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Sunday 2 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 11.30am ENSEMBLE 360 John Webb – narrator Family concert with Paul Rissmann’s Giddy Goat Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £15/£9/£42 (family ticket) Thursday 6 March CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm PIATTI QUARTET Purcell arr. Britten Chacony Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 Joseph Phibbs String Quartet No 4 Schubert String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804 Rosamunde Cheltenham Music Society 01242 528764 www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk £26, £21 (£5 under 26) Friday 7 March BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm CERI OWEN – piano DOMINIC SEDGWICK – baritone Lecture Recital: Earth and Air and Rain Award-winning pianist and University of Birmingham lecturer Ceri Owen is joined by rising star baritone Dominic Sedgwick in a lecture recital exploring Gerald Finzi’s celebrated Thomas Hardy song cycle Earth and Air and Rain. Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 9 March STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
The United Reformed Church, Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.30pm CALATHEA STRING QUARTET Imogen Holst Phantasy Quartet Ligeti String Quartet no.1 Dvořák String Quartet no.14 in A flat major Op.105 Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk £25 (students £5) Friday 14 March BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm CHAOS QUARTET SUSANNE SCHÄFFER – violin ESZTER KRUCHIÓ – violin SARA MARZADORI – viola BAS JONGEN – cello Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op.20, No.5 Errollyn Wallen New work Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110 Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Saturday 15 March BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 6.30pm BBC SINGERS and featuring BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY SINGERS BOB CHILCOTT – conductor NICHOLAS WEARNE - piano Bob Chilcott We are György Orbán Daemon irrepit calidus Zuzanna Koziej The Lamb Eric Whitacre Little Birds Michael Zev Gordon He Used to Say (world premiere; University Music commission) Brahms Geistliches Lied Jonathan Dove Ring out, wild bells (from The Passing of the Year) Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Box office 0121 414 4414 £20 (£18, £15, £5) plus booking fee Sunday 16 March MALVERN
Malvern St. James School, 15 Avenue Road WR14 3BA, 3.00pm CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICHARD LAING – conductor TOM PORTER – clarinet Bax Tintagel Finzi Clarinet Concerto Elgar Symphony No. 1 Chandos Symphony Orchestra See chandos.org.uk for details Tuesday 18 March WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 8.30pm RUNE Decameron Musicale A mediaeval mosaic of musical stories from early modern Europe. Music by Landini, de Vitry, Dunstable, Binchois, Machaut, and more. ‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 7.45pm Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £28/£18/£13 (£9/£3) Thursday 20 March LONDON
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square WC2N 4JJ, 7.30pm EX CATHEDRA & BAROQUE ENSEMBLE JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Latin American Baroque Ritual 1631 Programme includes: Anon Hanac pachap cussicuinin Araujo ¡Aquí Valentónes! - ¡Ay, andar! - Los coflades - Silencio Hernandez Sancta Maria é! Nunes Garcia Missa Pastoril (excerpts) Salazar Salga el torillo hosquillo Zéspedes Convidando esta la noche Zipoli Missa San Ignacio (excerpts) Singers, harp, guitar, bajón, strings, winds and percussion revel in this colourful music sung in Latin, Spanish, Nahuatl and Quechuan – the languages of the Aztecs and Incas – as Ex Cathedra explore this glorious fusion of musical styles from Africa, the Americas and Europe. Ex Cathedra www.excathedra.co.uk £10–£35 (age up to 17 & students: £5; aged 18–30: £15) Friday 21 March BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm ADAM HERON – piano Philip Glass Metamorphosis One Coleridge-Taylor Three Silhouettes, Op.38 William Bolcom The Garden of Eden: Four Rags for Piano Chopin Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op.22 Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 23 March GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm CRAIG OGDEN – guitar MILOŠ MILIVOJEVIĆ – accordion Vivaldi Concerto in D RV.93 Falloni Pirotango & Felix Tango Semenov Don Rhapsody no 2, II movement Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K.1 & Sonata in F major K.44 Albéniz Asturias Rodrigo Tres Piezas Españolas: 1. Fandango, 3. Zapateado Coste Fantaisie Dramatique ‘Le Départ’ Op 31 Boccherini Introduction and Fandango Truhlar Kontroverse Piazzolla Libertango Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk £20 (children free, accompanying adults £15) Friday 28 March BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm HUGH CUTTING – countertenor DANIEL MURPHY – lute A former choral scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, Hugh Cutting is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music and presents the last of this season’s Barber Lunchtime BBC Radio 3 New Generation Partnership Concerts. Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Saturday 29 March HIGHNAM
Holy Innocents Church GL2 8DG, 7.00pm CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR with the HIGHNAM HERITAGE SOCIETY Songs of Farewell: Music of Hubert Parry Cantores Chamber Choir www.cantores.net Ticket prices TBA Saturday 29 March PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm CARDUCCI QUARTET EMMA JOHNSON – clarinet Programme to be confirmed Painswick Music Society www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Enquiries to 07789 006006 |
Sunday 2 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00pm ENSEMBLE 360 Britten Three Divertimenti for String Quartet Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op 10 Holbrooke Eilean Shona for Clarinet Quintet Dvořák String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96 American Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £23 (£11.50/£3) Thursday 6 March WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN DAVID LE PAGE – director Entranced II Including music from Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Radiohead and Pink Floyd Orchestra of the Swan 01926 350028 orchestraoftheswan.org £35 Sunday 9 March BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 4.00pm EX CATHEDRA & BAROQUE ENSEMBLE JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Latin American Baroque Ritual 1631 Programme includes: Anon Hanac pachap cussicuinin Araujo ¡Aquí Valentónes! - ¡Ay, andar! - Los coflades - Silencio Hernandez Sancta Maria é! Nunes Garcia Missa Pastoril (excerpts) Salazar Salga el torillo hosquillo Zéspedes Convidando esta la noche Zipoli Missa San Ignacio (excerpts) Singers, harp, guitar, bajón, strings, winds and percussion revel in this colourful music sung in Latin, Spanish, Nahuatl and Quechuan – the languages of the Aztecs and Incas – as Ex Cathedra explore this glorious fusion of musical styles from Africa, the Americas and Europe. Ex Cathedra www.excathedra.co.uk £15–£46 (age up to 17 & students: £5; aged 18–30: £15) Wednesday 12 March HEREFORD
Hereford Cathedral, Cathedral Close HR1 2NG, 7.00pm EX CATHEDRA & BAROQUE ENSEMBLE JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Latin American Baroque Ritual 1631 Programme includes: Anon Hanac pachap cussicuinin Araujo ¡Aquí Valentónes! - ¡Ay, andar! - Los coflades - Silencio Hernandez Sancta Maria é! Nunes Garcia Missa Pastoril (excerpts) Salazar Salga el torillo hosquillo Zéspedes Convidando esta la noche Zipoli Missa San Ignacio (excerpts) Singers, harp, guitar, bajón, strings, winds and percussion revel in this colourful music sung in Latin, Spanish, Nahuatl and Quechuan – the languages of the Aztecs and Incas – as Ex Cathedra explore this glorious fusion of musical styles from Africa, the Americas and Europe. Ex Cathedra www.excathedra.co.uk £15–£39 (age up to 17 & students: £5; aged 18–30: £15) Friday 14 March LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm RAGA GARAGE A unique blend of Indian Carnatic and European Classical sounds, layered and embellished with contemporary folk, pop, and jazz ornamentations, and topped up with exotic and ethnic rhythms – this is music for the masses and connoisseurs alike! Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org £23 (£11.50/£3) Saturday 15 March PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm CLARE HAMMOND – piano Programme to be confirmed Painswick Music Society www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Enquiries to 07789 006006 Sunday 16 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 post-graduate students perform a varied programme. See the stars of tomorrow, today! Wye Valley Music 01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk £18 (£15, £5) Wednesday 19 March LUDLOW
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Castle Square SY8 1AS, 7.30pm KYAN QUARTET Haydn String Quartet in E flat major Op 76 No 6 Shostakovich String Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122 Sofia Gubaidulina String Quartet No 2 Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op 10 Ludlow Assembly Rooms 01584 878 141 ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk £20 Thursday 20 March WARWICK
Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Road CV34 6PP, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN DAVID LE PAGE – director DAVID GORDON – piano TIM WHITEHEAD – saxophone REBECCA MILLER – conductor Elements Jean-Féry Rebel arr. Le Page Chaos Tim Whitehead/David Air Le Page/David Gordon de Falla Ritual Fire Dance Debussy La Mer Bridge House Theatre 01926 776438 bridgehousetheatre.co.uk £25 Saturday 22 March WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY Soloists including: SEBASTIAN HILL – tenor (Evangelist) DAVID SHIPLEY – bass (Christus) MIRIAM ALLEN – soprano RUARI BOWEN – tenor RICHARD BANNAN – baritone MERIDIAN SINFONIA Bach St Matthew Passion Worcester Festival Choral Society www.wfcs.online / 0333 666 3366 (TicketSource) £15–£27 Wednesday 26 March BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm BRITTEN SINFONIA JONATHAN BERMAN – conductor JAMES NEWBY – baritone 1945: A Kind of haunting Martinů Concerto for double string orchestra, piano and timpani Strauss Metamorphosen Michael Zev Gordon A Kind of Haunting (world premiere tour) Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Box office 0121 414 4414 £20 (£18, £15, £5) plus booking fee Saturday 29 March HEREFORD
St Peter’s Church HR1 2PG, 3.00pm HEREFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MICHAEL BELL MBE – conductor TOM BOWES – violin Wagner Prelude to Act 1 from Die Meistersinger Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony no. 9 in E minor From the New World Hereford Symphony Orchestra www.herefordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk 07971 963565 Saturday 29 March MICHAELCHURCH ESCLEY St Michael’s Church HR2 0JW, 5.00pm ENSEMBLE RENARD Oliver Knussen Alleluya Nativitas Darius Milhaud La cheminée du roi René Samuel Barber Summer Music, Op. 31 Isabella Leonarda Sonata Nona from Op. 16 (arr. Geoffrey King) Lalo Schifrin La Nouvelle Orleans Audience Vote Choice between a solo work by any instrument Paul Taffanel Wind Quintet in G minor Concerts for Craswall concertsforcraswall.org concertsforcraswall.org/shop £18 Sunday 30 March WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm THE FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET Grainger Molly on the Shore Liz Dilnot Johnson Quartet no 5 Borderlands (2024) Schubert Quartettsatz, plus its Andante edited by Brian Newbould Schubert Quartet in G major D887 Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £20, £5 (Students) Header photo: Milos Milivojevic
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EXTRA CONCERTS!
Jorge Jiménez – Rethinking Bach
Saturday 8th March, 2.30pm Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ Bach's Goldberg Variations played by Jorge Jimenez; considered one of today’s most sought-after and eclectic baroque violinists in Europe. He is also the founder and director of the award-winning Early Music ensemble, Tercia Realidad, and concert master for renowned ensembles such as L’Arpeggiata, The Hanover Band, Forma Antiqva, La Risonanza, and Capella Cracoviensis. In addition, he is a regular guest musical director and soloist at London’s Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. John Moore Museum Tickets £15 from 01684 297174 or [email protected] Saturday 29 March GLOUCESTER
Gloucester Cathedral, 12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX, 7.00 pm GLOUCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY Verdi Requiem Gloucester Choral Society presents Verdi Requiem led by acclaimed choral and orchestral director, Adrian Partington. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s iconic masterpiece live in the historic setting of Gloucester Cathedral. Experience the grandeur of Verdi’s Requiem like never before! Join us for a mesmerizing concert featuring Richard Blackford’s captivating orchestration for two pianos, organ, and timpani. Four excellent professional soloists will be supported by the chorus in what is probably the most dramatic and operatic of all sacred works Verdi – Requiem – Gloucester Choral Society Admission: £25, £18, £10 | Students & U25s £5 |
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