There are several important happenings in the coming year, the most important for us being our 160th Anniversary, on 3rd February. Later that same month, the Grimsby Dock Tower will also be 160 years old and of course the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee this year.
Truly a year for celebrations!
After the excitement and great enjoyment of singing the Verdi Requiem with our friends in the Grimsby Bach Choir, this season begins with something very different, a concert version of Smetana’s comic opera The Bartered Bride. Set in a mid-C19th Bohemian village, with colourful folk-like melodies and vigorous dance rhythms, this is an appealing tale of true love thwarting the best-laid schemes of ambitious parents and a cunning match-maker.
There will be no Carol Concert this year; instead we are marking our 160th Anniversary with the welcome return of Richard Howarth and his Manchester Sinfonia to lead us in an ever-popular Viennese Evening. Then to end the season, with the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics in mind, a programme of patriotic music.
All Concerts are at the Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby.
Events upcoming this year:
The Bartered Bride Smetana
Saturday 22nd October 2011, 7.30 pm
Caroline Clemmow
Anthony Goldstone
Piano Duo
Conductor: Susan Hollingworth
Ticket prices: Front Circle £13, Back Circle £11, Stalls £8
Anthony Goldstone
Piano Duo
Conductor: Susan Hollingworth
Ticket prices: Front Circle £13, Back Circle £11, Stalls £8
160th Anniversary 'Anivennese Evening'
Saturday 28th January 2012, 7.30 pm
Conductor/Master of Ceremonies: Richard Howarth, Manchester Sinfonia
Ticket prices: Front Circle £14, Back Circle £12, Stalls £8
Ticket prices: Front Circle £14, Back Circle £12, Stalls £8
Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Saturday 28th April 2012 at 7.30 pm
Conductor: Susan Hollingworth
Organ: Andrew Cunningham-Shaw
Organ: Andrew Cunningham-Shaw
Ticket prices: Front Circle £13, Back Circle £11, Stalls £8
Ticket arrangements
Tickets via: 01472 346251 (credit card payment) or from The Caxton Theatre ticket office in Grimsby Central Library (Mon-Fri 10am – 4.45 pm; Sat 9am – 2.45pm. The office closed 1.30 – 2pm). Tickets may also be bought from Choir members or at the door on the night of the Concert.
Special arrangements
For the concerts at the Central Hall, car park supervision is provided. For party bookings, special access provisions, or similar queries, please call 01472 507601. There is wheelchair access to the ground floor stalls and a stair lift to the first floor.
Benefits for Patrons
Please consider becoming a Patron of the Society. Patrons receive early booking privileges for all concerts for up to four people, and a reduction of £1 on one ticket for each concert. The patron’s annual subscription rate is £10.00.
Please use the form found in the programme attached at the bottom of this page.
About the Grimsby Philharmonic Society
The Grimsby Philharmonic Society is a registered charity, number 702717. The Society is pleased to acknowledge support from Making Music (the National Federation of Music Societies) and Arts Council of England (Yorkshire), in the presentation of these concerts.
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