concert

Informal Concert: Worcester MVC

Event Date: 
03/06/2017 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 13.00

Entry to this informal performance is included in the Cathedral admission charge.

About Worcester Male Voice Choir

Worcester Male Voice Choir was formed in 1987 from choristers who had been singing in the Worcester City Police Choir. Membership has gradually grown to over 70 members and regular recruitment exercises have ensured that the Choir has a bright future. The Choir has a repertoire of over 200 pieces with arrangements in English, Welsh and at least 5 other languages.

In the tradition of male voice choirs Worcester...

Mirrors and Meditations

Event Date: 
26/05/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Church of the Sacred Heart, 25 South Street, Exeter

Internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Stephen Beville and concert violinist Jonathan Storer present a meditative programme of violin and piano music - featuring Arvo Part's Fratres, Spiegel im Spiegel, Beville's Monodrama (world premiere) and Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, Op 47.

Chopin - Two Nocturnes, Op 27 Chopin - Ballad No.3 in A-flat, Op 36 Beville - Monodrama (2011) Arvo Part - Fratres (1977/80) Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)

Interval

Beethoven - Violin Sonata in A, Op 47 'Kreutzer'.

(Refreshments available in interval)

19:30 pm...

Organ Recital: Ed Jones

Event Date: 
10/08/2017 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Organ Recital: Ed Jones Thursday 10th August at 19.00 Programme to include Peeters Suite Modale and Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544. Ticket information Book your tickets now using our online box office or telephone (01392) 285983 Monday to Saturday. £8 adults, £5 students, FREE for children under 18. Drinks will be available to purchase before the recital begins. Book your tickets

http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/event/organ-recital/organ-recital-ed-jones.ashx

Organ Recital: Timothy Noon

Event Date: 
03/08/2017 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Thursday 3rd August at 19.00 Timothy Noon (Exeter Cathedral) Programme to include Widor Symphony No. 6 and works by Bach. Ticket information Book your tickets now using our online box office or telephone (01392) 285983 Monday to Saturday. £8 adults, £5 students, FREE for children under 18. Drinks will be available to purchase before the recital begins.

Book your tickets

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Organ Recital: David M. Patrick

Event Date: 
06/07/2017 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Organ Recital: David M. Patrick Thursday 6th July at 19.00 David M. Patrick (International concert organist) Programme to include Weitz Symphony No. 1 and works by Bach, Vierne and Duruflé. Ticket information Book your tickets now using our online box office or telephone (01392) 285983 Monday to Saturday. £8 adults, £5 students, FREE for children under 18. Drinks will be available to purchase before the recital begins. Book your tickets

http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/event/organ-recital/organ-recital-david-m-patrick.ashx

The Dream of Gerontius

Event Date: 
20/05/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius with The Sinfonietta Saturday 20 May 2017 Exeter Cathedral Mezzo-Soprano: Alison Kettlewell Tenor: Richard Berkeley-Steele Bass: Quentin Hayes Tickets – £49 (Supper Club) £22 £17 £12

The Dream of Gerontius, a national treasure, is the final masterwork of our season.

This will be our final concert with Andrew Millington who steps down from his post as the choir’s Director of Music this summer. As Elgar is one of Andrew’s favourite composers it is fitting that we will celebrate his time with us by singing the much loved work The Dream of...

Concert: Songs of Love (or the want of it!)

Event Date: 
14/05/2017 - 3:30pm
Venue: 
St. Margaret's Church, Topsham

Sunday 14th May 2017 at 3.30 p.m. in St. Margaret's Church, Topsham.

Exeter Singers, directed by Tony Yates with Dorothy Raven at the piano, perform works from John Dowland (16C) to Bob Chilcott (a composition written in 2015), interspersed with poetry readings.

In aid of FORCE.

Tickets: £6 on the door or £5 in advance from The Topsham Bookshop 877895 or Tony Yates 875276.

Children free.

Refreshments

Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s long-standing musical director prepares to hand the baton to his successor

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.

The Choir is currently...

Handel's Messiah

Event Date: 
10/05/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
St James' Church, Mount Pleasant, Exeter EX4 7AH

Come to our Spring performance of Handel's Messiah for an uplifting evening of choral music.

We are conducted by Laurence Blyth and the orchestra is led by Julie Hill.

We welcome our soloists Julia Featherstone (soprano), Olivia Jane Gomez (mezzo-soprano), Michael Graham (tenor) and Matthew Cann (bass).

Tickets are £12 (or £6 for NUS students) from Exeter Visitor Information & Tickets, Dix's Field, Exeter 01392 665885. Ticket price includes interval refreshments and a programme.

The concert will support a local children's diabetes group Snackpack, part...

Exeter School's 16th concert for WaterAid

For the 16th year running and with support from South West Water and On Tap Water, the talented young musicians and singers from Exeter School will perform a special concert to raise funds for international charity WaterAid.

All proceeds from the concert, which takes place at St Michael's Church, Heavitree, from 7.30pm on Wednesday 26 April, will go directly to WaterAid projects in Zambia, helping some of the country's poorest communities gain access to clean water and safe sanitation.

The concert will feature school ensembles including Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra...

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