Thursday 4 April                                      MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRE DE L’ENTENTE CORDIAL
JAN LATHAM KOENIG – conductor
LAURA VAN DER HEIJDEN – cello
Elgar             Pomp and Circumstance March No.4
Elgar             Cello Concerto
Satie,            Gymnopédies Nos.1 & 3
   orch. Debussy
Satie             Parade
Debussy       Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Poulenc        Les biches (suite)
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on
£19.50–£41.50 (concessions may apply)

Saturday 13 April                                         GATESHEAD
Sage Two, Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square NE8 2JR, 7.30pm
DUDOK QUARTET AMSTERDAM
Mozart                   Quartet in F, K 590 ‘King of Prussia’
Shostakovich        Quartet No. 5 in B flat
Tchaikovsky          Quartet No. 1 in D
Part of the Newcastle International Chamber Music Series 2023/24
sagegateshead.com/whats-on/nicms-dudok-quartet-amsterdam/  0191 443 4661  
£23, £15, students half price

Monday 15 April                                    HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
TRESKE STRING QUARTET (RNCM)
Programme to be confirmed
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk/    £25 (£18, £5)

Wednesday 24 April                                       DURHAM
Music Department, Palace Green DH1 3RL, 7.30pm
BEN SMITH – piano
Piano Grooves
Astonishing young pianist plays mostly contemporary repertoire.
Musicon   www.durham.ac.uk/musicon
Tickets available in advance via Event Durham, or on the door   £10, £5 Student, £1 under-18s

Saturday 27 April                                                KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 7.30pm 
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
with SOUTH LAKES BAROQUE
KINGA UJSZÁSZI – leader and soloist
MARK BAIGENT – oboe
GEOFF COATES – oboe
A programme of music by Antonio Vivaldi – motets from his Sacred Music, two sinfonias and a concerto for violin, strings and continuo.
Levens Choir  www.levenschoir.net
£18 (children and students free)

Saturday 6 April                                     MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Road, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
KATIE STILLMAN – violin and director
Purcell             Chacony (ed. Britten)
Clyne               Stride
Britten             Simple Symphony
Schubert         Death and the Maiden (arr. Mahler)
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts    £27 (£17, free)

Saturday 13 April                                                KENDAL
Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC
ANDREW MANZE – conductor
JOHAN DALENE – violin
Gipps            Songs for Orchestra
Bruch            Violin Concerto
Borodin        Symphony No.2
Lakeland Sinfonia  03300 101761  www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk  £41 (£29, £19, £5)
 

Monday 15 April                                       MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
PADDINGTON TRIO
TUULIA HERO – violin
PATRICK MORIARTY – cello
STEPHANIE TANG – piano
Sam Perkin                Freakshow” for Piano Trio
Felix Mendelssohn   Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Sponsored by the Kirckman Concert Society
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk    £10 (£8.50, £5)

Thursday 25 April                                     MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
VERONA QUARTET
JONATHAN ONG – violin
DOROTHY RO – violin
ABIGAIL ROJJANSKY – viola
JONATHAN DORMAND – cello
HANNAH ROBERTS – cello
Franz Schubert     String Quintet in C major, D.956
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk    £10 (£8.50, £5)

Sunday 28 April                                          LANCASTER
Lancaster Cathedral, Balmoral Road LA1 3BT, 3.00pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
with SOUTH LAKES BAROQUE
KINGA UJSZÁSZI – leader and soloist
MARK BAIGENT – oboe
GEOFF COATES – oboe
A programme of music by Antonio Vivaldi – motets from his Sacred Music, two sinfonias and a concerto for violin, strings and continuo.
Levens Choir  www.levenschoir.net
£18 (children and students free)

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Header photo: Marsyas Trio

Extra concerts

Sunday 7 April                                               LIVERPOOL
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street  L1 9BP, 7.30pm
NOBUYUKI TSUJII – piano
J.S. Bach                French Suite No.5
Chopin                   Impromptu Nos.1, 2 & 3
Debussy                Estampes
Rachmaninov       Moments musicaux
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com     £40/£34/£29

Monday 8 April                                             LIVERPOOL
Music Room, Philharmonic Hall, Sugnall Street L1 9BP, 8.00pm
RÓISÍN VERITY – violin
SARAH HILL – violin
DANI SANXIS – viola
NICK BYRNE – cello
Holst                          Phantasy Quartet on British
                                    Folksongs Op.36
Eleanor Alberga       String Quartet No.2
Schubert                    Death and the Maiden
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com     £20/£17

Monday 22 April                                           LIVERPOOL
Music Room, Philharmonic Hall, Sugnall Street L1 9BP, 1.00pm
ANNA CROOKES – soprano
SOPHIE ROSA – violin
JONATHAN AASGAARD – cello
IAN BUCKLE – piano
Shostakovich                Seven Romances on Poems by
                                        Alexander Blok
Valentin Silvestrov      Three Postludes
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com     £12/£8

Monday 29 April                                           LIVERPOOL
Music Room, Philharmonic Hall, Sugnall Street L1 9BP, 8.00pm
JONATHAN AASGAARD – cello
WILLIAM BRACKEN – piano
Amy Beach              Five Pieces
George Crumb        Sonata for Cello
Barber                      Sonata for Cello
Elliott Carter           Cello Sonata
Gershwin                 Three Preludes
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com     £20/£17