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MARCH CONCERTS

Thursday 2 March                            STOKE-ON-TRENT
Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre, Leek Road ST4 2TR, 7.30pm
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR
Stoke-On-Trent Piano Masters Series
Programme detail and ticket sales call MUSIC MANIA 01782 206000
musicmaniauk.com   www.stokeontrentfestival.com

Saturday 4 March                                      LANCASTER
The Great Hall, Lancaster University LA1 4YW, 7.30pm
THE HAFFNER ORCHESTRA
ROBERT GUY – conductor
CALLUM SMART – violin
JULIAN CANN – leader

Sibelius           Violin Concerto
Brahms            Symphony No 1 (often referred to as
                          Beethoven 10)
www.haffnerorchestra.org/concerts  £15
Wednesday 8 March                                        KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
MERAKI DUO 
MEERA MAHARAJ – flute
JAMES GIRLING – guitar

Stephen Goss                         From Honey to Ashes 
William Grant Still                 Bayou Home and Song for
   (arr. James Girling)              the Lonely
Schubert (arr. Ragossnig)     Arpeggione Sonata
Kendal Midday Concert Club    www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com
Tickets £10 at the Hall from 12 noon. Students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2

Saturday 11 March                                MACCLESFIELD
St Michael’s Church, Market Place SK10 1DY, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPHER JONES – director
KAY STEPHEN – solo viola
CAROLINE TAYLOR – soprano
RALPH THOMAS WILLIAMS – countertenor

Handel                   Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4  
Lera Auerbach      Sogno di Stabat Mater 
Corelli                    Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4  
Pergolesi               Stabat Mater
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 247 2220 www.ncorch.co.uk
£25 (£15, free)

Thursday 16 March                                         PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
ALIM BEISEMBAYEV – piano
Beethoven        Sonata in D major, op. 10 no. 3
Beethoven        Sonata in A flat major, op. 110
Shostakovich    Prelude and Fugue in D minor
Liszt                    Four of Twelve Transcendental Etudes,
                            S.139
Penrith Music Club   01768 863518 www.penrithmusicclub.com   £18 (Students £2)
Saturday 18 March                                  BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road SK10 5JR, 7.30pm
THE HEATH STRING QUARTET
Haydn                    Quartet in F minor op 20 no 5
Fanny Hensel       Quartet in E flat
Korngold               Quartet no 3 in D op 34
Bollington Chamber Concerts
www.bollington-chamber-concerts.org/heath
07535 892436   £20 (Students £2)


Wednesday 22 March                                      KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ,  IAN BELTON – violins
PAUL CASSIDY – viola
JACQUELINE THOMAS – cello

Borodin               Scherzo in D major from Les
                              Vendredis   
Karen Tanaka     At the Grave of Beethoven
Ravel                   String Quartet in F major (1902-03)
Kendal Midday Concert Club    www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com
Tickets £10 at the Hall from 12 noon. Students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2
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Saturday 25 March                                    LANCASTER
Venue in Lancaster area TBC, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – director

Programme to be confirmed.
Full details and booking on www.levenschoir.net.  Tickets also available on the door and from choir members.
Friday 31 March                               STOKE-ON-TRENT
Victoria Hall, Bagnall Street, Hanley ST1 3AD, 7.30pm
HALLÉ ORCHESTRA
TABITA BERGLUND – conductor
JAKOB KORANYI – cello

Dvorak        Cello Concerto
Grieg            Symphonic Dances No. 4
Sibelius        Symphony No. 5
Stoke-on-Trent Classics   Ticket sales: Music Mania Telephone 01782 206000
Online: musicmaniauk.com    www.stokeontrentfestival.com

Friday 3 March                                 STOKE-ON-TRENT
Victoria Hall, Bagnall Street, Hanley ST1 3AD, 7.30pm
BBC PHILHARMONIC
BEN GERNON – conductor
JUAN PEREZ FLORISTAN – piano

Offenbach        La Belle Helene Overture
Ravel                 Piano Concerto in G
Beethoven        Symphony No. 5
Stoke-on-Trent Classics   Ticket sales: Music Mania Telephone 01782 206000
Online: musicmaniauk.com    www.stokeontrentfestival.com

Tuesday 7 March                                                    LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
MARIAM BATSASHVILI – piano
Beethoven    Piano Sonata No 23, Op 57
                       (Appassionata)
Franz Liszt     Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude:
                        Harmonies Poétiques et religieuse S 173,
                        No 3
Franz Liszt      Vallée d’Obermann: Années de
                         pèlerinage I
, S 160, No 6
Franz Liszt      Fantasy on themes from Mozart's
                         Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni
Franz Liszt      Hungarian Rhapsody No 10
Part of the Leeds International Piano Series 2022/23.
Tickets: A £25, B £23, Over 60s: A £23, B £21, Full-time students, unwaged: A £12.50, B £11.50, Under 26s: £10   www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk / 0113 376 0318

Saturday 11 March                                             KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA
CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS
RICHARD HOWARTH – conductor
SARAH FOX – soprano
KATHRYN RUDGE – mezzo soprano
RORY CARVER – tenor
ALEX ASHWORTH – bass 
Beethoven         Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
Bruckner            Motet for unaccompanied choir
Beethoven         Leonore Overture No. 3
www.WestmorlandOrchestra.org.uk   01539 896299 www.TicketSource.co.uk/wes    £0/£18
Tuesday 14 March                                                LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
ELENA URIOSTE – violin
SAVITRI GRIER – violin
JUAN-MIGUEL HERNANDEZ – viola
ROSALIND VENTRIS – viola
LAURA VAN DER HEIJDEN – cello
TONY RYMER – cello

Programme to include:
Ludwig van Beethoven    String Quintet
Arnold Schoenberg          Verklärte Nacht
Part of the Leeds International Chamber Season 2022/23.
Tickets: Full price: A £25, B £23, Over 60s: A £23, B £21, Full-time students, unwaged: A £12.50, B £11.50, Under 26s: £10
www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk / 0113 376 0318

Friday 17 March                                             DUMFRIES
St Johns Church, Lover’s Walk DG1 1LR, 7.30pm
APOLLO’S CABINET
A Star is Born – The making of Kitty Clive

Kitty Clive was the most famous singer-actress of the mid-18th century; composers such as Pepusch, Arne and Handel wrote arias specifically for her.
Supported by the Tunnell Trust
Music in Dumfries  07972 503895 www.musicindumfries.com  £15, £5 student, U18 free


Saturday 18 March                                            KENDAL
Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
LAKELAND SINFONIA
PHILIP ELLIS – conductor   
PATRICK HEMMERLÉ – piano

Mendelssohn        Overture ‘The Fair Melusine’
Schumann              Piano Concerto
Granados               Intermezzo from ‘Goyescas’
Saint-Saëns           Symphony No. 2
Concert supported by The Granada Foundation
Lakeland Sinfonia  www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk
£32 (£23, £5)

Saturday 25 March                                    BLACKBURN
Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Blackburn BB1 5AA, 7.30pm
BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Holst            The Perfect Fool Ballet Music Op 39           
Poulenc        Organ Concerto                                           
Bruckner      Symphony No 6                                           
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra   blackburnsymphony.org.uk
£13 (Under 18 free)

Sunday 26 March                                              KENDAL
St George’s Church, Castle Street LA9 7AS, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
GAWAIN GLENTON – director

Programme to be confirmed.
Full details and booking on www.levenschoir.net.  Tickets also available on the door and from choir members.

Header photo: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
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Extra concerts

Illuminate Women's Music

Wednesday 8th March
7.30pm – 9.30pm      
International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Location:
3 Cambridge St, 
Manchester 
M1 5BY
 
Tickets: £10 (standard) £5.00 for RNCM and University of Manchester students.

Sunday 14th May 
7.30pm – 9.30pm              
Music in the State Chamber
State Chamber of the Archbishop's Palace
Southwell Minster
Church St, Southwell
Nottinghamshire
NG25 0HD
 
Free, no booking required

Trio Sonorité Özlem Çelik clarinet
Daryl Giuliano cello
Jelena Makarova piano
Trio Sonorité perform under the auspices of Illuminate Women’s Music – a project to promote the work of emerging women composers and performers. It also gives a platform for historical repertoire by women composers to sit alongside new works. The project has been set up by Dr Angela Elizabeth Slater, a freelance composer who is a strong advocate of the promotion of women’s music both past and present.

The programme includes new works from Kristina Arakelyan, Angela Slater, and Sylvia Lim, along with complementary historical works



Newcastle Chamber Music Society

Newcastle International Chamber Music Series 2022-3 at Sage Gateshead 
 
Saturday 11th March, 7.30pm             GATESHEAD
 
Sage Two, Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, NE8 2JR
 
PIATTI QUARTET
 
Joseph Phibbs               Quartet No 1 (2014)
Mendelssohn               Quartet in E flat, Op 12
Vaughan Williams        Household Music: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
Shostakovich                 Quartet No 10, Op 118
 
Part of the Newcastle International Chamber Music Series 2022/23
Tickets: £23, £15, students half price. 
https://sagegateshead.com/seasons/ncms/  0191 443 4661


Richmondshire Subscription Concerts
Wednesday 15 March      RICHMOND
Influence Church, Victoria Road DL10 4AS, 7.30pm
COCO TOMITA - violin
SIMON CALLAGHAN - piano

Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, violin sonatas by Janácek and Ravel, and Silent Spring by young composer Noah Max.
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