Saturday 4 May                                      MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Road, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CHRISTOPHER JONES – violin and director
KAY STEPHEN – viola
Higdon            Dance Card (movements)
Mozart             Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and
                         Viola
Beethoven      Symphony No. 7
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts    £27 (£17, free)
Saturday 11 May                                           GATESHEAD
Sage Two, Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square NE8 2JR, 7.30pm
TRIO GASPARD
Helena Winkelman  Piano Trio
Haydn                         Piano Trio No. 44 in E,  Hob. XV:28
Sándor Veress          Tre Quadri for Piano Trio
Brahms                       Hungarian Dances
Schumann                  Piano Trio No. 2 in F, Op. 80
Part of the Newcastle International Chamber Music Series 2023/24
sagegateshead.com/whats-on/nicms-trio-gaspard/  0191 443 4661    £23, £15, students half price
Saturday 11 May                                                  KENDAL
Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
CHLOÉ VAN SOETERSTÈDE – conductor
JESS GILLAM – saxophone
Andrée          Concert Overture
Glazunov       Saxophone Concerto
Brahms          Symphony No. 1
Lakeland Sinfonia  03300 101761  www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk  £41 (£29, £19, £5)

Friday 24 May                                           MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
CZECH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STEVEN MERCURIO – conductor
CHLOE HANSLIP – violin
JAN HASENÖHRL – trumpet
Smetana         The Bartered Bride – overture
Dvořák            Violin Concerto
Piazzolla         Libertango
Dvořák            Symphony No.7
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on
£19.50–£41.50 (concessions may apply)

Tuesday 28 May                                       MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
WORLD PERCUSSION GROUP
Programme to be announced
Sponsored by an anonymous donor
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
£10 (£8.50, £5)
Friday 10 May                                           MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE
RUTH GIBSON – viola
SANSARA CHOIR
Morton Feldman       Rothko Chapel
Plus new works by Isobel Waller-Bridge, Edmund Finnis, Isabella Summers and Katherine Balch
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on
£14.50–£36.50 (concessions may apply)
Saturday 11 May                                                  KENDAL
St Thomas’s Church, Stricklandgate LA9 4QG, 7.30pm
KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR
GEOFFREY FIELD – conductor
With organ accompaniment
European Sacred Music
Kendal South Choir  01539 725955 kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com   £15 (under-18s free)
Thursday 16 May                                      MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
ANNIE JACOBS-PERKINS – cello
DINA IVANOVA – piano
Robert Schumann        Adagio and Allegro
Sergei Prokofiev           Sonata in C major
Frédéric Chopin            Polonaise
Sponsored by the Pierre Fournier Award
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk   £10 (£8.50, £5)
Saturday 25 May                                      MANCHESTER
Christ Church West Didsbury, Darley Avenue M20 2ZD, 7.30pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – musical director
Gastoldi              Viver lieto voglio
Gesualdo            Languisco e moro
Monteverdi        Ecco mormorar l’onde
Lauridsen           Six ‘Fire Songs’
Fauré                   Madrigal Op. 35
Fauré                   Les Djins Op. 12
Lauridsen           Les chansons des roses
Ravel                  Trois chansons
William Byrd Singers  williambyrdsingers.org.uk
£15 (£12 concessions, £5 students)
Friday 31 May                                       PORT SUNLIGHT
Hulme Hall, 23 Bolton Road, Bebington, Wirral CH62 5DH, 3.00pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Prokofiev        Peter and the Wolf
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts
£17.50 (£12.50)
 
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