Formed in 1917 in South Yorkshire, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is widely regarded as a British institution. National and British Open Champion on numerous occasions, the band received two gold discs for its contributions to the global hit movie, Brassed Off. Recently appointing Ben Dixon as its new Musical Director, Grimethorpe Colliery Band has long championed new music for brass, premiering young British composer and orchestrator Dani Howard’s Warp and Weft at Brass in Concert in 2023.

London Chamber Ensemble

Madeleine Mitchell, Gordon MacKay, violins

Bridget Carey, viola

Joseph Spooner, cello

*Sian Griffiths, mezzo soprano

*Chloe Hanslip, violin

Programme:

Herbert Howells - String Quartet “In Gloucestershire” 
Herbert Howells - Luchinushka arr. Madeleine Mitchell for string quartet
Vaughan Williams - Folk song for voice and violin

*Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer - Intonations (European Première)

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Benjamin Grosvenor
Johannes Brahms - 3 Intermezzi
Robert Schumann - Fantasie
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

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Stephen Hough – piano

Cécile Chaminade - 6 Études de Concert Op 35, No 2: Automne
Cécile Chaminade - 6 Pièces humoristiques Op 87, No 4: Autrefois
Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178
Cécile Chaminade - Thème varié
Cécile Chaminade - Les Sylvains
Frédéric Chopin - Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58

Winner of the Second Prize, Marion Thorpe Silver Medal, Alexandra Dariescu Award, and Yaltah Menuhin Award at the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024

Formed in Queensbury, West Yorkshire in 1855, Black Dyke Band is the most successful contesting band in the world. Current Yorkshire Regional Champion and National Champion of Great Britain, the band really values new music for brass, often performing works by living composers including the band’s sought-after Composer in Association, Paul Lovatt-Cooper. With renowned Musical Director Nicholas Childs at the helm, Black Dyke Band recently welcomed rising young star Charlie Cresswell to its tuba section.

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Kathryn Stott 

Musical Postcards
JS Bach - Prelude and Fugue No 1, BWV 846
Lili Boulanger - Thème et Variations
Gabriel Fauré - Barcarolle No 4, Op 44
Maurice Ravel - Jeux d’eau
Edvard Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Astor Piazzolla (arr Kyoko Yamamoto) - Milonga del Angel
Dmitri Shostakovich - Prelude & Fugue No 24, Op 87
Graham Fitkin - Scent
Richard Rogers (arr Stephen Hough) - The Sound of Music: My Favourite Things
Caroline Shaw - Gustave Le Gray

This concert is part of Leeds Best of Brass 2024/25.

Chris Shanks – conductor

Christopher Bond Soaring The Heights
Del Staigers/K Johnson Carnival of Venice
Featuring cornet soloist Tina Mortimer
John Barry/Alan Catherall Goldfinger 
Kurt Weill/Goff Richards Mack the Knife 
Joseph Kosma/Bill Geldard Autumn Leaves 
Featuring horn soloist Daniel Marsh
David Arnold/Chris Shanks Vesper from Casino Royale
Steven Ponsford Turris Fortissima

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Anne Queffélec
Ludwig van Beethoven – The Last Three Sonatas

­Piano Sonata, Op 109
Piano Sonata, Op 110
Piano Sonata, Op 111

French pianist Anne Queffélec has been a firm favourite with Leeds audiences ever since she won fifth prize in the 1969 Leeds International Piano Competition. She brings her unique blend of humanity, brilliance, and authority to bear on three of the greatest pillars of the piano repertoire, Ludwig van Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas.

Formed in 1884 in the village of South Elmsall, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band adopted the name of the local colliery in 1923. This year the band celebrates its 140th anniversary and got off to a flying start qualifying for both the National Championship of Great Britain and the British Open Championship. Under the baton of Resident Conductor David Purkiss, the band has had a very busy concert diary, including returning to the stage for a successful run of The Doncastrian Chalk Circle.