2013-14

Sunday 1st December 2013, Sheffield City Hall, 7pm

  • Britten War Requiem

Emma Bell (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone)

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Lindley Junior School Choir

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michael Seal conductor

Saturday 14th December 2013, Sheffield City Hall, 3pm, 7pm

  • Christmas concert

Samuel West (presenter)

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Darius Battiwalla conductor

Black Dyke BandDr Nicholas Childs (conductor)

Saturday 15th February 2014, Leeds Town Hall, 7.30pm

  • Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

David Hill conductor

Saturday 1st March 2014, Sheffield City Hall, 7pm

  • Beethoven Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
  • Beethoven Scene and Aria: Ah! perfido
  • Beethoven Choral Fantasia
  • Beethoven Symphony no.5

Barry Douglas (piano)

Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor

Saturday 7th June 2014, Victoria Hall, Sheffield

Programme to include :

  • Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer/O for the Wings of a Dove (with very rarely performed orchestral accompaniment)
  • Brahms: Four Songs for Female voices (harp, 2 horns)
  • Holst: Two psalms (strings, organ)
  • Finzi: Requiem da Camera (Flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, 1 horn, harp, strings, bass solo)

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Darius Battiwalla conductor

Ella Taylor, Soprano, Matthew Palmer, Baritone, Graham Eccles, Organ