After 10 years away from the main stages of the world, Basement Jaxx are bringing back their legendary euphoric energy-filled live experience with a live show at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, in Summer 2025.
While many of their electronic contemporaries have looked to technology to make their gigs a compelling experience, Basement Jaxx have always embraced a maximalist approach, combining a dizzying and ever-growing array of singers, MCs, musicians and eventually whole troupes of dancers to turn any stage into a life-affirming cavorting carnival of music.
Compere Dr Todd Gray adds a historical note to Exeter Philharmonic Choir's annual Carols in the Cathedral on 17 and 18 December, blending the festive music with his own reflections on Devon Christmases, past and present.
The glorious voice of soprano Milly Forrest and the brilliance of trumpeters Cameron Todd and Fraser Tannock will add extra sparkle to the evenings’ performances.
The 100-strong choir will sing carols both traditional and modern, conducted by Musical Director Howard Ionascu and accompanied by Associate Director Stephen Tanner on the organ and piano....
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...
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.
Devon residents are invited to show their support for soldiers of the past, present and future by attending the ABF80 Concert , taking place at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 14 th September in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund.
This concert will raise vital funds for the Army Benevolent Fund, the Army’s national charity, which for 80 years has supported soldiers, former soldiers and their families. It will feature music from stage, screen and the classical repertoire, performed by the Exeter Symphony Orchestra (ESO), and conducted by Arturo Serna, professional cellist, teacher and...
The Exeter Symphony Orchestra under conductor Arturo Serna is staging a concert of music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky on Saturday 20 July 2024 at 7.30pm in Exeter Cathedral.
This special concert – the highlight of ESO’s year – features the internationally distinguished cellist, Natalie Clein, performing great music in the fabulous setting of Exeter Cathedral.
The concert opens with the vivacious and effervescent Festive Overture (Opus 96) by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Described modestly by the composer as “just a short work, festive or celebrative in spirit”,...
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.
A Devon-wide organisation is presenting its third event this Winter, to usher in the coming of spring. Anyone with a love of jazz will find a rich tapestry of music, woven by a master of the genre.
The Piano and Me will feature Mike Westbrook and is being produced by the Devonshire Association’s Music and Folklore Section (DAMFS) which is a new organisation amalgamating two established groups. It is hosted in association with The Bridge Inn, Topsham which is a recognised venue for high quality music events.
Mike is taking a break from his larger gigs to present an up...
Join Michael Morpurgo and friends for an afternoon of poetry and classical music, celebrating our countryside.
My Heart was a Tree
Come and enjoy the poetry of Michael Morpurgo, Ted Hughes, Rudyard Kipling and Dylan Thomas at Powderham Castle.
In a programme of poetry and music inspired by our beautiful countryside, Michael Morpurgo, Clare Morpurgo and Carol Hughes will be sharing their favourite poems, alongside the Iddesleigh String Quartet performing music by Elgar, Haydn, Max Richter and Vaughan Williams.
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...