Family Carol Concert
5pm Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Carols and Christmas Music
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Thoresby Colliery Band
Conductor Richard Laing
Organist Michael Dutton
Bring the whole family to enjoy Christmas music at these ever popular, child-friendly concerts. The choir and band lead the audience in well-loved Christmas carols, while the choir provides more peaceful interludes with the very best of traditional and popular music.
The Family Carol Concert comes in the frenetically busy time just before Christmas. It is a good chance to make space to relax and enjoy enthralling Christmas music in a warm, friendly atmosphere. Join in and sway along to Schneewalzer and enjoy the magical Let It Go from Frozen. Thoresby Colliery Band conducted by Luke Pallister.
Handel Messiah (Complete)
7pm Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Orchestra da Camera
Conductor Richard Laing
Soprano Katie Trethewey
Mezzo soprano Emily Hodkinson
Tenor Christopher Turner
Bass Thomas D Hopkinson
From the jubilant "Hallelujah" chorus, to the exquisite aria "I know that my Redeemer liveth", Messiah is an evocative setting of the biblical account of the birth, life and death of Christ. Handel's mastery of composition for solo voices, choir and orchestra culminates in a work full of superb arias and thrilling choruses, well-loved by audiences for almost three centuries.
Mendelssohn Elijah
7.30pm Albert Hall, NottinghamFelix Mendelssohn Elijah
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Orchestra da Camera
Conductor Richard Laing
Soprano April Fredrick
Mezzo soprano Emily Hodkinson
Tenor Charne Rochford
Baritone Stephen Gadd
Fire descending from the sky, false gods, earthquakes, drought, storms, fiery horses and fiery chariots, prophets ascending heavenward in the whirlwinds, it's all here! There can be no more dramatic oratorio than Mendelssohn's Elijah, surely one of the greatest and most exciting choral works ever written.
Rütti Requiem & Vivaldi Gloria
Southwell Minster Saturday 25th May 2024 7:30PM
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Southern Sinfonia
Conductor Richard Laing
Soprano April Fredrick
Baritone Angus McPhee
Organ Simon Hogan
If you were lucky enough to be in Southwell Minster on 11th May 2013 you will know just how powerful and exciting is the setting of the Requiem by the Swiss composer Carl Rütti. So popular was this wonderful work with both audience and singers that Nottingham Harmonic Choir were determined to perform it again. The work's jazz and blues influences are paired with the composer's love of the English choral tradition to create a Requiem at once thrilling and intensely moving. Two of the Harmonic's best-loved soloists, April Fredrick and Angus McPhee, now well established in their careers, reprise their roles from a decade ago. Vivaldi's evergreen Gloria will begin the concert, with its enchanting combination of dance-like movements with moments of still contemplation.
