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Monday 1 December HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm SARAH BETH BRIGGS – piano Mozart Fantasy in D minor, K397 Schubert Sonata in A major, D664 Brahms Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119 Debussy Suite bergamasque Gál Three Preludes, Op. 65 Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 Huddersfield Music Society 07525 337233 www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk £25 (£18, £5) Tuesday 2 December LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm LONDINIUM CONSORT RACHEL ALLEN – soprano EMANUELE ADDIS – lute and cittern OTTO HASHMI – recorder and Ecorder ÖZGÜR KAYA – viola da gamba MIKOŁAJ PISZCZOROWICZ – viola da gamba Otto Hashmi Introduction Dowland Can she excuse my wrongs? Dowland O sweet woods Dowland The King of Denmark’s Galliard Brade Scottish Dance Traditional Death and the Lady Johnson Oh, Let us Howl Brade Five courtly and folk dances 1617 Delyth Field A Lantern Through Time (world premiere) Dowland A shepherd in a shade Owen Spafford Threshold Emanuele Addis/ Renaissance Rachel Allen Part of Leeds International Chamber Series 2025/26. Leeds International Concert Season 0113 376 0318 leedsconcertseason.co.uk £28.50, £26.50, £24.50, £14.50, £13.50, £10 Wednesday 10 December KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm HUW WIGGIN – saxophone OLIVER WASS – harp Béla Kovács, Sholem-alekhem, rov Feidman! arr. Wass/Wiggin Vivaldi Variations on La Folia Arvo Pärt Spiegel im spiegel Andy Scott Sussurros Brasileiros Purcell Dido’s Lament Amy Beach 3 Songs, Op. 19: Ecstasy Yshani The weary soil and the greedy Perinpanayagam shoot Bernstein West Side Story: Somewhere François Borne (arr. Fantaisie Brillante sur des airs de Roth & Meylan) Carmen Kendal Midday Concert Club www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon £10 (£2 students) Friday 12 December KNUTSFORD
Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 3.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THE CHOIR OF ST NICHOLAS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, NORTHWICH HELEN MCKENNA – conductor Christmas Concert Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts £21 (£11) Friday 12 December SCUNTHORPE
Outwood Academy Foxhills, Foxhills Rd DN15 8LJ, 7.30pm PALISANDER (recorder quartet) Double, Double Toil and Trouble Throughout the ages, music and magic have been intrinsically linked. Featuring music by Tartini, J.S. Bach and Hildegard von Bingen, alongside renaissance consort music and contemporary works, the performance explores the historic relationship between music and the magical spectrum: including elements of mathematics, philosophy, nature, religion and the occult. Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society 0114 457 4570 www.scunthorpe-concert-society.co.uk £18 (full-time students/children free) Saturday 13 December SILVERDALE
St John’s Church, Emesgate Ln LA5 0RH, 7.30pm LEVENS CHOIR GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor Christmas Concert Our highly popular Christmas concerts are known for innovative programming, featuring a mix of well-loved pieces with less familiar works and composers, and ranging typically from the 16th century to the present day. The December 2024 concert was described as “the perfect preparation for Christmas”. Levens Choir levenschoir.net £15 Sunday 14 December KIRKBY LONSDALE
St Mary’s Church, Church St LA6 2AX, 3.00pm LEVENS CHOIR GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor Christmas Concert Our highly popular Christmas concerts are known for innovative programming, featuring a mix of well-loved pieces with less familiar works and composers, and ranging typically from the 16th century to the present day. The December 2024 concert was described as “the perfect preparation for Christmas”. Levens Choir levenschoir.net £15 Wednesday 31 December WINDERMERE
St Mary’s Church, Ambleside Rd LA23 1BA, 5.30–11.45pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA IAN JONES – conductor EMILY ROBINSON – soprano KATE NOBLE – contralto TBA – tenor JOHN PRATT – bass Mendelssohn Elijah, Op. 70 Cumbria Festival Chorus 01539 720168 cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com Chorus fee £10; Audience donations for charity |
Tuesday 2 December MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 1.00pm CONNAUGHT BRASS “Technically astonishing, eclectic in repertoire, and prepared to explode clichés of what brass chamber music should sound like” (The Arts Desk). Rameau (arr. Foster) Dardanus (selections) Dani Howard 2025 New Commission Ewald Brass Quintet No. 4, Op. 8 Artists supported by Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Sponsored by RBC Brewin Dolphin Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/ £10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person Saturday 6 December KENDAL
St Thomas’s Church, Stricklandgate LA9 4QG, 7.30pm KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR GEOFFREY FIELD – director ANNAKATE PEARSON – harp Joanna Forbes L’Estrange A Season to Sing Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 Fletcher Ring Out, Wild Bells Kendal South Choir 01539 725955 www.kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com/bookings £15 (under-18s free) Sunday 7 December GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
St Peter’s Church, Pease Close Ln, Field Broughton LA11 6HR, 2.30pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHAMBER CHOIR IAN JONES – conductor ANNAKATE PEARSON – harp Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël Cumbria Festival Chorus 01539 720168 cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com Retiring collection Wednesday 10 December ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Rd LS29 8HB, 7.30pm ALESSANDRO FISHER – tenor JONG SUN WOO – piano English songs by Bax, Britten, Coleridge-Taylor, Finzi, and Head. Italian songs by Bellini, Puccini,Tosti, and traditional Neapolitan songs. Ilkley Concert Club 07791 083326 [email protected] £20, £18, £16 (£5 under-25s, under-18s free) Friday 12 December KNUTSFORD
Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 7.00pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THE CHOIR OF ST NICHOLAS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, NORTHWICH HELEN MCKENNA – conductor Christmas Concert Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts £28 (£18) Saturday 13 December MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Rd, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL – conductor and horn ZOË BEYERS – director Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K417 Dvořák Czech Suite, Op. 39 Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts £29 (£19, free) Sunday 14 December MANCHESTER
Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 2.30pm WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS 18th CENTURY SINFONIA KEITH ORRELL – conductor TAYLOR LONDON – soprano TIM MORGAN – counter-tenor RUAIRI BOWEN – tenor ANDREW SLATER – bass J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts- Oratorium), BWV248 Parts 1, 2, 5 & 6 (sung in German) Stoller Hall www.stollerhall.com/whats-on £27.50 (£5.50) Wednesday 17 December KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 1.00pm LAKELAND SINFONIA – LIVE AND LOCAL MARTIN HUGHES, LOUISE LATHAM, JULIAN CANN & MICHAEL SANDERSON – violins FAY SWEET – viola DEBORAH THORNE – cello ROBERTO CARILLO-CARCIA – bass KATHARINE MAY – harpsichord Programme to include: Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Winter Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D major Purcell Three Parts on a Ground Corelli Christmas Concerto Lakeland Sinfonia www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk £12 (£5 under-19s) |
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