Budleigh Past and Present

Fairlynch Trustee Kate Somerby will be performing as one of the members of the Exeter Festival Chorus   on Sunday 15 November at 3.00 pm in Sidmouth Parish Church. Professional actress and Fairlynch volunteer Kate Somerby, with friend Described as “a unique Sunday matinée of choral favourites, from the intensity of Lotti's Crucifixus to the cool of Manhattan Transfer's Java Jive ,  the programme   includes Handel's Zadok the Priest , Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine , Queen's Seaside Rendezvous , Paul Simon's Bridge Over Troubled Water plus music by Rachmaninov, Mozart, John Rutter and jazz legend George Shearing. And if that were not enough, also included is Bob Chilcott's masterly musical setting of Aesop's Fables which brings to life each story, from the groaning mountain to the dozing tortoise at the end of the race, in a portrayal of these moral tales that is sure to appeal to audiences of ...

Image credit: Exmouth Choral Society Exmouth Choral Society is performing a concert of celebrated Baroque music on Saturday 7 February at 7.30 pm  in the town’s Holy Trinity Church. The concert features Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Haydn’s Little Organ Mass, Pergolesi’s Magnificat and Purcell’s O Lord, Rebuke Me Not. The choir will be conducted by its Musical Director Laurence Blyth, and accompanied by Devon Baroque. Friend of Fairlynch Sheila Birch has been singing with the Exmouth Choral Society for about 20 years, or as she put it “absolutely ages.”  She enthusiastically recommends the February concert for its “magnificent and interesting music” and is expecting it to be a popular event.    The Choral Society is a mixed voice choir of approximately 60 members who rehearse during the autumn and spring terms, for two concerts a year. The repertoire is based around masses and oratorios. The main concerts are held in Holy Trin...

The Isca Ensemble will be staging a special concert in aid of Save the Children in Sidmouth Parish Church on Saturday 30 June commencing at 8.00 p.m. I'm told that the programme is a particularly exciting one featuring over thirty talented string players of the Ensemble:- Vivaldi : Concerto for Four Violins in B minor Abinoni : Adagio for strings and organ Poulenc : Concerto for Organ, strings and timpani (Bob Millington – soloist) Rameau : Rondeau from‘Les Indes Galantes’ Britten : Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op. 10 As far as I know, no Friend of Fairlynch Museum is involved in this concert, and the only museumy connection is that the Parish Church is only a few minutes' walk from Sidmouth Museum . But it sounds like a great concert for a very good cause.   Tickets will be available in advance from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth, Tel: 01395 514516 or at the door.