It is with great gratitude and affection, as well as much sadness, that we record the enormous contribution of Brian Northcott to Exeter Symphony Orchestra over his fourteen years as…
Q Tea or Coffee? A Coffee Q Most Memorable Performance (to date)? A Impossible to say! Sometimes something happens musically and that stays forever with me, so it’s more about…
A 60 Seconds Quick Fire Q&A with ESO Conductor Arturo Serna
Q.What was your 1st Musical Instrument? A: Cello Q. Who is your Musical Hero? A: There are so many amazing musicians I admire! But I'll go with Rostropovich for cello…
July 2021 saw the ESO venture out, literally and figuratively to perform outdoors in the grounds of Poltimore House on a damp and cloudy Saturday afternoon. After 18 months of…
Massive thanks to all who made our Winter Concert such a huge success. The orchestra was in sparkling form under the batons of our new(ish!) conductor, Arturo Serna and our…
We asked Ross Knight, the fine Tuba soloist for our November concert, a few questions about his Musical life (and a few other things too...) ESO: Why the Tuba? RK: I started…
We are pleased to announce that Arturo Serna has been appointed as our new Musical Director as of January 2020. Brian is due to retire following the November concert, after…
VIOLINS, LIBRARIANS, JAZZ AND NEARLY FALLING IN A RIVER
Next up In our occasional 'meet the orchestra' series, we speak to Julia Iddon... WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOU PLAY, AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IT? I play the violin. I…
THE GOLDEN ISLAND – SONGS AND DANCES FROM S.E. ASIA AND BEYOND
The canon of indigenous music to be found in South East Asia is enormous and immensely diverse. Twenty-three years of living there brought me into contact with a wonderfully rich…
