Exeter Chamber Choir and AJ's Big Band in a concert of special jazz music in the city's cathedral.
Swinging His Praises is a "Mass for Life". This jazz mass is written by the choir's musical director Andrew Daldorph and features jazz psalms and other songs.
Exeter Chamber Choir was formed in 1997 from a nucleus of leading Devon-based singers. Previous musical directors include the composer-conductors Antony le Fleming and Graham Treacher. The current director is Andrew Daldorph and its patron is Emma Kirby DBE. The Choir’s repertoire includes works with orchestra, new...
A true legend of British music, Maddy Prior has built her career on exploring various musical avenues. Latest album '3 For Joy' is no exception, a further exploration of the tradition that she loves.
This Autumn together with new musical partners Giles Lewin (Carnival Band) and young accordion player Hannah James,...
A new choral work by award-winning British composer Gabriel Jackson will be the centrepiece of a concert at Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 16 October 2013, as City of London Sinfonia continues its nationwide Fauré Requiem tour.
During 2013, the leading UK chamber orchestra is visiting ten of England’s finest Cathedrals for a concert series that takes audiences on a journey of liturgical music through the centuries. Each Cathedral choir will get the chance to perform with City of London Sinfonia, under the baton of the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Stephen Layton, one of the world’...
The Exeter Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Andrew Millington will perform a concert of carols, old and new. There will be a guest soloist and many items for the audience to join in with.
Tribute band The Rollin' Clones are supported by Lyn Amos at this outdoor picnic concert.
Tickets for the concerts are available from Budleigh Salterton Information Centre on 01395 445275.
Tickets: £14 adults, £7 children.
6.30pm-10.30pm.
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Bicton Gardens is renowned for its summer outdoor picnic concerts. This family affair takes place in the famous Italian garden where concert goers can bring their own chairs and picnic food and enjoy a night of music. We also have a fully licensed bar open for drinks and the restaurant is...
A concert of mixed music in aid of the Ryan Edwards Cancer Treatment appeal. The Stuart Singers raise money for charity by singing concerts in their home location Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and for others in the wider area and further afield such as Exeter. In 21 years they have raised over £200k.
The Stuart Singers from Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire (former home of Rachel Lyons, the new Lord Mayor of Exeter) are coming to Exeter on Friday 28 June to perform a concert in aid of the Ryan Edwards Cancer Treatment appeal.
The concert will be at St Mark's Church, Pinhoe Road at 7.30pm and will consist of a very mixed programme of music, which will include Panis Angelica by Cesar Frank, Rainy Days and Mondays originally performed by the Carpenters, On Holy Ground originally performed by Barbara Streisand, a Sinatra Medley, three songs by Cole Porter, a fun take on Old...
Take three top notch string musicians - violinist Fenella Humphreys, viola player Rebecca Jones and cellist Vladimir Waltham - put them together - and the result is Chimera a string trio who play unbelievably exquisite music.
The talents of these outstanding young musicians will be showcased by Concerts in the West in a superb performance in Devon at St Mary's Church, East Street, Black Torrington on 22 June, 7.30pm.
The musical programme will include:
Schubert: String Trio in B Flat major D471. Sibelius: String Trio in G minor. Dohnanyi: Serenade for String Trio in...
Live church bells across Exeter and the sound of artillery fire from Plymouth Citadel will be used in a performance of 1812 Overture at Exeter Cathedral on Thursday 25 April.
As well as the Cathedral bells, the bells of St Thomas Church across the city will be rung live and fed into the performance. The bells of Widecombe Church will also join the cacophony which represents the victory bells in Russia’s defence against Napoleon.
The score also calls for Russian cannon shots. To make the performance by Exeter’s EMG Symphony Orchestra more local and up-to-date, Plymouth’s Two...
