Howden Concert Series April - October 2019 Welcome to the 2019 Instrumental highlights Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan concert season at include brilliant young flautist Company’s concert Minster. Chris Hill, a three-time performance of G&S’s category finalist at BBC Young wonderful comic operetta Throughout the year the Musician of the Year; a Patience; new Hull-based Minster is hosting an exciting welcome return visit from group Opera17 will dazzle with an evening of operatic series of evening, lunchtime New Zealand-based magic; and we will end our and organ concerts featuring international concert organist acclaimed artists - singers, Paul Rosoman - concert series in spectacular instrumentalists, choirs and and expect an exuberant fashion with a visit from renowned German opera companies - from this performance full of fireworks region and across the world. from virtuoso concert Augustiner-Kantorei performing thrilling works for All concerts take place in the violinist Charlotte Rowan. massed voices. inspiring setting of one of East Yorkshire’s largest and We also have vocal drama We look forward to seeing finest historic churches. aplenty: don’t miss the you soon. Front cover image: Howden Minster © Michael Garlick (cc-by-sa/2.0). Inside front David Locke SATURDAY evening CONCERTS Simply pay on the door

Saturday 6 April 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Howden Minster Community Chorus Fauré Requiem & Karl Jenkins The Armed Man A ‘come and sing’ performance of Fauré’s hauntingly beautifulRequiem and Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. Howden Minster Community Chorus (director Matthew Collins, organ Paul Thompson) will be joined by soloists Grace Marwood (chorister) and James Gaughan (baritone). All are welcome to sing: please email [email protected] for details.

Saturday 4 May 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Selby Music Centre A long-awaited return visit from the talented young musicians at Selby Music Centre. The centre hosts a variety of ensembles including jazz band, strings, guitar, brass band, woodwind, folk group and choir.

Saturday 8 June 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Opera17 An evening of opera and musical theatre. Opera17 is an exciting new Hull-based group of classically trained singers formed to mark the recent City of Culture celebrations. They are led by soprano Sharon Nicholson-Skeggs.

Saturday 6 July 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company Patience A concert performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta Patience. This witty work is full of love-sick maidens, pretentious poets and one plain- speaking milkmaid - and contains some of Arthur Sullivan’s most delightful music. SATURDAY evening CONCERTS Simply pay on the door

Saturday 20 July 4.30pm Free with retiring collection Please note early start time of this concert St Peter’s Singers Bach to Beatles St Peter's Singers are a mixed chamber choir from Peterborough. They will perform a varied and entertaining programme of choral music that's sure to delight. This informal concert will last approximately one hour.

Saturday 3 August 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Florence Taylor, mezzo-soprano The talented locally-born mezzo-soprano, who recently graduated from Leeds College of Music, makes her debut performance at the Minster.

Saturday 31 August 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Paul Rosoman, organ Acclaimed international concert organist Paul Rosoman returns to perform on the Minster’s fine Rushworth & Dreaper organ. Paul is the Director of Music at St Luke’s in Wellington, New Zealand and is regularly heard on Radio New Zealand, as well as performing in major concert venues across the world.

Saturday 12 October 7.30pm £8.00 (under 16s free) Augustiner-Kantorei We are delighted to welcome this renowned choir from Erfurt, Germany. The choir was founded in 1877 and are known throughout Germany for their thrilling performances of large-scale choral pieces. They will perform works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Flor Peeters and Holst. THURSDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

All Thursday lunchtime concerts begin at1pm and last for one hour. All concerts free admission with retiring collection. Light refreshments will be available.

Thursday 9 May 1pm Free with retiring collection Amy Butler, piano Amy Butler is a graduate of Oxford University and currently studies with distinguished British concert pianist Martin Roscoe. To celebrate the bicentenary of one of the great performers of the nineteenth century - Clara Schumann - she will perform works by both Clara and her husband Robert, in addition to works by Debussy and Mozart’s Sonata in F (K332).

Thursday 13 June 1pm Free with retiring collection Charlotte Rowan, violin & Charlotte Stevenson, piano British violinist Charlotte Rowan attended America’s Peabody Conservatory. She performs extensively as a recitalist throughout the UK and as a regular concerto soloist with orchestras in both America and Britain. She has been praised for her ‘dazzling performances and impassioned mastery of the violin’. Charlotte’s programme will include Vitali’s Chaconne in G Minor, Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy, Bloch’s Nigun and works by Wieniawski and Szymanowski. www.charlotterowan.com

Thursday 11 July 1pm Free with retiring collection Elizabeth Kenwood, oboe & Peter Reasbeck, piano Award-winning oboeist Elizabeth Kenwood studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Evelyn Rothwell Barbirolli and has performed throughout Europe, Asia and Canada. She is joined by Peter Reasbeck, a graduate of Cambridge University, who specialises in accompaniment. They will perform works for oboe, oboe d’amore and cor anglais by Bach, Handel, Haydn and Schubert, as well as the much- loved Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission) by Ennio Morricone. THURSDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Thursday 8 August 1pm Free with retiring collection Pam Waddington Muse, mezzo-soprano & Peter Sproston, piano ‘A Day at the Seaside’ : Songs with a maritime connection by Haydn, Elgar, Ireland, Head and others Pam Waddington Muse has performed throughout the country in venues as varied as Torosay Castle and Dorset County Museum. She has sung operatic roles and is a regular oratorio soloist. In this entertaining and imaginative sea-themed programme she is joined by her husband Peter Sproston who has performed extensively as a pianist, particularly in chamber music and song accompaniment.

Thursday 12 September 1pm Free with retiring collection Chris Hill, flute & Amy Butler, piano Chris Hill is a choral and instrumental scholar at Oxford University. He has played principal flute in many leading ensembles including the National Youth Wind Orchestra and Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra and performed as a soloist at the Royal Albert Hall. Chris has reached the category audition finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year three times. His programme will include Poulenc’s Flute Sonata and other much-loved flute works. Don’t miss this outstanding young artist - one to watch!

Thursday 10 October 1pm Free with retiring collection Steven Goulden, tenor & Amy Butler, piano Steven Goulden is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has sung at some of the nation’s finest venues, including in solo recital at St John’s Smith Square, as well as soloist at Wigmore Hall and the Royal Festival Hall, and worked with conductors including Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder. The centrepiece of Steven’s programme will be Robert Schumann’s celebrated song cycle Dichterliebe (‘A Poet’s Love’). Monday CREAM TEA ORGAN CONCERTS

A weekly series of recitals on Howden Minster’s highly regarded three-manual Rushworth & Dreaper organ, one of the largest instruments in the area. All of the organists are active church musicians across Yorkshire and will entertain with a wide and varied repertoire.

Each concert is followed by one of the Minster’s celebrated summer ‘Cream Tea’ afternoons - so stay and enjoy the opportunity to explore the Minster or count its famous ‘Mousey’ Thompson carved mice.

All concerts begin at 1pm. All concerts free admission with retiring collection.

24 June Matthew Lazenby St Martin’s Church, Leeds 1 July Max Elliott St Olave’s/All Saints’ North Street, York 8 July Steven Maxson Minster 15 July Robert Poyser 22 July Matthew Collins Howden Minster 29 July Paul Dewhurst 5 August Andrew Christer St John the Evangelist, Darlington 12 August Paul Thompson St John the Evangelist, Goole 19 August Nigel Holdsworth St Columba’s URC, York 26 August Craig Cartwright Middlesbrough Cathedral CONCERTS AT A GLANCE

Saturday 6 April Community Chorus: Fauré & Karl Jenkins 7.30pm Saturday 4 May Selby Music Centre 7.30pm Thursday 9 May Amy Butler, piano 1.00pm Saturday 8 June Opera17 7.30pm Thursday 13 June Charlotte Rowan, violin & Charlotte Stevenson, piano 1.00pm Monday 24 June Matthew Lazenby, organ 1.00pm Monday 1 July Max Elliott, organ 1.00pm Saturday 6 July Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company 7.30pm Monday 8 July Steven Maxson, organ 1.00pm Thursday 11 July Elizabeth Kenwood, oboe & Peter Reasbeck, piano 1.00pm Monday 15 July Robert Poyser, organ 1.00pm Saturday 20 July St Peter’s Singers 4.30pm Monday 22 July Matthew Collins, organ 1.00pm Monday 29 July Paul Dewhurst, organ 1.00pm Saturday 3 August Florence Taylor, mezzo-soprano 7.30pm Monday 5 August Andrew Christer, organ 1.00pm Thursday 8 August Pam Waddington Muse, mezzo-soprano & Peter Sproston, piano 1.00pm Monday 12 August Paul Thompson, organ 1.00pm Monday 19 August Nigel Holdsworth, organ 1.00pm Monday 26 August Craig Cartwright, organ 1.00pm Saturday 31 August Paul Rosoman, organ 7.30pm Thursday 12 September Chris Hill, flute & Amy Butler, piano 1.00pm Thursday 10 October Steven Goulden, tenor & Amy Butler, piano 1.00pm Saturday 12 October Augustiner-Kantorei 7.30pm

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