The Songs of War: Will Todd and Górecki

Part of the Kirklees Concert Season 2018/2019

Former Music Director of Opera North, Richard Farnes returns to the helm of the Orchestra to present the world premiere of Will Todd’s Songs of Love and Battle. Dedicated to Opera North’s youth ensembles, Todd’s commission is a micro opera depicting the conflicting emotions of war through the words and poems of Maggie Gottlieb.

Renowned for their melodic intensity and harmonic invention, Todd’s best-known works include Mass in Blue, The Blackened Man and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Górecki’s third symphony, known as his ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’, picks up the theme of loss and separation caused by conflict through three Polish texts. The second text, a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II, is arguably one of the most famous pieces of music from the late 20th Century.

BOOK FOR THIS CONCERT HERE: http://bit.ly/SongsofWar

Conductor: Richard Farnes
Soprano: Fflur Wynn
Baritone: Johnny Herford
Opera North Youth Chorus
Opera North Young Voices
Opera North Children’s Chorus

Programme:
Will Todd - Songs of Love and Battle (World première)
1. A Zeppelin crashes
2. A poem and a dying man
3. A recruitment fair
4. Letters home
5. Newspapers and bombs
6. Singing at night
7. Bring them home safe
8. Requiem
Górecki - Symphony No. 3

TIME: 7.30pm
Talking Music begins at 6.40pm

This concert is part of the Orchestral season subscription package

HOW TO BOOK for the Kirklees Concert Season:

Kirklees Town Halls Box Office
Phone: 01484 225755
Online: kirkleestownhalls.co.uk
In person: Holmfirth Visitor Information Centre; Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre & Dewsbury Box Office

Opera North Box Office
Phone: 0844 848 2720*
Online: operanorth.co.uk
In person: 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU
*Calls cost 7p per minute plus your telephone company’s access charge

PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
Tickets:
Full price: £13 - £27
Concessions: £11 - £24
17 – 29 year olds 'Give it a Go': £4
16 and under: £1

Subscription tickets can be booked up to 20 September through Kirklees Town Hall Box Office Tel: 01484 225 755.

BROCHURE - Our handy brochure of ‘what’s on’ can be found here: http://bit.ly/ConcertSeasonBrochure18-19

AUDIO BROCHURE - An audio version of the full Kirklees Concert Season brochure is available here: http://bit.ly/AudioBrochure2018-19

For more information visit http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-halls/concert-season.aspx