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Elizabeth Jane Baldry
Royal Albert Memorial Museum Exeter
Thursday 27 November
Drinks 6pm - Film 7pm
Drinks 6pm - Film 7pm
NOSFERATU
1922 Silent era German horror film
accompanied by Elizabeth's own harp score
composed for the 2013 Chagford Film Festival
Tickets: £14
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| Rhodri Miles is Richard Burton |
Hockworthy Village Hall
Friday 28 November 7pm
RHODRI MILES: "BURTON"
7pm Dinner is served
8pm Rhodri's Edinburgh Fringe work
9.15 Puddings
Tickets: £15
Val: 01823 673268
Louise: louise@red-elephant.co.uk
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| Buckfast Abbey |
Devon Choirs
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 29 November 4.30pm
ADVENT CAROL SERVICE
Admission FREE
Donations to AgeUK Exeter
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Isca Ensemble South West
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
CONCERT CLASSICS
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Alfie Pugh: A Newly Commissioned Work
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Emperor" Piano Concerto
(Piano: Mark Bebbington)
Robert Schumann: Symphony No 4
Tickets: £12.50 (side aisles £10 student £5)
Box Office: Paragon Gooks 01395 514516
Isca Ensemble Website
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Exeter Bach Society Choir & Orchestra
Mint Methodist Church Fore Street Exeter
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
MONTEVERDI: CHRISTMAS VESPERS
(compiled Denis Stevens 1979
& 1610 Vespers (Sancta Maria & Ave Maris Stella)
& pieces for brass section
J S BACH: CANTATA 64
(Sehet welch eine Liebe)
Director of Music: David Davies
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
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Exeter Bach Society Choir & Orchestra
Mint Methodist Church Fore Street Exeter
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
MONTEVERDI: CHRISTMAS VESPERS
(compiled Denis Stevens 1979
& 1610 Vespers (Sancta Maria & Ave Maris Stella)
& pieces for brass section
J S BACH: CANTATA 64
(Sehet welch eine Liebe)
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Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano: Héloïse West
Counter Tenor: James Armitage
Tenor: Philip Pooley
Bass: Matthew Cann
Tickets: £14 (advance £12)
Exeter Tickets (Dix's Field) 01392 665885
or book online at TicketSource
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Harpe Noire
Lympstone Parish Church
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
CONCERT OF HARP DUETS
Liz Grier & Emma Graham
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 2 Brookfield Cottages
01395 272243 / 07516 322853
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Wellington St John's Church
Wellington
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A Sunday at Studio 36
Studio 36 Denmark Road Exeter
Sunday 30 November 11am-6pm
ART, MUSIC, CAFÉ
& LIVELY CONVERSATION
Media: Papier Mâché, Woodwork, Toys,
Pottery, Cards, Sculpture, Drawings,
Prints, Stained Glass
Artists: Ardyn Griffin, Clive Hurman,
Deborah Lowe, Julian Duckham, Gordon Hill,
Victoria Duckham, Veronica Gosling, Joe Skivington
Information: 01392 256206 studio36.co.uk
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Exeter University Choral Society
Kay House, Duryard
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Sunday 30 November 11pm
MIDNIGHT REQUIEM CONCERT
(commemorating World Aids Day)
W A Mozart: "Laudate Dominum"
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor"
Musical Director: Roberto Gallo
Soprano: Judyth Aarons (Laudate)
Baritone: Neville Gibbings (Offertoire)
Soprano: Abbie Walker (Pie Jesu)
Baritone: Jonathan Bellamy (Libera Me)
Admission FREE retiring collection
for The Eddystone Trust
(HIV and Sexual Health Services)
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Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 2 December 7.15pm
(early start after Vespers & before Compline)
A SERVICE OF READINGS & CAROLS
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Admission FREE (retiring collection)
proceeds to AgeUK Exeter
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 3 December 12 for 12.30pm
ORGAN RECITAL
Cor van den Wijngaard
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Exeter Tickets (Dix's Field) 01392 665885
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Lympstone Parish Church
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
CONCERT OF HARP DUETS
Liz Grier & Emma Graham
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 2 Brookfield Cottages
01395 272243 / 07516 322853
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| Wellington Choral Society |
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
BACH: MASS IN B MINOR
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Orchestra Leader: Matthew Everett
Soprano: Josie
Walledge, Daisy Walford
Alto: Timothy
Carleston, Michael Dobson
Tenor: Michael
Graham, Edward Woodhouse
Bass: Julian
Rippon, Anthony Mansfield
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| Veronica Gosling |
Studio 36 Denmark Road Exeter
Sunday 30 November 11am-6pm
ART, MUSIC, CAFÉ
& LIVELY CONVERSATION
Media: Papier Mâché, Woodwork, Toys,
Pottery, Cards, Sculpture, Drawings,
Prints, Stained Glass
Artists: Ardyn Griffin, Clive Hurman,
Deborah Lowe, Julian Duckham, Gordon Hill,
Victoria Duckham, Veronica Gosling, Joe Skivington
Information: 01392 256206 studio36.co.uk
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| EUSO Musical Director: Roberto Gallo |
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Sunday 30 November 11pm
MIDNIGHT REQUIEM CONCERT
(commemorating World Aids Day)
W A Mozart: "Laudate Dominum"
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor"
Musical Director: Roberto Gallo
Soprano: Judyth Aarons (Laudate)
Baritone: Neville Gibbings (Offertoire)
Soprano: Abbie Walker (Pie Jesu)
Baritone: Jonathan Bellamy (Libera Me)
Admission FREE retiring collection
for The Eddystone Trust
(HIV and Sexual Health Services)
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| Exeter Chamber Choir |
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 2 December 7.15pm
(early start after Vespers & before Compline)
A SERVICE OF READINGS & CAROLS
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Admission FREE (retiring collection)
proceeds to AgeUK Exeter
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Wednesday 3 December 12 for 12.30pm
ORGAN RECITAL
Cor van den Wijngaard
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraExeter University Great Hall
Thursday 4 December 7.30pm
SEA PICTURES
Conductor: Kees Bakels
Piano: Ronald Brautigam
Benjamin Britten: Frank Bridge Variations
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1
Hebrides Overture
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Tickets: Ground £14-24 Gallery £24-38
Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
Online Booking BSO Website
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Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 5 December 7.30pm
GREAT HALL CONCERT
(commemorating World Aids Day)
W A Mozart: "Ave Verum Corpus"
& "Laudate Dominum"
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor"
& "Cantique de Jean Racine"
Musical Director: Roberto Gallo
Soprano: Judyth Aarons (Laudate)
Baritone: Neville Gibbings (Offertoire, Libera Me)
Soprano: Maria Yiting Liu (Pie Jesu)
Tickets: £6 (gallery £8 box £10 student/60+ £2off)
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West Devon Chorale
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Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 6 December 7.15pm
A CONCERT FOR ADVENT
Director: Michael Johnson
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Anton Bruckner
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
John Rutter
Bob Chilcott
Tickets: £10 (advance £8 student/child £3)
Box Office: 01752 776479
Online Booking
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Sidmouth Choral Society
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Musical Director: Dorothy Worthington
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria"
Bob Chilcott: "On Christmas Night"
- with readings & carols -
Details: sidmouthchoral@gmail.com
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS GALA
Director of Music: Nigel Perrin
Choir:
Karl Orff: "Carmina Burana"
Georg Friderick Handel: "Messiah"
Special Guest Soprano: Lesley Garrett
Wolfgang Mozart: "Laudate Dominum"
Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria"
Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka" (Song to the Moon)
Georges Bizet: "Carmen" (Habanera)
Folksongs including "All Around My Hat"
from Lesley's 2012 album "A North Country Lass"
Choir & Audience(!):
Eric Whitacre: "Lux Aurumque"
Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Isaac Watts & Lowell Mason (after Handel)
"Joy to the World"
Frederick Austin: "12 Days of Christmas"
Traditional: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
Tickets: aisle (restricted view) £12
aisle (unrestricted view) £20
rear nave-front nave £15/£20/£25/£30/£35
(student/U16 all tickets half-price)
programme voucher £2
Box Office: Exeter Tickets, Dix's Field 01392 665885
TicketSource: 03336 663366 (9-7/9-5 Sat) or Book Online
email: tickets@exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk
Information: 08456 005441
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University of Exeter Singers
1. Lympstone Parish Church
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
2. Southernhay Church Exeter
Tuesday 9 December 7.30pm
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Musical Director: Peter Hale
(Counterpoint Choir Tenor)
Advent: "Veni Veni Emmanuel"
to Epiphany: "We Three Kings"
Original arrangements with soloists
and congregational carols
Tickets: £5 (concession £3)
Pay at the door
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Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Sunday 7 December 2.30pm
A RUSSIAN WINTER
Conductor: Richard Harvey
Leader: Kate Smethurst
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmila (Overture)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Sergei Prokofiev: "Lieutenant Kijé" (Troika)
Alexander Borodin: Symphony No 2
Tickets: £9 (concession £7 student/U18 £5 U8 FREE)
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Two Moors Festival Christmas Concerts
Ticket Office, Tiverton Parkway Station
Monday 8 December 6-7pm
CAROLS - OLD & NEW
(First of three concerts at Tiverton Station)
The Barle Singers
(All Saints Church, Dulverton)
Director: Steven Pugsley
Admission FREE - no ticket required
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Exeter University Alumni Choir
& South West Camerata
St James Church Exeter
(Mount Pleasant Road EX4 7AH)
Monday 8 December 7pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Director of Music: Michael Graham
Orchestra Leader: Fiona McLean Buechel
Tickets: £10 (student £5)
Proceeds towards the University Chapel Choir
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Budleigh Festival
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Tuesday 9 December 7.30pm
BUDLEIGH CAROL SERVICE
"Voces8"
Soprano: Emily Dickens, Andrea Haines
Alto: Chris Wardle, Barnaby Smith
Tenor: Sam Dressel, Oliver Vincent
Baritone: Paul Smith
Bass: Dingle Yandell
including the premiere performance
of the winning entry in the
Budleigh Carol Competition
(which received 70 entries from
around the world)
Tickets: £15 (U18 £7.50)
Budleigh TIC: 01395 445275
Book Online Festival Website
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Exeter Chamber Choir
The Great Barn, Higher Ashton
(Teign Valley near Christow)
Wednesday 10 December 7.30pm
A SERVICE OF READINGS & CAROLS
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Carols by the Choir & Seasonal Readings
by students of The Leonard School of Dramatic Arts
Tickets: £8 (child £4 family £20)
Contact: Emma Birkin 01647 252552
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Blast from the Past
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Wednesday 10 December 7 for 8pm
A MEDIAEVAL CHRISTMAS
Sophie Matthews, Chris Green, Steph West
30 Authentic Period Instruments including:
Cittern, Bagpipes, Shawm
Tickets: £12 (concession £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808 10-4 Mon-Fri (10-2 Sat)
Online Booking
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Schola Exe & Exeter Brass
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 10 December 7.30pm
Thursday 11 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Organist: David Davies
(playing the newly restored Cathedral organ)
Director of Schola Exe: Rachel Smith
(graduates of Devon County Junior Choir)
Carols to include the première of
Anna R Matthews: "From Flanders"
(Anna is also an alto in the choir)
Tickets: unreserved aisle £9 rear nave £12
middle nave £14 front nave £17
front nave with 'Supper Club' (Wed only) £39
Box Office: Exeter Tickets, Dix's Field 01392 665885
Book by Post: Online Brochure
Book Online: TicketSource Wednesday / Thursday
Information: 01392 499211
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Exeter Cathedral Choir
James Wyatt Music Room
Powderham Castle
Friday 12 December 7.30pm
MUSIC IN THE CASTLE
Gentlemen and Choristers directed by
Exeter Cathedral Director of Music
Andrew Millington
Organ Accompaniment provided by
Powderham Castle Kapellmeister
Professor George Pratt
on the 1769 Bryce-Seede Organ
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Contact: Emma Indge 01626 890243
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Devon Bellringers Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 13 December 3pm
DEVON BELLRINGERS CAROL SERVICE
with Lamerton & Exeter Cathedral Handbell Ringers
Tower Bell Ringing 2pm (after Midday Prayer)
and 5pm (after Carol Service)
Admission FREE - Donations to:
Fostering Families and Children's Hospice South West
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East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 13 December 7.30pm
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
J S Bach: "Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme"
(Awake, calls the voice to us)
Frederick Oakeley: "O Come all ye Faithful"
Douglas Rights: "Veiled in Darkness Judah Lay"
Michael Praetorius: "Come Thou Redeemer of the Earth"
John Neale: "Creator of the Stars of Night"
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Phillips Brooks: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
William Kirkpatrick: "Away in a Manger"
Cecil Sharp: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Elizabeth Poston: "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
John Audelay: "Angelus ad Virginem"
John Neale: "Good King Wenceslas"
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George Woodward: "Unto us is Born a Son"
Charles Villiers Stanford: "Benedictus in C"
Charles Wood: "O Thou, the Central Orb"
Nahum Tate: "While the Shepherds Watched"
William Sandys: "I Saw Three Ships"
George Woodward: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Sussex Carol"
Charles Wesley: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
New England Traditional: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Tickets: £10 (child £4)
Contact: 01884 253494
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The Harmony Singers
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 13 December
ANNIVERSARY FINALE
MUSICAL JAMBOREE
Musical Director: Sheila Harman
St Lawrence Chapel Website
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Daphne & John Harlock's
Exmouth Light Orchestra
Temple Methodist Church
Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 13 December 7.30pm
CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC
John Williams: "Harry Potter Suite"
Johann Strauss II: "Tales of the Vienna Woods"
Edward Pola & George Wyle:
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne: "Let it Snow"
Amilcare Ponchielli: "Dance of the Hours"
(finale of Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda")
Procul Harum: "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
* * * * * Tickets: £5 * * * * *
'Best Books' Exmouth, 'Card Shop' Budleigh
Details: Daphne & John 01395 278497
john@puttinontheritz.wanadoo.co.uk
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Choir 86
Buckfast Abbey
Sunday 14 December 3pm
CAROL CONCERT
Director of Music: David Bowles
Admission FREE - Donations to:
Rowcroft Hospice
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Dartington Community Choir
Devon Baroque
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
and Soloists SOLD
Dartington Great Hall OUT
Sunday 14 December 7.30pm
MONTEVERDI VESPERS 1610
Director of Music: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £16 (student/U16 £5)
01803 847070
boxoffice@dartington.org
book online
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Two Moors Festival Christmas Concerts
Ticket Office, Tiverton Parkway Station
Monday 15 December 6-7pm
- and in the morning between the
11.38 and 12.09 trains
FROM BACH TO CAROLS
(Second of three concerts at Tiverton Station)
Oxford University String Duo
Admission FREE - no ticket required
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Exeter Bach Society
St Stephens Church High Street Exeter
Tuesday 16 December 7.30pm
CAROL CONCERT
(Carol singing outside from 7pm)
Director of Music: David Davies
Tickets: £5 food included & on sale
Proceeds to Exeter AgeUK
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Ekaterina Shetliffe
Southernhay Church, Exeter
Tuesday 16 December 7pm
PIANO & VIOLIN RECITAL
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninov
Tickets: £5
Pianoroom: 01392 436258
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Ekaterina Shetliffe
Lupton House, Brixham Rd
Churston Ferrers, TQ5 0LD
Wednesday 17 December 7pm
PIANO & VIOLIN RECITAL
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninov
Tickets: £5
Lupton House: 01803 845800
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Mike Westbrook Big Band
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 18 December 8pm
BIG BAND XMAS SPECIAL
Voice: Kate Westbrook
Saxophones: Stan Willis, Roz Harding,
Lou Gare, Gary Bayley,
Trumpets: Mike Brewer, Dave Holdsworth,
Sam Massey
Trombone: Andy Dore
Piano: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Tickets: £12 (student £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808
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Two Moors Festival Christmas Concerts
Ticket Office, Tiverton Parkway Station
Admission FREE - no ticket required
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The Appassionata Duo
1. St Edmund's Church Kingsbridge
Friday 19 December 7 for 7.30pm
2. St Marychurch Church Torquay
Saturday 20 December 7 for 7.30pm
3. Jellyfish Studios Buckfastleigh
Tuesday 23 December 7 for 7.30pm
BAROQUE, CLASSICAL & ROMANTIC
Guitar: Alex Knight
Flute: Suki Trussler
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Georg Friderick Handel
Isaac Albéniz
Gabriel Fauré
Ástor Piazzolla
Tickets: Kingsbridge & Torquay £10
Buckfastleigh £8
Box Office: Kingsbridge 01548 853195
book online
Torquay - book online
Buckfastleigh 01364 642662
07906 099498
info@jellyfishprod.com
book online
Information: 07896 438242 / 07436 112630
(See also Alex Knight & Chris Glassfield Fri 9 Jan)
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Stanborough Chorus (Kingsbridge)
Buckfast Abbey
Friday 19 December 7.30pm
SERVICE OF MUSIC AND
READINGS FOR CHRISTMAS
Director of Music: Christopher Fletcher
Admission FREE - Donations to:
The Primrose Foundation
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Buckfast Abbey Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 20 December 3pm
BUCKFAST ABBEY CAROL SERVICE
Director of Music: Philip Arkwright
Admission FREE - Donations to:
The Mustard Tree, Derriford Hospital
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Exeter Chamber Choir
St Stephen's Church High Street Exeter
Saturday 20 December 7.30pm
CAROL CONCERT
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)
Contact: Keith Wainwright 01297 553955
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The Sheldon Singers
Beehive Centre Honiton
Saturday 20 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CHORAL MUSIC
Bob Chilcott: "On Christmas Night"
(choir, soloists, ensemble & harp)
John Owen Edwards: "Wassail" (choir & harp)
Humphrey Clucas: "God Incarnate" (choir)
Carols & Seasonal Readings
Tickets: £12
Box Office: 01404 384050
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Monday 22 December 7.30pm
LAST NIGHT OF THE
CHRISTMAS PROMS
Conductor: Pete Harrison
Voices: Louise Dearman, Lance Ellington
Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song
Kristen Anderson & Robert Lopez:
"Let it Go" from Disney's "Frozen"
Sergei Prokofiev: "Troika" from "Lieutenant Kijé"
Jester Hairston: "Mary's Boy Child"
Roy Wood: "I wish it could be Christmas Every Day"
Tickets: Ground £14-24 Gallery £24-38 (U18 £1)
Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
Online Booking BSO Website
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 2 January 7.30pm
JOHANN STRAUSS GALA
Conductor: Thomas Rösner
Soprano: Elizabeth Watts
Johann Strauss II:
"Chatterbox Polka", "Emperor Waltz",
"Perpetuum Mobile"
"Czardas" from "Die Fledermaus"
"Be Careful" from "The Gypsy Baron"
"Éljen a Magyar!" (polka), "Voices of Spring" (waltz)
"Egyptian March", "Pizzicato Polka", "The Blue Danube"
Franz Lehár: Overture & "Vilja-Song" from "The Merry Widow"
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Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Musical Director: Dorothy Worthington
Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria"
Bob Chilcott: "On Christmas Night"
- with readings & carols -
Details: sidmouthchoral@gmail.com
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Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS GALA
Director of Music: Nigel Perrin
Choir:
Karl Orff: "Carmina Burana"
Georg Friderick Handel: "Messiah"
Special Guest Soprano: Lesley Garrett
Wolfgang Mozart: "Laudate Dominum"
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Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka" (Song to the Moon)
Georges Bizet: "Carmen" (Habanera)
Folksongs including "All Around My Hat"
from Lesley's 2012 album "A North Country Lass"
Choir & Audience(!):
Eric Whitacre: "Lux Aurumque"
Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Isaac Watts & Lowell Mason (after Handel)
"Joy to the World"
Frederick Austin: "12 Days of Christmas"
Traditional: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
Tickets: aisle (restricted view) £12
aisle (unrestricted view) £20
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programme voucher £2
Box Office: Exeter Tickets, Dix's Field 01392 665885
TicketSource: 03336 663366 (9-7/9-5 Sat) or Book Online
email: tickets@exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk
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| Peter Hale |
1. Lympstone Parish Church
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
2. Southernhay Church Exeter
Tuesday 9 December 7.30pm
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Musical Director: Peter Hale
(Counterpoint Choir Tenor)
Advent: "Veni Veni Emmanuel"
to Epiphany: "We Three Kings"
Original arrangements with soloists
and congregational carols
Tickets: £5 (concession £3)
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| Exeter University Symphony Orchestra |
Exeter University Great Hall
Sunday 7 December 2.30pm
A RUSSIAN WINTER
Conductor: Richard Harvey
Leader: Kate Smethurst
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmila (Overture)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Sergei Prokofiev: "Lieutenant Kijé" (Troika)
Alexander Borodin: Symphony No 2
Tickets: £9 (concession £7 student/U18 £5 U8 FREE)
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| Stephen Pugsley |
Ticket Office, Tiverton Parkway Station
Monday 8 December 6-7pm
CAROLS - OLD & NEW
(First of three concerts at Tiverton Station)
The Barle Singers
(All Saints Church, Dulverton)
Director: Steven Pugsley
Admission FREE - no ticket required
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| Michael Graham |
& South West Camerata
St James Church Exeter
(Mount Pleasant Road EX4 7AH)
Monday 8 December 7pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Director of Music: Michael Graham
Orchestra Leader: Fiona McLean Buechel
Tickets: £10 (student £5)
Proceeds towards the University Chapel Choir
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St Peter's Church Budleigh
Tuesday 9 December 7.30pm
BUDLEIGH CAROL SERVICE
"Voces8"
Soprano: Emily Dickens, Andrea Haines
Alto: Chris Wardle, Barnaby Smith
Tenor: Sam Dressel, Oliver Vincent
Baritone: Paul Smith
Bass: Dingle Yandell
including the premiere performance
of the winning entry in the
Budleigh Carol Competition
(which received 70 entries from
around the world)
Tickets: £15 (U18 £7.50)
Budleigh TIC: 01395 445275
Book Online Festival Website
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| Exeter Chamber Choir |
The Great Barn, Higher Ashton
(Teign Valley near Christow)
Wednesday 10 December 7.30pm
A SERVICE OF READINGS & CAROLS
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Carols by the Choir & Seasonal Readings
by students of The Leonard School of Dramatic Arts
Tickets: £8 (child £4 family £20)
Contact: Emma Birkin 01647 252552
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Blast from the Past
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Wednesday 10 December 7 for 8pm
A MEDIAEVAL CHRISTMAS
Sophie Matthews, Chris Green, Steph West
30 Authentic Period Instruments including:
Cittern, Bagpipes, Shawm
Tickets: £12 (concession £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808 10-4 Mon-Fri (10-2 Sat)
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| Exeter Philharmonic Choir |
Schola Exe & Exeter Brass
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 10 December 7.30pm
Thursday 11 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Organist: David Davies
(playing the newly restored Cathedral organ)
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Carols to include the première of
Anna R Matthews: "From Flanders"
(Anna is also an alto in the choir)
Tickets: unreserved aisle £9 rear nave £12
middle nave £14 front nave £17
front nave with 'Supper Club' (Wed only) £39
Box Office: Exeter Tickets, Dix's Field 01392 665885
Book by Post: Online Brochure
Book Online: TicketSource Wednesday / Thursday
Information: 01392 499211
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James Wyatt Music Room
Powderham Castle
Friday 12 December 7.30pm
MUSIC IN THE CASTLE
Gentlemen and Choristers directed by
Exeter Cathedral Director of Music
Andrew Millington
Organ Accompaniment provided by
Powderham Castle Kapellmeister
Professor George Pratt
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Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Contact: Emma Indge 01626 890243
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| Peter Bill Guild of Devonshire Ringers |
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 13 December 3pm
DEVON BELLRINGERS CAROL SERVICE
with Lamerton & Exeter Cathedral Handbell Ringers
Tower Bell Ringing 2pm (after Midday Prayer)
and 5pm (after Carol Service)
Admission FREE - Donations to:
Fostering Families and Children's Hospice South West
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East Devon Choral Society
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Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 13 December 7.30pm
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
J S Bach: "Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme"
(Awake, calls the voice to us)
Frederick Oakeley: "O Come all ye Faithful"
Douglas Rights: "Veiled in Darkness Judah Lay"
Michael Praetorius: "Come Thou Redeemer of the Earth"
John Neale: "Creator of the Stars of Night"
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Phillips Brooks: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Cecil Sharp: "The Holly and the Ivy"
Elizabeth Poston: "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
John Audelay: "Angelus ad Virginem"
John Neale: "Good King Wenceslas"
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George Woodward: "Unto us is Born a Son"
Charles Villiers Stanford: "Benedictus in C"
Charles Wood: "O Thou, the Central Orb"
Nahum Tate: "While the Shepherds Watched"
William Sandys: "I Saw Three Ships"
George Woodward: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Sussex Carol"
Charles Wesley: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
New England Traditional: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Tickets: £10 (child £4)
Contact: 01884 253494
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The Harmony Singers
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Saturday 13 December
ANNIVERSARY FINALE
MUSICAL JAMBOREE
Musical Director: Sheila Harman
St Lawrence Chapel Website
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Exmouth Light Orchestra
Temple Methodist Church
Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 13 December 7.30pm
CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC
John Williams: "Harry Potter Suite"
Johann Strauss II: "Tales of the Vienna Woods"
Edward Pola & George Wyle:
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne: "Let it Snow"
Amilcare Ponchielli: "Dance of the Hours"
(finale of Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda")
Procul Harum: "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
* * * * * Tickets: £5 * * * * *
'Best Books' Exmouth, 'Card Shop' Budleigh
Details: Daphne & John 01395 278497
john@puttinontheritz.wanadoo.co.uk
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Choir 86
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Sunday 14 December 3pm
CAROL CONCERT
Director of Music: David Bowles
Admission FREE - Donations to:
Rowcroft Hospice
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Dartington Community Choir
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| Jonathan Watts directs The Dartington Community Choir |
Devon Baroque
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
and Soloists SOLD
Dartington Great Hall OUT
Sunday 14 December 7.30pm
MONTEVERDI VESPERS 1610
Director of Music: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £16 (student/U16 £5)
01803 847070
boxoffice@dartington.org
book online
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Two Moors Festival Christmas Concerts
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| A pre-festival recital at Tiverton Karenza Peacock played Bach |
Ticket Office, Tiverton Parkway Station
Monday 15 December 6-7pm
- and in the morning between the
11.38 and 12.09 trains
FROM BACH TO CAROLS
(Second of three concerts at Tiverton Station)
Oxford University String Duo
Admission FREE - no ticket required
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Exeter Bach Society
St Stephens Church High Street Exeter
Tuesday 16 December 7.30pm
CAROL CONCERT
(Carol singing outside from 7pm)
Director of Music: David Davies
Tickets: £5 food included & on sale
Proceeds to Exeter AgeUK
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Ekaterina Shetliffe
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Tuesday 16 December 7pm
PIANO & VIOLIN RECITAL
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninov
Tickets: £5
Pianoroom: 01392 436258
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Ekaterina Shetliffe
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Churston Ferrers, TQ5 0LD
Wednesday 17 December 7pm
PIANO & VIOLIN RECITAL
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninov
Tickets: £5
Lupton House: 01803 845800
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| Mike Westbrook Big Band |
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 18 December 8pm
BIG BAND XMAS SPECIAL
Voice: Kate Westbrook
Saxophones: Stan Willis, Roz Harding,
Lou Gare, Gary Bayley,
Trumpets: Mike Brewer, Dave Holdsworth,
Sam Massey
Trombone: Andy Dore
Piano: Billy Bottle
Drums: Coach York
Tickets: £12 (student £10)
Box Office: 01392 271808
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Two Moors Festival Christmas Concerts
Ticket Office, Tiverton Parkway Station
Monday 22 December 6-7pm
- and in the morning between the
11.38 and 12.09 trains
FESTIVE PROGRAMME WITH CAROLS
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(Third of three concerts at Tiverton Station)
Virtuoso Flautists
Admission FREE - no ticket required
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1. St Edmund's Church Kingsbridge
Friday 19 December 7 for 7.30pm
2. St Marychurch Church Torquay
Saturday 20 December 7 for 7.30pm
3. Jellyfish Studios Buckfastleigh
Tuesday 23 December 7 for 7.30pm
BAROQUE, CLASSICAL & ROMANTIC
Guitar: Alex Knight
Flute: Suki Trussler
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Georg Friderick Handel
Isaac Albéniz
Gabriel Fauré
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Ástor Piazzolla
Tickets: Kingsbridge & Torquay £10
Buckfastleigh £8
Box Office: Kingsbridge 01548 853195
book online
Torquay - book online
Buckfastleigh 01364 642662
07906 099498
info@jellyfishprod.com
book online
Information: 07896 438242 / 07436 112630
(See also Alex Knight & Chris Glassfield Fri 9 Jan)
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| Stanborough Chorus |
Buckfast Abbey
Friday 19 December 7.30pm
SERVICE OF MUSIC AND
READINGS FOR CHRISTMAS
Director of Music: Christopher Fletcher
Admission FREE - Donations to:
The Primrose Foundation
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Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 20 December 3pm
BUCKFAST ABBEY CAROL SERVICE
Director of Music: Philip Arkwright
Admission FREE - Donations to:
The Mustard Tree, Derriford Hospital
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St Stephen's Church High Street Exeter
Saturday 20 December 7.30pm
CAROL CONCERT
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)
Contact: Keith Wainwright 01297 553955
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The Sheldon SingersBeehive Centre Honiton
Saturday 20 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS CHORAL MUSIC
Bob Chilcott: "On Christmas Night"
(choir, soloists, ensemble & harp)
John Owen Edwards: "Wassail" (choir & harp)
Humphrey Clucas: "God Incarnate" (choir)
Carols & Seasonal Readings
Tickets: £12
Box Office: 01404 384050
Book Online
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| Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
Exeter University Great Hall
Monday 22 December 7.30pm
LAST NIGHT OF THE
CHRISTMAS PROMS
Conductor: Pete Harrison
Voices: Louise Dearman, Lance Ellington
Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song
Kristen Anderson & Robert Lopez:
"Let it Go" from Disney's "Frozen"
Sergei Prokofiev: "Troika" from "Lieutenant Kijé"
Jester Hairston: "Mary's Boy Child"
Roy Wood: "I wish it could be Christmas Every Day"
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Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
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Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 2 January 7.30pm
JOHANN STRAUSS GALA
Conductor: Thomas Rösner
Soprano: Elizabeth Watts
Johann Strauss II:
"Chatterbox Polka", "Emperor Waltz",
"Perpetuum Mobile"
"Czardas" from "Die Fledermaus"
"Be Careful" from "The Gypsy Baron"
"Éljen a Magyar!" (polka), "Voices of Spring" (waltz)
"Egyptian March", "Pizzicato Polka", "The Blue Danube"
Franz Lehár: Overture & "Vilja-Song" from "The Merry Widow"
"My Lips' Fiery Kiss" from "Giuditta"
Tickets: Ground £14-24 Gallery £24-38 (U18 £1)
Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
Online Booking BSO Website
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 7 January 12 for 12.30pm
PIANO & SONG RECITAL
Piano: Dorothy Worthington
Mezzo Soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Two Guitars
Willow Restaurant Totnes
Friday 9 January from 7.30pm
RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE,
CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY
Alex Knight & Chris Glassfield
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Frédéric Chopin
Gabriel Fauré
Tickets: Ground £14-24 Gallery £24-38 (U18 £1)
Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
Online Booking BSO Website
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Wednesday 7 January 12 for 12.30pm
PIANO & SONG RECITAL
Piano: Dorothy Worthington
Mezzo Soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Willow Restaurant Totnes
Friday 9 January from 7.30pm
RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE,
CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY
Alex Knight & Chris Glassfield
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Frédéric Chopin
Gabriel Fauré
Booking Advised: 01803 862605
