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City of Southampton Orchestra: Family Concert - Splash!
City of Southampton Orchestra, John Traill, Twyford School Choir
Join the City of Southampton Orchestra for a morning of musical fun celebrating the sea and sailors. The programme will include a specially commissioned piece The Myth of the Titanic by June Boyce-Tillman in the centenary year of the sailing of the Titanic from Southampton. The orchestra will be joined by the choir from Twyford School in this piece.
Our annual Family Concert promises to be yet another lively and interactive morning of musical fun for all the family to enjoy.
Don't miss the fun - get your tickets now!
The Myth of the Titanic
June Boyce-Tillman ()
Pirates of the Caribbean
Klaus Badelt ()
Padstow Lifeboat
Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944)
£6 Adult, £4 Child, £18 Family (2 adults + 2 children) Available from 07194 341500 .
Brian Robertson, Martin Hurrell, Trinity Orchestra
Join Trinity Orchestra in a fun-filled family concert as we perform a selection of well-known music with a magical theme - including Harry Potter.
We will delve into the legendary tale of Rossini's William Tell, discover the fairy world of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and be enchanted by familiar tunes from Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Ballet. There will even be a chance to escape Muggle life and visit the wizarding world of Hogwarts, dragons and Quidditch as the orchestra performs the music from Harry Potter.
Come dressed in your most spellbinding costume! (optional)
Angela Barnes, Beatrice Philips, Kantanti Ensemble, Lee Reynolds, Lorenzo Iosco, Paul Austin Kelly
Young professional musicians are joined by stars of the international stage for a programme of English serenades, including Vaughan Williams’s heart-stopping The Lark Ascending, and Britten’s tour-de-force, the Serenade, featuring tenor Paul Austin Kelly and LSO Sub-Principal Horn Angela Barnes. The LSO’s young principal Lorenzo Iosco makes a welcome return to perform Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto, and there’s a rare chance to hear Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music in its original version, with sixteen young soloists.
The concert begins at 7.30pm. Plus at 6.30pm, Kantanti Soloists series continues: principal players from the ensemble will give a short pre-concert recital of chamber music, including Poulenc’s witty, virtuosic Sextet and works by Rakhmaninov and Ravel.
‘…an absolute delight from beginning to end.’ (Sussex Express, July 2011)
Ailish Tynan, Bill Bankes Jones, Emmanuel Joel-Hornak, Kai Ruutel, Leah-Marian Jones, Marie Claire Breen, Miranda Sinani, Musicians from the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Paul Carey Jones, Scottish Opera, Shuna Scott Sendall, Tim Meacock
Based on the Grimm’s fairy tale, Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel is both wonderfully unsettling and moving, a story of poverty, magic and triumph over adversity. Bill Bankes-Jones (Artistic Director of Tête à Tête) takes the opera back to its roots, revealing a macabre tale, with psychological depth, that’s full of enchantment.
Humperdinck’s rich score encompasses everything from luscious Wagnerian-inspired orchestration to touching tunes derived from traditional folk melodies. Kai Rüütel, a recent graduate of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, sings Hansel, and Irish soprano Ailish Tynan is Gretel, fresh from singing the role at Covent Garden. Leah-Marian Jones (Marcellina in 2010’s The Marriage of Figaro) is the Witch.
Hänsel und Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
From £8.50 Available from 08448717647 9am-10pm Monday to Saturday & 10am to 8pm Sunday.
Christine Brewer, Franz-Josef Selig, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mihoko Fujimura, Toby Spence, Yannick Nézét-Séguin
Fatally ill, Anton Bruckner grappled unsuccessfully with the completion of his Ninth Symphony. But he consoled himself with his achievements in another great masterpiece declaring that on entering heaven, ‘I will present to the Lord the score of my Te Deum, and he will judge me mercifully.’ This awe-inspiring hymn of praise combines touching tenderness with blazing triumph, a musical capturing of Bruckner’s rock-steady faith. It seems the only viable epilogue not only to Bruckner’s life but also to the three completed movements of his Ninth Symphony, themselves revealing a blazing spiritual optimism in the face of mortality.
Please note there will be no interval during this performance
FREE Barlines Post-concert event | Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall An informal discussion with Yannick Nézet-Séguin following the evening’s performance.
Christus factus est
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No 9 in D minor
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Te Deum in C
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
£9, £12, £16, £21, £27, £33, £39 Premium Seats £65 Limited concessions Available from 020 7840 4242 Monday to Friday 10.00am-5.00pm.
York Guildhall Orchestra - Mozart, Grieg, Dvorak and Brahms
Simon Wright, York Guildhall Orchestra
The York Guildhall Orchestra continues its 32nd season with a varied concert. Mozart's overture to Il Seraglio is always great fun to play and listen to with it's jangling bells and exotic sounds. Greig's timeless Pier Gynt Suite is also a favourite, with its conclusion "In the Hall of the Mountain King". Dovorak's Scherzo Capriccioso replaces the previously advertised work of Hamdan al Shaely. The concert will also include the UK premiere of Joanna Marsh's recent compostion inspired by the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The music of Mozart, the storytelling of Greig's Peer Gynt Suite, the waltz of Dvorak and the glorious tunes of Brahms' first symphony go to what will be a very special concert indeed.
Overture from Il Seraglio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Peer Gynt Suite No 1
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Kuhayla
Joanna Marsh ()
Symphony No 1 in C minor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Scherzo Capriccioso
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
£22, £19 and £15. Senior Citizens £1 off all tickets. Children under 16 and students in full time education £5 Available from 0844 854 2757 Monday to Saturday: 9am till 2pm.
Leeds International Orchestral Season: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, Steven Isserlis
Booking dates: From Monday 13 June - Saturday 9 July booking for existing subscribers retaining seats From Monday 25 July - booking for new subscribers From Saturday 20 August - general booking
La Mer
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No 1 in A minor
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Symphony No 2 in D
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
£29, £25.50, £23.50, £19, £14.50, £10 (discounts available) Available from 0113 224 3801 Monday to Saturday 10am-6pm.
This concert is the fourth in a series of six concerts for which there is a Season Ticket for only £36. See the Richmondshire Concerts website for more details.
There will be a free talk by the musicians about their work and music before the concert at 6.30 p.m.
String Quartet in G minor, 'The Rider'
(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No 3 in F
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No 6 in F minor
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
£12 (£1 for full time students) Available from 01748 822001 .
Michel Portal: Baïlador
Michel Portal, Ambrose Akinmusire, Bojan Z, Lionel Loueke, Scott Colley, Jack DeJohnette 'Portal confirms himself as one of the most impressive bass clarinet and soprano sax players'
Wagner:Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Albert Dohmen, Georg Zeppenfeld etc; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir/ Marek Janowski 'This Meistersinger is imbued with incessant vitality and energy'
