Budleigh Salterton will soon play host to acclaimed musicians as part of this year’s Budleigh Music Festival, as tickets go on sale this week.
The week-long event, which starts on 30 June and is now in its 18th year, consists of both lunchtime and evening performances, and with ticket prices starting from £5 organisers are confident that there is something for everyone.
Artistic Director Jason Thornton, who is also the founder and Music Director of Bath Philharmonia, says that even those without any prior musical knowledge or experience will be inspired by the programme...
ESO will be the first orchestra to perform 'Voices of Remembrance' by Laura Rossi at a concert in Exeter on the 7th November.
A former member of ESO, Laura Rossi is a critically acclaimed composer who has written extensively for film and television. Voices of Remembrance invokes the thoughts and fears of the soldiers who fought in the First World War, by the skilful combination of orchestra, choir and poetry. The ESO will be joined by St David’s Singers and narrators Felicity Cawthra and Kenneth Parry for this performance.
The internationally acclaimed organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood enjoys an outstanding reputation as one of the world's finest concert organists. As the only professional concert organist in Australian history, Heywood is celebrated as "an acknowledged master" for his unique ability to make the greatest music of all time come alive on the King of Instruments, with an ever-growing repertoire of over 5,000 works. Heywood has also become one of the world's most prolific organ recording artists, with over twenty popular sellout recordings receiving extraordinary critical acclaim...
They say good things come in three's and you don't get much better than Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Stephen Upshaw and John Reid, the trio of musicians Concerts in the West has lined up for its audience at Lower Pulworthy in Highampton, near Hatherleigh in Devon on 19 July. Each of the three performers for this concert is an exceptionally accomplished soloist in their own right with a string of plaudits to their names.
Catherine Hodgson, founder and director of Concerts in the West said: "Tamsin is a highly gifted young violinist who has performed as a soloist with...
For sheer cool, Men In Black has nothing on The Busch Ensemble, one of the UK's leading piano trios. The publicity photos for the trio show three slim young musicians dressed identically in sharp black suits and posing with an air of self possession. Watch them perform and you will witness a dynamic partnership with an electrifying chemistry that has earned them numerous accolades, as well as a number of major awards in Italy and Germany. Arts charity Concerts in the West has arranged for The Busch Ensemble to play at Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, near Hatherleigh on 5 July.
"Canny and uncompromising" is how Classical Source once described pianist Alasdair Beatson's approach to musical programmes. Certainly this talented musician has a well deserved reputation for sensitivity and insight, as well as a reputation for a wide and varied repertoire. Audiences who enjoyed Alasdair's West Country performances in 2012 will therefore be delighted to learn that he is to perform again at Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, near Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ on Saturday 7 June in 2014, thanks to arts charity Concerts in the West, which organises the concerts...
The Artisans are a lively band of four young musicians who bring Medieval and Renaissance music bang up to date. The group comprises Emily Askew on vielle, recorders, bagpipes, percussion and shawm; Hazel Askew, voice and medieval harp; Sarah Stuart, percussion and vielle; and Victoria Couper, voice. Each band member brings experience from a diversity of musical genres, including folk, world and early music and it is this background that allows them to create fresh and exciting interpretations of ancient music, while remaining true to its historical origins.
Saturday 8th March 2014, 7.30 p.m. in Exeter Cathedral Beethoven: Symphony No 9: The Choral Wagner: Overture to ‘Die Meistersinger’ Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Soloists: Alison Burnett, Julian Rippon, Thomas Hobbs and Juliet Curnow Tickets: £12, £18 and £25 Available from Exeter Cathedral Box Office by phone, 01392 285983 in person or on line, www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk
Exeter Symphony Orchestra and The Exeter Philharmonic Choir come together in Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 8th March 2014 in a concert in celebration of the centenary of the Royal Town Planning Institute and in...
Will Todd - Mass in Blue, Britten - Te Deum in C, Elgar - Songs
The Exeter Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Andrew Millington will perform three works in their November concert. The first is a modern piece, Will Todd's Mass in Blue, accompanied by a jazz ensemble, with the composer Will Todd at the piano. The other, more traditional works will be Benjamin Britten's Te Deum in C and Edward Elgar's Songs from the Bavarian Highlands. The soprano will be Bethany Halliday. The tickets are £12 unreserved.
