EXETER Festival Chorus will present a concert entitled "From Darkness to Light, Voices on War and Reconciliation" with Abbey Brass, in Crediton Parish Church on Saturday, November 12.

The renowned choir, with musical director Nigel Perrin, perform in the South West and overseas and will be led for the Crediton concert by guest conductor, Andrew Millington.

The programme will open with "Futility", by the World War One poet, Wilfred Owen, and set to music by Marion Wood, former Director of Music at Exeter University.

Then will follow Purcell’s "Funeral Sentences", composed in 1695, for the funeral ceremony of Queen Mary II, which are recognised as some of his most sublime music.

The main work will be Jonathan Willcocks’ "From Darkness to Light", a requiem taking its text from the Latin mass in juxtaposition with the modern poetry of US Korean War veteran Ryland Baldwin.

The concert will begin at 7.30pm.

Tickets are priced at £16 (unreserved) and can be booked online at: www.exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk .

There are no booking fees.

Tickets can also be booked by telephone at TicketSource on 0333 666 3366.

Tickets are also available in person (with cash or cheque only) from A E Lee Outfitters, 17 High Street, Crediton or Crediton Community Bookshop, 21 High Street, Crediton.

Alan Quick