Friday, 25 October 2024

November 2024

Michael Morpurgo
'WAR HORSE CONCERT'

Music & Song: Ben Murray
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 13 November

 

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St David's Players
Barnfield Theatre
Friday 25 October 7.30pm
Saturday 26 October 2.30 & 7.30pm
'YEOMEN OF THE GUARD'
Tickets: £19.50 (Sat Eve: £17)
exeternorthcott.co.uk/book
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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 (student £8 U12 FREE)
Taunton TIC: 01823 340472
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Montagfire Theatre
'The Bookery' Crediton
Tuesday 29 October 7pm
'THE SIGNALMAN'
a short story by
Charles Dickens
Reader: Lee Rawlings
Tickets: £5
ticketsource.co.uk
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Ashburtons Arts
Ashburton Arts Centre
Tuesday 29 October 7.30pm
VIVALDI & FRIENDS
Violin: Rodolfo Richter
Violin: Pierre Joubert
Lute: William Carter
(Academy of Ancient Music)
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jean-Marie Leclair
Henry Purcell
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Tickets: £15/£10/£7
(according to means)
wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts
boxoffice@ashburtonarts.org.uk
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Shake on the Exe
Cygnet New Theatre
Wed 30 Oct - Sun 3 Nov
7.30pm Wed-Sat
2pm Sat/Sun
'MACBETH'
Directors:
Sarah Tosdevin
David Finlay
Tickets: £13.80
wegottickets.com/
cygnettheatre
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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]
TOTNES CONCERT CANCELLED
- - - '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 £15/£11)
staircaseopera@gmail.com
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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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ticketsource.co.uk/exeterbachchoir
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Buckfast Abbey Choir
& Southern Sinfonia
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 2 November 7.30pm
DURUFLÉ REQUIEM
Musical Director: Matthew Searles
Organist: Charles Maxtone-Smith
Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk/events
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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
staircaseopera@gmail.com
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EmecDiscos
St John's Bridgehown
Monday 4 November 7pm
BRUCH VIVALDI
RACHMANINOFF
'Cello: Michael Kevin Jones
Piano: John Bryden
Tickets: £10
(student/child FREE)
info@emecdiscos.com
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English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm
Saturday 9 November 7.30pm
'THE SNOW MAIDEN'
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakoff
Director: Olivia Fuchs
Conductor: Hannah Quinn
English with surtitles
Tickets: £35
exeternorthcott.co.uk/events
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Autumn Evening Events
St Thomas Library
Emmanuel Hall EX4 1HJ
Thursday 7 November 7pm
Richard Skinner
Andy Brown
Tickets: £2
01392 407061
stthomas.library@
librariesunlimited.org.uk
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English Touring Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 8 November
'DER BLOND ECKBERT'
Adaptation: Judith Weir
co-produced with Britten Pears Arts
"DO NOT TAKE THIS STORY
FOR A FAIRYTALE"
Music from the period when Ludwig Tieck
was writing 'Der Blond Eckbert'
Beethoven, Haydn, Mariana Martines
Director: Robin Norton Hale
Music Director: Gerry Cornelius
Soprano: Abigail Kelly
Mezzo Soprano: Amy J Payne
Tenor: Matthew McKinney
Baritone: Mark Nathan
German & Italian with surtitles
Tickets: £35
exeternorthcott.co.uk
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Concert for Little Ones
St Nicholas' Priory
Saturday 9 November 2-3pm
FAIRY TALES IN OPERA
PIANO MUSIC
Piano:     John Draisey
Soprano: Jane Anderson-Brown
.     .     .   Kara Malton
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Narrator: Stephen Brown
Arias, duets and trios from
Engelbert Humperdinck:
‘Hänsel und Gretel’
Gioachino Rossini: ‘La Cenerentola’
W. A. Mozart: ‘The Magic Flute’
Jonathan Dove (2007):
‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’
Antonín Dvořák‘Rusalka’ (Mermaid)
Henry Purcell: ‘The Fairy Queen’
Edward MacDowell: Piano Solos 
Quizzes for children and their parents
& audience participation!
Admission FREE (please book)
eventbrite.com/e/concert-for-little-ones-
fairy-tales-in-opera-and-piano-music-tickets
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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
exeterphilharmonic.org.uk
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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
ticketsource.co.uk
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Collegium Singers &
South West Baroque Orchestra
St James' Church Taunton
Saturday 9 November 7.30pm
HANDEL: 'DIXIT DOMINUS'
Guest Director: Andrea Brown
Leader: Michael Williamson
G F Handel: "Dixit Dominus"
G P Telemann: Gamba Concerto
Viola da Gamba:
Jacqui Robertson-Wade
Claudio Monteverdi:
"Cantate Domino"
Tickets: £18 (student £9 U12 FREE)
Taunton TIC: 01823 34047
collegiumsingers.org.uk
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Rathbones Sponsored Events
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 13 November 7pm
WAR HORSE CONCERT
with Michael Morpurgo
reading and abridged version
of 'War Horse' (1982)
accompanied by music and
songs from the play (2007)
Songman: Ben Murray
founder of 'Tarras' (1997)
Tickets: £15 (child £5)
ticketsource.co.uk/
exetercathedral
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Exeter Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 15 November 7.30pm
WARMING WINTER RECITAL
Madeleine Shaw - Eamon Mulhall
Tim Mirfin - Ellen Wiles
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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
Soprano: Josie Walledge
Tenor: William Collins
Bass: Jason Bomford
Tickets: £10 (advance £8.50)
Topsham Bookshop: 877895
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Morning Charity Concert
St Paul's Church Honiton
Saturday16 November 11am
MOZART & ROSSINI
Soprano: Kara Malton
Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Piano: Richard Lucas
'Il Barbiere di Siviglia'
'Le Nozze di Figaro'
'La Cenerentola'
'L'Italiana in Algeri'
'La Clemanza di Tito'
Piano Solos
Admission FREE
Retiring Collection
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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
ticketsource.co.uk/southdevonsingers
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The Orchard Café Quartet
St Mary's Church Luppitt
Friday 22 November 7pm
A CANDLELIT
EVENING OF MUSIC
Leader: Rebecca Willson
J S Bach - Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Pachelbel
Karl Jenkins
Tickets: £15/£20
Mo Hicks: 07704 583077
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InFocus
St Nicholas Topsham
Saturday 23 November 7pm
JOY OF GOSPEL DEVON
Vocals: Joy Parke
Craig Milverton Trio
Tickets: 07951 922570
fundraising@infocus-charity.org.uk
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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)
torbaysingers.org
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Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Sinfonietta
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 24 November 7.30pm
HANDEL'S 'SOLOMON'
Musical Director: Simon Dunbavand
Soprano: Harriet Oakley
.     .     .   Keri Fuge (Queen)
Countertenor: Solomon Hayes
.     .     .     .    .     . (Solomon)
Tenor: Jonathan Lucas Wood
.     .     .     .     .      . (Zadok)
Bass: Tim Murfin (The Levite)
Tickets: £25 (student/U16 £10)
Box Office: 01803 847070
dartington.org/events
boxoffice@dartington.org
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Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Southernhay Church
Saturday 30 November 7.30pm
"THIS GLORIOUS LAND"
Conductor: Arturo Serna
Leader Clare Marchant
Sir Edward Elgar: Symphony I
George Butterworth:
'A Shropshire Lad'
- Rhapsody for Orchestra
Gustav Holst: 'A Somerset Rhapsody'
Tickets: £15 (U18 £1)
ticketsource.co.uk
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Album Launch
St James' Church Teignmouth
Saturday 30 November 7.30pm
'THE WHISPERING BONES'
Composer & Vocalist:
Ulrika-Igraine Muñoz-Alarcón
Violin: Nick Wyke
Flutes: Jon Dyer
Hurdy-Gurdy: Steve Tyler
Travel through love, despair,
pain and humour in an evening
performance of haunting folk music
Tickets: £7
ulrikaigraine.co.uk
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Readings from Dickens
1. St Margaret's Topsham
. . Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm
2. All Saints Kenton
. . Tuesday 17 December 7.30pm
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Reader: Lee Rawlings
Tickets: £5
Topsham Bookshop: 877895
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Exeter Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Sunday 8 December 2.30pm
HANDEL MESSIAH
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East Devon Choral Society
St Peter's Church Tiverton
Saturday 14 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
& CANDLELIGHT
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
with orchestral players
Tickets: £12 (U18 FREE)
ticketsource.co.uk
Info: 01884 253494
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East Devon Choral Society
St Peter's Church Tiverton
Saturday 26 April 7.30pm
J S BACH
MASS IN B MINOR
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
with orchestra
Tickets: TBC
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