Easter Monday 2 April                             GLOSSOP
Parish Church, Church Street South SK13 7RU, 6.30 pm
GLOSSOP FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
MATTHEW TRUSCOTT – leader
Chamber choir of 8 singers including ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – soprano and ROBERT DAVIES – baritone
JS Bach            St Matthew Passion
Glossop Music Festival glossopmusicfestival.org.uk or Bay Tree Books in Glossop £25, £18 (provisional prices)
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Saturday 5 April                        YORK
National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL, 12.30pm
COMPAGNIA D'ISTRUMENTI
UNIVERSITY OF YORK BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
KEMP ENGLISH – fortepiano
Baroque Onwards
Three concerts focussing on the development of the string quartet and the symphony with music by Telemann, Haydn, Kozeluch, Mozart
YorkConcerts yorkconcerts.co.uk 01904 322429  £38/£32/students £6 (tickets for individual concerts also available)​
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 Wednesday 11 April                        ILKLEY
Kings Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA – violin
CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN – piano
Brahms            Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78
Brahms            Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100
Brahms            Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
Ilkley Concert Club concertclub.ilkley.org icc.jennie@gmail.com £14, £13, £12 (U25 £2)​

Saturday 21 April                                    DARLINGTON
Central Hall, Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 7.30pm
MARMEN STRING QUARTET
Mozart              Quartet No 14 K387
Janacek            Quartet No 1
Beethoven        Quartet No 10 Op 74
Darlington Music Society dms.btck.co.uk 01325 467163   £14 (U26 free)​

Sunday 22 April                                      KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lake Road CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm
PIERS LANE – piano
Scarlatti                Sonata in B minor Longon No 33
Scarlatti                Sonata in G Longon No 347
Bach                   Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Bk 1 No 3
                              & in B flat minor Bk 1 No 22
Beethoven         Sonata No 23 in F minor Appassionata
Chopin                Nocturnes in C sharp minor Op 27 No 1
                           & in D flat Op 27 No 2
Rachmaninov    Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op 22
Keswick Music Society keswick-music-society.org.uk theatrebythelake.com 01768 774411 £20, £16, £7 (students, U18s £7, £4)
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Monday 30 April                                    HOYLAKE
St. Hildeburgh's Church, Stanley Road CH47 1HL, 7.30pm
CHIAROSCURO STRING QUARTET
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA – leader
Bach                        Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 4 and 9
Fanny Mendelssohn      String Quartet in E flat
Beethoven             String Quartet in C minor Op 18 No 4
Felix Mendelssohn        String Quartet in E flat Op 12
Hoylake Chamber Concert Society chamberconcert.co.uk 0151 625 3120 £15 (students free)
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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

Wednesday 4 April                                ALNWICK
Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without NE66 1PQ, 7.30pm
PASCAL ROGÉ – piano
Satie                            Gymnopédie No 1, Gnossienne No 3
Satie                            Croquis et agaceries, Embryons Desséchés
Ravel                           Sonatine
Poulenc                        Les soirées de Nazelles
Debussy                       Preludes Book 1
Alnwick Music Society alnwickmusicsociety.co.uk 01665 510785 alnwickplayhouse.co.uk £16 (conc £15)

Wednesday 11 April                             CLITHEROE
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Sixth Form Centre, York Street BB7 2DJ, 7.30pm
PIANO 4 HANDS
Mozart                      Andante with variations in G KV501
David Matthews Variations on a theme by Handel
                                     Op 144
Schubert                 Fantasy in F minor D940
Debussy                 Petite Suite
Prokofiev                Classical Symphony     
Ravel                      La Valse
Clitheroe Concerts Society clitheroeconcerts.org 01200 423474 £15 (Full-time students and accompanied children free)​

Saturday 14 April                         MACCLESFIELD
Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano
James Manson             New commission
Brahms                         Piano Quartet in C minor          
Schubert                       Trout Quintet
NCO Macclesfield Concert Series ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £20, £15 (U18s free)

Saturday 21 April                   BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road SK10 5JR, 8.00pm
THE DORIC QUARTET
Haydn              Quartet Op 35 No 5
Adès                The Four Quarters
Beethoven        Quartet Op 130
Bollington Chamber Concerts 01625 576402 bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/doric £17.50 (£2 students)

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 
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