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Saturday 3 January   STOCKTON ON TEES Choir of St Peters with a Bach Epiphany concert of Cantatas; in St Peters Church, Stockton on Tees Tickets: free 7.30pm Monday 5 January   LEEDS Dr Gordon Stewart (Huddersfield) lunchtime Organ Recital. He opens our musical New Year with a kaleidoscopic range of glorious music; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Friday 9 January   SUNDERLAND Choir of St George's, Cullercoats with a concert of European sacred music including Haydn Little Organ Mass, Palestrina, Gibbons, Howells, Wood and Franck; in St Ignatius� church, Sunderland Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Saturday 10 January   NEWCASTLE James Lancelot Lunchtime Organ Recital; try Out your Skills and Learn the secrets of the King of Instruments A truly great day on some magnificent instruments with world class tutoring and playing. A unique opportunity to Get Ahead with Oundle without leaving Tyneside; in Newcastle City Hall Tickets: tbc - Retiring Collection; 01832272026 10.00am - 5.00pm Monday 12 January   LEEDS Simon Lindley (Leeds City Organist) lunchtime Organ Recital of Haydn and Mendelssohn; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm	Travelling to a concert? - book train tickets via this link and help us keep developing The Music-Room Monday 19 January   LEEDS David Houlder (Leeds) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Saturday 24 January   DURHAM Durham Choral Society concert; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Monday 26 January   LEEDS Ian Tracey (Liverpool) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Wednesday 28 January   YORK Emma Kirkby with David Miller, Peter Seymour and the University Chamber Choir, sings Laments by Carissimi, Monteverdi, William Lawes & Purcell ; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York Tickets: �16, concs 7.30pm Saturday 31 January   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Simon Halsey and a 'Come and Sing' Mozart Requiem; at the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: �8.50 to participate -FREE to attend - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details 7.30pm Saturday 31 January   LEEDS Leeds Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra and soloists under Simon Wright with a feast of Bach; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: �14 - �27.50 7.30pm Saturday 31 January   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Oratorio Chorus with the brass of South Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra perform Rutter Gloria and music for voices and brass; in Sheffield Cathedral Tickets: �12 see website 7.30pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room
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Monday 2 February   LEEDS Thomas Trotter (Birmingham) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Wednesday 4 February   YORK Trio Mediaeval with a Worcester Ladymass; a re-creation of the Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin as it might have been heard in medieval Worcester Cathedral; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York Tickets: �16, concs 7.30pm Saturday 7 February   YORK  find a discount hotel Yorkshire Bach Choir Renaissance repertoire from two of Europe�s major music centres of the 16th century - Maestri di Cappella, Venice & Munich; in St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York Tickets: �12 7.30pm Monday 16 February   LEEDS St Peters' Singers under Simon Lindley with a Mendelssohn Bicentenary Commemoration; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm	Travelling to a concert? - book train tickets via this link and help us keep developing The Music-Room Monday 23 February   LEEDS D'Arcy Trinkwon (London) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Saturday 28 February   DURHAM Palatinate Voices with the Durham Baroque conducted by Keith Wright, perform Bach's Matthew Passion; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: �15 (concs) website 7.00pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room
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Monday 2 March   LEEDS Benjamin Saunders (Leeds Cathedral) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Saturday 7 March   HULL Hull Bach Choir perform Monteverdi's Orfeo; in Trinity Methodist Church , Cottingham Road, Hull Tickets: �10.50 (concs), 01482 654567 7.30pm Monday 9 March   LEEDS Philip Meaden (Leeds COM) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Saturday 14 March   DURHAM  find a discount hotel Durham University Choral Society & Durham University Orchestral Society Mendelssohn's St Paul; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: �10 - �15 7.30pm Saturday 14 March   DARLINGTON  find a discount hotel Pieces of Eight perform a wide range of music spanning five centuries - madrigals, motets, glees, spirituals, folk songs, arrangements of modern songs, swing, jazz and pop; in St Andrew's Church, Darlington Tickets: �5 7.30pm Saturday 14 March   YORK  find a discount hotel Yorkshire Bach Choir with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, plus soloists, performing Mozart and Haydn Masses; in St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York Tickets: �18 7.30pm Saturday 14 March   LEEDS  find a discount hotel Dr Gordon Stewart Organ Recital; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: tbc 2.30pm Sunday 15 March   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel Newcastle Bach Choirwith Newcastle Baroque conducted by Eric Cross - St Matthew Passion; at the Sage Gateshead Tickets: �24, �19, �14, �8, concessions 7.00pm Monday 16 March   LEEDS Simon Lindley (Leeds City Organist) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Wednesday 18 March   LEEDS Leeds Baroque Choir sing A Venetian Vespers of c. 1640 - a sequence of psalms and motets with a hymn and a Magnificat drawn mainly from music Monteverdi wrote during his years at St Mark�s; in the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, The University of Leeds Tickets: �10, 0113 224 3801 7.30pm	Travelling to a concert? save up to 39% on train tickets online Friday 20 March   GATESHEAD Martin Baker (Westminster Cathedral) celebrity Organ Recital; in St George�s Church, Gateshead Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Friday 20 March   GATESHEAD Martin Baker (Westminster) Organ Recital; in St George's, Gateshead Tickets: �7 inc canapes 7.30pm Saturday 21 March   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Chorale perform BACH'S B minor Mass; in St John's Parish Church, Ranmoor, Sheffield Tickets: �10 7.30pm Saturday 21 March   BERWICK  find a discount hotel Berwick Arts Choir perform Jenkins and Finzi Requiems; at Berwick Parish Church Tickets: tbc 01890 840494 7.30pm Saturday 21 March   LEEDS Leeds Guild of Singers an entertaining illustrated story of English Church Music, featuring music by Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons, Purcell, Wesley, Stanford, Howells, Kenneth Leighton & John Tavener; with Nick Seddon (Assistant Organist, St Matthew�s); in St Matthew�s Church, Chapel Allerton, Leeds Tickets: �12, �10 (conc), �5 (under 16), Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): �25 - 0113 268 0600 7.30pm Sunday 22 March   YORK Ampleforth and Ryedale Concert Choir perform Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with a consort let by Dan Edgar, playing on original instruments; in Ampleforth Abbey Church, York Tickets: �10 - 01439 766890 7.30pm Monday 23 March   NEWCASTLE Shaun Turnbull (Cullercoats) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free, retiring collection 1.00pm Monday 23 March   LEEDS James Parsons (Oundle) with Richard Jenkinson, cello with a lunchtime Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm Friday 27 March   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel Emma Kirkby with James Lisney (piano) performs songs by Haydn, Beethoven and Amy Beach; at Queen's Hall Arts Centre Tickets: �12, �6, �1 for school children 7.30pm Saturday 28 March   DURHAM  find a discount hotel Cappella Novocastriensis & Newcastle Baroque under Eric Cross, 'The King Shall Rejoice' with music by Handel; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: �10 - �18 7.30pm Saturday 28 March   SUNDERLAND  find a discount hotel Bishopwearmouth Choral Society perform Elgar's Dream of Gerontius; in Sunderland Minster Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Saturday 28 March   RIPON  find a discount hotel Ripon Choral Society with James Gilchrist (evangelist) plus soloists perform Bach's St Matthew Passion; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: �tbc 01423 870311 7.00pm Saturday 28 March   YORK  find a discount hotel York Musical Society Chorus & The Choristers of York Minster Choir plus soloists under Philip Moore perform Bach's St Matthew Passion; in York Minster Tickets: �7 - �16 7.30pm Monday 30 March   NEWCASTLE Michael Stoddart (Newcastle) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free, retiring collection 1.00pm Monday 30 March   LEEDS Simon Lindley (Leeds City Organist) lunchtime Organ Recital; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: free, 0113 224 3801 1.05pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room
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Friday 1 May   MORPETH  find a discount hotel Richard Allum Organ Recital; in Morpeth Methodist Church Tickets: �tbc - 01670 511078 12.30pm Saturday 2 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel East Riding County Choir J S Bach: Mass in B Minor; in Beverley Minster Tickets: �8 - �14 (concs available) tel: 01482 391672 or at the door 7.30pm Saturday 2 May   YORK  find a discount hotel University of York Chamber Choir with Compagnia d'Istrumenti & University of York Baroque Ensemble, perform Purcell Te Deum and Jubilate; in National Centre for Early Music, York Tickets: �10 (concs available) tel: 01904 658338 or at the door 10.30am Saturday 2 May   YORK  find a discount hotel University of York Chamber Choir Purcell and the Theatre 1; in National Centre for Early Music, York Tickets: �10 (concs available) tel: 01904 658338 or at the door 1.00pm Saturday 2 May   YORK  find a discount hotel University of York Chamber Choir Purcell and the Theatre 2; in National Centre for Early Music, York Tickets: �10 (concs available) tel: 01904 658338 or at the door 7.00pm Saturday 2 May   BERWICK UPON TWEED  find a discount hotel Veronica Gilbert & Ray Howell sing arias and duets by Mozart, Purcell, G&S and Gershwin, accompanied by Rena Telfer; in Berwick upon Tweed Parish Church Tickets: �5 (children free) 7.30pm Saturday 2 May   BRAMPTON  find a discount hotel The Wordsworth Singers & Mark O'Keeffe, trumpet, with a concert of Vaughan Williams and MacMillan; in Lanercost Priory, Brampton Tickets: �10 (concs available) tel: 01228 536146 or on the door 7.30pm Sunday 3 May   GATESHEAD  hotel? Sine Nomine International Touring Choir with a concert of works by Mendelssohn, a selection of spirituals and some familiar North East songs; in the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: �7 - �10 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details 7.30pm Monday 4 May   LEEDS Christopher Newton (Leeds) Organ Recital; in St Bartholomew's Armley, Leeds Tickets: �7 11.00am Tuesday 5 May   WAKEFIELD Silcoates School lunchtime recital; in Wakefield Cathedral Tickets: free - retiring collection 1.00pm Wednesday 6 May   HULL Paul Hale (Southwell) Organ Recital; in Hull City Hall Tickets: �3.50 12.30pm Wednesday 6 May   BRADFORD Timothy Semken (Ripon) Organ Recital; in Bradford Cathedral Tickets: free, retiring collection 1.05pm Thursday 7 May   RIPON Students of QMS Thirsk Lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Friday 8 May   GATESHEAD Francis Jackson (Malton) Organ Recital; in St George's, Gateshead Tickets: �7 inc canapes 7.30pm Saturday 9 May   KENDAL Kendal Choral Society & Kendal Millenium Youth Choir perform Andrew Carter Benedicite; in Kendal Parish Church Tickets: �tbc 7.30pm Saturday 9 May   LEEDS The Heritage masterworks Chorale perform Handel's 'Blessed are they that considereth the poor'; in Leeds General Infirmary Hospital Chapel Tickets: �6 - 0113 2751232 4.00pm Tuesday 12 May   WAKEFIELD Peter Morgan (Bass) lunchtime recital; in Wakefield Cathedral Tickets: free - retiring collection 1.00pm Wednesday 13 May   GATESHEAD  hotel? Samling Masterclass Thomas Allen and Malcolm Martineau working with young professional singers; in the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: �10 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details 2.00pm	Travelling to a concert? save up to 39% on train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Thursday 14 May   RIPON Students of Leeds University Lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Friday 15 May   WHITLEY BAY Michael Haynes (Hexham) Organ Recital; in St Paul's Whitley Bay Tickets: �6 inc refreshments 7.30pm Saturday 16 May   GATESHEAD  hotel? Samling Concert showcasing the talents and progress of the scholars. Further sparkle is added to the evening courtesy of Italian soprano Nuccia Focile, with Sir Thomas Allen and distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau; in the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: �14 - �20.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details 7.00pm Tuesday 19 May   CONSETT Michael Stoddart (Newcastle Cathedral) Lunchtime organ recital; in St Ives, Leadgate Tickets: �5 7.30pm Thursday 21 May   RIPON Roger Williams (organ) Lunchtime organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Friday 22 May   GATESHEAD Tom Bell Organ Recital; in St George's, Gateshead Tickets: �7 inc canapes 7.30pm Friday 22 May   BEVERLEY  hotel? Beverley Early Music Festival Schools� Chorus directed by Sam Dunkley with soloists from the RNCM performing Purcell and Vivaldi; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in St Mary's Church, Beverley Tickets: �3 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details 1.00pm Friday 22 May   BEVERLEY  hotel? Fretwork & Clare Wilkinson (voice) with 'Music for a While', songs and arias by Purcell; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster Tickets: �20 - �15 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details 7.30pm Saturday 23 May   GATESHEAD  hotel? Felling Male Voice Choir with Andrew Kennedy and Toby Stafford-Allen with a concert of Palestrina, local folk and Global music; in the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: �10 - �14 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details 7.00pm Saturday 23 May   BEVERLEY  hotel? The Bach Players perform Bach works 'arranging and arranged'; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster Tickets: �20 - �15 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details 7.30pm Saturday 23 May   SWALEDALE  hotel? Leeds Baroque Choir directed by Clive McClelland music by Purcell, Handel and their contemporaries, including some composers from Northern England, Starting off the Swaledale Festival; see others in the classical listings; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton Tickets: �12 see website or call 01748 880019 for details 8.00pm Wednesday 27 May   DURHAM  find a discount hotel Exaudi sing music from Plainchant through Byrd and Tallis to P�rt; in St Oswald's Church, Durham Tickets: �10.00 (�5.00), Students �3.00, Under 18s �1.00 Tel: 0191 384 7641 7.30pm Saturday 29 May   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel Manchester Camerata Winds with a concert including Haydn's Nelson Mass; in Sheffield City Hall Tickets: �15 0114 2 789 789 7.30pm Saturday 30 May   CULLERCOATS Shaun Turnbull (Cullercoats) Organ Recital; in St George's Cullercoats Tickets: �5 7.30pm Saturday 30 May   BARNARD CASTLE Geoffrey Coffin (Principal Organs) Organ Recital; in Barnard Castle School Chapel Tickets: free 7.30pm Saturday 30 May   YORK  find a discount hotel Yorkshire Bach Choir performing works by Sch�tz the 17th Century German Master; in St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York Tickets: �12 7.30pm Sunday 31 May   SWALEDALE  hotel? Swale Singers and guest soloists conducted by Richard Brickstock, performing Mendelssohn's Elijah, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton Tickets: �6 see website or call 01748 880019 for details 8.00pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Tuesday 2 June   SWALEDALE  hotel? Robert Sharpe organ recital of by JS Bach and a selection of early English music, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale Tickets: �8 see website or call 01748 880019 for details 5.00pm Wednesday 3 June   RICHMOND  hotel? The Choir of York Minster perform favourites such as Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, Durufl�'s Requiem and Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Richmond Tickets: �14 see website or call 01748 880019 for details 8.00pm Thursday 4 June   RIPON Ladies in Harmony Lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Friday 5 June   MORPETH  find a discount hotel Joseph Causby (Durham) Organ Recital; in Morpeth Methodist Church Tickets: �tbc - 01670 511078 12.30pm Saturday 6 June   THIRSK North Yorkshire Chorus conducted by Greg Smith, with Andrew Christer (organ) performing Purcell, Byrd, Gibbons, Pergolesi, Haydn; in St Mary's Church, Thirsk Tickets: �10 (accompanied 16 and under free); See website 7.30pm Wednesday 10 June   YORK University of York Chamber Choir perform Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem; in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York Tickets: �8 7.30pm Wednesday 10 June   LEEDS Battle of the Organs - Ian Tracey and Daniel Bishop; hear the magnificent Leeds Parish Church organ in all its splendour alongside several splendid pipeless instruments from Makin Organs; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Thursday 11 June   GATESHEAD  hotel? Northern Sinfonia & Chorus with soloists conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, performing Bach's B minor Mass; in the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details 7.30pm Thursday 11 June   RIPON Students of Leeds University Lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Thursday 11 June   GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia & Chorus under Thomas Zehetmair with soloists perform Bach's B Minor Mass; in the Sage Gateshead Tickets: �14 - �29.50 7.30pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Friday 12 June   WHITLEY BAY Martin Wolf (Streatham) Organ Recital; in St Paul's Whitley Bay Tickets: �6 inc refreshments 7.30pm Saturday 13 June   SUNDERLAND  find a discount hotel Bishopwearmouth Choral Society Young Singers concert; performing Rio Grande and Orff's Carmina Burana; in Sunderland Minster Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Saturday 13 June   YORK  find a discount hotel York Cantores under Peter Collis, conductor perform songs and madrigals from A Garland for the Queen (1953), and The Triumphes of Oriana (1601); in St Olave's Church, York Tickets: �9 8.00pm Saturday 13 June   DONCASTER  find a discount hotel Doncaster Choral Society under Alan Eost with Margaret McDonald and the Society in a feast of praise including music by Handel, Haydn, Parry and Stanford; in Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster Tickets: �10 7.30pm Tuesday 16 June   CONSETT Open Organ Evening chance for local organists and enthusiasts to have a go on the 3 manual 1875 Forster & Andrews organ in St Ives, Leadgate Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Thursday 18 June   RIPON Students of Leeds University Lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Friday 19 June   BRAMPTON Berkeley Squire (Brampton) Organ Recital; in St Martin's, Brampton Tickets: free retiring collection 12.45pm Friday 19 June   GATESHEAD Richard Allum (Durham) Organ Recital; in St George's, Gateshead Tickets: �7 inc canapes 7.30pm Friday 19 June   DURHAM Durham Singers perform choral masterpieces, from royal anthems to romantic partsongs, including Zadok the Priest, settings of I Was Glad by Parry and Purcell, and organ music performed by Chris Brown; in Durham Cathedral Tickets � �10 on the door or by emailing Durham singersor website website Saturday 20 June   HEXHAM Antiphon conducted by John Roper, with a choral concert of works by Bach, Purcell, Handel, Elgar and Rutter; in West End Methodist Church, Hexham Tickets: �tbc, 01434 681952 7.30pm Saturday 20 June   YORK Yorkshire Bach Choir & Yorkshire Baroque Soloists perform Purcell - Fairy Queen; in St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York Tickets: �16 (concs), 01482 654567 7.30pm Wednesday 24 June   YORK University of York Choir & University of York Symphony Orchestra perform Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'; in York Minster, York Tickets �8 - �17 7.30pm Thursday 25 June   RIPON Students of Ripon Choir School Lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Thursday 25 June   BARNARD CASTLE Mark Mawhinney & John Snowden (Barnard Castle School) Organ & Trumpet Recital; in Barnard Castle School Chapel Tickets: � 7.30pm Saturday 27 June   HULL Hull Bach Choir perform Lully Te Deum and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas; in Guildhall, Hull Tickets: �10.50 (concs), 01482 654567 7.30pm Saturday 27 June   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Bach Choir perform Bach, Schutz, Lennox Berkeley and Fauré; in St Mark's Church, Sheffield Tickets: �13 (concs), 0114 266 8257 7.30pm Saturday 27 June   CARTMEL The Wordsworth Singers with a concert of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms; in Cartmel Priory Tickets: �10 (concs), 01228 536146 7.30pm Monday 29 June   NEWCASTLE Katy McDermott (Cullercoats & Oxford) lunchtime organ recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Wednesday 1 July   EGREMONT  find a discount hotel Whitehaven Male Voice Choir concert; in Egremont Methodist Church Tickets: �tbc 7.30pm Wednesday 2 July   YORK Philip Moore (York) Organ Recital; in York Central Methodist Church Tickets: free 12.30pm Wednesday 2 July   HALIFAX Alan Wynne with Camilla Allifon (Violin) Recital; in Halifax Parish Church Tickets: free 12.45pm Friday 3 July   MORPETH  find a discount hotel Brian Varley (Bishop Auckland) Organ Recital; in Morpeth Methodist Church Tickets: �tbc - 01670 511078 12.30pm Friday 3 July   BRAMPTON Jordan English (Brampton) Organ Recital; in St Martin's Brampton Tickets: � 12.45pm Saturday 4 July   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Oratorio Chorus South Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra and soloists Conducted by Alan Eost perform Orff's Carmina Burana: in Sheffield Cathedral Tickets: �12 - �16 see website 7.30pm Sunday 5 July   BRINKBURN Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh 'I Heard a Voice from Heaven' as part of the Brinkburn Festival 2009: in Brinkburn Priory Tickets & Info: see website 3.00pm Sunday 5 July   BRINKBURN Brinkburn Festival Choir sing Choral Evensong as part of the Brinkburn Festival 2009: in Brinkburn Priory Tickets & Info: see website 5.30pm Sunday 5 July   LEEDS St Peter's Singers Simon Lindley, conductor and David Houlder, organ, perform choral works of Purcell, celebrating the 350th anniversary of Henry Purcell's birth: in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: Free admission 7.30pm Monday 6 July   NEWCASTLE Simon Earl (Newcastle) lunchtime organ recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Wednesday 8 July   DURHAM Joseph Causby Organ recital; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Wednesday 8 July   GATESHEAD Sage Chamber choir directed by Ed Milner sing works from Palestrina to Whitacre; in the Sage Gateshead Tickets: FREE 7.30pm see Carlo Curley on YouTube Friday 10 July   YARM  hotel? Carlo Curley Celebrity Organ recital - a rare opportunity to hear this internationally renowned recitalist; in Yarm Methodist Church Tickets: �10 - 01642 898438 7.30pm Thursday 9 July   RIPON  hotel? Andrew Bryden with friends with a Summer Organ Spectacular; St Ripon Cathedral 1.15pm Thursday 9 July   NEWCASTLE  hotel? The Choir Of Her Majesty�s Chapel Royal and the Avison Ensemble with James Bowman (counter tenor) and Andrew Gant (Director) with a concert of Handel, Purcell and includes an anthem by Charles Avison, previously unheard in modern times; St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle 7:30pm Friday 10 July   LEEDS  hotel? Alexander Binns (Leeds and elect of Windsor) organ recital; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free retiring collection 12.30pm Friday 10 July   YORK  hotel? The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips perform Taverner, Cornysh and White part of the York Early Music Festival; in York Minster Tickets: �10 - �15 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 7.30pm Saturday 11 July   NEWCASTLE Northern Sinfonia Chorus and Quay Voices works by Mendelssohn, Purcell, Brahms, Britten and Whitacre; in Trinity Church, Gosforth Tickets: �10 - 0191 443 4661 7.00pm Saturday 11 July   GATESHEAD Hertfordshire Chorus & English Philharmonic Orchestra perform Tippett's 'Child of our Time' and Berlioz 'Te Deum'; in the Sage Gateshead Tickets: �25, �20, �15, �7 - 0191 443 4661 7.30pm Saturday 11 July   HEXHAM William Saunders (Ipswich) Organ Recital; in Hexham Abbey Tickets: free retiring collection 7.30pm Saturday 11 July   YORK  hotel? ensemble Peregrina perform Mediaeval music for the Easter season part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Mary�s Church, York Tickets: �15 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 1.00pm Saturday 11 July   BEVERLEY  hotel? Beverley Chamber Choir a programme of English Music including works by the 16th Century John Taverner and 21st Century John Tavener; in St Mary's Church, Beverley Tickets: �12 7.30pm Saturday 11 July   YORK  hotel? Yorkshire Baroque Soloists with soloists directed by Peter Seymour perform Bach's St Matthew Passion part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Michael le Belfrey Church, York Tickets: �17 - �20 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 7.30pm Sunday 12 July 2009   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel John Keys (St Mary the Virgin, Nottingham) Organ recital; in Hexham Abbey Admission: tbc 12.30pm Saturday 11 July   LINDISFARNE Northern Sinfonia Chorus and Quay Voices works by Mendelssohn, Purcell, Brahms, Britten and Whitacre; in St Mary's church Lindisfarne Tickets: �10 - 0191 443 4661 2.00pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Sunday 12 July   YORK  hotel? Minster Minstrels directed by Ailsa Reid perform music and song from Handel and Purcell; part of the York Early Music Festival; in Unitarian Chapel, York Tickets: �5 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 3.30pm Sunday 12 July   YORK  hotel? la Risonanza with Emanuela Galli (soprano) directed by Fabio Bonizzoni perform music and song from Handel and his contemporaries; part of the York Early Music Festival; in Jack Lyons concert Hall, York Tickets: �20 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 7.00pm Sunday 12 July   YORK  hotel? the Clerks directed by Edward Wickham perform music Josquin, Anthony Pitts and Dufay; part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's church, York Tickets: �15 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 10.00pm Monday 13 July   NEWCASTLE Schools Outreach Concert lunchtime concert; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Monday 13 July   YORK  hotel? Stile Antico perform swansongs and memorials from Renaissance Masters; part of the York Early Music Festival; in the Chapter House, York Minster Tickets: �20 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 7.30pm Monday 13 July   YORK  hotel? Matthew Brook & Peter Seymour (bass & Piano) perform Schubert's Winterreise; part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's church, York Tickets: �15 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 10.00pm Wednesday 15 July   DURHAM Keith Wright Organ recital; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Wednesday 15 July   YORK  hotel? Alla Francesca perform 'Music for the Black Death'; part of the York Early Music Festival; in the Chapter House, York Minster Tickets: �20 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 8.00pm Thursday 16 July   YORK  hotel? I Fagiolini with Henk Schut features six live singers, sound installation and music by Tallis, Josquin, Gombert, Manchicourt, Byrd, Rore, Palestrina, Gesualdo and Monteverdi; part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's church, York Tickets: �20 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 8.00pm Friday 17 July   YORK  hotel? The Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers performing works by Purcell and MacMillan; part of the York Early Music Festival; in York Minster Tickets: �10 - �25 (concs) - 0114 222 0499 7.30pm Friday 17 July   LEEDS  hotel? Alan Horsey (Halifax) organ recital; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free retiring collection 12.30pm Friday 17 July   WHITLEY BAY Michael & Jon Grave (Whickham) Organ Recital; in St Paul's Whitley Bay Tickets: �6 inc refreshments 7.30pm Friday 17 July   BRAMPTON Ian Pattinson (Lancaster) Organ Recital; in St Martin's Brampton Tickets: freee, retiring collection 7.30pm Monday 20 July   NEWCASTLE Paul Ritchie (Gosforth) Organ Recital of works by Albrechtsberger, Bach, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn and Walther; in St Nicholas, Gosforth Tickets: free, retiring collection 12.30pm Tuesday 21 July   RIPON  hotel? Edmund Aldhouse (Ripon) Organ recital of Bach, Durufl� and Widor; St Ripon Cathedral Tickets: �7.50 7.30pm Wednesday 22 July   DURHAM Oliver Brett Organ recital of Livre du Saint Sacrement by Messiaen; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Friday 24 July   LEEDS  hotel? David Houlder (Leeds) organ recital; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free retiring collection 12.30pm Friday 24 July   GATESHEAD James Lancelot (Durham) Organ Recital; in St George's, Gateshead Tickets: �7 inc canapes 7.30pm Friday 24 July   BRAMPTON David & Hilary Dewar (Lancaster) Organ & Viola Recital; in St Martin's Brampton Tickets: freee, retiring collection 7.30pm Saturday 25 July   CULLERCOATS Stephanie Bec (Birmingham Conservatoire) Organ Recital; in St George's Cullercoats Tickets: �5 7.30pm Monday 27 July   NEWCASTLE Phoebe Kemp (Piano) Recital of works by Bach, Haydn, Brahms, Liszt, Debussy and Gershwin; in St Nicholas, Gosforth Tickets: free, retiring collection 12.30pm Wednesday 29 July   DURHAM James Lancelot Organ recital; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Friday 31 July   MORPETH  find a discount hotel Sarah Boutwood (Monkseaton) Organ Recital; in Morpeth Methodist Church Tickets: �tbc - 01670 511078 12.30pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Saturday 1 August   HEXHAM Tom Winpenny (St Albans) Organ Recital; in Hexham Abbey Tickets: free, retiring collection 7.30pm Sunday 2 August   LEEDS Dr Simon Lindley (Leeds) Romantic Organ works by van der Hollins, Walton, Lemare and Reubke; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free, retiring collection 7.45pm Monday 3 August   NEWCASTLE Paul Ritchie (Gosforth) Organ Recital of works by van der Kerkhoven, Flor Peeters, Klaas Bolt and Andriessen; in St Nicholas, Gosforth Tickets: free, retiring collection 12.30pm Wednesday 5 August   DURHAM Joseph Miltzschitzky (Ottobueren) Organ recital; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Sunday 9 August   LEEDS Dr Simon Lindley (Leeds) Romantic Organ works by Holbrooke, Franck, Whitlock and Lef�bure-Wely; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free, retiring collection 7.45pm Tuesday 11 August   RIPON Andrew Bryden (Ripon) Organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: �7.50 to include a glass of wine 01765 603496 7.30pm Wednesday 12 August   DURHAM Michael Haynes (Hexham) Organ recital; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Friday 14 August   WHITLEY BAY Shaun Turnbull (Cullercoats) Organ Recital; in St Paul's Whitley Bay Tickets: �6 inc refreshments 7.30pm Saturday 15 August   HEXHAM Paul Ritchie (St Nicholas Gosforth) Organ Recital of Music by Bach, Guilain, Albrechtsberger, Mendelssohn, Milner, van Twillert, Andriessen Organ Recital; in Hexham Abbey Tickets: tbc 12.30pm Sunday 16 August   LEEDS Dr Simon Lindley (Leeds) Romantic Organ works by Elgar, Hurford, Vierne and Widor; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free, retiring collection 7.45pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Tuesday 18 August   RIPON D'Arcy Trinkwon Organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: �7.50 to include a glass of wine 01765 603496 7.30pm Saturday 22 August   HEXHAM Michael Harris (Edinburgh) Organ Recital ; in Hexham Abbey Tickets: tbc 12.30pm Sunday 23 August   LEEDS Dr Simon Lindley (Leeds) Romantic Organ works by Verdi, Langlais, Franck and others; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free, retiring collection 7.45pm Tuesday 25 August   RIPON Simon Lindley (Leeds) Organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: �7.50 to include a glass of wine 01765 603496 7.30pm Friday 28 August   DURHAM Organ recital; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Friday 28 August   MORPETH  find a discount hotel Simon Earl (Newcastle) Organ Recital; in Morpeth Methodist Church Tickets: �tbc - 01670 511078 12.30pm Saturday 29 August   HEXHAM Daniel Clark (Berlin) Organ Recital ; in Hexham Abbey Tickets: tbc 12.30pm Saturday 29 August   CULLERCOATS Peter Locke (St Dominic's Newcastle) Organ Recital; in St George's Cullercoats Tickets: �5 7.30pm Sunday 30 August   LEEDS Dr Simon Lindley (Leeds) Romantic Organ works by Mendelssohn, Lemare, Saint-Sa�ns. Ketelby and Wood; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: free, retiring collection 7.45pm Monday 31 August   LEEDS St Peter's Singers & chamber orchestra with soloists under Simon Lindley perform Handel's Messiah, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Frederic Handel's death: in Fulneck Chapel, Pudsey Tickets: free retiring collection 1.30pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Tuesday 1 September   DURHAM  find a discount hotel Dunedin Consort and Players directed by John Butt with works by Schutz, J. S. Bach, Schmelzer, Corelli, and Errollyn Wallen; in St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, Durham Tickets: ₤10.00 (₤5.00), Students ₤3.00, Under 18s ₤1.00 Tel: 0191 384 7641 7.30pm Friday 4 September   GATESHEAD Michael Haynes (Hexham) Organ Recital; in St George's, Gateshead Tickets: ₤7 inc canapes 7.30pm Saturday 12 September   ALLENDALE Antiphon and friends perform Striggio's 40 part motet in 3 Northumberland churches; in Allendale Church Tickets: free 10.00am to 4.00pm Monday 21 September   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Stephanie Bec (Birmingham) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Friday 25 September   MORPETH  find a discount hotel Shaun Turnbull (Cullercoats) Organ Recital; in Morpeth Methodist Church Tickets: tbc - 01670 511078 12.30pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Friday 25 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel Solaris female a capella group; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Forum Cinema, Hexham Tickets: ₤5 - 01434 602031 9.30pm Saturday 26 September   WHITLEY BAY the Girls' Choir of St Nicholas Cathedral with Michael Stoddart (organ) with a programme of choral and organ music; St Paul's Church, Whitley Bay Tickets: ₤6 7.30pm Saturday 26 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel Hexham Festival Chorus & Orchestra with soloists under David Murray, perform Dvorak Stabat Mater; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey Tickets: ₤6 - ₤12 - 01434 602031 7.30pm Sunday 27 September   LEEDS St Peter's Singers under Simon Lindley perform choral masterpieces by Tallis, Purcell, Tavener and others; in Fulneck Moravian Chapel, Pudsey Tickets: free retiring collection 7.00pm Monday 28 September   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Alexander Woodrow (Hexham) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Saturday 3 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Geoffrey Watson & Charles Wooler lunchtime organ recital; in St John's Grainger St, Newcastle Tickets: 12.30pm Saturday 3 October   BYWELL Antiphon and friends invite you to join in and create and perform a Cantata; in Saint Andrew's and Saint Peter's Churches, Bywell Tickets: ₤12 per adult, ₤5 per child, ₤30 per family 9.45am to 5.00pm Saturday 3 October   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel Andrew Passmore (chamber organ) with music from the Golden Age of Byrd and Gibbons; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey Tickets: ₤5 - 01434 602031 1.00pm Saturday 3 October   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel Hilliard Ensemble with soloists perform 'Arkhangelos' - Christian music from the Roman, English, Greek and Russian traditions; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey Tickets: ₤6 - ₤12 - 01434 602031 7.30pm Saturday 3 October   BARNARD CASTLE Ian Tracey (Liverpool) Organ Recital; in St Martin's Brampton Tickets: ₤10 7.30pm Saturday 3 October   SEDGEFIELD Andreas Ensemble with Trevor Blease (organ) perform choral works by Stainer, Liszt, Tomkins and Rachmaninov; in St Edmunds, Sedgefield Tickets: ₤12 7.30pm Saturday 3 October   HALIFAX Overgate Hospice Choir conducted by Simon Lindley, perform The Creation by Haydn; in Halifax Parish Church Tickets: ₤10, 01422 345414 7.30pm Monday 5 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Phillip Mills (St James Newcastle) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Saturday 10 October   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Oratorio Chorus South Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra and soloists, conducted by Alan Eost perform Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: in Sheffield Cathedral Tickets: ₤14 see website 7.30pm Saturday 10 October   YORK  find a discount hotel Kings Singers & Brighouse & Rastrick Band with David Childs (Euphonium) with a Yorkshire Celebration; in York Minster Tickets: ₤25, ₤20, ₤15 and ₤10 - tel 01904 557 208 7.30pm Monday 12 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Michael Stoddart (Newcastle) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Saturday 17 October   NEWCASTLE Border Cathedrals' choirs perform choral favourites from Britten, Purcell, Haydn, Holst and Mendelssohn; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free 5.00pm Saturday 17 October   SUNDERLAND Andreas Ensemble with Trevor Blease (organ) perform choral works by Stainer, Liszt, Tomkins and Rachmaninov; in Sunderland Minster Tickets: ₤12 7.30pm Monday 19 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Magnus Williamson (Newcastle University) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Wednesday 21 October BARNSLEY St Peter's Singers of Leeds under Simon Lindley, with a concert of sacred music for the choir's forthcoming concert tour of Mallorca; in All Saints, Cawthorne Admission free, retiring collection 8.00pm Thursday 22 October   RIPON  hotel? Andrew Kirk (St Mary Redcliffe) lunchtime organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Saturday 24 October   DURHAM the Sixteen 'The Choral Pilgrimage 2009' singing works by Henry Purcell and James MacMillan; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: ₤18, ₤14, ₤10 - 0191 384 3720 7.30pm Thursday 29 October   RIPON  hotel? Paul Derrett (Hull) lunchtime organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Saturday 31 October   DURHAM Dr Simon Lindley (Leeds) Organ recital in aid of the Masons; in Durham Cathedral Tickets: tbc 7.30pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Monday 2 November   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Austin Gunn (All Saints, Newcastle) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Thursday 5 November   RIPON  hotel? Music Students from Loretto School lunchtime recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Sunday 8 November   GATESHEAD  hotel? Ladysmith Black Mambazo marrying the intricate rhythms and harmonies of its native South African musical traditions with the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music; in the Sage, Gateshead Tickets: ₤26.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details 7.30pm Monday 9 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Peter Locke (St Dominic's, Newcastle) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Thursday 12 November   RIPON  hotel? Music Students from Leeds University lunchtime recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Saturday 14 November   HEXHAM  hotel? Antiphon conducted by Philip Thorby perform music for royal occasions by Handel and Purcell to mark their anniversaries.; in Hexham Abbey Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Saturday 14 November   RIPON  hotel? Ripon Choral Society perform Mendelssohn's Elijah; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: tbc - see website 7.30pm Saturday 14 November   LEEDS  hotel? Leeds Philharmonic Chorus & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform Mozart's Requiem; in Leeds Town Hall Tickets: ₤27.50, ₤24, ₤22.50, ₤18, ₤14 see website or call 0113 247 8336 for details 7.30pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Monday 16 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Michael Stoddart (Newcastle) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Thursday 19 November   RIPON  hotel? Charles Andrews (DCM) lunchtime organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Saturday 21 November   CULLERCOATS  hotel? Sing Halleluijah!; come and sing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus as part of the BBC Sing campaign; with other arias and choruses performed by the choir; in St George's church Cullercoats Tickets: free - see website - voluntary donation to Children in Need 2.15pm - 5pm Sunday 22 November   CULLERCOATS  hotel? St George's Choir and the Gilbert & Sullivan Society sing Choral Evensong; in St George's church Cullercoats Admission: free to services 6.30pm Sunday 22 November   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Avison Ensemble & Cathedral choir present the Trial of Harmony and Invention, performing music by Vivaldi, Avison and Handel; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: ₤12 3.00pm Monday 23 November   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Shaun Turnbull (Cullercoats) Organ Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral Tickets: free retiring collection 1.00pm Thursday 26 November   RIPON  hotel? Edmund Aldhouse (Ripon) lunchtime organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Saturday 28 November   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel Richard Leach (Worksop) lunchtime organ recital; in St John's Grainger St, Newcastle Tickets: 12.30pm Saturday 28 November   LEEDS  find a discount hotel St Peter's Singers & Leeds chamber choir with David Houlder, organ and Simon Lindley, conductor, perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music Tickets: ₤12 6.30pm Saturday 28 November   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Oratorio Chorus Northern Chamber Orchestra and soloists, conducted by Alan Eost perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio: in Sheffield Cathedral Tickets: ₤16 see website 7.30pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.
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Thursday 3 December   RIPON  hotel? Andrew Bryden (DCM) lunchtime organ recital; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm Saturday 5 December   NEWCASTLE Northern Praeclassica conducted by Simon Fidler perform the Mozart Celebration Mass in C, "Concert in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation"; in St George's, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne Tickets: ₤10 - 07956 289811 7.30pm Saturday 5 December   SUNDERLAND  find a discount hotel Bishopwearmouth Choral Society perform Handel's Messiah; in Sunderland Minster Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Saturday 5 December   LEEDS St Peter's Singers & chamber orchestra with soloists under Simon Lindley perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio; in the Venue, Leeds Tickets: ₤12 (concs) 6.30pm Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 December   LEEDS Hallelujah Chorus being performed as part of the BBC Sing project; in London and Glasgow - see BBC website for details Saturday 5 December   BEVERLEY East Riding County Choir with soloists under Handel's Messiah; in Beverley Minster Tickets: ₤8 - ₤14 (concs) 01482 391672 7.00pm Saturday 9 December   LEEDS  find a discount hotel The Choir of Leeds Parish Church St Peter's Singers with other groups and bands present a Gala Christmas Carol Concert in aid of the Church's Choral Foundation Appeal; in Leeds Parish Church Tickets: ₤5 7.00pm Friday 11 December   HARTLEPOOL  find a discount hotel Durham Singers perform a Christmas Concert including works by Rachmaninov, Howells and Warlock; in Hartlepool Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Friday 11 December   BEVERLEY East Riding County Choir perform Chrismtas music in St Peter's Parish Church, Hutton Tickets: tbc 01482 391672 7.30pm Saturday 12 December   DARLINGTON  find a discount hotel Darlington Choral Society perform Handel's Messiah; in Dolphin Centre, Darlington Tickets: tbc 7.15pm Saturday 12 December   BISHOP AUCKLAND  find a discount hotel Durham Singers perform a Christmas Concert including works by Rachmaninov, Howells and Warlock; in Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland Tickets: ₤15 7.30pm Saturday 12 December   WALLINGTON  hotel? The Belford Singers return with another atmospheric carol concert entitled a "Christmas Rose"; at Wallington Hall Tickets: ₤12 (concs) 4.30pm Saturday 12 December   NORTHALLERTON North Yorkshire Chorus performing Mendelssohn's Elijah; in Hambleton Forum, Northallerton Tickets: tbc; See website 7.30pm Saturday 12 December   WALLINGTON  hotel? the Belford Singers perform a Christmas Concert; in Wallington Hall Tickets: ₤12 4.30pm Saturday 12 December   RIPON  hotel? Ripon Choral Society perform Messiah; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: tbc - see website 7.30pm Sunday 13 December   NEWCASTLE  hotel? Newcastle Hospitals Choir, and the choir of Kings School with Sarah Boutwood (organ), Christmas Concert for Clic Sargent; in City Hall, Newcastle Tickets: ₤6 3.00pm Sunday 13 December   NEWCASTLE  hotel? All Saints Chamber Choir & Orchestra directed by Simon Fidler, Christmas Concert; in All Saints, Gosforth, Newcastle Tickets: ₤9 7.00pm Sunday 13 December   GATESHEAD  hotel? Mid-Northumberland Chorus with a Christmas Concert; in Gibside Chapel Tickets: ₤10 inc mulled wine & mince pies 4.00pm Sunday 13 December   RIPON  hotel? Ripon Cathedral Choir Evensong and Britten's 'Ceremony of Carols'; in Ripon Cathedral Tickets: 1.15pm	Travelling to a concert? buy cheap train tickets online Follow us for the latest concerts on Twitter Tuesday 15 December   NEWCASTLE  hotel? Newcastle Choral Society with Durham Cathedral Singers, and Mike Dutton (organ), Christmas Concert; in Kings Hall, Newcastle University Tickets: ₤7 7.30pm Saturday 17 December   SHEFFIELD Sheffield Oratorio Chorus carol concert: in St Mark's Church, Broomhill, Sheffield Tickets: ₤8 see website 7.30pm Saturday 19 December   DURHAM  find a discount hotel Durham Singers perform Christmas Concert including works by Rachmaninov, Howells and Warlock; in St Oswald's Church, Durham Tickets: ₤15 7.30pm Saturday 19 December   DURHAM  find a discount hotel Durham Choral Society Festive Music for Chorus and Brass; in Elvet Methodist Church Tickets: tbc 7.30pm Saturday 19 December   HALIFAX  find a discount hotel Overgate Hospice Choir with Phillip McCann and the University of Huddersfield Brass Band conducted by Simon Lindley, perform their annual Gala Christmas Concert; in Halifax Parish Church Tickets: ₤10 - 01422 345414 7.00pm Tuesday 22 December   GATESHEAD Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh perform 'A Spotless Rose' of choral music composed in homage to the Virgin Mary; in The Sage Gateshead with FREE seasonal music before all Sage concerts in December Tickets: ₤7 - ₤25 see website for details 7.30pm Wednesday 30 December   GATESHEAD SwingBridge Singers under Andrew Scott - the enthusiastic youth choir with their Annual Christmas Concert; in The Sage Gateshead with FREE seasonal music before all Sage concerts in December Tickets: ₤7 see website for details 7.30pm to add your concert in this listing, just e-mail the Music-Room.