Archive for June 12th, 2008
posted by Ctpn
The best kept secret of South Devon is set to shake its funky baton in the not-too-sleepy seaside bailiwick of Shaldon.
The four-day Shaldon Festival will tap for a little bit of hush on Thursday, June 19 at 7.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Shaldon. And the aim of the festival? Top class, classical music from musicians with international reputations at affordable prices.
But enough of this jibber jabber, here’s the programme:
Thursday June 19
THE TEN TORS ORCHESTRA conductor: Simon Ible
7:30pm
Friday June 20
GUY JOHNSTON (cello) with KATHRYN STOTT (piano)
7.30pm
Saturday June 21
Choral Workshop with SIR NEVILLE MARRINER noon
Informal Performance 7.30pm
Sunday June 22
FAURÉ QUARTET
7.30pm
Ticket requests should be sent with cheques payable to Shaldon Festival (plus SAE) to The Secretary, Greenbank, Higher Ringmore Road, Shaldon, Devon, TQ14 0EZ. 01626 873492
To find out more about the festival and the performances, have a look at the festival website.
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June 12th, 2008
Sarah Clarke of The Torbay Bookshop reviews the latest releases.
Andrew Taylor’s Bleeding Heart Square takes us to a seedy part of London in 1934 and his mysterious crime novel keeps the tension and sinister atmosphere from start to finish.
Partly based on a Victorian murder case, it centres on the disappearance of Miss Penhow, a middle-aged spinster, who vanished four years earlier. All the other characters we are introduced to are connected to each other and her in some way but it is not till the very last pages the true secret is revealed.
Bleeding Heart Square, Andrew Taylor, Michael Joseph, £12.99
Other reviews: The Cellist of Sarajevo
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June 12th, 2008
posted by Cptn
Young Natalie Oram is becoming a lightning conductor (tee hee).
The 22-year-old, who is in her second year as assistant conductor for the Devon Youth Wind Orchestra, has been selected for an international composition project in America called a Counterpoint to Tolerance.
The project will run for two two-week summer residencies in Southern California at Idyllwild Arts in July 2008 and 2009, with the aim of investigating human conditions in the era of globalisation.
Natalie, who has an impressive track record – first class degree from Royal Holloway, prizes for compositional excellence and developing the Devon Youth Wind Orchestra – bagged one of the 10 places to work with David Rosenboom on a concert-length piece.
Meanwhile, consider yourself one of us, with a sample of the Devon Youth Wind Orchestra.
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June 12th, 2008
