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DECEMBER CONCERTS

Saturday 2 December                                   SHEFFIELD
Crucible Playhouse, 55 Norfolk Street S1 1DA, 2.30pm
CRAIG OGDEN – classical guitar
Programme includes:
Villa-Lobos          Chôros No.1
JS Bach                 Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV998
Reinhardt             Nuages
Rodrigo                Tres piezas españolas
Albeniz                 Torre Bermeja, Sevilla
Music in the Round  0114 249 6000  www.musicintheround.co.uk    £21 (£14, £5)
Saturday 2 December                                   SHEFFIELD
Crucible Playhouse, 55 Norfolk Street S1 1DA, 8.00pm
THE HERMES EXPERIMENT
Sounds of Now

Programme includes:
Imogen Holst                 Cinquepace & Gigue (from Suite
                                           for Unaccompanied Viola)
Caroline Shaw                 Plan & Elevation: I. The Ellipse
Misha Mullov-Abbado   The Linden Tree
Meredith Monk               Double Fiesta
Music in the Round  0114 249 6000  www.musicintheround.co.uk    £16 (£10, £5)
Monday 4 December                           HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
LIGETI QUARTET
György Ligeti              Andante and Allegretto (1950)
Various                        Selections from Nouvelles
                                     Etudes (2023)
Richard Steinitz         Quartet in Memoriam (1981)
Lukas Ligeti                New Work (2023)
György Ligeti             String Quartet No 2 (1968)
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk/   £25 (£18, £5)
Friday 8 December                                    KNUTSFORD
Tenant’s Hall, Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 3.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
THE CHOIR OF ST. NICHOLAS’ CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
HELEN MCKENNA – conductor

A selection of festive music and carols.
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £21 (£11)
Friday 8 December                                                LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
ANGELA HEWITT – piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    Rondo, K511
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    Piano Sonata No 17,
                                                     K570
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    Twelve Variations on
                                                     Ah, vous dirai-je Maman,
                                                     K265
Robert Schumann                     Piano Sonata No 1, Op 11
Leeds International Concert Season as part of the Leeds International Piano Series.
0113 376 0318 / leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£26/£24 (£24/£22/£10)

Saturday 9 December                                     CHORLEY
St Laurence Church, Union Street PR7 1EB, 7.30pm
BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Christmas Concert

Khachaturian                  Dance of the Rose Maidens &
                                         Sabre Dance from Gayaneh
John Barry                       Dances with Wolves – the John
                                         Dunbar theme
Hérold arr. Lanchbery  Clog Dance from La Fille Mal
                                         Gardée

Johann Strauss II           Polka Dot Thunder and
                                         Lightning
Tchaikovsky                   Waltz of the Flowers
Smetana                         Dance of the Comedians
Anderson                        Christmas Festival (Orchestra):
                                         O Come All Ye Faithful
Anderson                       Belle of the Ball, Hark the
                                         Herald, Sleigh Ride
Neale                              Good King Wenceslas
Rutter                             12 Days of Christmas
Irving Berlin                   I’m Dreaming of a White
                                         Christmas
Arthur Warrell               We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra  blackburnsymphony.org.uk    £13 (under 18s free)
Sunday 10 December                                        BUXTON
St John’s Church Buxton, 6 St John’s Rd SK17 6XN, 7.30pm
BUXTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHOIR OF FAIRFIELD ENDOWED C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL
BRASS QUINTET
MICHAEL WILLIAMS – conductor
SAM HAYES – choral director

Family Christmas
Various       Christmas favourites
Buxton Musical Society  01298 72190  buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/    £15
Wednesday 13 December                                 KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
MERAKI DUO
MEERA MAHARAJ – flute
JAMES GIRLING – guitar

William Grant Still                        ‘If You Should Go’ and
                                                         ‘Bayou Home’
Franz Schubert                              Arpeggione Sonata
   (arr. Ragossnig)                            D.821
Egberto Gismonti                         Agua e Vinho
   (arr. P. Richter)
Hermeto Pasocal (arr. Girling)    Bebê
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon  www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org   £10 (students £2)
Saturday 16 December                          MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Road, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
IAN WATSON – violin and director
TRACEY REDFERN – trumpet
PETER MAINWARING – trumpet
KANTOS CHAMBER CHOIR
ELLIE SLORACH – conductor

Vivaldi             Concerto for Two Trumpets
Tabakova        Alma Redemptoris Mater
Corelli              Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in
                         G minor (Fatto per la notte di Natale)
Lauridsen        O Magnum Mysterium
Vivaldi             Gloria
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts   £27 (£17, free)
Saturday 2 December                                       KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 7.30pm
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
Christmas by Candlelight

Performers and programme to be confirmed.
Lakeland Sinfonia  03300 101761  www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk  £21 (£16, £5)
Sunday 3 December                                           KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre LA9 7HX, 3.00pm
WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA
MELVIN TAY – conductor

Tchaikovsky          Sleeping Beauty Suite
Stravinsky             Firebird Suite
Farrington             Scary Fairy Saves Christmas
www.WestmorlandOrchestra.org.uk
01539 896299    £0/£15

 

Tuesday 5 December                              MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
MANCHESTER CHAMBER CHOIR
VICENTE CHAVARRIA – conductor

Manchester Chamber Choir was formed in 2002 and has become one of the UK’s most versatile and accomplished vocal ensembles. Now celebrating their 20th anniversary, they return to the Middays with a programme to celebrate the arrival of Advent, featuring music by William Byrd, Peter Philips, James MacMillan, Gabriel Jackson and Jan Sandström, amongst others.
Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
Please note: allocated seating will apply to this Midday Concert
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk   £10 (£8.50, £5)
Friday 8 December                                    KNUTSFORD
Tenant’s Hall, Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 7.00pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
THE CHOIR OF ST. NICHOLAS’ CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
HELEN MCKENNA – conductor

A selection of festive music and carols.
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £28 (£18)
Friday 8 December                                        SHEFFIELD
Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street S1 2JD, 1.00pm & 7.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
Vieuxtemps         Viola Sonata
Clarke                   Viola Sonata
Music in the Round  0114 249 6000  www.musicintheround.co.uk   £16 (£10, £5)
Saturday 9 December                             MANCHESTER
Christ Church West Didsbury, Darley Avenue M20 2ZD, 7.30pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – musical director

Poulenc                 Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël
Arr. Orrell              Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Attrib. Mateo        Riu, riu, chiu
  Flecha the Elder
Trad. Galician       Dormi niño Dios
   arr. Wilkinson 
Trad. Catalan        El cant dels ocells
   arr. Johnson    
Trad. Catalan        El noi de la mare
   arr. Orrell
McDowell              Christus natus est (A Cantata
                                for Christmas)
Praetorius              In dulci jubilo
Mendelssohn        Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden
Arr. Orrell               Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Trad. arr.                 Ding Dong! Merrily on high
   Williamson   
Howells                  A spotless rose
Darke                      In the bleak midwinter
Arr. Willcocks         Resonemus Laudibus
Arr. Wilkinson        God rest you, merry gentlemen
Mathias                   Ave Rex Op. 45
William Byrd Singers  williambyrdsingers.org.uk 
£15 (£12 concessions, £5 students)
Sunday 10 December                              WINDERMERE
Carver Church, Lake Road LA23 2BY, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor

Christmas Music from Europe
Levens Choir  www.levenschoir.net
£15 (children and students free)

Saturday 16 December                                      KENDAL
St Thomas’s Church, Stricklandgate LA9 4QG, 7.30pm
KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR
GEOFFREY FIELD – conductor

With soloists and string ensemble
Sing we to this Merry Company!

Handel          Messiah Part I and Hallelujah Chorus
With carols for choir and audience
Kendal South Choir  01539 725955 kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com   £15 (under-18s free)
Sunday 31 December                              WINDERMERE
Carver Uniting Church, Lake Road LA23 2BY, 11.00pm
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS and ORCHESTRA
IAN JONES – conductor
New Year’s Eve Come and Sing

Mozart        Requiem
Cumbria Festival Chorus  01539 720168   cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com
Audience donations for charity


Header photo: Hermes Experiment (credit Raphaël Neal)
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Extra concert

Monday 4 December                                  LIVERPOOL
Music Room, Philharmonic Hall, Sugnall Street L1 9BP, 8.00pm
ALEXANDER MARKS – violin
ELIZABETH LAMBERTON – violin
ROBERT SHEPLEY – violin
GETHYN JONES – cello
Puccini             Crisantemi
Janáček            String Quartet No.2, ‘Intimate Letters’
Finzi                 Romance Op.13
Borodin           String Quartet No.2
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com     £20/£17


Extra concert

Sunday 10 December                                  LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, University of Liverpool, 60 Oxford Street L7 3NY, 2.30pm
ELIAS QUARTET
JOHNATHAN BISS – piano  
Fanny Mendelssohn        String Quartet in E-flat
Pēteris Vasks                     String Quartet No.3
Elgar                                   Piano Quintet
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com     £29
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