What's On

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano, Joseph Middleton piano. With winners of Northern Aldborough Festival’s New Voices Singing Competition 2025: Rachel Munro soprano, Jia Ning Ng piano

Cellist, musicologist and visiting Research Fellow at Huddersfield and Leeds Universities, Dr George Kennaway gives one of his popular pre-concert talks in advance of the Festival’s closing recital.

Come and support the outstanding singers and pianists who have been part of our Young Artists Programme and who immersed themselves in song over the course of the past week in Leeds.

To help us celebrate 60 years of groundbreaking music in the city, we draw inspiration from one of England’s earliest and most influential folk song collectors, Leeds-born Frank Kidson (1855–1926).

Whether you’re a long-time chamber music lover or discovering it for the first time, this is the perfect opportunity to experience the next generation of outstanding performers.

This special concert staging, performed with the full Leeds Conservatoire School of Music orchestra, brings the classic score to life in all its splendour.