December 2016

Claudia Álvarez-Calderón
Catholic Church of St Mary & St George Totnes
Saturday 17 December

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Philippa Mo

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Philippa Mo & Martin Fogel
Sladers Yard West Bay Dorset
Friday 2 December 6.30pm
VIOLIN & GUITAR
Violin: Philippa Mo
Guitar: Martin Fogel
G F Händel: Violin Sonata No 1
J S Bach: Violin Sonata BWV 1021
J S Bach: Partita No 2 BWV 1004
Gary Ryan:  Benga Beat

Martin Fogel

Egberto Gismonti:  Agua e Vinho
Jean Sibelius: Pensées Lyriques, Op.40
Ástor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango"Bordel 1900"  "Cafe 1930""Nightclub 1960"  "Concert d’Aujourd’Hui"

Tickets: £15

Ticket with Meal to Follow: £30

Box Office: 01308 459511

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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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Two Guitars:
Alex Knight, Chris Glassfield

Two Guitars
Jellyfish Studios Buckfastleigh
Saturday 3 December 6-9pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
Artwork: Oliver Bush
Guitars: Chris Glassfield & Alex Knight
Free Buffet & Mulled Wine on Sale
Jellyfish Productions Website
Proprietor: Nathilde Overrein Rapp
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Paul Morris

Paul Morris

The Oak Room Tiverton
Saturday 3 December 7.30pm
SILENT MOVIE NIGHT
Carl Laemmle: "Phantom of the Opera"
1925 - with Lon Chaney & 5.000 others
Organ Accompaniment: Paul Morris
Tickets: £5 (advance booking recommended)
Busy Bee: 01884 799105 6am-5.30pm
Details: oakroomtiverton@gmail.com
Tiverton Oak Room Website
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Exeter Festival Chorus

Guest Conductor:
Aidan Oliver

& Devon Baroque
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 3 December 7pm
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
J S Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Guest Conductor: Aidan Oliver
Soprano: Anna Patalong
Mezzo-Soprano: Kate Symonds-Joy
Tenor: David Webb
Bass: Benedict Nelson
Tickets: Nave £10-£30 Aisles £5-£10
            (student/child ½ price)
Online Booking: TicketSource
Festival Chorus Website
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Tim Pithers

Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Sunday 4 December 2.30pm
WINTER CONCERT
Conductor: Tim Pithers
Johannes Brahms: 1st Symphony
Sir Edward Elgar: 'Cello Concerto
John Williams: Symphonic Suite
"Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone"
Tickets: £7 (student/concession £3.50)
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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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St Luke's Chapel

University of Exeter Chapel Choir
St Luke's Chapel Heavitree Road
Tuesday 6 December 7pm
CANDLELIT CAROLS
Musical Director: Michael Graham
Nine Lessons & Carol Service
This is an Anglican Church Service
No charge for admission
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Kentisbeare Performing Arts
Kentisbeare Village Hall Cullompton
Tue-Sat 6-10 December 7.30pm
Saturday 10 December 2.30pm
SCROOGE THE MUSICAL
Director: Rob Pudner
Producer/Music: Alan Boxer
Choreography: Leanne Perkins
Design: Chris Speyer
Cast of 35 adults & children
Tickets: £10 (U17 £7 2+2 £29)
Online Booking: TicketSource
Late Booking: Post Office/Wyndham Arms
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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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Fiona McLean-Buechel

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South West Strings Collective
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Wednesday 7 December 6.30pm
JOINT CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Exeter Young Strings
Joined Up Thinking Projects (JUTP)
Musical Director: Fiona McLean-Buechel


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Exeter Chamber Choir

Andrew Daldorph
conducts
Exeter Chamber Choir

Buckfast Abbey
Wednesday 7 December 7.15pm
AND LO! HE COMES
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Arvo Pärt  Cristóbal de Morales
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Herbert Howells  Benjamin BrittenPeter Warlock  Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection for Age UK & Abbey
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University of Exeter Chapel Choir
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Thursday 8 December 7pm
CANDLELIT CAROLS
Musical Director: Michael Graham
Nine Lessons & Carol Service
This is an Anglican Church Service
No charge for admission
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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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Music at St Mary's

St Mary's Church Totnes

St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 10 December 10.30am
CAMEO CHRISTMAS COFFEE CONCERT
Director of Music: Bob Barsby
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
"Fantasia on Christmas Carols"
and a selection of carols
Baritone: Peter Wood
'Cello: Rick Godlee
Piano: Jenny Shepley
Admission: £5
Cakes on sale as usual
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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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Baklava
Oud: Russel Harris
Darbuka: Howard Frey
Bouzouki: Nick Millington
Concertina: Julia Thomas

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Baklava
Jellyfish Studios Buckfastleigh
Saturday 10 December 7pm
SONGS & DANCES FROM
AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN
Voice/Pipes: Julia Thomas
Mandolin/Guitar/Daf: Howard Frey
Bouzouki: Nick Millington
Oud/Saz: Russell Harris
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01364 642662
Online Booking: WeGotTickets
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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
                01803 215254
                07828 552513
Online Booking: TicketSource

Fr. Kristian Paver &
Claudia Álvarez-Calderón

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Claudia Álvarez-Calderón
Church of St Mary & St George Totnes
Saturday 17 December 4pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Soprano: Claudia Álvarez-Calderón
Piano/Organ: Father Kristian Paver
Vihuela: David Stanley
  1. David Stanley: "Puer Natus in Bethlehem"

      (A child is born in Bethlehem)

      Latin hymn with David Stanley on vihuela

  2. Michael Praetorius: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"

      (A noble flower of Juda) German carol

Vihuela:

David Stanley

  3. Max Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied (Mary's Lullaby) 

  4. John Francis Wade: "Adeste Fideles"

      (O come all ye faithful) with audience participation

  5. Nahum Tate: "While shepherds watched"

      Winchester carol - with audience participation

  6. Fermín María Álvarez: "Plegaria" (Prayer)

  7. Traditional: "Los Peces en el Río"

      (The Fishes in the River) Spanish carol

  8. Traditional: "Les Anges dans nos Campagne"

      (Angels we have heard in heaven) French carol

      English words: James Chadwick - audience participation

  9. Adolphe Adam: "Minuit, chrétiens" (O holy night)

10. Tom Merrington: "That was how the first Christmas Began"

      Piano: Margaret Merrington -audience participation

11. Ralph Vaughan Williams:

     "On Christmas Night all Christians Sing" - audience participation

12. St Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori: "Tu Scendi dalle Stelle"

      (You Descend from the Stars) Italian carol

13. Saverio Mercadante: "Salve Maria"

14. Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria"

15. Franz Xaver Gruber: "Stille Nacht"

       (Silent Night) - with audience participation

Tickets: £7
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Mary O'Shea

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Devon Voices
Downes House Crediton
Saturday 17 December
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DCHQ

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DCHQ
Killerton House
Sunday 18 December 1pm
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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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Claudia Álvarez-Calderón

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Gli Amici di Fritz
Teatro Comunale degli Arrischianti, Sarteano
Giovedì 5 Gennaio ore 21:15

L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI

Soprano di Coloratura: Claudia Álvarez-Calderón 

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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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Exeter Festival Chorus

Musical Director:
Nigel Perrin

Belmont Chapel Western Way
Saturday 14 January 9.30am-5pm
CHORAL WORKSHOP
Giacomo Puccini: "Messa di Gloria"
(with panettone care of Arturo Toscanini)
Musical Director: Nigel Perrin
Accompanist: Peter Adcock
Registration: £20 (U16/student £10)
Score Hire: £2 (deposit £10)
Further Details: 08456 005441
Advance Booking: Online Booking Form
Email Booking:
tickets@exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk
Exeter Festival Chorus Website
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Orchestra of the Swan

Orchestra of the Swan

Exeter Cathedral

Tuesday 17 January 7.30pm

CONCERT IN MEMORY OF JOHN ADIE

(Postponed from 29 October

- owing to fire at the Clarence Hotel)

Director: David Curtis

Violin: Michael Barenboim

Clarinet: Jordan Black

with young instrementalists from the South West

Jean Sibelius: "Karelia Suite" Op 11
W A Mozart: "Clarinet concerto in A" K622
Johannes Brahms: "Violin concerto in D" Op 77
Jean Sibelius: "Finlandia" Op 26

Tickets: £28/22/12/10 (U18 1/2 price)

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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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Substance & Shadow Theatre

Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin

Cygnet New Theatre
Friday 3 February 7pm & 8.30pm
BREXIT CLUB
Producers/Directors/Writers:
Rosie & Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Natham Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01392 277189
Online: WeGot Tickets 7pm/8.30pm
(Repeated Barnfield Theatre 6&9 Feb)
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Substance & Shadow Theatre

Clifford Room Barnfield Theatre
Monday 6 February 7.30pm

Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson

Thursday 9 February 7.30pm
BREXIT CLUB
Producers/Directors/Writers:
Rosie & Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Natham Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
Online: Barnfield Website Mon/Thur
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra

Laura Rossi

Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 11 February 7.30pm
BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Screening of historic footage
with music score by Laura Rossi
Musical Director: Brian Northcott
Tickets: TBA
Details: Cathedral Website
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Matthew Wilding &
Donna Marie Broomfield

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South West Classical Events
Cygnet New Theatre
Saturday 18 February 7.30pm
GALA CONCERT
Belle Voci:
Soprano: Donna Marie Broomfield

Ekaterina Shetliffe
& Yulia Northridge

Tenor: Matthew Wilding
Puccini, Verdi, Bernstein, Lloyd Webber
Elegance:
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Elgar, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky
Tickets: £13.50
Advance Booking: WeGotTickets
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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: Kate Lees
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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