Summer concert: A New Creation
Summer Concert: A New Creation
Saturday 12 July 2025 at 7.00pm in Exeter Cathedral.
*Please note this is an early start time.*
With Haydn’s The Creation and associated music by John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, John Ireland and more, devised by Andrea Brown.
In collaboration with Devon Music Education Hub A New Creation is an exciting opportunity for local school children to engage in music making with top professional musicians and Exeter Festival Chorus, one of the foremost choirs of the southwest region.
A programme that reminds us of the wonders of Nature and our collective environmental role within it.
Featuring:
Devon Youth Chamber Orchestra playing side by side with professional instrumentalists, providing them with a unique development and performance opportunity.
Devon Youth Choir and 200 local primary school children singing alongside the chorus as well as performing their own pieces themed on the natural world.
A specially commissioned fanfare will open the evening!
Penelope Appleyard-soprano
Michael Graham-tenor
Niall Anderson-bass
Conductor Andrea Brown
The venue has full disabled access with dedicated wheelchair spaces. Accompanying carers are eligible for a free ticket.
Running time approximately 1 hour 50 minutes plus a 20 minute interval. Interval refreshments are available.
Retiring collection for Eden Project, Cornwall.
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Adults £15-£30
Half price for Universal Credit, students and children under 18 years.
10% discount if you buy ten or more tickets.
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Next Season 2025-2026
'The 12 Days of Christmas’ Concert with Divertimento
Saturday 13 December 2025 at 7.30pm in St David's Church, Exeter
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Soloists (TBD)
Celebrating the main events of the Christmas season together through sacred and secular music and readings from western art and beyond. Northern Lights show, Christmas decorations, mulled wine and mince pies.
Tickets £20 (unreserved), Students/UC £5, Children (under 18 years) £1
10% discount for groups of 10+
Choral Workshop: 'Come and Sing' Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Saturday 17 January 2026, 10am to 5pm, in The Mint Methodist Church, Fore St, Exeter EX4 3AT
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Accompanist Peter Adcock
Price £22 (£10 for U18 and students), including coffee and cake.
Score hire £3 (with same day £10 returnable deposit).
Join EFC to sing this challenging and celebrated choral work by one of England's most famous composers. The day ends with a cameo performance to which friends and family are invited.
Concert with Mount Kelly Choral Society
Saturday 25 April 2026 at 7.30pm in Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square PL19 0AE
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Southern Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra (TBD)
Soloists (TBD)
A programme to open the 2026 Tavistock Festival.....
Tickets £20 (unreserved), Students/UC £5, Children (under 18 years) £1
10% discount for groups of 10+
Summer Concert: Monteverdi’sVespers of 1610 with Devon Baroque Orchestra
Saturday 11 July 2026 at 7.00pm in Exeter Cathedral
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Soloists from a renowned vocal ensemble - details to follow soon
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.
Family ticket offer coming soon.
