Live Concerts to be given by "Making Music" Member Organisations within the Yorkshire and Humber area
Use this page to (for example) find an orchestral concert, find an instrumental concert, find a symphony concert, find a choral society or choir concert, find an oratorio performance, find a classical concert, find a chamber concert, find a recital of any kind, find a "bring and sing", "come and sing" or "come and play" event, etc. etc in the YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER (formerly Humberside) area
NB. Please check dates and times - as these may have changed since publication.
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2008 May June July August
May 2008
3rd - HARROGATE. The Royal Hall, 7.30 p.m. Mendelssohn - Elijah Harrogate Choral Society; Chameleon Arts Orchestra; William Dutton, Treble; Claire Rutter, Soprano; Gaynore Keeble, Mezzo Soprano; Joshua Ellicott, Tenor; Stephen Gadd, Bass; Verse & Chorus, Semi Chorus; Andrew Padmore, Conductor. Tickets £15 with £1 discount for over 60s, students and unwaged; also half price for under 16s and free for under 6s from Gill Crowther, tel 01423 817885 or the Box Office 0845 130 8840
3rd - GIGGLESWICK. Giggleswick School Chapel. 7.30pm. The Langcliffe Singers Conductor: Tricia Rees-Jones. Vivaldi: Gloria; Duruflé: Requiem Rachel Harrison (sop); Wai Yin Li (mezzo); Richard Strivens (baritone). The Langcliffe Chamber Ensemble. David Arkell (organ). £9
*9th to 17th - SHEFFIELD - Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1. Music In The Round: "SILVER May Festival". Ensemble 360 & Friends celebrate 25 years of the May Festival, from Mozart to Messiaen, Purcell to Piazzolla and 999 Years of Music to 20th Century, as well as the world premiere of a commission for Ensemble 360 by Welsh composer Huw Watkins. More information on 0114 281 4660 or info@musicintheround.co.uk . Box Office: Sheffield Theatres Box Office, Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2DA. 0114 249 6000. Silver Festival Ticket: Buy tickets for all the festival and save over 15%. *Individual concerts are listed below*.
*9th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 7.45pm. SCHUBERT & BRAHMS. Ensemble 360. SCHUBERT Introduction & Variations on Trockne Blumen D.802, BRAHMS Horn Trio in E flat Op.40, SCHUBERT Octet in F D.803 Sponsored by Kate & David Dugdale. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
10th - SHEFFIELD. Ecclesall Parish Church. 7.30pm. Hallam Sinfonia. Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa. Borodin - Prince Igor Overture Khatchaturian - Violin Concerto Soloist: Marat Bisengaliev Sibelius- Symphony No. 1.
*10th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. TWENTIETH CENTURY. Ensemble 360 & Claudia Ajmone-Marsan. BERIO Opus Number Zoo, BRITTEN Three Divertimenti, ELGAR Falstaff: Symphonic Study in C minor Op.68 (Arr. Nicolas Charron). Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*10th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 6.15pm. Talk with Huw Watkins & Peter Cropper. Huw Watkins, in conversation with Peter Cropper, gives a fascinating insight into composing for Ensemble 360 in his new piece, to be given its world première tonight. Tickets: £2 / FREE to Friends of MitR.
*10th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 7.45pm. THE ENGLISH TRADITION. Ensemble 360. ARNOLD Sea Shanties Op.4, WATKINS New Work WORLD PREMIÈRE, ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84. Sponsored by Alan and Ellen Reid. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*11th - SHEFFIELD, Weston Park Museum (near University). 11am – 3pm. Music in the Community Day. Ensemble 360, along with the MitC team and performers from the festival lead a musical tour of the museum, with informal performances, interactive workshop activities and improvisation sessions. Sponsored by Hammerson plc and funded by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust. In collaboration with Sheffield Galleries and Museums. FREE entry on the door at Weston Park.
*12th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. BEETHOVEN & HIS CONTEMPORARIES. Ensemble 360. BEETHOVEN Serenade in D Op.25. WEBER Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op.34 Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*12th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 7.45pm. RUSSIAN. Ensemble 360, Robin Ireland & David Waterman. PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew Themes in C minor Op.34. SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for Viola & Piano Op.147. TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence in D Op.70. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*13th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. MOZART. Benjamin Frith. Sonata in F K.280. Fantasia in C minor K.396. Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je maman K.265. Sonata in A minor K.310. Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*13th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 6.15pm. Talk with Peter Cropper, Peter Hill and Ensemble: The Past, Present & Future. Peter Cropper, Peter Hill, Tim Horton and Matthew Hunt reminisce and tell stories of Music in the Round’s past, whilst looking forward to an exciting future. Tickets: £2 / FREE to Friends of MitR.
*13th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel.Tuesday 13 May, 7.45pm. SCHUBERT. Elias Quartet & Friends. Sonatina in G minor D.408. Fantasie in F minor D.940. String Quintet in C D.956. Sponsored by Alastair Fretwell-Downing. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*14th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. HAYDN Elias Quartet. HAYDN The Seven Last Words Op.51. Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*14th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 7.45pm. CZECH. Navarra Quartet & Laurène Durantel. The Navarra Quartet are "the most wonderful group of musicians, [they] really touched my heart". DVOŘÁK Quartet in G Op.106. SUK Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn St Wenceslas Op.35a. DVOŘÁK String Quintet in G Op.77. Sponsored by Eva Wilkinson. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*15th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. HAYDN & HUNGARY. Navarra Quartet. HAYDN Quartet in B flat Op.76 No.4 Sunrise. BARTÓK Quartet No.3 BB.93. Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*15th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel.Thursday 15 May, 7.45pm. ROMANTIC. Ensemble 360. MENDELSSOHN Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in E flat. BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor Op.114. SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44. Sponsored by Race Cottam Associates. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*16th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. BACH & MOZART. Highly Strung & Friends. MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor K.546. BACH Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV.1043. BACH Brandenburg Concerto in G BWV.1048. Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Concs. / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*16th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 7.45pm. 999 YEARS OF MUSIC. Ensemble 360. PURCELL Two Fantasias. MOZART Quartet in C K.465 Dissonance. PIAZZOLLA Tango Oblivion. MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time. Sponsored by Maurice & Sheila Millward. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
*17th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 11.15am. Talk with Peter Cropper & Tim Horton: Violin versus Piano? Peter Cropper & Tim Horton discuss the challenges of performing the much-celebrated and virtuosic Kreutzer Sonata. Tickets: £2 / FREE to Friends of MitR.
*17th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 12.45pm. BEETHOVEN. Ensemble 360 & Peter Cropper. Quintet for Piano & Wind in E flat Op.16. Trio for Piano, Clarinet & Cello in B flat Op.11 Gassenhauer. Violin Sonata in A Op.47 Kreutzer. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students. Please note this is a full-length concert with an interval.
*17th - SHEFFIELD, Upper Chapel. 7.45pm. AUDIENCE CHOICE. Ensemble 360. MOZART Oboe Quartet in F K.370. BARBER Adagio for Strings Op.11. MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A K.581. DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Op.81. Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Concs / £3 Under 18s & Students.
17th - THIRSK. St Mary's Church, 7.30pm. North Yorkshire Chorus. Fauré Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine; Parry Blest Pair of Sirens; Elgar Give unto the Lord; Schubert Mass in G Conductor Greg Smith Organist Andrew Christer.
17th - LEEDS Town Hall, 7.30pm. ELGAR: The Music Makers; PROKOFIEV: Alexander Nevsky. Sara Fulgoni (mezzo), Leeds Festival Chorus, Leeds Philharmonic Society, BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Wright. Tickets: £14, £18, £22.50, £24.00, £27.50 with usual concessions from members of the choruses or City Centre Box Office: tel 0113 224 3801. Leeds International
Concert Season
24th - SHEFFIELD: St John's Ranmoor, 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm). The Yorkshire Wind Orchestra will be performing the Grand Finale Concert as part of the May Music Festival, including Martin Ellerby's Dreamscapes, Bacchus on Blue Ridge by Joseph Horovitz, Percy Grainger’s Children March and more! Tickets - £8 (£4 students and senior citizens) - accompanied under 16's will be admitted for free. Tickets are available in advance from our website www.yorkshirewinds.co.uk and on the day (subject to availability).
24th - ILKLEY. All Saints' Parish Church. 7.30pm. The Langcliffe Singers Conductor: Tricia Rees-Jones. Vivaldi: Gloria; Duruflé: Requiem. Rachel Harrison (sop); Wai Yin Li (mezzo); Richard Strivens (baritone) The Langcliffe Chamber Ensemble. £10.
29th - SHEFFIELD City Hall. 7.30pm. Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Elgar: The Music Makers. Part of a concert which includes orchestra works played by the Halle Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins.
June 2008
7th - LEEDS. Leeds Town Hall, 7.30pm. Yorkshire Voices (incorporating Harrogate Choral Society, Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir and Leeds Met Singers). Verdi Requiem. Manchester Camerata. Lynne Dawson, Soprano. Gaynor Keeble, Mezzo Soprano. Bonaventura Bottone, Tenor. Ben Davies, Bass. Andrew Padmore, Conductor Ticket prices from £13 to £27.50 on sale from Leeds Town Hall Box Office Telephone: 0113 224 3801 or Email: boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk Ticket discounts include £1.50 off for students, over 60s, unwaged and under 18s.
7th - SHEFFIELD Cathedral. 7.30pm. Sheffield Bach Society. Stabat Mater (Haydn).
12th - HALIFAX, Square Chapel Centre for the Arts 7.30pm. Music In The Round. Ensemble 360. MOZART String Quartet in C K.456 The Dissonance, CHOPIN Scherzo No.2 Op.31 in B flat minor, SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A D.667 The Trout Tickets: £11 / £9 concs. / £3 (14-24s). Box Office: 01422 349422
14th - ROTHERHAM, Wentworth Church 7.30pm. Music In The Round. Ensemble 360. SCHUBERT Nocturne, FINZI Interlude for oboe and strings, POULENC Sonata for oboe and piano, SCHUBERT Impromptus, MOZART String Quartet in C K.456 The Dissonance. Tickets: £10 / £8 concs. / £3 under 16s. Box Office: 01709 823621
14th - LEEDS. Great Hall, Leeds University. 7.30pm. Sinfonia of Leeds. Conductor: David Greed. Soloists: David Aspin (violin). Dvorak: The Wood Dove Bartok: Viola Concerto. Composer TBA: Winner Sinfonia’s Yorkshire Composers Competition. Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) from the City Centre Box Office, The Carriageworks (0113 224 3801), Gateway Yorkshire, Leeds TIC (0113 242 5242) or on the door.
14th - HUDDERSFIELD. St Paul's Church, Armitage Bridge. 7.30pm. Huddersfield Singers Summer Concert - Ode to Music. Works by Brahms, Gardner and Ayres. Sue Ogden, piano. Featuring Kirklees Young Musician of the Year.
14th - ILKLEY, St Margaret's Church. 7.30pm. 'Music for a Summer's evening'. Cantores Olicanae. Alan Horsey organist. Haydn-Insanae et Vanae Curae, Gorecki-Totus Tuus, Vaughan Williams-5 English folksongs Vaughan Williams-In Windsor Forest, Plus The Sapphire Saxophone Quartet.
15th - WENSLEYDALE. Hunton Village Hall, 3pm. Cleveland Chamber Orchestra "Going French". Debussy Petite suite, Faure Elegie, Gounod Petite symphonie, Poulenc Sinfonietta Tickets on the door £8, £7, students/children £2.
18th - SHEFFIELD, Millennium Galleries, 7.30pm. Music In The Round. 360 with Viv. Take an aural tour of Vivenne Westwood’s extraordinary exhibition with Ensemble 360. Box Office: 0114 2782610.
19th - SHEFFIELD. Upper Chapel, 7pm. POWERPLUS. Music In The Round. Ensemble 360 premiere works by GSCE music students. Tickets: FREE Box Office: 0114 2496000
20th - BARNSLEY, Emmanuel Church, 7.30pm. Music In The Round. Ensemble 360. SCHUBERT Introduction & Variations on Trockne Blumen, HOWELLS Rhapsodic Quintet, SCHUBERT Octet. Tickets: £8 / under 16s free. Box Office: 01226 321511 or on the door.
21st - SHEFFIELD Cathedral. 7.30pm. Sheffield Oratorio Chorus. Britten: The Company of Heaven and Rutter: Magnificat.
21st - SKIPTON, Christ Church, 7.30pm. Settle Orchestra. Summer Programme (tba).
21st - YORK Minster (Deangate, York YO1 7JF)23rd - BRADFIELD, St. Nicholas' Church, 7.30pm. Music In The Round. Ensemble 360. SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, MENDELSSOHN Konzertstuck Op.113, SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro, SCHUMANN Fantasiestucke Op.73, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Quintet for piano and winds. Box Office: 0114 2342837 / 2851235
28th - HUDDERSFIELD Town Hall, 7.30pm. Summer Prom. Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra. Guest Conductor: John Anderson. Soloist: Emily Steinitz. Full details to be finalised.
28th - SETTLE Parish Church, 7.30pm. Settle Orchestra. Summer Programme (tba).
28th - YORK, Sir Jack Lyons concert hall, University of York. 8pm. York Symphony Orchestra. "Sounds for the Summer". Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques; Grieg: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor (piano Alexandra Dariescus); Honegger: Pastorale d'été; Schumann:Symphony No 1 in B flat, 'Spring'.
July 2008
1st - SETTLE. St John's Methodist Church Hall. 7.30pm. The Langcliffe Singers Conductor: Tricia Rees-Jones. "Summer Salad" - a choral entertainment.
5th - YORK. St Olave’s Church, Marygate. Micklegate Singers. “Of Flowers and Emeralds Sheen”: Music by Britten, Whitacre, Sandstrom, Pearsall, Lauridsen, Burgon and Chilcott.
12th - WAKEFIELD Cathedral. 7.30pm. Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir. BRASS AND VOICES, with Rothwell Temperance Band. Thomas Moore - organ. Conductor Andrew Padmore.
12th - RIPON Cathedral, 7.30pm. FAURÉ: Requiem; POULENC: Gloria. Sophie Bevan (soprano), Paul Gibson (baritone), Leeds Festival Chorus , York Guildhall Orchestra, conducted by Simon Wright. Tickets from LFC members or e-mail: tickets@leedsfestivalchorus.co.uk . Reserved nave: front £20, rear £18. Unreserved sides: £15. Concessions: £2 reduction for under 16s and over 60s.
19th - SCARBOROUGH. The New Hall, Scarborough College, Filey Road. MOMENTS FROM THE BIG SCREEN. Scarborough Orchestra. Frank Hardy - piano. Piano Concerto No.2 in F SHOSTAKOVICH plus a selection of music from the movies.
August 2008 (details should be included in the new website which is soon to be introduced)
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