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Tuesday 1 December LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, St Peter’s Square, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm AQUINAS TRIO RUTH ROGERS – violin KATHERINE JENKINSON – cello MARTIN COUSIN – piano RACHEL ROBERTS – viola Saint-Saëns Piano Quartet No. 1 in E major Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps (for violin, cello and piano) Amy Beach Piano Trio Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 This concert is part of the Leeds International Chamber Series 2026/27: In the Shadows of Giants. Leeds International Concert Season 0113 376 0318 leedsconcertseason.co.uk £29.50, £27.50 (£25.50, £15, £14, £10) Thursday 3 December LANCASTER
The Great Hall, Lancaster University LA1 4YW, 7.30pm SEAN SHIBE – guitar Mudarra Fantasia VII and X Rodrigo Tres piezas españolas Francisco Coll Sefarad Dowland Praeludium Dowland Forlorn Hope Fancy Dowland Fantasia Thomas Adès Forgotten Dances Lancaster Arts 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org £25 (£23, £21, £19, £12) Saturday 5 December MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Road, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ALEX MITCHELL – viola SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – director Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G minor Telemann Viola Concerto in G major Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation Stravinsky Concerto in E flat major for Chamber Orchestra ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050 Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 ncorch.co.uk/events £32 (£15, £5, £2) Sunday 6 December LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, University of Liverpool, 60 Oxford Street L7 3NY, 2.30pm APOLLO5 Programme to include works by Byrd, Poulenc, Walton and James MacMillan. Liverpool Philharmonic 0151 709 3789 liverpoolphil.com £32.50 Sunday 6 December MILNTHORPE
Heron Theatre, Stanley Street LA7 7AS, 2.30pm–4.00pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHAMBER CHOIR HERON READERS & WRITERS A Musical Miscellany Cumbria Festival Chamber Choir 01539 720168 Tickets at the door or via cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com £TBA Saturday 12 December GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Victoria Hall, Main Street LA11 6EA, 7.30pm LEVENS CHOIR GAWAIN GLENTON – music director The Christmas Story: Renaissance music by composers including Victoria, Schutz, Tallis and Palestrina. Levens Choir levenschoir.net £TBC Sunday 13 December KIRKBY LONSDALE
St Mary’s Church LA6 2AX, 3.00pm LEVENS CHOIR GAWAIN GLENTON – music director The Christmas Story: Renaissance music by composers including Victoria, Schutz, Tallis and Palestrina. Levens Choir levenschoir.net £TBC Wednesday 16 December ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 7.30pm CORVUS CONSORT – women’s voices LOUISE THOMSON – harp Imogen Holst Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow (1st movement) Judith Weir We sekyn here rest Olivia Sparkhall Lux aeterna Hilary Campbell Our endless day Caroline Lizotte La Madone Elizabeth Poston An English Day-Book Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree Skempton Into this world, this day did come Maxwell Davies The Fader of Heven Trad. Ther is no rose of swych vertu Britten Ceremony of Carols Ilkley Concert Club 07791 083326 ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk £21 (£19, £17, £5, FREE) Thursday 31 December WINDERMERE
St Mary’s Church, Ambleside Road LA23 1BA, 7.00pm–11.45pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA IAN JONES – conductor Haydn Maria Theresa Mass Cumbria Festival Chorus 01539 720168 cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com Chorus fee £10; audience donations for charity |
Wednesday 2 December KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm SARAH BETH BRIGGS – piano Debussy Suite Bergamasque Chopin Berceuse, Op. 57 Chopin Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Debussy Reflets dans l’eau (Images bk 1) Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 Kendal Midday Concert Club kendalmiddayconcertclub.org Tickets on sale at the hall from 12 noon £12 (£2) Friday 4 December LANCASTER
Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University LA1 4YW, 7.30pm MAJA BUGGE – cello DAVE EVANS – piano Maja Bugge Sortland Lancaster Arts 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org £16 (£13, £12) Sunday 6 December MANCHESTER
Christ Church, West Didsbury M20 2ZD, 2.15–5.30pm WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS KEITH ORRELL – choral leader STEPHEN HARGREAVES – organ Come and sing Handel’s Messiah with the Byrds We will sing every chorus and some selected solos performed by Byrds’ choristers. Come and join us! William Byrd Singers williambyrdsingers.com (Booking form on website) £20 (£5) Sunday 6 December HUDDERSFIELD
Huddersfield Parish Church, Byram Street HD1 1BU, 3.00pm ROSAMUND BRASS QUARTET SEB WILLIMAN – trumpet ADAM HOFLAND-WARD – cornet/flugelhorn GEORGIA WOODHEAD – horn ALEX BARRON – euphonium Bizet (arr. Barron) Farandole Grieg (arr. Barron) At the cradle Wright Romantica Trad. (arr. Childs) A simple Reel Ball Jewels Vinter Elegy and Rondo Plus pieces with a Christmas theme to include: Gruber (arr. Barron) Silent Night Anderson (arr. Barron) Sleigh Ride Torme and Wells The Christmas Song (arr. Williman) William Bird A Rosamund Christmas Huddersfield Music Society 07525 337233 huddersfield-music-society.org.uk £26 (£18, £5) Saturday 12 December KENDAL
Stricklandgate Methodist Church, Windermere Road LA9 4QJ, 7.30pm KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR GEOFFREY FIELD – director Schubert Mass in G major, D167 Monteverdi Beatus Vir Kendal South Choir 01539 725955 kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com £15 Wedneday 16 December KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm TRIO ARCHAI Korngold (arr. Abschiedslieder (Songs of Farewell), Trio Archai) Op. 14 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2 Kendal Midday Concert Club kendalmiddayconcertclub.org Tickets on sale at the hall from 12 noon £12 (£2) Friday 18 December GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Victoria Hall LA11 6DP, 1.00pm Live and Local concert LAKELAND SINFONIA SOLOISTS’ ENSEMBLE BRADLEY CRESWICK, MARTIN HUGHES, and LOUISE LATHAM – violins DEBORAH THORNE – cello Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D major Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter and Spring Corelli Christmas Concerto, Op. 68 Lakeland Sinfonia CIO lakelandsinfonia.org.uk £12 (£5) |
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