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FEBRUARY CONCERTS

Saturday 2 February                             BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road SK10 5JR, 8.00 pm
POSTER-JOHNSTON PIANO TRIO
Schubert          Notturno in E flat D897
Schumann       Piano Trio No 2 in F Op 94
Schubert          Piano Trio No 2 in E flat D929
Bollington Chamber Concerts 01625 576402
bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/poster £17.50 (£2 students)

Monday 4 February MANCHESTER
Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road M13 9RD, 7.30pm
SALLY MATTHEWS – soprano
SIMON LEPPER – piano

Grieg                6 Songs Op 48

Wagner           Wesendonck Lieder
Sibelius           Diamante på Marssnön Op 36/3, Våren
                         Flycktar hastig Op 13/4
                         Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings mote
                         Op 37/5
                         Var det en dröm Op 37/4
Pfitzner            Hast du von den Fischerkindchen
                         Op 7/1
                         Venus Mater Op 11/4
Strauss            Wiegenlied Op 41/1, Das Rosenband
                         Op 36/1
                         Morgen Op 27/4, Cäcilie Op 27/2
Manchester Chamber Concerts Society chamberconcerts.org rncm.ac.uk 0161 907 5555 £25, £12.50

Wednesday 6 February                                    YORK
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York YO10 5DD, 7.30pm
SEPTURA – brass septet
Ravel             Mother Goose
Debussy        Préludes
Gershwin      Three Piano Preludes
Gershwin      Songbook
                       An American in Paris
YorkConcerts YorkConcerts.org 01904 322439 £tbc


Saturday 9 February                         MACCLESFIELD
Macclesfield Concert Series, Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
MATTHEW WADSWORTH – theorbo

Handel             Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 5
Dvořák             2 Waltzes for strings Op 54
Goss                 Theorbo Concerto
Bartók              Divertimento
Bach                 Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Northern Chamber Orchestra ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £21 / £16 U18s free

Wednesday 13 February                         CLITHEROE     

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Sixth Form Centre, York Street BB7 2DJ, 7.30pm
STONEBRIDGE STRING QUARTET
Haydn               String Quartet Op 76 No 4
Tchaikovsky     String Quartet No 1 Op 11
Shostakovich   String Quartet No 8 Op 110
Clitheroe Concerts  clitheroeconcerts.org   01200 423474 £17 (students and children £5)


Wednesday 13 February                                    ILKLEY
Kings Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm
STEPHEN HOUGH – piano
Bach/Busoni       Chaconne in D minor
Hough                  Sonata No 4
Chopin                 Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35
Busoni                 Sonatina No 6
Carmen Fantasy
Busoni                 Berceuse élégiaque
Liszt                     Funérailles
Liszt                     Mephisto Waltz – Bagatelle without
                             tonality
Liszt                     Mephisto Waltz No 1
Ilkley Concert Club ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk
icc.jennie@gmail.com £14, £13, £12 (U25 £2)


Thursday 14 February                          MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
CHETHAM’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STEPHEN THRELFALL – conductor
MOLIN HAN – violin

Britten             Four Sea Interludes from 
Peter Grimes
Sibelius           Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47
Elgar                Enigma Variations
stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £19.62-£10.90


Sunday 17 February                                      KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lake Road CA12 5DJ 3.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
POLLY IVES - narrator
Family Concert -
Giddy Goat
Adventures of a mountain goat with no head for heights
Keswick Music Society keswick-music-society.org.uk £5 acc. by child, children free





Tuesday 19 February                                        LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
ELIAS QUARTET
CHI-CHI NWANOKU
– double bass
SAM HAYWOOD – piano

Schubert            String Quartet No 13
Rosamunde
Schubert            String Quintet The Trout
Leeds International Chamber Season
leedsconcertseason.co.uk / 0113 376 0318



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)


Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 February MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA
MARCUS FARNSWORTH
RUBY HUGHES
JOSEPH MIDDLETON
Vocal Weekend

stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967
£tbc



Sunday 24 February                            DARLINGTON
Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 3.00pm
MEI YO FOO – piano
Janáček
                       In the Mists
Clara Schumann       3 Romances Op 11
Balakirev                    Islamey
Ravel                          Ma Mère l'Oye
Stravinsky                 Tango and Piano Ragtime
Messiaen                   Vingt Regards sur I’Enfant Jesus –
                                    No X
Darlington Piano Society dpiano.co.uk
07730 870589 venue 01325 406000 £12 (U21 - £6)


Monday 25 February                       HUDDERSFIELD
St. Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, 7.30 pm
SOLAREK PIANO TRIO
Amy Beach              Trio in A minor Op 150
Rebecca Clarke      Trio (1923)
Brahms                    Trio in C Op 87
Huddersfield Music Society huddersfield-music-society.org.uk 01422 375804 £20 (£5 students)


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)

Sunday 3 February                                  LANCASTER
Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square LA1 1PJ, 7.30 pm
Pre-concert talk 6.30 pm
JONATHAN LO – conductor
GARETH SMALL – trumpet

Shostakovich          Suite for Variety Orchestra
Arutunian                Trumpet Concerto
Brahms                    Symphony No 4

Haffner Orchestra haffnerorchestra.org 01524 582394 £14, 18 and under free, students/benefit claimants £5 on the door
Tuesday 5 February                             MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
LEON MCCAWLEY – piano
Beethoven            Three last piano sonatas
                                Sonatas in E Op 109, in A flat Op 110,
                                in C minor Op 111
stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £19.62-£3.27


Wednesday 6 February                                   KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
ROWLAND KUDRITSKAYA DUO
Stravinsky            Divertimento after
The Fairy’s Kiss
Ravel                     Piece en forme de habanera
Franck                   Violin Sonata in A
Kendal Midday Concert Club
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com £9 (students and children 7 years and over £2)
Saturday 9 February DARLINGTON
Central Hall, Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 7.30pm

EMMANUEL BACH – violin
LUKA OKROS – piano
Bach               Solo Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV 1003
Beethoven    Sonata Op 30 No 1 in G
Debussy        Sonata in G minor L148

Poulenc         Sonata for Violin and Piano FP119
Ysaÿe             Caprice, d'après L'Etude en Forme de
                        Valse de Saint-Saëns
Darlington Music Society dms.btck.co.uk 01325 467163 £14
(U26 free)
Monday 11 February RIPON
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Rd HG4 1QT, 7.30pm
PHILIP SMITH – baritone
JULIUS DRAKE – piano
Recital of Schubert Lieder
including Schwanengesang
Cathedral Concert Society – Ripon riponconcerts.co.uk 01765 635244 £17, Students £5, U18 free


Wednesday 13 February                                   KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
LOVEMUSIC
Jérôme Combier new work commissioned by lovemusic (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 commissioned by lovemusic (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)

Thursday 14 February                                          HULL
Middleton Hall, University of Hull HU6 7RX, 7.30pm
ELIAS STRING QUARTET
Mozart            String Quartet in D minor K421
Britten             String Quartet No 2 in C Op 36
Schumann      String Quartet in A minor Op 41 No 1

Hull Chamber Music hullchambermusic.org.uk £14 (students £5)


Saturday 16 February                                  ALNWICK
St James’s Church, Pottergate NE66 1JW, 7.30pm

SEAN SHIBE – guitar
Villa Lobos             Etude & Preludes
Bach                        Suite BWV997
                                 Scottish lute suites
                                 Bach
Suite BWV998
Alnwick Music
alnwickmusicsociety.co.uk 01665 830720 £15 (19-30 yrs £5; 18 & under Free)

Sunday 17 February                                      KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lake Road CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm

Pre-concert talk by a member of the ensemble at 6.45 pm
ENSEMBLE 360
Schumann        Three Romances for oboe and piano 
                           Op 94

Reinecke           Trio in A minor Op 188 for oboe, horn
                           and piano
Schumann        Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano
Brahms             Piano Trio in B Op 8
Keswick Music Society keswick-music-society.org.uk £20, £17, £7, students £7, £4


Wednesday 20 February                               KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
CLARE HAMMOND – piano
Haydn              Piano Sonata in C Hob XVi: 48
Mendelssohn The Bee’s Wedding Op 67 No 4
Debussy          Preludes (selection)
Rimsky-Korsakov arr Rachmaninov
                          Flight of the Bumblebee
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 36
Kendal Midday Concert Club
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com £9 (students and children 7 years and over £2)
Wednesday 20 February                                 YORK
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York YO10 5DD, 7.30pm
DANNY DRIVER – piano
J S Bach                  
Prelude & Fugue in F sharp minor
Schumann              Kreisleriana
Ravel                       Le Tombeau de Couperin    
Kaija Saariaho       Ballade for Piano                
Nikolai Medtner    Sonata No 9 in A minor
York Concerts YorkConcerts.org 01904 322439 £tbc


                                                                 CARNFORTH
St Oswald's Church, Main Street, Warton LA5 9PG
EVERSLEY CHOIR
IAN JONES – conductor
EMILY ROBINSON – soprano
DAVID BATTERSBY – accompanist
Come and Sing

Poulenc       Gloria 

01539 621559 £20

Monday 25 February                                 HOYLAKE
St. Hildeburgh's Church, Stanley Road CH47 1HL, 7.30pm
FLORIAN MITREA – piano
Mozart               Fantasy in C minor K475
Beethoven        Sonata No 21 in C Op 53
Waldstein
Liszt                   Mephisto Waltz No 1
Liszt                   Sonata in B minor
Hoylake Chamber Concert Society chamberconcert.co.uk 0151 625 3120 £16 (students free)





Tuesday 26 February                     COCKERMOUTH
Christ Church, South Street CA13 9RU, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CHLOË HANSLIP – violin

Arnold                    Sinfonietta No 1
Mozart                    Violin Concerto No 5
Grace Williams     Elegy
Mozart                   Symphony No 40
Northern Chamber Orchestra ncorch.co.uk Cockermouth Music Society in association with Orchestras Live, cockermouth-music-society.org.uk
016973 71397 £18 members £20 non-members; Accompanied children free, students & U25s half price


Thursday 28 February                               CARLISLE
St.Cuthbert's Church,
Blackfriars Street CA3 8AQ, 7.30pm
JACK MCNEILL
– clarinet
VIV MCLEAN
– piano
DAVID LE PAGE –
violin
CLARE O'CONNELL
– cello
Messaien           Quartet for the End of Time
Other works to be announced
Carlisle Music Society carlislemusicsociety.weebly.com £14 (Full-time students and U18s free)


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EXTRA CONCERT!
Friday 15 February                   DUMFRIES
St John’s Church, Lovers Walk DG1 1LW, 7.30 pm
SEAN SHIBE – guitar
Villa Lobos                   Etude 8, Preludes 3 and 4
Bach                              Suite in C minor BWV997
Scottish lute suites
Bach                               Prelude, Fuga,
                                        Allegro in E flat BWV998
Music in Dumfries   musicindumfries.com   £15 (students £3; children free)
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