Concerts from the Start of May - 2012!

The Sixteen
Director of Music
Harry Christophers
choir website

The Sixteen (Choral Pilgrimage)
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 2 May 7.30pm
THE EARTH RESOUNDS
(Franco-Flemish renaissance music)
Josquin des Prez (1500):
'Preater Rerum Serium'
'O virgo Prudensissima'
'Huc Me Sydereo'
Antoine Brumel (1500):
'Missa Et Ecce Terrae' (Earthquake Mass)
 - 'Gloria' & 'Sanctus'
Orlande de Lassus (1560):
Magnificat super 'Preater rerum Serium'
'Aurora Lucis Rutilat'
'Timor et Tremor'
Magnificat Octavi Toni Super 'Aurora Lusic Rutilat'
Tickets: £12-26
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
National Centre for Early Music 01904 658338
Concert CD sales

Sebastian Pope as Ernest Pringle
in 'Alas Poor Fred'
OwlGlass Theatre, 2-5 May

OwlGlass Theatre
The Hourglass Inn, Exeter
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 5 May 8pm
FRENZY FOR TWO  (and the same to you)
- a snail/tortoise confusion leads to all-out war -
by Eugene Ionesco (translation, Donald Watson)
Assistant Director: Sorrel Meechan
Director: Sebastian Pope ('He')
'She': Charlott Reinhold
Tickets: £9 from Hourglass: 01392 258722

Chris Gradwell: tenor sax

Chris Gradwell and Friends
The Blue Ball Inn Sidford
Sunday 6 May 7.30pm (Doors open 6.45)
LE JAZZ
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinets/Saxophones: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barratt
Double Bass: Mike Thorn
Tickets: £8
07583 796855 - glyn.holford@sky.co.uk

Caerphilly Ladies' Choir

Caerphilly Ladies' Choir
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Monday 7 May 1.15pm
T. Price: Y Delyn Aur
Henry Geehl: Ar Hyd y Nos
Sherri Porterfield: Luadate Dominum
Martin Shaw: With a Voice of Singing
Howard Goodall: The Lord is my Shepherd
John Rutter: the Lord Bless You & Keep You
Arwel Hughes: Tydi y Rhoddaist
John Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth
Admission: FREE (retiring collection)

Anthony Hewlett
will cycle from
Land's End to John O'Groats

The Olympianist
Exeter Cathedral Green / Chapter House
Friday 11 May outdoor 3.30pm | indoor 7.30pm
Pianist and long-distance cyclist: Anthony Hewlett
Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight & Pathetique Sonatas
Franz Schubert: Improptu in E flat
Frederic Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu
Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Taster recital on the Green: admission FREE
Chapter House Concert: Tickets: £12 (student £5)
Exeter Cathedral Shop: 01392 271354
The Olympianist Website

THE HONITON FESTIVAL

The Callino String Quartet
Tom Hankey: Violin
Sarah McMahon: 'Cello
Rebecca Jones: Viola
Sarah Sexton: Violin

Honiton Festival
Cotleigh Parish Church
Thursday 10 May:
Reception, 6.15pm - Concert, 7.30pm
THE CALLINO STRING QUARTET
Joseph Haydn: Quartet Opus 76 No 3 ('Emperor')
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F (1903)
Franz Schubert: Quartet in Dm (Death + Maiden)
Tickets: £17.50 (£12 concert only)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716
Callino Quartet Website
'Callino' = 'Cailíní ó Chois tSúire'
(girls from Tipperary)







Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm
JAZZ WITH JACQUI DANKWORTH
(Daughter of Dame Cleo Lane & Sir John Dankworth)
Tickets: £12-15 (£9 unreserved)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716

"One of the classiest acts in British Jazz":
Jacqui Dankworth

East Devon Choral Society
at Exeter Cathedral
for Peter Milmer's Requiem

East Devon Choral Society
St George's Church Tiverton
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Tickets: £10 available on the door
Book with Sue North: 01884 253494

William Carter (theorbo)
directed by Alina Ibragimova
Dartington 23 February 2012

Academy of Ancient Music
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 May 7.45pm
AYRES FOR THE THEATRE
Theatre Music by Henry Purcell:
1688: 'Dido & Aeneas'
1690: 'The Gordian Knot Untied'
1691: 'Three Single Songs':
 - "Hark! The Echoing Air"
 - "If Music Be the Food of Love"
 - "From Rosy Bowers"
1692: 'The Faerie Queen'
1694: 'The Married Beau'
Director (& theorbo): William Carter
Ensemble of Eleven Baroque Instruments
Soprano: Elin Manahan Thomas
Tickets: Nave £25 (front) £18 (rear)

Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas
At Dartington for
'A Celebration of Handel'
with the Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment 29 May 2012

unreserved aisle seats: £10
from Exeter Cathedral Shop: 01392 271354
Exeter Cathedral Online Booking
Academy Website

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Saint Davids Players - Auditions!
Kalendar Hall, South Street, Exeter
Sunday 13 May 2pm
for PRINCESS IDA (Gilbert & Sullivan)
to be performed at the Barnfield Theatre
Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th October
Audition pieces at St Davids Players website
(follow 'Rehearsals & Auditions')
stdavidsplayers@hotmail.com

Phil Beer
Hockworthy Village Hall
Sunday 13th May
Bar opens: 6.45pm - Performance: 7.30pm
Tickets: £10
Val 01823 673268
Louise 01823 673025
louise@red-elephant.co.uk
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The Exeter Singers

Exeter Singers
St Mary's Church Ideford
Sunday 13 May 7.45pm
unaccompanied singing
directed by Tony Yates
Renaissance, Romantic, Modern
Folk, Jazz and Classic Songs
Tickets: £5 on the door
Box Office: 01626 852954

English Piano Trio
Justin Pearson
Jane Faulkner
Timothy Ravenscroft

St Boniface Concert Society
Holy Cross Church Crediton
Wednesday 16 May 7.30pm
ENGLISH PIANO TRIO
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C HOb. XV:21
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Opus 63
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio No 7 in B flat ('Archduke')
Piano: Timothy Ravenscroft
Violin: Jane Faulkner
'Cello: Justin Pearson
Tickets: £10 (child FREE)
Mrs Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
society website

Organ restoration expert
Christopher Kent

Saint Nicholas Consort
James Wyatt Music Room,
Powderham Castle
Friday 18 May 7.30pm
Music by 18th Century Composers
Soprano: Rachel Gilliam
Oboe: Belinda Paul
Viola da Gamba: Lesley Shrigley Jones
Harpsichord & Organ: Christopher Kent
Tickets: £14 - but free to the first ten
                         full-time students to book
                         (& ½-price for the next 10)
Box Office: 01626 890243
Castle Website

The Brent Singers - from South Brent!  (website)

The Brent Singers
Plympton Ridgeway Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 19 May 7.00 for 7.30pm
Sir Edward Elgar:
"The Dream of Gerontius"
Conductor: Trefor Farrow
Organist: Jonathan Watts
Gerontius: Matthew Oakes
Priest: John Bowden
Angel: Cheryl Stead
Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)

Conductor: David Acres
Counterpoint Choir
website

Counterpoint Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 19 May 7.30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Ola Gjeilo: Sanctus

Director of Music: David Acres
Organist: David Davies
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
proceeds to Choristers Bursary Fund
David Acres: 01392 490398
CounterpointVox@aol.com

Piano Recital:

Melvyn Tan

Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Saturday 19 May 7.30pm
MELVYN TAN - PIANO
W A Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat K333
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke Opus 12
Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bm Opus 58
Tickets: £12-15 (£9 unreserved)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716

Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Conductor: Andrew Millington
choir website

Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Sinfonietta
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 24 May 7.30pm
HAYDN'S CREATION
Choir Director: Andrew Millington
Sinfonietta Leader: Richard Studt
Soprano: Eleanor Briggs
Tenor: Thomas Faulkner
Bass: Peter Wilman
Tickets: Nave - £19/£16
Side Aisle (unreserved) - £11
(Supper club £40)
book on-line

'Cello: Tim Lowe - Piano: James Baillieu

Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 25 May 1pm
'CELLO & PIANO:
TIM LOWE & JAMES BAILLIEU
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Concertante Opus 17
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for 'Cello & Piano in C Op 102/1
Antonin Dvořák: Romance
Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Cello Sonata No 1 in C minor
Tickets: £12-15 (£9 unreserved)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra and Choir
at the final rehearsal of Mahler's Second Symphony (14th April 2011)
(Photography: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra

St Peters School Exeter Friday 25 May - Sunday 27 May

Rehearsal of Mahler's Eighth Symphony (First Movement) - workshops

EXPERIENCED SINGERS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE

May 25th/26th/27th – 1st movement July 6th/7th/8th – 2nd movement 

September 7th/8th/9th – Full work September 14th/16th - Final rehearsal and concert

Booking Fee: £30 (includes scores) - use contact form for details/application

Orchestra Website & Facebook Page

Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton: Violin
Julie Hill: Violin
Andrew Gillett: Viola
Jane Pirie: 'Cello
(photo: Simon Belshaw)

Back There on Earth
Exeter Phoenix Theatre
Sunday 27 May 8pm
(Open Rehearsal 3pm)
Exeter Contemporary Sounds:
Violins: Julie Hill, Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pirie
Simon Belshaw: "Between the Moon & the Earth"
Steve Reich: "Different Trains"
(3 string quartets - 2 recorded)
Paul Whitty: "Bury Your Love Like Treasure"
Tickets: £10 (open rehearsal, admission free)
Box Office: 01392 667080
Book Online

Cygnet New Theatre Company

Cygnet Director
Louisa Wilde

Cygnet New Theatre Friars Gate Exeter
Tuesday 29 May - Friday 1 June 7.30pm
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
William Shakespeare's play - with roles reversed
Director: Louisa Wilde
Tickets: £8/£6
Box Office: 01392 277189
Tourist Info, Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Cygnet Theatre Website
To be performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
(Sweet Grassmarket, Mon 13 - Fri 24 Aug)
Details: 0131 2433596

Marie Langrishe

Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Thursday 31 May 7.30pm
EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Director & Violin: Hans-Peter Hofmann
Violin Soloists: Marie Langrishe & Andrew Harvey
J S Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in Dm
W A Mozart: Divertimento K138
Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in Dm
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Tickets: £12-15 (£9 unreserved)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716

Counterpoint Choir

Counterpoint Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 19 May 7.30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Requeim"
(posthumous: Franz Xaver Süssmayr)
Morten Lauridsen: "Lux Aeterna"
Ol Gjeilo: "Sanctus"
Director: David Acres
Organist: David Davies
Tickets: £12 (advance booking £10)
Box Office: 01392 490398
Exeter Cathedral Shop
CounterpointVox@aol.com

Ballet Theatre UK

Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 2 June 2.30 & 7.30pm
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Tickets: £15 (child £11)
Box Office 01392  270891
Barnfield Website

Music Deco

Chris Gradwell and Friends
The Blue Ball Inn Sidford
Sunday 3 June 7.30pm (Doors open 6.45)
MUSIC DECO
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinets/Saxophones: Chris Gradwell
Soprano: Kate Walker
Tickets: £8
07583 796855 - glyn.holford@sky.co.uk

Dartington Community Choir
Director of Music
Jonathan Watts

Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 10 June 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF FRENCH MUSIC
Gabriel Fauré: 'Pavanne', 'Messe Basse'
'Cantique de Jean Racine'
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles Gounod
Director of Music: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £14 (student/U16 £5)
Box Office: 01803 847070
Dartington Hall Website

Voces at Buckfast Abbey

Voces Renaissance Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 16 June 7.30-8.45pm
(between Vespers & Compline)
PALESTRINA vs LASSUS
(Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina &
Orlande de Lassus both died 1594
- Palestrina 2 Feb, Lassus 14 June)
Admission & Parking FREE

Looking ahead . . .


Dawlish Festival
St Peter's Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon
Thursday 21 June - Sunday 24 June
Festival Website

Exeter Little Theatre Company
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 22 June 7.30pm
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Tickets: £9/£7
Box Office 01392  270891
Barnfield Website

Torbay Singers
All Saints Church Babbacombe
Saturday 23 June
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Sir Michael Tippett: Spirituals from "A Child or Our Time"
Hubert Parry: "Blest Pair of Sirens"
Musical Director: Tina Guthrie
Details: 02803 867872
Torbay Singers Website

Tessa Gaukroger

Cygnet New Theatre Company
Poltimore House Gardens
(if raining - in the chapel)
Thur 28 June - Sat 30 June 7pm
Rosalind: Tessa Gaukroger
Celia: Lucy Theobald
Touchstone: Matthew Neighbour
Orlando: Scott Goodaire
Tickets: TBA
Cygnet website
Poltimore website

Conductor: Nigel Perrin

Exeter Festival Chorus
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm
SUMMER EVENING AT THE ABBEY
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Johannes Brahms: "Warum ist das Licht gegeben?"
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Organist: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £12/£10 unreserved - parking FREE
Abbey Box Office: 01364 645530
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
EFC Ticket Secretary: 08456 005441
Exeter Festival Chorus Website

Soprano: Denise Kehoe
Counterpoint Choir
website

Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 7 July 7.30pm
THE JOURNEY FROM
MEDIAEVAL TO RENAISSANCE
Magister Petronius (Notre Dame 1200)
Magistra Hildegardis
(Bingen am Rhein 1150)
Guillaume de Machaut (Rheims 1360)
John Forest (Wells 1430)
Sheryngham (Fayrfax MS 1490)
Robert Carver (Scone 1550)
Nicholas Ludford (Westminster 1550)
Thomas Tallis (Canterbury 1550)
Christopher Tye (Ely 1560)
Tomás Luis de Victoria(Monastry of Descalzas Reales, Madrid 1600)
Thomas Tomkins (Chapel Royal 1620)
Director of Music: David Acres
Tickets: details to follow
David Acres: 01392 490398
CounterpointVox@aol.com


Bish Bash Bosh Theatre Productions
Tiverton Community Arts Theatre (TCAT)
(at Tiverton High School)
Friday 13 July 7.30pm
(Doors open 6.30pm)
Alan Kent: "The Tin Violin"
Director: John Hoggarth
Tickets: £10 available from Tues 1st May
Exeter Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online at Exeter Northcott Website
Bish Bash Bosh Website

Budleigh Festival:
Friday 13 July - Saturday 21 July
(Alexandra Dariescu: 16 July)
Festival Website

East Devon Choral Society
at Exeter Cathedral
for Peter Milmer's Requiem

East Devon Choral Society
St George's Church Tiverton
Saturday 14 July 7.30pm
Andrew Daldorph: 'Jazz for Life'
- A Jazz Mass with Jazz Quintet
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £10 on the door, or -
book with Sue North: 01884 253494

Flute Section
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
website

Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay United Reformed Church Exeter
Saturday 14 July 7.30pm
FLOWERS & MUSIC
Tchaikovsky: Valse des Fleurs (Nutcracker 1892)
Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 (1923)
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 (1882)
(Horn Soloist: Jonathan Harris)
John Rutter: Suite Antique (flute & piano 1979)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 (1935)
Tickets: £10 (U18 accompanied - FREE)
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080



Somerset Chamber Choir
Wells Cathedral Somerset
Saturday 28 July 7pm
J S Bach: Nun danket alle Gott
CPE Bach: Magnificat
W A Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Box Office: Taunton Tourist Info
01823 336344
Choir Website

Duo Teresa Carreño
Glenorchy United Reformed Church Exmouth
Wednesday 14 September 1pm
Piano: Ana Laura Manero
'Cello: Arturo Serna
Details to follow . . .
Duo Website

EMG Conductor: Marion Wood

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Sunday 16 September 5pm
Mahler's Eighth Symphony
('Symphony of a Thousand')
Director: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
EMG orchestra and choir
Tickets: check EMG website for details