Concerts

Divertimento and Haldon ensembles with Anton Pigott, piano

    • Haydn Armida Overture
    • Mendelssohn Piano Concerto no 1 in G minor
    • Mozart Symphony no 38
    The brilliant young pianist, Anton Pigott, aged 17, will be playing Mendelssohn’s 1st piano concerto in G minor. He will be accompanied by a professional orchestra made up of Divertimento and Haldon ensembles and colleagues from all over the South West. They will also be joined by young talented players from Wells Cathedral School. It will be conducted by Andrew Gillett.
    Anton will play the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in G Minor and the orchestra will also play Haydn’s Armida Overture and Mozart’s Symphony no 38.
    Anton Pigott started the piano at the age of 3 with Jill Bird, a Suzuki teacher in Totnes. He was home educated until he was 11 and surrounded by music with professional violinists for parents and three brothers who all play piano and violin. He spent 2 years as a student of Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham and has represented the UK in the Dance World Cup winning a silver medal for his solo. During his second year at ballet school, Anton studied piano with Victor Lim and travelled to Manchester for his lessons. In April 2024 he was a national finalist in the Rotary Young musician 2024 competition. He was also awarded first place in the ISA Young Musician Competition middle category 2022. Anton has given recitals to various societies, and made his debut concerto performance playing the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Lyric Chamber Orchestra in 2024. Anton now attends Wells Cathedral School as a piano specialist. He studies with the head of the keyboard department, Professor John Byrne.

    Tickets are £20, Students £10, under 18’s Free.

    Saturday 7th June at 6pm - Temple Methodist Church, Taunton TA1 3PY
    Sunday 8th June at 5.30pm - St.Johns Church, Bridgetown, Totnes TQ9

    Exon Festival, lunchtime concert

    • Purcell 2 Fantasias
    • Mendelssohn Tema con Variazioni, Scherzo and Canzonetta, op81
    • Karl Jenkins 2nd String Quartet
    Thursday 31st July 1.10pm - St.Eustachius church, Tavistoc

    Messiah by Handel with the Powderham Consort and the Haldon Ensemble

    Thursday 18th and Friday 19th December at 7.30pm - the music room at Powderham Castle

    Anton Pigott, concerto finalist at Wells Cathedral School 2025

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    Past Concerts

    Tavistock Festival – lunchtime concert

    • Haydn Quartet Op 33 no1
    • Fanny Mendelssohn – Quartet in E minor
    • Korngold – Allegretto con Moto Op26
    Thusday May 8th at 1pm - St.Eustachius Church, Tavistock - FREE ADMISSION

    Haldon Duo

    • A selection of traditional and classical violin and viola duets from around Europe including Bach, Mozart and Bartok played and introduced by Andrew Gillett (violin/viola) and Lindsay Braga (violin)
    Wednesday March 26th at 7.30pm - Stoke Gabriel Church - tickets on the door

    Schubert, Shaw and Korngold

    • Schubert, quartet in G minor D173
    • Caroline Shaw “Plan and Elevate”
    • Korngold, string quartet no2
    • Trad, arr. Danish String Quartet – Jasspodspolska and Halling
    30th November 2024, 3pm - Sidmouth concert society, Sidmouth church, Church St, Sidmouth EX10 8LG

    Seasonal Classics

    • An hour-long selection of Festive and Seasonal, classical and more contempory repertoire
    • Free entry!
    11th December 2024, 7.30-8.30pm - Newton Abbot Museum Newton’s Place Wolborough Street TQ12 1JQ

    The Exon Festival – Lunchtime concert – Schubert, Shaw and Grainger – 25th July 2024

     

     

    • Schubert, quartet in G minor D173
    • Caroline Shaw “Plan and Elevate”
    • Roving Jack and The Oxen Ploughing – traditional Devon tunes arr. Haldon Quartet
    • Molly on the Shore – arr. Percy Grainger 

    TICKETS ARE FREE!

     

    Schubert, Shaw and Fanny Mendelssohn –

    8th June 2024

    • Schubert, quartet in G minor D173
    • Caroline Shaw “Plan and Elevate”
    • Fanny Mendelssohn, quartet in E minor
    • Trad, arr. Danish String Quartet – Jasspodspolska and Halling

    Tickets: £9 (U18 free) on the door or via the link below

    Winter’s Edge – A musical journey through the RAMM

    A musical journey through the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter exploring winter with music from Schubert’s Winterreise, seasonal songs and quartet music by Debussy, Mendelssohn and Caroline Shaw.

    Join the Haldon String Quartet and performer Freddie Crowley, previously a chorister at Exeter Cathedral and choral scholar graduate of Merton College, Oxford, as they perform within the surroundings of the museum.

    With a drink and canapes on arrival, you will move around the galleries throughout the evening listening to each of the performances taking place.

    8 December 2023 6.30pm – 9.30pm

    £25

    Fever Candlelit Concerts

    We have several Candlelit concerts coming up in Plymouth Aquarium.  A mesmorising setting for all sorts of string quartet concerts from Vivaldi to Hans Zimmer, Coldplay to Queen.  Come along and join the fun!

    M for Memento 

    Mozart – Divertimento for string trio K563 

    MacMillan – Memento

    Mendelssohn-Hensel – Quartet in Eb major

    PLEASE NOTE – Our concert in Dartmouth will include Piazolla “Libertango” instead of the Macmillan “Memento.”

    Haldon Quartet plus One 

    For this programme the Haldon Quartet are joined by double bassist Michael Allnatt, adding richness to the texture of the sound, in a diverse selection of music that will appeal to all tastes, including Mozart’s popular masterpiece ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ and Dvorak’s passionate, rarely heard string quintet Op 77.

    Programme:

    • W.A. Mozart ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ K. 525
    • Arvo Pärt Summa
    • Antonin Dvorak String Quintet Op. 77
    • Astor Piazzolla Libertango

    A Musical Duologue

    Lindsay Braga (violin/piano) and Andrew Gillett (violin/viola/piano) are presenting a duet concert.

    Through speech and strings they present duets by Bach, Mozart, Martinu, Brydern and others. They show how two is better than one and how the duet forms the basis of dialogue and interaction in chamber music.

    This is an opportunity for them to share the heart of their ongoing musical exploration.

    Freddie Crowley

    Freddie Crowley

    A concert preview