An Evening of Elgar

Saturday 9th November 2019, 7.30 pm
​Royal Hall, Harrogate

The Amici Ensemble
Samantha Hay, Soprano
Gaynor Keeble, Mezzo Soprano
Andrew Padmore, Conductor

​Tickets for this concert are priced at £15 or £20
with £5 tickets available for students and IBA
under 16s free when accompanied by an adult 

Tickets are on sale now 
from The Harrogate Box Office: ​Tel 01423 502116 (opening hours 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat) or online
  
Featuring three well loved works by Elgar - The Spirit of England  - written by Elgar at a time when he was greatly affected by suffering caused by the First World War he captures the sadness without becoming maudlin; Sea Pictures  - the very first work composed by Elgar after he completed his Enigma Variations which includes a song with lyrics by his wife Alice; and Music Makers - his last substantial work for choir and orchestra in which he clothes the words in unmistakable passion, and they are enhanced by the detailed and masterly orchestral comment. This will be a fine evening of great music

Handel - Messiah

Sunday 8th December 2019, 6.00 pm
​The Garden Rooms, Tennants of Leyburn
The Amici Ensemble with David Francis, Harpsichord
Bibi Heal, Soprano
Beth Mackay, Mezzo Soprano
James Micklethwaite, Tenor
Phil Wilcox, Bass
Andrew Padmore, Conductor

​Tickets for this concert are priced at £12 or £15 
​with £5 tickets available for students and IBA
under 16s free when accompanied by an adult 

Tickets are on sale directly from
Tennants Garden Rooms ​Tel 01969 621146
(office hours 8.30 am to 5pm) or via their website   
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 a small section of the complete work.  Messiah is known as one of the greatest musical works ever produced and it wouldn’t be Christmas without the opportunity to hear this great Oratorio – a form of music that contains dramatic lyrics like an opera, but which is staged as a concert without sets or acting. 

Please note that Harrogate Choral Society are running an audience bus to enable our Harrogate audience to get to Leyburn and back in comfort. Tickets will be £10 per person and can be obtained from the ticket sales team, please use the website contact form to order your bus tickets.
The Harrogate Christmas Concert
Saturday 14th December 2019, 6.00 pm
Harrogate Convention Centre
Harrogate Choral Society
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra
Hundreds of local Primary School children
and a special guest!

Tickets for this concert are priced at £14
half price for students and free for under 11s when accompanied by an adult 

Rossini - Stabat Mater & Puccini - Messa di Gloria

Saturday 28th March 2020, 7.30 pm
​Royal Hall, Harrogate
The Amici Ensemble
Sarah Power, Soprano
Adriana Festeu, Mezzo Soprano
Alex Banfield, Tenor
Stephen Gadd, Bass
Andrew Padmore, Conductor

​Tickets for this concert are priced at £15 or £20
with £5 tickets available for students and IBA
under 16s free when accompanied by an adult 

Tickets are on sale 
from The Harrogate Box Office: ​Tel 01423 502116 (opening hours 10am to 5pm Mon to Sat) or online   
Although Rossini saw his Stabat Mater as a work of sacred music the lyrical style in which he sets his composition is in parts, quite operatic in character. This is in contrast to the solemnity of the thirteenth-century text.  He declared, “The music should be of the finest quality” and the Stabat Mater is indeed full of glorious music.

Puccini is most famous for his contribution to the world of opera even though he began his musical career playing and composing church music. As his musical studies progressed, it was clear that young Puccini possessed the talent to become one of the world's greatest operatic composers – and his Messa di Gloria is evidence of such promise. Puccini himself wrote: "the Almighty touched me with his little finger and said, 'Write for the theatre - mind, only for the theatre! 

Gala Proms Concert 
Saturday 27 June 2020 at 7.30 pm



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