Exeter Philharmonic Choir

Choir raises over £4,000 for Exeter homeless charity

Members of Exeter Philharmonic Choir visited St Petrock's this week to present a cheque worth £4,086 to the charity which provides support, housing and prevention services for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed

The money was raised over two consecutive nights in December in the retiring collection at Exeter Cathedral following the Choir's annual carol services.

Mel Hartley, Project Manager at St. Petrock's, said: "We are extremely grateful for Exeter Philharmonic Choir's support. which will help us to meet some of the challenges we face as we continue to fill gaps...

Haydn Creation with the London Mozart Players

Event Date: 
16/03/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

A world-famous chamber orchestra with a 70-year musical pedigree joins Exeter Philharmonic Choir for one night only for an unmissable performance of The Creation.

Exeter Philharmonic Choir, the city’s oldest choral ensemble, will be performing alongside the UK’s longest-established chamber orchestra, The London Mozart Players, which celebrates its 70th anniversary season in 2019.

The two distinguished musical ensembles will come together to perform Haydn’s masterpiece for a special Lord Mayor’s Concert.

The audience at Exeter Cathedral will also be treated to...

Cathedral will resonate to a double chorus and 15 wind instruments for Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s November concert

No fewer than 15 professional wind players, all recent graduates from London’s world-renowned Royal Academy of Music, will join Exeter Philharmonic Choir on 10th November to perform in Bruckner’s splendid Mass in E minor at Exeter Cathedral.

The work has an interesting scoring - double choir accompanied by flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, and trombone - guaranteed to produce a rich sonority in the superb acoustics of the Cathedral.

The second half of the concert will be a performance of the ever-popular Requiem by John Rutter, featuring critically-acclaimed soprano...

Bruckner Mass in E minor and Rutter Requiem with soprano Amy Carson

Event Date: 
10/11/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Philharmonic Choir's 2018-19 season begins at Exeter Cathedral with Bruckner 'Mass in E minor' and Rutter 'Requiem' with soprano Amy Carson. A double choir and 15 wind instruments will produce a rich sound in the Cathedral's superb acoustics. The instrumentalists are all recent graduates from the world-renowned Royal Academy of Music in London, now forging careers as professional musicians.

The second half of concert will be a performance of the ever-popular Requiem by John Rutter, featuring soprano Amy Carson. Amy Carson is a critically acclaimed, versatile singer who...

Bruckner Mass in E minor and Rutter Requiem with soprano Amy Carson

Event Date: 
10/11/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Philharmonic Choir's 2018-19 season begins at Exeter Cathedral with Bruckner 'Mass in E minor' and Rutter 'Requiem' with soprano Amy Carson. A double hoir and 15 wind instruments will produce a rich sound in the Cathedral's superb acoustics. The instrumentalists are all recent graduates from the world-renowned Royal Academy of Music in London, now forging careers as professional musicians.

The second half of concert will be a performance of the ever-popular Requiem by John Rutter, featuring soprano Amy Carson. Amy Carson is a critically acclaimed, versatile singer who...

Exeter musician's return to conducting for charity concert in aid of Unicef

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Wed, 09/26/2018 - 11:32am

A well-known Exeter musician is set to conduct again at the end of September for a special charity concert in the city centre in aid of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund. Raymond Calcraft, who was Director of Exeter Philharmonic Choir for fifteen years from 1988 to 2003, led the Choir in more than 80 concerts in the Cathedral, and took them to Spain in 1998 to sing in Madrid's famous Auditorio Nacional and the Cathedral of Salamanca. He also brought the English Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras to Exeter to perform with the Choir.

Raymond says, "It was extremely...

Exeter musician's return to conducting for charity concert in aid of Unicef

A well-known Exeter musician is set to take up his baton again after a fifteen-year break in conducting for a special charity concert in aid of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund.

Raymond Calcraft, a lifelong Unicef supporter, was Director of Exeter Philharmonic Choir for fifteen years from 1988 to 2003. He led the Choir in more than 80 concerts in Exeter Cathedral and took them to Spain in 1998 to sing in Madrid's famous Auditorio Nacional and the Cathedral of Salamanca.

"It was extremely sad to have to give up my conducting career in 2003, when I became quite...

Bulgarian singing star on flying visit to Exeter for charity concert in aid of Unicef

Event Date: 
29/09/2018 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Southernhay United Reformed Church, Exeter

A rising star of the operatic world, Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Svetlina Stoyanova, will be coming to Exeter at the end of the month to take part in a special charity concert in aid of UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund.

Currently singing in Vienna at the famous State Opera, Svetlina will be flying to Exeter for just thirty-six hours to take part in the concert at Southernhay United Reformed Church on Saturday 29th September.

Svetlina, who won the prestigious New Voices international singing competition in Berlin last year, has performed in opera and concerts...

Exeter Philharmonic Choir shines the spotlight on five talented young soloists in Lord Mayor’s Concert

Five outstanding young soloists, who have already had considerable success, will be joining Exeter Philharmonic Choir for the Lord Mayor’s Concert, Mozart Requiem, on March 10th.

The Choir is excited to welcome vocalists Natalya Romaniw, Oliver Johnston, Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Tristan Hambleton whose voices are sure to excite individually and together as a quartet. The talented singers will be joining more than one hundred members of Exeter Philharmonic Choir to perform Mozart’s Requiem, one of the most cherished and well-known works in the choral repertoire. The programme...

Carols in the Cathedral

Event Date: 
12/12/2017 - 7:30pm to 13/12/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Philharmonic Choir brings an early note of Christmas cheer to Exeter Cathedral - a repertoire of carols performed with Exeter Brass and Devon County Junior Choir.

Over two evenings, the Choir will provide the essential soundtrack to the Christmas festivities.

Conducted by Howard Ionascu, with a retiring collection in support of Farms for City Children.

"Carols in the Cathedral" is kindly supported by sponsors Clinton Devon Estates, Everys Solicitors and Renaissance Villages.

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