REVIEW: by William Marshall. from Huddersfield Examiner 26 April 2010

DURING her introductory remarks, conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa raised doubts over whether she, a Venezuelan, could do interpretive justice to an all-English programme.

She was being light-hearted. But if the programme had been all-German, all-Italian or all-French, the jest would probably not have ..read more

Apr 23 2010 by Val Javin, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

 WHAT more could you ask for, musically speaking, on St George’s Day than a concert of English music?

And that is what Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra has in store at Huddersfield Town Hall tomorrow (April 24) with a programme that celebrates the best of ..read more

An innovation in this concert was that conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa spoke at some length to the audience in between items, describing and analysing them quite humorously.

It perhaps says something about the entrenched formality of classical music concerts that it should be such a surprise when lines of verbal communication are ..read more

The Society’s current President, Paul Mulcock, was interviewed recently by the newspapers’ Cultural Editor, Val Javin. You can read the resulting article entitled “Join the town’s Phil on a musical journey” by following this link.