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Saturday 4th September at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes Daughters of Elvin |
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Our season starts with a welcome return for the virtuoso playing, masked dance and giant puppets of Daughters of Elvin, as they transport you back to an age of enchantment. Enjoy beautiful pilgrim songs from 14th Century Spain, love ballads from 13th Century France, and lively court dances from 14th century Italy, all carefully researched and with masks drawing on medieval iconography. An array of period instruments - hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, dulcimer, gothic harp, bass viol, pipe and salterio and percussion – is supported by soprano Alison Burnett and dance by Ricardo Barros. |
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Saturday 23rd October at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes Continuum "Cosmopolitan" Flautist Liz Walker joins Michael Overbury (harpsichord) and Christopher Poffley (cello) to celebrate our cosmopolitan European musical heritage with a mix of Baroque and Renaissance music. From the music of France (Couperin, Duport and Leclair) via Holland (J. Van Eyck) and England (Farnaby and Byrd), the concert concludes with a Vivaldi cello sonata and CPE Bach’s flute sonata. |
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Tickets for non members on the door: £10, students and juniors £5 |
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Saturday 18th December at 7.30 pm Dartington Great Hall The Dufay Collective "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" This five-strong renowned Early Music ensemble presents a cockle-warming concert of carols, dances and ballads for Christmas. The Dufays open with music from the court of Henry VIII, who delighted in the ‘revels’ and ‘disguisings’ provided as entertainment during the winter season. After the interval, 16th and 17th century music from street, tavern and miracle play includes heartfelt and foot-tapping Christmas ballads, morris and dance tunes for voice, fiddle, harps, guitar, flute, dulcian, hurdy gurdy and bagpipes. |
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Tickets for non members £12, concessions £11, students £5, in advance from Dartington Box Office (01803 847070) or on the door. |
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Friday 4th February at 7.30 pm United Free Church, Fore Street, Totnes Ibi Aziz and Jennifer Barron "A Merry Conceit" This showcase for the diverse range of music written for one and two bass viols contrasts English viol music, including Hume and Locke, with that of the European masters, such as Schenck and Marais. Ibi and Jennifer both studied with Alison Crum. Ibi has won numerous prizes, and was a finalist in the Bach Abel International Viola da Gamba Competition in Germany in 2009. He plays regularly with The Rose Consort of Viols, Sestina Consort, and Charivari Agreable. US born Jennifer moved to London to continue her studies and has performed with Sestina Consort, Chelys and Charivari Agréable. |
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Friday 18th March at 7.30pm St Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes Angela East This outstanding performer plays three of J. S. Bach’s wonderful suites for solo cello, including number 6 which requires a five string cello..... Formerly the co-principal cellist with the English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner and founder of musical ensemble, The Revolutionary Drawing Room, Angela East now performs all over the world with the Baroque group Red Priest. She has featured on more than 200 CDs and her two-CD recording of the six Bach cello suites is available on Red Priest records. |
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Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 |
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Tickets for non members on the door: £10, students and juniors £5 This concert is made possible by the generosity of Sally Burn-Jones of the Towry Investment Management Ltd. |
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Sunday 29th May at 3.00 pm Dartington Great Hall Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment More than 250 years after his death, Handel remains one of the most popular of all composers. In this concert, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment celebrates him with its customary vitality, playing two concerti grossi from Opus 6, widely considered to be his orchestral masterpieces – muscular and vibrant music which still sounds fresh today. The orchestra is directed by Alison Bury and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, whose debut CD with the OAE was released to critical acclaim, sings popular arias from Handel’s operas. |
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George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso op.6 no.1 |
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Tickets for non members £18, concessions £17, students £5, in advance from the Dartington Box Office (01803 847070) or on the door. |
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