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february concerts

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)
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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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