The society presents an annual season of six professional concerts in our warm and comfortable venue - Morpeth Methodist Church. The modern, accessible, church has great acoustics and and fantastic views from all around no matter where you choose to sit. There is plenty of local parking and the church is within easy walking distance of the bus and train stations. But don't just take our word for it!
David Whetstone, (then culture editor of the Journal), wrote in 2017: 'Morpeth Methodist Church is a nice venue – more intimate, naturally, than the Sage and with a surprisingly clear acoustic. It was packed for this gig, even up in the gallery where the view was perfect.’
Peter Donohoe Morpeth Music Society will celebrate its 75th season in 2019 by opening with a piano recital by Peter Donohoe (10th October 2019). Peter’s most recent triumph in the North East was when, in 2016, he stepped in to substitute for an unwell Lars Vogt (on the day of the concert) to play a magnificent performance of Beethoven’s Emperor concerto at the Sage Gateshead.
Bring a friend! The season continues with a concert by the Sacconi String Quartet (21st November 2019)
featuring Haydn, Beethoven, Rachmaninov and a contemporary work by Scottish composer, Helen Grime. Season ticket holders are warmly invited to bring a friend to this concert.
Christmas cheer Vienna based Gitarrissima
will play for our Christmas concert (12th December 2019). A first for Morpeth Music Society, this all female guitar ensemble will perform arrangements of well-known melodies such as Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Bizet’s Carmen. This concert will be our special Christmas event with complimentary seasonal refreshments of mince pies and non-alcoholic mulled wine during the interval.
The second half of our season follows in the New Year with
Metamorphoses,
a viola, clarinet and piano trio (13th February 2020) playing a programme including Mozart’s Kegelstatt trio.
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch, piano trio, visits Morpeth next (19th March 2020) with an all-Beethoven programme to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
Our final concert of the 2019-20 season will be a welcome return visit from Ukrainian pianist and ‘YouTube sensation’ Anna Fedorova (30th April 2020).
Amazing value! Save 30% by buying a season ticket!
A season’s membership for all six concerts costs only £69 (saving £29 compared to buying separate adult tickets). Season ticket holders are encouraged to bring a friend to the Sacconi Quartet concert for free.
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Individual concert tickets will cost £18 (Peter Donohoe) and £16 (rest of the season) for adults. Students aged 18 years and under are warmly invited to attend FREE.
Individual concert tickets will be available from 1st September 2019 onwards from Morpeth Methodist Church, the society secretary – telephone 01670 512075 or Morpeth Tourist Information Centre as well as online from the website.
All of the concerts take place at Morpeth Methodist Church (fully accessible with a lift and a hearing loop) at 7.30 pm.
