EX CATHEDRA CONCERT DIARY

Ex Cathedra presents a season of concerts in Birmingham and London and is delighted to receive invitations to festivals and concert series across the UK and Europe.


Friday 3rd September 2010

Paul Hamlyn Hall, 8pm

Earthrise

Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore - conductor
Joanna MacGregor - piano

We are delighted to be making our debut at the Royal Opera House to give the opening concert of the 2010 Deloitte Ignite festival, curated this year by Joanna MacGregor. This will...READ MORE


Saturday 11th September 2010

Town Hall, Birmingham, 12pm

ArtsFest - a FREE concert

Ex Cathedra Choir
Ex Cathedra Academies of Vocal Music
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Join us for a FREE taster of our forthcoming season. Lasting 45 minutes, you will hear a selection of the music we are performing in our 2010-11 season, a...READ MORE


Saturday 18th September 2010

Town Hall, Birmingham, 5.30pm

Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius

Ex Cathedra XL Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Jeffrey Skidmore – conductor
Anna Stephany – mezzo soprano
Adrian Thompson – tenor
Roderick Williams – bass

Ex Cathedra and the OAE reprise their critically-acclaimed period pe...READ MORE


Saturday 25th September 2010

Cathédrale de Châlons-en-Champagne, 8.30pm

Le couronnement du Roi Georges II

Ex Cathedra Choir
L’Academie Sainte-Cécile
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Ex Cathedra and L’Academie Sainte-Cécile (dir. Philippe Couvert) join forces for the first time, to recreate the Coronation of King George II, as it would hav...READ MORE


Thursday 14th October 2010

St James the Greater, Leicester, 7.30pm

Monteverdi Vespers (1610)

Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Join us to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of the greatest works in the history of music. With sparkling solos, and both vocal and instrum...READ MORE


Saturday 16th October 2010

Cadogan Hall, London, 7.30pm

Monteverdi Vespers (1610)

Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Join us to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of the greatest works in the history of music. With sparkling solos, and both vocal and instrum...READ MORE


Sunday 17th October 2010 - SEASON CONCERT

Town Hall, Birmingham, 4pm

Monteverdi Vespers (1610) - LIMITED AVAILABILITY

Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Join us to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of the greatest works in the history of music. With sparkling solos, and both vocal and instrum...READ MORE


Thursday 28th October 2010

Malvern Theatres, 7.30pm

Monteverdi Vespers (1610)

Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Join us to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of the greatest works in the history of music. With sparkling solos, and both vocal and instrum...READ MORE


Tuesday 7th December 2010

St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoire, and is broken only by a...READ MORE


Sunday 12th December 2010 - SEASON CONCERT

Town Hall, Birmingham, 4pm

Bach, Christmas Oratorio

Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Orchestra
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

Bach’s Christmas ‘Oratorio’ is perhaps the most confident and optimistic statement of Christian belief in the whole choral repertoire. Actually a sequence of cantatas for Chr...READ MORE


Monday 13th December 2010

Birmingham Cathedral, 6pm

Sankta Lucia Service: Swedish Festival of Light

Ex Cathedra Academy of Vocal Music
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor
Andrew Fletcher - Organ

Join us for this FREE Sankta Lucia Swedish Festival of Light service at St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham....READ MORE


Tuesday 14th December 2010

St John’s Church, Hagley, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoire, and is broken only by an...READ MORE


Thursday 16th December 2010

St John’s, Smith Square, London, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor
Frances Kelly - Harp

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoire, an...READ MORE


Saturday 18th December 2010 - SEASON CONCERT

St Paul’s Church, Birmingham, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor
Andrew Fletcher - Organ

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoire,...READ MORE


Monday 20th December 2010 - SEASON CONCERT

St Paul’s Church, Birmingham, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor
Andrew Fletcher - Organ

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoi...READ MORE


Tuesday 21st December 2010 - SEASON CONCERT

St Paul’s Church, Birmingham, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor
Andrew Fletcher - Organ

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoire,...READ MORE


Wednesday 22nd December 2010 - SEASON CONCERT

St Paul’s Church, Birmingham, 7.30pm

Christmas Music by Candlelight

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor
Andrew Fletcher - Organ

These popular concerts have a very special atmosphere. A stream of music moves seamlessly from seasonal favourites to rare, rediscovered, foreign and contemporary repertoire,...READ MORE


Saturday 22nd January 2011 - SEASON CONCERT

Town Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm

Harmonic Spiritual Theatre

Ex Cathedra Choir & Continuo
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

This concert explores the beginnings of oratorio with sumptuous works by Carissimi and Charpentier, a selection of Monteverdi’s madrigals ‘made spiritual’, Bouzignac’s ‘dialogue ...READ MORE


Saturday 26th February 2011 - SEASON CONCERT

Town Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm

Peace on Earth

Ex Cathedra Choir, XL Choir, Consort
& Academy of Vocal Music
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

To celebrate Jeffrey Skidmore’s 60th birthday, this programme includes some of his favourite pieces from the 20th century. It takes us from the anguished...READ MORE


Friday 22nd April 2011 - SEASON CONCERT

Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2pm

Bach, St Matthew Passion

Ex Cathedra Choir, Academy of Vocal Music, & Baroque Orchestra
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

We are delighted to be giving the traditional Good Friday performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion as it returns to Symphony Hall. This is one of ...READ MORE


Wednesday 15th June 2011 - SEASON CONCERT

The Oratory, Birmingham, 9pm

Vespers from the Golden Age of Spain

Ex Cathedra Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore - Conductor

The Siglo de Oro, or Golden Age of Spain gave us some of the world’s finest art. It is a period which encompassed career of Tomás Luis de Victoria, perhaps the greatest of all Iberian composers. To...READ MORE