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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
| Friday November 23 at 7.30 pm at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter English Touring Opera cond. Jonathan Peter Kenny with Antiphon Choir, Schola Exe, St. Peter's Prep School Choir & Old Street Band Bach: St. Matthew Passion Tickets £12.50 - £28 (U26 half price) from Northcott Box Office 01392 726363 or online at Northcott |
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| Saturday November 24 at 7.30 pm at Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter Exeter Symphony Orchestra, conductor Brian Northcott, with Ross Knight - tuba Britten: Dances from Gloriana. Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E Flat Tickets £12 in advance, u18s £1, from ESO members; £15 online or on the door; www.exetersymphonyorchestra.co.uk |
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| Saturday November 24 from 10 am to 5 pm at Salvation Army Temple, 28 Friar’s Walk, Exeter EX2 4AY Exeter Bach Society Britten’s ‘Saint Nicolas’ - Choral Workshop, led by Esther Jones Workshop fee £20, or £18 if you bring your own score, u18s or students £5. Refreshments included. See EBS website www.exeterbachsociety.org. |
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Thursday November 29 at 7.30 pm at Sidholme Music room, Sidholme Hotel, Sidmouth |
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| Saturday December 1 at Sidwell Street Methodist Church, Exeter. Exeter Bach Society Choir & Orchetra, with Bramdean School Chapel Choir. Musical Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood, Leader: Anna Cockroft, Tenor: Andrew Henley, Baritone: Ben Tomlin, Horn: William Padfield Benjamin Britten: Cantata 'Saint Nicolas' Edward Elgar: The Snow Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. Tickets £15 on the door, £12.50 in advance, students half price, u16s free, from EBS website www.exeterbachsociety.org. |
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| Thursday December 6 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antonio Méndez, with Alexei Volodin - piano Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina Prelude Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams' Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Sunday December 9 at 2.30 pm in Exeter Cathedral Devon Baroque with the Exeter Cathedral Choir, conductor Timothy Noon Handel: Messiah Tickets £10 - £22 (u18s £5) from the Cathedral 01392 285983 |
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| Sunday December 9 at 7.30 pm
at The Great Hall, Dartington Dartington Community Choir, conductor Simon Capet Ryba Czech Christmas Mass Handel: Dixit Dominus Tickets £19; students and U16s £7.50 from Dartington Box Office 01803 847070 or online at www.dartington.org/whats-on |
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| Tuesday December 11 and Wednesday December 12 at 7.30 pm at Exeter Cathedral Exeter Philharmonic Choir, conductor Howard Ionascu, with Chaconne Brass and Milly Forest - soprano Carols in the Cathedral Tickets £12 - £20 (u18s £5) from 01392 278168 or 01392 665865 or online at www.exephil.org.uk |
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| Friday December 14 at 7.30 pm at Powderham Castle, Exeter EX6 8JQ The 8 voices of Powderham Consort & Divertimento Handel: Messiah Tickets: £ 16, Students £8 from www.musicinthecastle.co.uk Tel: 01626 890243 |
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| Saturday December 15 at 7.30 pm at Exeter Cathedral Exeter Festival Chorus & The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Lympstone, conductor Nigel Perrin, with guest artist Roderick Williams baritone Peace on Earth – The Armed Man (excerpts) Karl Jenkins • Goodall • Parry • Willcocks • Favourite Carols Tickets Nave £28, £23, £20 (reserved) Limited seating available in side aisles* £14 front, £7 rear (unreserved) *many with restricted view Students ££; Children (under-18 years) £1 Kid for a quid |
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| Wednesday December 19 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pete Harrison Last Night of the Christmas Proms Seasonal favourites including Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow Let it Snow, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year and much, much more! Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Sunday December 22 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble, conductor Roger Hendy, with Emmanuel Bach - violin, and Joel Munday - violin Handel : Water Music (excerpts) Bach : Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV 1043 Vivaldi : Violin Concerto for 2 violins in A minor Op 3 No 8 Corelli : 'Fatto per la Notte di Natale' - 'Christmas Concerto' Mozart : Symphony No 41 'Jupiter' K 551. Tickets £7.00 - £15.00 from 01395 514516 |
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| Wednesday January 2 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Rösner, with Fflyr Wyn - soprano New Year Johhann Strauss Gala Favourite Johann Strauss polkas and marches and famous Viennese waltzes including The Blue Danube. Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Saturday January 5 at 5 pm at St Nicholas Priory, Mint Lane, Exeter EX4
Queens in Baroque Opera Sam Baker - piano, Victoria Armillotta - soprano, Iryna Ilnytska - mezzo sop. Georg Friderick Handel Claudio Monteverdi Johann Adolph Hasse Giovanni Giacomelli & more Tickets: £10 on the door |
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| Friday January 18 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kirill Karabis, with Augustin Hadelich - violin Beethoven: Violin Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No.1 Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Sunday January 27 at 4 pm at St Margaret’s Church, Topsham Divertimento String Quartet - Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga - violins, Andrew Gillett - viola, Vicky Evans - cello Mozart, Britten, Debussy Tickets £12 on the door, £10 in advance from The Topsham Bookshop, 27 Fore St, Topsham 01392-877895, Under-18s free of charge |
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| Thursday January 31 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Clemens Schuldt, with Baibe Skride- violin Schumann: Manfred Overture Dvorak: Violin Concerto Brahms: Symphony No.2 Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Sunday February 2 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble, conductors Roger Hendy and Alfie Pugh, withChris Gradwell- alto sax, Andrew Daldorph - piano, Jim Rintoul - bass and Steve Douglas - drums Shostakovich: Second Jazz Suite popular pieces by Leroy Anderson, Eric Coates 'Knightsbridge Suite' and other composers. Newly commissioned work by Alfie Pugh 'Journey through the Feline Mind'. Tickets £7.00 - £15.00 from 01395 514516 |
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| Thursday February 21 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kees Bakels. with Ronald Brautigan - piano Mozart: Symphony No.26 Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Thursday March 14 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pete Harrison Williams v Zimmer: Battle of the Hollywood Giants Award-winning soundtracks of some of the most iconic films of all time include Star Wars, Gladiator, The Da Vinci Code, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter, Interstellar, ET, Batman Begins, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean, Superman and many, many more. Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Saturday March 16 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble, conductor Roger Hendy, with Jordan Black - clarinet Walton : Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Weber : Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Shostakovich : Symphony No 1 Tickets £7.00 - £15.00 from 01395 514516 |
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| Saturday March 16 at 7.30 pm at Exeter Cathedral Exeter Philharmonic Choir, conductor Howard Ionascu, with the London Mozart Players Haydn: Creation Tickets £14 - £22 from www.exephil.org.uk or by telephone from EPC tickets 01392 278168, at the box office Exeter Visitor Information Centre and Tickets, Dix’s Field 01392 665885 |
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| Saturday March 30 at 7.30 pm at Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter Exeter Symphony Orchestra Tickets £1 - £15 - details tba |
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| Saturday March 30 at 7 pm at Manor House, Old Town Street, Dawlish, EX7 9AP. Isca String Quartet: Antony Clements - violin, Trevor Taylor - violin, Roger Hendy - viola, Tirke Linnemann - cello, with Chris Gradwell - clarinet Haydn : String Quartet Op. 76 No. 1 Brahms : Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 Paul Reade : Prelude from the Victorian Kitchen Garden (arranged for clarinet quintet by Andrew Daldorph) All welcome. Tickets on the door or telephone 07828899722. |
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| Thursday April 11 at 7.30 pm at The Great Hall, Exeter Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jamie Phillips, with Denis Kozhukhin - piano Smetana: Vltava Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 Sibelius: Symphony No.1. Tickets £16 - £40 (u18s £1) from boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk, tel: 01392 726363 |
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| Saturday April 14 at 7.30 pm at St, Giles Church, 31 Fore Street, Sidbury, Sidmouth, EX10 0SD Isca String Quartet: Antony Clements - violin, Trevor Taylor - violin, Roger Hendy - viola, Tirke Linnemann - cello, with Chris Gradwell - clarinet Haydn : String Quartet Op. 76 No. 1 Brahms : Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 Paul Reade : Prelude from the Victorian Kitchen Garden (arranged for clarinet quintet by Andrew Daldorph) All welcome. Tickets £7 on the door include refreshments |
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| Saturday April 28 at 4pm at St. Margaret's Church, Topsham Divertimento String Quartet - Mary Eade, Lindsay Braga - violins, Andrew Gillett - viola, Vicky Evans - cello Mozart Oboe Quartet, Bruch, Beethoven Tickets £12 on the door, £10 in advance from The Topsham Bookshop, 27 Fore St, Topsham 01392-877895, Under-18s free of charge |
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| Saturday June 8 at 7.30 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Isca Ensemble, conductor Roger Hendy, with Luka Okros - piano Progamme will include Mozart: Piano Concerto ( t.b.d.) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4. Tickets £7.00 - £15.00 from 01395 514516 |
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| Sunday June 9 at 3 pm at Sidmouth Parish Church Luka Okros - piano Admission by ticket only - Tickets £7.00 - £15.00 from 01395 514516 |
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| July 12 - 20 at St Peter's Church on The Lawn and Temple Methodist Church, Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Music Festival - Classical Music on the Jurassic Coast 9 Evening Concerts including Soloists of the 12 Ensemble, Sansara, Pleyel Ensemble, Festival Orchestra, Trio Sitkovetsky, James Martin Bartlett, Elias Quartet and more, plus free lunchtime concerts with up-and-coming local musicians. For further information visit www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk in 2019 |
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| Saturday October 19 at 7.30 pm at Exeter Cathedral Isca Ensemble and Chorus, conductor Roger Hendy, with Exeter University Chapel Choir, The Maynard School Senior Chamber Choir, and solists Heloise West - soprano, Michael Graham - tenor, Tim Mirfin - bass Programme will include a Mozart Piano Concerto Tickets £12.00 - £25.00 from 01392 665885 |
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| Saturday November 30 at 7.30 pm at Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter Exeter Symphony Orchestra Tickets £1 - £15 from 01392 665700 - details tba |
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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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