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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
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| Saturday March 21 at 7 pm at Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter Exeter Bach Society with witches, mad kings and huge choruses 25th Aniversary Celebrations Handel: Saul (oratorio) Tickets from www.exeterbachsociety.orgor Exeter Tickets, Dix's Field, EX1 1GF, tel 01392 665885 |
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| Wednesday March 25 at 8 pm at Exeter Phoenix Ibou Tall & Jazzmates The dazzlingly impressive Senagalese jazz pianist Ibou Tall takes the classic sounds of piano standards but there is no denying his African influences. He brings a rich and rhythmic Afro jazz fusion to original material and well known tunes. Tickets £14 on the door, £12 in advance from fougoumusic.com or 01803 898570 |
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| Saturday March 28 at 7.30 pm at
Sidmouth Parish Church
ISCA Ensemble, with Joo Yeon Sir - vioolin Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61 Alfie Pugh: A newly commissioned work Rachmaninov: Vocalise for orchestra Op. 34 Marquez: Danzón No 2 Tickets £16 - £6 from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/init/JHLHEF |
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| Saturday March 28 at 7 pm at St Margaret's Church, Topsham Devon Song Festival Swansong James Way - tenor, Marta Fontanals-Simmons - mezzo-soprano, Katherine Watson - soprano, with Natalie Burch - piano Schubert: Schwanengesang, plus poetry and letters, and swan songs of other great composers and song writers. Tickets £15, u18s free, from www.devonsongfestival.com, Tpsham Bookshop Supporting the Estuary League of Friends, Moorland Community Care and the Devon Air Ambulance |
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| Saturday March 28 at 7.30 pm at United Reformed Church, Southernhay, Exeter Exeter Synphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Serna, with Giulio Potenza - piano Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 2 Dvorak: Slavonic Dances nos 1, 2, 7 and 8 Tchaikovsky: Sympnony no. 5 Tickets £15 (£12 from ESO members in advance); under-18s £1 from ESO Tickets or from Exeter Visitor Centre 01392 665700 |
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| Saturday March 28 at 7.30 pm at Buckfast Abbey University of Exeter Chapel Choir & Orchestra, director Michael Graham JS Bach: Mass in B minor Tickets £10 from www.buckfast.org.uk or from the Abbey bookshop |
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| Thursday April 2 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with Sunwook Kim - conductor and piano Beethoven: Egmont Overture Beethoven: Symphony No.4 Beethoven@ Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ Tickets £42 £35 £27 £23 £17 from 01392 726363, Exeter Northcott Theatre, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QB; Exeter Visitor Information & Tickets, Dix’s Field, Exeter, EX1 1GF |
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| Saturday April 18 at 7.30pm at Barkham, Sandyway, South Molton, EX36 3LU CANCELLED Divertimento String Quartet: Mary Eade and Lindsay Braga - violins, Andrew Gillett - viola and Vicky Evans - cello Haydn: String Quartet Op 20 no 6 in Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for String Quartet Brahms: String Quartet Op 51 no 1 in C minor Tickets £15 at the door, £13 in advance from Divertimento 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com, or at the door. Under 18s free. Tickets and accommodation bookings from Leonie at Barkham barkham.farm@gmail.com |
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| Saturday April 18 at 7.30pm at St Margaret's Church, Topsham Katie Bray - mezzo-soprano (winner of the audience prize of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2019) Recital includes music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell and Mozart. Tickets from www.exeterbachsociety.orgor Exeter Tickets, Dix's Field, EX1 1GF, tel 01392 665885 |
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| Sunday April 19 at 7.30pm at Lustleigh Village Hall CANCELLED Divertimento String Quartet: Mary Eade and Lindsay Braga - violins, Andrew Gillett - viola and Vicky Evans - cello Haydn: String Quartet Op 20 no 6 in Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for String Quartet Brahms: String Quartet Op 51 no 1 in C minor Tickets £15 at the door, £13 in advance from Divertimento 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com, or at the door. Under 18s free. |
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| Friday May 8 at 7.30 pm at
St James' Church, Mount Pleasant Road EX4 7AH POSTPONED Exeter Choral Society Rutter: Requiem Poulenc: Requiem Elgar: Te Deum Tickets £12, students £6, u16s free, from Exeter TIC or from exeterchoral.co.uk |
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| Saturday May 16 at 7.30 pm at Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter Exeter Camarata with Joel Munday - violin Beethoven: Egmont Overture Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Schubert: Symphony no. 4 Tickets £5.00 - £15.00 online or at the door (to include refreshments). |
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| Tuesday May 19 at 7.45 pm at The Music Room, Sidholme Hotel,
Elysian Fields, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8UJ Sidholme Music Fest 2020 Joel Munday – violin, William Fielding – piano Bach: B minor Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord Bartok: Violin Sonata No 1 Brahms: Violin Sonata No 3 Tickets free (required) - max 2 per applicant - from roghendy@gmail.com There will be a retiring collection for the Music Room restoration fund and Hospiscare. |
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| Thursday May 21 at 4.30 pm at The Music Room, Sidholme Hotel, Elysian Fields, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8UJ Sidholme Music Fest 2020 Joel Munday – violin, William Fielding – piano, Lewis Graham – clarinet Sibelius: Six Humoresques Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: The Last Rose of Summer variations Brahms: E flat Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Stravinsky: Histoire du Soldat Suite for Piano, Violin and Clarinet Tickets free (required) - max 2 per applicant - from roghendy@gmail.com |
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| Sunday May 24 at 4 pm at St. Margaret's Church, Topsham CANCELLED Divertimento String Quartet: Mary Eade and Lindsay Braga - violins, Andrew Gillett - viola and Vicky Evans - cello Haydn String Quartet Op 20 no 6 in A Brahms String Quartet, Op 51 no 1 in C minor Tickets £15 at the door, £13 in advance from Divertimento 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com, or at the door. Under 18s free. |
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| Wednesday June 17 at 8pm at Exeter Phoeni Kate & Mike Westbrook's Granite Band. The Granite Band present Granite. This epic and ground-breaking work is inspired by her love of Dartmoor and its granite quarries. Kate’s astonishing vocal range and strikingly original lyrics are matched by composer Mike Westbrook’s genre bustng score and her brilliant Granite Band. Tickets £14 on the door, £12 in advance from fougoumusic.com or 01803 898570 |
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| Saturday June 20 at 7.30 pm at St Giles’ and St Nicholas’ Church, Sidmouth
EX10 8LG New London Chamber Ensemble - wind quintet Details & Tickets tba East Devon Music Festival |
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| Saturday June 27 at 7 pm at St. Nicholas Priory, The Mint, Exeter Elegance Duo - Ekaterina Shetliffe - piano and Yulia Northridge - violin Handel: Sonata No. 6 E major Mozart: Sonata A minor (piano) Brahms: Sonata No. 2 |
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| Saturday June 27 at 7.30pm at Barkham, Sandyway, South Molton, EX36 3LU Divertimento Piano Trio Beethoven: Piano Trio in G, Op 1 no 2 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no 2 in C minor, Op 66 Tickets £15 at the door, £13 in advance from Divertimento 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com, or at the door. Under 18s free. Tickets and accommodation bookings from Leonie at Barkham barkham.farm@gmail.com |
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| Sunday June 28 at 5 pm at St. Margaret's Church, Topsham Divertimento Piano Trio Beethoven: Piano Trio in G, Op 1 no 2 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no 2 in C minor, Op 66 Tickets £15 at the door, £13 in advance from Divertimento 01803 863677, enquiries@divertimento.uk.com, or at the door. Under 18s free |
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| Monday July 20 at 8 pm at Exeter Phoenix Dave Holdsworth's New Brew Legendary jazz trumpet player Dave Holdsworth, a featured soloist with many of the most significant jazz bands in the UK, tonight with his own band, New Brew and his belated debut album as band leader . Tickets £14 on the door, £12 in advance from fougoumusic.com or 01803 898570 |
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| Wednesday September 9 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with Anna Pyne - Flute and Eluned Pierce - Harp Elgar: Introduction and Allegro Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp Delius: Two Aquarelles Schubert: Symphony No.5 Tickets £19 online |
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| Saturday September 12 at 7.30 pm at Wellhayes Vineyard, Clayhanger, Tiverton EX16 7NY Devon Baroque Chamber Ensemble: Persephone Gibbs, Sharon Lindo - Violins, Gay Amherst - cello, Andrew Wilson-Dickson - Harpsichord Baroque Trio Sonatas, solo sonatas and other chamber music Tickets £15 from https://wellhayes.uk/concerts-2020/, music@wellhayes.uk or 01398 361612 A part of Devon Baroque's 20th Anniversary concert series |
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| Saturday October 31 at t.30 pm at Exeter Cathedral Isca Ensemble and the University of Exeter Chapel Choir, Roger Hendy & Michael Graham - Musical Directors Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Gabriel Fauré: Requiem Op. 48 Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No 8 in G major Op. 88 Tickets £12 - £18 at the door or online |
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| Saturday Novenber 28 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church
Isca Ensemble with Jordan Black - clarinet Smetana: Overture 'Bartered Bride' Takashi Yoshimatsu: 'And Birds Are Still…’ Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Dvorák: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 Tickets £12 - £16 at the door or online |
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| Sunday December 5 at 7.30 pm at Exeter University Great Hall Exeter University Chapel Choir, Isca Ensemble and chorus, Michael Graham - Musical Director, with Margarita Wood - soprano, Madeleine Shaw - mezzo soprano, Michael Gibson - tenor, Julian Rippon - bass Handel: Messiah: A special performance in aid of the charity FORCE Tickets £12 - £20 at the door or online. |
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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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