what's on at leeds town hall january - august 2014

Your guide for January – August 2014

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As you browse through the next few pages we hope you’ll be inspired to join us at our city’s most iconic venue, whether it’s to enjoy one of our world-class orchestral concerts, a night out with friends to see a comedian, or to experience a fascinating talk or tour...

Inspiring the Leeds International Orchestral Season’s dance theme this Spring, the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra performs Kodaly’s Dances of Galánta (8 March), the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty suite (10 May) and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra features Stravinksy’s Petrushka (18 Jan).

Outside of classical music the live orchestra can be heard in two fantastic concerts: From Rags to Ritzes: Irving Berlin celebrates 125 years of the great songwriter (9 Feb) and From Hackney to Hollywood: A Life in Song explores the lyrics of Don Black (4 April).

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Under 26? Hear great orchestral music for a fiverIf you’re under 26 you can buy tickets to LICS orchestral concerts in rows 1 – 7 for just £5 in the seven days before the concert.

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

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

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

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

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

Join us in the New Year. Come and be inspired.

Paul Daniel conductor

Larry Goves The RulesMahler Symphony No 5

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50

(See page 30 for discounts)

National Youth Orchestraof Great Britain

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

ORCHESTRA PHOTOGRAPH © JASON ALDEN

Welcome to your What’s On at Leeds Town Hall brochure for January to August 2014, proudly sponsored by the Yorkshire Evening Post.

For the first time ever we team up with the Carriageworks Theatre to present the Banff Film Festival – two evenings across two venues featuring a selection of extraordinary short films. Follow incredible adventurers, watch adrenaline packed action sports and be inspired by filmmaking from across the world (12 and 13 Feb).

Recently awarded Poet Laureate at this year’s Q Awards, punk poet John Cooper Clarke brings his biting, satirical, political and very funny verse to Leeds (1 March) and award-winning columnist, critic and bestselling author Caitlin Moran will be inviting you to explore her take on feminism as she talks about her brand new book (15 July).

We hope to welcome you to Leeds Town Hall soon.

Councillor Lucinda YeadonExecutive Member for Leisure & Skills

Why not host your event at Leeds Town Hall?Iconic, historic and refurbished, Leeds Town Hall is the ideal destination for all kinds of events,great and small.

The Victoria Hall offers one of the largest spaces available for hire in Leeds, perfect for a presentation to an audience of up to 1200 people or a banquet for 400 people. With seating removed, the hall can be used for a wide variety of events, including dinners, conferences, exhibitions or dances. Flexible meeting room spaces are also available with a choice of eleven meeting rooms.

For further information please contact a member of the Commercial Team on 0113 247 7988or email [email protected].

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Fri 17 Januaryat Leeds Town Hall

Holocaust Poetryfrom the University of Leeds archives

Thur 13 Februaryat Leeds Central Library

The Romance of Shakespeare’s SonnetsFirst editions at the Universityof Leeds

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

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

Saturdays at 10.30am & 1pm:25 Jan, 22 Feb, 29 March,26 April, 31 May, 28 June and 26 JulyMondays at 2.30pm:27 Jan, 24 Feb, 31 March,28 April, 19 May, 30 June and 28 JulyTickets: £4.50Advance booking essential0113 224 3801

Private toursWe also offer private tours at a date/time to suit you (including Saturdays and evenings).

Tours are £100 and we can take up to 25 people.Call 0113 247 6419 to enquire.

Please note: for those unable to ascend the clock tower stairs an audio-visual presentation will be available upon request.In the event of wet weather or high winds, the tour will not include the outside of the clock tower.

Leeds LunchtimeOrgan Music

See inside back cover for dates or visit www.leedsconcertseason.com.Call 0113 247 8336 for a leaflet with full details.

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

Mondays at 1.05pmPresented by Dr Simon LindleyCity Organist, with special guests

Fri 14 MarchLeeds Town Hall

Secrets ofSwallows & AmazonsThe Arthur Ransome Collection

All talks 12.30pm – 1.30pm and you are welcome to bring your lunch.

These talks are free, however donations are welcome.Email [email protected] orcall 0113 247 6419 to reservea space.

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


HolocaustMemorial Day Everyone is welcome at Leeds Town Hall for the Holocaust Memorial Day event to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenhau on 27 January 1945.

The event is hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray and will include speakers, live music and performances. The theme for this year is Journeys.

As part of the Leeds City Council HMD events there will also be a free film screening ofThe Power of God at Seven Arts on 16 Januaryat 7.30pm.

Both events are free and tickets are not required.

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‘The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul’ JS Bach

‘Mozart is sweet sunshine’ Dvorák

Sun 26 January: 2pmSat 11 January: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byClive McClelland at 6.45pm

ManchesterCamerata

This evening we hear two of Bach’s Brandenburg concertos, commissioned by the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721 after he heard Bach perform. The Brandenburg concertos have featured countless times in film and television; No 3 was the original theme tune to the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow and featured in the original Die Hard film whilst No 4, with its virtuosic violin part, appeared in the soundtrack to the 1999 blockbuster Cruel Intentions and the television series of The X Files.

Pachelbel’s Canon is one of the most famous orchestral works of all time. Despite having been composed in the 1600s it wasn’t published until 1920 and since then the chord pattern has been the basis for many hit pop songs. The canon itself has featured many times in film and television and is often performed at wedding ceremonies.

Nicholas Kraemerconductor

Purcell ChaconyBach Brandenburg Concerto No 3TelemannTafelmusik Part IIITelemannOverture: Water MusicPachelbelCanon & GigueBach Brandenburg Concerto No 4

Sat 18 January: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byDavid Fligg at 6.45pm

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Following the success of The Firebird, Stravinsky set to work on a new ballet – Petrushka, the story of a puppet who, controlled by a magician, comes to life and falls in love with a ballerina but is trapped in the body of a puppet. Stravinsky said “...I had in my mind a distinct picture of a puppet, suddenly endowed with life, exasperating the patience of the orchestra with diabolical cascades of arpeggios. The orchestra in turn retaliates with menacing trumpet blasts.” Listen out for drum rolls announcing the arrival of the magician to the carnival in the opening movement. Represented by the flute, the magician brings the puppets to life and they dance to Russian folk tunes.

Brahms’ first piano concerto was written when he was just 21 as a tribute to Robert Schumann who had attempted suicide. However, it is alleged that by the time the piece was premiered, Brahms was consumed in a love affair with Schumann’s widow, Clara.

Andris NelsonsconductorDejan Lazicpiano

ProkofievSymphony No 1 (Classical)StravinskyPetrushkaBrahmsPiano Concerto No 1

Sat 25 January: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byJulian Rushton at 6.45pm

English ChamberOrchestra

Siegfried Idyll, originally called Triebschen Idyll with Fidi’s birdsong and the orange sunrise, is a symphonic poem written by Wagner as a birthday present for his wife. Written after the birth of their son, Siegfried, who was nicknamed ‘Fidi’, the piece features a German lullaby, entitled Sleep Baby Sleep, which is played by solo oboe. Despite originally being a private piece, financial hardship forced Wagner into adapting the work for a larger orchestra and he sold the score to publishers. This is one of only a handful of non-operatic works that Wagner wrote, but he used material from the Idyll in the love scene of his opera, Siegfried.

Mozart’s Symphony No 41 was the last (and the longest) that he composed and the third that he wrote in the summer of 1788. It was not nicknamed Jupiter until the nineteenth century, a title given due to the strong fanfares in the opening movement. Listen out for the finale when Mozart showcases six different themes that all come together in the coda.

Alexander Shelleyconductor Imogen Cooperpiano

WagnerSiegfried IdyllMozartPiano Concerto No 24MozartSymphony No 41 (Jupiter)

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

Hans-Peter Hofmann directorLaura van der Heijden cello

Handel Solomon:The Arrival of the Queen of ShebaVivaldi Concerto for two violinsHaydn Cello Concerto in CElgar ElegyMozart Symphony No 29

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


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


A celebration of 125 years of one of the finest and greatest songwriters ever inAmerican popular music.

Sun 9 February: 7.30pm

Hear all your favourite Irving Berlin songs in one night such as Cheek to Cheek, White Christmas,Puttin on The Ritz, Blue Skies, How Deep is the Ocean and many more with orchestra, guestvocalists and dancers.

In addition to this the show will be presented by Leo Green who will be presenting originalinterviews taken by his father Benny Green with Irving Berlin, giving you an insight into notonly the musical world of Irving Berlin but the man too.

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

Vivaldi’s Concerto for two violins is the eighth in a series of twelve concertos, called ‘L’estro Armonico’ meaning ‘harmonic inspiration’. The concertos are known for their virtuosic solo parts which Vivaldi himself used to play.

Haydn’s uplifting Cello Concerto in C is the earlier of his two cello concertos. The score had been lost for many years until 1961, around 200 years after it was originally composed, a musicologist discovered a copy at the Prague National Museum. Over the years, musicologists have questioned whether this work was truly from Haydn’s pen but most experts believe that it was and it has been recorded by such artists as Jacqueline du Pré and Yo-Yo Ma.

Tickets: £34.50, £29.50, £24.50, £15

European UnionChamber Orchestra

Featuring guest artists:Sophie Evans • Mary Carewe • Matthew Ford • Tom Langham


Sat 15 February: 8pm

Sun 16 February: 7.30pm

Classical ConcertChamber OrchestraVivaldi, Bach, Mozart:Violin Masterpieces

Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra presents a selection of violin concertos by Vivaldi, Bach, and Mozart, including the celebrated Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

Founder, Musical Director and Principal Soloist, Ashot Tigranyan, is a world-renowned violinist who graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied with the legendary Russian violinist Leonid Kogan.

Founded by Maestro Tigranyan in 2006, Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra is a California-based virtuoso ensemble, consisting of 28 world-class musicians. The orchestra has toured in Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the USA. The 2014/15 season will take Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra to France, Italy, China and South America.

Please call Box Office for ticket prices.

‘When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something’Shostakovich

Sat 22 February: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byAnastasia Belina-Johnson at 6.45pm

BBC Philharmonic

A few days before the Bolshoi Orchestra was due to play a concert commemorating the anniversary of the October Revolution, their conductor decided that there was no suitable opening piece and asked Shostakovich to write something new. Completing the composition in just three days in 1954, musicologist Lev Lebedinsky recounted that Shostakovich “laughed and chuckled as he wrote” and this is apparent in the lively, upbeat nature of the work, opening with brass fanfare.

Twelve years after the disastrous premiere of his first symphony that had been directed by a drunk conductor, Rachmaninov penned his second symphony. This time he took no chances and conducted the premiere himself. The symphony was very well received and earned him a Glinka Award, restoring his confidence as a symphonic composer. Listen out for the exquisite slow adagio with its long clarinet solo.

Paul DanielconductorElena Uriosteviolin

ShostakovichFestive OvertureBarberViolin ConcertoRachmaninovSymphony No 2

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


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(Concessions available)

Leeds Philharmonic ChorusBournemouth Symphony OrchestraSheffield Philharmonic ChorusSt Peter’s Singers

David Hill conductorDarius Battiwalla organJennifer Johnston mezzo-sopranoAndrew Kennedy tenorGareth John baritone

The Dream of GerontiusElgar

Thur 13 February: 7.30pm

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

Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions)Book for both Leeds Town Hall andCarriageworks Theatre for £22 (£19 concessions).PHOTO © GRANT GUNDERSON

Tickets available from the Box Office, direct from members of the Phil or [email protected]


John Cooper Clarke was recently awarded Poet Laureate at this year’s Q Awards. The Q Poet Laureate is the first ever accolade given out at the awards and cements him as Britain’s best loved and most important performance poet.

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

Sat 8 March: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byJudy Blezzard at 6.45pm

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductorBarry Douglas piano

Kodály Dances of GalántaRachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1Beethoven Symphony No 5

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


ViennaTonkünstlerOrchestra

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

Sat 1 March: 7.30pm

plus special guestsJohn Cooper Clarke remains one of the most important voices ofour time, and one of the greatest performers currently touring.

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

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

Tickets: £35, £22, £18.50

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

Rachmaninov was just eighteen when he composed his first piano concerto for his friend Alexander Siloti. Around that time Siloti had been practising Grieg’s piano concerto in Rachmaninov’s house and influences can be heard throughout.

The opening notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No 5, make up one of the most famous and recognisable musical motifs ever written. Often referred to as the ‘fate motif’ it was written as he became increasingly deaf and the Napoleonic Wars were taking place. During the second world war, the BBC used this well-known phrase frequently in broadcasts as the rhythm matches morse code for ‘V’ – victory. The use of this phrase in popular music over 200 years after composition proves its importance as a classical work.


March 2014 will see two of Ireland’s musical icons share the stage in a special tour that will be sure to delight fans of both artists. Performing both separate sets and together in 15 dates across the UK, this unique concert is one not to be missed.

Sat 15 March: 7.30pm

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

The orchestra will be touring to Perugia in July 2014 and the concert’s first half is full of Italian inspiration – Verdi’s dramatic overture to Nabucco followed by the most beautiful orchestral intermezzo in all Puccini operas and Tchaikovsky’s finest tone poem, which was inspired by the tragic tale of Francesca in Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Always keen to perform the great English Orchestral works, the orchestra is proud to be performing Elgar’s Enigma Variations both in their home city but also when they represent Leeds in Italy.

Dougie Scarfe conductor

Verdi Nabucco: OverturePuccini Manon Lescaut: IntermezzoTchaikovsky Francesca da RiminiElgar Enigma Variations

City of Leeds Youth Orchestra

Clannad, the Irish family group responsible for such timeless music as Theme From Harry’s Game,In A Lifetime and I Will Find You, recently celebrated their 40th career anniversary. Their music entwines the traditional and the modern, past and future with stunningly beautiful results. With their haunting songs, mesmerizing vocals and captivating sound, the group has sold over fifteen million records worldwide.

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

Tickets: £32, £28.50

Wed 12 March: 7.30pm

£5under 18s,full-time studentsand unwaged, £1.50 OFFfor over 60s

Tickets: £10


Sun 16 March: 3pm

Mambo! A celebrationof orchestral dance musicpresented by

Leeds University Union Music Society

Join Leeds University Union Music Society for an entertaining afternoon as they explore hidden gems, as well as visiting old favourites within the orchestral dance repertoire. Expect the fiery latin rhythms of Bernstein’s West Side Story alongside Dvorák’s rousing Slavonic Dances, and a selection of popular classics that will have you dancing in the aisles!

With performances from various LUUMS orchestras, choirs and live dancers – all in aid of South Yorkshire-based music charity Lost Chord – this will be an event not to be missed.

Sun 23 March: 3pm

Black DykeBrass Festival 2014The world’s most famous brass band returns to Leeds Town Hallwith a gala concert.Featuring Black Dyke Band and guest community bands including Yorkshire Youth, Hebden Bridge, Armthorpe Elmfield, Tewit Youth, Delph, Kirton and Trentham bands.

Music includes a grand finale with over 200 musicians performing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Soloists Showcase, Tribute to Glenn Miller, Elgar’s Nimrod and many other favourites.

More information from Festival Administrator,Alison Childs – [email protected].

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

Sat 22 March: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byPeter Whitfield at 6.45pm

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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

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

Christian LindbergconductorRoland Pöntinenpiano

StenhammarExcelsior!RachmaninovRhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniSibeliusThe Swan of TuonelaSibeliusSymphony No 3

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


A B C D E O £20 £15 £15 £10 £10 n/a

First 3 rows and all restricted view seats £5

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

Wolfgang is a German pianist whose international concert career has spanned four decades. His achievements include prizes at international piano competitions in Leeds (1981) and Brussels Concours Reine Elisabeth, 1983). Manz is much in demand as a soloist with orchestras, in solo recitals and chamber music. In 2011, he was appointed as a visiting professor at Leeds College of Music.

For more up-to-date details of this performance please visit www.lcm.ac.uk/whats-on.

Tickets: £8 (£5 concessions)Free tickets available for Leeds College of Musicstudents and staffBox Office: 0113 222 3400 or book online: www.lcm.ac.uk

Fri 28 March: 7.30pm

Leeds College of Music Chamber Orchestraand Chamber Choir

Douglas Boyd conductorWolfgang Manz piano

Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67Beethoven Choral Fantasy Op 80

PHOTO © R L ANTHONEY PHOTOGRAPHY

Tickets: £14, £12, £11, £10


Wed 2 April: 6:30pm

Leeds Young FilmmakersGolden Owl Awards 2014The Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards is the annual celebration of the best young filmmaking talent across the city and opens the 15th Leeds Young Film Festival. Now in its third year, this Oscar’s style event is the largest of its kind in the North of England and attracts over 1,000 young people and their families as well as celebrities and dignitaries from across the city. Schools, colleges, community groups and individual young filmmakers from 5 – 19 work all year to produce short films to compete for a prestigious award and to walk up the red carpet in the stunning Leeds Town Hall.

Hosted by Dean Smith (Waterloo Road) and with a host of celebrity guests to award the region’s filmmakers of tomorrow, this event is not to be missed.

Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards is a private event but if you are interested in attending please contact [email protected] for more information.

Tue 1 April: 7.30pm

Psychic SallyOn the RoadStar of Sky Living’s Psychic Sally On The Road, Britain’s favorite TV psychic, Sally Morgan returns with her outstanding nationwide tour.

Often referred to as ‘Psychic to the stars’, Sally has built up an extensive client list having read for well known faces like Katie Price, George Michael and the late Princess Diana.

Since touring, each year Sally packs out theatres aspeople from all over the country come to witness her incredible gift. Her down to earth nature and infectious personality has attracted a whole new audience to the spiritual world and her astounding accuracy keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.

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

Tickets: £23.50

Sat 29 March: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk by Clive McClelland at 6.45pm

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

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

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

Simon Wright conductorMary Bevan sopranoJennifer Johnston mezzo sopranoRobin Tritschler tenorNeal Davies bass

Mozart Masonic Funeral MusicMacMillan God is our refuge and strength (World Premiere)Haydn Symphony No 44 (Mourning)Haydn Mass in Time of War (Kettledrum Mass)

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 n/a


Royal LiverpoolPhilharmonic OrchestraLeeds Festival Chorus

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

Sir Mark Elder conductorSofya Gulyak piano

Ravel Suite: Mother GooseTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1Beethoven Symphony No 7

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


The Hallé

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


Don Black is one of Britain’s most successful and versatile lyricists. Songs like Born Free, Diamonds are Forever and musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Billy and Aspects of Love have helped define popular culture. He has written many of the greatest and most instantly recognizable songs of the last fifty years (including many James Bond themes) and his worldwide success has taken him from his roots in Hackney all the way to Hollywood.

To celebrate a milestone fifty years in the business, A Life in Song – Lyrics by Don Black – will tour the UK this spring to the backdrop of an orchestra. The show pays tribute to Don’s career and tells the stories behind the songs.

Fri 4 April: 7.30pm

An evening celebrating the life of one of our most versatile lyricists, the stories behind the songs and Don Black’s journey from Hackney to Hollywood.With special guest artists to be announced.

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

In 2007 Black was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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

The first of Tchaikovsky’s three piano concertos features a well-known theme at the beginning which is based on a melody that he heard being performed by beggars at a market near Kiev. This is one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular works and this performance comes from the 2009 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Sofya Gulyak.

We return to dance for our final piece which Wagner described as the ‘apotheosis of the dance’. Other than the solemn slow movement, Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 is bursting with joy and energy. This was one of Beethoven’s biggest financial successes, despite having been written as his deafness worsened. Listen out for a rare use of fortissimo (very loud) dynamic marking in the coda, which was relatively unheard of in his earlier works.

Tickets: £36.50 & £29.50

Featuring Gary Wilmotplus special guest artists to be announced

22 Box Office: 0113 224 3801

There’s a special kind of people known as...Show People, andInspiration show youhow it’s done.

The massed voices present theculmination of their explorationof the world of musical theatre,with epic medleys from Disney’sThe Lion King, The Hunchback ofNotre Dame and many more ofyour favourite show tunes.

‘English music is white, it evades everything’ Elgar

Sat 26 April: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byJulian Rushton at 6.45pm

Orchestra of Opera North

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

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

Jac van SteenconductorChloë Hanslipviolin

Mussorgskyarr Rimsky-KorsakovIntroduction: KhovanshchinaSibeliusViolin ConcertoElgarSymphony No 1

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


Fri 9 & Sun 11 May: 8pm LASTFEW

SEATS!Sun 13 April: 4pm

An all-new concert from Inspiration,giving their uniquetreatment to songs

and music you knowfrom the television.

Friends, The Golden Girls,Blackadder and even Mr Bean

rub alongside classical works thathave been used on the small screen.

Come along to the one concertwhere ‘Everybody Knows

Your Name’.

Sun 13 July: 7.30pm

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Sarah MillicanHome BirdThe British Comedy Award’s Queen of Comedy Sarah Millican is giving up the party scene (Ann Summers), easing off on the drinking (fizzy pop equals wealthy dentists) and is settling down (taking her bra off). Determined to put down some roots, she now has a cat (furry baby) and even a tree (she has a lot of mugs).

On this, her third national tour, you will learn what to take on a dirty weekend, the easiest way to blend in in posh restaurants and how to teach a pensioner to swear. Join her for some hilarious domestic bliss.

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

‘An iron fist in a marigold glove’The Guardian

Recommended for ages 16+

Tickets: £25

National Youth Choir of Great BritainSongs of FarewellBen Parry conductorSimon Lindley organ

From a performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers a year ago, to a summer UK tour featuring music from Tallis and Byrd to Shostakovich and Mark Simpson, the outstanding young singers of the NationalYouth Choir of Great Britain explore a new range of music in 2014. They’re joined by Simon Lindley, Leeds City Organist, andconducted by NYCGB Director Ben Parry.

Focusing on key works by three contrasting British composers,Hubert Parry, Benjamin Britten and James MacMillan, theprogramme brings an exceptional range of colours and textures.This is choral music at its most moving and dramatic, infused withvivid expressions of personal journeys, including – appropriatelyfor the Easter weekend – those of faith and betrayal.

The programme will also include stunning choral music fromScandinavia to New Zealand.

Sat 19 April: 7.30pm

Tickets: £15Concessions £10, Under 25s £5

Tickets: £20, £15, £10 Tickets: £20, £15, £10

Inspiration and the Orchestra of Opera North

Show PeopleInspiration and the Orchestra of Opera North

I’ll Be There For You


Fri 16 MayLeeds Town Hall CourtroomGala Reception 6.30pmPerformance 7pmSecond Performance 8.30pm

Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan SocietyGala Charity Performance

Trial by Juryby W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

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

Seating is on benches in the public gallery with limited access and you are invited to bring your own cushion.

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

GötterdämmerungTwilight of the GodsDramatic performance for the Concert Hall

Orchestra and Chorus of Opera NorthRichard Farnes conductor

Opera North’s stunning production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in recent British opera. ‘If the cycle continues at this level’ said The Spectator’s Michael Tanner of Das Rheingold ‘it will rank as one of the greatest ever’.

With Götterdämmerung the four-year traversal of Richard Wagner’s monumental music drama reaches its overwhelming conclusion: Siegfried falls amongst enemies, Brünnhilde’s love is betrayed and the gods themselves confront the end of the old world order.Concert performance sung in German with English surtitles.

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

Tickets: £16.50 – £52.50

Sat 10 May: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byCatherine Parsonage at 6.45pm

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Yuri SimonovconductorJulianLloyd Webbercello

TchaikovskySuite:Sleeping BeautyShostakovichCello Concerto No 1Rimsky-KorsakovScheherazade

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 £12.50


Sat 24 May: 7.30pmFree pre-concert talk byJudy Blezzard at 6.45pm

Orchestra of Opera NorthLeeds Festival ChorusLeeds Philharmonic Chorus

Simon WrightconductorRebecca EvanssopranoStephan Logesbaritone

BrahmsAcademic Festival OvertureStraussFour Last SongsBrahmsA German Requiem

A B C D E O £31.50 £29 £26.50 £21 £16 n/a


Sleeping Beauty was the second ballet that Tchaikovsky wrote. As his first ballet, Swan Lake, had not been well received, Tchaikovsky was keen to work closely with the choreographer, Petipa, who worked in an almost dictatorial manner.

Shostakovich composed his first cello concerto in 1959 for Rostropvich, who learnt the work in just four days for the premiere. It is one of the most difficult works for cello, but arguably one of the most popular of the 20th century.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s most well-known orchestral work, Scheherazade, was based on the story of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights) and is made up of four movements: The Sea and Sinbad’s Shop, The Kalendar Prince, The Young Price and the Young Princess, and Festival at Baghdad, The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman. At the time of composition (1888) many Russian composers were being influenced by sounds of the Orient and Islam.

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

Strauss’s wrote his Four Last Songs as a wedding present for his wife the year before he died. Using text from poems for the first three songs and prose entitled At Sunset for the final song, Strauss explores love and death as he portrays an elderly couple passing away as they watch the sunset. These songs were all standalone pieces until his publisher brought them together after his death. Listen out for trilling flutes signifying skylarks at sunset.

Brahms intended to write a requiem after the death of Schumann in 1856 but didn’t achieve this until the death of his mother eleven years later. Using biblical texts, Brahms’s grief forced him to focus musically on the hope of Resurrection. The second movement features in the 2010 Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech.

Tickets: Gala ticket £15, Second performance £12

Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Headingley,all proceeds to Leeds Foodbanks


Tue 17 June: 10.30am & 1.30pm

Schools Concert 2014Pedal Power

Devised and presented by Alasdair MalloyAnthony Kraus conductor

in association with the Orchestra of Opera North

Tue 15 July: 8pm

Caitlin MoranSpend an evening in the world of Caitlin Moran as she explores what it is to be awoman, her take on feminism and anything else that happens to pop up.This up-close and (very) personal exploration, delivered in Caitlin’s irrepressiblestyle, will take you on a rollercoaster of hilarity and outrage.

Caitlin is an award-winning columnist, critic andthe bestselling author of How To Be A Womanand Moranthology. Be one of the first to hearCaitlin talk about her brand new book.

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

Sat 16 August: 7pm

National Children’s Orchestras of Great BritainUnder 13 Orchestra

Roger Clarkson conductor

Repertoire to be confirmed – please visitwww.nco.org.ukfor further information.

The Breeze Arts Festival will runfrom Saturday 19th – Sunday

27th July, and will be packed full of activities for 11 – 19 year olds,

celebrating the creativity ofyoung people across the city.

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

For more details seewww.breezeleeds.org

Sat 19 – Sun 27 July

The Under 13 Orchestra make their greatly anticipated return to Leeds Town Hall. Be prepared to be impressed by the skill and professionalism of the young performers.

Performing material from their latest repertoire, explored at their recent summer course, the youngsters are all set to deliver a stunning classical programme.

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

Tickets: £10, £15, £18Concessions £2 offAll tickets for Under 16s just £5Leeds International Concert Season subscribers –£5 off adult ticket priceTickets: £20

Tickets: £3 per childTeachers and classroom assistants: FREE

Breeze Arts Festival

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This concert for primary school groups will introduce children to live orchestral music in the atmospheric setting of the Victoria Hall.

A supporting education pack and CD of extracts (fully linked to Key Stage 2) will be available to participating schools.

To make a booking or request further information, please contact Katie Pearce on 0113 395 1244or email [email protected].

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Travel Access

Car ParkThe nearest secure parking is available at The Light (accessible via Great George Street).Price: £6.50 between 6pm – 9am24 hour, 7 days a week parking available at Woodhouse Lane car park.Price: £2 for 2 hours, £4 for 4 hours,£5 for 12 hours

Concert BusA coach service is available for orchestral attenders*, picking up from Addingham, Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Menston, Guiseley, Yeadon, Rawdon and Horsforth.Ticket price: £5 return journey (£4 from Yeadon)For booking information please contact the Box Office on 0113 224 3801 or [email protected] note that seats are only guaranteed if reserved by the Wednesday before the concert.* Please note there is no service for the choral concerts on 29 March and 24 May.

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

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

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

This brochure and our concert programmes are available in alternative formats – please call us on0113 247 8336 for more details,or visit www.leedsconcertseason.com.Support dogs are welcome.


Tue 7 October: 7.30pm

Alison BalsomFrom Baroque to BroadwayMulti-award-winning trumpeter presents an evening of much loved works from Purcell to Cole Porter.Tickets: £32.50 – £15

Sun 12 October: 8pm

Ross NobleTangentlemanPremiere performance at Leeds Town Hall from the improvisational king of comedy.Tickets: £25

Coming soon...

Now on sale forAutumn/Winter 2014:

Thur 30 October: 8pm

Alan DaviesLittle VictoriesFollowing the sell-out success of his long-awaited return to stand up, Alan Davies makes his Leeds Town Hall debut.Tickets: £25 (concessions £20)

Fri 3 July 2015: 8pm

Jimmy CarrFunny BusinessA brand new show for 2015.Tickets: £25

And coming up in 2015!

Dog Don’t Do BalletWed 16 AprilMain Auditorium: 2pmTickets: £8 (£6 concession)Family Ticket: £26Age 4+

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

Mon 14 AprilMain Auditorium: 1pm & 3pmTickets: £9.50 (£8.50 concession), £6 (no concession)Family Ticket: £34Age 2+

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By telephone

0113 224 3801The Booking Line is open from 10am – 6pmMonday to Saturday.Please note that a fee of £2.50 will apply per transaction for all events except film screenings and tours where the fee will be £1 per transaction.

Online

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

In person

City Centre Box OfficeThe Carriageworks, The Electric Press,3 Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3ADEmail: [email protected] Box Office is open to personal callers from10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday.

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

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

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JANUARYSaturday 4 7.30pm NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAINMonday 6 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Dr Gordon Stewart

Saturday 11 7.30pm MANCHESTER CAMERATAMonday 13 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Huw Williams

Friday 17 12.30pm LUNCHTIME TALK: Holocaust PoetrySaturday 18 7.30pm CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAMonday 20 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Simon Lindley with Phillip McCann

Saturday 25 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOUR7.30pm ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Sunday 26 2pm HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

Monday 27 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Professor Ian Tracey2.30pm TOWN HALL TOUR

FEBRUARYMonday 3 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: David Greed, Simon Lindley with Sarah Potter

Saturday 8 7.30pm EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRASunday 9 7.30pm FROM RAGS TO RITZES: Irving Berlin

Monday 10 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: University of Huddersfield Brass Band

Thursday 13 12.30pm LUNCHTIME TALK: The Romance of Shakespeare’s Sonnets (at Central Library)7.30pm BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL

Saturday 15 8pm LEEDS PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASunday 16 7.30pm CLASSICAL CONCERT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Monday 17 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: St Peter’s Singers

Saturday 22 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOUR7.30pm BBC PHILHARMONIC

Sunday 23 10.30am CHINESE NEW YEAR

Monday 24 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Thomas Trotter2.30pm TOWN HALL TOUR

MARCHSaturday 1 7.30pm JOHN COOPER CLARKEMonday 3 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Philip Meaden

Saturday 8 7.30pm VIENNA TONKÜNSTLER ORCHESTRAMonday 10 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Leeds Cathedral Choir School

Wednesday 12 7.30pm CLANNAD & MARY BLACKFriday 14 12.30pm LUNCHTIME TALK: Secrets of Swallows & Amazons

Saturday 15 7.30pm CITY OF LEEDS YOUTH ORCHESTRASunday 16 3pm LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION MUSIC SOCIETY

Monday 17 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Darius BattiwallaSaturday 22 7.30pm ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Sunday 23 3pm BLACK DYKE BRASS FESTIVAL 2014Monday 24 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Benjamin Saunders

Wednesday 26 GREAT BIG DANCE OFFFriday 28 7.30pm LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER CHOIR

Saturday 29 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOUR7.30pm ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC & LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS

Monday 31 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: Simon Lindley2.30pm TOWN HALL TOUR

APRILTuesday 1 7.30pm PSYCHIC SALLY: ON THE ROAD

Wednesday 2 6.30pm LEEDS YOUNG FILMMAKERS GOLDEN OWL AWARDS 2014Friday 4 7.30pm FROM HACKNEY TO HOLLYWOOD: A LIFE IN SONG – DON BLACK

Monday 7 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: David HardieSaturday 12 7.30pm THE HALLÉ

Sunday 13 4pm INSPIRATION: Show PeopleMonday 14 1.05pm ORGAN RECITAL: The Choir of Leeds Minster

Saturday 19 7.30pm NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR OF GREAT BRITAIN

Saturday 26 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOUR7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF OPERA NORTH

Monday 28 2.30pm TOWN HALL TOURMAY

Friday 9 & Sunday 11 8pm SARAH MILLICAN: Home BirdSaturday 10 7.30pm MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Friday 16 7pm & 8.30pm LEEDS GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY: Trial By JuryMonday 19 2.30pm TOWN HALL TOUR

Saturday 24 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF OPERA NORTH, LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS & LEEDS PHILHARMONC CHORUSSaturday 31 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOUR

JUNESat 14 & Wed 18 3.30pm ORCHESTRA & CHORUS OF OPERA NORTH: Götterdämmerung

Tuesday 17 10.30am & 1.30pm SCHOOLS CONCERT: Pedal PowerSaturday 28 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOURMonday 30 2.30pm TOWN HALL TOUR

JULYSaturday 12 3.30pm ORCHESTRA & CHORUS OF OPERA NORTH: Götterdämmerung

Sunday 13 7.30pm INSPIRATION: I’ll Be There For YouTuesday 15 8pm CAITLIN MORAN

Saturday 19 – Sunday 27 Various BREEZE ARTS FESTIVALSaturday 26 10.30am & 1pm TOWN HALL TOURMonday 28 2.30pm TOWN HALL TOUR

AUGUSTSaturday 16 7pm NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN

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