To celebrate his 75th birthday, Brian Northcott, Exeter Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Director, will be conducting a special performance of Elgar’s powerful work The Dream of Gerontius, bringing together a host of the city’s musical talent and two soloists of international repute.
The concert at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 6th July is part of the new Exeter Festival weekend from 5th - 7th July 2019. One of the all-time great choral works, Elgar’s The Dream will be performed jointly by Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Exeter University Chapel Choir and St. David’s Singers with Exeter...
On Friday 3rd November, the Exeter Dementia Action Alliance (EDAA) were invited to be a part of the EMG Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary as their selected community group for the retiring collection.
Gina Awad from EDAA said: “What an honour and what a night, nothing short of phenomenal. The setting of our magnificent Cathedral in all its glory.
"The Musical direction by Leo Geyer was admirable and this needed to be conveyed directly. His humble response was exactly what I would have expected. Such raw, young talent but a character oozing passion with a desire to learn...
Lift your spirits and say hello to spring with this wonderful and varied programme from the Exeter Symphony Orchestra.
We are pleased to welcome pianist Richard Deering to the stage to perform William Sterndale Bennett's sparkling Piano Concerto No 4. This is to mark the bicentenary of the composer's birth.
For those who like the more familiar, we will be playing the fabulous Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius and the ever popular Serenade for Strings by Edward Elgar.
The programme will end with Cesar Franck's great Symphony in D Minor.
This November's concert has great variety; an ever-popular classic concerto; Copland's well-known music surrounding the american hero Billy the Kid, and one of Nielsen's wonderfully expansive and expressive symphonies.We have played music by both Copland and Nielsen before, and the audience reception has been very warm and enthusiastic so we thought we would give you all some more.
A Devon-based orchestra has left its usual habitat of rehearsal studios and concert halls behind to take part in a very different kind of photoshoot promoting its latest concert.
Members of the Exeter Symphony Orchestra recently went wild to promote ‘A Concert for Wildlife’ which takes place at 7.30pm on Saturday 16th July at Exeter Cathedral.
The concert, which is being generously supported by South West Water, aims to raise funds for the charity Devon Wildlife Trust. It seemed only natural to the organisers that the musicians should pose with their instruments in the...
To be accurate, if you were down at Bystock Pools near Exmouth recently you would have been in for ‘a big surprise’.
Against the backdrop of tranquil pools and colourful heathland you would have seen a handful of musicians from Exeter Symphony Orchestra, in full concert dress working with photographer Matt Austin.
The extraordinary photo shoot has resulted in some stunning images.
These will be used initially in the June edition of Devon Life to promote The Devon Wildlife Trust’s ‘Concert for Wildlife’ to be held in Exeter Cathedral on the 16th July.
ESO will be the first orchestra to perform 'Voices of Remembrance' by Laura Rossi at a concert in Exeter on the 7th November.
A former member of ESO, Laura Rossi is a critically acclaimed composer who has written extensively for film and television. Voices of Remembrance invokes the thoughts and fears of the soldiers who fought in the First World War, by the skilful combination of orchestra, choir and poetry. The ESO will be joined by St David’s Singers and narrators Felicity Cawthra and Kenneth Parry for this performance.
This November concert features three deeply contrasting works. One of Gerald Finzi’s most popular and immediately appealing pieces - The Clarinet Concerto - with soloist William White.
A concert classic – Les Preludes by Liszt - whose main theme was used for the memorable tune in the Saturday morning children’s cinema series 'Flash Gordon conquers the Universe’, and a most beautiful combination of words and music - ‘Voices of Remembrance’ - by the very successful local composer who has played with us in ESO - Laura Rossi.
The Exeter Foundation and Exeter Symphony Orchestra have joined forces with two local businesses to give a tireless volunteer a very special evening out.
C Group volunteer Shirley-Anne Fison will be a guest of the ESO at The Waterloo Concert on 20th June in Exeter Cathedral.
The 19 charities adopted by the Exeter Foundation were asked by ESO to nominate a volunteer who always goes ‘above and beyond’ to help others.
C Group Chief Executive Sharky Ward OBE who made the nomination said: "Shirley-Anne has been an avid supporter of The C Group for over 5 years....
A refreshing start to 2015 for Exeter Symphony Orchestra.
The Exeter Symphony Orchestra performed to a full house for their first concert of 2015 on March 14th and at the start of the second half were delighted to donate £150 to the Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF).
The funds came from donations for refreshments served during ESO concert intervals at the United Reformed Church in Southernhay.
Chairman Miles Leonard presented a cheque to the Lord Mayor, Councillor Percy Prowse, who has chosen to support ELF during his term in office, and who is also President of ESO.
