Friday 6 April                         WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
DAVID CURTIS – conductor
Vaughan Williams          Fantasia on a Theme by 
                                          Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams          Five Mystical Songs,
                                          Concerto Grosso
Finzi                                  Let us Garlands Bring,
                                          Romance for Strings
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org worcesterlive.co.uk

Saturday 14 April                       PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UN, 3.00pm
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH – cello 
JOHN YORK – piano
Beethoven        Variations in E flat on Mozart’s
                           Bei Männern
Beethoven        Sonata in A Op 69        
Miaskovsky      Sonata No 2 in A minor Op 81
Brahms             Sonata No 2 in F Op 99
Painswick Music Society painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Ticket prices tbc
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Wednesday 17 April                        CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
DORIC QUARTET
Thomas Adès    The Four Quarters Op 28
Haydn                 String Quartet in G Op 33 No 5
Beethoven          String Quartet No 13 in B flat Op 130
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979  £25, £20, U26 free
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Friday 20 April                               BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
ROBERT MARKHAM – piano
JONATHAN MARTINDALE – violin
CHRISTOPHER YATES – viola
KATE SETTERFIELD – cello
ANTHONY ALCOCK – double bass
Bridge                Phantasie Trio
Schubert           Trout Quintet
CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10
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Friday 20 April                     ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter
ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm  
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON – cello
ISAKA KANNEH-MASON – piano
Bach                  Gamba Sonata No 2 in D
Poulenc            Cello Sonata
Debussy           Cello Sonata
Brahms             Sonata for cello and piano
                          No 2 in F Op 99
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £17.50 (U25 £5)

Tuesday 24 April                       CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm
DRYADS DUO
Ton de Leeuw                Sonatina
Lera Auerbach               7 Preludes (selected from 24
                                        Preludes for violin and piano)
Messiaen                      Thème et Variations
Prokofiev                       Violin Sonata No 1 Op 80
Pedro Faria Gomes      New piece
Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free

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Wednesday 25 April                     BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm
SIMON TRPCESKI – piano
Mendelssohn                Songs without words - selection
Rimsky-Korsakov         Scheherazade Op 35
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk
0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £35

Thursday 26 April                        ASHBOURNE
St.Oswald's Church, 5 School Lane DE6 1AN, 8.00pm
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
A programme of a cappella works including a specially commissioned piece by Paul Spicer that aptly celebrates the work and achievement of Abbotsholme Arts Society.
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £17.50 (U25 £5)

Friday 27 April                              BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
ROBERT MARKHAM – piano
KATE SUTHERS, MORITZ PFISTER – violins
ADAM RÖMER – viola   HETTY SNELL – cello
Brahms             Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34
CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10

Saturday 28 April                        PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UN, 3.00pm
HEATH QUARTET
Haydn                Quartet in D Op 71 No 2           
Widmann          Quartet No 5                                           
Tchaikovsky      Quartet No 1 in D Op11         
Painswick Music Society painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Ticket prices tbc

Friday 13 April                                  EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue WR11 4QH, 7.30pm
VANDEPEER  QUARTET
Bridge              Three Idylls
Haydn               Quartet Op 76 No 4 Sunrise
Mozart              Adagio & Fugue K546
Bartok               String Quartet No 1
Evesham & District Music Club  edmc.website  eveshamartscentre.co.uk 01386 446944 £17, £16, £3


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Tuesday 17 April                          CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm
RETORICA
Robert Fokkens            Dances and Chorales (violin duo
                                        and live electronics, 2017)            
Wendy Hiscocks           New Work (violin duo, fixed-
                                        media electronics and film,
                                        2017)     
John McCabe                Spielend (violin duo, 2003)
Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free

Wednesday 18 April                      BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 2.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
PEDRO HENRIQUES DA SILVA – guitar
DAVID CURTIS – conductor
Debussy           Children's Corner
Rodrigo            Concierto de Aranjuez              
Debussy           Petite Suite            
Bizet                 Symphony in C
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org
0121 780 3333 thsh.co.uk £9.50 - £27.50

Friday 20 April                             PERSHORE
Number 8, High Street WR10 1BG, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
EMILY SUN – violin
DAVID CURTIS – conductor
Haydn                           Symphony No 22 in E flat
                                      The Palindrome
Mozart                          Violin Concerto No 5
Mozart                          Symphony No 29
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org
01386 555488 number8.org £15.50

Sunday 22 April                       LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT    3.00pm
MARIA MARCHANT – piano
Handel                             Chaconne in G HWV 435
Clara Schumann             Soirées Musicales Op 6:
                                          Notturno, Ballade, Polonaise
Brahms                             Intermezzo in E flat Op 117 No 1
Beethoven                       Sonata in C sharp minor
                                          Op 27 No 2 Moonlight
Ireland                              Decorations
Ireland /Roderick Williams          Sea Fever
Roderick Williams          Goodwood by the Sea
Schubert/Liszt                 Schwanengesang D957:     
                                          Aufenthalt, Am Meer,
                                          Liebesbotschaft
Liszt                                  Ballade No 2 in B minor S171
Espressivo Concerts espressivo.org.uk Leominster TIC 01568 616460       £12 (students £6)

Wednesday 25 April                          BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30pm
STEPHEN HOUGH – piano
Debussy           Clair de Lune (from Suite bergamasque)
Debussy           Images, Set 2
Chopin             Sonata No 2 in B flat
Debussy           La terrasse des audiences du clair de 
                          lune (from Préludes, book 2)
Debussy           Images, Set 1
Beethoven       Sonata No 23 in F minor Op 57
                          Appassionata
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333          £18 (£15, £12, £5)

Thursday 26 April                        MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road
WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
BRITTEN OBOE QUARTET
NICHOLAS DANIEL – oboe
Elgar                              Andante and Allegro (c.1878)
Moeran                         Fantasy Quartet
Mozart                          Adagio for Cor Anglais and
                                       String Trio K580a
Britten                           Fantasy Quartet Op 2
Oliver Knussen            Cantata
Lennox Berkeley         String Trio
Mozart                          Oboe Quartet K370
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277  £19.75

Friday 27 April                     BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
BEASTFEaST 2018
MARI FUKUMOTO – organ
From renaissance to contemporary music, Japanese organist Mari Fukumoto performs across Europe and Japan. For this concert she presents electroacoustic music with BEAST as part of the annual BEASTFEaST festival.  Free
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Friday 27 April                     MONMOUTH
Bridges Community Centre, Drybridge House, Wonastow Road NP25 5AS, 7.30pm
ASTARIA QUARTET
Haydn       Seven Last Words
Mozart      Quartet in K157 (tbc)
Turina       (work tba)
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk
01291 330020  £15 (WVM Members £12, Students £2)​

Saturday 28 April                            STOURBRIDGE
St James’s Church, Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston, 7.30pm
Springtime Serenade  
Players in a variety of ensembles performing Classical, Romantic and Original compositions include: Tony Bridgewater, Edward Caine, Anna Downes, Iain Estell, Richard Hall, Michael Jones, Linda May, Tony May and Tom Pankhurst. Singers from the Elgar School of Music will perform Opera selections.
Local & Live localandlive.org.uk
01384 377162  £10 (U18 free)