York Concerts
Concerts and performances are held across a variety of venues, including the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Central Hall, St Lawrence Church and York Minster.
Tel: 01904 322439
boxoffice@york.ac.uk
For details of all concerts and booking info please visit
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The Snowman
Sunday 7 December 2025
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Campus West, University of York
Raymond Briggs’ magical Christmas story, The Snowman, returns to York this festive season with live music by the Shepherd Brass Band. Experience this iconic animated film on the big screen with Howard Blake’s timeless soundtrack performed by one of Yorkshire’s premier brass bands.
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University Choir & The 24
Saturday 13 December 2025
Central Hall, Campus West, University Of York
Celebrate the festive season with this joyous selection of choral works by modern British composers. John Rutter’s Gloria was commissioned by the American choral conductor Mel Olson, marking the composer’s first engagement in the US. The work contains many of Rutter’s trademark qualities, with its ‘exquisitely balanced vocal writing’ and ‘melting harmonies’ (Gramophone). While Rutter travelled to the US to conduct the premiere of his Gloria in 1974, Britten was making his way back on a sea voyage from the US to England when he composed his ever-popular A Ceremony of Carols. Written for upper voices and harp, Britten later arranged the work for full choir, as featured in this performance. The work comprises a captivating collection of carols and hymns from the late Middle Ages, with music that is at times melancholic and haunting and at others hopeful and exuberant. The programme also includes Cecilia McDowall’s Christmas cantata, Christus Natus Est, which reworks familiar melodies from five ancient carols, and Vaughan Williams’ triumphant anthem O Clap Your Hands.
Tel: 01904 322439
boxoffice@york.ac.uk
For details of all concerts and booking info please visit
yorkconcerts.co.uk
Run The Yorkshire Marathon For St Leonard's
Sunday 18 October 2026
York University
Support St Leonard's Hospice and raise money to support patients and families in York and the Surrounding areas by taking a place in this year's Yorkshire Marathon.
We would love you have you, you will be making such a difference whilst running around the beautiful city.
Further details and book now online at
stleonardshospice.org.uk
