Classical Journey: Concerts in Exeter and Devon: 2026

David Acres
Counterpoint Choir
1,000 Years of Sacred Choral Music
Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 27 June

Glenorchy Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exeter

Saturday 20 June 2.30pm

SUMMERTIME SPECIAL CONCERT

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Tim Laurence-Othen

Tickets: £8

Proceeds to Glenorchy 2026 Mission Partners

Exeter Hospice

Devon Freewheelers (Blood Bikes)

Rehoboth Community in Zimbabwe

Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Southernhay Church Exeter

Saturday 20 June 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERT

Conductor: Michael Graham

Leader: Colin Albery

Jean Sibelius: 'En Saga' (1892)

Malcolm Arnold: Overture Op. 51 (1955)

(Robert Burns: 'Tam O'Shanter' 1790)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony V (1943)

Tickets: £10 (student/U16 £5)

Family Ticket (2+2): £25

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Kenton Koncerts

All Saints Church Kenton

Saturday 27 June 11.45am

'CLAIRE DE LUNE et PASSION'

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Piano: Tim Laurence-Othen

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson et Dalila'

"Printemps, qui Commence"

Claude Debussy: 'Suite Bergamasque'

(3rd Movement: 'Claire de Lune')

Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson et Dalila'

("Mon Coeur s'Ouvre à ta Voix")

Georges Bizet: 'Carmen' ('Sequidille')

Admission: FREE

Counterpoint Choir

Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 27 June 7.30pm
A THOUSAND YEARS OF
SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

Musical Director: David Acres
Hildegard von Bingen: "O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti"

("O Fire of the Spirit, the Comforter")
Heinrich Isaac: 'Virgo Prudentissima' (part 1)

("Quo progrederis quasi aurora valde rutilans?"

- "Where are you going, glowing brightly as the dawn?") Juan Gutierrez de Padilla: "Deus in adiutorium meum intende"

(Psalm 70: "O God come to my assistance.") . . . . . . . ."Circumdederunt me dolores mortis"

(Psalm 114: "The sorrows of death have surrounded me." Thomas Tomkins: "O sing unto the Lord" Robert Lucas Pearsall: "Tu es Petrus"

("You are Peter, [and upon this rock I will build my Church].") Sergei Rachmaninov: "богородице дево"

(All Night Vigil 1916: "Rejoice, O Virgin.") Jonathan Spilman: "Flow gently sweet Afton"

(Transylvania 1837 arrangement of Robert Burns' poem 1791) [in honour of Mary O’Shea Hayward]
C. Rand Matheson: "Be still my soul" (arrangement of Jean Sibelius' 'Finlandia')
Bob Chilcott: "Were you there?" Graham Keitch: "O God, whose hand hath spread the sky" Joanna L’Estrange: "Drop, Drop Slow Tears" Dan Forrest: "Good Night Dear Heart" Ivo Antognini: "O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum"

(Christmas Matins: "O great mystery and wonderful sacrament")

[that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!] Owain Park: "Here is the little door"

(Frances Chesterton 1918: adoration of the magi) Native American Melody: "Darkness Falls" (Text and edition: David Acres) Michael John Trotta: "Ubi Caritas et Amor, Deus ibi est"

(Paulinus Aquileia AD796: "Where Charity and Love are, There God is.") Eric Whitacre: 'Sleep'

Tickets: £15

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Exeter Chamber Choir

Crediton Parish Church

Sunday 28 June 3pm

'THE GOLDEN HOURS'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Piano: Alex Wilson

James MacMillan: "O Radiant Dawn"

Eric Whitacre: 'Water Night'

Jeremy Rawson: 'Early One Morning'

PIANO INTERLUDE

Stephen Paulus: 'The Road Home'

. . . . . "The Day is Done"

Andrew Daldorph: 4 Summer Songs

'In the Morning'

'The Heat of the Day'

'The Warmth of the Evening'

'The Calmness of Night'

Andrew Daldoph: Arrangements

"As Time Goes By"

"The Way You Look Tonight"

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Tickets: £12 (student/child FREE)

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Exeter Chamber Choir

St Margaret's Church Topsham

Tuesday 30 June 7.30pm