Monday 30 November 2015

"Classical Journey" Concert Listings 4-17 December Phonic FM 2-4pm Friday 4 December 2015

East Devon Choral Society
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Christmas Oratorio
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 12 December
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St Mary's Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes High Street
Tuesday 1 December 3pm
INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS SEMINAR
(PRUSSIA COVECORNWALLSW TOUR '15
Musical Director: Steven Isserlis
Violin: Lesley HatfieldMathilde Milwidsky
Viola: Tim Boulton  'Cello: Alice Neary
Double Bass: Edward Francis-Smith
Lesley Hatfield
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Rondo in C minor
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin & 'Cello Op 7 (mvt I)
Gioachino Rossini: Duo ofr 'Cello & Double Bass (mvt I)
Antonín Dvořák: Two miniatures for Two violins & Viola
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet in G Op 77
Tickets: £12 (advance £10)
(U25 FREE - thanks to Cavatina Chamber Music Trust)
Kingsbridge Information Centre: 01548 853195
Totnes Information Centre: 01803 863168
Details of Chamber Music TrustCavatina Website.
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Exeter Chamber Choir
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Exeter Chamber Choir
Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 1 December 7.15pm
SERVICE OF CAROLS & READINGS
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Retiring Collection: AgeUK Exeter
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Annabel Rooney
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Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 2 December 12.30pm
CLIFTON STRING TRIO
Violin: Julia Hill
Violin/Viola: Emma Welton
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Admission FREE Retiring Collection
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Exeter University Chapel Choir
Exeter University Chapel Choir
St Luke's Medics Choir
St Luke's Chapel Heavitree Road
Wednesday 2 December 6pm
ST LUKE'S CAROL SERVICE
Candlelit carol service, featuring
readings, carols & festive choral works
An Anglican Church Service
No charge to attend
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Elizabeth Jane Baldry
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Elizabeth Jane Baldry
Killerton House Broadclyst
Thursday 3 December 7-10.30pm
HARP CONCERT & DINNER
Tickets: £32 - booking essential
Box Office: 01392 881345
Emailkillerton@nationaltrust.org.uk
SOLD OUT - additional date 10 Dec
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Exeter University Chapel Choir
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Streatham Campus Exeter University
Friday 4 December 6pm
CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
Musical Director: Michael Graham
Organist: Edward Hughes Andrew Millington
An Anglican Church Service
No charge to attend
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Ray Willis
Exeter University Choral Society
Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Friday 4 December 7pm
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Musical Director: Ray Willis
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Oratorio de Noël" Op 12
Sir David Willcocks: "Carols for Choirs"
Tickets: £12 (concession £10)
Online BookingStudent Guild Website
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Exeter Respect
Exeter Phoenix
Friday 4 December 7.30pm-late
INTERNATIONAL FEST
DJs: Noisemonkey, Count Vanderhoff
          Roostah, LSI
Acts: Lewis Esparon
         The Rushes
         Joshua Sargeant
         Vivid Vague
         Ruby Spencer & the 5:15
         Rik Rak
         The Barefoot Bandit
Tickets: £5 (U12 accompanied FREE)
Box Office: 01392 667080
Online BookingExeter Phoenix Website
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St Mary's Totnes
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Music at St Mary's
St Mary's Church Totnes High Street
Saturday 5 December 10.30 - 12.00am
HOT HOUSE FOUR COFFEE CONCERT
Early Jazz, Swing Blues & Ragtime
Vocal, Guitar, Lap Steel Harmonica
& Upright Bass: Willy Briggs
The Hot House Four
Accordion & Upright Bass: Lisa Briggs
Guitar, Fiddle & Upright Bass: Lola Gaskin-Briggs
Vocals, Guitar, Upright Bass & Mandolin: Dan Morley
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West Devon Chorale
Buckfast Abbey
Michael Johnson
West Devon Chorale
Saturday 5 December 7.15pm
ADVENT CAROL CONCERT
Musical Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: David Robinson
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–94)
Morten Lauridsen (1943-)
Tomás Luis de Vittoria (1548-1611)
Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
John Rutter CBE (1945-)

Bob Chilcott (1955-)
Herbert Howells CH CBE (1892-1983)
Admission FREE retiring collection.
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Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter University Great Hall
Saturday 5 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS GALA
Musical Director: Nigel Perrin
Vocal Soloist: Claire Martin
Saxophone: Andy Williamson
Big Buzzard Boogie Band
Exeter Big Noise Choruses
Ned Bennett: "I Got Gershwin"
("Summertime" "I Got Rhythm" "American in Paris")
Tickets: stalls £10/£15/£22 boxes £22
                 gallery £28/£35
Online BookingTicketSource
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Ensemble Baklava
Ensemble Baklava
St John's Church Bridgetown Totnes
Saturday 5 December 8pm
SONGS & DANCES
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN
Oud, Saz, Rebab, Darbuka: Russel Harris
Mandolin, Guitar, Duff: Howard Frey
Bouzouki, Baglama: Nick Millington
Concertina: Smallpipes: Julia Thomas
Contemporary & Ancient Music
Tickets: £8 on the door.
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Hot House Four
The Hot House Four
Salterton Arms Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 5 December 8.30pm
MUSIC IN THE BAR
Early Jazz, Swing Blues & Ragtime
Vocal, Guitar, Lap Steel Harmonica
       & Upright Bass: Willy Briggs
Accordion & Upright Bass: Lisa Briggs
Guitar, Fiddle & Upright Bass: Lola Gaskin-Briggs
Vocals, Guitar, Upright Bass & Mandolin: Dan Morley
Admission FREE
Salterton Arms: 01392 445048

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St Davids Singers
St David's Singers
1. St Peter's Church Stourton 
Saturday 5 December 7pm
2. St Michael de Rupe Church Brentnor
Sunday 7 December 2.45pm
3. St George's Church Clyst St George
Monday 7 December 7.30pm
CAROL CONCERT
Musical Director: Mark Perry
(Exmouth 14 Dec, Countess Wear 21 Dec)
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Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Streatham Campus Exeter University
Sunday 6 December 2.30-4pm
"A CHRISTMAS WITH EUSO"
Musical Director: Tim Pithers
Leader: Cyril Balaÿ
Carl Nielsen: "Helios Overture" (Op 17 Copenhagen 1903)
(12 minutes - sunrise & sunset over the Aegean)
Georges Bizet, "L'Arlésienne" (Suite No.1 Paris 1872)
(13 minutes - I Prelude II Menuet III Adagietto IV Carillon:
arrangement of Bizet's incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play)
Anton Bruckner: "Romantic Symphony" (No 4 in E Vienna 1874)
(65 minutes - I Ruhig Bewegt II Andante III Bewegt IV Mäßig Bewegt)
Pre-Concert Talk (with drinks): M&D Room Devonshire House 1.30pm
Tickets: £7.50, (student £4 Extunes member £3)
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Exeter College Performing Arts
Exeter College BTEC Students
Clifford Room Barnfield Theatre
Tuesday 8 December 7pm
SINGING CONCERT
Exeter College students of BTEC
Extended Diploma Performing Arts
perform songs from the past century
in preparation for auditions to
drama schools and universities
Tickets: £5
Box Office: 01392 271808
Online BookingTicketSolve
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Exeter School Musicians
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Exeter School Musicians
Exeter Cathedral
Tuesday 8 December 7.30pm
NATIONAL TRUST CONCERT
Tickets: £6.50-£15
Box Office: 01392 461787
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Bradninch Acoustic Music Club
Hot House Four
The Hot House Four
Bradninch Bapsits Church
Tuesday 8 December 7.45 pm
THE HOT HOUSE FOUR
Early American Roots Music, Western Swing Blues
Early Jazz Hokum, Gypsy Jazz Swing, Ragtime Blues
- plus Christmas food and drink
Vocal, Guitar, Lap Steel Harmonica
        & Upright Bass: Willy Briggs
Accordion & Upright Bass: Lisa Briggs
Guitar, Fiddle & Upright Bass: Lola Gaskin-Briggs
Vocals, Guitar, Upright Bass & Mandolin: Dan Morley
Tickets: £5
Jerry Cahill:  01392 881916
Colin Wilson: 01392 882036

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Iain McDonald & Michèle Banting

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Lunchtime Concert Series
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 9 December 12.30pm
BARITONE RECITAL
Baritone: Iain McDonald
Piano: Michèle Banting
Admission FREE Retiring Collection
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Exeter Chamber Choir
Exeter Chamber Choir
Great Barn Higher Ashton
Wednesday 9 December 7.30pm
CAROLS & READINGS
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £8 (child £4 family £20)
(includes mince pies & mulled wine)
Emma Birkin: 01647 252552
info@thegreatbarn.co.uk
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Exeter University Chapel Choir
St James's Church Mount Pleasant
Wednesday 9 December 7.30pm
WHITE CHRISTMAS
A Concert of Sacred & Secular Music
Musical Director: Michael Graham
Organist: Edward Hughes
Tickets: £10 (student £5) 
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Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday/Thursday 8/9 December 7.30pm
CAROLS IN THE CATHEDRAL
Musical Director: Andrew Millington
Orchestra: Exeter Brass
Special Guest: Will Todd
Tickets: £9-£18
Supper Club Ticket: £42
Visitor Info Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Online BookingWednesday/Thursday
Standby Ticket (15 mins before concert): £5
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Elizabeth Jane Baldry
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Elizabeth Jane Baldry
Killerton House Broadclyst
Thursday 10 December 7-10.30pm
HARP CONCERT & DINNER
Tickets: £32 - booking essential
Box Office: 01392 881345
Emailkillerton@nationaltrust.org.uk
Repeat of 3 December sell-out concert
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Andrew Odber - Bicton Classics
(Toru Takemitsu: "Litany for Michael Viner")
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Bicton Showcase
Bicton Inn Exmouth
Thursday 10 December 8.30pm
CLASSICS NIGHT
with Dave Green and Steve Graham
- Bring your instrument and take part
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Clifton String Trio
St Andrew's Church Exwick
The Clifton Trio
Violin: Julie Hill
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Viola: Emma Welton
Friday 11 December 12.30pm
BEETHOVENBACH KURTÁG
Violin: Julie Hill
Viola: Emma Welton
'Cello: Annabel Rooney
Johann Sebastian Bach:
1. "Sinfonia No 10 in G" BWV 796 (1723)
2. "Sonata for Viola da Gamba No 1 in G"
(Allegro Moderato) BWV 1027 (~1740)
György Kurtág:
3. "Signs, Games and Messages for 'Cello:
     Króo György - In Memoriam" (1989)
4. The Hungarian Anthology -
"Plays & Games for Piano Vol. 3:
Hommage à Ránki György" (1993)
Ludwig van Beethoven:
5. "Trio No 3 in G" Op 9 No 1 (1708)
Tickets: £6 (U18 £3) on the door
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Local Choir & Orchestra

Powderham Castle 
Friday 11 December 7.30pm
JAMES WYATT MUSIC ROOM CONCERT
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
(country house scale)
Tickets: £15 (student £7)
Box Office01626 890243
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Kirill Karabits
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Friday 11 December 7.30pm
SIBELIUS 150
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Piano: Juho Pohjonen
Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest Suite" 1926
Edvard Grieg: "Piano Concerto" 1868
Juho Pohjonen
Jean Sibelius: "Tapiola" 1926
Jean Sibelius: "Symphony No 7" 1924
Tickets: £14/£20/£24/£32/£38
Kids for a Quid: U18 £1
NUS/JSA/IS/Wheelchair: 50% discount
Box Office: 01392 726363
Online BookingNorthcott Website
Pre-Concert Talk: Forum Alumni Auditorium 6.40pm
Sibelius 7 & Tapiola with BSO violist Ian Pillow
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Claudia Alvarez Calderon
Catholic Church of St Mary & St George
Station Road Totnes
Saturday 12 December 11.30am
JOLLY & HOLLY
Sacred Songs & Christmas Carols
Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderon
Piano: Fr Kristian Paver
Tickets: £7 (U16 £5) on the door
Supporting Community and Children of
Our Lady of Mount Anjara Jordan
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East Devon Choral Society
Tiverton Baptist Church
Saturday 12 December 7.30pm
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
Johann Sebastian Bach:
 "Weihnachts-Oratorium" BWV 248
Part I: Chorus "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset
die Tage" (Shout joy, exult, up, glorify the day)
Part III: Alto "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam"
                (Now my dearest bridegroom)
Part V: Chorale "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
                (How should I receive you?)
Part VI: Tenor "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn"
                 (And she gave birth to her first son)
Soprano: Bethany Partridge
Alto: Rose Setten
Tenor: John Porter
Bass: Tim Mirfin
Tickets: £10 (child £4) from choir members or on the door
Further Details: 01884 253494
East Devon Choral Society Website
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The Pegasus Trio


Concert will be repeated at

St Margarets Church Topsham
Thursday 17 December

Mint Methodist Church Exeter
Saturday 19 December
Temple Church Budleigh
Saturday 12 December 7.30pm
MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska
Violin: Johanna McWeeney
Piano: Mariko Asakawa-North
Samuel Barber: Must the Winter Come so Soon?
César Franck: Panis Angelicus
Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Largo from 'Winter'

George Frideric Handel:
Messiah: 'Oh Thou That Tellest Good Tidings'
George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in D major, HWV 371
Johann Sebastian Bach: Agnus Dei (from the B minor Mass)
Dmitry Shostakovich: Three Fantastic Dances
Franz Schubert: Ave Maria, D.839
          ~ Interval ~
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Schlafe Mein Leibster (from the Christmas Oratorio)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air on a G string
Charles Gounod: Ave Maria
Johan Svendsen: Romance, Op.26
George Frideric Handel: Messiah: 'But Who May Abide?'
Pyotr Tchaikovsky:
Movements from The Nutcracker Suite (arr. Pletnev) 
Tickets: £15 (concession £10) includes refreshments

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Abigail Broughton
Exeter Bach Society
Mint Church Fore Street Exeter
Saturday 12 December 7.30pm
BACH CAPTURES
THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON!
Musical Director: Simon Capet
Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft
Soloists from the Royal Academy of Music:
Soprano: Abigail Broughton
Tenor: Stefan Kennedy
Bass: Richard Walshe
& former Devonian now based in Stroud
Alto: Juliet Curnow
"Weihnachts-Oratorium" (Christmas Oratorio)
BWV 248 St Thomas & St Nicholas Leipzig 1734
1 The Birth
Juliet Curnow
2 The Annunciation to the Shepherds
3 The Adoration of the Shepherds
4 The Circumcision and Naming of Jesus
5 The Journey of the Magi
6 The Adoration of the Magi
Jordan OConnor: 2 Orchestral Interludes
Cantata BWV 41 Leipzig 1725 - opening chorus:
"Jesu nun sei gepreiset" (Jesus now be praised)
Tickets: £15 (advance £12 child/student 12 price)
Exeter Visitor Info Dix's Field: 01392 665885
Book OnlineTicketSource
DetailsBach Society Website
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Ottery St Mary Choral Society
Ottery Choral Society & Orchestra
Ottery St Mary Parish Church
Saturday 12 December 7.30pm
"CAROLS FOR ALL"
Conductor: Malcolm Matthews
Leader: Sarah Greining
Soprano SaxophoneAlison Davies
Organist: Alex Davies
Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem in D minor" Op 48 (1890)
Alessandro Marcello:
"Concerto for Oboe & Strings in D minor" S.Z799 (1716)
[J S Bach Harpsichord Arrangement BWV 974]
- Arrangement for Soprano Saxophone
Tickets: £10.50 (child £4.50) - incl. wine & mince pies
Ottery Tourist Info: 01404 813964
Sam Richards
Email: osmcs@hotmail.co.uk

Details: Choral Society Website
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Totnes Sun Ra Arkestra
(The "Heliocentric Omniversal Travelling Band")
Ballroom, Seven Stars Hotel Totnes
Sunday 13 December 9pm
"CHRISTMAS ON SATURN"
Musical Director & Keyboards: Sam Richards
Vocalists: Noelle RollingsGaelle Hammond
Electric Violin: Lona Kozik
Electric Double Bass: David George
Saxophones: Ric WhiteAndy WilliamsonMick Green
Dave Holdsworth
Baritone Saxophone & Bass Clarinet: Alex Lloyd
Trumpet & Sousaphone: Dave Holdsworth
(See "An Uncommon Christmas" 17 December)
Trumpet & Electronics: Tim Sayer
Keyboard: Lewis Riley
Drums: Steve Crossen
Turntables: DJ XLTickets: £8/£5 on the door
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St David's Singers
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St Davids Singers
Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Monday 14 December 7.30pm
CAROL CONCERT
Musical Director: Mark Perry
(Countess Wear 21 Dec)
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Blast from the Past
Blast from the Past
Barnfield Theatre
Wednesday 16 December 7.30pm
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS
Cittern, Shawm, Rauschpfeife, Lute, Virginal
Guitar, Flute, Oboe, Accordion
Chris Green & Sophie Matthews
Tickets: £12
Box Office: 01392 271808 (Mon-Fri 10-4)
Online BookingTicketSolve
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Mike Westbrook Company
Mike Westbrook & Company
Barnfield Theatre
Thursday 17 December 8pm
AN UNCOMMON CHRISTMAS
Voices: Kate WestbrookMartine Waltier
Bass Guitar: Bill Harbottle
Saxophones: Roz HardingSarah DeanIan Wellens
                     Alan WakemenGarry Bayley
Trumpets: Mike BrewerSam Massey
Sousaphone & Pocket Trumpet: Dave Holdsworth
Trombones: Andy DoreStewart Stunell
Mike Westbrook
                     Joe CarnellKen Cassidy
Guitars: Jesse MolinsMatthew North
Bass: Marcus Vergette
Drums: Coach YorkTheo Goss
Piano: Mike Westbrook
Sound: Josh Stone
Dramaturge: Tim Goodwin
Tickets: £12 (advance £10 NUS/MU £5)
Box Office: 01392 271808
(weekdays 10am - 4pm)
Online Booking: TicketSolve

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