The university of York Music Society

Concert Series

This is the Concert Series for the Spring Term 2010. All Concerts start at 1pm in Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall. Entry is free for Music Society members and £2 for non-members. Please come along from 12:45.

Week Day Date Concert Extra Information Details
1 Friday 30/04/2010 Tudor Consort of Voices A beautiful Vocal concert of Early music
2 Tuesday 04/05/2010 Return of the Hippies Back by popular demand, Dark Cecilia treats you to another round of groovy tunes, deep lyrics and sweet close harmonies from the 70's. CSN, The Beatles and more!
2 Friday 07/05/2010 The Eboracum Ensemble The Eboracum Ensemble was formed as part of Edward McMullan's solo project. This concert is a showcase of the music performed on their tour of Northern Ireland in February 2010.
3 Monday 10/05/2010 Peter Hill at the earlier time of 12.15 Peter is an expert on the music of Bach and Messiaen, he will be performing some of Bach's preludes and fugues from Book 2 of the Well-tempered Clavier
3 Tuesday 11/05/2010 Brass Ensemble Brass Ensemble and Just Brass meet the Brass Quartet for a concert featuring renaissance and baroque pieces along with trumpet improvisations with electronics.
3 Friday 14/05/2010 'Cello Recitals Final year ‘cellists Iain MacKenzie and Hannah Gibbs perform two wonderful, yet contrasting Sonatas from the last century.
4 Tuesday 18/05/2010 Sax Quartet and Y'uke Soc The new York Saxophone Quartet entertain you with a selection of modern quartet pieces and classical arrangements. Followed by the newly formed Y'uke Soc invites you to tiptoe through the tulips in their first lunchtime concert. Come hear the delights of music from movies, musicals and popular tunes all in ukulele style!
4 Friday 21/05/2010 Blake Funk Unit feat. Tom Jones “Featuring some of York's finest jazz musicians, this ensemble under the direction of Richard Blake will give a brief taster of some of the finest funk and jazz big band repertoire. From commercial hits such as Valerie and Superstition, to some hard swinging tunes such as Have You Met Miss Jones, we aim to entertain, and to share our love of this music with a wider audience.”
5 Tuesday 25/05/2010 Leçons de ténèbres A beautiful setting of the Tenebrae, Holy week written for the Ash Wednesday Service for two high voices.
5 Friday 28/05/2010 Jazz Band “Come and hear an exciting mix of American and European styles of small band Jazz.”
7 Tuesday 08/06/2010 Lunchtime Lieder Sinead Faherty and Freya Jacklin perform a selection of Lieder, duets and part songs.(Rosamund Cole has had to cancel)
7 Friday 11/06/2010 Narrative Lines “A small selection of pieces that are all linked with narrative in a different way, by York composers Benjamin Gait, Martin Scheuregger and Mark Hutchinson. Includes a piece with video that formed part of the 2007 practical project 'Worldscape', a clarinet quintet featuring Jon Sage and a Kurt Vonnegut-inspired work.”
8 Tuesday 15/06/2010 York University Cello Ensemble Always a delight to your ears the wonderful ’cello ensemble bring you more classics arranged for the best section of the orchestra.
8 Friday 18/06/2010 Music for Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' by Thomas Linley Junior and the Decameron Guitar Quartet In this concert an ensemble of talented musicians from the University bring Linley's music back to life in what is probably the first live concert hall performance of Linley's incidental music to Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' since it's original run at the Drury Lane Theatre in eighteenth century London. Followed by an eclectic mix of influence and repertoire, the current line-up of the Decameron Guitar Quartet gives its final performance. Come and witness the end of an era *sniff*, and the promise of new beginnings.
9 Monday 21/06/2010 Russian Flute Music and The Pirttijarvi Players Vocal Consort Come along to the Jack Lyons to hear Ruth Keggin and the legendary Mark Hutchinson play a beautiful suite of Azerbaijani music for flute and piano by Fikret Amirov, a prominent composer during the Soviet period. Warning: may contain folk melodies. Followed by vivacious young conductor Shaun Pirrtijarvi presents one of Purcell's finest works: Come ye Sons of Art, featuring Shaun himself on harpsichord with the Pirttijarvi players and soloists including Charlie Murray, who is making his solo debut in this concert- your support for this budding young baritone is welcomed!
9 Tuesday 22/06/2010 New Music for Chamber Choir The 24 presents premieres of works by Garrett Sholdice and Thomas Simaku in a programme containing other recent compositions for small choir.
9 Friday 25/06/2010 Chimera Ensemble The music department contemporary music ensemble, Chimera, present their regular concert of new music from composers based at the University of York, ahead of their evening concert, 'From These Isles'.
10 Monday 28/06/2010 Music Theatre Brand new musical theatre group... want you to experience an energetic performance crammed full with favourites from the stage and open your ears and mind to music you may have yet to discover...! Extracts included from classics such as West Side Story and Guys and Dolls; popular composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber and fiery group pieces from Rent and Little Shop of Horrors.
10 Tuesday 29/06/2010 Kreutzer Quartet The Kreutzer Quartet are back again to give a delightful programme
10 Friday 02/07/2010 OperaStar to PopStar The Opera Society present OperaStar to Popstar – ensembles and soloists of the Opera Society compete in front of judges singing popular music for a chance to be crowned POPSTAR! An entirely non-serious concert.

For more details on the Music Society concert series or how to apply, please email the Concert Secretary, Emily Scaglioni .

All concerts are recorded and copies are available for all performers on request. For more informations about concert recordings, please contact the Chair, Charlotte Potter

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