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Monday 1 March HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm RNCM SONGSTERS and JONATHAN FISHER – piano (with kind permission of RNCM) Stories in Song – Voices of the People Join the RNCM Songsters as they present a colourful programme of songs inspired by the rich musical tapestry of folk music and cabaret. Many of the great composers have been inspired by songs of the people, whether in tales of the countryside or stories of town. Programme to include: Vaughan Williams Linden Lea Ravel Cinq melodies populaires grecques Gurney Down by the Salley Gardens De Falla Siete canciones populares espaňolas Britten Cabaret Songs Satie La Diva de l’Empire Cole Porter Tale of the Oyster Noel Coward A Bar on the Piccola Marina Huddersfield Music Society 07525 337233 huddersfield-music-society.org.uk £26 (£18, £5) Wednesday 3 March ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Road, LS29 8HB, 7.30pm LEONORE PIANO TRIO Fauré Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, Op. 120 Huw Watkins Piano Trio No. 2 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Ilkley Concert Club 07791 083326 ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk £21 (£19, £17, £5, FREE) 
Wednesday 10 March KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm PRIMROSE PIANO QUARTET Beethoven Piano Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, WoO 36 Dvořák Piano Quartet in D major, Op. 23 Kendal Midday Concert Club kendalmiddayconcertclub.org Tickets on sale at the hall from 12 noon £12 (£2) Saturday 13 March MACCLESFIELD
St Michael’s Church, Market Place SK10 1DY, 5.00pm NCO SOLOISTS SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – director Holst Sextet in E minor Beethoven Septet in E flat major, Op. 20 Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 ncorch.co.uk/events £29 (£15, £5, £2) Sunday 14 March MORECAMBE
The Platform, Old Station Building, Central Promenade LA4 4DB, 3.00pm PROMENADE CONCERT ORCHESTRA HOWARD ROGERSON – conductor Music from the Palm Court As the only large Palm Court Orchestra in the country, we present another of our Palm Court concerts with historical and archive music taken from music’s great days in the spas and watering places of England. Watch out for the solo spots, novelty items, and the potted palms and aspidistra! Promenade Concert Orchestra 01524 582803 lancaster.gov.uk/platform £19 (children free) Tuesday 16 March LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, St Peter’s Square, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm NICHOLAS DANIEL – oboe MATTHEW HUNT – clarinet AMY HARMAN – bassoon OLIVIA GANDEE – horn SINI SIMONEN – violin TOM POSTER – piano Joined by postgraduate students from the Royal Northern College of Music: EMILY O’DELL – viola GABRIELA COSTA PERES – cello SAULO DA SILVA MARTINS – double bass Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452 Madeleine Dring Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Amy Beach Invocation, Op. 55 Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op. 2 This concert is part of the Leeds International Chamber Series 2026/27: In the Shadows of Giants. Leeds International Concert Season 0113 376 0318 leedsconcertseason.co.uk £29.50, £27.50 (£25.50, £15, £14, £10) Wednesday 24 March KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm SOLEM QUARTET Hildegard of Bingen O quam mirabilis est (arr. Newell) Dani Howard New Work (Solem Quartet commission, English première) Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2 Kendal Midday Concert Club kendalmiddayconcertclub.org Tickets on sale at the hall from 12 noon £12 (£2) |
Monday 1 March MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm UKRAINIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA THEODORE KUCHAR – conductor MARK BEBBINGTON – piano Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 ‘Elvira Madigan’ Manu Martin Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano & Orchestra Ivan Nebesnyy Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors – Suite Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 The Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 bridgewater-hall.co.uk £43 (£34, £28, £20) Tuesday 9 March LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, St Peter’s Square, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm ELISABETH BRAUSS – piano Mozart Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332 Bartók 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6: Nos. 2–7 & 10 Debussy Pour le piano Thomas Adès Blanca Variations Brahms 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: Nos. 1–5 Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 This concert is part of the Leeds International Piano Series 2026/27, presented in partnership with the Leeds International Piano Competition. Leeds International Concert Season 0113 376 0318 leedsconcertseason.co.uk £29.50, £27.50 (£25.50, £15, £14, £10) Friday 12 March SILVERDALE
St John’s Church, Emesgate Lane, LA5 0RJ, 7.30pm SIGLIO DE ORO A programme of Tudor music by Tallis, Byrd and contemporaries. Silverdale Renaissance facebook.com/SilverdaleRenaissance. £15, £10, £5 Saturday 13 March MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ANJA BIHLMAIER – conductor HERA HYESANG PARK – soprano JESS DANDY – contralto ROBIN TRITSCHLER – tenor PAUL GRANT – baritone LIGETI STRING QUARTET CBSO CHORUS Pauline Oliveros Tuning Meditation Roderick Williams Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined John Adams Absolute Jest Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’ The Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 bridgewater-hall.co.uk £42 (£33, £26, £18, £12) Sunday 14 March MANCHESTER
Christ Church, West Didsbury M20 2ZD, 7.00pm WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS KEITH ORRELL – conductor PLAYERS FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SINFONIA SOLOISTS FROM THE CHOIR Purcell Dido and Aeneas William Byrd Singers williambyrdsingers.com £15 (£5) Saturday 20 March BLACKBURN
Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close BB1 5AA, 7.30pm BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BEDWYN PHILLIPS – conductor Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Final Scene and Apotheosis Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op. 99 Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor, Op. 39 Blackburn Symphony Orchestra blackburnsymphony.org.uk £TBA (under-19s free) Monday 22 March HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm MADELEINE MITCHELL – violin NIGEL CLAYTON – piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 Debussy Violin Sonata Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 Huddersfield Music Society 07525 337233 huddersfield-music-society.org.uk £26 (£18, £5) |
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