October 2024

TWO MOORS FESTIVAL

Artistic Director: Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Exmoor: Thursday-Sunday 3-6 October

Dartmoor: Thursday-Sunday 10-13 October

Lunchtime Concert

St Margaret's Topsham

Wednesday 25 September 1.15pm

'ASPECTS OF LOVE'

Mezzo-Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: John Draisey

Giovanni Paisiello: ': 'La Molinara'

"Nel Cor Più no mi Sento"

Antonio Caldara: 'La Constanza in Amor'

"Alma del Core"

G F Handel: 'Rinaldo' "Lascia ch'io Pianga"

Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonata in Dm

Christoph Gluck: 'Orfeo ed Euridice':

"Che Faro, Senza Euridice"

Gioachino Rossini: 'Tancredi'

"Di Tanti Palpiti"

Edward  MacDowell: 'Forgotten Fairy Tales'

'Beauty in the Rose Garden' 3

Vincenzo Bellini: 'Adelson e Salvini'

"Dopo L'oscuro Nembo"

Edward MacDowell: 'Forgotten Fairy Tales'

'Of a Tailor & a Bear'

Vincenzo Bellini: 'Composizioni da Camera'

"Ma Rendi pur Contento"

Gioachoino Rossini: 'La Cenerentola'

"Nacqui all'Affano . . . Non più Mesta"

Admission FREE - Retiring Collection

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Kenton Koncerts

All Saints Church Kenton

Friday 27 September 7.30pm

ABBEY BRASS QUINTET

Trumpets: Paul Thomas, Tony Hindley

French Horn: Roger Swann

Trombone: Jeremy Loysen

Tuba: Martin Cleave

Brass Classics through the ages

including works by local composers

Paul Drayton & Paul Foster

Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)

Rachael Shearmur: 07960 103394

rachaelshearmur@gmail.com

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Ad Hoc Voices

All Saints' Culmstock

Satruday 28 September 7pm

'THERE IS SWEET MUSIC'

- - Songs for Reflection - -

Musical Director: Andrew Trewhella

Henry Purcell, Hubert Parry

Gustav Holst, William Harris

John Tavener

with refreshments

Cash Donations invited - £10

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Exeter Flutes

Newtown Community Hall

(Belmont Park EX1 2HQ)

Thursday Evenings 7-8.30pm

FLUTES GLORIOUS FLUTES!

Experience the joys of

playing music together

in a friendly learning environment

(Grade IV and above)

Contact: Lynn Davidoff

lynndavidoff@hotmail.com

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Lunchtime Concert

Tavistock Methodist Church

(Chapel Street PL19 8DX)

Saturday 5 October 1pm

'ASPECTS OF LOVE'

Soprano: Kara Malton

Mezzo-Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: John Draisey

Giordani Tommaso, Giovanni Paisiello,

Henry Purcell, Georges Bizet,

Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo Puccini . . .

Admission FREE - Retiring Collection

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Two Moors Festival

Lynton, South Molton, Bampton,

Dunster, Dulverton,

Thurs 3 - Sun 6 October

Okehampton, Lydford, Chagford

Ashburton, Exeter Castle

Thurs 10 - Sun 13 October

Baritone: Roderick Williams

Piano: Chrisopher Glynn

Violin: Lizzie Ball

Piano: James Pearson

Connaught Brass

Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Harpsichord: Mahan Esfahani

Carducci String Quartet

Stile Antico Early Music Choir

Palisander Recorder Quartet

Platform Winners Concert

Piano: George Xiaoyuan Fu

Violin: Henning Kraggerud

Piano: Clare Hammond

Narration: Alistair McGowan

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EXMOOR: THURSDAY-SUNDAY 3-6 OCTOBER

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St Mary's Church Lynton

Thursday 3 October 6pm

'SONGS OF TRAVEL'

Baritone: Roderick Williams

Piano: Christopher Glynn

John Ireland: 'Summer Schemes'

.     .     .     .    'The Salley Gardens'

.     .     .     .    "We'll to the Woods no More"

.     .     .     .    'Sea Fever'

.     .     .     .    'The Vagabond'

.     .     .     .    'Youth's Spring Tribute'

Rebecca Clarke: 'Down by the Salley Gardens'

.     .     .     .     .  'The Cloths of Heaven'

.     .     .     .     .  'The Seal Man'

Ina Boyle: 'A Song of enchantment'

.     .     .     'The Joy of Earth'

Joan Trimble: 'Green Rain'

.     .     .     .    'My Grief on the Sea'

Charles Wood:

"I'd Roam the World Over with You"

Ivor Gurney: 'The Salley Gardens'

Michael Head: 'Tewkesbury Road'

Freya Waley-Cohen: WORLD PREMIÈRE

'The Moon, The Moss & The Mushrooms

Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Songs of Travel'

Tickets: £10-£35 (U16 FREE)

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St Mary Magdalene South Molton

Friday 4 October 7.30pm

'ENCOUNTERS WITH GERSHWIN'

Violin & Vocals: Lizzie Ball

('Classical Kicks' at Ronnie Scott's)

Piano: James Pearson

(Artistic Director at Ronnie Scott's)

Ástor Piazzolla: 'Escualo'

James Layton (Oslo): 'After You've Gone'

(arr. Andrew Cottee ['Frozen'])

Jacob 'George' Gershwin (Brooklyn):

'The Man I Love' (arr. James Pearson)

Fritz Kreisler (Vienna): 'Praeludium & Allegro'

George Gershwin: 'Bess' from 'Porgy & Bess'

(arr. Jascha Heifetz [St Petersburg])

George Gershwin: 'Gershwin Finale Medley'

(arr. James Pearson)

Aaron Copland (Brooklyn): 'El Salón México'

(arr. James Pearson)

Manuel Ponce (Mexico): 'Estrellita'

(arr. Jascha Heifetz)

Fritz Kreisler: 'Liebesleid'

(arr. Sergei Rachmaninov [Novgorod])

Selections from the 'Great American Songbook'

(George Gershwin, Cole Porter [Indiana],

Eddie Heywood [Atlanta]/J Lawrence Cook [Tennessee]

Edward 'Duke' Ellington [Washington DC])

Louis 'Leonard' Bernstein (Massachusetts):

'West Side Story' Suite (arr. James Pearson)

Tickets: £15/£20 (U16 FREE)

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St Michael & All Angels Bampton

Saturday 5 October 11am

CONNAUGHT BRASS

(Winners: Philip Jones International)

Trumpets: Aaron Akugbo, Harry Plant

French Horn: Robyn Blair

Trombone: Chris Brewster

Tuba: Aled Meredith-Barrett

Robin Haigh (London/Irish): 'Get Good!'

Claude Debussy (Paris): 'Nuit d'Étoiles'

Jan Bach (Illinois): 'Fanfare' - 'Sarabande'

Florence Price (Arkansas): 'Night'

Henry Purcell (Westminster): 'Dido's Lament'

Jan Bach: 'Carioca'

Gabriel Fauré (Ariège): 'Pavane'

Jan Bach: 'Idyl' - 'Galop'

Gabriel Fauré: 'Aprés un Rêve'

Tickets: £18 (U16 FREE)

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St George Priory Church Dunster

Saturday 5 October 3pm

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S RECITAL

Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (London)

Harpsichord: Mahan Esfahani (Tehran)

G F Handel: Sonata in D

J S Bach: Sonata in G

František (Franz) Benda (Bohemia):

Sonata in A major L 3.98

W A Mozart: Sonata in Em

C P E Bach: Sonata in Cm

Tickets: £10 - £35 (U16 FREE)

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All Saints' Church Dulverton

Saturday 5 October 7.30pm

CARDUCCI QUARTET

(USA Concert Artists International

. Finland Kuhmo International)

Vioins: Matthew Denton

.     .     Michelle Fleming

Viola:  Eoin Schmidt-Martin

'Cello: Emma Denton

Josef Haydn (Rorau): Opus 20 No. 4

W A Mozart (Saltzberg): No' 17 'The Hunt'

Franz Schubert (Vienna): 'Death & the Maiden'

Tickets: £10 - £35 (U16 FREE)

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All Saints' Church Dulverton

Sunday 6 October 11.30am

CARDUCCI QUARTET

- FAMILY CONCERT

Tickets: £6

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St George Priory Church Dunster

Sunday 6 October 3pm

'Music on the Quantocks'

HARPSICHORD RECITAL

Harpsichord: Mahan Esfahani

J S Bach 'Well-Tempered Clavier' I

Tickets: £10 - £35 (U16 FREE)

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DARTMOOR: THURSDAY-SUNDAY 10-13 OCTOBER

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All Saints' Church Okehampton

Thursday 10 October 7.30pm

'TOWARDS THE DAWN'

Stile Antico:

Soprano: Helen Ashby,

Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey

Alto: Cara Curran,

Emma Ashby, Rosie Parker

Tenor: Andrew Griffiths,

Benedict Hymas, Jonathan Hanley

Bass: Gareth Thomas,

James Arthur, Nathan Harrison

John Wilbye (Norfolk): "Draw on Sweet Night"

Thomas Tallis (Kent):

"Te Lucis Ante Terminum"

John Ward (Canterbury): "Come Sable Night"

William Byrd (London): "Vigilate"

John Sheppard (Essex): "In Manus Tuas"

Gregorio Allegri (Rome): "Miserere Mei Deus"

Philippe Rogier (Arras)

& Thomas Morley (Norwich):

"Laboravi in Gemitu Meo"

Orlando di Lasso (Mons): "Toutes les Nuitz"

Nico Muhly (Vermont): 'Gentle Sleep'

Thomas Tallis: " O Nata Lux"

Claudio Monteverdi (Cremona)

after Torquato Tasso (Naples):

"Ecco Mormorar l'Onde"

John Taverner (Lincolnshire): "Ave Dei Patris Filia"

Tickets: £10 - £35 (U16 FREE)

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- - - - - SOLD OUT - - - - -

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Nichols Hall Lydford

Friday 11 October 6pm

'DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE'

'Palisander' Recorder Quartet

Lydia Gosnell ('Performing Through Art' - Founder)
Miriam Monaghan (English Chamber Orchestra)

Tabea Debus (La Serenissima/English Concert)

Caoimhe de Paor (Cork/ Handel House Talent)

J S Bach (Eisenach): Toccata & Fugue

(arr. Miriam Monaghan)

Diego Ortiz (Toledo): 'Recercada Secunda'

(arr. Miriam Monaghan)

Hildegard von Bingen: "O Virtus Sapientiae"

Traditional Italian: 'Tarantellas' II

(arr. Miriam Monaghan)

Maddelena Casulana (Siena): "Il Vostro Dispartir"

Jan Pietersz Sweelinck (Netherlands):

'Englesche Fortuyn' (arr. Miriam Monaghan)

Henry Purcell (Westminster):

'The Fairy Queen' - Hornpipe & Jig

Toby Young (Guildhall): 'Recorder Revolution!'

Traditional Greek: 'Mandilatos', 'Omorfoula'

Anonymous: 'Naturalis Concordia Vocum cum Planetis'

Miriam Monaghan: 'Kepler's Planets'

1. Saturn  2. Jupiter  3. Mars  4. Terre  5. Venus  6 Mercury

Agnes Dorwarth (Freiburg): 'Articulator' V

Anthony Holborne: 'The Fairie Round'

Tickets: £20 (£35 with Tamsin later U16 FREE for both)

Plus - A Supper of Soup and Bread: £5 (on the day)

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Nicholls Hall Lydford

Friday 11 October 8.30pm

'ANGELS & DEMONS'

Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Nicola Matteis: Fantasia in A minor

Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no. 24

Heinrich Biber: 'Guardian Angel'

Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe: Sonata IV

Giuseppe Tartini: 'The Devil's Trill'

(arr. Tamsin Waley-Cohen)

Niccolò Paganini: Caprice IX

J S Bach: Partita in E

Tickets: £20 (£35 with Palisander U16 FREE)

Supper of soup and bread 7.15pm - £5

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St Michael's Church Chagford

Saturday 12 October 11.30am

YOUNG MUSICIANS

COMPETITION WINNERS

Piano: Soho Park

L van Beethoven: Sonata VIII

('Pathetique') III Rondo - Allegro

Claude Debussy: Arabesque I

Aaron Copland: Scherzo Humoristique

('The Cat and The Mouse')

Flute: Natalie Drake

Eldin Burton: Sonatine

Amanda Harburg: 'Feathers and Wax'

Violin: Alexander Stejskal

Ernest Bloch: 'Baal Shem' -'Nigun'

J S Bach: Partita in Dm - Allemande

Antonio Bazzini: 'La Ronde de Lutins'

.     .     .     .     .   (The Goblins' Dance)

Piano: Robby Cassels

Claude Debussy: 'Isle Joyeuse'

Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise in F#m

Tickets £15 (U16 FREE)

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Ashburton Arts Centre

Saturday 12 October 3pm

'RECORDER REVOLUTION!'

- - - FAMILY CONCERT - - -

Palisander Recorder Quartet

Lydia Gosnell, Miriam Monaghan

Tabea Debus, Caoimhe de Paor

Early music's very own 'Spice Girls'

Tickets: £6

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Exeter Castle

Saturday 12 October 6pm & 8pm

PIANO RECITAL

Piano: George Xiaoyuan Fu (DC)

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op.27 No.1
.     .     .     .     .    Ballade No.3 in A Flat Major, Op.47

.     .     .     .     .    Nocturne Op.27 No.2

.     .     .     .     .    Ballade No.4 in F Minor, Op.52

Maurice Ravel: 'Gaspard de la Nuit'

Tickets: £20 (U16 FREE)

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- - - - - 6pm SOLD OUT - - - - -

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Exeter Castle

Sunday 13 October 3pm

FESTIVAL FINALE

Violin: Henning Kraggerud

(Bergen International Festival)

Piano: Clare Hammond

(Gloucestershire Piano Trust)

Narrator: Alistair McGowan

('The Big Impression' BBC1)

Jostein Gaarder ('Sophie's World')

& Henning Kraggerud:

'EQUINOX' - 4 Concerti

'Afternoon', 'Evening',

'Night', 'Morning'

25 'Postludes' depicting 24 hours &

24 time-zones with a 24-part

narrative circumnavigating the world

starting at Greenwich

Tickets: £20 (U16 FREE)

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Temple of Shibboleth

Totnes Barrel House

Friday 11 October 8pm

'IN THE SHADOW'

A Show in Two Acts

prog, jazz & folk

Leader: Billie Bottle

Vocals: Anna Batson

Flute: Viv Goodwin-Darke

Saxophone: Roz Harding

Percussion: Emma Holbrook

Tickets: £15 (advance £12/£10)

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Exeter Chamber Choir

Holy Cross Church Crediton

Saturday 12 October 7.30pm

'AUTUMN ALLSORTS'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Claudio Monteverdi: 'Cantate Domino'

J S Bach: "Lobet den Herr'n"

Anton Bruckner: "Locus Iste'

.     .     .     .     .   "Christus Factus Est"

.     .     .     .     .   "Os Justi"

Johannes Brahms: 'Geistliches Lied'

Josef Rheinberger: 'Abendleid'

Sergei Rachmaninov: "Богородице Дево"

Hubert Parry: "My Soul, There is a Country"

.     .     .     .    "I Know my Soul hath Power"

.     .     .     .    "Never Weather-Beaten Sail"

Nigel Walsh: "Bring Us, O Lord"

Charles Villiers Stanford: "Justorum Animae"

.     .     .     .     .     .     .     "Coelos Ascendit Hodie"

.     .     .     .     .     .     .     "Beati Quorum Via"

Laura Mvula: "Sing to the Moon"

Amy Beach: "Peace I Leave with You"

and, arranged by Andrew Daldorph:

- 'Moon river'

- 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'

- 'Blue Moon'

- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"

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

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Exeter Bach Choir

Salvation Army Temple Friars Gate

Saturday 19 October 10am-4.30pm

COME & SING 'MOZART REQUIEM'

Musical Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood

Accompanist: Sam Nickels

with Soloists from the

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

9.15am Registration

10.00am Warm-Up & First Session

11.20am Coffee

11.45am Second Session

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Third Session

3.20pm Tea

3.40-4.30pm Informal Sing-Through

with Royal Welsh College Soloists

Tickets: £22 (student £10)

Score Hire: £2 (Barenreiter)

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[Mozart Requiem Concert: Saturday 2 November]

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Voiceworx

Cullompton Community Centre

Saturday 19 October 2-9pm

'SING GOSPEL & JAZZ'

Singing Workshop & Concert

with Helen Porter & Karen Wimhurst

Registration 1.30pm

Singing Workshop 2-5pm

warm-ups, singing improvement

gospel & jazz styles, meet singers

Buffet Meal: 5-6.30pm

Concert: 7-9pm

Jazz Sets from Helen & Karen

Participants perform

Café style seating

Workshop: £25

Concert: £10

Workshop, Concert & Meal: £35

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Isca Ensemble

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 19 October 7.30pm

JOANNA LEACH

CELEBRATION CONCERT

Musical Director: Roger Hendy

Leader: Antony Clements

Giuseppe Verdi: 'La Forza del Destino'

Antonín Dvořák: Concerto for 'Cello

('Cello: Kacper Nowak)

Hector Berlioz: 'Symphonie Fantastique'

Tickets: Aisle £12 Mid Nave £20

Front Nave £24 (student/U18 £5)

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Baklava  Hatch Events

Hatch Barn Loddiswell

(Kingsbridge TQ7 4AJ)

Saturday 19 October 7.30pm

AN EVENING OF

MIDDLE EASTERN &

MEDITERRANEAN

MUSIC & SONG

Vocals & Percussion: Samar Zeki

Tombak: Majid Hedayat

Concertina: Julia Thomas

Oud: Russel Harris

Donations: £15 

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Blackdown Early Music Projects

All Saints' Church Culmstock

Friday 25 October 7.30pm

'THE KING'S FLUTES'

Music from the Court of Henry VIII

presented by 'Phaedrus'

Musical Director: Mara Winter

Voice & Lute: Emma-Lisa Roux

Recorders & Flutes: Charlotte Schneider

Flutes: Luis Martinez Pueyo

Tickets: £15 (stuent £8 U12 FREE)

Taunton TIC: 01823 340472

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Staircase Opera

1. Southernhay Church

. . Friday 1 November 7.30pm

2. St John's Bridgetown Totnes

. . Saturday 2 November 7.30pm

- - - 'STRONG WOMEN' - - -

Piano:  .    .     .   Kelvin Lim

Soprano:   .     .   Anna Gregory

.     .     .     .     .   Lisa Moffat

.     .     .     .     .   Donna-Marie Broomfield

Mezzo-Soprano: Grace Lovelass

.     .     .     .     .   Carolyn Harries

.     .     .     .     .   Gemma Santiago

.     .     .     .     .   Lauren Roscoe

Tickets: £16 (student £12 advance -£1)

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Exeter Bach Choir

St David's Church Exeter

Saturday 2 November 7.30pm

'MOZART REQUIEM'

Director of Music: John Lucas Wood

Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft

Soprano: Julia Featherstone

Alto: Anna Townsend

Tenor: Matthew Jeffrey

Bass: Julian Rippon

W A Mozart: "Ave Verum Corpus"

Aaron Copland: 'Appalachian Spring

Sir John Tavener: 'Song for Athene'

W A Mozart: 'Requiem in D minor'

(completed by Franz Süßmayr 1792)

Tickets: £22 (advance £20)

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Staircase Opera

St Luke's Chapel

Sunday 3 November 10am-5pm

OPERA PERFORMANCE

MASTERCLASS

Pianist & Coach: Kelvin Lim

Soprano & Coach: Anna Gregory

5 x 30min coaching sessions

morning & afternoon

Tickets: 1 session £50

.     .     . 2 sessions £95

small charge to join audience

Info: Carolyn Harries

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir

& The Handel Sinfony

Holy Trinity Church Exmouth

Saturday 9 November 7.30pm

HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH'

Conductor: Howard Ionascu

Soprano: Sam Cobb

Alto: Luthien Brackett

Tenor: Oscar Golden-Lee

Bass: James Geidt

Tickets £20 unreserved

Box Office: 0333 666 3366

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Ottery St Mary Choral Society

St David's Players

Lympstone Band

Exeter University Great Hall

Saturday 9 November 7.30pm

'CLASSICS GALORE!'

Compère: Victoria Graham

(BBC Spotlight presenter)

Music ranging from

the Hallelujah Chorus to

the theme from 'Superman'

Tickets: Front Stalls £19 (U16 £12)

Rear Stalls £21/£12

Middle Stalls £22/£12

Gallery Side/Back £28/£17

Gallery Centre £30/£17

Box (1 remaining) £30

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Clyst Valley Choral Society

1. St Mary's Clyst St Mary

. . Saturday 16 November 7.30pm

2. Holy Trinity Exmouth

. . Sunday 17 November 7.30pm

- - HAYDN 'THE CREATION' - -

Musical Director: Paul Stock

Orchestra Leader: Sally Bull

Tickets: £10 (advance £8.50)

Topsham Bookshop: 877895

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Red Earth Opera

1. St Martin/Mary Chudleigh

. . Saturday 16 November 7.30pm

2. St Luke's Countess Wear

. . Sunday 17 November 7pm

AUTUMN GALA CONCERT

Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown

Soprano: Lisa Moffat

Baritone: James Quilligan

Red Earth Opera chorus & orchestra

Tickets: £15/£12

Box Office: 07790 889709

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The Torbay Singers

St Matthias Church Torquay

(Babbacombe Road TQ1 1HQ)

Saturday 23 November 7pm

'MAGNIFICAT & DIXIT'

Musical Director: Matthew Cann

Devon Amici Orchestra

Leader: Julie Hill

John Rutter: 'Magnificat'

G F Handel: 'Disit Dominus'

Soprano: Bel Hartley

.     .     .   Maia Carter-Oakley

Alto:    .   Celia Stoddart

Tenor:  .   Matthew Jeffrey

Bass:    .   Julian Rippon

Tickets: £18 (advance £15 U25 FREE)

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