Indulge your senses in the stunning Waterhouse Cafe with a delicious piece of cake and a drink while you listen to a special musical performance.
The Relaxed Concerts at the VG&M in October & November 2024 will be organised by The Liverpool University Music Society (LUMS).
LUMS is a society for students at the university who are wanting to gain more opportunities for performance in classical music. The concerts at the VGM will be for soloists, duets and some of their smaller ensembles to demonstrate their talent in an amazing venue. If you are a fan of classical music you will find their society concerts to be enticing, exciting and entertaining paired with a coffee and a cake from the cafe.
Please come and join them for refreshments and music provided by the next generation of performers.
There are two price options available –
£7.50 for a piece of cake and hot drink (choose from tea, coffee or hot chocolate).
£10.00 for a piece of cake and alcoholic beverage (choose from small wine, bottle of beer, or Baileys hot chocolate).
Times –
3.00 – 3.25pm – Arrival for refreshments & take your seat (the cafe closes 5 minutes prior to concert start and seating is not allocated).
3.30 pm – Concert begins in the Waterhouse Cafe
Fever’s Candlelight concert series is set to light up Sefton Park Palm House in Liverpool with special Halloween-themed shows.
These haunted evenings will feature favourite movie soundtracks, including The Addams Family, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, The Exorcist, Thriller, and many more. The unique musical programme welcomes everyone from 8 years old and promises to be a fun and spooky night for all.
Candlelight Concerts are a series of original music concerts created by Fever aimed at democratising the access to classical music. This innovative format represents a unique live musical experience through a varied offer of programs to meet all tastes, played by local musicians, in emblematic venues, with the space and performers illuminated by thousands of candles.
Candlelight invites a broader audience that might have never considered a classical music concert before to connect with the most iconic pieces of the greatest composers and listen to the top hits of well-known artists in a different way.
An Intimate Evening of Music and Conversation. PP Arnold is the Soul Survivor!
PP Arnold‘s story is one of musical highs, personal lows, and that extraordinary voice.
She joined Ike and Tina Turner Reveue at the age of 17 then arrived in London in 1966 to support The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger persuaded her to stay in London as a solo artist and the rest is history. During a five-decade career, she’s worked with everyone from Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, the Small Faces, Nick Drake and Barry Gibb to Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, the KLF, Paul Weller and Primal Scream.
To follow the publication of her autobiography, she’s on the road with jaw-dropping stories from her remarkable life in a beautiful, intimate evening, peppered with song.
A contemporary of Mozart is to be celebrated with a concert by the Hope Metropolitan Orchestra in Liverpool as part of Black History Month
Mozart was knighted (made a Chevalier) by the Pope when he was only 14; as a child he was famous throughout Europe and has, for two centuries, been recognised as one of the greatest musical geniuses.
His contemporary, the Black composer Joseph Bologne, was also very well known at the time, especially in France where he was a favourite of Queen Marie Antoinette. The Queen adored his music and sang in several of his pieces. Curiously, when she and Mozart were children he is supposed to have shocked Viennese high society by reportedly giving her a big, though innocent, kiss.
As Mozart’s star rose, Bologne’s dimmed. Although ennobled, he was very closely associated with the French Court and when that was swept away by the Revolution, his title was not an advantage. He was then largely forgotten until the 21st century.
In recent years however, a film was made about him and his music is currently being much performed and recorded.
Neil Campbell from The Capstone Theatre, said: “There is only one Mozart but it is exciting that Bologne is being re-discovered and acknowledged as a significant talent. That both composers are featured side-by-side makes this a particularly revealing evening.”
Hope Metropolitan Orchestra: The Two Chevaliers will be performed on 26th October 2024 in The Great Hall at Liverpool Hope Creative Campus. The show is also a memorial tribute to Liverpool Hope University’s Mark Julius.
Tickets are available now via Ticket Quarter.
St Faith’s Crosby Music & Crosby Symphony Orchestra are delighted to present Sir Eugene Goossens’ monumental orchestration of Messiah, memorably recorded by Sir Thomas Beecham, on Sunday 27th Oct 2024.
Held: St Faith’s Church, Crosby, 27 October, starts 6.30pm.
Thelma Handy was appointed joint leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007 and has appeared as a soloist with them on many occasions. She is one of Crosby Symphony Orchestra’s favourite artists, and this will be her fifth violin concerto with the orchestra.
The concert starts with Shostakovich’s famous Festival Overture. Astonishingly written in just three days, it is a veritable tour de force of frenetic optimism. By contrast, Prokofiev’s second Violin Concerto presents almost the entire scope of human emotion, from expansive sensual tunes to wildly unsettling passages of raw terror. There is no let-up in Rachmaninov’s second symphony either. Richly orchestrated with some of the most unforgettable tunes in the orchestral repertoire, it is surely one of the most popular classical pieces of all time
A performance of Bach’s Cantata 146 Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal (We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God) as part of choral evensong.
The gospel of the day, reflected in the cantata, is a reminder of the ten commandments and man’s difficulty in achieving heaven. The ensemble includes flute, oboes and strings with a prominent part for the organ in the opening sinfonia.
Internationally renowned singer and pianist Jeremy Sassoon presents his latest show: from Gershwin to Winehouse, Bacharach to Dylan.
Held: Princes Road Synagogue, Liverpool, starts 7.30pm.
The Tiger Lillies are one of the foremost avant-garde bands in the world. Double Olivier award winners, their shows are dark, peculiar and varied, with moments of black humour and immense beauty.
This unique, Brechtian Street opera trio tour the world playing concerts and theatre shows such as The Tiger Lillies Christmas Carol, The Ancient Mariner and the West End hit Shockheaded Peter.
The music is an electrifying mix of genres, seamlessly blending electronic beats with rock, funk, and pop elements.
The setlist is unpredictable, filled with both original tracks and surprising covers, each performed with a unique twist. The crowd is diverse and energetic, dancing along to the infectious rhythms.
At certain points during the show, Dr. Orange engages directly with the audience, encouraging sing-alongs or initiating call-and-response chants.
