‘The Leeds Philharmonic Society is the senior choir in the city by date of foundation and by virtue of its continued and very distinguished programme sustained annually since 1870.’
Sunrise Mass, Saturday 21st March 2026
Online review: Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Leeds City museum, March 21st & 22nd, 2026 By Geoffrey Mogridge published on 1st April 2026 in Ilkley Gazette and Wharfdale Observer THE Brodrick Hall is the circular central arena of Leeds City Museum, now restored back to its original mid-Victorian splendour. This domed auditorium with the structural
St Edmunds, Saturday 15th March 2025
Online review: Bach St John Passion Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, St Edmunds Roundhay, Saturday 15th March 2025: by Melanie Eskenazi published: 17 Mar 2025 in Opera + Classical Music Reviews ‘O Mensch, mache Richtigkeit…’ in these dark times, the advice in the second part of the St John Passion to ‘act justly’ seems especially appropriate, as we hover on the brink of so much conflict.
St Edmunds, Saturday 16th November 2024
Online review: Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, St Edmunds Roundhay, Saturday 16th November 2024: Leeds Philharmonic Chorus programme, conducted by David Hill MBE. The evening opened with Eternal Light: A requiem by Howard Goodall CBE and was completed with Feel the Spirit by John Rutter CBE. Accompanied by Organ, Piano and Harp. From our Mezzo soloist Merel Megali Cox:
Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 4th March 2023 Pascoe Secular Requiem
Online review: Bradford Cathedral – 4th March 2023 Premiere of Organ and Percussion Arrangement. I should be grateful if you would pass on my thanks to the members of the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus for giving such a superb concert on the 4th of March and for including my music in it! What an innovative programme - full
Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 4th March 2023
Press review: Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Bradford Cathedral, Saturday 4th March 2023: Two of the three composers in this bold Leeds Philharmonic Chorus programme, conducted by Joseph Judge, are happily still with us. The evening opened with music by Leonard Bernstein whose iconic legacy as conductor, composer and humanitarian lives on. Bernstein’s exuberant Chichester Psalms is his most
The Requiems of Fauré and Rutter
Press review: Leeds Cathedral, Saturday 26th November 2022:John Rutter’s Requiem (1985) and Gabriel Fauré’s, composed almost a century earlier, could be said to form a concert pairing made in heaven.Each work lasts around thirty-five minutes and is scored for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra. Fauré and Rutter focus on the true meaning of the
