Diary of Early Music Events in SWDiary of Early Music Events in SWCourses, Day Schools & Workshops | Concerts | Meetings, Lectures, Conferences & Festivals
4-6, "Stylish Baroque" with Theresa Caudle & Alastair Ross for advanced players Great Elm nr. Frome
Jackdaws
Sat. 10, 10.00am - 6.00pm. Collegium Singers, Singing Day, led by Peter Leech, Taunton
St George's RC Church, Billet Street, Taunton, TA1 3NN. We shall be working on Vivaldi's newly discovered Dixit Dominus, RV807.
Music, sandwich lunch, & tea provided. Full details from collegiumsingers@googlemail.com
Sat. 14, 10am - 1pm, "Play Baroque", an orchestral workshop led by Margaret Faultless, Totnes, Devon
Dartington Hall, Totnes. For students, amateurs, teachers/professionals based on Handel's music. Pitch 415 but tuned
down modern instruments accepted
Also from 2.30pm - 5.30pm: lecture and lecture recital
and at 8pm, concert based on one given by Handel and friends in 1754
Sun. 15, from 10.30am, Margaret Faultless and Devon Baroque, Dartington
Dartington Hall. Handel programme culminating in Handel concert by Devon Baroque at 3pm. Information
and tickets for 14th and 15th Nov, 01803 847070, www.dartington.org/arts
9-11, Gloucestershire Choral Weekend directed by Gregory Rose at Cirencester, Glos.
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos. Studying and performing Tallis's "Lamentations", Taverner's "The Lamb" and
3 other works. Resident (en suite) or non-resident. Contact Cedric Virgin, 01451 850 796
See also
Plymouth Classical Music Concert Diary
which gives comprehensive listing of all types of classical music events in Plymouth, West Devon and
South East Cornwall, including early music events
and
Music in the Church at Aust.
Sat. 5, 7.30 pm, The Oxford Waits in "Love's Holyday", Totnes
St. Mary's Church, Totnes, Named after a band of city musicians which flourished in 17thc Oxford, playing music of the
Tumultuous era of the English Civil War and Restoration. Details from www.totnesearlymusic.org.uk
Sat. 12, 8.00pm, Music in the Church at Aust presents Misericordia with Clive Fairweather, Aust, nr Bristol
Aust Church. "The Castle of the Egg and other Tails", illustrating the pitfalls of 14th C courtly entertainment. Contact Peter Dobbins, 01454 632 306
Fri. 18, 7.30pm, Mozart Piano Sonata cycle with Christian Blackshaw, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 19, 7.30pm, "A programme of Baroque chamber music", nr Bath
The Parish Church, Englishcombe Village, Nr Bath.Jim Wills (Bass), Patrick Welche (flute), Carole Dowding (Cello),
Peter Lea-Cox (Harpsichord) and Sarah Wickham (sop/harpsichord) Admission free but donations welcome
Wed. 23, 7.30pm, International Baroque Players in Music for the Dresden Nobility, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Thur. 24, 1.00 pm, The Galeazzi Ensemble, Plymouth
Plymouth city Museum & Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Plymouth. Lesley Holliday flute, Richard Wade violin, Virginia Guiffray viola and
Gareth Deats cello), on period instruments in works by Mozart, Haydn, Reis and Hyacinthe Jadin.
www.wegottickets.com/event/53010
Thur. 24, 7.30pm, "The Voice of Handel", Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Ian Bostridge, tenor, Dartington
Great Hall, Dartington www.dartington.org/arts
Sat. 26, 7.30pm, "Celebrating the Italian Baroque", Ten Tors Orchestra conducted by Simon Ible, Plymouth
Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth. Amanda Forbes (soprano) and David Shead (trumpet). Music by Vivaldi,
Corelli, Scarlatti etc.
Sat. 26, 7.30pm, The Sixteen in The Choral Pilgramage 2009, Tewksbury
Tewkesbury Abbey www.the-sixteen.org.uk
Sun. 27, A Taste of Schutz and Buxtehude, Directed by JanJoost van Elburg with the Blackdowns Festival Players, Culmstock, Devon
All Saints Church, Culmstock.‘Wie schmeckt es so lieblich’ Consort music by Schutz and Buxtehude. Tickets £8
(students half price, under 12’s free). Details & ticket orders from Blackdowns Early Music Festival
or from Catherine & Geoffrey Bass blackdownsearlymusic@gmail.com or 01884 849 172
Sat. 3, 730pm, 10th Anniversary Benefit Concert for Street Children in Honduras Musica Buena and Bristowe Consort, Bristol
Redland Parish Church, Redland Green, Bristol BS6 7HE, Telemann, Handel, Parsons. Admission Free, retiring collection
Fri. 9, 7.30pm, Mozart Piano Sonata cycle with Christian Blackshaw, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 10, 8.00pm, Music in the Church at Aust presents Piva in "Measure for Measure", Aust nr Bristol
Aust Church. A selection of popular repertoire from late 16th C England including music referred to in Shakespeare's works.
Contact Peter Dobbins, 01454 632 306
Sat. 10, 7.30pm, "The Two Antonios: Lotti and Vivaldi". The Chantry Singers dir. by Elizabeth Bate, Bath
St. John's RC Church, South Parade, Bath
Sat. 17, 7.30pm, West Devon Chorale in "Requiem Aeternum", Plymouth
St. Paul's RC Church, Pemros Road, St. Budeaux, Plymouth. Allegri's Miserere, Bach organ music, Rheinberger's Mass in E flat and Faure's Requiem.
E-mail admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk, or tel. 01752 776 479
Tues. 20, 7.30pm, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Haydn: Radical, Genius, Entertainer, Bristol
Symphonies and Trumpet Concerto with David Blackadder, trumpet.
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Fri. 23, 7.30pm, Gandolpho in "Mysticism and Fire", Totnes, Devon
United Free Church, Totnes. David Wright (harpsichord) and Eleanor Harrison (violin) perform music by Corelli,
Bach and Biber. www.totnesearlymusic.org.uk
Fri. 6, 7.30pm, Mozart Piano Sonata cycle with Christian Blackshaw, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 7, 7.30pm, Handel's Messiah with Bristol Camerata and Il Coro Camerata dir. by Andrew Wilson-
Dickson, Bristol
In aid of St. George's 10th Birthday Appeal. St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 14 7.30pm, VOCES in renaissance choral music, Buckfast, Devon
Buckfast Abbey. Admission free, retiring collection
Sat. 21, 7.45pm, Emerald Ensemble in "Bach by Candlelight", Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2-6, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 21, 7.30pm, Exeter Bach Society Choir & Orchestra directed by Nicholas Marshall, "Gloria", Exeter
St David's Church, Exeter. Including Gloria in D by Vivaldi, Magnificat in D and Cantata BWV 34 by J S Bach, with young
soloists from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Tues. 24, 7.30pm, The English Concert with Mark Padmore (tenor) in songs by Purcell and Handel, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Fri. 27, 7.30pm, "En mon Triste et Doux Chant", music associated with Mary, Queen of Scots, Dartington
The Great Hall, Dartington. Julia Doyle (soprano) and James Weeks, (harpsichord)
www.totnesearlymusic.org.uk
Sun. 29, 6.00pm, HARMONIA SACRA, Conductor: Peter Leech present ADVENT REFLECTIONS, Bristol
Church of St.Thomas the Martyr, St.Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6QR. Renaissance and early Baroque choral music by Victoria, Byrd,
Gibbons, Guerrero and Melgas. An evening of sublime, uplifting and meditative polyphony, recapturing the spirit of the Advent season.
Tickets £10, Bookings: pgleech@hotmail.com or 07960 607 384
Fri. 4, 7.30pm, Mozart Piano Sonata cycle with Christian Blackshaw, Bristol
St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 5, 7.00pm, Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach, Wells
Wells Cathedral. Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society and Chameleon Baroque Orchestra on period
instruments, directed by Matthew Owens
Mon. 14, 7.30pm, Opus Anglicanum in Mediaeval Carols and Gregorian Chant for Christmas, Wells
Quire of Wells Cathedral
Fri. 18, 7.30pm, 'In dulci jubilo' Collegium Singers, Conductor: Peter Leech, Wellington, Somerset
St John's Church, Wellington, Somerset. Renaissance and Baroque Christmas music from Germany, with cornetts and sackbuts.
Enq. collegiumsingers@googlemail.com
Sun. 31 Jan. 6.00pm Harpsichord recital with David Wright playing Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Exeter
Chapter House, Exeter, Cathedral
Sat. 17, 7.30pm, Exeter Bach Choir with the Farnaby Brass Ensemble, ‘Fanfare & Chorus’, Exeter
Mint Church, Exeter. Including The Funeral Music for Queen Mary by Purcell, Zadok the Priest by Handel and Gloria by Rutter
Sun. 18 Oct. 6.00pm, Talk is by Sir David Willcocks, entitled ‘A Lucky Life in Music’, Exeter
Chapter House, Exeter, Cathedral
Sat. 14 Nov. 2.30pm - 5.30pm, Lecture and lecture recital, Totnes, Devon
Part of "Play Baroque", an orchestral workshop led by Margaret Faultless Dartington Hall, Totnes. For students, amateurs,
teachers/professionals based on Handel's music. Pitch 415 but tuned down modern instruments accepted. Also at 8pm, concert
based on one given by Handel and friends in 1754
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