October Concerts 2013

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CONCERTS AT A GLANCE


Wednesday 16 October St Peter’s and St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Barnstaple 7.30pm – 9.30pm	Beginning to See the Light Callum Au Big Band	Harry Warren arr. Au September in the Rain Freddie Gavita Beloved Duke Ellington I’m beginning to see the Light Gareth Lockrane Roots George Gershwin arr. Au Rhapsody in Blue Count Basie All of Me Leonard Bernstein arr. Au West Side Story Suite		Tickets: By donation £28, £23, £15

Thursday 17 October Filleigh Village Hall, near Barnstaple 12 noon	O Duo Percussion Owen Gunnell Oliver Cox	Programme to include: Bach, Chopin, Albeniz and original works by O Duo		Tickets: £10 Under 18s £2

Thursday 17 October Filleigh Village Hall, near Barnstaple 4.00pm	The Sun Shines - The World of Indian Music Sanju Sahai tabla Kiranpal Singh santoor	The programme for this concert will take you on a spiritual journey to the banks of Benares in North India, the “Holy City”		Tickets: £10 Under 18s £2

Thursday 17 October All Saints’ Church, North Molton 7.30pm – 9.15pm	Seen in Black and White - A Look at Silent Movies John Lenehan piano	Music and film from the 'Silents' era		Tickets: £18, £14

Friday 18 October All Saints’ Church, North Molton 1.00pm – 2.00pm	Elephants at a Lunchtime Concert Children from north Molton Primary School with pianist Harvey Davies	Poulenc ‘Babar the Elephant’ Debussy ‘Children’s Corner Suite’– excerpts		Tickets: £10 Under 18s £2 Unreserved seating

Friday 18 October All Saints’ Church, North Molton 7.30pm – 9.15pm	Chamber Music Recital Jonathan Rimmer flute Huw Clement-Evans oboe Harvey Davies piano	Telemann Sonata in F major for flute and oboe Aaron Copland Duo for flute and piano Benjamin Britten Temporal Variations for oboe and piano Jean-Michel Damase Trio for flute, oboe and piano Madeleine Dring Trio for flute, oboe and piano		Tickets: £18, £14

Saturday 19 October All Saints’ Church, Dulverton 2.00pm – 3.15pm	Young Musicians Platform 2013 Winners Concert Jin-Wook Suk violin Alexandra Smith marimba Victoria Creighton flute Anna im violin with pianist Harvey Davies	Programme to be announced		Tickets: Free entry by ticket only Unreserved seating Collection in aid of the Festival’s education programme

Saturday 19 October Brushford Parish Hall, near Dulverton 5.30pm	Light on the Landscape Jan-Eric Österland	A Talk on Photography: Sea, Sand and Stone – Landscapes and Seascapes around the World		SOLD OUT

Saturday 19 October All Saints’ Church, Dulverton 7.30pm – 9.15pm	From Darkness to Light - Musical Catharsis Jayson Gillham piano	Beethoven Sonata in C major Op.53 No.21 Waldstein’ Wagner (arr. Liszt) Isolde’s Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde) Verdi (arr. Liszt) Concert Paraphrase from Rigoletto Messiaen Première Communion de la Vierge, No.11 from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus Liszt Transcendental Étude No.5 in B-flat major - Feux- Follets (Will-o’-the-Wisps) Debussy Les Soirs illuminés par l’Ardeur du Charbon (Evenings lit by glowing Coal) Debussy L’Isle joyeuse Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major Op.61		Tickets: £28, £24, £19

Sunday 20 October The Royal Oak Inn, Withypool 2.00pm	Exmoor Explained Walk with Jeremy Holtom, local expert on moorland flora and fauna	A ramble from Withypool along the River Barle and back over Winsford Hill		No ticket required – there will be a collection at the end of the walk in aid of the Exmoor Youth Project

Sunday 20 October All Saint’s Church, Dulverton 7.30pm – 9.20pm	From Light to Darkness Chamber Music Recital The Busch Ensemble: Mathieu van Bellen violin Jonathan Bloxham cello Omri Epstein piano	Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Schubert Notturno for Piano Trio in E-flat major D.897 Beethoven Trio in D major Op.70 No.1 ‘Ghost’		Tickets: £25, £20, £16

Monday 21 October St Andrew’s Church, Moretonhampstead 10.30am	Musical Church Crawl Gildas Quartet: Christopher Jones violin Sophie Cameron violin Kay Stephen viola Anna Menzies cello Speaker: Bill Hardiman	Purcell (arr. for string quartet) Fantasias for four viols Haydn String Quartet in C major Op.20 No.2 (from ‘Sun Quartets’)		Tickets: £12 per church; (each concert can be booked separately) Free seating 4.30pm Throwleigh SOLD OUT

Monday 21 October St Michael’s Church, Spreyton 2.00pm	Musical Church Crawl Gildas Quartet: Christopher Jones violin Sophie Cameron violin Kay Stephen viola Speakers: John Williams and Helen Powlesland	Bridge Three Idylls H.67: 1st Movement Britten String Quartet in D major Op.25 No.1

Monday 21 October St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Throwleigh 4.30pm	Musical Church Crawl Gildas Quartet: Christopher Jones violin Sophie Cameron violin Kay Stephen viola Speaker: Michael Paget	Ravel String Quartet in F Major

Monday 21 October All Saints’ Church, Okehampton 7.30pm – 9.30pm	Let the bright Seraphim An Evening of Opera and Oratorio Caroline MacPhie soprano Charlotte Stephenson mezzo soprano Christopher Diffey tenor Callum Thorpe bass baritone Tim Barber trumpet Anna Tilbrook piano	Puccini Tosca Verdi Rigoletto Gounod Faust Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Handel Samson Arthur Sullivan The Mikado and many more well known – and lesser known excerpts		Tickets: £20, £16, £14

Tuesday 22 October St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Chulmleigh 11.00am – 12.00pm	A Ray of Light Andrew Johnson	A Talk on the history of stained glass as well as the process of creating it.		SOLD OUT

Tuesday 22 October Mole Valley Farmers, South Molton 3.00pm	A bit of Light Relief... Bassoonatics: Joanna Stark Éanna Monaghan Andrew Watson Llinus Owen	Programme to include: Alan Ridout Pigs John Addison Four Miniatures Trad. Mexican Hat Dance Grieg arr. Frances Jones In the Hall of the Mountain King		Free entry, no tickets required

Tuesday 22 October St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Chulmleigh 7.30pm – 9.15pm	Happy Birthday Dowland! Theatre of the Ayre: Robin Blaze counter tenor Pamela Thorby recorders Elizabeth Kenny lute Alison McGillivray viol	Dowland Clear or cloudy The King of Denmark’s Galliard Can she excuse my wrongs Me, me and none but me In darkness let me dwell Say love, if ever thou didst find Now, O now I needs must part Preludium Fantasia Captain Digorie Piper’s Galliard Dowland/Schop Lachrymae	Campion Author of Light Campion/Stott Songs and dances from the Lord’s Masque Van Eyck Daphne Derde,doen Daphne d’over Wat zal men op den Avond doen Boffons Hume Captain Hume’s Galliard The Virgin’s Muse Tobacco Anon When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly	Tickets: £22, £19, £16

Wednesday 23 October St John’s Church, Witheridge 10.30am 1.00pm 3.00pm	Throw some Light on it Three Lecture Recitals with the eminent Carducci Quartet: Matthew Denton violin Michelle Fleming violin Eoin Schmidt-Martin viola Emma Denton cello with Tim Orpen clarinet Marko Ylönen cello	Beethoven String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 Schubert Quintet in C major D966		Tickets: £12 per concert

Wednesday 23 October Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter 7.00pm – 9.00pm	Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals Tom Poster piano Christoph Berner piano Carducci String Quartet Timothy Orpen clarinet Toby Hughes double bass Owen Gunnell percussion	Benjamin Britten Noye’s Fludde Thomas Guthrie Director Petroc Trelawny God Callum Thorpe Noah Charlotte Stephenson Mrs Noah Greg Beardsell Conductor Rhys Jarman Designer with over 150 children from schools across Dartmoor and Exmoor		Tickets: £25, £20, £15, £10

Thursday 24 October Yarn Market Hotel, Dunster 11.00am – 12.00pm	The Fascination of Astronomy made clear	A Talk on the Sky at Night Given by Douglas Rice		SOLD OUT

Thursday 24 October St George’s Church, Dunster 1.30pm – 3.15pm	Portraits of Beethoven I Marko Ylönen cello Christoph Berner piano	Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in F major Op.5, No.1 Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in C major Op.102, No.1 Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in A major Op.69, No.3		Tickets: £25, £20, £15

Thursday 24 October St George’s Church, Dunster 7.30pm – 9.15pm	Sure on this shining Night Celebrity Song Recital Katarina Karnéus mezzo soprano Joseph Middleton piano	Handel Ombra mai fu from Xerxes Saint-Saëns Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson e Delilah Rossini Una voce poco fa from Barber of Seville Interspersed with beautiful songs by Delius, songs from Sweden and many more besides.		Tickets: £28, £24, £15

Friday 25 October St Bueno’s Church, Culbone 11.00am	The Amaryllis Consort Francis Brett David Martin William Balkwill Emma Brain-Gabbott	Note change of artists and programme		SOLD OUT

Friday 25 October St George’s Church, Dunster 1.30pm – 3.15pm	Portraits of Beethoven II Marko Ylönen cello Christoph Berner piano	Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in F major Op.17 (written for horn in addition to cello) Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in G minor Op.5 No.2 Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano in D major Op.102 No.2		Tickets: £25, £20, £15

Friday 25 October St George’s Church, Dunster 7.30pm – 9.15pm	Gold Star Recital Hyeyoon Park violin Florian Uhlig piano	J.S. Bach Sonata in G major BWV 1019 No.6 Schumann Sonata in A minor Op.105 No.1 Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel César Franck Sonata in A major		Tickets: £28, £20, £15 LIMITED TICKETS LEFT

Saturday 26 October St Lawrence’s Chapel, Ashburton 11.00am – 12.00pm	All that glistens is... expensive Light	A Talk on Gemstones and Jewellery Given by one of the Southwest’s leading jewellery designers, Erin Cox		Tickets: Free entry by ticket only Collection in aid of the Festival’s education programme

Saturday 26 October St Andrew’s Church Hall, Ashburton 1.00pm	Impressions of Light Harp Recital with Buffet Lunch Eleanor Turner harp	J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in E K.531 Claude Debussy “Bruyères” No.5 from Préludes, Livre 2 Dèuxieme Arabesque William Alwyn Crépuscule Kelly-Marie Murphy Illumination; Star; Candle; Arc Raymond Murray Schafer ‘Ariadne Awakens’ and ‘Sun Dance’ from The Crown of Ariadne (1986) William Mathias ‘Sun Dance’ from Santa Fé Suite Bernard Andrès Sweet Blues Deborah Henson-Conant New Blues and Baroque Flamenco		SOLD OUT

Saturday 26 October St Andrew’s Church, Ashburton 7.30pm – 9.15pm	Reflections - a Pre-concert Talk 6.30–6.50pm given by Tom Poster followed by Chamber Music Recital Tom Poster piano Hyeyoon Park violin Maxim Rysanov viola Marko Ylönen cello Leon Bosch double bass Jonathan Stoughton tenor Anna Blackmur violin	Schubert Auf Dem Strom D.943 Grieg ‘Slätter’ Op.72 Fauré La bonne Chanson Op.61 Schubert Piano Quintet in A major D.667 ‘Trout’		Tickets: £28, £24, £19

Sunday 27 October St.Andrew’s Church, Ashburton 2.00pm – 3.30pm	Celebrity Chamber Music Recital Maxim Rysanov viola Fabio Bidini piano	Bach arr. Rowland Jones Cello Suite in D major No.6 BWV 1012 Mendelssohn Sonata for Viola and Piano in C minor MWV Q14 Schubert Sonata in A minor D.821 Schumann Fantasiestücke Op.73		Tickets: £28, £20, £15

Sunday 27 October Blundell’s Big School Hall, Tiverton 6.30pm	A Grand Finale The Junior Guildhall Brass Band Spencer Down Director	Holst A Moorside Suite Trad arr. Himes Amazing Grace Handel arr. Denis Wright Music for the Royal Fireworks Graham Shine as the Light Igor Stravinsky arr Ray Farr The Firebird Suite Graham Call of the Cossacks Graham Cossack Fire Dance		Tickets: £25 reserved £10 unreserved

For your interest the programme of concerts from 2012 can be viewed here