Friday 1 December YORK
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, Heslington YO10 5DD, 8.00pm SACCONI STRING QUARTET Haydn Quartet in F minor No 2 Op 55 The Razor Janáček Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters Schubert Quartet No 14 in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden BMS York bms-york.org.uk 01904 704052 £15 (students £6) Monday 4 December RIPON
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Rd HG4 1QT, 7.30pm IVANA GAVRIĆ – piano Haydn Sonata in F Hob XVI:23 Grieg 3 Slåtter Op 72 Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Scherzo No 2 Schumann Kreisleriana Cathedral Concert Society – Ripon 01765 635422 riponconcerts.co.uk £17 (students £5, U18 free) Friday 8 December SCUNTHORPE
New Theatre, Outwood Academy Foxhills, 2 Foxhills Road, Scunthorpe DN15 8LJ, 7.30pm EMPEROR QUARTET Haydn String Quartet in B minor Op 33 No 1 Shostakovich String Quartet No 3 in F Op 73 Ravel String Quartet in F Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society scunthorpe-concert-society.co.uk 01144 574570 snkavanagh@googlemail.com £15 Friday 8 December KNUTSFORD
Tatton Park WA16 6QN, 8.00pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA The Twelve Days of Christmas with a guest choir. NCO www.ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £25 (U18s £15) Saturday 9 December MACCLESFIELD
Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – soprano Handel Gentle Morpheus Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits Vivaldi In Furore iustissimae Rameau Dardanus Chaconne Mozart Exsultate Jubilate Handel Da Tempeste, Lascia chio Piangia NCO Macclesfield Concert Series ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £20, £15 (U18s free) Sunday 10 December KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lake Road CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm JOHN TOMLINSON – bass CHRISTOPHER GLYNN – piano Schubert Schwanengesang Wagner Wotan’s Journey – all Wotan’s ‘monologues’ from The Ring Keswick Music Society keswick-music-society.org.uk theatrebythelake.com 01768 774411 £20, £16, £7 (students, U18s £7, £4) Wednesday 13 December KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm PELLÉAS ENSEMBLE Arnold Bax Elegiac Trio JS Bach Flute Sonata in C BWV1033 Benjamin Graves Scherzo Tchaikovsky Mélodie and Chanson Triste Ravel Tombeau de Couperin (selection) Kendal Midday Concert Club kendalmiddayconcertclub.org £9 (Students and children 7 years and over £2) Wednesday 13 December ILKLEY
Kings Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN – mezzo soprano JULIUS DRAKE – piano Brahms Five Lieder Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Dvorák Love Songs Op 83 Respighi Five Songs Ilkley Concert Club concertclub.ilkley.org icc.jennie@gmail.com £14, £13, £12 (U25 £2) Friday 15 December GLOSSOP
Parish Church, Church Street South SK13 7RU, 7.30 pm VIV MCLEAN – piano Programme to include: JS Bach The Goldberg Variations Glossop Music Festival glossopmusicfestival.org.uk Tickets free, on the door only. Donations accepted |
Saturday 2 December MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 8.00pm MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE BEN MELLEFONT – clarinet RAKHI SINGH – violin ADAM SZABO – cello SIMON PARKIN – piano The End of Time Ravel Sonata pour violon et violoncelle Stravinsky Suite from A Soldier’s Tale Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time The Stoller Hall stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £12 Wednesday 6 December CLITHEROE
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Sixth Form Centre, York Street BB7 2DJ, 7.30pm BELLA TROMBA Monteverdi Allegro (from Vespers) Gesualdo O Vos Omnes Peter Longworth Untitled Becca Toft Reflections Holst In the bleak midwinter Enescu Au Soir Tchaikowsky The Nutcracker Dvorak Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Nacio Herb Brown Singing in the Rain Bart Howard Fly me to the Moon Jerome Kern The Way You Look Tonight Clitheroe Concerts Society clitheroeconcerts.org 01200 423474 £15 (Full-time students and accompanied children free) Friday 8 December BIGGAR
Municipal Hall, High Street ML12 6DT, 8.00pm ARCTIC WINDS Mozart Overture The Magic Flute K620 Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik Op 24 No 2 Jim Parker Mississippi Five Ibert Trois Pièces Brèves for wind quintet Poulenc Novelette in C Dvorak String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96 American arranged for wind quintet Biggar Music Club biggarmusic.org.uk 01899 220 119 £12 (students and school pupils free) Sunday 10 December DARLINGTON
Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 3.00pm GRACE YEO – piano Bridge A Fairy Tale Suite H128 Debussy Ballade in F L70 Suite Bergamasque L82 Ravel Sonatine Bowen Four Pieces for solo piano Schumann Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 22 Darlington Piano Society dpiano.co.uk 01325 406000 £12 (U21 - £6) Monday 11 December BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Broad Street B1 2EA, 7.30pm THE SIXTEEN HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor Glory To The Christ Child Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £43 Wednesday 13 December LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 1.05pm ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC SONGSTERS JONATHAN FISHER – Director A Celebration of Women Composers of Song Programme to feature Clara Schumann, Alma Mahler, Pauline Viardot, Cécile Chaminade, Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Liza Lehmann and Madeleine Dring Leeds Lieder leedslieder.org.uk 0113 234 6956 Leeds International Concert Season leedsconcertseason.com 0113 378 6600 Free Wednesday 13 December MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.00pm STEPHEN HOUGH – piano From Process to Performance Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat Audiences who hear Chetham’s young musicians can often say ‘We saw them first,’ as students go on to greater platforms around the world. This December brings a new kind of first – a chance to join Stephen Hough in preparation for his forthcoming performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No 1. An alumnus of Chetham’s, Stephen is joined by the acclaimed Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra to support his own preparations – and has generously offered to open the doors to an audience to share the pathway from solo practice to concert platform. Take your seat in rehearsal for this fascinating glimpse into the process that precedes performance. The Stoller Hall stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £12-£8 Sunday 31 December WINDERMERE
Carver Uniting Church, Lake Road LA23 2BY, rehearsal 7.00pm, performance 11.00pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS IAN JONES – conductor Come & Sing Mozart Requiem Cumbria Festival Chorus cumbriafestivalchorus.uk 01539 720168 Admission free – retiring collection for charity |
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