For music lovers in and around Plymouth, Devon

Concert Programme for April 2012

Sunday April 1 at 7.30 pm at The Matchroom Suite, 12 Newnham Road, Plympton, Plymouth PL7 4AW Plymouth Jazz Club Digby Fairweather with the Craig Milverton Trio Tickets: Visitors £7, Members £5, Students £3 at the door or contact 01752 774343
Sunday April 1 at 7.30 pm at the Great Hall, Dartington Dartington Community Choir, conductor- Jonathan Watts, original piano duet accompaniment - John Bryden and Andrew Wendon, Soprano- Catherine Hamilton, Bass - Paul Sheehan Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem Op. 45 Sung in German Tickets £14, concessions £13, Students/U16 £5 from Box Office 01803 847070. Book Online: www.dartington.org/arts
Tuesday April 3 at 7.30pm at Crownhill Methodist Church, Plymouth Sir Joshua Reynolds Choir, Directed by Jenny George, Accompanist - Anne Kalas Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’ Details tba. More information from Mrs Pam Kirk, Tel 01752 776819.
Wednesday April 4 at 7.30 pm at Woodford Methodist Church, Plympton Sir Joshua Reynolds Choir, Directed by Jenny George, Accompanist - Anne Kalas Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’ as part of the Holy Week Services
Wednesday April 11 - Monday May 7 Tavistock Music & Arts Festival Theme: "Fast & Furious" Event details to be added when available
Friday April 13 at 7.30 pm at Tavistock Methodist Church Alison Smith - guitar Tickets £8 (Friends £6) on the door Part of the Tavistock Music & Arts Festival
Saturday April 14 at 7.30 pm at St. Eustachius Church, Tavistock Chamber Ensemble of London, director Peter Fisher - violin, with Suzanne Manuell - soprano An Evening of English Music Handel: Overture and dances from Alcina Handel: Tornami – aria from Alcina Jenkins: White Bird – a Dartmoor legend with narration and soprano vocalise Elgar: Serenade Wilson: Huckworthy Bridge Purcell: Chacony in G minor Purcell: Dido’s Lament Darke: Meditation on Brother James’s Air Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini Tickets £12.50 in advance (£15 on the door) from the Wharf Arts Centre Box Office or on the door Tavistock Music & Arts Festival
Sunday April 15 at 2.30 pm at St. Peter's Church, Shaldon Chamber Ensemble of London, director Peter Fisher - violin, with Suzanne Manuell - soprano An Afternoon of English Music Handel: Overture and dances from Alcina Handel: Tornami – aria from Alcina Jenkins: White Bird – a Dartmoor legend with narration and soprano vocalise Elgar: Serenade Wilson: Huckworthy Bridge Purcell: Chacony in G minor Purcell: Dido’s Lament Darke: Meditation on Brother James’s Air Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini
Sunday April 15 at 7.30 pm at The Matchroom Suite, 12 Newnham Road, Plympton, Plymouth PL7 4AW Plymouth Jazz Club The Sunset Café Stompers Tickets: Visitors £8, Members £6, Students £4 at the door or contact 01752 774343
Sunday April 15 at 8pm at The Wharf Arts Centre, Tavistock Soundhouse Brass - Brass Band concert Tickets £10 (Friends of the Tavistock Music & Arts Festival £8) available from the Wharf Arts Centre Box Office or on the door.
Tuesday April 17 at Tavistock College ‘SING!’ – includes All Change, Canticorum, Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir, Tapestry, Tavistock College Gospel Choir, Tavistock Music Theatre Company and Vocal Harem. Tickets:- £5.00 (students £2) from the Wharf Arts Centre box office or on the door.
Wednesday April 18 at 7.30 pm at Gallery 26, Bedford Hotel , Tavistock Jazz Supper with Music Deco Tickets from the Bedford Hotel; £12 in advance; £15 on the night.
Thursday April 19 at 1pm in Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery 20th International Concert Series Mark Bebbington - piano John Ireland: The Island Spell (from Decorations), Month's Mind, Elegy and Menuet (from Downland Suite), Amberley Wild Brooks Liszt: Valse Impromptu, Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor Ticketts £8.50 from Box Office Plymouth City Museum Shop and on the door Supported by the John Ireland Trust, and the Chairman Bruce Phillips, along with Mark Bebbington, will be giving a 15 minute talk about this composer,after the recital.
Thursday April 19 at 7.30 pm at Launceston Methodist Church Plymouth Area Police Choir with St Joseph’s Girls School Choir Tickets circa £5-£8 in aid of Cancer Research
Friday April 20 at 7.30pm in Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building Celebrating Young Performers - featuring David Cotter - Classical Guitar, and Rotary Young Singer Tom Phillips. Musical Director Trefor Farrow Tickets: £12 (incl. glass of wine). For further info: Tel: 01752 58 50 50/01752 774401 Promoted by Soroptimist International Plymouth & District and the Rotary Club of Plympton In aid of the Homeless: Shekinah Mission in Plymouth and ShelterBox. Sponsored by Duke of Cornwall Hotel
Friday April 20 at 7.30 pm at Stover School, Newton Abbot William Stafford - piano and Gary Matthew - piano Finzi: Five Bagate4lles for clarinet and piano Debussy: Prmiere Rhapsody in B flat Poulenc :Sonata for clarinet and piano Ireland: Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat Roxburgh: Wordsworth Miniatures for solo clarinet in B flat Messager: Solo de Concours Tickets £14 (NADSA members £10, Students £2) at the door or from Newton Abbot TIC or from www.nadsa.co.uk
Saturday April 21 at 2pm Plymouth & District Organists' Association visit to St Edmund's Kingsbridge, ( 3.45pm) visit to St Thomas' Dodbrooke. For details contact 01822 854884
Saturday April 21 at 7.30 pm at Liskeard Methodist Church Keltique, Rame Peninsula Male Voice Choir with Jonathan Delbridge - organ, Dave White - clarinet and saxophone, Jonathan Lewsey - bass, Helen Dixon and John White - vocals and guitar duo, Bianca Philips - soprano, Paul Boase - oboe, Janina and Clive Waterman - jazz duo and more. in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support See jonathandelbridge.com
Saturday April 21 at 7.30 pm at St. Eustachius Church, Tavistock South West Chamber Choir Hildegard von Bingen: Spiritus sanctus vivificans C H Parry: I was glad Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei Arvo Pärt: The Beatitudes, Which was the son of… Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir Francis Poulenc: Salve Regina J S Bach: Lobet den Herrn Henry Purcell (arranged by Stephen Trahair): When I am laid in earth Maurice Greene (arranged by Stephen Trahair): Thou visitest the earth Maurice Greene: Lord, let me know mine end Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn Tickets £8 (students £5) in aid of Tavistock Memory Café from The Book Stop book shop, Tavistock, from mid-March, or at the door Tavistock Music & Arts Festival
Saturday April 21 at 7.30 pm in St Nicholas and St Faith Church Saltash Saltash Ladies Choir with Liskerrett Male Voice Choir, Compere Michael Taylor (BBC Radio Cornwall) All proceeds to Saltash Ladies Choir Chosen Charity for 2012/13
Sunday April 22 at 7.30 pm at The Matchroom Suite, 12 Newnham Road, Plympton, Plymouth PL7 4AW Plymouth Jazz Club Scott Hamilton with the Craig Milverton Trio. American saxophonist reputedly the finest mainstream jazz musician in the world. Tickets, visitors £12, members £10, Students £5 at the door. Contact 01579 370130 or 01752 774343.
Sunday April 22 at Lawhitton Church, Launceston Canoryon Lowen Details tba
Monday April 23 at 7.30pm at Gallery 26, Bedford Hotel , Tavistock Jazz Supper with ‘Four in a Bar’: Sarah Musgrove - vocals, Gareth Williams - flute, Andrew Dick - guitar) and Will Harris - double bass Gershwin, Ellington, Latin classics and much more. Tickets - £12 from the Bedford Hotel in advance; if available, on the door £15
Thursday April 26 at 1.30pm at The Abbey Chapel , Tavistock Recital by the Kelly College Music Scholars Tickets - £5 on the door
Saturday April 28 at 2.30 pm at Tavistock United Reformed Church Devon County Youth Brass Band Free; donations
Saturday April 28 at 7.30pm at The University of Plymouth Sherwell Centre Ian Fountain - piano Brahms: Intermezzo in A minor, op.118 no.1, Intermezzo in A major, op.118 no.2, Capriccio in G minor, op.116 no.3, Intermezzo in E major, op.116 no.6 Schubert:  Sonata in C minor, D958 Mozart: Sonata in E flat, K282 Wagner/Kocsis: Flower Maidens Scene and Finale from Parsifal Chopin:  Scherzo no.2 in B flat min or, op.31 . Tickets £12, £10 Friends of Peninsula Arts and Ten Tors Orchestra, £5 students and children. Free to PU students. Contact The Box Office: 01752 58 50 50 Email: peninsula-arts@plymouth.ac.uk
Saturday April 28 at 7.30pm at Lostwithiel Parish Church, Cornwall Rame Peninsula Male Voice Choir, with Jonathan Delbridge - organ.
Saturday April 28 at Tavistock United Reformed Church Devon County Youth Brass Band Tavistock Music & Arts Festival
Sunday April 29 at 7.30 pm at at St. Mary's Church, Kingskerswell, nr Newton Abbot The Divertimento Oboe Quartet: Lynn Carter, Mary Eade, Andrew Gillet and Vicky Evans Oboe Quartets by Mozart, JC Bach, Stamistz and Britten Tickets £12 (concessions £10) at the door or from 01803 863677, Totnes TIC 01803 863168 or enquiries@divertimento.uk.com
Monday April 30 at 1.00 pm at St Eustachius’s Church, Tavistock Sean Sweeney - organ Tickets £5 on the door
Monday April 30 at 7.30 pm (tbc) at The Wharf, Tavistock Brunel Harmony Chorus Tickets £8 (in advance); £10 on the door (Friends £5) from the Wharf Arts Centre box office or on the door Part of the Tavistock Arts and Music Festival

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