Tuesday 5 June 2012

Concerts from the start of June - 2012!

An extraordinary violinist: Emma Welton
Exeter Contemporary Sounds play 'Back There on Earth'
Exeter Phoenix / Queen's Theatre Barnstaple


A Multi-Media Masterpiece:
Simon Belshaw's
Between the Moon and the Earth
Violins: Emma Welton & Julie Hill
Viola: Andrew Gillett, 'Cello: Jane Pirie
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Exeter Phoenix
Sunday 27 May 8pm
BACK THERE ON EARTH
(to be repeated Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, 7 June)
Simon Belshaw: Between the Moon and the Earth
Steve Reich: Different Trains
Paul Whitty: Bury Your Love Like Treasure
Violins: Julie Hill Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pirie
Tickets: £10 - of which £1 goes to 'Love Arts'
(Student/U21 £5 - suitable for anyone over 12)
More detailsExeter Contemporary Sounds Blog

A victim of his own corruption
Faye Hutchinson is Orlando
in a gender-reversed
'Measure for Measure'
- 'Twisted Virtue'
Shakespeare: No Copyright
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Thursday 31 May - Saturday 2 June
PROGRAMME A
5.30pm: 'Vice'
(exploring themes of 'Macbeth'
'Othello' and 'Richard III')
Director: Ellie Chadwick
7.00pm: 'Love's Fine Wit'
3 Modern love stories reflecting
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Writer: Laura Baggs
Director: Mikkel Hamik
8.15pm: 'Measure for Measure: Twisted Virtue'
A traditional Shakespeare Play,
with the gender roles reversed
Director: Raphael Massie
Tickets: Unreserved
all 3 plays: £10 (student £5)
any 2 plays: £6 (student £4)
any 1 play: £4 (student £2)
Box Office: 01392 493493
Northcott Website

Catherine Miles
EUSO tympanist
Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral Green/Cathedral
Monday 4 June 1pm
ONE HOUR CLASSICAL RECITAL
FREE to attend
There will be two hour recitals at:
'The Ram', Exeter University
(Friday 8 June 5pm)
Mint Methodist Church, Fore St, Exeter
(Saturday 9 June 7.30pm)
Full details in 8/9 June listing




Director: Rosie Frecker
Producer: Charlotte Monk-Chipman
Exeter University Theatre Company Footlights
Reed Hall, Exeter University
Monday 4 June - Thursday 7 June 7.30pm
Stephen Sondheim: A LITTLE LIGHT MUSIC
(Music based on Mozart's Duport Variations)
Producer: Charlotte Monk-Chipman
Director: Rosie Frecker
Musical Director: Naomi Shaddick
The Liebeslieder Singers
(Will Kelleher, BEn Thomas, rosa Brook,
Jonathan Wood, Francesca Barberis)
15 Piece Orchestra
Antonia Vickers is Desiree Armfeldt
Ed Johnson is Fredrik Egerman
Katie Thomas is Ann Egerman
Dave Wall is Henrik Egerman
Rosamund Frost is Madame Armfeldt
Nick Kenchington is Carl-Magnus Malcolm
Rosie Archer is Charlotte Malcolm
Charlotte Luxton is Petra
Phoebe Mulcahy is Fredrika Armfeldt
Tickets: £8 (black tie optional)


Killerton Gardens
Jazz in the Garden
Killerton House Gardens
Tuesday 5 June 2.30-4.30pm
JUBILEE CELEBRATION
normal admission charges:
Adult £6.10 Child 2.90
National Trust Members FREE
Entertainment FREE
Bring a picnic
Further Details: 01392 881345




Director Paul McClure


Exeter University Chamber Orchestra
Ram Beer Garden, Exeter University
Tuesday 5 June 5-7pm
Informal Recital
(Repeated at the Chapter House on Saturday)
Conductor: Paul McClure
J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4
John Ireland: Downland Suite
Joseph Haydn: 'Cello Concerto (Mvts I & II)
Tomaso Albinoni: Double Concerto for Oboe
Admission FREE





Viva Voce at Crediton
Viva Voce
Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton
Wednesday 6 June 12.30pm
St Michael's Church, Exeter
Thursday 7 June 12.30pm
'MADRIGALS & MOTETS'
A choir of 19-23 year old singers
from Falmouth will perform
extacts from their Falmouth/Penryn show
Admission FREE - retiring collection




The Coull Quartet
St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton
Thursday 7 June 7.30pm
THE COULL QUARTET
violins: Roger Coull & Philip Gallaway
viola: Rose Redgrave
'Cello: Nicholas Roberts
1820s A Golden Decade
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat (1829)
Franz Schubert: Quartet in A minor (1824)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in F (1826)
Tickets: £12 (child £6) available on the door
Advance Booking: download ticket request


Emma Welton
evokes the outer darkness
'Between the Moon
and the Earth'
Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Queen's Theatre Studio, Barnstaple
Thursday 7 June 8pm
BACK THERE ON EARTH
(a repeat of the concert at Exeter Phoenix on 3 June)
Simon Belshaw: Between the Moon and the Earth
Steve Reich: Different Trains
Paul Whitty: Bury Your Love Like Treasure
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pirie
Tickets: £10 - of which £1 goes to 'Love Arts'
(Student/U21 £5 - suitable for anyone over 12)
More details: Exeter Contemporary Sounds Blog


Faye Hutchinson
in Friday night's after show
question & answer session
(Right: Melissa Barrett
Left: Kathrin Rosenberger)
ShakespeareNo Copyright
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Thursday 7 June - Saturday 9 June
PROGRAMME B
5.30pm: 'Set Me Free'
Shakespeare's 'Tempest
with music and dance
Director: Nora Williams
Assistant Direc:tor: Laura Baggs
Musical Director: Marcus Frewin-Ridley
6.45pm: 'Timon of Athens'
set in a modern city
Writer: Noelle Fair Ciccarelli
8.30pm: 'Stone No More'
The cast of 'The Winter's Tale' dance and sing
to bring Hermione's statue to life.
Includes Ben Jonson's 'The Masque of Oberon'
Director: Raphael Massie
Tickets: Unreserved
all 3 plays: £10 (student £5)
any 2 plays: £6 (student £4)
any 1 play: £4 (student £2)
Box Office: 01392 493493
Northcott Website


Sammy Buzzard plays treble
Steve Mason conducts
- and playing 'cello:
EUCO President Milly Bowen
Exeter University Chamber Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Saturday 9 June 1pm
Informal Recital
Conductor: Paul McClure
J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4
John Ireland: Downland Suite
Joseph Haydn: 'Cello Concerto (Mvts I & II)
Tomaso Albinoni: Double Concerto for Oboe
Admission FREE







Molly Lopresti-Richards
Young Musician of the Year 2012
Percussion Finalist
plays Damien Harron's
'Another Street Song'
for marimba and orchestra
Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
'The Ram' Exeter University
Friday 8 June 5pm
Mint Methodist Church, Fore St, Exeter
Saturday 9 June 7.30pm
TWO HOUR RECITAL
Damien Harron: Another Street Song
(Marimba Soloist: Molly Lopresti
- percussion runner-up in 2012
  Young Musician of the Year)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 2
(Piano Soloist: Veronika Shoot)
Stephen Verhelst: A Song for Japan
(Trombone soloist:
Tilman Schulz-Klingner)
Hubert Parry: Jerusalem*
Sir Edward Elgar:
Pomp and Circumstance March*
Henry Wood:
Fantasia on British Sea Songs*
(*Tenor Soloist: Jonathan Wood)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite
Tickets: £6 (student £4)


Weng Soon Tee
takes first prize as
Taunton Young Singer of the Year
Taunton Sinfonietta
Temple Methodist Church, Taunton
Saturday 9 June 7.30pm
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in F
(Piano Soloist: Weng Soon Tee
- Taunton Young Musician of the Year)
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 3 violins
Bela Bartok: Romanian Dances
Frederick Delius: Two Aquarelles
Tickets: £15 (student £5)
Advance booking: Taunton TIC 01823 336344
Taunton Sinfonietta Website


Jonathan Watts conducts
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 10 June 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF FRENCH MUSIC
Gabriel Fauré: 'Pavanne', 'Messe Basse'
'Cantique de Jean Racine'
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles Gounod
Director of Music: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £14 (student/U16 £5)
Box Office: 01803 847070
Dartington Hall Website



Ella Janes
ExTunes
The Old Firehouse, Exeter
Sunday 10 June
END OF TERM EXTRAVAGANZA
7pm: Lucy O'Connor & Jonathan Radmall
7.30: Charlie Baldwin
8pm: Ollie Bond
8.30: Emma Baker & Tim Raybould
9pm: Cygnets
(violin-Jo Childs, percussion-Emma Coombe
guitars & vocals-Rowan Kirk & Charlie Fraser)
9.45: Pigasus
(Bass-Ian, Guitars-Dale & Ed, Fiddle-Moz,
flute-Hannah, whistle-Lana)
10.30: Semi-Toned
(Jon MInter, Simon Eaton, Jack Telfer St Claire,
Theo Cowper, Jamie Blencowe, Eddie Henley,
Ben Dale, Jonathan Wood, Joe Lane, Ed Jillings)
11pm: The Ella Janes Band
(Ella Janes, Matt Hurst-Smith, Livie Cartwright,
Will Morgan, Michael Hussein)
To be repeated 15 & 22 July


St David's Players
Kalendar Hall, South Street
Tuesday 12 June 7.30pm
Gilbert & Sullivan
PRINCESS IDA
(or 'Castle Adamant')
Rehearsals & Auditions
for Barnfield run
Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 Oct
Producer: Susan Gunn-Johnson
Musical Director: Nicky Perry



Women of the Choral Society
. . . and the men.
The Students' Guild
Alumni Auditorium
Forum Centre
Exeter University
Tuesday 12 June 7pm
CHORAL SOCIETY
AND COMPOSITION
SCHOLARS CONCERT
Scholars' original compositions
W A Mozart: Spaur Mass
(Missa Brevis in C Major)
Suggested donation: £1


Divertimento Entertainments
St Peter's Church, Budleigh Salterton
Wednesday 13 June 7.30pm
RECITAL FOR STRINGS & FLUTE
Bach, Rossini, Vivaldi, Telemann,
Mendelssohn, Bartok
Tickets: details to follow
Divertimento Website


Voces at Buckfast Abbey
(Voces website)
Voces Renaissance Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 16 June 7.30-8.45pm
(between Vespers & Compline)
PALESTRINA vs LASSUS
(Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina &
Orlande de Lassus both died 1594
- Palestrina 2 Feb, Lassus 14 June)
Admission & Parking FREE


Palestrina: Agnus Dei, Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, Magnificat primi toni (double choir)
                     Sicut Cervus, Dum Complerentur, Duo Ubera
Lassus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera (double choir), Timor et Tremor, Resonet in Laudibus
                Gloria, Magnificat Quarti Toni (on Anchor che col partire), Veni Sancte Spiritus



'War of the Roses' Season
Poltimore House Gardens
Saturday 16 June 7pm
HENRY V
Elysium Theatre Company
(Exeter University MA Students)
& RSC Open Stages
Tickets: £5
(bring your own furniture!
- come early for a picnic)
Advance booking/details: 01392 248938
email: events@poltimore.org  website



Informal Concert: Schola Exe
Exeter Cathedral Quire
Sunday 17 June 4.30pm
Young choristers (15-18) from
Cathedral & Devon Junior Choirs
Choral and solo vocal pieces
Schola Exe webpage


Willy Briggs, Rebecca Willson
Yann Mahdjoub, Chris Willkinson
The Zazou Cowboys
Camber Sands, Essex
Sunday 17 June 1pm
JERRY CHATABOX
ROCKABILLY RAVE
(27 acts 14-18 June)
Violinist Rebecca Willson joins
the band for 1940s rockabilly
and Western Swing - fabulous!
Closer to home: The Zazou Cowboys
will be at the Rusty Bike on 17 July
- er, no. That was last year!


Chapterhouse Theatre Company
perform Jane Austen's
'Pride & Prejudice'
Theatre in the Garden
Killerton House Gardens
Thursday 21 June 7pm
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
performed by
Chapterhouse Theatre Company
Tickets: £15 (child £10) on-line
- bring your own furniture!
Supper (Killerton Kitchen): £12.50


Flip Webster
&
Maggie Bourgein

Theatrefest Week
Gallery@QT, Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple:
Thursday 21 June 7.30pm
Friday 22 June 9pm
Saturday 23 June 1.30pm
WOMEN OF AN UNCERTAIN AGE
Maggie Bourgein & Flip Webster
dissect 21st century life through
sketches, monologues, song & dance
(Maggie and Flip will give us full details
on 'Classical Journey' Tues 19 June)
To be repeated at:
Exeter Ignite Festival
Bikeshed Theatre:
2, 3 & 7 July




Richard III
'War of the Roses' Season
Exeter University Forum Piazza
Friday 22 June 1.30pm
HENRY IV
Saturday 23 June 11am
RICHARD III
Saturday 23 June 3pm
HENRY IV
(These are now the right times, dear listeners)
Elysium Theatre Company
(Exeter University MA Students)
& RSC Open Stages
Tickets: £5 each (both on Sat £8)

(bring your own furniture!
- come early for a picnic)

Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Northcott website



Emily Pimm Edwards
Ballet Cymru
Ballet Cymru
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 22 June 7.30pm
THE TEMPEST
A musical setting by Jean Sibelius
(Coreography by Ballet Cymru
Director, Darius James)
Tickets: £12.50-£20.50
Student standby: £8
School groups: £7.50 per head
Box Office: 01392 493493 & Northcott website




Jemma Beatty
Ballet Cymru

Ballet Cymru
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Saturday 23 June 2.30pm
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
from Roald Dahl's 'Revolting Rhymes'
A musical setting by Paul Patterson
(Coreography by Ballet Cymru
Director, Darius James)
Tickets: £12.50
(3-6 together - £11 per head)
Student standby: £8
School groups: £7.50 per head
Box Office: 01392 493493 & Northcott website



SHALDON FESTIVAL 21-24 JUNE

(Box Office: 01392 445275 & Festival Website)



View from Shaldon
Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon
Thursday 21 June - Sunday 24 June 7.30pm

Thursday 21 June: The King's Singers
Friday 22 June: Chetham School Orchestra
Saturday 23 June: Choral Workshop (from 10am)
(Director: Jonathan Watts, Piano: Peter Adcock
Soprano: Ruth Jenkins, Mezzo Soprano: Helen Evora)
Sunday 24 June: Notos Quartet
Festival Website
 for full details




The King's (College, Cambridge) Singers
(Tim Wayne-Wright - CP 2, Steven Connolly- Bass,
Chris Bruerton - Bar 1, David Hurley - CP 1,
Paul Phoenix - Tenor, Chris Grabbitas - Bar 2)
Photo by Alex MacNaughton
Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon
Thursday 21 June 7.30pm
The King's Singers
ROYAL RHYMES & ROUNDS
Secular music from the reigns of
Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & Victoria
Tickets: £20 (side aisle £15 student £5)
U17 accompanied - FREE
Booking details below
Festival Website for full details




Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon
Friday 22 June 7.30pm

Chetham's Showcase Concert
Talented string, woodwind & brass
players from Chetham's School in Manchester
Tickets: £10 (student £5)
U17 accompanied - FREE
Booking details below
Festival Website for full details


Peter Adcock


Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon
Saturday 23 June
 10am-6pm
(Informal Concert 7.30pm)
Choral Workshop Day
Director: Jonathan Watts
Pianist: Peter Adcock
Soprano: Ruth Jenkins
Mezzo Soprano: Helen Evora
Join the Shaldon Festival Choir to prepare
Handel's Messiah for an evening performance
Optional Rehearsal: 16 June 9.30am-12.30pm
Ruth Jenkins
at St Peter's Church in Shaldon
Choir Fee: £15 (student £5)
U17 accompanied - FREE
Early booking advised
Enquiries: Ann Pardoe 01626 873709
ap@pardoe78.demon.co.uk
Festival Website for full details











The Notos Quartet
Sindri Lederer, Florian Streich
Antonia Köster (piano), Liisa Randalu
Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon

Sunday 24 June 7.30pm
The Notos Quartet
(Winners of the 2011 Parkhouse Award)
Ernő Donhányi: Piano Quartet in F# minor
William Walton: Piano Quartet
Antonin Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat
Tickets: £15 (side aisle £10 student £5)
U17 accompanied - FREE
Booking details below
Festival Website for full details


Shaldon Festival logo
SHALDON FESTIVAL BOOKING DETAILS
Online Ticket Sales (10% booking fee)
Order by post - with cheque & S.A.E.
Malcolm Watson
Shaldon Festival Secretary
Greenbank,
Higher Ringmore Road
SHALDON TQ14 0EZ
Enquiries: 01626 873492
Festival Website for full details




- END OF SHALDON FESTIVAL -


Exeter Little Theatre Company
Exeter Barnfield Theatre
Friday 22 June 7.30pm
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Tickets: £9/£7
Box Office 01392  270891
Barnfield Website






Tashi Lhunpo Monks
from Tibet
HOME2012
Dartington Hall's 14th Century Courtyard
Friday 22 June 7pm till late
Saturday 23 June 12.30 till late

Friday:
Tashi Lhunpo Monks
Solarference
Ryoko Nuruki
The Dohn Foundation
Tickets: £20 (allows 1 U16 FREE)
Concessions: £15/12.50  Students: £10

Idrissa Camara
Artistic Director of
Ballet Nimba from Guinea
Saturday:
A vast line-up!
(see Dartington Website for full details)
Acts include:
Show of Hands
Charlotte Church
James Froud Band
Ben and Alfie
Ballet Nimba
Malleticious (self-explanatory!)
South West Music School
Tickets: £45 (includes 1 U16 FREE)
Concessions: £35  Students: £30





Marimba Duo: Malleticious
Molly Lopresti & Harriet Riley
Two Day Ticket: £58/43.50/36
Overnight camping/caravan
£7 per person

Box Office: 01803 847070
or book on-line



To find out about being a volunteer
at HOME2012 contact Sarah Lawrence
01803 847082 sarah.lawrence@dartington.org


Wonfest - Midsummer Arts Festival
22 -24 June, Wonford House Hospital
Dryden Road, Exeter EX2 5AF

Click blue links below for further details:
  • Refuge
    Friday 22 June: Free lunchtime concert
    Wonford House Ballroom
    acoustic rock band, Refuge
  • 2pm: Exotic Wild Things Project,
    animal encounter
    Russell Clinic Veranda
    Ian Heginworth 
  • Clive Betts
    Saturday 23 June 10am - 3pm:Art ExhibitionThe corridors of Wonford House
    Lowarn Edwards
    The First Fleet, arts workshop

    led by DPT Art Psychotherapist

    Malcolm Learmonth

    please do your boat doodle 
    here
    Drama workshops
    led by Dramatherapist
    Sharlene Young
  • Sunday 24 June 3pm:
    Cream tea and live jazz

    Russell Clinic Veranda
  • Evening: classical guitar recital
    The Cedars

    Clive Betts

    (N.B. Clive's recital is for staff and inpatients only)
This festival is made possible by the Chairman’s Initiative Fund.
All events FREE
but it will be possible to make donations for future events.

Further details from Henry Dunn henry.dunn@nhs.net
or 01392 221241


Torbay Singers
Musical Director: Tina Guthrie
Torbay Singers
All Saints Church, Babbacombe
Saturday 23 June
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Sir Michael Tippett: Spirituals from "A Child or Our Time"
Hubert Parry: "Blest Pair of Sirens"
Musical Director: Tina Guthrie
Tickets: £10 (U16 accompanied Free) reserve online
Details: 02803 867872
Torbay Singers Website


Tessa Gaukroger
is Rosalind
'As You Like It'
Cygnet New Theatre Company
Poltimore House Gardens
(if raining - in the chapel)
Thur 28 June - Sat 30 June 7pm
AS YOU LIKE IT
Rosalind: Tessa Gaukroger
Celia: Lucy Theobald
Touchstone: Matthew Neighbour
Orlando: Scott Goodaire
Tickets: £10 (child £5)
01392 277189
CygnetArts@btconnect.com
Cygnet website
Poltimore website



The Playgoers Society of Dartington Hall
The Old Tennis Court, Dartington Space
Friday 29 June - Saturday 30 June 7.30pm
(Matinee Saturday 30 June 2.30pm)
Monday 2 July - Saturday 7 July 7.30pm
(picnics from 6pm)
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Director: Anthea Roberts
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)
Box Office: 01803 847070
Dartington Hall Website



Tenor soloist
Michael Dawson
Exeter Chamber Choir
St Andrew's Church Colyton
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Soloists: Michael & Eleanor Dawson
Healey Willan: Song of Solomon
plus Sir William Henry Harris
Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi,
Tickets: £10 (child/student £5)
from Simon Murray 01647 252298
or book by post: online booking form
(repeated at Newton St Cyres Tue 3 July)




Conductor: Nigel Perrin

Exeter Festival Chorus
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm
SUMMER EVENING AT THE ABBEY
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Johannes Brahms: "Warum ist das Licht gegeben?"
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Organist: Jonathan Watts
Tickets: £12/£10 unreserved - parking FREE
Abbey Box Office: 01364 645530
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
EFC Ticket Secretary: 08456 005441
Exeter Festival Chorus Website








Inside Exeter Cathedral

Cathedral Choir Summer Showcase
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 30 June 7.30pm
GLORIA!
Musical Directors:
David Davies & Stephen Tanner
John Rutter: Gloria
Hubert Parry: I was glad
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria
Tickets: £12 (side aisle £8)
Students/U18 £10/£5
some 'Kid for a Quid' available
Box Office: 01392 271354



Exeter Cathedral Choir
Orchestral Mass for Petertide
Exeter Cathedral
(Collegiate Church of St Peter)
Sunday 1 July 10.30am
Exeter Cathedral Choir & Orchestra
Conductor: David Davies
Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai
This is an Anglican church service
No charge to attend


Claudia Caolin presents:
Amor al Flamenco
Barnfield Theatre
Monday 2 July 8pm
Dancers: Claudia Caolin
Amanda Frescura, Libi Roca
Singer: Javier Macias
Guitars: Andres Bardia, Kevin Byrne
Percussion: Greg Dyer
Tickets: £13 (concessions £11)
Box Office: 01392 270891 (10am-4pm)




Flip Webster & Maggie Bourgein
Exeter Ignite Festival
Bikeshed Theatre:
Mon 2, Tue 3 & Sat 7 July 6pm
WOMEN OF AN UNCERTAIN AGE
Maggie Bourgein & Flip Webster
dissect 21st century life through
sketches, monologues, song & dance
(Maggie and Flip will give us full details
on 'Classical Journey' Tues 19 June)



Exeter Chamber Choir
at St Cyr & Julitta
for 'Mass of Life' 19 July 2011
(double bass: Mike Thorne)

Exeter Chamber Choir
Church of St Cyr & Julitta, Newton St Cyres
Tues 3 July 7.30pm
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Healey Willan: Song of Solomon
plus Sir William Henry Harris
Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi
a repeat of Saturday's concert at Colyton
with solo piano: Andrew Daldorph
and solo flute: Tina Guthrie
Tickets: £5 (child/student FREE)
(pay at the door)


An iconic comedy actor:
OwlGlass Director, Sebastian Pope
 seen here playing Ernie Pringle
in James Saunders' 'Alas Poor Fred'
 which opened 7 March 2012
OwlGlass TheatreThe Hour Glass, Melbourne St, Exeter
Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 July 8pm
Ken Campbell
YOU SEE THE THING IS THIS
Director: Sebastian Pope
Walter: Sebastian Pope
Veronica: Georgie Fenwick
Harry: Tim Metcalfe-Wood
Tickets: Wed/Thur £8 Fri/Sat £9
Limited to 30 seats per show
Early booking advised - £1 discount
Box Office: Hour Glass 01392 258722




Stars and Stripes for Ever!
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 'Fourth of July' 12 noon
Organ Recital by David Davies
to celebrate Independence Day
Standard Cathedral admission charge:
Adult £5, Student/Senior £3.50, U18 Free






Marion Wood
Conducts the EMG Orchestra
at St Peter's School

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Friday-Sunday 6-8 July
Choir rehearsal of Mahler's Symphony VIII
Part 2: Scherzo (Goethe's Faust)
(with orchestra Friday & Sunday)
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
(Full work: rehearsal, 7-9 September)
(Final rehearsal 14 Sept)
(Performance: Great Hall, 16 September)
Info: Carol Galton
cgalton@gmail.com 01392 410660


Soprano: Denise Kehoe
Counterpoint Choir

(website)
Counterpoint Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 7 July 7.30pm
THE JOURNEY FROM
MEDIAEVAL TO RENAISSANCE III
(The third and final exposition of this 500 year period)
A radical change in programme:
1. St Anselm, Lucca c.1080 -
Plainsong: 'Salve Regina' ('Hail, holy Queen')
2. Magister Petronius, Notre Dame c.1190 -
'Beata viscera Marie Virginis' ('Mary's blessed flesh')
3. Alfonso X ("El Sabio" - The Wise) Castille c.1260 -
'Virgen Santa Maria' ('Holy Virgin Mary')
4. York Mystery Plays c.1350 - 2 excerpts
5. John Dunstaple, Bedford c.1425
'Quam pulcra es' ('How beautiful you are')
6. Guillaume Dufay, Cambrai c.1460 -
'Alma redemptoris mater' ('Saviour's loving mother')
7Josquin des Prez, Rome c.1490 -
'Ave Maria' ('Hail Mary')
8. John Taverner,  Lincolnshire c.1520
'O Christe Jesu, pastor bone' ('Good shepherd, Jesus')
                                   - INTERVAL -
Alto: Juliet Curnow
9. Jacob Clemens non Papa, Belgium c.1530
'Ego Flos Campi' ('I am the flower of the field')
10. Thomas Tallis, London/Canterbury c.1540
'O sacrum convivium' ('O sacred banquet')
11. John Sheppard, London c.1550
'Media Vita' ('In the midst of life') - a 20 minute epic!
12. William Byrd, London c.1575
'Ave verum corpus' ('Hail true body')
13. Orlando Gibbons, London c.1610
'O clap your hands' (Psalm 47)

Director of Music: David Acres
Tickets: details to follow
David Acres: 01392 490398
CounterpointVox@aol.com





Broadclyst Ensemble
Broadclyst Parish Church
Thursday 7 July 7.30pm
Rebecca and Hannah Willson
front a former incarnation of
the Broadclyst Ensemble
- the Obligato Quartet
Violins: Rebecca Willson, Ayesha Ichsan
Viola: Flora Farquharson
'Cello: Hannah Willson
Double Bass: Annabel Hope
Organist: John Scarfe
Quintet:
Handel: Solomon,
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 (arr.)
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Quintet & Organ:
Mozart: Epistle Sonata in C
Albinoni: Adagio in G minor
Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat Opus 4 No 4
Admission FREE - retiring collection


Rowland Molony
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Inn, Sidford
Sunday 8 July 7.30pm
WORDS & MUSIC
Clarinet/Sax: Chris Gradwell
Keyboard: Andrew Daldorph
Words: Rowland Molony, John Torrence
Tickets: £8  Box: 07583 796855
glyn.holford@sky.com
Chris Gradwell Website





BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Exeter Cathedral Choristers
Lympstone Village Hall
Thursday 12 July 7.30pm
THE LITTLE SWEEP
Producer: Harland Walshaw
Musical Director: Nicholas Marshall
Lympstone Entertainments Website
Repeated at Budleigh Festival
on Saturday 14 June




Bish Bash Bosh Theatre Productions
Tiverton Community Arts Theatre (TCAT)
(at Tiverton High School)

Friday 13 July 7.30pm
(Doors open 6.30pm)
Alan Kent: "The Tin Violin"

Director: John Hoggarth
Tickets: £10 available from Tues 1st May
Exeter Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online at Exeter Northcott Website







BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL 13-21 JULY
(Box Office: 01392 445275 & Festival Website)



BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Orchestra of St Paul's
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Friday 13 July 7.30pm
Wind Serenade
Antonin Dvořák: Serenade in D minor
Jonathan Dove: Figures in the Garden
W A Mozart: Serenade in B flat (Gran Partita)
Conductor: Ben Palmer
Tickets: £15



East Devon Choral Society
at Exeter Cathedral
for Peter Milmer's Requiem
TIVERTON

East Devon Choral Society
St George's Church Tiverton
Saturday 14 July 7.30pm
Andrew Daldorph: 'Jazz for Life'
- A Jazz Mass with Jazz Quintet
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £10 on the door, or -
book with Sue North: 01884 253494





Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Flute Section

Exeter Symphony Orchestra

website


EXETER

Exeter Symphony Orchestra

Southernhay United Reformed Church Exeter
Saturday 14 July 7.30pm
FLOWERS & MUSIC
Conductor: Mark Perry
Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse des Fleurs
(Nutcracker Suite 1892)
Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 (1923)
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 (1882)
(Horn Soloist: Jonathan Harris)
John Rutter: Suite Antique
(flute , orchestra & harpsichord 1979)
(Flute: Ruth Molins Harpsichord: Brian Northcott)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 (1935)
Tickets: £10 (U18 accompanied - FREE)
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080



BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Exeter Cathedral Choristers
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 14 July 3pm & 7.30pm
THE LITTLE SWEEP
Producer: Harland Walshaw
Musical Director: Nicholas Marshall
Tickets: £10 (matinée £8)


Peter Nickol

Hannah Willson

EXETER

Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 15 July 8pm
Solo Piano: Peter Nickol
Solo 'Cello: Hannah Willson
Plus Soloists from across Devon
DJ sets by 'Exeter Young
Composer' Michael Brailey
Tickets: £3



Guitar: Alex Knight



BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Lunchtime Guitar Recital
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Monday 16 July 12.30pm
Guitar: Alex Knight








Piano: Alexandra Dariescu
BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Evening Piano Recital
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Monday 16 July 7.30pm
Piano: ALEXANDRA DARIESCU
Robert Schumann: Abegg Variations
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor
Claud Debussy: Estampes
Frederic Chopin: 24 Preludes
Tickets: £14


Piano: David House
Flute: Jayne Hannah
BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Lunchtime Flute & Piano
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Tuesday 17 July 12.00
Piano: David House
Flute: Jayne Hannah
(Principal Flute, Exeter Symphony Orchestra)
Piano: David House







Flute: Ashley Solomon
Harpsichord: Terence Charlston
'Cello: Jennifer Morsches
Violin: Bojan Čičić
BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Florilegium Quartet
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Tuesday 17 July 7.30pm
A BAROQUE CELEBRATION
Director: Ashley Solomon
J S Bach: Trio Sonata in G
Domenico Scarlatti: 2 harpsichord Sonatas
Archangelo Corelli: Violin Sonata in A
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor
G F Handel: Trio Sonata in B minor
Francesco Geminiani: 'Cello Sonata in D minor
G P Telemann: Flute Fantasie in E minor
                           Paris Quartet in E minor
Tickets: £15


Organ: Michael Dawson




BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Wednesday 18 July 12.00
Organ: Michael Dawson







Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen










BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Festival Orchestra
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Wednesday 18 July 7.30pm
A BAROQUE CELEBRATION
Conductor: Nicholas Marshall
Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Viola: Sarah-Jane Bradley
Viola: Sarah-Jane Bradley
(Members of the 'Honeymead Ensemble')
G F Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat
W A Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat (Gran Partita)
J C Bach: Sinfonia in G minor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance in F
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No 91 in E flat
Tickets: £15







Jonathan Vaughan
EXETER

Cathedral Organ Recital
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 18 July 8pm
Organist: Jonathan Vaughan
(Assistant Organist Wells Cathedral)
Tickets: £7 (student £3 U18 free)





Amadeus Orchestra
Second Violins

-
Kay Simmons



EXETER

The Amadeus Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 19 July 7.30pm
Conductor: Philip Mackenzie
Piano solo: Alexander Karpeyev
Violin solo: Michael Foyle
Modeste Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Peter Hope: Three American Sketches
('Campdown Races', 'Marching to Georgia', . . . )
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Tolibkhon Shakhidi: 'Symphonic Dances' & 'Darius'
Tickets: £14-28
Box Office: Exeter Northcott
01392 493493 or book online




Soprano: Lucy Bray
BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Lunchtime Soprano Recital
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Thursday 19 July 12.00
Soprano: Lucy Bray
Arias by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Puccini
Lieder by Schubert & Roger Quilter






Barbirolli Quartet
BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
The Barbirolli Quartet
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Thursday 19 July 7.30pm
Violins: Raiki Singh, Katie Stillman
Viola: Ella Brinch
'Cello: Ashok Klouda
Joseph Haydn: Quartet NO 52 in E flat
Béla Bartók: Quartet No 2
Robert Schumann: Quartet No 3 in A
Tickets: £15


Nicholas Marshall
BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Budleigh Festival Chorus
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Friday 20 July 12.00
From Bruckner to Gershwin
Motets, spirituals and songs
Arranged by Nicholas Marshall
Piano Solos: Roger Fordham





Gallimaufry Ensemble
Flute: Louisa Sparks
Oboe: Holly Randall
Clarinet: Peter Sparks
Bassoon: Shelly Organ
French Horn: Alexia Cammish

CREDITON

St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton
Thursday 19 July 7.30pm
THE GALLIMAUFRY ENSEMBLE
(Booked to teach Dartington
  International Summer School)
Jacques Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves
Samuel Barber: Summer Music
Jean Françaix: Quintet No 1
W A Mozart: Serenade in C minor
Norman Hallam: Dance Suite
Tickets: £10 (children FREE)
Info: Mrs Isolde Summers 01363 773472



BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
New Devon Opera
New Devon Opera: Madam Butterfly
Exmouth Pavilion
Friday 20 July 7.30pm
Giacomo Puccini's
MADAM BUTTERFLY
Stage Director: Martyn Harrison
Musical Director: Paul Foster
Cio Cio San: Susan Jiwey
alternates with: Marita Krywaniuk
also featuring soprano Denise Kehoe
(Counterpoint soloist)
Tickets: £16/19/24

BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Estrella Piano Quartet
Estrella Piano Quartet
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 21 July 12.00
Playing two pianos:
Somi KimGemma Lee,
Judy LeeCindy Tsao,
Classical to Contemporary
with specially dedicated works
by New Zealand composers


BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Exeter Festival Chorus
Temple Church Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 21 July 7.30pm
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Organ: Jonathan Watts
Mezzo Soprano: Penny Davies
Bass: Julian Rippon
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Michael Tippett: A Child in our Time
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Tickets: £14



- END OF BUDLEIGH FESTIVAL -



Susan Jiwey

Mariya Krywaniuk

New Devon Opera
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 22 July 7.15pm
Giacomo Puccini's
MADAM BUTTERFLY
Stage Director: Martyn Harrison
Musical Director: Paul Foster
Cio Cio San: Susan Jiwey
alternates with: Marita Krywaniuk
also featuring soprano Denise Kehoe
(Counterpoint soloist)
Tickets: £18/22/25/28
Box Office: 01392 493493 & Northcott website

NDO's 'Madam Butterfly' is also showing at Plymouth Uni ('Theatre One' 17/18 July),
Budleigh Festival (Exmouth Pavilion 20 July), Dartmouth (Flavel Theatre 24/25 July),
Chudleigh (The Marquee, Ugbrooke House, 27/28 July)


David Sawyer
The Chill Acoustic
Gallery 36, Denmark Road Exeter
Sunday 22 July 3pm
David Sawyer: 'Elektrokord'
(Based on African thumb piano)
Electric guitar and viola
Tony Plato: Percussion
Details to follow at Gallery 36





Somerset Chamber Choir
Somerset Chamber Choir
Wells Cathedral Somerset
Saturday 28 July 7pm
J S Bach: Nun danket alle Gott
CPE Bach: Magnificat
W A Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Tickets: Front Nave - £28/25
              Rear Nave - £20/18
Side aisles, unreserved - £14/10
child/student - half-price (not online)
Box Office: Taunton Tourist Info
01823 336344 or on-line (+75p ea.)
Choir Website



Rowland Molony
Chris Gradwell and Friends
Blue Ball Inn, Sidford
Sunday 29 July 7.30pm
WORDS, POETRY & SONG
Clarinet/Sax: Chris Gradwell
Keyboard: Andrew Daldorph
Words: Rowland Molony, Kairen Hooker
Tickets: £8  Box: 07583 796855
glyn.holford@sky.com
Chris Gradwell Website





Music on the Edge
Susie Hodder-Williams
Emma Welton
Chris Caldwell
Music on the Edge at Riversmeet
(sponsored by 'The Art Room' Topsham)
Riversmeet Cottage, Topsham
(far end of the Goat Walk)
Sunday 29 July 6.30pm
Haydn, Bach & Rameau in the open air
Flute, Gamelan: Susie Hodder-Williams
Clarinets, Saxophones: Chris Caldwell
Violin, Double Bass: Emma Welton
Tickets: £10 (advance booking essential)
Contact Deborah Wood
theartroom@eclipse.co.uk
The Art Room website


Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Sidmouth Folk Week
Ham Marquee Sidmouth
Friday 3 August
Show of Hands, with
Miranda Sykes and
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Info: 01395 577592




Antiphon
Matthew Cann conducts 'Antiphon' at Buckfast Abbey
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 4 August 7.30pm
Dedication to the Virgin Mary
Director: Matthew Cann
John Tavener, Arvo Pärt,
Domenico Gabrielli,
Matthew Cann
'Magnificat', 'Ave Maria'.
'Tota Pulchra Es, Maria'
(You're absolutely lovely, Mary!)
Details to follow
Remembrance Concert
(Howells' Requiem)
Saturday 10 November



Sam Richards
Totnes Music Now
St Mary's Church Totnes (2.30pm)
Soundart Studio Dartington Hall (6pm)
Friday 24 August
A New Composition by Sam Richards
Totnes Improvisers Orchestra and Friends
Admission FREE
emailleechwellsam@googlemail.com







Steve Gordon
Steve Gordon's Exeter Guitar Ensemble
Exeter Phoenix
Saturday 25 August
Sir Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
(Arranged Alison Smith & Ivan Andrews)
Gerald Garcia, Mark Ashford, Mark Eden,
Helen Sanderson, Chris Stell - and David Cottam
Details to follow at esgmusic






Serenata
'Cello: Mary Harris
Harpsichord: Adrian Davis
Soprano: Louise Turner
Oboe/Cor Anglais: Hazel Todd

St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton
Thursday 6 September 7.30pm
SERENATA
John Dowland
Peter Philips
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Georg Philipp Telemann
George Frederic Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Tickets: £10 (children FREE)
Info: Mrs Isolde Summers 01363 773472



Marion Wood
Conducts the EMG Orchestra
at St Peter's School
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Friday-Sunday 7-9 September
Full rehearsal of Mahler's Symphony VIII
Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus (Come Creator Spirit)
Scherzo: (closing scene of Goethe's Faust)
Final rehearsal - Friday 14 September
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
(Performance: Great Hall, 16 September)
Info: Carol Galton
cgalton@gmail.com 01392 410660


Ana Laura Manero
Arturo Serna
Duo Teresa Carreño
Glenorchy URC Exmouth
Wednesday 14 September 1pm
Piano: Ana Laura Manero
'Cello: Arturo Serna
Details to follow . . .

Duo Website

Classical Journey Review




Opera Glass
Poltimore House Broadclyst
Saturday 15 September 7.30pm
Third Autumn Opera Concert
Tickets: £10 on-line

Picture: The 2010 Opera Glass line-up
Chris Hunt, tenor
Joyce Clarke, piano
Janet Macdonald, Soprano
Claire Powell, Mezzo Soprano


EMG Conductor: Marion Wood
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Sunday 16 September 5pm
Mahler's Eighth Symphony
('Symphony of a Thousand')
Director: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
EMG orchestra and choir
Tickets: check EMG website for details





James Bowman
with Dorothy Linell
Counterpoint
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 13 October 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
(with Divertimento String Ensemble)
Countertenor James Bowman:
Arias from Solomon, Saul, Theodora
Judas Maccabaeus
Tickets: details to follow
Counterpoint Website

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