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Thursday 6 January DURHAM
Epiphany High Mass sung by the Singers in Durham Cathedral
7.30pm
Monday 17 January LEEDS
Simon Lindley, Lunchtime Organ Recital in Leeds Cathedral
Admission: free
1.15pm
Tuesday 18 January SHEFFIELD
Andrew Furniss, Lunchtime Organ Recital in Sheffield Cathedral
Admission: free - £1.50 donation suggested - see website
1.15pm
Wednesday 19 January DURHAM
James Lancelot plays Messiaen: "La Nativité du Seigneur" in Durham Cathedral
7.30pm
Wednesday 19 January HEXHAM
Stravinsky and Bernstein - Stravinsky 'Symphony of Psalms', Bernstein 'Chichester Psalms' and Britten 'Abraham & Isaac'
in Hexham Abbey, for info contact: Michael Haynes
7.30pm
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Thursday 20 January RIPON
Andrew Bryden (Director of Music, Ripon Cathedral), lunchtime organ recital in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free, light refreshments available.
1.15pm
Friday 21 January SHEFFIELD
Neil Taylor, Lunchtime Organ Recital in Sheffield Cathedral
Admission: free - £1.50 donation suggested - see website
1.15pm
Monday 24 January SHEFFIELD
So Bach was a Jazz Musician - discuss - Sheffield Bach Society - exploring the similarities and differences between counterpoint and syncopation. Open to all singers from year 6 onwards. Music provided.
St Andrew's Church, Sheffield
Tickets: £7 inc refreshments: details See their website
7.30pm
Tuesday 25 January SHEFFIELD
Jonathan Jones, Lunchtime Organ Recital in Sheffield Cathedral
Admission: free - £1.50 donation suggested - see website
1.15pm
Saturday 29 January HEXHAM
Victoria Requiem Mass in aid of Tsunami Appeal, to be sung by the chamber choir Antiphon. Additional music by Victoria, Josquin des Pres and Sir John Tavener.; in St Mary’s RC Church, Hexham
Entry: free - collection in aid of the Tsunami appeal - call 01434 220658 or see website
7.30pm
Saturday 29 January DURHAM
Brahms German Requiem, sung by Durham Choral Society and orchestra, conducted by Richard Brice; in Durham Cathedral
Tickets: £14 - £6 - call 0191 384 7641
7.30pm
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Tuesday 1 February SHEFFIELD H
David Lane, Lunchtime Organ Recital in Sheffield Cathedral
Admission: free - £1.50 donation suggested - see website
1.15pm
Wednesday 2 February HULL
Philip Rushforth plays an organ recital in Hull City Hall
12.30pm
Friday 4 February GRIMSBY
Adrian Roberts, lunchtime organ recital (45mins) in St James Grimsby
Admission FREE - see website for more details
12.30pm
Friday 4 February YORK
Lunchtime Recital, Quire or Lady Chapel, York Minster
Admission: see website
1.10pm
Thursday 10 February RIPON
David Pipe (Organ Scholar, Downing College, Cambridge), lunchtime organ recital in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free, light refreshments available. see website
1.15pm
Thursday 10 February ALNWICK H
Cantabile, sing Byrd, Weelkes, Poulenc, Rossini, Strauss, Brahms, Lennon and McCartney; in Alnwick Playhouse
Tickets: see website or call 01665 510785
7.30pm
Friday 11 February YORK
Lunchtime Recital, Quire or Lady Chapel, York Minster
Admission: see website
1.10pm
Saturday 12 February YORK H
University of York Concert, 'A Spiritual Journey in Music', York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.00pm
Saturday 12 February SHEFFIELD H
Sheffield Bach Society Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle and Bach Motets
- Ecclesall Parish Church, Sheffield
Tickets: £10/£8 (concs): details 0114 266 8257 or See their website
7.30pm
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Monday 14 February NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1pm
Monday 14 February LEEDS
Simon Lindley, 'Valentines Requests' - a Lunchtime Organ Recital in Leeds Cathedral
Admission: free
1.15pm
Friday 18 February YORK
Lunchtime Recital, Quire or Lady Chapel, York Minster
Admission: see website
1.10pm
Friday 18 February BOSTON SPA H
Harrogate Male Voice Choir Concert in conjunction with Oxfam in aid of the Asian Tsunami relief fund;
at Boston Spa Methodist Church
Tickets: £5 (concs): details See their website
7.30pm
Saturday 19 February NEWCASTLE
Singing & Choir Training for all led by Mervyn Cousings and Scott Farrell;
all day event
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Saturday 19 February YORK H
Tallis Anniversary Concert by Yorkshire Bach Choir; Tallis spem in Alium, and motets by Byrd and Taverner
- St Michael-le-Belfrey, York
Tickets: £12/£10 (concs): details 01904 644194 or See their website
7.30pm
Saturday 19 February YORK H
Haydn Nelson Mass performed by University college Chapel Choir and Durham University Orchestral Society directed by David Jackson;
in St Olave's church, Marygate, York
Tickets: £5/£4 (concs): details 0191 375 7280 or See their website
7.30pm
Sunday 20 February LEEDS H
The Saviour by William Lloyd Webber, sung by the St Peter’s Singers, Conductor, Simon Lindley; Leeds Parish Church
Tickets: free - retiring collection: details 0191 375 7280 or See their website
6.30pm
Monday 21 February NEWCASTLE H
Haydn Nelson Mass performed by University college Chapel Choir and Durham University Orchestral Society directed by David Jackson;
in St John's church, Grainger St, Newcastle;
Tickets: £5/£4 (concs): details 0191 375 7280 or See their website
7.30pm
Thursday 24 February RIPON
Scott Farrell (Master of the Music, Newcastle Cathedral), lunchtime organ recital in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free, light refreshments available. see website
1.15pm
Friday 25 February YORK
Lunchtime Recital, Quire or Lady Chapel, York Minster
Admission: see website
1.10pm
Saturday 26 February NEWCASTLE H
Voices in Harmony, director Margaret Huntington; An evening of sacred and secular music for Ladies' voices and piano; Church of the Divine Unity, Ellison Place, Newcastle
Admission at door - Retiring collection in aid of Marie Curie Hospices
7.30pm
Saturday 26 February YORK H
Ebor Singers in Concert, Rachmaninov: Liturgy of st John Chrisostom (by candlelight); Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: £10 (concs) see website
7.30pm
Monday 28 February HUDDERSFIELD
James Lancelot (Durham) lunchtime recital in Huddersfield Town Hall
1pm
Monday 28 February NEWCASTLE
Sea pieces, a free lunchtime concert, with John Kirk (Baritone) and Margaret Huntington (piano); Works by Stanford, Keel and MacDowell;
in the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne;
admission free, by invitation of the Members and Friends
1.10pm
Monday 28 February LEEDS
Simon Lindley, Lunchtime Organ Recital with Phillip McCann in Leeds Cathedral
Admission: free
1.15pm
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Tuesday 1 March CARLISLE
Lunchtime Recital, Michael Hancock & David Gibbs (pianos);
Carlisle Cathedral
Admission: see website
12.45 pm
Thursday 3 March RIPON
David Houlder (Assistant Organist, Leeds Parish Church), lunchtime organ recital
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free, light refreshments available. see website
1.15pm
Friday 4 March LEEDS
Simon Lindley, Lunchtime Organ Recital in
Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free
12.30pm
Friday 4 March GRIMSBY
Adrian Roberts, lunchtime organ recital (45mins) in St James, Grimsby
Admission FREE - see website for more details
12.30pm
Friday 4 March HULL
Richard McVeigh, organ, with works by Stanley, Bach and Mendelssohn;
in the university chapel, Hull
Admission: £3 - details see website
1.15pm
Friday 4 March YORK
Lunchtime Recital,
Quire or Lady Chapel, York Minster
Admission: see website
1.10pm
Saturday 5 March YORK
Haydn 'Nelson Mass' and Mozart 40; University of York Choir and University of York Chamber Orchestra under Jonathan Wainwright, conductor;
York University Central Hall
Tickets: £6-14 (concs) call 01904 658338 or see website
7.30pm
Saturday 5 March CARLISLE H
Cumbria Rural Choirs, conducted by Stephen Cleobury with Ian Hare, organ; Scarlatti, Liszt andVaughan Williams;
Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle
Tickets: £12.50 on the door (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 5 March HUDDERSFIELD H
The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins and Orff's Carmina Burana, sung by the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir with The Yorkshire Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Andrew Padmore;
Huddersfield Town Hall
Admission: call 01924 364862 or see website
7.30pm
Monday 7 March NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.10pm
Monday 7 March LEEDS
Simon Lindley, Lunchtime Organ Recital;
Leeds Cathedral
Admission: free
1.15pm
Monday 7 March HUDDERSFIELD
Gordon Stewart, a Lunchtime Organ Recital of music with Huddersfield connections;
Huddersfield Town Hall
Admission: call 01924 364862 or see website
1.00pm
Friday 11 March YORK
Lunchtime Recital,
Quire or Lady Chapel, York Minster
Admission: see website
1.10pm
Friday 11 March LEEDS
Simon Lindley, Lunchtime Organ Recital;
Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free
12.30pm
Saturday 12 March STOCKTON
Cleveland Philharmonic Choir under John Forsyth, sing Stanford, Bach, Haydn and Vivaldi;
Stockton Parish Church
Admission: £10 - details call 01642-656273 or see website
7.30pm
Saturday 12 March NEWCASTLE
Newcastle Upon Tyne Bach Choir under Eric Cross, with Emma Kirkby, perform Handel 'Belshazzar';
King's Hall, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: £11 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 12 March GATESHEAD
Newcastle Choral Society, Conductor Len Young, sing the Widor Mass for double choir and Two Organs and the Vierne Solemn Mass; Michael Dutton and Michael Haines at the Organs;
St.George, Gateshead
Tickets: £6 from JG Windows, or Les Hodgson 0191 212 1133
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
Saturday 12 March HEXHAM H
Passiontide Concert: Robert White's Lamentations, sung by Antiphon, also Couperin's Lecons de Tenebre sung by sopranos with organ and basso continuo;
St Mary's RC Church, Hencotes, Hexham
Tickets: £6 and £4 concessions - details see website
8.00pm
Saturday 12 March DONCASTER
St John Passion & Ways of Zion(Handel), sung by the Doncaster Choral Society with the South Yorkshire Symphony under Alan Eost;
Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster
Tickets: £8 (concs), call 01302 856 035 or see website
7.30pm
The 3 manual organ console at St. Andrew's, South Church
Saturday 12 March DURHAM
Sarah Baldock , (Winchester) a celebrity organ recital featuring a very varied programme of works by Bach, Boëllmann, Duruflé, Elgar and more;
the Duruflé 'Méditation Hommage à Jean Gallon' was published only recently for the first time.
St Andrew's, South Church, Bishop Auckland
Admission: £7 by programme, including wine and canapés in the interval
7.30pm
Saturday 12 March BRADFORD
Singen und Essen! Leeds Guild of Singers under Graham Coatman, conductor with Graham Garside, guitar; a programme of Bach, Schütz, Bruckner, Rheinberger, Hollaender and Brahms;
St Matthew's Church, Bradford
Tickets: £5 (concs) - details see website
7.30pm
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Sunday 13 March NEWCASTLE
Handel's Belshazzar, sung by Newcastle Choral Society, with Emma Kirkby,
part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival;
In King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £11 (concs) from JG Windows or see website
6.30pm
Sunday 13 March YORK
Concert by York Musical Society, Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle;
Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: £15/£12 (concs) see website
6.30pm
Sunday 13 March YORK
An Easter Miscellany, sung by the Micklegate singers;
National Early Music Centre, Walmgate, York
Tickets: 01904 644194 or see website
8.00pm
Sunday 13 March LEEDS
The Royal Banners Solemn English Music for Passion Sunday from Ireland, Croft, Purcell and Holst, sung by the St Peter’s Singers, Conductor, Simon Lindley;
Leeds Parish Church
Tickets: £8 (concs): details 0191 375 7280 or See their website
8.00pm
Tuesday 15 March CARLISLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle Cathedral), Lunchtime Live organ Recital;
Carlisle Cathedral
Admission: see website
12.45 pm
Friday 18 March LEEDS
Simon Lindley, Lunchtime Organ Music;
Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free
12.30pm
Friday 18 March GRIMSBY
Ian Major (Lincolnshire), lunchtime organ recital (45mins);
St James', Grimsby
Admission FREE - see website for more details
12.30pm
Saturday 19 March NEWCASTLE
Northern English Singers, director Howard Layfield; A concert of vocal music, spanning 5 centuries;
St Matthew's Church, Big Lamp, Newcastle
Admission at door
7.30pm
Saturday 19 March STOCKTON
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and with the Michelmas Singers, perform Bach St. Matthew Passion;
Stockton Baptist Tabernacle
Admission: £10 - details call 01642-817097 or see website
7.30pm
Saturday 19 March LEEDS
Canticum Canticorum, Maxwell-Davies, the UK premiere, and Haydn, Nelson Mass; BBC Philharmonic Leeds Festival Chorus Conducted by Simon Wright;
Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: call 0191 375 7280 or See their website
8.00pm
Saturday 19 March YORK
Chapter House Choir in Concert, a full programme of Lenten music, including works by Allegri, Stainer, Victoria, and settings of 'Drop, Drop, Slow Tears' by Walton, Leighton and Gibbons;
Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: £10 (concs) call 0113 224 3801 see website
7.30pm
Saturday 19 March SHEFFIELD
Sheffield Bach Society, performed by Bach B minor mass;
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield
Admission: £10 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 19 March HUDDERSFIELD
Duruflé Requiem and Quatre Motets, performed by the Huddersfield Singers, John Bailey, organ, William Mace, Cello, Jenni Wohlman, Mezzo-soprano;
St Paul's Hall, University Campus, Queensgate, Huddersfield
Admission: £7.50 (concs) - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 19 March HOLMFIRTH
Messiah, sung by the Holmfirth Choral Society ;
Holmfirth Civic Hall
Admission: £7.50 (concs) - details see website
7.15pm
Saturday 19 March NEWCASTLE
Brahms German Requiem sung by All Saints Church Gosforth Chamber Choir and Orchestra, Conductor Edward Marsh, ;
All Saints Church, Gosforth
Tickets: £6 from JG Windows, or Les Hodgson 0191 212 1133
7.00pm
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Sunday 20 March RIPON
Palm Sunday Concert Handel - Messiah Part II and Fauré - Requiem, sung by Ripon Cathedral Choir and soloists, with the St. Cecilia Orchestra under Andrew Bryden - Conductor
Ripon Cathedral
Admission £10/£8 concessions. see website
7.30pm
Sunday 20 March CARLISLE
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion Abbey Singers, Wordsworth Singers, Cathedral Choir, Northern Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by David Gibbs;
Carlisle Cathedral
Admission: see website
12.45 pm
Sunday 20 March RICHMOND
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and with the Michelmas Singers, perform Bach St. Matthew Passion;
Richmond Parish Church
Admission: £10 - details call 01642-817097 or see website
7.30pm
Sunday 20 March YORK
The Minster Choir, perform Handel's Messiah;
York Minster
Tickets: see website
6.30pm
Sunday 20 March HALIFAX
Bach's B minor Mass, sung by Halifax Choral Society, with the North of England Chamber Orchestra under John Pryce-Jones
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
Tickets: Tel. 01422 351158 or see website
6.30pm
Monday 21 March LEEDS
Stainer: Crucifixion, a complete performance with all the hymns;Leeds Parish Church Choir under David Houlder;
St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds
Tickets: call 0191 375 7280 or See their website
1.15pm
Tuesday 22 March CARLISLE
Ensemble Buxtehude, Lunchtime Live Recital;
Carlisle Cathedral
Admission: see website
12.45 pm
Good Friday, 25 March LEEDS
Bach's Mass in B Minor, sung by the St Peter’s Singers, Conductor, Simon Lindley;
Leeds Parish Church
Tickets: £9 (concs): details 0191 375 7280 or See their website
7.00pm
Monday 28 March NEWCASTLE
Timothy Teague (Organ Scholar, Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
11.00am
Monday 28 March RIPON
Andrew Bryden (Ripon Cathedral)Bank Holiday Organ Recital, lunchtime organ recital;
Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
3.00pm
Monday 28 March BEVERLEY
Jane Watts, organ recital;
Beverley Minster
Tickets: £6/5, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Tuesday 29 March CARLISLE
Greg Morris & David Gibbs (Organ Duet), Lunchtime Live organ Recital;
Carlisle Cathedral
Admission: see website
12.45 pm
Thursday 31 March YORK
Queen Margaret's School Concert, a full programme of Lenten nusic, including works by Allegri, Stainer, Victoria, and settings of 'Drop, Drop, Slow Tears' by Walton, Leighton and Gibbons;
Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: £10 (concs) see website
7.00pm
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Saturday 2 April YORK
'The Sixteen' in Concert, a full programme of Lenten nusic, including works by Allegri, Stainer, Victoria, and settings of 'Drop, Drop, Slow Tears' by Walton, Leighton and Gibbons;
Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: £14 see website
7.30pm
Monday 4 April YORK
National Youth Choir, Thomas Tallis (born 1505) and John Rutter (born 1945) - A birthday tribute;
Beverley Minster
Tickets: £8 see website
7.30pm
Monday 4 April NEWCASTLE
John Hosking (Assistant Organist, St Asaph Cathedral, Wales) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Tuesday 5 April CARLISLE
Hannah Collins (soprano), James Atherton (tenor), Lunchtime Live vocal Recital;
Carlisle Cathedral
Admission: see website
12.45 pm
Monday 11 April NEWCASTLE
Anthony Gritten (RNCM) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Saturday 16 April NEWCASTLE
Spring Concert, The Singers, conducted by Donald Halliday, with a programme of works Bach's Jesu Meine Freude, settings of Shakespeare songs by Vaughan Williams and Matthew Harris, and music by Victoria, Byrd and Bruckner;
in St George's Church, Jesmond
Admission: £8 (£5 concs), see website
7.30pm
Monday 18 April NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Wednesday 20 April NEWCASTLE
James Lancelot (Durham) lecture to the title "50 years of Church Music";
Dept. of Earth Sciences on Durham University's Science Site
Admission free, For further information ring Les Henson on (0191) 3862356
10.30am
Friday 22 April CULLERCOATS H
Whitley Bay High School Early Music Consort, directed by Andrew Soulsby, with a programme of works by Charles Avison and Francesco Geminiani;
part of St George's Early Music Festival; in St George's church, Cullercoats
Admission FREE
7.30pm
Friday 22 April GATESHEAD
Keith Wright , (Durham) organ recital as part of the "Durham organists" series;
St.George, Gateshead
Admission by programme
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
Friday 22 April NEWCASTLE
Hermitage Ensemble, from St Petersburg;
St Thomas church, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: £5
7.30pm
Saturday 23 April CULLERCOATS H
English keyboard Music - ‘Tallis to Handel’; Paul Ritchie (organ) and Andrew Soulsby (harpsichord); music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book and ‘Musick’s Hand~Maid’ played on period instruments;
part of St George's Early Music Festival;
in St George's church, Cullercoats
Tickets: £6/£5 (concs)
1.00pm
Saturday 23 April BEVERLEY
tbc, organ recital;
Beverley Minster
Tickets: £6/5, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Saturday 23 April CULLERCOATS H
Vox Humana Chamber Choir; Purcell verse anthems and the Mozart Missa Brevis & ‘Ave Verum Corpus’, accompanied by a Baroque String Band, directed by Andrew Soulsby;
part of St George's Early Music Festival;
St George's church, Cullercoats
Tickets: £8/£7 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 23 April NEWCASTLE H
Northern Praeclassica, director Gillian Brunton; A concert for St George's Day
Works include Haydn's Nelson Mass;
St George's Church, Jesmond
Admission at door
7.30pm
Saturday 23 April HEXHAM H
Hexham Orpheus Choir 50th anniversary concert, Director Glenn Davis; Bach: Jesu meine Freude, Haydn Festival Te Deum, Mozart Coronation Mass, and more!
Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Admission at door
7.30pm
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Four unique concerts in one of the finest acoustic spaces in the region:
Friday 22 April - 7.30
Early Music Consort play Avison and Geniniani
Saturday 23 - 1pm
English Keyboard music on original instruments
(organ and harpsichord)
Saturday 23 - 7.30pm
Vox Humana sing Purcell & Mozart
Sunday 24 - 1pm
Recorder Recital
Sunday 24 - 6.30
Festival Choral Evensong
please see the Festival page for details or email for details
see map page for directions
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Sunday 24 April CULLERCOATS
Wind and Wire; Music for Recorder and Harpsichord, played by Karen Martin with Andrew Soulsby, with a programme of works by CBarsanti, Cima, Telemann and Parcham;
part of St George's Early Music Festival;
in St George's church, Cullercoats
Tickets: £6/£5 (concs)
1.00pm
Monday 25 April NEWCASTLE
David Liddle (St Barnabus, Pimlico) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
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Saturday 30 April DURHAM
Paul Spicer's Easter Oratorio( millennium commission for the Lichfield Festival); English Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Bach Choir;
Durham Cathedral, Durham
Admission: £10/£13 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 30 April HARROGATE
Harrogate Male Voice Choir Annual Concert with guest artists;
Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate
Tickets: details See their website
7.30pm
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Monday 2 May NEWCASTLE
Michel Dutton (Assistant Organist, Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
11.00am
Monday 2 May RIPON
Neil Taylor (Sheffield Cathedral)Bank Holiday Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
3.00pm
Friday 6 May SOUTH SHIELDS
Alan Gidney Organ Recital;
S Hilda's Church, South Shields
Admission: £5 at the door or from St Hilda's
7.00pm
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Saturday 7 May DURHAM
Michael Haynes (Hexham Abbey) organ recital on the 3-manual Harrison & Harrison;
St Michael & All Angels Houghton-le-Spring
Admission: by programme
7.30pm
Saturday 7 May YORK
Tom Corfield (Derby Cathdral) organ recital;
All Saints’ Church Hessle
Admission: £6 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 7 May BEVERLEY
East Riding County Choir, East Riding Sinfonia under Alan Spedding, perform Walton Belshazzar's Feast and Sulivan te Deum;
Beverley Minster
Tickets: £12-8, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Saturday 7 May RIPON
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem plus Vaghan Williams Five mystical songs and Benedicite - sung by Harrogate Choral Society;
in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: £13 (concs) see website
7.30pm
Sunday 8 May YORK
Kirklees Baroque Handel's Jephtha: a performance of Handel’s poignant last masterpiece, with Christopher Turner, tenor and Nicola Mills soprano;
the National Centre for Early Music, York
Tickets: £8 (concs) see Concerts website
6.00pm
Monday 9 May NEWCASTLE
The Lay Clerks of Newcastle Cathedral, lunchtime vocal recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Saturday 14 May YORK
York Guildhall Orchestra in Concert;
York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Saturday 14 May MORPETH
Antiphon with a Concert of 15th century French and Flemish music of chapel and court - L'Homme Armé - masses and chansons.
Warden Parish church
Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions), 01434 606293 or see website
7.30pm
Monday 16 May NEWCASTLE
Michael Bawtree (RSAMD) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Saturday 20 May DURHAM
The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins, sung by Durham Choral Society and orchestra, conducted by Richard Brice, plus works by Constant Lambert and Peter Maxwell Davies;
Durham Cathedral
Tickets: £14 - £6 - call 0191 384 7641
7.30pm
Friday 20 May GATESHEAD
Chris Totney , (Durham) organ recital as part of the "Durham organists" series;
St.George, Gateshead
Admission by programme
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
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Saturday 21 May BEVERLEY H
Naji Hakim, organ recital;
Beverley Minster
Tickets: £10-8, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Saturday 21 May DONCASTER
Rutter Requiem & Palestrina Missa Brevis(Handel), sung by the Doncaster Choral Society under Alan Eost;
Doncaster
Tickets: £8 (concs), call 01302 856 035 or see website
7.30pm
Saturday 21 May LEEDS
Brahms German Requiem, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under David Hill, with Ailish Tynan, Soprano and Christopher Purves, bar with the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus; with a programme including works by Schumann and Mahler;
Leeds Town Hall, Leeds
Tickets: £9.50 - £21 (concs) or see Concerts website
7.30pm
Sunday 22 May LEEDS
The Glories of Polyphony, from Victoria, Lassus, Palestrina and C20 English music, sung by the St Peter’s Singers, Conductor, Simon Lindley;
Leeds Parish Church
Tickets: £6 (concs): details 0191 375 7280 or See their website
8.15pm
Monday 23 May NEWCASTLE
Matthew Atherton (Thirsk) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Tuesday 24 May OSMOTHERLEY
James Lancelot presetns an organ recital for the reopening recital on the Conacher organ in Osmotherley;
St Peter’s Church, Osmotherley
Admission:
7.30pm
Wednesday 25 May YORK
Naji Hakim (Lincoln) organ recital;
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Admission: £6 - details 01904 432439 see website
7.30pm
Thursday 26 May RIPON
Julian Thomas (Assistant Organist, Norwich Cathedral) lunchtime Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Thursday 26 May GATESHEAD
Estonian Chamber Choir perform Kanon Pokajanen by Arvo Pärt, directed by Paul Hillier
Tickets: £6 - see website
10.00pm
Saturday 28 May HEXHAM
Vox Humana Chamber Choir with the Abbey choir directed by Michael Haynes and Andrew Soulsby in a Celebration of Restoration England; music from Purcell and his contemporaries,
with readings from Pepys diaries;
Hexham Abbey, Hexham
Admission: £8/£7 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 28 May CULLERCOATS
Anton East (RNCM), with a programme including Bach, Vierne, César Franck, Langlais and Matthias; on the TC Lewis organ of St George's Church, Cullercoats
Admission by programme
7.30pm
Monday 30 May NEWCASTLE
Jemima Jackson soprano (Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
11.00am
Monday 30 May RIPONH
John Kitchen (Edinburgh)Bank Holiday Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
3.00pm
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Wednesday 1 June BRADFORD
Simon Lindley (Leeds), Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
1.05pm - preceded by lunch at 12.40pm
Wednesday 1 June YORK
Concert by the University of York;
Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Thursday 2 June RIPON
Thomas Leech (Assistant Director of Music, Ripon Cathedral) lunchtime Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 3 June LEEDS
Christopher Rathbone (Meanwood Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Widor; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Saturday 4 June YORK
The Ebor Singers;
North Transept, York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Monday 6 June NEWCASTLE
David Gibbs (Assistant Organist, Carlisle Cathedral) lunchtime recital;
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Wednesday 8 June BRADFORD
Thomas Leech (Ripon), Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
1.05pm - preceded by lunch at 12.40pm
Wednesday 8 June LEEDS
Battle of the Organs in aid of Leeds Parish Church Choral Foundation Appeal with Professor Ian Tracey, Dr Simon Lindley, David Houlder and Peter Brand; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
7.30pm
Friday 10 June LEEDS
Christopher Rathbone (Meanwood Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Vierne; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Saturday 11 June ALNWICK
Kieran Fitzsimmons, organ recital; St. Philip & St James Church, Alnwick
Admission: by programme
2.00pm
Saturday 11 June BEVERLEY H
Colin Wright, organ recital;
Beverley Minster
Tickets: £5-6, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Saturday 11 June HEXHAM
Newcastle Upon Tyne Bach Choir under Eric Cross, perform Haydn 'Nelson Mass' and Maxwell Davies' The Kestrel Road;
Hexham Abbey, Hexham
Admission: £12/£6 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 11 June WAKEFIELD
Haydn Creation, sung by the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir with The Amici Ensemble, conductor Andrew Padmore;
Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: £10 (concs) call 01924 364862 orsee website
7.30pm
Saturday 11 June SHEFFIELD
Sheffield Bach Society, conductor Andrew Padmore; perform Elgar, Brahms and Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard; Ecclesall Parish Church, Sheffield
Admission: £9-11 (concs) call 01924 364862 orsee website
7.30pm
Monday 13 June NEWCASTLE
Hugh Morris (Assistant Organist, Hexham Abbey) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
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Wednesday 8 June BRADFORD
Andrew Teague (Bradford), Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
1.05pm - preceded by lunch at 12.40pm
Thursday 16 June RIPON
Thomas Moore (Assistant Organist, Wakefield Cathedral) lunchtime Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 17 June LEEDS
Christopher Rathbone (Meanwood Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Messaien and Jongen; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Saturday 18 June WAKEFIELD
Simon Pearce (St David's Cathedral), Organ Recital; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
11.30am
Saturday 18 June GATESHEAD
Newcastle Choral Society under Len Young, with Claire Seaton, Soprano, Andrew Ashwin, Baritone; perform Vaughan-Williams A Sea Symphony and Stanford Songs of The Fleet; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £6 - £12 website
7.30pm
Saturday 18 June YORK
York Musical Society; Nave, York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
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Monday 20 June NEWCASTLE
Michael Haynes (Hexham Abbey) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday, 20 June LEEDS
Graham Barber (St Bartholomew's, Armley) organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
7.30pm
Wednesday 22 June BRADFORD
Paul Fisher (Settle), Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
1.05pm - preceded by lunch at 12.40pm
Wednesday 22 June YORK
Concert by the University of York; Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.30pm, via South Door
Thursday 23 June RIPON
Stephen Power (Sub-Organist, Ripon Cathedral) lunchtime Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 24 June LEEDS
Christopher Rathbone (Meanwood Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Widor; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Saturday 25 June WAKEFIELD
Jonathan Bielby, (Wakefield), Organ Recital; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
11.30am
Saturday 25 June SCORBOROUGH
Dr Alan Spedding MBE gives 2 short recitals of 'Organ Music for a Summer's afternoon' in St Leonard's Scorborough and St Mary's, Lockington; starting at Scorborough, with refreshments served after the first recital.
Admission by programme
3.00pm
Saturday 25 June CULLERCOATS
Ruaraidh Sutherland (St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh), A very talented young organist with a recital not to be missed, on the TC Lewis organ of St George's Church, Cullercoats
Admission by programme
7.30pm
Saturday 25 June TEESSIDE
Cleveland Philharmonic Choir under John Forsyth, sing English Choral Music by Purcell, Finzi and Maxwell Davies;
The Kestrel Road
Admission: £10 - details call 01642-656273 or see website
7.30pm
Saturday 25 June SUNDERLAND
Spiritual to the Bone Ensemble & Swingle Singers as part of the Exhilarate Festival; The Venerable Bede Church of England School, Tunstall Bank, Sunderland
Admission: £10 (concs) - details see website
7.30pm
Sunday 26 June NEWCASTLE
Summer Concert by All Saints' Chamber Choir & Orchestra under by Edward Marsh with Phillippa Hyde (Soprano); Vivaldi Glorai, with pieces by Bach and Handel
Tickets £8 (concs), accompanied children free.
1.00pm
Monday 27 June NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday, 27 June LEEDS
Christopher Newton (St Bartholomew's, Armley) organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
7.30pm
Wednesday 29 June BRADFORD
Timothy Teague, with Amelia Teague (Newcastle Cathedral), Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
1.05pm - preceded by lunch at 12.40pm
Wednesday 29 June YORK
Concert by the University of York; Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Thursday 30 June RIPON
Scott Farrell (Master of the Music, Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Thursday 30 June SUNDERLAND H
Sir Willard White - A tribute to Paul Robeson as part of the Exhilarate Festival; The Venerable Bede Church of England School, Tunstall Bank, Sunderland
Admission: £10 (concs) - details see website
7.30pm
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Friday 1 July LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Bach and Dupré; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Friday 1 July GATESHEAD
Roger Muttitt , (Durham) organ recital as part of the "Durham organists" series; St.George, Gateshead
Admission by programme
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
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Friday 1 July YORK
Chapter House Choir, 'Songs of the Spirit' - works by Holst, Parry, Delius, Harris and Mantjarvi; in the Chapter House, York Minster
Tickets: £10 (concs) see website
8.00pm
Saturday 2 July WAKEFIELD
Thomas Moore (Wakefield, Asst), Organ Recital; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
11.30am
Saturday 2 July BRINKBURN Hotel?
The King’s Singers - Masterclass A rare opportunity to watch as a local boys’ choir are inspired by the masters of a cappella harmony, culminating in a short performance; in Brinkburn Priory, Longramlington, Morpeth
Tickets: (concs); For more details, Tel 01665 570 628 or see Concerts website
2.00pm
Saturday 2 July SUNDERLAND
North of England Chamber Orchestra with Cantamus Girls Choir, Judith Howarth (Soprano), conducted by Stephen Bulla; as part of the Exhilarate Festival; The Venerable Bede Church of England School, Tunstall Bank, Sunderland
Admission: £10 (concs) - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 2 July BRINKBURN Hotel?
The King’s Singers sing Tallis and Orlando Gibbons, to Górecki and Stravinsky; in Brinkburn Priory, Longramlington, Morpeth
Tickets: (concs); For more details, Tel 01665 570 628 or see Concerts website
7.30pm
Sunday 3 July NEWCASTLE
Musica Johannis sing from 'Tallis to Tippett' a concert in support of St John's; St John's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission £6 (concs)
6.45pm
Monday 4 July NEWCASTLE
Paul Derrett (Holy Trinity, Hull) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection.
1.00pm
Monday 4 July LEEDS
Elli Glarou organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
7.30pm
Wednesday 6 July BRADFORD
Paul Bowen, with Dawn Bowen (Bradford Cathedral), Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
1.05pm - preceded by lunch at 12.40pm
Wednesday 6 July DURHAM
Colin Andrews and Janette Fishell organ recital in Durham Cathedral;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
7.30pm
Thursday 7 July YORK
Matthew Atherton an organ recital as part of the Northern Aldborough Music Festival; at St. Mary's Church Nun Monkton nr York
Admission: £8 including refreshments
11.00am
Thursday 7 July RIPON
Ripon Cathedral Organists’ Summer Spectacular lunchtime Organ Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Thursday 7 July LEEDS
Christopher Newton (St Bartholomew's, Armley) organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
7.30pm
Friday 8 July LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Bach and Dupré; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Friday 8 July YORK Hotel?
The Tallis Scholars, 'Father of English Church Music: Tallis at 500'; in the Nave, York Minster
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £20 (concs) see website
7.30pm
Saturday 9 July WAKEFIELD
Alessandro Bianchi (Italy), Organ Recital; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
11.30am
Saturday 9 July YORK Hotel?
BBC Early Music Show, ; National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: SOLD OUT; see website
1.00pm
Saturday 9 July YORK Hotel?
Handel's Extraordinary Divas, Lynne Dawson (soprano) with the University of York Baroque Ensemble; in the Nave, York Minster
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £10 (concs) see website
4.00pm
Saturday 9 July YORK Hotel?
Il Canto Delle Donne: Female Composers of the Italian Seicento, Maria Cristina Kiehr and Concerto Soave, highlighting the achievements of the talented generation of female composers at work in Italy in the 17th century; St Olave's Church, Marygate, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £15 (concs) see website
7.00pm
Saturday 9 July HESSLE
Paul Derrett (Holy Trinity, hull) organ recital; All Saints’ Church Hessle
Admission: £6 - details see website
7.30pm
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Saturday 9 July CARLISLEHotel?
Manchester Camerata with David Gibbs, perform Poulenc’s Organ Concerto, with works by Elgar and Grieg’s Holberg Suite; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
7.30pm
Saturday 9 July WAKEFIELD
Music for Brass and Voices, the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir with Horbury Victoria Band, conductor Andrew Padmore; Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: £10 (concs) call 01924 364862 orsee website
7.30pm
Saturday 9 July HEXHAM
Peter Barley (St Patrick's Dublin) Organ Recital; Hexham Abbey, Hexham
Admission: £7/£6 - details see website
7.30pm
Sunday 10 July YORK Hotel?
The Orchestra of La Serenissima with Mhairi Lawson (soprano), 'Vivaldi and the Girls of the Ospedale della Pieta' - a concert by one of Britain’s brightest young baroque ensembles; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £20 (concs) see website
7.00pm
Sunday 10 July CARLISLE Hotel?
Tallis by Candlelight including the forty part motet 'Spem in alium' and the Lamentations; 2005 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Tallis; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
7.30pm
Sunday 10 July YORK Hotel?
¡AY MI ALHAMA!, Catherine Bott soprano David Miller lute, demonstrate the passionate complexities of the multicultural society that was 15th-century Spain; St Mary’s Church Bishophill, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £15 (concs) see website
10.00pm
Monday 11 July NEWCASTLE
Peter Barley (St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 11 July YORK Hotel?
Hail Bright Cecilia! Great Patroness of us all!, Yorkshire Baroque Soloists under Peter Seymour (director, organ), with a celebration of music for St Cecilia’s Day; Chapter House, York Minster, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £20 (concs) see website
7.00pm
Monday 11 July LEEDS
Graham Barber (St Bartholomew's, Armley) organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
7.30pm
Monday 11 July CARLISLEHotel?
Tim Ravalde organ recital in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
7.30pm
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Monday 11 July YORK Hotel?
More Music for Cecilia from the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists under Peter Seymour (director, organ), Henry Purcell Come ye sons of art away (Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday) Hail bright Cecilia!; Chapter House, York Minster, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £20 (concs) see website
9.30pm
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Tuesday 12 July YORK Hotel?
Queen of Heaven: The Blessed Virgin's Champion, Jason Darnell, Joshua Ellicott tenors, David Miller chittarone and Peter Seymour organ;
A concert revealing the dazzling magnificence of the music heard in Queen Henrietta Maria's chapel; Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £10 (concs) see website
1.00pm
Tuesday 12 July YORK Hotel?
London Baroque with Emma Kirkby, 'PALLAS NORDICA: QUEEN CHRISTINA IN ROME';
; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £20 (concs) see website
7.30pm
Tuesday 12 July CARLISLEHotel?
Music for a While, James Bowman countertenor, John Turner recorder, Jonathan Price cello, Ian Thompson harpsichord with a a programme of baroque and contemporary music; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
7.30pm
Wednesday 13 July YORK Hotel?
Trobairitz, Faye Newton soprano Hazel Brooks vielle, with songs by female troubadours and trouvères from 12th- and 13th-century France; All Saints Church, North Street, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £10 (concs) see website
1.00pm
Wednesday 13 July DURHAM
James Lancelot organ recital in Durham Cathedral; The use of the motif B-A-C-H before and after J S Bach;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
7.30pm
Wednesday 13 July YORK Hotel?
Tonus Peregrinus, The true story of Guillaume de Machaut and Perrone D'Armentieres; National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £12.50 (concs) see website
7.00pm
Thursday 14 July YORK
Alla Francesca , music for Eleanor of Aquitaine faturing voice, harp, percussions, recorders, transverse flute, pipe & tabor, bagpipes; in the Chapter House, York Minster
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £20 see website
7.30pm
Friday 15 July CARLISLEHotel?
Bach Coffee Cantata ; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
11.00am
Friday 15 July LEEDS
Elli Glarou (Leeds University), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Bach and Dupré; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Friday 15 July CULLERCOATS
Music for Organ and Trumpet Paul Ritchie and Marion Wilson, play Purcell, Clarke, Stanley andPeeters; St George's Church, Cullercoats
Admission by programme
7.30pm
Friday 15 July CARLISLEHotel?
Robert Poulton and Angela Livingstone (baritone & piano) with a programme of operatic arias, the music of Gilbert and Sullivan and songs from the shows; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
7.30pm
Friday 15 July YORK
Musica Of Antiqua of London, Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano with a concert evoking the sophisticated milieu of the Mantuan court of the great Renaissance marchioness, Isabella d’Este; in St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £15 see website
7.00pm
Friday 15 July YORK
Joglaresa, music for Mary Magdalen, The Middle Ages’ favourite female saint after the Virgin Mary; in St Mary's Church, Bishophill, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £10 see website
10.00pm
Friday 15 July CARLISLEHotel?
David Briggs (organ) with a Live Improvisation to Hunchback of Notre Dame; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
10.00pm
Saturday 16 July WAKEFIELD
Katherine Dienes (St Mary's, Warwick), Organ Recital; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
11.30am
Saturday 16 July CARLISLEHotel?
Short but Sweet a Lunchtime recital by Pat Pictor (soprano) and Jeremy Suter (organ); in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
12.45pm
Saturday 16 July HEXHAM
Organ Students give a lunchtime organ recital in Hexham Abbey;
Admission free, retiring collection.
1.00pm
Saturday 16 July YORK
Musicians of the Globe, Ravishing and rarely performed lute songs, consort songs, lute and harpsichord duets, broken consort settings and dances by musicians intimately or closely associated with the Virgin Queen; National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York
part of the York Early Music Festival
Tickets: £20 see website
8.00pm
Monday 18 July NEWCASTLE
Paul Ritchie (St George, Cullercoats) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 18 July LEEDS
John Scott Whitely (York Minster) organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
7.30pm
July CARLISLEHotel?
Handel's 'Israel in Egypt' The Wordsworth Singers, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Orchestra and soloists, conducted by James Grossmith; in Carlisle Cathedral
part of Carlisle Summer Festival see website
Tickets: online booking
7.30pm
Wednesday 20 July DURHAM
Christopher Totney organ recital in Durham Cathedral;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
7.30pm
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Friday 22 July DURHAM
James Lancelot a special organ recital for Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers Associations; in Durham Cathedral;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
6.15pm
Friday 22 July LEEDS
Celebrity Guest Organist (tba), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Bach and Dupré; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Saturday 23 July WAKEFIELD
Thomas Leech (Ripon Cathedral), Organ Recital; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
11.30am
Saturday 23 July BEVERLEY Hotel?
Ian Hare, organ recital in Beverley Minster
Tickets: £5-6, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Monday 25 July NEWCASTLE
Sean Montgomery (All Saints Royal Leamington Spa) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Wednesday 27 July DURHAM
Keith Wright organ recital in Durham Cathedral;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
7.30pm
Thursday 28 July RIPON
Norwich Cathedral Girls’ Choir lunchtime Recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 29 July LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Lunchtime Organ Recital of Bach and Dupré; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
12.30pm
Saturday 30 July CULLERCOATS
Carlene Mills (~Oundle Awar Winner), on the TC Lewis organ of St George's Church, Cullercoats
Admission by programme
7.30pm
Saturday 30 July DURHAM
Dr. Richard Fenwick (Dean of Monmouth), organ recital on the new 3 manual 41 stop Makin organ in Haltwhistle Parish Church;
Admission; by programme at the door
7.30pm
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Wednesday 3 August DURHAM
James Vivian organ recital in Durham Cathedral;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
7.30pm
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Saturday 6 August BEVERLEY Hotel?
James Vivian (The Temple Church), organ recital in Beverley Minster
Tickets: £5-6, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
Sunday 7 August LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Evening Organ Recital of Romantic Organ Masterworks; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
7.45pm
Wednesday 10 August DURHAM
Stephen Farr organ recital in Durham Cathedral;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
7.30pm
Saturday 13 August LEEDS
Michael Overbury (Worksop Priory), Organ Recital Halifax Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection
12 noon
Saturday 13 August HEXHAM
Hugh Morris gives a lunchtime organ recital in Hexham Abbey;
Admission free, retiring collection.
1.00pm
Saturday 13 August YORK
Francis Jackson (Organist Emeritus, York), Organ Recital in York Minster
Admission: £6
7.00pm
Sunday 14 August LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Evening Organ Recital of Romantic Organ Masterworks; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
7.45pm
Wednesday 17 August DURHAM
Kevin Bowyer organ recital in Durham Cathedral;
Admission; £7, £5, at the door
7.30pm
Saturday 20 August YORK
Lee Dunleavy (York Minster), Organ Recital in York Minster
Admission: £6
7.00pm
Saturday 20 August HALIFAX
Christopher Newton (St Bartholomew's, Armley), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: £3.50 (concs) see website
7.30pm
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Sunday 21 August LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Evening Organ Recital of Romantic Organ Masterworks; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
7.45pm
Sunday 21 August OSSET
Matthew Atherton Organ recital on the Organ is 3 Manual and pedal Abbot of Leeds (a fine instrument) at Holy Trinity Parish Church Ossett, West Yorkshire
Admission TBC including programme.
2.pm
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Friday 25 August HEXHAM
Peter Stevens (Oundle Award Winner) gives an organ recital in Hexham Abbey;
Admission: £7/£6.
7.30pm
Saturday 27 August HALIFAX
Philip C. Tordoff (Halifax Parish Church), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection see website
12 noon
Saturday 27 August YORK
Stephen Disley (Southwark Cathedral), Organ Recital in York Minster
Admission: £6, £5
12 noon
Sunday 28 August LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Evening Organ Recital - a Popular “Prom” type programme; in Leeds Parish Church
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
7.45pm
Sunday 28 August FOUNTAINS ABBEY
Matthew Atherton Organ recital on the fine 2 manual and pedal T.C. Lewis at St. Mary's Church, Fountains Abbey
Admission free
2.30pm
Monday 29 August LEEDS
Christopher Newton (St Bartholomew's, Armley) organ recital; St Bartholomew's, Armley
Admission: £6
11.00am
Monday 29 August RIPON
Stephen Farr (Guildford Cathedral)Bank Holiday Organ Recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
3.00pm
Monday 29 August BEVERLEY Hotel?
Alan Spedding, organ recital in Beverley Minster
Tickets: £5-6, tel 01964 544145
6.00pm
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Friday 2 September GATESHEAD
Andrew Christer , (Durham) organ recital as part of the "Durham organists" series; St.George, Gateshead
Admission by programme
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
Saturday 3 September YORK
John Scott Whitely or Philip Moore (York Minster), Organ Recital in York Minster
Admission: �6, �5
7.00pm
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Saturday 3 September HESSLE
Colin Walsh (Lincoln Cathedral), Organ Recital in All Saints church, Hessle
Admission: �6 - details see website
7.30pm
Saturday 3 September HALIFAX
Paul Hale (Southwell Minster), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: �6, �5 see website
7.30pm
Monday 5 September NEWCASTLE
David Price (Portsmouth Cathedral) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Saturday 10 September HEXHAM Hotel?
Spem in Alium performed by voices from choirs in the region;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: tba 01434 652477 website
3.00pm
Saturday 10 September YORK
John Scott Whitely or Philip Moore (York Minster), Organ Recital in York Minster
Admission: �6, �5
7.00pm
Saturday 10 September HALIFAX
Robert Sudall (Bingley), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: �6, �5 see website
7.30pm
Monday 12 September NEWCASTLE
David Gibbs and Greg Morris (Carlisle and Blackburn Cathedrals) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 12 September NEWCASTLE
David Allen (St Edmund Hall, Oxford, organ scholar) recital of Couperin, John Bull, Avison, Bach and Widor; in St John's, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission �6.
7.30pm
Thursday 15 September RIPON
Andrew Bryden (Director of Music, Ripon Cathedral) Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 16 September HEXHAM Hotel?
Demon Barbers Devilishly fine singing from this internationally renowned virtuoso quintet;
in the Queen's Hall Hexham
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival see classical listings for more
Tickets: �12 01434 652477 website
7.30pm
Saturday 17 September HULL
Paul Derrett (Holy Trinity, Hull) organ recital with music bt Bairstow, Bach, Wesley, Dupré and Liszt; in Holy Trinity, Hull;
Admission free, retiring collection.
7.30pm
Saturday 17 September HALIFAX
Julie Ann Tanner (Leeds Cathedral), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: �6, �5 see website
7.30pm
Saturday 17 September HEXHAM Hotel?
Festival Chorus and Orchestra Duruflé�s unruffled Requiem and Poulenc�s thrilling Gloria, conducted by David Murray;
in Hexham Abbey
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival see classical listings for more
Tickets: �15 01434 652477 website
7.30pm
Saturday 17 September BRANCEPETH
The Singers Autumn Concert, in Brancepeth Castle
Tickets: see Concerts website
Monday 19 September NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
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Thursday 22 September HEXHAM Hotel?
Michael Haynes & Hugh Morris Organ Recital with Hexham's Organists playing Widor Symphony No. 5 and No. 6;
in Hexham Abbey
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival see classical listings for more
Tickets: �10 01434 652477 website
8.00pm
Friday 23 September HARTLEPOOL
Steven Grahl (St Marylebone Parish Church), Organ Recital In aid of the Organ Fund; in All Saints', Stranton
Admission: admission free / retiring collection
7 pm
Saturday 24 September HALIFAX
David Rogers (Doncaster), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: �6, �5 see website
12 noon
Saturday 24 September GATESHEAD
Argus Singersjoin Spectrum at St Helen's Church, Belle Vue bank, Low Fell
Admission: �5, 01207 520841
7.00pm
Saturday 24 September WAKEFIELD
St Peters Consort Concert; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: see website
7.30pm
Saturday 24 September HEXHAM Hotel?
I Fagiolini directed by Robert Hollingworth with a Candlelight concert - 'Music of the Spheres' - An exploration of music and its relation to the cosmos from a Renaissance perspective;
in Hexham Abbey
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival see classical listings for more
Tickets: �18, �14 01434 652477 website
8.00pm
Monday 26 September NEWCASTLE
Shaun Turnbull (Ellesmere College) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
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Thursday 29 September RIPON
Stephen Binnington Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Thursday 29 September ALNWICK Hotel?
1605 - Treason and Dischord, William Byrd and The Gunpowder Plot, with the The King's Singers and Concordia; in Alnwick Castle, Alnwick
Tickets �15 (concs) tel: 01665 510 785
7.30pm
Friday 30 September GATESHEAD
James Lancelot , (Durham) organ recital as part of the "Durham organists" series; St.George, Gateshead
Admission by programme
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
Friday 30 September YORK Hotel?
1605 - Treason and Dischord, William Byrd and The Gunpowder Plot, with the The King's Singers and Concordia; in York Minster
Tickets �15 - �20 (concs) tel: 01665 510 785
7.30pm
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O c t o b e r 2 0 0 5
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Saturday 1 October HALIFAX
Stephen Power (Ripon Cathedral), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: £6, £5 see website
7.30pm
Sunday 2 October HULL
Paul Derrett (Holy Trinity, Hull) organ recital with a programme music by Bach; in the Chapel of the Charterhouse, Hull;
Admission free, retiring collection.
7.30pm
Monday 3 October NEWCASTLE
Tom Leech (Assistant Organist, Ripon Cathedral) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 3 October LEEDS Hotel?
Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church), Rush Hour Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: free, retiring collection - see website
5.00pm
Saturday 8 October YORK Hotel?
Paul Derrett (Holy Trinity, Hull) organ recital with a programme music by Bach, Mozart, Franck, Hindemith and Reger; in the Central Methodist Church, York;
Admission free, retiring collection.
4.00pm
Saturday 8 October WHITLEY BAY
Voices for Hospices Concert featuring the newly refurbished organ, St Paul's choir and friends from local parishes singing Favourite Sacred Choral Classics from Handel, Parry, Mozart, Haydn & Stanford; in aid of St Oswald's Hospice; St Paul's Church, Whitley Bay
Admission: £6, £4 includes refreshments
7.30pm
Saturday 8 October HALIFAX
Sue Turnbull (Barkisland Parish Church), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: £6, £5 see website
7.30pm
Monday 10 October NEWCASTLE
Anthony Gritten (RNCM) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 10 October LEEDS Hotel?
Yorkshire Three Choirs' Festival The combined Yorkshire Three Choirs (Choirs of Ripon Cathedral Wakefield Cathedral and Leeds Parish Church) celebrates the glories of European Sacred Music in a kaleidoscopic programme including works by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Poulenc and Rachmaninov; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: Free, - see website
1.05pm
Thursday 13 October RIPON
Paul Derrett (Holy Trinity, Hull) lunchtime organ recital with a programme music by Guilmant, Fauré and Popplewell; in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free, retiring collection.
1.15pm
Saturday 15 October GATESHEAD
Occidental Starr Tallis's 40-part 'Spem in Alium', a modern work for the same scoring and other masterworks of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period.
A workshop for SATB singers and players of renaissance instruments directed by Jeffrey Skidmore with Bill Hunt (viol tutor) organised in association with the North East Early Music Forum.
Cost: £17 (concessions £15), 01768 342247 or email Richard Lee
see NEEMF website
10.00am to 4.45pm
Saturday 15 October NEWCASTLE Hotel?
Northern English Singers (conductor, Howard Layfield) and Clarsair (a trio of celtic harps), Music and a taste of Romanian food, to raise funds for Hospice of Hope Romania; S.Andrew's Church, Newgate Street, Newcastle
Tickets: £10, from J.G.Windows - or from Howard Layfield, 01661 871105
7.30pm
Saturday 15 October NORTH SHIELDS Hotel?
Teviotdale Singers with Michael Gardner (Bar), with a concert of music for upper voices; Christ Church, North Shields
Tickets: £6 (conc) in aid of the Organ fund - 0191-258 6653
7.30pm
Saturday 15 October BEVERLEY Hotel?
James Lancelot (Durham Cathedral), organ recital in Beverley Minster
Tickets: £5-6, tel 01482 867430
6.00pm
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Saturday 15 October HALIFAX Hotel?
David H. Barker (St Paul's, King Cross, Halifax), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: £6, £5 see website
7.30pm
Saturday 15 October BISHOP AUCKLAND
Roy Massey the Darlington & District Organists and Choirmasters Association's 50th anniversary recital;
St Andrew's, South Church, Bishop Auckland
Admission:
7.30pm
Monday 17 October NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 17 October LEEDS
Dr Francis Jackson (York) Dr Jackson has been a towering figure in English - and Yorkshire - music for seven decades. Doyen of English organist-composers, he presents a special gala lunchtime concert with music by Bach, himself and by his great predecessor, Sir Edward Bairstow; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: Free, - see website
1.05pm
Thursday 20 October RIPON
Philip Underwood Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Saturday 22 October HALIFAX
Philip C. Tordoff (Halifax Parish Church), Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: free see website
12 noon
Sunday 23 October BEDLINGTON
Mark Venning (Harrison & Harrison), Organ Recital to celebrate the organ having been rebuilt and restored to its original position; in St Cuthbert's Church, Bedlington
Admission: £5 (concs)
7.30pm
Monday 24 October LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds City Organist) City Organist Dr Simon Lindley presents a programme of Lunchtime Organ Classics ideal for Half Term Week!; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: Free, - see website
1.05pm
Saturday 29 October WETHERBY Hotel?
Harrogate Male Voice Choir Concert as part of Wetherby Arts Festival;
Wetherby Methodist Church
Tickets: details See their website
7.30pm
Saturday 29 October HALIFAX
Informal Recital - Organ Recital in Halifax Parish Church
Admission: free see website
12 noon
Sunday 30 October GATESHEAD
Oundle Winner, organ recital as part of the "Durham organists" series; St.George, Gateshead
Admission by programme
7.30pm - wine and canapés from 6.45pm
Sunday 30 October HALIFAX Hotel?
Cantorelli, a group of eight singers, enjoys exploring both secular and sacred music spanning more than 500 years; Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax
Tickets: £8 (concs)- see website
7.30pm
Monday 31 October LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds City Organist) this afternoon's organ recital programme looks forward to the month of Armistice in the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: Free, - see website
1.05pm
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Tuesday 1 November CULLERCOATS
Missa O Quam Gloriosum sung in liturgy for All Saints' Day; St Georges' Cullercoats
Entry: free
7.45pm
Wednesday 2 November CULLERCOATS
FauréRequiem sung in liturgy for All Souls' Day; St Georges' Cullercoats
Entry: free
7.45pm
Wednesday 2 November DURHAM
Mozart Requiem sung by Durham Cathedral choir and accompanied by Northern Sinfonia; Durham Cathedral
Tickets:
7.30pm
Wednesday 2 November YORK Hotel?
Northern Harmony dynamic 16-strong singing ensemble from Vermont has an extraordinary command of ethnic singing styles and also a delicate, pure sound for the early repertoire; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Tickets: £13 - £15 (concs) website
7.30pm
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Friday 4 November DURHAM
James Lancelot organ recital, ponsored by Musicon - recognising the centenary of the first Harrison rebuilding of the organ; Durham Cathedral
Tickets:
7.30pm
Saturday 12 November YORK Hotel?
York Musical Societyand Boyce Orchestra conducted by Philip Moore, with Mozart Requiem K626 and Beethoven Symphony No. 5; York Minster
Tickets: see website for further details
7.30pm
Saturday 12 November WAKEFIELD
Petite Messe Solonelle Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir under Andrew Padmore; in Wakefield Cathedral
Admission: 01924 364862 or see website
7.30pm
Monday 14 November NEWCASTLE
Ronald Greydanus, Counter Tenor (Ely Cathedral) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, retiring collection. See website
1.00pm
Monday 14 November LEEDS
Iveta Apklana (Riga, Latvia) Winner of the 2003 Kaliningrad Organ Competition gives an organ recital; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: Free, - see website
1.05pm
Thursday 17 November RIPON
Phillipa Thomas (contralto) Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 18 November HARTLEPOOL
Andrew Scott (St Margaret's, Lee), Organ Recital In aid of the Organ Fund; in All Saints', Stranton
Admission: admission free / retiring collection
7 pm
Friday 4 November DURHAM
Masterclass on "Improvisation within the Liturgy" with Magnus Williamson; at St.Brandon, Brancepeth
Tickets:
7.30pm
Saturday 19 November YORK Hotel?
Chapter House Choir in Concert Organ: John Scott Whiteley; Poulenc: Mass in G, Langlais: Messe Solenelle, Widor: Symphony No.5 in F Minor (Tocatta); York Minster
Tickets: £10, Concessions £8, see website for further details
8.00pm
Saturday 19 November DEWSBURY
Handel's Messiah; Manchester Camerata under Andrew Padmore with Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir; Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury
Tickets: £25 - £13 (concs) see website
7.30 pm
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Saturday 19 November RIPON Hotel?
Harrogate Choral Society Duruflé - Requiem & Haydn's Nelson Mass;
in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: £14 (concs) 01423 817885 see website
7.30pm
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Sunday 20 November YORK Hotel?
Boyan Ensemble of Kievunder Vassily Savenko, Sacred Chants And Songs Of Ukraine; St Andrew's Church, Bishopthorpe, nr York
6.30pm
Monday 21 November LEEDS
Simon Lindley (Leeds City Organist), Simon's annual Bach recital includes as its centrepiece the lovely chorale variations on 'Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig'; in Leeds Town Hall
Admission: Free, - see website
1.05pm
Monday 21 November YORK Hotel?
Informal performance by Boyan Ensemble ; York Minster
2.00pm
Monday 21 November YORK Hotel?
Nabucco Chisinau National Opera; Grand Opera House, York
7.30pm
Monday 21 November HARROGATE Hotel?
Boyan Ensemble of Kievunder Vassily Savenko, Sacred Chants And Songs Of Ukraine; St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate
6.30pm
Tuesday 22 November RIPON Hotel?
St. Cecilia's Day Concert - Ripon Cathedral Choir with St. Cecilia Orchestra and Soloists; in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
7.30pm
Wednesday 23 November DURHAM
Palatinate Voices, Conductor, Keith Wright; Music of Thomas Tallis, including 'Spem in alium'; at Durham Cathedral Chapter House, Durham
Admission free. see website
1.00pm
Wednesday 23 November LEEDS Hotel?
'Saul', Handel's epic oratorio sung by Opera North under Christian Curnyn; Leeds Town Hall, Leeds
7.30pm
Wednesday 23 November YORK Hotel?
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart sing Aperghis, Sciarrino, Ronchetti and Berio; in Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Thursday 24 November RIPON
Phillipa Thomas (contralto) Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Friday 25 November YORK Hotel?
Arktouros (the Women's Chamber Choir) directed by John Potter sing a programme of Christmas music from rare fifteenth century antiphoners in Zagreb and Bratislava; in Heslington Church, York
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Saturday 26 November YORK Hotel?
Informal performance by Micklefield Male Voice Choir ; York Minster
2.00pm
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Wednesday 30 November DURHAM
The Chapel Choir and Players of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Conductor, Peter Stobart; Handel Four Coronation Anthems; t Bede Chapel, College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
Tickets: see website
8.00pm
Wednesday 30 November YORK Hotel?
York University Chamber Choir & Baroque Ensemble under Peter Seymour perform Haydn's choral masterpiece 'The Seasons'; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall,York
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
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Thursday 1 December RIPON
Andrew Bryden (Director of Music, Ripon Cathedral) Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Saturday 3 December DURHAM
Durham Cathedral Choir, Durham Cathedral Consort of Singers and Durham Baroque, Conductor, James Lancelot; Handel Messiah; Durham Cathedral, Durham
Tickets: see website
7.15pm
Saturday 3 December YORK Hotel?
Handel's 'Messiah' by the York Musical Society and Boyce Chamber Orchestra conducted by Philip Moore ; York Minster
Tickets: £10, Concessions £8, see website for further details
7.30pm
Saturday 3 December BEVERLEY
Handel, Messiah preformed by East Riding County Choir and East Riding Sinfonia under Alan Spedding, director; in Beverley Minster
Tickets: £10-12 (concs) see website
7.00pm
Saturday 3 December HARROGATE
"Come and Sing" Messiah with Harrogate Choral Society;
in Christ Church, Harrogate
Tickets: 01423 817885 see website
7.30pm
Sunday 4 December DURHAM
Durham Polphony, Conductor, James Lancelot; Music for a Tudor Christmas Mass in 1554 (celebrating 500 years of Thomas Tallis); at Durham Castle, The Norman Chapel, Durham
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Sunday 4 December YORK Hotel?
Ebors Singers in Concert Britten: A Ceremony of Carols and Perotin: ir omnes - sacred music from 12th century Paris; York Minster
Tickets: £10, Concessions £8, see website for further details
7.30pm
Monday 5 December THIRSK
Organ Recital,Organ Recital in aid of organ restoration fund; St Mary's Church, Thirsk
Tickets:
12.15pm
Wednesday 7 December YORK Hotel?
York University Choir & Northern Sinfonia under Peter Seymour perform Mozart Coronation Mass and Bach's Cantata VI from Christmas Oratorio; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall,York
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
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Thursday 8 December DURHAM
Durham University Consort of Voices with a programme of nineteenth and twentieth century choral music including works by Brahms and Grainger; a Palace Green Lunchtime Concerts; Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: see website
1.00pm
Thursday 8 December RIPON
Thomas Leech (Assistant Director of Music, Ripon Cathedral) Lunchtime organ recital, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission free. see website
1.15pm
Thursday 8 December CULLERCOATS
Brass Ho! with St George's church choir with a Christmas Concert; St Georges' Church, Cullercoats
Admission by programme
7.30pm
Thursday 8 December YORK Hotel?
Ebors Singers in ConcertThe Orlando Consort are joined by the Ebor Singers as chant choir for a performance of Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame - Concert by Candlelight; a York Early Music Festival Concert; York Minster
Tickets: see website for further details
7.30pm
Friday 9 December MIDDLESBROUGH
The Singers Christmas Tour, in St John's, Middlesbrough
Tickets: see Concerts website
7.30pm
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Saturday 10 December BEVERLEY
The Singers Christmas Tour, in Beverley Minster
Tickets: see Concerts website
7.30pm
Saturday 10 December YORK Hotel?
Britten St Nicolas with carols; The Szczepek Ensemble are joined by Tenor Soloist Josh Ellicott, conductor Gavin Plumley and The Szczepek Ensemble Orchestra for a selection of favourite carols by John Rutter and Britten's St Nicolas; St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York (next to York Minster)
Tickets: £12 (£7 concs) £8 (£4 concs) £5; For email for further details
7.30pm
Saturday 10 December YORK Hotel?
Micklegate Singers in Concert with selected carols from Leighton, Rutter, Schnittke and Taverner; York Minster
Tickets: see website for further details
8.00pm
Sunday 11 December NEWCASTLE
Christmas Music & Carols , sung by All Saints' Chamber Choir conducted by David Murray; All Saints' Church, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: tbc
7.00pm
Sunday 11 December DARLINGTON
The Singers Christmas Tour, in St Cuthbert's, Darlington
Tickets: see Concerts website
7.30pm
Tuesday 13 December HEXHAM
A Ceremony of Carols, featuring Helen Radice on Harp, Riding Mill Village Hall, Northumberland
Tickets:
7.30pm
Tuesday 13 December DURHAM
Durham University Chamber Choir, Conductor, Peter Stobart; A Venetian Christmas: Vespers from San Marco; at Durham Town Hall, Durham
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
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Thursday 15 December GATESHEAD
London Community Gospel Choir, with its funky gospel flair, swing-beat, R ‘n’
B, traditional and soulful arrangements, with invigorating choreography and vocal gymnastics; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £6 - £18 website
7.30pm
Thursday 15 December NEWCASTLE
Songs of the Season Carols and Wassails; Choirs, vocalists and instrumentalists of the International Centre for Music Studies.
Sandra Kerr (director)
; in the King's Hall, Newcastle University
Admission free. see website
7.00pm
Friday 16 December GATESHEAD
Joglaresa, a group of charismatic and talented performers recreate the spirit of Italian
Christmas celebrations: Flute; with a concert full of seasonal and traditional music; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £6 - £12 website
7.30pm
Friday 16 December WASHINGTON
Felling Male Voice Choir, conducted by Mike Summers; Washington Parish Church Washington Tyne & Wear
Tickets: tbc
7.00pm
Friday 16 December CARLISLE
The Singers Christmas Tour, in St Cuthbert's, Carlisle
Tickets: see Concerts website
7.30pm
Friday 16 December LEEDS Hotel?
Leeds Lord Mayor's Carol Concert, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus led by Simon Lindley ; in Leeds Town Hall, Leeds
Tickets: £4 (proceeds being donated to the Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal) - see website
6.30pm and 8.30pm
Saturday 17 December CHESTER-LE-STREET
Christmas with Argus SingersConductor: David Harris, Accompanist: Bob Watson; at Chester-le-Street Methodist Church
Tickets: 01207 520841
7.00pm
Saturday 17 December DURHAM
Durham Singers, Christmas Concert with seasonal choral music, instrumental interludes, carols for all and festive buffet ; at Elvet Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Durham
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Saturday 17 December RICHMOND
Richmondshire Choral Society - Christmas Concert Britten 'A Ceremony of Carols' and Rutter 'Gloria';
at St Mary's Church, Richmond
Tickets:
time: tba
Saturday 17 December HEXHAM
The Singers Christmas Tour, in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Concerts website
7.30pm
Saturday 17 December HARROGATE
Family Christmas Concert Harrogate Choral Society with Harrogate Symphony Orchestra and children from local primary schools present traditional Christmas Carols & Music;
in Harrogate International Centre
Tickets: £12 (concs) 01423 537230 see website
7.00pm
Saturday 17 December YORK Hotel?
'Carols by Candlelight' by Chapter House Choir; York Minster
Tickets: £10, 01904 608089 or a href="http://www.chapterhousechoir.org/" target="_new"> website for further details
8.00pm
Saturday 17 December BRADFORD Hotel?
a Traditional Family Christmas Concert ; in St. George's Hall, Bradford
Tickets: £4 - £12 (concs)- see website
7.30pm
Saturday 17 December SHEFFIELD Hotel?
a Traditional Family Christmas Concert hosted by Henry Kelly; Manchester Camerata, Darius Battiwalla and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: see website
7.30pm
Sunday 18 December
The Singers Christmas Tour, in venue tba
Tickets: see Concerts website
7.30pm
Monday 19 December RIPON Hotel?
Christmas Organ Fireworks with Andrew Bryden and Thomas Leech � organ, in Ripon Cathedral
Admission £5. see website
7.30pm
Monday 19 December YORK Hotel?
'Carols by Candlelight' by Chapter House Choir; York Minster
Tickets: £10, 01904 608089 or a href="http://www.chapterhousechoir.org/" target="_new"> website for further details
8.00pm
Monday 19 December NEWCASTLE
Scott Farrell (Newcastle Cathedral) lunchtime recital in St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Admission free, . See website
1.00pm
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Friday 30 December GATESHEAD
Swing Bridge Singers '05, Tyneside’s liveliest youth choir has its annual get-together with friends, family and past members, singing songs from six continents and five centuries – more of a party than a concert!
; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £6 - seewebsite
6.30pm
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