Maurice Ravel - La flute enchantée (Shéhérazade)
Judith Weir - Nuits d'Afrique
Maurice Ravel - Chansons madécasses
Camille Saint-Saëns - Une flûte invisible
Ewan Campbell - Translations of the Night
Mel Bonis - Scenes de la foret, movements 3 and 4
Michael Finnissy - Wisdom
This globetrotting programme for voice, flute, cello and piano is inspired by a rich array of literary sources.
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An opportunity to hear work by students on solo performance courses in the School of Music.
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Pablo Luna - De España vengo
Gerónimo Giménez - Sierras de Granada
José Serrano - Marinela, Marinela
Ruperto Chapí - Cuando está tan hondo
Ruperto Chapí - Te quiero
José Serrano - A una gitana presiosa
Vicente Lleó - Son las mujeres de Babilonia
José Serrano - Palomica aragonesa
Ruperto Chapí - Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Andante in F major, K616
Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op 90, no 2
Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op 142, no 4
Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and fugues, op 87, no 15 in C sharp major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Suite dallo “Schiaccianoci”
Samuele’s recent solo engagements include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Berlin Konzerthaus. Samuele is a prize-winner at the 2019 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions.
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‘Mahler’s Circle of Muses’
One of Operawire’s 10 Rising Stars, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World prize-winner and mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones is joined by acclaimed pianist Rebecca Cohen in a programme of song inspired by the unique voice of Alma Mahler.
Drawing on the various influences, inspirations and collaborations who shaped her musical and personal life, the programme will include songs by Alma Mahler, Zemlinksy, Johanna Müller-Hermann, Strauss, Korngold and Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
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Ben Holland and David Greed (violins)
Kimi Makino (viola)
Adrian Bradbury (cello)
Joseph Haydn - Quartet in Bb, op 1, no 1, Hob III:1 "La Chasse"
Dmitri Shostakovich - Quartet no 4 in D, op 83
Formed in 2017, the Victoria String Quartet has been hailed as an ensemble ‘brim full with pedigree and wide experience’ (Buxton International Festival), performing at venues including Kendal (Lake District Summer Music), Pinner and Buxton Festivals, London, Manchester (Bridgewater, RNCM and Stoller halls), north Norfolk, north and west Wales and the Scottish Borders.
This Christmas, start the festive celebrations in time-honoured tradition with classic carols at the oldest church in Leeds city centre.
St John’s Church on New Briggate will open its doors to all for its annual carol service at 5.30pm on Sunday 22nd December.
This traditional service led by the clergy and choir of Leeds Minster will transport you back in time with much-loved Christmas carols and readings.
Making her welcome return to the Leeds Lieder concert platform, Dame Sarah Connolly is joined by pianist Joseph Middleton to perform an eclectic mix of songs by Britten, Barber, Debussy, Wolf, Duparc and Schumann.
Join us for a family-friendly 45-minute Christmas concert and sing-a-long at Chapel FM Arts Centre.
Leeds Guild of Singers will perform a special Christmas concert on Sunday 15 December at 3pm at St John's Church in the village of Adel.
LGS is one of Yorkshire's finest chamber choirs, recently praised in audience feedback for its "wonderful purity of tone, accuracy of pitch and clarity of diction", and will perform an enchanting selection of works from the Christmas choral repertoire, which will surely warm your heart on a December afternoon.