Patronage
We are delighted to welcome you to our 44th season, the details of which will be announced shortly.
We are very grateful to our loyal Patrons, whose names are shown below on this page, for their valuable financial support, which allows us to provide music of such high quality.
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Our Patrons
Benefits
Our patrons are entitled to the following.:
- Discounts on concert tickets
- Privileged advance booking directly with YGO for the best seats
- Complimentary programme
- Exclusive listing in our concert programme and website
- Free invitation to our Chair’s pre-concert drinks reception
- Complimentary attendance at our soloists’ masterclasses
- Free invitation to the YGO/YSJU orchestral workshop day
- Complimentary attendance at any of our rehearsals
Our achievments
We have regularly attracted world-class soloists to York and commissioned new works especially for the orchestra.
In addition to the major works in the repertoire, we have also performed under Simon Wright’s encouraging and masterful baton, all the symphonies of Mahler and Sibelius – a unique double of which we are very proud.
Our concert reviews are a testament to our successful endeavours over the years. You can read a reviews of our recent concerts here.
Our other activities
Your contribution enables us to continue our outreach activity of giving tickets to local schools via the York Music Hub, which does so much for music education in the city – a vital investment in encouraging youngsters to take up a musical instrument and in building audiences for the future.
We simply could not have done any of this without our Patrons’ generous donations.
Our history
You may be familiar with the remarkable story of the YGO. Founded in 1979 by John Hastie for one concert only – and here we are 45 years later! (see also The Orchestra).
Message from Simon
Welcome to YGO's 44th season of wonderful music making. We do hope that you will be able to join us for our concerts.
We begin in October with a celebration of York-born John Barry's film music. We will be joined by soprano Jo Pears and The Ebor Singers for an afternoon of memorable melodies from the Bond Theme to Out of Africa and from Goldfinger to Zulu. Radio York's Elly Fiorentini will be hosting what promises to be a special event for the city.
In February we will welcome back cellist Jamie Walton to play Bloch's evocative Schelomo and we will begin our 2025 Shostakovich anniversary year (he died in 1975) with his tuneful 9th Symphony. We will also play Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and Sibelius' Karelia Suite.
In May we pay tribute to Ravel who was born in 1875. In the second half of the concert, we will play his sparkling 2nd Suite from Daphnis and Chloé and finish with Bolero. In the first half of the afternoon we will be joined by Yuanfan Yang for Shostakovich's ever popular 2nd Piano Concerto.
We are already working on our 2025/26 season and in October we will be playing Shostakovich's monumental 10th Symphony. Making future plans is possible thanks to the generous and much appreciated support which you give to the orchestra. Thank you so much for this, it really does make a terrific difference.
I look forward to seeing you at the Barbican.
Patron Subscription
Our annual subscriptions are £75 for a single patron or £120 for joint patronage, which can also be paid ininstalments if that is more convenient. Any contributions above these amounts will be gratefully received.
To become a Patron simply send an email to patrons@yorkguildhallorchestra.com and I will gladly help.
Thank you for supporting us and we look forward to welcoming you to our concerts.
Angelo Braganza
Patrons’ Secretary
List of Patrons
