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may CONCERTS

Thursday 2 to Monday 6 May                 LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA
LEAMINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL
A Czech feast of music, talks, and walks. Artists invited include: Guarneri Piano Trio, Martinů String Quartet and Iain Farrington, Ben Goldscheider, Philippe Graffin, Oliver Hancock, Martin Kasík, Piers Lane, Richard Uttley, Vilém Veverka, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Raphael Wallfisch, Simon Wallfisch, and Imogen Whitehead.
Full details available in January 2024 – see www.leamingtonmusic.org for further information
Friday 3 May                                                  HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street HR4 9JR, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director/violin
DAVID GORDON – keyboards
JACKIE OATES – vocals

Trad. arr. Oates/Le Page     The Birds in the Spring
David Gordon                        Windigo
Vivaldi                                     La primavera ‘Spring’, RV
                                                 269
Trad. arr. Oates/Le Page      The Lark in the Morning
David Gordon                        The Elephant and the Moth
Vivaldi                                     L’estate ‘Summer’, RV 315
Trad. arr. Oates/Le Page     Bright Phoebus
David Gordon                       Feeling the Chill
Vivaldi                                    L’autumno ‘Autumn’, RV 293
Trad. arr. Oates/Le Page     The Robin’s Petition
David Gordon                       The Water’s Tears
Vivaldi                                    L’inverno ‘Winter’, RV 297
The Courtyard  01432 340555
courtyard.org.uk   £24 (£22)

Friday 10 May                                              BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
OLIVER JANES – clarinet
JOHN REID – piano
Martinů        Sonatina
Gipps           Sonata
Brahms        Sonata No.1 in F minor
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts                            Admission: Free
Saturday 11 May                                               PAINSWICK
St Mary’s Church GL6 6UT, 3.00pm
MELIORA COLLECTIVE (Flexible Dectet)
Programme to be confirmed
Painswick Music Society  www.painswickmusicsoc.co.uk
Enquiries to 07789 006006

Sunday 12 May                                               ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
ODYSSEUS PIANO TRIO
ROSIE BISS – cello
SARAH TRICKEY – violin
ROBIN GREEN – piano

Programme to be confirmed
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk  £18 (£15, £5)
Tuesday 14 May                             CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
ROGER VIGNOLES – piano
Hearing Pictures
A programme of landscapes, seascapes, night and nature
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Thursday 16 May                            CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD – piano
Bach Partita     No.1 in B flat BWV 825
Schönberg       Suite for piano op.25
Schubert           Ländler and Valses D145, D779, D734
Schumann        Carnaval op.9
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1

Friday 17 to Sunday 19 May                             HIGHNAM
Holy Innocents Church GL2 8DG
CARDUCCI QUARTET and friends
Carducci Festival at Highnam

A weekend of chamber music with the Carducci Quartet and invited guest artists in the beautiful setting of Highnam, near Gloucester.
See www.carduccifestivalhighnam.co.uk from January 2024 for full programme and tickets.
Sunday 19 May                             LANGTON BY SPILSBY
Church of St Peter & St Paul PE23 4PU, 6.30pm
KATHERINE SPENCER – clarinet
THE BLOOMSBURY PLAYERS
SIJIE CHEN & WILL MCGAHON – violins
JOHN CROCKATT – viola
ORLANDO JOPLING – cello
Clara Schumann      Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
   (arr. Bill Thorp)      (op.13 no.1)
W.A. Mozart             Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
Johannes Brahms    Clarinet Quintet in B minor (op. 115)
Johannes Brahms    Wie Melodien zieht es mir (op.105
   (arr. Bill Thorp)      no.1)
Langton Concerts   07809 619401 / 01790 653649
www.langton-by-spilsby.org.uk/langton-concerts
£25 in advance (£28 on the door)
Monday 20 May                             CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
MAHAN ESFAHANI – harpsichord
Marchand     Suite in D minor (1707)
Scarlatti        Four Sonatas in G K424–427
Handel          Suite in B flat major HWV 434
Handel          Chaconne in G major HWV 435
Scarlatti         Six Sonatas from the ‘Essercizi’ (1738)
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Wednesday 22 May                      CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
KALEIDOSCOPE CHAMBER COLLECTIVE
with FRANCESCA CHEIJINA – soprano
Beethoven     String Quintet in C major op.29
A. Mahler       4 Songs for Soprano & Strings
Zemlinsky      Maiblumen blühten überall
Schönberg     Verklärte Nacht op.4
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Friday 24 May                                 CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
PAUL LEWIS – piano
Schubert Sonata Series: Programme IV:
Sonata no. 19 in C minor D958
Sonata no. 20 in A major D959
Sonata no. 21 in B flat major D960
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Thursday 30 May                                        BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Mozart        Kegelstatt Trio
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10


Friday 3 May                                             BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
ELLA TAYLOR – soprano
SHOLTO KYNOCH – piano
Debussy      Ariettes Oubliées
Plus selected songs by Margaret Bonds
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts                            Admission: Free


Tuesday 7 May                                               UTTOXETER
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester ST14 5BS, 7.30pm
THE MITHRAS TRIO
current New Generation BBC artists
IONEL MANCIU – violin
LEO POPPLEWELL – cello
DOMINIC DEGAVINO – piano

Tailleferre            Piano Trio
Saint-Saëns         Piano Trio No. 1 in F major Op. 18
Beethoven           Piano Trio in B flat major Op. 97
                              ‘Archduke’
Abbotsholme Arts Society 07766 759886  www.abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk
£25 (under 25s £5)

Friday 10 May                                              BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: Double Reed Baroque Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10
Saturday 11 May                             CHIPPING CAMPDEN
Cidermill Theatre, Cidermill Lane GL55 6HU, 7.30pm
RÊVERIE – The Life and Loves of Claude Debussy
with LUCY PARHAM and SIR SIMON RUSSELL BEALE
[This event is sold out. If any returns come in they will be put back on the website.]
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
Monday 13 May                              CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
MATTHEW TRUSCOTT – director
DAVID BLACKADDER – trumpet
JONATHAN MANSON – cello
Purcell         Trumpet Sonata in D major Z. 850
Purcell         Trio Sonata No.1 in B minor Z. 802
Biber           Sonata No.4 in C for Trumpet and Strings
Purcell         Three parts upon a Ground Z. 731
Handel        Trumpet Suite from the Water Music
Telemann   Fantasia 6 in G major TWV 40:31
Handel        Concerto Grosso in B flat major op.6 No.7
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£45 | £40 | £35 | £30 | Students £1
Wednesday 15 May                       CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
THE GESUALDO SIX
Lux Aeterna – Music for the Souls of the Departed
Including music by Tallis, Byrd, Morales, Tavener and Judith Bingham
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1

Friday 17 May                                  CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
TÁKACS QUARTET
with MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN – piano
Haydn      Quartet in B flat major op.76 No.4 ‘Sunrise’
Ravel        Quartet in F major
Debussy   “Reflets dans l’eau” from Images Book 1 No.1
Dvořák      Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, op.81
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Saturday 18 May                            CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
AQUINAS PIANO TRIO
Haydn                 Piano Trio XV:7 in D major
Mendelssohn     Piano Trio No.2 in C minor op.66
Schubert             Piano Trio in B flat major D898
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Sunday 19 May                               CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
PAVEL KOLESNIKOV & SAMSON TSOY – piano
Stravinsky       The Rite of Spring for Piano Four Hands
Desyatnikov    Trompe-l’œil
Schubert          Fantasie in F minor D940
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£40 | £35 | £30 | £25 | Students £1
Tuesday 21 May                              CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
THE FESTIVAL ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
with ELENA URIOSTE – violin
Beethoven    Overture: The Consecration of the House
                       op.124
Elgar              Violin Concerto in B minor op.61
Brahms         Symphony No.3 in F major op.90
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£45 | £40 | £35 | £30 | Students £1
Thursday 23 May                           CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
THE FESTIVAL ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
with STEVEN OSBORNE – piano
Ravel           Ma mère l’Oye
Ravel           Piano Concerto in G
Prokofiev    Romeo & Juliet op.64 
                     (selection from the suites)
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£45 | £40 | £35 | £30 | Students £1
Saturday 25 May                            CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JG, 7.00pm
THE FESTIVAL ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
with SOPHIE BEVAN – soprano
Tchaikovsky     Fantasy Overture; Romeo and Juliet
R. Strauss         Four Songs op.27
Sibelius            Symphony No.5 in E-flat major op.82
Chipping Campden Music Festival   www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
£45 | £40 | £35 | £30 | Students £1

Header photo: Mithras Trio
Saturday 11 May                         COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, Time tbc
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRA
RACHEL MAHON and JOE DAVIES – conductors

The People's Prom
A mixed programme of popular classical and light music to include:

Handel: Zadok The Priest
Bizet: Habanera (from Carmen)
Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Lennon/McCartney: Penny Lane
Parry: Jersualem
Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory
Lord Of The Rings
Pirates of the Caribbean

Coventry Cathedral Chorus
www.ticketweb.co.uk  0844 477 1000 
[email protected]
£20 in advance online / £25 on the door  Students/under 18 half-price


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Friday 24 May, 7.30pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford


Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Transfigured
Francesca Chiejina (soprano)
Elena Urioste (violin)
Savitri Grier (violin)
Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola)
Edgar Francis (viola)
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Tony Rymer (cello)
Philip Nelson (Double Bass)

Alexander Zemlinsky – Maiblumen blühten überall for soprano and string sextet
Richard Strauss – Metamorphosen (arr. Rudolf Leopold for string septet)
INTERVAL
Alma Mahler – Four Songs (arr. Tom Poster for soprano and string sextet)
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht for string sextet, Op. 4

Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht is an impassioned depiction of a couple whose lives are transfigured as they walk through the night, while Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen (in its string septet version) is a heart-rending reaction against the destruction of European culture and heritage in the Second World War.

https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/kaleidoscope-chamber-collective/

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