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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