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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra set for Harrogate return
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The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is to return to the Royal Hall as part of this year’s HACS Harrogate Music Festival.
The festival, which runs from June 6 to July 12, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the arts charity Harrogate International Festivals.
It has attracted legendary names in the classical world, such as Jacqueline du Pré, Dame Janet Baker, Sir Simon Rattle and Julian Lloyd Webber, since 1966.
Orchestral music has also featured prominently — and this year two orchestras will perform.
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra concert on July 5 will be recorded for BBC Radio 3.
It will feature violinist Hana Chang and conductor Ben Glassberg in a programme featuring Farrenc’s Overture No.1, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No.1.
Aurora Orchestra, performing in 2024. Pic: Julian Guidera
Aurora Orchestra, led by principal conductor Nicholas Collon and renowned for their innovative, memorised concerts, will also perform at the Royal Hall on June 24.
Their Harrogate programme will feature Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’, played from memory.
Other festival highlights include genre-defying cellist Abel Selaocoe, who will raise the curtain on the festival with a concert at Ashville College on June 6.
Davóne Tines performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican. Pic: Mark Allan/BBC
Davóne Tines, who has changed the face of modern opera, is appearing at the Wesley Centre on June 12 in what will be his only performance in the north of England this season.
Festival regulars Oddsocks will return with their take on Shakespeare, performing Romeo and Juliet in the grounds of RHS Garden Harlow Carr on June 30 and July 1.
Mark Smith, managing director of The HACS Group, said:
We have a long and proud association with Harrogate International Festivals and it’s a real honour to support this wonderful music festival that has become such a popular fixture in the town’s cultural calendar.
Music entertains people and it brings them together and looking at this brilliant line-up I think we’re in for a real treat.
Sharon Canavar, Harrogate International Festivals’ chief executive, said:
Our carefully curated Festival programme brings together renowned artists at the top of their game here to the North of England, offering classical music fans the chance to see these incredible musicians on their doorstep in what promises to be an unforgettable celebration of music and culture in our town this summer.
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