Tavistock Festival


THIS year’s 17th Tavistock Festival takes place from Wednesday, April 24 to May 8 with a broad programme of music and arts events that caters for all tastes and interests. This year will see a performance by the legendary King’s Singers


at Tavistock Parish Church on May 8 and a wealth of talks, walks, recitals, workshops, concerts and exhibitions. President of the festival Andrew Wilson said: ‘The beautiful town


of Tavistock is always an inspiring place both for its own inhabitants and the many visitors that come every year to soak up its unique atmosphere.


‘Whether it is the bustle of its shops and market, the romance of history in the parish church and the abbey ruins or the wild grandeur of the River Tavy that attract you, there is no better way to complement your appreciation of the town than to immerse yourself in the delights of the Tavistock Festival.


‘The festival brings together the very best in performers and artists from the South West and way beyond to celebrate this special town’s rich heritage.


The 15-day event will kick off with a festival opening event at St Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock on April 24 at 12.30pm following a talk by writer, journalist, adventurer David Lemon in Tavistock Library at 11am.


Here are other events taking place:


Wednesday, April 24 Tavistock Parish Church, 1pm To Music Bourne


Brief musical interlude from local musicians, Rosemary Turner (soprano), Mary Mazur Park (piano) and Leslie Mazur Park (oboe).


Tavistock Parish Church 7.30pm Peter Fisher (violin) and Margaret fingerhut (piano)


Thursday, April 25 Tavistock Parish Church, 1pm


Lunchtime recital by Shella Searson (piano) and Hannah Grif- fiths (cello)


A programme of French and Spanish music


Princetown Library, 7.30pm Talk by David Lemon


Writer, journalist, adventurer and ‘Elephant Man’ - ‘The African Elephant’.


Tavistock Parish Church,7.30pm


‘Constant as the world’ – Singer/pianist Helen Porter Helen performs her own songs interspersed with timeless classics.


Friday, April 26


from Court Gate, Bedford Square, 2pm Tavistock walk with Simon Dell Tavistock’s Industrial Past.


Tavistock Parish Church, 7.30pm Plymouth Area Police Choir


The choir sings an eclectic mix of popular music including their vocal quartet whose genre is ‘close harmony’.


The Wharf Arts Centre, 8pm Rock on with Guns 2 Roses


Saturday, April 27


Tavistock Parish Church, 7.30pm South West Chamber Choir


Directed by Stephen Trahair; organist Dr Sean Sweeney – ‘A Voice from Heaven’ – six centuries of a cappella and accompanied English anthems for chamber choir, including works


Tavistock 2019


24th APRIL to 8th MAY 2019


music & arts events


Fifteen days of in Devon’s top


award-winning market town


by Taverner, Byrd, Gibbons, Purcell, Stainer, Stanford, Howells and many more.


Sunday, April 28


Tavistock Roman Catholic Church, 7pm Levowan XII


A group of 12 voices from across the South West delivering a variety of accessible chamber music, and musicians from Mount Kelly.


Monday, April 29


The Wharf Arts Centre, 2pm Friends of the Wharf Talk Series


Talk by Barbie Thompson ‘Horses in Art and War’. Tavistock Library 7pm


A screening of ‘Macbeth’ Tuesday, April 30


Tavistock Library, 10.30am and 2pm 30-45 minute Drum Making Workshops.


Workshops hosted by Scrapstore in the Library for schools attending the Children’s Concert (see next entry).


Tavistock Methodist Church ,1.15pm Children’s Concert


Tavistock Parish Church


In association with the Mount Kelly Foundation and the Dante Summer Festival 8th-12th July 2019 www.tavistockmusic.co.uk


In association with the Mount Kelly Foundation and the Dante Summer Festival 8th-12th July 2019 www.tavistockmusic.co.uk


22 What’s On 2019


THE KING’S SINGERS Wednesday 8th May


A fun event for local school children and their families. A selection of short musical items including some community singing.


The Wharf Arts Centre, 7pm


Live broadcast performance of Gounod’s Faust from the Royal Opera House.


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