Exeter Philharmonic Choir

Solo soprano Sam Cobb will be singing with Exeter Philharmonic Choir

Choir returns to its roots for first concert of the new season

Exeter Philharmonic Choir will begin its new concert season in November with Handel’s wonderful Messiah, the first work it performed in public in 1847, a year after the Choir was founded.

Handel composed his Messiah during 24 days of concentrated creativity in 1741. Since Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s first performance of this dramatic work, the Choir has returned to it many times - to the delight of members and audiences alike.

Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Director of Music, Howard Ionascu, says everyone is very much looking forward to the concert at Exmouth’s Holy Trinity...

Messiah sung by Exeter Philharmonic Choir with professional soloists & The Handel Sinfony

Event Date: 
09/11/2024 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth

Exeter Philharmonic Choir is joined by four outstanding professional soloists and the superb musicians of The Handel Sinfony for this performance of Handel's Messiah.

This is the first work the Choir performed in public in 1847, the year after it was founded.

EPC will be accompanied by soloists Sam Cobb (soprano), Luthien Brackett (alto), Oscar Golden-Lee (tenor) and James Geidt (bass).

Tickets: All unreserved £20 (see online for discounts) exeterphilharmonic.org.uk or by calling 0333 666 3366.

The choir's Salamanca tour includes Valladolid's impressive Cathedral

Olé! Spain beckons for Exeter Philharmonic Choir

As Exeter Philharmonic Choir prepares to begin its 2024/25 season of concerts this autumn following a sell-out season last year, 47 choir members will soon be packing their song sheets to travel to Salamanca in Northern Spain for a five-day tour. At the end of September, the group will perform concerts in the Old Cathedral of Salamanca and Valladolid Cathedral and sing in a Mass at The Basilica of St Teresa in Avila.

Ahead of their departure there’s an opportunity for local people to enjoy their Spanish tour repertoire at a free event near Exeter. St Margaret’s Church in Topsham is...

Choir honoured to receive Lord Mayor’s Commendation Award

Exeter Philharmonic Choir is among only a handful of organisations in the city to have received a special Commendation Award from the Lord Mayor.

Two representatives of the Choir, Vicki Henderson and Geoff Poad, attended a reception at the Guildhall on Friday 10th May to receive the Award from the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Kevin Mitchell, for the Choir’s services to vocal music and cultural life in the City of Exeter.

The Lord Mayor awards his own Commendations once a year to people or organisations who have gone above and beyond for the City. Presenting the award,...

Tenor Rhys Batt will sing at EPC's 'An Evening at the Opera'

An Evening at the Opera with Exeter Philharmonic Choir and soloists

Event Date: 
18/05/2024 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
St. David’s Church, Exeter

Exeter Philharmonic Choir with tenor Rhys Batt and soprano Camilla Harris serves up a feast of much-loved arias and choruses from operas spanning four centuries, including Puccini’s La bohème, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Bizet’s Carmen and Verdi’s La traviata.

Well-known Exeter musicians Stephen Tanner and Andrew Downton will accompany the singers on piano.

The season finale at St. David’s Church in Exeter will be a comparatively intimate affair with just 200 tickets available.

The £25 ticket price includes interval drinks and canape.

Tickets available...

Choir’s season finale - an intimate ‘Evening at the Opera’

Exeter Philharmonic Choir has a special ‘Evening at the Opera” planned to conclude its 2023/24 season on a high. On the evening of 18th May, the Choir - accompanied by two rising stars of the professional opera world - will transport concert goers to the opera houses of Europe for a sparkling evening of arias, duets and choruses.

The season finale at St. David’s Church in Exeter will be a comparatively intimate affair with just 200 tickets available. The £25 ticket price includes interval drinks and canapes.

EPC’s Director of Music Howard Ionascu says: “We will be...

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be accompanying Exeter Philharmonic Choir in March

Acclaimed choir and orchestra promise a night of high drama at Exeter Cathedral

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...

Copy of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be accompanying Exeter Philharmonic Choir in March

Verdi's Requiem

Event Date: 
16/03/2024 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

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.

Tickets: £30, £23, £15

Buy online www.exeterphilharmonic.org.uk

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir's Carols in the Cathedral

Event Date: 
12/12/2023 - 7:30pm to 13/12/2023 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral, Exeter EX1 1HS

Exeter Philharmonic Choir will bring Christmas cheer to audiences at Exeter Cathedral over two nights this December with carols both traditional and contemporary. Devon harpist Elizabeth-Jane Baldry will compere the concerts on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 December and is sure to charm the audience with entertaining musical anecdotes as she guides them through the Choir’s programme.

A solo trumpet and the impressive sound of the cathedral organ will accompany the Choir’s 100-plus voices. Audience members will be invited to join the Choir in familiar festive songs. For those who...

Music of the Baroque concert

Event Date: 
04/11/2023 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, EX1 1HS

Exeter Philharmonic Choir will join forces with the Isca Ensemble and four talented young soloists for November’s ‘Music of the Baroque’ concert in Exeter Cathedral, including Handel’s outstandingly beautiful choral works Dixit Dominus and Zadok the Priest , Vivaldi's Gloria and Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor .

The concert promises to be a particularly memorable event for choir member Sheena McCready, pictured with her musician son, Fergus, who will take centre stage playing solo oboe.

Howard Ionascu, Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Director of Music, says: “The...

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