Tuesday 10 March 2015

March Update 2015

Ruth Molins
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto
(with harpist Sally Jenkins)
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Saturday 14 March

SUNDAY SERENADE CONCERT
in memory of Leader Colin Sauer
Dartington String Quartet 1958-80
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Divertimento Concerts
Studio 1 Dartington Space
Sunday 1 March 3pm
SUNDAY SERENADE CONCERT
in memory of Colin Sauer Leader of
the Dartington String Quartet 1958-80
PRESSENDA ENSEMBLE
Director of Music: Malcolm Latchem
Violins: Brenda Willoughby,
Lindsay BragaAnna Cockroft
Violas: Andrew GillettSteve Gleed
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Double Bass: Michael Allnat
Recorder: Pam Canter
Malcolm Latchem
Henry Purcell: Chaconne in three Parts
Sir Edward Elgar: Elegy Opus 58
Clive Jenkins: "The Fair Maid and the Knight"
(première performance of new commission)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet in Dm
                                             Concerto for 4 violins in C
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No 12 in Gm
Tickets: £12 (child/student FREE)
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
Divertimento Entertainments Websites
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Catherine & Geoffrey Bass
Blackdown Early Music Projects
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Blackdowns Early Music Projects
All Saints Church Culmstock
Sunday 1 March 6.30pm
AMOR VINCE OGNI COSA (LOVE CONQUERS ALL)
Director: JanJoost van Elburg
Violins: Julia BlackBen Sansom
Viola da Gamba: Henrik Persson
Theorbo: Taro Takeuchi
Sigismondo d'India"Il Pastor Fido" (The Faithful Shepherd)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Amor Vince Ogni Cosa"
                                                 (Love Conquers All)

Claudio Monteverdi"Vogendo Il Ciel" (Turning the Sky)
"Movete al Mio Bel Suon" (Dance to my Beautiful Music)
Tickets: £12 (student £6 U12 FREE)
Box Office: 01884 849172
Taunton Tourist Info: 01823 336344
Online BookingOxBoffice

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Apples Snakes

Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 1 March 7.30pm
SPOKES AMAZE!
Monthly Poetry Collective
(First Sunday of each Month)
- Quick Fire Slam - win a 10 minute set
    at the next 'Spokes Amaze!
- New Talent - with scratch ideas
- Short Films
- National Headline Acts
March Programme TBA
Tickets: £5
Box Office: 01392 434169
Book Online
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Studio 36
Gallery 36
36 Denmark Road Exeter
Tuesday & Wednesday 3 & 4 March
"WHY NOTWHAT IF?!"
Tuesday 3 March 6.30-8.00pm
PERFORMING POETRY
James Turner
Tickets: £7.50
Wednesday 4 March 7pm
WE CAN DO THIS!
Jeff Sleeman
(Comedy Skills Workshop)
Tickets: £7.50
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Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 4 March 12 for 12.30pm
SOPRANO RECITAL
Soprano: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Piano: Frances Waters
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Popup Opera
The Corn Barn Cullompton
Thursday 5 March 7.30pm
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
"DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL"
(ABDUCTION FROM THE HAREM)
Producer: Clementine Lovell
Director: Fiona Johnston
Pianist: Elizabeth Challenger
Tickets: £20
Box Office: 01884 32107
emailinfo@thecornbarn.com
Popup Opera Website
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Artesian Quartet
(NEW GENERATION ARTISTS)
The Artesian Quartet
Powderham Castle 
Friday 6 March 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
Violin: Kate SuthersEmily Davis
Viola: Matt Maguire
'Cello: António Novais
Josef Haydn: String Quartet Opus 20 No 6
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Opus 18 No 6
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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Angela East
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TOTNES EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
Angela East
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 7 March  7.30pm
BACH SUITES FOR 'CELLO
Principal 'Cello of English Baroque Soloists
Regular 'Cellist with "Red Priest"
plays Suite No 1 in G & No 5 in Cm
Tickets: £12 (student/U18 £5)
Details from Totnes Early Music
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Marion Wood
EMG Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 7 March  7.30pm
EMG SYMPHONIC WIND BAND 
AND SINGERS CONCERT
Conductor: Marion Wood
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Eric Whitacre: Sleep
Francis Poulenc: Motets pour un Temps du Penitence
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets for Double Choir
Alfie Pugh: Trans-Siberian Railway
Tickets: £8 (student/U16 £5)
Available on the door
Exeter Tourist Information, Dix's Field
01392 665885  Online Booking
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Centre Stage
Glenorchy Evening Concert
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Saturday 7 March 7.30pm
CENTRE STAGE
Youth Harmony Choir
Ages 14-20 years
Piano: Tim Othen
Tickets: £5
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Jazzlab
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
Sunday 8 March 8pm                                      JAZZLAB
Keyboards & Songs: Sam Richards                WILL BE ON
Admission FREE                                             29 MARCH
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Alan Williams
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 11 March 12 for 12.30pm
THE SIDMOUTH ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Alan Williams
Leader: David Norrish
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Gypsy Jazz at the Globe
Globe Inn Newtown
Wednesday 11 March 8pm
Community Jazz Session
Violin: Rebecca Willson
Favino Guitar: David Jones
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 12 March 7.30pm
THE MUSIC MAKERS
Conductor: Andrew Millington
The Sinfonietta
Director: Richard Studt
Gabriel  Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques Op 112
Edward Elgar: The Music Makers
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Tickets: £12 £17 £21
Supper Club: £43
EPC Tickets: 01392 499211
Exeter Tourist Info: 01392 665885
Online BookingEPC Tickets
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Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 12 March 8.30pm
Community Classical Playing
Compère: Roger Bourgein
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Recitals @ St Michael's
St Michael's Church Mount Dinham
Friday 13 March 7.30pm
SCHOOLS RECITAL
Chamber music performed
by young musicians from
Exeter School &The Maynard School
Tickets: £5 (concession £3.50)
- includes programme & wine
Book Online
Full 2015 Programme
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Veronika Eberle
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 13 March 7.30pm
GERMAN DANCES
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Violin: Veronika Eberle
Viola: Antoine Tamestit
Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer
Wolfgang A Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Antoine Tamestit
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 7
Tickets: Front Ground (a bit close) £14
Near Front & Back Rows £20
Mid Ground £24
Gallery Box £24 Gallery Wings & Back £32
Gallery - Best Seats £38
Box Office: Exeter Northcott 01392 493493
Book Online  Press Release
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Sally Jenkins
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Saturday 14 March 7.30pm
THE MOZART CONNECTION
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Leader: Gill Crew
Flute: Ruth Molins
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Wolfgang A Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No 8
Alec Roth: Fandangle
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
TicketSource: 01392 665700
Book Online     Orchestra Website
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Exeter Chamber Choir
Exeter Chamber Choir & Devon Baroque
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 14 March  7.00pm
BACHST MATTHEW PASSION
Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph
Evangelist: Oliver Johnston
Christ: Nicholas Merryweather
Pilate: Alexander Poulton
Soprano: Bethany Partridge
Alto: Andrew O'Sullivan
Bass: Tim Mirfin
Tickets: Rear Aisle £9 Front Aisle £15
Rear Nave £13  Mid Nave  £18 Front Nave £25
(Aisle seats unreserved - student/child £3 off)
Box Office: Exeter Phoenix 01392 667080
ECC Tickets: 01297 553955
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Soprano Recital
Soprano
Claudia Alvarez Calderon

Studio 3 Dartington Space
Saturday 14 March 7 for 7.30pm
ITALIAN OPERA PERUVIAN FOLK
soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderon
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Giuseppe Verdi:
Falstaff "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio"
Giacomo Puccini:
Gianni Schicchi "O mio babbino caro"
Charles Gounod:
Roméo et Juliette "Je veux vivre dans ce rêve"
Jacques Offenbach:
"Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille"
Harold Arlen:
"Somewhere over the Rainbow"
Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Lerner:
Piano
Ekaterina Shetliffe
My Fair Lady "I could have danced all night"
Leonard Bernstein:
West Side Story "I feel Pretty"
Emmerich (Irme) Kálmán:
Die Csardasfurstin "Heia in den Bergen"
Theodoro Valcarcel: "Suray Surita"
Rosa Mercedes Ayarza de Morales:
"La Perricholi", "La Ramilletera", "Soy Peruana"
Come and enjoy an evening of opera,
musical and Peruvian folk pieces
sung by Italian-Peruvian soprano,
Claudia Alvarez Caldero,
in aid of the Alzheimer's Society
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Popup Opera
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre Taunton
Saturday 14 March 7.30pm
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
"DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL"
(ABDUCTION FROM THE HAREM)
Producer: Clementine Lovell
Director: Fiona Johnston
Pianist: Elizabeth Challenger
Tickets: £23
Box Office: 01823 414141
Pop Up Opera Website
Tacchi-Morris Website
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Ed Woodhouse
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Ed Woodhouse & Friends
Hope Hall, Heavitree
Saturday 14 March 8pm
AN EVENING OF 'CELLO & SONG
J S Bach: 'Cello Suites
William Byrd: Choral Music
Early English Music
Tickets: £5
Box Office: 07763 148619
hopehallarts.com
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Exeter University Chapel Choir
Michael Graham
Exeter University Chapel Choir
1. Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
(Exeter University Streatham Campus)
Sunday 15 March 11am
EUCHARIST SERVICE
Director: Michael Graham
Organist: David Davies
(An Anglican Church Service - no charge to attend)
2. St Paul's Church Honiton
(Parish Church, Honiton High Street)
Sunday 15 March 3.30pm
A CHORAL SELECTION BOX
(Birthday celebration for the Administrator
 of the Exeter University Chaplaincy, Wendy Randall)
Director: Michael Graham
Organist: David Davies
Including:
Hubert Parry: "I was Glad"
Charles Wood: "O Thou the Central Orb"
(Ticket details TBC)
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Melvyn Bedford
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Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 15 March 2pm
EARWORMS
Host: Mervyn Bedford
City of Exeter Railway Band
Young Chorister of the Year: Helena Paish
Free cake from Emma's Bread at the Real Food Store
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
Box Office: Exeter Northcott 01392 493493
Exeter Tickets Dix's Field: 01392 665885
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St Mary's Church Totnes
Music at St Mary's Totnes
St Mary's Church Totnes High Street
Sunday 15 March 6.30pm
CHORAL EVENSONG
Introit, Henry Purcell:
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary II -
"Thou Knowest Lord the Secrets of our Hearts" 1695
William Byrd: Preces & Responses ~1600
Psalm 13: "How long o Lord? Will you forget me forever?"
George Dyson: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F 1945
Herbert Howells: Psalm 42 -
"Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks" 1941
John Sanders: The Reproaches 1993
An Anglican church service - no charge to attend
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Exeter Singers
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 18 March 12 for 12.30pm
THE EXETER SINGERS
Conductor: Tony Yeates
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Exeter School Choral Society

Exeter School Choral Society
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 19 March 7.30pm
CHORAL CONCERT
pupils, parents & staff
with full professional orchestra
& professional soloists
Leonard Bernstein: "Mass"
Georg Friderick Handel: "Zadok the Priest"
                              "The King shall Rejoice"
Fionn Connolly: VIth Form Commission
Tickets: Nave £16 Back £11 Aisle £8
Box Office: 01392 258712
Online BookingExeter School Website
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Classical Café
Cullompton Community Centre
Friday 20 March 7.00 for 7.30pm
MARCH WINDS
Bel Canto Choir
Director: Alan Boxer
Wood Farm Quintet
(Bassoon: Alan Boxer
 French Horn: Trevor Ives
 Flute: Rob Stevenson
 Clarinet: not Chris Gradwell (shown in photo)
 - Guest Clarinettist: Victoria Loram
 Oboe: Andrew Marlies)
Guest Pianist: Marianna Katerelou
Tickets: £12 (U18 £6)
Box Office: 01884 33265
Book Onlinekenarts.net
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Vibraphonic Festival
Top Studio Exeter Phoenix
Friday 20 March 8.30pm
OFF THE CUFF
Pete Canter: "Clock Works"
10 piece ensemble improvisation
Voice: Emma Welton
Flute: Ruth Molins
Alto Saxophone: Cat Hardy
Tenor Saxophone: Pete Canter
Flugelhorn: Gill Baker
Trumpet: Tim Sayer
Bass Clarinet: John Welton
Piano: Matt Johns
Double Bass: Tim Greenhalgh
Drums: Coach York
Tickets: £7.50
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Exeter University Choral Society
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 20 March 6.45 for 7.30pm
BEETHOVEN MASS IN C
Conductor: Roberto Gallo
Tickets: Aisles £8 Rear £10 Front £12
Online Bookingexeterguild.org
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Colyton Grammar School Senior Choir
Colyton Grammar School Senior Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
MASS IN BLUE
Director: David House
Piano: Will Todd
Soprano: Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
Will Todd: "Mass in Blue"
Tickets: £10 (concession £7)
Reserved: £15 (reserved £10)
Box Office: 01297 552327
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Torbay Singers
Torbay Singers
1. Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 21 March 7.15pm
2. Crediton Parish Church
Sunday 22 March 3pm
Director: Tina Guthrie
Organist: Nigel Guthrie
Tomás Luis de Victoria: "Officium Defunctorum"
                                        "Lotti Crucifixus"
Lenten Motets - BruchnerCasals etc
Tickets: Buckfast £10 (U25 student FREE) (Book Online)
               Crediton £8 (Book Online)
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Budleigh Festival
Convivium Singers
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Convivium Singers
Director: Alexander Norman
Apollo Baroque
Director: Joe Waggott
Tickets: £15 (student/U16 £7.50)
Box Office: 01395 445275
Online BookingTicketSource
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Musical Director: David Davies
Exeter Bach Society Choir & Orchestra
St Thomas Methodist Church Cowick Street
(opposite the health centre) Exeter
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
J S BACH: EASTER ORATORIO
C P E BACH: MAGNIFICAT
GREGORIO ALLEGRI: MISERERE
Director of Music: David Davies
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Tickets: £14 (advance £12)
Exeter Tickets (Dix's Field) 01392 665885
or book online at TicketSource
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Dr Todd Gray
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Music at St Mary's Totnes

St Mary's Church Totnes High Street
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
LECTURE
on Devon's historic churches
with special reference to St Mary's
by Dr Todd Gray MBE
Tickets: £5
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Starling Octet
St Disen's Church Bradninch
The Starling Octet

Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
BARBER TO BERNSTEIN
Soprano: Zoë Fitzsimmons, Hattie Brown
Alto: Sarah Pennington, Marion Wood
Tenor: Ben Pennington, Neville Gibbings
Bass: Chris Walledge, Malcolm Field
Samuel Barber: "Adagio for Strings"
Leonard Bernstein
James MacMillan
Gustav Holst
Tickets: £8 (concession £5 child FREE)
Free interval refreshments
Alex Cleur: 01392 881525.
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Isca Orchestra
Sidmouth Parish Church

Isca Orchestra
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
SIBELIUS SYMPHONY
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Leader: Antony Clements
Sir Edward Elgar: Handel Overture in D minor
Jean Sibelius: Third Symphony
Aram Khachaturian: Extracts from 'Masquerade Suite'
Bedřich Smetana : Vltava ('The Moldau')
Malcolm Arnold : Four Scottish Dances
Tickets: £12.50 (side aisle £10 student £5)
Paragon Books: 01395 514516
rogerhendy@btinternet.com
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Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Exeter University
Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 22 March 2.30pm
SOUNDS OF SPRING
(50th Anniversary Concert)
Conductor: Richard Harvey
Leader: Kate Smethurst
Clarinet: Sam Nugee
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava from ‘Má Vlast’
Camille Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale
Bernhard Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No. 3
Tickets: £9 (concession £7 student/U18 £5 U8 FREE)
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Frances Waters, John Brindley
& Val Howels
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 25 March 12 for 12.30pm
SOPRANO & BARITONE DUETS
Piano: Frances Waters
Soprano: Val Howels
Baritone: John Brindley
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Exeter Festival Chorus
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 28 March 7.30pm
J S BACH: "ST JOHN PASSION"
Director: Nigel Perrin
Orchestra: Music for Awhile
Leader: Margaret Faultless

Michelangelo da Caravaggio:
"The Taking of Christ" 1602
Tickets: Rear Aisle £10 Front Aisle £20
Rear Nave £15 Mid Nave £20/25
Front Nave £30 (Student/U16 all ½ price)
Box Office: TicketSource 0333 666 3366
(9am-7pm Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Saturday)
Exeter Tickets (Dix's Field) 01392 665885
Book Online
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Wellington Choral Society
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Wellington Choral Society
St John's Church Wellington
Saturday 28 March 7.30pm
MENDELSSOHN: "HYMN OF PRAISE"
HANDEL: "MESSIAH" (EXCERPTS)
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)
Book Online
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St Mary's Church Totnes
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Music at St Mary's Totnes
St Mary's Church Totnes High Street
Saturday 28 March 7.30pm
VOICES FROM AFGHANISTAN
Poetry & Music (with invisible ink)
Sam Richards &  Lona Kozik
Tickets: £7 (U18 £5)
Booking: Harlequin Books 01803 865794
Proceeds to Amnesty International
Further Information: 01803 866181
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Ottery St Mary Choral Society
St Mary's Church Ottery
Ottery St Mary Choral Society
Saturday 28 March 7pm
BACH "ST MATTHEW PASSION"
Musical Director: Malcolm Matthews
Soprano: Héloïse West
Alto: Louise Mott
Tenor: Leslie Baker
Bass: David Fouracre
Tickets (includes after-concert wine):
              £10.50 (child £4.50)
Box Office: Ottery St Mary Tourist Info
Telephone: 01404 813964
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Red Earth Opera

Seale Hayne Great Hall

Saturday 28 March 7 for 7.30pm
MOZART: "IDOMENEO - KING OF CRETE"
(in English translation)
Musical Director: Jane Anderson Brown
Idomeneo: Hugh Legg
Ilia: Laura Curry
Idamante: Iryna Ilnytska
Elettra: Mari Wyn Williams
Tickets: £8 (concession £5)
Box Office: 01626 325825
Red Earth Opera Website
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Clive Carroll
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Villages in Action
Hockworthy Village Hall (TA21 0NW)
Saturday 28 March 6.45 for 7.30pm
1,000 YEARS OF MUSIC
Guitar: Clive Carroll
Tickets: £8.50
Box Office: Val 01823 673268
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Jonathan Watts
Dartington Community Choir
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Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 29 March 7.30pm
J S BACHB MINOR MASS
Director: Jonathan Watts
Details TBC
Box Office: 01803 847070
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Jazzlab
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
Sunday 29 March 8pm
Keyboards & Songs: Sam Richards
Admission FREE
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Alison Burnett
Elle Williams
Glenorchy Concerts
Glenorchy Church
Wednesday 1 April
12 for 12.30pm
SOPRANO DUETS
Soprano: Elle Williams
Soprano: Alison Burnett
Piano: David Davies
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Apples Snakes
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 5 April 7.30pm
SPOKES AMAZE!
Monthly Poetry Collective
(First Sunday of each Month)
- Quick Fire Slam - win a 10 minute set
    at the next 'Spokes Amaze!
- New Talent - with scratch ideas
- Short Films
- National Headline Acts
EASTER SPECIAL
Free choccy eggs & optional fancy dress
Themed 'Ready Steady Slam'
(? "Dewy Spring Mornings")
Headline: Ben Norris
Latest tour: "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family"
Tickets: £5
Box Office: 01392 434169
Book Online
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Jazzlab
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
Sunday 5 April 8pm                                          JAZZLAB
Keyboards & Songs: Sam Richards                     WAS ON
Admission FREE                                              29 MARCH
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Crediton Operatic Dramatic Society
Queen Elizabeth School Crediton
Monday 6 - Saturday 11 April 7.30pm
OKLAHOMA!
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Curly McLain:
Laurey Williams: 
Will Parker:
Ado Annie Carnes:
Details TBC
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Chris Gradwell
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 8 April 12 for 12.30pm
CLARINET/SAXOPHONE & GUITAR
Clarinets & Saxophones: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Richard Llewellin
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Gypsy Jazz at the Globe
Globe Inn Newtown
Wednesday 8 April 8pm
Community Jazz Session
Violin: Rebecca Willson
Favino Guitar: David Jones
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Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 9 April 8.30pm
Community Classical Playing
Compère: Roger Bourgein
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Recitals @ St Michael's
St Michael's Church Mount Dinham
Friday 10 April 7.30pm
ORGAN DUO
Dr Robert Manning
Dr Tom Corfie
Tickets: £5 (concession £3.50)
- includes programme & wine
Book OnlineFull 2015 Programme
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Torbay Singers

Torbay Singers
Exeter School Music Hall
Saturday 11 April 10.30am-4.30pm
SINGING WORKSHOP
Will Todd: Mass in Blue
(Performance: Saturday 13 June)
Director: Tina Guthrie
Workshop Fee: £15 (U25 student £5)
Incl. Music & Tea - bring lunch
Advance Booking Essential
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EMG Symphony Orchestra
Ellen StrattonAnna Davis
Richard FeatherstoneRay Fane
(Photo: Nigel Cheffers Heard)
EMG Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 11 April 7 for 7.30pm
ORGAN FUND CONCERT
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
Claude Debussy: "Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune"
Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie Espagnole"
Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande"
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Symphony No. 3"
(‘Organ Symphony’)
Tickets: Aisles £8 Rear Nave £10
Mid Nave £12 Front Nave £15
(student/U16 ½ price - except front nave)
Exeter Tickets Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Devon Strings Workshop Fore Street: 01392 433748
(Wednesday-Saturday 10am-6pm)
Book online at TicketSource
Orchestra Website.
Trefor Farrow
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Collati Singers
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 11 April: 7.15-8.45pm
MOTETS ANCIENT & MODERN
Director: Trefor Farrow
Admission FREE - retiring collection
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Sidmouth Arts Club Operatic Society
Manor Pavilion Sidmouth
Saturday 4 April 7.45pm
Monday 6 April - Saturday 11 April 7.45pm
Saturday 11 April 2.30pm
Tickets: £14 (matinée only, child £10)
Box Office: 01395 514413 (10-2 Mon-Fri)
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Phil Bonser
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 15 April 12 for 12.30pm
CLARINET & PIANO
Clarinet: Phil Bonser
Piano: Margaret Chave
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Elizabeth-Jane Baldry
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Elizabeth Jane Baldry
Wednesday 15 April 7.30pm
HARP RECITAL
Antonio de Cabezon: Pavane & Variations
George Frideric Handel: Passacaille
Jan Ladislav Dussek: Sonata in C minor
Georgio Lorenzi: Ondina
Albert Zabel: Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel
Erik Satie: Three Gnossiennes
Carey Blyton: Shoal of Fishes
Deborah Henson-Conant: Baroque Flamenco
Improvisation on "David of the White Rock"
(David Owen: "Dafydd y Garreg Wen")
Alphonse Hasselmans: La Source
Tickets: £15 (student £7.50)
Box Office: Exeter TIC 01392 665885
St Peter's Music Society Website
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Nikito Boriso-Glebsky
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 16 April 7.30pm
COUNTRY FOLKSONGS
Conductor: Aleksandar Marković
Violin: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus
Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No 7
Tickets: Front Ground (a bit close) £14
Near Front & Back Rows £20 Mid Ground £24
Gallery Box £24 Gallery Wings & Back £32
Gallery - Best Seats £38
Box Office: Exeter Northcott 01392 493493
Book Online
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TOTNES EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
Robin Blaze
Countertenor
Robin Blaze & Elizabeth Kenny
Dartington Great Hall
Saturday 18 April 7.30pm
'TIS NATURE'S VOICE
Solo Song in 17th Century England
Countertenor: Robin Blaze
Lute & Theorbo: Elizabeth Kenny
John Dowland: "Clear of Cloudy"
         "The King of Denmark's Galliard"
         "Can she Excuse my Wrongs?"
         "Prelusium"
         "Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard"
         "Fantasia"
Thomas Campian: "Me, me and none but me"
John Dowland: "Author of Light"
Elizabeth Kenny
Theorbo (& Lute)
         "The Cypress Curtain of the Night"
Henry Purcell: "Forlorn Hope Fancy"
         "In Darkness led me Dwell"
Hieronymous Kapsberger:
         "Be Welcome then Great Sir"
Henry Purcell: "Bergamesca"
Henry Lawes: "Music for Awhile"
Henry Purcell: "Amarillis by a Stream"
         (arranged by Elizabeth Kenny)
          Theatre Ayres for Theorbo
Robert de Visée: "By Beuateous Softness"
          Suite in D
Henry Purcell: "Tis Nature's Voice"
         "Evening Hymn"
Tickets: £15 (student/U18 £5)
Details from Totnes Early Music
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Clyst Valley Choral Society
1. St Margaret's Church Topsham
    Saturday 18 April 7.30pm
2. Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
    Sunday 19 April 7.30pm
MENDELSSOHN: HYMN OF PRAISE
ANDREW CARTER: BENEDICITE
Musical Director: Paul Stock
Organist: Mark Perry
Soprano: Janet MacdonaldMyriam Prual
Tenor: Chris Hunt
Tickets: £10 (advance £8)
Box Office: 01392 271858
Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895
Pathfinders Exmouth: 07974 151686
Choral Society Website
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Flute Cake
FLUTE CAKE
Ruth Molins, Sophie Brewer, Jen Campbell
Newtown Community Association Hut
Belmont Park, Clifton Hill, Exeter
Sunday 19 April 2.30 - 4.30pm
AMNES-TEA
Tea, Cakes & Music
raising money for Amnesty International
Flutes: Ruth Molins
           Sophie Brewer
            Jennifer Campbell
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Divertimento Entertainments
St Margaret's Church Topsham
Sunday 19 April 4pm
Divertimento Quartet
Clarinet: Colin Parr

DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violin: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett            Repeated at Dartington
'Cello: Vicky Evans                       Sunday 24 April
Clarinet: Colin Parr                          (See below)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Komplimentier-Quartett 1800
Giacomo Puccini: I Crisantemi Quartet 1890
Antonín Dvořák: Quartets from "Cypresses" 1865
Wofgang Amadeus Mozart: Stadler Clarinet Quintet 1789
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 FREE)
Box Office: Topsham Book Shop 01392 877895
Diverto Entertainments Website.
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Beacon Piano Trio
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 22 April 12 for 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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RAMM Spring Concert Series
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Melvyn Tam
Wednesday 22 April 6.30 for 7.30pm
MELVYN TAN PIANO
Robert Schumann: Carnival in Vienna 1839
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No 2 in F 1839
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No 1 in B♭ 11832
Frédéric Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu in C♯minor 1834
Franz Liszt: Sonata in B minor 1854
Tickets: £18 (all 3 concerts £50)
Box Office: 01392 265858
(Presecco/fruit juice at reception: £2)
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Piatti Quartet
St Boniface Concert Society
Crediton Parish Church
Thursday 23 April 7.30pm
PIATTI STRING QUARTET
Violin: Nathaniel Anderson-Frank
           Michael Trainor
Viola: David Wigram
'Cello: Jessie Ann Richardson
Ludwig van Beethoven: Razumovsky Quartet
Antonin Dvořák: String Quartet Opus 106
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
             Student Group (5+) £5 each
             Adult Season Ticket £64
Book by Post: Ticket Secretary
                       24 Dean Street
                       CREDITON
                       EX17 3EN
(include a stamped addressed envelope &
cheque to "St Boniface Concert Society")
Book in Person: A E Lee Outfitters
                         High Street Crediton
Telephone: 01363 777814
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Divertimento Entertainments
Studio 3 Dartington Space
Sunday 24 April 7.30pm
Divertimento Quartet
Clarinet: Colin Parr
DIVERTIMENTO STRING QUARTET
Violin: Mary EadeLindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett            Previously at Topsham
'Cello: Vicky Evans                       Sunday 19 April
Clarinet: Colin Parr                          (See above)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Komplimentier-Quartett 1800
Giacomo Puccini: I Crisantemi Quartet 1890
Antonín Dvořák: Quartets from "Cypresses" 1865
Wofgang Amadeus Mozart: Stadler Clarinet Quintet 1789
Tickets: £15
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
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ENSEMBLE BAKLAVA
Julia Thomas, Howard Frey, Nick Millington
Ensemble Baklava
Bogan House Totnes
Friday 24 April 8pm
MUSIC FROM AROUND
THE MEDITERRANEAN
Leicestershire Small Pipes: Julia Thomas
Bouzouki: Nick Millington
Oud: Russel Harris
Mandolin: Howard Frey
Tickets: £5 (includes wine/juice)
Enquiries: 01792 879500
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FLUTE CAKE
Ruth Molins, Sophie Brewer, Jen Campbell
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Flute Cake
Northernhay Gardens, Exeter
Sunday 26 April
EXETER FESTIVAL OF FOOD & DRINK
Flutes: Ruth Molins
           Sophie Brewer
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English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
(and local primary schools)
Tuesday 28 April - Saturday 2 May


"La Bohème"
Mimi: Ilona Domnich
GIACOMO PUCCINI: "LA BOHÈME"
(Italian with English Surtitles)
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tuesday 28 April 7.30pm
Thursday 30 April 7.30pm
Friday 1 May 7.30pm
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: James Conway
Rodolfo: David Butt Philip (Tenor)
Mimi: Ilona Domnich/Paula Sides (Soprano)
Marcello: Grant Doyle/Nicholas Lester (Baritone)
Musetta: Sky Ingram/Donna Bateman (Soprano)
Schaunard: Njabulo Madlala (Baritone)
Colline: Matthew Stiff (Baritone)
Benoit: Adam Player (Tenor)
Musetta: Sky Ingram
Marcello: Nicholas Lester
Alcindoro: Andrew Glover (Tenor)
Plus ETO are seeking 12 local children for each venue
For further details, apply to Talia Lash
(ETO Education & Community Coordinator)
020 7833 2555 talia.lash@englishtouringopera.org.uk
Tickets: £19/£24/£30/£33
Box Office: 01392 493493
Online BookingTuesday/Thursday/Friday
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GAETANO DONIZETTI: "THE SIEGE OF CALAIS"
(Italian with English Surtitles)
Exeter Northcott Theatre
"The Seige of Calais"
Aurelio: Helen Sherman
Eustachio: Craig Smith
Eleanora: Paula Sides
Wednesday 29 April 7.30pm
Conductor: Jeremy Silver
Director: James Conway
Eustachio de Saint-Pierre: Craig Smith (Baritone)
Eleanora de Saint-Pierre: Paula Sides (Soprano)
Aurelio: Catherine Carby/Helen Sherman (Mezzosoprano)
Edoardo III: Grant Doyle/Nicholas Merryweather (Baritone)
Pietro de Wisants: Matthew Stiff (Baritone)
Giovanni d'Aire: Andrew Glover/Matt R J Ward (Tenor)
Armando: Jan Capinski (Baritone)
Incognito: Peter Brathwaite (Baritone)
Tickets: £19/£24/£30/£33
Box Office: 01392 493493
Online BookingWednesday
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GAETANO DONIZETTI: "THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST INDIES"
Eleanora
Sally Silver
(Italian with English Surtitles)
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Conductor: Jeremy Silver
Director: Iqbal KhanFernando: Nicholas Sharratt (Tenor)
Eleanora: Sally Silver (Soprano)
Cardenio: Craig Smith (Baritone)
Bartolomeo: Njabulo Madlala (Baritone)
Marcella: Donna Bateman (Soprano)
Kaidama: Peter Brathwaite (Baritone)
Tickets: £19/£24/£30/£33
Box Office: 01392 493493
Online BookingSaturday
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IN-HOUSE: "SHACKLETON'S CAT"
Exeter Northcott Theatre (?TBC):
Monday 27 April 12 noon
Tuesday 28 April 12 noon
Barley Lane School Exeter:
Wednesday 29 April 12 noon
Ladysmith School Exeter:
Thursday 30 April 12 noon
Newton Poppleford Primary:
Friday 1 May 12 noon
Exeter Northcott Theatre:
Saturday 2 May 12 noon
For further details, contact Talia Lash
(ETO Education & Community Coordinator)
020 7833 2555 talia.lash@englishtouringopera.org.uk
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IN-HOUSE: "WAXWINGS"
"Icarus and Daedalus" for young people with special needs
Exeter Central Library (?TBC)
Monday 27 April - Saturday 2 May 12.00
Director (& Librettist): Tim Yealland
Musical Composition: Mark & Clive Ives
Singers: Guy ElliottKatie GrossetEmily Blanch
'Cello: Jonathan Kitchen
Animation: Babis Alexiadis
Dance: Ricardo Campos
For further details, contact Talia Lash
(ETO Education & Community Coordinator)
020 7833 2555 talia.lash@englishtouringopera.org.uk
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Christine Marsden
Betty Shipp
Frances Waters
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 29 April 12 for 12.30pm
CLARINET SOPRANO & PIANO
Clarinet: Betty Shipp
Soprano:Christine Marsden
Piano: Frances Waters
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Divertimento Quartet
(photo: Cecil Hatfield)
Divertimento Quartet
Duke of Cornwall Hotel Plymoth
Wednesday 29 April 1pm
Violins: Mary EadeLindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett  'Cello: Vicky Evans
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet
Hugo Wolf: String Quartet
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet
enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
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Exmouth Choral Society
Exmouth Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 2 May 7.30pm
JOHN RUTTERREQUIEM
LOUIS VIERNEMESSE SOLENNELLE
MAURICE DURUFLÉFOUR MOTETS
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Details TBC
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Godwine Choir
Godwine Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 2 May 7.30pm
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Pressenda Ensemble
Divertimento Entertainments
Studio 1 Dartington Space
Sunday 3 May 3pm
PRESSENDA ENSEMBLE
Tickets: £12 (child/student FREE)
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
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Jazzlab
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
Sunday 3 May 8pm
Keyboards & Songs: Sam Richards
Admission FREE
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Catherine & Geoffrey Bass
Blackdown Early Music Projects
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Blackdowns Early Music Projects
St John's Church Wellington
Monday 4 May 6.30pm
BAROQUE MASTER
Director: Andrew Parrott
JOhann Casper Kerll
Details TBC
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Exeter Choral Society
Exeter Choral Society
St James's Church Exeter
Wednesday 6 May 7.30pm
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Soprano: Héloïse West
Tenor: Andrew Henley
Bass: Julian Rippon
Giacomo Puccini: "Messa di Gloria"
(plus operatic choruses and arias)
Tickets: details TBC
Exeter Visitor Information: 01392 665885
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Recitals @ St Michael's
St Michael's Church Mount Dinham
Friday 8 May 7.30pm
CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL
Alison Smith
Tickets: TBC
- includes programme & wine
Book OnlineFull 2015 Programme
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Alison Smith
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Joo Yeon Sir
Joo Yeon Sir
Powderham Castle 
Friday 8 May 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
Violin: Joo Yeon Sir
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Schubert
Johannes Brahms
Fritz Kreisler
Franz Waxman
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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East Devon Choral Society
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East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 9 May  7.30pm
NELSON MASS & DIXIT DOMINUS
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Josef Haydn: "The Nelson Mass"
Antonio Vivaldi: "Dixit Dominus"
Tickets: details TBA
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John Tavener
Budleigh Festival
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Satruday 9 May 9.45am-6.00pm
A TRIBUTE TO SIR JOHN TAVENER
Choral Day & Tribute Concert (5pm)
"Mother & Child", "Hymn to the Mother of Got"
"Song for Athene", "The Lamb", "The Magnificat"
"Today the Virgin", "The Lord's Prayer"
Musical Director: David Davies/John Pearce
Booking Fee: £12
Incl. Music & Tea - bring lunch
Advance booking advised (before 2 May):
Online Booking Form
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 9 May 7.30pm
FAURÉ'S REQUIEM                         SOLD OUT
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Soprano: Hye-Youn Lee
Baritone: James Rutherford
James Rutherford
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzoni
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem in D minor Opus 48
Tickets: Rear Aisle £14 Mid Aisle £20 Front Aisle £24
Rear Nave £20/24 Mid Nave £32 Front Nave £38
Box Office: Exeter Northcott 01392 493493
Book Online
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Clarinettist Colin Parr
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James Church Taunton
Sunday 9 May  7.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
Director (& Violin Solo): Mary Eade
Clarinet Solo: Colin Parr
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Elegy & Polka from
"The Tale of the Priest and his Workman Balda"
Johann Hummel: Clarinet Quartet in E♭
Christopher Ball: Clarinet Concerto
Josef Hayden: "Lobkowitz" String Quartet
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 Season £50)
Box Office: 01823 336344
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Bridgwater Choral Society
Bridgwater Choral Society
St Mary's Church Bridgwater
Saturday 9 May 6.30 for 7.30pm
BACH: "ST MATTHEW PASSION"
Conductor: Iain Cooper
Leader: Brigid Kirkland-Wilson
Jesus: Louis Hurst
Evangelist: Bo Wang
Soprano: Charlotte Newstead
Alto: Fiona Mackay
Bass: Stephen Whitford
Ticket Details: TBA
Book OnlineTicketSource
Melvyn Bedford
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Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Central Library
Sunday 10 May 2pm
EARWORMS
Host: Mervyn Bedford
Tickets: £4.50 (child £3 U2 FREE)
Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
Exeter Tickets Dix's Field: 01392 665885
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Gypsy Jazz at the Globe
Globe Inn Newtown
Wednesday 13 May 8pm
Community Jazz Session
Violin: Rebecca Willson
Favino Guitar: David Jones
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Lux Wind Quintet
(from the Welsh College of Music & Drama)
Lux Quintet
Temple Methodist Church Budleigh
Wednesday 13 May 7.30pm
WIND QUINTET RECITAL
William Mathias: Wind Quintet
Claude Debussy: La Fille aux cheveux de Lin
Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in E♭ Op 88 No 2
Francis Poulenc: Novelette in C
Ferenc Farkas: Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties
Tickets: £15 (student £7.50)
Box Office: Exeter TIC 01392 665885
St Peter's Music Society Website
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Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 14 May 8.30pm
Community Classical Playing
Compère: Roger Bourgein
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm
MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH
Conductor: Andrew Millington
The Sinfonietta
Director: Richard Studt
Tickets: £12 £17 £21
Supper Club: £43
EPC Tickets: 01392 499211
Exeter Tourist Info: 01392 665885
Online BookingEPC Tickets
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Brent Singers
Brent Singers
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 16 May 7.30pm
Conductor: Trefor Farrow
Henry Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord (Bell Anthem)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum in D
Dom Sebastian Wolff: Requiem
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Maksim Stsura
RAMM Spring Concert Series
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Wednesday 20 May 6.30 for 7.30pm
SOH-YON KIM & MAKSIM STSURA
VIOLIN & PIANO DUETS
Claude Debussy: Sonata in G minor 1917
Ludwig van Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata (No 9) 1803
Johannes Brahms: Meistersinger Sonata (No 2) 1886
Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction to Carmen Fantasy 1882
Tickets: £18 (all 3 concerts £50)
Box Office: 01392 265858
(Presecco/fruit juice at reception: £2)
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The Sixteen
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 21 May 7.30pm
The Sixteen
(pre-show talk 6.30 for 7pm)
FLIGHT OF ANGELS
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Francisco Guerrero: Duo Seraphim
Alonso Lobo: Missa Maria Magdalene - Kyrie
                     Libera Me
Francisco Guerrero: Missa Surge Propera - Gloria
                               Laudate Dominum
                               Marie Magdalene
                               Missa dela Batalla Ascoutez
                                - Credo
                               Vexilla Regis
Alonso Lobo: Ave Reginaceolorum
                     Ave Maria
                     Versa est in Luctum
Francisco Guerrero: Missa Congratulamini Mihi - Agnus Dei
Tickets: Nave £30 Back: £20 Aisle £10
Box Office: 01904 651338/485
Exeter Phoenix: 01392 667080
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Musical Director: David Davies
Exeter Bach Society Choir & Orchestra
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Saturday 23 May 7.30pm
 - - - MUSIC IN MAY - - -
MADRIGALS, MOTETS, CANTATAS
Director of Music: David Davies
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Tickets: £10
Exeter Tickets (Dix's Field) 01392 665885
or book online at TicketSource


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Collegium Singers
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Collegium Singers
Museum of Somerset, Taunton Castle (TA1 4AA)
Saturday 23 May
CHORAL FAVOURITES
FROM FIVE CENTURIES
Peter Leech
Musical Director: Peter Leech
Thomsa Tallis: "O Nata Lux"
William Byrd: "Justorum Animae"
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Lobet den Herrn"
Henry Purcell: "I was Glad"
Sir John Tavener: "Song for Athene"
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Tickets: Details TBC
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Isca Orchestra
Sidmouth Parish Church

Isca Orchestra
Saturday 30 May 7.30pm
A TOUCH OF VIENNA
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Johann Strauss II:
Blue Danube Waltz
Emperor Waltz
Radetzsky March
Pizzicato Polka
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Tickets: £12.50 (side aisle £10 student £5)
Paragon Books: 01395 514516
rogerhendy@btinternet.com
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Emma Kirkby
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Powderham Castle 
Friday 5 June 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
DOWLAND & FRIENDS
with singers & plucked strings
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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Jazzlab
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
Sunday 7 June 8pm
Keyboards & Songs: Sam Richards
Admission FREE
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Gypsy Jazz at the Globe
Globe Inn Newtown
Wednesday 10 June 8pm
Community Jazz Session
Violin: Rebecca Willson
Favino Guitar: David Jones
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Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 11 June 8.30pm
Community Classical Playing
Compère: Roger Bourgein
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Popup Opera
Eleanor Ross
is Isabella
The Corn Barn Cullompton
Thursday 11 June 7.30pm
GIOACHINO ROSSINI:
"L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI"
(THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS)
Producer: Clementine Lovell
Director: Fiona Johnston
Pianist: Elizabeth Challenger
Tickets: £20
Box Office: 01884 32107
emailinfo@thecornbarn.com
Popup Opera Website
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Torbay Singers
Torbay Singers
St Marychurch Church Torquay
Saturday 13 June 7.30pm
Director: Tina Guthrie
Le Jazz quartet
Will Todd: Mass in Blue
and music by
George Gershwin
Andrew Daldorph
Details TBC on Singers Website
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Alfie Pugh
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Venue TBC
Sunday 14 June - times TBC
THE GREAT THUNDERBIRDS
WIND BAND DAY
Director: Alfie Pugh
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Solem Quartet
Catherine Landen, Michael Jones
Alistair Vennart, Stephanie Tress
RAMM Spring Concert Series
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Wednesday 17 June 6.30 for 7.30pm
SOLEM QUARTET
Josef Haydn: Sun Quartet (Op 20) 1772
Ludwig van Beethoven: Harp Quartet (No 10) 1809
Felix Mendelssohn: Requiem to Fanny (No 6) 1847
Tickets: £18 (all 3 concerts £50)
Box Office: 01392 265858
(Presecco/fruit juice at reception: £2)
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Kammerphilharmonie Europa
St Peter's Concert Soceity
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Wednesday 17 June 7.30pm
KAMMERPHILHARMONIE EUROPA
Conductor: Leonid Tritus
Violin: Andrej Sur
Trumpet: Cyrill Gussaroff
Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade
Johann Nepomuk Hummel:
Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E♭ major
Leonid Tritus
J S Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041
W A Mozart: Divertimento F Dur KV138
Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G
Gustav Holst: Suite for String Orchestra Opus 29
Tickets: £15 (student £7.50)
Box Office: Exeter TIC 01392 665885
St Peter's Music Society Website
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St Boniface Concert Society
Crediton Parish Church
Thursday 18 June 7.30pm
Kammerphilharmonie Europa
KAMMERPHILHARMONIE EUROPA
Conductor: Leonid Tritus
Violin: Andrej Sur
Trumpet: Cyrill Gussaroff
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041
Johann Nepomuk Hummel:
Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E♭ major
Gustav Holst:
Suite for String Orchestra Opus 29
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
Leonid Tritus
             Student Group (5+) £5 each
             Adult Season Ticket £64
Book by Post: Ticket Secretary
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Book in Person: A E Lee Outfitters
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Shaldon Festival Choir
Brian Kay
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Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church Sheldon
Thursday 18 - Sunday 21 June 7.30pm
Thursday: Voces8
Friday: Fournier Trio
Saturday: Shaldon Festival Choir
Sunday: Chilingirian Quartet
Details on Festival Website
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Voces8
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Recitals @ St Michael's
St Michael's Church Mount Dinham
Friday 19 June 7.30pm
VOCES8
International Award-Winning Vocal Octet
Tickets: TBC
- includes programme & wine
Book OnlineFull 2015 Programme




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Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Village Hall
Friday 19 June 7.30pm
DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
AND THE DYJO AMBASSADORS
Details TBC
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Counterpoint Choir
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 20 June 7.15pm
THE BEST FROM OUR 26 YEARS
Director: David Acres
Countertenor: James Bowman CBE
Anton BrucknerFlorian Abbey 1879
“Os Justi” (The Mouth of the Righteous)
Psalm 37 Verses 30-31
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaPuebla Cathedral ~ 1660
“Circumdederunt me dolores mortis”
(The Sorrows of Death have compassed me)
Psalm 17 Verses 5-6
David Acres
Antonio LottiSt Mark’s Venice ~1738
“Crucifixus etiam pro nobis” (He was crucified for us)
Mass: Credo
Robert Lucas de Pearsall: St Gallen Switzerland 1854
“Tu es Petrus” (You are a rock)
Matthew Chapter 16 Verses 18-19
Alonso LoboMadrid 1598
“Versa est in Luctum Cithara Mea” (My harp is tuned for mourning)
Job Chapter 30 Verse 31
Edward Woodall NaylorEmmanuel College Cambridge 1911
“Vox Dicentis, Clama” ( A Voices Says, Cry!)
Isaiah Chapter 40 Verse 6
Sir John Tavener/ Isabel HapgoodKeble College Oxford 1981
Funeral Ikos (Why these bitter words of the dying?)
Orthodox Funeral Service for a Priest
Eric Whitacre/ Charles Anthony Silvestri:
Austin (for mezzo Julia Armstrong) 2000
“Sleep” (Original words by Robert Frost)
James Bowman
Sir Edward ElgarLondon 1899
“Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine”
(Let eternal light illuminate them, o Lord)
Communion Antiphon, Mass for the Dead
(Music “Nimrod”, Enigma Variations - for August Jaeger)
John Derek Sanders OBE:
King’s College Gloucester/Cheltenham Ladies College 1993
The Reproaches (My people, what have I done to you?)
Micah Chapter 6 Verse 3
Orlando Gibbons/Phineas FletcherChapel Royal 1623
“Drop, drop, slow tears”
Hymns and Songs of the Church, No 46
William ByrdChapel Royal 1589
“Ne irascaris Domine satis” (Don’t be angry, o Lord)
Isaiah Chapter 64 Verse 9 - Cantiones Sacrae I No 20
Ticket Details: TBC
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 20 June 7.30pm
Myles Taylor
THE WATERLOO CONCERT
(in aid of ABF, The Soldiers Charity)
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Leader: Gill Crew
Violin: Tamsin Waley Cohen
Trumpet: Myles Taylor
Soprano: Alison Burnett
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Sir Edward Elgar: In London Town
                          - Overture, Cockaigne
Hubert Parry: I was Glad
Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
Tickets: Aisle £12 Rear £18 Mid £25 Front £50
Online BookingTicketSource
Orchestra Website
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
St James Church Taunton
Sunday 27 June 7.30pm
(change to scheduled programme - TBC)
CONCERTI/VIVALDI
Director (& Violin Solo): Mary Eade
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in DM RV565
Henry Purcell: Sonata in F Parts in Gm
Clive Jenkins: Fanfare & Fugue
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in Gm RV324
Clive Jenkins: "Tarte au Citron"
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in Bm RV580
Antonín Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces for 2 Violins & Viola
Alexander Glazunov: Theme & Variations for String Orchestra
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 Season £50)
Box Office: 01823 336344
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The Starling Octet
The Starling Octet
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 28 June 7.30pm
A Modern Mass
Kyrie: Edmund Rubbra
Gloria: Richard Rodney Bennet
Credo: Frank Martin
Sanctus: Francis Poulenc
Agnus Dei: Samuel Barber
Ite Missa Est: James MacMillan
Nunc Dimittis: Gustav Holst
(Repeat of Pinhoe Concert July 2014)
Director of Music: Ben Pennington
Soprano: Zoë FitzsimmonsHattie Brown
Alto: Marion WoodSarah Pennington
Tenor: Ben PenningtonNeville Gibbings
Bass: Sam WindsorMalcolm Field
Tickets: £8 (U16 £1)
Free refreshments
Jonathan Watts
Dartington Community Choir
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Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 28 June 7.30pm
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Director: Jonathan Watts
Details TBC
Box Office: 01803 847070
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Gypsy Jazz at the Globe
Globe Inn Newtown
Wednesday 8 July 8pm
Community Jazz Session
Violin: Rebecca Willson
Favino Guitar: David Jones
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Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 9 July 8.30pm
Community Classical Playing
Compère: Roger Bourgein
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Saturday 11 July 7.30pm
FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN
Conductor: Brian Northcott
David Shead
Leader: Gill Crew
Trumpet: David Shead
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda:
Concerto for Trumpet & Strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Concerto Grosso in G for Strings
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe
John Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aaron Copland: The Quiet City
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
TicketSource: 01392 665700
Book Online     Orchestra Website
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Brent Singers
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Brent Singers
Rattery Village Hall
Saturday 11 July 7.30pm
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Conductor: Trefor Farrow
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Budleigh Music Festival
Flute Cake
Ruth Molins, Sophie Brewer, Jen Campbell
Temple Church & St Peter's Church Budleigh
Friday 10 Saturday 18 July 7.30pm
Friday: Schubert Ensemble
Saturday: Exeter Festival Chorus
Monday: Alexandra Dariescu
Tuesday: Festival Orchestra
  (with guitar - Xuefei Yang - Aranjuez Concerto)
Wednesday: Xuefei Yang
Thursday:  Roderick Williams Baritone
  (Piano: Susie Allan - English Song)
Friday:  Carducci String Quartet
Saturday: Devon Opera
Details on Festival Website
Lunchtime Concerts TBC
(e.g. "Flute Cake" Saturday 11 July)
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St Boniface Concert Society
Mark Bebbington
Crediton Parish Church
Thursday 16 July 7.30pm
MARK BEBBINGTON PIANO
César Franck: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue
Ludwig van Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata
John Ireland: London Pieces
Thomas Dunhill: Two Concert Etudes
Richard Causton: Non mi Comporto Male
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle Opus 60
                         Tarantella & Scherzo in B♭ minor
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
             Student Group (5+) £5 each
             Adult Season Ticket £64
Book by Post: Ticket Secretary
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Book in Person: A E Lee Outfitters
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Popup Opera
Eleanor Ross
is Isabella
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre Taunton
Friday 17 July 7.30pm
GIOACHINO ROSSINI:
"L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI"
(THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS)
Producer: Clementine Lovell
Director: Fiona Johnston
Pianist: Elizabeth Challenger
Tickets: £23
Box Office: 01823 414141
Online Bookingtacchi-morris.com
Pop Up Opera Website
Tacchi-Morris Website
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta

Crowcombe Court Somerset TA4 4AD
Sunday 19 July 7.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
Director (& Violin Solo): Mary Eade
Narrator: Brian Cresswell
An evening of Georgian Music and Words
George Friderick Handel
William Boyce
Thomas Arne
Karl Davis ("Jane Austin" & "Playford")
Taunton Festival of the Arts
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The Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars
Exeter Cathedral
Tuesday 21 July 6.45 for 7.30pm
Conductor: Peter Phillips
Thomas Weelkes
Thomas Morley
John Milton Snr
Thomas Tomkins
Orlando Gibbons
Tickets: £15-£35
Box Office: 01392 285983
Online BookingCathedral Website
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Philip MacKenzie
Amadeus Orchestra
Amadeus Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 24 July 7.30pm
GUSTAV MAHLER
SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND
(Symphony No 8)
Conductor: Philip Mackenzie
Leader: Michael Foyle
Bath Minerva ChoirBournemouth Symphony Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus
Bournemouth University Chamber Choir
Tickets: Aisles £20 Rear Nave £25
         Mid Nave £30 Front Nave £35
Box Office: Northcott 01392 493493
Book Online     Orchestra Website
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Branscombe Festival
Branscombe Village Hall & St Margaret's Church
Friday 24 July 7.30pm
Saturday 25 July 12.00, 3.00, 7.30 & 10.30pm
Sunday 26 July Free concert on beach 1.30pm
Details TBC on Festival Website
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Jennifer Hughes
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St Boniface Concert Society
Crediton Parish Church
Thursday 13 August 7.30pm
PIANO & 'CELLO DUETS
Piano: Jennifer Hughes
'Cello: Jane Lindsay
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Cello Sonata No 2
Leos Janácek: "Pohádka"
Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke"
Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Cello Sonata No 1
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
             Student Group (5+) £5 each
Jane Lindsay
             Adult Season Ticket £64
Book by Post: Ticket Secretary
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Catherine & Geoffrey Bass
Blackdown Early Music Projects
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Blackdowns Early Music Projects
Exeter Cathedral
Monday 31 August 7.30pm
GRAND BAROQUE 2
Director: JanJoost van Elburg
Heinrich Biber: Missa Allelujah à 24
                             Vespers à 32
with full supporting programme
Details TBC
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St Boniface Concert Society
Passacaglia
Crediton Parish Church
Thursday 3 September 7.30pm
PASSACAGLIA
Recorders & Flute: Annabel Knight
Harpsichord: Robin Bigwood
Viola da Gamba: Reiko Ichise
Georg Friderick Handel: Flute Sonata in G
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord in D
Toccata in G minor BWV 915
Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio Sonata for Recorder & Viola da Gamba in F
Arcangelo Corelli: "La Folia"
Nicolas Chédeville: "Il Pastor Fido" (attr. Vivaldi)
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
             Student Group (5+) £5 each
             Adult Season Ticket £64
Book by Post: Ticket Secretary
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cheque to "St Boniface Concert Society")
Book in Person: A E Lee Outfitters
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Soprano: Alison Burnett
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Alison Burnett
Powderham Castle 
Friday 18 September 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
HANDEL'S FIRST YEAR IN ITALY - 1707
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
Temple Methodist Church Taunton
Saturday 26 September 7.30pm
SOPRANO & STRINGS
Director (& Violin Solo): Mary Eade
Soprano: Amy Carson
'Cello: Luke MillardChris Sampson
Antonio Vivaldi: Double 'Cello Concerto in Gm
George Matthias Monn: 'Cello Concerto in Gm
George Friderick Handel: "Gloria"
Heitor Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5, Cantilena
Arthur Foote: Suite for String Orchestra
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 Season £50)
Box Office: 01823 336344
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St Peter's Concert Soceity
Paul Lewis
St Peter's Church Budleigh
Wednesday 3 October 7.30pm
PAUL LEWIS PIANO RECITAL
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
No 30 in E major Opus 109
No 31 in A♭ major Opus 110
No 32 in C minor Opus 111
Tickets: £15 (student £7.50)
Box Office: Exeter TIC 01392 665885
St Peter's Music Society Website
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St David's Players
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 10 October
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Stage Director: Martin Kingston
Musical Director: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Details TBC on Players Website
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Rachel Smith
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Divertimento
Powderham Castle 
Friday 16 October 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
Flute & Piccolo: Rachel Smith
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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David Davies
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David Davies
Powderham Castle 
Friday 13 November 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
ORGAN RECITAL
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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Isca Orchestra
Sidmouth Parish Church

Isca Orchestra
Saturday 28 November 7.30pm
A TOUCH OF VIENNA
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Violin: Emmanuel Bach
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Eroica Symphony (No 3)
Tickets: £12.50 (side aisle £10 student £5)
Paragon Books: 01395 514516
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
Regal Theatre Minehead
Saturday 28 November 7.30pm
CONCERT WITH MINEHEAD CHORAL SOCIETY
Orchestra DirectorMary Eade
Choir Director: Marcus Capel
Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 Season £50)
Box Office: 01823 336344
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Taunton Sinfonietta
Taunton Sinfonietta
Temple Methodist Church Taunton
Sunday 29 November 3pm
SHOWGROUND FOR SOLOISTS
(with June's BBC Young Musician finalist)
Director (& Violin Solo)Mary Eade
Wofgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto in G
Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony NO 34
George Friderick Handel: Concerto Grosso in B♭
Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in A
Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 Season £50)
Box Office: 01823 336344
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Local Choir & Orchestra

Powderham Castle 
Friday 11 December 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
(country house scale)
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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