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  • CENTRAL - SPRING & SUMMER 2022
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NOVEMBER CONCERTS

Friday 2 November                            BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
Birmingham International Piano Festival
JAMES NEWBY – baritone
JOSEPH MIDDLETON – piano

Debussy         Trois Mélodies
Ravel               un grand sommeil noir, Les Grands Vent
Ravel               Histoires Naturelles
Duparc            Extase, La vague et la cloche, Phidylé
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free
Friday 2 November                         WORCESTER
St George’s Church, St George’s Square, Barbourne WR1 1HX, 7.30pm
KLANGLUST
Corelli              Concerto Grosso in D Op 6 No 4
Derek Smith    Bachorales for Strings
Bach                 Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G
Reger               Lyrisches Andante
Mendelssohn  String Symphony in C Swiss
Espressivo Concerts/ Worcester TIC 01905 726311                    £12 (students £6)​

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Sunday 4 November                  GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street, GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
JAN ŠKRDLIK – cello
PETRA BESA – piano
Beethoven                  Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69
Dvořák                         Cello Concerto arr Dvořák
Franck                          Sonata in A
Gloucester Music Society gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk 01242 620736           £17 (£16/£8/£5,free)
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Friday 9 November                                BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
Birmingham International Piano Festival
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano 
The Romantic Erard: A Concert with Conversation
Mendelssohn/Liszt  On Wings of Song
Chopin                       Variations on a Theme of
                                                  Herold Op 12
Chopin                       Polonaise Fantasy
Liszt                           Fantasia on Donizetti’s Lucia
                                                    di Lammermoor

Liszt                            Fantasy on Verdi’s Rigoletto
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free​
Friday 9 November          LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre Studio, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 7.30pm
KOSMOS
HARRIET MACKENZIE – violin
MEG HAMILTON – viola
MILOŠ MILIVOJEVIČ - accordion
Inspiring music from around the world – a heady mix of Balkan, gypsy, klezmer, tangos and JS Bach!
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk
£12.50 (£1)
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Friday 9 November                      BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm
ATEA WIND QUINTET                        
Bach                  Goldberg Variations (excerpts)
Bozza                Trois Pieces pour Une Musique de Nuit 
Mike Mower     Jazz Suite (2010)
Frank Bridge    Divertimenti
Nielsen             Wind Quintet
Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330      £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free)
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Saturday 10 November         MONMOUTH
Bridges Community Centre, Drybridge House, Wonastow Road NP25 5AS, 7.30pm
YSTRADIVARIUS
A programme of baroque music by Father/Son/Godfather – Bach/Bach/Telemann
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk  01291 330020 £18 (WVM Members £15, Students £2)
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Sunday 11 November      STRATFORD-UPON-AVON  
Shakespeare Institute (Mason Croft), Church Street CV37 6HP, 7.30pm
CHRISTINA MCMASTER – piano
Works by Debussy and Schumann
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
01789 740791 £18 (students £5)​
Tuesday 13 November                         WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
STILE ANTICO
Queen of Muses
Elizabeth I as Monarch, Patron and Lover. Music by Byrd, Farmer, Ferrabosco, de Lassus, Sandrin, Tallis, Taverner, Weelkes, Wilbye and Willaert.
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk
£24/£19/£15/£13 (£1)
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Wednesday 14 November                      BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm
Birmingham International Piano Festival
MAKEDONISSIMO
Music from Macedonia
Following on from the UK premiere in January 2018, we welcome Simon Trpčeski and his folk music project Makedonissimo, celebrating the music and culture of his native Macedonia.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts               £22 (£18, £15, £10)​
Thursday 15 November              ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30 pm
ELIZABETH LEONSKAJA – piano
Schubert           Sonata in E D459
Schoenberg     6 Pieces Op 19
Schubert           Fantasy in C Wanderer D760
Webern            Variations Op 27
Schubert           Sonata in B flat D960
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk  01543 263304 aas@tetley.org £22​
Friday 16 November                  BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
KING EDWARD’S SCHOOL AND KING EDWARD VI HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
A selection of talented young musicians present their annual concert in the Barber Concert Hall.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free​
Saturday 17 November                   WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
MERIDIAN SINFONIA
PETER NARDONE – conductor
Poulenc                                  Gloria
Vaughan Williams                Hodie
Worcester Festival Choral Society   worcesterfestivalchoralsociety.org.uk  01905 611427  
£10-£25 (some concessions available / children 9-15 free)​
Sunday 18 November                BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 7.00pm
BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP
Debussy arr Boulez      Chansons de Bilitis (1901/1954)
Harrison Birtwistle       Three Songs from
                                                  The Holy Forest (2016-17)
David Sawer                 Caravanserai (2016)
Oliver Knussen             O Hototogisu – fragment of
                                                  a Japonisme (2015-16)
BCMG bcmg.org.uk 0121 616 2616        £15​
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Wednesday 21 November          BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm
GUY JOHNSTON – cello
SAM HAYWOOD – piano
Beethoven        Magic Flute variations
Schubert           Arpeggione
MacMillan        Kiss on Wood
Grieg                 Sonata
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 barber.org.uk/concerts           £18 (£15, £12, £5 )
Wednesday 21 November          KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
SONGS OF ROMA 
A new Romani musical journey full of spiritual intensity, catharsis and joy by one of the UK's most expansive musical figures, Simon Thacker (classical guitar), with the much admired Polish cellist Justyna Jablonska and leading Roma exponent, Lublin based singer/violinist Masha Natanson. 
keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340  £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under)
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Thursday 22 November             MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
JAMES GILCHRIST – tenor
PHILIP DUKES – viola   
ANNA TILBROOK – piano
Faith, Fate and the Futility of War
Works by Purcell arr Britten, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Rebecca Clarke, Gurney, Ireland, Britten, David Bednall
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk  malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £23.52
(students in full-time education £6.72)
Friday 23 November                     EVESHAM
All Saints Church, Market Place WR11 4RW, 7.30pm 
NYJO AMBASSADORS
Programme to include:
Strayhorn                 Take the A Train
Gershwin                  I Got Rhythm
Davis                         All Blues
Green                        Body and Soul
Ellington                   In a Sentimental Mood
Evesham and District Music Club           evesham-music-club.co.uk
eveshamartscentre.co.uk    Almonry Museum 01386 446944       £16
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Saturday 24 November           HEREFORD
Holy Trinity Church, 166 Whitecross Road HR4 0DU, 7.30pm
HEREFORD STRING ORCHESTRA
ROLAND MELIA and JOSH BALANCE – conductors
MATTHEW JONES – viola
Copland           Appalachian Spring
Debussy           Prelude à l’aprés-midi d’une faune
Berlioz              Harold in Italy
Hereford String Orchestra herefordstringorchestra.co.uk 01568 760633
Tickets: Off the wall Gift Shop, St. Peter’s Street, Hereford HR1 2LA 01432 354892
£12 (concessions £10), Students £5, U12s free​
Tuesday 27 November               ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30 pm
TASMIN LITTLE – violin
PIERS LANE – piano
Schubert           Sonatina No 2 in A minor D385
Brahms             Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
Brahms             Sonatensatz (from the F.A.E. Sonata)
Schubert           Fantasy in C D934
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk  01543 263304 aas@tetley.org £22​
Friday 30 November                BIRMINGHAM    
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
KATIE STEVENSON – mezzo soprano
JÂMS COLEMAN – piano

Mahler              Rückert Lieder 
Britten              A charm of lullabies 
Quilter              Autumn Evening, My Life’s Delight, Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333 Free
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Friday 30 November                      BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm
GOULD PIANO TRIO
ROBERT PLANE – clarinet
Ravel                          Piano Trio
Huw Watkins            Quartet (2018)
                                            (Gould/Plane Commission)
Rimsky-Korsakov      Scheherazade  
arr Noack and Engeli  
Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 577330      £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free)
Friday 2 November               LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
SOPHIE RENSHAW – viola
Bach                Contrapunctus I and XI from
                                The Art of Fugue
Mozart              Quintet K516
Bruckner           Quintet in F
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk
£24/£19/£14 (£1)
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Saturday 3 November                WORCESTER
St Martin's Church, London Road WR5 2ED, 7.30pm
KEITH SLADE – clarinet
MARTIN CROPPER – violin
RICHARD JENKINSON – cello
ANNE BOLT – piano
Haydn              Piano Trio No 39 in G Gypsy Rondo
Shostakovich  Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67
Messiaen         Quartet for the End of Time
A charity chamber concert in aid of Music at St Martin's Piano Appeal
Music at St Martin's  stmartinsworcester.org.uk  01905 358083 £10 (full-time students £5, U16s free)
Wednesday 7 November           KEELE
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC
The Entente Cordiale in 1918
Debussy Centenary commemoration programme to include:
Debussy           En blanc et noir
                          Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire
                          Mélodies
keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340  £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under)​
Friday 9 November                            BRISTOL
St George’s Bristol, Great George Street (Off Park Street) BS1 5RR, 7.30pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
In Time of War    
Karen Tanaka    At the Grave of Beethoven
Schulhoff            String Quartet No 1
Shostakovich     String Quartet No 8
Brubeck              Regret
George Crumb  Black Angels
St George’s Bristol stgeorgesbristol.co.uk    0845 40 24 001  £25, £20, £15, £10, £5 students (ltd no), Free 8-25s (Cavatina) 
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Friday 9 November                     WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm
GIACOMO SUSANI – guitar
Frescobaldi    Toccata per spinettina sola over liuto
                         Aria con Variazioni detta La Frescobalda
Sor                  Grand Solo Op 14
Pasieczny       Tate Sonata (dedicated to Susani)
Mertz              Elegie
Tarrega           Mazurka en sol, Maria Gavota 
Rodrigo          En Los Trigales
Walton            Five Bagatelles
Witney Music Society witneymusicsociety.org.uk  01993 702296 £12 (under 19 £1)
Saturday 10 November                          CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA, 7.30pm
CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR
THE REGENCY SINFONIA
LUCI BRIGINSHAW, CATHERINE CARBY, OLIVER JOHNSTON, MICHAEL MOFIDAN soloists
DAVID CROWN – conductor
Verdi    Requiem
Cheltenham Bach Choir   cheltbachchoir.com/concerts.html  £22, £20, £15, £10 (students / children £8)​
Sunday 11 November                     WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
LLYR WILLIAMS – piano
Beethoven     32 Variations on an Original Theme in
                                       C minor Woo80
Schumann      Humoreske in B flat Op 20  
Brahms           Theme & Variations in D minor Op 18b
Brahms           Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5
Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427  £16 (students £5)​
Tuesday 13 November              CHIPPING SODBURY
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Broad Street BS37 6AD, 7.30pm
ANDREAS MOUTSIOULIS – classical guitar
Domeniconi    Koyunbaba Suite Op 47 (I & IV mvmts)
Piazzolla           Milonga del Angel
Bonfa                Manha de Carnival
Piazzolla           Libertango
and more …
Chipping Sodbury Music Society 01454 315741 ticketsource.co.uk/csmusicsociety £15, school-age children free
Wednesday 14 November       COVENTRY    
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street CV1 5AB, 7.00 pm
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ILONA DOMNICH, GWILYM BOWEN, LAWRENCE WHITE – soloists
PAUL LEDDINGTON WRIGHT and SIMON OVER – conductors
Britten             War Requiem
Coventry Cathedral plumb-line2018.co.uk 024 7652 1228  £50/£40/£30, concessions ​
Wednesday 14 November          KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
BALUJI SHRIVASTAV 
One of the greatest instrumentalists India has produced, excelling in sitar, surbahar, dilruba, pakhavaj and tabla.
keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340  £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under)
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Thursday 15 November              CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30 pm
PRAŽÁK QUARTET
Smetana           String Quartet No 2 in D minor
Jiří Gemrot        String Quartet No 2
Dvořák              String Quartet in C Op 61
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk  cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979 or 0844 576 2210 £25 & £20, under 26  £5
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riday 16 November                  CHELTENHAM
College Chapel, Cheltenham College, Bath Road GL53 7LD, 7.30pm
CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY
Bernstein          Chichester Psalms
Goodall             Eternal Light
Cheltenham College Subscription Concerts cheltenhamcollege.org.uk 01242 265656  ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenham-college  £10​
Sunday 18 November                        MALVERN
Christ Church, Avenue Road WR14 3AY, 3.00pm
ORCHESTRA PRO ANIMA
MICHAEL BOCHMANN – director/violin
TIM SIDFORD – piano    ANGUS GIBBON – violin   
JACQUI ALLEN – violin    HELEN ROBERTS – viola
   
Vivaldi                    Double Violin Concerto in A minor
Handel                   Pastoral Symphony from Messiah
Mozart                   Piano Concerto in A K414
Debussy                Clair de Lune (piano solo)
Stephen Roberts  Amaryllis Dances for viola & strings
Saint-Saëns           Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso 
Mendelssohn        String Symphony No 10 in B minor
Espressivo Concerts/Malvern TIC 01684 892289     £17 and £13  (students half-price, U11s free)​
Wednesday 21 November          COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick CV4 7AL, 7.15pm
COULL QUARTET
JOAN-ENRIC LLUNA – clarinet
Haydn                          Quartet in C Op 54 No 2
Pamela Harrison           Clarinet Quintet
Brahms                         Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115
Warwick Arts Centre  warwickartscentre.co.uk  02476 524524  £21 (£19)
Wednesday 21 November                           BRISTOL
St George’s Bristol, Great George Street (Off Park Street) BS1 5RR, 7.30pm
LA SERENISSIMA
The Godfather
Concertos by Telemann, Pisendel, Brescianello, JS Bach, Vivaldi, and Fasch
St George’s Bristol stgeorgesbristol.co.uk    0845 40 24 001  £27, £22, £15, £10, £5 students (ltd no) 
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Thursday 22 November            LEAMINGTON
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
INVENTUS WIND QUINTET
Leamington Music Prize Winner’s concert
Flavours of France – music, art, wine and food to be enjoyed in equal measure
Debussy           Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Milhaud            La cheminée du roi René Op 205
Ibert                 Trois pièces brèves
Françaix           Wind Quintet No 2
Ravel                Le Tombeau de Couperin
Piazzolla          Libertango
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk  £17.50 (£1)​
Friday 23 November                 BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.10pm
SCHOLARS AND GENTLEMEN
IVA FLEISCHHANSOVÁ – baroque violin
NIKOLAY GINOV – baroque cello
LUKE GREEN – harpsichord
The Enrag'd Musician: A Portrait of Handel's Violinist, Pietro Antonio Castrucci
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts   barber.org.uk/concerts  0121 414 7333  Free
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Saturday 24 November              BIRMINGHAM
St Philip’s Cathedral, Colmore Row B3 2QB, 7.30pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
NATALIE CLIFTON-GRIFFITH, SIMON PONSFORD, DANIEL AUCHINCLOSS,
JULIAN DEBREUIL – soloists
THE MUSICAL & AMICABLE SOCIETY
Brilliant Bach
Bach                Cantata 29 Wir danken dir, Gott 
                         Missa Brevis in G minor BWV235
                         Cantata 21 Ich hatte viel bekümmernis 
Birmingham Bach Choir  birmingham.bachchoir.com  07901 798442  £18 (£16 conc), £10
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Saturday 24 November                          LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm
RODERICK WILLIAMS – baritone
SUSIE ALLAN – piano
Everyone Sang
Roderick Williams brings the centenary of the Great War to a close.
Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk  01584 876141
ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk  £18 (students £6)
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Wednesday 28 November          KEELE
Keele University Chapel ST5 5BG, 7.30pm
BOXWOOD AND BRASS 
Beethoven                    Sextet in E flat Op 71
Mozart arr Percival        Serenade in C minor K388
Beethoven arr Czerny    Septet in E flat Op 21
keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340  £16 (£5 students | free to Keele music students and 16 & under)
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Friday 30 November           LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
MARTINŮ STRING QUARTET (Czech Republic)
Haydn              Quartet Op 64 No 2
Schulhoff          Quartet No 2
Dvořák              Quartet Op 96 American
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418 royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk
£24/£19/£14 (£1)
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