Classical Journey 10am Tuesday 8 April 2014

Catherine Hamilton
& Julian Rippon
Sing Vaughan Williams' "Sea Symphony"
Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral Saturday 5 April

La Chorale Univerisitaire de Louvain
Sing Handel's "Messiah"
Church of St Michael & All Angels
Mount Dinham  Friday 4 April

David Cottam
"The Eloquent Guitar"
Lympstone Parish Church
Sunday 6 April

Dartington Community Choir
Sing Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle"
Dartington Great Hall  Sunday 6 April
Director of Music: Jonathan Watts
Soprano: Suzanne Manuell
Mezzo Soprano: Alison Kettlewell
Tenor: Anando Mukerjee
Baritone: Philip Smith
Piano: John Bryden & Juliet Edwards
Harmonium: Ian Curror

Phil Fluke
Harmonium Expert

Jazzlab
The Bay Horse Totnes
Sunday 6 April
Flugelhorn: Tim Sayer
Double Bass: David George
Piano: Lewis Riley

Sam Richards: "Big Train"

Saturday 5th April

A Night to Remember

The choir mount the stage
(Maria Yiting Liu
& Juliet Meadowcroft)

Oboe: Kate Osbourne

In the spotlight
Catherine Hamilton
& Julian Rippon

Violin: Kit Fotheringham

Dressed for the sea
Aquamarine waves
& ermine spray

Two Presidents
Maria Yiting Liu
& Juliet Meadowcroft

Bicton Classics Pianist
(& Tenor)
Andrew Odber

A very important
member of the team
Conductor: Marion Wood

Leader: Clare Smith

Trumpet: Tony Hindley

Lovely! - Julian & Catherine

A Mighty Choir

Orchestra & Soloists

Marion thanks EVERYONE

especially leader Clare Smith

A big bouquet for Clare

special thanks for Catherine

and Julian - bravo!

Tympanist Extraordinaire: Ali Board

Rising Percussion Star: Jerome Blackburn

A very appropriate "Thank You" card for Marion Wood

     Still To Come . . .

The Other Compass

The Other Compass
The Globe Inn Newtown
Tuesday 8 April 8.30pm            ! ! ! ! !
THE SNOW GIANTS       NEW LINE-UP
Bass: Al Swainger
Keyboard: Mike Westbrook            
Saxophone: Roz Harding
Guitar: Mike Outram
Drums: Coach York
Guitar & Vocals: Kimwei Westbury
Guitar & Vocals: Dave Wood
Admission: FREE

Beacon Piano Trio

Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 9 April 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
Piano: Joyce Clarke
Violin: Anna Cockroft
'Cello: Ruth Lass
Josef Haydn: Trio 38 in D major Hob. XV 24
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio No. 8 in B flat
(Single Mvt: 'Allegretto')
Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor Op. 66
(Mvt II of 4 'Andante espressivo')
Bedřich Smetana: Klavírní Trio in G minor Op. 15
(Mvt III of 3 Finale: 'Presto')
Admission FREE

Tim Othen

Music at St Michael's
St Michael's Mount Dinham
Wednesday 9 April 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Tim Othen
Chopin AND Rachmaninov
Admission FREE
Full Programme February-May

John Lill

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto

(Photo: Sophie Baker)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
JOHN LILL 70th BIRTHDAY
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Orchestra
Sergi Rachmaninov: 2nd Piano Concerto
Jean Sibelius: 1st Symphony
Conductor: Stefan Solyom
Piano Soloist: John Lill
Tickets: £16-£20.50 (reductions for groups)
Under 16s: £8.50-£10.50
Book using link on BSO website

The Honeymead Ensemble
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
SIX QUARTETS
Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Emma Parker
Viola: Sarah-Jane Bradley
'Cello: Nathaniel Boyd
Ludwig van Beethoven: No 10 in Eь ("Harp") 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Brahms
Tickets: £15 in support of
Exeter Cathedral Development Appeal
01392 285983  book online

Flute: Alison Brockbank
Bassoon: Sidney Hemsley
Tenor: Roger Bourgein

Bicton Classics Night
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 10 April 8.30pm
Classical Musicians play for
and listen to each other
- the pub has a piano.
Admission: FREE
Enquiries: The Bicton Inn
Alison Brockbank / Sidney Hemsley

Exeter Festival Chorus

Exeter Festival Chorus
& Southern Sinfonia
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 April 6.45-for-7.30pm
MARY'S STORY
Conductor: Nigel Perrin
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater 1841
Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater 1926
Giles Swayne: Magnificat 1982
Tickets: Front Nave £22 Rear Nave £17
Unreserved Side Aisle £12
EFC Tickets: 0845 6005441
Exeeter Tickets: 01392 665885
book online
choir website




Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 12 April 7.15pm
SPRING CONCERT
John Taverner: "Gloria Tibi Trinitas"
Thomas Tallis: "Spem in Alium Nunquam Habui"
John Tavener: Selected Works
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £8)
Keith Wainwright: 01297 553955
Online Booking Form

Paul Archibald
English Brass Academy

South West Music School
& English Brass Academy
Wellington School, Somerset
Monday-Thursday 14-17 April
EASTER BRASS COURSE
Brass Works  Brass Studio
Percussion Adacemy
Grade V Music Theory
Leader: Paul Archibald
French Horn: Richard Wainwright
Trumpet: Victoria Curran
Trombone: Jon Hopes

Julie Edwards
Music Theory

Music Theory: Julie Edwards
Residential: £400
Non-Residential: £280
Deadline for Bursaries: Wednesday 5 March
(Leverhulme Trust info@swms.co.uk)
Deadline for Grade V: Friday 28 March
Deadline for Percussion & Brass: Friday 4 April
Paul Archibald: 01396 508060
Book Online:  Brass Works  Brass Studio
Percussion Academy  Grade V Music Theory

Press Release from Kate Wannell

More Events for 2014

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra & Choir Ralph Vaughan Williams : " A Sea Symphony " Exeter Cathedral TONIGHT Saturday 5 April 2014

A Final Day of Preparation

Director of Music: Marion Wood

Choir and Orchestra
(Harp: Fiona Somerville)

Leader: Clare Smith

First Desk: Clare Smith, Jackie Baldwin

A very intriguing viola: Deborah Hamilton

The scroll is a bee with golden wings

Horns: Mary Saunders, Trevor Ives
Beth Osment, Sally Maya

Bass Clarinet: John Welton
Clarinets: John Walthew, Richard de la Rue
Bassoon: Prue Tasman

Contrabassoon: Alfie Pugh

Oboe: Kate Osbourne

Trumpet Trio: Tony Hindley, Stuart Paul, John Bowden

Trombones & Tuba: Charles Dowell & Rob O'Byrne

Tympani: Ali Board

Clash Cymbals: Stephen Harker

Ride Cymbal: Stephen Harker

Triangle & Snare: Jerome Blackburn, Tom Clemo

Singers from many choirs
Far left: Juliet Meadowcroft (Exeter Bach Society)
Maria Yiting Liu (Exeter University Choral Society)

Soprano: Catherine Hamilton

Baritone: Julian Rippon

Soprano & Baritone duet

An urgent consultation:
- Should the soloists be further forward?

Yes!

"A Sea Symphony" starts at 7.30pm.

It will be phenomenal!

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
"SEA SYMPHONY": Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
Soprano: Catherine Hamilton
Bass: Julian Rippon
Conductor: Marion Wood
Leader: Clare Smith
Tickets: £15/12/10/8 (U16 £6/5/4)
Exeter Tourist Info: 01392 665885
Devon Strings Workshop (10-4 Wed-Sat)

OR PAY AT THE DOOR

La Chorale Universitaire de Louvain arrive from Belgium for a Passiontide concert at St Michael's Church Mount Dinham Friday 4 April 2014

An Anglo-Belgian Collaboration
The Church of St Michael & All Angels
Friday 4th April
Soprano: Erika Borley
Alto: Clement Museur
Chef de Musique: Charlotte Messiaen
Soprano: Marianne Connors
Organist: Alex West
Bass: Richard Barnes

Charlotte Messiaen
introduces the Belgian Choir

In 2009-2010 Marianne Connors spent a year in Belgium as part of her choral scholarship at St Michael's Church, Mount Dinham. In Louvain, she was welcomed by the choir of the Université Catholique de Louvin. The choir was founded by self-confessed Anglophile, Charlotte Messiaen, in 2004.

La Chorale Universitaire

de Louvain

Now that the choir is in its tenth year Madame Messiaen has 

organised a grand celebration - a concert of music from Handel's "Messiah" performed in collaboration with Marianne's choir. On Friday evening the Belgian choir joined their English colleagues at St Michael's. At the end of the month the English singers will travel to Belgium for two more very special performances. On Tuesday 29th April they will be at the Aula Magna Concert Hall in Louvain-la-Neuve, and on Wednesday 30th April at L'Église Notre-Dame de la Chapelle in Brussels.

Organist Alex West
accompanies "Messiah"

Friday's concert at St Michael's opened with a gentle procession through the nave of the church, allowing the audience to see and hear the Belgian singers at close quarters.

With no accompaniment, the choir sang ten beautiful songs. Most were in Latin, but Thomas Tallis' "If ye love me" was sung in perfect English, and the final song was one of Jo Akepsimas' settings of the French poetry of Michel Scouarnec "Le vent souffle où il veut" (The wind blows where it will).

Marianne Connors

and the St Michael's Choir

join La Chorale de Louvain

For some of their songs, Marianne joined the soprano line. After "Le Vent" the members of the St Michael's Church Choir joined in as well. With Alex West playing the organ, and Charlotte Messiaen conducting, the full ensemble sang extracts from George Frederic Handel's "Messiah".

Soprano Soloist

Erika Borley
"He was despised,

and rejected of men"

After opening with the rousing words "Behold the Lamb of God", the choir gave up the floor to a very special soprano soloist. Erika Borley, with only the gentlest accompaniment from Alex (and often singing unaccompanied), gave a perfect performance of the tragic aria "He was despised, and rejected of men". This was by far the longest piece of the concert (over ten minutes) and incredibly impressive in its simplicity. Erika's confidence and stamina, and exquisitely beautiful singing were amazing to see and hear.

Grand Harmony

Four more choruses from the Messiah completed the concert, with an impressive recitative from the back row of the choir. St Michael's Bass, and one of the organisers of Friday's event, Richard Barnes introduced the final extract with the Words from Psalm 22, "All they that see him, laugh him to scorn. They shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying . . . " leading into the full choir's rendition of "He trusted in God".

The atmosphere of tragedy and passion gave way to celebration at the end of the concert, as 'cadeaux' were exchanged and several people, including Charlotte and Marianne, put into words the joy they have shared making music together.

Less than a month to wait for the Belgian reprise!

Chorale de Louvain Website