Skipton Music Presents: Fretwork & Helen Charlston
Tue 23rd February 2027 7:30pm
Booking Instructions:
On sale from midday 1st September. Until then, only season tickets will be available.
Note that an Under 18 and Adult ticket is available to buy on the door, for only £12!
Founded in 1986, Fretwork is widely regarded as the world’s leading consort of viols, with a landmark discography on Virgin Classics and Harmonia Mundi USA spanning Taverner to Purcell and Bach. Equally committed to contemporary music, they have commissioned over 40 new works from composers including George Benjamin and Gavin Bryars, and have performed at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and the Edinburgh International Festival.
Helen Charlston is a British mezzo-soprano celebrated across opera, oratorio and song. Praised by Gramophone Magazine for “incomparable beauty,” she has debuted at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Versailles Royal Opera, and recently at Dutch National Opera, in the world premiere of Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames. A committed recitalist, she appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms.
Programme:
LEONORA DUARTE Sinfonias 1 & 2
SAMANTHA FERNANDO New Work
NADIA BOULANGER Trois Pièces
ALISA DIXON Fugues
CELIA HARPER Dunblane Sancta Maria
JOCELYN POOK How sweet the moonlight
AMANDA ALDRIDGE Three Dances
arr. Sarah Dacey Little Missie Cakewalk, Lazy Dance, Gloriana
BARBERA STROZZI L’Amante modesto; Priego ad Amore
LEONORA DUARTE Sinfonias 3 & 4
BARBERA STROZZI Il contrasto de’ cinque Sensi
DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Organum Light
KATE BUSH, arr. Sally Beamish Running up that Hill
Sponsored by a legacy from the estate of Dr Philip Da Costa
We will be continuing our monthly Listening Club this season where we meet (mostly online) before each concert and chat about a piece of music from the forthcoming gig – a bit like a book club. Last year in five of the six Listening Clubs the performers joined as well to chat with us and provide their personal perspective.
If you’re interested in joining the Listening Club, please click here or send an email to skiptonmusic2@gmail.com
For access to online playlists and more information about the artists, please see skiptonmusic.org.uk/concerts/2026-2027-fretwork-helen-charlston
About Skipton Music
Bringing world-class music to the Yorkshire Dales since 1947, Skipton Music is a not-for-profit charity run by a small group of local volunteers. Each year between September and March they host six public concerts at Skipton Town Hall together with a free afternoon concert for local primary schools. In 2022-2023 they celebrated their 75th anniversary with a special themed concert series entitled Hidden Treasures: Celebrating Women Composers Across the Ages. To find out more about who they are and what they do, see www.skiptonmusic.org.uk. You can also follow them on Facebook or Instagram.
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The Hub Bar
Our theatre bar opens one hour before most of our Events and Performances. We serve a selection of locally sourced drinks and snacks including Ilkley Brewery Beers, and Northern Bloc Ice Cream.
