HANDEL: MESSIAH
Friday December 18 2026 7.15 pm
St. Peter’s Church Harrogate
Eleonore Cockerham, soprano
Heather Ireson, alto
Alexander Grainger, tenor
Andrew Greenan, bass
Anthony Gray, organ
Choirs of St. Peter’s and St Wilfrid’s Church
Harrogate Handel Players (Fiona Love, leader)
John Longstaff, director
SHEFFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
NEW YEAR GALA CONCERT
Saturday January 9 2027 3.00 pm All Saints’ Church Ecclesall, Sheffield
Sunday January 10 2027 3.00 pm The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield
Heather Lowe, mezzo-soprano
John Longstaff (conductor)
Humperdinck: Overture ‘Hansel and Gretel’
Rossini: Una voce poco fa (from ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’)
Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey (Götterdämmerung)
Ronald Binge: Sailing By
Leroy Anderson: Fiddle Faddle
Gershwin: ‘Girl Crazy’ (Scenario for Orchestra)
J. Strauss II: Polka schnell ‘Vergnügungszug’ (Excursion Train)
J. Strauss II: Waltz ‘Wine, women and song’
Bizet: Seguidilla (Carmen)
Lehár: Hör ich Cymbalklänge (from Zigeunerliebe)
Kern: Smoke gets in your eyes
J. Strauss II: Fledermaus Quadrille
Josef Strauss: Polka – Moulinet
Josef Strauss: Polka – Feuerfest!
J. Strauss II: Waltz ‘The Blue Danube’ (An der schönen blauen Donau)
BACH: MASS in B Minor
Wednesday March 24 2027 7.15 pm
St. Peter’s Church
Eleonore Cockerham, soprano
Heather Lowe, mezzo-soprano
Yvonne Howard, alto
Chris Why, tenor
Andrew Greenan, bass
Choir of St. Peter’s Church
Vocalis (director James Savage-Hanford)
Harrogate Bach Players (leader Fiona Love)
John Longstaff (director)
