Tallis Consort - A Renaissance Christmas

ImageFriday 22nd November 2019 at 7.30pm 

The semi-professional ensemble, The Tallis Consort are delighted to be making thier return to Holy Trinity Church at Wentworth following their debut here earlier this year with the music of Tomas Luis de Victoria.

Join us of 22nd November where you will be taken on a musical adventure across Western Europe. Allow yourself to be transported to the sixteenth century, where composers from England, France, Germany and Spain will display thier finest music.

We hope you'll join us for what will be an immersive, yet relaxing experience in the magnificent surroundings of this fine building.

Refreshments will be served during the interval.

Tickets cost £7 (£5 for consessions and under 25s) and are available on the door. For further details please contact Stephen Clapham on 01226 744084.

Thurnscoe Harmonic Male Voice Choir [Music Festival 2019]

ImageSaturday, 28th September at 7.00 pm

[This event forms part of our music festival for 2019]

The choir started in 1924 and celebrates its 95th Anniversary this year.

It remains one of the premier male voice choirs in the country. Over the last ten years their reputation has gone from strength to strength: over the years the choir has won over 100 awards in major competitions, including a second place in the International Eisteddford.

Their list of engagements never shortens and one has to marvel at their energy and commitment. They will be joining us again at this year’s annual Wentworth Church Festival, a festival that the choir has been very privileged to be invited to and attend since its inception. Thanks to Tony Jermy the musical director and Irene Hill the accompanist, the choir is renewing and revitalising its repertoire, from old pot boilers to new pop chart songs, while ensuring that the “Thurnscoe Sound” remains as compelling as it ever did. 


The ticket price for each event will be:

Adult £8:00
Concession £7:00

Thomas Corns - Organ Recital [Music Festival 2019]

ImageSaturday, 28th September at 1.00 pm


[This event forms part of our music festival for 2019]


2011 saw the restoration of the magnificent Father Willis organ in Wentworth Church. This concert continues the celebration of the completion of this wonderful instrument.


Thomas Corns held an organ scholarship at Jesus College, Cambridge and was a scholar at St. Paul’s Cathedral, where he worked daily with the world famous choir. Whilst at St. Pauls he was a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music and recipient of the UMP ensemble prize.

Thomas performs regularly in the UK and in Europe and has given recitals to critical acclaim in Westminster Abbey, St. Pauls and St. Johns Smith Square. He is well know for performing a wide range of music and has won praise for his interpretations of contemporary repertoire. Recent performances have included commissions and new music by composers including Judith Bingham, Henryk Gorexki and Einojuhani Rautavaara.

His discography includes a recording of 20th Century Marian Music and a survey of choral and organ works by Kenneth Leighton.


The ticket price for each event will be:

Adult £8:00
Concession £7:00

Dore Gilbert & Sullivan Society Singers [Music Festival 2019]

ImageFriday, 27th September 2019 at 7.30 pm


[This event forms part of our music festival for 2019]


This Gilbert & Sullivan Society was founded in the village of Dore, close to Sheffield in 1971. The following year the Society performed HMS Pinafore, and since then has presented a fully staged and costumed production with orchestra each year. This year’s production of “The Yeomen of The Guard” has been rated amongst one of its finest shows with fantastic feedback from audiences.


They have performed previously on two occasions at Wentworth in 2009 and 2012 to a full audience in the church and we are delighted that they have agreed to return to entertain us in our magnificent church once again with a varied programme of G&S and Jubilee themes as well as songs from Broadway musicals"


The ticket price for each event will be:

Adult £8:00
Concession £7:00

All Star Brass [Music Festival 2019]

ImageThursday 26th September at 7.30pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2019]

The ensemble was formed in 2012 to perform a “one-off” performance for a charity event, but the members enjoyed it so much that they decided to continue the relationship and undertake more engagements.

The ensemble is led by John Hopkinson, a well-known musical director and trumpet/cornet player and comprises other highly respected players from some of the leading brass bands in the area including Grimethorpe, Brighouse and Rastrick, Yorkshire Imperial, Strata and Worsbrough Brass.

They have a wide repertoire encompassing many styles of music, often featuring solos from talented individuals. The ensemble has appeared on two previous occasions at Wentworth Church, both of which were hugely successful. We are privileged to be able to welcome them back.

The ticket price for each event will be:

Adult £8:00
Concession £7:00

Fiona Katie Roberts - Celtic Harpist [Music Festival 2019]

ImageWednesday 25th September 2019 at 7.30 pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2019]

Fiona Katie has been designing and building her own harps for over 20 years.

Dynamic, jaw-dropping harpist with a difference.

Fiona Katie plays, designs and builds her own harps as well as composing unique music using influences from Celtic, Flamenco and Latin. She continues to deliver time after time giving show-stopping, foot-tapping performances at both concerts and festivals across the UK.

Fiona Katie was previously session musician performing with bands such as Guns & Roses and Led Zeppelin Fiona Katie is currently involved with working on a number of new projects including the musical books project which include“ The Book of Caris” and “The book of Anon”

‘With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes’ (well ankles actually) the effect is a full ‘orchestral’ sound – to be seen to be believed...

The ticket price for each event will be:

Adult £8:00
Concession £7:00

Garden Party 2019

BuntingSunday 16th June 2019, starting  shortly after 2.00 pm

 

There will be plenty of exciting stalls, bric-a-brac, cakes, games and novelty events, Come rain or shine!

 

Please tell all your friends! - This is a chance to make a generous contribution towards the running of our beautiful church.

 

Music for a Summer Evening 2019

Saturday 29th June 2018 at 7.30pm.

The Tom Downing Collier Memorial Concert: An evening of songs and piano music with Kate Hyland-Collier and Richard Taylor.

We do hope you can join us in this fundraising event for Church funds and Leukaemia Research.

For further details or to book, please use the attached booking form.

 


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