Classical & Choral

This concert featured soprano Marie Claire Breen, who began with Donizetti’s dramatic Cavatina (from Don Pasquale), accompanied by Antony Brannick on piano. This song brought out her full, rich voice. Then Antony alone played some...

Conducted by Antony Brannick, with soloists Rebecca Moon, Phoebe Watts, Michael Vincent Jones and Theodore Murphy-Jelley, Todmorden’s orchestra and choral society performed two eighteenth-century works, which despite their formal structure conveyed powerful emotions. Haydn’s mass...

The concert first half featured Antony Brannick on piano and Chris Irvin on oboe. He brought out the best in this deep-toned wind instrument. They opened with Holford’s quirky “Dance for a Gnome”, followed...

The concert opened with Edward Elgar’s “Cockaigne”, an appealing musical description of London. The mood varied from busyness to serenity. The next work was Carl Nielsen’s concerto for flute and orchestra. The composer skilfully arranged...