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
Interval
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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.
LEEDS INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES 2024/25
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata, D 850
Arnold Schoenberg - Suite for Piano
Arnold Schoenberg - Six Little Piano Pieces
Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata, D 960
A HundRED Violins Workshop at Leeds Conservertoire:
9.30 - 11am of a new five minute piece by James Gerard for violinists of all ages and abilities.
Followed by three Flashmob performances in Trinity Leeds shopping centre 12 - 1 pm.
Both film screenings of The Red Violin (at 2.45pm and 6pm) are preceded by 15 minute live performance of Corigliano's virtuosic Red Violin Caprices, taken from the composer’s film score, by outstanding young Royal College of Music violinist, Shing Hong Chow.
David Greed - violin, Director
Tom Greed - violin
*Madeleine Mitchell - violin
Anthony Kraus - conductor
Sir Kamalbir Singh - violin
Sir Vijay Venkat - violin
Madeleine Mitchell - violin
Gordon MacKay - violin
Nigel Clayton - piano
Programme:
Brahms - Violin Sonata no.2 in A (Allegro Amabile)
Judith Weir - Atlantic Drift Violin Duos
Béla Bartók - Duos for Two Violins
James B. Wilson - My Love is Sleeping (world premiere, supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation)
Antal Zalai – violin
Adam Heron – piano
A unique musical partnership between a classical violin virtuoso of Roma (gypsy) background, and a brilliantly talented and thoughtful pianist of Nigerian-Filipino descent, sharing their friendship and heritage through music.
Programme:
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Unpublished Violin Sonatas (selection)
Pablo de Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen