Saturday 3 December 2011

This week's run-down of concerts (to 13th December)


Exeter Bach Society
will perform
Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio'
St David's Church, Exeter

Saturday 3 December
('Cellos Hilary Boxer, Ruth Lass,
Double Bass Imogen Fernando)

Exeter Bach Society
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 3 December 7.30pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio
Conductor: Nicholas Marshall
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano: Raphaela Papadakis
Mezzo-Soprano: Juliet Curnow
Tenor: Thomas Hobbs
Bass: Julian Rippon
Tickets: £15 (student £7.50)
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
Roger Churchward: 01392 468867
www.exeterbachsociety.org.uk


A Concert for Advent
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 3 Dec 7.30pm
Antiphon Choir
Director: Matthew Cann
Fantastic programme, including:
Gabriel Jackson: 'I look from afar'
Thomas Tallis: Videte Miraculum
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Henryk Gorecki: Totas Tuas
Eric Whitacre: Lux Arumque
Tickets: £16 (advance £14)
Info: antiphonvox@gmail.com


Exeter Chamber Choir
The Great Barn Higher Ashton
Saturday 3 December 7.30pm
'A Concert of Seasonal Music'
Admission Free retiring collection


Tasty Music
'The Corn Barn' Cullompton
Sunday 4 December 4pm
'Festive Flute'
Flute: Ruth Molins (née Ruth Avis!)
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Tickets: £5
Contact Yta Batchelor 01884 32107


- Ruth Avis



Music for Advent and Christmas
James Wyatt Music Room, Powderham Castle
Tuesday 6 December 7.30pm
Choristers and Gentlemen of Exeter Cathedral
Director: Andrew Millington
Tickets: £14  Box: 01626 890243


Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 6 December 7.30pm
'A Service of Christmas Music and Readings'
Admission Free retiring collection


Lunchtime Recital of Piano and Clarinet
Glenorchy United Reformed Church Exmouth
Wednesday 7 December 12.30pm
Piano: Frances Waters
Clarinet: Kevin Hurst
Admission Free, retiring collection

Tasty Music
Bicton College Music Room
Wednesday 7 Decmber 12.30pm
'Festive Flute'
Flute: Ruth Avis
'Cello: Hilary Boxer
Tickets: £10 (includes lunch and wine)
College Reception: 01395 562300


- Ruth Avis  - 




Exeter Choral Society
St James Church Exeter
Wednesday 7 December 7.30pm
JOSEPH HAYDN: 'CREATION'
Musical Director: Laurence Blyth
Organist: David Davies
Soprano: Harriet Jones
Tenor: David Webb
Bass: John Hobbs
Tickets: £10 (students £5)
Box Office: 01392 832474


Exeter University Choral Society
Mint Methodist Church (Fore Street, Exeter)
Wednesday 7 December 7.30pm
WINTER CONCERT
Conductor: Richard Gonski
(Conducted Brahms Requiem at Totnes 11 Sept - link)
Lutoslawksi: Mi Parti
Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto
Flute: Marta Soffker
Harp: Oliver Ritchie
(both played in last week's Brahms Requiem - link)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 in G minor
Tickets: £6 (Students £4 Music Card Holders £3)
(special offer: 5 tickets for the price of 4)
Info/Reservations: contact Rebecca Pennar
(rdp206@exeter.ac.uk) or tickets on the door




Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 8 December 7.30pm
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Piano: Simon Trpčeski
PETRUSHKA
Ivan Karabits: Concerto for Orchestra No 2
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Tickets: £11.50 - £35.00
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080


Music on the Edge
Flute: Susie Hodder-Williams
Bass Clarinet: Chris Caldwell

photographs Chris Chapman
Music on the Edge
Topsham Art Room (8a The Strand)
Friday 9 December 6pm
MUSIC FOR ADVENT
French & English carols
Extracts from Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Music of Henry Purcell
Flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams
Soprano Sax / Bass Clarinet; Chris Caldwell
Violin / Double Bass: Emma Welton
Tickets: £10 at door - but booking essential:
theartroom@eclipse.co.uk
Music and Art - see the latest exhibition: "FIVE"
Valerie Barden, Dinah Hayes, Joss Kingnorth,
Jane Price, Kate Westbrook.
Running 19 November - 18 December
(1-5pm Mon&Wed, 11am-5pm Sat&Sun)
www.theartroomtopsham.co.uk

The Jubilee Singers
Broadclyst Parish Church
Friday 9 December 7.45pm
Conductor: John Scarfe
Piano: Stephanie Howard
Christmas Carols by Candlelight
Admission Free retiring collection
(In aid of the Organ Fund)


Exeter Festival Chorus
Mint Methodist Church (Fore Street Exeter)
Saturday 10 December 7.30pm
CAROLSING 2011
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Piano: Peter Adcock
Tickets: £12 Box: 08456 005 441
Exeter Phoenix: 01392 667067 (credit cards) 


Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 11 December 7.30pm
Cutting edge modern music
Talented classical musicians
Piano: Rebecca Willson
Flute: Ruth Avis
Admission: £3


- guess who?



Dartington Community ChoirDartington Community Choir
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 11 December 7.30
Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Johathan Watts
Counter-Tenor: Nicholas Clapton
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
(parts 1 & 2 in German)
Handel: Messiah, Part 1
Tickets: £14 (student £5)
!! Contact the box office early
to join the waiting list for tickets:
01803 847070  (12.30 - 7.00 pm)



Ensky Loosecat is Minsky the Clown
Le Théâtre De Decadence
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Monday 12 December 7.30pm
Natalya Umanska & Dream Makers Ltd
Earl Harlem
Sophie St Villier
Ensky Loosecat
Nara Taylor, Queen of the Night
Matt Pang, juggler
Tickets: £15.50 (student standby £8)
Box Office: 01392 493493


Lunchtime Recital of PianoSoprano & Baritone
Glenorchy United Reformed Church Exmouth
Wednesday 14 December 12.30pm
Piano: Frances Waters
Soprano: Val Howels
Baritone: John Brindley
Admission Free, retiring collection

Clyst Valley Choral Society
St Nicholas Methodist Church Topsham
Wednesday 14 December 7.30pm
Conductor: Paul Stock

Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Wed&Thu 14&15 December
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
Tickets: £5-15 (Supper Club £36)
EPC Tickets: 01392 499211
Exeter Phoenix: 01392 667080
www.exephil.org.uk

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