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Wednesday 1 February KEELE
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30pm APOLLO5 Apollo5 has been praised for its engaging and entertaining performances of a repertoire ranging from retro jazz, pop and classical arrangements to Christmas a cappella. Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 £15 (students £8,16 & under, Keele Music Students FREE) Thursday 2 February COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral, 1 Hill Top CV1 5AB, 7.30 pm THE SIXTEEN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor Bach Magnificat J S Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Bach Singet dem Herrn, Gloria in excelsis Deo Cantata BWV 191 Bach Sinfonia Cantata BWV 156, Sinfonia Cantata BWV 75 (part 2) Bach Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring) Cantata BWV 147 Bach Magnificat in D The Sixteen National Box Office: 01904 651485 £28, £18 Friday 3 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10 pm ULRICH HEINEN – cello Stockhausen Tierkreis (Zodiac) J S Bach Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Friday 3 February BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00 pm MARK BEBBINGTON – piano Schubert Piano Sonata in A D664 Matthew-Walker Fantasy Sonata: Hamlet (1980) Matthew-Walker A Bad Night in Los Angeles (2016): first performance Bliss Triptych (1970) Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor Op 57 Appassionata Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330 £19 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free) Wednesday 8 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 7.30 pm O DUO Oliver Cox and Owen Gunnell – percussion A concert of contrasts to include Bach, Chopin, Granados, Philip Glass, Steve Reich and O Duo’s Bongo Fury Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £15.00/£12.00 (£1.00) Thursday 9 February BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10 pm CBSO Centre Stage: Bach and Handel VERONIKA KLIROVA – flute AINER GIBBONS – oboe RICHARD JENKINSON – cello MARTIN PERKINS – continuo Bach Trio Sonata in C BWV529 Bach Trio Sonata in E Flat BWV1031 Handel Trio Sonata in C minor HWV386 CBSO 0121 780 3333 £10* Friday 10 February BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 7.30 pm ANGELA HEWITT – piano J S Bach French Suite No 1 in D minor BWV 812 Bach French Suite No 2 in C minor BWV 813 Bach French Suite No 4 in E flat BWV 815 Bach French Suite No 6 in E BWV 817 Bach French Suite No 3 in B minor BWV 814 Bach French Suite No 5 in G BWV 816 Town Hall & Symphony Hall 0121 345 0600 £38 - £12.50* Sunday 12 February STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 3.00 pm SEAN SHIBE – guitar English music from Dowland to Britten Stratford upon Avon Chamber Music Society 01789 740791 £17 (£5 students) Tuesday 14 February CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00 pm VIENNA PIANO TRIO Mozart Piano Trio in G K496 Schoenberg/Steuermann Verklärte Nacht Op 4 (1899): version for piano trio Schubert Piano Trio in B flat Op 99, D898 Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 £10 (£8, students & u18s free) Wednesday 15 February CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School, Hatherley Road GL51 6EP, 7.30 pm ANDREY LEBEDEV – guitar Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes Peter Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness Toru Takemitsu Muir Woods Leo Brouwer Danzas Rituales y Festivas Vol 2 Peter Sculthorpe From Kakadu Joseph Havlat New work Ross Edwards Blackwattle Caprices Cheltenham Music Society 01242 234791 £10 Friday 17 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TS, 1.10 pm ODYSSEUS PIANO TRIO Sara Trickey – violin Gregor Riddell – cello Clare Hammond – piano The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Saturday 18 February GLOUCESTER
Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX, 3.00 pm RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK – violin MATTHEW RICKARD – piano Bliss Sonata for Piano and Violin Graham Whettam Solo-violin Sonata No 1 Havergal Brian Legend Delius Violin Sonata No 2 Holst Five Pieces Gurney Violin Sonata in E flat Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 £17 (£16/£8/£5,free) Monday 20 February ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm VADYM KHOLODENKO – piano Mozart Sonata in A minor K310 Beethoven Sonata in B flat Op 22 Liszt Transcendental Études: No 9 Ricordanza, No 6 Vision, No 5 Feux follet Scriabin Sonata No 4 in F sharp Op 30, Sonata No 5 Op 53 Abbotsholme Arts Society 01543 263304 £16.50 (£5 under 25) Tuesday 21 February BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall, Broad Street B1 2EA, 7.30 pm JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ – tenor VINCENZO SCALERA – piano Programme to be announced. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez has one of the voices of the century – and this rare solo recital offers a chance to hear it at its most intimate. Town Hall & Symphony Hall 0121 345 0600 £58 - £12.50* Wednesday 22 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30 pm HEATH QUARTET Haydn Quartet in D Op 76 No 5 Bartók Quartet No 1 Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor Op 80 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 £18 (£15, £12, £5) Friday 24 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10 pm TIMOTHY RIDOUT – viola JOHN REID – piano Recently selected to be represented by the Young Classical Artists Trust, Timothy Ridout gives his first concert in the Barber Institute following his success as the first British winner of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Friday 24 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30 pm STAMIC STRING QUARTET (Czech Republic) Haydn Quartet in B flat Op 71 No 1 Mucha Quartet No 1 Dvorak Quartet in A flat Op 105 Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £21/£17/£13 (£1) Saturday 25 February LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30 pm LELAND CHEN – violin JOHN LENEHAN – piano Kreisler Variations on a Theme by Corelli Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Op 47 Kreutzer Schubert arr. Wilhelmj Ave Maria Franck Violin Sonata in A Ludlow Music Society 01584 876141 £18 (students £6) Sunday 26 February WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00 pm BENJAMIN FRITH – piano Haydn Sonata in C minor Hob XIV:20 John Field Nocturne No 2 H25, Nocturne No 14 H60 Chopin 2 Polonaises Op 26 in C minor & E flat minor, Grande Valse Op 42 Liszt Rhapsodie Hongroise No 11 Schumann Carnaval Op 9 Worcester Concert Club 01905 611427 £16 (students £5) |
Thursday 2 February COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre CV4 7AL, 7.15 pm COULL QUARTET Romantic Journey Schubert Quartet in G minor D173 Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor Op 13 Brahms Quartet in B flat Op 67 Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 £19.50 (conc £17.50) Friday 3 February CARDIFF
Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park CF10 3NP, 1.00 pm KENNETH HAMILTON – piano Composer Portraits No 4 Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 £5 (students & u18s free) Friday 3 February BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10 pm CBSO Centre Stage: Piano Quintets with Cédric Tiberghien CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN – piano EMMET BYRNE – oboe OLIVER JANES – clarinet MICHAEL KIDD – horn MARGARET COOKHORN – bassoon Mozart Quintet for piano and winds K452 Beethoven Quintet for piano and winds Op 16 CBSO 0121 780 3333 £19* Tuesday 7 February CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00 pm CARDUCCI QUARTET with MARTIN ROSCOE – piano Webern Langsamersatz, 6 Bagatelles, Quartet Op 28 Brahms Piano Quintet Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 £10 (£8, students & u18s free) Wednesday 8 February KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30 pm WIHAN QUARTET Suk Meditation on the ancient Czech Chorale Janáček String Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters Dvořák String Quartet Op 51 in E flat Slavonic Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 £15 (students £8,16 & under, Keele Music Students FREE) Friday 10 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10 pm NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE DANIELE ROSINA – director The University of Birmingham New Music Ensemble perform a selection of newly-commissioned works for mixed chamber ensemble. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Sunday 12 February LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00 pm BOEHM CLARINET AND PIANO DUO Louisa Davidson – clarinet Tim Sidford – piano An Anglo-French programme to include: Hurlstone Four Characteristic Pieces Finzi Five Bagatelles Op 23 Pierné Canzonetta Op 19 Poulenc Clarinet Sonata Espressivo Concerts / Leominster TIC 01568 616460 £12 (students £6) Monday 13 February BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 7.30 pm MARIAM BATSASHVILI – piano Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor Händel/Liszt Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel’s Almira Mikel Urquiza New work Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 13 Liszt Sonata in B minor Town Hall & Symphony Hall 0121 345 0600 £31 - £12.50* Tuesday 14 February WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4AR, 7.30 pm THE SOCIETY OF STRANGE AND ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS Jon Banks – santouri, gothic harp and percussion Liam Byrne – lirone and treble viol Joy Smith – gothic bray harp and triple harp Alison McGillivray – violone and viola bastarda Sound House – devised by Clare Salaman Fresh interpretations of 17th-century music performed on unusual and historically appropriate instruments Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £20/£18/£15/£13 (£1) Wednesday 15 February KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30 pm BRITTEN OBOE QUARTET with NICHOLAS DANIEL Britten Phantasy Quartet Lennox Berkeley String Trio Moeran Phantasy Quartet Mozart Adagio for cor anglais and string trio Oliver Knussen Cantata Mozart Oboe Quartet K370 Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 £15 (students £8,16 & under, Keele Music Students FREE) Friday 17 February BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10 pm CBSO Centre Stage: CBSO Musicians & Birmingham Conservatoire Programme to be announced CBSO 0121 780 3333 £10* Sunday 19 February ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church GL15 6RU, 3.00 pm CLARE HAMMOND – piano The welcome return of this outstanding and successful pianist with an exciting programme that includes works by Beethoven, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Gabriel Fauré and Henri Dutilleux Wye Valley Music 01291 330020 £18 (WVM Members £15, Students £2) Tuesday 21 February CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00 pm BOXWOOD AND BRASS Boieldeiu arr. Anon Overture Jean de Paris Triebensee Partita in E flat Beethoven arr. Anon Symphony No 7 Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 £10 (£8, students & u18s free) Tuesday 21 February CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30 pm TRIO DALI Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op 1 No 1 Smalley Piano Trio Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66 Cheltenham Music Society 01242 234791 £23 & £18 Wednesday 22 February KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30 pm BOGDAN VĂCĂRESCU – violin HEIDI PARSONS – cello Honegger Sonatine for violin and cello J S Bach Cello Suite No 3 in C Mozart Duo No 1 K423 Paganini Duetto II Ernst The Last Rose of Summer (violin solo) Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 £15 (students £8,16 & under, Keele Music Students FREE) Friday 24 February EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Road WR11 4QH, 7.30 pm MATTHEW SCOTT – clarinet CHRISTINE ZERAFA – piano Horovitz Sonatina for clarinet and piano Debussy Premiere Rhapsody Schumann Fantasiestücke Op 73 Francaix Tema con Variazioni for clarinet and piano Poulenc Sonata Reger Sonata in A flat Op 49 No 1 Robert Muczynski Time Pieces for clarinet and piano Evesham & District Music Club 01386 861206 £16 (conc £15, students £3) Friday 24 February WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30 pm THE SIXTEEN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor Bach Magnificat J S Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Bach Singet dem Herrn, Gloria in excelsis Deo Cantata BWV 191 Bach Sinfonia Cantata BWV 156, Sinfonia Cantata BWV 75 (part 2) Bach Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring) Cantata BWV 147 Bach Magnificat in D The Sixteen National Box Office: 01904 651485 £30, £25, £10 Sunday 26 February BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 3.00 pm YOUNG MUSICIANS’ SHOWCASE Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330 £10 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free) Sunday 26 February MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00 pm RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone IAIN BURNSIDE – piano Schubert Die schöne Müllerin D795 Malvern Concert Club / Malvern Theatres 01684 892277 £21 (students £6) + 12% theatre's booking fee |
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