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n aso e S t e oncer h t C e to klees m o r i c l We 0/11 K 201 This is the eighth year of the partnership between Kirklees Council and the Orchestra of Opera North, which continues to go from strength to strength.

Romantics and Revolutionaries is our theme this year, one that could hardly be more appropriate in these turbulent times. There will be plenty of reminders during the course of the season of how times of momentous change can often be a spur to the creation of great, visionary art: one need only think of Beethoven for proof of that. Both romantic and revolutionary, he is at the heart of our orchestral season: and in planning the year, we have drawn inspiration from his spirit.

As well as launching a complete cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies and his major concertos this year – a project that spans this season and next – we include works by some of music’s greatest innovators: composers from Bach to Stravinsky who took risks and broke the mould.

Passionate performance of inspirational music characterises the Kirklees season, creating a special, very direct line of communication between players and audiences.

This excitement for music is a philosophy we share with Classic FM, Britain’s most successful commercial radio station. So, in an exciting new departure for us all, the Orchestra of Opera North becomes Classic FM’s Orchestra in Yorkshire from 2010.

Our resident Orchestra thus joins the other Classic FM orchestras who are our regular guests in the season: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Northern Sinfonia.

Together with Classic FM, we have selected four concerts that we think make ideal introductions to the power and variety of great classical music. If you’ve never tried one before, these ‘Classic FM recommends’ concerts are the perfect place to start; if you come already, how about bringing your friends?

Completing our showcase of the great northern orchestras, we are also pleased to welcome the superb musicians of the BBC Philharmonic to Kirklees and, for the first time in several years, the Hallé.

The organ and lunchtime chamber concerts continue to thrive, and there is a wealth of wonderful music-making to be enjoyed in both series again this year. The popular Dewsbury lunchtime series will open in style with Voces8, recognised as Britain’s most exciting young vocal ensemble. The first of this season’s organ concerts also marks a very special occasion: Gordon Stewart’s 20th anniversary as Kirklees Borough Organist.

Come along and join in the celebrations - you’ll be very welcome.

We do hope you’ll join us as often as possible in the year ahead for more world-class music-making on your doorstep.

Dougie Scarfe Concerts Director, Opera North

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Gordon Stewart Kirklees Borough Organist

Cllr Mehboob Khan Leader of the Council

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Orchestral concerts Huddersfield and Dewsbury

Thursday 23 September 2010 7.30pm Huddersfield

Talking Music

This stirring programme makes for the perfect season launch. The stern opening chords of Egmont and its triumphant close; Beethoven’s sublime concerto, his only one for the violin; Tchaikovsky’s great symphonic drama, haunted by the shadow of an implacable Fate – this is all gripping stuff, and an ideal introduction to what the Kirklees season is all about – musical excitement of the highest order.

Before most of the concerts this season we'll be Talking Music with some of our soloists and conductors, and members of the orchestra. Please see individual concert details for start times. We do hope you'll be able to join us for some lively discussion about each evening's performance.

Orchestra of Opera North The Revolutionary and the Romantic

Beethoven

Egmont: Overture Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Conductor:

Alexander Polianichko

Violin:

Valerij Sokolov

Alexander Polianichko

Valerij Sokolov

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

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Thursday 21 October 2010 7.30pm Huddersfield

Thursday 25 November 2010 7.30pm Dewsbury Minster NOTE VENUE

Orchestra of Opera North Beethoven’s Fifth

Orchestra of Opera North Serenade

Our complete survey of the Beethoven symphonies is launched with the most famous opening phrase in all music.

From a terse, four-note tag – ‘Fate knocking at the door’ as the composer described it – Beethoven develops a musical drama that culminates in an overwhelming blaze of glory. Nothing like this had been heard before, and its influence can be clearly felt in Tchaikovsky’s first and best-known piano concerto. At the helm is one of this country’s most daring interpreters of this repertoire, Douglas Boyd.

Berlioz

Roman Carnival Overture

With Dewsbury Town Hall closed for renovation we have programmed a very special concert in the beautiful and historic surroundings of Dewsbury Minster. This is a programme designed to show the ensemble talent of the Orchestra of Opera North to best advantage. Dvorˇák’s two Serenades are infused with a wonderful Slavic spirit of romance, and Bach (surely as revolutionary as any composer), is represented with his ever popular Suite No.2, featuring Opera North’s Principal Flute Kevin Gowland. The evening is directed by the Orchestra’s leader, David Greed.

Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B b minor

Dvorˇák

Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Serenade for Winds in D minor

Bach

Suite No.2 in B minor

Dvorˇák

Serenade for Strings in E

Martin Roscoe

Beethoven

David Greed

Conductor:

Douglas Boyd

Piano:

Martin Roscoe

Leader/Director: David Greed Flute:

Kevin Gowland

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Kevin Gowland

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Thursday 2 December 2010 7.30pm Huddersfield

Friday 31 December 2010 2pm Huddersfield NOTE TIME

Orchestra of Opera North The Firebird

Northern Sinfonia Viennese Whirl

High octane virtuosity is in prospect in a programme by three Russian composers all famed for the colour and brilliance of their orchestral writing. It is easy these days to forget just how revolutionary Stravinsky was a century ago; even now the boldness of his great ballet scores thrills and amazes when heard live. One of this country’s greatest and most experienced pianists returns to the season in Prokofiev’s finest concerto and international star Dmitri Jurowski makes his début with the Orchestra.

Always a highlight of the season, with ever-larger audiences each passing year – book early to avoid disappointment for a relaxing afternoon of popular Viennese classics with all your Viennese favourites including: Die Fledermaus: Overture, Emperor Waltz, The Blue Danube Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, Wiener Blut Waltz.

This concert is NOT part of the subscriber series and has special ticket prices. However if you subscribe to both Dewsbury and Huddersfield orchestral seasons, you can get a ticket for this concert FREE.

RimskyKorsakov

May Night: Overture

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3

Conductor:

Thomas Zehetmair

Stravinsky

The Firebird: Suite (1945)

Compère:

Dougie Scarfe

Conductor:

Dmitri Jurowski

Piano:

John Lill

Dmitri Jurowski

John Lill

Thomas Zehetmair

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

Dougie Scarfe

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Sunday 23 January 2011 3pm Huddersfield NOTE TIME

Thursday 3 February 2011 7.30pm Dewsbury

Orchestra of Opera North The Heroic Symphony

Northern Sinfonia A little night music

Sunday afternoon concerts in Huddersfield have proved hugely popular and we’ve reserved this one for a very special occasion. The enormously distinguished Austrian maestro, Dietfried Bernet, conducts a programme that combines heroic power with Viennese charm. Beethoven dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte, but when he learned that Napoleon had declared himself emperor, he scratched out the original dedication and altered it to ‘the memory of a great man’ – far more appropriate given this revolutionary music’s universal appeal.

A delightful programme designed to celebrate our return to Dewsbury Town Hall following its renovation. Grieg’s Holberg Suite is an ideal prelude to two of Mozart’s most popular works. Arch Romantic though he was, Tchaikovsky was a great admirer of Mozart’s music, and his ‘Memory of Florence’ makes for a delicious finale to the evening. This is repertoire in which the virtuoso musicians of the Northern Sinfonia excel, so an evening of pure enjoyment is on the cards.

Strauss Beethoven

Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Oboe Concerto Symphony No. 3 in E b ‘Eroica’

Grieg

Holberg Suite

Mozart

Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Tchaikovsky

Souvenir de Florence

Leader/Director: Kyra Humphreys Horn:

Kyra Humphreys

Conductor:

Dietfried Bernet

Oboe:

Richard Hewitt

Talking music starts at 2.10pm

Peter Francomb

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Peter Francomb

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

Thursday 24 March 2011 7.30pm Huddersfield

Friday 25 March 2011 7.30pm Dewsbury

Orchestra of Opera North Shelley’s Beethoven part one

Orchestra of Opera North Shelley’s Beethoven part two

This week is a landmark in our Beethovenian journey. On consecutive evenings, one in Huddersfield and the other in Dewsbury, Howard Shelley will conduct two of Beethoven’s symphonies and direct from the keyboard three of his piano concertos – an epic undertaking.

Later in the year, soloist and orchestra will record a complete cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos for Chandos Records. Make sure you hear it here first!

‘A superb musician: not only does he play with great taste and insight but his conducting is impeccable…’. BBC Music Magazine on Howard Shelley.

In his grand C major concerto and the stormy C minor, we encounter Beethoven the evolutionary – displaying an obvious debt to Mozart’s great sequence of mature piano concertos whilst creating something distinctively his own.

Beethoven’s fourth symphony may be a little less well-known than the two composed on either side of it, but in its own way it’s just as wondrous.

Beethoven

Leonore Overture No. 3 Symphony No. 7 in A Piano Concerto No. 5 in E b ‘Emperor’

Beethoven

Howard Shelley

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B b Symphony No. 4 in Bb

Piano/Director: Howard Shelley

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Talking music starts at 6.40pm Piano/Director: Howard Shelley

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

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Thursday 7 April 2011 7.30pm Huddersfield

Friday 13 May 2011 7.30pm Dewsbury

BBC Philharmonic Noseda conducts: Schumann, Brahms, Mozart

Northern Sinfonia Classic FM Concert

Brahms was widely regarded in the 19th century as the natural inheritor of Beethoven’s legacy, so this is a fascinating opportunity to compare and contrast his only violin concerto with Beethoven’s, which opened the season.

Mozart can be claimed as both Classical and Romantic; his emotionally-charged G minor symphony certainly leans towards the Romantic. The BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Conductor Gianandrea Noseda is acclaimed for the electricity of his performances, so we’re delighted to welcome him to Huddersfield for this concert.

The Northern Sinfonia’s final visit of the season features a popular programme from their Classic FM series of concerts.

This is music designed to be enjoyed by all ages and experiences and bears out a philosophy that we share with Classic FM, namely that classical music can, and should be part of people’s everyday life.

The concert ends with one of the most darkly romantic symphonies of them all – Schubert’s groundbreaking ‘Unfinished’.

Schumann

Genoveva: Overture

Brahms

Violin Concerto in D

Mozart

Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Conductor:

Gianandrea Noseda

Violin:

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

Rossini

The Silken Ladder: Overture

Ravel

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Saint-Saëns

Piano concerto No. 2 in G minor

Mozart

The Magic Flute: Overture

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’

Conductor:

Mario Venzago

Piano:

Ingrid Fliter

Talking music starts at 6.40pm Ingrid Fliter

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Friday 20 May 2011 7.30pm Huddersfield

Saturday 4 June 2011 7.30pm Huddersfield

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Petrenko conducts: Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Prokofiev

Hallé

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s performances with their sensational young Russian principal conductor have been one of the success stories of the decade in British orchestral life, and Vasily Petrenko has certainly proved a favourite of Kirklees audiences. As well as exploring the connections between Tchaikovsky and Mozart, the programme also includes Prokofiev's youthful and effervescent first piano concerto - the work which heralded the arrival of this musical genius exactly one hundred years ago.

We are delighted to welcome the Hallé back to Kirklees for the season finale.

The programme pays tribute to both the Hallé’s and Kirklees’ association with the great English composers of the last century; indeed the Hallé gave the première of ‘In the South’ conducted by the composer in 1904. Combined with the sparkle and romance of Rachmaninov and the special sound world of Sibelius, this is sure to be a wonderful climax to our year and will, we hope, send you away eager to return next Autumn!

From Agincourt to Alassio

Vasily Petrenko

Rory Macdonald

Tchaikovsky

Suite No.4 ‘Mozartiana’

Sibelius

Pohjola’s Daughter

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No.1 in Db

Rachmaninov

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Mozart

Don Giovanni: Overture

Walton

Henry V: Suite

Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings

Elgar

In the South ‘Alassio’

Conductor:

Vasily Petrenko

Conductor:

Rory Macdonald

Piano:

Kirill Gerstein

Piano:

Sofya Gulyak (Winner of the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition)

Sofya Gulyak

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

Talking music starts at 6.40pm

Kirill Gerstein

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ts cer n Hall n o C w ber bury To urch m a Ch Dews ed Ch e rm im at cht days d Refo n u s L nite dne We The U and 13 October 2010 (URC)* Voces8 Voces8 opened last year’s series, and return this year by audience demand.

Recognised as Britain’s most exciting young vocal ensemble, they have released two CDs on the Signum label and performed all over the globe since their last visit. This is one concert not to be missed.

10 November 2010 (URC)* Tom Osborne (trumpet) with Dr Gordon Stewart (organ)

Dewsbury Town Hall Lunchtime Concert Information Tickets: £4 (£3 concessions) available from Dewsbury Town Hall Box Office. Season tickets are also available for all 8 concerts for just £18.

For full information please see the venue details on page 14 & 15. All Dewsbury Lunchtime Concerts start at 12.30pm. Lunch is served in the main hall from 11.30am.

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Tom Osborne was recently appointed Assistant Principal Trumpet in the Hallé Orchestra. Taking advantage of the temporary move to the United Reformed Church, Tom is joined by Borough Organist, Gordon Stewart in a programme ranging from the Baroque to virtuoso music of the 19th Century.

15 December 2010 The University of Huddersfield Brass Band For many of the audience the Huddersfield University Brass Band’s concert marks the start of Christmas! Here the Band are back with a new programme, under the direction of their charismatic conductor, Philip McCann.

9 February 2011 Robin Hill (guitar) Since his last visit Robin has been performing in such far flung destinations as Hong Kong, Bombay, Dubai, Maldives, Egypt and Brazil. In his Dewsbury concert he will be performing pieces by Rodrigo, Sor, Bach and of course, Hill.

9 March 2011 Amanda Babington and friends Baroque violinist Amanda Babington is joined by soprano Rachel Mosley and Gordon Stewart in a programme including Handel’s German Arias and Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord.

13 April 2011 David Greed (violin) and Ian Buckle (piano) David Greed is leader of the Orchestra of Opera North, and he and Ian Buckle have appeared together in the series many times. This year their programme includes Schubert’s massive Fantasy in C.

11 May 2011 Arcturus The ever-popular Arcturus is back after a year’s break in a programme including Mozart’s glorious trio for clarinet, viola and piano. A perfect end to the season.

12 January 2011 George King (piano) George King’s concert last season was a highlight, and this year he is back with a programme including Liszt, born 200 years ago, Beethoven and, by the request of many audience members, another jazz improvisation.

* (URC) Indicates a performance at The United Reformed Church

l Hal n w To ts ersfield r e c d Con t Hud n a a Org ndays Mo 4 October 2010 Dr Gordon Stewart with the New World Ensemble (Leader Andrew Long) Conducted by Dougie Scarfe G F Handel Organ concerto ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’ J S Bach Passacaglia for organ J Rheinberger Overture for Violin and Organ Andrew Carter Aria for Strings F Poulenc Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani

18 October 2010 Simon Lindley (Leeds Town Hall) F Jackson Fanfare F Jackson Prelude on East Acklam ALJ Lefébure-Wely March in C ALJ Lefébure-Wely Song of the Nuns R Cockroft Three Short Pieces J H Fiocco Andante & Arioso F Peeters Variations on an Original Theme R Binge Miss Melanie C Franck Pièce Heroïque

1 November 2010 Dr Gordon Stewart E Elgar arr G Martin M Festing arr G Thalben-Ball J Ernst arr J S Bach A Ketèlbey B Johnson Max Reger

Imperial March Largo, Allegro, Aria and Variations Concerto in G In a Monastery Garden Elfentanz Chorale Fantasia Wachet auf!

8 November 2010 Dr Gordon Stewart with Tom Osborne (trumpet) A H Brewer March Heroïque T Albinoni Concerto in C J S Bach Fugue in E flat (St Anne) Albinoni/RGiazotto Adagio in G Minor Paul Manz Partita on St Anne G Thalben-Ball Elegy arr G Stewart Suite for Trumpet and A Carter Organ

6 December 2010 The University of Huddersfield Brass Band Playing under the direction of their conductor, Philip McCann the university brass band is back for its annual Christmas spectacular. Lots of new pieces from them and a chance to join in singing the favourite Christmas Carols.

13 December 2010 Dr Gordon Stewart W Walton arr Henry Ley N Rawsthorne J S Bach J S Bach N Rawsthorne P Aston A Carter

Suite from Henry V Prelude on This is the Truth Prelude and Fugue in C Prelude on Wachet auf!

Fantasia on Wachet auf!

Homage to Gabriel Fauré Toccata on Veni Emmanuel

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l Hal n w To ts ersfield r e c d Con t Hud n a a Org ndays Mo 20 December 2010 Dr Gordon Stewart Music for Christmas Gordon Stewart is joined in this Christmas programme by the Girls’ Choir of Wakefield Cathedral and the flute choir ‘Flute Salad’ from Derbyshire. Popular music for Christmas including the organ solos Dance Variations on Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Clifton Hughes and A Good King chills out for Spring

by Robert Cockroft. And, of course, a chance to join in with your favourite Christmas carols.

24 January 2011 Peter King (Bath Abbey) A Guilmant G B Pescetti F Mendelssohn arr W T Best A Hollins S Karg-Elert

14 February 2011 Thomas Trotter A Hollins

10 January 2011 Dr Gordon Stewart A Hollins D Johnson F Liszt arr W Faulkes J S Bach J Jongen C Franck arr D Roth R Wagner arr E Lemare

Concert Overture in C Trumpet Tune in A Consolation in D flat

March on a Theme of Handel Sonata in C minor Prelude and Fugue in E minor Maytime Gavotte Homage to Handel – 54 Variations on a Ground Bass

W A Mozart L Anderson

Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor Minuet Scherzo Rédemption

P Whitlock P Whitlock R Goss-Custard A Ketèlbey

The Ride of the Valkyries

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Concert Overture in C minor Adagio & Allegro Three Pieces: The Syncopated Clock The Typewriter Blue Tango Canzona & Scherzetto Merrie England Chelsea Fayre Bells across the Meadows The Princess Elizabeth March

7 March 2011 Dr Gordon Stewart F Scotson Clark D Buxtehude W Felton J S Bach F Liszt

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Marche aux Flambeaux Prelude and Fugue in D A Little Tune Prelude and Fugue in A minor Fantasia and Fugue on Ad nos ad salutarem undam

28 March 2011 John Kitchen

18 April 2011 Dr Gordon Stewart

J H Roman J S Bach

M Phillips J S Bach F Wood

F Mendelssohn P Whitlock

A Ketèlbey A Hollins E Coates

Sinfonia di chiesa O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross Theme and Variations in D The Organ Sonata in C minor (First movement) In a Persian Market Evening Rest Knightsbridge March

F Liszt arr N Kynaston N Rawsthorne J Alain F Mendelssohn

Empire March Toccata in F Sunrise on Stonehenge Funérailles Waltz and Dance of the Butterflies Litanies Sonata 3 (First movement)

4 April 2011 Dr Gordon Stewart

9 May 2011 Dr Gordon Stewart

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G F Handel arr W T Best

Symphonie 2 (First movement) J S Bach Trio Sonata 1 F Jackson Toccata, Chorale and Fugue Percy Fletcher Fountain Reverie C Gounod Funeral March of a arr W T Best Marionette ALJ Lefébure-Wely Sortie in B flat

Overture The Occasional Oratorio J S Bach Fugue alla Gigue W A Mozart Fantasia in F Minor F Liszt Canzonetta del arr W Westbrook Salvator Rosa A Hollins Song of Sunshine F Liszt Prelude and Fugue on BACH

Huddersfield Town Hall Organ Concert Information Tickets: £4 (£3 concessions) available from Huddersfield Town Hall Box Office.

Season passes are also available for all 15 concerts for just £35. For full information please see the venue details on page 14 & 15. All organ concerts start at 1pm. Lunch is served in the Old Court Room from 11.30am.

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Huddersfield orchestral prices and discounts Seating Area

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£120

£102

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£57

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£22.50

£20

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£11.50

£9.50

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£19.50

£17

£14.50

£9.50

£8

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Viennese Whirl concert

£13

£13

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Concessions are available to Kirklees Passport holders, OAPs, under 26s, unwaged, disabled and Stagepass holders. Please provide proof of eligibility when booking. Please note that there are no concessions on subscription tickets.

Please note that the Viennese Whirl on the 31 December is not included in the season subscription and has a ticket price of £13 all areas, £4 for under 26s with no further concessions.

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Dewsbury orchestral prices and discounts Seating Area

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£17.50

£14.50

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£6.50

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£15

£12

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Concessions are available to Kirklees Passport holders, OAPs, under 26s, unwaged, disabled and Stagepass holders. Please provide proof of eligibility when booking. Please note that there are no concessions on subscription tickets. Dewsbury Minster tickets are included in the Dewsbury Season Subscription price Band A – Balcony

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Venue information Dewsbury Town Hall Location Wakefield Old Road Dewsbury WF12 8DQ Entrance Ground floor access to the box office and stairs/lift to the concert hall is at the front of the town hall Access directly to the concert hall is up the main steps at the front of the town hall.

Box Office Opening hours : Monday – Friday 9.15am – 5pm From 6.15pm on concert nights for collection of pre-booked tickets and ‘on the door’ sales.

Huddersfield Town Hall Location Ramsden Street Huddersfield HD1 2TA Entrance Corporation Street for access to box office, stalls and Old Court Room.

Princess Street for access to balcony and gallery.

Box Office Opening hours from 6.15pm on the evening of each concert for collection of pre-booked tickets and ‘on the door’ sales.

Facilities at Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls Talking Music: For an extra insight into the music and an opportunity to meet some of the performers, there is a free talk before the concerts at 6.40pm (unless otherwise stated) in the main hall. Please ensure that you purchase your ticket before going into the hall.

Travel and Parking ALL VENUES are located within walking distance of the rail and bus stations. Parking is available in local car parks, as well as limited free parking on surrounding streets during the evening. For further details of car parks please visit www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls

Induction Loop System Both Town Halls have induction loops in the Concert Halls.

Wheelchair Access A number of wheelchair positions are available in the Stalls only. Access is via the level access Corporation Street entrance at Huddersfield and the level access entrance at Dewsbury. A steward will be available to assist you. Please make it clear when booking that you require a wheelchair space. Wheelchair spaces are sold at the concessionary rate; one accompanying carer may claim a free seat.

Refreshments Bar and catering facilities are available from 6.15pm.

You may pre-order your interval drinks at the bars and beat the rush!

How to Book You can book your ticket in person, by phone or online as follows: Holmfirth Information Centre, tel: 01484 222444 Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre, tel: 01484 223200 Dewsbury Box Office, tel: 01924 324501 We now offer online booking at www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls

Change of location Due to the refurbishment of Dewsbury Town Hall, the following concerts have had to be relocated.

Wednesday 13 October, 1pm – Voces 8 Wednesday 10 November, 1pm – Tom Osborne with Dr Gordon Stewart Both concerts relocated to The United Reform Church, Longcauseway, Dewsbury, WF13 1NH Thursday 25 November, 7.30pm – Orchestra of Opera North relocated to Dewsbury Minster, Rishworth Road, Dewsbury WF12 8DD All concerts will return to the Town Hall in December.

Single tickets for all concerts go on sale from Monday 2 August 2010.

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