Handel

Saturday 16th October 2010, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Handel's journey from Italy to England

with

James Bowman (countertenor)

Mary Bevan (soprano)

Counterpoint

Divertimento String Ensemble

Tickets

In advance:
£12.00

On the door:
£14.00

From:

  • 01392 490398
  • CounterpointVox@aol.com
  • Counterpoint, 5 Exe View Cottages, St Andrews Road, Exeter, EX4 2AB.
    Please enclose a stamp addressed A5 envelope.
    Cheques made payable to ‘Counterpoint’

Music to include:

  • Dixit Dominus
  • Laudate pueri Dominum for Soprano soloist and Choir
  • arias for Countertenor
  • triumphant choruses
  James Bowman - countertenor Mary Bevan - soprano
Buckfast

Saturday 18th December 2010, 4.00 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Abbey Carol Service

with carols sung by

Counterpoint

Entrance free

The annual Abbey carol service is always very popular - make sure you arrive in good time to get a seat!

Queen Elizabeth I

Saturday 12th February 2011, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Tallis is dead and music dies

Counterpoint

Tickets

Works by William Byrd and Thomas Tallis including Masses, Motets and Songs

Crucifixion

Saturday 9th April 2011, 7.30 pm

Exeter Cathedral

St John Passion - J. S. Bach

(in German)

with

Divertimento

and soloists to include:

Jonathan Peter Kenny (countertenor)

Tickets

A concert in aid of the Counterpoint Bursary Fund for Exeter Cathedral Boy and Girl Choristers

  Jonathan Peter Kenny - Alto
James II

Saturday 25th June 2011, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

Requiem for James II - 1633-1701

Counterpoint

Tickets

To include Requiem by Duarte Lobo and works by Ramsey, Tomkins, Cardoso and Padilla

Henry Purcell

Saturday 15th October 2011, 7.30 pm

Buckfast Abbey

If music be the food of love, play on

with

James Bowman (countertenor)

Counterpoint

Divertimento String Ensemble

Tickets

Odes, Ayres and Anthems by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries

  James Bowman - countertenor