Tuesday 27 August 2013

August Bank Holiday 2013 - a week of classical concerts in Devon - including Dartington International Summer School events and the Totnes Festival Tuesday 27 August to Tuesday 3 September 2013 (Full details of all concerts here!)

Lucy Bray
Newton St Cyres: Tuesday 27 August
(Photo with Jonathan Schrantz Exeter Cathedral 2012)



Mike Thorn
TOTNES FESTIVAL
St Mary's Church Totnes
Tuesday 27 August 1-2.15pm
LUNCHTIME JAZZ
THE LEWIS RILEY TRIO
Piano: Lewis Riley
Double Bass: Mike Thorn
Drums: Dave Sheen
Tickets: £5
01803 866242
lewis@rileymusic.plus.com




Gallimaufry Ensemble
(photo: David Fernandes)
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Tuesday 27 August 5.15pm 
GALLIMAUFRY ENSEMBLE
Paul Hindemith     Kleine Kammermusik
Roberto Gerhard  Capriccio for solo flute
John Woolrich      The Iron Cockerel Sings
Leoš Janáček      Mladi
Tickets: £8.00 unreserved


Lucy Bray
(Photo: Messiah 9 Oct 2012
Lucy Bray
Church of St Cyr & St Julitta
Newton St Cyres EX5 5BX
Tuesday 27 August 7.30pm
SUMMER CONCERT
Soprano: Lucy Bray
Piano/Organ: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £5








Martino Tirimo
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Tuesday 27 August 7.45pm
PIANO: MARTINO TIRIMO
Frédéric Chopin      Polonaise-Fantaisie Aь Op 61
                               3 Mazurkas Op 59
                               Ballade No.4 in F minor Op 54
John Woolrich       Pianobook IV
Frédéric Chopin    24 Preludes Op 28
Tickets: £18.50 reserved / £14 unreserved






Paul Archibald
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Tuesday 27 August 10.00pm
BRASS MASTERCLASS TUTORS
trumpet:     Paul Archibald
trombone:  Graham Lee
piano:        Richard Shaw
Robert Schumann           Adagio and Allegro
Georges Enescu   Légende for trumpet & piano
Peter Maxwell Davies  Sonatina for trumpet
Paul Dukas                    Villanelle
Henri Dutilleux             Prelude, Cadence et Fugato
Tickets: £8.00 unreserved


Bellatromba
(photo taken by the mother of Emma Basset, right,
at Simonsbath Festival)
Quintabile
(photo: facebook)


Dartington International
Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Wednesday 28 August 5.15pm
QUINTABILE &
BELLATROMBA
A programme of music by one of this week’s Advanced Brass students
Admission: FREE -
no need to book






Pierre-Andre Valade
(photo: Guy Vivien) 
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Wednesday 28 August 7.45pm
DARTINGTON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Pierre-Andre Valade 

Arnold Schönberg   Verklärte Nacht
Ivan Fedele             Syntax 0.1
Igor Stravinsky      The Firebird (1919)

Tickets: £18.50 reserved / £14 unreserved
Book Online






Andrew Millington
Organ PLUS ONE
Exeter Cathedral
Wednesday 28 August 8pm
Organ: Andrew Millington
'Cello: Jonathan Hennessey-Brown
Tickets: £7 (student £3 child FREE)
01392 285983 or book online









Tamara Stefanovich
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Wednesday 28 August 10.00pm
'CELLO & PIANO
Louise Hopkins & Tamara Stefanovich
Felix Mendelssohn        Variations Concertantes
Witold Lutoslawski       Grave
Leoš Janáček                Pohadka
Ludwig van Beethoven  Cello Sonata No 4 in C
Tickets: £8.00 unreserved








Rebecca Smith


Lunchtime Concert Series
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Thursday 29 August 1pm
Mezzo Soprano: Rebecca Smith
Piano: Paul McClure
Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe Und Leben
Sir Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures
1. Sea Slumber Song
2. In Haven
3. Sabbath Morning at Sea
4. Where Corals Lie
5. The Swimmer
Admission FREE





Chamber Choir 2013
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Thursday 29 August 5.15pm
CHAMBER CHOIR

Musical Director: Jeremy Walker 
Anton Bruckner      2 Aequali for 3 trombones
                                Psalm 114 for 5-part choir
                                             and 3 trombones
                                A selection of motets
Johannes Brahms Fest & Gedenksprüche Op 109
Admission: FREE - no need to book






John Cage
in 1948, playing
"Suite for Toy Piano"


Lona Kozik


TOTNES FESTIVAL
Kozik & Cage
St Mary's Church Totnes
Thursday 29 August 7.30pm
Piano: Lona Kozik,
Elie FruchterSam Richards
Lona Kozik:
"How to Say Nothing and Mean a Lot"
- for three keyboards
John Cage:
three simultaneous pieces
"Lecture on Nothing"
Tickets: £10 on the door




Steve Dummer
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Thursday 29 August 7.45pm
BRASS ENSEMBLE &

WIND BAND CONCERT
Conductors: Steve Dummer
                   & Paul Archibald 
Leoš Janáček                  Sokol Fanfare
Josef Haydn                     Derbyshire March 1
                                        Derbyshire March 2
                                        March in Eb for the Prince of Wales
                                        Ungarischer National-Marsch
Arnold Schönberg           Theme and Variations Op 43a
Ludwig van Beethoven   Drei Equale
Richard Strauss              Festmusik der Stadt Wien
Mussorgsky/Howarth   Pictures at an Exhibition
Tickets: £14.00 unreserved



Robert Purvis
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall Studio 30
Thursday 29 August 10.00pm
SONGS FROM THE MUSICALS

Director: Robert Purvis 
Piano: Marcus Andrews 
Finale of this week’s course
Admission: FREE - no need to book








Stuart Paul (far left): piccolo trumpet
rehearsing Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'
with EMG Symphony Orchestra Nov '11
Music @ St Paul's
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 30 August 1pm
ORGAN & TRUMPET RECITAL
Organist: Stephen Bell
Trumpet: Stuart Paul
Tickets: £5

Lunch on sale at 12pm








Steve Dummer
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall Studio 30
Friday 30 August 5.15pm
ORCHESTRAL WORKSHOP

Conductor Stephen Dummer 
A selection of the works studied
in this week’s Orchestral Workshop course.
Admission: FREE - no need to book







THE MARSYAS TRIO
(see full press release)
Barkham Concert
(Prelude to the October 2013 Two Moors International Festival)
Barkham Farm South Molton EX36 3LU
Friday, 30 August 2013 7.30pm
THE MARSYAS TRIO
Flute: Helen Vidovich
'Cello: Valerie Welbanks
Piano: Fei Ren            
THE GREAT GENDER DIVIDE
Elena Firsova: Meditation in a Japanese Garden
Hilary Tann: Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici
Kaija Saariaho: Mirrors (Flute and Cello)         
Elena Firsova
Clara Schumann: Caprice à la Boléro (Piano)
Cécile Chaminade: Arabesque (Piano)        
Elena Firsova: Spring Sonata (Flute & Piano)
Elena Firsova: A Triple Portrait
(commissioned by Marsyas Trio)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Trio in D minor
Tickets: By donation min. £15 per person
(Optional supper is £12 per person)
Penny and John Adie: 01643 831370 
To pay by cheque, please book first, then send to:
Barkham, Sandy Way, South Molton EX36 3LU
Press Release from John &  Penny Adie



Blackdowns Early Music Project

Exeter Cathedral
Friday 30 August 7.30pm
GRAND BAROQUE
Two UK premières:
Georg Muffat: Missa in Labore Requies
Johann Fux: Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis
Monteverdi String Band
Altenburg Trumpet Ensemble
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Conductor: JanJoost van Elburg
                   (Bartholomew Consort)
Soprano: Sally Dunkely (The Sixteen)
     Amy Haworth (Madison Bach Musicians)
Alto: Caroline Trevor (The Taverner Consort)
          Hannah Cooke (New Zealand Opera)
Tenor: Mark Dobell (The Orlando Consort)
            Julian Stocker (The English Consort)
Bass: Jonathan Arnold (Bristol Bach Choir)
           Thomas Flint (Ex Cathedra)
Tickets: £12/£18/£25 (unreserved £10)
Northcott Box Office: 01392 493493
Book online (very few nave seats left!)
More ticket information from Catherine Bass:
Ticket agents manage separate allocations
Best available offered at Oxboffice
Oxboffice: 0845 6801926  book online
Exeter Tourist Information: 01392 265700
Taunton Tourist Information: 01823 336344
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080  book online 
Early Music Project website
Press Release from B.E.M.P.


Garry Walker
(photo: Andy Buchanan)
Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Great Hall
Friday 30 August 7.45pm
SUMMER SCHOOL CHOIR &

DARTINGTON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Garry Walker
Josef Haydn                    Symphony No. 70
Béla Bartók                    Divertimento for strings
Ludwig van Beethoven   Mass in C
Tickets£18.50 reserved / £14 unreserved





Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall Studio 6
Friday 30 August 10.00pm
SALSA BALL

The culmination of this week’s
Salsa music and dance courses,
everyone welcome to dance or just to listen
Admission: FREE - no need to book!





Elizabeth Hornby

Lunchtime Cathedral Concert
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Saturday 31 August  1.15pm
Piano: Elizabeth Hornby
New Album: "Butterfly Island"
Admission FREE
(retiring collection)




Peggy Seeger
TOTNES FESTIVAL
Peggy Seeger
Ariel Centre Totnes
Saturday 31 August 7.30pm
FOLK REVIVAL PIONEER
daughter of 1930's modernist
composer Ruth Porter Crawford
& folk musicologist Charles Seeger
Latest CD "Bring Me Home" 2009
Tickets: £12
Available from Rob & Cathy
Bay Horse Inn Totnes
01803 862088
or online from wegottickets
Details: Totnes Festival website






Sam Richards
TOTNES FESTIVAL
The Bay Horse Inn Totnes
Sunday 1 September 8-11pm
JAZZLAB - with Sam Richards
A celebration of the
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Improvisation, Jazz & Words
Admission FREE
01803 862088
mail@bayhorsetotnes.com

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