12-03-2025
Join leading composer on a glorious journey through the Dales
SOUTH-Craven based composer, Ben Crick will take audiences on a glorious journey through the Yorkshire Dales at a concert at Ilkley's King's Hall on Sunday, March 30.
Conducting his own work, the award winning Soundscapes, which featured at the exhibition space at Skipton Town Hall a year ago, combined with original films of the Dales, edited live with music, it promises to be a concert hall sized immersive experience.
It will be performed by the Airedale Symphony Orchestra, fresh from recent success performing another fabulous composition by Ben Crick at 'RISE' - the opening of the City of Culture Bradford 2025,
A spokesperson said: "Come and hear this beautiful new work conducted by the composer, and be transported to experience all the glories of the local landscape, from deepest caves to soaring dales and moors.
"We will also perform Beethoven's famous Pastoral Symphony. Beethoven loved nature, and his pastoral symphony takes us on a perfect tour of a rural idyll complete with birds singing, streams flowing, and even a picnic disturbed by a thunderstorm."
A collection will be taken for Menston Area Nature Trust, a local charity supported by orchestra members that has recently purchased nearby Weston Woods as a new nature resource for our community."
The concert at Ilkley King's Hall takes place at 7.30pm on March 30. Tickets £10 to £17; under 11s go free. Available online at: by phone: 0333 666 3366, and on the door until sold out.
