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februarY CONCERTS

Friday 3 February                                  BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
PHILIP BRETT – violin
STEFANO MENGOLI – violin
DAVID BAMAUNG – viola
CATHERINE BOWER – viola
EDUARDO VASSALLO – cello
MIGUEL FERNANDES – cello

Dvořák       String Sextet in A major
TBC             A new work (CBSO Centenary Commission,
                    World Premiere)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333  £10
Sunday 5 February                                 BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 4.00pm
EX CATHEDRA
HIS MAJESTYS SAGBUTTS & CORNETTS
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor  
Byrd’s Great

Celebrating Byrd’s 400th anniversary
Ex Cathedra   excathedra.co.uk
Sunday 12 February                                       MALVERN  
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
ELISABETH BRAUSS – piano
Bach/Marcello      Concerto in D, BWV 974
Mendelssohn        Variations sérieuses
Hindemith              In einer Nacht Op. 15
Beethoven              Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109
Liszt                         Dante Sonata
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Friday 17 February                                BROMSGROVE
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School B61 7DU, 7.30pm
MICHAEL CHRISTIAN DURRANT – guitar
JONATHAN RADFORD – saxophone

Bartók                     Rumanian Folk Dances         
Ciaren Farrell         The Shannon Suite
Rodrigo                   Aranjuez, me pensée
PIazzolla                  Histoire du Tango
Falla                         Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Falla                         Danse Espagnole No 1 (from La
                                 Vida Breve)
Bromsgrove Concerts  07849 774529 
bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 
£22 (Students & Children free, subscriptions available)

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Saturday 18 February                            MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, nr Ledbury HR8 2LY                       5.00pm
LONDON HANDEL PLAYERS
‘Barbaric Beauty’:  Music by Lully, Rameau, Telemann, Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti, Purcell and more …
Espressivo Concerts
www.hellensmanor.com
www.courtyard.org.uk  01432 340555
£20  (students free)

Sunday 19 February            STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Town Hall, Sheep Street CV37 6EF, 3.00pm
THE HERTFORD TRIO
Music for clarinet, bassoon and piano by Glinka, Hurlstone and Saint-Saëns.
Tickets £20 from 01608 662597 or www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
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Sunday 26 February              MALVERN
Elmslie House,  Avenue Road
WR14 3AG   3.00pm

ALLAN SCHILLER & JOHN HUMPHREYS – piano duo
Mozart              Sonata in B flat major K358
Schubert          Four Ländler D814
Schubert           Fantasie in F minor D940
Poulenc            Sonata for Four Hands
Ireland              Mai-Dun (arr by composer)
Ravel                Mother Goose
Dvorak              Three Slavonic Dances Op 46

Espressivo Concerts
www.courtyard.org.uk  01432 340555
Malvern TIC 01684 892289
£15 (students £7.50)


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Saturday 4 February                              BIRMINGHAM
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langleys Rd, Selly Oak B29 6HT,  2.00–6.00pm
Come & Sing! with Birmingham Bach Choir 
This workshop and informal performance of a major work has become an annual favourite. All singers are most welcome.
Birmingham Bach Choir
www.birmingham.bachchoir.com   or tickets@birmingham.bachchoir.com




Sunday 5 February                                   GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
ASTATINE TRIO
JULIA BLACHUTA – violin
RIYA HAMIE – cello
BERNIYA HAMIE – piano

First Prize Winners of the Intercollegiate Piano Trio Competition 2022
Mozart                 Piano Trio in B flat K502      
Shostakovich      Piano Trio no 2 in E minor Op 67
Brahms                Piano Trio no 1 in B major Op 8
Enquiries 01242 620736 www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (£18, £5, children free, accompanying adults £15)

Thursday 16 February                             CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
JUBILEE QUARTET
Webern            Langsamer Satz
Haydn               String Quartet in G major Op 77 No 1
Schubert           String Quartet in G major D887
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764  www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£25, £20 (£5 under 26)
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Friday 17 February                                   LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
DORIC STRING QUARTET
Beethoven       Quartet in G Op 18 No 2
Berg                  Quartet Op 3
Smetana           Quartet in E minor No 1 From My Life
Leamington Music  01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org
£26/£16 (1)​
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Sunday 19 February                           MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, nr Ledbury
HR8 2LY                       3.00pm
LONDON HANDEL PLAYERS
‘Pearls of the Baroque’: 
Handel                Trio Sonata Op 5 No 1 in A major HWV 396
Bach                   Flute Sonata in E minor BWV 1034
Telemann           Paris Quartet in A major
Marais                Suite in D major
Leclair                 Violin Sonata No 4 in B flat major
Handel                Arias from ‘Julius Caesar’
Espressivo Concerts
www.hellensmanor.com
www.courtyard.org.uk  01432 340555
£20  (students free)

Sunday 26 February                                 WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm         
DINARA KLINTON – piano     
TIMOTHEE BOTBOL – cello

Dvořák              Silent Wood opus 68 
Schumann        Fantasiestücke opus 73
Beethoven        Cello Sonata no 1 in F major opus 5 no 1
Bridge               Four pieces for Cello and Piano
Franck               Sonata for Cello and Piano                    
Worcester Concert Club  worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £20  Students £5

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Sunday 26 February           HAY-ON-WYE
St Mary’s Church HR3 5HA 3.00pm
THEORBO TODAY - 'WISDOMS'
music old and new for Baroque instruments and voices

The theorbo is a beautiful instrument, both visually and to the ear, but rarely given a platform other than in the early music repertoire. With the Theorbo Today project this early music ensemble aims to raise its profile and in this concert it presents sparkling and thoughtful music old and new for baroque instruments and voices.
Tickets: £17.50 / under 25s - £8.75
Hay Music


Tuesday 28 February                                    WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
THE GESUALDO SIX
OWAIN PARK – director

Josquin’s Legacy – The Court at Ferrara
Marian and Songs of Songs, Lamentations and Deplorations

Music by Josquin des Prez, Mouton, Divitis, Brumel, L’Héritier, de Fevin, de la Rue, Compère and Festa.
Leamington Music  01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org
£26/£18/£12 (£1)


Header photo: His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts

Extra concerts

Friday 3 February      BRISTOL
The Mount Without, Upper Church Lane BS2 8FN, 7.30pm
Mixtape: Transatlantic Resonance
Purcell arr. Britten: Chacony
Caroline Shaw: Valencia
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Barber: Adagio
Bartók: Tempo di Ciacconna from Solo Sonata
Caroline Shaw arr. J. Azkoul: and the swallow
Britten: Simple Symphony
ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ZOE BEYERS soloist/director
https://eso.co.uk/03feb23-bristol/
https://www.themountwithout.co.uk/



Saturday 11 February           HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road, Hereford HR4 0DU, 3pm
ROBIN MICHAEL - cello
DANIEL TONG - piano
JEFFREY ARMSTRONG - violin
JONGSUN WOO - piano
EN YUANG KHONG - violin
TOBY WHITE - cello
Fauré Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 117 
Saint-Saëns Piano Trio in F, Op. 18 
Franck String Quartet in D Major
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival
www.wyevalleyfestival.com
www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival
£20 or £5 students

Sunday 12 February ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church, St Mary the Virgin, Gloucestershire, GL15 6RG, 3pm
SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS - piano
DANIEL TONG - piano
JEFFREY ARMSTRONG - violin
JONGSUN WOO - piano
EN YUANG KHONG - violin
TOBY WHITE - cello
Chaminade Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 11
Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. Ravel for Piano Duo)
Faure Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 115
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival
www.wyevalleyfestival.com
www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival
£20 or £5 students
 
Thursday 16 February MONMOUTH
Treowen Manor, Monmouth, NP25 4DL, 7pm
DANIEL TONG - piano
JEFFREY ARMSTRONG - violin
MARIE BITLOCH - cello
ROBIN GREEN - piano 
MATTHEW TRUSCOTT - violin
DAVID ADAMS - viola 
CHRISTOPH RICHTER - cello
BROMPTON QUARTET
Rachmaninov Trio Ėlégiaque No. 1 
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 in E flat, Op. 117 
Fauré Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival
www.wyevalleyfestival.com
www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival
£25 or £5 students

Saturday 18 February MONMOUTH
Treowen Manor, Monmouth, NP25 4DL, 11am-5.30pm
DANIEL TONG - piano
JEFFREY ARMSTRONG - violin
MARIE BITLOCH - cello
FLORENCE COOKE violin
BEN HANCOX - violin
ALINKA ROWE - viola
TOM DUNN - viola
ROBIN GREEN - piano 
MATTHEW TRUSCOTT - violin
DAVID ADAMS - violin 
ROBIN MICHAEL - cello
CHRISTOPH RICHTER - cello
BROMPTON QUARTET
Mendelssohn  String Quartet in D, Op. 44 No. 1 
Schumann  Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 110 
Brahms  Piano Quartet in A, Op. 26 
Brahms  String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1 
Dvorak  Piano Quintet in A, Op. 87
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival
www.wyevalleyfestival.com
www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival
£75 or £25 students (includes lunch and refreshments)

Saturday 18 February      HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road, Hereford HR4 0DU, 2.30pm
American Rhapsody
Barber: Adagio for String Quartet
William Grant Still: Dismal Swamp
Gershwin (arr Farrington): Rhapsody in Blue
Copland: Quiet City
Copland: Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet Suite for 13 Instruments)
English Symphony Orchestra
Roman Kosyakov, Piano
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
Tickets: £20 (under 18s FREE)
https://eso.co.uk/18feb23-hereford/

Sunday 19 February MONMOUTH
Bridges Centre, Monmouth, NP25 5AS, 3pm
BEN HANCOX - violin
ALINKA ROWE - viola
ALICE NEARY - cello
MATTHEW TRUSCOTT - violin
TOM DUNN - viola
DAVID ADAMS - viola 
BROMPTON QUARTET
Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 54 No. 2 
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1 
Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op. 59 No. 1 
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival
www.wyevalleyfestival.com
www.ticketsource.co.uk/wyevalleyfestival
£20 or £5 students

Saturday 25 February, 7:30pm
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Great Malvern WR14 3HB
Journey to America
Dvořák:
Cello Concerto in B minor
Symphony No 9 ‘From the New World’
English Symphony Orchestra
Maja Bogdanović, Cello
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
As part of their Journeys and Discoveries season, ‘Journey to America’ presents two works by Dvořák:
the celebrated Cello Concerto and the equally famous ninth symphony, both composed in New York.
Tickets: £35, £31, £28, £25 (Under 18s £5)
https://eso.co.uk/25feb23-malvern/


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