YorkConcerts

Based in the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall yet reaching out to the wider world, Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening explore the connecting threads of music, landscape and people over a period of almost 2000 years.

The 24 – conducted by the renowned British choral director Robert Hollingworth – collaborates with rising stars of the vocal world The Lyons Mouth, on music from the Renaissance to the present day.

On the eve of the prestigious Brass in Concert Championship in Gateshead, Shepherd Brass Band teams up with the internationally renowned Cory Band for a tantalising mix of music, including Cory Band’s Brass-in-Concert programme.

To coincide with this autumn’s Railway 200 celebrations, three musicians working across a range of genres explore the sonic possibilities of the railways and York’s status as a key railway city, past and present.

Following a string of sold-out concerts, University Symphony Orchestra returns to perform César Franck’s Symphony in D minor – the Belgian composer’s best-known orchestral work – alongside Sibelius’ ever-popular Karelia Suite.

Grawemeyer Award-winning York alumnus Christian Mason and his critically acclaimed Octandre Ensemble celebrate nature, friendship and song, pairing Schubert’s much-loved ‘Trout’ Quintet with new works by composers with a close connection to York.

As we usher in the winter months, Manchester Collective joins forces with The Marian Consort for an imaginative and eclectic selection of works, inviting you to slow down and reconnect with the land and those around you.

A landmark score of the eighteenth century, Haydn’s masterpiece, The Creation, showcases the composer's striking orchestration and unparalleled mastery of choral writing, evoking a technicolour array of natural wonders.