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MARCH CONCERTS

Sunday 1 March                                        GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt St GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
RUTH ROGERS – violin
SIMON CALLAGHAN – piano

Beethoven      Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12
Fauré               Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Fauré               Les Berceaux
Elgar                Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
Saint-Saëns   Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£25 (children free, accompanying adults £15)

Tuesday 3 March                                     BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 2.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
HELEN BENSON – flute
OLIVER JANES – clarinet
ADRIAN SPILLETT – percussion
American Counterpoint
Steve Reich                Vermont Counterpoint for Flute
                                     and Tape
Robert Muczynski     Duo for Flute & Clarinet
Steve Reich                New York Counterpoint for
                                     Clarinet and Tape
Lou Harrison              First Concerto for Flute and
                                     Percussion
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk   £12 (£5)
Sunday 8 March                                             MALVERN
York Hall, Malvern St James, 15 Avenue Rd WR14 3BA, 3.00pm
CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SABRINA KO – conductor
SHULAH OLIVER – violin
TIM STIDWILL – horn

Ruth Gipps       Song for Orchestra, Op. 33
Ethel Smyth     Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
Prokofiev          Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Chandos Symphony Orchestra   chandos.org.uk
£17 (£8.50 under-16s)

Tuesday 10 March                                          WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
THE CHOIR OF ROYAL HOLLOWAY
RUPERT GOUGH – director

The King, the Archbishop, a Spy, and the English Exiles
Exploring the music of Byrd, Bull, Dering, and Philips with the telling of many stories about accusations of spying, plotting against the king, and travels around 17th century Europe.
‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm
Leamington Music  0333 666 3366  www.leamingtonmusic.org
£28/£18/£13 (£9/£3)

Saturday 14 March                                  BIRMINGHAM
St Chad’s Cathedral B4 6EU, 7.00pm
HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP BERNARD LANGLEY – reader
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
MARTYN RAWLES – organ

Drop, Drop Slow Tears – a concert of motets and readings
Byrd                  Miserere mei
Gesualdo         Tenebrae Responsories
Gibbons           Drop, drop slow tears
Lotti                  Crucifixus a 8
Phinot               Incipit oratio Jeremiae prophetae
Tallis                 Lamentations of Jeremiah
Victoria             O vos omnes
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.birmingham.bachchoir.com or [email protected]   £12–£25 (concs. available)
Sunday 15 March                                             MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Rd WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
DORIC STRING QUARTET
MAIA CABEZA – violin
YING XUE – violin
EMMA WERNIG – viola
JOHN MYERSCOUGH – cello
Love Letters
Mendelssohn      String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major,
                              Op. 12
Kurtàg                  Aus der Ferne III
Janaček                String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Kreutzer
                             Sonata‘
Beethoven          String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major,
                             Op. 74 ‘Harp’
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see advert on right or visit website.
Friday 20 March                                       LEAMINGTON
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave CV32 5RE, 7.30pm
DUDOK STRING QUARTET
PIETER WISPLEWEY – cello

Dowland        Lachrimae or Seven Tears
Mozart            String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575
                        ‘Prussian’
Schubert         String Quintet in C major, D956
Leamington Music  0333 666 3366  www.leamingtonmusic.org
£28/£18 (£9/£3)

Saturday 21 March                                     WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
SAMUEL HUDSON – conductor
SARAH FOX – soprano
JEANETTE AGER – mezzo soprano
DOMINIC LEE – tenor
ED GRINT – bass
MERIDIAN SINFONIA

Mendelssohn      Elijah
Worcester Festival Choral Society
www.wfcs.online / 0333 666 3366 (TicketSource)£10–£29


Thursday 26 March                                 BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley St B1 2LF, 2.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
MARIE-CHRISTINE ZUMPANCIC – flute
EMMET BYRNE - oboe
OLIVER JANES – clarinet
RICHARD THOMAS – violin
ADAM RÖMER – viola
TONY ALCOCK – double bass
Circus Music
Programme to include:
Prokofiev        Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Schulhoff        Concertino
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO   www.cbso.co.uk   £12 (£5)
Saturday 28 March                                       PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
MELIORA COLLECTIVE
Celebrating the Society’s 80th Anniversary year. Programme TBA – see website for details.
Painswick Music Society  07903 373674   www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk

Sunday 29 March                                       WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
LUMAS WIND QUINTET
BETH STONE – flute
EWAN MILLER, CHRIS VETTRAINO – oboes
BENJAMIN HARTNELL-BOOTH – French horn
FLORENCE PLANE – bassoon
RENNIE SUTHERLAND – clarinet
Works by Zemlinsky, J.S. Bach, Dvořák, Bernstein, and Reicha
Worcester Concert Club   worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £20 (£5 Students)

Sunday 1 March                                          WORCESTER
Venue to be announced – see website for details    3.30pm                        
THE HAMPSTEAD COLLECTIVE
REBECCA HARDWICK – soprano
JACOB GARSIDE – director (cello/viola da gamba)
Agrippina’s Betrayal
A programme centred around Handel’s Cantata of 1707, Agrippina condotta a morire.
Worcestershire Early Music   www.earlymusicworcs.org 
£22

Sunday 8 March                                       LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 11.30am
ENSEMBLE 360 and narrator
Family concert with Paul Rissmann’s The Storm Whale.
Leamington Music  01926 334418  www.leamingtonmusic.org
£15/£9/£42 (family ticket)

Sunday 8 March                                       LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 3.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
Suk                 Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Phyllis Tate   Sonata for Clarinet and Cello
Martinů         Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H.313
Dohnányi      Sextet in C major, Op. 37
Leamington Music  01926 334418  www.leamingtonmusic.org
£23 (£11.50/£3)
Sunday 8 March                  STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
United Reformed Church, Rother St CV37 6LU, 7.30pm
ELMORE STRING QUARTET
Haydn               String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major
Bartók              String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Beethoven       String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major,
                          Op. 127
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society  www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
£25 (students £5) / Season Tickets for 6 concerts £120 (students £24)

Sunday 14 March                                          PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
ADAM HERON PIANO TRIO
Celebrating the Society’s 80th Anniversary year. Programme TBA – see website for details.
Painswick Music Society  07903 373674   www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk
Saturday 14 March                                            CWMDU
St Michael & All Angels Church, Cwmdu,
nr. Crickhowell, Powys NP8 1RU, 7.30pm

EMMA RAWICZ TRIO
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist

Programme TBA – see website for details.
Cwmdu Music  [email protected]  info.cwmdumusic.org    £15 (concs. available)
Saturday 14 March                                          EVESHAM
All Saints Church WR11 4RW, 7.30pm
JUNA STRING QUARTET
ARCHIE FREEMAN – violin
NINA DOIG – violin
ESTELLE GONZALEZ – viola
ELENA EDWARDS – cello
Programme to be announced
Evesham and District Music Club
www.evesham-music-club.co.uk
www.eveshamlive.co.uk
Tickets from Johnsons 01386 761515  £22 (£5 under-18s)

Sunday 15 March                                        ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church St GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMA SHOWCASE
Final year and post-graduate students perform a varied programme. See the stars of tomorrow, today! Programme details to be announced – see website for details.
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020  www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk
£20 (£18, £5)

Saturday 21 March        MINCHINHAMPTON, STROUD
Holy Trinity Church, Bell Ln GL6 9BP, 4.00pm
CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR
SIMON HARPER – conductor

Music for Lent
Cantores Chamber Choir  www.cantores.net
£15 (£5 under-18s & students)

Wednesday 25 March                             CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Dr GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
CLARE HAMMOND – piano
Chopin                          Barcarolle, Op. 60
Grażyna Bacewicz      Sonatina
Rachmaninov              Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
Florence Price             Fantasie Nègre No. 1
Michael Betteridge    Prison piece
Janáček                         In the Mists
Earl Wild                      Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin
                                       Nos 4, 6 and 7
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764  www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£28, £23 (£5 under-26s)

Saturday 28 March                                   HAY-ON-WYE
St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Rd HR3 5EB, 3.00pm
HEREFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL BELL MBE – conductor

Rossini                  The Italian Girl in Algiers: Overture
Wagner                 Siegfried Idyll
Mendelssohn       Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90
                               ‘Italian’
Hereford Symphony Orchestra  www.herefordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
07971 963565

Saturday 28 March                                         FAIRFORD
St Mary’s Church, High St GL7 4AF, 4.00pm
CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR
SIMON HARPER – conductor

Music for Lent
Cantores Chamber Choir  www.cantores.net
£15 (£5 under-18s & students)
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