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25 November
Quatuor Bozzini
Durham University Music School

MUSICON presents the world premiere of a major new work by James Weeks: weatherworld quartets explores our sensory and bodily experience of the outdoors.

29 November
Durham University Orchestral Society
Elvet Methodist Church

DUOS Symphony Orchestra's open their year with programme of musical imagery, with pieces by Modest Mussorgsky, Ruth Gipps, George Gershwin and Edward Elgar.

05 December
Durham University Chamber Choir
St Godric's Church

Choral music that looks to the coming of light, by of the most celebrated 21st century composers, with a focus on new British music.

06 December
Durham University Palatinate Orchestra
St Oswald’s Church

Vibrant and inspiring sounds of the 20th century with the Palatinate Orchestra's chamber ensemble, including music by Gustav Holst and Jean Absil.

06 December
Durham Choral Society
Elvet Methodist Church

An evening of festive music for brass and voices with Durham Choral Society and the NASUWT (Riverside) Band

08 December
Durham University Classical Ensemble
Elvet Methodist Church

Student and professional singers join DUCE for Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio 'Elijah'

11 December
Dunelm Consort and Players
St Godric's Church

Handel's beloved seasonal oratorio in the composer's original scoring for small choir and ensemble, with guest conductor Gianluca Marcianò

23 January
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Elvet Methodist Church

Royal Northern Sinfonia, directed by violinist Maria Włoszczowska, make their second visit of the season with music packed full of wit, sparkle and passion.

30 January
Durham University Choral Society
Durham Cathedral

Durham University Choral and Orchestral societies combine for Verdi's monumental setting of the Requiem Mass.

17 February
Musica Antica Rotherhide
Elvet Methodist Church

Cantatas and extracts from operas written for Venice’s public theatres in the mid-seventeenth century, many of which have lain unperformed for over 350 years.

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