Saturday 20 January 2018
7.30pm Huddersfield Town Hall
Conductor Benjamin Ellin
Leader Michele Northam
Choreographer Tracey Iliffe
Designer Katy Measures
Principal Dancers
Kimberley Collicutt, Natasha Boyle, Rory Cubbin
Awakening and Dance
Ajdič Awakening (UK premiere)
Shostakovich Symphony No 9
Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Bliss Checkmate Suite
Fresh from our New Year tour to China we welcome back the Slovenian composer Alojz Ajdič for a UK premiere of his work ‘Awakening’. Before that we share the dark wit of Shostakovich’s 9th Symphony and we conclude with a dazzling ballet score from Arthur Bliss, complete with visuals, and dancers from SLP College, Leeds.
Pre-concert talk 6.30pm free to all ticket holders