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Audience of a thousand enjoys Christmas music

The National Trust Christmas Concert in Exeter Cathedral last Friday evening got the festive season off to a flying start.

A packed cathedral heard performances by the Symphony Orchestra (Vaughan Williams’ Seventeen Come Sunday) and Chamber Orchestra (a duet from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio) the Middle School, Chamber and Senior Choirs, the Brass Ensemble and several solos, including a Bach ‘cello piece by Michael Dawson, an excerpt from Don Giovanni, played by the Chamber Orchestra and sung by Noah Mosley with Ben Lee on mandolin, and a trio of Partridge sisters sang Rutter’s Christmas Lullaby.

The various ensembles were directed by Liz Williams, Brian Moore, Julian Sutton and Simon Foxall, and the organist and accompanist was Andrew Daldorph.

The concert was enormously enjoyed by over 1000 people, who joined with choirs and orchestras to sing three carols.