Friday 7 June                                             BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: CBSO Career Accelerator Fellows Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10
Saturday 8 June                                               MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ – violin
IAN BELTON – violin
PAUL CASSIDY – viola
JACQUELINE THOMAS – cello
Shostakovich       String Quartet No.6
Shostakovich       String Quartet No.4
Shostakovich       String Quartet No.5
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Sunday 9 June                                                  MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 11.30am
BRODSKY QUARTET
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ – violin
IAN BELTON – violin
PAUL CASSIDY – viola
JACQUELINE THOMAS – cello
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.11
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.12
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.13
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.14
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Wednesday 12 June                                       HEREFORD
Hereford Cathedral, Cathedral Close HR1 2NG, 8.00pm
EX CATHEDRA CONSORT
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor
Summer Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra  excathedra.co.uk  £15–£35

Sunday 16 June                                           MONMOUTH
Bridges Centre, Drybridge Pk NP25 5AS, 4.00pm
SIMONE PIRRI & ESPLUM0IR – baroque period orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi                         Allegro from Sinfonia in
                                                    B minor, RV 168
Antonio Vivaldi                         Largo from Violin Con-
                                                    certo in B minor, RV 387 
Arcangelo Corelli                     Fuga a quattro voci
Francesco Maria Veracini       Violin Sonata in A major,
                                                    Op.1 No.7
Giuseppe Tartini                       Violin Sonata "Didone
                                                    Abbandonata" in G minor,
                                                    Op.1 No.10
Francesco Antonio Bonporti  Concerto a quattro in
                                                    B flat major, Op.11 No.2
Antonio Vivaldi                        The Four Seasons
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk   £18 (£15, £5)
Wednesday 19 June             STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Stratford Town Hall, Sheep Street CV37 6EJ, 7.00pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – violin/director
DAVID GORDON – keyboard
VICTORIA BRAWN – oboe
Bach                  Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV
                           1004 (Allemande)
Britten               6 Metamorphoses after Ovid
Philip Glass       Metamorphosis
Bach                   Prelude in B minor BWV 855
Handel              Apollo & Daphne Suite for Orchestra in
                           B-flat major HWV 352
Buxtehude        Choros
   arr. Gordon
Debussy            Syrinx
Bach                   Concerto for Keyboard in D minor BWV
                            1052
TicketSource  0333 6664466  orchestraoftheswan.org    £25
Saturday 22 June                                           HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road HR4 0DH, 7.30pm
HEREFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL BELL MBE – conductor
Programme to be confirmed
www.herefordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Enquiries 01684 540870
Tickets also on the door

Thursday 27 June                                           WARWICK
Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Road CV34 6PP, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
REBECCA MILLER – conductor
RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
Wagner         Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and
                       Isolde (arr. Iain Farrington)
Mahler          Rückert-Lieder
Puccini          Crisantemi
Mozart          Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
Bridgehouse Theatre  01926 776438  bridgehousetheatre.co.uk    £20 (£10 under 35s)
Saturday 29 June                                            WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.00pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
English Music for an English Summer
A beautiful selection of music by British 20th and 21st century composers including Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, Stanford, David Bednall and Paul Spicer.
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.birmingham.bachchoir.com
£20 (£18 conc)  Students £12
Saturday 6 July                                         BIRMINGHAM
St Albans, Stanhope Street B12 0YF, 7.00pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
English Music for an English Summer
A beautiful selection of music by British 20th and 21st century composers including Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, Stanford, David Bednall and Paul Spicer.
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.birmingham.bachchoir.com
£20 (£18 conc)  Students £12
Friday 7 June                                                    MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ – violin
IAN BELTON – violin
PAUL CASSIDY – viola
JACQUELINE THOMAS – cello
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.1
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.2
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.3
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Saturday 8 June                                               MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ – violin
IAN BELTON – violin
PAUL CASSIDY – viola
JACQUELINE THOMAS – cello
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.7
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.8
Shostakovich        String Quartet No.9
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Sunday 9 June                                                  MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ – violin
IAN BELTON – violin
PAUL CASSIDY – viola
JACQUELINE THOMAS – cello
Shostakovich         String Quartet No.10
Shostakovich         String Quartet No.15
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad


Thursday 13 June                             WOLVERHAMPTON
St Peter’s Collegiate Church, Lich Gate, Queen Square WV1 1TS, 8.00pm
EX CATHEDRA CONSORT
QUINTIN BEER – conductor
Summer Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra  excathedra.co.uk  £15–£35
Tuesday 18 & Wednesday 19 June          BIRMINGHAM
St Paul’s Church, St Paul's Square B3 1QZ, 8.00pm
EX CATHEDRA
JEFFREY SKIDMORE (18 Jun) – conductor
QUINTIN BEER (19 Jun) – conductor
Summer Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra  excathedra.co.uk  £15–£46
Saturday 22 June                                           COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, 4.00pm (please note time)
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
RACHEL MAHON – conductor
LUKE FITZGERALD – organist
PAM RHODES – CCC President
Festal Choral Evensong
Wood                        Hail gladdening light
Matthew Martin       Responses
Stanford                    Psalm 150
Stanford                    Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A
Parry                          Blest pair of sirens
Elgar                          Te Deum
Free entry
Sunday 23 June                                         CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 6.30pm
CLAIRE ALSOP – piano
CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR
DAVID CROWN – musical director
Whitacre, Lauridsen and Copland – a showcase of the best choral music by American composers.
Cheltenham Bach Choir  www.cheltbachchoir.com [email protected]
Friday 28 June                                           BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 3.00pm
Centre Stage: An Afternoon with Pene Pati
PENE PATI – tenor
KAZUKI YAMADA – host
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10
Saturday 6 July                                           ABBEYDORE
Dore Abbey, School Lane HR2 00A, 7.00pm
KATHARINE GOWERS – violin
AMY NORRINGTON – cello
JÂMS COLEMAN – piano
THE ELYSIAN SINGERS
SAM LAUGHTON – conductor, music director
Weir                                 All the ends of the Earth
Beethoven                      Triple Concerto
Vaughan Williams         Serenade to Music
Handel                            Utrecht Te Deum
Concerts for Craswall   concertsforcraswall.org
concertsforcraswall.org/shop  £10–£20
Sunday 14 July                                              CHEPSTOW
Drill Hall, Lower Church St NP16 5HJ, 7.30pm
MOSCOW DRUG CLUB – jazz & cabaret ensemble
Imagine a curious musical place where elements of Berlin Cabaret, Latin Tinge, French musette and storytelling meet…
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk   £18 (£15, £5)


Header photo:  David Le Page, Orchestra of the Swan

GUITING MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 LINE- UP
 
The 53rd Guiting Music Festival (GMF) which last year celebrated its highest attendance figures, is delighted to announce its exciting line-up for 2024.
 
Over 10 days from July 19-28, the Guiting Power festival stage – which this year has been extended to accommodate bigger orchestras, - will play host to world renowned, international, European and UK artists. GMF continues to grow its reputation as one of the leading music festivals in the Cotswolds, offering a superb eclectic mix of artists and genres of music.
On Friday July 26, the festival hosts one of the brightest young stars on the classical music scene, the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who caught the world’s attention in May 2018 after performing at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. He is accompanied by his equally talented violinist brother Braimah Kanneh- Mason, together with Plinio Fernandes on guitar and the 28-piece Fantasia Orchestra conducted by Tom Fetherstonhaugh.  Their concert will take the audience on a musical journey spanning centuries, countries, and genres, ranging from folk to funk, Brahms to Bob Marley. Highlights include Dvorak's "Song to the Moon" and Chic's "Good Times," as well as innovative arrangements of music by Laura Muvla and Stevie Wonder.
Starting the GMF classical programme on Tuesday July 23, is Ukrainian born pianist Vitaly Pisarenko.  A Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music, London, he will be performing music by Schumann, Franz Liszt, Sergei Prokofiev and Maurice Ravel.
 
The stunning musical partnership of violinist Alena Baeva and pianist Vadym Kholodenko perform on Wednesday July 24.  Alena has been described as one of the most exciting and versatile soloists on the world stage today, whilst Kholodenko’s recordings have been described as ‘Truly outstanding’ Gramophone Magazine
Thursday July 25 sees Fretwork Viol Consort with the award-winning, BBC New Generation artist mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, perform music by Michael Nyman & Henry Purcell
Ticket prices:  All shows £30 except July 26 £45. 00
 
Venue:  Guiting Music Festival, Guiting Power,
Glos GL54 5TX
10 miles West of Stow on the Wold and 4 miles SE of Winchcombe. 
 
Tickets & information:  www.guitingfestival.org