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| MADE TO BE PLAYED CONCERT 'A Quiet Night In' at Torquay Museum Flutes: Ruth Molins Strings: Emma Welton Vocals: Kimwei McCarthy Saturday 11 March 6pm |
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St Olave's Church Fore Street Exeter
Thursday 2 March 8pm
'HOREB'
Soprano: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Alto: Clare Bryden
Piano: John Draisey
Preces & Responses
Reading: Letter to Hebrews
Anthem: from Andrew Wilson's suite,
'On The Holy Mountain' - 'Horeb'
in Exodus & Deuteronomy - the same
'Mountain of Elohim' where Moses
received the Ten Commandments.)
'Cello Voluntary: Catherine Bradley
Hans Werner Henze: 'Serenade' (1949)
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St Mary's Church Swanage
Saturday 4 March 7pm
'AIMING AT ETERNITY'
A concert of music from the time
of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723)
Musical Director: Sam Hanson
Flutes: Ruth Molins
Andrew Wilson: 'Aiming at Eternity'
Words by: Stella Davis
Tickets: £15 (U18/student £5)
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Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 4 March 7.30pm
'REQUIEM'
Conductor: Simon Capet
Accompanist: Clare Talbot
Maruice Duruflé: 'Requiem'
(The culmination of Dartington
Community Choir's fourth
annual choral workshop)
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org/boxoffice
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St Mary-le-More Wallingford (Oxon)
Saturday 4 March 7.30pm
'LE GRAND TANGO'
Piano: Anita D'Attellis
(Head of Strings, Eton College)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in D
Nadia Boulanger: 'Trois Pièces'
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata op.119
Ástor Piazzolla: 'Le Grand Tango'
Tickets: £15 (U19 £5)
ticketsource.co.uk/wrw23
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St Stephen's Church
Wednesday 8 March 1pm
'ASPECTS OF LOVE'
Mezzo-Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Soprano: Oly Ovcharenko (Obertas)
Piano: John Draisey
1. Tommaso Giordani (1730-1806):
'Cavatina'- "Caro mio ben, Credimi almen"
2. Giulio Caccini (1551-1618):
"Amarilli, mia bella, No credi"
3. Giovanni Paisiello (1714-1816):
'La Molinara' 1788 (The Miller)
Duet, Rachelina & Calloandro
"Nel cor più non mi sento brillar la gioventù."
4. Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
'Goyescas - Los Majos Enamorados' 1911
No. 4. 'Quejas ò la Maja y el Ruiseñor'
5. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
‘Samson et Dalila’ 1877
"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix."
‘Carmen’ 1875 - 'Habanera'
"L’amour est un oiseau rebelle."
7. Levko Revutsky (1889-1977):
Waltz in B flat major - Piano
8. Ukrainian Folk Song
'Місяць на небі' (The Moon in the Sky)
9. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Henry Ibsen (1828-1906):
‘Peer Gynt’ Suite 1876: 'Salveigs Sang'
"Kanske vil der gå både Vinter og Vår."
10. Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
François-Marie Arouet/Voltaire (1694-1778):
‘Tancredi’ 1760/1813 Roggiero:
"Di tanti palpiti, di tante pene"
11. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
‘Gianni Schicchi’ 1918
Lauretta - "O mio babbino caro"
12. Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
Ernst Hoffmann (1776-1822):
'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' 1881
'Die Abenteuer der Silvester-Nacht'
‘Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour’
Admission FREE
Donations to the Ukrainian Volunteers
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St Olave's Church Fore Street Exeter
Thursday 9 March 8pm
'TABOR'
Soprano: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Alto: Clare Bryden
Piano: John Draisey
Preces & Responses
Reading: Letter to Peter II
Anthem: from Andrew Wilson's suite,
'On The Holy Mountain' - 'Tabor'
where Christ was transfigured.)
Piano Voluntary: John Draisey
Johannes Brahms: 11 Choral Preludes
"Herzlich tut mich verlangen"
(I ask in all sincerity)
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Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot
75th ANNIVERSARY (1946-2021) PIANO FESTIVAL
Margaret Fingerhut - Noriko Agawa
- Martin Roscoe
CONCERT NO. 1
Claude Debussy: 'Petit Suite' L65 (duet)
"En Bateau" - "Cortège" - "Menuet" - "Ballet"
Claude Debussy: 'Estampes' L100
"Pagodes"-"La Soiré Dans Grenade" -
"Jardins Sous La Pluie"
Claude Debussy: 'L'Isle Joyeuse' L106
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 31
Moderato - Allegro - Adagio - Fuga (allegro)
Béla Bartók: Six Romanian Dances
Ernő Dohnányi: Rhapsody in C
Josef Suk: 'Love Song'
Malcolm Arnold: 'English Dances' Set 1 (duet)
Wolfgang Mozart: Concerto No. 12 (duet)
Allegro - Andante - Allegretto
Tickets: £20
Saturday 11 March 3-5pm
AFTERNOON AUDIENCE WITH THE ARTISTS
Admission FREE
Saturday 11 March 7.15-10pm
MUSICAL EVENING BUFFET DINNER
(Lyn's Catering, Dawlish)
£45 per person
Sunday 12 March 11-12.30pm
including Gabi Mills: Dartmoor Suite
No. 5 'Marsh Fritillary Butterfly'
(Margaret Fingerhut with flutes
Judith Hill & Ruth Molins)
to be included in the evening concert
Admission FREE
Sunday 12 March 2.30-5pm
CONCERT NO. 2
"Unusual repertoire, favourably received"
Tickets: £20
Both Concerts + Meal: £80
nadsa.co.uk/event/piano-festival-concert
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St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 11 March 7.30pm
"FEAR NO MORE"
Music for Consolation
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano: Samantha Cobb
Bass: Tim Mirfin
Gabriel Fauré: 'Requiem'
J S Bach: Cantata 82 "Ich Habe Genug"
Peter Nickol: "Fear No More"
Johannes Brahms: 'German Requiem'
"Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen"
(How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings)
Geoffrey Burgon: "Nunc Dimittis"
Tickets: £20 (advance £18 U18 £10/9 U16 FREE)
ticketsource.co.uk/exeterbachchoir/
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St James' Church Mount Pleasant
Saturday 11 March 10am-6pm
COME AND SING
SEVEN SONGS OF
GLORIOUS DEVON
Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown
Musical Scores provided
Hot Lunch & Drinks will be served!
Informal Concert: 5pm
Tickets: £18 (children 11+ FREE)
email: cantilenadevon@gmail.com
Tel: 07369 166437
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Torquay Museum (529 Babbacombe Road)
Saturday 11 March 6pm
MADE FOR MUSIC CONCERT
Violin: Emma Welton
Vocals: Kimwei McCarthy
Pauline Oliveros:
"From Unknown Silences"
James Saunders:
"All The Things We Make You Do"
Emma, Ruth & Kimwei will play
instruments currently on display in the
'Made to be Played' exhibition.
Ian Summers is curator, and created
a 6-stringed West African Instrument,
'The Pluriarc' for Emma to play.
It comprises household materials
like tins and boxes.
Tickets: £6 (concession £5) - with A.C.E. subsidy
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St George's Church
Shillingford St George
Saturday 11 March 7pm
MUSIC FOR A SPRING DAY
Piano: Peter Milmer
Flute: Sophie Brewer
Paul Reade: 'Kitchen Garden Suite'
Ronald Binge: 'Watermill'
J S Bach - W A Mozart - & more
Tickets £5 - at the door
Light refreshments to follow!
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1. The Ariel Centre KEVICC
Saturday 11 March 7.30pm
2. St Peter's Church Shaldon
Sunday 12 March 7.30pm
WORLD PREMIÈRE
Conductor: Richard Gomsky
Leader: Chris Eastman
Sam Richards: 'Planetarium'
Igor Stravinsky: 'Petrushka' (1947)
P I Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)
torbaysymphony.org/event-diary
Tel: 01803 865377
(or on the door)
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Lenten Compline Services
St Olave's Church Fore Street Exeter
Thursday 16 March
NO COMPLINE AT ST OLAVE'S
(Services continue Thursday 23 March)
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On Tour 2023
'THE GONDOLIERS'
Lyrics: Sir William Gilbert
Music: Sir Arthur Sullivan
Musical Director: Sam Baker
Stage Director: Ros Broad
1. Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster
Thursday 16 March 7.30pm
2. Regal Theatre, Minehead
Friday 17 March 7.30pm
3. Village Hall, Bishops Lydeard
Saturday 18 March 7.30pm
4. Village Hall, Stogumber
Thursday 23 March 7.30pm
5. Village Hall, Stogursey
Friday 24 March 7.30pm
6. Victoria Rooms, Milverton
Saturday 25 March 7.30pm
7. Village Hall, Edington
Friday 31 March 7.30pm
8. Taunton School International
Saturday 1 April 3pm
Tickets: £15 (U16 FREE)
somerset opera.org.uk
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Morning Coffee Concert
Southernhay Church
Saturday 18 March 10.30am
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Alfie Pugh
Alexander Scriabin
Admission FREE
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& His Majesty's
Sagbutts & Cornetts
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 18 March 7.30pm
'MONTEVERDI VESPERS'
Musical Director: Howard Ionascu
Claudio Monteverdi:
'Vespro della Beata Vergine'
Tickets: Side Aisle £15
Rear Nave £21 Front Nave £28
(child/student/universal credit 1/2 price)
ticketsource.co.uk
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Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Saturday 18 March 7.30pm
PRELUDE À L'APRES-MIDI
D'UN FAUNE
Conductor: Arturo Serna
Leader: Clare Marchant
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Colin G Dance: Symphony of Somerset
Mikhail Glinka: Russian Overture
Ludmila Overture
Camille Saint-Saëns:
Bacchanale from 'Samson & Delilah'
Claude Debussy:
'Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune'
Tickets: £15 (U18 £1)
exetersymphonyorchestra.co.uk
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Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 18 March 7.30pm
THE LENTEN SPRING
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Paul Mealor: "Locus Iste"
Anton Bruckner: "Cristus Factus Est"
Karensa Briggs: "Media Vita"
Tomas Luis de Victoria:
"Kyrie" "Gradual" "Offertory"
Pablo Casals: "O Vos Omnes"
Tomas Luis de Victoria:
"Sanctus" "Benedictus"
Alonso Lobo: "Versa est in Luctum"
Tomas Luis de Victoria:
"Requiem" "Agnus Dei" "Lux Aeternam"
Thomas Preston: Organ Solo
"Benedictus sit Deus Pater"
Felice Anerio: "Stabat Mater Doloroso"
Anton Bruckner: "Virga Jesse"
Andrew Daldorph: "The Lenten Spring"
Paul Mealor: " Ubi Caritas"
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org/boxoffice
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St Michael & All Angels Mount Dinham
Sunday 19 March 3pm
"LET THERE BE LIGHT"
Musical Director: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
William Byrd (1540-1623)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856)
Tickets: £10 (child/student FREE)
Pay at the Door
Refreshments provided!
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St James' Church Mount Pleasant
Tuesday 21 March 7.30pm
THE LENTEN SPRING
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Paul Mealor: "Locus Iste"
Anton Bruckner: "Cristus Factur Est"
Karensa Briggs: "Media Vita"
Tomas Luis de Victoria:
"Kyrie" "Gradual" "Offertory"
Pablo Casals: "O Vos Omnes"
Tomas Luis de Victoria:
"Sanctus" "Benedictus"
Alonso Lobo: "Versa est in Luctum"
Tomas Luis de Victoria:
"Requiem" "Agnus Dei" "Lux Aeternam"
Thomas Preston: Organ Solo
"Benedictus sit Deus Pater"
Felice Anerio: "Stabat Mater Doloroso"
Anton Bruckner: "Virga Jesse"
Andrew Daldorph: "The Lenten Spring"
Paul Mealor: " Ubi Caritas"
Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)
buckfast.org/boxoffice
ticketsource.co.uk
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Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 22 March 12.30pm
SONGS WITH PIANO
Piano: John Draisey
Opera Arias, Cavatinas,
Ukrainian Folk Song
Admission FREE
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Lenten Compline Services
St Olave's Church Fore Street Exeter
Thursday 23 March 8pm
'OLIVET'
Soprano: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Piano: John Draisey
'Cello: Catherine Bradley
Flute: Sophie Brewer
Preces & Responses
Reading: Letter to Corinthians II
Anthem: from Andrew Wilson's suite,
'On The Holy Mountain' - 'Olivet'
Jerusalem, on the eastern slope of the
Kidron Valley, formerly olive groves,
subsequently part used as site for
the Silwan Necropolis - burial site
for prominent citizens. The Luke
Gospel describes Christ visiting the
Garden of 'Gethsemane' (the oil press)
on the western slope of Olivet after
the last supper, where he prayed for
strength to endure his coming execution.)
Flute Voluntary: Sophie Brewer
Claude Debussy: 'Syrinx' (1913)
(Syrinx in Greek mythology was a nymph
who escaped Pan by becoming a reed plant
of the type used to make wind instruments
known in Greek as 'syrinx', and now
described as pan-pipes.)
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St John the Apostle Toquay
Saturday 25 March 7.30pm
'REQUIEM'
(and songs in celebration of spring)
Musical Director: Matt Cann
Organist: James Anderson Besant
Soprano: Katie Shuttleworth
Baritone: Adam Warne
Gabriel Fauré: 'Requiem in D' (1890)
Sir Edward Elgar (1899):
'Enigma Variations' - 'Lux Æterna'
Leon Tolstoy/Stephen Paulus (1997):
'The Three Hermits' - 'Pilgrims' Hymn'
Ola Gjeilo: 'Sanctus' (2016)
Tickets: £15 (U25 student FREE)
torbaysingers.org
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Topsham Brewery (Haven Banks)
Wednesday 29 March 8-10.30pm
COME AND PLAY
Favino Guitar: David Jones
Violin: Rebecca Willson
and many more instrumentalists
Admission FREE
Licensed Bar
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Lenten Compline Services
St Olave's Church Fore Street Exeter
'CALVARY'
Soprano: Margaret Aagesen Hughes
Alto: Clare Bryden
Piano: John Draisey
Oboe: Andrew Marlies
Preces & Responses
Reading: Letter to Corinthians II
Anthem: from Andrew Wilson's suite,
'On The Holy Mountain' - 'Calvary'
'the place of the skull', a hill the location
of which is debated, immediately outside
the western wall of the city of Jerusalem
where Christ and others were taken
to be executed by crucifixion.)
Oboe Voluntary: Andrew Marlies
J S Bach: 'Easter Oratorio' (1725) Adagio
Composed for Easter Sunday in Leibzig
"Kommt, eilet und laufet, ihr flüchtigen Füße,
Erreichet di Höhle, die Jesum bedeckt!"
(Come, hurry and run, you fleet of foot,
Make haste to the cave that houses Jesus!)
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Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 1 April 7.30pm
JOEL MUNDAY RECITAL
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Leader: Dr Antony Clements
Violin: Joel Munday
Frederick Delius:
'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring'
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto
Sir Edward Elgar: 'Enigma Variations'
Tickets: £16 (student U18 £10)
ticketsource.co.uk
Paragon Books: 01395 514516
(or at the door)
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Chapel Choir & Orchestra
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 1 April 7.30pm
'MASS IN B MINOR'
Musical Director: Michael Graham
J S Bach: 'Mass in B minor'
Soprano: Molly Noon
Alto: Alice Risdon
Tenor: Matthew Jeffrey
Bass: Jacob Harrison
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org/boxoffice
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Sidmouth Parish Church
Monday 3April 7.30pm
ADEOS DUO RECITAL
Violin: Joel Munday
Viola: Vanessa Hristova
W.A. Mozart: Duo No. 2 in B♭
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 5 for solo viola
(i. Prelude, iv. Sarabande, vi. Gigue)
Michael Kugel: Prelude ‘Ysaye’ Viola
Igor Loboda: ‘Requiem for Ukraine’ Violin
Eugène Ysaye: Violin Sonata No. 4
Bohuslav Jan Martinů:
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 5 for solo viola
(i. Prelude, iv. Sarabande, vi. Gigue)
Michael Kugel: Prelude ‘Ysaye’ Viola
Igor Loboda: ‘Requiem for Ukraine’ Violin
Eugène Ysaye: Violin Sonata No. 4
Bohuslav Jan Martinů:
Three Madrigals for Violin & Viola
Interval Refreshments
Tickets: £8 (unreserved)
ticketsource.co.uk
Paragon Books: 01395 514516
Keith Dawson: keithd2@icloud.com
Booking Advised
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& Exeter Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 29 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Leader: Clare Smith
Igor Stravinsky: 'Symphony of Psalms'
(with Exeter Cathedral Choir)
Samuel Barber: 'Adagio for Strings'
Leo Geyer: 'Promise of Spring'
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Tickets: Side Aisle £13 Rear Nave £15
Middle Nave £17 Front Nave £20
(Student/U16 half-price - except Front Nave)
Concert Programme included
Tickets available at the door (cash or card)
[Photo: Principle Flute, Catherine Clements]
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St Margaret's Church Topsham
Sunday 14 May 3pm
IN MEMORIAM
MY MOTHER
Piano: Stephen Beville
W A Mozart: Sonata in F (K553)
Sir Benjamin Britten: 'Night Piece'
Frédéric Chopin: Four Impromptus
Edvard Grieg: 'Nocturne'
Stephen Beville: Four Sacred Pieces
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Les Adieux'
(Piano Sonata No. 26 in E♭, opus 81a)
Tickets: £12 (U18 £8)
Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895
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.English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Thursday 25 May 7.30pm
'GIULIO CESARE'
(G F Handel 1724)
with Exeter Festival Chorus
and The Old Street Band
Director: James Conway
Conductor: Sergey Rybin
Giulio: Francis Gush
Cleopatra: Susanna Hurrell
Friday 26 May 7.30pm'LUCREZIA BORGIA'
(Gaetano Donizetti 1833)
with The Old Street Band
Director: Eloise Lally
Conductor: Gerry Cornelius
Lucrezia: Paula Sides
Gennaro: Thomas Elwin
Saturday 27 May 7.30pm
'IL VIAGGIO A REIMS'
(Gioachino Rossini 1825)
with The Old Street Band
Director: Valentina Ceschi
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Madame Cortese: Lucy Hall
Contessa di Folleville: Luci Briginshaw
All operas in Italian with English surtitles
Tickets: £35
exeternorthcott.co.uk
englishtouringopera.org.uk
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