April 2023

TOPSHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL
Artistic Director: Nina Savićević Featuring: Phil Bonser, Dorothy Raven Adam Heron, Chiara Lordi Sarah Poole, David Heyes Duncan Honeybourne Sam Lightwing, Max Rosen St Margaret's Church

& Topsham Museum

Friday 14 - Sunday 16 April

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Isca Ensemble South West

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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University of Exeter

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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.Isca Ensemble South West

Sidmouth Parish Church

Monday 3 April 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:

Three Madrigals for Violin & Viola

Interval Refreshments

Tickets: £8 (unreserved)

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Paragon Books: 01395 514516

Keith Dawson: keithd2@icloud.com

Booking Advised

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TOPSHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL

Friday 14 - Sunday 16 April

Festival Director: Nina Savićević

Featured Artists:

Phil Bonser, Dorothy Raven,

Adam Heron, Chiara Lordi

Sarah Poole, David Heyes

Duncan Honeybourne

Sam Lightwing, Max Rosen

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Phil Bonser & Dorothy Raven

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Friday 14 April 1pm

CLARINET & PIANO RECITAL

Clarinet: Phil Bonser

Piano: Dorothy Raven

Georg Philipp Teleman

Carl Maria von Weber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Louis Spohr

Ástor Piazzolla

Admission FREE

Advance Booking

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Adam Heron

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Friday 14 April 7.30pm

PIANO RECITAL

Piano: Adam Heron

(Young Musician of the Year

  Finalist 2018)

Joseph Bologne

(Chevalier de Saint-Georges)

Johannes Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies

                                3 Intermezzos

Frédéric Chopin: Sonata No. 2

Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)

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Chiara Lordi

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Saturday 15 April 1pm

PIANO RECITAL

Piano: Chiara Lordi

(Royal Northern College of Music)

Claude Debussy  Mikhail Glinka

Enrique Granados  Leonardo Balada

Alberto Ginastera

Admission FREE

Advance Booking

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Sarah Poole & David Heyes

Topsham Museum

Saturday 15 April 7.30pm

SOPRANO RECITAL

Piano/Double Bass: David Heyes

Soprano: Sarah Poole

Teppo Hauta  Simon Garcia

David Heyes

Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)

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Duncan Honeybourne

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Sunday 16 April 3pm

PIANO RECITAL

Piano: Duncan Honeybourne

Robert Schumann: 'Waldszenen'

(Forest Scenes, Opus 82, 1849)

'Fantasie in C' (Opus 17, 1839)

Madeleine Dring: Fantasy Sonata

Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)

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Sam Lightwing & Max Rosen

Topsham Museum

Sunday 16 April 7.30pm

SAXOPHONE & PIANO RECITAL

Saxophone: Sam Lightwing

Piano: Max Rosen

Classical/Jazz Fusion

Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)

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Booking for Topsham Music Festival

Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895

topshammusicfestival@gmail.com

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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

& Exeter Cathedral Choir

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 29 April 7.30pm

SPRING CONCERT

Conductor: Leo Geyer

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

ticketsource.co.uk/devonphilharmonicorchestra

Tickets available at the door (cash or card)

[Photo: Principle Flute, Catherine Clements]

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Isca Ensemble Chamber Orchestra

Lympstone Parish Church

Saturday 13 May 7.30pm

CONCERT CLASSICS

Musical Director: Roger Hendy

Orchestra Leader: Antony Clements

Solo Violin: Joel Munday

Solo Viola: Vanessa Hristova

G F Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 9

J S Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor

Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 49

Sir Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings

W A Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364

Tickets: £12 (student FREE)

Online Booking: iscaemsemble.org.uk

ticketsource.co.uk/lympstone-entertainments

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Stephen Beville

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Sunday 14 May 3pm

IN MEMORIAM

MY MOTHER

Piano: Stephen Beville

W A Mozart: Sonata in F (K533)

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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