| Season 2010 - 2011 | |
| RUTTER'S MAGNIFICAT | |
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Saturday 6th November 2010 7.30 p.m.
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral The Cathedral’s splendid grandeur is the very appropriate setting for this concert of music mainly by England’s best-loved twentieth century composers. The first half will contain Parry’s stirring I Was Glad, and Gorecki’s dramatic Totus Tuus for unaccompanied choir. The Northern Arts Orchestra will also play Gustav Holst’s St Paul Suite for strings, together with Gerald Finzi’s delightful Clarinet Concerto with soloist Chris Swann. All forces come together in the second half for John Rutter’s energetic and melodious Magnificat. Conductor: Keith Orrell; Soprano: Zoe Milton-Brown Northern Arts Orchestra Organist: Stephen Hargreaves; Clarinet: Chris Swann Tickets: £12 (unreserved) available from Mavis Owens and the Cathedral Bookshop |
COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS | |
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Monday 20th December 2010 7.30 p.m.
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the sound of a big brass band and yuletide carols by the tree. Presented by Merseyside’s very own Roger Phillips, the Liverpool Welsh Choral are joined by the Northop Silver Band and Our Lady’s Bishop Eton School Choir. Feel the excitement build with this magical countdown of festive fun and be ready to join in some of the singing. Presenter: Roger Phillips Conductors: Keith Orrell, Thomas Wyss & Frances Aston Accompanists: Stephen Hargreaves and Mary Gannon Tickets: £10, £15, £20, £22, Box £25 available from Mavis Owens or the Philharmonic Hall box office |
| CELTIC CONNECTIONS | |
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Saturday 5th March 2011 7.30 p.m.
St. Peter’s Church, Ruthin The choir reinforces its Welsh roots with this welcome visit to North Wales, when the emphasis will be on music with Welsh, Scottish and Irish origins. We are delighted to be performing in a church which has just celebrated its 700th anniversary, and the music will include the choir’s recent commission from Ian Stephens, Songs of Love and Sorrow, and works by composers as different as Hubert Parry, William Mathias and the choir’s Patron, Karl Jenkins. Conductor: Keith Orrell Harpist: Anna Christensen; Accompanist: Stephen Hargreaves Tickets: £8 available from Mavis Owens and The Book Shop, Upper Clwyd Street, Ruthin. Tel. 01824 703840 David Jones Tel. 01824 702411 By email parr423@btinternet.com |
| A SEA SYMPHONY | |
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Saturday 21st May 2011 7.30 p.m.
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall LWC will be joined by the RLPO and two outstanding soloists in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ stirring and dramatic Sea Symphony. Set to words by the poet Walt Whitman, the music expresses all the moods of the sea and rouses all the emotions that sea-loving Liverpudlians will recognise. The main work in the first half of the concert will be the ever-popular Lark Ascending, voted by Classic FM listeners in the hall of fame 2009 and 2010 as their favourite piece of classical music. Conductor: Keith Orrell; Soprano: Deborah Norman Bass-Baritone: D’Arcy Bleiker; Solo Violin: James Clark Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Tickets: £10, £15, £20, £22, Box £25 available from Mavis Owens or the Philharmonic Hall box office |
| CHRISTMAS IN SEFTON PARK | |
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Thursday 9th December 2010 - 7.30 p.m.
Sefton Park Palm House An evening of Christmas music, with pianist John Peace and a team of soloists led by Nick Hardy. |
| CHRISTMAS WITH CARL | |
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Thursday 16th December 2010 - 7.30 p.m.
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Christmas with Carl (that’s Carl Davis!), the RLPO and singer Lance Ellington. |
| A CLASSICAL SPECTACULAR | |
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Saturday 12th March 2011 - 7.30 p.m.
Liverpool Echo Arena The Liverpool Welsh Choral will be joining the RLPO for this Raymond Gubbay spectacular at the Liverpool Echo Arena. |
