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APRIL CONCERTS

Saturday 1 April                                     BIRMINGHAM
St Paul’s, St Paul’s Square, Jewellery Quarter B3 1QU, 7.00pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR 
PAUL SPICER – conductor  
MARTYN RAWLES – organist

Rachmaninov       Liturgy of St John Chrysostom 
Birmingham Bach Choir  
www.birmingham.bachchoir.com  or tickets@birmingham.bachchoir.com

Friday 7 April                                          BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall, Broad Street B1 2EA, 2.00pm
EX CATHEDRA
EX CATHEDRA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor  
BRADLEY SMITH – Evangelist
THEMBA MVULA – Jesus
LAWRENCE WHITE – Pilate

Good Friday Bach St Matthew Passion
Ex Cathedra   excathedra.co.uk

Friday 14 April                                        BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
PHILIP BRETT – violin
CHARLOTTE SKINNER – violin
CHRISTOPHER YATES – viola
DAVID BAMAUNG – viola
KATE SETTERFIELD – cello
CATHERINE ARDAGH WALTER – cello

Brahms        String Sextet in B flat major Op. 18
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333  £10
Thursday 20 April                                   CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
CONSONE QUARTET
Haydn             String Quartet in E flat major Op 64 No 6
Onslow           String Quartet in E flat major Op 10 No 3
Chevalier de   String Quartet Op 1 No 3
  Saint-Georges  
Mozart            String Quartet in D minor K173
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764  www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£25, £20 (£5 under 26)
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Thursday 27 April                                          MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
EMMA JOHNSON AND FRIENDS
EMMA JOHNSON – clarinet
MATT DENTON – violin
MICHELLE FLEMING – violin
EOIN SCHMIDT-MARTIN – viola
EMMA DENTON – cello
CHRIS WEST – double bass
PETER FRANCOMBE – horn
PHIL GIBBON – bassoon

Ferguson           Octet, Op. 4
Mozart               Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
Beethoven         Septet in E flat, Op. 20
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Saturday 1 April                                          PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
MARK PADMORE – tenor
JAMES BAILLIEU – piano

Programme tbc
Painswick Music Society  www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk
Enquiries to 07789 006006



Friday 7 April                                                COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral, CV1 5AB, 6.00pm
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA
RACHEL MAHON – conductor

J S Bach       St. John Passion
Coventry Cathedral Chorus   01926 854981 / 07774 524352
www.ticketweb.co.uk  tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com   01676 532436   £22/£15 Students/U18 half-price

Sunday 16 April                                        GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
ENSEMBLE HESPERI
MARY-JANNET LEITH – recorders
MAGDELENA LOTH-HILL – baroque violin
FLORENCE PETIT – baroque cello
THOMAS ALLERY – harpsichord

James Oswald      Airs for Spring, The Ranunculus, The
                               Sweet Sultan, A Curious Collection of
                               Scots Tunes, Airs for the Summer
Handel                  Trio Sonata in F major HWV 389,
                               Chaconne in F, HWV 485
Playford                A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes
Whichello             Suite no 2 in F major
Geminiani             Trio Sonata on ‘Bush aboon
                               Traquair’
Nicola Matteis      Ayres for the Violin, part four
Purcell                    Sonatas of Three Parts no 2 in
                                D minor
Gunn                      Solo IV in B minor
Avison                    Trio Sonata op 1 no 4 in D minor
Bremner                 Variations on a Scots Theme
Enquiries 01242 620736 www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (£18, £5, children free, accompanying adults £15)

Saturday 22 April                                        PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
HEATH QUARTET
Haydn          String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5  
Britten         String Quartet No. 3
Korngold     String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34
Painswick Music Society  www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk
Enquiries to 07789 006006




Friday 28 April                                        BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Members of the CBSO Cello Section
Programme to include:
Grieg                  In the Hall of the Mountain King
Rossini               William Tell: Overture
Tchaikovsky       Extracts from The Nutcracker
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333  £10

Header photo: Ensemble Hesperi

EXTRA CONCERTS


Sunday 16 April     CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA, 2.30pm
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op.81
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat, Op.82
English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
Noriko Ogawa, Piano
https://eso.co.uk/16apr23-cheltenham

Sunday 16 April                                     MALVERN
Christ Church, Avenue Road WR14 3AY        3.00pm
ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA
MICHAEL BOCHMANN – director and violin

Corelli         Concerto Grosso in D major Op 6 No 4
Vivaldi         ‘Spring’ from The Four Seasons
Bach            Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major
Elgar           Serenade for Strings in E minor Op 20
Grieg          Holberg Suite Op 40
Espressivo Concerts
www.courtyard.org.uk  01432 340555
Malvern TIC 01684 892289
£18, £14 (students half-price, children aged 10 & under free)



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