Kirklees Concert Season 2025/26: Orchestra of Opera North’s year round concert season in Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls

Elena  Urioste, Gary Walker & Orchestra of Opera North at Huddersfield Town Hall

The Kirklees Concert Season is a year-round programme of concerts presented by Opera North and Kirklees Council in Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls. This year the Orchestra of Opera North is presenting seven concerts as part of a season running from September 2025 to June 2026, along with one concert from the Opera North Youth Orchestra. There are also seven chamber concerts showcasing and curated by musicians from the Orchestra of Opera North, and a series of lunchtime organ recitals on the Father Willis Organ in Huddersfield Town Hall.

Orchestra concerts begin in Huddersfield Town Hall on 25 September 2025 with Gary Walker conducting Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 1 and Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Elena Urioste. In December, Chloe Rooke conducts music from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Walton’s Viola Concerto with soloist Dana Zemtsov and music by Elgar and Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen.

In January 2026, the Father Willis organ in Huddersfield Town Hall gets to join in with Saint-Saens’ Symphony No. 3 with organist David Pipe and conductor Sora Elisabeth Lee, plus music by Ravel, Chabrier and Augusta Holmes. In February, Karel Deseure conducts music by Mozart, Stravinsky and Beethoven, then in March, Oliver Rundell conducts the Opera North Youth Orchestra in selections from Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. [The Youth Orchestra is also performing on 14 December 2025 in St. Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield]

April sees Gary Walker conducting Thomas Ades, Rachmaninov and Brahms, and the season concludes in June with Katie Stilman directing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons from the violin.

Full details from the Opera North website.