Thursday, 17 September 2015

Delta Saxophone Quartet and Gwilym Simcock "Crimson!" Exeter Phoenix Thursday 24 October Delta Saxophone Quartet "Music from the Movies" Chagford Film Festival Friday 25 October 2015

Delta Saxophone Quartet
& Gwilym Simcock - "CRIMSON!"

Delta Saxophone Quartet
Exeter Phoenix Voodoo Lounge
Thursday 24 September 8pm
CRIMSON!
Soprano Saxophone: Graeme Blevins
Alto Saxophone: Pete Wyman
Tenor Saxophone: Tim Holmes
Baritone Saxophone: Chris Caldwell
      
"DEDICATED TO YOU . . .
BUT YOU WEREN'T LISTENING"
(Progressive Rock Music by "Soft Machine"
transposed for saxophone quartet)

SOLO PIANO PIECES - Gwilym Simcock

"CRIMSON!" - WORLD TOUR EXTRACTS
(Progressive Rock Music by "King Crimson"
transposed for saxophone quartet & piano)

including:

William Scott Bruford: "Dinosaur"
"Thrak" King Crimson 1995

Tickets: £12

Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
Online Booking: Phoenix Website
(online booking fee £1.50)

The Church of St Michael & All Angels
CHAGFORD

Delta Saxophone Quartet
St Michael's Church Chagford
Friday 25 September 7.30pm

"MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES"

Mark Anthony-Turnage: "Rita's Regret"
("Educating Rita" Lewis Gilbert 1983)

Philip Glass: "Mishima - Opening"
"Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" Paul Schrader 1985

Michael Nyman"Le Récit De Marie"
"24 Heures De La Vie D'Une Femme" Laurent Bouhnik 2002

Ennio Morricone: "Gabriel's Oboe"
"The Mission" Roland Joffé 1986

Mike Smith: "Red Balloon"
(excerpt from new short film project)

Ryûichi Sakamoto: "Forbidden Colours"
"Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" Nagisa Ôshima 1983

George Gershwin: "Walking the Dog"
"Shall We Dance" Mark Sandrich 1937

Tickets: £10

Box Office: 01647 434362
(Mon-Thur 9-9, Fri/Sat 9-5)

"Music from the Movies" is part of
Monday 21 - Saturday 26 September

Exeter Bach Society Bach Cantata Service BWV70 John Byden Bach Lecture Where From - Where To? Exeter Cathedral Sunday 4 October 2015

John Byden

Exeter Bach Society
Exeter Cathedral
Sunday 4 October 6pm
BACH CANTATA SERVICE
Musical Director: Simon Capet
Cantata 70: "Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet!
(Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!)
An Anglican Church Service
No charge for admission

Exeter Bach Society
Exeter Cathedral Chapter House
Sunday 4 October 7.15pm
J S BACH: WHERE FROM . . . WHERE TO?
Speaker: John Byden (pianist)
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
Exeter Visitor Information: 01392 665885
(Dix's Field - open 9.30am-4pm Mon-Sat)
Online Booking: TicketSource

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Harp Workshop Weekend - Beginners & Experts Exeter School Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 October 2015

Shelley Fairplay

CAMAC EXETER HARP WEEKEND
Exeter School


LEARN THE BASICS OF HARP PLAYING
Harp Basics
in a ‘Harpist for a Day’ Workshop:
Learn basic facts about harps and harp playing
Introduction to basic technique
Learn how to find notes on the harp
(i.e. the musical alphabet)
Accompany a tune!
Play a tune!

WATCH AN 'OPEN REHEARSAL'
Watch the Performance Ensemble harpists
rehearsing for ready for concert.
Observe harp technique in action.
See many different types of harps.
Harp Techniques
Listen to different musical styles.
Learn about ensemble interactions.

REHEARSE IN A
'FIRST PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP'
Join a rehearsal with the Performance Ensemble harpists.
Sit alongside your allocated ‘Helping Hands' harp guide
Learn your ensemble performance piece.
Practice performing within the ensemble.

PERFORM AS PART OF SHELLEY FAIRPLAY'S
'THREE STRAND CONCERT'
Sit with your own allocated harp onstage in front of audience!
Rehearsal
Perform alongside your ‘Helping Hands' harp guide
Have the incredible experience of hearing your notes
- blending with others in performance.
Enjoy applause for your wonderful concert harpist debut!

CELEBRATE
You will have a photograph of you with your harp for the day!
A photograph of you on stage performing!
Take home your very own ‘Love the harp’ T Shirt!


Saturday 3 October

"Choose your harp"
Shelley Fairplay
Telynau Vining Camac Harps
on display all day (11am-7pm)

"BE A HARPIST FOR A DAY"
Butterfield Hall 11.00am-9.00pm
Organiser: Shelley Fairplay
(no experience needed - harps provided)
11.00: Registration
11.30-12.30: Attend Workshop
("Learn the basics of harp playing")
1.30-2.00: Observe Open Rehearsal
(by the Performance Ensemble - see below)
2.00-3.00: Take part in Rehearsal
(with the Performance Ensemble - see below)
4.00-4.30: Listen to Informal Talk
Harp Workshop
Shelley Fairplay
(Harp Care & Introduction to the Camac range)
6.30: Tuning Up & Photo Opportunity
(Be photographed on stage
  with your selected Cemac Harp)
7.00-9.00: Play a Guest Spot
(in The Three Strands Concert,
 "Passion, Sorrow Joy" - see below)
Tickets: £40

meanwhile:

"Sound of the Harp"
Liz Grier & Emma Graham
PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE
Butterfield Hall 12.30am-9.00pm
Organiser: Shelley Fairplay
12.30: Setup
1.00-2.00: Ensemble Arrangements
(Swing, Calypso, La Bamba -
receive music in advance via email)
2.00-3.00: Rehearsal
(with 'Harpists for a Day' -
an opportunity to join 'Helping Hands')
7.00-9.00: Play in "Passion, Sorrow & Joy"
Tickets: £35

SOUND OF THE HARP
Andrews Hall 3.30-5.00pm
"Three Strands"
Shelley Fairplay
Harps: Emma Graham & Liz Grier
(a demonstration of sound effects &
 special effects on the harp)
Tickets: £12

THE THREE STRANDS CONCERT
Butterfield Hall 7.00-9.00
PAIN, SORROW & JOY
Harp: Shelley Fairplay
(Western Classical, Modern Popular &
 World Music intertwined - with Celtic music,
 Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Flamenco,
 Guns n' Roses, Star Wars & Dr Who)
Tickets: £10 (Concessions £8)

Sunday 4 October

Telynau Vining Camac Harps
on display all day (10am-4pm)
"Hands-on-Harp"
Liz Grier & Emma Graham

REGISTRATION 9.00

HANDS-ON-HARP
Andrews Hall 9.30-10.30
Harps: Emma Graham & Liz Grier
Learn about harps & basic techniques
(Harps provided)
Tickets: £10

BAROQUE FLAMENCO WORKSHOP
Butterfield Hall 11.00-12.30
"Baroque Flamenco"
Deborah Henson-Conant
Harp: Shelley Fairplay
Experienced players enhance your repertoire
with Deborah Henson-Conant's classic piece.
Tickets: £12

HARPE NOIRE
Andrews Hall 12.30-1.30
Harps: Emma Graham & Liz Grier
An informal concert by two experts
Admission FREE

ARRANGING POP FOR THE HARP

Butterfield Hall 1.30-2.30 + 3.00-4.00
Harp: Shelley Fairplay
Master of all harp styles
Shelley Fairplay
Learn how to create your own harp music
from piano, voice and guitar scores & recordings.
Learn how to create a 'pop' effect on harp.
Tickets: 20

BRINGING YOUR FEET TO THE PARTY
Andrews Hall 2.30-4.00
Harps: Emma Graham & Liz Grier
All the best tips on switching from a lever harp
to a pedalled instrument - including transport!
Tickets: £12


Saturday & Sunday, All-In - £60

Box Office: 02920 620900
Telynau Vining Harps
116b Tandbach Road
Birchgrove
CARDIFF  CF14 1UE



"Lavolta" - Emma Welton and Sarah Owen Convene Devon Musicians for a concert of Luciano Berio & William Walton Voodoo Lounge Exeter Phoenix Sunday 1 November 2014

Emma Welton
"Lavolta"
Voodoo Lounge Exeter Phoenix
Sunday 1 November
FOLK SONGS & FAÇADE
Soprano:     Sarah Owen
Narrator:     Kate Westbrook
Violin:         Emma Welton
Viola:          Andrew Gillett
'Cello:          Jane Pirie
Harp:           Sally Jenkins
Flute:           Susie Hodder Williams
Saxophone:  Chris Caldwell
Clarinet:      Victoria Loram
Trumpet:     Brian Moore
Percussion:  Michelle Hiley
                    Andy Smith-Turner

Luciano Berio: "Folk Songs"


Sarah Owen
Composed Mills College Oakland California 1964
for performer Cathy Berberian, viola, 'cello, harp
flute/piccolo, clarinet & two percussionists.

                        (Soprano Sarah Owen)

Kentucky songs in a folk style by John Jacob Niles:
1. "Black is the colour of my true love's hair"
     with solo viola introduction (Andrew Gillett)
2. "I wonder as I wander out under the sky"
     viola 'cello & harp = a hurdy-gurdy
     (Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie, Sally Jenkins)
     flute & clarinet = flying birds
     (Chris Caldwell, Susie Hodder-Williams)

Traditional folk songs:
3. "Loosin yelav ensareetz" (Armenia)
    (The Moon has risen over the hill)

4. "Rossignolet du bois" (France)
    (Little nightingale of the woods)
     clarinet, harp & crotales cymbals
    (Victoria Loram, Sally Jenkins
      Michelle Hiley, Andy Smith Turner)
"MUSIC ON THE EDGE"
Susie Hodder Williams

Chris Caldwell
(Photography: Chris Chapman)
[ . . . chords on car suspension springs! . . . ]
5. "A la Femminisca" (Sicily)
    (May the Lord send fine weather)


Traditional poetry set to music by Berio
as a student at Milan Conservatory 1947:
6. "La Donna Ideale" (Genoa)
    (The Ideal Woman)
7. "Ballo" (an Italian dance)

Traditional folk song:
8. "Motettu de tristura" (Sardinia)
    (Song of Sadness)

Traditional songs from Joseph Canteloube's
'Chants d'Auvergne' in the Occitan language
(still spoken in Catalonia):
9. "Malurous qu’o uno fenno, Maluros qué n’o cat!"
    (Wretched is he who has a wife,
           wretched is he who has not!)

10. "Lo Fïolairé" (The Spinner)
      with 'cello introduction (Jane Pirie)

A traditional folk song from the USSR transposed
phonetically by American soprano Cathy Berberian:
11. Azerbaijan Love Song (Azeri)

Sir William Walton / Dame Edith Sitwell:
          "Façade II"

Sitwell's poems, published in "Wheels" and set to
music by Walton 1918-1923, were published as
Kate Westbrook
"Façade: An Entertainment" in 1951.
Posthumously, additional Sitwell poems were
arranged for recitation, with ensemble, by Walton
and published as "Façade II" in 1977.
    
(narrator Kate Westbrook)


1. "Came the Great Popinjay"
2. "Aubade – Jane, Jane"
3. "March" ("Ratatatan")
4. "Madam Mouse Trots"
5. "The Octogenarian"
6. "Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad"
7. "Water Party"
8. "Said King Pompey"

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Chagford Film Festival - Movies and Workshops Elizabeth Jane Baldry - Live Original Film Score Delta Saxophone Quartet - Music from the Movies Monday 21 - Saturday 26 September 2015

CHAGFORD


Monday 21 September
Black Tie Reception "Les Misérables"
Tuesday 22 September
Mask Making Workshop, Sofa Cinema
"The Theory of Everything" "Touching the Void"
Wednesday 23 September
Sol Cinema "High Noon"
Elizabeth Jane Baldry "Little Old New York"
"The Curse of Frankenstein" "Scars of Dracula"
Thursday 24 September
"Bride & Prejudice" "Ida" "Pulp Fiction"
Friday 25 September
Silver Screen Suppers
Delta Saxophone Quartet: Music from the Movies
"Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam" "Grease"
Saturday 26 September
INDIA COMES TO CHAGFORD
"Paddington"
"The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Namastey London"
The Chagford Golden Globe Awards Ceremony

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Monday 21 September
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7.00pm The Globe Inn
BLACK TIE RECEPTION
(black tie optional)
Cakes and Sparkling Wine
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8.00pm The Globe Inn
(overflow screening Endecote House)
"LES MISÉRABLES" 2013
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Hugh Jackman
                Russell Crowe
                Anne Hathaway
158 Minutes
Tickets: £10
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Tuesday 22 September
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Angharad Barlow
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1.00pm Endecott House
MASK MAKING WORKSHOP
Leader: Angharad Barlow
(special effects and costumes for
West End productions and Royal Ballet)
Theme: Hammer House of Horror
Tickets: £15
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Kevin MacDonald
12.30pm The Globe Inn
LUNCH WITH . . .
Kevin MacDonald
Director of "Touching the Void"
      "One day in September"
      "Last King of Scotland"
conversation, stories & Q&A over lunch
Tickets: £20 (drinks extra)
 - seating limited to 20
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Rita Tushingham - "A Taste of Honey"
7.00pm The Globe Inn
(viewers repair to the home of a Festival host)
SOFA CINEMA
classic 1960s 'kitchen sink' dramas
Tickets: £5 (limited numbers)
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8.00pm Chagford Church
"THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING" 2014
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Eddie Redmayne
                Felicity Jones
                Tom Prior
123 minutes
Tickets: £7
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8.00pm The Globe Inn
"TOUCHING THE VOID" 2014
Director: Kevin MacDonald
Starring: Joe Simpson
                Simon Yates
                Richard Hawking
(Joe, Simon and Richard feature in person
    and are portrayed by Brendan Mackey,
        Nicholas Aaron and Ollie Ryall)
123 minutes
Tickets: £7
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Wednesday 23 September
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Projectionist: Jo Furlong
Usherette: Beth Furlong
10am-4pm Town Square
"SOL CINEMA"
A selection of short films
in a unique 8-seater
solar powered cinema
built by Jo Furlong
Admission FREE
(with FREE popcorn)
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12.30pm The Globe Inn
Alan Lee

LUNCH WITH . . .
Alan Lee
Set Designer for "Lord of the Rings"
(2004 Academy Award for Best Art Direction)
               "The Hobbit"
conversation, stories & Q&A over lunch
Tickets: £20 (drinks extra)
 - seating limited to 20
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2.30pm Endecott House
"HIGH NOON" 1952
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Gary Cooper
                Lloyd Bridges
                Grace Kelly
85 minutes
Tickets: £4
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8.00pm Jubilee Hall
"LITTLE OLD NEW YORK" 1923
with live harp accompaniment by
ELIZABETH JANE BALDRY
playing her own original score
Director: Sidney Olcott
Starring: Marion Davies
                Stephen Carr
                Joseph (JM) Kerrigan
106 minutes
Tickets: £12
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HORROR DOUBLE BILL
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8.00pm The Globe Inn
"THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN" 1957
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing
                Hazel Court
                Christopher Lee
85 minutes
Tickets: £7 (both horrors £10)
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10.00pm The Globe Inn
"SCARS OF DRACULA" 1970
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Christopher Lee
                Dennis Waterman
                Patrick Troughton
92 minutes
Tickets: £7 (both horrors £10)
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Thursday 24 September
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2.30pm The Globe Inn
"BRIDE & PREJUDICE" 2004
Director: Gurinda Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
                Martin Henderson
                Nadira Babbar
122 minutes
Tickets: £5
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8.00pm Chagford Church
"IDA" 2013
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Agata Kulesza
                Agata Trzebuchowska
                Joanna Kulig
82 minutes
Tickets: £7
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8.00pm The Globe Inn
"PULP FICTION" 1994
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: John Travolta
                Samuel L Jackson
                Uma Thurman
154 minutes
Tickets: £7
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Friday 25 September
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Chris Vile
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12.30pm The Globe Inn
LUNCH WITH . . .
Chris Vile
Cinematographer for "Sufi Soul"
and cameraman for many TV channels
Tickets: £20 (drinks extra)
 - seating limited to 20
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Jenny Hammerton
(Marion Davies' cheese patties)
2.00pm Endecott House
"SILVER SCREEN SUPPERS"
Recipes by 1930s Hollywood stars
prepared and shared with film clips
Presenter: Jenny Hammerton
Starring: Marlene Dietrich
                (lamb chops en casserole)
                Vincent Price
                (Chicken in Vermouth)
insights into the lives and tastes of the time
Tickets: £15
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Delta Saxophone Quartet
(with soprano player Shaun Thompson)
7.30pm St Michael's Church
"MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES"
live performance by
THE DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Soprano: Graeme Blevins
Alto: Pete Wyman
Tenor: Tim Holmes
Baritone: Chris Caldwell
Tickets: £10
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8.00pm The Globe Inn
"SUFI SOUL: THE MYSTIC MUSIC OF ISLAM" 2005
introduced by 'Sufi Soul' cameraman Chris Vile
Director: Simon Broughton
Writer: William Dalrymple
Starring: William Dalrymple
                Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
                Salman Ahmed
49 minutes
Tickets: £7
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8.00pm Jubilee Hall
"GREASE" 1978
with audience participation singing
and a 50s disco and bar to follow
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: John Travolta
                Olivia Newton-John
                Sid Caesar
110 minutes
Tickets: £12
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Saturday 26 September
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INDIA COMES TO CHAGFORD
Nelly the Mechanical Elephant
Indian chai tea stands in the Square
Indian menus in Chagford's cafés
Mango ice-cream at the dairy
Street Curry Stalls
Henna artists & Indian Music
Bhangra flash mob dance
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2.00pm Jubilee Hall
"PADDINGTON" 2014
a film for families (and teddies)
Director: Paul King
Starring: Ben Wishaw (Paddington)
                Hugh Bonneville
                Julie Walters
                Michael Gambon
95 minutes
Tickets: £3
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7.30pm Endecott House
"NAMASTEY LONDON" 2007
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring: Akshay Kumar
                Katrina Kaif
                Rishi Kapoor
                Clive Standen
128 minutes
Tickets: £7
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7.30pm The Globe Inn
"THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC
   MARIGOLD HOTEL" 2015
Director: John Madden
Starring: Dev Patel
                Maggie Smith
                Judi Dench
                Bill Nighy
                Celia Imrie
122 minutes
Tickets: £12
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Elizabeth Jane Baldry
& Norman Wanstall
at the 2012 Award Ceremony
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10.00pm The Globe Inn
THE CHAGFORD GOLDEN GLOBE
        AWARDS CEREMONY
   music & dancing with Paul Black
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Box Office: 01647 434362
(Mon-Thur 9-9, Fri/Sat 9-5)
Helpful Holidays Mon-Fri 9-5
The Globe Inn Mon-Sun 11-11
Sally's Newsagents Mon-Sat 9-5
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any 3 tickets - 10% discount
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