November/December 2023

PATRICIA   CALNAN
Conducts the Lyric Chamber Orchestra
in their Winter Concert Tour
Totnes, Dartmouth, Chudleigh, Ashburton
Wednesday-Sunday 22-26 November

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Lunchtime Concert

Exeter Castle Ballroom

Saturday 4 November 1pm

ARIAS, DUETS, TRIOS

-     -     QUINTET     -     -

Soprano: Anna Townhill, Oly Obertas

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Tenor: Michael Smith

Baritone: John Draisey, Lee Andreae

Piano: Richard Lucas

Georges Bizet: 'Carmen' 'Djamileh'

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson & Delilah'

Tickets: FREE

(donations to Ukrainian Volunteers)

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Alex Wilson

Southernhay United Reformed Church

Saturday 4 November 1pm

THE FREDERICK SEPTIMUS

KELLY PROJECT

Piano: Alex Wilson

Frederick Septimus Kelly: '24 Monographs'

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Sadie Harrison: "To Dear Cleg"

- 10 Portraits of Frederick Septimus Kelly

Tickets: £7/10/15 according to means

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Friday 10 November 7.30pm

'CORONATION OF POPPEA'

Claudio Monteverdi &

Giovanni Francesco Busenello:

'L'incoronazione di Poppea' 1643

Director: Robin Norton-Hale

Arranged: Yshani Perinpanayagam

Conductor: James Ham

Translation: Helen Eastman

Set Design: Basia Bińkowska

Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm

Tickets: £35

Box Office: 01392 726363

exeternorthcott.co.uk

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Saturday 11 November 7.30pm

'CINDERELLA'

Gioachino Rossini: 'La Cenerentola'

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Director: Jenny Ogilvie

Conductor: Naomi Woo

Pre-Show Talk: 6.30pm

Tickets: £35

Box Office: 01392 726363

exeternorthcott.co.uk

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The Fitzwarren Collective

St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

Sunday 12 November 3pm

THE FITZWARREN TRIO

Clarinet: Alice Thomas

Flute: Jeanette Owen, Amanda Ayling

Original Compositions

Admission FREE

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 15 November 12.30pm

'LE JAZZ'

Clarinets & Saxophones: Chris Gradwell

Guitar: Andrew Barrett

Admission: FREE

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Rosemary & David Griggs

St Nicholas Priory

Saturday 18 November 2pm

A TUDOR CHRISTMAS

WITH LADY CATHERINE

& HER SERVING MAN

A re-enactment of a Christmas feast

held by Sir Philip Champernowne

at the Court House, Modbury

Katherine Raleigh: Rosemary Griggs

Peasant Singer: David Griggs

Book Signing:

'A Woman of Noble Wit'

Tickets: £14

ticketsource.co.uk

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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 18 November 7.30pm

WAGNER TCHAIKOVSKY BRAHMS

Conductor: Benjamin Voce

Leader: Clare Smith

Richard Wagner: Prelude to 'Tristan und Isolde'

Piotr Tchaikovsky: 'Frencesca da Rimini'

Johannes Brahms: Fourth Symphony

Tickets; Side Aisle £13 Rear Nave £15

Middle Nave £17 Front Nave £20

(student/U16 half-price)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Ashburton Arts

Ashburton Arts Centre

Saturday 18 November 7.30pm

'CELLO & PIANO RECITAL

'Cello: Eliana Razzino Yang

Piano: Viv McLean

Felix Mendelssohn: 'Song without Words'

Ludwig van Beethoven: D major Sonata

Tom Vignieri: "When I Dream"

Johannes Brahms: F major Sonata II

Ástor Piazzolla: 'Grand Tango'

Tickets: £7/10/15 according to means

wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts

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Clyst Valley Choral Society

1. St Mary's Church Clyst St Mary 

. . Saturday 18 November 7.30pm

2. Holy Trinity Church Exmouth

. . Sunday 19 November 7.30pm

AUTUMN CONCERT

Musical Director: Paul Stock

Leader Sally Bull

Soprano: Janet Macdonald

Tenor: Jason Bomford

Giacomo Puccini: 'Messa di Gloria'

Tickets: £10 (advance £8.50)

Telephone: 01392 271858

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Torbay Symphony Orchestra

1. St John's Church Bridgetown Totnes

. . Saturday18 November 7.30pm

2. St Peter's Church Shaldon

. . Sunday 19 November 7.30pm

AUTUMN SERIES

Conductor: Richard Gonski

Leader: Chris Eastman

Claude Debussy: Prélude à "L'Après-midi d'un faune"

Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto II - Cello & Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: 'Scheherazade'

Tickets: £15 (concession £12 U18 FREE)

torbaysymphony.org/events/november

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Exeter University Choral Society

& Exeter University Chamber Orchestra

St David's Church Exeter

Sunday 19 November 7.30pm

'MAGNIFICAT'

Musical Director: Michael Graham

Orchestra Conductor: Millie Ward

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CPE Bach: "Magnificat Anima Mea"

WA Mozart: 'Coronation Mass'

Tickets: £12 (student £8)

- including programme & wine

fixr.co/event/magnificat-choral-society-tickets

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 22 November 12.30pm

'SOPRANO & PIANO RECITAL'

Soprano: Melanie Mehta

Piano: John Draisey

Admission: FREE

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Lyric Chamber Orchestra

1. St Mary's Church Totnes

. . Wednesday 22 November 7.30pm

2. St Saviour's Church Dartmouth

. . Friday 24 November 7.30pm

3. St Mary & St Martin Chudleigh

. . Saturday 25 November 7.30pm

4. Ashburton Arts Centre Ashburton

. . Sunday 26 November 11am

WINTER CONCERT TOUR

Leader & Director: Patricia Calnan

Leader: Brenda Willoughby

Edvard Grieg: 'Holberg Suite'

Georg Philipp Telemann: 2 Viola Concerto

Antonio Vivaldi: 4 Violin Concerto

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('Cello Soloist: Jeremy Capey)

Gustav Holst: 'St Paul's Suite'

Artwork: George Robertson

Tickets: £15 (concession £10 U18 FREE)

(Ashburton: £7/10/15 according to means)

Telephone: 07730 494034

wegottickets.com/lyricchamberorchestra

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 29 November 12.30pm

'BARTHOLOMEW QUINTET'

Violins: Dawn Ashby & Anna Cockroft

Viola: Simon Jones  'Cello: Hilary Boxer

Clarinet: ?Patrick Saunders

Admission: FREE

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Exeter Bach Choir

St David's Church Exeter

Saturday 2 December 7pm

HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH'

Director of Music: Jonathan Lucas Wood

(Patron Jonathan Peter Kenny)

Soprano: Bethany Partridge

Alto: Juliet Curnow

Tenor: Mike Gormley

Bass: Tim Mirfin

Tickets: £20 (advance £18)

(student/U18 1/2 price)

(child U16 FREE)

exeterbachchoir.co.uk

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Exeter Symphony Orchestra

Southernhay United Reformed Church

Saturday 2 December 7.30pm

'WINTER CONCERT'

Conductor: Arturo Serna

Leader: Clare Marchant

Johann Strauss II: Overture to 'Die Fledermaus'

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet Suite

César Franck: D minor Symphony

Tickets: £15 (U18 £1)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Taunton Sinfonietta

Temple Methodist Church Taunton

Sunday 3 December 3pm

YOUNG MUSICAN'S PLATFORM

Musical Director/Leader: Mary Eade

Taunton Young Musician Winner -

Oboe: Louis Benneyworth

Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto

Gerald Finzi: Interlude for Oboe & Strings

Frank Bridge: Serenades 1903

Victor Herbert: Serenades 1924

Leroy Anderson: 'Sleigh Ride'

Tickets: £15 (student £1)

Taunton Visitors Centre: 01823 340470

tauntonsinfonietta.org.uk

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Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 6 December 12.30pm

'PIANO RECITAL'

Piano: Joyce Clarke

Admission: FREE

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Rosemary Griggs

Devon Rural Archive

Thursday 7 December 7pm

A TUDOR CHRISTMAS

WITH LADY KATHERINE

(more dates: rosemary griggs.co.uk/events)

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Haldon String Quartet

Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Friday 8 December 6.30pm

WINTER'S EDGE -

a festive musical extravaganza

Violins: Lindsay Braga, Mandy Britton

Viola: Andrew Gillett

'Cello: Rebecca Allnatt

Guest Vocalist: Freddie Crowley

Schubert/Debussy/Mendelssohn/

Caroline Shaw

Tickets: £25

rammuseum.org.uk

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Lunchtime Concert

Lympstone Parish Church

Saturday 9 December 1pm

'ASPECTS OF LOVE'

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Soprano: Oly Obertas

Piano: John Draisey

Georges Bizet, Christoph Willibald Gluck

Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini

Enrique Granados, Jacques Offenbach

Admission FREE - Retiring Collection

(Ukrainian Volunteers)

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The Torbay Singers

St Martin's Barton, Torquay

Saturday 9 December 6pm

A CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Musical Director: Matt Cann

Organist: Rob Atkin

Tickets: £10

torbaysingers.org

(accompanied children FREE)

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University of Exeter Chapel Choir

& Mary Harris Consort

Mary Harris Memorial Chapel

Saturday 9 December 7pm

Director of Music: Michael Graham

Tickets: £15 (student £8)

complimentary interval wine

eventbrite.co.uk

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East Devon Choral Society

St Peter's Church Tiverton

Saturday 9 December 7.30pm

HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH'

Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph

Tickets £15 (child/student FREE)

eastdevonchoralsociety.com

Taunton Visitor Centre -

Telephone: 01823 340470

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Music at Buckfast Abbey

Buckfast Abbey

Saturday 9 December 7.30pm

CANTIQUE DE NOËL

The Choir of Buckfast Abbey

Director: Matthew Scarles

Noxwode Baroque

(Leader: Conor Gricmanis

- Viola da Gamba: Miriam Nohl)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: 'Messe de Minuit'

Noëls on the Fratelli Ruffatti organ

(Organist: David Davies)

Francis Poulenc, Yves Castagnet

Tickets: £15

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Staircase Opera

1. Crediton Congregational Church

. . Sunday 10 December 3pm

2. St Margaret's Church Topsham

. .  Sunday 17 December 3pm

3. Flavel Arts Centre Dartmouth

. . Thursday 14 December 7.30pm

STAIRCASE OPERA AT CHRISTMAS

Director of Music: Paul McClure

Soprano: Anna Gregory, Donna Marie Broomfield

Mezzo Soprano: Carolyn Harries, Rebecca Squire

Tenor: Cameron Rolls, Matt Wilding

Baritone: Gareth Davies  Bass: Roderick Hunt

Piano: Alex Wilson

Giacomo Puccini: 'La Bohème'

Johan Strauss: 'Die Fledermaus'

W A Mozart: 'Magic Flute'

Englebert Humperdinck: 'Hansel & Gretel'

Tickets: £16 (advance £14 student £10)

staircaseopera@gmail.com

Flavel: £20

info@theflavel.org.uk

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Exeter Cathedral Choir

& Devon Baroque

Exeter Cathedral

Sunday 10 December 2.30pm

HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH'

Director of Music: Timothy Noon

Soprano: Brittany King

Mezzo Soprano: Louise Innes

Tenor: Michael Graham

Bass: Tim Mirfin

Tickets: Side Aisle £15  Premium Aisle £21

Rear Nave £16 Middle Nave £21

Front Nave £26 (U18 £5 all areas)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Exeter Chorale
St Michael's Mount Dinham

Monday 11 December 7.30pm

"O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM"

Musical Director: Margaret Aagesen Hughes

Organist: John Draisey

Violins: Sarah Rimmington & Joshua Hamilton

Tomás Luis de Victoria: 'O Magnum Mysterium'

( . . .  et admirabile sacramentum . . . )

Claudio Monteverdi: "Beatus Vir"

( . . . "qui non abiit in consilio impiorum" . . . )

Dietricht Buxtehude: "In Dulci Jubilo"

( . . . "Nun singet und seid froh!" . . . )

Benjamin Britten: 'Hymn to St Cecilia'

Tickets: £12 (advance £10)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Bel Canto

St Andrew's Church Cullompton

Tuesday 12 December 7pm

"LET IT SNOW"

Musical Director: Alan Boxer

Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein

'West Side Story'

Freddie Mercury: 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne: "Let it Snow"

José Feliciano: "Feliz Navidad"

G F Handel: "Hallelujah"

Tickets: £5

ticketsource.co.uk/belcanto

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Exeter Chamber Choir

The Great Barn Higher Ashton

Tuesday 12 December 7.30pm

CHRISTMAS AT THE GREAT BARN

Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph

Readings, Choral Music & Carols

Guest Speakers from the Maynard School

Tickets: £12 (child £6 Family £30)

Great Barn: 01647 252552

thegreatbarndevon.co.uk/christmas-carol-concert-2023/

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir

Exeter Cathedral

Tues/Weds 12/13 December 7.30pm

CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL

Musical Director: Howard Ionascu

Organist: Stephen Tanner

Trumpet: Julian Poore

Tickets: Side Aisle £12 Rear Nave £16

Front Nave: £22 (child/student £5)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Clyst Valley Choral Society

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Saturday 16 December 4pm

'CHRISTMAS CAROLS & SONGS'

Musical Director: Paul Stock

Admission FREE

Donations to 'Smile Train'

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Exeter Chamber Choir

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 16 December 7.30pm

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT

Director of Music: Andrew Daldorph

Voices and instruments celebrating

the season with carols and music

from J S Bach, Hector Berlioz,

Arcangelo Corelli, Sir Edward Elgar

- 'Silent Night', 'Away in a Manger',

- 'Ding Dong Merrily on High'

- 'In Dulci Jubilo', 'The Shepherds' Farewell'

- 'Christmas Oratorio'

Tickets: Front Nave £25 (child/student £12.50)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Isca Ensemble

Sidmouth Parish Church

Saturday 16 December 7.30pm

CHRISTMAS ORCHESTRAL CONCERT

Musical Director: Roger Hendy

Georges Bizet: Extracts from 'Carmen'

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op 64

(Violin Soloist: Joo Yeon Sir)

Robert Schumann: Symphony III ('Rhenish')

Tickets: £16 (student/U18 £5)

ticketsource.co.uk

Paragon Books: 01395 514516

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Dartmouth Orchestra

1. The Flavel Dartmouth

. . Friday 15 December 7.30pm

2. Ashburton Arts Centre

. . Saturday 27 January 3pm

25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON

Musical Director: Tim Pithers

Orchestra Leader: Brenda Willoughby

Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Wolfgang A Mozart: Jupiter Symphony (41)

Carl Reinecke: Concerto for Flute

Flavel Soloist: Emily Grant

Ashburton Soloist: Ruth Molins

Flavel Tickets: £16.50 (U18 £5)

theflavel.org.uk

Ashburton Tickets: £5/8/10 (U18 FREE)

ashburtonarts.org.uk

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Music Teachers of Devon

St Mary's Church Totnes

Saturday 16 December 11am

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CONCERT

Performances of pianists, vocalists

and other instrumentalists -

learners and professional musicians

from Devon

Presented with Epta UK

Admission FREE

Donations to St Mary's Church

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Cantemos & Friends

St Mary's Church Totnes

Monday 18 December 7pm

"A TENDER SHOOT"

A candlelit celebration of

Christmas in choral music

and readings.

Admission FREE