Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Monday 14 November 2011

Review by William Marshall of

Concert in Huddersfield Town Hall on Saturday 12 November 2011

Extravagant folk music-infected compositions by Khachaturian and Borodin began and ended this concert and between them was the Brahms Violin Concerto in D major.

So this was not a concert that could easily ..read more

Members and friends of Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra will be saddened to learn of the death last weekend of former leader, Mary Rafferty, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mary was a distinguished leader for many years and, even after her retirement due to increasing ill-health, was in the ..read more

Huddersfield Examiner – 2 May 2011

Review by William Marshall

Having been confirmed as its new principal conductor, Nicholas Smith presided over one of the Huddersfield Philharmonic’s most assured, mature performances for a long time.

It was a demanding programme, but there was always plenty of power in reserve. Towards the close of ..read more

Title: Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra

Venue: Huddersfield Town Hall

Review: William Marshall.

After the events of November, when  the abrupt, acrimonious departure of principal conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa made headline news in the Examiner and throughout the country, this was one of the most important concerts in the history of the Huddersfield Phil.

Any suggestion of ..read more

Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra are delighted to have been invited to be the resident orchestra for a new venture, Huddersfield Youth Opera, whose opening concert “excerpts from the world’s favourite operas” will be on Saturday 25th September 2010, 7.30pm at the Lawrence Batley Theatre. We are particularly happy that our leader, Mary Barber, ..read more

Due to an unexpected problem, you may not have received a reply to enquiries about the orchestra during the last 2 to 3 weeks. This problem has now been rectified. We apologise for this and would request that, if you have not already done so, you re-send the enquiry.  This will ..read more

Season brochure 10 11 final

You can use this brochure to find details of the concerts and see how you can purchase tickets.  If you wish, you can print out the brochure, complete the booking form and send it to the ticket and subscription secretary along with your cheque, rather than wait ..read more

This preview featured in Huddersfield Examiner on Friday 14 May 2010.

Nine cellists will line-up to play a concert in Outlane tomorrow (May 15), four months after the original event was called off because of snow.

Bad weather forced the cancellation of the original concert planned for early January. Now the musicians ..read more

The Huddersfield Philharmonic and Kirklees Youth Symphony Orchestras will be performing together in the Huddersfield Town Hall in a concert featuring the best of local musical talent.  

Featuring prize winners in the 2010 Mrs Sunderland Competition Lindley Junior School Choir and Katrina Lee (runner-up winner in Kirklees Young Musician of the Year 2010) ..read more

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