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THE EXON SINGERS
56th Summer Festival
St Eustachius' Church Tavistock
Wednesday-Saturday 24-28 July |
.Chagford Summer Music 2024
St Michael's Church Chagford
Friday 21 June 1.10pm
FLUTE CAKE
Flutes: Ruth Molins
Sophie Brewer, Jennifer Campbell
A classical selection with
original composition 'Ancient Rites'
by Andrew Wilson
Admission FREE
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Exeter Chamber Choir
1. St James' Church Exeter
. . Friday 21 June 7.30pm
. . Tuesday 25 June 7.30pm
'A SUMMER'S GARLAND'
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
English Madrigals:
'Fair Phyllis' 'My Bonny Lass'
'Now is the month of Maying'
'Draw on Sweet Night'
'The Silver Swan' 'Lay a Garland'
European Madrigals:
Claudio Monteverdi
Jacques Arcadelt
Juan Vasquez
Pierre Passereau
Other Songs:
Johannes Brahms
Peter Cornelius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Three Shakespeare Songs)
Close Harmony Arrangements:
Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer: 'Moon River'
Harold Arlan/Yip Harburg/Billy Rose: 'It's Only a Paper Moon'
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart: 'Blue Moon'
Tickets: £15 (advance £12 child/student FREE)
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St John's Church Bovey Tracey
Saturday 22 June 10.30am-4.30pm
"COME AND SING!"
Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown
Franz Schubert: Mass in G
Tickets: £15 (tea & coffee provided)
scores available to hire
musicians welcomed
jane.andersonbrown@gmail.com
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Exeter Family Orchestra
Roborough Studios (day)Flow Orchard (Exeter Mill Field) (eve)
[Bad Weather - Exwick Parish Hall]
Saturday 22 June 6-8pm
'THE AUBERGINES'
a FREE weekend of
Exeter Family Music Workshops
part of Exeter University and
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Aubergines Family Orchestra
Leaders: Emma Welton, Hugh Nankivell
Bring any instruments - all welcome
Sat 10.30: songmaking with Hugh - Roborough
Sat 1.45: home-made instruments
(with Hugh and Emma) - Roborough
Plenty available - or bring your own!
Sat 6pm: Musical picnic at Flow Orchard
Sun 10.30: Streatham Campus sound walk
(with Emma) - meet at Roborough
Sun 1.45: Symphony! - making an orchestra
(with Emma and Hugh)
Details: Emma Welton
Telephone: 07791 161050
emma@emmawelton.net
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Kenton Music Festival
All Saints' Church Kenton
Saturday 22 June 10.30am
MINI-RECITALS
community music making
featuring Iryna Ilnytska
Olga Obertas & Richard Lucas
Admisssion FREE
SPACE ODYSSEY
a musical journey
Piano: Alfie Pugh
violin: Rebecca Willson
Guitar: David Jones
Double Bass: John Donnelly
Percussion: Gary Evans
Tickets: £12
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Tiverton Concert Band
St Paul's Church Tiverton
Saturday 22 June 7.30pm
SUMMER CONCERT
Musical Director: Dave Boorer
Tickets: £10 (U16 £1)
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Devon Baroque
St John's, Bridgetown Totnes
Saturday 22 June 7.30pm
BAROQUE MUSIC FOR MIDSUMMER
Violins: Sharon Lindo
'Cello: Gabriel Amherst
Harpsichord: Andew Wilson-Dickson
Recorder & Oboe: Sarah Humphrys
Soprano: Rebecca Ramsey
Georg Frideric Handel:
. Sinfonia in B flat HWV 339 (1709)
. Two German arias for soprano
and obbligato instruments
‘Sweet Bird’ from L’Allegro,
. Il Penseroso ed il Moderato
‘Hush, ye pretty warbling choir’
(aria from Acis and Galatea)
. ‘Splende l’alba in oriente’
(from cantata HWV166)
Johann Christoph Pepusch:
. ‘Love frowns’
(from English Cantatas, book 2 no. 1)
William Williams:
Trio Sonata no. 6 in F: In imitation of birds
James Oswald:
‘Honeysuckle‘ and ‘Marvel of Peru’
(from Airs for the Seasons)
William Jackson:
‘Twas when the seas were roaring’
(from Twelve Songs, op. 1 no. 9)
Heinrich Biber:
Sonata Representativa for violin and continuo
Tickets: £20 (student £5 child FREE)
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Torbay Symphony Orchestra
Brixham Theatre
CONCERT IN BRIXHAM THEATRE
Conductor: Richard Gonski
Leader: Chris Eastman
Gioachino Rossini:
Overture to 'Barber of Seville'
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Violin Concerto Opus 61
(Violin Soloist: Ofer Falk)
Giuseppe Verdi:
Overture to 'La Forza del Destino'
Johann Struass: 'The Blue Danube'
Sir Edward Elgar: 'Nimrod'
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Symphony VI (Pathetique) mvt 1
John Williams: 'Schindler's List'
Gabriel Fauré: 'Pavane' Opus 50Sir Hubert Parry: 'Jerusalem'
Tickets: £15 (carers FREE)
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Kentisbeare Village Hall
Sunday 23 June 3pm
'MAGICAL TALES IN MUSIC'
Musical Director: Alan Boxer
Gioachino Puccini: William Tell Overture
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Georg Philipp Telemann: 3 Trumpet Concerto
Admission FREE - donations welcome
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Chagford Summer Music 2024
St Michael's Church Chagford Friday 28 June 1.10pm
- - - E.J. & OBERON - - -
Concert Harp: Elizabeth-Jane Baldry
Harp music of the past 5 centuries
with music by Elias Parish-Alvers
19th century Devon harp virtuoso
Victorian fairy harp music
Traditional Devon folk melodies
Admission FREE
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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
Southernhay Church
Saturday 29 June 7.30pm
SUMMER CONCERT
Conductor: Benjamin Voce
Leader: Jackie Baldwin
Claude Debussy: 'Marche Écossaise'
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony I
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5 Family £25)
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Central Church Torquay
Saturday 29 June7.30pm
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Musical Director: Simon Dunbavand
Piano: Matt Davies
Soprano: Cheryl Brendish
Tenor: Ben Hoadley
Bass: John Hobbs
Tickets: £15 (U18 £5)
southdevonchoir.org/tickets
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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Thursday 4 July 1pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Matthew Wright
Admission FREE
Lunch: 12-12.55pm
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Chagford Summer Music 2024
St Michael's Church Chagford Friday 5 July 1.10pm
- - MUSIC ON THE EDGE - -
Flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams
Saxophones: Chris Caldwell
A melding of ancient and contemporary,
ambient improvisations,
landscape-inspired soundscapes
Admission FREE
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
BACH 'B MINOR MASS'
with Devon Baroque Orchestra
Musical Director: Andrea Brown
Soprano 1: Bethany Partridge
Soprano 2: Elizabeth Drury
Counter-Tenor: Benjamin Irvine-Capel
Tenor: John Uperton
Bass-Baritone: Timothy Dickinson
Tickets: front nave £30 rear nave £21
- side aisles £15 (child/student/UC 1/2)
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Bel Canto Singers
Wednesday 10 July 1.15pm
'AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
Musical Director: Alan Boxer
45 mins of light choral music
John Rutter - Henry Mancini
Billy Joel - Eric Whitacre
Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Spice Girls
Admission FREE
Donations Welcome
towards The Brain Tumour Charity
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Somerset Opera
Taunton Sinfonietta
Museum of Somerset
Wed-Fri 10-12 July 7.30pm
DIDO & AENEAS
Musical Director: Noah Mosely
Leader: Mary Eade
Stage Director: Guido Martin Brandis
Henry Purcell: 'Dido & Aeneas'
performed at the 4th century
Low Ham mosaic in the Great Hall
Tickets: £15 (3 easy access remaining)
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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter Thursday 11 July 1pm
SOPRANO & ALTO
Piano: David Davies
Soprano: Héloïse West
Alto: Rebecca Squires
Admission FREE
Lunch: 12-12.55pm
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Bel Canto Singers
1. St Mary's Ottery St Mary . . Friday 12 July 7.30pm
2. St Margaret's Topsham
. . Satruday 13 July 7.30pm
'FEEL THE SPIRIT'
Musical Director: Alan Boxer
Gabriel Fauré: 'Requiem'
John Rutter: 'Feel the Spirit'
(Seven Spirituals)
Tickets: £10 (U18 £5)
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St Stephen's Church Exeter
Sunday 14 July 3pm
'LUCKY FOR SOME'
a programme of 13 songs
Soprano: Nicola Howard
Piano: Alex Wilson
George Gershwin
Stephen Sondheim
Cole Porter
Admission FREE
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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Thursday 18 July 1pm
HARP RECITAL
Harp: Emma Graham
Admission FREE
Lunch: 12-12.55pm
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 20 July 7.30pm
NATALIE CLEIN
Conductor: Arturo Serna
Leader: Clare Marchant
Dmitri Shostakovich:
Festive Overture
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Fourth Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich:
First 'Cello Concerto
'Cello Soloist: Natalie Clein
Tickets: Side Aisle £5
Rear Nave: £20 Mid Nave £25
Front Nave £35 (U18 all £5)
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Exeter Central Library
Sunday 21 July 12.30pm
'10 WEE DEVON PINTS'
Clarinet: Sarah Watts
founded by Dr Núria Bonet
researcher and composer
at Plymouth Univeristy
showcasing 10 x 3-minute
compositions for clarinet
e.g. Patrick Nunn: 'Pandit'
reflecting Ravi Shankar's
Kameswari raga - and
New Lion brewery's pale ale starting conversations about
'Pride in Place' and - beer!
Admission FREE
Booking: 01392 407027
librariesunlimited.org.uk
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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Thursday 25 July 1pm
CLARINET & PIANO
Piano: Dorothy Raven
Clarinet: Phil Bonser
Admission FREE
Lunch: 12-12.55pm
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The Exon Singers
Haldon Quartet Bristol Brass Consort
St Eustachius' Church Tavistock
(and Buckland Abbey Yelverton)
Wed-Sat 24-28 July 2024
56th SUMMER FESTIVAL
1. St Eustachius Church
MOZART & VIVALDI
Musical Director: Joseph Judge
The Exon Singers with
The Haldon Quartet &
Organist: Neil Taylor
'Coronation Mass' 'Gloria'
"Ave Verum Corpus"
2. St Eustachius Church
Thursday 25 July 1.10pm
Violin: Linsday Braga, Mandy Britton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Rebecca Allnatt
Franz Schubert: Gm Quartet D 173
Caroline Shaw: "Plan & Elevation"
Trad arr: 'Roving Jack' 'The Oxen Ploughing'
arr Percy Grainger: 'Molly on the Shore'
3. St Eustachius' Church
Thursday 25 July 7.30pm
'ALL MY PAST AND FUTURES' The Exon Singers
Musical Director: Joseph Judge
John Tavener: 'Hymn to the Mother of God'
Healey Willan: 1 "Fair in Face"
Healey Willan: 2 "I beheld her, beautiful as a dove"
Healey Willan: 3 "Rise up, my love, my fair one"
Sarah Rimkus: 'Mater Dei'
Simon Beattie: 'To our Lady'
Natalia Tsupryk: 'A quiet night'
Evelin Seppar: Psalm 129
Ethel Smyth: "Komm süsser Tod. komm selge Ruh"
(Bach: "Come sweet death, come blessed rest")
Eric Whitacre: II Samuel 18:33
"When David Heard that Absalom was Slain" Radiohead Arr. Geoff Lawson: Pyramid Song
4. St Eustachius' Church
Thursday 25 July 9pm
COMPLINE BY CANDLELIGHT
A service sung to Gregorian chant
René Clausen: Anthem -
'Tonight Eternity Alone'
Admission FREE
5. The Great Barn Buckland Abbey
Friday 26 July 1.10pm
FROM RENAISSANCE TO RADIOHEAD
The Exon Singers
Musical Director: Joseph Judge
Chant: Ave Maria
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo John Tavener: 'Hymn to the Mother of God'
Healey Willan: 3 "Rise up, my love, my fair one"
Sarah Rimkus: 'Mater Dei'
Natalia Tsupryk: 'A quiet Night'
René Clausen: "Tonight Eternity Alone"
Ester Magi: "Siin mu rõõmumaa"
Eric Whitacre: "When David Heard"
Radiohead Arr. Lawson: 'Pyramid Song'
Friday 26 July 1.10pm
ORGAN RECITAL
Organist: Neil Taylor
7. St Eustachius' Church
Friday 26 July 6.30pm
CHORAL WORKSHOP
JOHN RUTTER: 'GLORIA'
with The Exon Singers
Musical Director: Joseph Judge
Accompanist: Neil Taylor
Preparing for Saturday evening
8. St Eustachius' Church
Saturday 27 July 7.30pm
'HYMN TO THE SUN'The Exon Singers
Bristol Brass Consort
with Percussionists
Come & Sing Choir
Musical Director: Joseph Judge
Accompanist: Neil Taylor
Sarah Rimkus: Breathe Free'
(words by Emma Lazarus - shape note singing)
Lili Boulanger: 'Hymne au soleil' (Hymn to the Sun) Tarik O’Regan: Threshold of Night
Jonathan Dove: 'The Passing of the Year'
(for double choir and piano)
René Clausen: 'Tonight Eternity Alone'
(Thomas S Jones Jr: 'Dusk at Sea')
Ester Mägi: "Siin mu Rõõmumaa"
(Estonian: "Here is my Land of Joy")
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo
John Rutter: 'Gloria'
(Come & Sing Choir with percussion and brass)
Sunday 28 July 9.45am
CHORAL EUCHARIST
with The Exon Singers
Mozart Coronation Mass
Mozart 'Ave Verum Corpus'
tickets@exonsingers.org.uk
exonsingers.org.uk
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