Classical Journey

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Classical Journey Tuesday 15 March

Soprano Mary O'Shea
attending a recent recital by John Scarfe (q.v.)
(when he was accompanying clarinettist Sally Kirby)

This Tuesday's show will be very special. After a couple of postponements, we will finally hear the wonderful soprano Mary O'Shea singing live in the Phonic FM studio with live accompaniment.
Who better to provide the piano accompaniment than Phonic FM veteran, John Scarfe, who has previously accompanied baritone Gareth Keene (q.v.) and clarinettist Sally Kirby (q.v.) in the studio.
Mary is well known to 'Classical Journey' listeners. She was the very first live performer on the programme, having previously given a live performance of her own compositions on Martin Hodge's 'Roots and Shoots' programme on Phonic FM on Monday evening 16th August 2010 (q.v.).
In the first week of October last year Mary provided a whole show on her own, 90 minutes of live baroque, classical and romantic music (accompanied by backing tracks from youraccompanist.com) and several of her own compositions (q.v.). The very first song she sang on the 'Classical Journey' was 'Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera' by Antonio Vivaldi which, coincidentally, will be performed this Wednesday (16 March) in Exeter Cathedral Chapter House by soprano Siona Stockel with the 'Passamezzo' ensemble (details below). Mary has also co-hosted a 'Classical Journey' programme by telephone from Somerset (9th November 2010), where she talked knowledgeably about music she could not hear. (Phonic FM transmission does not reach beyond Exeter, and, on that particular day, Mary had no internet access to listen to our live streaming of the broadcast.)
Mary also performs regularly with the St Peter's Singers at Exeter Cathedral, most recently in the Exeter Bach Society's performance of Bach's Cantata 22 at one of the regular Cathedral 'Bach Cantata' services (q.v.). We are quite hopeful that we will hear Mary sing the solo soprano part in the 'Service of Music for Palm Sunday' on Sunday 17th April (5pm) as part of the series of services for Easter at Exeter Cathedral.
This morning Mary and John will join us in the studio at 11am to perform no less than ten beautiful baroque, classical and romantic pieces:

1. Alessandro SCARLATTI: "Già il sole dal Gange"
2. Johann Sebastian BACH: "Bist du bei mir"
3. Johann SCHOP: "Jesu, Joy of Men's Desiring"
4. Vladimir VAVILOV: "Ave Maria"
5. Thomas ARNE: "O come, O come, my dearest"
6. George Frederic HANDEL: "Where e'er you walk"
7. Gabriel FAURÉ: "Pie Jesu"
8. Franz SCHUBERT: "Ständchen" (Serenade)
9. Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: "Vedrai Carino"
10. Wolfgand Amadeus MOZART: "Voi che Sapete"

The first hour, from 10-11am will be time for recorded music:

Johann Sebastian BACH: Mass in B minor, Sanctus: Taverner Consort & Players

George Frederic HANDEL: Where e'er you walk: Mark Padmore, Tenor

Luigi BOCCHERINI: 'Cello Concerto in B Opus 34, Adagio: Josef Vondra, Camerata Romana

Niccolo PAGANINI: Moto Perpetuo: Romano Viazzani, Accordion

Carl ORFF: Fortune Empress of the World: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Harold NOBLE: Chartres Cathedral: Joyce Clarke, Piano

Andrew DALDORPH: Turnround: Andrew Daldorph, Piano; Chris Gradwell, Clarinet

Concert photos for the past week:

Piatti Quartet at Exeter Northcott Theatre

Rebecca Willson
in the Music Room

Concerts to come:

Jill Govier (Piano)
Glenorchy United Reformed Church Exmouth Wednesday 16 March 12.30pm
Admission Free

Antonio Vivaldi

Passamezzo
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Wednesday 16th March 7.30pm
Soprano: Siona Stockel
Baroque Violin: Julie Hill
Baroque 'Cello: Clare Garton-Sprenger
Harpsichord: Andrew Daldorph
If Music be the Food of Love
(Chapter House Concert Series)
Vivaldi: Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera
Handel: Violin Sonata in F
Music by Bach, Songs by Purcell
Tickets: £12 (Student £6) Cathedral Shop 271354
www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk

The Garden Opera Company
Blundell's School Tiverton Thursday 17 March 7.30pm
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Tickets: £20 (groups of 8+ £18 each)
Box: 01884 232401
www.wegottickets.com
www.blundells.org

Exeter School Choral Society
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 17 March 7.30pm
Mozart: Requiem
Goodall: Eternal Light
Tickets: £7-15 (Child half price)
Box: 258712 www.exeterschool.org.uk

Wells Cathedral School Wind Ensemble

Dartington Great Hall Friday 18 March 7.30pm

Mike Mower: Dectet (world première)

Martin Ellerby: Divertimento

Guy Woolfenden: Serenade for Sofia

Antonin Dvořák: Serenade

Tickets: £13 (concessions £12) Student £5

Box: 01803 847070 www.dartington.org

Exeter Central Library Music Room Saturday 19 March 1.30pm

Dennis Hewlett Voices of Spring

Admission Free

Clarinet Choir and Peninsular Clarinet Choir
Maynard School Exeter Saturday 19 March 3pm

¬ Maynard School

Voces Renaissance Choral Music
Buckfast Abbey Saturday 19 March 7.30pm
Music for Tenebrae: Responsories and Lamentations
Admission Free (Retiring Collection)
01626 369622 voceschoral.webs.com

¬ Buckfast Abbey

English Touring Opera
Northcott Theatre Exeter Tue-Sat 22-26 March

Tuesday 7pm: Tobias Picker's 'Fantastic Mr Fox'
Wed&Sat 7.30pn: Mozart, 'La Clemenza di Tito'
Thu&Fri 7.30pm: Puccini, 'Il Tabarro' & 'Gianni Schicchi'

Tickets: £17-£30 (concessions 1/2 price) Box: 493493
www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
www.englishtouringopera.org.uk

Jenny Carter plays flute with
the EU Symphony Orchestra

Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Wednesday 23 March 7.30pm
Easter Concert
Debussy: 'Prelude de l'apres-midi d'un faune'

Saint Saëns: Piano Concert No 2 (with a special guest soloist)
Dvořák: Symphony No 7
Ticket details to follow ( or email gle202@exeter.ac.uk )

Lympstone Entertainments
Lympstone Village Hall Friday 25 March y.30pm
Caruso and the Quake
Very timely, following the devastating earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan,
this musical drama by the Prodigal Theatre Company follows
The escape from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Italian tenor
Enrico Caruso, played by Ignacio Jarquin
Tickets: £8 Box: 01395 263928
or Lympstone Post Office
info@lympstoneentertainments.co.uk
www.lympstoneentertainments.co.uk

Divertimento

St John's Church Bridgetown Totnes
Friday 25 March 7.30pm

The Pressenda Ensemble
(Malcolm Latchem & Brenda Willoughby, violin)

Handel: Concerto Grosso in D minor Opus 6 No 10

Telemann: Violin Concerto in G

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa

Telemann: Concerto for 4 violins in G

Purcell: Pavanne and Chaconne

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Opus 34 No 14

Piazzolla: Winter & Summer in Buenos Aires

Tickets: £12 (Concessions £10) Child/Student free

Box: Divertimento 01803 863168

Coffee and Music
Church of St John the Baptist Broadclyst Saturday 26 March 10.30am
Rebecca Smith Mezzo Soprano
John Scarfe Piano
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Britten: A Charm of Lullabies
Admission Free
Retiring collection in aid of the Organ Restoration Fund

Exeter Festival Chorus

Exeter Cathedral Saturday 26 March 7.30pm

Music for Awhile (Margaret Faultless)

Handel: Israel in Egypt

Tickets: £12-22
Box: Exeter Phoenix 432309

¬ Leader, Margaret Faultless

Exeter University Choral Society
Northcott Theatre Exeter Monday 28 March 7.30pm
'Take Orff' (an introduction to the Carmina Burana)
100-strong choir
Director: Marion Wood
Tickets: £8 (Concessions £5) Box: 493493
www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
(The full 'Carmena Burana' will be performed
at the Northcott Theatre
by The Exeter University Choral Society
and Scholars Ensemble
on Wed&Thur 15&16 June 7.30pm
details here )

Exeter Bach Society
St David's Church Exeter Saturday 2 April 7.30pm
J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Conductor: Nicholas Marshall
Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soprano: Raphaela Papadakis
Mezzo Soprano: Cátia Moreso
(follow this link to hear Cátia sing Bach's Magnificat)
Tenor: Clement Hetherington
Bass: Ben McAteer
(all soloists from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Tickets: £15 unreserved (concessions £11)
Exeter Phoenix: 667080

Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall): 214044
Roger Churchward (Front of House): 468867
www.exeterbachsociety.org.uk

Do you know about any other concerts near Exeter, not mentioned here?

Feel free to add mention them in the comments box below!

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Gondoliers' at the Northcott Theatre

A lavish production: Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Gondoliers'
Exeter Northcott Theatre

The stripped down Northcott Theatre operation, now owned and run by the University of Exeter, continues to stage productions as before - some drama, some musical. Many productions are put on by the University itself - or the students. This week sees perhaps one of the more ambitious ventures for the University: a student production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Gondoliers'.
The Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society has staged similar productions before and a few familiar faces are reappearing in the current run. New students means new members, however, and there are several new actors taking part.

Becki Eyles directs the overture in the orchestra pit

The sets and costumes are lavish and sumptuous, and wonderfully lit by an enormous array of lights. The lighting designer Ben Wills has done an excellent job.
The student orchestra, directed by Becki Eyles, opens the proceedings with the familiar overture. The woodwind section is particularly strong. Sammie Buzzard's oboe playing stands out, along with Hannah Williams on the bassoon. The curtain rises on a spectacular opening dance involving most of the female performers. The light and colour is overwhelming and the beaming smiles of the cast are clearly genuine. Members of this society really love their Gilbert and Sullivan.

Ian Spackman, as Antonio, rows his 'gondola'

Rhiannon Moushall as Tessa, provides an excellent opening number before being joined by old hand Ian Spackman as Antonio and the male members of the supporting cast. Their song and dance number ends with a great little set piece with Harry Edward's minor character being carried off-stage. The main characters are very strong. Rebekah Brown's Casilda is charming, while Andrew Hanley as Giuseppe and Matthew Juggins as Marco make a superb double act. Their singing, dialogue - and mime - are beautifully timed and delivered. Jolyon Drew's Grand Inquisitor is a very imposing character with quite the most impressive costume. When the inevitable pairing up comes at the end of the opera he and Gemma Claisse as the widow Inez make a very striking, if sombre and irrevelant, on stage duo.
This tale of Shakespearian confused identity, and surprisingly modern satire on monarchy and republicanism, is hugely engaging and entertaining from start to finish. A special feature is the obvious pleasure the whole cast take in the whole affair. Productions like this are exactly why they all joined the Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
One word of caution. If planning to come to the Northcott by car allow at least ten minutes to walk from the car park to the theatre (or to wait for the shuttle bus). For the more active theatre-goers, cycling to the theatre may obviate the parking problem but, if approaching on Prince of Wales Road rather than New North Road, it is vital to go all the way to Streatham Drive before starting the uphill slog. A short cut up St German's Road to the Lemon Grove will not work during the extensive building work. The endless maze of roads and tracks are cut off by an enormous buiding site, and will not lead you to Stocker Road or the Northcott. They will, however, provide an exhausting tour of the campus!

Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Northcott Theatre Exeter University Tue-Sat 8-12 March 7.30pm (Sat matinée 2.30pm)
The Gondoliers www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
Tickets: £10-16 Box: 493493 10am-6pm and 1hr before show.

And at the end of the run there is a very special musical event to end the Northcott Classical Concert Series.

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Classical Journey Tuesday 8 March

Soprano Mary O'Shea

Unfortunately, Mary O'Shea is not able to sing for us today, but she has only postponed her studio appearance by one week. Tune in on Tuesday 15th March between 10 and 12am to hear her recital with pianist John Scarfe.
Meanwhile we can enjoy a standard 'Classical Journey', including recordings of Mary herself. The emphasis this week will be on romantic and modern music, and local composers and performers. There will be plenty of long restful pieces to enjoy perfromed on flute, guitar, violin, piano and naturally the human voice.

1713 Spain Santiago de MURCIA ¡La Jota! Paul O'Dette, guitar
1720 Venice Antonio VIVALDI Lute Concerto in D Clive Betts, guitar
1827 Vienna Franz SCHUBERT Trio in E flat Vienna Mozart Trio
1846 Birmingham Felix MENDELSSOHN Elijah Bethany Partridge, soprano
1868 Zürich Johannes BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem Rachel Nichols, soprano
1877 London GILBERT & SULLIVAN The Sorcerer New Symphony Orchestra
1914 Avonmouth VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending Hugh Bean, violin
1950 Hertfordshire Harold NOBLE Malvern Hill in Spring Joyce Clarke, piano
1957 Strasbourg Francis POULENC Sonata for Flute Ruth Avis, flute
2005 Bristol Andrew DALDORPH Turnround Chris Gradwell, saxophone
2008 London Mary O'SHEA Isis Fugere Mary O'Shea, soprano

Concerts:

Exeter University Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Northcott Theatre Exeter University Tue-Sat 8-12 March 7.30pm (Sat matinée 2.30pm)
The Gondoliers www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
Tickets: £10-16 Box: 493493 10am-6pm and 1hr before show.

Marcia Sands (Soprano) and Friends
Glenorchy United Reformed Church Exmouth Wednesday 9 March 12.30pm
Admission Free

Sidmouth Music
Manor Pavilion Theatre Sidmouth
Saturday 12 March 7.30pm
The Tippett String Quartet
Haydn: Quartet Opus 76/4 Sunrise
Mendelssohn: Quartet No 1 in E flat Opus 12
Schubert: Quartet No 14 in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden
Tickets: £12 Box: Opus Music (Exeter Guildhall) 214044
(Students £2 on the door only)
www.sidmouthmusic.org.uk
www.tippettquartet.co.uk

Giacomo Puccini

Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12 March 7.30pm
Conductor: Andrew Millington
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Schubert: Magnificat in C
Brahms: Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied)
Tickets: £9-20 (Supper Club £40)
Phoenix Box Office: 667080
EPC Tickets: 499211
www.exephil.org.uk

Piatti String Quartet
Northcott Theatre Sunday 13 March 7.30pm
Haydn: Quartet Op.76 "Emperor"
Schubert: Quartettsatz
Smetana: Quartet in E minor "Z mého života" ("From my life")
Tickets £13 Box: 493493 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

The Piatti String Quartet:
Jessie Ann Richardson, 'cello; Charlotte Scott, 1st violin;
Michael Trainor, 2nd violin; David Wigram, viola.

Rebecca Willson
Exeter Central Library Music Room Monday 14 March 12.30pm
Solo Piano - 20th Century Works
Caleb Burhans: In Time of Desperation (2003)
John Gates: China Gates (1977)
Graham Fitkin: The Cone Gatherers (1987)
Somei Satoh: Incarnation II (1978)
Graham Fitkin: Fervent (1992-4)
Tickets: £4 (includes refreshments) Box: 384201
www.devon.gov.uk

Coming up:

Exeter Singers Concert in aid of the St Stephen's Project
St Mary Arches Church Exeter Wednesday 16 march 7.30pm
Old & New, Sacred & Secular
Director: Tony Yeates
Organist: Matthew Wright
Poetry: Jenny Lloyd
Admission £7.50 (incl. food and wine)

¬ Organist Matthew Wright

Passamezzo
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Wednesday 16th March 7.30pm
Soprano: Siona Stockel
Baroque Violin: Julie Hill
Baroque 'Cello: Clare Garton-Sprenger
Harpsichord: Andrew Daldorph
If Music be the Food of Love
(Chapter House Concert Series)
Vivaldi: Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera
Handel: Violin Sonata in F
Music by Bach, Songs by Purcell
Tickets: £12 (Student £6) Cathedral Shop 271354
www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk

The Garden Opera Company
Blundell's School Tiverton Thursday 17 March
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Tickets: £20 (groups of 8+ £18 each)
Box: 01884 232401
www.wegottickets.com
www.blundells.org

Exeter School Choral Society
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 17 March 7.30pm
Mozart: Requiem
Goodall: Eternal Light
Tickets: £7-15 (Child half price)
Box: 258712 www.exeterschool.org.uk

Howard Goodall

Newton Abbot District Society of Arts (nadsa)
Stover School Newton Abbot Friday 18 March 7.30pm
Vanessa Latarche: Piano
J. S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Preludes and Fugues
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso Opus 14
Chopin: Variations Brillantes Opus 12
Schumann: Waldscenen (Woodland Scenes)
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor Opus 35
Tickets: £14 Box: Opus Classical (Guildhall Exeter) 214044

Voces Renaissance Choral Music
Buckfast Abbey Saturday 19 March 7.30pm
Admission Free (Retiring Collection)
01626 369622 voceschoral.webs.com

Clarinet Choir and Peninsular Clarinet Choir
Maynard School Exeter Saturday 19 March 3pm

Do you know about any other concerts near Exeter, not mentioned here?

Feel free to add mention them in the comments box below!

Exeter Bach Society: Bach Cantata No 22 and Piano Recital by Lara Melda

Bach Cantata Service in Exeter Cathedral

Early twelfth century Spanish wood panel painting of Jesus and the 12 Disciples

On Sunday evening worship at Exeter Cathedral was made extra special by the work of the Exeter Bach Society. During evensong the EBS choir joined the St Peter's Singers, and were accompanied by a small chamber ensemble, in J. S. Bach's Cantata 22, 'Jesu Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe' ('Jesus gathered the twelve to himself'). Nicholas Marshall conducted and the instrumentalists included Julia Hill as first oboe (q.v.), and Anna Cockroft as first violin and Ruth Lass as 'cellist (q.v.). Among the solists were alto Laurence Blyth and bass Julian Rippon (q.v.). The service followed the theme of the cantata - which expresses man's limited comprehension of the world. Laurence and Julian, with tenor Tom Castle, sang the arias and recitative, and took turns to accompany the choir in the opening Chorale - 'Sie aber vernahmen der keines und wussten nicht, was das gesaget war' ('But they heard nothing, and did not know what had been spoken'). The choir sang the final chorale, 'Ertöt uns durch dein Güte, Erweck uns durch dein Gnad' ('Kill us with your goodness, wake us by your grace'). A very beautiful cantata performed for all to enjoy free of charge - simply by attending the service.
Somerset soprano Mary O'Shea also took part, as always, with the St Peter's Singers. It has been suggested that Mary will sing the soprano solo at the Service of Music for Palm Sunday (5pm 17 April). Mary was also planning to sing with pianist John Scarfe this Tuesday on the 'Classical Journey' apologies to eager listeners, but Mary has had to postpone her appearance until next week (15 March).

Piano Recital by Lara Melda

A safe pair of hands: Piano virtuoso, and
outright winner of 2010 Young Musician of the Year,
Lara Melda - in Exeter Cathedral Chapter House

After the service - which finished promptly at 6pm - there was more music along the corridor in the Chapter House. This concert was not free. £12 per head to see and hear the astounding virtuosity of 'Young Musician of the Year', Lara Melda. At only 17, Lara shows incredible talent and maturity. She is not only very young, but also very small - petite, one might say - but has a very big presence. Dressed in the very grand red crushed velvet dress she wore for the final of the competition last year, she is extremely reminiscent of a young Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (as shown on the cover of some of her later recordings - see right). Lara is also reminiscent of Mme. Thyssens-Valentin in deportment and musicianship.

Lara's bearing is regal - almost imperious - but tempered by a delightful smile which conveys the great pleasure she takes in playing, a pleasure that is matched by the enjoyment of those listening. On Sunday night there was a great deal of wonderful music to hear and enjoy.

Lara began with the Fantaisie in C minor by J. S. Bach, appropriately for a Bach Society event. This was simply perfect, but the linking phrases were particularly impressive, each flourish almost thrown away. At times Lara concentrated hard on the keys, but at others she gazed into space with a sweet smile as if lost in her own thoughts.

Beethoven's Sonata No 11 was a big piece. Long, in four grand movements, and ranging over the keyboard and through the full range of tone and expression. The incredible complexity of the piece and the ease with which was played was eclipsed by the wonderful expression which was put into every phrase - each note was given its full meaning - as Beethoven intended. To add to the amazement of the audience, not a single sheet of manuscript was anywhere to be seen. Every piece that Lara played was completely from memory, as if simply holding a conversation, sometimes with the audience, sometimes apparently primarily with herself.

After holding the audience in Beethoven's magical world for what seemed an eternity, Lara proceeded to amaze everyone even further with Robert Schumann's Abegg Variations. Schumann's variations are almost incomprehensible, running up and down the keyboard in endless and unbelievable embellishments. Again every trill, every sweep up or down the keyboard, was measured and considered, never rushed, never disjointed.

After a few modest bows, Lara disappeared out to her 'dressing room' (undoubtedly not as hospitable as she deserved!) Members of the audience were left to wonder how the romantic pieces of the second half would compare with the baroque and classical music of the first.

Franz Schubert's 'Gretchen am Spinnrade' ('Gretchen and the spinning wheel') rippled along beautifully suggesting the endless turning of the wheel, precise and regular as clockwork. Lara's left hand, meanwhile, was was doing serious work in the melody section, building up to the most extraordinary level of force in the more passionate sections. For all the ferocity of Lara's playing, the end when it came was surprisingly soft and gentle.

'Un Sospiro' (Italian: 'A Sigh') from Franz Liszt's 'Trois Études de Concert' was contrastingly gentle and relaxing, with more than a passing resemblance to the Largo of the 'New World Symphony' by Antonin Dvořák. One devastating problem which had niggled throughout the performance became painfully apparent as 'Un Sospiro' drew to a close. The loud pedal was in desperate need of lubrication and gave out an irritating creek every time it was released. As the last lingering 'sigh' faded away it was inevitable that Lara would have to release the sustain - and, equally inevitably, a strangled squeak from the piano's innards broke the mood. So sorry Lara. We let you down!

The final pieces by Frédéric Chopin, Étude No 7 and Ballade No 1, have featured on past editions of the 'Classical Journey' - but not like this! The Étude was so thrilling, so dynamic, that the infuriating sound of the groaning pedal linkage was quite forgotten - and often obliterated by the sheer volume of sound. The Ballade was initially slower than the Étude, more gentle, but soon Chopin's passion started to creep in again. Lara really understood the extreme mood Chopin wanted to convey and never let anyone forget it. Some passages were almost crazy in their complexity and excitement. After two hours of playing Lara was as fresh, full of vigour, and expressive in her playing, as she had been at the beginning.

The audience were absolutely delighted by the whole performance and begged for something more. Lara returned to the piano and, having played almost non stop for two hours without music or any introductions, spoke for the first time - and very sweetly. To bring us back to earth - something very modern. Alberto Ginastera's Argentine Dance No 2. Nineteenth century romanticism was replaced by twentieth century 'subjective nationalism'. Gentle Argentine folk themes wove together into a beautiful dance, short but very sweet. And then it really was the end. Lara's programme had been perhaps the best, and certainly the most astounding, concert recital for quite a while. Unstinting praise to Lara - an absolutely brilliant performance - and many thanks to the committee of the Exeter Bach Society for bringing such a talented musician to Exeter.

Having amazed and delighted the people of Exeter, Lara returns to her studies at the Purcell School for Young Musicians, to develop her skills yet further. Meanwhile the Exeter Bach Society are already preparing another baroque concert for us. Nicholas Marshall and Anna Cockroft will return to conduct and to lead the orchestra and tenor soloist Clement Hetherington will return with three more soloists from the Guildhall School of Music to perform J. S. Bach's final missa tota, in Latin, the 'Mass in B Minor'.

Exeter Bach Society Choir and Orchestra

St David's Church Exeter Saturday 2 April 7.30pm

J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor

Conductor: Nicholas Marshall

Leader: Anna Cockroft

Soprano: Raphaela Papadakis

Mezzo-Soprano: Catia Moreso

Tenor: Clement Hetherington

Bass: Ben McAteer

Tickets £15 (concessions £11)

Exeter Phoenix: 667080

Opus Classical (Exeter Guildhall): 214044

Roger Churchward: 468867

www.wegottickets.com

www.exeterbachsociety.org.uk