Howard Assembly Room Sep–Dec 2014
Autumn at the Howard Assembly Room... IMMORALITY TALES: when badness is more interesting than goodness. Music and film exploring the allure of immorality, accompanying Opera North’s Autumn season.
HANDPICKED: world-class international musicians including Zakir Hussain, Abdullah Ibrahim and Blixa Bargeld.
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We are very grateful to the Emerald Foundation and the EsmĂŠe Fairbairn Foundation whose support enables us to offer such a varied and eclectic programme of performances and events.
VOICES: harmony, dissonance and collective might. The Voices series goes a cappella to focus on vocal groups and ensembles.
IMMORALITY TALES Film Thursday 18 September 7.45pm £5
Dir. Max Ophüls, 1948, USA, 86 mins. Cert U. ‘A weepie like they don’t make them like anymore’ The Independent
Letter from an Unknown Woman ‘By the time you read this letter, I may be dead.’ Set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, a former concert pianist receives a letter from a woman (Joan Fontaine) which reveals her lifelong love for him, and the devastation that their encounters have caused her. Letter from an Unknown Woman portrays Ophüls’ favourite theme of women ill-met in love with a mix of European style, Hollywood muscularity and lyrical camera work. This showing accompanies Opera North’s new production of La traviata. Introduced by Dr Claudia Sternberg, Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds.
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Music Friday 19 September 7.45pm £15
‘Sam Lee: The heart of folk’ The Times on Sam Lee ‘Intimate, epic, overflowing with feeling and musical intelligence’ The Independent on The Unthanks
Sam Lee & members of The Unthanks A Time and Place
Musical meditations on the First World War. Folk’s finest breathe fresh life into the music, lives and traditions of a lost generation. A Time and Place is a new collaboration featuring Becky Unthank, Rachel Unthank, Sam Lee, Adrian McNally and more, with video design by Matt Watkins. Rachel and Becky Unthank return to the Howard Assembly Room following two sell out shows in 2009 and 2011. Co-produced by the Barbican, sounduk, and Opera North: A Time and Place is part of the Imperial War Museum’s Centenary Partnership Programme.
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Music Friday 26 September 7.45pm £17.50
‘Still Smiling is a playful, intelligent album, a series of personal and observational sketches of a disquieting world.’ The Quietus Part of Recon Festival
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Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld Still Smiling
A special UK performance brings an alliance of the highest order to the Howard Assembly Room. Still Smiling sees German-born Blixa Bargeld (former Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds member and Einstürzende Neubauten founder) join forces with Italian electronic composer Teho Teardo. Theirs is a dark and sumptuous collaboration, in which Bargeld’s sardonic, poetic lyrics and unmistakable voice combine with a palette of strings, experimentation and a dose of theatrical flair. The result is a multi-lingual masterpiece of intimacy and controlled grandeur.
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VOICES Music Saturday 27 September 7.45pm £10 Save 20% ‘Arguably the most staggering live musician in the country’ Mojo on David Thomas Broughton ‘...mesmerising’ BBC on Cath Tyler Part of Recon Festival In association with The Local
Dark Northumbrian & David Thomas Broughton With Juice Vocal Ensemble This double bill brings together some of the North’s most original folk voices. Exploring the rich heritage of Northumbrian folk, Dark Northumbrian – developed by Steve Malley (The Horse Loom) – showcases a stellar line-up of acoustic musicians including Cath and Phil Tyler, and Alasdair Roberts. Otley born folk singer and guitarist David Thomas Broughton’s music is by turns delightful, disturbing and heartbreaking. Here he performs with Juice Vocal Ensemble in music that spans from hymnal to human beatbox, discord to angelic harmony, with lyrical themes, ranging from love to pub brawls. Book online: howardassemblyroom.co.uk
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IMMORALITY TALES Music Friday 3 October 5.30pm–10.00pm Saturday 4 October 5.00pm–7.00pm Free to drop in at your leisure
Light Night
I am yours, yours am I Something strange has happened in the Howard Assembly Room. Trees have taken root in the floor and birds are singing from the treetops, indoors, on a cold, dark October night... Experience opera as never before, for as the clock strikes, singers and musicians appear around you, bringing to life one of the most achingly beautiful love songs ever written. From the final moments of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea, this is a moment of magic where all is not as it seems... Sit where you like, stay as long as you want, this is opera for everyone, in 3D and surround sound. The Coronation of Poppea is at Leeds Grand Theatre in October. A performance will begin approximately every 10 minutes. lightnightleeds.co.uk
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Music Saturday 11 October 7.45pm £15
‘Stately songs of disarming passion’ The Guardian
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King Creosote
From Scotland With Love King Creosote is the stage name of Scottish folk singer and songwriter Kenny Anderson. His powerful and cinematic new album From Scotland With Love, released to coincide with Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games, has received universal critical acclaim. His first since his Mercury-nominated collaborative record with Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine, From Scotland With Love was originally composed to accompany a documentary film, so for the first time King Creosote found himself writing the stories and perspectives of other people. The result is a sweepingly charismatic set of songs with themes of love and loss, war and resistance.
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Music Wednesday 15 October 7.45pm £15 Reserved seating ‘The Brodskys’ achingly beautiful performance reached deep into the heart’ The Guardian
Brodsky Quartet Angels and Maidens
The Brodsky Quartet bring their fine blend of musical curiosity and impeccable mastery to a programme centred on one of the pinnacles of the Classical period: Schubert’s Death and the Maiden. Alongside it sits George Crumb’s masterpiece of the avant-garde: Black Angels. Composed for amplified string quartet, using a refrain from Death and the Maiden as its theme, this piece uses shouting, chanting, whistling, whispering, gongs, maracas, and crystal glasses to evoke the mangrove swamps of Vietnam which inspired it.
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Music Thursday 16 October 7.45pm £12.50 Save 20% ‘Mônica’s sweet, sensual and sometimes husky vocal talks everyone’s language’ BBC
Mônica Vasconcelos Brazilian Freedom Songs
50 years ago, a military coup in Brazil marked the beginning of a long, repressive dictatorship. The crisis heralded one of the most creative periods in Brazilian popular music. Under heavy censorship, and with no political rights, composers and lyricists voiced their opposition in songs: songs with coded messages, songs of resistance, and live affirming hymns that today stand as masterpieces. Mônica Vasconcelos has been searching for the stories behind these songs and plays them with a team of leading musicians from Brazil and Britain including the Brazilian singer and guitarist Ife Tolentino.
IMMORALITY TALES Film Friday 24 October 7.45pm £5
Dir. EJ-Yong, Korea, 2003, 124 mins, with English subtitles. Cert 18. ‘...a viciously purring Korean comedy of sexual conquest’ New York Times
Untold Scandal Writer/Director EJ-Yong relocates the action of De Laclos’ classic French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, to 18th century Korea. A beautiful noblewoman bets her womanising cousin that he can’t seduce a virtuous young woman. This drama of immorality, eroticism and betrayal unfolds against delicate landscapes. Revealing the moral hypocrisy behind the exquisitely observed etiquette of courtly society, Untold Scandal finds the essence of the original story in a rendition that combines sly wit and understated intensity. This film accompanies Opera North’s new production of The Coronation of Poppea. Introduced by Paul Cooke, Centenary Chair in World Cinemas at the University of Leeds.
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Music / Words Thursday 30 October 7.45pm £7.50 Save 20% ‘Tennyson’s small epic... so tear-jerking, is a verbal treasure’ BBC Music Magazine
Strauss: Enoch Arden Op. 38 a melodrama (1897)
Music by Richard Strauss Words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Enoch Arden tells the heart-wrenching story of a shipwrecked sailor who returns home after many years to find that the world, and his loved ones, have long given him up for dead. A true melodrama, Strauss’ music digs deep into the psychological turmoil of Enoch, his wife Annie, and Philip, their shared childhood friend. Famously recorded by Claude Rains and Glenn Gould, here the piece’s wonderfully dynamic relationship between spoken voice and piano is brought to life by music theatre actor, Dale Rapley, and Opera North’s Head of Music, Martin Pickard, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Strauss’ birth.
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Film Friday 31 October 7.45pm £5
Dir. Charles Laughton, USA, 1955, 93 mins. Cert 12. ‘A gripping, complex chiller.’ The Guardian
Night of the Hunter Halloween at Opera North
Inspired by German Expressionist films of the 1920s, Night of the Hunter is shot in black and white, with striking shadows and distorted perspectives. Walter Schumann’s soundtrack is an integral part of the film’s eerie atmosphere. The chilling story follows Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), a serial-killer who styles himself as a preacher-man to gain the trust of a family on the Ohio River. The children escape by boat, but Powell hunts them relentlessly, believing they know the location of a robbery haul. A classic tale of innocence versus evil, Night of the Hunter is perfect viewing for Halloween. Introduced by Bridget Bennett, Professor in American Literature & Culture at the University of Leeds.
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Music Friday 17 October 7.45pm £22.50 Reserved seating
Zakir Hussain A rare UK show from tabla master Zakir Hussain. A classical repertoire of ragas and talas is at the heart of music exploring the frontier between the traditional and contemporary. Hussain’s spectacular tabla solos are one of the great sights and sounds in music today – a virtuoso at the very height of his creative powers. Here, Hussain is accompanied by a hand-picked group of India’s finest musicians: Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri), Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin), Sridhar Parthasarathy (mridangam & kanjira), Navin Sharma (dholak) and T.H.V. Umashankar (ghatam).
‘Zakir Hussain, the peerless North Indian tabla player, favors an impish strain of virtuosity. He’s a fearsome technician but also a whimsical inventor, devoted to exuberant play’ New York Times
A true inspiration to behold, this award-winning performer has not only gained national treasure status in his homeland, but also a legendary reputation abroad.
‘Legends drum among us... Zakir Hussain has accomplished more with his hands and heart than most other artists in the world, let alone percussionists.’ DRUM! Magazine
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Music Saturday 8 November 7.45pm £17.50 Save 20% ‘For a modern take on the European jazz tradition, this quartet is hard to beat.’ The Arts Desk
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Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Extended Circle
The slowly turning, luminous music of Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen has, without fanfare, developed a staggering depth of meaning and confidence. His quartet with Tore Brunborg, Mats Eilertsen and long-term associate Jarle Vespestad, has matured into a group whose interactions draw their strength from restraint. The material for this one-off UK date ranges from gospel-influenced pieces and glowing group improvisation, to the Norwegian traditional I Know A Castle In Heaven. Drawn mainly from his latest album, its striking ‘Nordic-Caribbean-GospelImpressionist-Bluesy touch’ is reminiscent of his much-lauded debut album.
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IMMORALITY TALES Music Thursday 13 November 7.45pm £15 Reserved seating
Save 20% ‘Kirkby embellishes every note with a grace, lightness and sparkle which other sopranos in careers half as long have already lost’ Classic FM
Emma Kirkby & Jakob Lindberg The Golden Age Revived
Emma Kirkby, the grande dame of Early Music, makes her Howard Assembly Room debut with a glorious selection of songs focussing on the heroines of the classical world, accompanied by lutenist Jakob Lindberg. From Purcell’s Dido’s Lament to Dowland’s When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love, these are songs about the women of epic and myth. The recital is completed by Monteverdi’s exquisite Lamento d’Arianna, in tribute to Opera North’s new production of The Coronation of Poppea.
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Music Friday 14 November 7.45pm £10 Save 20% ‘...confident and packed full of elevating song structures, Piano Ombre is an album many will find euphorically addictive’ Drowned in Sound
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Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains Support: Petit Fantôme and Babe Since the release of their hugely popular breakthrough album E Volo Love, Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains have come a long way. Their most recent music, while remaining true to their signature sunny harmonies, is at times a more shadowy electronic affair. According to Frànçois, Piano Ombre translates as calm down shadow, ‘which refers to me trying to tame the shadows.’ The result retains his love of a great pop tune, mixing it with elegant French chanson, West African rhythms and a more confident darker edge.
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Music Saturday 15 November 7.45pm £12.50 Save 20% ‘A brutal yet glorious release that doubles up as an unbending overture to fervour and force’ The Line of Best Fit
Ben Frost AURORA
Ben Frost is an Australian composer and producer, based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Working with close friends Valgeir Sigurðsson and Nico Muhly, he formed the Bedroom Community record label in 2003. Frost’s own music is varied, welding structured sound and physical power to immersive melody. With 2014 release A U R O R A, he strips away piano and strings in favour of a world of fiercely synthetic shapes, live manipulation of electronics, guitar noise and drumbeats firing in all directions. Live he commands the stage, judging the perfect moment to send down his next lightning bolt. In association with Room 237
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Music Thursday 20 November 7.45pm £20
‘...the humble high priest of international jazz’ The Guardian
Abdullah Ibrahim Solo piano
Abdullah Ibrahim returns to Leeds for a special concert to celebrate his 80th year. Casting an atmospheric spell with heart-stopping melodies and delicately propulsive grooves, Ibrahim plays music from across his vast musical landscape of knowledge and technique. The legendary South African pianist and composer occupies a central position in his country’s music history as an exile from apartheid and politicised pioneer of Township and Cape Jazz. There’s nothing in music quite like the atmosphere of an Abdullah Ibrahim concert.
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Music Friday 21 November 7.45pm £20
‘Frazey Ford’s warm voice is instantly recognizable to any fan of her former group, the Be Good Tanyas. But unlike that trio and its folksy air, Ford’s solo work has more of a smoky, soulful mood’ Washington post
Frazey Ford With support One of the defining features of The Be Good Tanyas is the distinctive vocal style of Frazey Ford. David Honigmann said in the Financial Times ‘as a lead singer, Frazey is poised halfway between folk and soul, paying simultaneous obeisance to Bob Dylan and Otis Redding’. Her influences run near the surface – you can hear in her songs the combination of soul and folk that fuelled artists like Donny Hathaway and Joni Mitchell – but the stories of her new album Indian Ocean are all her own.
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Performance Sunday 23 November 2.00pm Free (booking essential) 16+ ‘One of Britain’s greatest companies’ The Guardian Part of Compass Festival 2014
Forced Entertainment That Night Follows Day
That Night Follows Day is a comical and poignant text by Tim Etchells, the Artistic Director of internationally renowned theatre company Forced Entertainment. Written for an adult audience with performers aged 8 to 14, the work explores the ways in which adults’ words and actions shape and influence young people’s experience. Addressing the audience directly, a chorus of children explores and interrogates the range of advice, facts, truisms, white lies and excuses they hear from their elders.
Music Thursday 27 November 7.45pm £12.50
‘He possesses a common name but a rare talent’ The Independent
John Smith With support John Smith has had an incredible year (culminating in a sell out show at Union Chapel in London) touring his most recent album Great Lakes. He is a dazzling and inventive guitarist and possessor of an unforgettable honeyed gravel growl of a voice that belies his age. John Smith is a firm favourite at the Howard Assembly Room having first performed in the venue supporting Iron and Wine in 2010.
In partnership with Compass Festival and Opera North, Forced Entertainment will create a rehearsed reading of the work. Contains strong language. 24
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Music Friday 28 November 7.45pm £10 Save 20% ‘ever-astounding’ Pitchfork on Jim White ‘With his commanding stage presence, creative approach and curly hair, Xylouris is the Bob Dylan of Greek music.’ Neoskosmos.com on Giorgos Xylouris
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Giorgos Xylouris & Jim White Xylouris White is the collaboration between two masters of contemporary music: Jim White, a founder of the internationally acclaimed trio Dirty Three, and Giorgos Xylouris (aka Psarogiorgis) the master lutenist who has been described as the future of Cretan music. Xylouris White makes a compelling new blend of melody and rhythm - an exhilarating experience to watch. Having first played together in Melbourne, the duo has been on a wonderful journey across three continents. Although these new experiences have added many riches, neither has lost touch with the best of their diverse traditions.
Music Friday 12 December 7.45pm £12.50 Save 20% ‘An outstanding compelling partnership’ Gramophone Magazine
Chloë Hanslip & Danny Driver Visions of Russia
Following Natalie Clein’s sell-out solo recital, Visions of Russia is the latest in the series of special concerts taking place within projected ‘rooms’ on-stage at the Howard Assembly Room. Here, the ‘radiantly sympathetic’ (Julian Haylock, Sinfinimusic) violinist Chloë Hanslip is joined by internationally renowned pianist Danny Driver.
The first album by Xylouris White will be released this Autumn.
The pair focus on two giants of Russian music, Sergei Rachmaninov and Sergei Prokofiev, whose music spans the turn of the 20th century. Their intensely emotional programme includes Prokofiev’s austere and thrilling Sonata op. 80 and sections of Rachmaninov’s supremely expressive Études Tableaux op. 39.
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VOICES Music Saturday 13 December 7.45pm £17.50
‘Angelite is an amazing example of vocal virtuosity’ The Scotsman
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Bulgarian Voices Angelite This wonderful group of 20 singers is a true phenomenon. The all-female ensemble was formed from the ashes of the Bulgarian State Television Choir, and was nominated for a Grammy in 1999. Their style of singing and ornamentation is incredibly distinctive and inspired by centuries of tradition. Blending classical and folk music in a programme for Christmas time, the choir’s sound is both mystical and muscular as ‘throaty sounds course above low drone notes and wide-open harmonies, the ensemble’s performances provide one of the most unique and compelling experience in music’. (LA Times)
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VOICES Music Friday 19 December 6.15pm £5
‘An extraordinary cellist – virtuosic, charismatic, brimming with verve and poetry’ The Times on Matthew Sharp
Christmas at Twilight Take a break from gift wrapping and non-stop Slade, for an early evening injection of Christmas gladness and good cheer. Celebrating the spirit of midwinter festivities through the centuries, exceptional cellist Matthew Sharp, a cappella vocal trio Voice, and a group of musicians draw together Medieval harmonies, festive folk songs and carols for a unique Christmas concert. In a holly-decked, candle-lit Howard Assembly Room, the spirits of Christmas past and present are invoked, through a wonderful array of music - from Tchaikovsky to Tavener - for the season.
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VOICES Music Thursday 18 December 7.45pm £22.50 Reserved seating
Tallis Scholars The Tallis Scholars make a welcome return to the Howard Assembly Room after a four year absence. Leading exponents of early sacred music for over 40 years, this superb a cappella ensemble, founded and conducted by Peter Phillips, continues to delight with their beautifully pure tone and exquisite blend of voices.
‘...the sound coming from the Tallis Scholars almost surpassed the humanly possible...’ The Telegraph
Performing an inspired programme of English Renaissance music focusing on composer William Byrd, the ensemble performs a festive and moving concert for the Christmas period.
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Performance Saturday 6 December 11.00am– 12.30pm Adults £6, under 18s FREE
Vocal Harmony: Interactive Family Performance
‘A brilliant morning of music, dance and play... Opera North really went out of the way to make the event family friendly’
Following the storming sell-out success of the Bluegrass and West African Music interactive performances, Vocal Harmony is our latest concert.
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The morning not only features a performance from a professional a cappella vocal harmony group, the audience will also be given a chance to join in and sing along in a fun, relaxed environment. This morning concert is the ideal way to introduce young children to music, singing and professional performance. Suitable for children of all ages and their parents/carers. All children should be accompanied by an adult and all adults should be accompanied by a child!
‘It was fantastic’ Adult audience member ‘I loved it’ Participant aged 5
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Photographs: Sam Lee (pg 5) by Bernd Ott, Light Night (pg 8-9) by Opera North, King Creosote (pg 10) by Sean Dooley, Brodsky Quartet (pg 11) by Colm Hogan, Zakir Hussain (pg 16) by Susana Millman, Tord Gustavsen Ensemble (pg 18) by Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen, Emma Kirkby (pg 19) by Bibi Basch, Abdullah Ibrahim (pg 22) by David Sinclair, Frazey Ford (pg 23) by Candace Meyer, Forced Entertainment (pg 24) by Tim Etchells, John Smith (pg 25) by Phil Fisk, Xylouris White (pg 26) by M.Mathioudakis, Chloe Hanslip (pg 27) by Benjamin Elovega, Bulgarian Voices Angelite (pg 28) by Ulrich Balß, Tallis Scholars (pg 30) by Eric Richmond, Vocal Harmony (pg 32) by Tom Arber. Credits: Page 5: Supported by Arts Council England and PRS for Music Foundation. The information in this brochure is published in good faith, but changes may occasionally be necessary. In the event of unforeseen circumstances Opera North reserves the right to change the performers or performance.
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Film Music Music Music
Letter from an Unknown Woman Sam Lee & members of The Unthanks Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld
7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm Dark Northumbrian & David Thomas Broughton 7.45pm
Light Night King Creosote Music Brodsky Quartet Music Mônica Vasconcelos Music Zakir Hussain Film Untold Scandal Music/Words Strauss: Enoch Arden Film Night of the Hunter
Various 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm
Music Music
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble 7.45pm Emma Kirkby & Jacob Lindberg 7.45pm Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains 7.45pm Music Ben Frost 7.45pm Music Abdullah Ibrahim 7.45pm Music Frazey Ford 7.45pm Music 2.00pm Performance Forced Entertainment John Smith 7.45pm Music Giorgos Xylouris & Jim White 7.45pm Music Words Music
December 6 12 13 18 19
Performance Vocal Harmony Music Music Music Music
Chloë Hanslip & Danny Driver Bulgarian Voices Angelite Tallis Scholars Christmas at Twilight
11.00am–12.30pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 6.15pm
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