Following her Opera North debut in 2022, guest conductor Valentina Peleggi takes to the podium to present a stirring programme of romanticism and virtuosity.

The concert opens with one of the most popular pieces ever written, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, which regularly tops the Classic FM Hall of Fame. We then welcome back Elena Urioste, whose performance of the Elgar Violin Concerto electrified Huddersfield Town Hall in 2023, to perform another great English concerto. First performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1940, Britten’s Violin Concerto combines bravura brilliance with searing emotional depth.

Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony takes inspiration from the life of the composer’s native Bohemian countryside in a breathtaking variety of moods, from passionate lyricism to stomping exuberance. Threaded throughout this masterwork is one glorious melody after another.

Part of the Kirklees Concert Season.