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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Fruchter, Sam 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

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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 

adie.exmoor@btinternet.com

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

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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

Classical Journey 10am Tuesday 20 August 2013 Special Guest: flautist Leonie Stevenson-Jones

Leonie Stevenson-Jones
flautist & physicist

Leonie Stevenson-Jones
visits the Phonic FM studio

This Tuesday morning Leonie Stephenson-Jones will be in the Phonic FM studio to talk about her interest in the flute - and physics. We will also listen to Michael Gluyas' recordings of Leonie's recital with Andrew Daldorph which was at Newton St Cyres earlier this month.

Meeting the master
Leonie with Judith Hall
Powderham May 2011 

Leonie is still at school. She is studying for her maths, physics, chemistry and music A-levels at Exeter College. On weekends she gets extra flute tuition at the Junior Guildhall.

Back in 2011, Leonie met Australian flute virtuoso, Judith Hall, after a Divertimento concert at Powderham Castle. Judith inspired the audience in the James Wyatt music room with her beautiful playing of Mozart's flute quartets (with Mary Eade, Andrew Gillett and Vicky Evans).

Leonie plays 'Mars, Bringer of War'
EMG Symphony Orchestra Mar 2012

In 2012 Leonie took the opportunity to join in Marion Wood's open rehearsals with the Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra. In March she was in the flute section for Holst's 'Planets' and Elgar's 'Enigma Variations'.

Having achieved Grade VIII on the flute, Leonie took up a work experience placement with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. As Christmas approached, Leonie had another chance to rehearse with EMG - Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovitch, and Leroy Anderson's incredible 'Sleigh Ride'.

Tchaikovsky Nov 2012

This year (once the summer exams were over) Leonie was able to prepare for a concert of her own. A chance conversation brough her into contact with another of Exeter's great conductors, Andrew Daldorph. As well as conducting the Exeter Chamber Choir and East Devon Choral Society, Andrew is an amazing pianist. He regularly plays Jazz with saxophonist Chris Gradwell ('and friends'!) and has composed many pieces for jazz ensemble.


Andrew is also organist at the Church of St Cyr and St Julitta in Newton St Cyres, just north of Exeter. He and his wife Sally are well known for their enthusiasm and generosity where young musicians are concerned. At quite short notice they were able to arrange for Leonie to give a recital at the church on Thursday 8th August.

Bill Holt
introduces the concert

A capacity audience arrived to hear the new performer. To avoid throwing Leonie straight into public performance, Andrew started the concert with a familiar Prelude by Dietrich Buxtehude. The lively alternation between playful and serious playing put the listeners in a very good mood for what was to come.

Andrew Daldorph
checks the running order 

Although it was reasonable to assume that Leonie was one of Andrew's students, Andrew introduced her by saying that they had only met during the rehearsal for the concert. Appropriately they started their recital with a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel, in the 'style galant'. Andrew played delightful piano interludes which said, "Be my guest!". Leonie would then take over before sliding into a gentle duet with the piano. In the second movement (un poco andante) Leonie played flute links for Andrew's single chords. Although Leonie had sheet music, she seemed to rely extensively on memory. Each time Andrew's playing broke off, Leonie was ready with a polite trill.

Andrew plays Boëlmann
assisted by Sally Daldorph

Leonie had another break while Andrew played a couple of playful nocturnes by John Field. Then she had another chance to show her skill, with a two movement 'fantasie' by Gabriel Fauré. The flute part raced up and down the scale between jaunty piano dances. As the pace increased the flute keys could be heard rattling on their mountings - but Leonie never missed a note.

After the usual convivial Newton St Cyres interval, the second half was in two parts. First Andrew treated us to more music on the church organ - Léon Boëlmann's 'Suite Gothique' no less - ending with the rousing toccata. (See Alex West's performance at Glenorchy 27 April 2011.) Andrew reminded us that Naoko Maeda played a toccata on the Newton St Cyres organ in August 2012 - Bach's 'Toccata & Fugue'.

Leonie Stevenson-Jones
plays Widor's Flute Suite 

Finally Andrew joined Leonie for a flute suite composed by another Parisian organist, Charles-Marie Widor.

The opening moderato was a delicious duet. during the scherzo the piano was restrained. Andrew played single notes amongst elaborate flute flourishes which led to pregnant pauses. The final crazy passage was brought perfectly to an abrupt halt - just in time for distant church bells to chime out nine o' clock.

The romance was just that - a gorgeous assortment of glissandi and sustained trills which Leonie delivered with mastery. The final opened ominously on the piano, leading to Leonie's most testing passages of all. The flute sweeping around the scale before suddenly stopping, followed by a re-opening of business by Andrew on the piano. As her fingers flashed up the scale faster and faster, the music raced to its spectacular conclusion.

The audience response was so positive and enthusiastic, Leonie was persuaded to return and play the last movement of Fauré's Fantasia again - with exactly the same response. This first outing for a new musician was an unqualified success. Bill Holt's good wishes for her future were echoed by all present. Everyone hopes to hear Leonie Stevenson-Jones in concert again very soon.

Watch this space for details.

Sally and Andrew applaud along with the audience 

Leonie acknowledges her accompanist
in true 'gallant style'