Ripon’s renowned St Cecilia Orchestra is much more than just an orchestra.
At its most spectacular it is an exceptionally fine and very large symphony orchestra, often working with top class international soloists and capable of giving high-quality performances
Join us for an evening in Italy!
Following two triumphant "Queen's Jubilee" concerts in March, we now look forward to our summer concert in Holy Trinity Church on 11th June. A sunny and uplifting programme with Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony, excerpts from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and two Albinoni concertos!
Peter Donohoe plays Rachmaninov
See our 'upcoming concerts' for details of our October project with internationally acclaimed concert pianist Peter Donohoe - all of Rachmaninov's works for piano and orchestra (4 concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody) over two concerts!
Ripon’s renowned St Cecilia Orchestra is much more than just an orchestra.
At its most spectacular it is an exceptionally fine and very large symphony orchestra, often working with top class international soloists and capable of giving high-quality performances of some of the most demanding large-scale works ...
A native of Ripon, Xenophon Kelsey, MBE, studied horn, double bass, piano and conducting in Manchester and was principal horn and conducting student on the European Summer Schools for Young Musicians in Vienna, Salzburg and Montreux from 1967-71 ...