June/July 2024

THE EXON SINGERS
56th Summer Festival
St Eustachius' Church Tavistock
Wednesday-Saturday 24-28 July

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Chagford Summer Music 2024

St Michael's Church Chagford

Friday 21 June 1.10pm

FLUTE CAKE

Flutes: Ruth Molins

Sophie Brewer, Jennifer Campbell

A classical selection with

original composition 'Ancient Rites'

by Andrew Wilson

Admission FREE

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Exeter Chamber Choir

1. St James' Church Exeter

. . Friday 21 June 7.30pm

2. St Thomas' Thorverton

. . Tuesday 25 June 7.30pm

'A SUMMER'S GARLAND'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

English Madrigals:

'Fair Phyllis' 'My Bonny Lass'

'Now is the month of Maying'

'Draw on Sweet Night'

'The Silver Swan' 'Lay a Garland'

European Madrigals:

Claudio Monteverdi

Jacques Arcadelt

Juan Vasquez

Pierre Passereau

Other Songs:

Johannes Brahms

Peter Cornelius

Ralph Vaughan Williams

(Three Shakespeare Songs)

Close Harmony Arrangements:

Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer: 'Moon River'

Harold Arlan/Yip Harburg/Billy Rose: 'It's Only a Paper Moon'

Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart: 'Blue Moon'

Tickets: £15 (advance £12 child/student FREE)

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The New Century Singers

St John's Church Bovey Tracey

Saturday 22 June 10.30am-4.30pm

"COME AND SING!"

Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown

Franz Schubert: Mass in G

Tickets: £15 (tea & coffee provided)

scores available to hire

musicians welcomed

jane.andersonbrown@gmail.com

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Exeter Family Orchestra

Roborough Studios (day)

Flow Orchard (Exeter Mill Field) (eve)

[Bad Weather - Exwick Parish Hall]

Saturday 22 June 6-8pm

'THE AUBERGINES'

a FREE weekend of

Exeter Family Music Workshops

part of Exeter University and

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Aubergines Family Orchestra

Leaders: Emma Welton, Hugh Nankivell

Bring any instruments - all welcome

Sat 10.30: songmaking with Hugh - Roborough

Sat 1.45: home-made instruments

(with Hugh and Emma) - Roborough

Plenty available - or bring your own!

Sat 6pm: Musical picnic at Flow Orchard

Sun 10.30: Streatham Campus sound walk

(with Emma) - meet at Roborough

Sun 1.45: Symphony! - making an orchestra

(with Emma and Hugh)

Details: Emma Welton

Telephone: 07791 161050

emma@emmawelton.net

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Kenton Music Festival

All Saints' Church Kenton

Saturday 22 June 10.30am

MINI-RECITALS

community music making

featuring Iryna Ilnytska

Olga Obertas & Richard Lucas

Admisssion FREE

Sunday 23 June 4pm

SPACE ODYSSEY

a musical journey

Piano: Alfie Pugh

violin: Rebecca Willson

Guitar: David Jones

Double Bass: John Donnelly

Percussion: Gary Evans

Tickets: £12

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Tiverton Concert Band

St Paul's Church Tiverton

Saturday 22 June 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT

Musical Director: Dave Boorer

Tickets: £10 (U16 £1)

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Devon Baroque

St John's, Bridgetown Totnes

Saturday 22 June 7.30pm

BAROQUE MUSIC FOR MIDSUMMER

Leader: Persephone Gibbs

Violins: Sharon Lindo

'Cello: Gabriel Amherst

Harpsichord: Andew Wilson-Dickson

Recorder & Oboe: Sarah Humphrys

Soprano: Rebecca Ramsey

Georg Frideric Handel:

. Sinfonia in B flat HWV 339 (1709)

. Two German arias for soprano

and obbligato instruments
‘Sweet Bird’ from L’Allegro,

. Il Penseroso ed il Moderato

‘Hush, ye pretty warbling choir’

(aria from Acis and Galatea)
. ‘Splende l’alba in oriente’

(from cantata HWV166)

Johann Christoph Pepusch:

. ‘Love frowns’

(from English Cantatas, book 2 no. 1)
William Williams:

Trio Sonata no. 6 in F: In imitation of birds
James Oswald:

‘Honeysuckle‘ and ‘Marvel of Peru’

(from Airs for the Seasons)
William Jackson:

‘Twas when the seas were roaring’

(from Twelve Songs, op. 1 no. 9)

Heinrich Biber:

Sonata Representativa for violin and continuo

Tickets: £20 (student £5 child FREE)

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Torbay Symphony Orchestra

Brixham Theatre

Saturday 22 June 7.30pm

CONCERT IN BRIXHAM THEATRE

Conductor: Richard Gonski

Leader: Chris Eastman

Gioachino Rossini:

Overture to 'Barber of Seville'

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Violin Concerto Opus 61

(Violin Soloist: Ofer Falk)

Giuseppe Verdi:

Overture to 'La Forza del Destino'

Johann Struass: 'The Blue Danube'

Sir Edward Elgar: 'Nimrod'

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

Symphony VI (Pathetique) mvt 1

John Williams: 'Schindler's List'

Gabriel Fauré: 'Pavane' Opus 50

Sir Hubert Parry: 'Jerusalem'

Tickets: £15 (carers FREE)

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Culm Valley Orchestra

Kentisbeare Village Hall

Sunday 23 June 3pm

'MAGICAL TALES IN MUSIC'

Musical Director: Alan Boxer

Gioachino Puccini: William Tell Overture

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre

Georg Philipp Telemann: 3 Trumpet Concerto

Admission FREE - donations welcome

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Chagford Summer Music 2024
St Michael's Church Chagford

Friday 28 June 1.10pm

- - - E.J. & OBERON - - -

Concert Harp: Elizabeth-Jane Baldry

Harp music of the past 5 centuries

with music by Elias Parish-Alvers

19th century Devon harp virtuoso

Victorian fairy harp music

Traditional Devon folk melodies

Admission FREE

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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Southernhay Church

Saturday 29 June 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT

Conductor: Benjamin Voce

Leader: Jackie Baldwin

Claude Debussy: 'Marche Écossaise'

Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony I

Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5 Family £25)

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devonphilharmonicorchestra.co.uk

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South Devon Choir

Central Church Torquay

Saturday 29 June7.30pm

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Musical Director: Simon Dunbavand

Piano: Matt Davies

Soprano: Cheryl Brendish

Tenor: Ben Hoadley

Bass: John Hobbs

Tickets: £15 (U18 £5)

southdevonchoir.org/tickets

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July Lunchtime Concerts

St Stephen's Church Exeter

Thursday 4 July 1pm

PIANO RECITAL

Piano: Matthew Wright

Admission FREE

Lunch: 12-12.55pm

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Chagford Summer Music 2024
St Michael's Church Chagford

Friday 5 July 1.10pm

- - MUSIC ON THE EDGE - -

Flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams

Saxophones: Chris Caldwell

A melding of ancient and contemporary,

ambient improvisations,

landscape-inspired soundscapes

Admission FREE

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Exeter Festival Chorus

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 6 July 7.30pm

BACH 'B MINOR MASS'

with Devon Baroque Orchestra

Musical Director: Andrea Brown

Soprano 1: Bethany Partridge

Soprano 2: Elizabeth Drury

Counter-Tenor: Benjamin Irvine-Capel

Tenor: John Uperton

Bass-Baritone: Timothy Dickinson

Tickets: front nave £30 rear nave £21

- side aisles £15 (child/student/UC 1/2)

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Bel Canto Singers

St Margaret's Topsham

Wednesday 10 July 1.15pm

'AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

Musical Director: Alan Boxer

45 mins of light choral music

John Rutter - Henry Mancini

Billy Joel - Eric Whitacre

Andrew Lloyd Webber

The Spice Girls

Admission FREE

Donations Welcome

towards The Brain Tumour Charity

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Somerset Opera

Taunton Sinfonietta

Museum of Somerset

Wed-Fri 10-12 July 7.30pm

DIDO & AENEAS

Musical Director: Noah Mosely

Leader: Mary Eade

Stage Director: Guido Martin Brandis

Henry Purcell: 'Dido & Aeneas'

performed at the 4th century

Low Ham mosaic in the Great Hall

Tickets: £15 (3 easy access remaining)

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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter

Thursday 11 July 1pm

SOPRANO & ALTO

Piano: David Davies

Soprano: Héloïse West

Alto: Rebecca Squires

Admission FREE

Lunch: 12-12.55pm

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Bel Canto Singers

1. St Mary's Ottery St Mary

. . Friday 12 July 7.30pm

2. St Margaret's Topsham

. . Satruday 13 July 7.30pm

'FEEL THE SPIRIT'

Musical Director: Alan Boxer

Gabriel Fauré: 'Requiem'

John Rutter: 'Feel the Spirit'

(Seven Spirituals)

Tickets: £10 (U18 £5)

bel-canto.net

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Afternoon Concerts

St Stephen's Church Exeter

Sunday 14 July 3pm

'LUCKY FOR SOME'

a programme of 13 songs

Soprano: Nicola Howard

Piano: Alex Wilson

George Gershwin

Stephen Sondheim

Cole Porter

Admission FREE

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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter

Thursday 18 July 1pm

HARP RECITAL

Harp: Emma Graham

Admission FREE

Lunch: 12-12.55pm

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Exeter Symphony Orchestra

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 20 July 7.30pm

NATALIE CLEIN

Conductor: Arturo Serna

Leader: Clare Marchant

Dmitri Shostakovich:

Festive Overture

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

Fourth Symphony

Dmitri Shostakovich:

First 'Cello Concerto

'Cello Soloist: Natalie Clein

Tickets: Side Aisle £5

Rear Nave: £20 Mid Nave £25

Front Nave £35 (U18 all £5)

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Libraries Unlimited

Exeter Central Library

Sunday 21 July 12.30pm

'10 WEE DEVON PINTS'

Clarinet: Sarah Watts

founded by Dr Núria Bonet

researcher and composer

at Plymouth Univeristy

showcasing 10 x 3-minute

compositions for clarinet

e.g. Patrick Nunn: 'Pandit'

reflecting Ravi Shankar's

Kameswari raga - and

New Lion brewery's pale ale

starting conversations about 

'Pride in Place' and - beer!

Admission FREE

Booking: 01392 407027

librariesunlimited.org.uk

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July Lunchtime Concerts
St Stephen's Church Exeter

Thursday 25 July 1pm

CLARINET & PIANO

Piano: Dorothy Raven

Clarinet: Phil Bonser

Admission FREE

Lunch: 12-12.55pm

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The Exon Singers
Haldon Quartet

Bristol Brass Consort

St Eustachius' Church Tavistock

(and Buckland Abbey Yelverton)

Wed-Sat 24-28 July 2024

56th SUMMER FESTIVAL

1. St Eustachius Church

Wednesday 24 July 7.30pm

MOZART & VIVALDI

Musical Director: Joseph Judge

The Exon Singers with

The Haldon Quartet &

Organist: Neil Taylor

'Coronation Mass' 'Gloria'

"Ave Verum Corpus"

2. St Eustachius Church

Thursday 25 July 1.10pm

THE HALDON QUARTET

Violin: Linsday Braga, Mandy Britton

Viola: Andrew Gillett

'Cello: Rebecca Allnatt

Franz Schubert: Gm Quartet D 173

Caroline Shaw: "Plan & Elevation"

Trad arr: 'Roving Jack' 'The Oxen Ploughing'

arr Percy Grainger: 'Molly on the Shore'

3. St Eustachius' Church

Thursday 25 July 7.30pm

'ALL MY PAST AND FUTURES'

The Exon Singers

Musical Director: Joseph Judge

John Tavener: 'Hymn to the Mother of God'
Healey Willan: 1 "Fair in Face"

Healey Willan: 2 "I beheld her, beautiful as a dove"

Healey Willan: 3 "Rise up, my love, my fair one"

Sarah Rimkus: 'Mater Dei'

Simon Beattie: 'To our Lady'

Natalia Tsupryk: 'A quiet night'

Evelin Seppar: Psalm 129

Ethel Smyth: "Komm süsser Tod. komm selge Ruh"

(Bach: "Come sweet death, come blessed rest")

Eric Whitacre: II Samuel 18:33

"When David Heard that Absalom was Slain"

Radiohead Arr. Geoff Lawson: Pyramid Song

4. St Eustachius' Church

Thursday 25 July 9pm

COMPLINE BY CANDLELIGHT

A service sung to Gregorian chant

René Clausen: Anthem -

'Tonight Eternity Alone'

Admission FREE

5. The Great Barn Buckland Abbey

Friday 26 July 1.10pm

FROM RENAISSANCE TO RADIOHEAD

The Exon Singers

Musical Director: Joseph Judge

Chant: Ave Maria
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo

John Tavener: 'Hymn to the Mother of God'
Healey Willan: 3 "Rise up, my love, my fair one"

Sarah Rimkus: 'Mater Dei'

Natalia Tsupryk: 'A quiet Night'

René Clausen: "Tonight Eternity Alone"

Ester Magi: "Siin mu rõõmumaa"

Eric Whitacre: "When David Heard"

Radiohead Arr. Lawson: 'Pyramid Song'

6. St Eustachius' Church

Friday 26 July 1.10pm

ORGAN RECITAL

Organist: Neil Taylor

7. St Eustachius' Church

Friday 26 July 6.30pm

CHORAL WORKSHOP

JOHN RUTTER: 'GLORIA'

with The Exon Singers

Musical Director: Joseph Judge

Accompanist: Neil Taylor

Preparing for Saturday evening

8. St Eustachius' Church

Saturday 27 July 7.30pm

'HYMN TO THE SUN'

The Exon Singers

Bristol Brass Consort

with Percussionists

Come & Sing Choir

Musical Director: Joseph Judge

Accompanist: Neil Taylor

Sarah Rimkus: Breathe Free'

(words by Emma Lazarus - shape note singing)
Lili Boulanger: 'Hymne au soleil' (Hymn to the Sun)

Tarik O’Regan: Threshold of Night

Jonathan Dove: 'The Passing of the Year'

(for double choir and piano)
René Clausen: 'Tonight Eternity Alone'

(Thomas S Jones Jr: 'Dusk at Sea')
Ester Mägi: "Siin mu Rõõmumaa"

(Estonian: "Here is my Land of Joy")
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo

John Rutter: 'Gloria'

(Come & Sing Choir with percussion and brass)

9. St Eustachius' Church

Sunday 28 July 9.45am

CHORAL EUCHARIST

with The Exon Singers

Mozart Coronation Mass

Mozart 'Ave Verum Corpus'

tickets@exonsingers.org.uk

exonsingers.org.uk

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