Middlesbrough Town Hall Classical Season 2021/22

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Classical Subscriber savings: Welcome to the Middlesbrough Town Hall Classical season for 2021/22.

After one of the most challenging years in our history, we are absolutely delighted to welcome audiences back to our safe and inspiring spaces and to once again hear the sounds of live music and entertainment from our stunning concert halls.

Save 15% when you book for all concerts

Alongside the exciting classical concert series, Middlesbrough Town Hall

Our season launches in October with

offers a variety of music engagement

performances from world-famous

opportunities for people of all ages. Join

international orchestras, and features

one of the weekly classes or sign up to a

a welcome return for Middlesbrough

special project.

favourites Royal Northern Sinfonia and Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra.

From the Main Hall to the beautiful Courtroom and even the Courtyard, we

There is also the opportunity for those

are using all of our spaces this season to

of you who are new to classical music to

show you the very best of Middlesbrough

‘dip your toe in’ and be introduced to the

Town Hall. We are proud to bring the

local classical scene with our informal

music to your ears and to make classical

and relaxed Café sessions. Suitable for all

music accessible to everyone. Relevant

the family, the café sessions are an ideal

Covid-related information will be

way to introduce young children to

communicated via our website

live music.

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Image: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

2022 ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA Thursday 13 January

ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA Thursday 17 February

2021 Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and associated travel restrictions, BRNO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (12 October) and ARMENIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (2 December) have cancelled.

CLASSICAL CAFÉ Sundays at 3pm: 5 September, 3 October, 7 November, 5 December

TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MOSCOW Wednesday 23 March

CLEVELAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Sunday 27 March

ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA Sunday 24 April

CLASSICAL CAFÉ New Year Special 13 January at 7.30pm, then Sundays at 3pm: 6 February, 6 March, 3 April, 8 May and 26 June

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Classical Cafe is an opportunity to experience classical music in a more relaxed, informal setting.

The space is set up cafe style in the Town Hall Crypt with small round tables, drinks and cake are served prior to the performance between 2-3pm.

Join us once a month on a Sunday to support local classical musicians and groups and enjoy what the Tees Valley classical music scene has to offer.

Doors open at 2pm and the performance starts at 3pm. Tickets are £4 for adults and under 16s go free.

We welcome families with younger children to our Classical Cafe. Concerts marked with an asterisk (*) are specifically child-friendly and include beanbag seating at the front for little ones, colouring sheets and pens, performers interact with our younger audiences and pieces are shorter.

Advance booking is recommended.

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SARAH PATERSON HARP Sun 5 Sept 3pm - 4pm

TO BE ANNOUNCED *Sun 3 Oct 3pm - 4pm,

AURORA STRINGS STRING QUARTET *Sunday 7 Nov 3pm - 4pm

ERIMUS SINGERS Image: Laura Toomey

Sun 5 Dec 3pm - 4pm

A NEW YEAR SPECIAL WITH ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA Thurs 13 Jan 7.30pm

LAURA TOOMEY VOCALIST Sun 6 Feb 3pm - 4pm

FUN AT THE OPERA! *Sun 6 Mar 3pm - 4pm

ALISON GILL PIANO *Sun 3 Apr 3pm - 4pm

JOHN HUTCHINSON VIOLIN DANIEL ROPOTA PIANO Sun 8 May 3pm - 4pm

TEES VALLEY YOUTH CHAMBER CHOIR Sun 26 June 3pm - 4pm

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JANUARY 2022 The Joy of Six Beethoven – Sextet for 2 horns and strings Helen Grime – Into the faded air *** Britten – Movement for Wind Sextet Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 Date Thurs 13 Jan 2022 Time 7.30pm Venue Court Room

Tickets Adults: £12.50 + £2.50 Booking Fee Under 16s & Students: £7 + £2.50 Booking Fee

FEBRUARY 2022

APRIL 2022 Direction/Violin: Rachel Podger,

Conductor: Marta Gardolinska, Piano: Mariam Batsashvili Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 *** Bacewicz – Concerto for String Orchestra

Telemann - Overture in D Major (from Tafelmusik) Telemann - Concerto for 3 Oboes & 3 Violins in B flat Corelli - Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 1

Schubert – Symphony No. 3

*** Vivaldi – The Four Seasons

Date Thurs 17 Feb 2022

Date Sun 24 Apr 2022

Time 7.30pm Venue Main Hall

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Tickets Adults: £22.50 + £2.50 Booking Fee Under 16s & Students: £10.00 + £2.50 Booking Fee

Time 4pm Venue Main Hall

Tickets Adults: £22.50 + £2.50 Booking Fee Under 16s & Students: £10.00 + £2.50 Booking Fee

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TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MOSCOW Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig

Piano: Pyotr Akulov – joint winner of Grand Piano Competition in Moscow 2021 Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no. 2

Rachmaninov dedicated his second piano concerto to his psychoanalyst, who inspired him to write this most popular of all concerti, after he’d lost all his creative confidence following the disastrous premiere of his first symphony. Ever since this spellbinding and romantic concerto was first performed, it has thrilled audiences worldwide.

This concert will also be a unique opportunity to hear Henry Wood’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s fabulous Pictures at an Exhibition, which hasn’t been performed in the UK for many decades. The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow specifically chose to perform this work as a

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Image: Pyotr Akulov

*** Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Henry Wood)

compliment to British music-making; it provides a wonderful example of British and Russian musical traditions working in harmony.

Date Wed 23 Mar 2022 Time 7.30pm Venue Main Hall

Tickets Adults: £22.50 + £2.50 Booking Fee Under 16s & Students: £10.00 + £2.50 Booking Fee

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CLEVELAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conductor: David Greed

Violin Solo: Sophie Rosa Borodin - Prince Igor Overture Bruch - Violin Concerto Borodin - Symphony no. 2

Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1975 by the late Edwin Raymond and continues to flourish, with talented local musicians playing a variety of major orchestral works in twice-yearly concerts.

Sophie Rosa has performed across the UK as a recitalist in venues including the Royal Festival Hall, the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and Bridgewater Hall and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Manchester Camerata. Sophie has broadcast for BBC Radio 3 and has released CDs on Rubicon Classics, Champs Hill and EM Records labels to critical acclaim.

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Image: Sophie Rosa

Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra returns to the Town Hall for this classical programme of works

by Bruch and Borodin. The orchestra will be conducted by David Greed from Opera North, with Sophie Rosa as the soloist for one of the best loved violin concertos in the repertoire.

David Greed is one of the orchestra’s principal conductors. He has been leader of Opera North since 1978 and has appeared as a regular soloist both with the Opera North orchestra and with other orchestras throughout the region.

Date Sun 27 Mar 2022

Tickets Adults: £12

Time 3pm

Under 18s: Free

Venue Main Hall

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PARKING Middlesbrough Town Hall has no on-site parking, however parking is available throughout the town centre.

ACCESS INFORMATION

Council car parks

Any customer who requires a Personal Assistant to be present in order for them to access the venue and evacuate it in an emergency is entitled to a free ticket for their assistant.

All council car parks are free after 6pm. Those close to the Town Hall include mima, on-street at Albert Road, Baker and Bedford Streets, France Street (white bays), Buxton Street and Gurney Street (white bays).

Cleveland Centre Visitors to the Town Hall during the evening can park at the nearby Cleveland Centre car park for just £1.50 between 6pm and midnight.

Disabled (Blue Badge) parking Blue Badge holders can park free of charge in any bay in Council operated car parks (apart from the designated electric vehicle-only bays in Zetland and Captain Cook Square multi-storey car parks).

Legislation also allows Blue Badge holders to park free of charge and without time limit in any on-street pay and display or limited waiting parking bays. This is clearly stated in the guidance issued to all Blue Badge holders when they receive or renew their badges.

Personal Assistant tickets

Qualifying documentation must be shown as proof of this: • A letter from the local authority confirming receipt of disability allowance • Local authority disability pass – this does not include Blue Badges • Local authority visual impairment card • Disability rail card • Doctor’s note (valid for 6 months) • CEA card Once you have presented your proof to the Box Office, you will not need to show it again for 12 months from that date in order to be entitled to Personal Assistant tickets.

Please note Personal Assistant tickets can only be purchased in person or by phone.

For more information please go to: www.middlesbroughtownhall.co.uk/accessibility/ or email: venueaccess@middlesbrough.gov.uk

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