Concerts for this week: 15 - 22 November

Full run-down for the rest of the year: here


ENGLISH  TOURING  OPERA
               (15-20 November)

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh
Tuesday 15 November 7.30pm
In collaboration with:

The Royal School of Music
Conductor Michael Rosewell
Soprano 1: Anna Anandarajah
Soprano 2: Hannah Sandison
Counter-Tenor: Rupert Enticknap
Tenor: Simon Chalford Gilkes
Bass: Pnini Gruber
Dancer: Paul Chartry
Violin 1: Anne Marie Christensen
Violin 2: Sophia Anagnostou
'Cello: Willemijn Knodler
Viola da Gamba: Pia Pircher
Theorbo: Jadran Duncumb
Cantatas:
I      Ad Pedes    (to the feet)
II     Ad Genu     (to the knees)
III   Ad Manus    (to the hands)
IV   Ad Latus     (to the side)
V    Ad Pectus    (to the breast)
VI   Ad Cor        (to the heart)
VII  Ad Faciem  (to the face)

Tickets: £12 unreserved
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

Handel: Flavio (in English Translation with pre-show talk 6.45pm)

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Wednesday 16 November 7.30pm

Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Flavio = Counter-Tenor: Clint van der Linde

Emilia = Soprano: Paula Sides
Guido = Counter-Tenor: Jake Arditti
Vitige = Mezzo-Soprano: Lina Markeby
Teodata = Mezzo-Soprano: Kitty Whately
Ugone = Tenor: Mark Wilde
Lotario = Bass Baritone: Andrew Slater
(Don't forget: pre-show talk 6.45 - venue TBC)

Tickets: £17-30
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (pre-show talk 6.45pm)

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Thursday 17 November 7.30pm

Production: Thomas Guthrie

Set Design: Roger Butlin

(who died 23 July this year, aged 76)
Conductor: Joseph McHardy
Soprano: Louise Alder, Nina Lejderman, Nina Markeby
Counter-Tenor: Michal Czerniawski
Tenor: Anthony Gregory, Mark Wilde

(Mark Wilde was Titus in 'La Clemenza di Tito' 23&26 March)

Baritone: Aidan Smith
Bass Baritone: Nicholas Merryweather
(Don't forget: pre-show talk 6.45 - venue TBC)

Tickets: £17-30
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

Handel: Xerxes (in English Translation with pre-show talk 6.45pm)

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Friday and Saturday 18 & 19 November 7.30pm

Nicholas Hytner's English translation
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny

Xerxes = Mezzo-Soprano: Julia Riley
Romilda = Soprano: Laura Mitchell
Atalanta = Soprano: Paula Sides
Arsamenes = Counter-Tenor: Clint van der Linde
Amarstris = Mezzo-Soprano: Rachael Lloyd
Elviro = Baritone: Nicholas Merryweather
Ariodates = Bass: Andrew Slater

- Pre Show Talk on 18 November only-

- 6.45pm venue TBC -

Tickets: £17-30

Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493

boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae Music

Southernhay United Reformed Church Exeter

Saturday 19 November 4pm

Motet for Six Male Voices

with readings from Gesualdo's letters and journals
Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Counter-Tenor: Jake Arditti, Michal Czerniewski
Tenor: Anthony Gregory, Johnny Langridge, Nicholas Merryweather
Bass: Aidan Smith
Madrigals:
Book 5: 'S'io non miro non moro'
Book 4: 'Lo tacerò'
Book 6: 'Beltà, poi che t'assenti'
                  & 'Morro, lasso'
Motets:
'Ave Culcissima Mario'
'Hei Mihi Domine'
'O Vos Omnes'
Tenebrae:
In I Nocturno, Responsorium 1: 'Omnes Amici Miei'
In I Nocturno, Responsorium 3: 'Vinea Mea Electa'
In II Nocturno, Responsorium 4: 'Tamquam Ad Latronem'
In II Nocturno, Responsorium 5: 'Tenebrae Factae Sunt'
Tickets: £7.50 unreserved

Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

J. S. Bach: Cantatas 154, 156, 159 & 161

Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton

Sunday 20 November 3pm

In collaboration with:

Holy Cross Church Choir (website)

With soloists and period players from:

The Old Street Band
Alto: Jonathan Peter Kenny, Clint van der Linde
Tenor: Mark Wilde
Bass: Nicholas Merryweather
Cantata 154: Mein liebster Jesus ist verioren
                         (My dearest Jesus is lost)
- Conductor: Clint van der Linde
Cantata 156: Ich stehe mit einem Fuß im Grabe
                         ( I stand with one foot in the grave)
- Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Cantata 161: Komm, du süße Todeßtunde
                         (Come thou sweet death's hour)
- Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny
Cantata 159: Sehet! Wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem
                         (Come! Let us go up to Jerusalem)
- Conductor: Mark Wilde
Tickets: £8 unreserved

Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

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Lunchtime Piano & Organ Recital
Glenorchy United Reformed Church Exmouth
Wednesday 16 Novmeber 12.30pm
Pianist/Organist: Alex West (played previously 27th April - details)
Admission Free retiring collection


Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 18 November 7.30pm
Greatest Hits
Conductor: Gui Pinheiro
Piano: Alexander Romanovsky
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture
Bizet: Carmen Suite
Pre-Concert Talk in the Lower Exam Hall: 6.40pm
Tickets: £11.50 - £35
Season Ticket reductions
Concessions: 50% off
Student Standby: £5
BSO Kids (U18, U13 accompanied): £1


Ballet Theatre UK
Barnfield Theatre
Friday 18 November 7.30pm
Hans Christian Anderson: The Snow Queen
Tickets: £15 (£13/11)
Box Office 01392 270891 (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm)
Quay Tickets 08432 080500 (24 Hour - 5p per min)
www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk


Broadclyst Coffee and Music
Broadclyst Parish Church
Saturday 19 November 10.30 for 11am
John Scarfe: Organ Recital
Denis Bédard (b. 1950 Quebec): Andantino and Fantasy
Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901 Liechtenstein): Cantilène Sonata
( - listen out for the bass line from Bach's 'Adagio in C')
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748 Thuringia - a cousin of Bach)
 - Violin Concerto after Joseph Meck (1690-1758)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937 Paris): Berceuse & Lied
Gaston Bélier (1863-1938 Paris) Toccata in D minor
( - more bass in the style of Bach - listen for the pedal line)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750 Weimar)
 - Chorale Prelude "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier."
Admission Free retiring collection

Clyst Valley Choral Society
St Margaret's Church Topsham
Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Sunday 20 November 7.30pm
Bach: Nun Danket Alle Gott
Charpentier: Te Deum
Schubert: Mass in G
Soprano: Janet MacDonald
Tenor: Christopher Hunt
Bass: Julian Rippon
Organist: Mark Perry
Conductor: Paul Stock
Tickets: £8 (advance £7)
The Topsham Bookshop: 013921 877895
(formerly Joel Segal Books)
or Box Office: 01392 271858
www.clystvalleychoral.org.uk

Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
John Rutter: Gloria
Bob Chilcott: Salisbury Vespers
Exeter Festival Chorus
Bath Camerata
Devon County Junior Choir
Wells Cathedral School Brass Ensemble
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Tickets: £10-22  08456 005441
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
http://www.exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=148


Claire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett
Barnfield Theatre Exeter
Saturday 19 November 8pm
"A Couple of Swells"
The music of Irving Berlin
("Britain's foremost jazz singer meets
the island's most imaginative composer")
Tickets: £22
Barnfield Box Office: 01392 270891 (10am-4pm)
www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk


Voces Renaissance Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
Conductor: Martyn Warren
Cantor: Michael Vian Clark
Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611)
'Requiem for Six Voices'
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630)
'Dies Irae'
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-94)
'Sicut Servus'
Admission Free   retiring collection
Info: 01626 369622
www.voceschoral.org

Clyst Valley Choral Society
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Sunday 20 November 7.30pm
Bach: Nun Danket Alle Gott
Charpentier: Te Deum
Schubert: Mass in G
(see above)