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Wednesday 1 March KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30 pm THE BUDAPEST CAFE ORCHESTRA Christian Garrick – violin, darabuka Eddie Hession – accordion Kelly Cantlon – double bass Adrian Zolotuhin – guitar, saz, balalaika, domra Led by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick the Budapest Café Orchestra play traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia. A show by the BCO is good enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube! Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 £15 (students £8,16 & under, Keele MusicStudents FREE) Thursday 2 March COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre CV4 7AL, 7.15 pm COULL QUARTET with SIMON CALLAGHAN – piano Grand Passions Mozart Quartet in E flat K428 Prokofiev Quartet No 1 in B minor Op 50 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 £19.50 (conc £17.50) Saturday 4 March PERSHORE
Pershore Abbey, Church Street WR10 1DT, 7.30 pm ELGAR CHORALE PAVILLION ENSEMBLE PIERS MAXIM – conductor Handel Messiah Elgar Chorale 01684 594570 £15/£12 Wednesday 8 March KEELE
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30 pm LONDON ARTS ORCHESTRA The Soldiers Tale London Arts Orchestra bring music to life through story telling, creating exciting concert experiences for music lovers and newcomers to classical music. Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale is based upon a Russian folk tale which tells the parable of a runaway soldier who sells his violin to the devil in return for vast wealth. 11 performers, actors and musicians, join forces to bring you this dramatic musical story with dire consequences. The performance will last around 60 minutes and is suitable for all ages. Concerts at Keele 01782 734340 £15 (students £8,16 & under, Keele Music Students FREE) Friday 10 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10 pm CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC Students from Chetham’s School of Music give their annual concert in the Barber Institute. One of the UK’s most respected music schools, Chetham’s support future generations of musicians and composers. Come along to spot the stars of the future! The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Saturday 11 March LICHFIELD
Lichfield Cathedral, The Close WS13 7LD, 7.30 pm BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR MUSICAL & AMICABLE SOCIETY BAROQUE ORCHESTRA PAUL SPICER – director THOMAS HOBBS – Evangelist ELIZABETH CRAGG – soprano SIMON PONSFORD – countertenor HENRY NEILL – baritone J S Bach St Mark Passion Birmingham Bach Choir 07901 798 442 f from £12 Sunday 12 March CARDIFF
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL, 3.00 pm CARDIFF UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA and CHAMBER CHOIR ANDREA QUINN – conductor KENNETH HAMILTON – piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 Haydn Orfeo: overture and choruses Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 £5 (students & u18s free) Friday 17 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10 pm BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY SINGERS JULIAN WILKINS – conductor The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Saturday 18 March MONMOUTH
St Mary’s Priory Church NP25 3BU 7.30 pm ALAMIRE CONSORT Please note that this concert has been cancelled - see Sunday 26 March for a replacement event by the Gesualdo Six Wye Valley Music 01291 330020 £15 (WVM Members £12, Students £2) Sunday 19 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00 pm ENSEMBLE 360 Mozart Flute Quartet in D K285 Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Beethoven Septet in E flat Op 20 Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £17.50/12.50 (£1) Sunday 19 March STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 7.30 pm KLEE STRING QUARTET Purcell Fantasia Britten String Quartet No 2 in C Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op 132 Stratford upon Avon Chamber Music Society 01789 740791 £17 (£5 students) Thursday 23 March CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30 pm BRODSKY STRING QUARTET Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Webern Six Bagatelles Zemlinsky String Quartet No 4 Op 25 Beethoven String Quartet in C Op 59 No 3 Cheltenham Music Society 01242 234791 £25 & £20 Friday 24 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30 pm BRODSKY STRING QUARTET Schubert Quarttetsatz D703 Webern Six Bagatelles Op 9 Zemlinsky Quartet No 4 Schubert Quartet in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £21/£17/£13 (£1) Saturday 25 March GLOUCESTER
Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX, 3.00 pm JAMES GILCHRIST – tenor LOUISE WILLIAMS – viola BENJAMIN FRITH – piano Ian Venables Through These Pale Cold Days (2nd performance) Schubert Auf dem Strom Schumann Märchenbilder English songs by Gurney, Finzi, Vaughan Williams, W Dennis Browne, Dubery and Dring Please note change of tenor and programme Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 £17 (£16/£8/£5,free) Sunday 26 March MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, Much Marcle, Ledbury HR8 2LY, 3.00 pm BOCHMANN TRIO with GRAEME ADAMS – oboe Mozart arr Derek Smith Oboe Quartet in C after String Quartet K170 Mozart Allegro fragment in G K562e Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370 Mozart Divertimento for String Trio in E flat K563 Espressivo Concerts / Hereford Courtyard 01432 340555 £15 (students £7.50) Monday 27 March BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 7.30 pm ARMIDA QUARTET Haydn String Quartet Op 33 No 6 Marko Nikodijevic New work Beethoven String Quartet Op 59 No 1 Razumovsky Town Hall & Symphony Hall 0121 345 0600 £31 - £12.50* Thursday 30 March BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10 pm CBSO Centre Stage: Beethoven String Quartets ZÖE BEYERS, JANE WRIGHT – violin ADAM RÖMER – viola RICHARD JENKINSON – cello Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op 130 Beethoven Grosse Fuge Op 133 CBSO 0121 780 3333 £10* |
Wednesday 1 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre Studio CV32 4EA, 7.30 pm BOREALIS SAXOPHONE QUARTET Concert to include music by Gershwin, Bach and Barber and contemporary works to include David Maslanka and Lucy Armstrong Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £10 (£1) Saturday 4 March CHELTENHAM
St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier Street GL50 1SP, 7.30 pm CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PETER KERR – bassoon WARWICK COLE – conductor GEORGE EWART – leader Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4 Overture Samson Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in D minor Telemann Tafelmusik (Third Set) Concerto for 2 Horns Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra 01242 237431 £15, accompanied children free Tuesday 7 March CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00 pm SIMON ROWLAND JONES – viola HUW WATKINS – piano Programme to be announced Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 £10 (£8, students & u18s free) Thursday 9 March MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30 pm EMERSON STRING QUARTET Dvořák String Quartet No 11 in C Op 61 Shostakovich String Quartet No 4 in D Op 83 Beethoven String Quartet No 15 in A minor Op 132 Malvern Concert Club / Malvern Theatres 01684 892277 £19 (students £6) + 12% theatre's booking fee Friday 10 March BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00 pm RETORICA – 2 Violins William Croft Sonata IV David Matthews Eight Duos Op 79 (2001) Moeran Sonata for 2 Violins (1930) John McCabe Spielend (2003) Rawsthorne Theme and Variations (1938) Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330 £19 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free) Saturday 11 March STOURBRIDGE
St James’s Church, Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston DY8 3QG, 7.30 pm CENTRAL ENGLAND ENSEMBLE with MATTHEW DAVIES – piano TONY BRIDGEWATER – conductor ANNA DOWNES – leader The CEE programme includes Mozart’s 41st symphony (Jupiter) and Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto plus a new work composed by Tony Bridgewater. Local & Live 01384 377162 £9 (U18 free) Tuesday 14 March WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4AR, 7.30 pm THE BROOK STREET BAND NICKI KENNEDY – soprano SIMON DESBRULAIS – trumpet Triumph over Tragedy Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D TWV51:D7 Bach Trio Sonata in D minor BWV527 Handel Cantata La Lucrezia HWV145 Bach Cantata Jauchzet Gott BWV51 Handel Trio Sonata in G minor Op 6 No 2 HWV391 Let the Bright Seraphim (Samson) HWV57 Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £20/£18/£15/£13 (£1) Friday 17 March BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10 pm CBSO Centre Stage: Tango with the Quinteto Juan Vassallo CBSO 0121 780 3333 £10* Sunday 19 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 1.30 am ENSEMBLE 360 with POLLY IVES – narrator Family concert with Paul Rissmann’s The Chimpanzees of Happytown Polly Ives and the eleven members of Ensemble 360 tell the story of Chutney the chimp as he and his beautiful tree help to spread colour and happiness throughout the town. Recommended for 3-8 year olds. Leamington Music Box Office 01926 334418 £10/£5 Sunday 19 March WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00 pm MUSICAL AND AMICABLE SOCIETY Sophie Barber, Christiane Gagelmann, Kate Fawcett – violin Henrik Persson – cello Martin Perkins – harpsichord Schmelzer Sonata a tre violini Marini Sonata in ecco Telemann Gulliver Suite Purcell Three parts upon a ground Pachelbel Canon and Gigue Fux Sonate a tre violini Worcester Concert Club 01905 611427 £16 (students £5) Wednesday 22 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30 pm I FAGIOLINI ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH – director Flaming Heart One of Europe’s leading vocal ensembles, I Fagiolini present their latest programme ‘Flaming Heart’. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 £18 (£15, £12, £5) Friday 24 March BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10 pm UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CHOIR SIMON CARRINGTON – conductor Cozzolani Magnificat a 8 Verdi Laudi alla vergine Maria Gardner A Shakespeare Sequence The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 Admission: Free Friday 24 March ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm ACADEMY BRASS Some of the Royal Academy of Music’s best brass students performing a wide variety of music from William Byrd to Malcolm Arnold. Abbotsholme Arts Society 01543 263304 £16.50 (£5 under 25) Saturday 25 March PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UN, 3.00 pm TASMIN LITTLE – violin JOHN LENEHAN – piano Schubert Rondo Brilliant in B minor D895 Op 70 Ireland Sonata No 1 in D minor Fauré Romance Franck Sonata Painswick Music Society 01285 821854 Ticket prices tbc Sunday 26 March MONMOUTH
St Mary's Priory Church, 3.00pm GESUALDO SIX Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd, some of Ligeti’s ‘Nonsense Madrigals’, folksong arrangements and a selection of light music Wye Valley Music 01291 330020 £15 (Members £12; Students £2) Wednesday 29 March EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Road WR11 4QH, 7.30 pm TRIO AQUILON Haydn Trio in G No 39 Hob XV:25 Gypsy Fauré Trio in D minor Op 120 Shostakovich Trio No 2 Op 67 Evesham & District Music Club 01386 861206 £16 (conc £15, students £3) Friday 31 March WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester WR1 3LD 7.30 pm RICHARD McMAHON – piano Mozart Sonatas in A minor K310 and B flat K570 Ravel Sonatine Chopin Nocturnes Op 27 No 2 in D flat and Op 48 No 1 in C minor Chopin Ballades No 3 in A flat Op 47 and No 4 in F minor Op 52 Espressivo Concerts / Worcester Live 01905 611427 £15 (students £7.50) |
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