WHAT'S ON WITH
THE BRIGANTES
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Remembrance
Saturday, 15 October 2022 Sheffield Cathedral The 22/23 season opening concert is a moving tribute to those loved and lost. Autumnal music by Finzi with top soloist Emma Johnson, a pastoral symphony describing the landscape in northern France during World War I, and "the next great Adagio" after those by Mahler and Barber. Enjoy this powerful music in the peaceful setting of Sheffield Cathedral.
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Winter Warmer 2
Saturday, 17 December 2022 Cathedral, Sheffield Take a break from the Christmas shopping for an hour and escape into the candlelit warmth of the Cathedral for some festive music, a glass of something mulled and a mince pie or two... Guaranteed to capture the mood and get the season started! |
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Symphonic Landscapes
Saturday, 4 March 2023 Sheffield Cathedral Our spring concert includes epic Sibelius, sparkling, passionate Mendelssohn, and a witty, colourful pastiche of Rossini by Eric Fenby based on a very famous Yorkshire theme... We're thrilled to welcome back Lisa Jacobs who made an extraordinary debut with Bruch's violin concerto in 2019. Don't forget your hat! |
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Façade Entertainment
Saturday, 25 March 2023 Sheffield Cathedral "One good tune after another..." Walton's musical entertainment under witty poems by Edith Sitwell is gleefully 'music hall' and brimming with dance rhythms. Joyously ridiculous! Join us for forty minutes of fantastic fun on a Saturday afternoon! |
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Fin de siecle
Saturday, 10 June 2023 Sheffield Cathedral The 2022 / 2023 season of Brigantes concerts explore nature's realm, indulge in a touch of nostalgia, and highlight the influence and subtle beauty of British music. Why not guarantee your seat at every concert and save 20% on the whole lot by buying a season ticket here! Three pieces from the last gasp of the 19th Century. Elgar's testament to friendship, steeped in the Worcestershire countryside, Debussy's symphonic landscapes of clouds, the city and the sea, and beginning with Suk's glorious Scherzo Fantastique. |
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Jazz Origins
Saturday, 18 June 2022 City Hall, Sheffield Presenting a concert featuring pieces with their roots in Jazz, Blues and early American musicals. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue played by Christopher Devine is on the bill alongside Kurt Weill’s suite from The Lady in the Dark, a musical which he wrote with Ira Gershwin, and William Grant Still’s First Symphony, evocative of spirituals, jazz and the blues. |
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in Sleep and Dreams
Saturday, 26 February 2022 Cathedral, Sheffield Music by Britten, Mendelssohn and Brahms, optimistic of Spring and Summer and all exploring themes of sleep, the night and dreams. The programme includes Brahms' sunny Symphony No. 2 and the young Mendelssohn's overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Mozart Influencers
Friday, 15 October 2021 Cathedral, Sheffield Save the date! The Brigantes Orchestra are back with our first concert of the season 2021 / 2022 at the Sheffield Cathedral. Featuring Mozart's Symphony No. 40. |
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Brigantes' New World
Saturday, 29 February 2020 Cathedral, Sheffield The Brigantes presents Dvorak’s last and best known Symphony ‘from the New World’, alongside the dark and emotional Cello Concerto of Edward Elgar featuring soloist Pepijn Meeuws. Opening the concert is a hidden gem of an overture by the conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent. |
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Beethoven's Fifth
Thursday, 17 October 2019 Victoria Hall, Sheffield A Classic FM perennial, Bruch’s beautiful first Violin Concerto is performed by Dutch rising star Lisa Jacobs. Paired with Beethoven’s most famous symphony, this programme is ideal for first-timers as well as seasoned concert-goers. The hidden gem is Raff’s orchestration of the great Bach Chaconne – wonderfully reimagined by a forgotten icon of the mid 1800s. |
