Totnes-based early-music aficionado Jasper Solomon has just published the October/November/December listing. The November/December/January 2019 listing will be sent towards the end of October.
October
Saturday 13 at 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes
Devon Baroque, directed by Persephone Gibbs
Logic and Beauty
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Bach: Suite in B minor
Bach: Triple Concerto BWV 1044
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major
Tickets £15 (students & under 18s £5) from Dartington Box office 01803 947070, online at Dartington, at Dartington Bookshop, High Street, Totnes and on the door.
This concert is in association with The Arts at Dartington.
DB
Monday 15 at 11am
St John The Baptist Church, North Bovey TQ13 8RU
Ashley Solomon – flute
Telemann: Fantasias in A major Nos. 1 & 2
J S Bach: Partita in A minor BWV1013
Telemann: Fantasia in B minor No 3
Tickets £10. Online booking: Two Moors Box office: 01392 665885
Monday 15 at 2pm
St John The Baptist Church, Lustleigh TQ13 9TA
Ashley Solomon – flute
Telemann: Fantasia in B flat major No 4, Fantasia in C major No 5
C P E Bach: Solo Sonata in A minor Wq132
Telemann: Fantasia in D minor No 6
Tickets £10 Online booking: www.thetwomoorsfestival.co.uk Box office: 01392 665885
Monday 15 at 4 pm
St Peter’s Church, Buckland-In-The-Moor TQ13 7HP
Ashley Solomon – flute
Telemann: Fantasia in D major No 7, Fantasia in E minor No 8, Fantasia in E major No 9, Fantasia in F sharp minor No 10, Fantasia in G major No 11, Fantasia in G minor No 12
Tickets £10. Online booking: Two Moors Box office: 01392 665885
Friday 19 at 7.30pm
Courtenay Centre, Kingsteignton Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 2QA
Chamber Philharmonic of Europe, with Kirill Gusarov – trumpet and Michel Gershwin – violin
Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G minor
Glazotto: Adagio in G minor for String Orchestra (based on theme by Albinoni)
Hummel : Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E, BWV 1042
Fauré: Pavane for Orchestra, Op. 50
Tickets £15.00 on the door; £13 in advance, Students £2, accompanied children free, from Newton Abbot TIC, 01626 215667 or Dawlish TIC, 01626 215665
Newton and District Society of Arts event
Saturday 20 at 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes
RCM Baroque Ensemble
Baroque Gems
Music for violin, flute, cello and theorbo including Telemann Fantasias, concerti from Vivaldi and Telemann and a Bach Trio Sonata.
Tickets for non-members in advance £13, under 18s £5, on the door £14/£5, from the Dartington Box Office (01803 847070) and website Dartington or on the door.
This is a Totnes Early Music Society concert in association with The Arts at Dartington.
TEMS
November
Friday 30 at 7.30pm
United Free Church, Fore Street, Totnes
Steven Devine – fortepiano & Kate Semmens – soprano
O Tuneful Voice
Explores the musical scene in Vienna and London in the late 1700s.
Tickets for non-members in advance £13 (under 18s £5), on the door £14/£5, from the Dartington Box Office (01803 847070) and website www.dartington.org, or on the door.
This is a TEMS concert in association with The Arts at Dartington
TEMS
December
Saturday 1 at 7:30pm
St Andrew’s Minster, Plymouth PL1 2AD
London Concertante Chamber Ensemble
“Vivaldi by Candlelight”
Vivaldi: Autumn and Winter from The Four Seasons
Handel: Concerto Grosso op. 6 no.7
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Tickets £19, £24, £28 from 0333 666 3366 or online at ticketsource.co.uk (booking fee £2).
Sunday 2 at 3.15pm
The Great Hall, Dartington
Devon Baroque with the Welsh Camerata Choir – musical director: Andrew Wilson-Dickson
‘A Baroque Christmas’
Torelli: Pastorale per il S.S. Natale
Bach: Cantata 61 ‘Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland’
Esterhazy: Dormi Jesu Dulcissime & Puer Natus
Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kinderlein & In Dulci Jubilo
Gifford: Rejoice ye Tenants of the Earth
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Charpentier: In Navitatem
Tickets: £18 (£5 students & under 18’s) from Dartington Box Office, 01808 847070 or www.dartington.org/whats-on
Saturday 8 at 7.30pm
Buckfast Abbey
VOCES, director Martyn Warren
Renaissance choral music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Tickets £10 from www.buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice or the Abbey Bookshop.
Sunday 9 at 2.30pm
Exeter Cathedral
Devon Baroque and the choir of Exeter Cathedral Music, conductor: Timothy Noon
Handel: Messiah
Tickets £10 – £22 (under 18s £5in all areas) from 01392 285983 and online at Exeter Cathedral
Sunday 9 at 7.30pm
The Great Hall, Dartington
Dartington Community Choir, conductor Simon Capet
Ryba: Czech Christmas Mass
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Tickets £19; students and U16s £7.50 from Dartington Box Office 01803 847070
or online at www.dartington.org/whats-on
Thursday 13 at 7.30pm
James Wyatt Music Room, Powderham Castle, Kenton EX6 8JQ
Powderham Consort with Divertimento, conductor Brian Northcott
Handel: Messiah
Tickets: £16 (students £8) from 01626 890243 or online at Music in the Castle
Philip R Buttall
top image: London Concertante Chamber Orchestra
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