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The 2016/17 season opens with a visit from the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, the composer’s magnificent exploration of fate, doubt and triumph. Also from abroad we are delighted to welcome tours by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra,St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Yuri Temirkanov, Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra with Leif Ove Andsnes as director and soloist, and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
The finest British orchestras continue to visit Leeds Town Hall including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and, for the first time in thirteen years, the City of London Sinfonia with clarinettist Michael Collins as director and soloist. We are delighted to welcome back the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Music Director Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra of Opera North with new Music Director Aleksandar Markovic. The talented young musicians of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain return in April 2017 with a performance of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony alongside the fireworks of two works by Mexican composers Márquez and Revueltas.
Leeds is lucky enough to boast two great choral societies, both playing an important role in the season. Leeds Festival Chorus performs Rossini’s Petit Messe Solennelle in November, with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus presenting Elgar’s The Music Makers in March before the choruses join together for a resounding performance of Verdi’s Requiem to end the season in May.
Leeds’ International Orchestral Season continues to be one of the finest orchestral programmes in the country. We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds Town hall during the 2016/17 season.
WELCOME TO LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SEASON’S 2016/17ORCHESTRAL SEASON.
Free pre-concert talksDiscover more about the music at one of our free pre-concert talks,at 6.45pm on the night of each concert – an opportunity to learn moreabout the music you are about to hear, background to the composers andtips on what to listen out for.
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All concerts start at 7.30pm(except 15 October, which starts at 7pm)
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TCHAIKOVSKYSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Vladimir Fedoseyev © Anja Köhler
Jennifer Pike © Tom Barnes
Vladimir Fedoseyevconductor
Jennifer Pikeviolin
BorodinPolovtsian DancesSibeliusViolin ConcertoTchaikovskySymphony No 5
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Eduardo Portal
Anna Tsybuleva © Vera Greiner
Eduardo Portalconductor
Anna TsybulevapianoWinner, Leeds International Piano Competition, 2015
WeberOverture: Der FreischützChopinPiano Concerto No 2BrahmsSymphony No 4
Music begins where the possibilities oflanguage end.SIBELIUS
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.CHOPIN
Saturday8 October
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byCatherine Tackley
Saturday15 October
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.15pm byJudy Blezzard
Pleasenote this concertstarts at
7pm
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THE HALLÉ BBC PHILHARMONIC
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Gergely Madaras
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
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O £12.50
Antony Hermus © Marcus Borggreve
Pavel Kolesnikov © Colin Way
Gergely Madarasconductor
Katherine Bakerflute
Marie Leenhardtharp
Mussorgsky (orch Rimsky-Korsakov)Night on Bald MountainMozartFlute and Harp ConcertoBartókHungarian SketchesBorodinSymphony No 2
Antony Hermusconductor
Pavel Kolesnikovpiano
SmetanaOverture and Dances: The Bartered BrideTchaikovskyPiano Concerto No 1DvořákSymphony No 7
As a composer seeking to remain anonymous,I am shy of confessing my musical activity...For others it is their chief business, the occupation and aim of life. For me it is a relaxation, a pastime which distracts me from my principal business, my professorship.BORODIN
I am now busy with this symphony for London, and wherever I go I can think of nothing else.God grant that this Czech music will movethe world!!DVOŘÁK ON THE WRITING OF THE SEVENTH SYMPHONY
Saturday22 October
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm bySimon Lindley
Saturday29 October
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byBrian Newbould
This concert is being recorded forfuture broadcast
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CZECH NATIONALSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BBC PHILHARMONICLEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Libor Pešek © Vohanka
Natalie Clein © Sussie Ahlburg
Area Tickets
A £33.50
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O n/a
Simon Wright
Kathryn Rudge © Sussie Ahlburg
Libor Pešekconductor
Natalie Cleincello
SmetanaFrom Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows:Má VlastDvořákCello ConcertoGlassAdagioBeethovenSymphony No 5
Simon Wrightconductor
Lucy Hallsoprano
Kathryn Rudgemezzo soprano
Peter Autytenor
Henry Waddingtonbass
VerdiOverture: I Vespri SicilianiVerdiVa, pensiero: NabuccoVerdiPrelude to Act III: La traviataPucciniNessun Dorma: TurandotRossiniPetite Messe Solennelle
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is the mostsublime noise that has ever penetrated intothe ear of man.EM FORSTER
Saturday19 November
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byDavid Fligg
Saturday26 November
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byPeter Whitfield
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MANCHESTERCAMERATA
THE HALLÉ
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
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Tine Thing Helselth © Paul Marc Mitchell
Katie Stillman © Alejandro Tamagno
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A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
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Markus Stenz © Molina Visuals
Laurence Rogers
Tine Thing Helsethdirector and trumpet
Adi Brettviolin
Katie Stillmanviolin
Rachael Cleggoboe
Tracey Redferntrumpet
PachelbelCanon and GigueBachDouble Violin ConcertoVivaldi/BachTrumpet ConcertoBachOboe and Violin ConcertoVivaldiDouble Trumpet ConcertoCorelliChristmas Concerto
Markus Stenzconductor
Laurence Rogershorn
MozartSymphony No 41 (Jupiter)StraussHorn Concerto No 1SchumannSymphony No 4
In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else hasthought of.SCHUMANN
Saturday3 December
2016Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byClive McClelland
Saturday14 January
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byCatherine Tackley
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ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
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C £28
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Vasily Petrenko © Mark McNulty
Teo Gheorghiu
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Yuri Temirkanov © Sasha Gustov
Nikolai Lugansky © Jean-Baptiste Millot
Vasily Petrenkoconductor
Teo Gheorghiupiano
BrittenFour Sea InterludesSchubert/LisztWanderer FantasyShostakovichSymphony No 12 (The Year 1917)
Yuri Temirkanovconductor
Nikolai Luganskypiano
KhachaturianSuite: SpartacusRachmaninovRhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniRimsky-KorsakovScheherazade
He did not write about this war and that revolution, but about war and revolutionin general, the state of mind and emotion,not facts.MAXIM SHOSTAKOVICH ON HIS FATHER, DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
All I desired was that the hearer, if he liked my piece as symphonic music, should carry away the impression that it is beyond a doubt an Oriental narrative of some numerous and varied fairy-tale wonders and not merely four pieces played one after the other and composed on the basis of themes common to all the four movements.RIMSKY-KORSAKOV ON SCHEHERAZADE
Saturday21 January
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byGeorge Kennaway
Saturday28 January
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byCatherine Tackley
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EUROPEAN UNIONCHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CITY OF LONDONSINFONIA
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Hans-Peter Hofmann
Jennifer Pike © Tom Barnes
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
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Michael Collins © Eric Richmond
ALEXANDER WOOD
Hans-Peter Hofmanndirector
Jennifer Pikeviolin
ElgarSerenade for StringsMozartViolin Concerto No 3GriegTwo Elegiac MelodiesHaydnSymphony No 57
Michael Collinsconductor and clarinet
Alexandra Woodviolin
BrittenSuite on English Folk TunesFinziClarinet ConcertoVaughan WilliamsThe Lark AscendingBeethovenSymphony No 7
I listened more than I studied... therefore littleby little my knowledge and ability were developed.HAYDN
Don’t only practise your art, but force yourway into its secrets.BEETHOVEN
Saturday4 February
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byJulian Rushton
Saturday18 February
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byDan Holden
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VIENNA TONKÜNSTLERORCHESTRA
CITY OF BIRMINGHAMSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Yutaka Sado © Werner Kmetitsch
Angela Hewitt © Bernd Eberle
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Daniele Rustioni © Davide Cerati
Roman Simovic
Yutaka Sadoconductor
Angela Hewittpiano
MozartOverture: The Marriage of FigaroBeethovenPiano Concerto No 4SibeliusSymphony No 2
Daniele Rustioniconductor
Roman Simovicviolin
TchaikovskyViolin ConcertoRespighiFountains of RomeMendelssohnSymphony No 4 (Italian)
If we understood the world, we would realise that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.SIBELIUS
The Italian symphony is making great progress. It will be the jolliest piece I have ever done.MENDELSSOHN
Saturday25 February
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byBrian Newbould
Saturday11 March
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byPeter Whitfield
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NORWEGIANCHAMBER ORCHESTRA
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALEEDS PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Leif Ove Andsnes
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O n/a
David Hill © John Wood
Tim Hugh © Karen Lyndon Lewis
Leif Ove Andsnesdirector and piano
RameauLes Indes GalantesMozartPiano Concerto No 20MozartPiano Concerto No 22GriegHolberg Suite
David Hillconductor
Tim Hughcello
Jennifer Johnstonmezzo soprano
StanfordSong to the SoulElgarCello ConcertoElgarThe Music Makers
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in whichthey might feel happy and at home.GRIEG
English music is white – it evades everything.ELGAR
Saturday18 March
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byClive McClelland
Saturday25 March
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byMark Pallant
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ORCHESTRAOF OPERA NORTH
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRAOF GREAT BRITAIN
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Aleksandar Markovic © V Miloradovic
Jack Liebeck © Kaupo Kikkas
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Aleksandar Markovicconductor
Jack Liebeckviolin
SibeliusTapiolaBruchScottish FantasyStraussAn Alpine Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prietoconductor
MárquezDanzón No 2RevueltasSuite: Night of the MayasShostakovichSymphony No 5
I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.STRAUSS
Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.SHOSTAKOVICH
Saturday1 April2017
Free pre-concert talkat 6.45pm by
Julian Rushton
Saturday8 April2017
Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by
George Kennaway
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MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BOURNEMOUTHSYMPHONY ORCHESTRALEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUSLEEDS PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O £12.50
Yuri Simonov © Ivan Smirnov
Freddy Kempf
Area Tickets
A £33.50
B £30.50
C £28
D £22
E £16.50
O n/a
Jennifer Johnston © Gisela Schenker
Vuyani Mlinde © Clive Barda
Yuri Simonovconductor
Freddy Kempfpiano
TchaikovskySuite: Swan LakeRachmaninovPiano Concerto No 3MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition
David Hillconductor
Philippa Boylesoprano
Jennifer Johnstonmezzo soprano
Peter Autytenor
Vuyani Mlindebass
VerdiRequiem
Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.MUSSORGSKY
To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.VERDI
Saturday13 May
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byDan Holden
Saturday20 May
2017Free pre-concert talk
at 6.45pm byJudy Blezzard
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A larger version of this seating plan is available from the Box Office orat www.leedsconcertseason.com
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Ticket prices: £6 per return journey(£5 from Yeadon)
For booking information please contact the Box Office on 0113 376 0318 or [email protected]. Please note, seats are only guaranteed if reserved by the Wednesday before the concert.
* Please note there is no service for choral concerts on 26 Nov, 25 Mar and 20 May.
Leeds International Concert SeasonLeeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3ADTel: 0113 247 8336Email: [email protected]
Box Office: 0113 376 0318Book online, explore and learn at www.leedsconcertseason.com
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Whilst every effort is made to avoid programme changes, we reserve the right to change artists and programmes without notice if unavoidable.
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