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Friday 1 February PERSHORE
Number 8, 8 High Street WR10 1BG, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN DAVID LE PAGE – violin/director Vivaldi and Piazzolla: the 8 Seasons Vivaldi The Four Seasons Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org number8.org 01386 555488 £15.50 Saturday 2 February BIRMINGHAM
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langley’s Road B29 6HT, 2.00 – 6.00pm Come and Sing! With BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR PAUL SPICER – conductor A workshop for all singers followed by a performance Elgar The Music Makers Birmingham Bach Choir birmingham.bachchoir.com 07901 798442 Singers £14 Music hire £2 Tea & home-made cakes provided Sunday 3 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 3.00pm Birmingham Festival of Early Music DUO TROBAIRITZ FAYE NEWTON – soprano HAZEL BROOKS – vielle Romance and Revelry Medieval songs from Spain, France Germany, England and Italy including love songs, philosophical musings and rumbustious dances The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts £12 (£8, £6, £3) Wednesday 6 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm Birmingham Festival of Early Music DUNEDIN CONSORT ROWAN PIERCE – soprano MATTHEW BROOK – bass Handel Selection from Water Music Handel Silete Venti HWV242 Handel Apollo and Daphne The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts £18 (£15, £12, £5) Friday 8 February BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm MEMBERS OF THE CBSO including: VERONIKA KLIROVA – flute EMMET BYRNE – oboe OLIVER JANES – clarinet MICHAEL KIDD – horn Pärt Quintettino Nielsen Wind Quintet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10 Friday 8 February WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm LEON MCCAWLEY – piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No 30 Op 109 in E Beethoven Piano Sonata No 31 Op 110 in A flat Beethoven Piano Sonata No 32 Op 111 in C minor Witney Music Society witneymusicsociety.org.uk 01993 702296 £12 (under 19 £1) Sunday 10 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 11.30am ENSEMBLE 360 POLLY IVES – narrator Family concert with Paul Rissmann’s Giddy Goat Recommended for ages 3-7 Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £10/£5 Wednesday 13 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm Birmingham Festival of Early Music BINCHOIS CONSORT ANDREW KIRKMAN – director Music for St Katherine, including music by Walter Frye and John Dunstaple The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts £18 (£15, £12, £5) Wednesday 13 February KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm LOVEMUSIC Jérôme Combier new work lovemusic commission (2019) John Croft deux méditations d’une furie (2013) Gilbert Amy …d’un désastre obscur (1971) Martin Iddon Ptelea (2014) Pascal Dusapin Il-Li-Ko (1887) Jesse Broekman new work lovemusic commission (2018) Sohrab Uduman Echoes beneath the moonlight’s star (2014) Samuel Andreyev Nombres Imagnaires (2004/8) keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under) Friday 15 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm ELIAS STRING QUARTET Haydn Quartet Op 77 No 1 Britten Quartet No 2 Beethoven Quartet Op 59 No 1 Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £24/£19/£14 (£1) Sunday 17 February GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street, GL1 2BH, 3.00pm TRIO OPAL Schubert Adagio in E flat Notturno D897 Brahms Piano Trio in C minor Op 101 Rachmaninov Trio Élégaique No 1 in G minor Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op 70 No 2 Gloucester Music Society gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk 01242 620736 £17 (£16/£8/£5,free) Sunday 17 February STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Shakespeare Institute (Mason Croft), Church Street CV37 6HP, 3.00pm ANTHONY BROWN – saxophone LEO NICHOLSON – piano Works by Bartók, Ibert and Gershwin Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk 01789 740791 £18 (students £5) Friday 22 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm DAVID LE PAGE – violin JACK MCNEILL – clarinet VIV MCCLEAN – piano CLARE O'CONNELL – cello Thomas Adés Court Studies from The Tempest Purcell arr Matthews Fantazia 13 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Saturday 23 February LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm RACHEL PODGER – violin Bach Cello Suite 1 in G BWV 1007 (transposed into D for violin) Bach Cello Suite 2 in D minor BWV 1008 (transposed into A minor for violin) Bach Cello Suite 3 in C BWV 1009 (transposed into G for violin) Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk 01584 876141 ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk £18 (students £6) Monday 25 February ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30 pm VISION STRING QUARTET Schubert Quartetsatz in C minor D704 Ligeti String Quartet No 1 Metamophoses Nocturnes Schubert Quartet in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 aas@tetley.org £19 Wednesday 27 February BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm THE SEVEN STEPS BRASS COLLECTION Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals Bizet Carmen Suite And works by Gilbert and Sullivan, Sondheim, Mercury, Gershwin and Weiss Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk 01993 823260 £13 (students £3) Thursday 28 February EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue WR11 4QH, 7.30pm TRIO GOYA Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K254 CPE Bach Sonata for violin and fortepiano Paxton Sonata for cello and fortepiano Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op 1 No 1 Evesham and District Music Club evesham-music-club.co.uk eveshamartscentre.co.uk Almonry Museum 01386 446944 £17 |
Friday 1 February CHELTENHAM
Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Bath Road GL53 7LD, 8.00pm JEREMY CARTER – piano Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner, Brahms, Chopin Cheltenham College Piano Recital Series cheltenhamcollege.org.uk 01242 265656 ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenham-college £15/£10 Saturday 2 February COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street CV1 5AB, 5.00pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS WARWICKSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PAUL LEDDINGTON WRIGHT – conductor With local school choirs Discover the Classics V Coventry Cathedral Chorus ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 1000 (cards) tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 £10, children £5 Wednesday 6 February BIRMINGHAM
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR, 2.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN TASMIN LITTLE – violin/director DAVID LE PAGE – violin Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins in A minor Arvo Pärt Fratres Bach Concerto for Two Violins Vivaldi The Four Seasons Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org bcu.ac.uk/concerts 0121 331 5909 £5-25 Friday 8 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm Birmingham Festival of Early Music SOCIETY OF STRANGE AND ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Friday 8 February HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford, HR4 9JR, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN PETER DONOHOE – piano/director Elgar Serenade for Strings Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 Elgar Introduction and Allegro Mozart Symphony No 31 Paris Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org courtyard.org.uk 01432 340555 £21 Friday 8 February BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm ENDYMION Beethoven Violin Sonata in G Op 96 Ligeti Horn Trio (1983) Brahms Horn Trio Op 40 Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330 £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free) Sunday 10 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00pm ENSEMBLE 360 A thrilling afternoon of chamber works for larger forces Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £20/£15 (£1) Wednesday 13 February CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30 pm LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL – piano Schubert Allegretto in C minor D915 Schubert 4 Impromptus D935 Chopin 24 Preludes Op 28 Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979 or 0844 576 2210 £23 & £18, under 26 £5 Friday 15 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm Birmingham Festival of Early Music CONSORTIUM5 As our sweet Cords and Discords Mixed Be: the golden age of English instrumental music The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333 Free Sunday 17 February CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School, Hatherley Road GL51 6EP, 3.00pm PIXELS ENSEMBLE Hildegard of Bingen Viridissima virga Virga ac diadema George Crumb Vox Balaenae - Voice of the Whale Luciano Berio Sequenza III Hafliði Hallgrímsson Verse I Ravel Chansons Madécasses Tickets at the door £10, under 26 free Sunday 17 February MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone IAIN BURNSIDE – piano President’s Sunday Afternoon Schubert Cycle Series 2017-2019 Schubert Schwanengesang D957 and a selection of other songs by Schubert Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £25.76 (students in full-time education £6.72) Wednesday 20 February KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm VILLIERS QUARTET Mozart Quartet in G K387 Martyn Harry Quartet No 3 (world premiere) Beethoven Quartet in C sharp minor Op 131 keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under) Friday 22 February BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm LAWSON PIANO TRIO Andrzej Panufnik Piano Trio Op 1 Rachmaninov Trio Elegiaque No 1 in G Minor Paul Juon Suite for Piano Trio Op 89 Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1 Op 8 Dvořák Piano Trio No 4 in E Minor Op 90 Dumky Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330 £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free) Sunday 24 February WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm THE SONGMEN Faith, Folk and Frivolity The Songmen present a journey through the genres, taking you from some of the finest in Renaissance polyphony including Byrd and Palestrina, to contemporary sacred music with settings by members of the group, all presented in their own perfectly blended, entertainingly performed style. Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £16 (students £5) Tuesday 26 February WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm K’ANTU ENSEMBLE A la Vida Bonita – Music in the Age of Discovery The vibrant flavours of Spain and the New World; early, world and folk music fused together to create a truly distinctive sound Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £21/£18/£15/£13 (£1) Wednesday 27 February KEELE
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30pm FIBONACCI ENSEMBLE Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano Barber Summer Music for Wind Quintet Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds Mozart Fantasy in C minor Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Wind keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under) |
EXTRA CONCERT!
Friday 8 February HAY-ON-WYE Richard Booth’s Bookshop, 44 Lion Street HR3 5AA, 7.30pm ROBIN MICHAEL – cello Bach Cello Suites Nos 1 and 3 Kodaly Cello Sonata Op 8 Hay Music Trust haymusic.org 01497 820322 boothbooks.co.uk £12 (students £6) |
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