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APRIL CONCERTS

Wednesday 3 April        BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm
MILA PIANO TRIO
Haydn                     Piano Trio in C major Hob XV:27
Fauré                       Piano Trio in D minor Op 120
Mendelssohn         Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66
Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk  01993 823260 £13 (students £3)​
Friday 5 April                                    BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm
PIATTI STRING QUARTET
Haydn                String Quartet in D Op 20 No 4
Joseph Phibbs   String Quartet No 1 (2014)
Schubert            String Quartet in G D887
Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330      £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free)
Saturday 6 April                       HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, 166 Whitecross Road HR4 0DU, 7.30pm
HEREFORD STRING ORCHESTRA
HAZEL DAVIS – conductor
EMILY DAVIS – violin
REBECCA BROWN – viola
Handel              Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mozart              Sinfonia Concertante
John Rutter       Suite for strings
Svendsen         Norwegian Folksong
                                  Last year I tended the goats
Grieg                Holberg Suite
Hereford String Orchestra herefordstringorchestra.co.uk 01568 760633
Tickets: Off the wall Gift Shop, St. Peter’s Street, Hereford HR1 2LA 01432 354892
£12 (concessions £10), students £5, U12s free​
Saturday 6 April                                    WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard, WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
Come & Sing! 1-Day Choral Workshop
hosted by WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
Beethoven                                                        Mass in C
A chance for amateur singers to try out this classical choral masterpiece in an enjoyable 1-day workshop.
Worcester Festival Choral Society   worcesterfestivalchoralsociety.org.uk    £20 (£10 students)​
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Thursday 11 April                                  BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham, B1 2LF, 1.10pm
MEMBERS OF THE CBSO including:
JONATHAN MARTINDALE, KATE SUTHERS – violins
KATE SETTERFIELD, CATHERINE ARDAGH-WALTER – cellos
Schubert           String Quintet in C
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10​



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Saturday 13 April          PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
STEPHEN HOUGH – piano
Bach/Busoni  Chaconne        
Hough             Sonata No 4                             
Chopin            Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35         
Busoni            Sonatina No 6 Carmen Fantasy
Busoni            Berceuse         
Liszt                Funerailles                   
Liszt                Mephisto Waltz
                                     Bagatelle without tonality
Liszt                Mephisto Waltz No 1    
Painswick Music Society   painswickmusicsoc.co.uk   Ticket Prices tbc​
Friday 19 April                    COVENTRY                            
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street CV1 5AB, 6.00pm
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA
PAUL LEDDINGTON WRIGHT – conductor
Bach    St John Passion
Coventry Cathedral Chorus ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 1000 (cards)
tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 £22/£15, students & U18s half-price
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Wednesday 24 April                  CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30 pm
CASTALIAN QUARTET
Haydn       String Quartet in D minor Op 76 No 2 Fifths
Britten      String Quartet No 2 in C Op 36
Schubert  String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804
                                      Rosamunde
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk  cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979 or 0844 576 2210 £20 & £15, under 26 £5​
Saturday 27 April                               LEOMINSTER
The Priory, Church Street HR6 8EQ, 4.00pm
ONYX BRASS
A concert in memory of Guy Woolfenden, former Director of Music at the Royal Shakespeare Company, who died in 2016 
Derek Smith                  3 Bach Miniatures Op 92
Derek Smith                  Tomkins Tunes
Derek Smith                  Elegy Op 89 In Memoriam 
                                              Guy Woolfenden

Woolfenden                  Full Fathom Five
Malcolm Arnold            Brass Quintet No 1 Op 73
Plus a selection of early Venetian and English music
Espressivo Concerts/ Leominster TIC 01568 616460                                               £15 (students £7.50)
Thursday 4 April                           WORCESTER
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 7.30pm

ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
Notes of Passion - Like this? Like that!
Bax                      String Quartet No 1 in G
Mendelssohn    Four Pieces for String Quartet Op 81
Plus 2nd half to include Mendelssohn’s Song Without Words and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite
Astaria Quartet/Worcester Live astariastringquartet.com  worcesterlive.co.uk 01905 611427
bookings@astariastringquartet.com  £14 / £12 concession /  U16 £2​
Friday 5 April                            BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
MEMBERS OF THE CBSO
Barber              String Quartet
Korngold           String Sextet
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10​
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Saturday 6 April                                    EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue WR11 4QH, 4.00pm
WORCESTERSHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Evesham
Evesham and District Music Club  evesham-music-club.co.uk
eveshamartscentre.co.uk    Almonry Museum 01386 446944   £7.50 (U16 £3 – free with paying adult)​
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Saturday 6 April                        SWINDON
Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ, 7.30pm
NICHOLAS DANIEL – oboe
PAUL TURNER – piano
York Bowen     Sonata
Musgrave         Night Windows
Dring                Three Piece Suite
plus Schumann and Head
Swindon Recital Series   swindonrecitalseries.org 01793 524481  £15 (£12.50 concession), students £2.50, accompanied children (14 and under) free​
Friday 12 April               MALVERN
Elmslie House, 8 Avenue Road, WR14 3AG, 10.30 for 11.15am
ELIZABETH BASS harp
D Scarlatti       Sonata in E K380 
D Scarlatti       Sonata in A K24 
Jean Cras         Deux Impromptus 
Hindemith       Harp Sonata 
Fauré                Une Chatelaine en sa Tour 
Albéniz            Torre Bermeja
Andy Scott       Crossing Waves
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk  elmsliehouse.co.uk 07789 470780 £12 inc. coffee and cake ​
Saturday 13 April                     ST BRIAVELS             
St Briavels Church (opposite castle) GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
SARAH WAYCOTT – flute
HANNAH MITCHEL – piano
Richard Rodney Bennett     Summer music
Messiaen                                Le Merle Noir
Ian Clarke                               Orange Dawn
Reinecke                                 Undine Sonata
Gaubert                                   Sonata No 3
Saint Saëns                            Romance
Telemann                               Sonata in B minor
Chaminade                            Concertino
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk  01291 330020 £15 (WVM Members £12, Students £2)​
Wednesday 24 April                    ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30 pm
CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk  01543 263304  aas@tetley.org  £19
Thursday 25 April                                  BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
PHILIP BRETT, CHARLOTTE SKINNER – violins
CHRISTOPHER YATES, CATHERINE BOWER – violas
EDUARDO VASSALLO – cello
Bruckner          String Quintet in F
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10

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Sunday 28 April                         SWINDON
Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square SN1 1QN
MUSIC OF RENOWN ENSEMBLE
PAUL TURNER – piano
CLARE MCCALDIN – mezzo soprano
ED PUDDICK – conductor/arranger
Walton              Façade
Gershwin          Rhapsody in Blue
Swindon Recital Series   swindonrecitalseries.org 01793 524481  £20, students £2.50, accompanied children (14 and under) free



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EXTRA CONCERT!
Wednesday, 10 April                           HAY-ON-WYE 
Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cinema HR3 5AA - 7.30pm
 ALICE EARLL – violin
 ‘DANCING WITH BACH’ - 
J S Bach                   Partita No 3 in E BWV 1006 
J P von Westhoff    Suite No 1  in A minor
Biber                        Passacaglia 
J S Bach                   Partita No 2 in D minor BWV 1004
 
How did the popularity of dance influence music for solo violin in the Baroque period? What was the role of dance in Baroque society and how did this filter into the music of the period? An exploration of how the development of virtuosic writing for solo violin coincided with the evolution of the dance suite, culminating in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Full details at haymusic.org
Hay Music Trust
Tickets:  £14 (students £7) from Richard Booth’s Bookshop, 44 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA, 01497 820322 or www.boothbooks.co.uk

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