Late Music Concerts York

05/09/2026

Final Concert for 2026! Federico Pendenza has been able to reschedule his guitar concert for Sat 3rd Oct @ 1:00pm. He'll be tracing the guitar’s journey between folk roots and classical form, juxtaposing English lyricism with Latin sounds, including works by William Walton, John Duarte, Laura Snowden and student compositions from York St John University. Please join us if you can! Info & tickets here: https://latemusic.org/federico-pendoza-guitar/

19/06/2026

End of season coming up! Join us on Sat 4th July as we bridge the gap between contemporary classical innovation and art-rock royalty through two defining pillars of British music.

Both David Bowie and The Stranglers masterfully walked the tightrope between pop accessibility and avant-garde subversion. Join the Deltas as they extend this legacy with specially commissioned arrangements and new works, celebrating the launch of their new album, Hanging Around.

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Saturday 4th July, 7:30pm - A tribute concert to the creative enigma of David Bowie

04/06/2026

Final reminder - two concerts this Saturday (6 June) - Stuart O'Hara and Rob Hao at lunchtime, and the Elysian Singers in the evening - please join us if you can! Full details here: https://latemusic.org/

28/05/2026

Unfortunately, due to unavoidable circumstances, Federico Pendenza's concert on Fri 5 June has been postposed. We very much hope you'll still be able to join us on Saturday for Stuart O'Hara (1pm) and the Elysian Singers (7:30) on June 6.

22/05/2026

Late Music’s last big weekend of 2026 is coming up. On Friday 5th June at 1pm Federico Pendenza will trace the guitar’s journey between folk roots and classical form, while on Sat 6th at 1pm Stuart O’Hara and Marianna Cortesi will bring together Yorkshire poets with local composers including 5 world premieres. And rounding off the weekend, that evening at 7:30 the Elysian Singers with present a programme based on the musical poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. We hope to see you there! Full info and tickets: https://latemusic.org/

06/05/2026

One more late music concert in May and it promises to be a cracker - from the iconic Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams through to a first complete performance of Steve Crowther’s setting of much loved York poet Helen Cadbury’s Forever Now. Join us at 1pm on Sat 9 May.

https://latemusic.org/

From empty mill to imagined mosque: space, memory, and transformation in Bradford

30/04/2026

Start off the bank holiday weekend in style, with not one but two Late Music concerts. Sat 2nd May - 1pm: York St John Takeover featuring Workers Union by Louis Andriessen, followed by the Late Music Ensemble at 7:30 with everything from new versions of Stravinsky and Mussorgsky to world premieres. There's nothing 'Modest' about this concert - and please join us at 6:45 for a preconcert talk with a free glass of w**e or juice!

The “programmatic idea” behind Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky is – quite literally – a musical walk through an art exhibition. In 1874, Mussorgsky composed the piano suite after visiting a memorial exhibition of works by his friend, the artist and architect Viktor Hartmann,...

24/04/2026

Late Music is getting into full swing in spring with three concerts coming up. First off at 1pm on Saturday 2nd May, we welcome the next generation of talent with a student takeover from York St John, centred around Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union. That evening at 7:30pm, the Late Music Ensemble will be reimagining Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition as part of a celebration of how visual art has inspired music. Finally, on Saturday 9th May at 1pm, tenor Christopher O’Gorman joins forces with Mark Hutchinson for a celebration of 20th and 21st century song. We hope to see you there!

Full details at https://latemusic.org/

11/04/2026

Coming up in York next weekend, the UK premiere of 'Canzone Sospesa' for cello and piano. Nicola Tait Baxter and Paul Nicholson (of the Amabile trio) will include it in their programme at Late Music Concerts York on Saturday 11th April at 7:30 pm, in a programme that also includes music by David Power and Steve Crowther; I'll be giving a pre-concert talk at 6:45. This piece was first performed in Milan in 2023 by members of Trio Chimera, and subsequently twice in the USA, including a concert hosted by the Art Music Society so it will be good to hear it closer to home! After the first performance I wrote a little about it in a blog on my website, with a link to the recording. Do come along if you're free! https://www.davidcomposer.com/post/the-best-of-times

08/04/2026

Rehearsals in progress! World premiere, UK premiere and York premieres - please come along this Saturday 🎶