UPCOMING CONCERTS

​An audience quote:
'Just a quick note to congratulate you on a fabulous concert yesterday! Edith and I both thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and were highly impressed by the performances.'  - Anne Ingleson

Leeds Living Review:
https://leedsliving.co.uk/art-culture/leeds-haydn-players-at-west-park-united-reformed-church/


Please see here the link to the tickets:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/leodisconsort/1837221 

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Previous Concerts

Sunday 25th October 5.00pm 
All Souls Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EY
​Felix Medelssohn: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
Conductor: Melvin Tay
Leodis Consort Singers
Chorusmaster: Joe Tilling

Sunday 14th December 2025 3:30pm
​All Souls Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EY
​Rossini: Overture to 'La Cenerentola'
Matthew Naughtin: 'Sing we now of Christmas' String arrangement 
Arias By Motzart and Handel
Soprano Soloist: Elizabeth Peirson 
Bizet: 1st Symphony in C
Conductor: Melvin Tay 

Sunday 13th July 3.30pm 
All Souls Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EY
Conductors: Melvin Tay
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3
Desmond Clarke: Sinfonietta for small orchestra (2025) - New Commission
Gabriel Faure: Masques et bergamasques Op112
Robert Schumann: Symphony No 4 Op 120 in D minor (revised version)

Sunday 23rd March 3.30pm 
All Souls Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EY
Conductors: Melvin Tay
Mozart: Overture to the 'Magic Flute' K620
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, Hob.VIIb/1
Soloist: Finn Anderson-Hendra
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67​

Sunday 15th December 3.30pm 
West Park United Reformed Church
Conductors: Melvin Tay
'Classics at Christmas' 
Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Puccini: 'Quando m'en vo' (La Boheme)
Cilea: 'Io son l'umile ancella' (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Soloist: Elizabeth Peirson
Mascagni: Intermezzo 
Handel: Sinfonia pastorale from Messiah
Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor K550

Sunday 3rd November 3.30pm 
West Park United Reformed Church
Conductors: Andre Chan & Rosina Flueckiger 
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream 
Overture opus 21; Nocturne opus 61;
Scherzo opus 61 
Mozart: Horn concerto no.4, K495 in E-flat major 
Soloist: Barry Lo
Ruth Gipps: Cringlemire Garden,
Impression for String Orchestra Opus 39 
Emilie Mayer: Symphony no 1 in C minor 

Sunday 7th July, 3.30pm 2024
St Andrews Reformed Church
Conductor: Melvin Tay
Handel: Overture to 'Rinaldo'
Handel: Concerto for organ and orchestra in F major 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
Soloist: Jonathan Lacey
CPE Bach: Symphony in D major with 12 obligato wind parts 
Schubert: Symphony no.6 'The little C major' D589

Sunday 24th March, 3.30pm 2024
All Souls Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EY
Conductor: Melvin Tay
Chorus Master: Bryan White
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds 
Overture 'Cosi fan tutte'
Symphony No.35 in D major,
K.385, 'The Haffner'
Requiem in D minor, K.626

Sunday 9th July, 3pm 2023
St Andrews Reformed Church
Haydn: Symphony No.16 in B flat major
Mendelssohn: Violin conserto in E minor op 64
Soloist: Alessandro Pacik
Beethoven: Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93
Conductor: Melvin Tay

Sunday 22nd October, 3pm 2023
West Park United Reformed Church
Rossini: Overture to the Italian Girl in Algires
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major M622
Soloist: Bethany Nichol
Beethoven: Symphony no.2  Op.36
Conductor: Melvin Tay

Sunday 17th December, 3pm 2023
West Park United Reformed Church
Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz
J.S. Bach: 'Sleepers, Wake' arr. Granville Bantoch
Mozart Divertimento in D Major
R. Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves
V. Helly-Hutchinson : Carol Symphony
Conductors: Harry Lai & Felicity Cliffe

​​Sunday 26th March, 3pm 2023
West Park United Reformed Church
Haydn Divertimento in B flat major arr.
Richard Strauss Concerto in D major for Oboe
Soloist: Elizabeth Kenwood
Brahm Serenade No.1 in D, Opus 11
Conductor: Melvin Tay

​​Sunday 11th December, 3pm 2022
West Park United Reformed Church
1. Mozart Sleigh-ride K605 No.3
2. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suit
3. JS Bach Sleeper, Wake
4. Corelli: Christmas concerto 6 No.8
5. Berlioz: L'enfrance du Christ, Sheperds' Farewell
6. Haydn Symphony 101, 'the Clock'
Conductors: Josephine Korda & Andrea Ashikkis

​​Sunday 9th October, 3pm 2022
West Park United Reformed Church
Rossini Overture, Barber of Saville
Haydn Trumpet concerto in E flat 
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
Conductor: Melvin Tay

​Sunday 12th June, 3.30pm 2022
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Op. 26
Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
Mendelssohn Psalm 42 'As pants the Hart'
Conductor: Melvin Tay
Chorus master: Bryan White

Saturday 26th March, 7.30pm  2022
University of Huddersfield
Hummel Mass in B flat op 77
Grieg Holberg Suite Op 40
Hummel Te Deum in D
Mozart Andante in C K315
Soloist Elizabeth Wells
Mozart motet in D K618 'Ave verum corpus'
Haydn Te Deum in C
Conductors: Daniel Gordon, Melvin Tay

Sunday 6th March, 3pm 2022
West Park URC
Vaughan Williams English folk song suite
Brahms Variations on a Theme 
Haydn Symphony No.99 in E flat major
Conductor: Melvin Tay

Sunday 21st November, 3pm 2021
West Park United Reformed Church
Mozart Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, k.621
Haydn Symphony No.98 in B-flat major, Hob.1:98
Beethoven Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, Op.60
Conductor: Melvin Tay

Sunday 14th July, 3:30pm 2021
St Margaret's Church, Horsforth
Haydn Overture to Il Ritorno di Tobia
Haydn Symphony #26 in Dm, "Lamentatione"
Mozart Exsultate Jubilate
Mozart Symphony #35 in D, "Häffner"
Soprano: Jane Burnell
Conductor: Christoper Pelly

Sunday 15th March, 5:30pm 2020
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Grieg - Holberg Suite
Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in F major, RV485
Haydn - Symphony no.8 in G major, "Le Soir"
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Bassoon: David Baker

Sunday 15th December, 3:30pm 2019
West Park URC
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Interval
Haydn Symphony #103 in E flat, "Drumroll"
Violin: Brigitte Mallon
Conductor: Christoper Pelly

Sunday 31st March 2019
West Park URC
Rossini Overture to Signor Bruschino
​Haydn Symphony #44 in E minor, "Mourning"
Rossini Introduction, theme and variations for Clarinet
​Schubert Symphony #3 in D
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Clarinet: Benjamin Palmer

Sunday 16th December 2018
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Mozart Symphony #14 in A major
Bach Concerto for Oboe d'Amore
CPE Bach Symphony in F major, op.665
Haydn Symphony #49 in F minor, "La Passione"
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Oboe d'Amore: Mikey Sluman

Saturday 22nd September 2018
St Chad's Church, Far Headingley
Haydn Symphony #104 in D major, "London"
Haydn Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)
Leeds Methodist Choir
Soloists: Rachel Nicholls, Charlotte Kitson, William Kyle and Andrew Slater
Conductors: Christopher Pelly and Alexander Kyle

July 2018
West Park URC
Haydn Symphony #2 in C
Mozart Violin Concerto #4 in D
Mozart ​Symphony #41 in C
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Violin: Brigitte Mallon

March 2018
CCCH
Haydn Symphony #100 in G, "Military"
Haydn Missa in tempore Belli
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Soloists: Hannah Peace, Milette Riis, Bertie Yates, Simon Pratt
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds

November 2017
South Parade Baptist Church
Haydn Wind Octet in F Major
Haydn Violin Concerto in C
Haydn Symphony #104 in D, "London"
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Violin: David Riley

July 2017
Otley Methodist Church
Haydn Symphony #1 in D
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat
Mozart Symphony #40 in G minor
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Bassoon: ​David Baker

March 2017
West Park United Reformed Church
​Mozart Masonic Funeral Music
Mozart 'Porgi, amor'
       from The Marriage of Figaro
Haydn 'Parti, Rinaldo' from Armida
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Haydn Symphony #93 in D
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Soprano: Kate Stevens

December 2016
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Overture to L'isola Disabitata
Mozart Symphony #27 in G
Holst Brook Green Suite
​Haydn Symphony #42 in D
Conductor: Tim Gillies

July 2016
West Park United Reformed Church
Haydn Symphony #59 in A
       (Fire Symphony)
Mozart Flute Concerto #1 in G
Schubert Symphony #5 in B flat
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Flute: Julie Breakspear

March 2016
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Haydn Symphony #95 in C minor
Haydn Theresienmesse
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Soloists: Kate Rotheroe, Hannah Peace, Paul Massey and Simon Pratt
The Clothworkers Consort of Leeds

December 2015
Ashville College, Harrogate
Mozart Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Mozart Piano Concerto #23 in A
Haydn Symphony #91 in E flat
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Piano: ​William Green

July 2015
West Park United Reformed Church
Mozart Divertimento in D K136
Haydn Oboe Concerto in C
Mozart Serenade in F K101
Haydn Symphony #70 in D
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Oboe: Liz Kenwood

March 2015
West Park United Reformed Church
Haydn Prelude to The Creation
Hummel Bassoon Concerto in F
Beethoven Symphony #4 in B flat
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Bassoon: ​David Baker

December 2014
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Mozart Symphony #29 in A
CPE Bach Symphony in D H.663
Handel Overture to Jephtha
Haydn Symphony #87 in A
Conductor: ​Christopher Pelly

July 2014
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #22 in E flat
       (The Philosopher)
Haydn Cello Concerto in D
Mozart Overture to Idomeneo
Mozart Symphony #31 in D (Paris)
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Cello: Myriam Roycroft

​March 2014
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Beethoven The Creatures of Promestheus mvts. 2&3
Mozart Symphony #36 in C (Linz)
Haydn Symphony #88 in G
Conductor: Ruth Waterman

December 2013
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Piano Sonata Hob.37 in D, mvt.1
       arr. Fergusson
Haydn Horn Concerto in D
Beethoven Symphony #2 in D
Conductor: Christopher Pelly
Horn: David Horwich

July 2013
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton​
​Haydn Symphony #41  in C
Telemann "Sonata" for strings
Mozart Serenade for 8 Winds K375
Haydn Symphony #82 in C (The Bear)
Conductor: ​Adam Fergusson

March 2013
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #21 in A
Haydn Violin Concerto in C
Haydn Symphony #83 in G minor
       (La Poule)
​Conductor: Adam Fergusson
Violin: ​Min Hee Kim

November 2012
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Beethoven Overture to Coriolanus
Haydn Symphony #52 in C minor
Haydn Symphony #92 in G (Oxford)
Conductor: ​Ruth Waterman

June 2012
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Haydn String Quartet Op.33 #6
       arr. Fergusson
Haydn Symphony #45 in F# minor
       (Farewell)
Condcutor: Adam Fergusson

March 2012
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #89 in F
Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat
CPE Bach Symphony in F H.665
Haydn Symphony #96 in D (Miracle)
Conductor: Adam Fergusson
Violin: Mary Huby
Cello: Jason Evans
Oboe: Claire Kitching
Bassoon: ​Amy Spencer

October 2011
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Beethoven Romance in F for Violin
Haydn Symphony #99 in E flat
Beethoven Symphony #1 in C
Conductor: David Waterman
Violin: ​Katherine Gowers

July 2011
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #3 in G
Haydn Symphony #4 in D
Haydn Violin Concerto in G
Haydn Symphony #103 in Eb (Drumroll)
Conductor: George Kennoway
Violin: Kataryna Chruscicka

February 2011
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Concert Aria Scena di Berenice
Haydn Cello Concerto in C
Haydn Symphony #101 in D (Clock)
Conductor: Eno Koço
Soprano: Beth Horak-Hallett
Cello: Myriam Roycroft

October 2010
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #13 in D
Haydn Symphony #81 in G
Conductor: ​David Waterman

May 2010
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #85 in B flat
       (La Reine)
Haydn Symphony #74 in E flat
Haydn Symphony #73 in D (La Chasse)
​Conductor: Eno Koço

January 2010
SevenArts, Chapel Allerton
Haydn Symphony #98 in B flat
Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Haydn Symphony #104 in D (London)
Conductor: Eno Koço
Trumpet: Matthew Yardley

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