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, 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.’
Our season headliner this year will be ‘Britain’s favourite clarinettist’, Emma Johnson (6th December). Emma, with the eminent pianist, John Lenehan, will play a carefully selected programme ranging from Rossini to Bernstein and Gershwin. This concert will be our special Christmas event with complimentary seasonal refreshments of mince pies and non-alcoholic mulled wine during the interval.
The opening concert this year (our 74th season!) will be from Kammerphilharmonie Europa (18th October)
who first played for us in 2016 to an enthusiastic reception from the audience. This warm and lively chamber string ensemble will pair up with trumpeter Cyril Gussaroff to perform a programme of mainly baroque repertoire.
The season continues in the New Year after Emma & John’s concert with the
Chiaroscuro String Quartet (
31st January). This young ensemble will perform Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert in their trademark style on gut strings with historical bows.
Pianist
Leon McCawley (
21st March) follows with a mainly classical and romantic recital concluding with Chopin’s popular Polonaise–Fantasie Op. 61. Leon won the 1993 International Beethoven Piano Competition and now has a busy solo career performing all over the world in between working as professor of piano at the Royal College of Music.
Our final concert of the 2018-19 season will be by the cellist
Jamal Aliyev, with the pianist
Jâms Coleman (
11th April). Rising star Jamal has already made his solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2017 and is currently studying for his Master’s.
Amazing value!
A season’s membership for all six concerts costs only £63 (saving £27 compared to buying separate adult tickets). Season ticket holders are encouraged to bring a friend to the first concert in the season for free.
Apply for your season ticket now via the
JOIN page on the website.
Individual concert tickets are also available at £15 per concert for adults. (Students aged 18 years and under are warmly invited to attend free.) Tickets are available from Morpeth Methodist Church, the society secretary – telephone 01670 513369 or Morpeth Tourist Information Centre as well as 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.
