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JUNE/July CONCERTS

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
Sunday 14 June                                             LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, 60 Oxford St L7 3NY, 7.30pm
SIMONE LAMSMA – violin
JONATHAN FOURNEL – piano

Stravinsky         Suite Italienne
Fauré                  Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Brahms              Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Ravel                  Tzigane
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic  0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com   £31/£10
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                                           BLACKBURN
Westholme School, Miens Rd BB2 6QU, 7.30pm
BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RICHARD HOWARTH – conductor
LUCY ARCH – cello

Bax                     The Happy Forest
Saint-Saëns      Cello Concerto
Elgar                  Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra  blackburnsymphony.org.uk   £TBA (under-19s free)
Sunday 5 July                                        MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Rd, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 3.00pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – director

Saint-Saëns       Carnival of the Animals (excerpts)
Prokofiev            Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts
£17.50 (£12.50, family ticket: £50)

Friday 17 – Sunday 26 July          SCOTTISH BORDERS
Paxton House, Paxton, nr Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 1SZ

MUSIC AT PAXTON
20th anniversary programme of daily events to be announced April 2026.
Music at Paxton  07594 224992
musicatpaxton.co.uk   £TBA

Thursday 23 – Sunday 26 July                  CORBRIDGE
St Andrew’s Church NE45 5AA
CORBRIDGE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
GOULD PIANO TRIO
ROBERT PLANE – clarinet
and guests

Four days of glorious music and events in the heart of one of Northumberland’s finest villages.
www.corbridgefestival.co.uk
Wednesday 3 June                                       LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, 60 Oxford St L7 3NY, 7.30pm
JUNYAN CHEN – piano
THELMA HANDY – violin
NADIA DEBONO – viola
ALEXANDER HOLLADAY – cello

Frank Bridge        Phantasy for Piano Quartet in
                               F sharp minor
Gabriel Fauré       Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Anna Thorvaldsdottir      Shades of Silence 
Brahms                 Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic  0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com   £31/£10
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 4 July                                        MANCHESTER
Christ Church, Darley Ave M20 2ZD, 10am–4pm
THE WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – conductor

Sing Joyfully Singing Workshop – Sing Spanish polyphony!
Victoria       Missa Gaudeamus a6;
                     O magnum mysterium a4
Lobo           Versa est in luctum a6
The William Byrd Singers  www.williambyrdsingers.com    £25 (£5)
Sunday 5 July                                             CARNFORTH
St Oswald’s Church, Main St, Warton LA5 9PG, 3.00pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
Americana

A programme of choral music from the USA featuring works by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Morten Lauridsen, Randall Thompson, and others.
Levens Choir   levenschoir.net                                          £TBA
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Tuesday 7 July                                                    KENDAL
St Anne’s Church, Ings LA8 9PY, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor
Americana

A programme of choral music from the USA featuring works by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Morten Lauridsen, Randall Thompson, and others.
Levens Choir   levenschoir.net                                          £TBA
Saturday 18 July                                                  KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Rd LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
IAN JONES – conductor

Verdi        Requiem
Cumbria Festival Chorus  01539 720168  cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com  £18 (under-18s free)
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



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