September 30, 2018
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture | Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 | Beethoven Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ Tickets: £12 – £22 | Free for Students and Under 18’s Our first concert in Buxton in our 2018-19 season sees a programme full of turbulent energy and colossal music in the company of one of the greatest pianists of his generation, Freddy Kempf. […]
March 15, 2019
Gounod Petite symphonie | R Schumann Piano Concerto | Bacewicz Concerto for Strings | Mozart Symphony No 35 ‘Haffner’ Tickets: £12 – £25 | Students £5 | Free for Under 18’s We bring a programme full of variety to our home in Manchester, The Stoller Hall, for our first concert there in 2019. Opening the concert, […]
May 12, 2019
Wolf Italian Serenade | Grace Williams Elegy | Bach Violin Concerto in A minor | Pärt Fratres | Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Tickets: £12 – £25 | Free for Students and Under 18’s We welcome back our Artist in Association, violinist Chloë Hanslip, to direct a concert that opens with Wolf’s Italian Serenade, described by Max […]
May 10, 2019
Wolf Italian Serenade | Grace Williams Elegy | Bach Violin Concerto in A minor | Pärt Fratres | Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Tickets: £12 – £25 | Students £5 | Free for Under 18’s We are delighted for our Manchester season finale to welcome back our Artist in Association, violinist Chloë Hanslip, directing a concert that […]
October 26, 2018
Arnold Sinfonietta No 1 | Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 | Suk Meditation on the old Czech chorale ‘St. Wenceslas’ | Haydn Symphony No 102 Tickets: £12 – £25 | Students £5 | Free for Under 18’s In the second concert of our season at Manchester’s Stoller Hall, we welcome Julian Bliss, the virtuoso clarinettist who has already achieved worldwide […]
September 28, 2018
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture | Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 | Beethoven Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ Tickets: £12 – £25 | Students £5 | Free for Under 18’s We begin our new season as Orchestra in Association at Manchester’s Stoller Hall with a programme full of turbulent energy and colossal music in the company of one of the greatest […]
May 11, 2019
Wolf Italian Serenade | Grace Williams Elegy | Bach Violin Concerto in A minor | Pärt Fratres | Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings We are delighted for our Macclesfield season finale to welcome back our Artist in Association, violinist Chloë Hanslip, directing a concert that opens with Wolf’s Italian Serenade, described by Max Reger, as an “appealing […]
April 13, 2019
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major | Schubert Erlkönig | Schubert String Quintet in C major The now traditional NCO soloists concert in April features our regular string quartet who will be joined this year by our principal clarinet, Liz Jordan and one of our Associate Artists, baritone and cellist, Matthew Sharp. The concert opens […]
March 16, 2019
Gounod Petite symphonie | Schumann Piano Concerto | Bacewicz Concerto for Strings | Mozart Symphony No 35 ‘Haffner’ As we emerge from the grips of winter, we bring a programme full of variety and the concert opens with a chance to hear our wind players on stage alone. The sparkling Petite symphonie of Gounod […]
February 9, 2019
Handel Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 5 | Dvořák Two Waltzes for Strings Op 54 | Stephen Goss Theorbo Concerto | Bartók Divertimento for Strings | Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Matthew Wadsworth has earned a reputation as one of the world’s finest lutenists. His entrancing performances have led to reviews fulsome in their praise of […]
January 12, 2019
Mendelssohn String Symphony No 10 | Mozart Concerto for flute and harp | Debussy Danse sacrée et danse profane | Fauré Fantasy for flute and orchestra | Haydn Symphony No 39 Our first concert of the New Year brings a programme sure to beat the January blues with music of deftness of touch and warm […]
October 27, 2018
Arnold Sinfonietta No 1 | Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 | Suk Meditation on the old Czech chorale ‘St. Wenceslas’ | Haydn Symphony No 102 In the second concert of our season at the Heritage Centre, we welcome Julian Bliss, the virtuoso clarinettist who has already achieved worldwide acclaim as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, jazz artist, masterclass leader, eloquent public speaker […]
December 1, 2018
Vivaldi Concerto for four violins in B minor | Finzi Dies Natalis | Grainger Molly on the Shore | Elgar Serenade for Strings | Bach Concerto for two violins Our December concert comprises baroque masterpieces and 20th century string music and opens with a chance to show off four of our wonderful violinists in Vivaldi’s […]
September 29, 2018
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture | Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 | Beethoven Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ We begin our new season with a programme full of turbulent energy and colossal music in the company of one of the greatest pianists of his generation, Freddy Kempf. The evening starts with the Hebrides Overture, written by Mendelssohn after a memorable trip to Fingal’s Cave. […]
July 28, 2018
Northern Chamber Orchestra | Nicholas Ward director | Ailish Tynan soprano Handel Water Music Suite No.1 in F major | Manduell Elegy for strings UK PREMIÈRE | Mozart Plasmator Deus for soprano, bassoon & orchestra* | Cimarosa I traci amanti Overture | Mozart Exsultate jubilate, K165* | Mozart Symphony No.29 in A major, K201 In a festival full […]
May 16, 2018
Mozart String quartet Op 33 No 5 (Russian) | Mozart String quintet in G minor K516 | Dvorak String quintet in E flat Op 97 Lord and Lady Manners extend a personal invitation to Haddon Hall, one of the most romantic buildings in Derbyshire, which “slept” for 200 years. The Hall, possibly the finest example of a fortified medieval […]
July 6, 2018
Nicholas Kok, conductor | Northern Chamber Orchestra | Featuring soloists from Opera North and Lesley Garrett CBE This year, Buxton Festival gets off to a flying start with a glorious opening night gala featuring some of the most memorable music from the worlds of opera, operetta and musical theatre. For what promises to be a hugely enjoyable night for all […]
May 25, 2018
Nicholas Ward violin | Simon Gilks violin | Richard Muncey viola | Jennifer Langridge cello Haydn String Quartet in G Major Op 33 No 5 | Debussy Quartet in G minor Op 10 | Beethoven String Quartet in A minor No 15 Op 132 A feature in every NCO season is the regular appearance of the principal players as the NCO Soloists. In this concert, […]
July 8, 2018
Sunday 8 July (Matinee), Wednesday 11 July, Saturday 14 July, Thursday 19 July (Matinee), Saturday 21 July Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante. Libretto adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712. Performed in Italian, with English side-titles A Buxton International Festival […]
July 7, 2018
Public booking opens 6 April Saturday 7 July, Tuesday 10 July, Friday 13 July, Monday 16 July, Wednesday 18 July, Friday 20 July. Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Alzire, ou les Américains by Voltaire. Performed in Italian, with English side-titles A Buxton International Festival production with the Buxton Festival Chorus and Northern Chamber Orchestra […]
March 9, 2018
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra (Matthew Sharp, cello) | Schubert Erlkönig (Matthew Sharp, baritone) | Copland Appalachian Spring | Manson Meeting at Nisqueunia ‘Virtuoso of the Arts’ (The Times) Matthew Sharp teams up with us for an inspirational concert at Stockport Town Hall on Friday 9 March. Matthew is internationally […]
December 9, 2017
The choirs of Blackburn Cathedral will be joined by The Northern Chamber Orchestra and soloist Joyce Tindsley, for an American-themed Christmas Spectacular Concert. The programme will include James Bassi’s A Carol Symphony, as well as works by American composers Stephen Paulus and Mack Wilberg. Tickets start from just £5 and are available below, or from […]
April 7, 2018
Craig Ogden guitar | Nicholas Ward leader/director | Northern Chamber Orchestra Beethoven Coriolan Overture | Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile | Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez | Andy Scott Guitar Concerto | Mozart Symphony No 31 ‘Paris Symphony’ We are delighted that our 50th Anniversary coincides with the 30th Anniversary of this concert series. This celebratory programme features the Australian […]
November 25, 2017
Nicholas Ward violin | Simon Gilks violin | Richard Muncey viola | Jennifer Langridge cello | James Manson double bass | Naomi Atherton horn | Jenny Cox horn Beethoven Sextet for two horns and strings op 81b | Dvořák String Quintet op77 | Mozart Divertimento K334 The NCO’s principal players, led by Artistic Director Nicholas Ward, perform an exciting programme of […]
