Friday 1 – Monday 4 May                LEAMINGTON SPA
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
LEAMINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL
Favourite Treasures & Forgotten Gems
Artists invited include: Fibonacci String Quartet, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Guarneri Piano Trio, William Howard, Sinfonia Of Birmingham, Michael Seal, Nathan Amaral, and Andrey Gugnin.
Leamington Music  01926 334418  www.leamingtonmusic.org 
£various
Wednesday 6 May                                  MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 1.00pm
ANA-CARMEN BALESTRA – soprano
SALOME JORDANIA – piano
Dutch-Argentinian soprano Ana-Carmen Balestra is known for her clear expressive voice and sparkling stage presence. Georgian pianist Salome Jordania has appeared as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist extensively across Europe and the USA. The programme features works by Obradors, Guastavino, Gardel, Falla, Poulenc, Cabral, Granados, Ramírez, Purcell, Jake Heggie, and Violeta Parra.
Sponsored by Patricia Hazlehurst
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person
Tuesday 12 May                                       MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.00pm
GIORGI GIGASHVILI – piano
Giorgi combines classical performance with folk, electronic, and experimental music. His acclaimed debut album Meeting my Shadow was released on Alpha Classics. A BBC New Generation Artist and ECHO Rising Star, he is a 2025 Steinway Artist.
Scarlatti               Piano Sonata in C major, K487
Chopin                 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Lili Boulanger     Trois Morceaux pour Piano: D’un vieux
                              jardin and D’un jardin clair
Ravel                    Miroirs
2024 Terence Judd-Hallé Award winner – Supported by The Terence Judd Trust
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person
Saturday 16 May                                               KENDAL
St Thomas’s Church, Stricklandgate LA9 4QG, 7.30pm
KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR
GEOFFREY FIELD – director
Haydn        The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten)
Kendal South Choir  01539 725955  www.kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com/bookings
£18 (under-18s free)
Saturday 23 May                                      MANCHESTER
Christ Church, Darley Ave M20 2ZD, 7.00pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – conductor
Viva la musica!
Eröd                 Viva la musica
Kodály             Esti dal
Bárdos             Cantemus!
Elgar                My love dwelt in a northern land
Elgar                Stars of the summer night (Spanish
                         Serenade)
Arnold             A John Clare Cantata Op. 52
Arr. Rutter       Sourwood Mountain; Black Sheep;
                         Shenandoah
Bennett           Nonsense
The William Byrd Singers  www.williambyrdsingers.com   £15 (£5)
Saturday 2 May                                     MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Rd, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
STEVEN OSBORNE OBE – piano
ZOË BEYERS – director
Mozart               The Marriage of Figaro, K492: Overture
Shostakovich    Chamber Symphony Op. 83a
Beethoven        Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts  £29 (£19, free)
Wednesday 6 May                                             ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Rd LS29 8HB, 7.30pm
PAVEL KOLESNIKOV & SAMSON TSOY – piano duo
Stravinsky        The Rite of Spring
Schubert           Fantasie in F minor, D940
Schubert           Divertissement, D818
Ilkley Concert Club  07791 083326  [email protected]
£20, £18, £16 (£5 under-25s, under-18s free)
Tuesday 12 May                                       MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 7.30pm
SIR STEPHEN HOUGH – piano
Schubert            Klavierstück in E flat major, D946 No. 2
Brahms               Klavierstück, Op. 118 No. 6: Intermezzo
Schoenberg       6 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Stockhausen     Klavierstück III
Beethoven         Bagatelles Op. 119: No. 10 in A major
Beethoven         Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
                            'Waldstein'
Schumann         Carnaval, Op. 9
Sherman            Mary Poppins Suite
   (arr. Hough)
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk 
£20–£43
Sunday 17 May                                          MORECAMBE
The Platform, Old Station Building, Central Promenade LA4 4DB, 3.00pm
PROMENADE CONCERT ORCHESTRA
HOWARD ROGERSON – conductor
Music from the Films
Come and experience live the music written for the silver screen over the past 100 years and more, with so many great melodies depicting so many different emotions and situations in the cinema.
Promenade Concert Orchestra  01524 582803  www.lancaster.gov.uk/platform  £18 (children free)
30 May – 7 June                                  LONGBOROUGH
Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0QF
Handel       Orlando
30 May; 2, 4, 6, 7 June (new production)
Longborough Festival Opera  01451 830292   lfo.org.uk
Header photo: Chaos String Quartet