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For music lovers in and around Plymouth, Devon |
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Concert Programme for August 2018
Concerts in the Exeter area have their own page
| Saturday July 28 to Friday August 24 at Dartington Dartington Summer School Concerts Full concert details and downloadable brochure (3MB) |
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| Tuesday July 31 to Sunday August 5 in Tavistock Exon Singers Festival Conductor & Artistic Director: Joseph Judge, Composer in Residence: Russell Pascoe, Festival Organist: Josef Laming Guest Artists: The Marvolo Quartet, FIGO Ensemble, Megan Rickard |
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| Wednesday August 1 at 1.10 pm at St. Andrew's Minster, Plymouth Christine Lewis - organ and piano Admission free - donations welcomed. Lunch available to buy from noon |
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| Wednesday August 1 at 7.30 pm at Plymouth Guildhall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Victor Aviat Smooth Classics Grieg: Peer Gynt ‘Morning’ Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Rachmaninov: Vocalise Handel: Largo from Xerxes Dvořák: Symphony No.9- Largo Fauré: Pavane Elgar: Chanson de Matin Beethoven: Symphony No.6- Shepherd's Song Bizet: Intermezzo from Carmen Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Offenbach: Barcarolle Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5- Andante Cantabile Tickets £16, £20 (concessions available) from Theatre Royal Plymouth 01752 267222 and online at bsoLIVE.com |
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| Wednesday August 1 at 7.30 pm at Tavistock Parish Church Would Like to Meet.. Music by George Shearing, Toby Young, Rebecca Dale, Russell Pascoe and Ward Swingle. Tickets £12 (u18s free) from Bookstop, 3 Market Street, Tavistock 01822 617244 or on the door. |
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| Thursday August 2 at 7.30 pm at Tavistock Parish Church All Shall be Well An evening of emotional words from times of distress, surrounded by heavenly music. This marks the centenary commemoration of World War 1, but wider themes of human connection to conflict and loss, and the power of music, are explored. The Exon Singers are joined here by Festival Guest Artists, The Marvolo Quartet, with music by Roxanna Panufnik, Arvo Pärt, Philip Moore and Sheena Phillips. Tickets £12 (u18s free) from Bookstop, 3 Market Street, Tavistock 01822 617244 or on the door. |
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| Friday August 3 at 7.30 pm at Tavistock Parish Church Baroque Delights - The Figo Ensemble. A programme of Sonatas and Arias for Violin, Viola da Gamba, Theorbo and Harpsichord by JS Bach, Buxtehude and Handel, with Corelli's La Folia. Tickets £12 (u18s free) from Bookstop, 3 Market Street, Tavistock 01822 617244 or on the door. |
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| Saturday August 4 at 7 pm at Tavistock Parish Church Exon Singers with The Figo Ensemble Handel: Messiah Tickets £12 (u18s free) from Bookstop, 3 Market Street, Tavistock 01822 617244 or on the door. |
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| Saturday August 4 at 7.30 pm at Buckfast Abbey Richard Lea & Matthew Searles - organists at Buckfast Abbey Tickets £10 from www.buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice or the Abbey Bookshop |
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| Sunday August 5 at 2 pm at the Mount Edgcumbe Fayre City of Plymouth Concert Band |
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| Sunday August 5 at 7.30 pm at The Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH Plymouth Jazz Club Derek Nash & Martin Dale with the Craig Milverton Trio. Derek Nash is featured saxophonist with Jules Holland’s Rhythm & Blues band, Tickets £9 for visitors – all welcome– (Members £7, Full-Time Students £5). Full info via 01752 721179 www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk |
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| Wednesday August 8 at 1.10 pm at St. Andrew's Minster, Plymouth Caitlin McAndry - cello Admission free - donations welcomed. Lunch available to buy from noon |
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| Saturday August 11 at 7.30 pm at Buckfast Abbey Richard Lester - harpsichord Bach: Italian Concerto plus Preludes and Fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book One Tickets £15 from www.buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice or the Abbey Bookshop |
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| Sunday August 12 at 5 pm from Commercial Wharf, Barbican Landing Stage, Plymouth Plymouth Jazz Club Riverboat Shuffle A Jazz Cruise up the Tamar to Calstock & back with John Shillito’s Select Four Admission £19-50 , includes free welcome drink. (Over 18s only). Tickets from Plymouth Boat Trips or tel. 01752 253153 or online https://online.plymouthboattrips.co.uk/trips/schedule/2018/8/filter:other |
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| Tuesday August 14 - Saturday August 18 at 7.30 pm at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (matinées Wed, Thurs, Sat 2.30 pm) Evita - music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice Ticjets £14 - £42 (concessions available) from 01752 267222 |
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| Wednesday August 15 at 1.10 pm at St. Andrew's Minster, Plymouth Richard Line - organ Admission free - donations welcomed. Lunch available to buy from noon |
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| Saturday August 18 at 2.30 pm at Buckfast Abbey Organ Recital (Summer series) Includes music by Gigout, Bach, Widor and Schumann Tickets £10 from www.buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice or the Abbey Bookshop Free with retiring collection |
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| Saturday August 18 at 7.30 pm at Buckfast Abbey 'Come and Sing' Charity Choral Concert Stanborough Chorus, conductor Christopher Fletcher Tickets £10 from www.buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice or the Abbey Bookshop In aid of Devon Air Ambulance, Rotary End Polio Now, Shelterbox, and other charities and projects supported by the Rotary Club of Ashburton/Buckfastleigh |
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| Wednesday August 22 at 1.10 pm at St. Andrew's Minster, Plymouth Obligato String Quartet Admission free - donations welcomed. Lunch available to buy from noon |
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| Monday August 27 at 2.30 pm at Buckfast Abbey Organ Recital (Summer series) Ian Curror - organ Music by Wesley, Hollins, Elgar and Howells. Tickets £10 from www.buckfast.org.uk/boxoffice or the Abbey Bookshop Free with retiring collection |
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| Monday August 27 at 7.30 pm St. Andrew's Minster, Plymouth Chamber Philharmonia Cologne (Kammerphilharmonie Köln) with Sergey Didorenko - vilin, Senne Coomans - clarinet and Christoph Jahn - cello Vivaldi: Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo "La Tempesta di Mare" Vivaldi: Concerto in C minor for cello and orchestra Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Rossini: String Sonata no. 2 in A major Paganini: Theme and Variations "I Palpiti" for violin and orchestra op. 13 Tickets £16, Seniors £14, Students/children £12 at the door, from St. Andrew's shop or from Plymouth Barbican TIC, tel: 01752 306330 |
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| Wednesday August 29 at 1.10 pm at St. Andrew's Minster, Plymouth David Stevens - organ Admission free - donations welcomed. Lunch available to buy from noon |
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| Friday August 31 at 7.30 pm
at Bovey Tracey Parish Church Fournier Trio with Peter Whyman - clarinet Schubert: Piano Trio in Bb, D898 Messiaen: Quartet For The End Of Time Tickets £22 (U18 £5 from http://www.nourishfestival.org/music A Nourish Festival concert |
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| Friday August 31 at 7.30 pm at St Mary's Church, Totnes Devon Telemann Ensemble Bach, Handel, Telemann, Sarri & De Fesch Donations in aid of Rowcroft. |
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| Friday August 31 at 8 pm at the Old Chapel, Calstock Luke Daniels and Nancy Kerr Tickets: £12 advance, £13 door, £1 reduction for Friends of Calstock Arts, £8 under 18s, from 01726 879500 |
