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A restored 1930s Art Deco building in Bradford will be reopening in August after being saved from demolition and restored as a cultural hub for the city. As part of events for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, Bradford Live will host the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ben Crick on Yorkshire Day, 1 August 2025.
For the event, called Yorkshire Calling, Crick and the orchestra will be joined by poet Ian McMillan, the BBC’s Bantam of the Opera Choir and Leeds-based pianist Yuanfan Yang.
Crick will conduct his own music in A Northern Score featuring featuring poems written and narrated by Ian McMillan, celebrating influential northerners through the ages. The Bantam of the Opera choir features fans of Bradford City AFC, known as ‘the Bantams’ who have been taught to sing opera to celebrate Bradford’s UK City of Culture year, as part of a BBC Radio Leeds programme. Pianist Yuanfan Yang is an alumnus of the 2015 and 2018 Leeds International Piano competition (known as The Leeds). He is the Piano Ambassador for the Wharfedale Festival of Piano which includes the annual Waterman Piano Recital Series in memory of The Leeds co-founder Dame Fanny Waterman.
Established in 1975 by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, Yorkshire Day commemorates Yorkshire’s historic contributions; for the last 40 years, Yorkshire Day, has been managed by the Yorkshire Society. This year the Yorkshire Society is working in partnership with Bradford 2025.
Further information about Yorkshire Calling from the Trafalgar Tickets website.
