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DECEMBER CONCERTS

Saturday 1 December                                   KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA
RICHARD HOWARTH – conductor
CHRISTOPHER FAULKNER – baritone

Beethoven                Symphony No 6 in F Op 68

                                   Pastoral
Butterworth              A Shropshire Lad
Vaughan Williams   Songs of Travel
Moeran                     Wythorne’s Shadow
Arthur Benjamin      Jamaican Rumba
westmorlandorchestra.org.uk     £12 (U19 free)

Sunday 9 December                             DARLINGTON
Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 3.00pm
LARA MELDA – piano
Brahms Fantasien Op 116
Liszt             Ballade No 2 in B minor S171
Liszt             Sonetto 123 del Petrarca S161
Chopin        Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23
Chopin        Ballade No 2 in F Op 38
Chopin        Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47
Chopin        Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52
Darlington Piano Society dpiano.co.uk
07730 870589 venue 01325 406000 £12 (U21 - £6)


Sunday 9 December                                    KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lake Road CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm

Pre-concert talk by Adrian Chandler at 6.45 pm
LA SERENISSIMA
ADRIAN CHANDLER – director/violin soloist
Vivaldi - The Godfather

Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, Brescianello, Pisendel and Fasch
Keswick Music Society keswick-music-society.org.uk £24, £17, £7, students £7, £4


Monday 10 December                         MANCHESTER
Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road M13 9RD, 7.30pm
QUARTETTO DI CREMONA
Mozart            String Quartet No 1 in G K80
Lodi
Beethoven     String Quartet in F minor Op95 Serioso
Webern          Langsamer Satz
Mozart           String Quartet No 19 in C K465  
                       Dissonance

Manchester Chamber Concerts Society chamberconcerts.org rncm.ac.uk 0161 907 5555 £25, £12.50 (concessions £12.50, £6, £3)


Tuesday 11 December                                       LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
SAM HAYWOOD – piano
Schubert           Sonata in B flat D960
Schubert           Impromptus D899 Nos 3 & 4
Voříšek             Two Impromptus Op 7 Nos 4 & 6
Chopin              Impromptus Nos 1 & 4
Leeds International Chamber Season
leedsconcertseason.co.uk / 0113 376 0318
£21, £19 (discounts available)


Wednesday 12 December                               LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 1.05pm
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC SONG CIRCLE
A Schubertiade

The showcase ensemble – heard at Wigmore Hall - with a programme of duets, quartets and ensemble works by Schubert.
Leeds Lieder  leedslieder.org.uk  0113 234 6956      Leeds International Concert Season leedsconcertseason.com    0113 378 6600           Free


Wednesday 12 December                        CLITHEROE
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Sixth Form Centre, York Street BB7 2DJ, 7.30pm
GITARRISSIMA QUINTET OF VIENNA

Bizet                        Carmen (extracts)
Tchaikovsky           Swan Lake and The Nutcracker
                                (extracts)
Shostakovich        Tahiti Trot
Gershwin               Porgy and Bess: Potpourri
Copland                 Rodeo: Hoe Down
Andrew York         African Suite: Bantu
Shingo Fujii           Rhapsody Japan: Furusato
Leó Weiner           Divertimento No 1 Op 20, Fox Dance
Petko Stainov      Thracian Dances Suite: Rachenitsa
Clitheroe Concerts  clitheroeconcerts.org   01200 423474 £17 (students and children £5)


Sunday 16 December                                   BUXTON
St John’s Church, 6 St John's Road SK17 6XN, 7.00pm
CHORUS & ORCHESTRA of BUXTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
FAIRFIELD ENDOWED C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR
Christmas Cracker

A celebration of Christmas music featuring Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with narration by Robbie Carnegie
Buxton Musical Society buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk buxtonoperahouse.org.uk 0845 127 2190 or 01298 72190 £13.50 (accompanied children & full-time students free)


Monday 31 December WINDERMERE
Carver Uniting Church, Lake Road LA23 2BY, rehearsal 7.00pm, performance 11.00pm
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS
IAN JONES – conductor
Come & Sing

Vivaldi           Gloria
Haydn           Te Deum
Cumbria Festival Chorus cumbriafestivalchorus.uk
01539 720168 Admission free – retiring collection for charity

Saturday 1 December      MACCLESFIELD
Macclesfield Concert Series, Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
NICHOLAS MULROY – tenor

Vivaldi                    Concerto for 4 violins in B minor
Finzi                        Dies Natalis
Grainger                Molly on the Shore
Elgar                       Serenade for strings
Bach                       Concerto for 2 violins
Northern Chamber Orchestra ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £21 / £16 U18s free


Sunday 9 December                           ALLITHWAITE
St Mary’s Church, Church Road, near Grange-over Sands LA11 7QR, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR

“Star of the Sea” – Songs for Mary
Renaissance to McDowall
Levens Choir levenschoir.net £10 (students & children free)






Monday 10 December                     HUDDERSFIELD
St. Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, 7.30 pm
NEW WORLD ENSEMBLE
Haydn       String Quartet in D Op 64 No 5
The Lark
Webern     Langsamer Satz for String Quartet (1905)
Schubert   Octet in F D803
Huddersfield Music Society huddersfield-music-society.org.uk 01422 375804 £20 (£5 students)



Monday 10 December                                      RIPON
St John’s Church, Berrygate Lane, Sharow HG4 5BJ 7.30pm
ONYX BRASS QUINTET
Monteverdi       Vespers (1612): Ritornello
Dowland            Three movements from Lachrymae
                            (Flow my Tears)
Purcell                Remember not Lord our Offences
Tim Jackson       Seventeen Variations on a Theme of
                             J Dowland
Gabrieli              Ricercar del duodecimi tuoni
Montsalvatge   Questions & Answers on a Ricercar of 
                            A Gabrieli
Purcell                Fantasia on One Note
Holborne           Dance Suite
Elliott Carter     One Note Fantasy
Tim Jackson       Anything But
Tallis                   Hymn Tune
Tim Jackson Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Cathedral Concert Society – Ripon riponconcerts.co.uk 01765 635244 £17, Students £5, U18 free


Wednesday 12 December                             KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Tchaikovsky arr Ferio      The Nutcracker Suite Op 71a
Hugo Reinhart                  2 movements from Quartet in
                                            F minor
JS Bach arr K Tochio        Italian Concerto BWV971
Guillermo Lago                With ships the sea was
                                           sprinkled far (from
The
                                           Wordsworth Poems
)
Kendal Midday Concert Club
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com £9 (students and children 7 years and over £2)


Wednesday 12 December ILKLEY
Kings Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm
NICHOLAS DANIEL – oboe
BRITTEN OBOE QUARTET

Moeran              Phantasy Quartet
R R Bennett      Arethusa
Françaix            Cor Anglais Quartet
Bach                  Goldberg Variations (selection)
Knussen            Cantata Op 15
Mozart              Oboe Quartet in F K370
Ilkley Concert Club ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk icc.jennie@gmail.com £14, £13, £12 (U25 £2)





Thursday 20 December                             SHEFFIELD
Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank S10 2TN, 7.30pm
SOPHIE RENNERT – mezzo soprano
JOSEPH MIDDLETON – piano
Noël

Programme to include Schubert songs on the theme of Winter, as well as Christmas songs by Wolf, Michael Head and Rodrigo.
Leeds Lieder  leedslieder.org  0113 234 6956 / University of Sheffield Concerts: Songmakers  sheffield.ac.uk/concerts 0333 666 3366
Advance bookings: £14.50;  Over 65 £11.50; U26/Unwaged £6.  On the Door:  £17.50; £14.50; £9


EXTRA CONCERT!
Friday 7 December                             DUMFRIES
St John’s Church, Lovers Walk DG1 1LW, 7.30 pm
RUISI STRING QUARTET
ALESSANDRO RUISI – violin
OLIVER CAVE – violin
LUBA TUNNICLIFFE – viola
MAX RUISI – cello
Folk Synthesis
Stravinsky                       3 Pieces
Bartok                             Quartet No 2 Sz67
Beethoven                      Quartet Op 59 No 2 in E minor
Music in Dumfries   musicindumfries.com   £15 (students £3; children free)

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