YorkConcerts
Wednesday 20 November 2024 7.30pm
A double bill featuring two University of York alumni: musician and author Kerry Andrew and acclaimed singer-songwriter Elsa Hewitt. The performance comprises a blend of words, music and folklore, as well as unique musical collaborations.
Saturday 23 November 2024 7pm
Final-year student Alexa MacLaren performs Mendelssohn’s ever-popular First Piano Concerto in a concert that also includes Richard Strauss’ powerful tone poem 'Death and Transfiguration' and Mel Bonis' evocative 'Le Songe de Cléopâtre'.
Wednesday 27 November 2024 7.30pm
The 24 is delighted to welcome two local choirs – Huntington School Choir and Ampleforth School Choir – to join them in an eclectic programme in which every work is a small piece of genius.
Friday 29 November 2024 7.30pm
The Chimera Ensemble returns with its trademark blend comprising music by leading international composers alongside new works by students.
Wednesday 4 December 2024 7.30pm
One of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world today, Quatuor Diotima returns to York to perform two of Beethoven’s greatest chamber works alongside Janáček’s electrifying Second Quartet (‘Intimate Letters’).
Saturday 7 December 2024 7.30pm
Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan, returns to lead University Choir in a delightfully festive programme featuring three contrasting settings of 'O magnum mysterium' alongside choral works by Elgar, Finzi and Vaughan Williams.
Sunday 8 December 2024 2pm
Following a string of sold-out performances last December, Raymond Briggs’ magical Christmas story, The Snowman, returns to York this festive season with live music by the Shepherd Brass Band.
Sunday 8 December 2024 4pm
Sunday 8 December 2024 6pm
Saturday 14 December 2024 7.30pm
Yorkshire Bach Choir and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists join forces for a festive feast, including Bach’s 'Magnificat' and two of the German composer's great Christmas cantatas, 'Unser Mund sei voll Lachens' and 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'.