Albert Herring
16 - 23 July
The set is in, and the cast and crew arrive today, to start rehearsals tomorrow for this year’s opera production, Albert Herring. If you have ever tried to get your offspring interested in opera before, but failed, could this just be the one. Described by our Conductor as...
Love Music Trust's 'Summer Celebration'
Clonter was delighted to be able to welcome this wonderful event back this year.
"[Those] two days in many ways seemed to officially ‘cut the ribbon’ on the return of what many of us have for so many years, been so...
Albert Herring 1987
The last time Clonter presented Albert Herring in any shape or form was in 1987. It was a short excerpt from Act 1, presented as a double bill with Cosi Fan Tutte. Both with piano. There is less than a week to go until the cast arrive to start rehearsals for Clonter’s first full production of Albert Herring, with full orchestration. We very much hope...
Albert Herring
14 - 23 July
Wow what weather! Summer seems to have truly arrived, even though officially not until tomorrow, but Clonter now turns its attention to its annual summer opera production. Following in the wake of the Jubilee Celebrations, with the bunting still up, it seems never more...
Jazz in June - Pearson Plays Porter
Thank you to the 339 people who attended the Pearson Plays Porter show on Saturday night. This was the biggest house size Clonter has had since Covid began, and it was just WONDERFUL to be able to provide an audience of this size for James Pearson and Friends once again. Lots of newcomers this year, and although...
Jazz in June - Pearson Plays Porter
Sat 11 June, 7pm
Are you already feeling what next after the 4 day holiday, courtesy of the Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations? If so, could coming to see James Pearson and Friends for Pearson Plays Porter be just what would fit the bill, to wean you off the festivities...
Jazz in June - Pearson Plays Porter
Sat 11 June, 7pm
After many discussions to have an evening dedicated to Cole Porter over a number of years, it has finally arrived, and Clonter couldn't be more delighted that Emma Smith and Quentin Collins will be James's special guests, joined as ever by the wonderful Ronnie Scott's...
Crossover, Spring Opera Showcase & HCMS
Clonter has been very busy over the last month. Hot on the tail of the Crossover Festival (Bluegrass and Old Time festival), Clonter went straight into the May Masterclasses, culminating in the Spring Opera Showcase. It was all going on on Saturday 14th May. Eurovision, the Spring Opera Showcase, and wasn't there some...
Holmes Chapel Music Society
50th Anniversary Celebratory Concert
Sir Mark Elder and Hallé Principals
Sat 21 May, 8pm
There are still some tickets left for the Holmes Chapel Music Society's final concert of this season. A celebration of 50 wonderful...
Jazz in June - Pearson Plays Porter
Sat 11 June, 7pm
There is just one month to go until James Pearson will be making his annual trip north, together with special guests Emma Smith and Quentin Collins, for Pearson Plays Porter. Cole Porter – Where to start. You’re The Top, Night & Day, Anything Goes, Begin the Begiune...
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