Budleigh Past and Present

Songs by Purcell, Handel, Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Britten along with organ music by Parry, Ireland and Britten will feature in the St Peter's Music concert on Thursday 17 June. Baritone Martin Shaw was trained at the Royal College of Music and became established as a soloist mostly in oratorio and for his solo song recitals. He has been much involved with cathedral music, liturgy, and with broadcasting, formerly in Exeter. He has recently retired from being Diocesan Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, and has returned to Exeter, where he is well known. Organist and pianist Andrew Millington has been Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral since 1999. A Cambridge organ scholar, he was appointed Assistant Organist at Gloucester Cathedral, and subsequently Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral. During this time he appeared at ‘The Proms’ and toured many European countries giving recitals and conducting the choirs with which he was associated. Tickets are £12. For ...

Above: St Peter's Church, venue for the St Peter's Music concerts Only ten days remain until the deadline for obtaining a special deal for season tickets for the popular series of St Peter's Music Concerts. The tickets cost £51 for the whole season but must be purchased before 1 May 2010. Application is usually made on the form on the first inside page of the 2010 St Peter's Music Calendar of Events, enclosing a cheque made payable to St Peter's Music. Alternatively, enquiries and an S.A.E should be posted to St Peter's Music, Pipers, 5 Bridge Road, Budleigh Salterton, Devon EX9 6EA. Purchasers of these four tickets in advance are entitled to a complimentary glass of wine or fruit juice during the interval of each concert by producing the receipt for their purchase. Tickets for individual concerts are normally on sale about one month before the date of each concert. The tickets can be obtained in a number of ways, as follows: 1. From the following ticket outlets...