HANDEL: MESSIAH
Friday December 19 2025 7.15 pm
St. Peter’s Church Harrogate
Jenny Stafford, soprano
Emma Carrington, mezzo-soprano
Alexander Grainger, tenor
Andrew Greenan, bass
Choirs of St. Peter’s and St. Wilfrid’s Churches, Harrogate,
Harrogate Voices
Harrogate Handel Players
Anthony Gray, organ
John Longstaff (director)
tickets £18 from Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gf-handel-messiah-tickets-1952611596849?aff=oddtdtcreator
SHEFFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
NEW YEAR GALA CONCERT
Saturday January 10 2026 3.00 pm All Saints’ Church Ecclesall, Sheffield
Sunday January 11 2026 3.00 pm The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield
John Longstaff (conductor)
Heather Lowe (mezzo-soprano)
Elmer Bernstein: Theme from ‘The Magnificent Seven’
Mozart: Voi che sapete (from ‘The Marriage of Figaro’)
Handel: Sta nell’Ircana from (‘Alcina’)
Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Williams: The Devil’s Galop
Bonheur (orch. Howard Arman): A Winter Ride
Lerner and Loewe: Selection from ‘My fair Lady’
Suppé: Overture ‘Light Cavalry’
Stolz: Du sollst Kaiser meiner Seele sein (from ‘Der Favorit’)
J. Strauss II: Orlofsky’s Song (from ‘Die Fledermaus’)
Arlen; Over the Rainbow (from ‘The Wizard of Oz’)
J. Strauss II: Waltz ‘Roses from the South’ (Rosen aus dem Süden)
J. Strauss II: Persian March
J. Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile
J. Strauss II: Waltz ‘The Blue Danube’ (An der schönen blauen Donau)
J. Strauss II: Polka ‘Eljen a Magyar’
Tickets for January 10:
https://www.sheffieldsymphony.org.uk/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
Tickets for January 11:
https://chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/sheffield-symphony-orchestra-2026/
MOZART: CORONATION MASS
MOZART: REQUIEM
Saturday March 28 2026 7.30 pm
St. Wilfrid’s Church Harrogate
Soloists tba
The Fisher Singers (director June Garbutt)
Orchestra
John Longstaff (conductor)
BACH: ST. JOHN PASSION
Wednesday April 1 2026 7.15 pm
St. Peter’s Church Harrogate
First performance of a new English translation by Andrew Greenan and John Longstaff
Andrew Greenan, Jesus
Other soloists tba
Vocalis (director James Savage-Hanford)
Harrogate Bach Players directed by John Longstaff
John Longstaff 