LEEDS Town Hall is to host three orchestral concerts this summer featuring talented young musicians from around the globe.
Palestine Youth Orchestra will perform on July 27, with the National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain: Under 13 Orchestra on August 13 and Yorkshire Young Sinfonia on August 20.
The Palestine Youth Orchestra concert sees the young musicians from Palestine joined by students from British music colleges conducted by Sian Edwards, head of conducting at the Royal Academy of Music. The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Overture to Leonore No 3, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Arabic songs from Egypt and Lebanon and British contemporary composer Fitkin’s Metal. Since forming in 2004 the Palestine Youth Orchestra has toured in Germany, Greece, Italy, France and throughout the Middle East.
The National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain: Under 13 Orchestra will perform a programme including Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus, A Symphonic Picture from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. The concert will also feature Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia, Allegro Molto from Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 and Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, a piece also known as the theme tune to the BAFTA winning mystery drama series Jonathan Creek. Established in 1978, the National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain has gone from strength to strength, building up an international reputation as an outstanding orchestra.
The final orchestra to perform at Leeds Town Hall this summer is the Yorkshire Young Sinfonia. Featuring tomorrow’s talent from around the region, the orchestra of budding musicians is joined by Stephen Hough, named as one of Classic FM’s ‘25 greatest pianists of all time’, who will perform Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. The orchestra will also perform Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale, Arnold’s A Flourish for Orchestra, Sibelius’ Andante Festivo, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet and a piece composed by the Yorkshire Young Sinfonia’s composition competition winner.
Tickets are available from the Box Office on 0113 376 0318 or book online at www.leedstownhall.co.uk.
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