Orchestra of Opera North Concert: The Enigma Variations

Part of the Kirklees Concert Season 2021/22

Garry Walker leads a journey deep into the magic and menace of night with Britten’s haunting masterpiece based on six poems, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
Inspired by a delirious, terrifying account of death in the Atlantic, Mark Anthony Turnage composed Drowned Out for a large orchestra and marked the score with the instruction ‘Very nasty’.

The season closes with one of the greatest English orchestral works; Elgar’s Enigma Variations, dedicated to several of his close acquaintances. Each variation portrays one of his friends, and in one case, a friend’s bulldog! The ninth variation, “Nimrod” is one of the most instantly recognisable pieces of classical music; frequently performed at solemn, national occasions, it often moves audiences to tears.

Orchestra of Opera North
Conductor: Garry Walker
Tenor: Nicholas Watts
Horn: Richard Watkins

Turnage : Drowned Out
Britten : Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Elgar : Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’)

BOOK THIS CONCERT HERE: www.bit.ly/Orchestral7April

Time: 7.30 pm
Free pre-show talk starts at 6.40pm

This concert is part of the subscription package.

HOW TO BOOK for the Kirklees Concert Season:

Kirklees Town Halls Box Office
Phone: 01484 225755
Online: www.kirkleestownhalls.co.uk
In person: Holmfirth Visitor Information Centre; Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre & Dewsbury Box Office

Opera North Box Office
Phone: 0113 223 3600
email: boxoffice@operanorth.co.uk
Online: www.operanorth.co.uk
In person: Check www.operanorth.co.uk/contact-us

PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
Tickets:
Full price: £13 - £27
Concessions: £11 - £24
Under 30's: £4
16 and under: £1

Booking fee may apply.

Subscription tickets can be booked up to 23 September 2021 through Kirklees Town Hall Box Office Tel: 01484 225 755.

BROCHURE - Our handy brochure of ‘what’s on’ can be found here:
www.bit.ly/21-22KCSBrochure

To request a large print, braille or audio copy of the brochure, please contact Opera North on 0113 223 3600.

For more information visit https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-halls/concert-season.aspx