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Friday 2 December BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm ADRIAN SPILLETT – percussion TOBY KEARNEY – percussion MATTHEW HARDY – percussion Percussionists from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire ARTHUR BOUTILLIER – cello JAMES KEEFE – piano Tan Dun Elegy: Snow in June Steve Reich Sextet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333 £10 Friday 2 December SHREWSBURY
St Chad’s Church, St Chad’s Terrace SY1 1JX, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Sunday 4 December BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall, Broad Street B1 2EA, 4.00pm EX CATHEDRA EX CATHEDRA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor JS Bach Christmas Oratorio Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Wednesday 7 December HEREFORD
Hereford Cathedral, Cathedral Close HR1 2NG, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Thursday 8 December CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm EBLANA STRING TRIO Boccherini String Trio Op 14 No 4 in D major Finzi Prelude and Fugue Op 24 Beethoven String Trio in G major Op 9 No 1 William Alwyn String Trio Dohnányi Serenade in C major for String Trio Op 10 Cheltenham Music Society 01242 528764 www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk £25, £20 (£5 under 26) Saturday 10 December COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, 2.30pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS JAGUAR LAND ROVER BAND COVENTRY CATHEDRAL BOY CHORISTERS ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL RACHEL MAHON and BRAD TURNBULL – conductors Christmas Music for NSPCC Coventry Cathedral Chorus 01926 854981 / 07774 524352 www.ticketweb.co.uk tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 £15, students/U18 half-price Family ticket £40 Saturday 10 December WOLVERHAMPTON
St Peter’s Church, Lich Gate, Queen Square WV1 1TS, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Sunday 11 December BERKELEY
Berkeley Castle GL13 9PJ, 5.00pm - Reception, 6.00pm - Concert ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA MICHAEL BOCHMANN – director/violin SARAH NEWBOLD – flute KATHERINE THOMAS – harp Locatelli Concerto in F minor Op 1 No 8 (Christmas Concerto) Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299 Massenet Méditation from Thaïs Trad Greensleeves (flute & harp duo) Holst St Paul’s Suite Gruber Silent Night Anderson Sleigh Ride Espressivo Concerts/Roses Theatre 01684 295074 www.rosestheatre.org £45 (inc reception with wine, mince pies & other festive fare) Thursday 15 December BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 12 noon EMMET BYRNE – oboe RACHAEL PANKHURST – cor anglais OLIVER JANES – clarinet JOANNA PATTON – clarinet MARK PHILLIPS – horn JEREMY BUSHELL – horn NIKOLAJ HENRIQUES – bassoon MARGARET COOKHORN – contrabassoon Beethoven Rondino in E flat Major Dove Figures in the Garden Beethoven Wind Octet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333 £10 Saturday 17 December CIRENCESTER
Cirencester Parish Church, Market Place GL7 2NX, 6.00pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA RACHEL MAHON – conductor Handel Messiah Coventry Cathedral Chorus 01926 854981 / 07774 524352 www.ticketweb.co.uk tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 Corinium Museum, Cirencester in person or 01285 655611 £30/£25/£20 (senior discounts) Monday 19, Tuesday 20, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 & Friday 23 December St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Square B3 1QZ, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor RUPERT JEFFCOAT, NICHOLAS WEARNE – organ Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Tuesday 20 December CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA, 7.30pm ELEANOR BROOMFIELD – soprano ANNIE REILLY – mezzo RICHARD PINKSTONE – tenor FELIX KEMP – baritone CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR REGENCY SINFONIA DAVID CROWN – director Handel Messiah HWV 56 Cheltenham Bach Choir www.cheltbachchoir.com tickets@cheltbachchoir.com |
Friday 2 December LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET Purcell Fantazia No 6 in F Rebecca Clarke Poem Palestrina Ave Maria Vaughan Williams Quartet No 2 in A minor Schubert Quartet in G D887 Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £26/£16 (£1) Saturday 3 December LEICESTER
St James the Greater, 216 London Road LE2 1NA, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Tuesday 6 December STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Stratford Play House, Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.00pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN Midwinter (Christmas Concert) Corelli Christmas Concerto Anon. Nowell Tydings Trew, Coventry Carol, Noel 1, Riu Riu Purcell Now Winter Comes Slowly Vivaldi ‘Winter’ mvt 1 and mvt 3 from The Four Seasons Holst arr. Le Page In the Bleak Midwinter Liszt The Shepherds at the Manger Trad English Three Ships arr. Le Page Orchestra of the Swan 01789 267567 orchestraoftheswan.org £15–£32 Wednesday 7 December LEAMINGTON
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue CV32 5RE, 7.30pm THE YORK WAITS DEBORAH CATTERALL – singer The Mirth and Music of Angels Seasonal music performed on medieval and renaissance instruments. Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £20 to include mulled wine and mince pies Friday 9 December COVENTRY
Drapers’ Hall, Bayley Lane CV1 5RN, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN Midwinter (Christmas Concert) Corelli Christmas Concerto Anon. Nowell Tydings Trew, Coventry Carol, Noel 1, Riu Riu Purcell Now Winter Comes Slowly Vivaldi ‘Winter’ mvt 1 and mvt 3 from The Four Seasons Holst arr. Le Page In the Bleak Midwinter Liszt The Shepherds at the Manger Trad English Three Ships arr. Le Page Drapers’ Hall www.historiccoventrytrust.co.uk admin@historiccoventrytrust.org.uk £16.50, £8 under 14s Saturday 10 December COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, 6.00pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRA COVENTRY CATHEDRAL GIRL CHORISTERS RACHEL MAHON and TONY AYRES – conductors Christmas Music for NSPCC Coventry Cathedral Chorus 01926 854981 / 07774 524352 www.ticketweb.co.uk tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 £15, students/U18 half-price Family ticket £40 Saturday 10 December WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA, 7.30pm WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY SAMUEL HUDSON – conductor PHILIPPA HYDE – soprano SARAH DENBEE – mezzo soprano TOM ROBSON – tenor EDWARD GRINT – bass MERIDIAN SINFONIA Handel Messiah Worcester Festival Choral Society www.wfcs.online / 0333 666 3366 (TicketSource) £15–£25 Sunday 11 December WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm LAURA SNOWDEN – guitar Programme to include music by the 19th-century composer J K Mertz, the Paraguayan composer Augustin Barrios, Celtic folk arrangements and compositions by Laura Snowden. Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £20 Students £5 Tuesday 13 December COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5FB, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Thursday 15 December LONDON
St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor NICHOLAS WEARNE – organ Christmas Music by Candlelight Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Thursday 15 December WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm THE CITY MUSICK WILLIAM LYONS – director Heigh Ho Holiday: Christmas Revels in seventeenth-century London Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £26/£18/£12 (£1) includes mulled wine and mince pies Sunday 18 December BIRMINGHAM
St Albans, Stanhope Street B12 0YF, 3.30pm BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR PAUL SPICER – conductor PAUL CARR – organist Service of Nine Lessons & Carols A traditional service of beautiful readings and Christmas music with congregational carols. See website for full programme. Birmingham Bach Choir www.birmingham.bachchoir.com There are no tickets or charge. All are welcome to come. Monday 19 December COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, 7.00pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA RACHEL MAHON – conductor Handel Messiah Coventry Cathedral Chorus 01926 854981 / 07774 524352 www.ticketweb.co.uk tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 £22/£15 Students/U18 half-price Wednesday 21 December BIRMINGHAM
St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Square B3 1QZ, 4.00pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor NICHOLAS WEARNE – organ Angels, Stars & Kings Family Christmas concert Ex Cathedra excathedra.co.uk Header photo: York Waits
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