What's On at Leeds Town Hall January - August 2014 by Leeds International Concert Season

What’s On

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Your guide for January – August 2014

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Sat 4 January: 7.30pm Free pre-concert talk by Simon Lindley at 6.45pm

Welcome to your What’s On at Leeds Town Hall brochure for January to August 2014, proudly sponsored by the Yorkshire Evening Post. As you browse through the next few pages we hope you’ll be inspired to join us at our city’s most iconic venue, whether it’s to enjoy one of our world-class orchestral concerts, a night out with friends to see a comedian, or to experience a fascinating talk or tour... Inspiring the Leeds International Orchestral Season’s dance theme this Spring, the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra performs Kodaly’s Dances of Galánta (8 March), the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty suite (10 May) and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra features Stravinksy’s Petrushka (18 Jan). Outside of classical music the live orchestra can be heard in two fantastic concerts: From Rags to Ritzes: Irving Berlin celebrates 125 years of the great songwriter (9 Feb) and From Hackney to Hollywood: A Life in Song explores the lyrics of Don Black (4 April).

For the first time ever we team up with the Carriageworks Theatre to present the Banff Film Festival – two evenings across two venues featuring a selection of extraordinary short films. Follow incredible adventurers, watch adrenaline packed action sports and be inspired by filmmaking from across the world (12 and 13 Feb). Recently awarded Poet Laureate at this year’s Q Awards, punk poet John Cooper Clarke brings his biting, satirical, political and very funny verse to Leeds (1 March) and award-winning columnist, critic and bestselling author Caitlin Moran will be inviting you to explore her take on feminism as she talks about her brand new book (15 July).

Imagine the sheer electricity and brilliance of classical music performed at its most powerful, exciting best.

We hope to welcome you to Leeds Town Hall soon.

Paul Daniel conductor

Councillor Lucinda Yeadon Executive Member for Leisure & Skills

Larry Goves The Rules Mahler Symphony No 5

For one night only, conducted by Paul Daniel, ‘the most uplifting orchestra in the world’ (The Times) returns to Leeds Town Hall with one of the most famous works of the 20th century, Mahler’s Symphony No 5 and the world premiere of Larry Goves’ The Rules.

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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Now imagine a huge orchestra of the most supremely talented teenagers in the UK playing as though their lives depended on it. This is the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

‘Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift’ Mahler

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The huge emotional breadth of Mahler’s heartwrenching fifth symphony is tackled with depth and integrity while NYO’s electric energy is harnessed to stunning effect in The Rules. Who better to challenge the protocols of classical music in the concert hall?

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Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Behind the Lions Throughout 2014, the Town Hall will be opening its doors to a series of exciting events, giving you the opportunity to see what’s inside our landmark building. The hidden histories of the Town Hall come alive in our monthly tours, talks and exhibitions programme.

Mondays at 1.05pm Presented by Dr Simon Lindley City Organist, with special guests

This Spring our busy organ recital series continues with performances by the University of Huddersfield Brass Band (10 Feb), violinist David Greed and soprano Sarah Potter (3 Feb) and Leeds Cathedral Choir School (10 March). St Peter’s Singers present a concert of remembrance featuring choral music relating to the First World War (17 Feb) and we welcome very special guests from St Peter’s Church of England Primary School (31 March). Solo recitals from Professor Ian Tracey (27 Jan), Thomas Trotter (24 Feb) and Darius Battiwalla (17 March) also feature. See inside back cover for dates or visit www.leedsconcertseason.com. Call 0113 247 8336 for a leaflet with full details.

Lunchtime Talks

Town Hall Tours

Working with Leeds University’s Brotherton Library and Leeds Central Library, we present a series of ‘one object, one hour’ talks about the objects in the University’s Special Collection. These talks, given by people who work with the collections, will reveal some of the remarkable objects that make up our cultural heritage which the Brotherton collects and makes accessible, not just for the University, but for the benefit of everyone.

Explore the hidden secret side to the Town Hall! This tour is your chance to stand at the dock where prisoners once stood, sit at the judge’s bench in the Courtroom, see the Victorian prison cells and climb the 203 steps to the top of the clock tower to see the clock whilst taking in a view of Leeds unlike any other.

Fri 17 January at Leeds Town Hall

Fri 14 March Leeds Town Hall

Holocaust Poetry

Secrets of Swallows & Amazons

from the University of Leeds archives Thur 13 February at Leeds Central Library

The Romance of Shakespeare’s Sonnets

First editions at the University of Leeds

The Arthur Ransome Collection All talks 12.30pm – 1.30pm and you are welcome to bring your lunch. These talks are free, however donations are welcome. Email arts@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 247 6419 to reserve a space.

Saturdays at 10.30am & 1pm: 25 Jan, 22 Feb, 29 March, 26 April, 31 May, 28 June and 26 July Mondays at 2.30pm: 27 Jan, 24 Feb, 31 March, 28 April, 19 May, 30 June and 28 July Tickets: £4.50 Advance booking essential 0113 224 3801

Private tours

We also offer private tours at a date/time to suit you (including Saturdays and evenings). © ERIC AMBLER

Why not host your event at Leeds Town Hall? Iconic, historic and refurbished, Leeds Town Hall is the ideal destination for all kinds of events, great and small. The Victoria Hall offers one of the largest spaces available for hire in Leeds, perfect for a presentation to an audience of up to 1200 people or a banquet for 400 people. With seating removed, the hall can be used for a wide variety of events, including dinners, conferences, exhibitions or dances. Flexible meeting room spaces are also available with a choice of eleven meeting rooms.

Tours are £100 and we can take up to 25 people. Call 0113 247 6419 to enquire. Please note: for those unable to ascend the clock tower stairs an audio-visual presentation will be available upon request. In the event of wet weather or high winds, the tour will not include the outside of the clock tower.

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Sat 11 January: 7.30pm

Sat 18 January: 7.30pm

Sat 25 January: 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talk by Clive McClelland at 6.45pm

Free pre-concert talk by David Fligg at 6.45pm

Free pre-concert talk by Julian Rushton at 6.45pm

Manchester Camerata

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra

Nicholas Kraemer conductor Purcell Chacony Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Telemann Tafelmusik Part III Telemann Overture: Water Music Pachelbel Canon & Gigue Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 This evening we hear two of Bach’s Brandenburg concertos, commissioned by the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721 after he heard Bach perform. The Brandenburg concertos have featured countless times in film and television; No 3 was the original theme tune to the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow and featured in the original Die Hard film whilst No 4, with its virtuosic violin part, appeared in the soundtrack to the 1999 blockbuster Cruel Intentions and the television series of The X Files. Pachelbel’s Canon is one of the most famous orchestral works of all time. Despite having been composed in the 1600s it wasn’t published until 1920 and since then the chord pattern has been the basis for many hit pop songs. The canon itself has featured many times in film and television and is often performed at wedding ceremonies.

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Sun 26 January: 2pm

Holocaust Memorial Day

Andris Nelsons conductor Dejan Lazi´c piano

Alexander Shelley conductor Imogen Cooper piano

Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical) Stravinsky Petrushka Brahms Piano Concerto No 1

Wagner Siegfried Idyll Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 Mozart Symphony No 41 (Jupiter)

Following the success of The Firebird, Stravinsky set to work on a new ballet – Petrushka, the story of a puppet who, controlled by a magician, comes to life and falls in love with a ballerina but is trapped in the body of a puppet. Stravinsky said “...I had in my mind a distinct picture of a puppet, suddenly endowed with life, exasperating the patience of the orchestra with diabolical cascades of arpeggios. The orchestra in turn retaliates with menacing trumpet blasts.” Listen out for drum rolls announcing the arrival of the magician to the carnival in the opening movement. Represented by the flute, the magician brings the puppets to life and they dance to Russian folk tunes. Brahms’ first piano concerto was written when he was just 21 as a tribute to Robert Schumann who had attempted suicide. However, it is alleged that by the time the piece was premiered, Brahms was consumed in a love affair with Schumann’s widow, Clara.

Everyone is welcome at Leeds Town Hall for the Holocaust Memorial Day event to mark the anniversary of the liberation of AuschwitzBirkenhau on 27 January 1945. The event is hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray and will include speakers, live music and performances. The theme for this year is Journeys. As part of the Leeds City Council HMD events there will also be a free film screening of The Power of God at Seven Arts on 16 January at 7.30pm. Both events are free and tickets are not required.

Siegfried Idyll, originally called Triebschen Idyll with Fidi’s birdsong and the orange sunrise, is a symphonic poem written by Wagner as a birthday present for his wife. Written after the birth of their son, Siegfried, who was nicknamed ‘Fidi’, the piece features a German lullaby, entitled Sleep Baby Sleep, which is played by solo oboe. Despite originally being a private piece, financial hardship forced Wagner into adapting the work for a larger orchestra and he sold the score to publishers. This is one of only a handful of non-operatic works that Wagner wrote, but he used material from the Idyll in the love scene of his opera, Siegfried. Mozart’s Symphony No 41 was the last (and the longest) that he composed and the third that he wrote in the summer of 1788. It was not nicknamed Jupiter until the nineteenth century, a title given due to the strong fanfares in the opening movement. Listen out for the finale when Mozart showcases six different themes that all come together in the coda.

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Sat 8 February: 7.30pm Free pre-concert talk by Catherine Parsonage at 6.45pm

European Union Chamber Orchestra The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba is taken from Handel’s oratorio Solomon, based on the Biblical stories of King Solomon. Opening the third and final act of the oratorio, this is one of Handel’s most famous orchestral pieces, popularly played at wedding ceremonies and recently featuring in the 2010 film The Social Network and television film Mansfield Park.

Hans-Peter Hofmann director Laura van der Heijden cello Handel Solomon: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Vivaldi Concerto for two violins Haydn Cello Concerto in C Elgar Elegy Mozart Symphony No 29

‘Handel understands effect better than any of us – when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt’ Mozart

Vivaldi’s Concerto for two violins is the eighth in a series of twelve concertos, called ‘L’estro Armonico’ meaning ‘harmonic inspiration’. The concertos are known for their virtuosic solo parts which Vivaldi himself used to play. Haydn’s uplifting Cello Concerto in C is the earlier of his two cello concertos. The score had been lost for many years until 1961, around 200 years after it was originally composed, a musicologist discovered a copy at the Prague National Museum. Over the years, musicologists have questioned whether this work was truly from Haydn’s pen but most experts believe that it was and it has been recorded by such artists as Jacqueline du Pré and Yo-Yo Ma. A £31.50

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Sun 9 February: 7.30pm

Featuring guest artists: Sophie Evans • Mary Carewe • Matthew Ford • Tom Langham A celebration of 125 years of one of the finest and greatest songwriters ever in American popular music. Hear all your favourite Irving Berlin songs in one night such as Cheek to Cheek, White Christmas, Puttin on The Ritz, Blue Skies, How Deep is the Ocean and many more with orchestra, guest vocalists and dancers. In addition to this the show will be presented by Leo Green who will be presenting original interviews taken by his father Benny Green with Irving Berlin, giving you an insight into not only the musical world of Irving Berlin but the man too. Tickets: £34.50, £29.50, £24.50, £15 www.leedstownhall.co.uk

Thur 13 February: 7.30pm

Sat 22 February: 7.30pm Free pre-concert talk by Anastasia Belina-Johnson at 6.45pm

Banff Mountain Film Festival

BBC Philharmonic

From the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival comes an evening of extraordinary short films. Follow the expeditions of some of today’s most incredible adventurers, see amazing footage of adrenaline packed action sports and be inspired by thought-provoking pieces shot from the far flung corners of the globe. This is an inspiring evening of exhilarating film by the most talented adventure film makers of today. A festive event not to be missed with lots of free prize giveaways. Visit www.banff-uk.com for more details. For double the adventure come along to Carriageworks Theatre on Wednesday night and experience a second and totally different collection of Banff festival films.

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Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions) Book for both Leeds Town Hall and Carriageworks Theatre for £22 (£19 concessions).

Sat 15 February: 8pm

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus St Peter’s Singers

The Dream of Gerontius Elgar

David Hill conductor Darius Battiwalla organ Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy tenor Gareth John baritone

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Shostakovich Festive Overture Barber Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No 2

Sun 16 February: 7.30pm

Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart: Violin Masterpieces Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra presents a selection of violin concertos by Vivaldi, Bach, and Mozart, including the celebrated Four Seasons by Vivaldi. Founder, Musical Director and Principal Soloist, Ashot Tigranyan, is a world-renowned violinist who graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied with the legendary Russian violinist Leonid Kogan. Founded by Maestro Tigranyan in 2006, Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra is a California-based virtuoso ensemble, consisting of 28 world-class musicians. The orchestra has toured in Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the USA. The 2014/15 season will take Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra to France, Italy, China and South America. Please call Box Office for ticket prices.

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Paul Daniel conductor Elena Urioste violin

A few days before the Bolshoi Orchestra was due to play a concert commemorating the anniversary of the October Revolution, their conductor decided that there was no suitable opening piece and asked Shostakovich to write something new. Completing the composition in just three days in 1954, musicologist Lev Lebedinsky recounted that Shostakovich “laughed and chuckled as he wrote” and this is apparent in the lively, upbeat nature of the work, opening with brass fanfare. Twelve years after the disastrous premiere of his first symphony that had been directed by a drunk conductor, Rachmaninov penned his second symphony. This time he took no chances and conducted the premiere himself. The symphony was very well received and earned him a Glinka Award, restoring his confidence as a symphonic composer. Listen out for the exquisite slow adagio with its long clarinet solo.

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Sat 1 March: 7.30pm

Sat 8 March: 7.30pm Free pre-concert talk by Judy Blezzard at 6.45pm

Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra

plus special guests John Cooper Clarke remains one of the most important voices of our time, and one of the greatest performers currently touring. John Cooper Clarke was recently awarded Poet Laureate at this year’s Q Awards. The Q Poet Laureate is the first ever accolade given out at the awards and cements him as Britain’s best loved and most important performance poet.

Fast forward to 2013, and JCC remains a key orator of British society during this time, and his mark is indelibly seen in today’s pop culture. Aside from his fashion style spawning copy-cats all over the country, his effect on modern music has been huge.

His work is as vital now as it was in the 70s. His biting, satirical, political and very funny verse, delivered in a unique rapid-fire performance style, resonated with the punk movement. JCC toured with all the seminal bands; The Sex Pistols, The Clash and Buzzcocks, and in the USA with Elvis Costello. He began to draw large crowds in his own right. Joy Division were proud to frequently support JCC and New Order later opened for him on their first Australian tour.

His influence needs only to be heard in the satirical and keen social observations of the songs of the Arctic Monkeys. Alex Turner cites JCC as a huge inspiration and this was recently demonstrated by Turner as the band covered JCC’s Wanna Be Yours on their critically acclaimed fifth studio album AM. In addition, UK rapper and film maker Plan B asked John to appear in his directorial film debut Ill Manors. Their duet Pity The Poor Fellow appears in the movie and on the soundtrack.

Kodály grew up listening to gypsy music and collected folk songs. These folk and gypsy music traditions greatly influenced him and were the basis for many of his compositions includings Dances of Galánta which was written for the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Society.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Barry Douglas piano Kodály Dances of Galánta Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 Beethoven Symphony No 5

‘Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man’ EM Forster

Rachmaninov was just eighteen when he composed his first piano concerto for his friend Alexander Siloti. Around that time Siloti had been practising Grieg’s piano concerto in Rachmaninov’s house and influences can be heard throughout. The opening notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No 5, make up one of the most famous and recognisable musical motifs ever written. Often referred to as the ‘fate motif’ it was written as he became increasingly deaf and the Napoleonic Wars were taking place. During the second world war, the BBC used this well-known phrase frequently in broadcasts as the rhythm matches morse code for ‘V’ – victory. The use of this phrase in popular music over 200 years after composition proves its importance as a classical work. A £31.50

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Sat 15 March: 7.30pm

City of Leeds Youth Orchestra

Wed 12 March: 7.30pm

March 2014 will see two of Ireland’s musical icons share the stage in a special tour that will be sure to delight fans of both artists. Performing both separate sets and together in 15 dates across the UK, this unique concert is one not to be missed. Clannad, the Irish family group responsible for such timeless music as Theme From Harry’s Game, In A Lifetime and I Will Find You, recently celebrated their 40th career anniversary. Their music entwines the traditional and the modern, past and future with stunningly beautiful results. With their haunting songs, mesmerizing vocals and captivating sound, the group has sold over fifteen million records worldwide.

For over a quarter-century, singer Mary Black has been a dominant presence in Irish music, both at home and abroad. Mary has released eleven studio albums, all of which achieved platinum sales status and spawned countless hits. Her enduring success has proven that her depth of talent and her love of singing transcend the generations, as well as national and musical boundaries too. She is indeed a real Irish treasure and her talent a gift from this small island to a grateful world.

The City of Leeds Youth Orchestra’s performances in recent years are one of the great success stories of music making in the region. The orchestra now numbers nearly 100 young musicians and this programme is perfect to show off these wonderful young talents.

Dougie Scarfe conductor Verdi Nabucco: Overture Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini Elgar Enigma Variations

The orchestra will be touring to Perugia in July 2014 and the concert’s first half is full of Italian inspiration – Verdi’s dramatic overture to Nabucco followed by the most beautiful orchestral intermezzo in all Puccini operas and Tchaikovsky’s finest tone poem, which was inspired by the tragic tale of Francesca in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Always keen to perform the great English Orchestral works, the orchestra is proud to be performing Elgar’s Enigma Variations both in their home city but also when they represent Leeds in Italy.

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Sat 22 March: 7.30pm

Sun 23 March: 3pm

Free pre-concert talk by Peter Whitfield at 6.45pm

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg conductor Roland Pöntinen piano

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Stenhammar Excelsior! Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela Sibelius Symphony No 3

Sun 16 March: 3pm

Mambo! A celebration of orchestral dance music presented by

Leeds University Union Music Society Join Leeds University Union Music Society for an entertaining afternoon as they explore hidden gems, as well as visiting old favourites within the orchestral dance repertoire. Expect the fiery latin rhythms of Bernstein’s West Side Story alongside Dvorˇák’s rousing Slavonic Dances, and a selection of popular classics that will have you dancing in the aisles! With performances from various LUUMS orchestras, choirs and live dancers – all in aid of South Yorkshire-based music charity Lost Chord – this will be an event not to be missed.

Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini is a set of 24 variations based on the last of Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin. Rachmaninov played the piano part himself at the premiere, and following his need for a drink to calm his nerves, the last variation became known as the ‘Crème de Menthe Variation’. Variation No 18 is the most well-known of all the variations and was used in the films Somewhere in Time (1980) and Groundhog Day (1993).

‘If we understood the world, we would realise that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances’ Sibelius B £15

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The world’s most famous brass band returns to Leeds Town Hall with a gala concert. Featuring Black Dyke Band and guest community bands including Yorkshire Youth, Hebden Bridge, Armthorpe Elmfield, Tewit Youth, Delph, Kirton and Trentham bands. Music includes a grand finale with over 200 musicians performing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Soloists Showcase, Tribute to Glenn Miller, Elgar’s Nimrod and many other favourites. More information from Festival Administrator, Alison Childs – alison4horn@btinternet.com.

Tickets: £14, £12, £11, £10

Inspired by Finnish mythology, The Swan of Tuonela is the second part of Sibelius’s Lemminkäinen Suite, also known as The Four Legends from the Kalevala. Sibelius portrays a swan, represented by the cor anglais, floating on the lake in Tuonela, the Island of the Dead. Lemminkäinen, is charged with killing the sacred swan but whilst on his way to the lake he is shot with a poisoned arrow.

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Fri 28 March: 7.30pm

Leeds College of Music Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir

The Leeds College of Music Chamber Orchestra will perform a programme of Beethoven to include the magnificent Symphony No 5 in C minor. The orchestra will be joined by the Leeds College of Music Chamber Choir and acclaimed pianist Wolfgang Manz for a performance of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy.

Douglas Boyd conductor Wolfgang Manz piano Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 Beethoven Choral Fantasy Op 80 Tickets: £8 (£5 concessions) Free tickets available for Leeds College of Music students and staff Box Office: 0113 222 3400 or book online: www.lcm.ac.uk

Wolfgang is a German pianist whose international concert career has spanned four decades. His achievements include prizes at international piano competitions in Leeds (1981) and Brussels Concours Reine Elisabeth, 1983). Manz is much in demand as a soloist with orchestras, in solo recitals and chamber music. In 2011, he was appointed as a visiting professor at Leeds College of Music. For more up-to-date details of this performance please visit www.lcm.ac.uk/whats-on.

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Sat 29 March: 7.30pm

Tue 1 April: 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talk by Clive McClelland at 6.45pm

Psychic Sally On the Road

Star of Sky Living’s Psychic Sally On The Road, Britain’s favorite TV psychic, Sally Morgan returns with her outstanding nationwide tour. Often referred to as ‘Psychic to the stars’, Sally has built up an extensive client list having read for well known faces like Katie Price, George Michael and the late Princess Diana. Since touring, each year Sally packs out theatres as people from all over the country come to witness her incredible gift. Her down to earth nature and infectious personality has attracted a whole new audience to the spiritual world and her astounding accuracy keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

This unique theatrical experience should leave you feeling uplifted and enlightened... as they say seeing is believing! Sally Morgan is investigational and the show is for the purpose of entertainment.

Leeds Festival Chorus

Simon Wright conductor Mary Bevan soprano Jennifer Johnston mezzo soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Neal Davies bass Mozart Masonic Funeral Music MacMillan God is our refuge and strength (World Premiere) Haydn Symphony No 44 (Mourning) Haydn Mass in Time of War (Kettledrum Mass)

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This evening we hear the world premiere of MacMillan’s setting of words from the King James Bible Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea...”

Wed 2 April: 6:30pm

Haydn’s dramatic and emotional ‘Mourning’ symphony was written during a period in his compositional life which was dubbed ‘sturm und drang’ (storm and stress) as his musical output was persistently dark and moody. Haydn was obviously proud of the work as he requested that the first movement be played at his own funeral.

The Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards is the annual celebration of the best young filmmaking talent across the city and opens the 15th Leeds Young Film Festival. Now in its third year, this Oscar’s style event is the largest of its kind in the North of England and attracts over 1,000 young people and their families as well as celebrities and dignitaries from across the city. Schools, colleges, community groups and individual young filmmakers from 5 – 19 work all year to produce short films to compete for a prestigious award and to walk up the red carpet in the stunning Leeds Town Hall.

Haydn’s tenth mass setting was written during the European war after the French Revolution. The unsettled nature of the work evokes the Austrian fear of invasion at that time. The piece is often referred to as the Kettledrum mass because the kettledrums open the Agnus dei section with a slow ominous beat but the mass concludes with trumpet fanfares and a celebration of peace. A £31.50

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Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards 2014

Hosted by Dean Smith (Waterloo Road) and with a host of celebrity guests to award the region’s filmmakers of tomorrow, this event is not to be missed. Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards is a private event but if you are interested in attending please contact patsy.lyttle@leeds.gov.uk for more information.

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Fri 4 April: 7.30pm

Sat 12 April: 7.30pm Free pre-concert talk by Brian Newbould at 6.45pm

The Hallé Featuring Gary Wilmot

Ravel originally composed Mother Goose as a set of piano duets for his friends’ two young children, with each of the five movements being inspired by a children’s fairytale. A year after composition, Ravel orchestrated the work and expanded it into a ballet.

plus special guest artists to be announced

An evening celebrating the life of one of our most versatile lyricists, the stories behind the songs and Don Black’s journey from Hackney to Hollywood. With special guest artists to be announced. Don Black is one of Britain’s most successful and versatile lyricists. Songs like Born Free, Diamonds are Forever and musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Billy and Aspects of Love have helped define popular culture. He has written many of the greatest and most instantly recognizable songs of the last fifty years (including many James Bond themes) and his worldwide success has taken him from his roots in Hackney all the way to Hollywood. To celebrate a milestone fifty years in the business, A Life in Song – Lyrics by Don Black – will tour the UK this spring to the backdrop of an orchestra. The show pays tribute to Don’s career and tells the stories behind the songs.

In a career that has won him many glittering prizes (an Oscar for his song Born Free, five Academy Award nominations, four Broadway Tony nominations and two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, six Ivor Novello Awards and many platinum, gold and silver discs), he has worked with some of the world’s leading composers – Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Quincy Jones, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Charles Aznavour, A R Rahman, Ennio Morricone. In 2007 Black was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Sir Mark Elder conductor Sofya Gulyak piano Ravel Suite: Mother Goose Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 Beethoven Symphony No 7

‘A colossus beyond the grasp of most mortals, with his totally uncompromising power, his unsensual and uningratiating way with music as with people’ Yehudi Menuhin on Beethoven

Tickets: £36.50 & £29.50 20 Box Office: 0113 224 3801

The first of Tchaikovsky’s three piano concertos features a well-known theme at the beginning which is based on a melody that he heard being performed by beggars at a market near Kiev. This is one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular works and this performance comes from the 2009 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Sofya Gulyak. We return to dance for our final piece which Wagner described as the ‘apotheosis of the dance’. Other than the solemn slow movement, Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 is bursting with joy and energy. This was one of Beethoven’s biggest financial successes, despite having been written as his deafness worsened. Listen out for a rare use of fortissimo (very loud) dynamic marking in the coda, which was relatively unheard of in his earlier works. A £31.50

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Sun 13 April: 4pm

Sun 13 July: 7.30pm

Sat 26 April: 7.30pm

Fri 9 & Sun 11 May: 8pm

Free pre-concert talk by Julian Rushton at 6.45pm

Inspiration and the Orchestra of Opera North

Show People

Inspiration and the Orchestra of Opera North

Orchestra of Opera North

The massed voices present the culmination of their exploration of the world of musical theatre, with epic medleys from Disney’s The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and many more of your favourite show tunes.

Sarah Millican Home Bird

I’ll Be There For You

There’s a special kind of people known as... Show People, and Inspiration show you how it’s done.

LAST FEW SEATS!

Jac van Steen conductor Chloë Hanslip violin

An all-new concert from Inspiration, giving their unique treatment to songs and music you know from the television. Friends, The Golden Girls, Blackadder and even Mr Bean rub alongside classical works that have been used on the small screen.

Mussorgsky

arr Rimsky-Korsakov

Introduction: Khovanshchina Sibelius Violin Concerto Elgar Symphony No 1

Come along to the one concert where ‘Everybody Knows Your Name’.

The British Comedy Award’s Queen of Comedy Sarah Millican is giving up the party scene (Ann Summers), easing off on the drinking (fizzy pop equals wealthy dentists) and is settling down (taking her bra off). Determined to put down some roots, she now has a cat (furry baby) and even a tree (she has a lot of mugs). On this, her third national tour, you will learn what to take on a dirty weekend, the easiest way to blend in in posh restaurants and how to teach a pensioner to swear. Join her for some hilarious domestic bliss.

‘Sarah Millican is never less than belly-laugh hilarious’ The Mirror

Tickets: £20, £15, £10

Sat 19 April: 7.30pm

National Youth Choir of Great Britain Songs of Farewell

Ben Parry conductor Simon Lindley organ From a performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers a year ago, to a summer UK tour featuring music from Tallis and Byrd to Shostakovich and Mark Simpson, the outstanding young singers of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain explore a new range of music in 2014. They’re joined by Simon Lindley, Leeds City Organist, and conducted by NYCGB Director Ben Parry. Focusing on key works by three contrasting British composers, Hubert Parry, Benjamin Britten and James MacMillan, the programme brings an exceptional range of colours and textures. This is choral music at its most moving and dramatic, infused with vivid expressions of personal journeys, including – appropriately for the Easter weekend – those of faith and betrayal. The programme will also include stunning choral music from Scandinavia to New Zealand. Tickets: £15 Concessions £10, Under 25s £5 22 Box Office: 0113 224 3801

Tickets: £20, £15, £10

The premiere of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto was a disaster – he was suffering from alcoholism and had rushed to finish the piece. Neither the soloist nor the orchestra was prepared to perform the extremely difficult score and Sibelius eventually revised the work to make it less demanding. This was to be the first and only concerto he wrote.

‘An iron fist in a marigold glove’ The Guardian

Recommended for ages 16+

Tickets: £25

It was public knowledge that Elgar had been planning his first symphony for ten years, so there was much interest when it was finally completed in 1908. The symphony was a massive success, with performances taking place all over the world within weeks of the premiere in Manchester and a hundred performances worldwide within that year. Elgar said: “There is no programme beyond a wide experience of human life with a great charity (love) and a massive hope in the future.” Part of the symphony can be heard in the 2005 Wallace and Gromit film The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

‘English music is white, it evades everything’ Elgar A £31.50

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Sat 10 May: 7.30pm

Fri 16 May

Leeds Town Hall Courtroom

Free pre-concert talk by Catherine Parsonage at 6.45pm

Gala Reception 6.30pm Performance 7pm Second Performance 8.30pm

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Simonov conductor Julian Lloyd Webber cello Tchaikovsky Suite: Sleeping Beauty Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan Society Gala Charity Performance

Sat 24 May: 7.30pm

Sat 14 June, Wed 18 June, Sat 12 July: 3.30pm

Free pre-concert talk by Judy Blezzard at 6.45pm

Orchestra of Opera North Leeds Festival Chorus Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan It is exactly 150 years since Leeds became an assize town and the high court moved in. The Town Hall re-opens its courtroom for a Charity Gala Performance of Trial By Jury.

Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North Richard Farnes conductor

Brahms Academic Festival Overture Strauss Four Last Songs Brahms A German Requiem

Seating is on benches in the public gallery with limited access and you are invited to bring your own cushion. Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Headingley, all proceeds to Leeds Foodbanks

Tickets: Gala ticket £15, Second performance £12

Sleeping Beauty was the second ballet that Tchaikovsky wrote. As his first ballet, Swan Lake, had not been well received, Tchaikovsky was keen to work closely with the choreographer, Petipa, who worked in an almost dictatorial manner. Shostakovich composed his first cello concerto in 1959 for Rostropvich, who learnt the work in just four days for the premiere. It is one of the most difficult works for cello, but arguably one of the most popular of the 20th century. Rimsky-Korsakov’s most well-known orchestral work, Scheherazade, was based on the story of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights) and is made up of four movements: The Sea and Sinbad’s Shop, The Kalendar Prince, The Young Price and the Young Princess, and Festival at Baghdad, The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman. At the time of composition (1888) many Russian composers were being influenced by sounds of the Orient and Islam. A £31.50

B £29

C £26.50

D £21

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E £16

O £12.50

Twilight of the Gods

Dramatic performance for the Concert Hall

Simon Wright conductor Rebecca Evans soprano Stephan Loges baritone

Trial by Jury

Götterdämmerung

In 1879 Brahms received an honorary doctorate from the University of Breslau. In thanks he composed his Academic Festival Overture for the University, cleverly using elements of tunes from student drinking songs in a comedic reference to academia. The work was warmly received.

Opera North’s stunning production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in recent British opera. ‘If the cycle continues at this level’ said The Spectator’s Michael Tanner of Das Rheingold ‘it will rank as one of the greatest ever’. With Götterdämmerung the four-year traversal of Richard Wagner’s monumental music drama reaches its overwhelming conclusion: Siegfried falls amongst enemies, Brünnhilde’s love is betrayed and the gods themselves confront the end of the old world order. Concert performance sung in German with English surtitles.

Book at Leeds Grand Theatre Box Office: 0844 848 2720 or www.leedsgrandtheatre.com Opera North in collaboration with Symphony Hall, Birmingham and The Sage, Gateshead.

Tickets: £16.50 – £52.50

Strauss’s wrote his Four Last Songs as a wedding present for his wife the year before he died. Using text from poems for the first three songs and prose entitled At Sunset for the final song, Strauss explores love and death as he portrays an elderly couple passing away as they watch the sunset. These songs were all standalone pieces until his publisher brought them together after his death. Listen out for trilling flutes signifying skylarks at sunset. Brahms intended to write a requiem after the death of Schumann in 1856 but didn’t achieve this until the death of his mother eleven years later. Using biblical texts, Brahms’s grief forced him to focus musically on the hope of Resurrection. The second movement features in the 2010 Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech. A £31.50

B £29

C £26.50

D £21

E £16

O n/a

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Tue 17 June: 10.30am & 1.30pm

Schools Concert 2014

Sat 19 – Sun 27 July

Pedal Power

Breeze Arts Festival

Devised and presented by Alasdair Malloy Anthony Kraus conductor in association with the Orchestra of Opera North

The Breeze Arts Festival will run from Saturday 19th – Sunday 27th July, and will be packed full of activities for 11 – 19 year olds, celebrating the creativity of young people across the city.

This concert for primary school groups will introduce children to live orchestral music in the atmospheric setting of the Victoria Hall. A supporting education pack and CD of extracts (fully linked to Key Stage 2) will be available to participating schools.

The Town Hall is pleased to be hosting a series of events during the festival.

To make a booking or request further information, please contact Katie Pearce on 0113 395 1244 or email katie.pearce@leeds.gov.uk.

For more details see www.breezeleeds.org

Tickets: £3 per child Teachers and classroom assistants: FREE

Tue 15 July: 8pm

Sat 16 August: 7pm

Caitlin Moran

National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain

Spend an evening in the world of Caitlin Moran as she explores what it is to be a woman, her take on feminism and anything else that happens to pop up. This up-close and (very) personal exploration, delivered in Caitlin’s irrepressible style, will take you on a rollercoaster of hilarity and outrage. Caitlin is an award-winning columnist, critic and the bestselling author of How To Be A Woman and Moranthology. Be one of the first to hear Caitlin talk about her brand new book.

Under 13 Orchestra

Roger Clarkson conductor Repertoire to be confirmed – please visit www.nco.org.uk for further information.

Get your ticket quick and keep an eye on www.caitlinmoran.co.uk and follow @caitlinmoran for more about what’s in store on the night... You won’t be disappointed!

The Under 13 Orchestra make their greatly anticipated return to Leeds Town Hall. Be prepared to be impressed by the skill and professionalism of the young performers. Performing material from their latest repertoire, explored at their recent summer course, the youngsters are all set to deliver a stunning classical programme.

‘I must admit that I was expecting a high standard of performance, but I was totally blown away by the professionalism and maturity of their playing. I had to keep reminding myself just how young these children were!’ Elaine Annable, Yorkshire Times

Tickets: £10, £15, £18 Concessions £2 off All tickets for Under 16s just £5 Leeds International Concert Season subscribers – £5 off adult ticket price

Tickets: £20 26 Box Office: 0113 224 3801

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Coming soon...

Travel

Access

Tickets: £25

Thur 30 October: 8pm

Alan Davies

Little Victories Following the sell-out success of his long-awaited return to stand up, Alan Davies makes his Leeds Town Hall debut.

Jimmy Carr

Funny Business A brand new show for 2015.

Tickets: £25

ENORMOUS FAMILY FUN!

Dog Don’t Do Ballet

Travelling by Tuba II

Mon 14 April

Wed 16 April

Main Auditorium: 1pm & 3pm Tickets: £9.50 (£8.50 concession), £6 (no concession) Family Ticket: £34 Age 2+

Main Auditorium: 2pm Tickets: £8 (£6 concession) Family Ticket: £26 Age 4+

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Fri 3 July 2015: 8pm

Join us this Easter for

Carriageworks Theatre, The Electric Press, Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD (next to Leeds Town Hall)

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There is full wheelchair access to Leeds Town Hall and wheelchair-accessible toilet facilities on all floors. A number of spaces in the seating area are reserved for wheelchair users. Please let us know when booking of any special access requirements you may have.

The venue is equipped with a closed loop system for the hard of hearing.

And coming up in 2015!

Tickets: £25 (concessions £20)

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Sun 12 October: 8pm Tangentleman Premiere performance at Leeds Town Hall from the improvisational king of comedy.

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Tickets: £32.50 – £15

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From Baroque to Broadway Multi-award-winning trumpeter presents an evening of much loved works from Purcell to Cole Porter.

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Car Park The nearest secure parking is available at The Light (accessible via Great George Street). Price: £6.50 between 6pm – 9am 24 hour, 7 days a week parking available at Woodhouse Lane car park. Price: £2 for 2 hours, £4 for 4 hours, £5 for 12 hours

Concert Bus A coach service is available for orchestral attenders*, picking up from Addingham, Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Menston, Guiseley, Yeadon, Rawdon and Horsforth. Ticket price: £5 return journey (£4 from Yeadon) For booking information please contact the Box Office on 0113 224 3801 or boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk. Please note that seats are only guaranteed if reserved by the Wednesday before the concert.

A number of free parking spaces are reserved at the front of the Town Hall for blue badge-holders.

This brochure and our concert programmes are available in alternative formats – please call us on 0113 247 8336 for more details, or visit www.leedsconcertseason.com. Support dogs are welcome.

* Please note there is no service for the choral concerts on 29 March and 24 May.

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How to book

Town Hall seating plan

By telephone

0113 224 3801

The Booking Line is open from 10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday. Please note that a fee of £2.50 will apply per transaction for all events except film screenings and tours where the fee will be £1 per transaction.

Online

www.leedsconcertseason.com

Please note: a booking fee of £1 per ticket applies to music and comedy events and 50p for films.

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PSYCHIC SALLY: ON THE ROAD LEEDS YOUNG FILMMAKERS GOLDEN OWL AWARDS 2014 FROM HACKNEY TO HOLLYWOOD: A LIFE IN SONG – DON BLACK ORGAN RECITAL: David Hardie THE HALLÉ INSPIRATION: Show People ORGAN RECITAL: The Choir of Leeds Minster NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR OF GREAT BRITAIN TOWN HALL TOUR ORCHESTRA OF OPERA NORTH TOWN HALL TOUR

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8pm 7.30pm 7pm & 8.30pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 10.30am & 1pm

SARAH MILLICAN: Home Bird MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LEEDS GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY: Trial By Jury TOWN HALL TOUR ORCHESTRA OF OPERA NORTH, LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS & LEEDS PHILHARMONC CHORUS TOWN HALL TOUR

3.30pm 10.30am & 1.30pm 10.30am & 1pm 2.30pm

ORCHESTRA & CHORUS OF OPERA NORTH: Götterdämmerung SCHOOLS CONCERT: Pedal Power TOWN HALL TOUR TOWN HALL TOUR

3.30pm 7.30pm 8pm Various 10.30am & 1pm 2.30pm

ORCHESTRA & CHORUS OF OPERA NORTH: Götterdämmerung INSPIRATION: I’ll Be There For You CAITLIN MORAN BREEZE ARTS FESTIVAL TOWN HALL TOUR TOWN HALL TOUR

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Discounts are available on LICS presentations for groups of 10 or more. Please contact the Box Office for details.

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JOHN COOPER CLARKE ORGAN RECITAL: Philip Meaden VIENNA TONKÜNSTLER ORCHESTRA ORGAN RECITAL: Leeds Cathedral Choir School CLANNAD & MARY BLACK LUNCHTIME TALK: Secrets of Swallows & Amazons CITY OF LEEDS YOUTH ORCHESTRA LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION MUSIC SOCIETY ORGAN RECITAL: Darius Battiwalla ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BLACK DYKE BRASS FESTIVAL 2014 ORGAN RECITAL: Benjamin Saunders GREAT BIG DANCE OFF LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER CHOIR TOWN HALL TOUR ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC & LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS ORGAN RECITAL: Simon Lindley TOWN HALL TOUR

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The following discounts are available for LICS orchestral concerts, identified by the LICS logo. Please call the Box Office for information on discounts for other concerts and events. Over 60s: £1.50 reduction. Under 18s, full-time students and unwaged: 50% reduction. Patrons with disabilities: Patrons with disabilities and their essential carers may obtain two tickets for the price of one.

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ORGAN RECITAL: David Greed, Simon Lindley with Sarah Potter EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FROM RAGS TO RITZES: Irving Berlin ORGAN RECITAL: University of Huddersfield Brass Band LUNCHTIME TALK: The Romance of Shakespeare’s Sonnets (at Central Library) BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL LEEDS PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CLASSICAL CONCERT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ORGAN RECITAL: St Peter’s Singers TOWN HALL TOUR BBC PHILHARMONIC CHINESE NEW YEAR ORGAN RECITAL: Thomas Trotter TOWN HALL TOUR

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NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN ORGAN RECITAL: Dr Gordon Stewart MANCHESTER CAMERATA ORGAN RECITAL: Huw Williams LUNCHTIME TALK: Holocaust Poetry CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ORGAN RECITAL: Simon Lindley with Phillip McCann TOWN HALL TOUR ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY ORGAN RECITAL: Professor Ian Tracey TOWN HALL TOUR

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