Saturday, 11 March 2017

Music at St Mary's Church Totnes Spring & Summer 2017

MUSIC AT ST. MARY’S CHURCH, TOTNES






Saturday 11 March from 10.00am
Children's music workshop
Organiser: Jan Dietz
Director: Stephen Tanner
See poster in church for further details












Isca Voices
Saturday 11 March 7.30pm
ISCA Voices
Former girl choristers of Exeter Cathedral Choir
directed by Stephen Tanner
a Miscellany of Choral Music Sacred
Classical, Folk and Popular Tunes
in Close Harmony
Tickets: £6 at the door


Saturday 18 March 7.30
Totnes Early Music Society
Dario Castello
The Brewery Band
(note that this duo replaces the group
advertised in the last monthly listing)
Morag Johnston (baroque violin)
Matthew Wadsworth (lute & theorbo)
Grace and Fire
An exciting programme steeped in both
the baroque and folk music traditions,
from the colourful and exciting sonatas
of Castello and Uccellini
to the grace and beauty
of·ground basses by
Purcell and Gibbon
Tickets: £12 (student/U18 £5) at the door
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
Online Booking: www.dartington.org


Charles Wood
Sunday 19 March: 6.30pm
Choral Evensong
Introit: Never weather beaten sail Wood
Responses: James
Hymn: 547 "Oft in danger, oft in woe"
Psalm 40
Mag & Nunc: Dyson in F
Anthem: Nolo mortem peccatoris
Anthem after the prayers:
A prayer of St Richard of Chichester
Hymn 15 "God that madest earth and heaven" 


Sunday 16 April (Easter Sunday) 6.30pm
Festive Choral Evensong
Further details to be announced


Veronika Shoot
Friday 21 April 7 for 7.30pm
Piano Recital by Veronika Shoot
This is a special recital exploring childhood
through music which will capture the imagination
of children and adults alike.
It will feature Veronika's exciting new project
for her recording for Ulysses Arts later this year.
Veronika Shoot was born in Russia (Moscow)
and moved to England aged 5
when her father was appointed
composer-in-residence at Dartington Hall.
Since her debut piano recital at the age of 7
in Dartington International Summer School,
Veronika's piano career has taken her
for worldwide performances and tours.
She has given concerts extensively
throughout the UK, and has performed
in the major London concert halls including
Debut age 7
The Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall.
Programme to include:
Schumann, Debussy, Shoot – and many more
TICKETS ON SALE NOW @ £10;
or £12 on the door subject to availability
Under 16’s FREE
Dartington Box Office:01803 847070
Online Booking: Dartington Website
Totnes Bookshop
Kingsbridge Information Centre
Telephone: 01548 853195
Book early to avoid disappointment


Saturday 22 April 7.00pm
Devon Song Festival
Natalie Burch
with Natalie Burch and others
Songs by Schumann, Schubert,
Vaughan Williams and Barber.
Providing an annual weekend of song
in the beautiful surrounds of Devon,
the Devon Song Festival aims to invite
award-winning young singers to bring
fantastic song to new audiences.
Established in 2016 the festival programmes
concerts that feature well-known repertoire
whilst also exploring some
unjustly neglected gems
in dramatic and accessible programmes.
In a sell-out concert
at the stunning Aeolian Court
Robert & Clara
Schumann
last year's programme
"A Woman's Life in Love and Song"
featured excerpts from Schumann’s
‘Frauenliebe und Leben’
interspersed with some of
Brahms’ most beautiful songs,
a number of duets by the two composers,
and letters and poetry illuminating
the complicated relationship
between Robert Schumann, his wife Clara,
and her great admirer, Johannes Brahms.
This year we continue our journey
through Devon with a concert
at Totnes' beautiful St Mary's Church
for a programme featuring Schumann's
dramatic Spanisches Liederspiel
and songs by Barber, Schubert and Schumann.
More information: Natalie Burch Website
or buy tickets on the door


Friday 28 April all day
Dartington Arts Party in the Town
Dartington’s annual celebration
for the people of Totnes
to come together and experience
the strength of our community.
After a massively successful
Party in the Town in 2016,
Dartington is doing it again.
In 2017 they will reflect
on the past and look forward,
with a theme of ‘Revolution


Saturday 29 April 7.30pm
Conceptus VII
Totnes Early Music Society
Conceptus VII:
Belinda Paul (oboe & recorder)
Louise Strickland (recorder)
Dan Tidhar (harpsichord)
Sophie Willis (cello)
Et in Arcadia Ego
A programme of secular
solo cantatas and oboe sonatas
by Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Lotti
Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Friderick Handel
Tickets £12 (student/U18 £5) at the door
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
Online Booking: Dartington Website

Helga Watts


Saturday 20 May 11am
Concert celebrating the life
of Helga Watts (Details to be confirmed)
We have an interesting programme
for May 20th with children
from the Totnes Harp School
then David Stanley accompanying
the Peruvian singer Claudia Álvarez Calderón
Elie Fruchter on his Jewish ancient clarinet
and (hopefully) a flamenco guitarist, Adam . . . 
BUT Adam too has become very popular.
As a young musician he has to take
every opportunity to perform elsewhere
and at present he is on another Cruise ship
doing very well indeed





Sunday 21 May all afternoon
JD concert/flower/music festival
Further details to be announced


Sirocco Saxophone Quartet


Saturday 27 May lunchtime
Sirocco Saxophone Quartet (JM)
Further details to be announced











Ogwell Village Choir
rehearse at The Jolly Sailor
Saturday 3 June 11-12am
Ogwell Village Choir
Directed by Judy Reeves
A Friends of St Marys coffee concert
Doors open at 10.30am
coffee & cakes available for sale
Entry £5 at the door







Brent Singers
Saturday 15 July 7.30pm
Brent Singers
Musical Director: Philip Arkwright
Secretary: Barbara Wintersgill
email: barwintersgill@gmail.com
Vice-Chair: Alastair Cuthbertson
Telephone: 01364 72190
Further Details: Brent Singers Website




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to preserve it for future generations,
become a 'Friend of St Mary's'
for as little as £1.43 per month.
Even a small regular gift will make
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Dartington Sinfonietta Redux Dartington Great Hall Sunday 26 March 2017

Dartington Sinfonietta

International conductor returns to South West to create new orchestra

March 26th sees the eagerly anticipated launch of the Dartington Sinfonietta, a new professional orchestra formed with the purpose of serving Devon and Cornwall with classical performances of the highest standard.

The orchestra is the brainchild of Simon Capet, a multi-award-winning conductor who has recently moved back to the South West after two decades living and working in Canada and the USA.

An Exeter boy, Simon studied at the Royal Academy of Music before going on to conduct many groups across North America including the Vancouver Opera, New York Pops and Toronto Philharmonia.

Over the past decade Simon has built a strong reputation for his innovative approach to presenting classical music. This reputation has largely been built on taking chamber arrangements of large-scale orchestral works into unusual venues like nightclubs, community halls and even shopping centres.

“Our goal for the Dartington Sinfonietta is very simple”, enthuses Simon. “We want to serve the people and communities of Devon and Cornwall by taking fantastic music into all communities however small or remote.”

For more information on the Dartington Sinfonietta and the upcoming concert, Simon Capet can be contacted by email at simon@simoncapet.com or telephone at 07599 684312

Tickets may be purchased by visiting the Dartington Box Office (Open daily 12.30 – 7pm)
Telephone: 01803 847070  email: boxoffice@dartington.org

Dartington Sinfinietta
Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 26 March 7.30pm
Simon Capet
CLASSICAL REDUX
Leader: Mary Eade
Conductor: Simon Capet
Guest soprano: Catherine Hamilton
Claude Debussy: "L’Apres Midi d’un Faune"
Richard Wagner: "Wesendonck" Songs
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Tickets: Auditorium/Gallery £17
Dartington Box Office: 01803 847070
                     boxoffice@dartington.org
Online Booking: Dartington Website
Further Details: Dartington Website

St Boniface Concert Society Crediton Parish Church A Season of Five Concerts for 2017

The King's Men
(Tenor Jack Goulder, Bass Charlie Baigent,
Countertenor Rupert Scarratt)
Church of the Holy Cross Crediton
Sunday 16 July 
3pm

St Boniface Concert Society
Piatti Quartet

Church of the Holy Cross Crediton
Thursday 20 April 7.30pm
PIATTI QUARTET
Violin: Nathaniel Anderson-Frank
                 Michael Trainor
Viola: David Wigram
'Cello: Jessie Ann Richardson
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No 2
                ("Intimate Letters")
Joaquín Turina: "The Bullfighter's Prayer"
Johannes Brahms: Quartet No 3 in B
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
Season Ticket: £64
Patronage (& Season): single £87
                                  couple £174
A E Lee Outfitters: 01363 774131
Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
Online BookingSt Boniface Website

Hannah Morgan




St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross Crediton
Thursday 18 May 7.30pm
OBOE PIANO RECITAL
Oboe: Hannah Morgan
Piano: Florian Mitrea
Giles Silvestrini
Malcolm Arnold: Sonata
Franz Schubert: Song Transcriptions
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
Florian Mitrea
Season Ticket: £64
Patronage (& Season): single £87
                                  couple £174
A E Lee Outfitters: 01363 774131
Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
Online BookingSt Boniface Website





Leonid Tritus


St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross Crediton
Thursday 15 June 7.30pm
KAMMERPHILHARMONIE EUROPA
Conductor: Leonid Tritus
Violin: Michel Gershwin
Trumpet: Kirill Gusarev
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in Gm
Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto "St Marc"
                             "Adagio for Strings"
Carl Nielsen: "Little Suite for Strings"
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
Kammerphilharmonie Europa
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
Season Ticket: £64
Patronage (& Season): single £87
                                  couple £174
A E Lee Outfitters: 01363 774131
Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
Online BookingSt Boniface Website



Harry Bradford
St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross Crediton
Sunday 16 July 3pm
THE KING'S MEN
Choral Scholars King's College Cambridge
Musical Director: Harry Bradford (Tenor)
Assistant Directors: James Jenkins (Baritone)
                              Sebastian Johns (Bass)
Countertenor: Rupert Scarratt
                        Isaac Jarratt-Barnham
                          George Gibbon
                             Daniel Henderson
Tenor: James Micklethwaite
            Christopher Nehaul
Richard Gowers
               Jack Goulder
Baritone: Stephen Whitford (Manager)
Bass: Zac Moxon
           Charlie Baigent
              Barney Wolstenholme
                Will Geeson
                   Trojan Nakade
Organist: Richard Gowers (Treasurer)
Early Renaissance Polyphony, Folk, Jazz . . .
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
The King's Men
Season Ticket: £64
Patronage (& Season): single £87
                                  couple £174
A E Lee Outfitters: 01363 774131
Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
Online BookingSt Boniface Website





Crispian Steele-Perkins



St Boniface Concert Society
Church of the Holy Cross Crediton
Thursday 21 September 7.30pm
CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS
Trumpet: Crispian Steele-Perkins
Organ: Ian Le Grice
Georg Friderick Handel
Josef/Martin Haydn
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Henry Purcell
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ian Le Grice
Howard Goodall
Tickets: £14 (student £6 child FREE)
Season Ticket: £64
Patronage (& Season): single £87
                                  couple £174
A E Lee Outfitters: 01363 774131
Isolde Summers: 01363 773472
Online BookingSt Boniface Website

Monday, 6 March 2017

EMG Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary Concert Exeter Cathedral Saturday 1 April 2017 Press Release from Ellen Stratton

Leo Geyer
Musical Director
EMG Symphony Orchestra
(Photography: Nigel Cheffers-Heard)

EMG Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Saturday 1 April 2017
Exeter Cathedral

On Saturday 1 April join EMG Symphony Orchestra and new Musical Director Leo Geyer at Exeter Cathedral for an exuberant. sparkling evening of music inspired by jazz and Latin rhythms. This concert is the first step in an exciting year for EMG as the orchestra marks its 50th anniversary, and promises to be an evening not to be missed!

The concert opens with Mexican composer Arturo Marquez’s popular Danzon No. 2, followed by George Gershwin’s evocative symphonic poem An American in Paris, depicting 1920s Paris, complete with taxi horns! The second half starts with the premiere of Leo’s new work, Aruanda, inspired by Latin jazz, and the final work of the evening is Leonard Bernstein’s dramatic Symphonic Dances from Westside Story.

Tickets: £16/£13/£11/£9 (student/U16 £5) on the door
Exeter Tourist Information: 01392 665885 (9.30-4.30 Mon-Sat)
Online Booking: TicketSource
More Information: Orchestra Website
Social Media: Facebook/Twitter





EMG Symphony Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 1 April 7.30pm
50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Musical Director: Leo Geyer
Leader: Clare Smith
George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"
Arturo Marquez: "Danzon No 2"
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"
Leo Geyer: "Aruanda" (première)
Tickets: £9-16 (student/U16 £5)
Exeter TIC: 01392 665885
Online BookingTicketSource

Friday, 3 February 2017

Substance & Shadow Theatre Company "Brexit Club" Cygnet New Theatre Friday 3 February 2017

"Brexit Club"
Midge Mullin is Melvyn Gould
Nathan Simpson is Leonard Silver

Working on the chain gang
(photo: Gavin Hodge)
Substance and Shadow's comedy duo Gould & Silver are back on stage in Exeter, and more inventive and brilliant than ever. In stark contrast with the eighties nostalgia of their last appearance, they are now firmly up to date. The action takes place in Melvyn Gould's place of work, the bottling factory of Pollard's Pickles. Len Silver, down on his luck as always, is now working a regular shift alongside Melvyn on the production line.


Generous to a fault
Melvyn is always eager
to contribute
to the staff bring-&-share
Midge Mullin is in his element playing Melvyn in his home environment. Gentle and kind, friendly to everyone, his work is a pleasure as he gets to meet all his pals on the shopfloor and in the works canteen. Len, by contrast, rubs everyone up the wrong way with his brash flippancy and cowardly selfishness. Melvyn, having helped Len into his new job, tries to keep him in line - but Len has already got himself into plenty of trouble with the management.

In a characteristic flight of genius, Midge Mullin and Nathan Simpson add to their austerity repertoire of mime, one-sided dialogue with invisible characters, and non-existent props, by playing other characters starkly different from Melvyn and Len. The changes are slick and seamless, and the previous character impossible to detect as they carry out this impressive volte-face repeatedly throughout the performance.



Not so obliging:
Don Beattie is more
likely to serve up
a knuckle sandwich
Midge is also the unnervingly forceful and determined union representative and political crusader Don Beattie. Len responds to Don with equal measures of terror and craven supplication, havering endlessly in his attempt to stay on the right side of this force majeure long enough to benefit from his influence with the factory managers.


A man of
strong principles:
Sid Vishnu
Nathan, meanwhile, is equally impressive as the fine upstanding second-generation British citizen Sid Vishnu. Even Don defers to his quiet dignity. Sid's lofty ideals bring a new dimension to the unfolding political debate between the workers at Pollard's.

As before, Melvyn is ineffectually in love - this time with the Polish canteen worker Magda Krzywinska, voiced by Rosie Mullin. Magda is not British and, although the EU Referendum does not affect her directly, the dark mood it engenders does.


Don Beattie:
praises independence
in song
As the tale proceeds, a simple question regarding the pros and cons of EU membership becomes increasingly partisan, with the participants forced to take sides publicly.

It is no secret how this story will end, and Don Beattie is delighted with the outcome. Midge Mullin's delightful singing voice is a welcome surprise, although the sentiments expressed in Don's victory anthem might not be to everyone's taste. Nathan Simpson also sings a musical number as an extra fillip to an already spectacular production.


Still together despite everything
Len Silver & Melvyn Gould
This play delivered even more than expected, with Rosie and Midge Mullin's Substance & Shadow Theatre Company taking the Silver & Gould partnership to a new level of excellence, while retaining all the quirky eccentricities that are so familiar to Exeter audiences.

"Brexit Club" moves to the Clifford Room at Exeter Barnfield Theatre next week with evening performances on Monday and Thursday, 6 & 9 February. Further performances are planned for St Disen's Hall in Bradninch on Friday 17 February, The Oak Room in Tiverton on Saturday 18 February, and CIC in Taunton on Wednesday 15 March. Full details on the Substance & Shadow Theatre Company Website



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Substance Shadow Theatre

Clifford Room Barnfield Theatre
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
Monday 6 February 7.30pm
Thursday 9 February 7.30pm
BREXIT CLUB
Producers/Directors/Writers:
Rosie Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Natham Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01392 271808
(10am-4pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
Online: Barnfield Website Mon/Thur


St Disen's Hall Brandninch

Substance Shadow Theatre

Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
St Disen's Hall Bradninch
Cullompton EX5 4NS
Friday 17 February 8pm
BREXIT CLUB
Producers/Directors/Writers:
Rosie Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Natham Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £7
Simon Tytherleigh: 01392 881825
                                 07743 496740



Substance Shadow Theatre

Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
The Oak Room, St Peter Street
Tiverton EX16 6NU
Saturday 18 February 7pm
BREXIT CLUB
Producers/Directors/Writers:
Rosie Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Natham Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £8
The Busy Bee: 01884 799105






Substance Shadow Theatre

Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Nathan Simpson
The Creative Innovative Centre (CIC)
Taunton TA1 3PF
Wednesday 15 March 7.30pm
BREXIT CLUB
Producers/Directors/Writers:
Rosie Midge Mullin
Leonard Silver: Natham Simpson
Melvyn Gould: Midge Mullin
Tickets: £8
Box Office: 01823 337477



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alienation and Findus crispy pancakes!!!