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Concert Programme for July 2010

Friday July 2 at 7.30 pm at Plymouth Guildhall
European Union Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hans-Peter Hofmann, Nicola Benedetti - violin
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Tickets £18,over 60s, under 16s and students £16 from Plymouth Pavilions. Book online at Pavilions Box Office, or via telephone on 0845 146 1460
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 3 at 7.30 p.m. at St. Mary's Church, Totnes
Baroque Masters
Devon Baroque directed by Margaret Faultless
Telemann: Suite in A minor for teble recorder and strings
Vivaldi: Concerto in G major opus 10 no 3 “Il Gardellino” (soloist: James Risdon)
Telemann: Suite from Don Quixote
Telemann: Concerto for four solo violins
Vivaldi: Concerto for four violins from ‘L’estro Armonico’
Tickets from The Totnes Tourist Information Centre 01803 863168 from the end of May.
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 3 at 7.30 pm at Cotehele, nr Calstock, Cornwall
Plymouth Gilbert & Sullivan Fellowship
Concert performance of Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse
Tickets £10 from 01579 351346
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 3 at 7.30 pm at Chagford Parish Church
Chagford Singers, MD Christopher Fletcher
Concert of Sacred Music - details tba
Tickets from 01647 221269
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Sunday July 4 at 8 pm at The Matchroom Suite, 12 Newnham Road, Plympton, Plymouth PL7 4AW
Plymouth Jazz Club
Annie Noel Swingtet: Annie Noel - vocals, Graham Pinkney - piano, Kevin Sanders - bass& Nick Carter - drums. Jazz standards from a fine singer influenced by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan & Peggy Lee.
Tickets: Visitors £7, Members £5, Students £3 at the door or contact 01752 847611
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation

Saturday July 10 at 7.30 pm at The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Vicarage road, Plympton
The Sir Joshua Reynolds Choir, directed by Jenny George
'Summer Cabaret'
Tickets £5.00 to include a glass of wine, from Helen Harris, tel: 01752 402589

A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 10 at 2.30 p.m. at Paignton Parish Church, Church Street, Paignton
Plymouth and District Organists' Association President's Afternoon
Organ Recital by Jason Smart
William Lloyd Webber, Bruhns, Bach, Gade, Greene, Parry, Vierne, Messiaen
Admission free; voluntary retiring collection
Contact Mrs Drinda MacDonald on 01822 854884 for details
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 17 at 8 pm at Truro Cathedral
David Briggs - concert organist
An improvised organ soundtrack to the classic 1922 b&w film Nosferatu shown on the BIG Screen in the Cathedral.
Tickets £10 from Hall For Cornwall, 01872 262466 or online at www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
A special Nosferatu Supper will be served in the Cathedral restaurant before the concert. Reservations must be booked in advance 01872 245011.See www.trurocathedral.org.uk for details.
 
Wednesday July 21 at Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth
New Devon Opera, conductor Dr. Paul Foster, with Sarah Helsby Hughes, Ben Kerslake and Bruce Graham
La Traviata
Tickets £22, £18 Friends of Peninsula Arts, £12 children and students from Peninsula Arts, tel: 01752 585050, e-mail peninsula-arts@plymouth.ac.uk
 
Friday July 23 at 7:30 pm at Gunnislake Parish Church
The Callington Singers
Sacred and secular choral music through the ages
Tickets £2.50 on the door subject to availability
 
Saturday July 24 from 6 pm at Saltram House, Plymouth
Plymouth Jazz Club
Summer Jazz Picnic
The Antique Six , The Old Thumper Jazzband
Tickets: Visitors £14 (in advance £12) , Members £12 (adv. £10), Students £5 from 01752 847611 or 01752 774343 and at the door
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 24 at 7.30 pm at The Old Chapel, Calstock, Cornwall
In The Wings Theatre Company
The Great Train Robbery - a new musical
An express ride through musical styles from the 1920s to the present, featuring classic songs like Chatanooga Choo Choo and Tuxedo Junction, to the more contemporary Ticket to Ride, Midnight Train to Georgia and Love Train.
Tickets £8, under 16s £6 from Tavistock Pannier Market Office; Stoltons Pharmacy, Bishops Place, West Hoe, Plymouth; Liskeard Tourist Information Centre; www.inthewings.webs.com or 07795387786
All proceeds to CHICKS, a Devon-based charity supporting young children
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 24 at 7.30 pm at St Petroc's Church, Bodmin
Cornwall Symphony Chorus, Chairman Ray Shaddick, with Alastair Taylor.
Programme to include Zadok the Priest, Benedictus from The Amed Man, Shenandoah, Do You Hear the People Sing, You Raise me up, Waltz from Die Fledermaus, and others
Tickets £8 Adults £5 Children from www.cornwallsymphonychorus.co.uk
This a chorus of nearly 200 singers from across Cornwall
 
Wednesday July 28 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Walkhampton Memorial Hall, Walkhampton, PL20 6JX
Summer Brass and Woodwing Workshop run by David Gray (PGCE Music) and Jenni Martin (DipMus Open), both local peripatetic brass and woodwind teachers
Followed by a short concert at 4:15pm
Open to all ages and abilities - an opportunity to learn some new music and take part in a concert
Previous workshops have attracted up to 60 players so book early to avoid disappointment!
You will need to bring a packed lunch and a music stand. Drinks will be provided
Cost £25. Contact David Gray on 01822 853570 or download a booking form
 
Thursday July 29 at 7.30 pm at Trinity United Reformed Church, Torr Lane, Hartley, Plymouth
Plymouth and District Organists' Association Annual General Meeting
with short recital by Peter Greaves
Non members welcome (donation requested)
Contact Mrs Drinda MacDonald on 01822 854884 for details
A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation

Friday July 30 at 8.30 pm at The Old Chapel, Calstock, Cornwall
The Madding Crowd - indie-folk and acoustic pop
Entrance free - bar open from 6.30pm
For more information see www.calstockarts.org.uk.

A concert featuring or promoted by a  Plymouth Music Accord Member Organisation
Saturday July 31 at 7.30pm at Buckfast Abbey, TQ11 0EE
D'Arcy Trinkwon - International Concert Organ
Couperin: Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux (Messe pour les Paroisses)
Couperin: Elevation 'Tierce en Taille' (Messe pour les Couvents)
Tournemire: Improvisation sur le Te Deum
Tournemire: Offertoire (L'Orgue Mystique No.35)
Franck: Choral No.3 in A minor
Langlais: Paraphrase Gregorienne "Ave Maris Stella"
Alain: Litanies ALAIN: Postlude pour l'Office des Complies
Mulet: Toccata "Tu es Petra"
Tickets £10 at the door
The celebrated international virtuoso D'Arcy Trinkwon, heralded "the Nureyev of Organists" gives a recital in Buckfast Abbey. A rare opportunity to hear this great instrument in concert - played by one of today's great organists.
 

 


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