Concert-goers are in for a night of high drama at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 16th March when Exeter Philharmonic Choir joins forces with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and four world-class soloists to perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem.
Verdi’s choral ‘blockbuster’, also known as the Requiem Mass, is an opera in all but name and is one of the most dramatic large-scale choral works in the classical repertoire; any performance is a grand occasion.
First performed in 1874, the Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic Funeral Mass. It was composed as a memorial to one...
Concert-goers are promised a night of high drama as the acclaimed Exeter Philharmonic Choir joins forces with the renowned Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and four world-class soloists to perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem.
The singing of four talented soloists - Judith Howarth (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Oliver Johnston (tenor) and Tristan Hambleton (bass) - will draw out the intense beauty of The Requiem.
Baroque Venice in all its musical glory will be brought to life in Exeter Cathedral on 18 March with a large-scale performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers, conjured up by the combined forces of Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Devon County Junior Choir, top professional singers and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir. The children will be involved in four movements of this...
In a large-scale performance, Exeter Philharmonic Choir and professional musicians bring the musical magic of Baroque Venice to Exeter.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir, six outstanding soloists who have performed this work many times around the world and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
The 17th-century Italian musical prodigy Claudio Monteverdi wrote his Vespers (an ancient form of...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir will bring the joy of Christmas music to audiences at Exeter Cathedral again this year with two nights of carols on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 December. In the run-up to what promises to be a challenging Christmas season for many, the uplifting sound of the Choir will be more welcome than ever.
This year’s special guest is the internationally renowned soprano, Amy Carson, whose glorious voice will add extra sparkle to the two evening events. Musical Director Howard Ionascu has selected a beautiful programme from the rich tradition of carols, embracing...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir will bring the joy of Christmas music to audiences at Exeter Cathedral again this year with two nights of carols on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 December.
This year’s special guest is the internationally renowned soprano, Amy Carson, whose glorious voice will add extra sparkle to the two evening events.
Musical Director Howard Ionascu has selected a beautiful programme from the rich tradition of carols, embracing well-known and less familiar tunes from the gentle to the rousing. Audience members are invited to add their voices as they join in...
Members of the longest-established choir in the South West have a special reason to raise their voices in celebration at a concert in Exeter Cathedral on Saturday, March 12th - the event marks Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s 175th anniversary.
To celebrate this landmark occasion, the Choir will be performing Brahms’ great work, Ein deutsches Requiem, joined by the renowned London Mozart Players and two of the UK’s most exciting soloists: soprano Jessica Cale (winner of the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award) and baritone Timothy Nelson. The programme also includes Lo, The Full, Final...
Along Broadfields Road in St Loyes, the roads are named after English composers and it's always summer. Come and join Sine Nomine in serenading the neighbourhood with the music of each composer on their eponymous street corner.
We start in Britten Drive EX2 5RY then move to Coates Road, Grainger Close, Stanford Road, Sullivan Road, Walton Road, Delius Crescent, Purcell Close, finishing at Elgar Close with a rousing chorus.
Audience participation! Dambusters March! English Country Garden! Land of Hope and Glory! FREE!!! Raincheck #SingBroadfields
Andrew Millington, Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s musical director for the last fourteen years, will conduct the choir for the last time next month - his farewell concert will be Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius on May 20th in collaboration with The Sinfonietta.
The Exeter-based conductor, organist and composer has been a key figure in Devon’s classical music scene since 1999 when he moved to the city to become Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral. In 2003, he stepped up to the rostrum to join Exeter Philharmonic Choir, the city’s oldest choral society.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir will perform its next concert - Verdi’s Requiem - on the 18th of March in memory of the late Sir Neville Marriner, who died in October last year, aged 92.
Sir Neville became Honorary Patron of the Choir in 1995. The following year, he and Lady Molly attended a concert on the occasion of the Choir's 150th Anniversary performance - after which he praised the singing of Handel’s Messiah in glowing terms.
Sir Neville’s last contact with Exeter Philharmonic Choir was in September last year when he sent an affectionate tribute for inclusion in the...
