Transformation: Relaxed Concert

Sunday 12 March 2023

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Join us for a relaxed and dementia-friendly one hour concert presented in an informal and friendly setting.

A relaxed performance is where the ambience of the auditorium and venue ‘rules’ are relaxed: rules such as having to keep quiet or sit still. These performances are ideal for people with learning disabilities or autism, people living with dementia, or anyone who would benefit from a more relaxed environment.

This Spring concert features music and songs about change and renewal, including works by Handel, Schubert, Barber, Britten, Debussy and Fauré, performed by Opera North’s Annette Saunders (piano) Luke O’Toole (flute) together with soprano Bibi Heal.

Part of the Howard Assembly Room’s Wellbeing Weekend.

Price

£6

Doors
3.15pm

Start
4pm

Duration
1 hour

What to expect

  • Friendly performers 
  • No bright or flashing lights and no darkness 
  • No sudden loud noises 
  • A range of seating options from chairs to cushions and no pressure to stay still throughout the performance 
  • A quiet area outside the performance space if you want
  • Extra staff on hand to help out 
  • Information sent out before the show

 Find out more ahead of your visit by visiting our Access page. 

Programme

Flute, piano
Debussy ‘L’après midi’
Vivaldi The Goldfinch (1st movement)
Mouquet ‘Pan and the Birds’ (2nd movement) (La Flute de Pan)

Flute
Michael Head  ‘A Piper’ 

Flute, soprano, piano
Handel ‘Süsser Stille’ (5 German Arias)
‘Flammende Rose’ (5 German Arias)

Soprano, piano
Schubert ‘Frühlingsglaube’
Fauré ‘Mai’
‘En sourdine’
Nielsen ‘Sommersang’
Quilter ‘It was a lover and his lass’
Barber ‘Monk and his cat’
‘Sure on this shining night’
Mozart ‘Vedrai carino’ (Don Giovanni)
Shostakovich ‘
Lidochka’s song’ (Paradise Moscow)

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