Concert Reviews
November 2017: Duruflé and Dvořák
Saturday 18 November 2017
Exeter Cathedral
The twinned cities of Exeter and Bad Homburg came together on Saturday evening for an excellent choral concert, given by the Exeter Festival Chorus and the Erlöserkirche Bachchor, directed by Nigel Perrin.
June 2017: David Fanshawe's African Sanctus
Sunday 25 June 2017
Exeter Phoenix
Africa can mean bright colours, and insistent drum beats with complex cross-rhythms.
April 2017: Heaven on Earth
Saturday 1 April 2017
St Peter's Parish Church, Budleigh Salterton
“Beautiful”, “stunning phrasing” and “amazing” were just some of the comments that my fellow audience members uttered at the end of this memorable concert.
December 2016: Christmas Oratorio
Saturday 3 December 2016
Exeter Cathedral
BACH'S CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS
J S Bach's six cantatas composed to celebrate Christmas in Leipzig in 1734 make a surprisingly satisfactory whole when presented as his Christmas Oratorio, the work the Exeter Festival Chorus chose to perform on 3 December in Exeter Cathedral as its contribution to the city's festive celebrations.
November 2016: From Darkness to Light
Saturday 12 November 2016
Crediton Parish Church
Gathering in Crediton Parish Church on the eve of Remembrance Sunday, Exeter Festival Chorus could not have presented a more poignant and appropriate evening of music.
July 2016: Wind in the Willows
Sunday 3 July, 2016.
Dartington Great Hall
How exciting and refreshing to hear rarely performed music sung with panache and assurance by the fine voices of the Exeter Festival Chorus, under the direction of Nigel Perrin.
February 2016: Rachmaninov Collaboration
Saturday 5 March 2016
Exeter Cathedral
LITURGY AND THEATRE MIX IN MUSIC
The smell of incense welcomed the audience to Exeter Cathedral
December 2015: I Got Gershwin
Saturday 5 December 2015
Great Hall, University of Exeter
Gershwin’s music inhabits a fluid space between classical and pop.
