Event Calendar
Upcoming events for the next two months from members and associates of the Light Music Society.
Please visit the NEWS page for more detailed information about these events.
October 2024
27
Sunday
Concert of Light Orchestral Music
at 3:00pm
Eltham Park Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Orchestra
Conductor: Martin Cleave
Eltham Park Methodist Church,
Westmount Road, London SE9 1XX
Admission free. Collection taken during the concert
Contact: 020 8658 3319 / 07958 063711
November 2024
1
Friday
The Stone God & The Girl From The French Fort
at 7:00pm
Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre
Performers: Arcadian Opera
New Music Players
Tim Bentinck
Two operas with music by Nicholas Michael Smith
2
Saturday
The Stone God & The Girl From The French Fort
at 7:00pm
Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre
Performers: Arcadian Opera
New Music Players
Tim Bentinck
Two operas with music by Nicholas Michael Smith
3
Sunday
The Stone God & The Girl From The French Fort
at 7:00pm
Venue: Bloomsbury Theatre
Performers: Arcadian Opera
New Music Players
Tim Bentinck
Two operas with music by Nicholas Michael Smith
17
Sunday
Autumn Concert: Light Classics
at 3:00pm
Accrington Town Hall
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor: Richard Howarth
Leader: Helen Tonge
Relax into the golden age of orchestral Light Music in informal cafe seating with your compere and musical director Richard Howarth
Eric Coates: The Merrymakers Overture
Ernest Tomlinson: Cumberland Square
Gustav Holst: Suite de Ballet
Trevor Duncan: The Girl from Corsica
Peter Hope: The Ring of Kerry
Ernest Tomlinson: Second suite of English folk dances
Robert Farnon: Westminster Waltz
Trevor Duncan: Little Suite for Orchestra
Geoffrey Toye: Waltz from the Haunted Ballroom
Haydn Wood: Horseguards from London Landmark Suite
23
Saturday
Stage and Screen
at 7:00pm
Todmorden Town Hall
Todmorden Symphony Orchestra presents
Music from stage and screen including:
American in Paris – Gershwin
Candide Overture – Bernstein
Adagio for Strings – Barber
Music from Dr Zhivago, Pink Panther, Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia and James Bond
Show tunes with guest soprano
24
Sunday
Music for Ballet and Dance
at 3:00pm
PROMENADE CONCERT ORCHESTRA
THE PLATFORM, MORECAMBE.
LA4 4DB
Discover the world of ballet and dance through hearing live music written over the past 200 years by well-known and lesser-known composers covering different dance and ballet styles found in, opera, ballrooms and dance halls.
30
Saturday
Music for EACH and Everyone
at 3:00pm
Cambridge Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Suzanne Dexter-Mills
Impington Village College,
New Road, Impington CB24 9LX
December 2024
14
Saturday
WINTER CONCERT
at 7:30pm
Brighton & Hove Concert Orchestra
Doors open at 19.00
Ticket Price: £10 online or on the door
Brighton & Hove Concert Orchestra present a concert of music from films & shows plus some popular light music along with a sprinkling of Christmas tunes.
January 2025
5
Sunday
Aspidistra’s Drawing Room Orchestra’s New Year Concert
at 7:30pm
Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill
London N6 5HG
Tickets £10, Concessions £9, Kids £5 from
Lauderdalehouse.org.uk/whats-on/music
Celebrate the New Year in style with the Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra. That is in palm court style. The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra is an ensemble of string quartet, piano, flute and oboe and has been praised for their joyous interpretation of unjustly neglected Palm Court music.
25
Saturday
Fire and Ice (Family Prom 2025)
at 6:00pm
Presented by Aled Jones
Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Doors open at 17.30
Ticket Price: £13.50 - £29.50 Family tickets and concessions available
Contact/Box Office: Royal Centre Box Office, Nottingham trch.co.uk 0115 989 5555
nottinghamphilharmonic.co.uk