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OCTOBER CONCERTS

Monday 1 October                     CHELTENHAM
Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Bath Road GL53 7LD, 7.30pm
CBSO STRING QUARTET
Cheltenham College Subscription Concerts cheltenhamcollege.org.uk 01242 265656  ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenham-college  £25/£15/£10
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Wednesday 3 October                     OXFORD
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH  4.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival Lecture
​Out Of The Earth
 
Irving Finkel, curator at the British Museum talks about the fascinating musical culture of ancient Mesopotamia and the first notated music known to mankind found on cuneiform tablets deep in the earth. The lecture is further brought to life by the celebrated Oud-player Joseph Tawadros
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net Tickets Oxford 01865305305   £10 (Dis/Unemp/Students £5)​
Wednesday 3 October                               OXFORD
Oxford Town Hall, St. Aldate’s OX1 1BX,  7.30pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Songs Of Earth And Air
 
Vaughan Williams     The Lark Ascending (string
                                                    arrangement)
Beamish                      The Book of Seasons
Tchaikovsky                Rococo Variations 
Vivaldi                          The Four Seasons (with DJ Kypski)
Performers: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Priya Mitchell, Annette Walther, Claude Frochaux, Hannah Dawson, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Nicholas Daniel, Reto Bieri, Sarah Willis, Meghan Cassidy, Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Johannes Marmen, DJ Kypski  and many others
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £40/£30/£15 (Dis/Unemp/Students £30/£20/£15)​
Thursday 4 October                                  OXFORD
Christ Church Cathedral, St. Aldate’s OX1 1DP, 1.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
Eternal Elements
 
Bach                       Chaconne
Berio                      Lied for Clarinet
Fauré                      Après un rêve
Marcello                Oboe concerto in D minor: Adagio
Beamish                Meditation
Beamish                The Day Dawn
Performers: Reto Bieri, Nicholas Daniel, Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Claude Frochaux, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Yura Lee, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Priya Mitchell,  Annette Walther, Pieter Wispelwey
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £15(Dis/Unemp/Students £10)​
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Friday 5 October                       OXFORD
Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA, 9.00am - 11.30pm & 2.30 - 5.30pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Masterclass

Chamber music legend Eberhard Feltz works with the Marmen Quartet on Beethoven's late quartets
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £5(Dis/Unemp/Students free)​
Friday 5 October                                   BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
BENYOUNES QUARTET
Purcell                   Three Fantasias   
John Woolrich      Villanesca (world premiere)
Haydn                    String Quartet Op 76 No 1   
The Benyounes Quartet kick off a year-long string quartet project at the University of Birmingham
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free​
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Friday 5 October                                   EVESHAM
All Saints Church, Market Place WR11 4RW, 7.30pm 
GIACOMO SUSANI – classical guitar
Frescobaldi       Toccata per spinettina sola over liuto
                            Aria con Variazioni
Pasieczny          Tate Sonata
Sor                     Gran Solo Op 14
Walton              Five Bagatelles
Plus a selection of C17th and C20th songs
Evesham and District Music Club          
evesham-music-club.co.uk   
eveshamartscentre.co.uk   
Almonry Museum 01386 446944       £16
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Friday 5 October                                      OXFORD
University Church, High Street OX1 4BJ, 10.15pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​For The End Of Time
            
Messiaen                         Quartet for the End of Time
Performers: Reto Bieri, Natacha Kudritskaya, Yura Lee, Bjorg Lewis
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Admission free - Donations at the door

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Saturday 6 October                  OXFORD
Old Library at the Vaults, 1 Radcliffe Square OX1 4AH, 5.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival Lecture: From The People Back To The Land
A talk about folk-song collecting, illustrated with songs and stories, by celebrated folk singer Sam Lee
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £10 (Dis/Unemp/Students £5)
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Saturday 6 October                                  OXFORD
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street OX1 3SD, 7.30pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​From Earth To Eternity
 
Brahms                      Sonata No 1 in G
Berg                           4 Pieces Op 5
Beamish                    Wild Swans
Schubert                   String Quintet in C
Performers: Natacha Kudritskaya, Priya Mitchell, Reto Bieri, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Yura Lee,
Annette Walther, Johannes Marmen, Meghan Cassidy, Claude Frochaux
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £22 (Dis/Unemp/Students £15)
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Sunday 7 October           GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street, GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
ZELKOVA QUARTET
Haydn              String Quartet in B minor Op 64 No 2
Janáček            String Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters
Debussy           String Quartet in G minor Op 10
Gloucester Music Society gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk 01242 620736           £17 (£16/£8/£5,free)
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Sunday 7 October                            WORTON
Worton Organic Garden, near Cassington OX29 4SU, 5.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival Lecture: Soil and Spirit
This talk will be an appreciation and celebration of the earth, with thoughts, images and poetry.
Jeremy Naydler is a philosopher and gardener, author of several books including Gardening as a Sacred Art, and a book of poems, Soul Gardening.
Oxford Chamber Music Festival Concert: Into The Ether
Berg                 Duo for violin and cello
Mansurian        Lachrimae
Granados         The Maiden and the Nightingale (arr. Beamish)
Bruch               String Octet Op post
Performers: Priya Mitchell, Annette Walther, Hannah Dawson, Claude Frochaux, Matthew Barley, Meghan Cassidy, Yura Lee, Reto Bieri
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £40 (no discounts)​
Tuesday 9 October                      WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
THE YORK WAITS
Music fit for a Kingmaker
Songs and instrumental works from the time of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (1428-1471). Lunchtime lecture at 1pm about medieval instruments in the windows of the Beauchamp Chapel.
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk
£21/£18/£15/£13 (£1)
Thursday 11 October                  BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
EMMET BYRNE, RACHAEL PANKHURST – oboes
OLIVER JANES, MARK O’BRIEN – clarinets
MARK PHILLIPS, MICHAEL KIDD – horns
MICHAEL JENKINSON – viola             MARGARET COOKHORN – bassoon
ADRIAN SPILLETT – percussion
Pärt      Fratres
Mozart  Wind Serenade in C minor K388
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10​
Friday 12 October          ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30 pm
TRIO ANIMA
Debussy Remembered
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk  01543 263304 aas@tetley.org £19​
Friday 12 October          WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Road, Claines WR3 7RN, 7.30pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
VOLANTE STRINGS
With students from Gloucester Academy of Music
CM@W Festival Opening Concert
Elgar                Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op 47
New Work      Commissioned by the 2018 Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival
Britten             Simple Symphony Op 4
Elgar                Salut D’Amour / Idylle Op 4 No 1 /
                                Beau Brummel
Bax                  String Quartet No 1 in G
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival  chambermusicatworcester.com
info@chambermusicatworcester.com   01384 633338 / 07931781737  Donations & Contributions Only​
Saturday 13 October     WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Road, Claines WR3 7RN, 9.30am – 1.15pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Festival Morning Masterclasses
The in-house education project for the Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival. The chance for students to come and play to us - and have fun!  Students will discover 'trade secrets' and practice short cuts as well as receive advice, suggestions and feedback on all aspects of their playing and performance. Friends, family and teachers are welcome to listen. Application forms online or call 01905 412358 / £12 per student.
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival  chambermusicatworcester.com
info@chambermusicatworcester.com   Donations & Contributions Only​
Saturday 13 October     WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Road, Claines WR3 7RN, 2.30pm
CM@W Community Concert with Young Performers
Selected participants from our Morning Masterclasses with music groups from the local community will form the basis of this concert. Will include parts of Schubert’s Piano Quintet The Trout
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival  chambermusicatworcester.com
info@chambermusicatworcester.com   01384 633338 / 07931781737  Donations & Contributions Only
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Sunday 14 October       WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Road, Claines WR3 7RN, 3.00pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Festival Family Concert
Our musical story this year will feature the heart-rending story of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ where love overcomes all but only through sacrifice and passion. Set to popular classics and songs including music from the film.
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival  chambermusicatworcester.com
info@chambermusicatworcester.com   01384 633338 / 07931781737  Donations & Contributions Only
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Sunday 14 October                 MONMOUTH
Bridges Community Centre, Drybridge House, Wonastow Road NP25 5AS, 7.30pm
SOLEM STRING QUARTET
Beethoven                Quartet No 3 in D Op 18 No 3
Bartók                       Quartet No 4 BB95
Schumann                Quartet No 3 in A Op 41
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk  01291 330020 £18 (WVM Members £15, Students £2)
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Thursday 18 October                       WARWICK
Unitarian Chapel CV34 4AX, 7.30pm
RÓZA BENE – harpsichord
Leamington Music Prize Winner’s concert
Couperin          Prélude à l'imitation de M Froberger
Byrd                  The Bells
Byrd                  Quadran, Pavan and Galliard
Arne                  Keyboard Sonata No 4
Frescobaldi      Cento Partite Sopra Passacagli
Bach                  Toccata in C minor
Bach                  Italian Concerto
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk   £12.50 (£1)​
Saturday 20 October                 LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm
GALIN GANCHEV – piano
Sibelius            Sonatine in E Op 67 No 2
Schubert          Sonata in C minor D958
Rachmaninoff Selection of preludes
Prokofiev         Sonata No 8 in B flat Op 84
Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk  01584 876141
ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk  £18 (students £6)​
Thursday 25 October                             BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 7.00pm
MARIE-CHRISTINE ZUPANCIC – flute
JONATHAN MARTINDALE, JANE WRIGHT – violins
ADAM RÖMER, CHRISTOPHER YATES, AMY THOMAS – violas
HETTY SNELL, HELEN EDGAR – cellos
TONY ALCOCK, JULIAN ATKINSON – double basses
Michael Haydn  Divertimento in D
Schulhoff          Concertino for Flute, Viola & Double Bass
Sperger            Trio in D for Flute, Viola & Double Bass
R Strauss         Metamorphosen
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10​
Friday 26 October     BIRMINGHAM                         
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
Presteigne Festival Tour
JOANNA GUTOWSKA – cello
Gaspar Cassadó   Suite for solo cello
David Matthews   Ein Celloleben Op 109
Charalabopoulos  new work (Presteigne
                                             Festival commission)          
JS Bach                  Suite in C for solo cello
                                                BWV 1009          
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free​
Saturday 27 October                          LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 7.30pm
MAGGINI QUARTET
Haydn              String Quartet in D Op 20 No 4
Derek Smith    String Quartet No 6
Schubert          String Quartet in D minor D810
​                                     Death and the Maiden
Espressivo Concerts/ Leominster TIC 01568 616460      £16 (students £8)
Sunday 28 October         BUTLERS MARSTON
Church of St Peter & St Paul CV35 0NA, 7.00pm
ROGER COULL – violin
LYNN ARNOLD – piano
Programme to include:
Mendelssohn               Violin Sonata in F (1838)
Dvořák                         Sonatina Op 100
Elgar                            Violin Sonata Op 82
Butlers Marston Concert Society ButlersMusic@hotmail.co.uk  01926 642076  £10
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Wednesday 31 October                         BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm
KLANGLUST ORCHESTRA (Germany)
Corelli                 Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4
Bach                    Violin Concerto in A minor
Bach                    Brandenburg Concerto No 3  
Jenkins                Palladio
Reger                  Lyrisches Andante           
Mendelssohn    String Symphony in C The Swiss
Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk  01993 823260 £13 (students £3)​
Tuesday 2 October                      OXFORD
University Church, High Street OX1 4BJ, 7.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Out Of This Air
                                             
Some of the most talented scholars from Oxford University perform highlights from the organ repertoire.  Light installation in the University Church during the concert inspired by Otto Piene’s work ‘The proliferation of the sun’
Works by Bach, Beamish, Ligeti, Messiaen and Rameau
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Admission free - Donations at the door​
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Wednesday 3 October                            BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm
BOCHMANN TRIO
Beethoven               Trio Op 9 No 1 in G
Holst                         Trio
Mozart                      Trio in G K562e
Dohnanyi                  Trio
Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk  01993 823260 £13 (students £3)
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Thursday 4 October                               OXFORD
Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA,10.00am – 1.00pm & 3.00 – 6.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
Masterclass

Chamber music legend Eberhard Feltz works with the Marmen Quartet on Beethoven's late quartets
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £5(Dis/Unemp/Students free)
Thursday 4 October                   OXFORD
SJE Arts, 109A Iffley Road OX4 1EH, 7.30pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Ariel
 
Lee               Moon Shines Bright | Jasper Sea | Soul
                                         Cake | Airdog
Schubert      Trout Quintet
Beamish       Ariel
Beethoven   Septet Op 20
Beamish       Meditation
Beamish       The Day Dawn
Performers: Pieter Wispelwey, Yura Lee, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Priya Mitchell, Reto Bieri, Natacha Kudritskaya, Sarah Willis and many more
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Tickets Oxford  1865305305     £35/£25/£15 (Dis/Unemp/Students £28/£18/£8)​
Friday 5 October                        OXFORD
Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA, 1.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Firebird

Brahms               Sextet Op 18 No 1
de Falla               Ritual Fire Dance
Beamish              Aqua Vitae from The Kings Alchemist
Stravinsky          The Firebird: Berceuse and Inferno
Performers: Annette Walther, Sally Beamish, Claude Frochaux, Johannes Marmen, Priya Mitchell, Natacha Kudritskaya and many more
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £15(Dis/Unemp/Students £10)​
Friday 5 October                                         OXFORD
Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street OX1 3AZ, 6.30pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Elemental

PIETER WISPELWEY – cello
Bach    Six Suites for solo cello
This concert includes a 1 hour supper break and will be finished at 9.45pm.  Autumnal supper at the Vaults £15 for 2 courses and a glass of wine.
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £35/£23/£18/£8 (Dis/Unemp/Students £28/£15/£9/£ U25s free)
Friday 5 October      LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
HENSCHEL STRING QUARTET (Germany)
Beethoven        Quartet Op 74 Harp
Mendelssohn    Quartet Op 13
Schumann        Quartet Op 41 No 3
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk
£24/£19/£14 (£1)
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Saturday 6 October                           OXFORD
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street OX1 3SD, 1.00pm
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Reflets Dans L’eau
 
Bartók                           Contrasts
Debussy arr Beamish  La Mer
Debussy                        Reflets dans l’eau
Debussy                        Feux d’artifice
Debussy                        La Cathédrale engloutie
Performers: Natacha Kudritskaya, Yura Lee, Claude Frochaux, Reto Bieri
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  £15/£10​
Saturday 6 October             CHELTENHAM
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street GL50 1SP, 7.30 pm
CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
GAVIN SUTHERLAND – conductor
GEORGE EWART – leader
arr Clive Richardson     The British Grenadiers
Mathias                           Serenade 
Matthew Curtis              Flute Concerto
arr Gavin Sutherland     Ballet music
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra    cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk
01452 856700   For ticket prices please see website  
Sunday 7 October                                     OXFORD
Folly Bridge, 11.30am
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
​Waterscapes

Join us on the 'Serafina' for a boat trip and short guided walk through Christ Church Meadow encompassing all the four elements with Mark Davies, an Oxford historian, author, public speaker, guide, and publisher who specialises in the history and literature of the city’s waterways and who will illustrate some intriguing musical associations. He will also talk about the ‘King of all Balloons’ James Sadler, the extraordinary Oxford pastry cook who was the first Englishman to fly in a fire balloon of his own design. A delicious locally sourced and organic brunch will be served aboard.
Oxford Chamber Music Festival  ocmf.net  Tickets Oxford 01865305305     £35 (no discounts)​
Sunday 7 October                     LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00pm
BOEHM DUO
DANIEL NEVILLE – viola

Mozart              Trio in E flat K498 Kegelstatt
Gordon Jacob  Trio for clarinet, viola & piano
Schumann        Märchenerzählungen (Fairytales) Op 132
Max Bruch        3 Trios from 8 Pieces Op 83
Espressivo Concerts/Leominster TIC 01568 616460                                        £12 (students £6)​
Sunday 7 October                                 SWINDON
Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ, 7.30pm
PAUL TURNER – piano
Composers at 25
Schubert           Wanderer Fantasy
Beethoven        Sonata in C Op 2 No 3
Chopin              G minor Ballade and Nocturnes Op 27
Swindon Recital Series   swindonrecitalseries.org 01793 524481  £15 (£12.50 concession), students £2.50, accompanied children (14 and under) free​
Wednesday 10 October             BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm
MIAH PERSSON – soprano
JOSEPH MIDDLETON – piano

An evening of music taking inspiration from the Barber Gallery’s exhibition ‘Maman: Vuillard and Madame Vuillard’
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts        £18 (£15, £12, £5)​
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Friday 12 October                     BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
DAVID QUIGLEY – piano
Debussy             Nocturne
Howard Blake   Speech after long silence
Liszt                    Années de Pèlerinage: Suisse
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free


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Friday 12 October                     WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
Beethoven     String Quartet in C minor Op 18 No 4        
Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor Op 80
Arvo Pärt        Summa
Dvořák           String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96
                                     The American
Witney Music Society witneymusicsociety.org.uk  01993 702296 £12 (under 19 £1)​
Saturday 13 October                 STROUD
Holy Trinity Church, 1 Trinity Road GL5 2HX, 7.30 pm
CAPRIOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SAMANTHA CARRASCO – piano
Mozart              Overture Le Nozze di Figaro
Dvořák             Piano Concerto Op 33
Schubert           Symphony No 6 in C D589
Capriol Chamber Orchestra  capriolorchestra.co.uk 
subscriptionrooms.org.uk/tourist-information-centre 01453 760900  £9/£11​
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Saturday 13 October     WORCESTER
Claines Church Institute, Claines Road, Claines WR3 7RN, 9.30am – 1.15pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Making Music For Children
Whether they play an instrument or not, children will love this interactive music workshop. Ideal for primary school age children, no musical experience needed and bring an instrument if you have one.
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival  chambermusicatworcester.com
info@chambermusicatworcester.com   Donations & Contributions Only​
Saturday 13 October     WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Road, Claines WR3 7RN, 7.30pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Festival Finale
Mendelssohn  Four Pieces for String Quartet Op 81
Bloch                In the Mountains – Two Sketches 
Turina               The Bullfighters Prayer
Fauré                 Pavane Op 50 / Sicilienne Op 78
Borodin            Notturno fron String Quartet No 2
Fauré                String Quartet Op 21
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival  chambermusicatworcester.com
info@chambermusicatworcester.com   01384 633338 / 07931781737  Donations & Contributions Only
Sunday 14 October                     WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
LAURA SNOWDEN – guitar
Dowland    A Fancy
Bach            Suite No 3 for violoncello BWV 1009
Sor               Introduction & Variations on a theme
                                  by Mozart Op 9  
Barrios         Vals Op 8 No 40     
Villa Lobos  Five Preludes   
Snowden     Anpao                                    
Regondi       Introduction et Caprice Op 23         
On Saturday 13 October Laura Snowden tutors students from the Elgar School, Deansway, Worcester from 2pm-3pm. Audience welcome: masterclass free to ages 18 and under and to those with a ticket for the Sunday afternoon concert. Otherwise £5 entry.
Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £16 (students £5) ​
Tuesday 16 October                  CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30 pm
ELLIPSIS ENSEMBLE
JAMES GILCHRIST – tenor
Quantz                       Trio Sonata in C minor QV2
Fauré                           Sicilienne Op 78
Roxanna Panufnik    The Generation of Love
Telemann                   Fantasia No 6 in D minor TWV40
Plus songs by Quilter, Dubery, Warlock, Dring and Gershwin
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk  cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979 or 0844 576 2210 £23 & £18, under 26 £5
Friday 19 October                     BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
BUSCH PIANO TRIO
Suk                  Elegy Op 23
Dvořák            Trio in E minor Op 90 Dumky
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free
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Sunday 21 October    STRATFORD-UPON-AVON 
Shakespeare Institute (Mason Croft), Church Street CV37 6HP, 7.30pm
DAVID LE PAGE – violin
VIV MCLEAN – piano
Sonatas by Franck and Prokofiev
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
01789 740791 £18 (students £5)
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Thursday 25 October                 MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
DANNY DRIVER piano
Bach                Prelude & Fugue in F sharp minor
                                                 BWV 883
Bach                Partita No 1 in B flat BWV 825
Bach                French Suite No 5 in G BWV 816
Rachmaninov Etude Tableau Op 39 No 2 in A minor
Ravel               Le Tombeau de Couperin
Medtner         Sonata No 9 in A minor Op 30
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk  malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £23.52
(students in full-time education £6.72)​
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Friday 26 October                MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, nr Ledbury HR8 2LY, 7.30pm
MAGGINI QUARTET
Haydn              String Quartet in D Op 20 No 4
Derek Smith    String Quartet No 6 (première)
Schubert          String Quartet in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden
Espressivo Concerts/ Hereford Courtyard 01432 340555          £16 (students £8)
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Sunday 28 October                               CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School, Hatherley Road GL51 6EP, 3.00pm
ANDREY LEBEDEV – guitar 
JACK HANCHER – guitar
Works by Albéniz, Malcolm Arnold, Britten, Bill Lovelady, Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, Phillip Houghton & Ralph Towner
Tickets at the door £10, under 26 free
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Wednesday 31 October             BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm
Birmingham International Piano Festival       
STEVEN OSBORNE – piano
Poulenc            3 Novelettes
Debussy           Images Book 2
Prokoviev         Piano Sonata No 7
Schubert           Piano Sonata in B flat D960
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts           £18 (£15, £12, £5)​
Wednesday 31 October                         KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
6 HANDS
JOHN WILLIAMS, JOHN ETHERIDGE & GARY RYAN – guitar
keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340  £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under)
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