Concerts 20 November - 4 December 2012

Wensleigh &
Jacqueline Palmer

Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 21 November 12.30pm
SOPRANO, PIANO & ORGAN
Wensleigh & Jacqueline Palmer
(Wensleigh is organist at Sidwell Street
Methodist Church. He will accompany
professional soprano Jacqueline Palmer
and play solo organ pieces)
Admission FREE  retiring collection

piano: Rebecca Willson

Rebecca Willson
Knightley Seminar Room, Exeter University
Wednesday 21 November 3.30pm
A SELECTION OF TWENTIETH
CENTURY PIANO WORKS
Rolf Hind: "Solgata"
Paul McGuire: "Scatter/Gather"
George Crumb: "Five Pieces for Piano"
Jonathan Harvey: "Tombeau de Messiaen"
Admission FREE - and there's tea and cake!

Benjamin Grosvenor

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 23 November 7.30pm
FIRE AND ICE
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 4
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto
soloist: Benjamin Grosvenor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Francesca da Rimini'
conductor: James Gaffigan

Tickets: gallery front £36

James Gaffigan

             gallery rear £29.50
              gallery box £21.50
               ground £21.50 / £18 / £12
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
book online

Charlotte Maclet

Sherborne Latin American Music Festival
(14, 18 &  23 November)
Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, Dorset
Friday 23 November 7pm
STRING QUARTET
violins : Charlotte Maclet & Alejandro Serna
viola: Danuta Adamska
'cello: Arturo Serna
Alberto Ginastera: "Quartet No 1 Op 20"
Teresa Carreño: "Quartet in B minor"
Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Quartet No 1"
Tickets: £12 (U12 FREE)

TangoMotion
NEARLY SOLD OUT!

TangoMotion
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Friday 23 November
Astor Piazzolla
Buenos Aires 1930
Dance and Song
Tickets: £10.50-£18.50
student standby £8
Box Office: 01392 493493
or book online

Conductor
Marion Wood

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra

St Peter's School Exeter

Saturday 24 November 7.30pm

EMG CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Valse des Fleurs'

Peter Warlock: 'Capriol Suite'

Edvard Grieg: 'Holberg Suite'

Dmitri Shostakovich: 'Tahiti Trot'

Leroy Anderson: Christmas FEstival

Sergei Prokofiev: Troika

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride

conductor: Marion Wood

leader: Clare Smith

Tickets: £7 (student/U16 £5)

one U16 flies free with each paying adult!

Box Office: Exeter Tourist Information, Dix's Field

(open 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat 01392 665885)

tickets also on sale at Exeter Strings Workshop

(Bartholomew Street West, Fore Street end)

open 10am-6pm Wed-Sat. cash/cheques only

Full details: EMG website

Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Sunday 25 November 7.30pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Adagio in G
Benjamin Britten: Scherzo Pizzicato
Gabriel Fauré: Elegie
Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan
Frederick Delius: Sonata (1915)
William Lloyd Webber: Nocturne
Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata in G minor
Tickets: £18 (student standby £8)
Box Office: 01392 493493
book online

"One Week"
The bride & groom
Sybil Seely & Buster Keaton
get taken for a ride
by her former suitor
Handy Hank

"Two Short Nights" Film Festival
Exeter Phoenix
Monday 26 November  7.30pm
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
silent movies:
Sagar Mitchell & James Kenyon:
"People & Places" (1901)
Edward Cline & Buster Keaton:
"One Week" (1920)
Emily Richardson: "Block" (2005)
Exeter Home Movies
with improvised orchestral soundtracks by:
The "Seat of  the Pants" Orchestra
ü = playing on Monday * = new members
violin: Ali Jones
viola: Andrew Gillettü
'cello: Jane Pirie
double bass: Marcus Vergetteü
violin & double bass: Emma Weltonü
harps: Ruth Wall
clarinets & saxophones: Chris Caldwell
*clarinets: Anita Munsonü
flutes: Susie Hodder-Williams
*flutes: Ruth Molinsü
keyboards, shakuhachi flute: Mike McInerneyü
vocals, sound manipulation: Sarah Owenü
vocals, vocal percussion: Alex Norgate
vocals, bagpipes, bouzouki: Paul Whittallü
vocals, 'cello, saw, electric guitar: Matthew Shepherdü
vocals, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, & Vietnamese đàn bầu: Vaughan Gallavan
vocals, alto saxophone, banjo, bowed psaltery, Indian 'shruti petti': Philip Robinsonü
Tickets: £11 (student/child £5)
Box Office: 01392 667080
(The 'Seat of the Pants' orchestra will be at Lympstone on Friday 30 November
to provide live accompaniment to Antony Asquith's 1929 silent thriller
'A Cottage on Dartoor' - see November concerts for details

Beacon Piano Trio
Anna Cockroft, Joyce Clarke, Ruth Lass

Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 28 November 12.30pm
BEACON PIANO TRIO
piano:  Joyce Clarke
violin: Anna Cockroft
'cello: Ruth Lass
Admission FREE  retiring collection

Michael Trainor & Linn Carter

Honiton Festival
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 30 November 1pm
(lunch from 12 noon)
VIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL:
Michael Trainor & Linn Carter
Schubert: Duo for violin and Piano in A
Beethoven: Soanta for Violin and Piano "Kreutzer"
Tickets: £9

Uno Henning is Joe
a barber's assistant
sent to Princetown gaol
for threatening a client

Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Village Hall
Friday 30 November 7.30pm
A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR
Antony Asquith's harrowing 1929 thriller
with live soundtrack improvised by:
The 'Seat of the Pants' Orchestra
(see above)
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01395 271915
Lympstone Entertainments website

conductor:
Marion Wood

Exeter University Choral Society
Kay House, Duryard, Exeter University
Friday 30 November 11pm
MIDNIGHT CONCERT
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor
admission FREE
please give generously in support of
The Eddystone Trust for HIV and
Sexual Health Services in the South West
for World AIDS Day (1 December)
The B minor Mass will be repeated on
Wednesday 5 December
in the University Great Hall

Tina Guthrie
Torbay Singers

Torbay Singers
St Matthias Church Torquay
Saturday 1 December 7.30pm
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Torbay Singers Chamber Orchestra
soprano: Jenny Stafford
alto: Rachel Kelly
tenor: Rupert Charlesworth
bass: Alistair Ollerenshaw
conductor: Tina Guthrie
Tickets: £12 (U16 accompanied, FREE)
Box Office: 01626 777556
book online

log fire in the music room
Killerton House, Broadclyst

Carols in the Killerton Music Room
Killerton House Broadclyst
Sunday 2 December 2-4pm
EXETER BACH SOCIETY
drop in any time
usual charges for admission
adult £9.30, child £4.70
National Trust members FREE

(repeated every Sunday in December)

Music on the Edge
at Topsham Art Room
flute: Susie Hodder Williams
violin: Emma Welton
baritone sax: Chris Caldwell

Music on the Edge
Topsham Art Room
Sunday 2 December 6.30pm
A MUSICAL OFFERING
Bach Trio Sonatas BWV 1079 & 1039
and improvisations on the paintings of
Benedict Rubbra
flute: Susie Hodder Williams
violin: Emma Welton
baritone saxophone: Chris Caldwell
Tickets: £10 on the door
but book seats in advance
Deborah Wood: theartroom@eclipse.co.uk

Exeter University A Cappella Society
St David's Church Exeter
Sunday 2 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS SHOWCASE
The EU a cappella society has
seven sub-groups:
novice: Take Note
men: Semi-Toned
women: Sweet Nothings
new group: Illuminations
new classical undectet: Harmonics
four part classical: Hoi Rhapsodoi
four part Elizabethan: The Madrigal Group
(see all events: a cappella website)
Hear them all at St David's Church
Tickets: £4
visit the facebook page

Rob Newby
The Right Worshipful
The Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor's Carol Service
Exeter Cathedral
Monday 3 December 2pm
City of Exeter Railway Band
Exeter Police and Community Choir
Maynard Middle School Choir
Tickets: £2.50 (includes programme)
Proceeds to the Lord Mayor's Charity
SOCOPS (Social Opportunities) for
children 8-16 with high functioning
autistic spectrum condition & families
information & booking:
The Lord Mayor's Office  265524
Exeter Guildhall  665500
Exeter Visitor Information  665885

Exeter University
Chamber Orchestra

Exeter University Chamber Orchestra
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Monday 3 December 6.30pm
FREE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
conductor: Paul McClure
Arcangelo Corelli: Christmas Concerto Grosso
Josef Haydn: Symphony No 44
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Leoš Janáček: Suite for Strings
Admission FREE
(collection for Soundwaves Music Project)

Andrew Daldorph

Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 4 December 7.15pm
ADVENT CAROL SERVICE
director of music: Andrew Daldorph
Admission FREE
retiring collection in aid of
AgeUK Exeter

The EMG Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert - Saint Peter's School Thursday 14th November 2012: Press Release from Ellen Stratton

EMG first violin: Ellen Stratton
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

EMG Symphony Orchestra Concert

Saturday 24 November 7.30pm

St Peter's High School, Quarry Lane, Exeter

At 7.30pm on Saturday 24 November in St Peter's High School, Exeter,

EMG Symphony Orchestra will be presenting their Christmas Concert

filled with seasonal classics, including:

  

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: "Dances Caractéristiques" and "Valse des Fleurs"

Sergei Prokofiev: Troika

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride

as well as perennial favourites including

Dmitri Shostakovitch: Tahiti Trot (orchestral arrangement of 'tea for two' )

Henry Warlock: Capriol Suite

Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite.

With additional wind and brass players joining EMG for band numbers including Leroy Anderson's Christmas Festival, this promises to be a fabulous evening - don't miss out!

Tickets cost £7 (£5 for students and under-16s, one child free with a full paying adult)

On sale now from: Exeter Tourist Information Office, Dix’s Field, Exeter

Tel: 01392 665885 - Open 9.30-4.30 Monday to Saturday

Payment can be by debit card (no fee) or credit card (£1.50 fee on the total transaction))

Or Devon Strings Workshop, 1 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter. EX4 3AJ

(open 10 – 6 Wednesday to Saturday - cash or cheque only).

Please advise when purchasing tickets if you have any specific requirements for disabled access or any other needs.

For further information about EMG Symphony Orchestra please visit:

THE EMG WEBSITE

Conductor
Marion Wood

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Saturday 24 November 7.30pm
EMG CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Valse des Fleurs'
Peter Warlock: 'Capriol Suite'
Edvard Grieg: 'Holberg Suite'
Dmitri Shostakovich: 'Tahiti Trot'
Leroy Anderson: Christmas FEstival
Sergei Prokofiev: Troika
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
conductor: Marion Wood
leader: Clare Smith


Tickets: £7 (student/U16 £5)
one U16 flies free with each paying adult!
Box Office: Exeter Tourist Information, Dix's Field
(open 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat 01392 665885)
tickets also on sale at Exeter Strings Workshop
(Bartholomew Street West, Fore Street end)
open 10am-6pm Wed-Sat. cash/cheques only
Full details: EMG website

Yet more fun at Marion Wood's EMG Open Rehearsal for 'Christmas Concert' Thursday 7 November 2012

moonlighting again!
conductor Marion Wood
and the Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
keep the energy going late into the evening

If the picture above looks familiar, it's because it's that time again!

Marion Wood is seen here preparing the Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra for another evening of classical delights, by holding an 'open rehearsal' at St Peter's School in Exeter. Anyone can come along and see what goes on behind the scenes. Anyone with Grade VI or above in their instrument can join in! Children are welcome, and can meet the musicians and find out more about anything from woodwind to percussion.

Marion explains everything she is doing, and explains the music the orchestra is playing. This is music made accessible - and fun! (Still intrigued by the photo above? Look back to 1st March this year to see Marion in action at another 'open rehearsal' of Holst's 'Planets' and Elgar's 'Enigma Variations')

Last Thursday, the orchestra were preparing for their Christmas Concert, which will be on Saturday 24th November. They were preparing a feast of classical gems, some familiar - Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker Suite', Prokofiev's 'Troika', some not so familiar - Peter Warlock's 'Capriol Suite' and Leroy Anderson's 'Christmas Festival' and 'Sleigh Ride'.

Everything was explained with great enthusiasm by Marion, to a captivated audience. Every instrument's rôle was demonstrated by the willing members of the orchestra. No solo went unremarked, no effect was allowed to slip past without comment.

The explanations were fascinating and hugely entertaining for everyone - Ernest La Prade's 'Alice in Orchestralia' meets Benjamin Britten's 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' and 'The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra' - guaranteed to enthrall, and enlist, another generation of keen orchestral players.

Take a look for yourself!

Leader Clare Smith calls the orchestra to order

and introduces the conductor - Marion Wood

Before joining Jackie Baldwin at the 'first desk'

Marion explains everything to an enthusiastic audience of children

in fascinating detail

Marion summons up each section of the orchestra

percussion!
tambourine: John McAvoy
tympani: Sarah Hodson 
Sergei Prokofiev's 'Troika'

now that is a tambourine!

student Jerome Blackburn observes the precise technique

and Sarah Hodson's impressive drum roll

children can observe the players close-up
bassoon: Prue Tasman

and ask questions
tuba: Robert O'Byrne

students at Grade VI or above are welcome . . .
Leonie Jones (Grade VIII) with mum Ann
(Leonie recently completed a placement with the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra!)

. . . to join in!
Leonie Jones in the flute section
for 'The Dance of the Reed Pipes'

The smallest - and loudest - instrument
piccolo: Robert Stevenson

something different
tenor saxophone: Richard de la Rue

principal French horn
Sally Maya

oboes!
(cor anglais: Kate Osbourne!)

big bass sound - double basses
front row: Melanie Lester

more bass sound - brass!
tuba: Robert O'Byrne
bass trombone: Charles Dowell

Melanie Lester shares a joke
with violist Rebecca Willson

and shares her experience with a young student

bass clarinettist John Welton
demonstrates the all important 'embouchure'

in a highly entertaining solo performance

'cellos!
led once again by Yvonne Ashby

for Leroy Anderson's 'Christmas Festival'
more tenor saxophones.
in the centre,
Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
& Chamber Orchestra leader: Jenny Rogers

warming up on glockenspiel: Jerome Blackburn

for Leroy Anderson's 'Sleigh Ride'
with 'slapsticks' (the whip): John McAvoy
and sleigh-bells: Sarah Hodson

the bassoons and double basses fall silent
as the trumpet has the last word
- the horse's whinny: Tony Hindley!

Finally, proper photos! - by EMG website designer Nigel Cheffers-Heard:

first violins: Ellen Stratton, Anna Davis
far right: Ray Fane
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

first desk: Clare Smith, Jackie Baldwin
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

memories of Gerard Hoffnung,
local artist Michael Buckland
records the orchestra at work
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

"Russian Percussion"
for Leroy Anderson's 'Sleigh Ride'
- just add musicians!
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

tympanist: Sarah Hodson
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

Marion Wood conducts
Leonie Jones joins the flute section
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

another young student joins the violins
('your name here')
(photo: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

Conductor
Marion Wood

Exeter Music Group Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School Exeter
Saturday 24 November 7.30pm
EMG CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 'Valse des Fleurs'
Peter Warlock: 'Capriol Suite'
Edvard Grieg: 'Holberg Suite'
Dmitri Shostakovich: 'Tahiti Trot'
Leroy Anderson: Christmas FEstival
Sergei Prokofiev: Troika
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
conductor: Marion Wood
leader: Clare Smith


Tickets: £7 (student/U16 £5)
one U16 flies free with each paying adult!
Box Office: Exeter Tourist Information, Dix's Field
(open 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat 01392 665885)
tickets also on sale at Exeter Strings Workshop
(Bartholomew Street West, Fore Street end)
open 10am-6pm Wed-Sat. cash/cheques only
Full details: EMG website