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
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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
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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)

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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)
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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
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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

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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)