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Saturday 1 February BIRMINGHAM
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langleys Rd, Selly Oak B29 6HT. Workshop from 2 – 6pm BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR Come & Sing: Handel’s Coronation Anthems Paul Spicer directs and conducts this popular workshop welcoming all singers to join members of Birmingham Bach Choir. Birmingham Bach Choir www.Birmingham.bachchoir.com [email protected] Singers tickets: £25 including music hire and afternoon tea Friday 7 February BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm LECTURE RECITAL – SONGS OF LOVE AND DANCES OF DEATH KENNETH HAMILTON – piano Liszt Liebesträume, S.541 Liszt Transcendental Study No. 11, ‘Harmonies du soir’ Saint-Saëns, arr. Liszt Danse Macabre Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Wednesday 12 February BIRMINGHAM
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Broad Street B1 2EA, 7.00pm EX CATHEDRA SCHOLARS ENSEMBLE JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Chansons d’amour, by arrangement Join Ex Cathedra’s talented scholars for an enchanted evening, in a relaxed cabaret style, as they perform love songs from Monteverdi’s sensual madrigals to favourite hits from recent decades, expertly arranged by Jeffrey Skidmore. Ex Cathedra www.excathedra.co.uk £26 (age up to 17 & students: £5; aged 18–30: £15) Thursday 13 February CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm ROSSETTI ENSEMBLE – piano quartet LEON BOSCH – double bass Bax Piano Quartet in one movement Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in C minor Schubert Piano Quintet in A major D667 Trout Cheltenham Music Society 01242 528764 www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk £26, £21 (£5 under 26) Friday 14 February LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm ADELPHI STRING QUARTET Schubert Quartet No 10 in E flat D87 Beethoven Quartet No 1 in F Op 18 No 1 Britten Quartet No 2 in C Op 36 Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £28/£18 (£9/£3) Wednesday 19 February LUDLOW
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Castle Square SY8 1AS, 7.30pm SOFYA GULYAK – piano Programme to include works by Bach, Franck, Chopin and Liszt Ludlow Assembly Rooms 01584 878 141 ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk £20 Sunday 23 February GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm MARTINA BARONI – mezzo-soprano JAMES CHEUNG – piano Purcell Music for a while, Sweeter than roses Gurney 5 Elizabethan Songs Brahms Selection of songs Schumann Dichterliebe Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk £20 (children free, accompanying adults £15) Sunday 23 February WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm THE GOULD PIANO TRIO Mozart Piano Trio no 5 in C major K548 Elliott Carter Epigrams Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £20, £5 (Students) Tuesday 25 February WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm MONTEVERDI STRING BAND HANNAH ELY – soprano TOBY CARR – lute A celebration of the creativity and virtuosity inspired by the Italian madrigal, illuminated by contemporary readings. Music by de Rore, Palestrina, Bovicelli, Monteverdi, and Caccini. ‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £28/£18/£13 (£9/£3) |
Sunday 2 February WORCESTER
Angel Centre, Angel Place WR1 3QN, 3.30pm SOUNDS HISTORICAL HEIDI FARDELL – recorders and baroque flute MARY TYERS – recorders, baroque flute and voice LYNDA SAYCE – lute, theorbo, viol and recorders ALISON KINDER – viols and recorders 600 years; Hildegard to Haydn Worcestershire Early Music earlymusicworcs.org £20 (free entry 18 and under) at the door and from Eventbrite (charges apply) Saturday 8 February EVESHAM
All Saints Church WR11 4RW, 7.30pm EMMANUEL BACH – violin JENNY STERN – piano Beethoven Sonata in A Op. 47 Kreutzer Kreisler Liebesleid & Gypsy Caprice Fribbins Sonata for Solo Violin Grieg Sonata No. 2 in G Op. 13 Saint-Saëns Caprice d’après L’Étude en Forme de Valse Op. 52 No. 6 Evesham and District Music Club www.evesham-music-club.co.uk www.eveshamlive.co.uk Tickets from Johnsons 01386 761515 £20 (u18 £5) Wednesday 12 February BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm JAMES EHNES PIANO QUARTET JAMES EHNES - violin JONATHAN VINOCOUR - viola RAPHAEL BELL - cello INON BARNATAN - piano Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op.15 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op.45 Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Box office 0121 414 4414 £20 (£18, £15, £5) plus booking fee Friday 14 February BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm THE QUEEN’S SIX – MAPPING THE STARS ELISABETH PAUL, TOM LILBURN - alto NICHOLAS MADDEN, DOMINIC BLAND - tenor ANDREW THOMPSON, SIMON WHITELEY - baritone/bass Programme includes: East Hence stars, too dim of light Ferrabosco Laboravi in gemitu meo Dering Factum est silentium Toby Young Mapping the Stars Tom Lehrer, arr. Dan Brittain The Vatican Rag Bob Chilcott Sun, moon, sea and stars Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 16 February STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
The Town Hall, Sheep Street CV37 6EF, 3.00pm SARA TRICKEY – violin IVANA GAVRIC – piano Grieg Sonata no.2 in G major Op.13 Ravel Sonata Beethoven Sonata in A Op.47 Kreutzer Franz von Vecsey Valse Triste Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk £25 (students £5) FRIDAY 21 February BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1pm frederick long – bass-baritone SHOLTO KYNOCH – piano Featuring rare Schubert songs written specifically for bass voice, strikingly personal responses to English verse by Shostakovich, and rich settings from Muriel Herbert and Jonathan Dove. Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 23 February MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone CAROLYN SAMPSON – soprano JOSEPH MIDDLETON – piano Sounds and Sweet Airs: Shakespeare in Song – a prologue, five acts and an epilogue Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Haydn, Poulenc, Britten, Sullivan, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, Gurney, Parry, Bridge, Coleridge-Taylor, Roderick Williams and others. Malvern Concert Club For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad Tuesday 25 February STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Stratford PlayHouse, 14 Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.00pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN DAVID LE PAGE – director Safety Last! Piazzolla arr. Le Page Libertango Radiohead arr. Le Page Pyramid Song Anon. Italian 14th century La Rotta arr. Le Page Satie arr. Le Page Gnossienne 1 Trad. Turkish arr. Le Page Misirlou Bowie arr. Le Page Life on Mars Stratford PlayHouse 01789 333990 stratfordplay.co.uk £30 Friday 28 February BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1pm THE WELL GARDENED MIND (in partnership with Presteigne Festival) ANNIE YIM - piano CHRISTOPHER GOOD – actor This delightful collection of piano music intertwines with spoken texts from Dr Sue Stuart-Smith’s book The Well Gardened Mind. J S Bach French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816 Cheryl Frances-Hoad Dance Suite Boulanger Trois morceaux pour piano Raymond Yiu Mirrors Debussy Estampes L.100 Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Header photo: Sounds Historical
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