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JANUARY CONCERTS

Tuesday 6 January                                   CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Dr GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
CHRISTOPHER GLYNN – piano
An English Song Winterreise

A journey through English song set against the backdrop of the 24 songs of Schubert’s famous song cycle. Composers include Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Britten, Bridge, Judith Weir, the newly announced Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen, and Roderick Williams himself.
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764  www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£28, £23 (£5 under-26s)

Sunday 11 January                                      WORCESTER
Venue to be announced – see website for details    3.30pm                        
ENSEMBLE LA NOTTE
KATE ALLSOP – recorders
MARK WILSON – bassoon
WILLIAM PEART – keyboard
Voce Uguali…Equal voices
Baroque Music for Trio: works by Stradella, Platti, Heinichen, Vivaldi, Fasch, and Telemann.
Worcestershire Early Music   www.earlymusicworcs.org     £22
Friday 16 January                                      LEAMINGTON
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave CV32 5RE, 7.30pm
ROYAL STRING QUARTET
Mozart            String Quartet No. 13 in D minor, K173
Bacewicz        String Quartet No. 4
Brahms           String Quartet No. 2 in A minor,
                        Op. 51 No. 2
Leamington Music  0333 666 3366  www.leamingtonmusic.org
£28/£18 (£9/£3)

Sunday 18 January                                     GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt St GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
FIBONACCI QUARTET
Beethoven        String Quartet No. 1 in F major,
                           Op. 18 No. 1
Bartók               String Quartet No. 5 in D minor, Sz. 102
Beethoven        String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor,
                           Op. 131
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£25 (children free, accompanying adults £15)

Sunday 18 January              STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
The Town Hall, Sheep St CV37 6EF, 3.00pm
ZEMLINSKY TRIO  (clarinet, cello & piano)
Ireland                Trio in D minor
Rota                    Trio
Mendelssohn    Prelude Op. 35 No. 4; Song without
                            Words Op. 53  No. 2; Duet Op. 38 No. 6
Rhian Samuel   World première commission
Brahms              Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society  www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
£25 (students £5) / Season Tickets for 6 concerts £120 (students £24)


Sunday 25 January                                     WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
LONDON HANDEL PLAYERS
RACHEL BROWN – flute/recorder
ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD – violin
SARAH McMAHON – cello
SILAS WOLLSTON – harpsichord
Pearls of the Baroque
Great works by Telemann, Hotteterre, Schmelzer, Rameau, J.S. Bach, Handel, and Leclair
Worcester Concert Club   worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £20 (£5 Students)

Saturday 31 January                                BIRMINGHAM
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langleys Rd B29 6HT, 2.00–6.00pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor

Come & Sing with Birmingham Bach Choir!
Mendelssohn        Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)
All singers are welcome to join us and be inspired at this popular event of afternoon workshop concluding with an informal performance of this wonderful work. Singers tickets include music hire and tea & cakes.
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.birmingham.bachchoir.com or [email protected]    £25
Sunday 11 January                                      ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church St GL15  6RG, 3.00pm
MISHKA RUSHDIE MOMEN – piano
Now widely regarded one of the outstanding pianists of her generation, Mishka was selected by Sir Andras Schiff for his development programme, has been partnered by Stephen Isserlis, and been praised for recent recordings and performances at the Aldborough festival, Wigmore Hall, and venues across Europe and the USA. This promises to be a very special recital.
Wye Valley Music   01291 330020  www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk
£20 (£18,£5)

Friday 16 January                                      BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 2.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
MARIE-CHRISTINE ZUMPANCIC – flute
KATHERINE THOMAS – harp
Bax               Sonata for Flute and Harp
Dodgson     Duo for Flute and Harp
Harty           In Ireland
Alwyn          Naiades Fantasy Sonata for Flute and Harp
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk   £12 (£5)
Saturday 17 January                                        EVESHAM
All Saints Church WR11 4RW, 7.30pm
EWAN MILLAR – oboe
TOMOS BOYLES – piano

Bach                                Oboe Sonata in G minor,
                                         BWV 103b
Coleridge-Taylor           Deep River
Alma Mahler                  Leise weht in erstes Blühn
Fanny Mendelssohn     Gondellied, Op. 1 No. 6
Musgrave                        Dawn (2012)
Ravel                               Sonatine
Schumann                      Adagio and Allegro in
                                         A flat major, Op. 70
Schumann                      Liederkreis, Op. 39: Wehmut
Finzi                                Interlude, Op. 21
Evesham and District Music Club
www.evesham-music-club.co.uk
www.eveshamlive.co.uk
Tickets from Johnsons 01386 761515  £22 (£5 under-18s)

Sunday 18 January                                          MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Rd WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
RACHEL PODGER – violin
with BRECON BAROQUE
Biber 1681 Sonatas

Biber                 Sonata No. 1 in A major
Froberger         Suite in A major
Biber                 Sonata No. 2 in D minor
Biber                 Sonata Representativa
Biber                 Sonata No. 6 in C minor ‘Scordatura’
Kapsberger      Toccata in D minor
Biber                 Sonata No. 3 in F major
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see advert on right or visit website.
Thursday 22 January                                BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 2.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
GIORGIA HANNANT, YURIKO MATSUDA and BETHANY ALLMAND  – violins
JESSICA TICKLE and AMY THOMAS – violas
KATE SETTERFIELD and MIGIEL FERNANDES – cellos
JEREMY WATT – double bass
Walker                          Lyric for Strings
Jessie Montgomery    Break Away
John Adams                 Shaker Loops
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk   £12 (£5)
Sunday 25 January                                         WARWICK
Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Rd CV34 6PP 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director
CRAIG OGDEN – guitar
MILOŠ MILIVOJEVIĆ – accordion
Night Music
Mozart             Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 ‘Eine
                          Kleine Nachtmusik‘
Piazzolla          Double Concerto for Accordion, Guitar
                          and String Orchestra
Max Richter    On The Nature of Daylight
Tchaikovsky    Serenade for Strings in G major, Op. 48
Exploring the astonishingly varied sound world of the string orchestra.
Orchestra of the Swan   orchestraoftheswan.org    £various
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