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Welcome We are delighted to announce details of the 2016/17 Kirklees Concert Season; the fourteenth year of the unique partnership between Kirklees Council and Opera North. It is a fitting testament, that in a region so steeped in history and cultural heritage, we can continue to bring world class music to the Town Halls of Kirklees and although there is a change of emphasis this year in Dewsbury, the commitment to keep music ‘live and local’ is as strong today as when the partnership began. In the dawn of a new era, Opera North’s new Music Director, Aleksandar Markovic, features throughout the season with two inspiring symphonic programmes and the ever popular Viennese Whirl, cementing the importance of this season to Yorkshire’s own symphony orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North. Gordon Stewart continues to showcase the great Father Willis Organ in his lunchtime season and with the help of several internationally renowned performers, will once again have the newly refurbished Huddersfield Town Hall filled to bursting with the finest music. Opera North will be presenting its talent on a smaller scale in the Lunchtime Chamber Concert Season, with four concerts in the season featuring artists from across the performing company. It’s not all change though, as two of the most popular concerts from previous seasons will be making a welcome return. Classic FM, Opera North’s Media Partner and long-time supporter of the Kirklees Concert Season, has picked through the programmes and so, on selected concert pages, you may notice the Classic FM Hall of Fame logo. Within these concerts pieces of music that have been voted as some of the all-time favourite music by the listeners of Classic FM are being performed. We are sure you will enjoy the musical feast on offer and look forward to welcoming you throughout the year.
Phil Boughton Director of Orchestra and Chorus, Opera North
Ruth Redfern Director of Communities, Transformation and Change
Become a subscriber to the Kirklees Concert Season today! Not only will you see more and save money, there’s a host of exclusive events on offer so you can get up-close-and-personal with Yorkshire’s very own symphony orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North. What’s more, you’ll also be supporting the Kirklees Concert Season for another year of wonderful music making in your community. Your Orchestral Season subscription package includes: • • • • •
Priority booking period Pre-show receptions on 22 September & 30 March A chance to meet members of the Orchestra of Opera North Access to Kirklees Concert Season orchestral rehearsals Up to 10% ticket discount available
In addition, season tickets are available for both Huddersfield and Dewsbury lunchtime concerts, saving around 50% over the cost of single tickets – fantastic value for money. To book a subscription package for the orchestral season, simply fill in the form at the back of this brochure and we’ll do the rest! For events included in the subscription package, look out for the Subscribe & Save logo on the event pages.
16 and under? Watch orchestral concerts for just £1! Experience the extraordinary power of a symphony orchestra in concert for just £1* * maximum of 3 x £1 tickets per one paying adult.
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Come along to our popular lunchtime concerts – there are some real treats in store. Priced at only £5, these occasions are a simply delightful way to spend an afternoon.
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Thursday 22 September 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Fantastic Dreams and Visions Aleksandar Markovic Conductor Pavel Kolesnikov Piano Scriabin (orch Nemtin) Nuances Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Paganini Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Talking Music begins at 6.40pm
Opera North’s new Music Director, Aleksandar Markovic is an ardent fan of Scriabin’s music. The colourful, eerie and almost ethereal soundscapes evident throughout Nuances fit perfectly with the dream-world created by Berlioz in his ‘Symphonie Fantastique: An episode in the Life of an Artist.’ From pastures to lavish ballroom and from the guillotine to the intoning bells heralding the Day of Judgement, there is no work like this iconic symphony. Also based on the Dies Irae, Rachmaninov’s iconic Variations feature one of the most enduring pieces of classical music. They are performed here by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.
HALL of FAME
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Sunday 23 October 4pm Huddersfield Town Hall
How it works - the Orchestra Martin Pickard Pui Fan Lee
Join CBeebies presenter Pui Fan Lee as she takes apart the Orchestra of Opera North. During this insightful fun-filled afternoon, each section of Yorkshire’s symphony orchestra takes centre stage giving you an insight into what it takes to be an orchestra. Using well known repertoire including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Stravinsky’s Firebird and the Prelude from Verdi’s La traviata, this concert breaks down the barriers, explains the traditions and exposes the myths surrounding how an orchestra works; perfect for young and old alike.
Conductor Presenter
Shostakovich Festive Overture Verdi La traviata, Prelude (Act 1) Stravinsky The Firebird: Infernal Dance Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes: Storm Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, 4th Movement Villa Lobos The Little Train of the Caipira Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor ‘Organ’: Maestoso-Allegro Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Olympia’s Aria Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, 1st Movement John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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Thursday 24 November 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Tales Beneath the Stars Stefan Blunier
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Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet 1st Suite Op 64 Berlioz Overture Le Corsaire Op. 21 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Stefan Blunier conducts a programme anchored with two works of a nautical flair. Berlioz’s Overture Le Corsaire celebrates the life of the brigand and his views of the sea while RimskyKorsakov’s Scheherazade tells the tale of the courtesan who stayed her execution by spinning out her story of Sinbad until the Sultan revoked his sentence. No such stay existed for our other lovers depicted tonight through Prokofiev’s evocative score for Romeo and Juliet. The music in the suite beautifully captures the drama and poignancy of the doomed romance.
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Tuesday 13 December 6pm Huddersfield Town Hall
The Snowman & Other Tales Hugh Brunt John Savournin Paul Patterson Little Red Riding Hood Paul Patterson Three Little Pigs Howard Blake The Snowman
Enchanting children of all ages since 1982 and a perennial favourite of Opera North, Howard Blake’s score to Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman is brought magically to life alongside a screening of the film that no Christmas should be without. Before that, John Savournin, a stalwart of Opera North productions (Kiss Me, Kate, La Bohème, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) delivers a captivating retelling of Paul Patterson’s settings of two classic nursery rhymes; Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. Based on the Roald Dahl versions and complete with a big screen picture book to tell the stories, this concert is sure to enthrall the whole family.
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Thursday 15 December 7pm Dewsbury Town Hall
Opera North Christmas Concert David Cowan Conductor Chorus of Opera North Opera North Youth Chorus Opera North Children’s Chorus
There’s no better way to start the Christmas season than with the whole of the Opera North family. For this Yuletide concert, the Orchestra of Opera North is joined by the combined voices of Opera North’s Chorus, Youth and Children’s Choruses for an evening designed to thaw the winter chill. Before experiencing a bohemian Christmas Eve in a Parisian garret, featuring soloists from the Chorus of Opera North, we take a musical overview of the season through the eyes of J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Rutter and Sibelius.
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket! Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Winter Rutter When Icicles Hang Sibelius Finlandia Motets / Carols Audience Carols Puccini La Bohème: Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter Talking Music begins at 6.10pm
With some old favourites and new discoveries, we will be sure to raise the roof with the audience carols. Tickets are hotter than chestnuts around the fire so book early to avoid disappointment! HALL of FAME
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Thursday 29 December 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Viennese Whirl Aleksandar Markovic Conductor
Having lived in Vienna for the past twenty years Aleksandar is the perfect host for Opera North’s ever popular Viennese Whirl. With two soloists and an orchestra at his disposal, he will waltz you through all-time favourites, delight with hand-picked gems and march us all into the New Year in true style. Huddersfield Examiner said of last year’s concert: ‘Few orchestras anywhere can pull off the full range of this music with the panache and skill of the Opera North Orchestra’ – so early booking is highly recommended.
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Ellie Laugharne
Soprano
Heather Lowe
Mezzo Soprano
‘Under Serbian conductor Aleksandar Markovic, the Orchestra of Opera North captures every fleck of its flamboyance and febrile impetus…’ Whats On Stage on Opera North’s Jen˚ufa
Thursday 26 January 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Shaken and Stirred: The Music of Bond, James Bond The ultimate Bond concert with excerpts from all 24 films from Dr. No to Spectre.
Gareth Hudson Conductor Mary Carewe
Vocals
With classic songs made famous by great artists such as Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Matt Monro, Paul McCartney, Duran Duran, Tina Turner, Adele, Sam Smith and more, this evening is dedicated to the world’s most famous spy.
Simon Bowman
Vocals
Led by Gareth Hudson and joined by two of the leading vocal artists of the Bond repertoire, Mary Carewe and Simon Bowman, from the moment the Orchestra of Opera North strikes up the iconic James Bond Theme you will realise that ‘Nobody Does it Better’ as you’re immersed in an evening of classic Bond music which will leave you shaken AND stirred. Channel your inner spy or become a Bond girl for the evening as we encourage bookers to dress to impress.
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Bond to Bust: Casino, Canapés and Kirs Tickets: £15 per person As part of our Shaken and Stirred Bond night, the Reception Room gets a ‘Royale’ make-over as we welcome professional croupiers and issue you with a licence to win! Start your evening in style with a complimentary Kir Royale and canapés on arrival, enjoy the concert and experience VIP treatment as you enjoy exclusive access to the casino during the interval.
As You Only Live Twice, and the night is young, join us post-show for more casino fun, drinks and nibbles. You never know – you might have a Goldfinger. Limited availability, pre-booking is essential. This is an additional event, ticket for Shaken & Stirred required. Bond to Bust is not included in the subscription package.
Thursday 30 March 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Nature and Spirit Aleksandar Markovic Conductor Jack Liebeck
Violin
Sibelius Tapiola Op 112 Bruch Scottish Fantasy Strauss Alpine Symphony
Aleksandar Markovic returns to close the Kirklees Concert Season with an epic concert showcasing music at its most descriptive to paint landscapes of three different countries. From the woodlands of Finland and the realm of Tapiola, we travel across the water for Bruch’s evocative Scottish Fantasy. With its roots firmly embedded in folk music the heritage of the work is clear and Jack Liebeck, who recently recorded all Bruch’s violin works for Hyperion, is the perfect person to return to Huddersfield to bring the music to life. Strauss’ tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie begins at daybreak in the mountains and we can vividly imagine the crevasses and rock formations as we trek ever upwards towards the summit. The contrast between the outward vistas and the inner reflection of the climber is poignantly juggled throughout this monumental work.
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Talking Music begins at 6.40pm
HALL of FAME
‘Markovic’s Heldenleben was dramatic, but without bombast… It was precise, controlled, full of dynamic and thematic contrasts, but essentially integrated’ The Reviews Hub on Kirklees Concert Season 2015/16
Thursday 17 September 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Orchestra of Opera North Lunchtime Concerts
Wagner, Strauss Huddersfield Town Hall
Dewsbury Town Hall
Mondays 1pm
Wednesdays 12.30pm Wagner Rienzi Overture
The Lunchtime Concert series is back once Wagner again! Wesendonck Lieder Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
At Huddersfield Town Hall, the ever popular Dr. Gordon Stewart, Kirklees Borough Organist, Aleksandarguest Markovićperformers. Conductor Phil is at the helm for the organ concerts along with some talented Emma Bell Soprano Boughton Opera North’s Director of Orchestra and Chorus, has programmed this year’s Talking Music starts at 6.40pm lunchtime concerts in Dewsbury, showcasing the talents of the Company’s musicians along with local artists in this intimate setting. The Kirklees Concert Season launched in high heroic how wonderfully friendly and sociable Regular Lunchtime Concertisgoers often comment style with Richard Strauss’ tone poem Ein Heldenleben, these daytime events are, and with competitively priced lunches available from 11.30am, which charts the progress of a hero’s life in thrilling ticket holders can enjoy a bite to eat and chat prior to sitting back and enjoying the fashion. It’s an exhilarating showcase for the orchestra, uplifting music on offer. Friendly chat from Gordon Stewart and our other season encompassing the clamorous excitement of the performers the audience an insight battlefield andprovides the passionate lyricism with of a portrait of into the music, as well as a few entertaining personal anecdotes. the composer’s wife Pauline in the guise of the ‘hero’s companion’. Opening worksisby As we are sure youproceedings are aware, are thetwo council changing and having to look at new ways Wagner.
of delivering the lunchtime season. After consulting with a number of audience members last year, decided to opera implement single £5 ticket price for the 2016/17 season. Rienzi waswe the have composer’s third and hisafirst big success. It is Grand Opera at its grandest, and the Season tickets for all 13 organ concerts at Huddersfield are available for just £43, whilst extravagant overture, which culminates in a jaunty season tickets for all 6 lunchtime concerts at Dewsbury are available for just £20 – both military includes one of noblestthere has had to be an increase, we feel offeringmarch, a 50%also saving. Whilst weWagner’s acknowledge melodies, Rienzi’s Prayer. both individual and season tickets are still great value for money. For full booking and venue details, see information toward the rear of this brochure. Please Note – the concert on Wednesday 22 February 2017 will be held at Batley Town Hall.
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Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 26 September 1pm
Gordon Stewart Cook Fanfare
Gordon Stewart opens the series with a wide-ranging programme including the piece John Cook wrote as part of the celebrations for the Queen’s accession in 1952. The Grand Fantasia in F Minor by Mozart makes a fine centrepiece, and the virtuosic Toccata by Augustin Barié a perfect finale.
Böhm
Praeludium in C
Felton
A Little Trio
Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G
Mozart
Fantasia in F minor
Koomans
Magnificat
Cockroft
Melody for Marion
Barié
Toccata
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 17 October 1pm
Gordon Stewart with Tom Osborne (trumpet) Clarke Suite Bach
Fugue in G minor
Haydn Trumpet Concerto (slow movement) Bach
Trio on Herr Jesu Christ
Carter
Petite Suite
Widor Andante Sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique) Tom Osborne, co-principal trumpet in the Hallé Orchestra, is a Huddersfield lunchtime favourite. This year he opens with the Suite by Jeremiah Clarke which includes the most famous of all trumpet pieces, the Trumpet Voluntary. Andrew Carter’s exciting Petite Suite had its first performance at Huddersfield Town Hall in 2001 and was later recorded by Tom Osborne and Gordon Stewart. It is a tradition that Tom ends his Huddersfield recitals with a virtuoso piece for cornet; this year it’s the Variations on Rule Britannia.
Cockroft Scherzetto Hartmann Variations on Rule Britannia
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 31 October 1pm
Gordon Stewart
Borough Organist Gordon Stewart plays a special programme of music for Halloween. Opening with the famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor the programme includes Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, Petr Eben’s Walpurgis Nacht and the Toccata from Boëllmann’s Suite Gothique. Expect spooky lighting and the odd special visitor.
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 14 November 1pm
Ben Morris (York Minster) Dubois
Fiat lux
Franck
Cantabile
Mendelssohn Sonata 6
Ben Morris is the recently appointed Assistant Director of Music at York Minster. His programme includes music by three of the greatest composers of organ music, Bach, Mendelssohn and Franck, as well as seldom heard pieces by Dubois and Karg-Elert. The central work, Conversations, comes from Ian Farrington’s virtuoso suite, Fiesta.
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Farrington
Conversations
Bach
Fantasia in G
Karg-Elert
Clair de Lune
Elgar Sonata in G (first movement) Kindly sponsored by Wood of Huddersfield
Monday 5 December 1pm
Huddersfield Town Hall
Nigel Ogden
Nigel Ogden again plays the first of our three Christmas concerts. Presenting the long-running BBC Radio 2 series, The Organist Entertains has made him one of the country’s best-known organists, and his Town Hall programmes are always full of fun and variety. He even coaxes theatre organ sounds from the Father Willis organ which are otherwise unheard in the series! This year his programme includes tributes to Eric Coates and Lerner and Lowe as well as light classical music by Dvořák and Delibes.
Monday 12 December 1pm
Brass Band Christmas Spectacular
For many of the Huddersfield regulars this brass band concert is an essential part of their Christmas celebrations. Conductor Phillip McCann has again put together a wonderful programme of music old and new, and there will be carols for all to sing.
Huddersfield Town Hall
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 19 December 1pm
Gordon Stewart with Huddersfield Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs and Flute Salad
Gordon Stewart is once more joined by Huddersfield Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs and Derbyshire’s Flute Salad in a programme of Christmas music from all round the world. The organ solos include music by Daquin, Bach, Rawsthorne and Quef. A real Christmas celebration and an opportunity to join in singing wellknown carols with the choir and Father Willis organ.
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 9 January 1pm
Gordon Stewart Bach
In dir ist Freude
Buxtehude
Toccata in F
Cockroft
Danse et Musette
Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
Gordon Stewart opens his New Year concert with the piece Bach wrote for the start of the year and follows it with exciting music by Buxtehude and Mendelssohn. After two works by the greatest of all British concert organists, Edwin Lemare, comes Nicolas Kynaston‘s impressive transcription of Liszt’s Funérailles. The Grison Toccata winds things up in a sea of semiquavers.
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Lemare
Scherzo Fugue
Liszt
Funérailles
Carter
Cantilena
Grison
Toccata in F
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 23 January 1pm
Gordon Stewart Widor Symphonie VI (first movement) Pachelbel Chaconne in F minor Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Hollins
A Trumpet Minuet
Cockroft
Arioso
Rawsthorne Dance Suite When the Father Willis organ had major work done in 1997 the council commissioned Noel Rawsthorne to write a piece for the opening recital. Dance Suite is real Town Hall music, certainly not meant for church use! Earlier in the programme Gordon Stewart plays Pachelbel’s sublime Chaconne and Bach’s massive Toccata, Adagio and Fugue.
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 6 February 1pm
Gordon Stewart Callaerts Toccata in E minor Lübeck
Prelude and Fugue in E
Vivaldi/Bach Concerto in A minor (first movement) Stanley
Prelude and Bell Allegro
Rheinberger Sonata 3 (Pastorale) Howells Psalm Prelude ‘Lo the poor crieth’ The name Rheinberger seldom appears in these concerts, although at one time his music was extremely popular. The third sonata, based on the eighth plainsong tone, is the shortest of the 20 he wrote and is notable for its wonderful concluding fugue. Earlier in the programme come the Belgian composer Joseph Callaerts’ Toccata and the great E Major Prelude and Fugue by Vincent Lübeck. The programme ends with Albert Renaud’s sparking Toccata in D Minor.
Renaud
Toccata
Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 27 February 1pm
Robert Sharpe Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C
Bach arr Fox Come sweetest death Franck
Pièce Héroïque
Spicer
Dreams of Derry
Vierne
Berceuse
Cochereau Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne The Director of Music at York Minster makes a return visit with a typically varied programme. Parisian composers Franck, Vierne, Cochereau and Mulet are featured, but British music is there in Spicer and Ogden. Bach opens the programme, although Virgil Fox’s arrangement of Come sweetest death paints the master’s chorale harmonization in glorious romantic organ sound.
Ogden
Penguins’ Playtime
Mulet
Carillon Sortie
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Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 13 March 1pm
Gordon Stewart Vierne Symphonie 2 (first movement) Buxtehude Passacaglia Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A minor
Mozart
Fantasia in F minor/major
Manz
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Willan Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue Two large-scale works frame this programme. The opening movement of Vierne’s second symphony is conceived on a massive scale and allows the Father Willis organ to show its French voice, whilst the concluding Healey Willan is one of the masterpieces of British organ writing, made popular by Francis Jackson’s famous recording from York Minster.
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Huddersfield Town Hall
Monday 27 March 1pm
Gordon Stewart Widor
Toccata in F
Vivaldi
Guitar Concerto
Mendelssohn Sonata 3 Jackson
Legend
Franck
Choral in A minor
Carter
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Messiaen
Dieu parmi nous
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Gordon Stewart ends the season with a programme including series favourites like Widor’s Toccata, Mendelssohn’s third sonata and Franck’s third choral. Yorkshire is represented by Dr Francis Jackson and Andrew Carter and the whole season ends with Messiaen’s virtuoso toccata.
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Dewsbury Town Hall
Wednesday 28 September 12.30pm
Opera North Piano Trio David Greed
Violin
Anthony Kraus
Piano
Jessica Burroughs Cello
Featuring the Opera North Piano Trio - David Greed, very familiar to Dewsbury audiences and a stalwart of the Dewsbury Chamber Concert Series since the early 1980s, is joined by Jessica Burroughs, Principal Cellist of Opera North and Anthony Kraus, Assistant Head of Music to perform works by Beethoven and Dvořák.
Dewsbury Town Hall
Wednesday 26 October 12.30pm
Heather Lowe and David Cowan Heather Lowe
Mezzo soprano
David Cowan Piano
Opera North’s Head of Music, David Cowan and Associate Principal Artist, Heather Lowe, take a break from rehearsals and unite to bring a programme of light hearted repertoire from across the musical spectrum. Heather, a graduate of the RNCM and National Opera Studio is a previous finalist of the Maureen Lehane Competition and is working with Opera North throughout their current season.
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Dewsbury Town Hall
Wednesday 16 November 12.30pm
Kevin Gowland and Annette Saunders Kevin Gowland Flute Annette Saunders Piano
Kevin Gowland, Opera North’s Principal Flute and their new Music Staff member Annette Saunders bring their established duo concert to the season. Featuring music by Strauss and Britten and with other jewels to discover, this is bound to be a delightful way to wile away a lunchtime.
Wednesday 14 December 1pm
Brass Band Christmas Spectacular
No Dewsbury Chamber Season would be complete without the annual concert from Phillip McCann’s brass band. With carols to sing and old favourites to hear, this final concert of 2016 is sure to be popular.
Dewsbury Town Hall
Wednesday 25 January 12.30pm
Dewsbury Town Hall
A Bite Size Feast of Gilbert and Sullivan Victoria Joyce
Soprano
Nicholas Sales
Tenor
Jeremy Peaker
Baritone
Annette Saunders Piano
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Please note this concert will be held at Batley Town Hall. Having become a popular fixture of the Chamber Concert Season, George King is set to bring his inimitable style of programme back for another year. As acclaimed as a jazz pianist and improviser as with more traditional piano repertoire George will dazzle once again in this final lunchtime concert.
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Venue and booking information Huddersfield Town Hall Location: Ramsden Street, Huddersfield HD1 2TA Entrance: Corporation Street for access to Box Office, Stalls and Old Court Room. Princess Street for access to Balcony and Gallery. Box Office: The Box Office will be open one hour prior to the start of each concert for collection of pre-booked tickets and ‘on the door’ sales. Dewsbury Town Hall Location: Wakefield Old Road, Dewsbury, WF12 8DG Entrance: G round floor access to the Box Office and stairs/lift to the Concert Hall is at the front of the Town Hall. Box Office: Monday – Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm. Saturday: 9.00am – 2.00pm. The Box Office will be open one hour prior to the start of each concert for collection of pre-booked tickets and ‘on the door’ sales. Batley Town Hall Location: Batley Town Hall, Market Place, Batley WF17 5DA Entrance: Ground floor access to the Box Office and stairs/lift to the Concert Hall is at the front of the Town Hall. Box Office: The Box Office will be open one hour prior to the start of each concert for collection of pre-booked tickets and ‘on the door’ sales.
Facilities at Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Batley Town Halls Travel and Parking All venues are located within walking distance of the rail and bus stations. Parking is available in local car parks, as well as limited free parking on surrounding streets during the evening. For further details of car parks please visit www.kirkleestownhalls.co.uk Induction loop All town halls have induction loops in the Concert Halls. Wheelchair Access A number of wheelchair positions are available in the stalls only. A steward will be available to assist you. Please make it clear when booking that you require a wheelchair space. Wheelchair spaces are sold at the concessionary rate; one accompanying carer may claim a free seat.
Venue and booking information Refreshments Bar and catering facilities are available. You may wish to pre-order your interval drinks at the bar to beat the rush! How to book Box Office: 01484 225 755 Online: kirkleestownhalls.co.uk In person: Holmfirth Information Centre Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre Dewsbury Box Office Subscription priority booking period: Thursday 16 June to Thursday 21 July General booking opens on Monday 25 July Please note, subscription packages can still be booked up until Thursday 22 September The information contained in this booklet was correct at the time of printing. However, Kirklees Council and Opera North reserve the right to alter the programme without prior notice.
Photo credits Introduction by Richard Moran Aleksandar Markovic by Vladimir Miloradovic Pavel Kolesnikov by Colin Way How it works by Richard Moran Stefan Blunier by Veerle Vercauteren The Snowman copyright Snowman Enterprises Ltd Three Little Pigs & Little Red Riding Hood © Quentin Blake, used by permission A Joyous Christmas by Amy Charles Media Jack Liebeck by Chris Dunlop David Cowan by Tim Dunk Ben Morris by Tom Outing David Greed by Richard Moran David Cowan Tim Dunk
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