concert

Cathedral Organ: Messiaen "La Nativite du Seigneur"

Event Date: 
31/01/2017 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Tuesday 31st January 2017 at 19.00 in Exeter Cathedral

​A devotional performance on the organ by Timothy Parsons (Assistant Director of Music) of this monumental cycle in celebration of the Nativity of Christ. Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) was one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, and the theology of his deep Catholic faith plays an enormous role in his compositions.

Free admission with a retiring collection towards the work of Exeter Cathedral.

Peter James Millson in Concert with Border Tales

Event Date: 
21/01/2016 - 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH

Peter James Millson’s gloriously melodic 2014 debut ‘Sweet The Love That Meets Return’ (produced by Danny George Wilson) drew critical comparisons with the likes of Paddy McAloon, Jackson Browne and Roddy Frame.

“Back in the day… I used to photograph friends and their bands,” recalls Millson, “I took my box of prints up to the NME. Trips abroad, very exciting. Then started doing portraits for The Guardian newspaper. Met lots of heroes of the music world. Published a book of photos called Home Entertainment. The National Portrait Gallery acquired six of my portraits. One of which...

A carol service to remember

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 12/15/2016 - 3:24pm

Had you been in Exeter at 2.30pm on Saturday 10 December, you would have been witness to a congregation of over 700 Freemasons with their families in the Cathedral.

They were led by their Provincial Grand Master Rt. W. Bro. Ian Kingsbury JP in a celebration of the coming of Christmas.

They sang carols in the company of 8 voices arranged by Mathew Cann, a gentleman of the Cathedral Choir, led by the superb Cathedral organ played by Tim Noon, Cathedral Director of Music. They also gave nine readings including one titled “The Christmas Cake and the Mouse” in a service led by...

Christmas with the Cathedral Choir

Event Date: 
07/12/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Wednesday 7th, Saturday 10th and Tuesday 13th December 2016 at 19.30

Exeter Cathedral's renowned choir returns for the most popular Christmas carol concert of the year. Favourites old and new for choir and organ will be interspersed with audience carols.

Tickets £11, £14, £18 with concessions available for students and under 18. Telephone 01392 285983 or book online exeter-cathedral.org.uk/boxoffice

Christmas with the Cathedral Choir

Event Date: 
07/12/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Wednesday 7th, Saturday 10th and Tuesday 13th December 2016 at 19.30

Exeter Cathedral's renowned choir returns for the most popular Christmas carol concert of the year. Favourites old and new for choir and organ will be interspersed with audience carols.

Tickets £11, £14, £18 with concessions available for students and under 18. Telephone 01392 285983 or book online exeter-cathedral.org.uk/boxoffice

Peace and Goodwill: Faure Requiem in Exeter

Join Exeter Choral Society for our winter concert on the theme of Peace and Goodwill.

The concert is on Wednesday 30 November at St James' Church, Mount Pleasant, Exeter and the programme includes Faure Requiem ; Finzi In terra pax ; Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

We are conducted by Laurence Blyth, accompanied by Andrew Millington, and joined by soloists Julia Featherstone (soprano) and James Quilligan (baritone).

Tickets £12 (£6 NUS students) include refreshments and programme.

Box Office - Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets, Dix's...

Plymouth and Barnstaple Choirs triumph in Devon Schools Choir Competition

Authored by badredruby
Posted: Fri, 10/28/2016 - 1:04pm

CLIC for Christmas 2016 - final lineup revealed

Schools from Barnstaple and Plymouth have won a chance to perform in a major fundraising concert in Exeter Cathedral. The Park Community School and Devonport High School emerged victorious from the Devon Schools Choir Competition, run by La La Choirs at Southernhay URC on October 6. The schools will now perform in Exeter’s historic cathedral on Friday, December 9th, as part of the CLIC for Christmas concert to raise money for CLIC Sargent. Sam Abrahams, from La La Choirs, said: “This is the second year of running the Schools Choir...

Handel's Messiah

Event Date: 
22/10/2016 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

The Exeter Philharmonic Choir, directed by Andrew Millington with The Exeter Chamber Orchestra will be performing Handel’s Messiah on October 22nd in Exeter Cathedral.

Handel's Messiah is deeply rooted in the musical life of Britain and is rightly the first masterwork in our 170th Anniversary Season. German-born George Frideric Handel arrived in London in 1710 hoping to make a name for himself with operas in Italian. Instead he made a name for himself with oratorios in English. When Charles Jennens presented his text for Messiah in 1741, Handel was at a very low point and...

Informal Concert (Cathedral Green)

Event Date: 
04/08/2016 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral (Cathedral Green)

Thursday 4th August 2016 at 13.00 (Cathedral Green) An informal lunchtime concert by the Liv Village Choir from Durban performed outside on the West Front Apron at the edge of Cathedral Green.

Russell Watson heads to Exeter

Russell Watson will be at Exeter Corn Exchange on Wednesday 10 August, and there are only a few tickets left.

Russell Watson’s Corn Exchange date is one of a number of intimate evenings with the artist giving his fans the chance to see him in a local venue rather than having to travel long distances.

Russell Watson is one of the world’s most prominent tenors, selling in excess of 7 million albums worldwide. His first offering ‘The Voice’ held the number one spot simultaneously in the US and the UK – a world’s first. It spent a record breaking 52 weeks at number one in the...

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