 19
Tickets: £20 (concessions £18)
Season Tickets: £55 (concessions £50)
(Details of the full series - April, May, June)
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The Pegasus Trio
Church of St Francis of Assisi Sidmouth
Saturday 28 May
ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Piano: Mariko Asakawa-North
Violin: Johanna McWeeney
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
(Biographies)
Details: TBC
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Substance & Shadow Theatre Company
Cygnet New Theatre
(as part of 'Festival at Cygnet')
Monday 6 June 7pm
Wednesday 8 June 8.30pm
"SILVER & GOULD"
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 3 July 7.30pm
WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Musical Director: Nigel Perrin
John Rutter: "Wind in the Willows"
for narrator, vocal ensemble & orchestra 1981
(based on the novel by Kenneth Grahame)
Bob Chilcott: "The Making of the Drum" 1999
(based on Edward Kamau Braithwaite's
poems on Ghanaian drum-making rituals)
Antonín Tučapský: "The Seven Sorrows" 1989
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The Pegasus Trio
Church of St Francis of Assisi Sidmouth
Saturday 28 May
ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Piano: Mariko Asakawa-North
Violin: Johanna McWeeney
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
(Biographies)
Details: TBC
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Midge Mullin is Melvyn Gould
Nathan Simpson is Leonard Silver
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(as part of 'Festival at Cygnet')
Monday 6 June 7pm
Wednesday 8 June 8.30pm
"SILVER & GOULD"
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £8.00
Box Office: 01392 277189
Press Release from Rosie Mullin.
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Sidholme Hotel Sidmouth
Sunday 12 June 3.30pm
SHOWCASE OF FINALISTS
from the Devon Performing Arts Festival
Leader: Roger Hendy
Admission FREE retiring collection
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Saturday 25 June 7.30pm
SONGS & STRINGS
Director & Leader: Mary Eade
Soprano: Suzanne Manuell
Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony" (1926)
Clive Jenkins: "Majesty" & "White Bird"
(Dartmoor ghost story with vocalise)
Antonio Vivaldi: "Double Concerto in A Minor"
Georg Philipp Telemann:
"Concerto for 3 Violins in F Major"
Clive Jenkins: Arrangements of Songs
by Thomas Arne & Henry Purcell
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)
Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)
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Rathbones Spring Concert Series
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
(Gallery 20, Garden Reception Entrance)
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Wednesday 29 June 6.30 for 7.30pm
THE EEDEN QUARTET
(formerly The Wu Quartet, renamed after
Gilles van der Eeden, Bonn Court Organist
& tutor to Ludwig van Beethoven)
Violin: Vlad Maistorvici, Edward Brenton
Viola: Alexandros Koustas
'Cello: Joseph Zeitlin
Josef Haydn: "Rider Quartet" Opus 74 No 3
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor Opus 13
Johannes Brahms: Quartet in A minor Opus 51 No 2
Tickets: £20 (concessions £18)
Season Tickets: £55 (concessions £50)
Box Office: RAMM reception 01392 265858
Online Booking: RAMM website
(Details of the full series - April, May, June)
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Dartington Great Hall
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WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Musical Director: Nigel Perrin
John Rutter: "Wind in the Willows"
for narrator, vocal ensemble & orchestra 1981
(based on the novel by Kenneth Grahame)
Bob Chilcott: "The Making of the Drum" 1999
(based on Edward Kamau Braithwaite's
poems on Ghanaian drum-making rituals)
Antonín Tučapský: "The Seven Sorrows" 1989
(based on the poem by Ted Hughes)
Tickets: £15 (unreserved student/U16 £7.50)
Online Booking: TicketSource
Retiring Collection: Dame Hannar Rogers Trust
St Loye's Foundation
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 16 July 7.30pm
A CONCERT FOR WILDLIFE
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Violin Soloist: Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
"The Wasps" - Ouverture
Piotr Tchaikovsky: "Violin Concerto"
Johann Strauss: "Die Fledermaus" - Ouverture
Frederick Delius: "On Hearing the first Cuckoo"
Claude Debussy: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"
Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes" - 4 Sea Interludes
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 £1)
Details: Orchestra Website
Raising funds for Devon Wildlife Trust
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St Winifred's Church
Friday 29 July 7pm
THE MARIAN CONSORT
Soprano: Cecilia Osmond
Countertenor: Rory McCleery
Tenor: Ashley Turnell, Guy Cutting
Bass: Christopher Borrett
Baroque Choral Music
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Branscombe Village Hall
Friday 29 July 10pm
MISS HOPE SPRINGS
(aka Pianist Timothy Jeffries)
an ex-vegas showgirl with a repertoire
of original comic songs & stories
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St Winifred's Church
Saturday 30 July 12 noon
FLORILEGIUM
Flute/Recorder: Ashley Solomon
Violin: Bojan Čičić
Viola da Gamba: Reiko Ichise
Harpsichord: Terence Charlston
George Frideric Handel:
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
THE WINTER CONCERT 2016
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Piano Soloist: Minyung BaekAaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"
Edvard Grieg: "Piano Concerto"
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 £1)
Details: Orchestra Website
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Tickets: £15 (unreserved student/U16 £7.50)
Online Booking: TicketSource
Retiring Collection: Dame Hannar Rogers Trust
St Loye's Foundation
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
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Saturday 16 July 7.30pm
A CONCERT FOR WILDLIFE
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Violin Soloist: Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
"The Wasps" - Ouverture
Piotr Tchaikovsky: "Violin Concerto"
Johann Strauss: "Die Fledermaus" - Ouverture
Frederick Delius: "On Hearing the first Cuckoo"
Claude Debussy: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"
Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes" - 4 Sea Interludes
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 £1)
Details: Orchestra Website
Raising funds for Devon Wildlife Trust
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St Winifred's Church
Friday 29 July 7pm
THE MARIAN CONSORT
Soprano: Cecilia Osmond
Countertenor: Rory McCleery
Tenor: Ashley Turnell, Guy Cutting
Bass: Christopher Borrett
Baroque Choral Music
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Branscombe Village Hall
Friday 29 July 10pm
MISS HOPE SPRINGS
(aka Pianist Timothy Jeffries)
an ex-vegas showgirl with a repertoire
of original comic songs & stories
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Saturday 30 July 12 noon
FLORILEGIUM
Flute/Recorder: Ashley Solomon
Violin: Bojan Čičić
Viola da Gamba: Reiko Ichise
Harpsichord: Terence Charlston
George Frideric Handel:
"Trio Sonata in E minor" HWV398
"Trio Sonata in B minor" HWV386b
Johann Christoph Pepusch:
Johann Christoph Pepusch:
"Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E major"
"Trio Sonata in C major"
John Banister:
John Banister:
"A Division on a Ground for Recorder"
Francesco Barsanti: "A Collection of Scots Airs"
Francesco Barsanti: "A Collection of Scots Airs"
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Branscombe Village Hall
Saturday 30 July 3pm
HARRY THE PIANO
Extraordinary Improviser & Educator
plays any piece in any style
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Branscombe Village Hall
Saturday 30 July 7.30pm
ITALIAN DUETS & ARIAS
Soprano: Serena Gamberoni
Baritone: Luca Salsi
Piano: Michele Gamba
Monteverdi to Sciarrino
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Branscombe Village Hall
Saturday 30 July 10pm
THE LEO GREEN EXPERIENCE
& DANNY TOEMAN
The regular yearly Branscombe
blues & jazz fusion evening
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Branscombe Beach
Sunday 31 July 1pm
CAMBORNE TOWN BAND
FREE CONCERT
Musical Director: Kevin Mackenzie
Barbecue on the beach &
Branscombe Vale Brewery beer tent
- A FREE CONCERT -
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Saturday 24 September 7.30pm
SONGS & STRINGS
Director & Leader: Mary Eade
Clarinet: Colin Parr
Carl Maria von Weber: "Clarinet Quintet"
arranged for clarinet and strings
Clive Jenkins: "Romance"
for solo clarinet and strings
Leos Janácek: "Idyll for String Orchestra" (1878)
Leos Janácek: "Idyll for String Orchestra" (1878)
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto "La Stravaganza"
Opus 4 No. 1 in Bb major
Max Bruch: "Kol Nidrei" (Aramaic: "All Vows") (1880
Max Bruch: "Kol Nidrei" (Aramaic: "All Vows") (1880
('Cello Soloist: Chris Sampson)
Johan Svendsen: "Variations on a Norwegian Folktune"
Leroy Anderson: "Plink, Plank, Plunk" & "Blue Tango"
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Leroy Anderson: "Plink, Plank, Plunk" & "Blue Tango"
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)
Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)
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Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
THE WINTER CONCERT 2016
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Piano Soloist: Minyung BaekAaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"
Edvard Grieg: "Piano Concerto"
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 £1)
Details: Orchestra Website
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Sunday 4 December 3pm
SHOWGROUND FOR SOLOISTS
(featuring 2016 Taunton Young Musician)
Director & Leader: Mary Eade
French Horn: Nicola New
Aleksandr Glazunov:
"Idyll for Horn and String Orchestra" (1884)
Sarah Wormell: "In Memoriam for Horn and Strings"
Ernest Bloch: "Concerto Grosso No.1" (1925)
Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto"
Francesco Manfredini: "Christmas Pastorale"
Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs)
Ernest Bloch: "Concerto Grosso No.1" (1925)
Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto"
Francesco Manfredini: "Christmas Pastorale"
Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs)
(Violin Soloist: Mary Eade) (1878)
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)
Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)
