Join Leeds’ City Organist, and HAR-favourite Darius Battiwalla, for a Halloween double-bill of silent film classics, underscored by his signature spooky organ stylings.

Masterpiece of German expressionist silent film, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919) follows the mysterious Dr Caligari who enthrals and terrifies villagers with his fairground sideshow, a sleeping man in a box who wakes only to answer people’s questions. When murders and terror seep through the town, all is not as it seems…

Join us in the intimate setting of the Howard Assembly Room for a programme of work for solo piano and spoken word. Curated by British-Chinese composer Alex Ho for Irish-Chinese pianist Aidan Chan, the evening includes the UK premiere of Ho’s new work, Untitled.

Showcasing music spanning over 250 years from both sides of the Atlantic, join us for an All Hallows’ Eve-themed programme exploring fantasy, myth and storytelling through music, traditions and culture.

It’s a voice that soars – pure, clear and true — above infectious Mandé guitar grooves. A stop-you-in-your-tracks voice instantly familiar to anyone in Mali, West Africa: Rokia Koné, aka the Rose of Bamako.

One of Mali’s most beloved and dynamic artists, Koné is a force to be reckoned with. Her captivating performances in the city’s local maquis clubs very often last for hours, as Koné runs the gamut of emotion from joy to despair, fury to tenderness, wielding that astounding voice with grace and power.

Irish soprano Maìre Flavin, recently in the title role of Opera North’s Alcina, will be heard here in more intimate surroundings, alongside Opera North’s Head of Music David Cowan.

Together, they will treat us to some of their favourite songs, from composers such as Dowland, Purcell and Schubert. At the heart of the programme is Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, five songs based on poems by Friedrich Rückert, including the haunting ‘At midnight’ and the beautiful song of farewell, ‘I am lost to the world’, whose closing lines are ‘I live alone in my heaven, in my love, in my song’.

Jasper Høiby, the founding member of Phronesis, one of the most talked about and acclaimed European bands of the last decade, returns with his new piano trio 3Elements.

Leeds-born composer, arranger and improviser; consummate soloist and generous collaborator; custodian of tradition and restless innovator, multi-award winning sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun takes to the Howard Assembly Room stage once more, this time for classical story telling.

Promising to be a very memorable night, twice Grammy nominated Iarla Ó Lionáird – vocalist with critically-acclaimed band The Gloaming – joins forces with renowned pianist/composer Cormac McCarthy and acclaimed clarinet maestro Matthew Berrill. Expect an intimate evening of spellbinding song, performed with great delicacy by these superb musicians.

Dear diary…. I’ve been invited to the ultimate 90s sleepover-themed pyjama party!

We’ll start the evening with a movie (of course), so curl up with a cocktail for a screening of the unparalleled Shakespearean-teen-rom-com-classic, 10 Things I Hate About You.

After the film, twin choreographers Melissa and Martina Gumbs will teach us all a dance in iconic sleepover style. No experience needed. In fact, experience discouraged.

Join us for two magnificent chamber works by Mozart, which sit hand-in-hand with Opera North’s production of The Magic Flute, in which wind instruments lead the way.

‘Kegelstatt’, the name given to the Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, can be translated as ‘bowling alley’; could Mozart perhaps have penned it between games? Highlights of the Flute Quartet include a slow second movement in which a beautiful melody tinged with sadness is accompanied by pizzicato strings, before being interrupted by a finale full of sunny high spirits.

Join us for a showcase of performers supported through Opera North’s annual Resonance programme.

Rory A. Green (and band), Satnam Galsian, Ellen Beth Abdi with MeMe Gold & Seren Marimba, and Jonas Jones will each perform a 20-minute taster set of their latest work. The night will be hosted by singer-songwriter, composer, and storyteller Marco Woolf, who will also be performing.