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
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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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