The Volo Trio Coloratura Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderon Flutes: Ruth Molins Piano: Alex Wilson The Old School House, Lustleigh Thursday 7 March |
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Ashburton Arts Centre
Friday 16 February 7.30pm
CARMENCO: A POCKET OPERA
Flute/Mezzo: Emily Andrews
Guitar: David Massey & Francisco Correa
Georges Bizet's 'Carmen' from her view
Playing, Singing & Dancing
Tickets: £7/11/15 according to means
ashburtonarts.org.uk
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Devon Baroque Orchestra
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 18 February 3pm
'BAROQUE WITHOUT BORDERS'
Musical Director: Persephone Gibbs
Harpsichord: Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Flute: Georgia Browne
Theorbo: Matthew Nisbet
Henry Purcell: 'Abdelazer' (The Moor's Revenge)
Marin Marais: 'Alcyone' (overture, dances & storm)
Antonio Vivaldi: 'La Tempesta di Mare' Op10.1
J S Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No 5 - Flute
Tickets: £23 (student £5)
dartington.org/event/devon-baroque-without-borders/
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Lee Rawlings
Topsham Bookshop
'THE SIGNAL-MAN'
A horror story by
Charles Dickens
from his 1866
'Mugby Junction'
collection
('All Year Round' magazine)
- - SOLD OUT - -
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Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 21 February 12.30pm
GUITAR RECITAL
Guitars: Smantha Muir
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Friday 23 February 7pm
- - 'HARMONY' - -
Musical Director: Michael Graham
A peaceful and atmospheric
wellbeing concert open to
those of all faiths and none.
Choir - String Quartet
Poetry - Candlelight
Admission FREE
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Cantemos
St Mary's Dartington
Saturday 24 February 4pm
'TWILIGHT & EVENING BELL'
A Celebration of Choral Music
With Readings
Admission FREE
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Isca Ensemble
Saturday 24 February 7.30pm
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Musical Director: Roger Handy
Leader: Antony Clements
Josef Haydn: 49th Symphony 'La Passione'
J S Bach: Concerto for violin, Oboe & Strings
(Violin: Joel Munday Oboe: Joe Sharp)
W A Mozart: Concertante for Violin, Viola
. . . . . . . . . . . . & Orchestra
(Violin: Joel Munday Viola: Vanessa Hristova)
Tickets: £16 (student/U18 £5)
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Dartington Community Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 24 February 7.30pm
VIVALDI: 'GLORIA'
Musical Director: Tori Longdon
Organist: Robert Pecksmith
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk
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Kentisbeare Village Hall
Sunday 25 February 3pm
FREE FAMILY CONCERT
Conductor: Alan Boxer
Leader: Nigel Atkinson
Narrator: Wendy Atkinson
Eric Coates: 'Dam Busters March'
Ludwig Beethoven: 8th Symphony
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
Sergei Prokofiev: 'Peter & The Wolf'
Admission FREE
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St Andrew's Wiveliscombe
Sunday 25 February 4pm
'VIGILS & VESPERS'
Musical Director: Elinor Cooper
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 'All Night Vigil'
(Tea & Cakes at 3pm)
Tickets: £15 (student £9 U12 FREE)
Taunton TIC: 01823 340740
collegiumsingers.org.uk
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Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 28 February 12.30pm
'CELLO & PIANO RECITAL
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Piano: Josephine Pickering
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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Exeter Phoenix
Thursday 29 February 6pm
THE SOUNDS OF SPACE
Speaker: Prof Tessa Baker
Current Models of Cosmology
Tickets: £6
ticketsource.co.uk/agilerabbit
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Lunchtime Concerts
Exeter Central Library
'FRENCH CLASSICS'
Piano: Richard Lucas & John Draisey
Soprano: Olga Obertas, Anna Townhill
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Tenor: Michael Smith
Baritone: Lee Andreae, John Draisey
1. Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson & Delilah'
. . "Mon Cœur S'Ouvre à ta Voix"
2. "Je Viens Celebrer la Victoire"
3. Eric Satie: Gnossiene No. 3
4. 'Samson & Delilah'
. . "J'ai Gravi la Montagne"
. . 6/6 'Golliwogg's Cakewalk'
6. Georges Bizet: 'Djamileh'
. . "Il Faut pour Éteindre ma Fièvre"
7. George Bizet: 'Carmen'
. . 'Habanera' - "L'Amour est un Oiseau Rebelle"
8. Aria - "Je Dis que Rien ne m'Epouvante"
9. Gypsy Duet - "Les Tringles des Sistres Tintaient"
10 Gabriel Fauré: 'The Dolly Suite' Opus 56
. . 1/6 'Berceuse' (La Chanson dans le Jardin)
11. 'Carmen' - Quintet
. . "Nous Avons en Tête une Affaire"
Admission FREE
Booking Required
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Donations to Ukraine Volunteers
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Ashburton Arts
Ashburton Arts Centre
Monday 4 March 7 for 7.30pm
'JAZZ JAM'
Guitar/Host: Jesse Molins
Keyboards: Tom Ball
Percussion: Preston Prince
Tickets: £3/5/8 according to means
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Volo Trio
Thursday 7 March 7.30pm
PIANO, FLUTE & VOICE
Piano: Alex Wilson
Flutes: Ruth Molins
Coloratura: Claudia Alvarez Calderon
Hosts: Heather & Bill
Tickets: £15
Lustleigh Dairy: 01647 277107
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Music for International Women's Day
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Friday 8 March 7 for 7.30pm
CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL
The Greenwood Consort -
Harpsichord: Ian Hiscock
Recorder/Viola da Gamba: Mark Bennett
"O Splendidissima Gemma"
(Voice, Double Harp, Nyckelharpa)
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre:
Sonata in D minor
(Violin, Harpsichord, Viola da Gamba)
Duo Tutti -
Flutes: Ruth Molins
Piano: Alex Wilson
Volo Trio - with Coloratura Soprano:
Claudia Alvarez Calderon
Compositions by:
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Cécile Chaminade - Amy Beach
Rebecca Clarke - Doreen Carwithen
Rosa Mercedes Ayarza de Morales
Lili Boulanger - Gabi Mills
(première of Gabi Mills' wind quintet)
Tickets: £12
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The Pavilions Teignmouth
Saturday 9 March 3pm
'SPACE ODYSSEY'
- A Musical Journey
Keyboards: Alfie Pugh
Violin: Rebecca Willson
guitar: David Jones
Double Bass: John Donnelly
Percussion: Gary Evans
Tickets: £15 (U18 £4)
Box Office: 01626 249049
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Exeter Chamber Choir
1. Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
2. St Mary's Church Ottery
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
. . 'FAITH, HOPE & LOVE' . .
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
J S Bach: "Jesu Meine Freunde"
J S Bach: "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine"
Antonio Lotti: 'Crucifixus'
Henry Purcell: "Hear my Prayers"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Remember Not"
1. Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
2. St Mary's Church Ottery
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
. . 'FAITH, HOPE & LOVE' . .
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
J S Bach: "Jesu Meine Freunde"
J S Bach: "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine"
Antonio Lotti: 'Crucifixus'
Henry Purcell: "Hear my Prayers"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Remember Not"
Maurice Duruflé: '4 Motets on Gregorian Themes'
William Walton: "Drop, Drop Slow Tears"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Set Me a Seal"
Olivier Messiaen: "O Sacrum Convivium"
Samuel Barber: "Agnus Dei"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'Adagio for Strings'
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ('Cello: Hilary Boxer)
Buckfast Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk/event-booking-system/
Ottery Tickets: £12 (child/student FREE)
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Olivier Messiaen: "O Sacrum Convivium"
Samuel Barber: "Agnus Dei"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'Adagio for Strings'
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ('Cello: Hilary Boxer)
Buckfast Tickets: £15
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Ottery Tickets: £12 (child/student FREE)
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1. St Luke's Countess Wear
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
2. Chudleigh Parish Church
Sunday 10 March 7.30pm
- - 'OPERA IN SPRING' - -
Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown
Tenor: Ceri Davies
Baritone: John Ieuan Jones
Tickets: £14/11
Box Office: 07790 889709
ticketsource.co.uk/southdevonsingers
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1. St Peter's Shaldon
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
2. St John's Bridgetown Totnes
Sunday 10 March 7.30pm
- - 'COMA FESTIVAL' - -
Conductor: Richard Gonski
Leader: Chris Eastman
J S Bach: 'Ricercare alle Sei'
('The Musical Offering' BWV 1079)
Benjamin Britten: 'Peter Grimes'
György Ligeti: 'Cello Concerto
('Cello Soloist: Valerie Welbanks)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Tickets: £15 (U18 FREE)
Box Office: 01803 865377
torbaysymphony.org
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Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company
Sunday 10 March 6.45 for 7.30pm
- - - 'ANDALUCIA' - - -
(Flamenco music and dance from
. Cordoba, Sevilla, Cadiz, Malaga,
. Jaen, Granada, Huelva & Almeria)
Tickets: £32
exetercornexchange.co.uk
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Lyric Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 13 March 11am
2. South Brent Village Hall
Sunday 24 March 11am
3. St Saviour's Dartmouth
Wednesday 27 March 7.30pm
4. St Mary's Totnes
Wednesday 24 April 7.30pm
5. Ashburton Arts Centre
Sunday 28 April 11am
SPRING 2024 CONCERTS
Conductor: Keith Marshall
Leader: Trish Clanan
Sir Edward Elgar: Introduction & Allegro
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
Dag Wirén: Serenade
Tickets: £10 (U18 FREE)
wegottickets.com
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
& Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
VERDI 'REQUIEM'
Conductor: Howard Ionascu
Soprano: Judith Howarth
Mezzo Soprano:
Marta Fontanais-Simmons
Tenor: Oliver Johnston
Bass: Tristan Hambleton
Tickets: Side Aisle £15
Rear Nave £23 Front Nave £30
(child/student £5 all seats)
exeterphilharmonic.org.uk
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Isca Ensemble
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
CONCERT CLASSICS
Musical Director: Roger Hendy
Leader: Antony Clements
Richand Wagner: 'Rienzi' - Overture
Carl Maria von Weber: 2nd Clarinet Concerto
(Clarinet Soloist: James Gilbert)
William Walton: 'Spitfire Prelude & Fugue'
('The First of the Few' 1942)
Tickets: £7-15
Paragon Books: 01395 514516
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church
'ROMEO & JULIET'
Conductor: Arturo Serna
Leader: Clare Marchant
Richard Strauss: 'Four Last Songs'
(Soprano: Lisa Moffat)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
'Schereherazade'
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
'Romeo & Juliet' - Overture
Tickets: £15 (U18 £1)
exetersymphonyorchestra.co.uk
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Abbotsbury Church Newton Abbot
Saturday 23 March 7pm
'BRAHMSFEST'
Johannes Brahms: 'Ein Deutsches Requiem'
Musical Director: Matthew Cann
Organist: David Davies
Soprano: Catherine Luke
Tenor: Philip Lancaster
Tickets: £15 (student U25 FREE)
torbaysingers.org
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University of Exeter Chapel Choir
& The Devon Collective
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 23 March 7.30pm
J S BACH: 'ST JOHN PASSION'
Musical Director: Michael Graham
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk
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Nova Foresta Classical Players
Sunday 24 March 3pm
VIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL
Violin: Rose Gosney
Piano: Duncan Honeybourne
Camille Saint-Saëns
Henryk Wieniawski
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe
César Franck
Admission FREE
Booking: ticketsource.co.uk
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Exeter Cathedral Choir
& Charivari Agréable
Sunday 24 March 4pm
BACH 'ST JOHN PASSION'
Musical Director: Timothy Noon
Soloists from Cathedral Choir
Tickets: Side Aisle £10
Front Aisle £12 Rear Nave £16
Front Nave £22 (U18 All £5)
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St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 6 April 7 for 7.30
BRAHMS: 'EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM'
Musical Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano: Aimee Presswood
Baritone: Charlie Baigent
Tickets: £20 (advance £18)
Student/U18: £10/9 (U16 FREE)
exeterbachchoir.co.uk
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The Brent Singers
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 6 April 7.30pm
FAURÉ: 'REQUIEM'
Musical Director: Matthew Searles
Organist: David Davies
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk
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Papagena
St Margaret's Topsham
Saturday 27 April 7.30pm
'LOVE, LEGENDS & LULLABIES'
Soprano: Lizzie Drury, Imogen Russell
. . . . . . . Suzzie Vango
Mezzo Soprano: Shivani Rattan
Tenor: Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Mediaeval Sacred Music - Celtic Ballads
Henry Purcell - James MacMillan
Canadian Mouth Music
Setting of Caitlin Moran
Tickets: £15 (U16 FREE)
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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 27 April 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Conductor: Benjamin Voce
Leader: Clare Smith
Sir Edward Elgar: 'Falstaff'
Piotr Tchaikovsky: 'Romeo & Juliet'
Maurice Ravel: 'Daphnis & Chloe'
Side Aisles: £13 Rear Nave: £15
Middle Nave: £17 Front Nave: £20
(student/U16 1/2 price - except front)
ticketsource.co.uk
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East Devon Choral Society
St Peter's Church Tiverton
Saturday 27 April 7.30pm
HAYDN 'CREATION'
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Orchestra Leader: Fiona McLean Buechel
Tickets: details in March
Info: 01884 253494 (Sue North)
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Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 4 May 7.30pm
RUTTER: 'MAGNIFICAT'
Musical Director: Trefor Farrow
Organist: Peter King
J S Bach: "Singet dem Herrn'
James MacMillan: 'Missa Brevis'
John Rutter: 'Magnificat'
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk
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Music at the Abbey
Buckfast Abbey
Monday 6 May 1.30pm
BANK HOLIDAY ORGAN RECITAL
Organist: Andrew Reid
(Westminster Abbey)
Domenico Zipoli: 'Sonate d'Intalolatura'
César Franck: Opus 23 - 3: 'Final'
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English Touring Opera
Thursday 23 May 10am, 11am, 1pm
[SCHOOLS - SOLD OUT]
Exeter Central Library
Saturday 25 May 3pm
'THE GREAT STINK'
Writer: Hannah Khalil
Composer: Omar Shahryar
Music Director: Jack Ridley
Director: Valentina Ceschi
Theresa/Female Clerk:
Julia Mariko/Rachel Speirs
Queen Victoria/Maria:
Amy J Payne/Judy Louie Brown
Joseph/Thames:
Brenton Spiteri/Sandeep Gurrapadi
Disraeli: Edward Jowle/Masimba Ushe
Tickets: £10 (U12 £5)
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-stink-tickets
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English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Thursday 23 May 7.30pm
Saturday 25 May 7.30pm
Giacomo Puccini
(English with English Surtitles)
Conductor: Michael Papadopoulos
Manon: Jenny Stafford
Des Grieux: Gareth Dafydd Morris
Lescaut: Aidan Edwards
Geronte: Edward Hawkins
Edmondo: Brenton Spiteri
Support & Ensemble:
Cicely Hé - David Horton
Amy J Payne - Phil Wilcox
Edward Jowle - Julia Mariko
Rachel Speirs - Shafali Jaota
Judy Louie Brown - Jack Dolan
Morgana Warren-Jones
Masimba Ushe - Sandeep Gurrapadi
Covers:
Manon: Philippa Boyle
Des Grieux: Dominic J Walsh
Geronte: Trevor Eliot Bowes
Tickets: £35/33
tickets.exeternorthcott.co.uk
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English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 24 May 7.30pm
Igor Stravinsky
(English with English Surtitles)
Conductor: Jack Sheen
Director: Polly Graham
Anne Trulove: Nazan Fikret
Tom Rakewell: Frederick Jones
Nick Shadow: Jerome Knox
Father Trulove: Trevor Eliot Bowes
Baba: Lauren Young
Mother Goose: Amy J Payne
Sellem: Robin Bailey
Support & Ensemble
Masimba Ushe - Julia Mariko
Rachel Speir - Shafali Jalota
Cicely Hé - Judy Louie Brown
Morgana Warren-Jones - Jack Dolan
David Horton - Sandeep Gurrapadi
Phil Wilcox - Edward Jowle
Covers:
Tom Rakewell: Brenton Spiteri
Father Trulove: Edward Hawkins
Tickets: £35/33
tickets.exeternorthcott.co.uk