Classics Galore!

Classics Galore!  

Tickets are now on sale for an autumn concert to raise money in support of people in the Okehampton area affected by cancer. 

Classics Galore! will be held at the University of Exeter Great Hall on  Saturday  November 9. It’s the seventh time Exeter’s very own night at the proms has been staged in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity. As well as providing superb entertainment, Classics has now raised nearly £90,000 for FORCE.  

This year’s concert will be particularly poignant as Dick Passmore, the event’s inspirational founder, died in February. Dick and his wife Posy organised the first Classics Galore! in 2007 and have been the driving force behind these concerts ever since. They have been held every two years and Dick was determined to reach his goal of raising a total of £100,000 for FORCE at this year’s concert.  

The profits from this year’s event will go towards funding the delivery of chemotherapy for cancer patients in Okehampton, Tiverton and Honiton. 

November’s concert will feature 200 top local musicians and singers and offers a wide selection of popular classical tunes for orchestra, choir and brass band under musical director Malcolm Matthews. A full orchestra will perform alongside the award-winning SW Comms Band from Lympstone and singers from Exeter’s St David’s Players and Ottery St Mary Choral Society. The evening culminates in a rousing Last Night of the Proms style finale, led by soprano soloist Penny Daw. 

The Terrace Bar of the Great Hall will be open for meals before the concert and a shuttle bus to and from the main car parks will be provided for patrons. 

For tickets, email evit@exeter.gov.uk or phone 01392 665885 or go to  www.classicsgalore.co.uk