Events

New Palace Opera, conducted by Michael Thorne, present a concert performance of Leoš Janáček's opera, Káťa Kabanová. This story of one woman’s bid for escape from her suffocating community reflects the composer’s unrequited love for a woman resembling Katya herself. Janáček once wrote, “Katya’s suffering is my own,” bringing forth from the Czech composer a …

Saffron Opera Group, conducted by Michael Thorne, perform a concert version of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.

The St Augustine's Singers, conducted by Paul Jackson, present their autumn concert, which features Charles Gounod's lyrical Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte-Cécile, the 'St Cecilia Mass'.

Haslingfield Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jackson, perform Charles Gounod's lyrical Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte-Cécile, the 'St Cecilia Mass'. The concert also includes Maurice Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, and the first set of Joseph Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne.