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MARCH CONCERTS

Friday 1 March                                          BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
CROSSCURRENTS+
TANGRAM
Programme to be confirmed
                                                                  Admission: Free
Sunday 3 March                                        GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
SIRIUS CHAU – flute
KUMI MATSUO – piano

Hisaishi              One Summer’s Day from Spirited Away
Berkeley             Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 13
Schumann          3 Romances, Op. 94
Rutter                 Suite Antique
Clarke                 Hypnosis
El-Turk                Marionette
Bowen                Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 120
Taffanel              Fantasy on ‘Der Freischütz’ for Flute
                            and Piano
Massenet           Meditation from Thaïs
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (£18, £5, children free, accompanying adults £15)

Friday 8 March                                                    WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm
MARMEN QUARTET
Haydn             String Quartet Op 33 No 6
Debussy         String Quartet
Mozart           String Quartet K159
Ravel              String Quartet
Witney Music Society  01993 898020  witneymusicsociety.org.uk  £15 (under 19 £1)
Saturday 9 March                                      WORCESTER
St Martins Church, London Road WR5 2ED, 7.30pm
CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL LLOYD – conductor
JANINE PORTER – flute

Beethoven           Leonora Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Dvořák                  Symphony No. 7
Liebermann         Flute Concerto Op. 39
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chandos-beethoven-leonora-no3-liebermann-flute-concerto-Dvořák-no7-tickets-652319183237  Tickets on the door available
£17 (£8.50 Under 16s)
Thursday 14 March                                  BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: CBSO Youth Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10
Friday 15 March                                        BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
OXFORD INTERNATIONAL SONG FESTIVAL
Programme to be confirmed
                                                                     Admission: Free


Saturday 16 March                                   CHELTENHAM
St Philip and St James Church, 60 Grafton Rd GL50 2DL, 7.30pm
CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR
DAVID CROWN – musical director

Rachmaninov      Vespers – All Night Vigil
Cheltenham Bach Choir   www.cheltbachchoir.com tickets@cheltbachchoir.com


Sunday 17 March                                        ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA SHOWCASE
RWCMD MUSIC STUDENTS

Final year and postgraduate students perform a varied programme.
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk  £18 (£15, £5)
Tuesday 19 March                                           WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
ENSEMBLE MOLIÈRE
The King’s Playlist

Music dedicated to every moment of King Louis XIV’s day by leading French Baroque composers including Charpentier, Lalande, Lully, and Marais.
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org    £27/£17/£12 (£1)

Friday 22 March                                        BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
RYAN CORBETT – accordion
Programme to be confirmed
                                                                     Admission: Free
Saturday 23 March                                       HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road HR4 0DH, 3.00pm
HEREFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL BELL MBE – conductor

Programme to be confirmed
www.herefordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Enquiries 01684 540870
Tickets also on the door

Tuesday 26 March                                    CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
MITHRAS TRIO
Tailleferre          Piano Trio
Saint-Saëns       Piano Trio No 1 in F major Op 18
Beethoven         Piano Trio in B flat major Op 97
                            ‘Archduke’
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764  www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£26, £21 (£5 under 26)

Friday 29 March                                       BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall, Broad Street B1 2EA, 2.00pm
EX CATHEDRA CHOIR, BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & ACADEMY OF VOCAL MUSIC
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor
JAMES ROBINSON – Evangelist
THEMBA MVULA – Jesus
LAWRENCE WHITE – Pilate
MARGARET LINGAS, KATIE TRETHEWEY – soprano
MERCÈ BRUGUERA ABELLÓ, GABRIELLA LIANDU – alto
BRADLEY SMITH – tenor
THOMAS LOWEN – bass

Good Friday Bach – St John Passion (300th Anniversary)
Ex Cathedra  excathedra.co.uk  £15–£53.50
Friday 1 March                                          BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: Baroque Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10


Wednesday 6 March                               BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm
CROSSCURRENTS+
CREATIVE EXCHANGE / BANKOK
Programme to be confirmed
Box office 0121 414 4414 www.birmingham.ac.uk/musicevents  £20 (£18, £15, £5)

Friday 8 March                                         BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
CROSSCURRENTS+
LIGETI QUARTET
Programme to be confirmed
                                                                     Admission: Free

Saturday 9 March                                           LICHFIELD
Lichfield Cathedral, The Close WS13 7LD, 7.00pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
THE MUSICAL AND AMICABLE SOCIETY
THOMAS HOBBS – Evangelist
HENRY WADDINGTON – Christus
SOPHIE BEVAN – soprano
LAWRENCE ZAZZO – countertenor
ED LYON – tenor
PETER HARVEY – bass
CHORISTERS FROM LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL AND THE TEWKESBURY SCHOLA CANTORUM

JS Bach        St Matthew Passion
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.birmingham.bachchoir.com
From £20 (£17 conc) to £34 (£30 conc)   Students £12

Sunday 10 March                                      LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 11.30am
ENSEMBLE 360 and LUCY DREVER – narrator
Family concert with Paul Rissmann’s ‘The Chimpanzees of Happy Town’.
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org    £14/£8/£38 (family ticket)

Sunday 10 March                                      LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360

Brahms          Serenade in D Op 11
Martinů          Nonet No 2
Dohnányi       Sextet in C Op 37
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org    £22 (£1)
Thursday 14 March                                  BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm
CROSSCURRENTS+
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE
The Unfurrowed Field
Box office 0121 414 4414 www.birmingham.ac.uk/musicevents  £20 (£18, £15, £5)
Friday 15 March                                        LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
Haydn                  Quartet in D Op 20 No 4 ‘Sun’
Ravel                    Quartet in F
Mendelssohn      Quartet in F minor Op 80
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org    £27/£17 (£1)
Saturday 16 March                                    WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
SAMUEL HUDSON – conductor
Soloists including SUSANNA FAIRBAIRN – soprano
MERIDIAN SINFONIA

Beethoven                    Mass in C
Richard Blackford        Mirror of Perfection
Worcester Festival Choral Society  www.wfcs.online / 0333 666 3366 (TicketSource)  £15–£27
Sunday 17 March                 STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Town Hall, Sheep Street CV37 6EJ, 3.00pm
POMEGRANATE PIANO TRIO
Schubert               Piano Trio in B flat D898
Rachmaninov       Piano Trio Elegiaque No.1
Ravel                     Piano Trio in A minor
Stratford Chamber Music Society
Tickets £25 (students £5) from www.wegottickets.com or www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk


Thursday 21 March                                          MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
TOM POSTER – piano
ELENA URIOSTE – violin

Mendelssohn       Violin Sonata in F (1838)
Mélanie Bonis      Violin Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.112
Amy Beach            Romance, Op.23
Grieg                      Violin Sonata No.1 in F, Op.8
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Friday 22 March                                      BROMSGROVE
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School B61 7DU, 7.30pm
EBLANA STRING TRIO
with EMMA HALNAN – flute

Mozart                       Flute Quartet in A Major D298
Jean Cras                   String Trio (1926)
David Matthews      Dance for Emma (2022) (solo flute)
David Matthews       A Blackbird Sang Op 121 (2013)
                                   (flute quartet)
Viotti                          Flute Quartet in C Minor Op 22
                                   No 2 (c1806)
Bromsgrove Concerts  07849 774529
bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk
£23 (Students & Children free, subscriptions available)

Sunday 24 March                                       WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
THE MAGGINI STRING QUARTET
Beethoven          Quartet in A major Op 18 no 5
John Ireland        Quartet no 1
Brahms                Quartet in A minor Op 51 no 5
Worcester Concert Club  worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £20  Students £5


Thursday 28 March                                  BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: Strings, Piano and Wind
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10
Friday 29 March                                            COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, 6.00pm
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
RACHEL MAHON – conductor

Motets for Holy Week and Good Friday to include:
Lotti                     Crucifixus
Bruckner             Christus factus est
Purcell                 Hear my prayer
Stainer                God so loved the world
Palestrina            Stabat mater
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
www.ticketweb.co.uk  0844 477 1000 
tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com
£20 in advance online / £25 on the door  Students/under 18 half-price



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March (date to be confirmed)                    PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
CATRIN FINCH – harp
AOIFE NI BRIAN – fiddle

Programme to be confirmed
Painswick Music Society  www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk
Enquiries to 07789 006006


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