May 2022

Countertenor: Joe Levy
"CAST A SHEEP'S EYE"
16th & 17th Century Love Songs
Piano: Konstantinos Terzakis
'The Hall' Stepcote Hill - Friday 27 May
Cygnet Theatre Friars Gate - Wednesday 1 June
St Nicholas Priory The Mint - Thur/Fri 9/10 June
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton - Sunday 24 July
St Mary Magdalene Taunton - Saturday 30 July

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Volo Trio

1. Ashburton Arts Centre

Claudia Álvarez Calderón

Ruth Molins & Alex Wilson

    Sunday 1 May 1.30-2.30pm

2. Dart Music Festival

    Flavel Centre Dartmouth

    Friday 6 May 2.30-3.30pm

NIGHTINGALES & FAIRYTALES

Soprano: Claudia Álvarez Calderón

Piano: Alex Wilson

Flutes: Ruth Molins

Frédéric Chopin

Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov,

Cécile Chaminade

Léo Delibes                                  

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Frome Concerts Group

Rook Lane Chapel Frome

Sunday 8 May 3.30 for 4pm

AFTERNOON CONCERT

Piano: Alexandria Dariescu

Lili Boulanger:   "Trois Morceaux pour piano
Camille Pepin:     "Number 1"
Maurice Ravel:    "Gaspard de la nuit"
Claude Debussy:  "Arabesque" No. 1

                             "Passepied" (Suite bergamasque)

                             "Rêverie"
                             "Cathedrale Engloutie"

                             "À l’après midi d’un Faune"

                             (arr Leonard Borwick)

                             "Fille aux Cheveux de Lin" 

                             "Reflets dans l’Eau"

                             "Clair de Lune"

                             "Jardins sous la Pluie"

                             "L’isle Joyeuse"
                             "Trois Morceaux pour Piano"

Tickets: £25

fromeconcertsgroup.org

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West Forest Sinfonia

The Abbey School Reading

Sunday 8 May 4.30pm

MAY CONCERT

Conductor: Philip Ellis

Orchestra Leader: Giles Wade

Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande"

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto I

(Piano Soloist: Anita D'Attellis)

Bohuslav Martinů: Oboe Concerto

(Oboe Soloist: Layla Baratto)

W A Mozart: Symphony No 35

Tickets: £15 (student/U18 £5)

wegottickets.com

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Dorset Chamber Orchestra

St Mary's Church Dorchester

Saturday 14 May 7.30pm

MAY CONCERT

Conductor: Walter Brewster

Hugo Alfvén: "Elegie"

L van Beethoven: Piano Concerto II

(Piano Soloist: Duncan Honeybourne)

W A Mozart: Symphony 40

Tickets: £15 (U19 £1) in advance

dorsetchamberorchestra.org

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Soprano: Janet Macdonald

Clyst Valley Choral Society

1. St Mary's Church Topsham

    Saturday 14 May 7.30pm

2. Holy Trinity Church Exmouth

    Sunday 15 May 7.30pm

MOZART REQUIEM

Musical Director: Paul Stock

Organist: Mark Perry

W A Mozart: Requiem in Dm

Soprano: Janet Macdonald

Alto: Ellie Shaw

Tenor: Jason Bomford

Bass: Peter Beamish

Tickets: £10 (advance £8.50)

Holy Trinity: 07950 021006

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Saxophone: Emma Rawicz

Ashburton Arts

Ashburton Arts Centre

Sunday 15 May 7.00pm

EMMA RAWICZ QUINTET

Sax, Bass Clarinet, Flute: Emma Rawicz

(recipient of the 2021 Drake Yoland Award)

Piano: Ivo Neame  Guitar: Ant Law

Bass: Freddie Jensen  Drums: Asaf Sirkis

Jazz/Folk/Soul (youtu.be/4K3JNSUPWZ8)

Tickets: £14/£10/£7 according to means

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Lunchtime Concert

St Margaret's Topsham

Wednesday 18 May  1.15pm

CLARINET & PIANO

Clarinet: Phil Bonser

Piano: Dorothy Raven

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir

Holy Trinity Exmouth

Saturday 21 May 7.30pm

SACRED JAZZ

Musical Director: Stephen Tanner

Tickets: £15

exeterphilharmonic.org.uk

07388 595349 / 07989 181117

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Marsyas Quartet

1. St Nicholas Priory

    Saturday 21 May 7-9pm

2. CIC Taunton

    Sunday 22 May 12-1pm

DREAMING IN SOUND

Violin: Julie Hill

Viola: Emma Welton

'Cello: Annabel Rooney

Flutes: Ruth Molins

Johann Sebastian Bach

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Judith Weir

Andrew Wilson

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Piano: Stephen Beville

Stephen Beville

St Margaret's Topsham

Sunday 22 May 3.30pm

ANGELS & SAINTS

Piano: Stephen Beville

J S Bach: Preludes & Fugues E & F

L van Beethoven: Pastoral Sonata Op 28

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes Op 15 1-3

Stephen Beville: Premiere

"Portrait of the Angel Raphael"

Franz Liszt: Two Legends

I St Francois d'Assise - la predication aux oiseaux

II St Francois de Paule - marchant sur les flots

Tickets: £12 (advance £10)

Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895

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Choir of St Peter's

St David's Singers

Heritage Singers

St David's Players

St Peter's Church Budleigh

Sunday 22 May 6.30pm

MEMORIAL CONCERT

for Sylvia Pritchard

Organist and Conductor

(† 14 August 2021)

Musical Director: Stephen Tanner

Soprano: Josie Walledge

Tenor: Thomas Hobbs

Baritone: Martin Shaw

Josef Haydn: "The Creation"

G F Handel: "The Messiah"

Ralph Vaughan-Williams:

"Five Mystical Songs"

Admission FREE

Retiring Collection

(in aid of Hospiscare)

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Wed/Thu/Sat 25/26/28 May 7.30pm

LA BOHÈME

(Giacomo Puccini)

Director: James Conway

Conductor: Gerry Cornelius

Mimi: Paula Sides

Rudolfo: Thomas Elwin

Marcello: Jerome Knox

Colline: Trevor Eliot Bowes

Musetta: Jenny Stafford

Pre-Show Talk: 25 May 6.30

Tickets: £35

(U26 members £5)

exeternorthcott.co.uk

01392 726363

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Thursday 27 May 7.30pm

THE GOLDEN COCKEREL

(Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov)

Director: James Conway

Conductor: Gerry Cornelius

Tsar Dodon: Grant Doyle

Tsarevich Gvidon: Thomas Elwin

Tsarevich Afron: Jerome Knox

General Polkan: Edward Hawkins

Amelfa: Amy J Payne

Tsaritsa Shamakha: Paula Sides

Golden Cockerel: Alys Mererid Roberts

Tickets: £35

(U26 members £5)

exeternorthcott.co.uk

01392 726363

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Joe Levy

'The Hall' Stepcote Hill

Friday 27 May 7.30pm

"CAST A SHEEP'S EYE"

(Part of the Cygnet Theatre

"Dream Festival")

Countertenor: Joe Levy

Piano: Konstantinos Terzakis

(Assistant Conductor CBSO)

16th & 17th Century Love Songs

Henry Purcell

John Dowland

Thomas Morley

Tickets: £15

tickettailor.com

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EX4 Chamber Orchestra

Southernhay Church

Saturday 28 May 7.30pm

BEETHOVEN & DVORAK

Conductor: Tim Pithers

Leader: Patricia Calman

L van Beethovan: Symphony No 4

Antonin Dvořák: Cello Concerto

('Cello Soloist: Eliana Razzino Yang)

Donations: DEC Ukraine Appeal

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The Callington Singers

Cotehele Barn Restaurant

Saturday 28 May 7.30pm

PASTIME WITH GOOD

COMPANY

Musical Director: Andrew Wilson

Music for the Tudors

with guests:

Time & Tide Waits

Renaissance Musical Ensemble

Tickets: £10 (U18 FREE)

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Divertimento String Sextet
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Violin: Linsday Braga
Violas: Andrew Gillet
              Trish Robertson
'Cello: Rebecca Allnatt
Violin/Leader: Mary Eade

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Divertimento

String Quartet

(and Friends!)

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Sunday 29 May 4pm

SEXTET RECITAL

Violins: Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga

Violas: Andrew Gillett, Trish Robertson

'Cellos: Vicky Evans, Rebecca Allnatt

Louis Spohr: Sextet in C major Op 140

Johannes Brahms: Sextet No 1 Op 18

Tickets: £15 (U18 FREE)

Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895

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Joe Levy

1. Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate

    Wednesday 1 June 7.30pm

2. St Nicholas Priory 'The Mint'

    Thursday 9 June 7.30pm

    Friday 10 June 7.30pm

"CAST A SHEEP'S EYE"

(Part of the Cygnet Theatre

"Dream Festival")

Countertenor: Joe Levy

Piano: Konstantinos Terzakis

(Assistant Conductor CBSO)

16th & 17th Century Love Songs

Henry Purcell

John Dowland

Thomas Morley

Tickets: Cygnet £12

(cygnettheatre.co.uk)

.  .  .  .  . Priory £18/£15

(ticketsource.co.uk)

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University of Exeter Choral Society

St David's Church

Saturday 4 June 10am-4.30pm

CHILCOTT WORKSHOP

Conductor: Bob Chilcott

sheet music provided

Tickets: £12 (student £10)

email: choral@groups.exeterguild.com

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Flute Cake

1. Ashburton Arts

    Saturday 11 June 1.30-2.30pm

2. St Nicholas Priory

    Saturday 11 June 7-9pm

MYTH & MAGIC

Flute/Piccolo: Sophie Brewer

Flute/Alto: Jennifer Campbell

Flute/Bass: Ruth Molins

Edvard Grieg

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

"Lord of the Rings" (Howard Shore)

"Harry Potter" (John Williams)

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Flute Cake

CIC Taunton

Sunday 26 June 12-1pm

MYTH & MAGIC

Flute/Piccolo: Sophie Brewer

Flute/Alto: Jennifer Campbell

Flute/Bass: Ruth Molins

Edvard Grieg

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

"Lord of the Rings" (Howard Shore)

"Harry Potter" (John Williams)

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The King's Counterpoint

Buckfast Abbey

Saturday 9 July 7.30pm

CELESTIAL COUNTERPOINT

Musical Director: David Acres

Organist: David Davies

with members of 'Contrapunctus'

Anton Bruckner - Orlando Gibbons

Moses Hogan - Georg Friederich Händel

Diogo Dias Melgás - Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

Paul J Smith - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

Sir John Tavener - Frank Ticheli

Tickets: £15

buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice

or from The Abbey Bookshop

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Choir in a Day

St David's Church Exeter

Saturday 16 July 7pm

HANDEL MESSIAH

Conductor: Laurence Blyth

Soprano: Elizabeth Drury

Tenor: Andrew Henley

Bass: Julian Rippon

with Wellington, Exmouth,

Exeter & University of Exeter

Choral Societies

& Exeter Festival Chorus

Tickets: £15 (U18 £5)

laurenceblyth.com/messiah

ticketsource.co.uk/LaurenceBlyth

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Zephyr Duo

1. Ashburton Arts

    Saturday 16 July 1.30-2.30pm

2. St Nicholas Priory

    Saturday 16 July 7-9pm

3. CIC Taunton

    Sunday 17 July 12-1pm

SONGS WITHOUT WORDS

Harp: Sally Jenkins

Flutes: Ruth Molins

Gabriel Fauré

Georges Bizet

Ástor Piazzola

& traditional melodies

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Joe Levy

St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

Sunday 24 July 3.00pm

"CAST A SHEEP'S EYE"

(Part of the Cygnet Theatre

"Dream Festival")

Countertenor: Joe Levy

Piano: Konstantinos Terzakis

(Assistant Conductor CBSO)

16th & 17th Century Love Songs

Henry Purcell

John Dowland

Thomas Morley

Tickets: £15

eventbrite.com

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Lunchtime Concert

St Stephen's Exeter

Wednesday 28 July 1pm

CLARINET & PIANO

Clarinet: Phil Bonser

Piano: Dorothy Raven

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Joe Levy

Church of St Mary Magdalene

(Taunton Minster)

Saturday 30 July 7.30pm

"CAST A SHEEP'S EYE"

(Part of the Cygnet Theatre

"Dream Festival")

Countertenor: Joe Levy

Piano: Konstantinos Terzakis

(Assistant Conductor CBSO)

16th & 17th Century Love Songs

Henry Purcell

John Dowland

Thomas Morley

Tickets: £12

ticketsource.co.uk