Ex Cathedra

I’ve been to a few Ex Cathedra concerts — their Christmas music by candlelight is enough to melt the hardest of hearts and the summer vespers is a lovely way to see in the Solstice — and best of all they are BIRMINGHAM BASED so all the more reason to be proud of them.
It annoys me that Birmingham has such a bad reputation for art and culture and that– I’ve spoken to lots of people about their impressions of the city and it’s the usual spaghetti junction/​Jasper Carrot/​UB40/​concrete/​tower-​blocks thing — this would be justified I guess if we were talking about Birmingham circa 1982, but these days we have a lot to be boastful about. And some of that includes spaghetti junction and concrete (I draw the line at Jasper Carrot I’m afraid) but it also includes organisations like this — critically acclaimed, internationally renowned and unique.
See also Birmingham Opera for more of the same.

Ex Cathedra never put a foot wrong. Or indeed sing a note wrong, as the case may be. One of the UK’s finest early music choirs, they are a supremely gifted bunch — only a smallish choir, but always bringing out the complexity, textures and cadences of beautiful music.
As far as cultural gems are concerned, Ex Cathedra are certainly a jewel in Birmingham’s artistic crown: they’re critically acclaimed, always creative and always deliver immaculate performances. Early music might not be to everyone’s taste, but if it is your thing, it doesn’t get much better than this.