Sunday 28 September 2014

Roger Hendy conducts Sidmouth Isca Ensemble Three Concerts for October & November Starting with Emmanuel Bach playing Brahms Violin Concerto at Honiton Beehive Saturday 4 October 2014


ISCA ENSEMBLE SOUTH WEST

Musical Director: Roger Hendy
Orchestra Leader: Antony Clements

The Beehive, Honiton
Emmanuel Bach
Saturday 4 October 7.30pm
JOANNA LEACH FOUNDATION CONCERT
Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture to "Hänsel und Gretel"
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major
     (Violin Soloist: Emmanuel Bach)
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No 9
     ("From the New World")
Tickets: £12.50
Beehive Box Office: 01404 384050
boxoffice@beehivehoniton.co.uk
Beehive Website
Isca Ensemble Website


Martin Jones
Sidmouth Parish Church
Sunday 19 October 3pm
CONCERT CLASSICS
Ivor Gurney: "Ludlow and Teme"
     (Tenor: Alexei Winter)
Alexander Borodin: Nocturne, String Quartet No 2
     (Violins: Antony Clements, Trevor Taylor)
     (Viola: Roger Hendy 'Cello: Tirke Linnemann)
Sir Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet Opus 18
     (Piano: Martin Jones)
Tickets: £8
Box Office: Paragon Books 01395 514516
Isca Ensemble Website


Mark Bebbington
(Photo: Rama Knight)
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 29 November 7.30pm
CONCERT CLASSICS
Alfie Pugh: A Newly Commissioned Work
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Emperor" Piano Concerto
     (Piano: Mark Bebbington)
Robert Schumann: Symphony No 4
Tickets: £12.50 (side aisles £10 student £5)
Box Office: Paragon Gooks 01395 514516

Quorum Return to Saint Stephen's Church Exeter Music for Soprano, Piano, Clarinet and Oboe Thursday 16 October 2014

Shepherd on the Rock
(A Boy Resting, Julius Scholtz 1874)

QUORUM

St Stephen's Church Exeter

Thursday 16 October 1pm (for 1.10-1.55pm)

CONCERT OF FAVOURITES

Soprano: Janet MacDonald

Piano: Dorothy Raven

Clarinet: Phil Bonser

Oboe: Alison MacDonald


Franz Schubert:
"Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" (The Shepherd on the Rock)

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel:
Diomedes "Bist du bei Mir" (If you are with me)

Gabriel Fauré:
Trois Mélodies Opus 7 "Après un Rêve" (After a Dream)

Alessandro Scarlatti:
"Mio Tesoro per te Moro" (My Treasure, for thee I die)

Henry Purcell:
"Sound the Trumpet"

Scott Joplin:
"The Entertainer"

Camille Saint-Saëns:
"Caprice on Danish & Russian Airs"

Cy Colemen:
"Witchcraft"

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Six Romances Opus 6 "None but the Lonely Heart"


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Wednesday 17 September 2014

Two Moors Festival Wed-Sat 15-25 October 2014 Watch this space for details!

TWO MOORS FESTIVAL 2014



Wednesday 15 - Saturday 25 October


Wednesday 15th - Crediton

Viktoria Mullova
Holy Cross Church Crediton
Wednesday 15 October 7.30pm
STRADIVARIUS IN RIO
Violin: Viktoria Mullova
Guitar: João Luís Nogueira Pinto
'Cello: Matthew Barley
Percussion: Paul Clarvis
Cláudio Nucci: Toada de Vaquejada" (Rodeo Song)
Henrique Vogeler: "Linda Flor" (Beautiful Flower)
Sueli Costa: "Seque Teu Destino" (Follow your Destiny)
Marisa Monte: "Vilarejo" (Village)
Caetano Veloso: "Luz do Sol" (Sunlight)
Wardir Azevedo: "Brasileirinho"
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (Tom Jobim):
     "Dindi" (to Sylvia Telles)
     "Falando de Amor" (Speaking of Love)
     "Chovendo na Roseira" (Raining on a Rosebush)
     "Por Toda Minha Vida" (All my Life)
Arnaldo Baptista: "Balada de um Louco" (Ballad of a Madman)
Zequinha de Abreu: "Tico Tico no Fubá" (Sparrow in the Cornmeal) 1917
Alfredo da Rocha Viana Jr (Pixinguinha): "Rosa"
Tickets: £10/££22/£25/£30
Post-concert Supper: £10
Box Office: 01643 831006


Thursday 16th - Ashburton

The Gildas String Trio
The Gildas String Trio
Violin: Christopher Jones
Viola: Kay Stephen
'Cello: Anna Menzies
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Thursday 16 October 11am
BAROQUE TO MODERN
Violin: Christopher Jones
Viola: Kay Stephen
'Cello: Anna Menzies
Henry Purcell: 3 Fantasias in Three Parts
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in G Opus 9 No 1
Béla Bartok: Violin Duos Selection
Gerald Finzi: Prelude and Fugue for Strings
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01643 831006



Wells Cathedral School Wind Players
St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton
Thursday 16 October 2.30pm
FLUTES:
Alicia Steanson
Gabrielle Mann
Martha-Lily Dyer
MUSIC:
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(Berlin/Hamburg 1714-1788)
Friedrich Kuhlau
(Copenhagen 1786-1832)
Francis Poulenc
(Paris 1899-1963)
Mike Mower
(Bath/London 1953- )
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01643 831006


Soprano: Gillian Keith
Soprano & Tenor Recital
St Andrew's Church Ashburton
Thursday 16 October
Soprano: Gillian Keith
Tenor: Tom Randle
Piano: Gary Matthewman
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story/Candide
Thomas Arne: "O Ravishing Delight"
George Frideric Handel: Semele/ Acis & Galatea
("Where e'er you walk", "Happy we")
Gioachino Rossini: "Les Amants de Seville")
Charles Gounod: "La Siesta"
Luigi Arditi: "Una Notte d'Amore"
Henry Purcell: "Sound the Trumpet"
Georges Bizet, Ambroise Thomas,
Tenor: Tom Randle
Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
Tickets: £17/£20/£25
Box Office: 01643 831006

Piano: Gary Matthewman




Friday 17th - Holne / Widecombe / Ashburton

Gildas Quartet
St Mary's Church Holne
Gildas Quartet
Friday 17 October 11am
Violins: Chritopher Jones, Sophie Cameron
Viola: Kay Stephen 'Cello: Anna Menzies
Tea and Coffee followed by:
Wolfgang Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in Cm K546
Edvard Grieg: Sting Quartet in Gm Opus 27 No 1
Thomas Adès: Arcadiana Opus 12
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 01643 831006

Sounds Baroque
St Pancras Church Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Friday 17 October 2.30pm
Harpsichord: Julian Perkins
Soprano: Anna Dennis
Violin: Sarah Moffatt
Sounds Baroque
Viola da Gamba: Henrik Persson
George Frideric Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien
     4. Süße Stille Sanfte Quelle
Henry Purcell: Suite from "The Tempest"
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Stephen Dodgson: "The Worm and the Butterfly"
Iain Farrington: "Ariel Songs"
George Frideric Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien
     9. Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden
Tickets: £14/£16/£18
Box Office: 01643 831006

Angela Hewitt
St Andrew's Church Ashburton
Friday 17 October 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Scarlatti: Sonatas
Enrique Granados: "Danzas Españolas"
Angela Hewitt
(Photo: Karen Robinson)
     4. Villanesca
     5. Andaluza
     6. Rondalla Aragonesa
               (LA JOTA!)
Enrique Granados: "Goyesdas" Opus 11
"Los Mojos Enamorados" (The Gallants in Love)
     4. "Quejas, o La Maja y el Ruiseñor"
          (Complaint, or The Girl & the Nightingale)
     7. "El Pelele: Escena Goyesca"
          (The Puppet: Goya Scene)
Scarlatti: Sonatas
Isaac AlbénizSuite Española Opus 47
     5. Asturias (Leyenda)
     3. Sevilla (Sevillanas)
     7. Castilla (Seguidilla)
Tickets: £24/£28/£35
Box Office: 01643 831006



Saturday 18th - Dulverton / Brompton Regis / Brushford
                            EXETER CATHEDRAL


John Rowlands-Pritchard
All Saints Church Dulverton
John Rowlands-Pritchard
Saturday 18 October 10am-4pm
Performance of 'Chants & Readings' 5pm
GREGORIAN CHANT WORKSHOP
Registration: 9.30pm
Chant basics & Service of Terce: 10-11am
Coffee: 11am
Service of Sext: 11.20am-1pm
Lunch: 1pm
Service of None: 2-3.30pm
Tea: 3.30pm
St Dunstan Chant Sequence: 4-5pm
Free Public Performance: 5pm
Course: £10  Lunch: £4.50
Online Booking Form

Eton Organ Scholars
Brompton Regis & Brushford
Saturday 18 October 11am-4pm
11am St Mary's Church Brompton Regis
           - 6 miles north of Dulverton
   (1872 Thomas Christopher Lewis Organ)
12.30pm The George Inn Brompton Regis
                                 Lunch
2.30pm St Nicholas Church Brushford
              - 3 miles south west of Dulverton
   (1931 George Champion Bedwell Organ)
Organ Restorer: Michael Farley, Budleigh (x2)
Organists: William McDonald & Alex Tucker
Tickets: £10 for each recital
Box Office: 01643 831006
Lunch Booking: 01398 371273



Gildas Quartet Rehearsal
Brushford Parish Hall
Saturday 18 October 2-4pm
Gildas Quartet
Violins: Christopher Jones, Sophie Cameron
Viola: Kay Stephen 'Cello: Anna Menzies
Wolfgang Mozart: String Quartet in D K575
Admission FREE
In preparation for 2015 Argyle & Bute Tour
Six concerts - Repertoire to include:
Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No 9 in E flat
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C minor
Leoš Janáček: Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"

Ludwig van Beethoven: Op. 59, No. 2 in E minor
19 February - Islay  20 February - Kintyre
21 February - Mid Argyll  22 February - Oban
6 March - Bute  8 March - Cowa

Admission FREE - No ticket required


Agata Szymczewska
Orchestra of the Swan
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 18 October  7.30pm
Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande"
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony on E♭
Conductor: Gad Kadosh
Violin Soloist: Agata Szymczewska
Tickets: Nave £30/£28/£18 Aisle £10
Box Office: 01643 831006





Sunday 19th - Exford / Dulverton


St Mary Magdalene Church
Exford
Holy Communion
St Mary Magdalene's Church Exford
Sunday 19 October 11am
Leader: Rev David Weir
Visiting Preacher:
Very Rev Dr Jonathan Draper
Dean of Exeter Cathedral
This is an Anglican church service
No charge for admission


Opus Angelicanum
Opus Angelicanum

All Saints' Church Dulverton
Sunday 19 October 2pm
GREGORIAN CHANT
English Chants from Cantebury
composed following the death of St Dunstan
& Diana Burrell: "Sing, Friends, Sing" (2014)
Alto: Stephen Burrows
Tenor: Nick Madden, John Bowen
Bass: Roland Robertson,
John Rowlands-Pritchard
Narrator: John Touhey
Tickets: £15
Box Office: 01643 831006


Exmoor Pony Centre

Ashwick, Dulverton
Sunday 19 October 2.30pm
THE HISTORY OF EXMOOR'S PONIES
Indoor Talk & Outdoor Tour
- weather permitting
Admission FREE - Ticket Required
Box Office: 01643 831006



David Goode
Eton College Music Scholars

All Saints' Church Dulverton
Sunday 19 October 7.30pm
SACRED CLASSICS
Musical Director: David Goode
Tickets: £18/£22/£24
Box Office: 01643 831006


Monday 20th - Dulverton / Chulmleigh


Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Harvey Davies
Sarah Ewins

All Saints' Church Dulverton
Monday 20 October 10.30am-8.30pm
M O Z A R T     M A R A T H O N
Violin: Sarah Ewins
Piano: Harvey Davies
10.30: Sonatas K7, 28, 30, 301, 304
12.00: K302, Variations on "La Bergère",
         "Celimene", K376
2.00: K296, 378, 380
3.30: K303, 454, 526
7.30: K6, 27, 377, 481, 547
Tickets: Daytime £12 Evening £18
All Five Concerts £50  Lunch £4.50
Box Office: 01643 831006


Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock

St Mary Magdalene's Church Chulmleigh
Monday 20 October 7.30pm
HARPSICHORD RECITAL
Johann Sebastian Bach:
"Toccata in E minor" BWV 914
"Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor" BWV 903
"French Suite No 6 in E major" BWV 817
"Partita No 4 in D major" BWV 828
Tickets: £18/£22/£25
Box Office: 01643 831006




Tuesday 21st - Witheridge / Moretonhampstead


Notus Winds
Notus Winds

St John the Baptist's Church Witheridge
(10 miles east of Tiverton)
Tuesday 21 October 11.30am
WIND QUINTETS
Flute: Charlotte Ashton  Clarinet: Jordan Black
Oboe: Eleanor Tinlin  Horn: Carys Evans
Bassoon: Jonathan Davies
Eugène Bozza: "Scherzo for Woodwind Quintet"
Giulio Briccialdi: Wind Quintet No 1 in D Op 124
Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet No 2
Ronaldo Miranda: "Variações Sérias"
Claude Debussy (Arr. Norman Hallam):
"La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin"
Ástor Piazzolla (Arr. Jeff Scott): "Libertango"
Tickets: £10  Lunch £10
Box Office: 01643 831006


Clive Aslet
Clive Aslet ("Country Life" Editor)
St John the Baptist's Church Witheridge
(10 miles north of Crediton)
Tuesday 21 October 3pm
EVERYMAN AT WAR
(a talk on his acclaimed book tracing
 the history of each name of Lydford
 War Memorial)
Admission FREE - no ticket required
Collection for Festival Education Programme




Agata Szymczewska
& Marek Bracha
Agata Szymczewska
St Andrew's Church Moretonhampstead
Tuesday 21 October 7.30pm
VIOLIN & PIANO DUETS
Violin: Agata Szymczewska
Piano: Marek Bracha
J S Bach: Sonata in A BWV 1015
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F
(Opus 24 No 5 "Spring")
Karol Szymanowski: "King Roger"
(Roxana's Song)
Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise in D Op 4
Tickets: £18/£24/£28
Box Office: 01643 831006



Wednesday 22nd - Dunster

Charlotte Hewett






Soprano, Clarinet & Piano
St George's Church Dunster
Wednesday 22 October 10.30am
SONGS & ARIAS
Soprano: Charlotte Hewett
Clarinet: Joseph Shiner
Piano: Alison Farr
W A Mozart: "Così fan tutte"
Joseph Shiner
(Come scoglio immota resta -
   Like a rock, we stand immobile)
Giacomo Puccini: "Gianni Schicchi"
(O mio babbino caro -
                       O my beloved father)
Richard Strauss: "Ständchen" (Serenade)
                          "Die Nacht" (Night)
Roger Quilter (Percy Bysshe Shelley):
  "Love's Philosophy"
Ivor Novello: "Waltz of my Heart"
Jonathan Dove: "The Enchanted Pig"
   Adelaide's Aria - "It's my Wedding"
Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles Opus 23
Alison Farr
Eugène Bozza: Aria
Alamiro Giampieri: "Il Carnavale di Venazia"
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 01643 831006







Carducci Quartet



Carducci Quartet
St Geroge's Church Dunster
Wednesday 22 October 2pm
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin: Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming
Viola: Eoin Schmidt-Martin  'Cello: Emma Denton
Piano: Jayson Gillham
Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet in C minor
Jayson Gillham
                                Piano Trio in E minor
                                Piano Quintet in G minor
Tickets: £15/£20/£25
Box Office: 01643 831006









Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
St George's Church Dunster
Wednesday 22 October 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Robert Schumann: Novelette Op21.8
                  Davidsbundlertanze Op16
                       Abegg Variations Op1
Franz Schubert: Sonata in B   D960
Tickets: £24/£28/£35
Box Office: 01643 831006



Thursday 23rd - Moretonhampstead / Okehampton


Penny Adie Presents . . .
St Andrew's Church Moretonhampstead
Thursday 23 October 10.30am
LEARN TO LOVE LIEDER
Soprano: Charlotte Hewett
Piano: Alison Farr
Tickets: £10
Box Office: 01643 831006









Carducci Quartet
St Andrew's Church Moretonhampstead
Thursday 23 October 2.30pm
SCHUMANN & BRAHMS QUINTETS
Violin: Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming
Viola: Eoin Schmidt-Martin 'Cello: Emma Denton
Piano: Jayson Gillham
Jayson Gillham
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat
Tickets: £15/£20/£25
Box Office: 01643 831006











Mark Padmore
All Saints' Church Okehampton
Thursday 23 october 7.30pm
TENOR & GUITAR
Tenor: Mark Padmore
Guitar: Mogan Szymanski
John Dowland: "Come ye heavy states of night"
                       "Come again, sweet love"
                       "Now, O now I needs must part"
Alec Roth: "The Unicorn in the Garden" (guitar)
Thomas Wyatt (Arr. Alec Roth): "My Lute & I"
Morgan Szymanski
Franz Schubert: "Heidenröslein" (Rose on the Heath)
"Des Fischers Liebesglück" (The Fisher's Joy in Love)
"Der Jüngling an der Quelle" (The Youth by the Spring)
Sir Michael Tippett: "Songs from Achilles"
Vikram Seth (Arr. Alec Roth): "Chinese Gardens"
Edward Thomas (Arr. Alec Roth): "Lights Out"
Tickets: £18/£24/£28 Post-Concert Supper £10
Box Office: 01643 831006







Friday 24th - Exeter / Chagford


Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
"AQUILAE"
Lisa Nelsen & Eleanor Turner
&  "Aquilae" Harp & Flute Duo
St Edmunds Court, Okehampton St, Exeter
Friday 24 October 10am-2pm
ANTIQUES VALUATION & CONCERT
(Flute & Harp 12-1pm)
Flute: Lisa Nelsen
Harp: Eleanor Turner
Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland"
Bansui Doi (Arr. Rentaro Taki):
"Kojo no Tsuki" (Moon over the ruined castle)
Alwyn Naiades: "Fantasy-Sonata"
J S Bach: Sonata for Flute & Continuo BWV1020
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Fantasia on Greensleeves"
Ravi Shankar: "L'Aube Enchantee" (Todi Raga)
Deborah Henson-Conant: Baroque Flamenco
Tickets: £10   Lunch £10   (max audience 100)
Box Office: 01643 831006

Leon Bosch



Leon Bosch & Richard Harwood
St Michael's Church Chagford
Friday 24 October 3pm
'CELLO & BASS DUETS
'Cello: Richard Harwood
Double Bass: Leon Bosch
Jean-Baptiste Barrière: "Sonata á Deux"
Domenico Dragonetti: Duo for 'Cello & Bass
Luigi Boccherini: Concerto for 'Cello & Bass
Ignaz Pleyel: Theme & Variations for 'Cello & Bass
Richard Harwood
Gioachino Rossini: Duetto for 'Cello & Bass
Julius Golterman: "Souvenirs de (Vincenzo) Bellini"
Tickets: £15
Box Office: 01643 831006









Doric String Quartet
Doric String Quartet
St Michael's Church Chagford
Friday 24 October 7.30pm
HAYDN ADÈS & BEETHOVEN
Violin: Alex Redington, Jonathan Stone
Viola: Hélène Clément  'Cello John Myerscough
Josef Haydn: String Quartet in D Op 76 No 2
Thomas Adès: Four Quartets Op 28
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet
Op130 No 13 
(with Große Fuge)
Tickets: £18£20/£24
Box Office: 01643 831006


Saturday 25th- Dunster


Rebecca McNaught
Young Musicians
St George's Church Dunster
Saturday 25 October 1pm
PLATFORM WINNERS CONCERT
'Cello: Rebecca McNaught
'Cello: Willard Carter
Cornet: Andrew Wingham
Violin: Hannah Brooks-Hughes
Piano Accompanist: Alison Farr
Admission FREE - Ticket Required
Box Office: 01643 831006


Willard Carter
Andrew Wingham
Hannah Brookes-Hughes




Elizabeth McLaughlin
The Loft, Dunster Steep
(Above "Rohan Country Store")
Saturday 25 October 3.30pm
EXMOOR LANSCAPES IN LITERATURE
Admission FREE
Collection for Festival Education Programme




Kate Royal & Malcolm Martineau
Kate Royal
St George's Church Dunster
Saturday 25 October 7.30pm
SCHUBERT STRAUSS & MAHLER
Soprano: Kate Royal
Piano: Malcolm Martineau
Franz Schubert:
"An Silvia"  "Romanze aus Rosamunde"
"An den Mond I"  "Rastlose Liebe"
"Heimliches Lieben"  "Im Frühling"
"An die Musik"  "An die Nachtigall"
"Abendstern"  "Frühlingsglaube"
"Lied der Delphine"
Richard Strauss:
"Ich trage meine Minne"
"Das Rosenband"  "Einerlei"
Malcolm Martineau
"Malvern"  "September"
Gustav Mahler:
"Frühlingsmorgen"  "Erinnerung"
"Scheiden und Meiden"
"Ich atmet' einen linden Duft"
"Ich bin de Welt"
Tickets: £22/£25/£30
Box Office: 01643 831006