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The Magic of Mozart
Saturday 20th October 2018, 7.30pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Royal Hall, Harrogate
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Manchester Camerata
Ben Goldsheider Horn Sarah Power Soprano Angharad Lyddon Mezzo Guy Elliott Tenor Jake Muffett Bass Brian Kay Conductor Tickets for this concert are priced from £15 to £20 with £5 tickets available for students, under 16s and the unwaged. Tickets from The Harrogate Box Office: Tel 01423 502116 (opening hours 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat) |
Harrogate Choral Society are celebrating their 70th Anniversary in 2018 and Brian Kay is celebrating 30 years in the role of HCS President so what better way to enjoy the celebrations than with a concert of music by Mozart.
Featuring Ben Goldsheider, Horn, who was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2016 the concert will include Divertimento for Strings K136, Missa Brevis K275, Horn Concerto No 4 K495 and the well-loved Requiem K626.
Featuring Ben Goldsheider, Horn, who was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2016 the concert will include Divertimento for Strings K136, Missa Brevis K275, Horn Concerto No 4 K495 and the well-loved Requiem K626.
I Was Glad - A Celebratory Concert
Thursday 15th November 2018, 7.30pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Royal Hall, Harrogate
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The Amici Ensemble
Harrogate Choral Society Conducted by Andrew Padmore The Chapel Choir of Exeter College, Oxford conducted by Organ Scholar James Andrew Short Soloist Keely Jones Tickets for this concert are priced from £20 to £25 Tickets from The Harrogate Box Office: Tel 01423 502116 (opening hours 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat) |
This concert has been planned to mark two important centennial occasions - the end of the Great War, and the death of two outstanding musicians closely connected with Harrogate: Sir Charles Hubert Parry and Ernest Bristow Farrar. It also opens the appeal to finance the flood lighting of the exterior of both the Royal Hall and the town’s principal War Memorial.
Parry conducted the concert on the opening night of the Kursaal (now called the Royal Hall) in May 1903 and the concert included his Incidental music to Hypatia, a rousing piece which we believe has not been performed again live since 1903! Other Parry works include his well known I Was Glad which is often performed at great state occasions.
Harrogate Choral Society, currently celebrating their 70th anniversary, will be joined by the Chapel Choir of Exeter College, Oxford – where Parry studied – who are conducted by Organ Scholar James Andrew Short and soloist Keely Jones, soprano.
It will be a memorable night which will include the resurrection of a piece by Harrogate’s lost composer Ernest Farrar which has only ever been performed at the opening ceremony in 1903. The Orchestral accompaniment for this has been re-rewritten by the music scholars of Exeter College.
Parry conducted the concert on the opening night of the Kursaal (now called the Royal Hall) in May 1903 and the concert included his Incidental music to Hypatia, a rousing piece which we believe has not been performed again live since 1903! Other Parry works include his well known I Was Glad which is often performed at great state occasions.
Harrogate Choral Society, currently celebrating their 70th anniversary, will be joined by the Chapel Choir of Exeter College, Oxford – where Parry studied – who are conducted by Organ Scholar James Andrew Short and soloist Keely Jones, soprano.
It will be a memorable night which will include the resurrection of a piece by Harrogate’s lost composer Ernest Farrar which has only ever been performed at the opening ceremony in 1903. The Orchestral accompaniment for this has been re-rewritten by the music scholars of Exeter College.
Handel - Messiah
Friday 7th December 2018, 7.30pm
St Aidan's Church, Leeds
St Aidan's Church, Leeds
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Thomas Moore Organ
Katy Kelly Soprano Chloe Latchmore Mezzo Toby Ward Tenor Edward Seymour Bass Andrew Padmore Conductor Tickets priced at just £10, with £5 tickets for students, unwaged and under 16s Tickets from the HCS ticket sales team tickets@harrogatechoral.org.uk and will be on sale on the door on the night |
Harrogate Choral Society last sang Messiah at St Aidans in 2015 and are delighted to return to this wonderful church in Leeds, home to the Brangwyn Mosaics. The church also has a fantastic acoustic to fill with the music of Handel.
Soloists will be Katy Kelly, Soprano; Chloe Latchmore, Mezzo; Toby Ward, Tenor; and Edward Seymour, Bass. Harrogate Choral Society will be accompanied by Thomas Moore on organ and conducted by the HCS Music Director Andrew Padmore.
St Aidans Church is located at Elford Place West, Leeds LS8 5QD
Soloists will be Katy Kelly, Soprano; Chloe Latchmore, Mezzo; Toby Ward, Tenor; and Edward Seymour, Bass. Harrogate Choral Society will be accompanied by Thomas Moore on organ and conducted by the HCS Music Director Andrew Padmore.
St Aidans Church is located at Elford Place West, Leeds LS8 5QD
Handel - Messiah
Saturday 8th December 2018, 7.30pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Royal Hall, Harrogate
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Manchester Camerata
Jenny Stafford Soprano Gaynor Keeble Mezzo Cliff Zammit Stevens Tenor Alistair Ollerenshaw Bass Andrew Padmore Conductor Ticketing for this concert priced from £17 with £5 tickets available for students, under 16s and the unwaged. Tickets from The Harrogate Box Office: Tel 01423 502116 (opening hours 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat) |
There are many works of classical music that are known to the general public. The Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah is possibly one of the most famous pieces of music ever written, even though it comprises only about one percent of the length of the total work.
Messiah is known as one of the greatest musical works ever produced and it wouldn’t be Christmas in Harrogate without the opportunity to hear this great Oratorio – a form of music that contain dramatic lyrics like an opera, but which is staged as a concert without sets or acting.
Messiah is known as one of the greatest musical works ever produced and it wouldn’t be Christmas in Harrogate without the opportunity to hear this great Oratorio – a form of music that contain dramatic lyrics like an opera, but which is staged as a concert without sets or acting.
The Harrogate Christmas Concert
Saturday 15th December 2018, 6.00pm
Harrogate Convention Centre
Harrogate Convention Centre
Every year Harrogate Convention Centre fills with musicians young and old for The Christmas Event in Harrogate. Approximately 300 primary school children join forces with Harrogate Choral Society and Harrogate Symphony Orchestra in this family friendly concert.
Every year there are three teams of children and there are so many schools in the district that each school will only perform at once every three years so this is a really special event for them.
There are also special guests – the ladies choir Beati, and of course not forgetting the most important man of all at that time of year who we hope will be there in his red suit!
Every year there are three teams of children and there are so many schools in the district that each school will only perform at once every three years so this is a really special event for them.
There are also special guests – the ladies choir Beati, and of course not forgetting the most important man of all at that time of year who we hope will be there in his red suit!
Haydn - Creation
Saturday 23rd March 2019, 7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Royal Hall, Harrogate
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The Amici Ensemble
Sarah Power Soprano Ben Thapa, Tenor Myles Taylor, Bass Andrew Padmore Conductor Tickets for this concert are priced from £15 to £20 with £5 tickets available for students, under 16s and the unwaged. Tickets from The Harrogate Box Office: Tel 01423 502116 (opening hours 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat) |
The Creation is considered by many to be Haydn’s masterpiece composition. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as told in the book of Genesis.
The work features three soloists who sing the parts of the three angels Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael in parts I and II. In part III Adam and Eve appear in the garden of Eden. The work also includes several monumental choruses for the HCS singers.
The work features three soloists who sing the parts of the three angels Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael in parts I and II. In part III Adam and Eve appear in the garden of Eden. The work also includes several monumental choruses for the HCS singers.