Sunday 1 December 2013

Concerts from December 2013

Graffiti Classics
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 20 December






Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 3 December  7.15pm
SERVICE OF LESSONS
& CAROLS
No charge for admission
Retiring collection in aid of
AgeUK Exeter










Alex West
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 4 December 12.30pm
ALEX WEST
Piano & Organ Recital
Admission FREE













Mary O'Shea
Soprano
Mary O'Shea & Frances Waters
The Ballroom, Lupton House                   APOLOGIES:
Churston Ferrers, Brixham
Wednesday 4 December 7pm           MARY IS UNWELL
Recital of music for soprano & piano
Tickets: £10 (concessions £5)          THIS CONCERT WILL BE
from Samantha Goddard at               RESCHEDULED IN THE
Moonstone Management                           NEW YEAR
07870 167701
Lupton House
01803 843800
www.maryoshea.co.uk













Carolyn Harries
Mezzo Soprano
Robert & Jackie Hough
in collaboration with Hospiscare
Aeolian Court, Chudleigh (TQ13 0EE)
Friday 6 December 7 for 7.30pm
Present: WASSAIL!
A Christmas Concert
Dress code: black tie & lounge suit
Meet at 7pm for wine & canapes
Piano: Patrick Taylor
Flute: Ruth Molins
Reader: Patrick Romer
Mezzo Soprano: Carolyn Harries
- and audience participation.
Tickets: £20 (booking essential)
Dandelion Shop: 01626 859333

Jackie Hough: 01626 853502









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Festive Fore Street
Fore Street Exeter
Saturday 7 December
10.30am - 6.00pm
Support local traders
musical entertainment
find the festive ferret
Press Release from Claire Penhallow








Jacqui Dankworth
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 7 December 6.45- for-7.30pm
WINTER GALA
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Soprano: Jacqui Dankworth
Lympstone Marines Band
Tickets: £6-22
0845 6005441
book online
choir website












Torbay Singers
Torbay Singers & Devon Baroque
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 7 December 7.30pm
BACH'S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Director: Tina Guthrie
Soloists from Royal Academy of Music
Soprano: Rhiannon Llewellyn
Alto: Kate Howden
Tenor: Bradley Smith
Bass: Alex Otterburn
Tickets: £12 (U16 accompanied, FREE)
Season Ticket (this concert & 2 in '14): £25!
Box Office: 01803 857549
Book Online  Online Season Ticket Order Form
Torbay Singers Website  Devon Baroque Website









Craig Ogden
Craig Ogden: Guitar
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 8 December 7.30pm
FANTASY TO FLAMENCO
John Dowland : Lachrimae Pavane & Fantasia No 7
J S Bach: Prelude to Lute Suite No 4 BWV 1006a
Mauro Guiliani: Grand Overture
Joaquín Turina: Soleares (from Homenaje a Tárrega)
Caledonio Romero: Soleares (from Suite Andaluza)
Francisco Tárrega: Requerdos de la Alhambra
Tickets: £16 (group of 11 £160) standby £8
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493








Charlie Hearnshaw
The Other Compass
The Globe Newtown
Tuesday 10 December 8.30pm
Jazz compositions by
Jesse Molins & Charlie Hearnshaw
Guitar: Jesse Molins & Mike Outram
Bass Guitar: Al Swainger
Clarinets/Saxophones: Charlie Hearnshaw
Keyboard: Billy Bottle
Percussion: Coach York
Admission FREE











Piano: Carol Galton
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 11 December 12.30pm
'CELLO RECITAL
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Piano: Carol Galton
Admission FREE
















St Michael & All Angels Church
seen from the Iron Bridge in Exeter
Music at St Michael's
St Michael and All Angels Church
Mount Dinham Exeter
Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm
A CONCERT OF MUSIC
BY EXETER COMPOSERS
Exeter Chorale
Musical Director: John Byrt
Admission FREE
For further details contact
Matthew Wright m.wright@ex.ac.uk
for details of church activities & services
www.stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk













St Andrew's Colyton




Colyton Grammar School Orchestra
St Andrew's Church Colyton
Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm
SALVATION ARMY CONCERT
G F Handel: Sinfonia & Pastoral
       Symphony from "Messiah"
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso VIII
     ("Christmas Concerto")
Hector Berlioz: "L'adieu des Bergers" from 
      "L'enfance de Christ"
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
      (for string orchestra)
Brett Allen: "Nativity Scenes"
     - and well known carols
Admission: £3 (U18 FREE)
Retiring Collection in aid of the Salvation Army









Laurence Blyth
Exeter Choral Society
(Venue TBC)
Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Cantata 140 ("Wachet auf")
Franz Schubert: Mass in G
John Rutter: Christmas Music (various)
Tickets: details to follow 
















Great Barn Higher Ashton

Exeter Chamber Choir
The Great Barn, Higher Ashton
(Teign Valley: EX6 7QP)
Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Choral Music & Readings
with mulled wine & mince pies
Tickets: £8 (child £4 family £20)
Ashton Post Office: 01647 252335










Mike Westbrook
The Mike Westbrook Big Band
Exeter Barnfield Theatre EX1 1SN
Wednesday 11 December @ 7.30pm
BIG BAND XMAS SPECIAL
Jazz classics, Xmas songs,
Originals, Ballads and Blues
Tickets: £12 ( £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am–4pm Monday to Friday
 10am–2pm Saturday)














Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
(FIRST NIGHT SUPPER CLUB)
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: Front Nave £17
(Supper Club + Front Nave £39)
Mid Nave £14   Rear Nave £12
Unreserved Side Aisle £9
01392 499211Book online






Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: Front Nave £17
Mid Nave £14   Rear Nave £12
Unreserved Side Aisle £9
01392 499211Book online









Renaud Capuçon
Schumann Violin Concerto
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm
CHANGING MOODS
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn: 4th Symphony ('Italian')
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Violin Soloist: Renaud Capuçon
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website












Soprano: Jeni Melia
Christmas Concert
Powderham Castle
Friday 13 December 7.30pm
JENI MELIA & FRIENDS
Soprano recital of
Vivaldi, Bach, Corelli,
Pergolesi, Telemann
with audience carols
'Four Seasons' baroque strings
& 1769 Bryce-Seede Organ
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Emma Indge: 01626 890243
Press release from George Pratt









Andrew Daldorph
conducts
East Devon Choral Society
East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton Baptist Church
(From Exeter - A369 or M5/A396
join at a non-descript roundabout.
Head north to 'Spar' & turn right.
Bridge St. leads to St Peter's St.
At St Peter's Church bear right.
The baptist church is 100m away
in Newport St. - Car park opposite.
Navigation systems: EX16 6NH)
Saturday 14 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Conductor Andrew Daldorph
Morten Lauridsen: "Lux Aeterna"
            "O Magnum Mysterium"
       (and Christmas carols)
Tickets: £10 (child £4)
01884 253494 (EDCS website)










Exeter Cathedral Choir
Christmas with the Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 14 December 6.45-for-7.30pm
TRADITIONAL CAROLS
CHRISTMAS SONGS
Tickets: £8-15 ( student £6-12  U18 £5 )
01392 285983 or buy online
(concert repeated on Wed 18 Dec)










Jonathan Watts
conducts
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
& Devon Baroque
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 15 December 7.30pm
GLORIA, GLORIA & GLORIA
Director: Jonathan Watts
J S Bach: Cantata 191 (Gloria in Excelsis Deo)
A L Vivaldi: Gloria in D major (RV 589)
G F Handel: Gloria (HWV deest - found 2001)
Tickets: £16 (student/U16 £6)
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
Book On Line











Carolyn Harries
Mezzo Soprano
A Christmas Cracker
1. Lustleigh Parish Church
Sunday 15 December 3pm
2. Bridge Inn Topsham
Wednesday 18 December 7.30pm
A SEASONAL ENTERTAINMENT
IN MUSICPOETRY & PROSE
Piano: Patrick Taylor
Flute: Ruth Molins
Reader: Patrick Romer
Mezzo Soprano: Carolyn Harries
- and audience participation.
Tickets: £7
Lustleigh: 01647 277345
Topsham: 01392 873862
www.ruthmolins.com











Exeter Cathedral Choir
Christmas with the Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 18 December 6.45-for-7.30pm
TRADITIONAL CAROLS
CHRISTMAS SONGS
Tickets: £8-15 ( student £6-12  U18 £5 )
01392 285983 or buy online
(repeat of concert on Sat 14 Dec)









Exeter Festival Chorus


Handel's "Messiah"


Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
& Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 19 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Conductor: Christian Curnyn
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone
(Academy of Ancient Music)
Counter-Tenor: William Towers
(English Baroque Soloists)
Tenor: Samuel Boden
(English National Opera)
Baritone: Christopher Purves
(English National Opera)
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website







Graffiti Classics
Graffiti Classics
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 20 December 7.30pm
Gypsy/Folk/Opera/Comedy/Dance
STRING QUARTET
Tickets: £16 (group of 11 £160)
Standby: £8
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493













Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Sunurday 21 December 3pm
ABBEY CAROL SERVICE
Admission: FREE
(Arrive in time for a good seat!)













Julie De'Ath Lancaster
The Sheldon Singers
St Paul's Church Honiton
Saturday 21 December 7.30pm
CAROLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Conductor: Julie De'Ath Lancaster
Tickets: £12/10
01404 43805
Sheldon-tickets@hotmail















St Stephen's Church Exeter
Exeter Chamber Choir
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Saturday 21 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criola
Guitar: Andrew Barrett
Keyboard: Andrew Daldorph
and Christmas Carols
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)
Keith Wainwright: 01297 553955
or online booking form













Fiona Murphy


Soprano Soloist
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 2 January 7.30pm
NEW YEAR JOHANN STRAUSS GALA
'Waldmeister' Operetta (Overture)
'Tik-Tak' Polka       'Pleasure Train' Polka
'At the Hunt' Polka  'Emperor' Waltz
'Treasure' Waltz      'Blue Danube' Waltz
Joseph Strauss:
'Phoenix' March      'Feuerfest' Polka
Conductor: Gunther Bauer-Schenk
Soprano: Fiona Murphy
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website













Flute: Ruth Molins
Piano: Rebecca Willson
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 8 January 12.30pm
PIANO & FLUTE RECITAL
Piano: Rebecca Willson
Flute: Ruth Molins
Admission FREE



















Elle Williams
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 15 January 12.30pm
SOPRANO RECITAL
Soprano: Elle Williams
Piano: David Davies
Admission FREE


















Emma Graham
Music at St Michael's
St Michael and All Angels Church
Mount Dinham Exeter
Wednesday 15 January 7.30pm
MUSIC FOR TWO HARPS
BY "HARP NOIRE"
Emma Graham & Liz Grier
Admission FREE
For further details contact
Matthew Wright m.wright@ex.ac.uk
for details of church activities & services
www.stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk











Exeter Festival Chorus

Nigel Perrin
Belmont Chapel Western Way Exeter
Saturday 18 January 10am-5pm
(registration 9.30pm)
CHORAL WORKSHOP:
CELEBRATING BRITTEN
Spring Symphony
Peter Grimes: ("Old Joe has gone Fishing")
Tickets: £9-18
0845 6005441
book online
choir website












Laurence Blyth
Exmouth Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 18 January 7.30pm
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Organist: Andrew Millington
Felix Mendelssohn: "ELIJAH"
Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)
Advance Booking: £10















Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 19 January 2pm
EARWORMS
Suitable for family with children
from babies to 11 years.
Host: Mervyn Bedford
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website / Earworms website














Josephine Pickering
David Lee
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 22 January 12.30pm
DUET RECITAL
Piano: Josephine Pickering
Piano: David Lee
Admission FREE

















Philip & Rosemary Henry
& Josephine Pickering
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 29 January 12.30pm
JOSEPHINE PICKERING
ROSEMARY HENRY
PHILIP HENRY
Piano, Soprano & Woodwind Recital
Admission FREE















Roland Brautigam
Mozart Piano Concerto
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 31 January 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN'S EROICA
Wolfgang Mozart: 'Impressario' Overture
Wolfgang Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22
Ludwig van Beethoven: 3rd Symphony
Conductor: Kees Bakels
Piano Soloist: Roland Brautigam
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website












Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Saturday 1 February 10am-5pm
 - CHORAL WORKSHOP -
BACH: "MASS IN B MINOR"
(performance: Saturday 17 May)
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: £14-16  Scores: £2
01392 499211
Book online












Alison Burnett
with Nicky Perry
February 2011
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 5 February 12.30pm
SOPRANO RECITAL
Soprano: Alison Burnett
Piano: David Davies
Admission FREE
















QQUORUM
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 12 February 12.30pm
QQUORUM
Piano: Margaret Chave
Soprano: Janet Macdonald
Clarinet: Philip Bonser
Admission FREE











Peter HarrisonConductor
Bournemouth
Symphony
Orchestra



Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 13 February 7.30pm
HEROES &  SUPERHEROES
Erich Korngold:     'Robin Hood' (1938)
James Horner:        'Apollo 13'
Michael Kamen:     'X-Men'
Elmer Bernstein:     'The Magnificent Seven'
John Williams:        'Saving Private Ryan'
Danny Elfman:       'Batman'
Michael Giacchino: 'The Incredibles'
Alan Menken:         'Hercules'
Danny Elfman:        'Spiderman'
John Williams:        'Superman'
John Barry:             'James Bond'
John Williams:        'Harry Potter'
Conductor: Peter Harrison
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website









Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 15 February 7.30pm
THE LIFE AND WORKS
OF THOMAS TALLIS
"Spem in Allium"  (1570)
Hope in any Other - 40 part motet
"Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater" (1553)
Rejoice, Glorious Mother of God - 6 part antiphon
"Suscipe quaeso Domine Vocem Confitentis" (1554)
O Lord, accept the plea of the penitent - 7 part motet
"In Jejunio et Fletu Orabant Sacerdotes" (1575)
 In Fasting and Weeping the Priest Prayed - 5 part motet
"Absterge Domine Delicta Mea" (1575)
Wipe away my faults, O Lord - 5 part motet
The Lamentations of Jeremiah (after 1559)
Conductor: Kit Perona-Wright
details to be confirmed








Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 16 February 2pm
EARWORMS
Suitable for family with children
from babies to 11 years.
Host: Mervyn Bedford
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website / Earworms website













Josephine Pickering & Frances Waters
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 19 February 12.30pm
JOSEPHINE PICKERING
FRANCES WATERS
Piano Duet Recital
Admission FREE













Jiaxin & Julian Lloyd Webber
Senbla Live Events
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Thursday 20 February 7.30pm
A TALE OF TWO 'CELLOS
'Cello: Julian & Jiaxin Lloyd Webber
Piano: Pam Chowhan
Claudio MonteverdiInterrotte Speranze
Robert Schumann: Children's Songs Op 79
(1 "Der Abendstern" [the evening star])
Antonin Dvořák: Duets Opus 38
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ave Maria"
(3 "The Harvesters", 4 "Autumn Lament")
Sergei Rachmaninov: Choruses Opus 15
(4 "The Waves are Dreaming")
Julian Lloyd Webber: "Moon Silver"
Arvo PärtEstonian LullabyTickets: £25/£20
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website










Paul Spicer
from Birmingham Bach Society
(Photo: Merryn Lloyd)
Exeter Bach Society
South Street Baptist Church
Saturday 22 February 9.30am-5pm
ALL DAY WORKSHOP:
"SEA SYMPHONY"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor: Paul Spicer
Tickets: £16




(includes hire of sheet-music)
Book early!
Gill Manning 01392 255177
gill@manning.plus.com









Sidmouth Orchestra

Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 26 February 12.30pm
SIDMOUTH ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Alan Williams
Leader: David Norrish
Admission FREE









Jennifer Pike
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 27 February 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Piotr Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven: 5th Symphony
Conductor: Rui Pinheiro
Violin Soloist: Jennifer Pike
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website











COMING UP IN MARCH 2014
Clyst Valley Choral Society
Venue & Time TBC
John Stainer: "The Crucifiction"










Jonathan Watts
Devon Baroque
1. St Andrew's Church Colyton
Saturday 1 March 7.30pm
2. Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 2 March 3pm
HANDEL ON THE MOVE
Director: Jonathan Watts

Details to follow . . .












Piano: Carol Galton
'Cello: Annabe
l Rooney
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 5 March 12.30pm
'CELLO RECITAL
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Piano: Carol Galton
Admission FREE













Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 8 March 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN NINTH
Orchestra Conductor: Brian Northcott
Choir Director: Andrew Millington
Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersanger" - Overture
Hubert Parry: "Blest Pair of Sirens"
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Ninth Symphony" (Choral)
Tickets: details TBC
Enquiries: 01392 499211









Soprano, Piano & Baritone
Val Howels, Frances Waters
 & John Brindley
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 12 March 12.30pm
FRANCES WATERS
VAL HOWELS
JOHN BRINDLEY
Piano, Soprano & Baritone Recital
Admission FREE

















Exeter University G&S Society
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Wed 12 - Sat 15 March 7.30pm
Saturday 15 March 2.30pm
IOLANTHE
Tickets: £10-16
01392 493943 or book online












Simon Trpčeski
Chopin Piano Concerto

(Photo: Simon Fowler)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 13 March 7.30pm
TRPČESKI PLAYS CHOPIN
Frederic Chopin: 1st Piano Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninov: 2nd Symphony
Conductor: Jac van Steen
Piano Soloist: Simon Trpčeski
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website












John Butt
Exeter Bach Society
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Sunday 16 March 7pm
A MUSICAL TALK:
"This is the Record of John"
Speaker: John Butt
(BBC Producer & Conductor)
on his recent recording of
J S Bach's "St John Passion"
with the Dunedin Consort
(EBS will be performing
The John Passion on 29 March)
Tickets: £8









Stephen Binnington
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 19 March 12.30pm
STEVEN BINNINGTON
Organ Recital
Admission FREE


















Torbay Singers

Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 22 March
PUCCINI MASS & MOZART REQUIEM
Director: Tina Guthrie
Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Wolfgang Mozart: Requiem Mass in Dm

Details to follow . . .










Endellion String Quartet
Violin: Ralph de Sousa

Violin: Andrew Watkinson
Viola: Garfield Jackson
'Cello: David Waterman
(photo: Eric Richmond)
Endellion String Quartet
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 23 March 7.30pm
CLASSICAL CONCERT
Joseph Haydn: Quartet Opus 76 No 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet Opus 135
Robert Schumann: Quartet Opus 41 No 3
Tickets: £16 (student standby £8)
01392 493493 or book online
Northcott website / Endellion website












Tim Othen
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 26 March 12.30pm
TIM OTHEN
Piano Recital
Admission FREE


















David Davies
Exeter Bach Society
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Saturday 29 March 7pm
ST JOHN PASSION
Conductor: David Davies
Evangelist: Richard Rowntree
Details of other soloists to follow
Tickets: £15
EBS Website











Christine Marsden
Betty Shipp
Frances Waters
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 2 April 12.30pm
CHRISTINE MARSDEN
BETTY SHIPP
FRANCES WATERS
Piano, Soprano & Clarinet Recital
Admission FREE
















Laurence Blyth
Exmouth Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem in D minor
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
(for treble & countertenor)
Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)
Advance Booking: £10
















Jonathan Watts
conducts
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 6 April 7.30pm
EASTER CONCERT
Director: Jonathan Watts
Giacomo Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070














Beacon Piano Trio
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 9 April 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Admission FREE











John Lill
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto
(Photo: Sophie Baker)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
JOHN LILL 70th BIRTHDAY
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Orchestra
Sergi Rachmaninov: 2nd Piano Concerto
Jean Sibelius: 1st Symphony
Conductor: Stefan Solyom
Piano Soloist: John Lill
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website














Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 April 6.45-for-7.30pm
MARY'S STORY
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Gioachino Rossini:     Stabat Mater 1841
Karol Szymanowski:  Stabat Mater 1926
Giles Swayne:               Magnificat     1982
Tickets: £6-22
0845 6005441
book online
choir website











Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 12 April  7.15pm
SPRING CONCERT
John Taverner:
"Gloria tibi Trinitas"
Details TBC











Mary O'SheaNovember 2011
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 16 April 12.30pm
PIANO & SOPRANO RECITAL
Frances Waters Mary O'Shea
Admission FREE















Sidmouth Arts Club Operatic Society

Sidmouth Arts Club Operatic Society
Manor Pavillion Theatre Sidmouth
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 April 7.30pm
(NOT Easter Sunday 20 April)
Saturday 26 April 3pm
JERRY HERMANHELLO DOLLY
Director: Lyn Burgoyne
Musical Director: John Griswold
Choreography: Vicky Evans
Tickets: £14 (child 3pm show: £10)

Box Office: 01395 514413 10am-2pm Mon-Sat











Roger Fordham
with Nicholas Marshall
February 2011
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 23 April 12.30pm
PIANO & ORGAN RECITAL
Roger Fordham
Admission FREE



















Duncan Honeybourne
November 2010
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 30 April 12.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Duncan Honeybourne
Admission FREE
















Soprano: Héloïse West
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 7 April 12.30pm
SOPRANO DUETS
Piano: Margaret Chave
Soprano: Héloïse West
Soprano: Mary Burman
Admission FREE














Jonathan Watts
Devon Baroque
Saturday 10 May
Sunday 11 May
BACH SONS
Director: Jonathan Watts

Details to follow . . .
















ENGLISH TOURING OPERA



Opera in English:
Tuesday 13 May - Saturday 17 May


Exeter Northcott Theatre





Queen of the Night
Samantha Hay
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tues 13 - Thur 15 May 7.30pm
Pre-Show Talk: Wed/Thur 6.30pm
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
(translated into English)
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CASTS VARY!
Tuesday/Wednesday:
Conductor: James Southall
Tamino: Ashley Catling
Queen of the Night: Samantha Hay
Thursday:
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Tamino: Nicholas Sharratt
Queen of the Night: Laura Meloy
Tuesday:
Pamina: Annabel Mountford
Sarastro: Piotr Lempa
Papagena: Hannah Sawle
Wednesday/Thursday
Pamina: Anna Patalong
Sarastro: Andrew Slater
Papagena: Caryl Hughes
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Papageno: Wyn Pencarreg
Monostatos: Stuart Haycock
Book Online

English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 16 May 7.30pm
Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm
PAUL BUNYAN

Sir Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Philip Sunderland
Voice of Bunyan: Damian Lewis
Tiny: Cary Hughes
Johnny Inkslinger: Mark Wilde/Adrian Dwyer
Hot Biscuit Slim: Ashley Catling
Sam Sharkey: Stuart Haycock
Ben Benny: Piotr Lempa
Hel Helson: Wyn Pencarreg
Cross Crosshaulson: Matthew Sprange
Jen Jenson: Maciek O'Shea
Pete Peterson: Matt R J Ward
Andy Anderson: Adam Tunnicliffe
Fido: Abigail Kelly
Moppet: Amy J Payne/Emma Watkinson
Book Online






King Priam: Roderick Earle
English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Saturday 17 May 7.30pm
Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm
KING PRIAM
Sir Michael Tippett
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
King Priam: Roderick Earle
Hecuba: Laura Meloy
Hector: Grant Doyle
Andromache: Camilla Roberts
Paris: Nicholas Sharratt
Helen: Niamh Kelly
Hermes: Adrian Dwyer
Achilles: Charne Rochford
Patroclus: Piotr Lempa
Book Online




Tickets for all ETO Operas:
£19, £24, £30, £33
Student Standby £8
Telephone: 01392 493493












Killerton House Chapel
Exeter Bach Society
Killerton House Chapel
Saturday 17 May 5.30pm
MUSIC IN MAY
Madrigals & Folksongs

Conductor: David Davies
Tickets: £8
EBS Website













Andrew Millington
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 17 May 7.30pm
BACH: "MASS IN B MINOR"
(SUPPER CLUB)
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Tickets: Front Nave £21
(Supper Club + Front Nave £43)
Rear Nave £17
Unreserved Side Aisle £12
01392 499211Book online













Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 24 May 7.30pm
THE GLORIES OF
SPANISH POLYPHONY
IN THE 16th CENTURY
Castile: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Portugal: Duarte Lobo (1565-1646)
Spain: Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)
          Francisco de Peñalosa (1470-1528)
          Juan de Esquivel Barahona (1560-1625)
          Cristóbal de Morales (1500-53)
          Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622)
Conductor: David Acres
details to be confirmed









Torbay Singers
Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 14 June
MODERN CHORAL CLASSICS
Director: Tina Guthrie
Morten Lauridsen
John Tavener
Robert Chilcott

Details to follow . . .












Jonathan Watts
conducts
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 22 June 7.30pm
SUMMER CONCERT
Director: Jonathan Watts
English Part Songs
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070















John Tavener

Exeter Festival Chorus

Church of the Holy Cross
(and the mother of him who hung thereon)
Church Lane Crediton
Saturday 28 June 7-for-7.30pm
SUMMER VESPERS
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Vespers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aaron Copland
John Tavener
Tickets: £6-12
0845 6005441
book online
choir website












Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 12 July 7.30pm
Orchestra Conductor: Brian Northcott
Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival Overture"
Gerald Finzi: "Dies Natalis"
Ernest John Moeran: "G minor Symphony"
Tickets: details TBC

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