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DECEMBER CONCERTS

Monday 1 December                           HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
SARAH BETH BRIGGS – piano
Mozart                    Fantasy in D minor, K397
Schubert                Sonata in A major, D664
Brahms                  Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119
Debussy                Suite bergamasque
Gál                         Three Preludes, Op. 65
Mendelssohn       Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk
£25 (£18, £5)

Tuesday 2 December                                           LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
LONDINIUM CONSORT
RACHEL ALLEN – soprano
EMANUELE ADDIS – lute and cittern
OTTO HASHMI – recorder and Ecorder
ÖZGÜR KAYA – viola da gamba
MIKOŁAJ PISZCZOROWICZ – viola da gamba
Otto Hashmi                Introduction
Dowland                       Can she excuse my wrongs?
Dowland                       O sweet woods
Dowland                      The King of Denmark’s Galliard
Brade                            Scottish Dance
Traditional                   Death and the Lady
Johnson                        Oh, Let us Howl
Brade                            Five courtly and folk dances 1617
Delyth Field                 A Lantern Through Time
                                      (world premiere)
Dowland                      A shepherd in a shade
Owen Spafford           Threshold
Emanuele Addis/        Renaissance
   Rachel Allen
Part of Leeds International Chamber Series 2025/26.
Leeds International Concert Season  0113 376 0318  leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£28.50, £26.50, £24.50, £14.50, £13.50, £10

Wednesday 10 December                                 KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
HUW WIGGIN – saxophone
OLIVER WASS – harp

Béla Kovács,                Sholem-alekhem, rov Feidman!
   arr. Wass/Wiggin
Vivaldi                          Variations on La Folia
Arvo Pärt                     Spiegel im spiegel
Andy Scott                  Sussurros Brasileiros
Purcell                          Dido’s Lament
Amy Beach                  3 Songs, Op. 19: Ecstasy
Yshani                          The weary soil and the greedy
   Perinpanayagam     shoot
Bernstein                     West Side Story: Somewhere
François Borne (arr.   Fantaisie Brillante sur des airs de
  Roth & Meylan)        Carmen
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (£2 students)

Friday 12 December                                   KNUTSFORD
Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 3.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
THE CHOIR OF ST NICHOLAS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, NORTHWICH
HELEN MCKENNA – conductor

Christmas Concert
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £21 (£11)
Friday 12 December                                SCUNTHORPE
Outwood Academy Foxhills, Foxhills Rd DN15 8LJ, 7.30pm
PALISANDER (recorder quartet)
Double, Double Toil and Trouble

Throughout the ages, music and magic have been intrinsically linked. Featuring music by Tartini, J.S. Bach and Hildegard von Bingen, alongside renaissance consort music and contemporary works, the performance explores the historic relationship between music and the magical spectrum: including elements of mathematics, philosophy, nature, religion and the occult.
Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society  0114 457 4570
www.scunthorpe-concert-society.co.uk
£18 (full-time students/children free)

Saturday 13 December                              SILVERDALE
St John’s Church, Emesgate Ln LA5 0RH, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
Christmas Concert

Our highly popular Christmas concerts are known for innovative programming, featuring a mix of well-loved pieces with less familiar works and composers, and ranging typically from the 16th century to the present day. The December 2024 concert was described as “the perfect preparation for Christmas”.
Levens Choir  levenschoir.net
£15


Sunday 14 December                     KIRKBY LONSDALE
St Mary’s Church, Church St LA6 2AX, 3.00pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
Christmas Concert

Our highly popular Christmas concerts are known for innovative programming, featuring a mix of well-loved pieces with less familiar works and composers, and ranging typically from the 16th century to the present day. The December 2024 concert was described as “the perfect preparation for Christmas”.
Levens Choir  levenschoir.net
£15

Wednesday 31 December                      WINDERMERE
St Mary’s Church, Ambleside Rd LA23 1BA, 5.30–11.45pm
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
IAN JONES – conductor
EMILY ROBINSON – soprano
KATE NOBLE – contralto
TBA – tenor
JOHN PRATT – bass

Mendelssohn       Elijah, Op. 70
Cumbria Festival Chorus  01539 720168  cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com
Chorus fee £10; Audience donations for charity

Tuesday 2 December                              MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 1.00pm
CONNAUGHT BRASS
“Technically astonishing, eclectic in repertoire, and prepared to explode clichés of what brass chamber music should sound like” (The Arts Desk).
Rameau (arr. Foster)      Dardanus (selections)
Dani Howard                  2025 New Commission
Ewald                               Brass Quintet No. 4, Op. 8
Artists supported by Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL)
Sponsored by RBC Brewin Dolphin
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person

Saturday 6 December                                       KENDAL
St Thomas’s Church, Stricklandgate LA9 4QG, 7.30pm
KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR
GEOFFREY FIELD – director
ANNAKATE PEARSON – harp

Joanna Forbes L’Estrange     A Season to Sing
Britten                                      A Ceremony of Carols,
                                                  Op. 28          
Fletcher                                   Ring Out, Wild Bells
Kendal South Choir  01539 725955  www.kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com/bookings            £15 (under-18s free)
Sunday 7 December                 GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
St Peter’s Church, Pease Close Ln, Field Broughton
LA11 6HR, 2.30pm

CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHAMBER CHOIR
IAN JONES – conductor
ANNAKATE PEARSON – harp

Britten          A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Poulenc        Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël
Cumbria Festival Chorus  01539 720168  cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com
Retiring collection

Wednesday 10 December                                    ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Rd LS29 8HB, 7.30pm
ALESSANDRO FISHER – tenor
JONG SUN WOO – piano

English songs by Bax, Britten, Coleridge-Taylor, Finzi, and Head.
Italian songs by Bellini, Puccini,Tosti, and traditional Neapolitan songs.
Ilkley Concert Club  07791 083326  [email protected]
£20, £18, £16 (£5 under-25s, under-18s free)

Friday 12 December                                   KNUTSFORD
Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 7.00pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
THE CHOIR OF ST NICHOLAS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, NORTHWICH
HELEN MCKENNA – conductor

Christmas Concert
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £28 (£18)
Saturday 13 December                          MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Rd, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL – conductor and horn
ZOË BEYERS – director

Dvořák        Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22
Mozart        Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K417
Dvořák        Czech Suite, Op. 39
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £29 (£19, free)
Sunday 14 December                              MANCHESTER
Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 2.30pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
18th CENTURY SINFONIA
KEITH ORRELL – conductor
TAYLOR LONDON – soprano
TIM MORGAN – counter-tenor
RUAIRI BOWEN – tenor
ANDREW SLATER – bass

J.S. Bach       Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-
                      Oratorium
), BWV248 Parts 1, 2, 5 & 6
                      (sung in German)
Stoller Hall   www.stollerhall.com/whats-on
£27.50 (£5.50)

Wednesday 17 December                                 KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 1.00pm
LAKELAND SINFONIA – LIVE AND LOCAL
MARTIN HUGHES, LOUISE LATHAM, JULIAN CANN & MICHAEL SANDERSON – violins
FAY SWEET – viola
DEBORAH THORNE – cello
ROBERTO CARILLO-CARCIA – bass
KATHARINE MAY – harpsichord

Programme to include:
Vivaldi              The Four Seasons: Winter
Pachelbel         Canon and Gigue in D major
Purcell              Three Parts on a Ground
Corelli               Christmas Concerto
Lakeland Sinfonia   www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk
£12 (£5 under-19s)

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