National Youth Orchestra Residency

Can you imagine what nearly 400 super-talented teenagers performing some of the most joyful music ever written for orchestra and choir sounds like?

Well, on 8 August 2013, you can hear it in all its vibrant reality as the National Youth Orchestra and National Youth Choir of Great Britain come to Derry to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Joined by the Irish Youth Chamber Choir and Codetta, they will perform the symphony – most famous for its glorious finale ‘Ode To Joy’ – in a concert celebrating youthful vitality and exuberance.

For ten days NYO musicians will bring music to the city’s streets. A brand new project called Play At Our Place will see 100 of Derry’s most enthusiastic young musicians hosting 100 NYO members in their homes and community spaces for an epic day of mini-concerts, right across the city. And if you’re a talented young musician yourself, you can come and join in with the NYO during their stay: they’ll be inviting players who are grade 6 standard or above to form a special one-day orchestra with them as part of their free Inspire Day.
When: Thursday August 8 – Start time TBC
Where: TBC
Ticket prices: TBC
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Shostakovich Ten Songs by a Revolutionary Poet (selection)
Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
Vasily Petrenko
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Codetta
Irish Youth Choir
Soloists TBC

1pm – Lunchtime event
Hear Vasily Petrenko and members of the NYO and NYC discussing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, its enduring universal popularity, and its themes of joy and reconciliation.
When: Wednesday August 7 @ 6pm or 6.30pm
Where: TBC
Ticket prices: TBC
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Enjoy the special sound world of unaccompanied choral
music, as Britain’s finest young singers perform works
including music by Benjamin Britten.

Saturday August 3
Streetlevel NYO
NYO members will be out and about in Derry city centre giving free
public performances throughout the afternoon.

Tuesday July 30
Play at Our Place
In a huge day for music, the city will be alive with vibrant youthful performances. Get up close to incredible young musicians in a Play At Our Place concert happening in a street near you!

Tuesday July 30
Where: TBC
NYO Inspire Day
NYO Inspire Day – if you’re between 13 and 18 and play an orchestral instrument to at least grade 6 standard, come and join in with the NYO for a free day led by their section principals and world-class tutors.