Leeds Philharmonic Chorus – Leeds Philharmonic Chorus https://www.leedsphil.com New and Classical Music Choir Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:29:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.leedsphil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-lpc-144x144px-32x32.png Leeds Philharmonic Chorus – Leeds Philharmonic Chorus https://www.leedsphil.com 32 32 Verdi Requiem https://www.leedsphil.com/events/verdi-requiem/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5919

 

 

Join us this summer for our third and last main concert of the season.
A powerful and dramatic performance of Verdi’s Requiem.
 
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Verdi – Requiem
Specially arranged for dual piano, organ and percussion

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £25 • Under 25s, Students and Unwaged: £15

Available online via TryBooking (Note a small booking fee applies) or direct on the door on the night.
With:
David Hill MBE – Conductor
 
Soprano – Rachel Speirs
Alto – Amy Holyland
Tenor – Iain Milne
Bass – Andrew Greenan
 
Organist – Neil Taylor
Piano – Russell Medley and Christopher Pulleyn
Percussion – Mark Concar and Harry Percy
 
And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

 

 

 

]]> Singing Day with Neil Ferris https://www.leedsphil.com/events/singing-day-with-neil-ferris/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5911

 

 

Join us for a special and fun filled day learning and singing with Neil Ferris
Neil leads the BBC Symphony Chorus
Drinks and cakes available – bring your own lunch.
 
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Tickets available online: £25 to external guests to include loan of scores – purchase via the link at TRYBOOKING
Students and unwaged are £15
A small booking fee applies

Save £5 by booking early to what will be a popular event. Book before 1st May 2026. Applied automatically.

 
[Leeds Phil Choir members – £15, early bird fee also applies. Contact tickets@leedsphil.com to order]
 
 
We shall be working on:
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Ethel Smyth: Mass in D (selected movements)
Oliver Tarney: The Spirit of the Lord
 
With:
 
Neil Ferris – Guest Session Leader
Piano – Russell Medley
And sing with members of the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

 

 

 

]]> Equinox -2nd Show https://www.leedsphil.com/events/equinox-2nd-show/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5901

 

 

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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  Seated

Performance 2 – Saturday 21st March 8pm  Seated

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £15      Under 30/students/unwaged £10
Available online from January via: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FWOA
 
Performance 3 – Sunday 22nd March 2pm open floor
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

 

 

 

]]> Equinox -1st Show https://www.leedsphil.com/events/equinox/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5880

 

 

Download the flyer – click here
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  Seated

Performance 2 – Saturday 21st March 8pm  Seated

Tickets: Tickets: Standard: £15      Under 30/students/unwaged £10
Available online from January via: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FWOA
 
Performance 3 – Sunday 22nd March 2pm open floor
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

 

 

 

]]> The 2025 Lord Mayor’s Carol Concerts second show https://www.leedsphil.com/events/the-2025-lord-mayors-carol-concerts-second-show-2/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5845

 

 

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 Hub
Carriageworks Theatre
The Electric Press
3 Millennium Square
Leeds, LS2 3AD

 

 

 

]]> The 2025 Lord Mayor’s Carol Concerts first show https://www.leedsphil.com/events/the-2025-lord-mayors-carol-concerts-first-show/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5844

 

 

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 Hub
Carriageworks Theatre
The Electric Press
3 Millennium Square
Leeds, LS2 3AD

 

 

 

]]> Temple Newsam Christmas Recital https://www.leedsphil.com/events/tnchristmas25/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5840

 

 

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 Lullaby
Becky McGlade In the Bleak Mid-Winter
John Rutter Star Carol
Kerensa Briggs A Tender Shoot
Pierpont 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

or contact
Leeds Ticket Hub
Carriageworks Theatre
The Electric Press
3 Millennium Square
Leeds, LS2 3AD
 
Box Office: 0113 376 0318
e-mail: tickets@leeds.gov.uk
With:
 
Joseph Judge – Conductor
 
Russell Medley – Piano
 
 
And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

 

 

 

]]> Breathe Free https://www.leedsphil.com/events/breathe_free/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5780

 

 

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

 

 

 

]]> VE Day 80 Years https://www.leedsphil.com/events/ve_day_80/ https://www.leedsphil.com/events/ve_day_80/#respond Sat, 10 May 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5672

 

 

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 Events
Orchestral performance of Light Music – Bridge Ensemble
Welcome – Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
Marching in of the standards To Ralph Vaughan Williams’ – Old Hundredth – Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and Bridge Ensemble
Presentation of the Leeds Award to D-day veteran, Jack Mortimer – The Lord Mayor of Leeds
The Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire – Ed Anderson CBE
C H H Parry – Crossing the Bar – Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
The Homefront
A Leeds Girl in the Land Army – James Pawlowski
Eric Coates – Youth of Britain (Princess Elizabeth) – Bridge Ensemble
The Front Line – Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
Elgar – Nimrod – Bridge Ensemble
The Leeds Blitz – Auxiliary Firefighters
     Shane Ewan – Professor of History, Leeds Beckett University
     With Leeds District Fire Brigade Commander Lee Miller
Russell Pascoe – The Last Rose of Summer – Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
D-Day 1944
Road to the Isles / Highland Ladie – Fergus McClellan – Leeds Pipe Band
VE/VJ Day 1945 – Jen Boyle
Medley of Wartime Songs – The Hummingbirds
The Lord Mayor of Leeds – Councillor Abigail Marshall-Katung
The National Anthem
‘We’ll Meet Again’ – The Hummingbirds, chorus, orchestra
and audience
Reception – Church café

 

 

 

]]> https://www.leedsphil.com/events/ve_day_80/feed/ 0 Will Todd Mass in Blue https://www.leedsphil.com/events/todd_mass_blue/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.leedsphil.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5667

 

 

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 Chinn
Drums – Adam Scott
Saxophone – Simeon Lord
And the massed voices of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

 

 

 

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