June 2026

David Acres
Counterpoint Choir
1,000 Years of Sacred Choral Music
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 27 June

Glenorchy Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exeter

Saturday 20 June 2.30pm

SUMMERTIME SPECIAL CONCERT

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Tim Laurence-Othen

Tickets: £8

Proceeds to Glenorchy 2026 Mission Partners

Exeter Hospice

Devon Freewheelers (Blood Bikes)

Rehoboth Community in Zimbabwe

Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Southernhay Church Exeter

Saturday 20 June 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT

Conductor: Michael Graham

Leader: Colin Albery

Jean Sibelius: 'En Saga' (1892)

Malcolm Arnold: Overture Op. 51 (1955)

(Robert Burns: 'Tam O'Shanter' 1790)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony V (1943)

Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)

Family Ticket (2+2): £25

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Kenton Koncerts

All Saints Church Kenton

Saturday 27 June 11.45am

'CLAIRE DE LUNE et PASSION'

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Tim Laurence-Othen

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson et Dalila'

"Printemps, qui Commence"

Claude Debussy: 'Suite Bergamasque'

(3rd Movement: 'Claire de Lune')

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson et Dalila'

("Mon Coeur s'Ouvre à ta Voix")

Georges Bizet: 'Carmen' ('Sequidille')

Admission: FREE

Counterpoint Choir

Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 27 June 7.30pm
A THOUSAND YEARS OF
SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

Musical Director: David Acres
Hildegard von Bingen: "O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti"

("O Fire of the Spirit, the Comforter")
Heinrich Isaac: 'Virgo Prudentissima' (part 1)

("Quo progrederis quasi aurora valde rutilans?"

- "Where are you going, glowing brightly as the dawn?") Juan Gutierrez de Padilla: "Deus in adiutorium meum intende"

(Psalm 70: "O God come to my assistance.") . . . . . . . ."Circumdederunt me dolores mortis"

(Psalm 114: "The sorrows of death have surrounded me." Thomas Tomkins: "O sing unto the Lord" Robert Lucas Pearsall: "Tu es Petrus"

("You are Peter, [and upon this rock I will build my Church].") Sergei Rachmaninov: "богородице дево"

(All Night Vigil 1916: "Rejoice, O Virgin.") Jonathan Spilman: "Flow gently sweet Afton"

(Transylvania 1837 arrangement of Robert Burns' poem 1791) [in honour of Mary O’Shea Hayward]
C. Rand Matheson: "Be still my soul" (arrangement of Jean Sibelius' 'Finlandia')
Bob Chilcott: "Were you there?" Graham Keitch: "O God, whose hand hath spread the sky" Joanna L’Estrange: "Drop, Drop Slow Tears" Dan Forrest: "Good Night Dear Heart" Ivo Antognini: "O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum"

(Christmas Matins: "O great mystery and wonderful sacrament")

[that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!] Owain Park: "Here is the little door"

(Frances Chesterton 1918: adoration of the magi) Native American Melody: "Darkness Falls" (Text and edition: David Acres) Michael John Trotta: "Ubi Caritas et Amor, Deus ibi est"

(Paulinus Aquileia AD796: "Where Charity and Love are, There God is.") Eric Whitacre: 'Sleep'

Tickets: £15

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Exeter Chamber Choir

Crediton Parish Church

Sunday 28 June 3pm

'THE GOLDEN HOURS'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Piano: Alex Wilson

James MacMillan: "O Radiant Dawn"

Eric Whitacre: 'Water Night'

Jeremy Rawson: 'Early One Morning'

PIANO INTERLUDE

Stephen Paulus: 'The Road Home'

. . . . . "The Day is Done"

Andrew Daldorph: 4 Summer Songs

'In the Morning'

'The Heat of the Day'

'The Warmth of the Evening'

'The Calmness of Night'

Andrew Daldoph: Arrangements

"As Time Goes By"

"The Way You Look Tonight"

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)

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Exeter Chamber Choir

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Tuesday 30 June 7.30pm

'THE GOLDEN HOURS'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Piano: Alex Wilson

James MacMillan: "O Radiant Dawn"

Eric Whitacre: 'Water Night'

Jeremy Rawson: 'Early One Morning'

PIANO INTERLUDE

Lucy Walker: 'Today'

. . . . 'Twilight'

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Calme de Nuits'

Andrew Daldorph: 4 Summer Songs

'In the Morning'

'The Heat of the Day'

'The Warmth of the Evening'

'The Calmness of Night'

INTERVAL

Gustav Holst: 'Balfour Gardner'

Stephen Paulus: 'The Road Home'

. . . . . "The Day is Done"

Andrew Daldoph: Arrangements

"As Time Goes By"

"The Way You Look Tonight"

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)

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