Concert Club invites young musicians back to King’s Hall
Next month Ilkley Concert Club will present three more Afternoon Concerts featuring young musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
This has become a regular treat for music lovers with the combination of talented performers and a relaxed afternoon atmosphere.
The three concerts are open to all comers and take place on Thursdays 5th November , 12th and 19th from 2.30 - 3.30pm at the King’s Hall in Ilkley.
Opening the series on 5th November is the Talland String Quartet: an experienced ensemble, studying on the RNCM Quartet Studio programme this year, they have already performed across the UK, in Europe and at the Chamber Music Festival in Mourne, founded by Orla McGarrity, of the Talland Quartet.
On 12th November the line up includes vocal students for the first time from the elite RNCM Songsters. Featuring a soprano, mezzo and pianist they will start their programme with Purcell’s festive duet “Sound the Trumpet”. The same afternoon Scott Manson, who was selected by the RNCM to attend the 2024 Leeds Piano Competition as a Piano Ambassador, will be playing Beethoven’s piano sonata ‘Les Adieux’ .
The final concert on 19th November includes the promising young Sage Quartet playing Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no. 13. They will be followed by guitarists Chris Godhard and Ravi Nathwani. Performing as ‘Duo Fractal’ their programme will include pieces by Tan Dun, Chinese American composer of the score for the film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and also the familiar ‘Farewell to Stromness’ by Peter Maxwell Davis.
A spokesperson for Ilkley Concert Club said: “Once again these concerts will bring delightful musical variety and the opportunity to hear the young artists of the future at an afternoon event in a comfortable local venue – perfect!”
Tickets costing £10 for a single concert or £25 for the series of three are for sale on line at buytickets.at/ilkleyconcertclub , or at the door on concert days.
