University Choir and Symphony Orchestra

• Wednesday 14 June 2017, 7.30PM to 9.30pm
• Tickets: £24/£28 (Concessions £23/£26, unreserved £8/£10, students £5)
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• York Minster (map)
• Wheelchair accessible

Event details

Walton’s dramatic work for choir and large orchestra Belshazzar’s Feast tells the colourful story of the Babylonian king who, famously, saw the writing on the wall.  Baritone Benedict Nelson joins the University Choir for this choral masterpiece. The University of York Symphony Orchestra also performs Berlioz’s Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale and Walton’s march, Crown Imperial.

About the performers

The University Choir is a chorus of around 250 voices drawn from students and staff of the University of York, as well as the general public from the surrounding area. More information here. 

The University of York Symphony Orchestra is the University’s Department of Music's largest instrumental ensemble. The repertoire includes works by Classical master composers as well as modern compositions. More information here. 

This events is supported by Schroders.