Haydn in Exmouth

Haydn’s splendid St Cecilia Mass will be the centrepiece of the next concert given by Exmouth Choral Society.

The Society will be performing at Holy Trinity Church, Rolle Street, Exmouth on Saturday 25 April 2009 at 7.30 pm under their inspiring conductor Brian Northcott.


Soloists include Bethany Partridge (soprano), Harriet Gibson (contralto), Michael Gormley (tenor), Michael Vian Clarke (bass). The orchestra will be led by Gillian Crew.

J S Bach’s Suite No. 1 in C is also being performed.

Above: Franz Joseph Haydn 1732-1809

Haydn’s St Cecilia Mass, also known as the Cäcilienmesse or the Missa Cellensis, is the lengthiest and most ambitious of the composer’s Masses. The elaborate orchestration, using ceremonial trumpets and timpani, led many to believe that the Mass had been written at a later period in his life until the chance discovery in Romania of an autographed manuscript of the Kyrie dated 1766. The date of the first performance of the work, is however unknown.


Tickets in advance cost £9 (adult) £5 (young person) and £18. (family), obtainable from Premier (Rolle Street) and Cabin News (The Parade) in Exmouth, and The Lawn Bakery in Budleigh Salterton; or ring 01395 275188.

The cost at the door is £12 (adult), £8 (young person), £24 (family).

Above: Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth