Sunday 8 June                                                  BUXTON
St John’s Church Buxton, 6 St John’s Rd SK17 6XN, 7.30pm
SOLOIST FROM CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF BUXTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
MICHAEL WILLIAMS – conductor
SAM HAYES – choral director
Buxton Musical Society Young Artist
Concerto (tba)
Plus supporting choral and orchestral items
Buxton Musical Society  01298 72190 buxtonoperahouse.org.uk   £15
Wednesday 18 June                                     LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, 60 Oxford Street L7 3NY, 7.30pm
BENJAMIN APPL – baritone
JAMES BAILLIEU – piano
A Celebration of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Programme to include songs by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Britten, Barber, Mahler, Schumann, Wolf, Verdi, Bach, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more.
Liverpool Philharmonic  0151 709 3789 www.liverpoolphil.com   £29, £9

Sunday 29 June                                              CHORLEY
Eccleston St Mary the Virgin, Towngate PR7 5QL, 4.00pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – musical director
Summer Music in Eccleston
A programme of moving and entertaining choral music for a summer’s afternoon
William Byrd Singers  www.williambyrdsingers.com Free entry with collection
Saturday 5 July                                          CARNFORTH
St Oswald’s Church, Main Street, Warton LA5 9PG, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
IAN JONES – conductor and founder
Fiftieth anniversary celebration of Levens Choir. Programme will include Lake District composers, old and contemporary.
Levens Choir  levenschoir.net   £tbc
Tuesday 8 July                                         WINDERMERE
Venue tbc, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
IAN JONES – conductor and founder
Fiftieth anniversary celebration of Levens Choir. Programme will include Lake District composers, old and contemporary.
Levens Choir  levenschoir.net   £tbc
Saturday 12 July                                             KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 7.30pm
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
IAN JONES – conductor
FAYE BOWNESS – soprano
JOYCE TINDSLEY – contralto
NICHOLAS HURNDALL SMITH – tenor
TBC – bass
J S Bach      B minor Mass
Cumbria Festival Chorus  01539 720168 cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com  £18 (under-18s free)
Saturday 14 June                                                KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 7.30pm
WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA
MELVIN TAY – conductor
Verdi                     Overture La Forza del Destino
Stravinsky            Firebird Suite
Shostakovich       Symphony No. 5
Westmorland Orchestra
www.westmorlandorchestra.org.uk  01539 896299 £0/£17.50
Saturday 21 June                                          LANCASTER
Ashton Hall, Dalton Square LA1 1PJ, 7.30pm
HAFFNER ORCHESTRA
ALEX ROBINSON – conductor
SOPHIE ROSA – soloist
JULIAN CANN – leader
Ingrid Stölzel       City Beautiful
Barber                   Violin Concerto
Dvorak                  New World Symphony
Haffner Orchestra  www.haffnerorchestra.org/concerts
 £17 (£6 for students and benefit claimants, Free U18)
Saturday 5 July                                          BLACKBURN
Westholme School, Wilmar Lodge, Meins Rd BB2 6QU, 7.30pm
BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Weber                 Overture to Der Freischütz
Tchaikovsky        Violin Concerto in D Op 35
Dvořák                 Symphony No 6 in D major Op 60
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra  blackburnsymphony.org.uk
Tickets tbc (under 19s free)
Saturday 5 July                                       MANCHESTER
Christ Church, West Didsbury, Darley Ave M20 2ZD, 10.00am–5.00pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – musical director
Sing Joyfully Singing Workshop
Claudio Monteverdi     Beatus Vir
Alessandro Striggio     Ecce Beateam Lucem
William Byrd Singers  www.williambyrdsingers.com £25 (£5 students)
Saturday 12 July                                         BLACKBURN
Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close BB1 5AA, 7.30pm
BLACKBURN CHAMBER CHOIR
JOHN ROBINSON – director
JOHN HOSKINGS – organ
Blossoms in Song
Our final concert of the season celebrates the beauty of spring with a programme including Moeran’s Songs of Springtime and Britten’s Flower Songs.
Blackburn Chamber Choir
blackburnchamberchoir.org
Tickets (free for 18s and under) available at our website
Friday 18–Sunday 27 July            SCOTTISH BORDERS
Paxton House, Paxton, nr Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1SZ
MUSIC AT PAXTON
Artists to include the Consone Quartet, Music at Paxton Associate Ensemble 2023–2025
Music at Paxton  07594 224992 www.musicatpaxton.co.uk
£Free–£32


Header photo: Galliard Wind Ensemble (credit Pip Bacon @ Purple Raspberry)
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Join the Nottingham Chamber Music Festival for concerts across the city,
July 13 - 16, 2023. Visit www.nottchamberfest.com & [email protected] for more information.
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Corbridge Chamber Music Festival 2023
 
25th Anniversary Festival!
 
Gould Piano Trio, clarinettist Robert Plane and friends present four days of glorious music and events in the heart of one of Northumberland’s finest villages.
 
July 27-30 2023, St. Andrew’s Church, Corbridge
 
www.corbridgefestival.co.uk 
Martin Roscoe (credit Eric Richmond)