Chagford Summer Music

2024

The beautiful artwork for 2024 is by Chagford-based artist, Virginia Lee. Visit her at https://linktr.ee/virginialee

Welcome to free Summer concerts in Chagford every Friday lunchtime

 

June 7th to August 23rd 2024

Enriching and connecting the community through free live music

Welcome to free Summer concerts in Chagford every Friday lunchtime

 

June 7th to August 23rd 2024

Enriching and connecting the community through free live music

Enjoy live music in the beautiful parish church of St. Michael the Archangel. Concerts begin at 1.10pm and last about 45 minutes

Don’t go hungry! You are welcome to bring your lunch into the church

Why not treat yourself to something delicious?

Blacks Delicatessen and Beachwood Bakery in the centre of Chagford are very happy to provide takeaway lunches for concert-goers

Friday 7th June 2024

Amanes

Lisa Rowe (accordion/vocal)
Anita Munson (clarinet)

Passionate East European, Roma and Balkan music. Lisa and Anita take their audience on a meandering musical journey through different countries, cultures and eras, by means of beautiful melodies and soulful songs.

Sponsored by:

Paul Henderson

Friday 14th June 2024

Adeos Duo

Joel Munday (violin)
Vanessa Hristova (viola)

Rising star Joel Munday took Chagford by storm last year (“like a young Mick Jagger”). He returns with Bulgarian violist, Vanessa, to perform a dazzling mosaic of violin and viola duets.

Sponsored by:

Kit and Anthony Newsome

Friday 21st June 2024

Flute Cake

Sophie Brewer, Jennifer Campbell and Ruth Molins (flutes)

A selection of light classics and original pieces celebrating the summer solstice, including ‘Ancient Rites’ by local composer Andrew Wilson which features the whole flute family and is inspired by ancient Devon traditions.

Sponsored by:

Anonymous Donation

Friday 28th June 2024

Elizabeth-Jane Baldry

Elizabeth-Jane Baldry (harp)

Internationally recognised harpist performs delicious harp music from the last five centuries: music by the 19th-century Devon-born harp virtuoso, Elias Parish-Alvars, Victorian fairy harp music and arrangements of traditional Devon folk melodies.

Sponsored by:

Vanessa Garrett and family

Friday 5th July 2024

Music on the Edge

Susie Hodder-Williams
Chris Caldwell

The Dartmoor-based multi-instrumentalists perform music which melds the ancient with the contemporary, creating ambient improvisations and landscape inspired soundscapes. ‘Utterly captivating’ – The Independent

Sponsored by:

Anonymous Donation

Friday 12th July 2024

Sophia Surenovna McKett

Sophia Surenovna McKett (piano)

Soul-stirring works by Tchaikovsky, Schubert and Beethoven. The tragic ‘Tempest Sonata’ forms the focal point: a magic journey in a storm of emotions. Sophia gave her first piano recital at the age of 11 at the Russian Cultural Centre in Colombo.

Sponsored by:

Casa Magnolia

Friday 19th July 2024

Levowan XII

Levowan XII (chamber choir)

Music from some of the popular choir’s favourite young talented American composers including Eric Whitacre, Dan Forrest, and Elaine Hagenberg. Haunting melodies, innovative arrangements of spirituals and rich harmonic choral pieces.

Sponsored by:

Anonymous Donation

Friday 26th July 2024

Music Allsorts

Ruth Penrose (clarinet)
and Roger Cleverdon (piano)

An engaging selection of music for clarinet and piano, perfect for a summer lunchtime. Meet Mozart, visit the Victorian Kitchen Garden, and sail down the Swanee River.

Sponsored by:

The Exeter Music Depot

Friday 2nd August 2024

Trojan Gorse

Explore this remarkable band’s musical journey through Latin American rhythms and Celtic melodies, blending double bass, flugal horn, cahon, and harp into an enchanting, borderless aural tapestry.

Sponsored by:

Chagford Spar

Friday 9th August 2024

Louis Bingham and Griselda Sanderson

Louis Bingham and Griselda Sanderson (multi-instrumentalists)

A vivid soundscape inspired by the many rich traditions of Europe and beyond, the mother and son duo perform music on instruments such as Celtic cittern, guitar, Bulgarian tambura, fiddle, viola, Norwegian Hardanger and Swedish nyckelharpa.

Sponsored by:

Fowlers Properties

Friday 16th August 2024

Songs from the Shows

Gregory and Ellen Steward (voice)
James Garland (piano)

Brother and sister Gregory and Ellen perform songs from musicals such as West Side Story, Sound of Music and Carousel, along with classical favourites, accompanied by James on piano.

Sponsored by:

The Fat Mouse Dairy

Friday 23rd August 2024

Pete Canter Jazz Trio

Superb swing and latin jazz with fine saxophonist and flute player Pete Canter and talented fellow musicians James Clemas on piano and Kevin Sanders on upright bass. One of last year’s most popular concerts.

Sponsored by:

the VanDer Steens