Thursday 1 March BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm RACHEL PANKHURST – cor anglais KATHERINE THOMAS – harp JANE WRIGHT – violin ELIZABETH GOLDING – violin/viola MICHAEL JENKINSON – viola HELEN EDGAR – cello Françaix Quartet for cor anglais and strings Bax In Memoriam Pasculli Hommage à Bellini Ibert Trio for violin, cello and harp CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10 Friday 2 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm CONSORTIUM5 As our Sweet Cords and Discords Mixed be Recorder quintet Consortium5 celebrate one of the golden ages of English instrumental music, performing a rich array of In Nomines, Fantasias, Pavans and Galliards by composers including Dowland, Holborne, Tye, Purcell and Byrd. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Friday 2 March BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm EBLANA STRING TRIO Purcell Three-part Fantasias Nos 1-3 Finzi Prelude and Fugue Op 24 Beethoven String Trio Op 9 No 2 David Matthews String Trio No 2 Op 89 (2003) Moeran String Trio in G Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 01527 577330 £20 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free) Tuesday 6 March BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm NICOLA BENEDETTI – violin Bach Partita in D minor Wynton Marsalis New Work Bach Partita in E Ysaÿe Sonata No 5 Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £35 Thursday 8 March BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm VERONIKA KLIROVA – flute OLIVER JANES – clarinet COLETTE OVERDIJK, KIRSTY LOVIE – violins CATHERINE BOWER – viola EDUARDO VASSALLO – cello Villa-Lobos The Jet Whistle Roussel Trio for flute, viola and cello Jolivet Chant de Linos Ravel Introduction and Allegro CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10 Friday 9 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm RUISI QUARTET Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op 9 No 2 Kodály String Quartet No 2 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Saturday 10 March MALVERN
Great Malvern Priory, Church Street WR14 2AY, 7.30 pm ELGAR CHORALE Psalmfest Rutter Psalmfest Piers Maxim De Profundis – A Festival Anthem (world premiere) Plus psalm settings by Elgar and Stanford Elgar Chorale elgarchorale.com 01684 594570 £12 (tbc) Tuesday 13 March WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm THE BACH PLAYERS RACHEL ELLIOTT – soprano Music for Easter Boccherini’s Stabat Mater, written in 1781, complemented by movements from Haydn’s Seven Last Words, and music by the earlier composer Johann Fischer Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 £21/£18/£15/£13 (£1) Wednesday 14 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30pm FRETWORK For Four Programme to include: Purcell Two Fantasias in 4 parts JS Bach Passacaglia BWV582 Matthew Locke Consort of Fower Parts No 2 in D The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 £18 (£15, £12, £5) Thursday 15 March MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm COULL QUARTET MARK BEBBINGTON – piano Villa-Lobos String Quartet No 5 Ian Venables Piano Quintet Op 27 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £19.75 Friday 16 March ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm PAUL LEWIS – piano Beethoven Eleven Bagatelles Op 119 Haydn Piano Sonatas in E flat Hob XVI/49; in B minor Hob XVI/32 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op 119 Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £20 U25 £5) Friday 16 March PERSHORE
Number 8, High Street WR10 1BG, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN SALLY HARROP, LUAN SHAW – clarinet JASON LAI – conductor Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile from String Quartet Op 11 Mendelssohn Concert Pieces Op 113 & 114 for Two Clarinets Mendelssohn String Symphony No 7 in D minor Tchaikovsky Serenade for String Orchestra Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 01386 555488 number8.org £15.50 Sunday 18 March MALVERN
Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern WR14 3AY, 3.00pm ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA MICHAEL BOCHMANN – violin/director TIM SIDFORD – piano Programme to include: Mozart Piano Concerto in A K414 Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Violins Handel Pastoral Symphony from Messiah Debussy Clair de Lune Espressivo Concerts espressivo.org.uk Malvern TIC 01684 892289 £17 and £13 (students half-price, children 10 & under free) Sunday 18 March STRATFORD UPON AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 7.30pm CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET DANIEL LEBHARDT – piano Haydn Quartet in G Op 76 No1 Schumann Quartet in A Op 41 No 3 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 Stratford upon Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk 01789 740791 £18 (£5 students) Wednesday 21 March BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm MICHAEL BOCHMANN – violin VANESSA LUCAS-SMITH – cello DENIZ GELENBE – piano Debussy Piano Trio Fauré Piano Trio Saint Saëns Piano Trio No 2 Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk 01993 823260 £13 (students £3) Friday 23 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CHOIR PATRICK BARRETT – conductor Janet Wheeler A Poison Tree Eric Whitacre Five Hebrew Love Songs Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Janet Wheeler And Then We Knew The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Saturday 24 March BIRMINGHAM
St Chad’s Cathedral, Queensway B4 6EU, 7.30 pm BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR MARTYN RAWLES – organ PAUL SPICER – conductor Byrd The Great Service Plus hymns, psalms, organ voluntaries & readings Birmingham Bach Choir birmingham.bachchoir.com 07901 798442 £18 (conc £15) Friday 30 March COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street CV1 5FB, 6.00pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA FINE ARTS BRASS PAUL LEDDINGTON WRIGHT – conductor Chilcott St John Passion Bach Jesu meine Freude Coventry Cathedral Chorus coventrycathedralchorus.com ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 1000 £25, £20, £15 (£2 concession over 60s) students & children half price |
Thursday 1 March EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue WR11 4QH, 7.30pm PELLÉAS ENSEMBLE Bax Elegiac Trio Corelli Trio Sonata Op 3 No 2 Ravel Sonatine Prokofiev From Romeo & Juliet Debussy Sonata Evesham & District Music Club edmc.website eveshamartscentre.co.uk 01386 446944 £17, £16, £3 Friday 2 March ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm THE PRODANOVA TRIO Fauré Piano Trio in D minor Final programme to be confirmed, including music by Schumann Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £17.50 (U25 £5) Tuesday 6 March CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm TRIO ANIMA Dubois Terzettino Debussy arr Salzedo Children's Corner Jolivet Incantation 'pour que l'image devienne symbole', Petite suite Ravel arr Salzedo Sonatine Fauré Après un rêve, Aurore Debussy Syrinx, Sonata for flute, viola and harp Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free Wednesday 7 March KEELE
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30pm THE NORDIC FIDDLERS BLOC The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc comprise Olav Luksengård Mjelva (Norway), Anders Hall (Sweden) and Kevin Henderson (Shetland), regarded as three of the finest young fiddle players currently working in the international folk music scene. Norway, Sweden and Shetland have three of the richest fiddle traditions in the world and The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc seek to bring those historical links and traditions alive and present them in a new, exciting, dynamic and meaningful fashion. Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 keele.ac.uk/artskeele £15 (£8 students, 16 & under free) Thursday 8 March COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick CV4 7AL, 7.15pm COULL QUARTET Stravinsky 3 Pieces Shostakovich Elegy and Polka Borodin Quartet No 2 in D Beethoven Quartet in F Op 59 No 1 Rasumovsky Warwick Arts Centre warwickartscentre.co.uk 024 7652 4524 £20 (£18) Friday 9 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm LONDON HAYDN QUARTET Vranitsky Quartet Op 10 No 6 Haydn Quartet Op 17 No 2 Haydn Quartet Op 64 No 4 Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 £21/£17/£13 (£1) Tuesday 13 March CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm ROY HOWAT – piano Chopin Étude Op 10 No 3 in E, Prelude Op 28 No 21, 3 Nouvelles Études Chabrier Ballabile, Caprice, Feuillet d’album Chabrier Idylle, Scherzo-Valse (from Pièces pittoresques) Debussy 2 Arabesques, Préludes 1er Livre (complete) Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free Wednesday 14 March BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 2.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN PETER DONOHOE – piano JASON LAI – conductor Prokofiev Symphony No 1 in D Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 in F Schubert Symphony No 3 in D Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 0121 780 3333 thsh.co.uk £9.50 - £27.50 Wednesday 14 March BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm ELLEN NISBETH – viola BENGT FORSBERG – piano Schumann Drei Fantasiestücke Op 73 Britten Lachrymae Reflections on a song of Dowland Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor Op 120 No 1 Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £31 Friday 16 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm PRINCE REGENT’S BAND Ewald Brass Quintet No 1 Op 5 Böhme Prelude and Fugues No 1 Op 28 Glazunov Brass Quintet Op 38 In Modo Religioso Ewald Brass Quintet No 2 Op 6 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Friday 16 March BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm VAN KUIJK STRING QUARTET CHARLOTTE BONNETON – viola Brahms String Quintet in G Op 111 Ligeti String Quartet No 1 Metamorphoses nocturnes Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516 Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 01527 577330 £20 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free) Sunday 18 March GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm RAPHAELA PAPADAKIS – soprano JAMES CHEUNG – piano Haydn The Mermaid’s Song, She never told her love, Fidelity Schubert Ganymed D544, Die Sterne D939, An dem Mond D296, Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Schumann Frauenliebe und -Leben Ben Foskett new compositions Brahms Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Die Mainacht, Von ewiger Liebe, Meine Liebe ist grün Hahn A Chloris, Quand je fus pris au pavillon, L’heure exquise, Fêtes Galantes Britten Folk song arrangements Gloucester Music Society gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk 01242 620736 £17 (£16/£8/£5,free) Sunday 18 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00pm (please note time - incorrect in brochure) THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE OF LONDON Hummel Piano Quintet Op 87 Mozart Piano Quartet K493 Schubert Piano Quintet D667 The Trout Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 £18/£13 (£1) Thursday 22 March CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm JOO YEON SIR – violin IRINA ANDRIEVSKY – piano Schnittke Suite in Old Style for Violin and Piano Schumann Sonata No 2 in D minor Op 121 Britten Suite for Violin and Piano Op 6 Milhaud Cinéma-Fantasie sur Le Boeuf sur le toit Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979 £20, £15, U26 free Saturday 24 March ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church (opposite castle) GL15 6RU, 3.00pm PIANISTS FROM THE RWCMD Works by Mozart, Debussy, Poulenc and Rachmaninov Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk 01291 330020 £12 (WVM Members £10, Students £2) Saturday 24 March PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UN, 3.00pm SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE Judith Weir Piano Quintet (second performance) Chausson Piano Quartet in A Op 30 Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 Trout Painswick Music Society painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Ticket prices tbc Sunday 25 March WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm TRIO EBANO Songs and Whistles – Past and Present Kasper Kummer Trio Op 32 Scott Joplin Weeping Willow Rag Stravinsky Three Pieces for clarinet solo Arvo Pärt Estlander Carl Zoeller The Three Virtuosos Michael Colquhoun Duplicity Mozart Divertimento No 2 Bozza Serenade en Trio Arne A Medley of Songs Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £16 (students £5) |
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