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Concerts in the Exeter Area
for concerts in Teignmouth and further west see this month's listings or select from the left menu
The list below makes no claim to be comprehensive. More details are available via the links or from the respective organisations
2025
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| Saturday October 4 at 7:30 pm at The Mint Methodist Church, Exeter FORCE Cancer Charity's biannual classical music concert The Lympstone Band, MD Chris Spreadbury Music includes the 1812 Overture, Riverdance and Star Wars. Tickets £15 from 01392 402875 or https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/classics-galore-band/ Be quick! There are only 250 tickets available. |
| Sunday October 5 at 3 pm at Temple Methodist Church, Taunton, TQ1 3PY Divertimento String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet, Op 76 no 3, 'The Emperor' Frank Bridge: Irish Melody Dvorak: String Quartet, Op 51 in Eb major Tickets £20, Students £10, Under 18s free, at the door, or in advance from 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com |
| Wednesday October 8 at 10 am at The Hall, Exeter EX1 1BD Two Moors Festival Intesa: Love & Lullabies for 0-5s and their grown-ups François Couperin: Le Dodo ou l'Amour au Berceau Trad. Irish: Da Mihi Manum Trad. Welsh: All Through the Night John Dowland: Time Stands Still Komitas Vardapet: Chinar Es Lucine Musaelian: Morning Light Michael East: Love Cannot Dissemble Marin Marais: Les Voix Humaines Movses Khorenatsi: Urakhatsir Srbuhi Antoine Forqueray: La du Vaucel Tickets £10, accompanied u16s free online |
| Wednesday October 8 at 7.30 pm at The Hall, Stepcote Street, Exeter EX1 1BD Two Moors Festival Giulio Caccini: Dalla porta d'oriente Antoine Forqueray: La LeClaire Orlando di Lasso: Susanne un jour Francesca Caccini: Io mi distruggo Trad. Armenian: Hov Arek George Frideric Handel: Piangerò la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare) Marin Marais: Chaconne (Book V, No. 83) Luca Marenzio: In un boschetto Barbara Strozzi: Amor dormiglione Trad. Armenian: Keler Tsoler Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Komitas Vardapet: Soorp soorp Francesca Caccini: Maria, dolce Maria Tarquinio Merula: Folle è ben che si crede Settimia Caccini: Due luci ridenti John Dowland: Can She Excuse My Wrongs Michael East: Love Cannot Dissemble Alfonso Ferrabosco II: So, so, leave off Marin Marais: L'Arabesque Trad. Armenian: Shogher janIntesa - Viols and Voice Tickets £20, u16s free with adult, online |
| Thursday October 9 at 6.30 pm at Seaton Gateway Theatre Alex Wilson (piano) & Friends – Seaton Music Fringe Celebration Event An evening celebrating Seaton Music’s Steinway Grand Piano and highlighting young local musical talent. For full details and tickets visit https://seatonmusic.org/ |
| Thursday October 9 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth withClaudia Boyle - soprano and Roderick Williams - baritone Schubert: Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Saturday October 11 at 2 pm at Exeter Library, Rougemont Room Kara Malton - Soprano, Melanie Mehta - Soprano, Iryna Ilnytska - Mezzo-soprano, Tim Laurence-Othen - Piano Arias and duets from Verdi's famous operas Free entry, donations welcome |
| Thursday October 16 at 7.30 p.m.at
The Old Picture House, Seaton, EX12 2LZ Ensemble Renard (wind quintet) Valerie Coleman: Umoja Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in D, op.91/3 Béla Bartók arr. G. Strivens: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b 1980): New commission “Blue Cheese & Olive Oil” Nielsen: Wind Quintet, op.4 For full details and tickets visit https://seatonmusic.org/ |
| Saturday October 18 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Ensemble Renard (wind quintet) Valerie Coleman: Umoja Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in D, op.91/3 Pérotin arr. Knussen: Alleluja Nativitas Amy Beach: Pastorale, op.151 Nielsen: Wind Quintet, op.43 Details and tickets at https://sidmouthmusic.org.uk |
| Sunday October 19 at 4 pm at Topsham, EX3 0HE Divertimento String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet, Op 76 no 3, 'The Emperor' Frank Bridge: Irish Melody Dvorak: String Quartet, Op 51 in Eb major Tickets £20, Students £10, Under 18s free, at the door, or in advance from 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com |
| Thursday November 6 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Joel Munday - violin and Julian Trevelyan - piano Ravel: Violin Sonata 1 Mélanie Bonis: violin sonata Fauré: Violin Sonata no1 Poulenc: Sonata for violin and piano Complimentary e-tickets via email request to roghendy@gmail.com |
| Saturday November 8 at 1 pm at Exeter Castle Ballroom Exeter Opera Group soloists and Chorus Bizet: Opera 'Carmen' (in French) Tickets £15.72 online |
| Thursday November 13 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Hill with Hugo Svedberg - cello Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’ Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Thursday November 13 at 7.30 pm at The Old Picture House, Seaton, EX12 2LZ Red Priest: Piers Adams - Recorder, Angela East - Cello, Julia Bishop - Violin, David Wright - Harpsichord. Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor ‘La Notte Telemann: ‘Gypsy’ Sonata in A minor; Fantasia for Violin Bach: Preludio in E major; Toccata and Fugue in D minor Handel: Recorder Sonata in B minor; The Harmonious Blacksmith Variations and works by Purcell, Cima, Cazzati, Ortiz, Couperin and others. For full details and tickets visit https://seatonmusic.org/ |
| Saturday November 15 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church London Bridge Trio Liszt arr Saint Saëns: Orpheus Schubert - Trio in B flat D898 op 99 Dvořák: Piano Trio op.90 ‘Dumky’ Details and tickets at https://sidmouthmusic.org.uk |
| Saturday November 15 at 7.30 pm at Exeter Cathedral Devon Philharmonic Orchestra, Guest Conductor Leo Geyer, Leader Clare Smith with Ryan Wang - piano Glinka: Ruslan und Ludmilla Overture Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Tickets £5 to £20 online or at the door |
| Saturday November 22 at 7 pm at Mary Harris Memorial Chapel of Exeter University Exeter Opera Group soloists and Chorus Bizet: Opera 'Carmen' (in French) Tickets £15.72 online |
| Saturday November 22 at 7.30 pm a tClyst St Mary Church, Church Lane, EX5 1DY Clyst Valley Choral Society with Josie Walledge (soprano) & William Collins (tenor) Mendelssohn: 'Hymn of Praise' Vaughan Williams: 'Five Mystical Songs' Tickets £10 - £12 call 01392 271858 www.clystvalleychoral.info |
| Sunday November 23 at 7.30 pm at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth EX8 2AB
Clyst Valley Choral Society with Josie Walledge (soprano) & William Collins (tenor) Mendelssohn: 'Hymn of Praise' Vaughan Williams: 'Five Mystical Songs' Tickets £10 - £12 call 01392 271858 www.clystvalleychoral.info |
| Thursday November 27 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chloé Van Soeterstède with Ning Feng - violin Liszt: Les Préludes Korngold: Violin Concerto Dvorák: Symphony No.6 Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Saturday November 29 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Ryan Corbett - Classical accordion Bach: selected Preludes and Fugues Vladislav Zolotaryov: Sonata no.2 Franck: Chorale no.2 in B minor Jindřich Feld: Konzertstück Rachmaninov: Vocalise from op.34 Weber: Konzertstück in F minor op.79 Details and tickets at https://sidmouthmusic.org.uk |
| Saturday November 29 at 7.30 pm at Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter EX1 1QD
Exeter Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Serna Brahms: Hungarian Dances (selection) Dvořak: Slavonic Dances (selection from Op 46 and 72) Vaughan Williams (orchestrated Gordon Jacob): English Folk Song Suite Mussorgsky (orchestrated Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition Tickets unreserved £15; under-18 £1 |
| Saturday December 6 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble Southwest Christmas Concert, with Cameron Todd – trumpet Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus Hummel: Trumpet Concerto Vaughan Williams: London Symphony Tickets available in advance at www.iscaensemble.org.uk, www.ticketsource.org.uk or from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth (01395 514516). |
| Thursday December 11 at 7.30 pm at St Andrew’s Church, Colyton, EX24 6JS Wihan String Quartet: Leoš Čepický - violin, Jan Schulmeister - violin, Jiří Žigmund - viola, Aleš Kaspřík - cello. Joseph Haydn: Quartet in G major, op. 54, no. 1 Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet no. 1 op. 12 Franz Schubert: Quartet in D minor, D. 810 Death and the Maiden For full details and tickets visit https://seatonmusic.org/ |
| Saturday December 14 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Duo: Oxana taylor - violin, Antony Clements - piano Bach: Sonata for violin and keyboard in B minor BWV 1014 Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in E minor KV 304 Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in F Major “Spring” Op 24 Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in style of Pugnani Igor Frolov Romance Complimentary tickets are available from roghendy@gmail.com Retiring collection for Britis Red Cross International Aid Appeal |
| Friday December 19 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pete Harrison Last Night of the Christmas Proms Seasonal favourites and festive fun! Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
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| Thursday January 15 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ludovic Morlot with Steven Osborne - piano Turina: Danzas Fantásticas de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Boléro Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Thursday January 29 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sunwook Kim with Elisabeth Brauss - piano Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 Mozart: Symphony No.41 'Jupiter' Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Thursday February 12 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kirill Karabits with Alim Beisembayev - piano Shostakovich: Themes and Variations Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2 Shostakovich: The Bolt Suite Shostakovich: Moscow Cheryomushki Suite Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Saturday March 21 at Exeter Cathedral Devon Philharmonic Orchestra Verdi: Force of Destiny Overture Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 Details tba |
| Thursday March 26 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth with Boris Giltburg - piano Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.2 Bartók: Piano Concerto No.2 Sibelius: Symphony No.2 Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Thursday April 16 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth with Stephen Waarts - violin and Timothy Ridout - viola Howard: Coalescence Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K.364 Dvorák: Symphony No.8 Tickets £16 - £41 online or from 01202 669925 or hello@bsorchestra.co.uk |
| Saturdsy June 26 at Exeter Cathedral Devon Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold: Tam O’Shanter Overture Sibelius: En Saga Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No.5 Details tba |
Exeter Music Organisations Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Exeter Festival Chorus holds concerts at venues in Exeter and elsewhere. Tickets available from 01626 336619 or via the EFC Ticket booking form on their website. Exmouth Concert Society holds concerts at Holy Trinity Church, Rolle Road, Exmouth. Concerts start at 7.30 pm and tickets cost £8 (students £2.50) at the door |
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