Saturday 23rd July – Saturday 27th August during normal visitor hours Become a knight and join a quest to spot the shields hidden around the Cathedral. Follow the clues that will lead you to each one, and find out who each shield belongs to. Once you have finished, take your completed sheet to the shop, where you will receive your prize. £1 per child which includes a small prize at the end. Suitable for all ages. Admission applies for accompanying adults.
Thursday 21st July 2016 at 13.00 An informal lunchtime concert by Dutch Choir Schola Davidica Utrecht including music from the English Choral tradition. Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anonymous Ave Maria - Robert Parsons Ave verum - William Byrd If ye love me - Thomas Tallis Organ: Jan Hage Exultate Deo - Willem Andriesen Ir tikai nats - Romualds Jermaks Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger Organ: Jan Hage Hail gladdening light - Charles Wood Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace - Samuel Wesley I saw the Lord - John Stainer Booking information Included in the Cathedral admission
Friday 22nd July 2016 at 19.30 The Amadeus Orchestra Cello: Raphael Wallfisch Piano: Malcolm Forbes-Peckham Conductor: Philip Mackenzie Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Finzi Cello Concerto Stravinsky Petrouchka Back in Exeter Cathedral for their much anticipated annual concert, the Amadeus Orchestra and Raphael Wallfisch bring one of England’s finest cello concertos to Exeter; Finzi’s masterpiece from his final years. Wallfisch has long been a major proponent of his work and has made several recordings of it. Malcolm Forbes- Peckham last played a piano concerto with Amadeus back in 2014 when...
Thursday 21st July 2016 at 13.00 (Chapter House) The ancient houses of Cathedral Close form the most important group of medieval houses in Devon and Cornwall. Over the last generation archaeologists have been exploring these buildings, discovering hidden roofs and other concealed features. The lecture, given by John Allan - the Cathedral Archaeologist, will explain the new discoveries and give an account of the architecture of the Close. Ticket information
Tickets £5 (£4.50 for Friends of Exeter Cathedral, Residents' Cardholders and Cathedral Volunteers) from 01392 285983 and...
Wednesday 20th July, 14.00-16.00 in the Chapter House Please join us for ‘Fun with Foliage’. This is not a workshop (so no advance booking) but we make a small charge on the day of £3.00 to cover our expenses. Tea and home-made cake will be provided and you will be made very welcome.
Wednesday 20th July 2016 at 19.30 Trio Sonata no 1 by Bach and French music from Vierne, Dupre, and Messiaen. Ticket information Tickets are £8 and £5 for students. Book Online or call the box office on 01392 285983 Book online Timothy Noon Timothy Noon received his early music education as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral, England, later learning the organ with Dr Roy Massey. At the age of seventeen he was appointed Organ Scholar of Canterbury Cathedral, and the following year became Organ Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford where he also read for a degree in music. In 1993 he became a...
Monday 18th July 2016 at 13.00 We welcome the Kinder Children's Choir of the High Peak to give an informal performance in the Cathedral. Admission to the concert is included in the Cathedral entry charge. For more information about the choir please visit their website
Wednesday 6th July 2016, 13.00-15.30 (Library and Archives) Your opportunity to experience the oldest book of English literature in existence. Written in about 970AD, the Exeter Book is the oldest of only four surviving books of Anglo-Saxon literature anywhere in the world. Much admired for its beautiful writing and the quality of its verse, this unique book of poetry has been at Exeter Cathedral since Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter, gave it to his church in around 1072. Within its 246 pages are some 40 poems and nearly 100 poetic riddles. Join us in the Cathedral Library &...
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In these turbulent times it is hard to find equilibrium. With emotions running so high, tolerance often falls by the wayside.
Culture offers an opportunity for us to celebrate our heritage, diverse and specific. It enables us to hear contrary views given equal weight, exploring complexity. And our spaces allow us to extend a welcome to all.
The Exeter Book, one of Exeter Cathedral’s greatest treasures, has been granted UNESCO Memory of the World status, signalling its ‘outstanding significance’ to British and world history.
The award will be presented tonight at the Senedd, the National Assembly building for Wales, in Cardiff.
The Exeter Book joins only 50 other documents on the UK register listing important historical documents.
Professor Emma Cayley, Associate Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Exeter, said: “This recognition now puts the Exeter Book in the same category as the...
