Concerts

Next Concerts

Sunday 8th December, Exeter Cathedral, EX1 1HS, 2.30pm  (click for details)
Handel: Messiah with Exeter Cathedral Choir
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Sunday 23rd February 2025, St John’s Church, Totnes, 4pm. (to be confirmed) (click for details)
Music from the English Provinces

Handel: Messiah, with Exeter Cathedral Choir

Sunday 8th December – Exeter Cathedral, EX1 1HS, 2.30pm

The first known performance in Exeter devoted solely to selections from Messiah was given in Easter week 1777, directed (probably from the harpsichord) by the cathedral organist Richard Langdon in the hotel assembly room. It was not until 70 years later, in 1847, that the work was first performed in Exeter in its entirety by the Exeter Oratorio Society, conducted by Exeter violinist Michael Rice. The demand for tickets (top price 4 shillings) was so great that some offered a guinea each (i.e. about £70 today) to get admitted. The annual Christmastide performance of Handel’s best-loved masterpiece with the Choir of Exeter Cathedral is always popular, so book early!

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2025 is 25th Anniversary of Devon Baroque.

We will be celebrating this with a series of concerts of British Music: ‘Made in Britain’.

‘Music from the English Provinces’

Sunday 23rd February 2025 – St John’s Church, Totnes, 4pm

Besides starting in London with a Handel Concerto Grosso, we will be visiting Coventry, Birmingham , Durham and Newcastle with some exciting music. The concert will include solo concertos as well as ensemble works for the orchestra.

G. F. Handel Concerto Grosso op. 6 no. 11 in A major
Richard Mudge Concerto no. 2 in D minor
Walter Leigh Concertino for harpsichord and strings
John Garth Cello Concerto
D. Scarlatti Two Sonatas for harpsichord K.31 and K.9
Charles Avison Concerto no. 9 in C after D. Scarlatti
Capel Bond Concerto no. 2 in A major

Booking details to follow.