A journey of original choral music, featuring works by Kerensa Briggs, Knut Nystedt and Robert Schumann, as well as by members of the choir. Come with us on a musical voyage of longing and hope in the beautiful setting of All Souls' Church.

In this final concert of our 2024-25 season, we will perform the complete cycle of Nystedt's "Prayers of Kierkegaard", which we have been building up during the year, as well as all four of Schumann's songs for double choir. We also introduce two works by contemporary British composer, Kerensa Briggs.

Make Music Day is an international annual day of music making.

The free celebration of music takes place in 125 countries on  21 June every year.

It creates cultural communities by:

Fostering connections in music-making

Supporting the development of skills

Promoting music to new audiences via free music events and participatory projects.

Join Leeds Festival Chorus for a choral journey with some of music's greatest storytellers.

For the first time in the UK, Ibantuta, a Basque musician and Oud player, presents his cinema-concert. A truly unique show that blends live music and storytelling with original travel film projections captured during a year-long journey across 12 countries of the Silk Roads, from China to Turkey.

А unique concert on July 25th will take place at 7:00 pm at the Auditorium of St George's Church in the heart of Leeds.

The programme of the evening includes the famous Antonio Vivaldi cycle «The Four Seasons» in the author's interpretation of the cult contemporary composer Max Richter performed by the extraordinary Mystery Ensemble in an intimate & relaxing atmosphere.

Charlie Cooper (vocals) Jake Stentiford (guitar) Liam Morson (keys) Alex Pearson (bass) Laurie Agnew (drums)

Charlie Cooper writes vintage soul, updated perfectly, sung with deep and husky soul-pipes! Not only comparable with classic voices like Dusty Springfield and Shirley Bassey but also up there with modern soul divas Alice Russell and Sharon Jones, Charlie is a vocal force to be reckoned with.

British lyric soprano Lucy Farrimond has captivated audiences at prestigious venues across the UK and internationally, including the Royal Albert Hall, The Bridgewater Hall, Snape Maltings, The Stoller Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, and the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Paris.  Featured on major television and radio networks such as BBC, ITV, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio 3, she has been recognised as a "rising star soprano”.

Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music and songs that tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world.

Love is a Spectrum is an intimate look at love and how it can feel so unique for different people, cultures, genders, sexualities and neurodivergences.

Gabriel Fauré & Paul Verlaine
Cinq mélodies "de Venise”
       Mandoline
       En sourdine
       Green
       À Clymène
       C'est l’extase

“Observing - like Paul Verlaine on his past”