concert

Libera in Concert

Event Date: 
27/07/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

The distinctive sound of Libera has travelled the world in the last few years. The group's albums have topped both mainstream and classical charts in many countries, and their recordings hold their place in top-tens alongside major artists like Bocelli.

The boys who make up the vocal band Libera have been described as “normal” and “ordinary”. However, as their recordings and performances demonstrate, the music they produce is truly extraordinary. With shimmering, mystical chords and ecstatic harmonies, they are unlike any other group you have ever heard. These are truly sounds...

Boyzone and Alesha wow Devon crowds

Thousands of excited fans descended on Newton Abbot Racecourse to watch Boyzone and Alesha play the racecourse’s first-ever concert on Sunday 28th June.

The sun shone as over 7,000 fans came from all over the country, including places as far as Germany, to go back to the nineties and watch Boyzone perform some of their most popular songs from their 20 year career.

Their only performance in the South West this year, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham wowed the crowds with an energetic performance on the night. Performing a variety of songs including ‘...

Stage set for a very special gig in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 06/25/2015 - 12:27pm

Lovers of traditional music are in for a rare treat when a special concert at Exeter Northcott Theatre on 12 July brings together harmonica wizard Will Pound and his band, members of South West-based Wren Band and 25 young musicians from Devon.

Will, recognised as one of the finest harmonica players in the world and often to be heard on BBC Radio 2, will join Wren Band musicians and the children during the first half of the show before he and his band have the stage to themselves for the second half.

The Will Pound Band with Music 4 Life concert is a celebration of Devon...

The Will Pound Band with Music 4 Life concert

Event Date: 
12/07/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Lovers of traditional music are in for a rare treat when a special concert at Exeter Northcott Theatre on 12 July brings together harmonica wizard Will Pound and his band, members of South West-based Wren Band and 25 young musicians from Devon.

Will, recognised as one of the finest harmonica players in the world and often to be heard on BBC Radio 2, will join Wren Band musicians and the children during the first half of the show before he and his band have the stage to themselves for the second half.

The Will Pound Band with Music 4 Life concert is a celebration of Devon...

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne

Event Date: 
24/08/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
St David’s Church, Exeter

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne (Germany) present Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Four Concertos for violin, strings and basso continuo

Mozart Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra KV 622

Tchaikovsky “Pezzo Capriccioso” for Violoncello and Orchestra op.62

Tickets avaialble from Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets, Dix’s Field, EX1 1GF Exeter / Devon, Tel. 01392 / 665700 or on the door one hour prior to the concert from 6.30pm.

Exeter School Chamber Concert

Event Date: 
02/07/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
St Peter’s Church, Budleigh

Over 70 musicians from Exeter School will be performing at St. Peter’s Church, Budleigh on Thursday 2 July at 7.30pm, with a feast of choral and instrumental music. This Concert will include Chamber Orchestra performing the Holst St Paul's Suite and the famous first movement from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

As well as featuring the school’s 6th form leavers, the programme will include their experienced string and saxophone quartets, the new Cello Quartet, as well as the jazz/funk band Swunk. Vocal items will be from the terrific Chamber Choir and Vocal Ensemble, as well as the...

Organ350 Recital: Andrew Millington (Exeter Cathedral)

Event Date: 
01/07/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Wednesday 1st July 2015 at 19.30

Andrew Millington has been Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral since September 1999. He studied the organ at Worcester Cathedral before gaining an Organ Scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge. In 1975 he became Assistant Organist at Gloucester Cathedral and in 1983 he succeeded Philip Moore as Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral. He has worked with several leading orchestras and he is well known as a recitalist. He has made several recordings as an organ soloist, including a highly-acclaimed DVD on the organ of Exeter...

Choral Concert: All things bright and beautiful

Event Date: 
27/06/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 27th June 2015 at 19.30

Choral music by Rutter, Finzi, Britten and Mozart.

The St Peter's Singers of Exeter Cathedral with the Gioisca Trio (Heloise West -soprano, Claude Lamon - trumpet, David Davies - organ)

Programme to include:

Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Richard Shephard

God is gone up – Finzi

Jubilate Deo – Britten

All things bright and beautiful - Rutter

Movements from Vespers – Mozart

Ticket Information

Tickets (£8 adults) are now available from 01392 285983 and www.exeter-cathedral.org....

Organ350 Recital: Heinrich Wimmer (Germany)

Event Date: 
17/06/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Wednesday 17th June 2015 at 19.30

Heinrich Wimmer was born in 1964 and studied with Prof. Klemens Schnorr at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich.

For over 20 years he has been organist at the church of St. Jacob to Burghausen, Salzach , where he initiated the construction of the church's Rieger organ.

He has given recitals across Europe and the Far East including all the major organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Max Reger.

Heinrich Wimmer's programme in Exeter include's Reubke's Sonata on the 94th...

Nepal Earthquake charity relief concert

Event Date: 
05/06/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

In an event organised by Exeter musician Luke Bliss-Thompson and his band Swarm, Exeter’s finest musicians have teamed up with Exeter Phoenix to put on a charity concert raising money for the victims of the Nepal earthquake.

Buildings have been flattened, communities shattered and lives torn apart. Dozens of aftershocks continue to hit the area, and people are sleeping in the open air from fear of further destruction. More than 6,000 people are reported to have died and thousands are feared to be trapped under rubble.

All the money from this show will go towards providing...

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