|
Saturday 1 February BIRMINGHAM
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langleys Road B29 6HT, 2.00 – 6.00pm COME & SING! with Birmingham Bach Choir Beethoven Mass in C A wonderful workshop afternoon of singing with Birmingham Bach Choir, inspired by conductor Paul Spicer. Birmingham Bach Choir birmingham.bachchoir.com 07901 798442 Tickets incl tea: Singers £14, optional music hire £2.50 Saturday 1 February HEREFORD
Hereford Shirehall, St Peters Square HR1 2HX, 7.30pm ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KENNETH WOODS – conductor ISATA KANNEH-MASON – piano Mendelssohn Die Schöne Melusine (The Fair Melusine) Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Beethoven Symphony No 8 English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk eventbrite.co.uk £25/£20 (ESO Friends £18, u18s £5) Wednesday 5 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm SESTINA MARK CHAMBERS – director JOHANNES LEERTOUWER – guest solo violin Mein Freund ist Mein: Cantatas by the Bach Family JS Bach Sarabande and Chaconne (with choral interpolations) JS Bach Cantata No 4 Christ lag in Todes Banden JC Bach Es ist nun aus (Sterb Aria) JC Bach Meine Freundin du bist schön The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 01782 206 000 barber.org.uk/concerts £18 (£15, £12, £5) Friday 7 February BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 7.30pm KAROLOS Beethoven String Trio in G Op 9 No 1 Stephen Dodgson String Trio No 1 (1951) Mozart Divertimento in E Flat K563 Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 07936 984415 £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free) Sunday 9 February WORCESTER
St John-in-Bedwardine Parish Church, 1A Bromyard Road, St Johns WR2 5BS, 3.00pm ENSEMBLE BURLETTA SHELLY LEVY – clarinet KATALIN KERTÉSZ – violin LUCY HEWSON – violin NICHOLA JOY BLAKEY – viola CRESSIDA NASH – cello Farewell to Vienna: A New Beginning Bach-Mozart Fugues Nos 4 and 5 K405 Gál Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Op 107 Horovitz Concertante for Clarinet and Strings Brahms Clarinet Quintet Op115 Part of the INSIDERS OUTSIDERS FESTIVAL insidersoutsidersfestival.org Ensemble Burletta burletta.co.uk Tickets on the door £12/accompanied children free Wednesday 12 February MALVERN
Great Malvern Priory, Church Street WR14 2AY, 7.30pm ENGLISH STRING ORCHESTRA KENNETH WOODS – conductor CRAIG OGDEN – guitar Wagner arr Adrian Williams Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (UK Premiere) Vivaldi Guitar Concerto Arnold Serenade for Guitar and Strings Suk Serenade for Strings English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk eventbrite.co.uk £20 (ESO Friends £18, u18s £5) Thursday 13 February EVESHAM All Saints Church, Market Place WR11 4RW, 7.30pm KRISTIANA IGNATJEVA – cello KUMI MATSUO – piano Beethoven Sonata Op 102 No 2 Myaskovsky Sonata Op 12 Brahms Sonata Op 38 Arensky Romance Op 56 No 2 Piatigorsky Variations on a Paganini Theme Evesham and District Music Club evesham-music-club.co.uk eveshamartscentre.co.uk Almonry Museum 01386 446944 £17 Friday 14 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm RUISI QUARTET Programme to include: Beethoven String Quartet No 16 in F Op 135 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Sunday 16 February CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School, Hatherley Road GL51 6EP, 3.00pm FITZROY QUARTET Arvo Pärt Summa Lutolawski String Quartet James MacMillan Memento Benedict Mason String Quartet No 1 Cheltenham Music Society, tickets on the door £10 under 26 free Friday 21 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm TOM POSTER – piano Schumann Kinderszenen Op 15 Clara Schumann Nocturne in F Op 6 No 2 Cheryl Frances-Hoad Contemplation (Homage to Grieg) Grieg Nocturne Op 54 No 4 Grieg Study (Homage to Chopin) Op 73 No 5 Chopin Piano Sonata in B flat minor Op 35 Funeral March The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Sunday 23 February WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm FRITH PIANO QUARTET Mozart Piano Quartet No 2 in E flat K493 Turina Piano Quartet in A minor Op 67 Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £17 (students £5) Monday 24 February ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Doveridge, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30pm SIMON TRPČESKI – piano Brahms Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann Op 9 Liszt Soirées de Vienne - Neun Walzer nach Schubert S427 Prokofiev Die Märchen der alten Großmutter Op 31 Mussorgsky Eine Nacht auf dem kahlen Berge Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 7 in B Op 83 Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk aas@tetley.org 07707 477082 £20/£5 Wednesday 26 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm JAMES GILCHRIST – tenor ANNA TILBROOK – piano Programme to include: Schubert Einsamkeit Dove Under Alter’d Skies Barber Hermit Songs The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 01782 206 000 barber.org.uk/concerts £18 (£15, £12, £5) Friday 28 February BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm THE ELECTRIC VOICE NICHOLAS ISHERWOOD – bass-baritone Aleksandra Bilinska "...qui est..." Michael Zev Gordon Nigun Jack Van Zandt The Painted Veil Gene Coleman Thrinos Adam Vidiksis Quanta The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Friday 28 February BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Mozart Wind Serenade in E flat K375 Malcolm Arnold Divertimento for Wind Octet Op 137 Beethoven Septet Op 20 Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 07936 984415 £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free) Saturday 29 February LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm DANIEL SHAO – flute JOSEPH HAVLAT – piano Bach Organ Sonata BWV526 arr for flute and piano Sancan Sonatine Ravel Pavane pour une enfante défunte Poulenc Flute Sonata Vivaldi Concerto in D Il Gardellino RV428 Stravinsky Chant du Rossignol and Scherzo from The Firebird Debussy Etude No 11 pour les arpèges composés Lili Boulanger Nocturne Paolo Taballione Fantasy on themes from La Traviata Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk 01584 878141 £18 (students £6) |
Saturday 1 February COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street CV1 5AB, 2.30pm COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS WARWICKSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LOCAL SCHOOLS Discover the Classics VI Coventry Cathedral Chorus coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 522572 ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 1000 or tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com 01676 532436 £10 (students/U18 half price) Tuesday 4 February CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm CHIAROSCURO QUARTET Beethoven String Quartet in F Op 59 No 1 Razumovsky Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op 130 Cheltenham Music Society, Cheltenham Town Hall box office, Imperial Square, 01242 227979, or 0844 576 2210 £25 & £20, under 26 £5 Friday 7 February BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF, 1.10pm PETER CAMPBELL-KELLY & CHARLOTTE SKINNER – violins CHRISTOPHER YATES – viola HELEN EDGAR – cello OLIVER JANES – clarinet Howells Rhapsodic Quintet (1919) Ravel Sonata for violin & cello (1922) Stravinsky Three Pieces for solo clarinet (1919) Stravinsky Concertino (1920) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 01217803333 cbso.co.uk/event/stravinskys-clarinet-and-string-quartet Standard £10/u17 £6 Sunday 9 February MALVERN
Great Malvern Priory, Church Street WR14 2AY, 3.00pm THE GESUALDO SIX OWAIN PARK – director The Wishing Tree, from the roots of choral singing to the flowering of a tradition Programme includes music by Tallis, Byrd, Gesualdo, Roxanna Panufnik, Joby Talbot, Owain Park Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £22.96/£11.20 Students in full time education £5.60 Wednesday 12 February KEELE
Keele University Chapel, Keele University ST5 5NN, 7.30pm DOMINIC ALLDIS TRIO The meeting point of two musical worlds: classical music and jazz. Enjoy an evening rich in melody that explores the timeless art of improvisation. Keele Concerts Society keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16/£5 (students) Wednesday 12 February WARWICK
Warwick Hall, Myton Road CV34 6PP, 7.00pm LAUREN ZHANG – piano 2018 BBC Young Musician of the Year Beethoven Sonata in A Op 101 Rachmaninov Sonata in B flat minor Op 36 Chopin Polonaise in A flat Op 61 Polonaise- fantaisie Beethoven Sonata in A flat Op 110 Ravel La Valse Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £15 (£1) Thursday 13 February HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street HR4 9JR, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN EDUARDO GARCIA – bandoneon DAVID LE PAGE – violin/director Mozart Divertimento in D Piazzolla Michelangelo 70 Eduardo Garcia Triple Concerto for bandoneon, violin & cello Piazzolla Oblivion Piazzolla Libertango Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 01789267567 £22 Friday 14 February WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm MARK TAYLOR – flute GABRIELLA JONES – harp Piazzolla Histoire du Tango Bartók Romanian Folk Dances D Scarlatti Sonata in A (harp solo) Harty In Ireland Ravi Shankar L’Aube Enchantée Pierre-Octave Ferroud Bergère captive (flute solo) Edward McGuire Folk Memories in Autumn Doppler and Fantasy Zamara Casilda Witney Music Society witneymusicsociety.org.uk 01993 702296 £12 (under 19 £1) Sunday 16 February STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 3.00pm PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE from 23 Feb BOCHMANN STRING TRIO Schubert Trio in B flat D581 Beethoven Trio in C minor Op 9 No 3 Mozart Divertimento in E flat K563 Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk 01608 662597 £20 (conc £5) Tuesday 18 February WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm DOWLAND WORKS with DAME EMMA KIRKBY The Consent of Speaking Harmony The music of John Dowland forms the core of this intimate programme, which brings together young performers and seasoned specialists in an exploration of the rich heritage of lute songs left to us by Dowland and some of his contemporaries. The concert forms part of Dame Emma’s 70th Birthday Tour. Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £22/£18/£15/£13 (£1) Sunday 23 February GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm OCTAVO Tomkins O sing unto the Lord Byrd Civitas Sancti Tui, Laudibus in Sanctis Bennett All Creatures Now Weelkes As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending Tavener Mother of God Here I Stand Britten Hymn to the Virgin, The Evening Primrose Howells The Scribe Ireland The Hills Finzi Nightingales, I praise the tender flower, My spirit sang all day Delius Three songs from Six Early Part Songs Pearsall Lay a Garland Bairstow Music When Soft Voices Die Quilter Daffodils Holst Lisa Lan Vaughan The Cloud Capp’d Towers, Linden Lea Williams Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 £20 (£18/£10/£5,free) Wednesday 26 February BIRMINGHAM
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR, 2.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN LAUREN ZHANG – piano JASON LAI – conductor Schumann Overture to Genoveva Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 Schumann Symphony No 2 Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 01789267567 £18/£20/£25 (£5 BCU staff and students) Wednesday 26 February KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5AZ, 7.30pm ALBION QUARTET Beethoven String Quartet No 5 Op 18 Maconchy String Quartet No 3 Brahms String Quartet No 3 in B flat Op 67 Keele Concerts Society keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16/£5(students) Friday 28 February BIRMINGHAM
The Dome, The Bramall, University of Birmingham B15 2TT, 7.30pm THE ELECTRIC VOICE NICHOLAS ISHERWOOD – bass-baritone Jan-Bas Bollen Parrhesia James Dashow Soundings in Pure Duration n.8 Pamela Madsen Now the Hour Bows Down/Tenebrae Quintan Ana Wikswo Video Sandeep Bhagwati new work The Bramall Building Free Friday 28 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm CONSONE STRING QUARTET Haydn Quartet in D minor Op 9 No 4 Onslow Quartet in C minor Op 8 No 1 Beethoven Quartet in C sharp minor Op 131 Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £25/£20/£15 (£1) Header photo: Isata Kanneh-Mason
|
EXTRA CONCERTS!
WYE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Saturday 15 February HEREFORD Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 4.00pm DANIEL TONG – piano JEFFREY ARMSTRONG – violin SARA TRICKEY – violin ALINKA ROWE – viola HANNAH SLOANE – cello RUISI QUARTET Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival – Opening Concert Mozart Fantasy in C minor K457 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor Op 13 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 www.wyevalleyfestival.com www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival £18/£5 students Festival Ticket: £75 (not including Discovery Day) Sunday 16 February MONMOUTH Treowen Manor, Dingestow, Nr Monmouth, 4.00pm GRETA MUTLU – violin JEFFREY ARMSTRONG – violin SARA TRICKEY – violin ALINKA ROWE – viola HANNAH SLOANE – cello RUISI QUARTET Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival – Concert 2 Purcell Fantasias for strings Britten Three Divertimenti Howells Phantasie for String Quartet Elgar String Quartet in E minor Op 83 www.wyevalleyfestival.com www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival £18/£5 students Festival Ticket: £75 (not including Discovery Day) Thursday 20 February MONMOUTH The Bridges Centre, Monmouth, 7.30pm DAVID ADAMS – violin CLAIRE STERLING – violin EMILY NEBEL – violin MALIN WILLIAM-OLSSON – viola JOEL SIEPMANN – cello ALICE NEARY – cello HARRY ATKINSON – double bass SALOMÉ QUARTET Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival – Concert 3 Onslow String Quintet in G minor Op 72 Hummel String Quartet in C Op 30 No 1 Beethoven String Quartet in C Op 59 No 3 Rasumovsky www.wyevalleyfestival.com www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival £25/£5 students (includes interval refreshments) Festival Ticket: £75 (not including Discovery Day) Saturday 22 February MONMOUTH Treowen Manor, Dingestow, Nr Monmouth, 11.30am – 6pm ROBIN GREEN – piano DANIEL TONG – piano SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS - piano MALIN BROMAN – violin CLAIRE STERLING - violin DAVID ADAMS - violin FLORENCE COOKE – violin MALIN WILLIAM-OLSSON – violin KAY STEPHEN – viola TOM HANKEY – viola ALICE NEARY – cello KATE GOULD – cello CHRISTOPH RICHTER – cello HARRY ATKINSON – double bass ROBERT PLANE – clarinet FLORENCE PLANE – bassoon SALOMÉ QUARTET Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival – Discovery Day ‘Beethoven in Context’ Beethoven Piano Trio Op 1 No 1 Moscheles Grand Septet Ferdinand Ries String Quintet in D minor Op 68 Beethoven Septet Schubert Piano Quartet Beethoven Piano Trio Op 70 No 1 Ghost www.wyevalleyfestival.com www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival £70/£20 students (includes talks, concerts, lunch and refreshments) Festival Ticket: £75 (not including Discovery Day) Sunday 23 February MONMOUTH The Bridges Centre, Monmouth, 4.00pm ROBIN GREEN – piano DANIEL TONG – piano MALIN BROMAN – violin DAVID ADAMS – violin FLORENCE COOKE – violin EMILY NEBEL – violin KAY STEPHEN – viola TOM HANKEY – viola JOEL SIEPMANN – cello ALICE NEARY – cello KATE GOULD – cello ROBERT PLANE – clarinet Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival – Final Concert Walton Piano Quartet Philip Cashian Piano Quartet Howells Rhapsodic Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Bridge Piano Quintet www.wyevalleyfestival.com www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival £18/£5 students Festival Ticket: £75 (not including Discovery Day) |
find the music you love
februarY CONCERTS
Proudly powered by Weebly