Summer Concert: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with Devon Baroque Orchestra
Saturday 11 July 2026 at 7.30pm in Exeter Cathedral
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Contrepoint Vocal Ensemble
The Vespers is monumental in scale and requires separate choirs and seven soloists. Solo instrumental parts are written for violin and cornetto.
‘…polychoral textures, virtuoso vocal coloratura, madrigalian vocal polyphony and expressive solo monody and duets, together with some of the most ambitious instrumental music to date.’
Tickets £30/£21/£15, Half price for Universal Credit, students and children under 18 years.
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Choral Workshop: 'Come and Sing' Beethoven Mass in C Major
Choral Workshop: 'Come and Sing' Beethoven Mass in C Major, Op.86
Saturday 12 September 2026, 10am to 5pm, in The Mint Methodist Church, Fore St, Exeter EX4 3AT
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Accompanist Peter Adcock
Join Exeter Festival Chorus to sing this intensely emotional and profound sacred work in Beethoven’s 200th Anniversary year. Recognised as a masterpiece, it will be directed by Andrea Brown with a solo quartet from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and piano accompaniment by Peter Adcock. The day will end with a cameo performance for friends and family.
EFC will be performing both the Mass and Beethoven’s The Choral Fantasy with Southern Sinfonia in Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 12th June 2027. The workshop is an opportunity to consider joining us as either a singer or a member of the concert audience.
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