"Bringing the greatest new and established talents in classical music to the South West"
May Festival 2012
Thursday, 10th May, 7.30 PM, Cotleigh Parish Church
reception at Cotleigh House at 6.15 PM
The Callino String Quartet
Haydn – Quartet Op.76 No. 3 "Emperor"
Ravel – String Quartet
Schubert – Quartet in D minor “Death and the Maiden”
Winners of numerous international prizes and distinctions, including second prize in the 2008 Tromp International String Quartet in the Netherlands, the Quartet was a resident quartet at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada and gave their Carnegie Hall début in March, at the invitation of the Kronos Quartet.
The Quartet takes its name from the Irish air ” Cailin cois tSuir a me” which means Girl by the River Suir.
There will be a reception at Cotleigh House at 6.15pm.
Ticket prices: £17.50 - reception and concert; £12 – concert only
Concessions: Friends of Honiton Festival: £1 per ticket
Tickets can be purchased at: Honiton Tourist Information Centre Lace Walk Car Park Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716
The Callino String Quartet
Thursday 10th May, 7.30
Saturday, 12th May, 7.30 PM, St. Pauls Church
Jacqui Dankworth
“One of the classiest acts in British jazz” The Guardian
Daughter of Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth, Jacqui’s highly acclaimed recordings to date have incorporated elements of the blues, folk and many other styles. Her latest album, “It happens quietly”, is a selection of songs with lush atmospheric orchestral accompaniments.
Ticket prices: £15, £13.50, £12 & £9. (£9 seats unreserved with some restricted vision)
Concessions: Friends of Honiton Festival: £1 per ticket
Tickets can be purchased at: Honiton Tourist Information Centre Lace Walk Car Park Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716
Jacqui
Dankworth
Saturday
12th May, 7.30
Friday, 18th May, 7.30 PM, Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood Auction Rooms, Dowell Street, Honiton
Lars Tharp - Antiques Roadshow expert presents
“The Dragon in the Punch Bowl”
Lars writes: "Some years ago, London’s Foundling Museum lent me William Hogarth’s punch bowl for my book and exhibition, Hogarth’s China. Eleven years later I became the museum’s Director.
Today, as the museum’s Hogarth Curator and ambassador, I tell the story of Thomas Coram and the 27,000 children cared for by his hospital. If you’ve not yet visited you really must: it will change the way you see things.
And that (among other things) is what I do: in my events, talks, tours and broadcasts, I examine the world through objects, images and things."
Ticket prices: £10
Concessions: Friends of Honiton Festival: £1 per ticket
Tickets can be purchased at: Honiton Tourist Information Centre Lace Walk Car Park Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716
Lars Tharp
(Antique Roadshow)
presents
"The Dragon in the Punchbowl"
Friday 18th May, 7.00
Saturday, 19th May, 7.30 PM, St. Pauls Church
Melvyn Tan - Piano
J.S. Bach – English Suite No2 in A minor
Schumann – Fantasiestucke Op.12
Chopin - Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor , OP.58
Melvyn Tan rapidly built a formidable international reputation for his performances, and his exclusive contract with EMI Classics produced a series of groundbreaking recordings, including the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Concertos.
Giving recitals and performing concertos, 2010 tours took Melvyn to U.S.A., South Africa, Far East, Austria, Germany, Holland, Spain and France including appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, the Wigmore Hall and the Bruckner Festival in Linz.
Ticket prices: £15, £13.50, £12 & £9. (£9 seats unreserved with some restricted vision)
Concessions: Friends of Honiton Festival: £1 per ticket
Tickets can be purchased at: Honiton Tourist Information Centre Lace Walk Car Park Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716
Melvyn Tan - Piano
Saturday 19th May, 7.30
Friday, 25th May, 1.00 PM, (Lunch on sale from 12 noon), St. Pauls Church
Tim Lowe - Cello
James Baillieu - Piano
Mendelssohn – Variations Concertante Op.17
Beethoven - Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Op.102 No.1
Dvorak – Romance
Saint- Saens – Cello Sonata No.1 in C Minor
Tim Lowe began playing the cello at the age of 5 and went on to win a major music scholarship at Eton College. He is now a Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music. Tim has won many awards and prizes including those from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Craxton Memorial Trust, Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, Countess of Munster Trust, ECO Duchess of Cornwall Award and the Jacqueline du Pre scholarship
As a chamber musician Tim has performed in many major venues including the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Tim Lowe is supported by the Tillett Trust Young Artists Platform.
Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘in a class of his own’ James Baillieu has been the prize-winner of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition, Das Lied International Song Competition (in both 2009 & 2011), Kathleen Ferrier and Richard Tauber Competitions.
Over the last year he has recorded for BBC Radio 3 with the Elias Quartet and Allan Clayton while giving solo and chamber recitals throughout Europe and further afield, collaborating with singers Jared Holt, Gerard Collett, Sir Thomas Allen, Katherine Broderick, Martene Grimson, Jacques Imbrailo, Sarah-Jane Brandon and Kishani Jayasinghe.
Festivals and venues have included Wigmore Hall, Festpillene i Bergen, the Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Aix-en-Provence, Derry and Norfolk & Norwich Festivals. He was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2010.
Ticket prices: £9.00 All seats are unreserved
Concessions: Friends of Honiton Festival: £1 per ticket
Tickets can be purchased at: Honiton Tourist Information Centre Lace Walk Car Park Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716
Tim Lowe - Cello
James Baillieu - Piano
Friday 25th May, 1.00
Thursday, 31st May, 7.30 PM, St. Pauls Church
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Director: Hans-Peter Hofmann, Violin
Soloist: Marie Langrishe - Violin
Mozart – Divertimento in F, K.138
Mozart – Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
“The wonderful European Union Chamber Orchestra … played with beautiful, dancing transparency.” Daily Telegraph
With an envious reputation, the EUCO has performed in 73 countries. Its recent engagements in the UK having included the Bath and and Cheltenham Festivals from which it’s performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
It is joined by Honiton born Marie Langrishe, winner of the Junior Violin Prize at the Royal Academy of Music who has appeared as a soloist with the RAM Symphony Orchestra and the Ten Tors Orchestra . Her piano trio recently gave a recital at the Norwegian Embassy. She is currently a pupil of Yossi Zivoni.
Ticket prices: £15, £13.50, £12 & £9. (£9 seats unreserved with some restricted vision)
Concessions: Friends of Honiton Festival: £1 per ticket
Tickets can be purchased at: Honiton Tourist Information Centre Lace Walk Car Park Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Director: Hans-Peter Hofmann
Soloist: Marie Langrishe - Violin
Thursday 31st May, 7.30
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