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JANUARY CONCERTS

Monday 12 January                                           PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth St CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
QUATUOR TCHALIK
Mozart            String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major,
                         K589
Hahn               Quartet No. 1 in A minor
Schubert         String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810
                         ‘Death and the Maiden’
Penrith Music Club   penrithmusicclub.com
£20 (Students £5)

Wednesday 14 January                                      ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Rd LS29 8HB, 7.30pm
RACHEL PODGER – violin
BRECON BAROQUE
Biber 1681

Biber                   Sonatas No. 1 in A major, No. 2 in
                            D minor, No. 3 in F major, No. 6 in
                            C minor; Sonata representativa
Froberger          Suite in A major
Kapsberger       Toccata in D minor
Ilkley Concert Club  07791 083326  [email protected]
£20, £18, £16 (£5 under-25s, under-18s free)



Wednesday 14 January                               LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, 60 Oxford St L7 3NY, 7.30pm
MARK SIMPSON – clarinet/director
WIND SOLOISTS OF THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Mark Simpson        Geysir
Gary Carpenter       Pantomime for 13 Winds
Mozart                     Serenade No. 10 in B flat major,
                                  K361 'Gran Partita'
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic  0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com
£31/£10

Saturday 17 January                              MACCLESFIELD
St Michael’s Church, Market Place SK10 1DY, 5.00pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
KENNY STURGEON – oboe
ZOË BEYERS – director and violin
SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – violin

J.S. Bach                   Concerto for Oboe and Violin in
                                  C minor, BWV1060
Edmund Finnis        Hymn (after Byrd)
Joseph Bologne,     Symphonie Concertante in G major
   Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Tavener                     Song for Athene
J.S. Bach                    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
                                   in G major, BWV1048
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £29 (£19, free)

Monday 19 January                               HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
PIXELS ENSEMBLE (piano quintet) 
Rebecca Clarke    Three Movements for Two Violins
                                and Piano
Mozart                   Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major,
                               K449 
Elgar                      Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk
£25 (£18, £5)

Saturday 24 January                                          KENDAL
Stricklandgate Methodist Church, Windermere Rd LA9 4QJ, 10.00am
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS WORKSHOP
IAN JONES – leader

Sanctus – workshop on various iterations of ‘Sanctus’.
Cumbria Festival Chorus  01539 720168  cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com
£TBA

Monday 26 January                               MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.00pm
SHERRI LUN – piano
Bach/Busoni       Chorale Prelude BWV639, ‘Ich ruf zu
                             dir, Herr Jesu Christ’
Chopin                Nocturne, Op. 15 No. 1
Bach/Busoni      Chaconne in D minor, BWV1004
Chopin                Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Busoni                 Variations on a Prelude by Chopin,
                             BV213a
Sponsored by Kirckman Concerts
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person

Saturday 31 January                                 BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Rd SK10 5JR, 7.30pm
SACCONI QUARTET
Haydn                            String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3 in
                                        C major ‘The Bird’
Freya Waley-Cohen     New work
Beethoven                    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor,
                                       Op. 132
Bollington Chamber Concerts  07535 892436  www.bollington-chamber-concerts.org/sacconi
£24 (£2). (Live stream £12)

Wednesday 14 January                                     KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
MUSICIANS FROM ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
Dvořák               Slavonic Dances (selection)
Ruth Gipps        Wind Octet, Op. 65
Mozart               Serenade No. 11 in E flat major, K375
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (£2 students)


Wednesday 14 January                                        LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
IMOGEN COOPER – piano
J.S. Bach          Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein,
                         BWV734
J.S. Bach          Chorale-prelude, Nun komm, der 
                         Heiden Heiland, BWV659
Schubert         Four Impromptus, D899
Beethoven      Bagatelles, Op. 33
Schubert         Four Impromptus, D935
Part of Leeds International Piano Series 2025/26.
Leeds International Concert Season  0113 376 0318  leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£28.50, £26.50, £24.50, £14.50, £13.50, £10

Thursday 15 January                               MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 1.00pm
THE GALILEE QUARTET
GANDHI SAAD – violin & voice
MOSTAFA SAAD – violin & oud
OMAR SAAD – viola & Arabic percussion
TIBAH SAAD – cello & voice
Drawing on their dual musical influences, the Galilee Quartet perform a unique blend of Western classical and Arabic music.
Mostafa Saad      Airport
Asmahan              Emta ha Ta’araf, Ya Habibi ta’aala
Mostafa Saad      Ala Kefha
Wadih El Safi       Ardi Am bitaasi
Gandhi Saad        Samaa’i Itab
Mostafa Saad      Tour in Galilee
Mostafa Saad      Esordio
Sponsored by The Haworth Trust
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person

Sunday 18 January                                             KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 3.00pm
STRINGS OF LAKELAND SINFONIA ORCHESTRA
JOSHUA ELLICOTT – tenor
FAY SWEET – viola
MARTIN HUGHES – conductor

Mozart                   Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239
                               ‘Serenata notturna’
Finzi                       Dies Natalis: Cantata for tenor solo
                               and string orchestra, Op. 8
John Woolrich      ‘Ulysses Awakes’ for solo viola and
                                string orchestra
Arvo Pärt               Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin
                               Britten
Britten                   Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Lakeland Sinfonia  www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk
£20 stalls, £25 balcony (£5 under-19s)

Tuesday 20 January                                             LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
TEMPORAL HARMONIES INC
LYDIA WALQUIST – flute
MIKOŁAJ PISZCZOROWICZ – cello
XIAOWEN SHANG – piano
Debussy              Piano Trio
Boulanger           D’un matin de printemps
Poulenc               Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Ravel                   Piano Trio
Schoenfield        Café Music
Part of Leeds International Chamber Series 2025/26.
Leeds International Concert Season  0113 376 0318  leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£28.50, £26.50, £24.50, £14.50, £13.50, £10

Sunday 25 January                                   MORECAMBE
The Platform, Old Station Building, Central Promenade LA4 4DB, 3.00pm
PROMENADE CONCERT ORCHESTRA
HOWARD ROGERSON – conductor
SARAH FOX – soprano
TURNING POINT THEATRE ARTS – dancers
New Year Viennese Concert

Our 19th invitation to everyone to come along and celebrate the new year with a touch of the Viennese Golden Hall dance music from the Strauss family and associates, along with a few surprise items to ‘pop open’ the Champagne bottle.
Promenade Concert Orchestra  01524 582803  www.lancaster.gov.uk/platform   £18 (children free)
Wednesday 28 January                                    KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
STRAHINJA MITROVIĆ – double bass
SALOME JORDANIA – piano

Eccles                            Sonata in G minor
Lowell Liebermann     Sonata for double bass and
                                       piano
Glière                            Four pieces, Op. 32
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (£2 students)

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