Past Concerts and Programmes

Past Programmes (PDF files/Web pages):
at 7.30pm
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Sunday 21st December 2025.
Christmas Concert, Sunday 14th December 2025 with Sally Jenkins – harp, included Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.
Summer 2025, Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Spring 2025, The Glory of Italy: workd by Vivaldi, Durante (Pergolesi), Monteverdi, Lotti and Palestrina, 17th May 2025 (postponed from 5th April)
Christmas 2024:
Christmas Concert, 14th December 2024: included the world premiere of Fantasia on Christmas Carols of Landkey by Alison Willis.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 22nd December 2024.
Summer 2024: Blow: Venus & Adonis; Pelham Humfrey: Birthday Ode –Smile, smile again twice Happy Morn; Purcell: Incidental music to William Congreve’s comedy The Double Dealer. With South West Baroque Players. 8th July 2024
Spring 2024: 40th Anniversary Concert, 23rd March 2024
Christmas 2023: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 17 December 2023
Summer 2023: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas with South West Baroque Players, 3rd July 2023
Spring 2023: A Springtime Garland, 25th March 2023
Christmas 2022: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 18 December 2022
September 2022: Fun Summer Concert (postponed from July)
Spring 2022: Spring Concert with Peter King, organist emeritus of Bath Abbey. 23 April 2022
Christmas 2021: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 20 December 2021 (Great Torrington), 8 January 2022 (Chittlehampton)
Autumn 2o21: Heavenly Harmony & Earthly Pleasures
Summer 2021: Welcome Back!. First concert after sixteen months of Covid-19 lockdown. 10th July 2021 REVIEW
Christmas 2020: Carols for Christmas. 22 December 2020
Christmas 2019: Handel: Messiah Part 1 + Carols. 14/15 December 2019
Charpentier: Mass for Four Choirs and Orchestras with Artavian Baroque Orchestra and Artavian Singers. 24 November 2019
Purcell: King Arthur. 24 June 2019
Spring Concert 2019: Poulenc: Gloria + Bach, Mozart, and Pärt. 23 March 2019
Christmas 2018: Vivaldi: Gloria + Carols.
Atherington Church Concert: mixed repertoire. 23 June 2018
Spring Concert 2018: Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo + Handel, Mozart and Rossini
Christmas 2017: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols + Carols and Harp Solos. 17 December 2017
Monteverdi and the Modern with Vocal Accord. 11th November 2017
All Hallows Church, Broadwoodkelly: mixed repertoire in aid of the historic Grade 1 listed pipe organ. 8 July 2017
Spring Concert 2017: Liszt: Via Crucis; Mozart: Requiem. 1 April 2017
Christmas 2016: Finzi: In terra pax + Carols. 17 December 2016
Purcell: Fairy Queen. 27 June 2016
Handel: Messiah (complete) with Devon Baroque. 23 March 2016
Christmas 2015: Handel: Messiah (excerpts) + Carols. 19 December 2015
3 October 2015: Lunchtime Recital at Swymbridge Festival and Evening Concert at West Anstey Village Hall.
Spring 2015: Brahms: Requiem + organ works by Liszt and Brahms. 21 March 2015. Review
Christmas 2014: Motets + Carols. 20 December 2014
Christmas 2013: Vivaldi: Gloria; M-A Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini & Salve Puerule + Carols. 21 December 2013 (Winkleigh) & 4 January 2014 (Bideford)
Christmas 2012: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols + Carols including first European performances of two carols by Derek Healey. 15 December 2012 (Winkleigh), 4 January 2013 (West Buckland) and 5 January 2013 (Bideford).
Christmas 2011: Bach: Magnificat + Carols, 10 December 2011 (Winkleigh) and 18 December 2011 (Chittlehampton)
Francis Chandler: A Springtime Garland (First Performance) + mixed repertoire. 25 June 2011
Liszt: Missa Choralis + sacred works: with The Vivaldi Singers of Farnham, Surrey. 16 April 2011
“Gothic Splendour!”: Stainer: Crucifixion + sacred music from the late ninetenth to early twentieth century. 27 March 2010
Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle and other works. 4 July 2009
Music for Choir, Organ, Harp and Percussion. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Britten: Festival Te Deum; Chilcott: The making of the drum; Pärt: Littlemore Tractus + solos for harp and organ. 12 April 2008
Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers): with organ interludes. 17 March 2007
Two Choirs for Two Charities: Haydn: Nelson Mass + mixed repertoire with RGSPF Music Society. In aid of North Devon Hospice and Calvert Trust, Exmoor. 13 May 2006
Concert for Tsunami Appeal: mixed repertoire. 16 January 2005
Handel: Messiah (complete) with soloists and Devon Baroque. 27 November 2004. Review
Handel: Dixit Dominus etc. Spring Concert 27 March 2004