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JANUARY CONCERTS

Wednesday 8 January                        CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
TASMIN LITTLE – violin
JOHN LENEHAN – piano

Brahms                       Sonatensatz
Lili Boulanger            Nocturne
Amy Beach                 Violin Sonata in A minor Op 34
Clara Schumann        3 Romances Op 22
Brahms                        Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor
                                     Op 108
Cheltenham Music Society, Cheltenham Town Hall  box office, Imperial Square, 01242 227979, or 0844 576 2210   £25 & £20, under 26 £5
Friday 10 January                                 BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF, 7.00pm
KIRSTY LOVIE & MORITZ PFISTER – violins
JOANNA PATTON – clarinet
HELEN EDGAR – cello
ELSPETH DUTCH – horn
JOHN THWAITES – piano

Clara Schumann          Piano Trio in G minor
Nino Rota                     Trio for clarinet, cello & piano
Khachaturian                Trio for clarinet, violin & piano
Brahms                          Trio in E flat Op 40 for horn,
                                        violin & piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 01217803333 cbso.co.uk/event/brahms-horn-trio
Standard £10/u17 £6
Thursday 16 January                            BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF, 1.10pm
OLIVER JANES – clarinet
RACHAEL PANKHURST – oboe
ADAM RÖMER – violin
TAMÁS FERENCZ – folk viola, dance
ANDRLAS LOVASZI – folk viola, double bass
JANOS KALLAI – dulcimer
British and Eastern European Musical Gems

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 01217803333 cbso.co.uk/event/british-and-eastern-european-musical-gems    Standard £10/u17 £6

Friday 17 January                                BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 7.30pm
please note change of artist and programme

BENYOUNES STRING QUARTET
Mozart                String Quartet in D minor K 421
John Woolrich    Villanesca (2018)
John Woolrich   Kleine Wanderung (First performance)
Beethoven         String Quartet in F Op 135
Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 07936 984415    £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free)
Sunday 19 January                                 MONMOUTH
Monmouth School for Girls, 24 Hereford Road NP25 5XT, 3.00pm
PROFESSOR STEPHEN WALSH
with CLARE HAMMOND – piano

Claude Debussy: An Introduction to the composer’s life and music
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk 01291 330020 £10, £8, students free
Wednesday 22 January                       BIRMINGHAM
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR, 7.00pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
TAMSIN WALEY-COHEN – violin
TOM HAMMOND – conductor

Sibelius            The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkäinen
                          Suite)
Sibelius            The Tempest, Suite No 2
Sibelius            Four Humoresques for violin and
                          orchestra Op 89
Sibelius            Kuolema: Scene with Cranes
Sibelius            Symphony No 7
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 01789267567 £18/£20/£25 (£5 BCU staff and students)
Thursday 23 January                                   MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
TASMIN LITTLE – violin
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano
Beethoven Violin Sonata Series 2018-2020

Beethoven         Sonata for piano and violin No 6 in A
                            Op 30 No 1
Beethoven         Sonata for piano and violin No 3 in
                            E flat Op 12 No 3
Beethoven         Sonata for piano and violin No 9 in A
                            Op 47 Kreutzer
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk 
malvern-theatres.co.uk  01684 892277
£24.08 Students in full time education £6.72
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Friday 24 January                                 LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
VAN KUIJK STRING QUARTET (France)
Mozart          Quartet in F K138
Brahms         Quartet in A minor Op 51 No 2
Beethoven   Quartet in C Op 59 No 3 Razumovsky
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk  £25/£20/£15 (£1)

Sunday 26 January                               GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
CARDUCCI QUARTET
Beethoven               String Quartet No 11 in F minor
                                  Serioso Op 95
Moeran                    String Quartet No 2 in E flat
Rebecca Clarke      Poem
Britten                     String Quartet No 1 in D Op 25
Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736
£20 (£18/£10/£5,free)

Tuesday 28 January                                    WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
THE GONZAGA BAND
JAMIE SAVAN – director
Venice 1629

This programme explores this extraordinary year in the life of Schütz, Monteverdi, Castello, Grandi, Marini and many more in this most musical of cities.
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk  £22/£18/£15/£13 (£1)
Thursday 30 January                                 COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick CV4 7AL, 7.15pm
COULL QUARTET
Mozart                     Quartet in D K499 Hoffmeister
John Ireland            Quartet No 1 in D minor
Beethoven              Quartet in C Op 59 No 3
                                 Razumovsky
Warwick Arts Centre  warwickartscentre.co.uk
02476 524524 
    £21 /£19


Friday 31 January                                 BROMSGROVE
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School B61 7HP, 3.30pm
ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KENNETH WOODS – conductor
ISATA KANNEH-MASON – piano

Ruth Gipps          Cringlemire Garden, Impression for
                              String Orchestra Op 39
Beethoven           Piano Concerto No 3
Beethoven           Symphony No 7
English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk
bromsgrove-school.co.uk/boxoffice 01527 579679
£20 (ESO Friends £18, u18s £5)

Friday 10 January                              ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Doveridge, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30pm
IRÈNE DUVAL – violin
ANGUS WILSON – piano

Brahms              Sonata No 2 in A Op 100
Franck                Sonata in A
Schumann         Sonata No 2 in D minor Op 121
Abbotsholme Arts Society   abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk  aas@tetley.org
07707 477082   £20/£5




Friday 10 January                                            WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm
PIATTI QUARTET
Haydn               String Quartet in D Op 20 No 4
Shostakovich   String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110
Beethoven       String Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2  
                           Razumovsky
                      (please note slight change of programme)
Witney Music Society witneymusicsociety.org.uk
01993 702296   £12 (under 19 £1)

Friday 17 January                                  BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano
Chopin          Prelude in D flat Op 28 No 15 Raindrop
                       Waltz in C sharp minor Op 64 No 2
                       Prelude in E minor Op 28 No 4
                       Waltz in A minor B150
                       Prelude in F minor Op 28 No 18
                       Nocturne in F minor Op 55 No 1
                       Prelude in G minor Op 28 No 22
                       Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 No 1
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts       Free​
Saturday 18 January                            CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
ALISSA FIRSOVA – conductor/piano
DANIEL ROWLAND – violin
ANATOLE LIEBERMANN – cello
GEORGE EWART – leader

Beethoven       Coriolan Overture Op 62
                           Triple Concerto Op 56
                           Symphony No 7 Op 92
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra   cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk
01452 856700        Ticket prices tbc

Sunday 19 January          STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 3.00pm
JAMAL ALIYEV – cello
MARIA TARASEWICZ – piano

Beethoven          Variations on a theme from
                             Judas Maccabaeus

Popper                Elfentanz
Rachmaninov     Vocalise
Brahms                Sonata No 2 in F Op 99
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk 01608 662597
£20 (conc £5)

Wednesday 22 January  NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
New Vic Theatre, Etruria Road ST5 0JG, 7.30pm
THE TELLING
Into the Melting Pot

Down the centuries, women’s stories of integration, love, the rich cultural heritage and racial intolerance are played out to a soundtrack of plaintive Sephardic songs and lively medieval Cantigas and instrumentals.
Keele Concerts Society   keele.ac.uk/artskeele
01782 734340    £16/£5 (students)

Friday 24 January                                 BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano
Chopin                       Prelude in B minor Op 28 No 6
Liszt                            Ballade in B minor S171
Wagner arr Liszt       Song to the Evening Star
                                    Overture to Tannhäuser
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts       Free
Saturday 25 January                                     LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm
GILDAS QUARTET
Mozart                 String Quartet in C K465 Dissonance
Janáček                String Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters
Beethoven           String Quartet in A minor Op 132
Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk 01584 878141
£18 (students £6)

Sunday 26 January                                 WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
GILDAS STRING QUARTET
Mozart           Quartet in C Dissonance
Janacek          Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters
Beethoven     Quartet in A minor Op 132
Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427   £17 (students £5)


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Thursday 30 January                           BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF, 1.10pm
JONATHAN MARTINDALE – violin
DAVID POWELL – cello
ROBERT MARKHAM – piano

Schubert          Piano Trio No 2 in E flat
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 01217803333 cbso.co.uk/event/schuberts-piano-trio
Standard £10/u17 £6

Friday 31 January                                 BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm
THE ART OF MOOG
Synthesizers and vocoders combine with some of the UK’s best baroque music specialists to create Synth-Bach with boundary-smashing listener appeal.  Programme includes new reworkings of The Well-tempered Clavier and ‘Goldberg’ variations, alongside selections from the Easter Oratorio, ‘Wachet auf’ and ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring'.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts      Free

Header photo: Piatti Quartet
EXTRA CONCERT!
Saturday 4 January                             PERSHORE
Pershore Abbey WR10 1BB, 2.30pm
WORCESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
JOE DAVIES – conductor

Strauss           Overture: Die Fledermaus
Tchaikovsky   Nutcracker Suite
Strauss           Emperor Waltz
Strauss           Blue Danube Waltz
Selection of more Viennese Favourites
Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra  worcesterphilharmonic.co.uk
 worcesterphilharmonicorchestra.ticketsource.co.uk  £12 (under 16s free)

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EXTRA CONCERT!
Saturday 18 January                              TETBURY

The Tetbury Goods Shed, Old Station Yard, Cirencester Road GL8 8EY, 7.30pm
MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT – piano
Bach (arr Busoni)      Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Bach (arr Hess)          Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Mozart                        Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332
Liszt                             Petrarch Sonnet 104
                                           (Années de Pèlerinage)
Julian Anderson          She Hears (Sensations)
Schumann (arr Liszt)  Widmung
Liszt                              Liebestraum No 3
Granados                     El Amor y la Muerte (Goyescas)
Wagner (arr Liszt)       Liebestod from
                                            Tristan and Isolde

Scriabin                  Piano Sonata No  4 in F sharp Op 30
The Tetbury Goods Shed   01666 505 496
 shed-arts.co.uk/piano-series/ £18 / £20

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