Music Room Archive 2004


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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

Naji Hakim at Beverley Minster
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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