Engagements

Hans Gál Society Concert The Clothworkers Consort of Leeds performs the annual concert for the Hans Gál Society. Programme Heinrich Schütz, ‘Selig sind die Toten’ Hans Gál, Motette [1924] Joseph Haydn, ‘Die Harmonie in der Ehe’ Hans Gál, Epigrams [1926] Hans Gál, Four Elizabethan Madrigals [1939] Robert Schumann, ‘Die Gute Nacht’ Hans Gál, Four Partsongs…

NB This event is for choir members only The Haworth weekend is an annual visit to the beautiful village of Haworth in the Yorkshire moors, home of the Brontë sisters, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the region. The weekend, spent mostly at Haworth’s extremely comfortable Youth Hostel, is devoted to intensive (but enjoyable!)…

  2016 marks the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s dramatic poem ‘Manfred’. Popular as a play in the 19th century, it inspired incidental music by Robert Schumann and provided the stimulus for Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. This fascinating event explores the relationship between Byron’s work and its musical settings, with speakers from the University of Leeds offering…

ALL WELCOME Our Open Rehearsal is a chance for any member of the University of Leeds interested in auditioning for the choir to Give It A Go! Come and sing with the choir, find out more about us, decide if you want to audition. Audition slots are available immediately after the rehearsal, and you do not…

‘OUT OF THE SHADOWS’ Music and Theatre from the Jewish archive Old Synagogue, Pilsen Hans Gál was one of a generation of Jewish composers forced to flee Austria when the Nazis invaded. This programme celebrates Gál’s love of choral music, placing his own settings of poems by Shakespeare, Blake, Johnson, Shelley, and Queen Elizabeth I…

‘OUT OF THE SHADOWS’ Music and Theatre from the Jewish archive Spanish Synagogue, Prague Official festival opening Hans Gál was one of a generation of Jewish composers forced to flee Austria when the Nazis invaded. This programme celebrates Gál’s love of choral music, placing his own settings of poems by Shakespeare, Blake, Johnson, Shelley, and…

‘OUT OF THE SHADOWS’ Music and Theatre from the Jewish archive Jerusalem (Jubilee) Synagogue, Prague The Holocaust in the Czech lands destroyed lives and traditions: the lives of children interned in the Terezín ghetto and the tradition of sacred music in Prague’s synagogues. In this concert, Táňa Fischerová and Daniel Dobiáš bring to life poems…

National Centre for Early Music, York, YO1 9TL Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre Performing the Jewish Archive: Looking Forward through the Past   Hans Gál (1890­–1987) was one of a generation of Austrian Jewish composers forced to flee when the Nazis invaded the country. No stranger to composing for the voice, he…

Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre Performing the Jewish Archive: Looking Forward through the Past University of Leeds International Concert Series Hans Gál (1890­–1987) was one of a generation of Austrian Jewish composers forced to flee when the Nazis invaded the country. No stranger to composing for the voice, he produced four…

Service of Choral Evensong, Salisbury Cathedral As part of their Salisbury tour 2016, the Clothworkers Consort of Leeds sings choral evensong in Salisbury Cathedral. Programme to be confirmed