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Tuesday 3 December LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music LS2 7PD, 7.30pm DORIC STRING QUARTET Haydn Quartet Op 33 No 1 Britten Quartet No 3 Beethoven Quartet Op 131 Leeds International Concert Season leedsconcertseason.co.uk 0113 376 0318 £22, £20, concessions available Wednesday 4 December ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm LEON McCAWLEY – piano Haydn Sonata in G Hob XVI:40 Schubert Sonata No 21 in C minor D958 Schumann Abegg Variations Op 1 Gál Nos 5 and 6 in D major and D minor from the 24 Fugues Op 108 Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op 119 Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat Op 61 Ilkley Concert Club ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk icc.jennie@gmail.com £15, £14, £13 (U25 £2) Saturday 7 December RICHMOND
St Mary's Church, Station Road DL10 4JX, 7.30pm RICHMONDSHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY Soloists tbc Bruckner Te Deum Franck Psalm 150 Beethoven Mass in C Richmondshire Choral Society richchoral.org.uk 01325 374112 £12/age 16-25 £3 online only/u16s free Sunday 8 December DARLINGTON
Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre DL1 5RP, 3.00pm ALEXANDRA VADUVA – piano Scarlatti Sonatas in E K390 and in D minor K9 Schubert Sonata in A minor D537 Enescu Suite Op 3 No 1 Dans le style ancien Bartók Suite Op 14 Enescu Choral and Carillon nocturne from Suite Op 18 No 3 Beethoven Sonata Op 27 No 2 in C sharp minor Moonlight Darlington Piano Society dpiano.co.uk 07730 870589 (promoter) 01325 406000 (Venue) £14 (U21 - free) Sunday 8 December KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lakeside CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm GITARRISSIMA OF VIENNA A Christmas Celebration Programme Bizet 4 Pieces from Carmen Suite Andrew York African Suite Bantu Shingo Fujii Rhapsody Japan Furusato Copland Hoe Down from Ballet Suite Rodeo Gershwin Potpourri from Porgy & Bess Shostakovich Tahiti Trot Shostakovich Jazz Suite No 1: Waltz No 2 Tchaikovsky 3 Pieces from Ballet Suite Swan Lake Tchaikovsky 4 Pieces from Ballet Suite The Nutcracker Keswick Music Society keswick-music-society.org.uk 017687 74411 £22.50/£15/£7.50 (u18 £7.50/£4.50) Monday 9 December RIPON
Holy Trinity Church, Kirby Road HG4 2ET, 7.30pm O DUO OLIVER COX & OWEN GUNNELL – percussion Percussion dexterity faster than the speed of sound… An invigorating mix of popular classics and accessible contemporary music on two marimbas, vibraphone and a huge array of other percussion instruments Ripon Concerts riponconcerts.co.uk 01765 635244 £17/£5 (u18s free) Wednesday 11 December KEELE
Keele University Chapel, Keele University ST5 5NN, 7.30pm SOCIETY OF STRANGE AND ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS The Longest Night Celebrate the Longest Night with devilish tunes, ancient Irish, Norwegian and English folk carols and other festive musical treats. Keele Concerts Society keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16/£5 (students) Thursday 12 December MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm PAUL LEWIS – piano Beethoven 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli Op 120 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor Op 143/D784 The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £19-£3.50 Friday 13 December YORK
NCEM, St Margaret’s Church YO1 9TL, 6.30pm FRETWORK ASAKO MORIKAWA, JOANNA LEVINE, SAM STADLEN, EMILY ASHTON, RICHARD BOOTHBY – viols HELEN CHARLSTON – mezzo-soprano This beautiful programme interweaves the famous In Nomines of William Byrd around a seasonal mix of music by Holborne, Peerson, Weelkes and Gibbons. tickets.ncem.co.uk 01904 658338 £25.00 (£23.00 concessions) Saturday 14 December WAKEFIELD
Wakefield Girls High School, Jubilee Hall, Margaret Street WF1 2DQ, 7.30pm MICHAEL MATTHEWS – guitar Dowland Lachrymae Pavane & Fantasia Weiss Sonata No 23 Brouwer El Decameron Negro Britten Nocturnal after John Dowland Sainz de la Maza Rondena, Petenera & Zapateado Rautavaara Serenades of the Unicorn Sponsored by The Tillett Trust Wakefield Concert Society wakefieldconcertsociety.co.uk 01924 276897 £14/£14/£4 (u18s free) Sunday 15 December BUXTON
St John’s Church SK17 6XN, 7.00pm CHORUS & ORCHESTRA OF BUXTON MUSICAL SOCIETY CHOIR OF FAIRFIELD ENDOWED C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL DONALD MAXWELL – narrator MICHAEL WILLIAMS – conductor A Celebration of Christmas Music Programme to include: Prokofiev Peter & the Wolf Buxton Musical Society buxtonoperahouse.org.uk 01298 72190 £15 (accompanied children & full-time students free) Monday 16 December MILNTHORPE
St Thomas Church, Main Street, near Kendal LA7 7QJ, 7.30pm EVERSLEY CHOIR IAN JONES – conductor IAN PATTINSON – organ Christmas Concert Eversley Choir eversleychoir.org 01539 621559 £10 including seasonal refreshments Tuesday 31 December WINDERMERE
Carver Uniting Church, Lake Road, LA23 2BY, rehearsal 7.00pm, performance 11.00pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS IAN JONES – conductor Come & Sing Handel Coronation Anthems Cumbria Festival Chorus 01539 720168 Admission free – retiring collection for charity |
Tuesday 3 December MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm JENNIFER PIKE – violin MARTIN ROSCOE – piano Bacewicz Polish Capriccio Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 Jeremy Pike Violin Sonata Rósza Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song Op 4 The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £19-£3.50 Saturday 7 December MACCLESFIELD
The Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA NICHOLAS DANIEL – oboe Handel Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 12 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Op 110a Mozart Adagio and Fugue Vivaldi Violin Concerto RV199 Il Sospetto Northern Chamber Orchestra ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £22/£17 (students and u18s free) Saturday 7 December YORK
NCEM, St Margaret’s Church YO1 9TL, 6.30pm SOLOMON’S KNOT ZOË BROOKSHAW, CLARE LLOYD-GRIFFITHS – sopranos KATE SYMONDS-JOY – alto PETER DAVOREN – haute-contre THOMAS HERFORD – tenor ALEX ASHWORTH, JONATHAN SELLS – basses NAOMI BURRELL – leader, violin JOANNE MILLER – viola JONATHAN REES – viola da gamba EVA CABALLERO, MARTA GONÇALVES – flutes JAMIE AKERS – theorbo WILLIAM WHITEHEAD – harpsichord, organ Festive music from 17th-century France tickets.ncem.co.uk 01904 658338 £25 (£23 concessions) Sunday 8 December KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road LA9 7HX, 3.00pm WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA RICHARD HOWARTH – conductor JOO YEON SIR – violin Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor Dvořák Prague Waltzes B99 De Falla Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Dances Herold arr Lanchbery Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardée Johann Strauss II Thunder & Lightning Polka Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Finale Westmorland Orchestra westmorlandorchestra.org.uk secretary@westmorlandorchestra.org.uk £12 (under 19 free) Monday 9 December MANCHESTER
Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road M13 9RD, 7.30pm CALEFAX REED QUINTET Sebastian Aguilera Ensalada, Obra de 8° tono alto de Heredia Mendelssohn Organ Sonata Franck Deuxième Choral in B minor M39 Jehan Alain Litanies Op 119 Duruflé Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain Op 7 Hans Koolmees Estampie François Roberday Fugues et caprices JS Bach Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV542 Manchester Chamber Concerts Society manchesterchamberconcerts.co.uk rncm.ac.uk 0161 907 5555 £25, £12.50 (concessions £12.50, £6, £3) Wednesday 11 December KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm GITARRISSIMA OF VIENNA A Christmas Celebration including works by Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Copland and Khachaturian kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com £10 at the Hall from 12 noon (students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2) Thursday 12 December DUMFRIES
Moat Brae House, George Street DG1 1EA, 7.30pm ROBERT MAX – cello JS Bach Six Suites for Solo Cello Music in Dumfries musicindumfries.com 01387 820848 £15 (u18s free) Thursday 12 December YORK
NCEM, St Margaret’s Church YO1 9TL, 7.30pm CERULEO EMILY OWEN, JENNI HARPER – sopranos KATE CONWAY – viola da gamba TOBY CARR – theorbo SATOKO DOI-LUCK – harpsichord NIALL ASHDOWN – actor Burying the Dead A new theatre show for the 21st century taking the audience on a fictional journey inside the head of composer Henry Purcell. tickets.ncem.co.uk 01904 658338 £23 (£21 concessions) Saturday 14 December AMBLESIDE
St Mary's Church LA22 9DH, 7.30pm AMBLESIDE AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY JOLYON DODGSON – conductor CHRISTOPHER STEELE – tenor JONATHAN MILLICAN – bass Puccini Messa di Gloria Christmas Music Ambleside and District Choral Society amblesidechoralsociety.org.uk 015394 33944 £12 /u12s free Saturday 14 December YORK
St Michael le Belfrey, High Petergate YO1 7EN, 7.30pm CHAPTER HOUSE CHOIR BENJAMIN MORRIS – musical director CHAPTER HOUSE YOUTH CHOIR CHARLIE GOWER-SMITH – musical director, Chapter House Youth Choir HANDBELL RINGERS OF THE CHAPTER HOUSE CHOIR A Festival of Carols Chapter House Choir chapterhousechoir.org £15 (£5 U18s/students) Sunday 15 December KENDAL
St George’s Church, Castle Street LA9 7AS, 7.30pm LEVENS CHOIR STRING ENSEMBLE IAN JONES – conductor Lotti Missa Sancti Christophori Finzi In Terra Pax Levens Choir levenschoir.net £12 Friday 20 December SOUTHWELL
Southwell Minster, Church Street NG25 0HD, 7.30pm SOUTHWELL FESTIVAL VOICES MARCUS FARNSWORTH – conductor Reader tbc A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION A popular potpourri of sacred and secular words and music for Christmas – favourites and new discoveries from modern to mediaeval. Southwell Music Festival southwellmusicfestival.com/onlinebooking 01636 330014 £12/£17.50/£25 Header photo: Ceruleo |
EXTRA CONCERT!
Tuesday 10 December KESWICK Crosthwaite Church, Church Lane, Keswick CA12 5QG, 7.30pm KESWICK CHORAL SOCIETY IAN HARE - conductor MIKE TOWN - organ Festival of Christmas Music Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols with carols for choir and audience keswickchoralsociety.org.uk 017687 75377 £14 on the door; £12 in advance |
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