28/02/2025 & 01/03/2025 RNCM Session Orchestra with Tim Burgess and Helen O’Hara

7pm / Support: Jack Critchlow (Sat 1 Mar only)

8pm / RNCM Session Orchestra with Tim Burgess and Helen O’Hara

Programme

Max Boone Overture
The Charlatans arr Rosie Tickle and Jeanette Szeto North Country Boy
Tim Burgess arr Gloria Xia Here Comes The Weekend
Dexys arr Peter Bailey Because Of You
The Charlatans arr Sophia Hurst and Szeto Jesus Hairdo
Tim Burgess arr Tickle A Case For Vinyl
Dexys arr Ella Laughton and Szeto Let’s Get This Straight From The Start
The Charlatans arr Hurst and Szeto One To Another
Tim Burgess arr Elena Adams and Szeto Yours To Be
Tim Burgess arr Aidan Bryson A Gain
The Charlatans arr Boone and Szeto The Only One I Know

Interval

Tim Burgess arr Emily Dunbar Lucky Creatures
The Charlatans arr Kuba Williams Then
Tim Burgess arr Bailey The Mall
Tim Burgess arr Lucian Amette Crosby White
The Chemical Brothers arr Laughton Life Is Sweet
The Charlatans arr Piers Serna Try Again Today
Tim Burgess arr Williams View From Above
The Charlatans arr Noah Caborn A Man Needs To Be Told
Dexys Come On Eileen
The Charlatans arr Rob Hughes Weirdo
Tim Burgess arr Claire Cope Curiosity
Tim Burgess arr Harry Baines The Centre Of Me

Performers

Tim Burgess vocals
Helen O’Hara 
violin
Andy Stott
 director
Trevor Naughton assistant director

RNCM Session Orchestra

vocals
Moli Edwards
Lia Gorman
Katerina Kaifa
Ollie West

bass guitar
Dan Braithwaite

drums
Finley Thompson

guitars
Guy Bandell
Ben Malpass

keys
Mar Gunnarsson
Louie Dummer

first violins
Katie Foster (guest leader)
Christopher Newton
Elanor Leydecker
Yiyang Sun

second violins
Jack Callaghan
Lauren Lee
Emily Ampt
Luke Chu

violas
Henry Grant
Maria Morris
Kezia Elliott
Ilana Tapper

cellos
Cillian Hennessy
Chloe Chen
Lola Garcia Marquez
Isabella Farleigh

double bass
Lukas Hall

flute
Maisy Shaw

alto saxophones
Aidan Bryson
Tessa Pike

tenor saxophones
Maddie Stewart
Molly Woodvine

baritone saxophone
Jamie Marriott

trumpets
Josh McKeague
Thomas Brook
Edmund Tyler

trombones
Carol Jarvis (guest tutor)
Emily Mason

harp
Yixuan Wang

percussion
Oliver Jackson
Christian Holyoake

About

Tim Burgess, legendary singer-songwriter and frontman of The Charlatans, joins forces with Helen O’Hara of Dexys Midnight Runners and the RNCM Session Orchestra for a spectacular evening of music.

Showcasing a dynamic mix of tracks, the setlist includes Charlatans’ classics like The Only One I Know and North Country Boy, as well as renditions of Impossible and Try Again Today with each piece highlighting the synergy between Burgess’s vocals, O’Hara’s violin mastery, and the orchestral arrangements of the RNCM Session Orchestra.