Monday 2 May 2016

May 2016

Eleanor Partridge
East Devon Choral Society
Fauré 
Requiem
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 7 May
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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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Ensemble Baklava
Oud: Russell Harris
Darbuka: Howard Frey
Bouzouki: Nick Millington
Concertina: Julia Thomas
Ensemble Baklava
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 7 May 11am to 12noon
(N.B. Allow plenty of time for car parking)

SONGS & DANCES FROM
AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN
Coffee concert in aid of "Friends of St Mary's"
Voice/Concertina/Pipes: Julia Thomas
Bendir, Darbuka, Mandolin, Guitar: Howard Frey
Bouzouki, Baglama, Guitar: Nick Millington
Oud, Saz, Rebab, Percussion: Russell Harris
With a unique combination of traditional instruments,

Ensemble Baklava blends the sounds of the oud,
bouzouki, concertina, bagpipes, Middle Eastern percussion,
mandolin, baglama, spiked fiddle, guitar, tin whistle
and voices to bring evocative, stirring and lively music and
song from the Mediterranean, both contemporary and ancient
Coffee Cake: available from 10.30am
Tickets: £5 on the door
Online Booking: TicketSource

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Exeter Bach Society
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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Andrew Daldorph
East Devon Choral Society
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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"
Eleanor Partridge
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
Guy Braunstein
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 BookingNorthcott 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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Maynard School Musicians
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Sunday 8 May 3.30pm
MAYNARD YOUNG MUSICIANS
Admission FREE retiring collection
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QUORUM
Quorum: Janet Macdonald
Margaert Chave, Philip Bonser
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"
BrahmsQuilterGershwin and more
Tickets: Details TBC
Enquiries: 01392 271858
Strand Centre: Cecilia Kokubu 07951 898 481
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Budleigh Salterton Ladies Choir
Clifton Trio
Julie Hill (violin) Annabel Rooney ('cello) Emma Welton (viola)

Temple Church Budleigh
Thursday 12 May 7.30pm
FOLK MUSIC CONCERT
Including
Bob Chilcott: "Irish Blessing"
With interludes on strings:

The Clifton Trio
Tickets: £6 on the door
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Bute Clarinet in Exeter
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Bute Clarinet in Exeter
Church of St Michael & All Angels Mount Dinham
Friday 13 May 7.30pm
DEBUT CONCERT
George Gershwin
Ástor Piazzolla
Alfie Pugh
Tickets: £5 on the door
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Exeter Open Studios
13 Greatwood Terrace Topsham
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 May 10am-5pm
ART EXHIBITION
Susan Thomson & Myriam Prual
www.SusanThomsonArt.com
Myriam.Prual@virgin.net
www.exeteropenstudios.co.uk
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Force Five Wind Quintet
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 BookingEnts24 / WeGotTickets
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
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 BookingTicketSource
Standby Ticket (15 mins before concert): £5
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Exeter Chamber Choir
Exeter Cathedral Quire
Saturday 14 May 7.30pm
SONGS OF FAREWELL
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
A concert of a cappella singing
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir 1922
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Singet dem Herrn"
Hubert Parry: "Songs of Farewell"
Charles Villiers Stanford
Anton Bruckner
Josef Rheinberger
Tickets: £12 (student/child £8)
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
Keith Wainwright: 01297 553955
kwainwright@madasafish.com
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Collegium Singers
All Saints' Church Weston-super-Mare
Saturday 14 May 7.30pm
(pre-show talk 7pm)
SACRED CHORAL TREASURES
Musical Director: Peter Leech
Tickets: £12 (student £6 U12 FREE)
Box Office: 01934 415301
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Ashburton Live
"Fly Yeti Fly"
Royal Oak Ashburton
Sunday 15 May 2-4pm
"FLY YETI FLY"
Singer/Songwriter
Guitar and Vocal Duo
Darren Fisher &
Lorna Somerville
Admission FREE
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Ashburton Live
Lilli Unwin Band
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Sunday 15 May 8pm
LILLI UNWIN BAND
Voice: Lilli Unwin
Piano: Matt Robinson
Double Bass: Flo Moore
Drums: Corrie Dick
Tickets: £10 (concession £5)
Box Office: Silver Lion Jewellers
                         - 01364 653718
Online BookingWeGotTickets
Press Release from Andy Williamson
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Exeter College Choral Society
Exeter College Choral Society

Church of St Michael & All Angels Mount Dinham
Friday 20 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Conductor: Michael Graham
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria"
Josef Haydn: "Missa Brevis" (Organ Mass)
Joseph Haydn: "Insanae et Vanae Curae"
Tickets: £10 (student £5)
Advance Booking: execollegechoralsoc@gmail.com
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Amnesty International
St Winifred's Church
Branscombe
St Winifred's Church Branscombe
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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Ashburton Live
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 21 May 8pm
"SKY" - NEW MUSIC BY PETE CANTER
FOR 'CELLO AND JAZZ TRIO
'Cello: Lucy Welsman
Soprano Saxophone: Pete Canter
Piano: Matt Johns
Double Bass: Valere Speranza
Tickets: £8 on the door
Future Jazz Trio GigsPete's Website
(City Gate Exeter Friday 27 May
   Exeter Phoenix Wednesday 1 June)
Press Release from Andy Williamson
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Dartington Chamber Orchestra
Nay: Louai Alhenawi

Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 22 May 3pm
UNITY IN MUSIC
Conductor: Oliver Butterworth
Leader: Marcus Broome
Voice: Merit Ariane Stephanos
Nay & Arab Percussion: Louai Alhenawi
Henry Purcell (1659-95): Chacony
Gamal Abdel Rahim (1924-1988) Egypt: "Little Suite for Strings"
Halim El Dabh (b.1921) Egypt: "Aria for Strings"
Amr Okba (b.1972) Egypt: "Solo for Clarinet"
Helen Glatz (1908-1996): "Elegy for Solo Violin"
Georg Handel (1685-1759): "Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo"
Kareem Roustom (b.1971) Syria: Dabke
Mohammed Sidiq (b.1962) Iraq/Jordan: Dialog for Nay and Flute
Merit Ariane Stephanos

Arab Popular Songs: Aatiene il Naya

                              (Give me the nay and sing for me) with nay solo
                                  Ya Zahratan (oh flower of my imagination)
                                  Hanna il Sikran (John the drunk)
                                  Il bint el shalabeyya (the girl with the almond eyes)

Admission FREE
Retiring Collection: White House Project
& South Devon Refugee Support Network
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
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Sidholme Music Room
Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Sunday 22 May 3.30pm
INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDES
with various local musicians
(piano, pipe organ, clarinet, violin)
Admission FREE retiring collection
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Sally Jenkins
Ruth Molins
Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 22 May 2016 4pm
ZEPHYR DUO
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Flute: Ruth Molins
"AROUND THE WORLD"

Tickets: £8
from Demelza 2 Brookfield Cottages
Answerphone: 01395 272243
Payment: Cash or Cheques
made to 'Lympstone Entertainments'
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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
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)
Box Office: RAMM reception 01392 265858
Online BookingRAMM website
(Details of the full series - April, May, June)
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EMG Symphony Orchestra
Leader: Clare Smith
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EMG Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter EX2 5AP
Thursday 26 May 7.30pm
OPEN REHEARSAL
(for this year's Summer Concert)
Musical Director: Tony Hindley
Orchestra Leader: Clare Smith
Admission FREE
Press Release from Ellen Stratton
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St Mary's Church Totnes
Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Friday 27 May
DARTINGTON ARTS CONCERT
part of 'Party in the Town'
6.00 - 6.30pm Party in the Town Schools Commission
                            introduced by Joanna MacGregor
6.40 - 7.00pm Big Noise Chorus
7.10 - 7.30pm Global Harmony
7.40 - 8.00pm The Choral Engineers
8.10 - 9.55pm South West Music School
9.05 - 9.25pm Ensemble Baklava.
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Pegasus Trio
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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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Noëlle et les Papillons
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Ashburton Live
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 28 May 8pm
NOËLLE ET LES PAPILLONS'
     "FRENCH EXCHANGE"
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
                        & Ukulele: Noëlle Rollings
Backing Vocals, Percussion
Andy Williamson
                    & Melodica: Gaëlle Hammond
Guitars: Alex Worsley
Keyboards: Tom Unwin
Acoustic & Electric Bass: Marcus Vergette
Drum Kit & Percussion: Steve Crossen
Trombone: Bob Martin
Trumpet: Graham Hutton
Tenor Sax: Andy Williamson

Tickets: £10 (concession £5)
Box Office: Silver Lion Jewellers
                         - 01364 653718
Online BookingWeGotTickets
Press Release from Andy Williamson
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Dawlish Arts Festival
St Gregory's Church Dawlish
Saturday 4 June 7 for 7.30pm
GALA CONCERT
Mezzo Soprano: Helen Haviland
Duo "Belle Voci":
Soprano: Donna-Marie BroomfieldTenor: Matthew Wilding
Duo "Elegance":
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Torquay Girls Grammar School -
Chamber School Choir
Quay Harmony Ladies Choir
Giuseppe Verdi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Léo Delibes
Sir Edward Elgar
Vittorio Monti
Eric Idle
"Elegance"
Elton John
Gioachino Rossini
Richard Strauss
Tim Rice
Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus . . .
Tickets: £12
Online Booking: EventBrite
Concert DetailsFestival Website
Festival Details: Festival Website
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Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Burgess Hill Summer Festival
Martlets Hall Burgess Hill West Sussex
Saturday 4 June 8pm
Chaturangui Guitar & Harmonica: Phillip Henry
Violin, Banjo & Voice: Hannah Martin
Tickets: £14/12 (U16 £7)
Box Office: 01444 2429888
Online Booking: Martlets Hall Website
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Substance & Shadow Theatre Company
Midge Mullin is Melvyn Gould
Nathan Simpson is Leonard Silver
(Photography: Matt Austin Images)

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
Tickets: £8.00
Box Office: 01392 277189
Online Booking: WeGotTickets - Mon/Wed
Press Release from Rosie Mullin
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Running Dog Theatre
Cygnet New Theatre
Tuesday 7 June 7pm
Thursday 9 June 8.15pm
"WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY"
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Players Tokyo
Cygnet New Theatre
Wednesday 8 June 7pm
Friday 10 June 8.30pm
"HECATE'S POISON"
(an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth")
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Tree Shadow Theatre
Cygnet New Theatre
Saturday 11 June 8.45pm
"LADY BRACKNELL'S CONFINEMENT"
(inspired by Oscar Wilde's
                   "The Importance of Being Ernest"
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James Elston
Cygnet New Theatre
Monday 6 June 8.30pm
Thursday 9 June 7pm
"KRAPP'S LAST TAPE"

Jordan Edgington

Cygnet New Theatre
Bianca Bertalot
Tuesdsay 7 June 8.30m
Saturday 11 June7pm
"I AM THE GLADIATOR"
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Bianca Bertalot
Cygnet New Theatre
Friday 10 June 7pm
Saturday 11 June 2pm
"CINCO COISAS"
(Portuguese: "Five Things")
The 5 basic development needs
of a child represented in dance
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Sun & Moon Theatre
Cygnet New Theatre
Saturday 11 June 4pm
"THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA"
(set in the 1960s at Exeter University)
Valentine: David Johnson
Julia: Melissa Barrett
Silvia: Morwenna Towns
Speed/Pantina/outlaw: Hannah Clancy
Turio/Lance/outlaw: George Bradley
Lucegga/host/outlaw: Jessica Holyoake
Duke of Milan/Antonio: Emerson Pike
Proteus: Gianni D'Attoma
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Sam Richards
Sam Richards

Totnes Library
Wednesday 8 June 7.30pm
A TALE OF TWO BOOKS
"Dartington College Of Arts: Learning By Doing"
- Longmarsh Press 2015
"Very Good Song, Very Well Sung"
     (about folksong field research)
- only just finished and as yet unpublished
Tickets: £5
Advance Booking: Totnes Library 01803 862210
Proceeds to support Totnes Library
Organised by 'Friends of Totnes Library'
Book Sales: Longmarsh Press Totnes 01803 847930
Article for Western Morning News by Simon Parker
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Four of Swords Theatre
Back in 2014:
Midge Mullin is General Macbeth
(Photography: Matt Austin)

Bear Quarry Caves
(Quarry Lane EX12 3AT)
Thu-Sat 9-11 & Tue-Sat 14-18 June
Two performances 7pm & 9pm
"MACBETH"
Tickets: £15 (student £13)
Book Online: TicketSource
Details: four-of-swords.com

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Oda Voltersvik & Guilio Potenza
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New Generation Artist Concerts
Powderham Castle
Friday 10 June 7.30pm
VOLT & POTENZA PIANO DUO
     Solo Piano & Four Hands Duets
Piano: Oda Voltersvik
Piano: Giulio Potenza
Sergei Rachmaninov: Opus 42
     ("Variations on a theme of Corelli")
Philip Martin: "Electric Prisms" 2015
Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances" Op 72
Nikolai Medtner: "Sonata Reminiscenza" Op 38
Sergei Rachmaninov: "Six Morceaux" Op 11
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office: 01626 890243
Information on their Friday afternoon concert
for school groups:

Dr Adrian Huxham - 01803 215254
Press Release from Professor George Pratt
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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 11 June 11-12am
COFFEE CONCERT
in aid of  'Friends of St Mary's'
Global Harmony & Viva Choirs
Musical Director: Roz Walker
Coffee & Cake from 10.30am
Tickets: £5 on the door
Further Details: TBA
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Sunday 12 June 3.30pm
SHOWCASE OF FINALISTS
from the Devon Performing Arts Festival
Leader: Roger Hendy
Featuring: Harp, Double Bass, Violin
Piano Solos &  Duets, Vocal Solos & Quartet
Period Costume Items
Admission FREE retiring collection
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Sidholme Organ
Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Monday 13 June 7.45-8.45pm
ORGANISTS ON THE LOOSE
An evening of 'party pieces' on the
restored 1855 pipe organ
Admission FREE retiring collection.
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Piano: Dorothy Worthington
Soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Tuesday 14 June 10.30-12am
ONLY ONE WAY TO LIVE
Coffee Concert
Soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
Piano: Dorothy Worthington
Admission FREE retiring collection
(for Sidmouth Town Band)
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Organ Historian: Nigel Browne
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Wednesday 15 June 7.45-8.45pm
THE MUSIC ROOM ORGAN
Demonstration & Talk
Organ Historian: Dr Nigel Browne
Organ Builder: Mr Michael Farley
Admission FREE retiring collection
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Edward Vinnicombe
Born: Exeter 1874
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Sidholme Music Room Concerts
Elysian Fields Sidmouth EX10 8UJ
Thursday 16 June 7.30-9.30pm
THE EXETER CHORALE
Choral & Instrumental Evening
Leader: Nigel Browne
Organ/Piano: John Draisey
French Horn: Estelle Brown
Ignacio Balbi
Orlando di Lasso
César Franck
Albert KetèlbeyFelix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arthur Sullivan
Edward Ellis Vinnicombe
Admission FREE retiring collection
(with interval refreshments)
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End of Sidholme Music Room Concerts
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Exeter Cathedral Choir & Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 18 June 7.30pm
SUMMER CONCERT
Musical Director: Timothy Noon
W A Mozart: Coronation Mass 1779 
W A Mozart: Vesperae Solennes 1780
Soprano: Julia Featherstone
Alto: Iryna Ilnytska
Tenor: Paul Young
Bass: Tim Mirfin
Tickets: Front £18 (student/U18 £10)
              Rear £15/8 Unreserved £10/5
Box Office: 01392 285983
Online Booking: Exeter Cathedral Website
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Zephyr Duo & Flute Cake Trio
Flute Cake

St Stephen's Church Exeter
Saturday 25 June 4pm
MIDSUMMER AFTERNOON CONCERT
Flute Cake Trio -
Flutes: Ruth MolinsSophie Brewer
                  & Jennifer Campbell
Zephyr Duo -
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Flutes: Ruth Molins
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Taunton Sinfonietta
St James Church Taunton
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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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Sunday 26 July 2pm
YOUNG PIANISTS' CONCERT
- pupils of Ekaterina Shetliffe
Details: TBA
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Rathbones Spring Concert Series
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
(Gallery 20, Garden Reception Entrance)
The Eeden Quartet
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)
'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 BookingRAMM website
(Details of the full series - April, May, June)
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Classical Café
Cullompton Community Centre
Friday 1 July 7.30-9.00pm
Doors Open 6.30pm
PETER & THE WOLF
(Opus 67 Sergei Prokofiev 1936)
'Orchestra Vivice' & 'Bel Canto'
Director of Music: Alan Boxer
Narrator: Patrick Romer
Tickets: £15 (U18 £7)
Box Office: 01884 33265
Online Booking: kenarts.net
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Dartington Great Hall
Exeter Festival Chorus
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
(based on the poem by Ted Hughes)
Tickets: £15 (unreserved student/U16 £7.50)
Online BookingTicketSource
Retiring Collection: Dame Hannar Rogers Trust
                                   St Loye's Foundation
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Piano, Violin & Voice
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 9 July 10.30 for 11am
MORNING RECITAL
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderón
Morning Tea/Coffee from 10.30am
Piano & Violin:
Edvard Grieg: Sonata in G major
Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Air)
Carlos Gardel "Tango Por Una Cabesa"
Soprano & Piano:
Charles Gounod: "Mignon"
South American Composers
Tickets: £10 (U16 accompanied FREE)
Box Office: 07505 884271
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PianoViolin Voice
Lupton House Churston Ferrers
(Torquay TQ5 0LD)
Saturday 10 July 7pm
EVENING OF RUSSIAN MUSIC
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderón
Composers including
Reinhold Glière
Sergei Rachmaninov
Mikhail Glinka
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tickets: £10 (U16 accompanied FREE)

Box Office: 07505 884271
Lupton House: 01803 845800
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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 16 July
EVENING PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Veronika Shoot
in aid of 'Friends of St Mary's'
Details: TBA
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
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)
DetailsOrchestra Website
Raising funds for Devon Wildlife Trust
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Branscombe Festival
Friday 29 - Sunday 31 July
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Rory McCleery
founder of
The Marian Consort
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St Winifred's Church
Friday 29 July 7pm
THE MARIAN CONSORT
Soprano: Cecilia Osmond
Countertenor: Rory McCleery
Tenor: Ashley TurnellGuy Cutting
Bass: Christopher Borrett
Baroque Choral Music
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Miss Hope Springs
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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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Ashley Solomon
founder of
Florilegium
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:
"Trio Sonata in E minor" HWV398
"Trio Sonata in B minor" HWV386b
Johann Christoph Pepusch:
"Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E major"
"Trio Sonata in C major"
John Banister:
"A Division on a Ground for Recorder"
Francesco Barsanti: "A Collection of Scots Airs"
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Harry the Piano
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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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Serena Gamberoni
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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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Leo Green
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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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Kevin Mackenzie
musical director of
Camborne Town Band
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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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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Friday 26 August Evening
Saturday 27 August Afternoon
SEA CHANGE
Details: TBA
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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 17 September 7.30pm
TOTNES EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
T.E.M.S. Concert
Details: TBA
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Colin Parr
St James Church Taunton
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)
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto "La Stravaganza"
                  Opus 4 No. 1 in Bb major
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"
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)
Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)
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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 1 October 11am
ST MARY'S COFFEE CONCERT
Roger Robinson
Details: TBC
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MinJung Baek
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)
DetailsOrchestra Website
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Mary Eade
Temple Methodist Church Taunton
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)
                   (Violin Soloist: Mary Eade) (1878)
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)
Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)