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MARCH CONCERTS

Saturday 1 March                                        BLACKBURN
Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close BB1 5AA, Time tbc
BLACKBURN CHAMBER CHOIR
JOHN ROBINSON – director
JOHN HOSKINGS – organ

Come & Sing Faure Requiem
Enjoy singing this ethereal piece alongside Lancashire’s premier chamber choir in the beautiful setting of Blackburn Cathedral.
Blackburn Chamber Choir
blackburnchamberchoir.org
Tickets (free for 18s and under) available at our website
*** Jill: I checked Blackburn Chamber Choir website to try to find a time for the above. There is no Come & Sing Faure listed on this date, but different Come & Sings on 1st February and 8th March... ??? ***
Saturday 1 March                                        LANCASTER
Great Hall, Lancaster University LA1 4YW, 7.30pm
HAFFNER ORCHESTRA
ALEX ROBINSON – conductor
CALLUM McLACHLAN – soloist
JULIAN CANN – leader

Mozart                   Piano Concerto in D minor
Shostakovich        Symphony No 5
Haffner Orchestra
www.haffnerorchestra.org/concerts
£17 (£6 for students and benefit claimants, Free U18)

Wednesday 5 March                                    CLITHEROE
Trinity Methodist Church and Community Hub, Parson Lane BB7 2JY, 7.30pm
CONCERT ROYAL TRIO
Concert Royal, one of Britain’s longest established early music groups, is named after Couperin’s ‘Concerts Royaux’, which were written for Louis XIV of France, Concert Royal was founded by flautist Peter Harrison and harpsichordist John Treherne. Their aim is to recreate the musical sound world of the 18th and early 19th centuries through research, study and performance on historic instruments and to share with their audiences an enthusiasm for early music.  
Peter and John are joined in Concert Royal by ’cellist Rachel Gray.
Clitheroe Concerts Society
www.clitheroeconcerts.org
£20 (Young people under the age of 18 accompanied by a Member or paying adult FREE)
Monday 10 March                                             PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
SOLEM STRING QUARTET
Henriette Bosmans    String Quartet
Beethoven                   Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135
Nadia Boulanger        Three Pieces for cello and piano,
                                      arr. Amy Tress
Debussy                       Quartet in G minor, Op.10
Penrith Music Club
penrithmusicclub.com
£20 (Students £5)

Saturday 15 March                                MACCLESFIELD
St Michael’s Church, Market Place SK10 1DY, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Caplet         Suite Persane
Nielsen       Wind Quintet
Dvořák        Serenade for Wind Instruments
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk    £28 (£18, free)
Monday 17 March                                    MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ROBIN TICCIATI – conductor
FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI – piano

Robert Schumann      Piano Concerto
Mahler                          Symphony No.5
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on/london-philharmonic-orchestra-170325/
£45, £38, £31, £23

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                                                     LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
BEN GROSVENOR – piano
Johannes Brahms         Intermezzi, Op 117
Robert Schumann        Fantasie, Op 17
Modest Mussorgsky    Pictures at an Exhibition
This concert is part of Leeds International Piano Series 2024/25.
Leeds Ticket Hub 0113 376 0318 www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£27.50, £25.50 (£25.50, £23.50, £14, £13, £10)

Saturday 22 March                                  BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road SK10 5JR, 7.30pm
LINDOW ENSEMBLE – 12 strings
Tchaikovsky      Serenade for Strings
J. S. Bach           Concerto for two violins in D minor
Spilsbury           Eyebright
and other works to be confirmed
Bollington Chamber Concerts  07535 892436  www.bollington-chamber-concerts.org/lindow
£24 (Students £2)

Tuesday 25 March                                                 LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
CAERUS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
JONIAN ILIAS KADESHA – violin
PABLO HERNÁN BENEDÍ – violin/viola
LILY FRANCIS – viola/violin
VASHTI HUNTER – cello
NOAM GREENBERG – piano

Nikos Skalkottas       Five Greek Dances
Béla Bartók                String Quartet No 5
Iannis Xenakis           Dhipli Zyia for violin and cello
George Enescu          Piano Quintet
This concert is part of Leeds International Chamber Series 2024/25.
Leeds Ticket Hub 0113 376 0318  www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£27.50, £25.50 (£25.50, £23.50, £14, £13, £10)

Saturday 29 March                                             KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 7.30pm
WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA
MELVIN TAY – conductor 
LEORA COHEN – violin
Sibelius              Violin Concerto
Weber                Overture Der Freischütz
Tchaikovsky       Symphony No. 6 Pathetique
Westmorland Orchestra

www.westmorlandorchestra.org.uk  01539 896299 £0/£17.50
Saturday 1 March                                              KESWICK
St John’s Church CA11 4DD, 7.30pm
KOSMOS TRIO
HARRIET MACKENZIE – violin
MEG HAMILTON – viola
MILOŠ MILIVOJEVIĆ – accordion

Classical references, world music, gypsy, folk, tangos and intoxicating improvisation.
Keswick Music Society  01900 403150
www.keswick-music-society.org.uk
£20 (£5)

Tuesday 4 March                                                  LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
STEPHEN HOUGH – piano
Cécile Chaminade      6 Études de Concert Op 35,
                                       No 2: Automne
Cécile Chaminade      6 Pièces humoristiques Op 87,
                                      No 4: Autrefois
Franz Liszt                    Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178
Cécile Chaminade      Thème varié
Cécile Chaminade      Les Sylvains
Frédéric Chopin          Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor,
                                      Op 58
This concert is part of Leeds International Piano Series 2024/25.
Leeds Ticket Hub 0113 376 0318 www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£27.50, £25.50 (£25.50, £23.50, £14, £13, £10)

Wednesday 5 March                                         KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
THE VILLIERS QUARTET
Schubert       String Quartet No. 14 in D minor,
                       D.810 Death and the Maiden
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (students £2)
Wednesday 5 March                                   LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, 60 Oxford Street L7 3NY, 7.30pm
ENSEMBLE 10:10
GEOFFREY PATERSON – conductor
BENJAMIN APPL – baritone*

Nneka Cummins      Flow state (world premiere)
Goehr                         Sinfonia
Boulez                        Mémoriale
Widmann                   Schumannliebe*
Liverpool Philharmonic  0151 709 3789 www.liverpoolphil.com   £20, £9
Wednesday 12 March                                           ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 7.30pm
AILISH TYNAN – soprano
JAMES BAILLIEU – piano

Fauré                      Cinq mélodies
Hahn                      Venezia
Muriel Herbert     Children’s Songs
plus more songs by Herbert, together with Bridge, Barber and Herbert Hughes and traditional folk songs.
Ilkley Concert Club  07791 083326  [email protected]
£20, £18, £16 (£5, Free U18)

Saturday 15 March                                   MANCHESTER
Christ Church, West Didsbury. Darley Ave M20 2ZD, 7.00pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – musical director
SUSAN MARRS – mezzo-soprano
DAMIAN O’KEEFFE – baritone
STEPHEN HARGREAVES – organ

Purest Loving Heart
Duruflé                            Requiem Op. 9;  Missa Cum
                                          Jubilo Op.11
Gustav Holst                  Ave Maria Op. 9b
Hildegard of Bingen     Columba Aspexit (female
                                         voices)
Cecilia McDowall          The Lord is Good
Solos                               Works to be confirmed
William Byrd Singers
www.williambyrdsingers.com   £15 (£12, £5)

Wednesday 19 March                                        KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
THE LINDOW ENSEMBLE
Bach                             Concerto for Two Violins in
                                      D minor, BWV1043
Adrienne Spilsbury    Eyebright
Tchaikovsky                Serenade for Strings
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£12 (students £2)

Thursday 20 March                                 MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
FARRENC TRIO
RAYMOND BRIAN – clarinet
WALLIS POWER – cello
JOE HOWSON – piano

Christophe Bertrand     Sanh
Raymond Brien             Tone Poem no 1
Louise Farrenc               Clarinet Trio in Eb Major, op 44
Sponsored by The Haworth Trust
Manchester Mid-days
bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on/?series=17968
£10, concessions £8.50, students £5, + £3 booking fee unless booked in person

Saturday 22 March                                     BLACKBURN
Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close BB1 5AA, 7.30pm
BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Coleridge-Taylor        Ballade in A minor Op 33
Grieg                            Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16
Vaughan Williams     Symphony No 2 A London
                                     Symphony

Blackburn Symphony Orchestra  blackburnsymphony.org.uk
Tickets tbc (under 19s free)

Monday 24 March                                HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
LUMIC QUARTET
Beethoven          String Quartet No 7 in F major Op 59
                             No 1 Razumovsky
Joey Roukens     Visions at Sea
Beethoven          String Quartet No 9 in C major Op 59
                             No 3 Razumovsky
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk
£25 (£18, £5)

Thursday 27 March                                  MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
RNCM BRASS BAND
DAVID THORNTON – conductor

Established during the 1990s by brass innovator Howard Snell, the RNCM Brass Band has always been a flagship ensemble of the institution.  The teaching staff encourages students to become members of bands outside of the college and the RNCM benefits greatly from partnerships with some of the UK’s leading brass bands. The current RNCM Brass Band has members of Black Dyke, Grimethorpe, Brighouse & Rastrick and the Fairey Bands within its ranks, as well as a good international representation from countries including Switzerland, Latvia, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.
Mario Burki                    Flight
John McCabe                 Desert II (Horizon)
Ray Steadman-Allen    Seascapes
Sponsored by The Ida Carroll Trust
Manchester Mid-days
bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on/?series=17968
£10, concessions £8.50, students £5, + £3 booking fee unless booked in person


Header photo: Benjamin Grosvenor (credit Marco Borggreve)
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