Journey to the Moon: The Candlelight Concert

Join Exeter Cathedral Choir for an immersive musical journey beneath Luke Jerram’s famous lunar installation.

Journey beyond the earthly, as you follow the choir and travel through Exeter Cathedral while they perform various pieces of music with a celestial theme. Programme to include music from Elgar, Parry, Purcell and Bruckner.

Audience members are invited to bring cushions, camping chairs, blankets, or other items to sit on throughout the performance. Allocated seating will not be provided, as the concert will travel through the building.

Programme: Locus iste – Anton Bruckner Urbs Ierusalem beata – Plainsong Blessed City – Edward Bairsow Dum silentium tenerent omnia – Guillaume Bouzignac In Paradisum – Jean-Yves Daniel-Lessur (Organ only) I was glad – Henry Purcell My soul, there is a country – C.H.H. Parry Justus ut palma – Colin Mawby

Interval

Apparation de L’Eglise éternelle – Olivier Messiaen (Organ only) Vidi aquam – Plainsong Bring us O Lord God – William Harris An habitation of thy love – Nico Muhly Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes – Heinrich Schütz Great is the Lord – Edward Elgar