Northern Chamber Orchestra | Upcoming Concerts

Starburst

September 27, 2025

Director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Violin Zoë Beyers
Cello Jonathan Aasgaard
Jessie Montgomery Starburst Johannes Brahms Double Concerto Op. 102 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 (‘Scottish’)

Requiem

November 8, 2025

Kantos soloists | Manchester Chamber Choir | Conductor Ellie Slorach | Director Sarah Brandwood
Arr. Ellie Slorach after Pérotin Improvisation on Viderunt omnes, Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine, Bonis Choral work, Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin, Fauré Requiem

Christmas Concert 2025

December 12, 2025

Join the Northern Chamber Orchestra on 12 December for its annual Christmas Concert in the grand Tenants’ Hall at Tatton Park.

Serenade

December 13, 2025

Conductor and Horn Alec Frank-Gemill | Director Zoë Beyers
Dvořák Serenade for Strings, Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2, Dvořák Czech Suite.

Chevalier de Saint-Georges

January 17, 2026

Oboe Kenny Sturgeon | Violin Zoë Beyers & Sarah Brandwood-Spencer | Director Zoë Beyers
J.S. Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin; Edmund Finnis Hymn (after Byrd), Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Symphonie Concertante in G major; John Tavener Song for Athene, J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.

Valencia

February 21, 2026

Valencia - Julian Bliss Clarinet
Caroline Shaw Valencia, Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Van Beethoven Symphony No. 8.

Clarinet Quintets

February 22, 2026

Clarinet Quintets Julian Bliss Clarinet, NCO Soloists, director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Mozart Clarinet Quintet Brahms Clarinet Quintet

Octet

March 14, 2026

Octet Franz Schubert
Director Zoë Beyers, NCO Soloists

Prince of Clouds

April 11, 2026

Prince of Clouds - Director Zoë Beyers, Violin Zoë Beyers and Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Haydn Symphony No. 49 (‘La Passione’ ); Anna Clyne Prince of Clouds; Schumann Symphony No. 3 (‘Rhenish’)

Beethoven

May 2, 2026

Beethoven - Piano Steven Osborne, Director Zoë Beyers
Mozart Ouverture to the Marriage of Figaro; Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Op. 83a; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Peter and the Wolf: a family concert

July 5, 2026

Director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Featuring Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, plus excerpts from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of Animals

LDSM: Festival Finale

August 10, 2025

Kendal Leisure Centre
Paul Lewis piano |Northern Chamber Orchestra | Lake District Music Festival Chorus | Kantos Chamber Choir | Caroline Taylor soprano | Margaret McDonald mezzo soprano | Martins Smaukstelis tenor | James Platt baritone | Stephen Threlfall conductor
Britten God Save the King | Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Op.73 'Emperor' | Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 'Choral'