Skipton Camerata & Oriana Chamber Choir premiere 'Saint Cecilia’s Day' by George Loughlin & Jonathan Tooby plays the Elgar Cello Concerto.

Yorkshire's Skipton Camerata and Oriana Chamber Choir welcome international guests the Darlington String Quartet (Australia) for a concert conducted by Australian-British postgrad student, Chris Pamela Childs, in the final concert/exam of the MMus (Performance) degree at the University of Huddersfield.

Connecting Britian and Australia through musicians and music, we present a programme of music by Edward Elgar and Liverpool-born/Australian composer George Frederick Loughlin.

Australia's Darlington String Quartet join Skipton Camerata as guest principal players and their acclaimed cellist, Jonathan Tooby is soloist in Elgar's famous concerto.

George Loughlin moved to Australia to be Ormond Professor of Music, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne. His work 'Saint Cecilia's Day' was originally written for double chorus, soloists and large orchestra. In this concert, the chamber arrangement receives its UK and European premiere performance from Yorkshire's Skipton Camerata and Oriana Chamber Choir.

This free concert will conclude at approximately 7.30pm.

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