Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  • Friday 9 July 2021, 11am
  • Bridgewater Hall
Image Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians will perform four concerts in one day, at the Bridgewater Hall.

The culmination of a two week music festival at Chetham’s School of Music features all 328 students from the UK’s largest specialist music school.

The landmark event is thought to be the first youth orchestra concert in front of a live audience anywhere in the UK since before the pandemic.

These four performances will feature some of the most talented young musicians in the UK in an eclectic program that also features conductors from the Royal Northern College of Music, along with Tom Redmond, Marcus Farnsworth and Ben Gernon.

Supported by The LHR Charitable Foundation.

Tickets are on sale now via the Bridgewater Hall box office.

Schedule for the day

11am: Lower School Orchestra and Choir

Music by Bernstein, Grace Williams, Beethoven and more!

2pm: Middle School Orchestra

Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italian

Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole (1st movement)

Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto (3rd movement)

Panufnik – Sinfonia Sacra

4:45pm: Chetham’s Chorus

Bruckner – Ecce sacerdos magnus

Brahms – Geistliches Lied Op. 30

Brahms – Four Songs for female choir, horns and harp

Boulanger – Psalm 24

8.30pm: Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra

Conductor, Ben Gernon

Clyne – Masquerade

Serocki – Trombone Concerto

Resphigi – Fountains of Rome

Resphigi – Pines of Rome

Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  • Friday 9 July 2021, 11am
  • Bridgewater Hall
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Some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians will perform four concerts in one day, at the Bridgewater Hall.

The culmination of a two week music festival at Chetham’s School of Music features all 328 students from the UK’s largest specialist music school.

The landmark event is thought to be the first youth orchestra concert in front of a live audience anywhere in the UK since before the pandemic.

These four performances will feature some of the most talented young musicians in the UK in an eclectic program that also features conductors from the Royal Northern College of Music, along with Tom Redmond, Marcus Farnsworth and Ben Gernon.

Supported by The LHR Charitable Foundation.

Tickets are on sale now via the Bridgewater Hall box office.

Schedule for the day

11am: Lower School Orchestra and Choir

Music by Bernstein, Grace Williams, Beethoven and more!

2pm: Middle School Orchestra

Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italian

Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole (1st movement)

Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto (3rd movement)

Panufnik – Sinfonia Sacra

4:45pm: Chetham’s Chorus

Bruckner – Ecce sacerdos magnus

Brahms – Geistliches Lied Op. 30

Brahms – Four Songs for female choir, horns and harp

Boulanger – Psalm 24

8.30pm: Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra

Conductor, Ben Gernon

Clyne – Masquerade

Serocki – Trombone Concerto

Resphigi – Fountains of Rome

Resphigi – Pines of Rome

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