Spirits of Light
2024-11-16 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | St Edmund’s Roundhay, Lidgett Park Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1JN, United Kingdom
Join us this autumn for our first concert of the season.

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Goodall – Eternal Light
Interval
Rutter – Feel the Spirit

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £25 • OAPs: £20 • Students and unwaged: £10Available from 1st September 2024 via https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DUHQ (Note a small booking fee applies) or direct on the door on the night.
With:
David Hill MBE – Conductor

William Campbell – Piano
Ed Jones – Organ
Sarah Paterson – Harp

Mezzo Soprano – Merel Magali Cox
Soprano – Juliet Montgomery
Baritone – Peter Brooks

And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Home Alone 2024 - Nottingham
2024-12-08 15:00 - 17:30 | Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND, United Kingdom
Home Alone in Concert
A true Christmas favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves.
Nominated for two Academy Awards® for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Somewhere in My Memory), Home Alone is hilarious, heart-warming festive fun for the entire family!
Featuring:
Nottingham Trent University Choir
Singers from Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
International Film Orchestra conducted by Matthew Hopkins
Tickets online from Arena Ticket Agents via the event link here

Home Alone 2024 - Birmingham
2024-12-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Birmingham Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA, United Kingdom
Home Alone in Concert
A true Christmas favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves.
Nominated for two Academy Awards® for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Somewhere in My Memory), Home Alone is hilarious, heart-warming festive fun for the entire family!
Featuring:
Orchestra: The Orchestra of Opera North
Conductor: George Morton
Singers from Leeds Philharmonic chorus
Tickets online from Arena Ticket Agents via the event link here

The 2024 Lord Mayor's Carol Concerts first show
2024-12-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Leeds Minster, 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ, United Kingdom
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Rothwell Temperance Band
Introduced by Darius Battiwalla
Joseph Judge Chorus Master
Alex Woodrow Organ
Celebrate Christmas with Leeds International Concert Season’s annual family carol concerts, taking place this year at Leeds Minster.
After the concert there will be a collection for the Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal. Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung is the 130th person to hold the Office of Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Please note: there are two performances of this concert – 6.30pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £7.00 (unreserved seating) £3.50 Concessions (over 60s, under 18, unwaged, full time student) (prices include booking fees)
Unreserved seating.
Tickets online from here
Box Office: 0113 376 0318
e-mail: tickets@leeds.gov.uk
Leeds Ticket HubCarriageworks TheatreThe Electric Press3 Millennium SquareLeeds, LS2 3AD
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The 2024 Lord Mayor's Carol Concerts second show
2024-12-19 20:30 - 21:30 | Leeds Minster, 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ, United Kingdom

St John Passion
2025-03-15 19:30 - 22:00 | St Edmund’s Roundhay, Lidgett Park Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1JN, United Kingdom
Join us this spring for our second main concert of the season.
A haunting and dramatic musical depiction of the Passion of Christ.

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Bach – St John Passion

The concert is dedicated to the memory of Simon Lindley, our Vice President, friend and colleague who died on 25th February.

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £25 • Seniors: £20 • Students and unwaged: £10

Available from 19th December 2024 via TryBooking (Note a small booking fee applies) or direct on the door on the night.
With:
Joseph Judge – Conductor

Evangelist – William Balkwill
Christus – Jonny Hill

Soprano – Isla MacEwan
Alto – Julianne Coates
Tenor – Henry Strutt
Bass – James Berry

Chamber Organist – Alan Horsey

The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

VE Day 80 Years
2025-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Leeds Minster, 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ, United Kingdom
80th Anniversary of VE/VJ Day – Commemoration Concert
On the day war was declared, lives were changed here in Leeds and across the world overnight. Loved ones went off to war and to do important work across the country leaving behind families and friends.
Join us to celebrate, commemorate and reflect on the 80th Anniversary of VE and VJ Days.
Listen as we learn about life as a Land Girl, a firefighter in Leeds as bombs rained down on the city and hear what life was like and how Loiners celebrated in 1945.
Supported by our armed forces family in Leeds, any money raised including ticket sales will go to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal to continue its valuable work with our veterans.
Tickets are £5 with all proceeds being donated to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
Available online from https://my.leedstickethub.co.uk/29884
With delightful music from the Bridge Ensemble,
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and a wonderfully evocative musical tribute to the popular songs of the day from Leeds’ own Hummingbirds along with the poignant playing of a lone piper from Leeds Pipe Band.
Programme of EventsOrchestral performance of Light Music – Bridge EnsembleWelcome – Rev’d Canon Paul MayburyMarching in of the standards To Ralph Vaughan Williams’ – Old Hundredth – Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and Bridge EnsemblePresentation of the Leeds Award to D-day veteran, Jack Mortimer – The Lord Mayor of LeedsThe Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire – Ed Anderson CBEC H H Parry – Crossing the Bar – Leeds Philharmonic ChorusThe HomefrontA Leeds Girl in the Land Army – James PawlowskiEric Coates – Youth of Britain (Princess Elizabeth) – Bridge EnsembleThe Front Line – Rev’d Canon Paul MayburyElgar – Nimrod – Bridge EnsembleThe Leeds Blitz – Auxiliary Firefighters Shane Ewan – Professor of History, Leeds Beckett University With Leeds District Fire Brigade Commander Lee MillerRussell Pascoe – The Last Rose of Summer – Leeds Philharmonic ChorusD-Day 1944Road to the Isles / Highland Ladie – Fergus McClellan – Leeds Pipe BandVE/VJ Day 1945 – Jen BoyleMedley of Wartime Songs – The HummingbirdsThe Lord Mayor of Leeds – Councillor Abigail Marshall-KatungThe National Anthem‘We’ll Meet Again’ – The Hummingbirds, chorus, orchestraand audienceReception – Church café
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Will Todd Mass in Blue
2025-06-07 19:30 - 22:00 | The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7PD, United Kingdom
Join us this summer for our third main concert of the season.
Featuring two fantastic works by Will Todd in collaboration with resources in our new home at the Leeds Conservatoire.

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Will Todd – Mass in Blue & Songs of Love

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £25 • Seniors: £20 • Staff £10 • Students and unwaged: £5

Available online from https://tinyurl.com/LeedsPhil
With:
Joseph Judge – Conductor

Soprano – Elizabeth Woods

Piano – Pete Durrant

With:
The Leeds Conservatoire Jazz Ensemble featuring:
Bass – Albert ChinnDrums – Adam Scott
Saxophone – Simeon Lord
And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Singing Day with Will Todd
2025-06-21 10:00 - 16:30 | St Georges Church, Great George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3BR, United Kingdom
Join us for a special and fun filled day learning and singing some of Will’s famous works
Drinks and cakes available – bring your own lunch.

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Tickets available from 1st January 2025: £20 to external guests to include loan of scores – purchase via the link at TRYBOOKING
A small booking fee applies
Save £5 by booking early to what will be a popular event. Book before 16th March 2025. Applied automatically.

[Leeds Phil Choir members – £10, early bird fee also applies. Contact tickets@leedsphil.com to order]

We shall be working on:
From Mass in Blue: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus
plus:All Will Be WellEarthificat

With:

Will Todd – Guest Session Leader
Piano – Chris Pulleyn
And sing with members of the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Breathe Free
2025-11-15 19:30 - 22:00 | St Edmund’s Roundhay, Lidgett Park Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1JN, United Kingdom
Join us this autumn for our first main concert of the 25/26 season.
A rousing collaboration with the Rothwell Temperance Band of some timeless classics.
Featuring our 150th anniversary composition in its first outing in the full brass band arrangement.

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C H H Parry arr Wilby I was Glad
Sarah Rimkus Breathe Free
C H H Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Philip Wilby At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
Harold Arlen arr. Pickard Somewhere over the rainbow
John Rutter Gloria

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £25 • Students and unwaged: £10

Will be available online from 22 September 2025 (Note a small booking fee applies)
from https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FGMK or direct on the door on the night.
With:
Joseph Judge – Conductor
Dave Roberts – Band Conductor

Neil Taylor – Organist

The famous Rothwell Temperance Band
And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Temple Newsam Christmas Recital
2025-12-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Temple Newsam House, Temple Newsam Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 0AE, United Kingdom
Join us for our first Christmas recital at the lovely Temple Newsam.
We are delighted to return to this lovely house and we will perform some timeless classics and some less well known to start the Christmas mood in December.

Elizabeth Poston The Lamb
Welsh arr Willcocks Deck the Hall
Gauntlett harm. Mann/Willcocks Once in Royal
Piano: Johannes Brahms Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
Anton Bruckner Ave Maria
Will Todd My Lord has Come
Trad arr RVW/Armstrong O Little Town of Bethlehem
Piano: John rutter Mary’s LullabyBecky McGlade In the Bleak Mid-Winter
John Rutter Star Carol
Kerensa Briggs A Tender ShootPierpont arr. David Willcocks Jingle Bells
Mendelssohn arr Willcocks Hark! the Herald-angels Sing
John Rutter The Twelve Days of Christmas

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £10 • Including a glass of mulled wine: £14

Available online from https://my.leedstickethub.co.uk/31458
or contact
Leeds Ticket HubCarriageworks TheatreThe Electric Press3 Millennium SquareLeeds, LS2 3AD

Box Office: 0113 376 0318e-mail: tickets@leeds.gov.uk
With:

Joseph Judge – Conductor

Russell Medley – Piano

And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

The 2025 Lord Mayor's Carol Concerts first show
2025-12-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Leeds Minster, 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ, United Kingdom
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Rothwell Temperance Band
Introduced by Darius Battiwalla
Joseph Judge Chorus Master
Alex Woodrow Organ
Celebrate Christmas with Leeds International Concert Season’s annual family carol concerts, taking place this year at Leeds Minster.
After the concert there will be a collection for the Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal. Councillor Dan Cohen is the 131st person to hold the Office of Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Please note: there are two performances of this concert – 6.30pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £7.50 (unreserved seating) £5.50 Concessions (over 60s, under 18, unwaged, full time student) (prices include booking fees)
Unreserved seating.
Tickets online from here
Box Office: 0113 376 0318
e-mail: tickets@leeds.gov.uk
Leeds Ticket HubCarriageworks TheatreThe Electric Press3 Millennium SquareLeeds, LS2 3AD
Book here…

The 2025 Lord Mayor's Carol Concerts second show
2025-12-18 20:30 - 21:30 | Leeds Minster, 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ, United Kingdom

Equinox
2026-03-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Brodrick Hall, Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds, West, LS2 8BH, United Kingdom
Join us for our first concert of 2026 in conjunction with Leeds Conservatoire as part of their 60th Anniversary Events.

We are delighted to present three performances of
Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo

Come and experience this transcendent and modern choral work performed by Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and Leeds Conservatoire Strings, with a specially created live film from students at the Northern Film School, in the incredible oval space of the Brodrick Hall in Leeds City Museum.

Performance 1 – Saturday 21st March 6pm
Performance 2 – Saturday 21st March 8pm

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £10 Under 30/students/unwaged £5
Available online from: tba- this will be updated shortly

Performance 3 – Sunday 22nd March 2pm
Tickets: Free
Our Free performance will be ‘relaxed’ – suitable for those who find traditional environments overwhelming.
With:

Joseph Judge – Conductor

Leeds Conservatoire Strings

And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
