Kirklees Concert Season 2015-16

KIRKLEES

CONCERT SEASON 2015-16

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HUDDERSFIELD & DEWSBURY

TOWN HALLS

Living Tradition There is an extraordinarily rich tradition of music-making in Kirklees in which we at Opera North and Kirklees Council are enormously proud to play a part. What’s more, it’s very much a living tradition, in a perpetual process of change and renewal. This is true of the Kirklees Concert Season, which has continually evolved since Opera North’s groundbreaking partnership with Kirklees Council began back in 2003.

We’ve made great efforts to broaden the reach of the Season with a particular focus on appealing to younger people through initiatives such as our Classic FM concerts, afternoon family concerts, education projects and our 13 or under scheme. And the Season extends well beyond the orchestral repertoire to encompass Gordon Stewart’s ever-popular Organ Series and the Dewsbury Lunchtime concerts, which play such a special and important part in the lives of their audiences.

What is unchanging is our total commitment to bringing audiences at Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls inspirational, world-class musicianship with some of the greatest music ever composed.

This season, we welcome internationallyrenowned conductors and soloists, including some of the most exciting younger talents on the classical scene, who will appear with our resident ensemble, the Orchestra of Opera North, and our regular guest orchestras, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the BBC Philharmonic.

Nevertheless, with ten concerts in the orchestral season and a fine and varied array of music in the Organ and Chamber series, there is a wealth of great performances to look forward to in the season. We hope you’ll join us as often as you possibly can in the year ahead because it is only with the support and commitment of our audiences that we can strive to continue the rich tradition of musicmaking in Kirklees for future generations.

The 2015/16 season is Richard Farnes’ last as Opera North’s Music Director after 12 exceptional years at the helm. In December he conducts the Orchestra in a programme of Lutosławski and Mahler in Huddersfield that will provide the perfect showcase for their extraordinary partnership. You may notice that the Kirklees Season finishes a little earlier than usual this year. This is partly because in the Phil Boughton Spring of 2016 Richard conducts six complete Orchestra Director, Opera North cycles of Wagner’s monumental Ring with Opera North, for which rehearsals begin in March.

Cllr David Sheard Leader of the Council

Orchestral Concerts

Huddersfield and Dewsbury

Talking Music Join us for some lively discussion about each performance. Before most of our concerts this year we’ll be ‘Talking Music’ with some of our soloists, conductors and members of the orchestra. Please see individual concerts for start times.

Lunchtime Concerts

Huddersfield and Dewsbury Come along to our popular lunchtime organ and chamber concerts – there are some real treats in store. Priced at only £5.50 (£4 concessions), these occasions are a simply delightful way to spend an afternoon.

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Thursday 15 October 7.30pm Dewsbury Town Hall

Thursday 17 September 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall

Orchestra of Opera North Wagner, Strauss The Kirklees Concert Season is launched in high heroic style with Richard Strauss’ tone poem Ein Heldenleben, which charts the progress of a hero’s life in thrilling fashion. It’s an exhilarating showcase for the orchestra, encompassing the clamorous excitement of the battlefield and the passionate lyricism of a portrait of the composer’s wife Pauline in the guise of the ‘hero’s companion’. Opening proceedings are two works by Wagner.

Rienzi was the composer’s third opera and his first big success. It is Grand Opera at its grandest, and the extravagant overture, which culminates in a jaunty military march, also includes one of Wagner’s noblest melodies, Rienzi’s Prayer. The Wesendonck Lieder were composed at the time Wagner was working on Tristan und Isolde, his great hymn to erotic love, and both opera and song cycle share an overpowering intensity of expression.

Wagner Rienzi Overture Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben Aleksandar Markovi´ c Conductor Emma Bell Soprano Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

Orchestra of Opera North Beethoven, Tchaikovsky To open the season in Dewsbury we are delighted to welcome one of the world’s leading pianists/conductors, Howard Shelley. This peerless musician has recorded all of Beethoven’s works for piano and orchestra with the Orchestra of Opera North to international critical acclaim. In this concert he plays and conducts from the keyboard the last and most impressive of Beethoven’s piano concertos, the ‘Emperor’. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony is one of the pinnacles of Russian orchestral music.

The recurrence of the fateful opening motif suggests an autobiographical aspect to the work, but this shouldn’t obscure Tchaikovsky’s mastery of symphonic form, especially in the 20-minute long opening movement. The Fourth is a symphony supercharged with emotion, and in the intimate setting of Dewsbury Town Hall it promises to be a shattering experience.

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Howard Shelley Piano/Conductor Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

“… vital, deeply considered and immensely satisfying.”

International Record Review on the Howard Shelley/Orchestra of Opera North recording of Beethoven’s Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

Sunday 25 October 3.00pm (NOTE TIME) Huddersfield Town Hall

Royal Northern Sinfonia Paddington Bear’s First Concert Join the world’s favourite bear on his adventures as he arrives in England from darkest Peru. In London he meets The Browns, Mr Gruber and goes to his very first concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where he hears music by Schubert, Haydn, Rossini and even Ástor Piazzolla.

This delightful musical story is an extended version of the original written

by Paddington’s creator Michael Bond and has original music by Herbert Chappell. Narrated by John Suchet and accompanied live by Royal Northern Sinfonia, this is an ideal opportunity to introduce the delights of live orchestra music to younger family members and friends.

Please note, there is no screening.

Herbert Chappell Composer John Suchet Narrator

PADDINGTON BEAR © P&Co Ltd/SC 2015.

Thursday 26 November 7.30pm Dewsbury Town Hall

Orchestra of Opera North Sibelius, Dvoˇrák Both Sibelius and Dvoˇ rák were deeply attuned to the folk culture of their native lands, Finland and Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) respectively. Dvoˇ rák wrote that ‘Love, God, Country’ were in his mind as he worked on his Seventh Symphony, yet there was something more personal too: the recent deaths of his mother and eldest child cast a shadow over the work. Yet tragedy is counterpointed by lyrical warmth and a determined sense that life’s adversities may be overcome. The stirring opening of Sibelius’ Karelia Suite is one of the most instantly recognisable passages in all classical music and is matched by the wonderfully uplifting march with which the work concludes. Figures from Finnish legend take centre stage in two further works: the impetuous youth Lemminkäinen and Luonnotar, the Spirit of Nature and Mother of the Seas. The Orchestra is joined by soprano Lee Bisset in Autumn Evening and in Luonnotar, a work that has the other-worldly quality of ancient incantation.

Sibelius Karelia Suite

Autumn Evening

Luonnotar

Lemminkäinen’s Return Dvoˇrák Symphony No.7 David Angus Conductor Lee Bisset Soprano Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

Thursday 3 December 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall

Thursday 17 December 7.30pm Dewsbury Town Hall

Orchestra of Opera North Lutosławski, Mahler

Orchestra of Opera North A Joyous Christmas

Richard Farnes’ illustrious 12-year term as Music Director of Opera North concludes in the summer of 2016 with complete cycles of Wagner’s Ring up and down the country. Richard has conducted the Orchestra in several memorable concerts in the Kirklees Season over the years, and this evening promises to be an extra-special occasion. The Concerto for Orchestra by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski was premièred in 1954 and, like Bartók’s earlier work of the same title, is a remarkable demonstration of the virtuosity of the modern symphony orchestra. It’s a perfect piece with which to celebrate the creative partnership of Farnes and the Orchestra of Opera North. Mahler’s First Symphony is full of vivid orchestral scene-painting, from the glorious opening sunrise from which the work derives its nickname, ‘Titan’, to a fittingly triumphant conclusion.

Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra Mahler Symphony No.1 ‘Titan’ Richard Farnes Conductor Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

The Orchestra of Opera North is joined by the combined voices of the Chorus of Opera North, Opera North Children’s Chorus and Youth Chorus in a joyous concert that will fill you with festive cheer! The annual Dewsbury Christmas concert has become a popular fixture in the calendar in recent years, and with good reason: the most wonderful time of the year has inspired many of the greatest composers to write some of their finest music. Take a feast of seasonal favourites, add a dash of traditional carols, and you have the perfect prelude to the Christmas holiday season.

Concert includes: Rimsky-Korsakov The Snow Maiden (excerpts) Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel (excerpts) Martin Pickard Conductor Chorus of Opera North Opera North Children’s Chorus Opera North Youth Chorus Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

Wednesday 30 December 3.00pm (NOTE TIME) Huddersfield Town Hall

Orchestra of Opera North Viennese Whirl Be swept off your feet and into the New Year by this afternoon of Viennese classics. One of the season’s highlights for many, do book early as this everpopular concert regularly sells out.

Concert includes: Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Overture Die Fledermaus Laughing Song Eine Nacht in Venedig Overture Lehár Giuditta Meine Lippen Die lustige Witwe Vilja John Rigby Conductor Jennifer France Soprano John Suchet Presenter

Thursday 28 January 7.30pm Dewsbury Town Hall

Royal Northern Sinfonia Haydn, Mozart, Stravinsky One of the delights of a performance by the Royal Northern Sinfonia is the palpable joy in their music-making. Stravinsky’s neoclassical Concerto in D was composed in Hollywood in 1946, and its exciting rhythmic character later inspired Jerome Robbins to choreograph it in his ballet The Cage. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante is a distillation of his genius: from the grace and poise of the opening movement, to the deep sadness of the central andante, to the high-spirited fun of the finale. Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ Symphony is so called because in the last movement the musicians leave the stage by turns, leaving just two violins to finish the work. This was perhaps a not so subtle hint to Haydn’s patron Prince Esterházy that it was time to pack up his summer residence and head home so that his musicians could be reunited with their families.

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K364 Stravinsky Concerto in D Haydn Symphony No.45 ‘Farewell’

Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

Sunday 14 February 3.00pm (NOTE TIME) Huddersfield Town Hall

Orchestra of Opera North Classic FM - Classic Romance There has been no greater source of inspiration for composers throughout the ages than the joys and sorrows of romantic love.

In this very special Valentine’s Day concert we celebrate love in all its aspects – from the thrill of falling into it to the heartbreak of losing it. And there is surely nothing more romantic than serenading the object of your heart’s desire with a full-size symphony orchestra live in the room, playing some of the most beautiful and passionate music ever written!

Concert includes: Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Mozart Così fan tutte Overture Rodgers Carousel Ballet Music, South Pacific Overture Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet Walk to the Paradise Garden Stenhammar Two Sentimental Romances Op 28 Elgar Enigma Variations ‘Nimrod’ Wagner Tristan und Isolde Prelude & Liebestod Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes Bernstein On the Town Dances Tobias Ringborg Conductor / Violin Anne-Marie Minhall Presenter

Friday 4 March 7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall

BBC Philharmonic Schubert, Strauss, Brahms We are delighted to welcome the BBC Philharmonic to the Kirklees Season under its Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in a programme of works by three generations of Austro-German masters. Franz Strauss was renowned as a virtuoso horn player, and his son Richard composed his First Horn Concerto with the hope that his father would give the premi� ere. In the event, the technical demands of this wonderfully fresh work, rich in melody, were deemed too risky by Strauss senior, who was by then in his sixties.

Schubert’s genial Sixth Symphony owes much to the example of Haydn, while Brahms’ Third Symphony is a work of striking contrasts. The allegretto third movement, laced with melancholy, is a favourite for many, and it is followed by a tautly dramatic finale which eventually relaxes into a quiet ending that glows like sunshine through Autumn haze.

Schubert Symphony No.6 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No.1 Brahms Symphony No.3 Juanjo Mena Conductor Alberto Menéndez Escribano Horn Talking Music starts at 6.40pm

Leeds Town Hall

Sat 13 February 2016

All concerts start at 7.30pm

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Free pre-concert talks at 6.45pm

Leeds International Orchestral Season 2015/16

Sat 3 October 2015

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Sanderling conductor Andrei Korobeinikov piano Wagner Overture: The Mastersingers of Nuremburg Schumann Piano Concerto Beethoven Symphony No 3 (Eroica) Tickets: £33.50 – £12.50 (discounts available)

Sat 28 November 2015

Prague Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen conductor Chloë Hanslip violin Smetana Má Vlast: Šárka Beethoven Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No 1 Tickets: £33.50 – £12.50 (discounts available)

Alexander Liebreich conductor Nikolai Demidenko piano Adams The Chairman Dances Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 Penderecki Chaconne Brahms Symphony No 3 Tickets: £33.50 – £12.50 (discounts available)

Sat 4 June 2016

Discover the treasures of Kirklees’ seven fascinating historic houses, museums and art galleries.

Orchestra of Opera North Leeds Festival Chorus Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Bradford Catholic Youth Choir David Hill conductor Lee Bisset soprano Katherine Broderick soprano Kate Valentine soprano Sarah Castle mezzo soprano Madeleine Shaw mezzo soprano Peter Wedd tenor Michael Druiett bass Andrew Foster Williams baritone Mahler Symphony No 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) Tickets: £45 – £18 (discounts available)

Web: kirklees.gov.uk/museums Kirklees Museums & Galleries @KirkleesMuseums

7 September Gordon Stewart

MONDAYS 1.00PM

Our popular lunchtime organ and chamber concert series return with a fantastically talented line-up.

Regular lunchtime concert goers comment how wonderfully friendly and sociable these daytime events are, and with competitively priced lunches available from 11.30am, ticket holders can enjoy a bite to eat and chat prior to sitting back and enjoying the uplifting musical programmes on offer. With friendly chat from Borough Organist Dr Gordon Stewart and other season performers, the audience gets an insight into the music, as well as a few entertaining personal anecdotes.

Season tickets are available for all 15 organ concerts for just £40 see information toward the rear of this brochure for booking details and venue information. After having held ticket prices for the last four seasons, single ticket prices are increasing by 50p this year. We still feel these concerts are very well priced and good value at only £5.50 each (£4 for concessions).

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Gordon Stewart opens his 25th season as Borough Organist with a programme celebrating the 150th anniversaries of two British organist composers, Alfred Hollins and Edwin Lemare. There will be a giant screen so that the audience can see the pedals in Leo Sowerby’s showpiece for pedals.

Hollins Concert Overture in C Minor Buxtehude Praeludium in D Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor Hollins Trumpet Minuet Lemare Berceuse Lemare Scherzo Fugue Sowerby Pageant

21 September Gordon Stewart

14 September Margaret Phillips Margaret Phillips is one of the UK’s most respected organists. Her recordings of Bach have been extremely well received, and the range of music she performs sets her apart from most players. Her programme has at its centre the huge first sonata by Alexandre Guilmant who is considered by many to be the father of the French Romantic School.

Bach Wesley Guilmant Dupré

Toccata, Adagio & Fugue Andante Cantabile in G Sonata 1 Prelude & Fugue in G Minor

Gordon’s programme continues with one of the most exciting works from the French Classical repertoire then includes two pieces by Yorkshire composer, Andrew Carter. Dance for Joy was written this year to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the York Organists’ Association.

Augustin Barié’s Marche, Lamento and Toccata will make a grand ending.

Marchand Grand Dialogue Bach Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor Berveiller Mouvement Carter Passacaglia Carter Dance for Joy Barié Trois Pièces

2 November Gordon Stewart and George King

5 October Gordon Stewart Gordon Stewart has chosen a programme of French music ranging from the glory of the 17th century to virtuoso repertoire of the 20th. Many of the most famous organ composers from Paris are there, but also included is Roger-Ducasse, whose 1909 Pastorale in F is one of the treasures of the organ repertoire.

Couperin

Offertoire Messe pour les Couvents De Grigny Récit de Tierce en Taille Widor Symphonie VI (first movement) Vierne Cantilène from Symphonie III Dupré Deux Esquisses Roger-Ducasse Pastorale Grison Toccata

19 October Robert Sharpe The Director of Music at York Minster makes a welcome return to the Town Hall with a programme including the famous Ricercare in six voices which Bach wrote on a theme given to him by Frederick the Great, and, a first for Huddersfield, Paul Spicer’s exciting and colourful Kiwi Fireworks.

Mendelssohn Sonata I Vierne Clair de Lune Bach Ricercare from The Musical Offering Bairstow Evening Song Spicer Kiwi Fireworks

One of the country’s finest improvisers, George King is also a concert pianist and award-winning composer. As well as performing works for piano and organ by César Franck and Philip Moore with Gordon Stewart, George will be taking themes from solo organ pieces and developing them in his own unique way. A concert not to be missed! The programme includes Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Franck’s Prelude, Fugue and Variation and Philip Moore’s Prelude, Adagio and Toccata.

30 November Gordon Stewart 16 November Daniel Cook Daniel Cook is sub-organist at Westminster Abbey and one of the finest of the younger generation of organists.

Best-known for his performances of 19th and 20th century British music, his programme includes seldom heard pieces

by William McKie, Ernest Tomlinson and Edward Bairstow, as well as Healey Willan’s greatest piece, the Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue.

Whitlock McKie Elgar

March Dignity and Impudence Romance in B flat Prelude and Angel’s Farewell from Dream of Gerontius Tomlinson Paean Bairstow Scherzo in Ab Healey Willan Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue

Gordon Stewart plays one of the most famous 19th century German organ works, the Sonata on the 94th Psalm by Julius Reubke. A pupil of Franz Liszt, Reubke died at the age of only 24, leaving two great sonatas, one for piano and this one for organ. It is the piece most often requested at Huddersfield Town Hall.

Böhm Stanley Bach Widor Reubke

Praeludium in C Toccata for the flutes Prelude and Fugue in C Andante Sostenuto Sonata The 94th Psalm

7 December University of Huddersfield Brass Band The annual appearance of the University of Huddersfield Brass Band is a Christmas highlight for many Kirklees concert-goers. Here they are again under their charismatic conductor Phillip McCann in a new programme for Christmas, including carols for all to sing.

14 December Nigel Ogden

11 January Gordon Stewart with Tom Osborne (Trumpet)

For over 35 years Nigel Ogden has been the presenter of BBC Radio 2’s popular programme The Organist Entertains. He has appeared many times at Huddersfield Town Hall and finds colours in the Father Willis organ which are rarely heard. In a programme looking towards to Christmas you can be sure of some brilliant Ogden arrangements of well-known songs.

Coates Rodgers Rota

60 years of Squadron 617 Film Classics Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray Borodin Three pieces from Kismet Bach/Booker Two for the price of one Ogden Memories of Belle Vue circus!

Ogden A seasonal song mixture

Gordon Stewart is again joined by the Hallé Orchestra’s co-principal trumpeter Tom Osborne in a programme which stretches from the glory of the Baroque to an arrangement of Rachmaninov’s beautiful Vocalise, and the virtuoso world of the cornet in Arban’s Fantasie Brillante.

Vivaldi

21 December Gordon Stewart with Huddersfield Boys’ & Girls’ choirs and Adam Finchett Many of the audience say their Christmas really begins with this lunchtime concert.

Gordon Stewart is this year joined by the 70 voices of the Huddersfield Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs and the brilliant young percussionist Adam Finchett. The programme will be a mix of Christmas music old and new, with organ music by Bach, Daquin and Cockroft and carols for audience, choir and organ.

Concerto in A Minor (first movement) Telemann Concerto for trumpet and organ Widor Andante Cantabile from Symphonie IV Vierne Impromptu Rachmaninov Vocalise Reger Toccata and Fugue in D minor/major Arban Fantaisie Brillante

8 February Gordon Stewart

25 January Daniel Moult Daniel Moult is a real Huddersfield favourite. The audience enjoys not only his playing and interesting programmes, but also his enthusiastic presentation.

His programme this time includes several works which have not appeared in the series before, as well as core repertoire pieces, Mendelssohn’s Sixth Sonata and the ever-popular last movement from Vierne’s First Symphony.

Liszt Excelsior!

Bach Trio in G Mendelssohn Sonata VI Saint-Saëns Élévation Schmidt Toccata Françaix Suite Carmelite Vierne Final from Symphonie I

Gordon Stewart has twice played the Whitlock Recital in St Stephen’s Church in Bournemouth where the composer was organist. On the first occasion he played the Plymouth Suite, which many consider his finest work; certainly the Willis Grand Tuba will be heard to great effect in the Toccata. Before the suite come two pieces by Yorkshire-based composers, Andrew Carter and Alan Spedding, both pieces receiving their Huddersfield premières.

Respighi Bach Bach Carter Spedding Whitlock

Festival March from The Birds Prelude on Liebster Jesu Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor Cantilena Variations on Vater unser im Himmelreich Plymouth Suite

29 February Gordon Stewart Gordon Stewart ends the series with a programme including two of the bestloved of all organ pieces, the toccatas by Bach and Widor. Also included are Liszt’s great tribute to Bach and two pieces by local composer, Robert Cockroft.

Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne Bach Trio on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Vierne Scherzo from Symphonie II Liszt Prelude and Fugue on BACH Cockroft Berceuse and Scherzetto Widor Toccata from Symphonie V

Tickets: £5.50 (£4 concessions) available from Dewsbury Town Hall Box Office.

Season tickets are available for all 7 concerts for just £19.

For full venue information, please see details toward the rear of this brochure.

All Dewsbury Lunchtime Concerts start at 12.30pm. Lunch is served in the main hall from 11.30am.

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WEDNESDAYS 12.30PM

9 September David Greed and Ian Buckle (Violin and Piano)

11 November The Queen’s Six

Dewsbury favourites, violinist David Greed and Ian Buckle, open the series with a programme including Beethoven’s glorious Sonata in D, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Elgar’s Salut d’Amour. A perfect concert to open a concert series.

This is a real coup for Dewsbury!

The Queen’s Six have been performing all over Europe and getting rave reviews wherever they have appeared. Their programme for Dewsbury ranges from the 16th Century masterpieces to brilliant new jazz arrangements. Definitely a concert not to be missed.

21 October George King (Piano) George King is unique amongst British pianists in that he is recognised as a classical concert pianist but is also an internationally admired jazz pianist. This will be his fifth appearance in the series and he really is back by public demand.

There will certainly be fireworks in Chopin and Liszt and the usual King invention in an improvisation on a popular melody.

9 December University of Huddersfield Brass Band For many of the Dewsbury audience Christmas starts when they come to hear the wonderful University of Huddersfield Brass Band. Here they are again in concert, directed by the charismatic Phillip McCann, with lots of new pieces to welcome in the Festive Season, and carols for all to sing.

20 January The Chagall Piano Trio

10 February Paul Chamberlain (Accordion)

Although Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular of all composers, famous for his ballets, overtures and symphonies, his chamber works are less regularly heard. In this concert his magnificent Piano Trio in A Minor will be the main work – a rare opportunity to hear one of the real masterpieces of the repertoire.

Paul Chamberlain’s last appearance in Dewsbury was one of the highlights of the season. Many audience members asked if we could have him back, so here he is in a programme including virtuoso music from Russia, Argentina and France. Paul is recognised as one of the finest players in this country and his concerts have taken him to Russia, Finland and the USA.

9 March Ross McInroy (Bass) with Geoffrey Tanti (Piano) Ross McInroy is one of the rising stars in the world of opera. A prize-winning student in Glasgow and London, he has appeared in operas ranging from Mozart to Britten.

In his programme for Dewsbury, he has chosen as wide a range of music as possible – “Something for all tastes”, he says, “from oratorio to opera and then to Broadway!” He is accompanied by Glasgow-based pianist Geoffrey Tanti and both are making their first appearances in the Dewsbury season. Ross appears by permission of Opera North.

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Huddersfield orchestral prices and discounts Seating Area Single Ticket Concessions 14 - 26 year olds 13 or under Viennese Whirl concert Season Subscription

A £24.00 £21.00 – £1.00 £15.00 £90.00

B £18.00 £15.50 £4.00 £1.00 £15.00 £67.50

C £12.00 £10.00 £4.00 £1.00 £15.00 £45.00

D £10.00 £8.50 £4.00 £1.00 £15.00 £37.50

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Dewsbury orchestral prices and discounts Seating Area Single Ticket Concessions 14 - 26 year olds 13 or under Season Subscription

A £19.00 £16.50 – £1.00 £55.50

B £16.00 £13.50 £4.00 £1.00 £46.50

C £11.50 £10.00 £4.00 £1.00 £33.00

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Band A - Balcony Band B - Balcony Band C - Stalls Band D - Stalls, Balcony and Gallery

Please note - orchestral subscription tickets are not transferable between venues.

stage D £9.00 £7.50 £4.00 £1.00 £25.50

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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.

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Concessions are available to Kirklees Passport holders, senior citizens, unwaged, disabled and Stagepass holders. Please note that there are no concessions on subscription tickets.

Please note that the Viennese Whirl on the 30 December is not included in the season subscription and has a ticket price of £15.00 all areas, £4.00 for 14 - 26 year olds, £1.00 for 13 or under, with no further concessions.

Venue information

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Box Office The Box Office will 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 Ground floor access to the Box Office and stairs/lift to the Concert Hall is at the front of the Town Hall.

Box Office Opening hours: Monday – Friday 9.30am – 5pm. From 6.15pm on concert nights for collection of pre-booked tickets and ‘on the door’ sales.

Facilities at Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls Talking Music: For an extra insight into the music and an opportunity to meet some of the performers, there is a free talk before the concerts at 6.40pm (unless otherwise stated) in the main hall. Please ensure that you purchase your concert ticket before going into the hall.

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 System Both Town Halls have induction loops in the Concert Halls.

Wheelchair Access A number of wheelchair positions are available in the stalls only. Access is via the level access Corporation Street entrance at Huddersfield and the level access entrance at Dewsbury. 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.

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 You can book your ticket in person, by phone or online as follows: Holmfirth Information Centre tel: 01484 222444 Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre tel: 01484 223200 Dewsbury Box Office tel: 01924 324501 Book online at www.kirkleestownhalls.co.uk

Single tickets for all concerts go on sale from Monday 27 July 2015 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.

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