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Memorable Mozart

Saturday 4th November 2006 at 7.30pm

St George's Church, Queen street, Newcastle

Virtuoso organist, Ian Tracy, plays and conducts a programme celebrating the musical genius of Motzart - including Requiem (K 626), Ave Verum, Gloria and other favorites.

Soloists: Sasha Johnson-Manning (soprano), Helen Cooper (contralto), Matthew Minter (tenor), Damien O'Keefe (bass)

Ponticelli String Ensemble,
Ceramic City Choir,
Ian Riddle
(organ)

Conductor and organ soloist: Ian Tracey (Liverpool Cathedral)

Family Christmas Concert

Saturday 16th December 2006 at 7.30pm

Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Enjoy a wonderfully varied programme of festival music, featuring

Trentham Brass
Ash Green Primary School
Caribbean Sunshine Steele Band

Ian Riddle - (piano and organ)
Conductor - Geoffrey Walker

Elgar's Dream of Gerontius

Sunday 29th April 2007 at 7.30pm

Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Elgar's moving masterpiece in a historic performance marking the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Ceramic City Choir
Keele bach Choir
Keele Philharmonic Choir

Soloists: Anne-Marie Owens (sopranao), James Gilchrist (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Matthew Willis

 

An American in England

Saturday 6th October 2007 at 7.30pm

St George's Church, Queen street, Newcastle

Young Texan conductor Paul Neal presents the rich tradition of sacred choral music from the States, including Bernstein, Copland, Lauridsen and Randall Thompson.

Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions & £5 students)

 

Christmas Choral Extravaganza

Saturday 8th December 2007 at 7.30pm

Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Enjoy a wonderfully varied programme of festival music,

with special guests: Cambridge Chord Company - award winning barber shop choir. http://www.cambridgechordco.org.uk

Ian Riddle - (piano and organ)
Conductor - Geoffrey Walker

Tickets: Centre & Side Circle: £16, Centre Stalls and Upper Circle: £13, Rear Stalls and Upper Circle: £11 with £1 concession. 

The Armed Man

Saturday 26th April at 7.30 p.m.

Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

'The Armed Man' - A Mass for Peace

by Karl Jenkins

Conducted by the composer

With

Manchester Camerata, Soloists

and other invited choirs:-

The Leek Phoenix Singers, Musical Director: Ashley Thompson,

and The Pugin Singers, Musical Director: Harry Hitchen.

Also

The first movement of Palladio and the Passacaglia.

Video presentation and a live interview with the composer.

Saturday 11th October 2008
Brahms Requiem

and Brahms Liebeslieder

 

Saturday 13th December 2008

Christmas Concert

Celebrate Christmas with the Ceramic City Choir

and guest
Deborah McAndrew
Actress and Playwright

conductor
Oliver Neal Parker

Organ and Piano
Ian Riddle

Enjoy a varied programme of festive music and readings

Victoria Hall, Hanley
Saturday 13th December 2008
at 7.30 p.m.

 

Saturday 28th March 2009

Magical Mozart & Heroic Haydn

Choral, Operatic and Orchestral favorites by Mozart & Haydn in Haydn's Bi-Centennial year, including:

Conductor
Oliver Neal Parker

CERAMIC CITY CHOIR with

MANCHESTER CAMERATA

and Soloists:-

Denise Leigh : Soprano
Graham Neal : Tenor
Yvonne Lea : Mezzo- soprano
Jonathan McGovern : Baritone

Ian Riddle : Organ

Victoria Hall, Hanley
Saturday 28th March 2009
at 7.30 p.m.

Tickets are priced at £16, £14, £12 (£6 for under 16s)

 

21st November 2009, 7.30 pm

Verdi's Requiem

Victoria Hall

With - Leek Phoenix Singers
Orchestra de Camera

Soloists
Rita Cullis, Soprano
Valerie Reid, Mezzo Soprano
Geraint Dodd, Tenor
Graeme Danby, Bass

Conductor
Oliver Neal Parker

Saturday 12th December 2009

Christmas Concert

Victoria Hall

Conductor
Oliver Neal Parker

Organ and Piano
Ian Riddle

Guests
Painsley Catholic College Wind Band

 

 

Saturday 13th March 2010 at 7.30 pm

Spring Concert

St George's Church
Newcastle-under-Lyme


FINZI: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs

MENDELSSOHN: Hear My Prayer

and works by Elgar, Stanford and Parry.

 

Soloists: Anna Gillingham, soprano
Jonathan McGovern, baritone

Conductor: Oliver Neal Parker

Organ: Ian Riddle

Tickets are priced at £10.00 and £5.00 (under 16)

 

Saturday 16th October 2010

7.30 p.m. Victoria Hall

Mendelssohn’s ELIJAH

Together with:- Orchestra da Camera, Leicestershire Chorale, The Phoenix Singers

Julie Moffat, soprano

Vanessa Williamson, mezzo-soprano

Martyn Hill, tenor

James Gower, bass-baritone

Tickets:-

£16, £14, £10 Students £5

 

Saturday 11th December 2010
7.30 p.m. Victoria Hall

Handel’s MESSIAH

Orchestra da Camera

Denise Leigh, soprano

Yvonne Lea, mezzo-soprano

Joseph Cornwell, tenor

Oliver Hunt, bass

£15, £12, £10 Students £5

 

Wednesday 22nd December 2010
7.30 p.m.

Stoke Minster

Family Christmas Concert

An hour of music and celebration for all the family

£5 Adult ( incl. refreshments) Children FREE