A MUSICAL theatrical family performance featuring music played on the humble recorder takes place at Ashburton Arts Centre next Saturday (October 12).

Recorder Revolution! is being performed by the Palisander Recorder Ensemble - a quartet that prides itself on presenting imaginative, historical programmes with a wide range of repertoire; performing largely from memory, on recorders up to 6 feet tall.

Described as “Early Music’s very own Spice Girls”, Palisander enjoys giving regular family concerts and educational workshops, including partnerships with Live Music Now and Wigmore Hall. Earlier this year, the group performed on BBC Newsnight and championed the role of the recorder in music education.

Saturday’s hour-long concert is part of the Two Moors Festival, which got underway at venues across Dartmoor and Exmoor this month and continues until October 13.

Tickets for the 3pm concert are priced at £6 and can be booked at https://ashburtonarts.org.uk.