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februarY CONCERTS

Thursday 1 February                                        EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue WR11 4QH, 7.30pm
CATRIONA McDERMID – bassoon
Pianist to be confirmed
Alexandre Tansman             Suite
Elgar                                       Romance
Peter Hope                            Bassoon Sonata
                                                Unaccompanied Caprices
                                                (Baroque)
Ivor Gurney (transcription)    Sleep (from 5 Elizabethan
                                                Songs)
Evesham & District Music Club  edmc.website  eveshamartscentre.co.uk 01386 446944 £17, £16, £3
Friday 2 February                                                 DERBY
Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate DE1 3GP, 7.30pm
THE SIXTEEN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor
Vivaldi              Gloria
The Sixteen thesixteen.com tickets.ncem.co.uk 01904 651485 £15, £23, £28
Sunday 4 February                                          MALVERN
Christ Church, Avenue Road WR14 3AY, 3.00pm
STELLA SEATON-SIMS – mezzo soprano
CORINNE FROST – cello
JANINE PARSONS, MICHAEL JONES – piano

Music from or inspired by Spain and Latin America, including works by Manuel de Falla, Granados, Piazzolla and Turina in various combinations of instruments and voice.
Espressivo Concerts espressivo.org.uk Malvern TIC 01684 892289           £12 (students £6)
Friday 9 February                                     BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
SIGLO DE ORO
A Burning Desire for the Heavenly Kingdom
Weaving together a musical history of the Reformation and Counter-reformation, works by Josquin, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd, Palestrina and Victoria - often with political overtones - illustrate the religious fervour and reforming zeal of 16th century Europe.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free
Saturday 10 February                                 ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church (opposite castle) GL15 6RU, 3.00pm
ALEXANDRA LOMEIKO – violin
ANTONINA SUHANOVA – piano  
Bach               Sonata No 4 in C minor
Schubert       Grand Duo
Ysaÿe            Poème Elegiac
Janacek         Violin Sonata
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk
01291 330020  £15 (WVM Members £12, Students £2)

Sunday 11 February                                  LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 11.30am
ENSEMBLE 360
POLLY IVES – narrator
Family concert with Paul Rissman’s Stan and Mabel and the Race for Space
Ideal for ages 3-8
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418   £18/£13
Sunday 11 February                                   LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
Bravo Brahms!
Brahms             Piano Quintet Op 34
Brahms             Serenade Op 11
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418    £18/£13 (£1)
Wednesday 14 February                        BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 2.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
PATRYCJA PIECZARA – conductor
Vaughan Williams          Five Variants of Dives and
                                          Lazarus
Vaughan Williams          Five Mystical Songs
Finzi                                  Let us Garlands Bring
Finzi                                  Romance for String Orchestra
                                          Op 11
Ireland                             A Downland Suite
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org
0121 780 3333 thsh.co.uk £9.50 - £27.50
Wednesday 14 February                      ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm  
FLORILEGIUM
Merchants of Venice – music by Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Scarlatti and Legrenzi
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £17.50 (U25 £5)
Friday 16 February                                    LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
ARCADIA STRING QUARTET (Romania)
Haydn                Quartet Op 33 No 2
Bartók                Quartet No 1
Beethoven         Quartet Op 59 No 2
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org
01926 334418  £21/£17/£13 (£1)

Friday 16 February                                            OXFORD
SJE Arts, 109a Iffley Rd OX4 1EH, 8.00pm
ANNE LOVETT – piano
DAVID BAMBER – narrator
Erik Satie: Memoirs of a pear-shaped life
Music at Oxford musicatoxford.com 01865 244 806 £15 - £32 Students and U18s £10 off
Sunday 18 February                                  GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
PELLÉAS ENSEMBLE
Corelli                           Trio Sonata Op 3 No 2
Bartok                           Suite Paysanne Hongroise
William Mathias          Zodiac Trio
Bax                                Elegiac Trio
Britten                           Lachrymae
Debussy                        Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Gloucester Music Society gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk 01242 620736          
£17 (£16/£8/£5,free)

Sunday 18 February             STRATFORD UPON AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 3.00pm
NICHOLAS MORTON – baritone
IAN TINDALE – piano
Finzi                             Earth and Air and Rain
Ravel                           Histoires naturelles
Songs by Fauré, Britten, and Richard Rodney Bennett
Stratford upon Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk 01789 740791   £18 (£5 students)
Tuesday 20 February                               CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
BUSCH TRIO
Smetana           Piano Trio in G minor Op 15 
Bridge               Phantasie Trio in C minor
Schubert           Piano Trio No 1 in B flat D898
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk  cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979  £20, £15, U26 free
Wednesday 21 February                          BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30pm
CROSSCURRENTS
HUW WATKINS – piano
CLARE HAMMOND – piano
Alexander Goehr           Selection from Symmetries
                                         Disorder Reach
Robin Holloway             Sarabande-Scherzo-Song
Michael Berkeley           Haiku
Robin Holloway             Sine nomine
Alexander Goehr           7 Impromptus
Robin Holloway             Silvered Schubert
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333          
£18 (£15, £12, £5)
Friday 23 February                                   BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
CROSSCURRENTS
LIGETI QUARTET
Music by Schnittke and Zorn
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free
Sunday 25 February                                   WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK – violin
DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE – piano
Mozart               Sonata in B flat KV454
Frank Bridge     Sonata H183
Brahms              Sonata in D minor Op 108
Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427               £16 (students £5)

Monday 26 February                               BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm
TAMÁS PÁLFALVI – trumpet
Pianist to be confirmed
Tamberg           Trumpet Concerto Op 42 for trumpet and piano
Shostakovich    Piano solo
Enescu               Légende
Eötvös               Solo trumpet piece (2017)
Bartók               Piano solo
Sarasate           Zigeunerweisen Op 20
Dubrovay         Walzer & Scherzo
Bartók              Romanian Folk Dances
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk
0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £31

Wednesday 28 February                                       KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
FITZROY QUARTET
Winners of the 2016 Cavatina Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition and Finalists in the 2017 Royal Overseas League the Fitzroy Quartet are Chamber Music Fellows at the Royal Academy for 2016/17 and are also Associate Ensemble at Birmingham Conservatoire. 
Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 keele.ac.uk/artskeele £15 (£8 students, 16 & under free)
Friday 2 February                                     BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL – horn
DANIEL GRIMWOOD – piano
Principal Horn of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alec Frank-Gemmill is joined by Daniel Grimwood to perform works by Mozart, Beethoven and Giovanni Punto.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free
Saturday 3 February                                       MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
ARMONICO CONSORT & BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPHER MONKS – director
Biber                Missa Salisburgensis à 53
Armonico Consort armonico.org.uk  malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892 277 £23.52, £20.16, £16.80
Tuesday 6 February                                 BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Broad Street
B1 2EA, 7.30pm

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
MARIN ALSOP – conductor
NICOLA BENEDETTI – violin
Beethoven        Symphony No 4
Beethoven        Violin Concerto
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk
0121 780 3333
£12.50 - £48
Friday 9 February                                       WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
THE SIXTEEN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor
Vivaldi              Gloria
The Sixteen thesixteen.com tickets.ncem.co.uk
01904 651485  £15, £25, £30

Friday 9 February                               BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm
LEON MCCAWLEY – piano
Haydn                Piano Sonata in C minor Hob XVI:20     
Hans Gal           Three Preludes Op 65 (1944)
Beethoven        32 Variations in C minor WoO80
Schubert           Piano Sonata in G D894
Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 01527 577330 £20 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free)
Sunday 11 February                                  CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School GL51 6EP, 3.00pm
ROSALIND VENTRIS – viola
JAMES WILLSHIRE – piano
Robert Saxton               Invocation, Dance and
                                         Meditation
Arvo Pärt                        Spiegel im Spiegel
Edwin Roxburgh           Monologue
Rory Boyle                     Reeling
Huw Watkins                 Fantasy
Howard Blake                Prelude from Benedictus
Takemitsu                       A Bird came down the Walk
Thomas Adès                 Darkness Visible
Robert Hugill                 Three Pieces from the Book of
                                         Common Prayer
Paul Patterson               Elegiac Blues
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk £10 on the door
Tuesday 13 February                                          CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm
OENM
Thomas Wally                 Caprice for String Trio
Johannes Maria Staud   Sydenham Music
Arlene Sierra                   Avian Mirrors (2013)
Roberto Rusconi            Monodia (2007)
Shahriyar Farshid           New Work (2016) (Premiere)
Beat Furrer                     ... cold and calm and moving
                                         (1992)
Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free
Wednesday 14 February                                       KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
KABANTU
Kabantu are a quintet from Manchester whose high-octane and percussive live workouts blend roots, jazz & classical music from around the world, unravelling new marriages of music from around the globe. Vocal harmonies of South Africa coalesce with everything from Celtic reels and Brazilian samba to Balkan folk music and beyond.
Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 keele.ac.uk/artskeele £15 (£8 students, 16 & under free)
Friday 16 February                                    BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
CROSSCURRENTS
CAROLIN WIDMANN – violin
Pascal Dusapin                           in vivo
Hans Abrahamsen                     Capriccio Bagateller
Salvatore Sciarrino                    6 Capricci
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free
Friday 16 February                                         PERSHORE
Number 8, High Street WR10 1BG, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
FRANCESCA MOORE-BRIDGER – horn
DAVID CURTIS – conductor

Ireland                              A Downland Suite
Matthew Taylor              Horn Concerto
Britten                              Variations on a Theme of Frank
                                          Bridge
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org
01386 555488 number8.org £15.50
Sunday 18 February                                         MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road
WR14 3HB, 3.00pm

RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
IAIN BURNSIDE – piano
Schubert           Winterreise D911
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277  £21.75
Tuesday 20 February                                        CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm
ENDYMION ENSEMBLE
Pedro Faria Gomes       Thanatos
Skempton                       Clarinet Quintet
Denisov                           Sonata for Clarinet solo
Philip Venables               K
Mozart                             Clarinet Quintet
Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free
Tuesday 20 February                                     WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
JOGLARESA
BELINDA SYKES – director
The Enchantress of Seville
Discovering the roots of flamenco, Arabic ballads, Judeo-Spanish romanzas and ancient Christian chant – music connecting the Occident to the Orient, and the 11th century to our times
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418  £21/£18/£15/£13 (£1)
Wednesday 21 February                                 BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm
ISBILIA STRING QUARTET
Mozart              Quartet No 16 in E flat KV428
Turina                La oración del torero
Beethoven        Quartet Op 59 No 1
Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk 
01993 823260 £13 (students £3)

Wednesday 21 February                                        KEELE
NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
NYJO has helped launch the careers of many of the UK’s most renowned musicians. Recent performance highlights include a yearly residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, performing with Gregory Porter at Buckingham Palace, a major European tour with the German (BuJazzO) and Dutch (NJJO) National Youth Jazz Orchestras, a televised performance at the BBC Proms and repeat appearances at the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 keele.ac.uk/artskeele £15 (£8 students, 16 & under free)
Saturday 24 February                                       LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm
LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL – piano
Beethoven                    Piano Sonata No 13 in E flat Op
                                       27 No 1 Quasi una fantasia
Chopin                          Ballade No 2 in F Op 38, Ballade
                                       No 3 in A flat Op 47
Beethoven                    Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp
                                       minor Op 27 No 2 Moonlight
Mussorgsky                  Pictures at an Exhibition
Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk 01584 876141 ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk
£18 (students £6)
Sunday 25 February                                       SWINDON
Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ, 3.30pm and 7.30pm
JULIAN METZGER – cello
PAUL TURNER – piano
Beethoven        Complete works for cello and piano
An exclusive opportunity to hear Beethoven’s entire output for cello and piano in one day. The five sonatas and three sets of variations will be played over two concerts in order of composition, exploring Beethoven’s musical development.
Swindon Recital Series swindonrecitalseries.org 01793 0524481 £15 (conc £12.50), students £2.50, accompanied children 14 and under free.  10% discount on tickets for both performances
£27 (£22.50 concession)

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