Wednesday 1 May                     BIRMINGHAM
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR, 2.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
PETER DONOHOE – piano
JASON LAI – conductor
Vaughan Williams  Fantasia on a Theme by
                                           Thomas Tallis
Mozart                      Piano Concerto No 25
Vaughan Williams   Symphony No 5
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org  bcu.ac.uk/concerts 0121 331 5909            £5-25 ​
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Friday 3 May                             BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
KATE SUTHERS, BRYONY MORRISON – violins
AMY THOMAS – viola
HELEN EDGAR – cello
Sibelius            Voces Intimae
Britten              Three Divertimenti
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10​

Tuesday 7 May                         CHIPPING SODBURY
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Broad Street BS37 6AD, 7.30pm
CARISMÁTICO TANGO BAND
KAREN STREET – accordion
ANDY TWEED – saxophones
YSHANI PERINPANAYAGAM – piano
ROB MILLETT – percussion
DAVE MANINGTON – bass
Tangos by Argentinian composer Saúl Cosentino, Astor Piazzolla, Rudolfo Biagi, Ernesto Nazareth and Karen Street
Chipping Sodbury Music Society 01454 315741 ticketsource.co.uk/csmusicsociety £15, school-age children free​

Thursday 9 May                                    BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
JANE WRIGHT – violin
MICHAEL JENKINSON – viola
HELEN EDGAR – cello
JOHN THWAITES – piano
Brahms            Piano Quartet No 2
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10
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Friday 10 May                           BIRMINGHAM             
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
CALLINO QUARTET
John Woolrich   Scamander 
Mendelssohn    String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80
NEW WORK to be announced (written by a post graduate composition student)
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free
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Saturday 11 May                                   CHELTENHAM
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street GL50 1SP,
7.30 pm
CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
JONATHAN ROSS – conductor
GEORGE EWART – leader
Mendelssohn    String Symphony No 10 in B minor  
Mendelssohn    Violin Concerto in E minor            
Beethoven        Symphony No 4
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra    cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk
01452 856700   For ticket prices please see website    ​

Saturday 18 May                                   OXFORD
SJE Arts at St John the Evangelist Church, 109A Iffley Road OX4 1EH, 7.30pm
CORONA STRINGS
JANET LINCÉ – conductor
Brilliant Byways
Purcell                       Chaconne
Britten                       Variations on a theme of
                                             Frank Bridge
Vaughan Williams   Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Holst                          St Paul's Suite
Arensky                     Variations on a theme of
                                              Tchaikovsky
Corona Strings       coronastrings.co.uk      
sje-oxford.org  £20 (£17), £15 (£12), £5 under 25s
FREE FIRST TIME TICKET OFFER 

Sunday 19 May                          ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30 pm
DERBY ACADEMY OF CLASSICAL DANCE
Fundraising event in Abbotsholme School Theatre
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk  01543 263304 aas@tetley.org £10
​please note correct date, which is listed as 12 May in our brochure
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Thursday 2 May                        MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
DANIEL ROWLAND – violin
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano
Founder’s Chamber Music Centenary Concert
Elgar    String Quartet in E minor Op 83
Elgar    Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82
Elgar    Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk  malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £23.52
(students in full-time education £6.72)

Saturday 4 May         PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
CARDUCCI QUARTET
Beethoven          Quartet Op 18 No 4 in C minor              
Bartók                 Quartet No 1 in A minor Op 7    
Borodin              Quartet No 2 in D
Painswick Music Society   painswickmusicsoc.co.uk   Ticket Prices tbc​
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Wednesday 8 May        BIRMINGHAM                         
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm
Birmingham International Piano Festival
PAVEL KOLESNIKOV – piano
Brahms           Intermezzo in E flat Op117 No 1,
                         Intermezzo in B flat minor Op 117 No 2
                         Intermezzo in C sharp minor Op 117 No 3
Beethoven     Piano Sonata No 4 in E flat Op 7
Tchaikovsky  Natha-Valse Op 51/4
                        Polka peu dansante Op 51/2
                        Passé Lointain Op 72/17
Couperin       Suite in A, Pavanne in F sharp minor
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts           £18 (£15, £12, £5)​

Thursday 9 May            COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick CV4 7AL, 7.15pm
COULL QUARTET
Mozart                       Quartet in G K387
Cecilia McDowall     Quartet (2004) The Case of the
                                               Unanswered Wire
Beethoven                 Quartet in E flat Op 127
Warwick Arts Centre  warwickartscentre.co.uk  02476 524524  £21 (£19)​

Saturday 11 May         PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
JULIAN BLISS – clarinet
ROBERT BOTTRIEL – piano  
Schumann       Drei Fantasiestucke Op 73
Olah                 Sonata for Solo Clarinet           
Weber             Grand Duo Concertant Op 48                
Debussy          Premiere Rhapsodie for Solo Clarinet    
Brahms            Sonata No 1 in F Minor Op 120 No 1     
Painswick Music Society   painswickmusicsoc.co.uk   Ticket Prices tbc

Friday 17 May                                       CHELTENHAM
Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Bath Road GL53 7LD, 8.00pm
FRASER GRAHAM – piano
Chopin              Polonaise Fantasy Op 61
and other Romantic works
Cheltenham College Piano Recital Series cheltenhamcollege.org.uk 01242 265656 ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenham-college   £15/£10


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Saturday 18 May                      TINTERN
Tintern Abbey NP16 6SE, 7.30pm
CLARE HAMMOND – piano
Debussy                   Selection from Préludes
Adès                         Darknesse Visible; Three Mazurkas
Mendelssohn          The Bee’s Wedding
Rimsky-Korsakov   Flight of the Bumblebee
Ewan Campbell      Flight of the Killer Bee
Bartók                       6 Romanian Folk Dances
Finnis                        Youth
Rachmaninov          Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor
​                                                Op 36
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk  01291 330020   Prices TBA – please check venue
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Friday 24 May                           BIRMINGHAM             
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
CERI OWEN – piano
Dr Ceri Owen gives her inaugural lecture-recital, having taken up the post of Director of Performance at the University of Birmingham.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free
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EXTRA CONCERT!
Wednesday, 1 May             HAY-ON-WYE
 St Mary’s Church, HR3 5EB, 7.30pm
 THE CRAYFORD, CLEMMOW, WELSH PIANO TRIO
 Haydn                        Trio in G Hob XV:25 Gypsy Rondo
Solo items (to be announced) for violin, piano and cello
Piazzolla arr. Bragato Spring from The Four Seasons 
Dvorak                          Trio Op. 90 Dumky
haymusic.org
Hay Music Trust & St Mary's Church
Tickets:  £12 (students £6) from Richard Booth’s Bookshop, 44 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA, 01497 820322 or www.boothbooks.co.uk

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