! ! This is the Run-Down for April 2011 ! !
To see this year's April Concerts see 'post for April 2012'
To see this year's April Concerts see 'post for April 2012'
Exeter Cathedral Monday 11 April 7.30pm
Exeter Festival Chorus
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Handel's Messiah
Soprano: Sarah Tynan
Counter-Tenor: David Allsopp
Tenor: Thomas Hobbs
Bass: Janathan Lamalu
Tickets: 665885
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 13 April 12.30pm
The Courtenay Players
Judith Belam
Angela Chapman,
Janet Drake-Law
Cath Palmer-Wills
Admission Free
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 14 April 7.30pm
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Mezzo-Soprano Alison Kettlewell
- Mezzo-Soprano Alison Kettlewell
Mahler: Symphony No 2 "Resurrection"
Soprano Catherine Hamilton,
Mezzo-Soprano Alison Kettlewell
Mezzo-Soprano Alison Kettlewell
with the Exeter Music Group Singers
Conductor: Marion Wood, Leader Clare Smith (q.v.)
Tickets: £8-15 Phoenix: 667080
Soprano Catherine Hamilton -
Take a look at these remarkable photographs taken by local photographer Nigel Cheffers-Heard at the Marion Wood's rehearsal of Mahlers 'Resurrection' Symphony with the Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra last Thursday - ! ! !
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| Solo soprano Catherine Hamilton and conductor Marion Wood |
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| Leader Clare Smith |
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| Woodwind and . . . |
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| Brass! (Tony Hindley 2nd from left) |
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| I once had a whim, and I had to obey it ... |
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| The extraordinary voice of Catherine Hamilton |
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| A very important member of the orchestra |
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Edward Scull: Marimba |
The Helen Foundation
5th Anniversary Concert
5th Anniversary Concert
St Peter's Church Shaldon
Friday 15 April 7.30pm
Friday 15 April 7.30pm
Romance of the Marimba
Marimba: Edward Scull
Exeter Chamber Choir: Andrew Daldorph
Monteverdi, Lauridsen, Gorecki, Daldorph
Tickets: £10 Box: 01626 872308
Newton Abbot and District Society of Arts (nadsa)
Courtenay Centre Newton Abbot Friday 15 April 7.30pm
Heath Quartet
Mozart: Quartet No 9
Britten: String Quartet No 1 CANCELLED
Dvořák: String Quartet in E flat
Tickets: £14 (students £2)
Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall) 214044
Newton Abbot and District Society of Arts (nadsa)Courtenay Centre Newton Abbot Friday 15 April 7.30pm
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Violins: Lucy Russel, Jonathan Sparey
Viola: Alan George 'Cello: Heather Tuach
Barber: String Quartet Op 11
Shostakovitch: String Quartet No 11
Mozart: String Quartet No 17 (The Hunt)
Delius: Late Swallows
Works by Grainger and Dvořák
Tickets: £14 (students £2)
Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall) 214044
The Honeymead Ensemble
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Vlad Maistorovici
Viola: Joel Waterman
'Cello: Gemma Rosefield
Thomas Carroll
Halvorsen/Handel: Passacaglia
Glazunov: Quintet in A major, Opus 39
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D.965
Sponosored by Ashfords Solicitors
Complimentary Tickets
available from the Campaign Office
1 The Cloisters, Exeter EX1 1HS
01392 285974
Ottery St Mary Parish Church
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
Mozart: Mass in C minor
J. S. Bach: Magnificat
Mezzo Soprano: Carolyn Harries
The Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
Torbay Singers Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Tina Guthrie
Divertimento
Leader: Brenda Willoughby
Soprano: Héloïse West
Mezzo Soprano: Louise Mott
Tenor: Rupert Charlesworth
Baritone Alex Poulton
Handel: Coronation Anthems
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Tickets: £10 (U16 free)
Box: 01803 867872
St Peter's Singers
Exeter Cathedral Palm Sunday 17 April 5pm
Service of Music for Palm Sunday
Solo Soprano: Mary O'Shea
(An Anglican service, not a concert)
- Soprano Mary O'Shea
Music on the Edge (q.v.)
The Art Room Topsham
Sunday 17 April 6pm
Sunday 17 April 6pm
Chris Caldwell
Clarinets/Saxaphones
Clarinets/Saxaphones
Susie Hodder-Williams
Flutes/Marimba
Flutes/Marimba
Rich Bolton
Guitar/'Cello
Guitar/'Cello
(Artwork: Benedict Rubbra
12 March -24 April)
12 March -24 April)
Tickets: £10 including wine (U21 free)
Box: 0795 292 3318
(booking recommended)
(booking recommended)
BRING YOUR OWN
FOLDING CHAIR!
www.musicontheedge.comFOLDING CHAIR!
??? Handel's Messiah at St Margaret's Topsham Sunday 17 April.
No details. Contact Tony Yeates.
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 20 April 12.30pm
Josephine Pickering
Frances Waters
Piano Duets
Admission Free
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 27 April 12.30pm
Alex West
Piano and Organ
Admission Free
St Boniface Concert Society
Crediton Parish Church Thursday 28 April 7.30pm
Alexander Sitkovetsky: Violin
Qian Wu: Piano
Brahms: Sonatas 2 & 3
Grieg: Sonata No 3
Prokofiev: Sonata No 1
Season Ticket (5 concerts) £50
Tickets: £12 (child £6)
Box: Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall) 214044
Ballet Black
Northcott Theatre Exeter
Friday and Saturday 29/30 April 7.30pm
Henri Oguike: 'Da Gamba'
Antonia Franceschi: 'Shift, Trip ... Catch'
Will Tuckett: 'Orpheus'
Tickets: £10-18 (Concessions 1/2 price)
www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 493493
- Chantelle Gotobed
and Jazmon Voss
performing Da Gamba
by Henri Oguike
Clyst Valley Choral Society
& St David's Singers
St Margaret's Church Topsham:
Saturday 30 April 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Chruch Exmouth:
Sunday 1 May 3pm
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Conductor: Paul Stock
Soprano: Janet MacDonald
Mezzo Soprano: Carolyn Harries
Tenor: Christopher Hunt
Bass: Julian Rippon
Organist: Mark Perry
Tickets: £8 (advance £7)
from Joel Segal Books 877895
www.clystvalleychoral.org.uk
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 4 May12.30pm
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Baldassare Galuppi: Sonata in B flat(early 18th Century Venetian composer,
born on the island of Burano)
Brahms: Intermezzo in A op118 no 2
Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 Op. 29
Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66
Harold Noble: Chanson d'Amour
Mendelssohn:Venetian Gondola Song
in F sharp minor Op. 30 No. 6
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso in E Op. 14
Admission Free
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral Thursday 5 May 7.30pm
A Festival of the Ukraine
Mussorgsky: St John's Night on Bare Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
Lizst: Mazeppa
Reinhold Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra
Mussorgsky: St John's Night on Bare Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
Lizst: Mazeppa
Reinhold Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra
Conductor: Kirill Karabits Soprano: Ailish Tynan -
www.bsolive.com
'1769 Organ Restoration Fund'
James Wyatt Music Room, Powderham Castle
Friday 6 May 7.30pm
Music for Flute, Strings and Organ
Flute: Judith Hall Organ: George Pratt
Divertimento:
Violin: Mary Eade Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Mozart: 2 Quartets for Flute & Strings
Reger: Serenade for Flute & Strings
Panufnik: 'Homage to Chopin'
Dvořák: Five Bagatelles for Harmonium & Strings
(on the Bryce Reede organ, naturally)
Tickets: £14 Box: 01626 890243
East Devon Choral Society'1769 Organ Restoration Fund'
James Wyatt Music Room, Powderham Castle
Friday 6 May 7.30pm
Music for Flute, Strings and Organ
Flute: Judith Hall Organ: George Pratt
Divertimento:
Violin: Mary Eade Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Vicky Evans
Mozart: 2 Quartets for Flute & Strings
Reger: Serenade for Flute & Strings
Panufnik: 'Homage to Chopin'
Dvořák: Five Bagatelles for Harmonium & Strings
(on the Bryce Reede organ, naturally)
Tickets: £14 Box: 01626 890243
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| Conductor of 'Gerontius' and Director of Exeter Chamber Choir Andrew Daldorph |
St Paul's Church Tiverton
Saturday 7 May 7.30pm
Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Full symphony orchestra
conducted by Andrew Daldorph
Mezzo-Soprano: Frances Bourneconducted by Andrew Daldorph
Tenor: Iain Milne
Bass: James Arthur
Tickets: Main Aisle £15, other £10 (U16 £6)
EDCS Box Office: 01884 840054
Tiverton Information Centre 01884 255827
Details: 01884 253494
www.exeterchamberchoir.co.uk
EXMOUTH Choral Society and Orchestra
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth Saturday 7 May 7.30pm
Haydn: Creation
Soprano: Emily Griffiths
Tenor Clement Hetherington
Bass:Stephen Conolly
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Leader Fiona McLean
Tickets: £10 (child/student £5)
Family: £20 (all + £3 on the door)
Box: 01395 275188
www.exmouthchoralsociety.org.uk
- Conductor Laurence Blyth
EXETER Choral Society and Orchestra
St James's Church Exeter
Wednesday 11 May 7.30 pm
C. P. E. Bach: Magnificat
Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai
Soprano: Harriet Jones
Counter-Tenor: Jake Arditti
Tenor: David Webb
Bass: Matthew Cann
Conductor: Laurence Blyth
Tickets: £9 (U16 free) Box: 832474
www.exeterchoral.co.uk
- Conductor Laurence Blyth
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| Chris Gradwell and Friends in the basement of Kennaway House Sidmouth Mike Thorne, Andrew Daldorph, Chris, Andrew Barret |
Kennaway House Sidmouth
Saturday 14 May 7.30pm
Music Poetry Actors
Saxophone & Clarinet: Chris Gradwell
Keyboard: Andrew Daldorph
Guitar: Andrew Barret
Double Bass: Mike Thorne
Character Actors: Wally Cotgrave
Rowland Moloney
Authors: Barbara Farquaharson
Kairen Hooker
John Torrance
Tickets: £7 Box: 07583 796855
South West Music School
Ship Studio Dartington Sunday 22 May 3pm
Young Artist Showcase: Classical Music
Haydn: Divertimento in D
Freya Hicks: Beethoven Romance No 2
Rossini String Sonata NO 2
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No 1
Tickets £3 (free for students)
www.dartington.org
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
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Rebecca Smith Singing Elgar and Britten Coffee and Music at Broadclyst Parish Church Last Saturday (26 March) |
Bach & Beethoven
Organist: Andrew Millington
Mezzo Soprano: Rebecca Smith
Beethoven: Mass in C
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in D
Tickets: £9,11,14,17,20 (student subtract £2)
Supper Club £40
www.exephil.org.uk
Orchestra of the Age or Enlightenment
Dartington Great Hall Sunday 29 May 3pm
Musical Director: Alison Bury
Soprano: Elin Manahan Thomas
George Frederic Handel:
Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1
Guilio Desare: 'Da Tempesta'
Rinaldo: 'Lascia ch'io Pianga'
Alcina: 'Tonami a Vagheggiar'
Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2
Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 7
Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra:
'Silete Venti'
Tickets: £18 (student £5) Box: 01803 847070
www.dartington.org
The Piazzolla DuoLympstone Parish Church
Saturday 4 June
Flute: Ruth Avis
Guitar: Clive Betts
Tickets available from Sun 1 May
Lympstone PO: 01395 263928
www.lympstoneentertainments.co.uk
The Piazzolla Duo -
Coffee and Music - Evening Concert
Broadclyst Parish Church
Saturday 11 June 7.30pm
Flute: Denise Deter
(distinguished flautist & teacher
Woodlawn Arts Academy,
Sterling Illinois)
Piano: John Scarfe
Admission Free
- Flautist Denise Deter
Shaldon Festival
St Peter's Church Shaldon
Thu-Sun 16-19 June
Thu 16: English Touring Opera
Fri 17: South West Music School (q.v.)
Sat 18: Choral Workshop with Sir Neville Mariner
Piano: Peter Adcock, Organ: Jonathan Watts,
Soprano: Héloïse West, Alto Rebecca Smith (see above),
Sun 19: Innovation Chamber Ensemble
(Strings of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)
Shostakovich, Brahms, Mendelssohn
Exeter Recorder Orchestra St James's Church Exeter Saturday 18 June 7.30pm
Denis Bloodworth: Arr. of renaissance dances G F Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1
William Mundy: O Mater Mundi William Byrd: Ye Sacred Muses
Steve Marshall: Symphony No 4 www.pinwood.net
(Concert repeated at United Reformed Church Dawlish Sat 16 July 7pm)
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