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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 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 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 Friday 20 April ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm SHEKU KANNEH-MASON – cello ISATA 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 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 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 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) |
Friday 6 to Sunday 8 April LUDLOW
Ludlow English Song Weekend Assembly Rooms and St Laurence’s Church A weekend of concerts, talks, discussion and film which gives the opportunity to discover the richness of English song in all its diversity Artistic Director – Iain Burnside Booking – 01584 878141 www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk ludlowenglishsongweekend.com 
Friday 27 – Sunday 29 April WORCESTER
Worcester Early Music Festival Artists to include Rachel Podger Blondel David Hatcher Linarol Consort of Viols Pride & Prejudice Ball: Saturday 19 May, Worcester Guildhall Look out for a new Pride & Prejudice Tea Dance at the Lion Ballroom, Leominster Sunday 14 January www.earlymusicworcs.org |
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