Concert Run-Down for the beginning of May

The Sixteen
Director of Music
Harry Christophers
choir website

The Sixteen (Choral Pilgrimage)
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 2 May 7.30pm
THE EARTH RESOUNDS
(Franco-Flemish renaissance music)
Josquin des Prez (1500):
'Preater Rerum Serium'
'O virgo Prudensissima'
'Huc Me Sydereo'
Antoine Brumel (1500):
'Missa Et Ecce Terrae' (Earthquake Mass)
 - 'Gloria' & 'Sanctus'
Orlande de Lassus (1560):
Magnificat super 'Preater rerum Serium'
'Aurora Lucis Rutilat'
'Timor et Tremor'
Magnificat Octavi Toni Super 'Aurora Lusic Rutilat'
Tickets: £12-26
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
National Centre for Early Music 01904 658338
Concert CD sales

Sebastian Pope as Ernest Pringle
in 'Alas Poor Fred'
OwlGlass Theatre, 2-5 May

OwlGlass Theatre
The Hourglass Inn, Exeter
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 5 May 8pm
FRENZY FOR TWO  (and the same to you)
- a snail/tortoise confusion leads to all-out war -
by Eugene Ionesco (translation, Donald Watson)
Assistant Director: Sorrel Meechan
Director: Sebastian Pope ('He')
'She': Charlott Reinhold
Tickets: £9 from Hourglass: 01392 258722

Chris Gradwell: tenor sax

Chris Gradwell and Friends
The Blue Ball Inn Sidford
Sunday 6 May 7.30pm (Doors open 6.45)
LE JAZZ
Piano: Andrew Daldorph
Clarinets/Saxophones: Chris Gradwell
Guitar: Andrew Barratt
Double Bass: Mike Thorn
Tickets: £8
07583 796855 - glyn.holford@sky.co.uk

Caerphilly Ladies' Choir

Caerphilly Ladies' Choir
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Monday 7 May 1.15pm
T. Price: Y Delyn Aur
Henry Geehl: Ar Hyd y Nos
Sherri Porterfield: Luadate Dominum
Martin Shaw: With a Voice of Singing
Howard Goodall: The Lord is my Shepherd
John Rutter: the Lord Bless You & Keep You
Arwel Hughes: Tydi y Rhoddaist
John Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth
Admission: FREE (retiring collection)

Anthony Hewlett
will cycle from
Land's End to John O'Groats

The Olympianist
Exeter Cathedral Green / Chapter House
Friday 11 May outdoor 3.30pm | indoor 7.30pm
Pianist and long-distance cyclist: Anthony Hewlett
Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight & Pathetique Sonatas
Franz Schubert: Improptu in E flat
Frederic Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu
Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Taster recital on the Green: admission FREE
Chapter House Concert: Tickets: £12 (student £5)
Exeter Cathedral Shop: 01392 271354
The Olympianist Website

THE HONITON FESTIVAL

The Callino String Quartet
Tom Hankey: Violin
Sarah McMahon: 'Cello
Rebecca Jones: Viola
Sarah Sexton: Violin

Honiton Festival
Cotleigh Parish Church
Thursday 10 May:
Reception, 6.15pm - Concert, 7.30pm
THE CALLINO STRING QUARTET
Joseph Haydn: Quartet Opus 76 No 3 ('Emperor')
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F (1903)
Franz Schubert: Quartet in Dm (Death + Maiden)
Tickets: £17.50 (£12 concert only)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716
Callino Quartet Website
'Callino' = 'Cailíní ó Chois tSúire'
(girls from Tipperary)







Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm
JAZZ WITH JACQUI DANKWORTH
(Daughter of Dame Cleo Lane & Sir John Dankworth)
Tickets: £12-15 (£9 unreserved)
Noel Barrington Prowse: 01404 831837
Honiton Tourist Info: 01404 43716

"One of the classiest acts in British Jazz":
Jacqui Dankworth

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

East Devon Choral Society
St George's Church Tiverton
Saturday 12 May 7.30pm
SPRING CONCERT
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Tickets: £10 available on the door
Book with Sue North: 01884 253494

William Carter (theorbo)
directed by Alina Ibragimova
Dartington 23 February 2012

Academy of Ancient Music
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 May 7.45pm
AYRES FOR THE THEATRE
Theatre Music by Henry Purcell:
1688: 'Dido & Aeneas'
1690: 'The Gordian Knot Untied'
1691: 'Three Single Songs':
 - "Hark! The Echoing Air"
 - "If Music Be the Food of Love"
 - "From Rosy Bowers"
1692: 'The Faerie Queen'
1694: 'The Married Beau'
Director (& theorbo): William Carter
Ensemble of Eleven Baroque Instruments
Soprano: Elin Manahan Thomas
Tickets: Nave £25 (front) £18 (rear)

Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas
At Dartington for
'A Celebration of Handel'
with the Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment 29 May 2012

unreserved aisle seats: £10
from Exeter Cathedral Shop: 01392 271354
Exeter Cathedral Online Booking
Academy Website













Phil Beer
Hockworthy Village Hall
Sunday 13th May
Bar opens: 6.45pm - Performance: 7.30pm
Tickets: £10
Val 01823 673268
Louise 01823 673025
louise@red-elephant.co.uk
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The Exeter Singers

Exeter Singers
St Mary's Church Ideford
Sunday 13 May 7.45pm
unaccompanied singing
directed by Tony Yates
Renaissance, Romantic, Modern
Folk, Jazz and Classic Songs
Tickets: £5 on the door
Box Office: 01626 852954

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Saint Davids Players - Auditions!
Kalendar Hall, South Street, Exeter
Sunday 13 May 2pm
for PRINCESS IDA (Gilbert & Sullivan)
to be performed at the Barnfield Theatre
Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th October
Audition pieces at St Davids Players website
(follow 'Rehearsals & Auditions')
stdavidsplayers@hotmail.com

English Piano Trio
Justin Pearson
Jane Faulkner
Timothy Ravenscroft

St Boniface Concert Society
Holy Cross Church Crediton
Wednesday 16 May 7.30pm
ENGLISH PIANO TRIO
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C HOb. XV:21
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Opus 63
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio No 7 in B flat ('Archduke')
Piano: Timothy Ravenscroft
Violin: Jane Faulkner
'Cello: Justin Pearson
Tickets: £10 (child FREE)
Mrs Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
society website

Organ restoration expert
Christopher Kent

Saint Nicholas Consort
James Wyatt Music Room,
Powderham Castle
Friday 18 May 7.30pm
Music by 18th Century Composers
Soprano: Rachel Gilliam
Oboe: Belinda Paul
Viola da Gamba: Lesley Shrigley Jones
Harpsichord & Organ: Christopher Kent
Tickets: £14 - but free to the first ten
                         full-time students to book
                         (& ½-price for the next 10)
Box Office: 01626 890243
Castle Website

The Brent Singers - from South Brent!  (website)

The Brent Singers
Plympton Ridgeway Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 19 May 7.00 for 7.30pm
Sir Edward Elgar:
"The Dream of Gerontius"
Conductor: Trefor Farrow
Organist: Jonathan Watts
Gerontius: Matthew Oakes
Priest: John Bowden
Angel: Cheryl Stead
Tickets: £10 (U16 FREE)

Conductor: David Acres
Counterpoint Choir
website

Counterpoint Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 19 May 7.30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Ola Gjeilo: Sanctus

Director of Music: David Acres
Organist: David Davies
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
proceeds to Choristers Bursary Fund
David Acres: 01392 490398
CounterpointVox@aol.com

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