Violinist Susannah Simmons and friends from the Orchestra of Opera North visit the streets and salons of Paris.
As they explore the rhythms of France’s iconic capital, the musical styles range from chansons capturing the essence of the city in song, through the toe-tapping rhythms of Jazz Manouche to selected works from classical composers Debussy, Poulenc and Ravel.
Award-winning singer, composer and flautist, Nai Barghouti is one of the most distinguished vocalists of a new generation of Palestinian and Arab artists. With a layered ornamental technique, in which she uses her voice as a musical instrument, Nai brings a genre-defying link between jazz and Arabic music.
Along with her Amsterdam-based quartet, she’s renowned for her stunning rearrangements of iconic pieces from Umm Kulthum to Fairuz, as well as original work well rooted in Arabic maqams, jazz and classical western music.
A double bill from two of the jazz-world’s best.
An artist with little need for introduction, Elliot Galvin is a long-time trailblazer with four solo albums that have seen him top album of the year lists at the likes of Downbeat and Jazzwise, as well as being a member of the Mercury nominated Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur.
Elliot Galvin Piano and synths
Mandhira de Saram Violin
Ruth Goller Bass and voice
Sebastian Rochford Drums
“A virtuosic, risk-embracing one-off”
– John Fordham, The Guardian
Wolf’s evocative settings of Tuscan and Venetian lyrics, brought to life here by three outstanding Lieder interpreters, move from delight in small things to a sense of wonder at the vastness of creation and the all-consuming power of love. All of life is on display.
These songs are by turns witty, pithy, outrageously salacious, and heartfelt. The concert, in association with Leeds Lieder, is the first of a European Tour that will see the trio perform at Wigmore Hall, Vienna Musikverein, Frankfurt Opera, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Barcelona and Cambridge.
After their sold-out London premiere at LSO St Luke’s in January 2024, trailblazing music collective Tangram tour their production Nature Echo around the UK in celerbration the new Lunar New Year.
Praised for the show’s “highly imaginative presentations and truly limitless virtuosity ” (I CARE IF YOU LISTEN), Nature Echo traces a journey navigating the fragile and destructive relationship between humans and our environment featuring guest director and performance artist Echo Morgan.
Long-forgotten musical compositions and arrangements by holocaust prisoners have been rescued from obscurity. 80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz, it’s time to bring them back to life.
A vocal recital featuring Schubert’s beloved song cycle journeying through joy, longing, and heartbreak with tenor Nicolas Watts and David Cowan on piano.
A master in the art of German Lieder, Schubert wrote his first evocative song cycle in 1823 based on a series of poems by Wilhelm Müller about a miller’s unrequited love. A work of lyrical beauty and emotional depth, it is a piece that lingers long in the mind.
BAFTA-nominated (Broadchurch) actor and narrator Julie Hesmondhalgh (Coronation Street, Mr Bates vs The Post Office) joins us for two nights of seasonal stories and glorious festive music performed by an ensemble from the Orchestra of Opera North.
The stage is set on a chilly Christmas Eve, as our Storyteller weaves traditional tales through musical arrangements including ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies’ and ‘Good King Wenceslas’ – made especially for a group of ten musicians, by composer Andy Stamatakis-Brown.
Born in Sheffield, John Hoyland (1934–2011) achieved international recognition as an abstract painter, known for his powerful large-scale images, full of energy and feeling. In 1994, in the lead-up to his sixtieth birthday, he made his only mature group of sculptures. Working at the Royal College of Art in London, he produced around 25 ceramic works, which he described as “these mad little hybrids”. Our new display focuses on this body of work, bringing together a selection of sculptures shown in conversation with related paintings.
Rising star and Leeds Conservatoire student, Ellis Arey will perform a solo piano concert at Seven showcasing a repertoire of Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Haydn York Bowen and Mompou.
As third-time Victor of the 2024 Leeds Conservatoire Piano Competition sponsored by Besbrode Pianos, Ellis was awarded £500 prize money and the chance to star in his own solo performance. Seven Artspace provides the perfect backdrop, offering a tiered seating theatre with welcoming bar and restaurant.