Season events
Wednesday 15th December – Royal Academy Song Circle
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomEach year a small group of the Royal Academy of Music’s most accomplished performers of the song repertoire are selected to form the Academy Song Circle.
Wednesday 16th February – Mary Bevan, James Newby and Joseph Middleton
Howard Assembly Room 32 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomBaritone James Newby and soprano Mary Bevan each perform one of Schumann’s great Lieder cycles, before coming together for selected duets, with Leeds Lieder director Joseph Middleton on piano.
Friday 11th March – Winter Journey, Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton
Howard Assembly Room 32 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomRoderick Williams makes a long-overdue return to the Howard Assembly Room to perform Jeremy Sams’ wonderfully communicative English translation of Winterreise.
Saturday 26th March – Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton
Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomIn this welcome return to Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Nicky Spence performs a Transatlantic programme of songs alongside pianist Joseph Middleton.
Monday 18th April – SongPath
St. Aidan's RSPB Nature Reserve, Astley Lane, Leeds, LS26 8AL St. Aidan's RSPB Nature Reserve, Astley Lane, Leeds, United KingdomJoin mental health initiative SongPath on a musical walking trail around this stunning nature park. Their outdoor interactive events around the UK unite professional and amateur musicians, experts on the natural world and mental health professionals in uniquely curated walking trails rooted in each local landscape.
Friday 22nd April – Pop-up Poetry
OnlineJoin us for a relaxed evening of poetry from the comfort of your own home.
Friday 21 October – Kitty Whately and Joseph Middleton
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomBritish mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately performs a programme of music by Vaughan Williams and his pupils.
POSTPONED: Saturday 22 October – Felix Gygli and JongSun Woo
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomA recital celebrating winners of the 2022 Leeds Lieder/Schubert Institute UK Song Prize.
Saturday 22 October – James Gilchrist and Joseph Middleton
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomRenowned British tenor James Gilchrist performs songs by Beethoven, Schumann and Fauré.
Sunday 23 October – Lieder Lounge
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomAn informal session of music-making, offering patrons the opportunity to perform Lieder themselves!
Sunday 23 October – Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomAshley Riches and Joseph Middleton perform repertoire from their acclaimed song disc ‘A Musical Zoo’.
Wednesday 16 November – Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomA programme of art songs and duets from the land and sea including Britten’s song cycle On this Island.
Friday 10 February – Jennifer Johnston and Joseph Middleton
Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomJennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton piano Tickets: £15 (standard) Free (students) One Life Stand Jonathan Dove (1959-) My Love is mine Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Canticle 1 The Birds I Wonder as I Wander At the mid hour of night The last rose of summer O waly, waly Cheryl Frances-Hoad (1980-) Two Shakespeare Songs Joseph Horovitz (1926-2022) […]
Wednesday 15 February – Miah Persson and Joseph Middleton
Howard Assembly Room 32 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomMiah Persson soprano Joseph Middleton piano Tickets: £14-22 (standard) £10 (18 and under/Opera North Under 30 member) Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) Six Songs, Op. 48 Gösta Nystroem (1890 - 1966) Själ och landskap Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Våren flyktar hastigt Säv, säv, susa Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte Den första kyssen Svarta […]
Saturday 4 March – A Marvellous Party
Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire, United KingdomMary Bevan soprano Nicky Spence tenor Joseph Middleton piano Tickets: £20 (standard) £15 (unwaged / disabled people) Free (under 30s / students) Click here to view the programme. A Marvellous Party Songs and duets by Coward, Weill, Messager, Rorem, Satie, Poulenc, Gershwin, Britten, Walton. Three of the UK's most popular recitalists join forces for an […]
Thursday 20 April – Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton
Howard Assembly Room 32 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomClick here to view the programme. Roderick Williams baritone Joseph Middleton piano Tickets: £14-22 (standard) £10 (18 and under/Opera North Under 30 member) The Fair Maid of the Mill Roderick Williams returns to the Howard Assembly Room following last year’s spellbinding performance of Winter Journey (Winterreise) to perform another of Jeremy Sams’ wonderfully communicative English translations of Schubert song […]
Monday 2 October – Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton
Howard Assembly Room 32 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomThe unrivalled Dame Sarah Connolly receives the highest plaudits wherever she sings.
Wednesday 29 November, 1.05pm – Royal Academy of Music Song Circle
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomWe are delighted to be supporting new and rising talent presenting the Royal Academy of Music's elite 'Song Circle' in recital in partnership with and as part of the Leeds International Concert Season at The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire on 29 November 2023 at 1.05pm.
Concert Season – Fragility of Freedom: Terezin Lieder
Howard Assembly Room 32 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United KingdomFor the third year in succession, the Howard Assembly Room presents a concert commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year has the theme Fragility of Freedom.
Concert Season – Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton
The University of Leeds University of Leeds, School of Music, Leeds, United KingdomLeeds Lieder collaborates with the University of Leeds as part of this day filled with song. Lucy Crowe and Joseph Middleton perform a wonderful hour-long programme of favourites from the art-song canon.