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JANUARY CONCERTS

Sunday 10 January              STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
United Reformed Church, Rother Street CV37 6LU, 3.00pm
ERDA ENSEMBLE
MARTA FONTANALS-SIMMONS – mezzo-soprano
CHLOE VINCENT – flute
OLIVIA JAGEURS – harp
Ravel                    Shéhérezade (2nd movement)
Gaubert                Soir Païen
Debussy               Syrinx; Trois Chansons de Bilitis;
                              Six Épigraphs Antiques
Fauré                    Selected Songs
Lili Boulanger     D'un Jardin Clair; Reflets
Wertheim            Trois Chansons
Chaminade          Portrait Valse Chantée
Stratford Chamber Music    stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
£25 (£5 students)   Season Tickets £120 for 6 concerts (£20 students)

Tuesday 12 January                                        WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
EX CATHEDRA SCHOLARS
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor
The Grand Tour – Burney at 300
Music by Handel, Purcell, Charpentier, Allegri, & more.
‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm
Leamington Music  0333 666 3366   leamingtonmusic.org    £29, £19, £14 (£9.50, £3)

Friday 15 January                                      LEAMINGTON
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue CV32 5RG, 7.30pm
MAXWELL QUARTET
Haydn                         String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 2
                                     in C major
Prokofiev                    String Quartet No. 2 in F major,
                                     Op. 92
Eleanor Alberga        String Quartet No. 4 (2026)
Maxwell Quartet       Folk Music of Scotland
Leamington Music    0333 666 3366    leamingtonmusic.org    £29, £24, £19 (£12, £9.50, £3)


Sunday 17 January                                     MONMOUTH
The Glover Music School, Almshouse Street NP25 3XP, 3.00pm
THE NEARY-ADAMS TRIO
DAVID ADAMS – violin
ALICE NEARY – cello
ISOBEL NEARY-ADAMS – viola
Celebrated soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral leaders (WNO, ENO and BBC Orchestra of Wales), Alice Neary and David Adams have curated the celebrated Penarth Chamber Music Festival for over
10 years, bringing top class chamber musicians on the international stage to Penarth. Together with talented violist daughter Isobel, they team up for this much anticipated trio recital (programme details to be confirmed).
Wye Valley Music    01291 330020    wyevalleymusic.org.uk    £20 (£18, £5)
Friday 22 January                                     BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
EX CATHEDRA SCHOLARS ENSEMBLE with instrumentalists from the ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE and UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor

Venetian Vespers
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Wednesday 27 January                           CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
JULIAN BLISS – clarinet

Mendelssohn         String Quartet in D major, Op. 44
                                 No. 1
David Bruce           Gumboots
Brahms                   Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Cheltenham Music Society    01242 528764    cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk    £29/£24 (£5)
Sunday 31 January                                    GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
BOCHMANN STRING TRIO
Schubert             Trio in B flat major, D471
Taneyev              Trio in D major
Beethoven          Serenade in D major, Op. 8
Enescu                Aubade in C major
Gloucester Music Society    01242 620736    gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk    £25
Tuesday 12 January                      CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JE, 7.00pm
TIPPETT QUARTET
LYNN ARNOLD – piano

The programme will include Elgar’s Piano Quintet and pieces by Beethoven.
Campden Music Winter Season   01608 654233    campdenmusic.org.uk
£75 for the whole season of 6 concerts or a suggested donation of £20 for one concert.

Friday 15 January                                      BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
CECILIA ENSEMBLE
Bartók           Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano,
                       Sz. 111
Dohnányi      Sextet in C major, Op. 37 for violin, viola,
                       cello, clarinet, horn and piano
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Sunday 17 January                                          MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
MAXWELL QUARTET
COLIN SCOBIE – violin
GEORGE SMITH – violin
ELLIOTT PERKS – viola
DUNCAN STRACHAN – cello
Haydn                           Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2
Prokofiev                      String Quartet No. 2 in F major,
                                       Op. 92
Eleanor Alberga          String Quartet No. 4
Maxwell Quartet         Folk music of Scotland
Malvern Concert Club    For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Thursday 21 January                                 BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 1.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
MARIE-CHRISTINE ZUMPANCIC – flute
RICHARD THOMAS – violin
ADAM RÖMER – viola

Reger                Serenade
Beethoven        Serenade in D major, Op. 25
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk    £12 (£5)
Wednesday 27 January                           BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 7.30pm
BORODIN QUARTET
Haydn                  String Quartet in E flat, Op. 33 No. 2
                             ‘The Joke’
Debussy               String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Shostakovich      String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts
0121 414 4414    £22.50 (£16.50, £11.50, £6)

Friday 29 January                                    BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano
Lecture-Recital

Professor Kenneth Hamilton gives one of his popular lunchtime lecture-recitals, with a performance that is both informative and fun.
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Sunday 31 January                                      WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
CHU-YU YANG – violin
ERIC McELROY – piano

Bliss                              Violin Sonata (1915)
Vaughan Williams      Romance and Pastorale (c1910)
Ian Venables               Sonata for Violin and Piano,
                                      Op. 28a (1989)
Finzi                              Elegy, Op. 22 (1940)
Ian Venables               Three Pieces, Op. 11 (1986)
Elgar                             Two Pieces, Op. 13
Elgar                             Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
Worcester Concert Club    worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427     £23 (£5)

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