Ripon’s own Symphony Orchestra - St Cecilia OrchestraVaughan Williams began work on the Oboe Concerto in 1943, immediately after completing the Fifth Symphony, with which it shares

St CeciliaO R C H E S T R A

Ripon’s own Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 3 March 2018 - 7:30pmHoly Trinity Church, Ripon

MartinůDivertimento No. 4FrançaixDivertissement for Bassoon & Strings (Soloist James Fisher)

Vaughan WilliamsOboe Concerto (Soloist Alexia Pelling)

J S Bach - Violin Concerto in E(Soloist Chloe Fletcher)

Haydn - Symphony No. 22(The Philosopher)

Xenophon Kelsey mbe Conductor

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2 Welcome 3 March 2018

WelcomeAndrew Palmer, Chairman St Cecilia Orchestra

Xenophon Kelsey (conductor)

Xen Kelsey is passionate about music and education and anyone who knows him or has read his Andante report will find a discourse on the state of music education in 21st century Britain. Born in Ripon, Xen an alumnus of Ripon Grammar School, studied horn, double bass, piano and conducting in Manchester and was principal horn and conducting student on the European Summer Schools for Young Musicians in Vienna, Salzburg and Montreux from 1967-71.

As conductor, and guiding spirit, he has specialised in working with young musicians and through his encouragement has promoted young and talented students through many ventures not least St Cecilia Orchestra, Ripon Youth String Orchestra and Ripon Youth Choirs Association and he is the founder and director of the outstandingly successful Vacation Chamber Orchestras organisation, promoting residential courses and performing throughout Europe as well as in the UK.

He has brought to his many orchestras a remarkable reputation for excellence. His entrepreneurial drive and commitment has meant that schools in the area have had the good fortune of live music having been presented in their schools. His most recent enterprise is the setting up of the Ripon Youth Music Network, a website to provide as much help, encouragement, advice and information as possible for young people and their parents across North Yorkshire. www.riponyouthmusic.net

A very warm welcome to tonight’s St Cecilia Orchestra concert at Holy Trinity Church.

We start the 2018 season by showcasing our home grown talent. I am delighted that Chloe Fletcher is performing Bach’s lovely E major Violin Concerto and that Alexia Pelling will play Vaughan Williams’ Oboe Concerto. Other regular players - Nadiia Ivkovs (violin) and Ben Kearsley (viola) - will be taking solo parts in the Martinů’s Divertimento. In between James Fisher from Australia takes on Françaix’s Divertissement for solo Bassoon & Strings.

I would like to take this opportunity of consulting with you – our audience. In common with some of the major establishments and orchestras across the world, we have to look at our costs. One innovation, that many such as the LSO are adopting, is to move to on-line programmes. This is where two days before the concert a PDF of the programme is available for download and therefore free to everyone. Throughout 2018 those who want to buy a hard copy will be able to continue to do so. In addition, we will be trialling the download option and copies of the programme booklets will be available two days before the concert. You could read it before you arrive or download it on to your phone or tablet to read during the concert. As long of course, as your phone is switched to silent mode. What do you think? Do let me know?

We are also very much in need of new committee members. Therefore, if you set yourself a new year’s resolution to get more involved with a community group, WE can help you achieve that goal. I would love to hear from you if you can help on the committee, or you want to comment on downloadable programmes please do contact me at [email protected] In the meantime sit back and enjoy the music.

st-cecilia.org.uk Programme Notes 3

Bohuslav Martinů had an unusual birth setting. He was born in a room at the top of a watch-tower in Polička, a town in Bohemia, close to the Moravian border. As a boy he excelled as a violinist, his townspeople raised

enough money to fund his schooling and, in 1906, he left the countryside to study at the Prague Conservatory.

He fared poorly as a student, showing little interest in the rigid pedagogy, nor the hours of violin practice required. Dropped from the violin program, Martinů was moved to the organ department that taught composition but he was finally dismissed in 1910 for “incorrigible negligence”.

Martinů spent the next several years living back home in Polička. He submitted samples of his work to Josef Suk, who encouraged him to pursue formal composition training, but this would not be possible until years later. As a violinist, he toured Europe with the National Theatre Orchestra, and became a full member of the Czech PhilharmonicOrchestra in 1920.

Martinů departed for Paris in 1923, to study with Albert Roussel. During his first years in Paris, he incorporated many trends of the time, including jazz, neoclassicism and surrealism. He was particularly attracted to Stravinsky. However, he continued to look to his Bohemian and Moravian roots for musical ideas, particularly in his smaller, lighter works such as his several Divertimenti or Serenades. Divertimento IV is scored for strings, 2 oboes and piano and features solo parts for Violin and Viola. It is in three movements: Allegro, Andante moderato and Allegretto.

Born of a musical family and musically educated by the great French teacher, Nadia Boulanger, Jean Françaix made an international reputation in the years between the two world wars. His music is thoroughly

French – witty, neat and precise, and stylish as a Paris gown! He has immense cunning and craftsmanship, uses the simplest of harmonic progression even if, at times, he can be ‘naughty’ in the manner of dissonance. He tends to be at his best in his smaller-scaled works where his ‘will-o-the-wisp’ talent, and his tendency to use ‘catch-phrases’ (rather than themes) make his individual mark. His works are many and varied. The graceful Concertino for Piano and Orchestra brought him to prominence, and was followed by a String Trio, a Quartet for four saxophones, together with ballet scores, choral works, many songs, and even a musical comedy or two! Not much of his music has penetrated the English music scene as yet, but it is very popular in France.

This Divertissement displays many of the above-mentioned qualities. The strange scoring and its indication that the music will sound ‘bottom heavy’ (except that Françaix is very adept at solving his own problems!) provide plenty of humour and whimsicality.

The piece has the following sections: Vivace, Lento, Viva, Assai & Allegro

Programme notes: Making Music.org.uk

Bohuslav MartinůDivertimento No. 4Soloists: Nadiia Ivkovs & Ben Kearsley

Jean FrançaixDivertissement for Bassoon & Strings

Soloist: James Fisher

4 Programme Notes 3 March 2018

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsOboe ConcertoSoloist: Alexia Pilling

Rondo Pastorale (Allegro moderato)Minuet and Musette (Allegro moderato)Scherzo (Presto – Doppio più lento – Lento – Presto)

This concerto has an element of cyclic form. Each movement begins and ends with the same pentatonic theme, spanning an octave.

Vaughan Williams began work on the Oboe Concerto in 1943, immediately after completing the Fifth Symphony, with which it shares a great deal. Amongst other things, the concerto began as a revision of a scherzo movement originally intended for the symphony (Heffer 2000, 106). The concerto was to have been premiered at a Proms concert on 5 July 1944, but due to the threat of V1 rocket raids on London the Proms season was curtailed. The piece was first played in Liverpool instead, on 30 September 1944 in a concert by the Liverpool Philharmonic, conducted by Malcolm Sargent, that also included the Oboe Concerto by the soloist’s brother, Eugène Goossens

Pastoral in tone and expansively modal in expression, the Oboe Concerto is deceptively easy to listen to, given the considerable difficulties that Vaughan Williams sets for the accompanying string orchestra, which in the space of the concerto’s eighteen minutes must navigate a host of technical challenges, all at dynamic levels that don’t overwhelm the soft timbres of the solo instrument.

Alexia Pelling – Oboe

Having taken up the oboe at the age of eleven, Alexia went on to study a Masters in Music Performance course at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, gaining distinction for her end-of-year recital.

Alexia currently juggles freelance work as a musician and teacher with being a mum to her two young children. She performs extensively as an orchestral musician, appearing regularly with the St Cecilia and Mowbray Orchestras locally, as well as enjoying chamber music recitals and solo engagements.

James Fisher – Bassoon

John Llewellyn Edwards Award scholar James Fisher is a versatile and well-travelled Australian bassoonist who recently auditioned successfully for the BBCSO Pathway Scheme for 2016/17. James has performed at many international concert venues including the Sydney Opera House, Conservatorio di Verona, Santa Maria Della Pieta

and the Schonbrunn Palace. At the age of 16 James played for the Pope at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. In the same year he was awarded best intermediate soloist at the Australian Double Reed Society and in 2011 James received the award for the most highly commended bassoonist.

As a result of his skill, versatility and enthusiasm James is a highly sort after young bassoonist. This has led to him being asked to perform with numerous international recording artists including Josh Groban, Sneaky Sound System, John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John. As well as symphonic, chamber and contemporary music James also appeared as an extra in the Baz Luhrmann film The Great Gatsby in the role of an orchestral bassoonist. James is very much looking forward to commencing his postgraduate studies in bassoon at the Royal College of Music under the tuition of Joost Bosdijk, Sarah Burnett, Andrea De Flammineis and Martin Field.

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The next St Cecilia Concert will take place:

Ripon CathedRalSaturday 21 April 2018 at 7:30pm

Programme to include:

Wagner - Meistersingers Overture

Sibelius - Violin Concerto - Soloist: Chloe Hanslip

Debussy - Prelude a L’apres midi d’un Faune

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9

6 Programme Notes 3 March 2018

The E-major Violin Concerto is a creation of purest Bachian splendour. Opening with three aggressive chords, built on an E-major triad, that form the beginning of the main subject, the first movement unfolds in a fashion characteristic of the composer, but with some surprises. Two serious episodes in minor provide sharp contrast with the ebullience of the main material. And before the return to the main subject, the violin has a tiny solo followed by an unexpected pause before those three opening chords announce the final full exposition of the movement’s main substance.

The minor-keyed slow movement opens the floodgates of a kind of exquisitely controlled poignancy that is Bach’s inimitable version of Baroque romanticism. The form is chaconne-like, which is to say there is a persistent figure in the orchestra above which the violin, after entering on a long-held note, spins seemingly improvisatory strands of serene expressiveness. Bach at his most exalted.

The exuberant final movement is calculated to be give-and-take between orchestra and soloist – the group refrain appears five times with the soloist’s episodes in between. In the final solo episode Bach gives the soloist a brief but telling bit of virtuosity

Chloe Fletcher – Violin

Chloe Fletcher studied violin at the Guildhall School in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She has performed frequently as a soloist, including concertos by Bruch and Mendelssohn. Chloe’s musical passion is chamber music and she currently plays violin with the Dales Ensemble. As well as an active freelance career, Chloe teaches violin, classroom music and French in local schools. Chloe plays on a copy of a Joseph Filius Andrea Guarneri violin made by the Leyburn-based luthier, Roger Hansell.

Haydn’s Symphony No. 22 in E flat major (‘Philosopher’) is a good example of a work that bridges the late Baroque and early Classical styles. Haydn employs the Baroque sonata da chiesa form (i.e. movements in a slow-fast-slow-fast scheme) while making use of a characteristically Classical harmonic language and phrase structure.

The stunning Adagio that opens the symphony represents a hybrid of older ritornello-style form and the emergent Classical sonata form. The main musical idea unfolds in the spirit of a chorale; this idea is first intoned by the horns and is answered, in an orchestrational oddity for the time, by the English horns. This chorale appears in several different keys as the movement progresses, eventually returning to the prevailing E flat major in a kind of recapitulation. The movement is further characterized by a profusion of Baroque delicacies, and suspensions and sequences abound.

A humorous, vivacious Presto follows, providing distinct contrast to the introspective first movement. The Classical aspect of the symphony is further underscored by a third movement in the form of a minuet and trio, the former somewhat plodding, the latter typically dance-like.

In the intriguing finale, Haydn uses a galloping 6/8 meter and hunting calls on the horn and English horn to good effect. Though perhaps unremarkable to modern listeners, the incorporation of hunting music into a symphony surely came as a shock to audiences in the 1760s.

As with most of Haydn’s nicknamed symphonies, the ‘Philosopher’ appellation is not the composer’s own; it does, however, capture something of the work’s thoughtful atmosphere.

Johann Sebastian BachViolin Concerto in ESoloist: Chloe Fletcher

Franz Joseph HaydnSymphony No. 22The Philospher

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2018 March

05Mar

Wesley Centre Concerts

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Wesley Centre, Harrogate

1:00pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL Sofya Gulyak,piano, winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2009, makes a return visitto play works by Clementi, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.Tickets: £7;

09Mar

Harrogate Competitive Festival www.hcfmsd.co.uk 01937 842955

Harrogate High School, Harrogate

6:00pm COMPETITIVE FESTIVALThis is the second of three consecutive weekends of the Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music,Speech and Drama, in its 82nd year of operation. The weekend features solo singing, verse speaking,musical theatre and the olde tyme music hallTickets: Adult day: £5; Adult weekend: £8; Adult whole festival: £12; Performers & children under 17: £0;

10Mar

North Yorkshire Chorus www.northyorkshirechorus.org.uk 01609761059

All Saints Church, Northallerton

11:00am SING ALONG MESSIAH, WORKSHOPA workshop with Simon Wright and Greg Smith. Practice some of the choruses under Simon'sguidance with a performance at the end of the afternoon.Tickets: Adult: £15 - Workshop/payable on the day/Please book in advance with name, voice and whether abook is needed.; Performance: £5 - Pay at door;

10Mar

Harrogate Choral Society www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk 01423 502116

Royal Hall - Harrogate, Harrogate

7:30pm MENDELSSOHN - ELIJAHWe celebrate our 70th Anniversary year in 2018 and start the celebrations with the first work everperformed by the Harrogate Choral Society. Soloists will be Samantha Hay, Soprano; Gaynor Keeble,Mezzo Soprano; Luke Sinclair, Tenor; and Alex Ashworth, Bass-Baritone; and we will beaccompanied by the Amici Ensemble. Tickets priced from £20 to £5 are on sale from the HarrogateTheatre box office tel 01423 502116 or online at www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk. Keep watching ourwebsite for the most up to date information www.harrogatechoral.org.ukTickets: For ticket information please contact Harrogate Choral Society

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12Mar

Cathedral Concert Society www.riponconcerts.co.uk 01904 801804

Ripon Cathedral, Ripon

7:30pm THE HERSCHEL TRIOBaroque specialists the Herschel Trio (Graham O'Sullivan flute and baroque flute, MieHayashi-O'Sullivan harpsichord and Susanna Pell baroque cello) play works by Handel Bach andTelemannTickets: Single tickets bought in advance: £17; Single tickets bough at the door: £18;

16Mar

Harrogate Competitive Festival www.hcfmsd.co.uk 01937 842955

Harrogate High School, Harrogate

6:00pm COMPETITIVE FESTIVALThis is the third of three consecutive weekends of the Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music,Speech and Drama, in its 82nd year of operation. This is the choirs and brass weekend but there willalso be percussion, duet and solo singing and some jazz. We round off with the Final Concert on theSunday evening. This contains the final of the Young Musician of the Festival Competition and aselection of performances from throughout the Festival.Tickets: Adult day: £5; Adult weekend: £8; Adult whole festival: £12; Performers & children under 17: £0;

17Mar

Queen Mary’s School www.queenmarys.org 01845 575000

St Mary's Church, Thirsk

7:00pm BAROQUE CLASSICSQueen Mary’s outstanding Chapel and Senior Choir perform excerpts from Handel’s Messiah andVivaldi Gloria. Queen Mary’s Chamber Orchestra perform The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, BachDouble Violin Concerto second movement and excerpts from The Fireworks Suite. This concert willfeature solos from Emilia Jaques, finalist in BBC Chorister of the Year 2017.Tickets: Adult: £7.5; Child: £0;

17Mar

Ripon Choral Society www.riponchoralsociety.org.uk 01423 525954


7:30pm RCS SPRING CONCERT 2018This feast of choral music included a Faure double bill, in the shape of his bewitching Requiem andthe ever-popular Cantique de Jean Racine. Here is an opportunity to savour the powerful spirituality ofthe former and the marvel that Faure was only 19 when he composed the latter. Plus, experienceSeven Last Words from the Cross by Englishman Paul Carr, a profoudly moving work dramaticallydescribing Christ's last hours on earth. Paul Keohone - Baritone with Orchestra D'Amici conducted byJohn Dunford. Tickets: Reserved seats : £22; Unreserved seats: £20;





22Mar

St John's Church Sharow

St John's Church, Sharow

00:00am EXHIBITION AND SALE OF PAINTINGSExhibition and Sale of Paintings by David Page incidental live music, refreshments and silent auctionIn aid of Northern Aldborough Festival, Ripon Choral Society and St John's Church Afternoons 12:30to 17:30 Evenings 18:30 to 21:00Tickets: Adult afternoon: £2.5 - afternoon ticket; Adult evening: £5 - evening ticket plus glass of wine; Children:£0 - free all times;

24Mar

Richmondshire Concerts rsconcerts.org

Influence Church, Richmond

7:30pm PELLEAS ENSEMBLE The Pelléas Ensemble won the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2016. The musiciansperform from memory, to create an immediate and more intimate connection with their audiences.Tonight they play works by Dubois, Leclair, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Benjamin Graves andRavel.Tickets: Adult: £15; Full-time student: £1;

24Mar

York Musical Society www.yorkmusicalsociety.org.uk

York Minster, York

7:30pm J S BACH: ST MATTHEW PASSIONYork Minster is the appropriately magnificent setting for this monumental choral work, described bySir Simon Rattle as ‘one of those achievements that we don’t see again in the history of humanity.’Based on St Matthew’s Gospel, Part One tells the story of the betrayal and arrest of Jesus; Part Twoturns darker and softer as it depicts his trial, crucifixion and burial. The Evangelist, sung by a tenor,narrates the Gospel text; the words of Jesus are sung by the bass Christus. A double chorus andorchestra, an additional ‘ripieno’ soprano chorus and four additional soloists combine to make this amust-hear masterpiece.Tickets: For ticket information please contact York Musical Society





24Mar

Vocalis chamber choir harrogatevocalis.org.uk

St Peter's, Harrogate

7:30pm BERNSTEIN CENTENARY CELEBRATIONVocalis, Harrogate’s chamber choir are holding a Bernstein Centenary Celebration concert at 7.30pmon Saturday 24 March in St Peter’s Church Cambridge Street, Harrogate HG1 1RW. Conducted bytheir talented young Musical Director Alexander Kyle, this celebratory concert will include excerptsfrom West Side Story and a performance of Bernstein’s energetic and tuneful Chichester Psalms.Also included are Parry’s splendid anthem ‘I Was Glad’ and a rare performance of Copland’schallenging but wonderful ‘In the Beginning’ with a beautiful mezzo-soprano solo which will be sungby soloist Charlotte Kitson. Vocalis will be accompanied by John Longstaff, Director of Music andOrganist at St Peter’s Church and percussionist Taneli Clarke. Wine and soft drinks will be availablein the interval. Tickets are £12 in advance or £15 at the door, free for under 16s and carersaccompanying people requiring assistance. Tickets are available online atwww.harrogatevocalis.org.uk, email: [email protected] or ring 01423 871917. Tickets: in advance: £12; At the door: £15; under 16s: £0; carers of people requiring assistance: £0;

24Mar

York Symphony Orchestra www.yso.org.uk 01904 627900

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York

8:00pm VISIONS OF ALBIONVaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps, Walton Crown Imperial, Truswell Concerto for Ceilidh Bandand Orchestra (First performance) Soloists: Monster Ceilidh Band, Elgar Symphony no. 2Tickets: Full: £15; Concessions: £13; Children: £5;

25Mar

St John's Church Sharow www.stjohnssharow.org.uk 01765 602402


2:30pm COME AND SING “MESSIAH”"Come and Sing Messiah" is taking place on Sunday 25th March at 2.30 pm in St John’s ChurchSharow. The event is being organised on behalf of Yorkshire Cancer Research and St John's ChurchSharow. John Dunford, musical director of Ripon and Wetherby Choral Societies is conducting. It willbe a turn up and sing event, with no rehearsal. The challenge of singing Messiah from scratch.Registration now open, tickets also on the door. Tickets: Donation: £20 - Minimum donation;

25Mar

Richmondshire Orchestra WWW.richmondshireorchestra.org.uk 01969 622665

Richmond School, Richmond

3:00pm SPRING CONCERTConductor David Emmerson Leader Fiona McDonald Soloist Alexandra Vaduva VaughanWilliams:English Folksong Suite Greig: Piano Concerto Kalinnikov: Symphony no 1Tickets: Adult: £10; Children: £0;





29Mar

Vacation Chamber Orchestra www.vaco.net 07974 698264

The Nash, Hawes

7:30pm CHAMBER MUSIC IS FUN!VaCO's ensemble of advanced music students perform Martinu's evocative Nonet, Novak's exciting"Balletti a 9" and a variety of music for String Quartet and Wind Quintet. (Supported by RiponCathedral Concerts Society) Tickets available at the door or by telephone: 07974 698264.Tickets: Adults: £10; Under 18s: £0;

30Mar


Octagon Theatre, Grassington


31Mar


St Gregory's Church, Bedale


2018 April

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St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth






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07Apr

Sowerby Music www.sowerbymusic.org.uk 01845 518001

St Oswald's Church, Sowerby

7:30pm FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVEAn all Russian programme from this magnificent quartet. A selection of movements in the first half -Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile, a movement from Prokoviev's 1st Quartet and some Liadov orSokolov. The magnificent Shostakovich piano quintet takes up the second half.Tickets: Pre-sales: £16 Unres; 18 and under: £0 Unres; On the door: £17 Unres;

09Apr

Wesley Centre Concerts www.wesleycentreharrogate.org.uk 01423 883618/509917


1:00pm LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALOrgan Recital by Graham Barber Tickets: £7;

09Apr

All Saints Church, Kirkby Overblow allsaintschurchko.co.uk 01423 879355

All Saints Church, Kirkby Overblow

7:30pm KING'SMEN, CAMBRIDGE! KingsMen returning for third time to wonderful venue of All Saints KO for evening of Sacred, profaneand highly entertaining music making! Tickets £15 /£7.50 U16 yrs Tickets: Adult: £15 100 - at door/ email or Shoulder Pub; 16 and under: £7.5 20;





21Apr

Stamford Bridge Singers www.stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk 01904 787181

All Saints Church, Pocklington

10:00am COME AND SING CORONATION ANTHEMSYou are cordially invited to Come and Sing with the Stamford Bridge Singers. We shall spend the daylearning and singing some of our best-loved Coronation Anthems by Parry, Handel and Boyce. TheSinging Day will take place on Saturday 21st April at All Saints’ Church in Pocklington, starting at10am and finishing with a short concert performance at 4.15 pm. Stuart Nettleship will conduct andGeoffrey Coffin will accompany on the organ. There are six Coronation Anthems to be learned andsung on the day. They are: Handel: Zadok the Priest; Let Thy Hand be Strengthened; My heart isinditing; Hallelujah from Messiah, William Boyce: Come Holy Ghost and Parry: I was glad (shortenedversion). All six anthems will be bound together in a booklet which will be provided on the day andmay be taken home as a souvenir. The cost is included in the price of the ticket. The cost for the fullday will be £12 (£5 for students). For more details and an application form, visitwww.stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk . Proceeds from the day will go to ABF The Soldiers’ Charity,which SBS are supporting throughout 2018 and 2019. Tickets: Student: £5; Adult: £12;

21Apr

St Cecilia Orchestra www.st-cecilia.org.uk 01765 677413


7:30pm SPECIAL SPRING CONCERTWagner's "Meistersingers" Overture, followed by the much awaited return of Chloe Hanslip to play theSibelius Violin Concerto. After the interval, Debussy's evocative "Prelude a L'apres midi d'un Faune"and then the fun and games of Shostakovich Symphony No 9. Tickets available online (via the linkabove or visit www.st-cecilia.org.uk) Other ticket outlets: Little Ripon Bookshop, Westgate; HenryRoberts Books, The Arcade. By telephone from Richard Russell - 01765 677413.Tickets: Adults: £20; Concessions : £18; Students: £5 - Over 16; Children: £0 - Under 16;

28Apr

Fisher Singers www/fisher singers.wordpress.com 01423874320

St Peter's, Harrogate

00:00am HAYDN AND JENKINSWith the theme of peace in time of war, The Fisher Singers present Haydn's Paukenmesse, or with itsalternative title, a mass in time of war, and Karl Jenkins The Armed man; A Mass For Peace.Tickets: For ticket information please contact Fisher Singers

2018 May

07May


Stamford Bridge Village Hall,Stamford Bridge

7:30pm MAY DAY CABARETStamford Bridge Singers will perform a light-hearted cabaret evening in the Village Hall.Tickets: For ticket information please contact Stamford Bridge Singers





12May

Knaresborough Choral Society www.knaresboroughchoralsociety.com 01423 862863 (Art in the Mill)

Venue TBC,

7:30pm HAYDN 'THE CREATION'

Tickets: For ticket information please contact Knaresborough Choral Society

12May

Paulinus Singers www.stpaulinus.org.uk 01677 450566

St Mary's Church, Masham

7:30pm SUMMER CONCERTIncluding works by Byrd, Palestrina, Victoria, Lauridsen and John Tavener, but ending on a lighternote.Tickets: Adult: £10 - Adult; U19: £5 - Under 19;

12May



7:30pm EXTRAORDINARY SOUNDS FROM AROUNDA welcome return from the latest crop of students representing this Centre for Advanced Training. Tickets: Pre-sales: £12 Unres; 18 and under: £0 Unres; On the door: £13 Unres;

12May

North Yorkshire Chorus www.northyorkshirechorus.org.uk 01609779568

The FORUM, Northallerton

7:30pm MAY 2018 CONCERTHoward Goodall: Eternal Light, a Requiem Bach: Cantata no. 51 Trevor Wilson: Matins NorthYorkshire Promusica Soloists Rachel Little and John Dunford Tickets: Adult: £14; £0; £0;

14May

Wesley Centre Concerts www.wesleychapelharrogate.org.uk 01423 883618/509917


7:30pm LUNCHTIME SONG RECITALJacqueline Stucker (USA) (soprano) Jette Parker Young Artist, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,and Emma Abbate (Italy) (piano)Tickets: £7;





18May

Cleveland Chamber Orchestra clevelandchamberorchestra.co.uk 01748 821343

Teesside High School, Eaglescliffe

3:00pm CCO PLAYS MOZART, POULENC, BARTOK & BEETHOVENBeethoven Leonora no 3 Overture Bartok Hungarian Pictures Poulenc Concerto for 2 pianos MozartConcerto for 2 pianos no 10 K365Tickets: Adult: £12; Child: £0;

18May

St John's Church Sharow [email protected]


7:30pm NORTHALLERTON MALE VOICE CHOIR SUMMER CONCERTNorthallerton Male Voice Choir and other artists Sponsored by Ripon Rotary Club and Inner WheelClub of Ripon - tickets £10 to include a glass of wineTickets: £10 - Concert including a glass of wine;

19May

York Guildhall Orchestra www.yorkguildhallorchestra.com 0844 854 2757

York Barbican, York

7:30pm SHOSTAKOVICH, TCHAIKOVSKY & BERLIOZA concert of symphonic music from the late 19th & early 20th century. Concert programme includesShostakovich Festive Overture, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique.Tickets: A: £22 - Central stalls; B: £19 - Side stalls; C: £15 - Rear stalls; D: £5 - Students & Children under 16;

20May

Cleveland Chamber Orchestra clevelandchamberorchestra.co.uk 01748 821343

Stokesley Methodist Church,Stokesley

3:00pm CCO PLAYS DVORAK & HAYDNDvorak Serenade for Wind op 44 Dvorak Serenade for Strings Haydn Symphony no 100 in G 'Military'Tickets: Adult: £12; Child: £0;

26May

Swaledale Festival www.swalefest.org 01748 880019

St Andrew's Church, Grinton

7:30pm CRAIG OGDEN & GARY RYANTwo leading classical guitar masters play solos and duets by Dowland, Vivaldi, Bach, Rossini andPiazzolla, as well as a few surprises. Tickets: Adult: £19; Under 25: £3;





26May


St Oswald's Church, Askrigg

7:30pm SWALE SINGERSSwaledale's mixed choir presents stirring works by Brahms and Elgar, conducted by Hugh Bowman. Tickets: Adult: £8; Under 25: £3;

27May


St Mary and St John's Church,Hardraw.,

2:00pm MATT WADSWORTH - THEORBO RECITALUplifting music by Corelli, Kapsberger, Piccinini and de Visee played on the multi-stringed two metrelong theorbo by master of the instrument. The programme also includes The Miller's Tale which waswritten for Matt Wadsworth by Stephen Goss. Two concerts - 14.00 and 16.00Tickets: Adult : £10; U25: £3;

28May


St Margaret's Church, Hawes

4:00pm YORKSHIRE PHILHARMONIC CHOIROne of the North's premier choirs performs Fauré's Requiem and a selection of choral works byHandel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Brahms and Parry, conducted by Dr. Andrew Padmore. Tickets: Adult: £8; U25: £3;

28May



7:30pm CATRIN FINCH & SECKOU KEITAA stunning collaboration between two extraordinary artists - Welsh harpist Catrin Finch andSenegalese kora player Seckou Keita. Intricate, ethereal and world-class. Tickets: Adult: £19; U25: £3;

29May


St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth

4:00pm KRISTIANA IGNATJEVA AND STEN HEINOJAProkofiev's beautifully expressive Cello Sonata in C and Cesar Franck's radiant Sonata in A played byan outstanding young Latvian cellist and her Estonian pianist. Tickets: Adult: £10; U25: £3;





29May



7:30pm JENNIFER PIKE & PETR LIMONOVViolinist Jennifer Pike was crowned BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2002 at the age of twelve.Since her astonishing performance in the final she has blossomed into a commanding soloist withexquisite poise. Jennifer and her pianist celebrate the rich musical heritage of their native Poland withexciting works by Szymanowski and Wieniawski, as well as the original duet version of VaughanWilliam's beautiful The Lark Ascending. Tickets: Adult : £19; u25: £3;

30May



7:30pm MAHAN ESFAHANI PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSBach's keyboard masterpiece Goldberg Variations played by the leading harpsichord soloist in abeautiful settingTickets: Adult: £19; U25: £3;

31May


St Michael and All Angels' Church,Spennithorne

4:00pm HEATHER RYALL TRIOTalented young clarinetist Heather Ryall is joined by soprano Ruth McElvanney and pianist SarahLatto in a selection of music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnoldand Dominick Argento. The programme also features Richard Strauss’s beautiful Morgen.Tickets: adult: £10; u25: £3;

31May


St Oswald's Church, Askrigg

7:30pm DAVID OWEN NORRIS'S JUPITER PROJECTCaroline Balding - violin, Katy Bircher - flute, Jonny Byers - cello, David Owen Norris - BroadwoodGrand Pianoforte of 1828 MOZART - Overture to The Magic Flute (arr. Hummel) MOZART - PianoConcerto No.21 in C, K.467 (arr. Cramer) MOZART - Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (arr.Hummel) MOZART - Symphony No.41 in C ‘The Jupiter’, K.551(arr. Clementi) As Mozart’sreputation grew in the 19th century, three great virtuosi of the pianoforte recomposed his overtures,symphonies and concertos, adding many more notes to suit a more flamboyant style of playing on amuch larger instrument. But instead of a full orchestra, Clementi, Cramer and Hummel wrote for aquartet of piano, violin, flute and cello. On nineteenth-century instruments the results are both excitingand beautiful.Tickets: Adult: £16; u25: £3;





2018 June

01Jun


Holy Trinity Church, Low Row

4:00pm SVYATI DUO: REBECCA HEPPLEWHITE AND JULIAN COLLINGSA superb duo playing in the ideal setting of Holy Trinity ChurchTickets: Adult: £10; u25: £3;

02Jun


St Mary's Church, Richmond

7:30pm MARIAN CONSORT - MISEREREALLEGRI - Miserere JAMES MACMILLAN - Miserere PALESTRINA - Stabat Mater GABRIELJACKSON - Stabat Mater The world-class vocal ensemble, directed by Rory McCleery, performs acapella works by two early masters and two leading contemporary composers. Allegri’s sublimeMiserere is one of the most popular choral pieces of all time, and MacMillan’s setting complements itperfectly. For Gabriel Jackson’s piece, the Marian Consort will be joined by Cleveland PhilharmonicJunior Choir, directed by John Forsyth MBE.Tickets: adult: £16; u25: £3;

03Jun


St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale

4:00pm BIRKETT AND FISK PLAY VENUTI AND LANGWith their warm rapport and infectious energy, jazz violinist Emma Fisk and guitarist James Birkettpresent an entertaining and informative concert inspired by the first great jazz violin and guitarpartnerships - Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang. Tickets: adult: £10; u25: £3;

03Jun



7:30pm SACCONI QUARTET AND JAMES GILCHRISTHAYDN - String Quartet Op.55 No.2 ‘The Razor’ JANACEK - String Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’JONATHAN DOVE - ‘In Damascus’ The Sacconi Quartet and leading tenor James Gilchrist performJonathan Dove’s In Damascus which the quartet commissioned in 2016. Set to texts by Ali Safarwhich draw on his experiences in Syria, this beautiful piece pays homage to those affected by thetragic conflict there. The Sacconis will also play Haydn’s ‘Razor’ Quartet and Janacek’s passionateand playful Intimate Letters.Tickets: adult: £19; u25: £3;





04Jun

Wesley Centre Concerts wesleycentreharrogate.org.uk 01423 883618/509917


1:00pm LUNCHTIME SONG RECITALLunchtime song recital by Stephan Loges (Germany) (bass-baritone) and Eugene Asti (USA) (piano)Tickets: £7;

04Jun


Reeth Evangelical CongregationalChurch, Reeth

4:00pm ALEXANDRA WHITTINGHAM - CLASSICAL GUITARYoung Artists Platform. The young guitarist and YouTube sensation is building a highly successfulcareer as a soloist. Here she plays some classics of the guitar repertoire by Bach, Turina, LeoBrouwer and Roland Dyens. Tickets: adult: £8; u25: £3;

04Jun



7:30pm MARTIN ROSCOE & EUCO WIND SOLOISTSA mouth watering programme of music for piano and wind instruments performed by the outstandingpianist Martin Roscoe and principal wind players from the European Union Chamber Orchestra.Tickets: Adult : £19; u25: £3;

05Jun


St Gregory's Church, Bedale

7:30pm APOLLO SAXOPHONE QUARTETThis quartet has been at the forefront of the contemporary music scene - commissioning,collaborating, recording and performing all over the world. Tickets: Adult : £16; u25: £3;

06Jun


Gunnerside Methodist Chapel,

4:00pm AURORA PERCUSSION DUOWorld Premiere. Percussion wizards Delia Stevens and Le Yu play music spanning five centuries ona myriad of instruments. Tickets: Adult: £10; u25: £3;





06Jun



7:30pm MAYA YOUSSEF TRIOSyrian musician Maya Youssef is a virtuoso player of the Qanun - a traditional 78-string zither foundacross the Arab world, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Winner of an Exceptional Talent Award in2012, she regularly appears on television and at venues and festivals worldwide. Accompanied bypercussionist Elizabeth Nott and cellist Barney Morse-Brown, Maya combines her extraordinarymusical gifts with warmth, humour and optimism. Tickets: adult : £16; u25: £3;

07Jun


Aske Hall Chapel, Richmond

4:00pm JACOB HERINGMAN & ARIEL ABRAMOVICH - CIFRAS IMAGINARIASTwo viruoso lutenists swap their lutes for guitar-like vihuelas for some beautifully meditative duets inthe glorious setting of Aske Chapel. Tickets: Adult : £10; u25: £3;

07Jun



7:30pm ANGELA HEWITT PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSThe second of two performances of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Swaledale Festival this year -this time on the piano. Canadian-born pianist Angela Hewitt has made Bach’s music the cornerstoneof her stellar career. Her expressive artistry, flawless technique and beauty of tone make her acompelling player of the highest order. Tickets: Adult : £19; u25: £3;

08Jun


St Mary's Church, Muker

4:00pm THE MERAKI DUOIn the lovely church in Muker, two gifted young players explore music by Bartok, Villa Lobos, ChickCorea and Andy Scott. Tickets: adult: £8; u25: £3;





09Jun

Harrogate Choral Society www.harrogatechoral.org.uk 01423 502116

St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate

7:30pm A NIGHTINGALE SANGA concert of music composed by and loved by americans including Bernstein - Chichester Psalms, OMagnum Mysterium by Morton Lauridsen, Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre and Samuel Barber - AgnusDei (which is his Adagio arranged for choir) plus the Battle Hymn of the Republic, My Country tis ofThee and many others, including A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square. Tickets at £10 unreserved(or £5 for students, under 16s and unwaged) are now on sale from the Harrogate Theatre Box Officetel 01423 502116 or online at www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk. For more information please visit ourwebsite www.harrogatechoral.org.ukTickets: For ticket information please contact Harrogate Choral Society

09Jun


Tennant's Garden Rooms, Leyburn

7:30pm THE HALLéGRIEG - Holberg Suite RAVEL - Le Tombeau de Couperin KODALY - Summer Evening MOZART -Symphony No. 38 in D 'Prague' The North's world class symphony orchestra performs a deliciousprogramme of masterworks by Mozart, Grieg, Ravel and Kodaly, conducted by Jonathon Heyward.Tickets: Rear seating block: £15; Middle seating block : £25; Front seating block: £30; u25 rear seating block:£3; u25 middle seating block: £6; u25 front seating block: £9;

09Jun


Garden Rooms, Tennants, Leyburn

10:00pm EMMA FISK'S HOT CLUB DU NORDA relaxed session with jazz violinist Emma Fisk's superb quartet, bringing to life the classic 30s and40s repertoire of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's Hot Club de France. The perfect way tobring this year's Festival to a close. Tickets: Adult: £15; u25: £3;

16Jun

Ripon Choral Society www.riponchoralsociety.org.uk 01423 525954


00:00am SUMMER CONCERTWelcome in the summer with a masterclass from three giants of choral music with: Andrea Ryder -Soprano Charlotte Kitson - Alto Mark Cunningham - Tenor John Cunningham - Bass Orchestrad'Amici conducted by John DunfordTickets: Reserved seats : £22; Unreserved : £20;





16Jun



7:30pm TWO CENTURIES OF REMARKABLE HANDSThe formidable Charles Owen plays Bach's English Suite No.3, 6 Etudes from Debussy's set of 12and the mighty posthumous sonata in C minor D958 by Schubert.Tickets: Pre-sales: £16 Unres; 18 and under: £0 Unres; On the door: £17 Unres;

17Jun

Richmondshire Orchestra WWW.richmondshireorchestra.org.uk 01969 622665

Tennant's Garden Rooms, Leyburn

3:00pm SUMMER CONCERTConductor Alex Lewis Leader Fiona McDonald Sgt Pepper Album, an arrangement by Dee PalmerTomlinson: Suite of English Folk Dances Farnon: Westminster Waltz Binge: Elizabethan SerenadeDuncan: Little SuiteTickets: Adult: £10; Children: £0;

17Jun


St Nicholas Church, Dunnington

6:00pm CHORAL EVENSONGStamford Bridge Singers will sing Choral Evensong at Dunnington Parish Church.Tickets: For ticket information please contact Stamford Bridge Singers

23Jun

Academy of St Olave's www.academyofstolaves.org.uk

St Olave's Church, York

8:00pm 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALAAssociate Condcutor: John Bryan Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Boyce: Symphony No 4 in FRichard Strauss: Concertino for clarinent and bassoon (Lesley Schatzburger clarinet, Isabel Dowellbassoon) Beethoven: Symphony No 8Tickets: Full price: £14; Concessions: £13; Students: £5;

30Jun

Vocalis chamber choir www.harrogatevocalis.org.uk

All Saints Church, Kirkby Overblow

00:00am A SUMMER FEAST

Tickets: For ticket information please contact Vocalis chamber choir





30Jun


Holy Trinity Church, Ripon

7:30pm SUMMER CHAMBER CONCERTIncluding Jean Francaix's delicious 9 pieces for Wind Dectet and, the glorious Serenade for Strings byDvorak and Mozart's greatest Symphony - No 40 in G minor. Tickets available online (via the linkabove or visit www.st-cecilia.org.uk) Other Ticket outlets & prices tba.Tickets: For ticket information please contact St Cecilia Orchestra

2018 July

01Jul

York Symphony Orchestra www.yso.org.uk 01904 627900

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York

7:30pm FRENCH (AND BELGIAN) FANCIESHérold Overture: Zampa, Franck: Psyche et Eros, Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no.2 (Soloist - PaulFeehan) and 'Organ' Symphony no. 3Tickets: Children: £5; Concessions: £13; Full: £15;

01Jul


All Saints Church , Low Catton

7:30pm SUMMER CONCERTStamford Bridge Singers will perform their summer concert in Catton Church.Tickets: For ticket information please contact Stamford Bridge Singers

02Jul

Wesley Centre Concerts

www.wesleychapelharrogate.org.uk/Pages/concerts.html

01423 883618/509917


1:00pm LUNCHTIME JAZZ CONCERTLunchtime Jazz Concert with the Richard Wetherall TrioTickets: On the door: £7;

07Jul

Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra www.harrogatephilharmonicorchestra.org.uk

St Mark's Church, Harrogate HG28AY

7:30pm HPO SUMMER CONCERT

Tickets: Adult: £12; Age 16 and under: £0;





14Jul

Ripon Cathedral Development Campaign


7:30pm LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS SUMMER CONCERTFull details available early 2018Tickets: For ticket information please contact Ripon Cathedral Development Campaign

2018 September

22Sep

Academy of St Olave's www.academyofstolaves.org.uk

St Olave's Church, York

8:00pm AUTUMN CONCERT

Tickets: For ticket information please contact Academy of St Olave's

28Sep



7:30pm SACCONI SPECTACULARA stunning programme from one of the area's favourite ensembles. Mozart Horn Quintet in EflatK407, Ireland, Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet, Weber, Clarinet Clarinet Quintet op.34Tickets: For ticket information please contact Sowerby Music

2018 October

06Oct

Paulinus Singers www.stpaulinus.org.uk 01677 450566


00:00am AUTUMN CONCERT

Tickets: For ticket information please contact Paulinus Singers

13Oct

York Guildhall Orchestra

www.yorkguildhallorchestra.com/html/future_season.html

08448542757

York Barbican, York

7:30pm AUTUMN CONCERT Berlioz - Overture Le Carnaval Romain; Fauré - Pavane; Bartok - Piano Concerto No.3 (soloist: GraceHuang); Sibelius - Valse Triste; Sibelius - Symphony No.5Tickets: A: £22 - Centre Stalls; B: £19 - Side Stalls; C: £15 - Rear stalls; D: £5 Anywhere - Students & Kidsunder 16;





13Oct

York Guildhall Orchestra www.yorkguildhallorchestra.com

York Barbican, York

7:30pm AUTUMN CONCERTConcert programme to be confirmedTickets: A: £22; B: £19; C: £15; D: £5 - Children and Students;

13Oct

Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra www.harrogatephilharmonicorchestra.org.uk

St Mark's Church, Harrogate HG28AY

7:30pm HPO AUTUMN CONCERT

Tickets: Adult: £12; Age 16 and under: £0;

20Oct

Harrogate Choral Society www.harrogatechoral.org.uk via box office

Royal Hall - Harrogate, Harrogate

7:30pm THE MAGIC OF MOZARTAs part of the celebrations of our 70th season we invite our President Brian Kay, in his 30th year inthe role, to conduct an evening of magical music by Mozart - Divertimento for Strings K136, MissaBrevis K275, Horn Concerto No 4 K495 and Requiem K626. Soloists will be Ben Goldscheider, Horn,Sarah Power, Soprano; Angharad Lyddon, Mezzo; Guy Eliot, Tenor; Jake Muffett, Bass. All to beaccompanied by the Manchester Camerata. Please look at our website for the latest informationwww.harrogatechoral.org.uk. Tickets priced at £15 and £20 (£5 for under 16s, students and unwaged)will be on sale shortly from the Harrogate Theatre Box Office www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk or Tel04123502116Tickets: For ticket information please contact Harrogate Choral Society

20Oct



7:30pm FESTIVE GALA CONCERTBrahms "Academic Festival Overture", Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto with the great pianistPeter Donohoe, followed by Brahms' magnificent 3rd Symphony. Tickets available online (via the linkabove or visit www.st-cecilia.org.uk) Other ticket outlets and prices tba.Tickets: For ticket information please contact St Cecilia Orchestra



Documents

Ripon’s own Symphony Orchestra - St Cecilia OrchestraVaughan Williams began work on the Oboe Concerto in 1943, immediately after completing the Fifth Symphony, with which it shares