Wednesday 12 February 2020

February/March 2020

STAIRCASE OPERA
Gian-Carlo Menotti: "The Consul"
Anna Gregory is Magda Sorel
Rebecca Squire is the Secretary of the Consul
Director: Martyn Harvey
Musical Director: Paul McClure
A tale of bureaucratic intransigence
beautifully scored for piano and voices
(previously performed in April 2019)
Ashburton Arts Centre: Tuesday 18 February
Sidholme Music Room: Thursday 20 February
Bridport Arts Centre: Saturday 22 February
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Divertimento
String Quartet
Divertimento String Quartet
Lustleigh Village Hall
Saturday 1 February 3pm
MOZARTWEBERN BEETHOVEN
Violin: Mary EadeLindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
W A Mozart: Quartet in D K 421
Anton Webern: 6 Bagatelles
L V Beethoven: Quartet in F Op 59 No 1
Tickets: £12 (advance £12 student/child FREE)
Will Carnell: 01647 277270
emailleap.lustleigh@gmail.com
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Classical Duo Elegance
Balalaika: Sergei Kosov
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
St John's Church Totnes
(Bridgetown TQ9 5AD)
Saturday 1 February 7.30pm
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Balalaika: Sergei Kosov
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Tchaikovsky - Mussorgsky
Shostakovich - Prokofiev
Tickets: £12
Tel: 07505 884371 / 01803 845800
Online BookingTicketSource
emailekaterinashetliffe@gmail.com
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Music on the Edge
Holy Trinity Church Gidleigh
Sunday 2 February 6pm
SUNDAY@SIX
Flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams
Saxophones/Clarinets: Chris Caldwell
'Cello: Sarah Bowler
BachRameau, Ragas & Improvisation
Tickets: £12
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Mark Perry
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 5 February 12.30pm
PIECES OF EIGHT
Singers from St David's Singers
Conductor: Mark Perry
Admission FREE (retiring collection)
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Claudia Álvarez Calderón
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Claudia Álvarez Calderón
Lustleigh Village Hall
Friday 7 February 7.30pm
"IS IT TRUE LOVE?"
Piano: Alex Wilson
Soprano: Claudia Álvarez Calderón
Bass: Fulvio Bussano
Italian opera arias, duets and piano solo
by RossiniPucciniVerdi and others
Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)
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Italian Cultural Association Exeter
Bass:
Fulvio Bussano
Soprano:
Claudia Álvarez Calderón
Barnfield Theatre - Clifford Room
Saturday 8 February 3-5pm
OPERA WORKSHOP
Piano: Alex Wilson
Soprano: Claudia Álvarez Calderón
Bass: Fulvio Bussano
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi: "La Serva Padrona"
Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"
Gaetano Donizetti: "L'Elisir d'Amore'
Gioachino Rossini: "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
Admission FREE - booking essential
(maximum 30 participants)
emailadmin@exetercommunitiestogether.org.uk
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Italian Cultural Association Exeter
Barnfield Theatre - Clifford Room
Saturday 8 February 5.30-7.30pm
"IS IT TRUE LOVE?"
Piano: Alex Wilson
Soprano: Claudia Álvarez Calderón
Bass: Fulvio Bussano
Italian opera arias, duets and piano solo
by RossiniPucciniVerdi and others
Admission FREE - booking essential
(places limited)
email: admin@exetercommunitiestogether.org.uk
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Anita D'Attellis
Wallingford Winter Recitals
Church of St Mary-le-more
Saturday 8 February 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN TRIPLE BILL
A celebration of the life of
Ludwig van Beethoven
250 years old in 2020!
Sonata 8 in Cm Op 13 ("Pathétique")
Sonata 21 in C Op 53 ("Waldstein")
Sonata No 30 in E Op 109
Piano: Anita D'Attellis
Tickets: £12 (U19 FREE)
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Audrey Williams
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 12 February 12.30pm
PIANO & 'CELLO RECITAL
Piano: Audrey Williams
'Cello: Angela Ashwin
Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke"
Felix Mendelssohn: "Lieder ohne Worte"
Johannes Brahms: "3 Songs" Op 42
William Hurlstone: 'Cello Sonata in D
Admission FREE (retiring collection)
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Judith Hall
Skylark Quintet
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Friday 14 February 6pm
"SOUNDS ROMANTIC"
Flute: Judith Hall
Oboe: Lynn Carter
Clarinet: Victoria Loram
French Horn: Nicky New
Bassoon: Jo Arnasson
Bizet - Mozart - Verdi
Elgar Granger Grieg
Johann Strauss
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Andrew Collis
Exeter Recorder Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 15 February 1.15pm
AN INFORMAL CONCERT
in the Nave of the Cathedral
Musical Director: Andrew Collis
Concert FREE to attend
(There is a charge for admission
  to the Cathedral for non-Exeter
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Justin Newland
Ground Floor Café
Exeter Central Library
Sunday 16 February 2-4pm
MEET THE AUTHOR
Somerset Author will discuss
his first three novels:
"The Genes of Isis"
"The Old Dragon's Head"
"The Coronation"
Admission FREE
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Devon Baroque
Dartington Hall
Sunday 16 February 3pm
20TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Musical Director: Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Leader: Persephone Gibb
G F Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 no 7 in Bb
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins in Em
Giuseppe Valentini:Concerto Grosso Op7 No 11
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 3 violins in F
J S Bach: Violin Concerto in Am BWV 1041
(Violin Soloists: Persephone Gibbs)
Music for multiple violins by Salamone Rossi 
Tickets: £18 (student/U18 £5)
Box Office: 01803 847070
Online BookingDartington Website
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Somerset Chamber Choir
King's College Chapel Taunton
Sunday 16 February 4pm
"SONGFEST"
- Exquisite Music of the Romantic Era
Musical Director: Richard Laing
Piano: Anita d'Attellis
Mezzo-Soprano: Karen Wise
Sir Edward Elgar:
"Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands"
Johannes Brahms: "Zigeunerlieder"
                             (Gypsy Songs)
Richard Strauss: "Morgen!"
Tickets: £18/£15/£11 (child/student 1/2 price)
Full Details &
Online Booking: TicketSource
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Staircase Opera
1Ashburton Arts centre
    Tuesday 18 February 7.30pm
2Sidholme Music Room
    Thursday 20 February 7.30pm
3Bridport Arts Centre
    Saturday 22 February 7.30pm
"THE CONSUL"
A Modern Opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti
Director: Martyn Harvey
Musical Director: Paul McClure
Piano: Paul McClure & Roger Stephenson
Opening Voice: Christine Marsden
Magda Sorel: Anna Gregory
John Sorel: Dominic Rousseau
Mother: Carolyn Harries
Secret Police Officer: Alex Poulton
Secretary to the Consul: Rebecca Squire
Assan the Glasscutter: Alex Francis
Mr Kofner: Tim Hunt
Foreign Woman: Gemma Santiago
Magician: Matt Wilding
Vera Boronel: Pip Gascoigne-Pees
Anna Gomez: Donna-Marie Broomfield
Tickets: £16 
AshburtonWeGotTickets
(student/low wage £8 child £5)
Ashburton Information: 01364 653426boxoffice@ashburtonarts.org.uk
Sidholme: 01395 514516
(Paragon Bookshop Sidmouth)
Pre-Concert Supper: 6pm
3 Courses £19.95 2 Courses £12.95
(advance booking required)
Bridport: 01308 424204
(student: £10)
Online BookingBridport Arts
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Lustleigh Drama Group
Lustleigh Village Hall
Thur/Fri/Sat 20/21/22 Feb 7.30pm
"MOTHER COURAGE
         & HER CHILDREN"
A play by Bertolt Brecht
Translated & Adapted by David Hare
The fight for survival of a mother
during the nightmare of endless war
Tickets: £10 (U16 £5)
Lustleigh Dairy: 01647 277107
rharvey27@btinternet.com
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Nina Leonard Savićević
Nina Leonard Savićević
St Margaret's Church Topsham
Saturday 22 February 1.15pm
LUNCHTIME PIANO RECITAL
J S Bach: "Prelude and Fugue" in B♭m
Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Tempest"
Frédéric Chopin: "Etude" Op25 No5
Alexander Scriabin: "Etude" in C♯m op2 no1
Mikhail Glinka: "The Nightingale" Variations
Admission FREE (retiring collection)

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Anita D'Attellis
Wallingford Winter Recitals
Church of St Mary-le-more
Saturday 22 February 7.30pm
CLARINET & VIOLA
Clarinet: Colette Salkeld
Viola: George White
Piano: Anita D'Attellis
W A Mozart: Trio in Eb K498 ("Kegelstatt")
Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasy Pieces Op73
Rebecca Clarke: "Mopheus"
Max Bruch: 8 Pieces Op 83
Tickets: £12 (U19 FREE)
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Divertimento String Quartet
St Margaret's Church Topsham
Divertimento String Quartet
Sunday 23 February 4pm
MOZART/WEBERN/BEETHOVEN
Violin: Mary Eade, Linsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
W A Mozart: Quartet in Dm K421
Anton Webern: Six Pieces Op 9
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet Op 59 No 1
Tickets: £15 (advance £13 U18 FREE)
Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
Online Booking: Ents24
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Opera in a Box
The Loco Klub Bristol
(Clock Tower Rd BS1 6QH)
Sam Baker
Sunday 23 February 6pm
Tuesday 25 February 7.30pm
Thursday 27 February 7.30pm
Saturday 29 February 6pm
Sunday 1 March 6pm
"MACBETH" - PROMENADE!
Musical Director: Sam Baker
Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"
A promenade production
in the atmospheric tunnels
under Bristol Temple Meads
Food served at the banquet!
Info: operainabox@gmail.com
Tickets: £20 (NUS £8)
Online Booking: TicketSource
(Sat/Sun 29Feb/1Mar Sold Out)
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Alfie Pugh
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Exeter College Choral Society
Southernhay Church
Friday 28 February 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Alfie Pugh
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
"Mass in C Minor"
"Regina Coeli in C"
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Iryna Ilnytska
St Michael's Church
Teignmouth TA14 8TB
Saturday 7 March 3pm
HANDEL, HANDBELLS & HARP
Handbell Quartet: Tor Bells
(Fiona, JaneJohn Robert Willis
  a family team from Okehampton)Harp: Luc Walpot
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Piano: Sam Baker
Tickets: £8.50 (child £3)
Booking: 01626 870107
Online Booking: TicketSource
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Classical Duo Elegance
St Michael's Church Teignmouth
Saturday 7 March 7.30pm
BAROQUE TO MODERN
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Violin: Oxana Militsina
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
'Cello: Tirke Linnemann
Vivaldi - Handel - Mussorgsky
Bartok - Brahms - Igor Frolov
Reinhold Glière - Tchaikovsky
Tickets: £12 (U18 £3)
Booking: 01626 870107
07505 884271 - 07960 103391
southdevonsingers@gmail.com
Online Booking: TicketSource
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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
and Art Gallery Exeter
Saturday 7 March 6.45 for 7.30pm
MUSIC IN THE GALLERIES
Musical Director: Leo Geyer
Specially Commissioned music by
Darren Bloom, Jegede Tunde,
Anna Matthews, Edward Nesbit,
Camden Reeves, Laura Reid,
Lisa Robertson, Leo Geyer
Plus Emerging Composers
Ivan Andrews, Joshua Brown,
Marisse Cato, Hugh Morris,
Henry Page
performed by musicians of
Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
- and Chorus in ensembles
around the museum
Tickets: £10 (U17 £5)
Info & Booking: RAMM Website
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Maria Nicol Jazz Trio
Calypso Artisan Coffee
(Torquay TQ2 5DW)
Saturday 7 March 7.30pm
SPRING JAZZ IN CALYPSO
Vocalist: Maria Nicol
Keyboard: Peter Tamblyn
Double Bass: Pete Canter
Tickets: £10
Booking: 07717 682755
marianicolmusic@gmail.com
Online Booking: WeGotTickets
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Concerts at Barkham
Barkham, Sandyways, South Molton
Saturday 7 March 7.30pm
Divertimento String Quartet

DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violin: Mary EadeLindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
W A Mozart: Quartet in Dm K421
Anton Webern: 6 Bagatelles Op 9
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F Op 59 No 1
Tickets: £15 (advance £13 U18 FREE)
Divertimento: 01803 863677
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
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Exeter Bach Society
Southernhay Church
Saturday 21 March 6.15 for 7pm
HANDEL'S "SAUL"
A performance to celebrate
25 years since the formation of EBS
by former Mayor of Exeter Ramon Yeo
Musical Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood
Sinfonia Leader: Anna Cockroft
Saul: Tim Mirfin
David: Tom Scott-Cowell
Jonathan: Mike Gormley
Merab: Aimee Presswood
Michal: Sam Cobb
Samuel/Doeg/Abner: Matthew Hulbert
Witch/Amalekite/Abiathar: Jonathan Lucas Wood
Tickets: £15 (NUS/U18 £7.50 U16 FREE)

Online Booking: TicketSource
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Exeter Chamber Choir
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
THE SAINT JOHN PASSION
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Orchestra Leader: Fiona McLean Buechel
J S Bach: "Johannes-Passion" BWV 245
Evangelist: Josh Cooter
Soprano: Bethany Partridge
Alto: Rachel Bennett
Tenor: Matthew Jeffrey
Bass: Alex Poulton

Tickets: £18 (advance £15 student/child FREE)
Exeter Tourist Info: 01392 665885
Online BookingTicketSource
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Skylark Quintet
Judith Hall
St Mary's Church Dunsford
Sunday 29 March 3pm
"SOUNDS ROMANTIC"
Flute: Judith Hall
Oboe: Lynn Carter
Clarinet: Victoria Loram
French Horn: Nicky New
Bassoon: Jo Arnasson
Bizet - Mozart - Verdi
Elgar - Granger - Grieg
Johann Strauss
Tickets: £6 (advance £5)
Christine Marsden: 01647 252989
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Flute Cake
Creative Innovation Centre Taunton
Saturday 11 April 3 for 3.30pm
A FELICITY OF FLUTES
A wonderful mix of classical
folk and film music featuring
Piccolo, Concert Flute, Alto & Bass
Sophie Brewer
Jennifer Campbell
Ruth Molins
Tickets: £10/£12
Online Booking: CIC Website
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Sam Richards
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Sam Richards
St Mary's Church Totnes
Thursday 16 April 7.30pm
PIANO IMPROVISATIONS
Piano: Sam Richards
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Stella Maris Trio
Stella Maris Trio
Whitestone Parish Hall
Saturday 18 April 7.30pm
THE FAVOURITES
Mezzo-Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Piano: Sam Baker
Soprano: Victoria Armillotta
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Exeter Chamber Choir
1. St David's Church Exeter
    Saturday 18 April 6.30pm
2. St Mary's Church Totnes
    Tuesday 21 April 7.00pm
NELSON MASS
Haydn & More with
French Choir 'Ristretto'
Exeter Chamber Choir
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
(ECC partner choir in Nice)
Musical Directors: Andrew Daldorph
                             & Errol Girdlestone
J S Bach: "Singet dem Herrn"
William Harris: "Faire is the Heaven"
John Stainer: "I saw the Lord"
Hugo Wolf: "Ergebung" (Resignation)
Errol Girdlestone: Spiritual Arrangements
Josef Haydn: "Missa in Angustiis"
                      (Mass in Troubled Times)
Tickets: £18 (advance £15 NUS/child FREE)
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Exeter Bach Society
St Margaret's Chruch Topsham
Saturday 18 April 7.30pm
OPERATIC RECITAL
Mezzosoprano: Katie Bray
Piano: TBC
Bach - Handel - Vivaldi
Purcell - Mozart - Rossini
Tickets: £18 (advance £15)
(NUS £9/£7.50 child FREE)
Exeter TIC: 01392 665885
Online Booking: TicketSource


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Concerts at Barkham
Barkham, Sandyways, South Molton
Divertimento String Quartet

Saturday 18 April 7.30pm
DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violin: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Josef Haydn: Quartet in A Op 20 No 6
Aaron Copland: 2 Pieces for String Quartet
Johannes Brahms: Quartet in Cm Op 51 No 1
Tickets: £15 (advance £13 U18 FREE)
Divertimento: 01803 863677
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
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Exeter Chamber Choir
Ristretto - Musical Director Errol Girdlestone
& Ristretto Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Monday 20 April 5.30pm
CHORAL EVENSONG
Musical Directors:
Andrew Daldorph
Errol Girdlestone
An Anglican Church Service
No charge to attend
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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 25 April 7.30pm
FIREBIRD
Conductor: Leo Geyer
Leader: Clare Smith
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
"Scheherazade"
Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava"
Tickets: £12-£19 (NUS/U16 1/2 price)
Exeter TIC: 01392 665700
Online Booking: TicketSource
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East Devon Choral Society
Exeter Chamber Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 9 May 7.30pm
"THE ARMED MAN"
(Words & Music: Karl Jenkins)
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
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English Touring Opera
Northcott Theatre
Wed/Thur 27/28 May 7.30pm
COSI FAN TUTTE
Director: Laura Attridge
Musical Director: Holly Mathieson
W A Mozart: "Cosi fan Tutte"
Tickets: £22-£38 (U35 £5)
Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm
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English Touring Opera
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 29 May 7.30pm
ST JOHN PASSION
Artistic Director: James Conway
Musical Director:
Jonathan Peter Kenny
(Old Street Band)
G F Handel: "St John Passion"
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English Touring Opera
Northcott Theatre
Saturday 30 May 7.30pm
GIULIO CESARE
Artistic Director: James Conway
Musical Director:
Jonathan Peter Kenny
(Old Street Band)
G F Handel: "Giulio Cezare"
Tickets: £22-£38 (U35 £5)
Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm
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Divertimento Piano Trio
Concerts at Barkham
Barkham, Sandyways, South Molton
Saturday 27 June 7.30pm
DIVERTIMENTO PIANO TRIO
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in G Op 1 No 2Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in Cm Op 66
Tickets: £15 (advance £13 U18 FREE)
Divertimento: 01803 863677
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com