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may CONCERTS

Thursday 3 May                  WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 7.30pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
Virtuosi - Like this? Like that!
Kreisler             Liebesleid
Kreisler             String Quartet in A minor
Haydn               The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour
                           on the Cross (extracts)
Haydn               Serenade Op 3 No 5
Astaria String Quartet/Worcester Live worcesterlive.co.uk 01905 611427 £14.50 (conc £8.50)
Friday 4 May                       BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
COLETTE OVERDIJK, BRYONY MORRISON – violins
ADAM RÖMER, AMY THOMAS – violas
HETTY SNELL, HELEN EDGAR – cellos
Richard Strauss             Sextet from Capriccio
Schoenberg                    Verklärte Nacht
CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10
Saturday 12 May                           CHELTENHAM
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street GL50 1SP,
7.30 pm.

CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
JAMES ROSS – conductor
GEORGE EWART – leader
Debussy        Petite Suite
Roussel         Le Festin d'Araignée Op 17
Fauré             Pavane Op 50
Saint-Saëns  Symphony No 2 Op 55
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk 01452 856700 unreserved £15, children free
Monday 14 May                        BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm
NORA FISCHER – soprano
DANIEL KOOL – piano
MIKE FENTROSS – lute
Poulenc              La Courte Paille
Messiaen           Movements from Poèmes pour Mi
Morris Kliphuis  new piece
Peri                      Lungi dal vostro lume
Monteverdi        Lamento della Ninfa
Landi                   Augellin
Strozzi                 Lagrime Mie
Monteverdi        Vi Ricorda, Possente Spirto (Orfeo)
Kapsberger       Senso Fallace
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk
0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £31

Friday 18 May                                BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
MARK PHILLIPS – horn
CHARLOTTE SKINNER – violin
CATHERINE BOWER, AMY THOMAS – violas
CATHERINE ARDAGH-WALTER – cello
Beethoven        String Trio in C minor Op 9 No 3
Mozart              Horn Quintet
CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10
Sunday 20 May                             ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Theatre, Rocester, Uttoxeter
ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm  

DERBY ACADEMY OF CLASSICAL DANCE
JOHN ROOKS – piano
An evening of passionately conceived and expertly performed dance, choreographed by the Academy’s Director Eve Leveaux
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £10 (includes a cold buffet; wine is available for purchase)
Saturday 26 May                       BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR – piano
HYEYOON PARK – violin   BRETT DEAN – viola
KIAN SOLTANI – cello  LEON BOSCH – double bass
Brahms              Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25
Schubert           Piano Quintet in A D667 Trout
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk
0121 780 3333
£12.50 - £35
Friday 4 May                          BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
CAMILLE RAVOT – harpsichord
French harpsichordist Camille Ravot gives a lunchtime recital of solo sonatas by CPE Bach.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free

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Tuesday 8 May              CHIPPING SODBURY
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Broad Street BS37 6AD, 7.30pm
THE MANDOLINQUENTS
Simon Mayor, not only a mandolin player but also a fine fiddler, guitarist, composer, producer and wit, is joined by Hilary James pounding the mighty mandobass,Gerald Garcia, one of the world's finest guitarists and Richard Collins, guitarist and one of the hottest 5-string banjo players around.
Chipping Sodbury Music Society csmusicsociety.co.uk 01454 315741 ticketsource.co.uk/csmusicsociety £15 (school-age children free)
Saturday 12 May              PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UN, 3.00pm
SARAH CONNOLLY – mezzo soprano
JOSEPH MIDDLETON – piano
Programme to be confirmed - to include the first performance of a song cycle by Sally Beamish setting poetry by Laurie Lee.
Painswick Music Society painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Ticket prices tbc
Thursday 17 May                             COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre,
University of Warwick CV4 7AL, 7.15pm

COULL QUARTET
Kodály                Quartet No 2 Op 10
Schumann          Quartet No 2 in F
Dvorák                Quartet in E flat Op 51
Warwick Arts Centre warwickartscentre.co.uk
024 7652 4524
£20 (£18)
Friday 18 May                                 PERSHORE
Number 8, High Street WR10 1BG, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – violin   
DIANE CLARK – flute  
NICK STRINGFELLOW, CHRIS ALLAN – cello
DAVID CURTIS – conductor

Bach                              Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Rutter                           Suite Antique
Vivaldi                          Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor
Respighi                       Ancient Airs and Dances
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org
01386 555488 number8.org £15.50
Wednesday 23 May                     BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 2.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
TRIO SHAHAM EREZ WALLFISCH
DAVID CURTIS – conductor
Beethoven        Coriolan Overture Op 62
Beethoven        Triple Concerto in C Op 56
Mendelssohn    Symphony No 4 in A Op 90 Italian
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org
0121 780 3333 thsh.co.uk £9.50 - £27.50
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Saturday 26 May                    ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church (opposite castle) GL15 6RU, 7.30pm
CHARLES MATTHEWS – organ, piano, harpsichord
An international musical treasure-hunt by keyboard
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk
01291 330020  £15 (WVM Members £12, Students £2)

Friday 4 May to Tuesday 8 May LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA
LEAMINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND

The 29th Festival held over the first Bank Holiday weekend in May marks the centenary of the creation of Czechoslovakia and the end of World War One, and features Czech artists including the Pražák String Quartet, Ivan Klánský, the Guarneri Piano Trio, Jana Nováková and Martin Kasík, as well as baritone Roderick Williams singing Schubert’s Schwanengesang.

Booking opens in January
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org             
01926 497000
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Whittington International Chamber Music Festival
May 15-20 2018
 
FANTASIA ON A BRITISH THEME
St John the Baptist, Whittington, Oswestry SY11 4DR
 
Tuesday 15th May 7.30pm Concert 1 (pre-festival talk at 6.30pm)
Henry Walford Davies (arranged James Barralet): Solemn Melody
Simon Callaghan (piano), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
Frank Bridge: Piano Quintet in D Minor H 49
Simon Callaghan (piano), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
John Dowland (arranged James Barralet): In Darkness let me Dwell
The Elias Quartet
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C Minor
Jan Rautio (piano), Sara Bitlloch (violin), tbc (viola), Marie Bitlloch (cello), Ben Griffiths (double bass)
Wednesday 16th May 7.30pm Concert 2
Benjamin Britten: Oboe Quartet Phantasy Op 2
Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Donald Grant (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), Matthew Huber (cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Quintet in D
Simon Callaghan (piano), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), James Barralet (cello), Chris Richards (clarinet), Katy Woolley (horn)
Gustav Holst: Three pieces for oboe & string quartet
Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Donald Grant (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), Matthew Huber (cello)
William Walton: Piano Quartet in D Minor
Simon Callaghan (piano), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
Thursday 17th May 7.30pm Concert 3  (free organ recital at 1pm at St Oswald’s Oswestry)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano)
Ethel Smyth: Piano Trio in D Minor
Jan Rautio (piano), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Matthew Huber (cello)
Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Clarinet Quintet Op 31
Chris Richards (clarinet), The Elias Quartet
John Ireland: Sextet for horn, clarinet and string quartet
Katy Woolley (horn), Chris Richards (clarinet), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), Matthew Huber (cello)
Friday 18th May 7.30pm Concert 4
Henry Purcell: Fantasies for Quartet (1)
The Elias Quartet
Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas for String Quartet
The Elias Quartet
Greensleeves/folk medley (arranged James Barralet)
Young Musicians with Jan Rautio (piano), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), Matthew Huber (cello), James Barralet (cello)
Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English folk song for cello and piano
Jan Rautio (piano), James Barralet (cello)
Scottish Folk Music with Donald Grant
The Elias Quartet
Saturday 19th May 7.30pm Concert 5
Henry Purcell: Fantasies for Quartet (2)
The Elias Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Quartet No 3 in G major Op 94
The Elias Quartet
Arthur Bliss: Piano Quartet in A
Jan Rautio (piano), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
Edward Elgar: Quartet in E Minor Op 83 (1918)
The Elias Quartet
Sunday 20th May 3.00pm Concert 6
Henry Purcell (arranged Britten): Chacony in G Minor
Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
Imogen Holst: Phantasy Quartet
Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
Frank Bridge: Phantasy - Piano Quartet in F# minor
Jan Rautio (piano), Liesbeth Baelus (violin), Léa Hennino (viola), James Barralet (cello)
John Ireland: Piano Trio No 2 (1917)
Jan Rautio (piano), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), James Barralet (cello)
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet in A Minor Op 84 (1918)
Jan Rautio (piano), The Elias Quartet
Tickets £15 per concert
Festival Pass £80
Free admission to those aged 8-25, courtesy of Cavatina Chamber Music Trust

www.whittingtonmusicfestival.org.uk
01691 657986
 
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