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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
2026 |
| Friday September 25 at 7.30 pm at Crediton Arts Centre Exeter Opera Group Saint-Saens: 'Samson et Dalila' (in French, with a piano accompaniment) |
| Thursday October 1 at The Gateway Theatre, Seaton, EX12 2LE Seaton Rising Stars Alex Wilson - piano, plus students from East Devon Ticxkets £12.50 - £15, u 19s free online |
| Saturday October 3 at 7.30 pm at St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Dinham, Exeter, EX4 4EB Martin Roscoe - piano Mozart: Fantasy in D minor K.397 Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen Op.15 Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor Op. 27/2 “Moonlight” Chopin: Barcarolle Op. 60 John Ireland: An Island Spell Ireland: Amberley Wild Brooks Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau Liszt: La lugubre gondola, No. 2 Liszt: Legend No. 2 “St. Francis of Paola Walking On The Waters” Tickets £21.25, students £9, u18s free online |
| Saturday October 3 at 7.30 pm at Colyton Town Hall Exeter Opera Group, Director Nick Lawrence, Music Director Stephen Moseley, P iano Richard Lucas Saint-Saens: 'Samson et Dalila' (in French, with a piano accompaniment) Tickets£15 from https://www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/colyton |
| Thursday October 8 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chloé Van Soeterstède, with Javier Perianes - piano Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar’s Bride Overture Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Egyptian’ Rachmaninov: Symphony No.1 TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
| Saturday October 17 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble Southwest, Roger Hendy MD Antony Clements leader, with Lucas Krupinski - piano Beethoven: Leonora Overture No 3 Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Tickets £20 in advance at www.iscaensemble.org.uk, www.ticketsource.org.uk or from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth (01395 514516). Students free. |
| Sunday October 18 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Lucas Krupinski - piano (Steinway Artist) JS Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 Frédéric Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 FREE ADMISSION Complimentary tickets are available from roghendy@gmail.com or from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth. (01395 514516). |
| Thursday October 22 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth, with Anthony Marwood - violin Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Adès: Märchentänze Sibelius: Symphony No.5 TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
| Thursday October 22 at 7.30 pm at The Gateway Theatre, Seaton. Stephen Beville - piano Stephen Beville: Shards and Shimmers (World Premiere and Seaton Music commission.) Diana Burrell: Constellations I & II Beethoven: Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier” Tickets £17.50 from Ticketsource |
| Saturday October 24 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church William Bracken - piano Bach: Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989 Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op.55 no.1 Scriabin: Poème in F-sharp major, Op.32 no.1 Scriabin: Piano Sonata no.5, Op.53 Fanny Mendelssohn: Easter Sonata in A major Liszt: Variations on Bach's Cantata no.12 (Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen), S.180 Tickets £20 from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth: tel. 01395 514516 or from ticketsource.com |
| Sunday November 1 at 4 pm at Topsham Methodist Church, EX3 0HE Divertimento String Quartet Arnold Bax: String Quartet no 1 Shostakovich: Two Pieces Max Bruch: String Quartet no 2 Tickets £20, Students £10, under 18s free, in advance from enquiries@divertimento.uk.com, 01803 863677 or at the door |
| Friday November 6 at 7.30 pm at St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Dinham, Exeter, EX4 4EB Dumnonii Consort: 8 part vocal ensemble Plainsong: Requiem aeternum Charles Villiers Stanford: Justorum animae Robert White: Christe, qui lux es et dies John Tavener: Funeral Ikos Edward Elgar: They are at rest Henry Ley: Evening Hymn of Charles I Philip Moore: Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Thomás Luis de Victoría: Officium defunctorum Tickets £21.25, students £9, u18s free online |
| Saturday November 7 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church The Paddington Trio: Tuulia Hero - violin, Patrick Moriarty - cello, Stephanie Tang - piano Ellen Lindquist: Shining Through Shostakovich: Trio no.2 in E minor, op.67 Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, op.50 Tickets £20 from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth: tel. 01395 514516 or from ticketsource.com |
| Friday November 13 at 8 pm at Exeter Cathedral Devon Philharmonic Orchestra, guest conductor Benjamin Voce Mahler: Symphony no. 6 Tickets £13 - £20 online |
| Saturday November 28 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Joel Munday - violin, Julian Trevelyan - piano Schubert: Sonata in A for violin and piano no.4 D574 "Grand Duo" Brahms: Violin Sonata no.2 in A major op.100 Brahms: Scherzo from "F.A.E" Sonata Bartók: Violin Sonata no.1, Sz.75 Tickets £20 from Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth: tel. 01395 514516 or from ticketsource.com |
| Thursday December 3 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth, with Olivia Boen - soprano Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Mahler: Symphony No.4 TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
| Thursday December 10 at 7.30 pm at The Gateway Theatre, Seaton. Red Priest Full Baroque programme of music by Antonio Vivaldi Johann Sebastian Bach Georg Frederick Handel Henry Purcell, Maurizo Cazzati, Diego Ortiz Georg Phillip Telemann Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer Tickets £25 from Ticketsource |
| Saturday December 12 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble Southwest, Roger Hendy MD Antony Clements leader Christmas Orchestral Concert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz Emmanuel Chabrier: España Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings - Waltz Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Op. 24 - Polonaise Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Op. 24 - Waltz Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite Arturo Martinez: Danźon No 2 Tickets £20 in advance at www.iscaensemble.org.uk or for collection at Paragon Books, 38 High Street, Sidmouth (01395 514516). Students free |
| Friday December 18 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with Joe Stilgoe - pianist and singer Last Night of the Christmas Proms F festive orchestral favourites and a first half of classic jazzy treats. TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
2027 |
| Thursday January 21 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth, with Boris Giltburg - piano Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1 Rachmaninov:Piano Concerto No.4 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite. TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
| Thursday February 4 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chloé Van Soeterstède, with Eva Gevorgyan - piano Nielsen: Helios Overture Grieg: Piano Concerto Adès: Dawn - Chacony for orchestra at any distance Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
| Thursday February 18 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexandre Bloch, with David Fray - piano Bernstein: Symphony No.2 'Age of Anxiety' Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Stravinsky: The Firebird (1919) TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
| Thursday March 18 at The Gateway Theatre, Seaton, EX12 2LE Neruda Quartet Programme will include Beethoven String Quartet op. 132; more to be announced. Tickets: £22.50 online Free for under 19s and full-time students. |
| Wednesday April 7 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter University Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pete Harrison Star Wars 50th Anniversary Music from the entire film saga since the original episode in 1977 TicKets £16 - £41 online; hello@bsorchestra.co.uk; 01202 669925 |
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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