November 2016

BACH'S "ST JOHN PASSION"
Jonathan Peter Kenny conducts
English Touring Opera & Old Street Band
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 25 November

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Staircase Opera

Caroline Harries is Baba
(a.k.a. Madame Flora)

1. Torre Abbey Torquay
    Mon 31 Oct / Tue 1 Nov 7.15 for 7.30pm
2. Devon & Exeter Instution Cathedral Close
    Wed/Thur/Fri 2/3/4 Nov 7.15 for 7.30pm
3. Crediton Congregational Church
    Saturday 5 November 2.30pm (plus tea)
     "THE MEDIUM" (1946)
An opera sung in the original English
Words & Music: Gian Carlo Menotti
This is the story of Baba who, as Madame Flora,
stages seances, cheating clients who seek contact
with deceased loved ones. Finding herself haunted and
terrified, she is driven to insanity and murder.
Menotti's music ranges from lyrically beautiful to the
highly dramatic. Includes challenging themes.
UNSUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Director: Martin Harvey

THE MEDIUM
 Gian Carlo Menotti

Musical Director: Paul McClure
Assistant MD: Roger Stephenson
Baba / Madame Flora: Caroline Harries
Mrs Gobineau: Héloïse West
Mr Gobineau: Julian Rippon
Mrs Nolan: Rebecca Smith
Monica: Emma Summerfield / Naomi Green
Toby: Fraser Goodland
Tickets: £15 - booking essential
   (includes drinks reception & pre-show talk)
Torquay:  01803 293593
Exeter:     01392 274727
Crediton: 01363 777968
crediton@oliviajames.co.uk
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Elizabeth Holman

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 2 November 12 for 12.30pm

VIOLIN & PIANO DUETS

Violin: Elizabeth Holman

Piano: Andrew Wilson

Admission FREE Retiring Collection

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St Mary's Church Totnes

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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 5 November 10.30 for 11am
COFFEE CONCERT
The Cameo Singers
Tickets: £5
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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Stella Maris Trio

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 9 November 12 for 12.30pm

STELLA MARIS TRIO

Piano: Sam Baker

Soprano: Victoria Armillota

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Admission FREE Retiring Collection

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Zephyr Duo

Zephyr Duo

Powderham Castle
Friday 11 November 7.30pm
FLUTE & HARP DUOS
Flute: Ruth Molins
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Ravi Shankar: "L'Aube Enchantée sur le Raga"
William Alwyn: "Naides"
Vincent Persichetti: "Serenade for Flute and Harp"
folk song arrangements adapted from Benjamin Britten
Carl Nielsen: "The Fog is Lifting"
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Booking: 01626 890243
Online Booking: TicketSource
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EMG Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 November 7.30pm
SIBELIUS & NIELSEN
Conductor: Tony Hindley
Leader: Clare Smith
Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 1
Tickets: Front Nave £16
Mid Nave £13 (student/U16 £5)
Rear Nave £11 (student/U16 £5) 
Front Side £11 (student/U16 FREE)
Rear Side £9 (student/U16 £5)
Exeter TIC: 01392 665885
Online Booking: TicketSource
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Belle Voci

Belle Voci
(see Dawlish Festival)

Lupton House Brixham (TQ5 0LD)
Saturday 12 November 7 for 7.30pm
GALA EVENING
A selection of your favourite
musical theatre, crossover
& opera duets & solos
Tenor: Matt Wilding
Soprano: Donna-Marie Broomfield
Piano: Simon Dunbavand
Special Guest:  ?  ?  ?
Tickets: £10 (OAP/U16 £8) FREE PARKING
Box Office: 07522 925972 or
Lupton House: 01803 845800
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Beacon Piano Trio

Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 16 November 12 for 12.30pm

THE BEACON PIANO TRIO

Piano: Joyce Clarke

Violin: Anna Cockroft

'Cello: Ruth Lass

Admission FREE Retiring Collection

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Divertimento Piano Trio

Divertimento Piano Trio

Seaton Gateway Theatre
Thursday 17 November 7.30pm
PIANO TRIOS
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Louise Farrenc Opus 33
Camille Saint-Saëns Opus 18
Felix Mendelssohn Opus 49
Tickets: TBC
Booking: 01803 863677
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Divertimento Piano Trio

Divertimento Piano Trio

Chagford Parish Church
Friday 18 November 7.30pm
PIANO TRIOS
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Louise Farrenc Opus 33
Camille Saint-Saëns Opus 18
Felix Mendelssohn Opus 49
Tickets: TBC
Booking: 01803 863677
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Samantha Ward

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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church Exeter
Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
THE WINTER CONCERT 2016
Conductor: Brian Northcott
Piano Soloist: Minyung Baek
                     Samantha Ward
Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"
Edvard Grieg: "Piano Concerto"

MinJung Baek

Tickets: £12 (advance £10 U18 £1)
Details: Orchestra Website
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East Devon Choral Society
St Paul's Church Tiverton

East Devon Choral Society

Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
ROSSINI & PUCCINI
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Soprano: Lucy Bray
Alto: Alison Kettlewell
Tenor: John Pearce
Bass: Tim Mirfin
Gioachino Rossini: "Stabat Mater"
Giacomo Puccini: "Messa di Gloria" 
Tickets: £10 (child £4)
Box Office: 01884 253494   
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Clyst Valley Choral Society

Clyst Valley Choral Society
Conductor: Paul Stock

1. St Margaret's Church Topsham
    Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
2. Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
    Sunday 20 November 7.30
A CONCERT OF BRITISH MUSIC
Conductor: Paul Stock
Soprano: Janet Macdonald
Trumpet: Chris Gould
Organ: Mark Perry
G F Handel: "Samson" -
     "Let the Bright Seraphim"
                     "Messiah" -
          "Hallelujah" Chorus
John Rutter: "The Sprig of Thyme"
William Walton: Coronation of George VI
                             "Crown Imperial" March
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Old 100th" Psalm
                  "All People that on Earth do Dwell"
Tickets: £10 (advance £8)
Advance Booking: 01392 271858
Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895
Clyst Valley Choral Society Website
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Divertimento Piano Trio

Divertimento Piano Trio

Whitchurch Canonicorum
Sunday 20 November 3pm
PIANO TRIOS
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Louise Farrenc Opus 33
Camille Saint-Saëns Opus 18
Felix Mendelssohn Opus 49
Tickets: TBC
Booking: 01803 863677
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English Touring Opera

Julia Riley is King Xerxes
"Ombra mai fu"

Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tuesday 22 November 7.30pm
G F Handel: "Xerxes"
Director: James Conway
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Wednesday 23 November 7.30pm
Francesco Cavalli: "La Calisto"
Director/Conductor: Timothy Nelson
Thursday 24 November 7.30pm
Claudio Monteverdi: "Ulysses Homecoming"
Tickets: D £20.50 C £25.50 B £32.50 A £35.50
Concessions: D C B £2 off
Box Office: 01392 726363
Northcott Website  ETO Website
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Michèle Banting

& Iain McDonald

Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 23 November 12 for 12.30pm

SONGS & POETRY

Piano: Michèle Banting

Baritone: Iain Macdonald

Poetry: Jilly Cooper

Admission FREE Retiring Collection

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English Touring Opera,
Exeter Cathedral Choir,
Local Gospel & Youth Choirs &
Old Street Band
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 25 November 7.30pm
ST JOHN PASSION
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Director: James Conway
Soprano: Susanna Fairbairn
                 Galina Averina

Jonathan Peter Kenny 
English Touring Opera
Old Street Band

Mezzo Soprano: Martha Jones
                           Katie Bray
Tenor: Robert Anthony Gardiner
              John-Colyn Gyeantey
                   Nick Pritchard
Baritone: George Humphreys
                Peter Brathwaite 
Bass Baritone: Andrew Slater
Band A: £25.50 (U27 £13)
Band B: £20.50 (U27 £10.50)
Band C: £16.50 (U27 £8.50)
Band D: £12.50 (U27 £6.50)
Northcott Box Office: 01392 726363
Online Booking: Northcott Theatre
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Exeter University Chapel Choir
(and Alumni)
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
(Exeter University Streatham Campus)
Saturday 26 November 2-9pm
COME AND SING!
Director: Michael Graham
Rehearsals: from 2pm
with breaks & light supper
Free Concert: at 7.30pm
Details: contact Michael Graham
chapelmusic@exeter.ac.uk
(please state voice part &
  send your contact details)
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Flowerbed Music
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House

Saturday 26 November 7.30pm
TUBULAR BELLS FOR SOLO PIANO
Piano: Dave Sanderson
Dave's own arrangement with 
an opening set of original pieces
and projected images
Tickets: £10
Cathedral Box Office: 01392 285983
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Exeter Bach Society
Southernhay United Reformed Church
Saturday 26 November 7.30pm
BACH MAGNIFICAT & DIXIT DOMINUS
Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano: Bethany Partridge
Soprano: Aimee Presswood
Alto: Alex Masters
Tenor: Philip Pooley
Bass: Tim Mirfin
J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto IV
G F Handel: "Dixit Dominus"
J S Bach: Magnificat in D major
                  (with Christmas hymns)
Tickets: £15 (advance £12.50)
Advance Booking: TicketSource
Details: Bach Society Website
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Starling Octet
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Saturday 26 November 8pm
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Ola Gjeilo: "Northern Lights"
Anton Bruchner
Paul Mealor: "Ubi Caritas et Amor"
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: "Four Shakespeare Songs"

Soprano: Meg Brand, Hattie Brown

Alto: Rebecca Willson, Zoë Fitzsimmons

Tenor: Ben Pennington, Sarah Pennington

Bass: Adrian Lock, Malcolm Field

Tickets: £10/£7 (Advance £9/£6 U16 FREE)

Includes light refreshments

Advance Booking: TicketSource

Starling Octet Website
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Torbay Singers
& Brass Ensemble
St Matthias Church

Babbacombe Road Torquay

Saturday 26 November 7.30pm

JOY & MAJESTY

Musical Director: Tina Guthrie

John Rutter: "Gloria"
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:

"Exsultate Deo"  "In Ecclesiis"
      "Sonata Pian' e Forte"
Claudio Monteverdi: "Cantate Domino"
Henry Purcell:

"Music for the funeral of Queen Mary"
Anton Bruckner: "Christus Factus Est"
"Afferentur Regi"  "Aequalis" "Ave Maria"

Tickets: £12 (U25 Full-Time Ed FREE)
Telephone: 01803 782677

John Couch Estate Agents, Torquay
Book Online: Torbay Singers Website

                         - and pay on the door.
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Josephine Pickering
& David Lee

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 30 November 12 for 12.30pm

PIANO DUETS

Piano: Josephine Pickering

Piano: David Lee

Admission FREE Retiring Collection

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Farms for City Children
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 2 December 7.30pm
"THE BEST XMAS PRESENT IN THE WORLD"
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Directed by: Simon Reade

Narrated by: Michael Morpurgo & Virginia McKenna
A unique Christmas concert performed by candlelight,
Michael’s story is told together with
specially selected Christmas carols.
"The Best Christmas Present in the World"
revisits the trenches and tells the haunting story
of Christmas 1914 when soldiers on both sides

Virginia McKenna
& Michael Morpurgo

put down their weapons in honour of Christmas Day.
with songs performed by award-winning
a cappella group Voices at the Door
A truly inspiring and atmospheric
celebration of Christmas.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
For children and adults of all ages
Tickets: Rear Nave £20 (U12 £15)
              Mid Nave £15 (U12 18.75)
VIP Tickets: £50
(Drinks in the Chapter House & Priority Seating)
Tickets available until Thursday 1 December

Nethercott House
A 'Farms for City Children' Farm
at Iddesleigh near Okehampton

Online Booking: EventBrite
Details: farmsforcitychildren.org
For further information please contact
Farms for City Children on 01392 276381
email: margi@farmsforcitychildren.org
(FFCC Fundraiser Margi Jervoise)
Event Sponsored by: Everys Solicitors
 Kindly Supported by: Devon Life
            Knight Frank, Storm Press
               Simpkins Edwards, Mercure Hotels

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Taunton Sinfonietta

Mary Eade

Temple Methodist Church Taunton

Sunday 4 December 3pm

SHOWGROUND FOR SOLOISTS

(featuring 2016 Taunton Young Musician)

Director & Leader: Mary Eade

French Horn: Nicola New

(See website for full ensemble)

Aleksandr Glazunov:

"Idyll for Horn and String Orchestra" (1884)

Sarah Wormell: "In Memoriam for Horn and Strings"
Ernest Bloch: "Concerto Grosso No.1" (1925)
Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto"
Francesco Manfredini: "Christmas Pastorale"
Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs)

                   (Violin Soloist: Mary Eade) (1878)

Tickets: £15 (student £5 family £32 season £50)

Box Office: 01823 340470 (Taunton Visitor Centre)
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Exeter University Choral Society

Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Monday 5 December 7.30pm
AN ADVENT CELEBRATION
Alan Bullard: "O Come, Emmanuel"
G F Handel: "Messiah" Part I
Tickets: £12 (student £10) at the door
email: euchoralsociety@gmail.com
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Annabel Rooney

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 7 December 12 for 12.30pm

THE AMAZI TRIO

Piano: Marcia Rayner

Violin: Cecilia Griffiths Lamon

'Cello: Annabel Rooney

Admission FREE Retiring Collection

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Mary O'Shea

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Devon Voices
All Saint's Church East Budleigh
Friday 9 December
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Exeter Male Voice Choir

Exeter Male Voice Choir

South Street Baptist Church
Saturday 10 December 7pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Musical Director: Margaret Aagesen-Hughes
Piano Accompanist: Peter Betts
Mezzosoprano Soloist: Carolyn Harries
Tickets: £8
Details: David Northrop 07733 135711
Exeter Male Voice Choir Website
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
& Exeter Brass
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 14 December 7.30pm
Thursday 15 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Andrew Millington: "Silent Night"
                                     "A Carol of Hope"
                         (Words Jonathan Meryck 2008)
dedicated to Dioceses of Cyprus, Thika & Exeter
David Davies: " The Carol of the Huron"
Canada's oldest Christmas hymn
Stephen Tanner: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
                             "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
                             "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
Tickets: £18/£14/£10
Supper Club: £45
EPC Tickets: 01392 499211
Exeter TIC: 01392 665885
TicketSource: Wednesday/Thursday
Details: Philharmonic Choir Website
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James Wyatt Music Room

Music at the Castle

Powderham Castle
Friday 16 December 7.30pm
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
          Amamus Cantare
Director: Alison Burnett
Jan Sweelinck: "Hodie Christus Natus Est"
                              (This Day Christ is Born)
Piae Cantiones: "Gaudete" (Rejoice)
Herbert Howells: "Here is the Little Door"
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Booking: 01626 890243
Online Booking: TicketSource

Mary O'Shea

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Devon Voices
Downes House Crediton
Saturday 17 December
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Starling Octet

The Starling Octet
(minus Adrian Lock)

St Andrew's Church Exwick
Sunday 18 December 4pm
SEVEN LESSONS & CAROLS
We have been rehearsing at Exwick

for over a year now and we wanted

to give something back, so we will be

performing as part of Exwick's

Christmas Carol Service

Soprano: Meg Brand, Hattie Brown

Alto: Rebecca Willson, Zoë Fitzsimmons

Tenor: Ben Pennington, Sarah Pennington

Bass: Adrian Lock, Malcolm Field

Starling Octet Website
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Ruth Smit

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 4 January 12 for 12.30pm

PIANO RECITAL

Piano: Ruth Smit

Admission FREE Retiring Collection
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Mary O'Shea

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Devon Voices
St Peter's Church Tiverton
Saturday 14 January
HANDEL'S "MESSIAH"
in memory of  Penelope Gordon
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Divertimento String Quartet

Divertimento String Quartet

Matthew's Hall Topsham
Sunday 29 January 4pm
STRING QUARTETS
Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
Booking: 01392 877895
Under-18: FREE
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Divertimento Piano Trio

Divertimento Piano Trio

Woking Music Society
Sunday 12 March 7.30pm
PIANO TRIOS
Piano: Margaret Lynn
Violin: Mary Eade
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Ethel Smith (Woking resident)
Camille Saint-Saëns Opus 18
Felix Mendelssohn Opus 49
Tickets: TBC
Booking: 01803 863677
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East Devon Choral Society

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East Devon Choral Society

Tiverton Baptist Church

Saturday 25 March 7.30pm

J S BACH "ST JOHN PASSION"

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Tickets: TBA

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Clyst Valley Choral Society

Clyst Valley Choral Society
Musical Director: Paul Stock

St Margaret's Church Topsham
Saturday 29 April 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Sunday 30 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Musical Director: Paul Stock
Orchestra Leader: Sally Bull
Soprano Soloist: Janet Macdonald
Charles Villiers Stanford: "Songs of the Sea"
John Rutter: "Feel the Spirit"
Tickets: £10 (advance £8)
Advance Booking: 01392 271858
Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895
Clyst Valley Choral Society Website
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