St Nicholas Priory is hosting a New Year’s Eve concert featuring flautist trio Flute Cake on Sunday 31 December.
The programme will include music by Edvard Grieg and Camille Saint-Saëns plus Mozart, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.
The trio will also play film scores from Mary Poppins, the The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series.
Concert goers will be able to roam the building before the performance begins and during the interval, and are encouraged to dress up in smart casual clothing for the evening.
The priory undercroft will be converted into a bar area.
Flute Cake
Flute Cake is composed of flautists Sophie Brewer, Ruth Molins and Jennifer Campbell. They perform a repertoire of around 200 arrangements on piccolo, concert, alto and bass flutes.
Pieces include classical compositions and contemporary music from jazz, pop and film score genres.
They have performed at events including Budleigh Music Festival, Exeter Respect Festival and Bampton Charter Fair.
Sophie Brewer has played music since childhood and received scholarships to specialist music schools. She studied music at the University of Exeter and has an LCTL music diploma, accredited by Trinity College London.
She also performs with PianoFlaute and is principal flute for Exeter Symphony Orchestra.
Devon-born Ruth Molins is also a founding member of Zephyr Duo, Volo Trio, Marsyas Quartet and performs with A Quiet Night In.
She performed as a soloist with Exeter Symphony Orchestra in 2012 and 2015 and has been featured on Phonic FM, Soundart Radio, BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio 3.
She also teaches at Exeter School and elsewhere.
Jennifer Campbell is the arranger for Flute Cake and repairs instruments at Devon & Torbay Music Education Hubs.
She also plays the clarinet, saxophone and oboe.
St Nicholas Priory
Grade I listed St Nicholas Priory is Exeter’s oldest building. It was founded in 1087 by William of Normandy.
Following the dissolution of the monasteries its remaining buildings became a prominent Elizabethan town house.
It was subsequently subdivided into several smaller houses and business premises before being restored and becoming a museum in 1916.
The Flute Cake New Year’s Eve concert is at 7.30pm on Sunday 31 December 2023 at St Nicholas Priory. Doors open at 6.30pm.
Tickets cost £22 or £29.50 including a glass of prosecco. Guests can also pre-order drinks, snacks and sandwiches at additional cost.
For more information and to book visit the TicketSource website.
