Saturday 19th November 2016 at 7.30pm
at St. Margaret’s Church, Ilkley.
For the Fallen
We mark the end of the battle of the Somme on 18th November 1917 with five songs from a new work by Geoff Cloke called “For the Fallen” .
Elgar – With proud thanksgiving – Elgar’s arrangement of the third movement from his Spirit of England.
Elgar – The Musicmakers for choir and Contralto with organ accompaniment.
Organist Alan Horsey
Saturday 17th December 2016 at 7.30pm
at St. John’s Church, Ben Rhydding.
Christmas Concert
Handel – Messiah. A selection of choruses and arias from part 1, the Christmas story.
Carols old and new with audience participation in the second half.
Soprano Elizabeth Peirson
Organist Robert Sudall
Saturday 1st April 2017 at 7.30pm
at St. Margaret’s Church, Ilkley.
1517 and all that! – Music of the Reformation
A programme of music by Lutheran composers to mark Martin Luther’s nailing of the
“95 Theses” to the door of the church in Wittenberg which started the Reformation of the Church.
Handel – Zadok the Priest
Bach – “Wachet Auf” Cantata, BWV140
Bach – “Jesu bleibet meine freude”, BWV 147
and works by Schutz, Hassler, Buxtehude, and Luther.
Saturday 10th June 2017 at 7.30pm
at St. John’s Church, Ben Rhydding.
In the Mood!
A mix of choral classics by Cole Porter, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, and including “Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare ” by George Shearing.
Tickets
Tickets £10 (£12 for concerts with orchestra), £5 students, under 14s free, are available as follows:
- Obtain in advance from choir members
- The Grove Bookshop (Music Dept) in Ilkley. Tel: 01943 817301
- Ilkley Tourist Information Centre
- Ring Judith Ellis on 01943 830873
- Purchase on the door, if available
- Use our Contact Form to email us.
Venues
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