30 May – 7 June                                  LONGBOROUGH
Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0QF
Handel       Orlando
30 May; 2, 4, 6, 7 June (new production)
Longborough Festival Opera  01451 830292   lfo.org.uk
20 June – 18 July                                  LONGBOROUGH
Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0QF
ANTHONY NEGUS – conductor
CARMEN JAKOBI – director
Wagner       Tristan und Isolde
20 June; 2, 5, 9, 12, 18 July (2017 revival)
Longborough Festival Opera  01451 830292   lfo.org.uk
Saturday 27 June                                      CIRENCESTER
Church of St John Baptist, 6 West Market Place GL7 2NH, 7.00pm
CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR
SIMON HARPER – conductor
Choral & Orchestral Concert (programme TBA)
Cantores Chamber Choir  www.cantores.net
£20 (£5 under-18s & students)
1 – 16 July                                             LONGBOROUGH
Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0QF
Verdi       Macbeth
1, 4, 7, 11, 14, 16 July (new production)
Longborough Festival Opera  01451 830292   lfo.org.uk
Saturday 4 July                                                  CWMDU
St Michael & All Angels Church, Cwmdu,
nr. Crickhowell, Powys NP8 1RU, 7.30pm
ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMA ENSEMBLE
Programme TBA – see website for details.
Cwmdu Music  [email protected]  info.cwmdumusic.org   £15 (concs. available)
30 July – 8 August                              LONGBOROUGH
Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0QF
Humperdinck      Hansel and Gretel
30 July; 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 August (new production)
Longborough Festival Opera  01451 830292   lfo.org.uk
Friday 19 June                                           BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 2.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
LOWRI PORTER – violin
DAVID BAMAUNG – viola
ARTHUR BOUTILLIER – cello
SALOME CHITAIA – piano
Brahms        Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk   £12 (£5)
Saturday 27 June                                           HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Rd HR4 0DU, 3.00pm
HEREFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL BELL MBE – conductor
ROSIE BISS – cello (Principal cello of
Welsh National Opera orchestra)
Rossini             The Italian Girl in Algiers: Overture
Dvořák              Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Brahms             Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Hereford Symphony Orchestra    07971 963565
www.herefordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Tuesday 30 June                                      BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 2.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
JASON LEWIS and KAITLIN WILD – trumpets
ELSPETH DUTCH – horn
RICHARD WATKIN – trombone
DANIEL TRODDEN – tuba
American Brass
Bernstein (arr. Gale)       West Side Story Suite
Price (arr. Bhatia)            Adoration
Catherine McMichael     Asteria
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk   £12 (£5)
Saturday 4 July                                         BRIDGNORTH
The Church of St Mary Magdalene, East Castle St
WV16 4AQ, 3.30pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
MARTYN RAWLES – organ
PIANO, DOUBLE BASS & DRUMS
ANTON LESSER – actor
O Mistress Mine! – Shakespeare songs and readings
Murrill                          Come away, come away Death
Murrill                         O mistress mine
Shearer                       Shakespeare Songs and Sonnets
Vaughan Williams    Three Shakespeare Songs
Plus a selection from the collection of Shakespeare songs, ‘Shall I compare thee’ (ed. Bob Chilcott).
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.birmingham.bachchoir.com or [email protected]   £12–£25 (concs. available)
Header photo: Cheltenham Bach Choir