‘The Leeds Philharmonic Society is the senior choir in the city by date of foundation and by virtue of its continued and very distinguished programme sustained annually since 1870.’
Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 4th March 2023 Pascoe Secular Requiem
Press review: Bradford Cathedral – 4th March 2023 Premiere of Organ and Percussion Arrangement. I should be grateful if you would pass on my thanks to the members of the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus for giving such a superb concert on the 4th of March and for including my music in it! What an innovative programme - full
Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 4th March 2023
Press review: Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 4th March 2023: Two of the three composers in this bold Leeds Philharmonic Chorus programme, conducted by Joseph Judge, are happily still with us. The evening opened with music by Leonard Bernstein whose iconic legacy as conductor, composer and humanitarian lives on. Bernstein’s exuberant Chichester Psalms is his most
The Requiems of Fauré and Rutter
Press review: Leeds Cathedral, Saturday 26th November 2022:John Rutter’s Requiem (1985) and Gabriel Fauré’s, composed almost a century earlier, could be said to form a concert pairing made in heaven.Each work lasts around thirty-five minutes and is scored for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra. Fauré and Rutter focus on the true meaning of the
Brahms Requiem
Press review: Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 25 March 2022: Conductor: Joe Judge Soloists: Rachel Speirs & Graham McCusker Piano: Chris Pulleyn and Philip Voldman Harp: Georgina Wells Timpani: Mark Concar "Brahms German Requiem is indeed magnificent, and your outstanding performance was both intimate and majestic, tender and jubilant, just what is needed in these dark days that compel
Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony
Press review: Leeds Town Hall, Sunday 31 October 2021: Orchestra of Opera North Conductor: Garry Walker Soloists: Sophie Bevan & Claudia Huckle The Cathedral-like ambience of Leeds Town Hall has, on numerous occasions since the 1950s, provided an unforgettable setting for Gustav Mahler’s colossal ‘Resurrection’ Symphony No 2 in C minor. This is Mahler at his most
Mahler’s Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)
Online review: Leeds Town Hall, Sunday 31 October 2021: Orchestra of Opera North Conductor: Garry Walker Soloists: Sophie Bevan & Claudia Huckle The performance spaces in Leeds seem to be taking it in turns to close for refurbishment. Now it’s the turn of the Town Hall. For the last orchestral concert for two years an early evening