Concert Season 2009–10

Sunday 15 November 2009 at 3:00 p.m.

The Great Hall, University of Leeds

Haydn Anniversary Concert: The Creation

The School of Music Project Choir (Chorus Master Clive McClelland) and Leeds Baroque (directed by Peter Holman)

The School of Music Project choir are joined by members of Leeds Baroque in a classical orchestra performance of Haydn’s Creation. Using period instruments at classical pitch (A=430) and period instrument performance techniques, this will be a rare opportunity to hear this popular work performed in the Classical style.

Pre-concert talk at 2:30 p.m. given by Dr Clive McClelland.

Tickets: £12; adult concessions £10; full time students and young people £3.

Sunday 28 February 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, The School of Music, University of Leeds

J.S. Bach

Magnificat, BWV 243
Cantata No. 11, Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Cantata No. 34, O ewiges Feuer

Leeds Baroque Choir (chorus master Clive McClelland)
Leeds Baroque Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman

Leeds Baroque celebrate their tenth anniversary with a programme of festive church music by J.S. Bach for soloists, choir and full baroque orchestra. The great setting of the Magnificat is contrasted with two of his finest cantatas: No.11, also known as the Ascension Oratorio, and No.34, the Whitsun cantata O ewiges Feuer. The city’s only “period instrument” choir and orchestra, Leeds Baroque has been gaining a reputation for their imaginative programming and polished performance.

Tickets: £12; adult concessions £10; full time students and young people £3.

Next concert

Sunday 20th June 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

Salt’s Mill, Saltaire, Shipley

Leeds Baroque 10th Anniversary Concert

Purcell: The Indian Queen

Leeds Baroque Choir (chorus master Clive McClelland)
Leeds Baroque Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
Reader: Jack Edwards

Henry Purcell’s greatest late theatre work, based on a tragedy by Sir Robert Howard and John Dryden, and completed by Daniel Purcell. A witty spoken script by Andrew Pinnock links the solos, duets, trios and choruses, and helps us make sense of the somewhat bizarre plot.

Tickets are available via the Early Music Shop Events page, or by telephone (01274 288100).

Booking information

With the exception of the June concert at Salt’s Mill, tickets can be obtained and paid for via the University of Leeds Concerts web page. Tickets will be posted to you free of charge, and there is no fee for booking or using credit or debit cards.

If you would rather book by post, send a note of your requirements, your contact details (phone or e-mail), an SAE and a cheque payable to The University of Leeds to Box Office, University Concert Series, School of Music, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT.

For the two Leeds Baroque concerts at the University, there is also the possibility of reserving tickets by phone (0113 226 7564) or by e-mail to Friends of Leeds Baroque and then collecting and paying at the door.