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NOVEMBER CONCERTS

Saturday 2 November                         DARLINGTON
Central Hall, Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 7.30pm

GILDAS STRING QUARTET
Purcell             Fantasia 4 in F, Fantasia 5 in D minor
Purcell             Chaconne
Britten             Quartet No 2
Janacek           Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters
Darlington Music Society dms.btck.co.uk 01325 467163 £15 (U26 free)
Monday 4 November                          MANCHESTER
Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road M13 9RD, 7.30pm
CUARTETO QUIROGA
Gaetano Brunetti         String Quartet in B flat L185
                                        Classicisme Madrid XVIII siècle
Alberto Ginastera        String Quartet No 1 Op 20
                                        Hispanic XX
Brahms                          String Quartet in A minor Op 51
                                        No 2
Manchester Chamber Concerts Society manchesterchamberconcerts.co.uk  rncm.ac.uk             0161 907 5555 £25, £12.50 (concessions £12.50, £6, £3)
Tuesday 5 November                                        LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
PAVEL KOLESNIKOV – piano
Chopin              Fantasie Impromptu
Chopin              Nocturne Op 15 No 2
Chopin              Scherzo No 3
Chopin              Prelude Op 28 No 15
Beethoven       Sonata Op 27 No 2 Moonlight
Schumann       Nachtstücke Op 23 No 1
Bartók              Out of Doors: The Night's Music
Debussy           Preludes Book II: Feux d'Artifice
Beethoven       Sonata Op 53 Waldstein
Leeds International Concert Season leedsconcertseason.co.uk  0113 376 0318
£22, £20, concessions available

Wednesday 6 November                                ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm
CRAIG OGDEN – guitar  
MILOŠ MILIVOJEVIĆ – accordion

Vivaldi                   Concerto in D RV93
Falloni                   Felix Tango, Jewel, Pirotango
Vlasov                   Five Views on GULAG State
D Scarlatti            Sonatas K380, K483
Coste                     Fantasie Dramatique Le Depart Op 31
Mangoré               Vals Op 8 No 4
Boccherini            Introduction and Fandango
Truhlar                  Kontroverse
Piazzolla               Libertango
Ilkley Concert Club   ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk  icc.jennie@gmail.com   £15, £14, £13 (U25 £2)
Friday 8 November                              MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH – cello

Holst                      St Paul’s Suite in C Op 29 No 2
Tchaikovsky          Variations on a Rococo Theme Op 33
Weinberg              Cello Concertino Op 43
Schubert                Symphony No 5 in B flat D485
The Stoller Hall stollerhall.com 0333 130 0967 £27/£19/£13 (students £5.50/u18s free)
Sunday 10 November                                  KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lakeside CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm
THE PELLÉAS ENSEMBLE
Gershwin                                 A Foggy Day/Love
                                                  Walked In
Bax                                           Elegiac Trio
Ravel arr Jocelyn Morlock    Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mussorgsky                            Selections from Pictures
                                                 at an Exhibition
(solo harp)
Richard Bissill                        Twisted Elegy
Couperin                                 Trio Sonata Selections
Keswick Music Society   keswick-music-society.org.uk
017687 74411  £22.50/£15/£7.50 (u18 £7.50/£4.50)

Thursday 14 November                                       HULL
Middleton Hall, University of Hull HU6 7RX, 7.30pm
MICHAEL MATTHEWS – guitar
Dowland          Lachrimae Pavan
Dowland          Fantasia
Weiss               Sonata No 23
Brouwer           El Decameron Negro
Britten              Nocturnal after John Dowland
Turina               Sonata
Rautavaara      Serenades of the Unicorn
Hull Chamber Music hullchambermusic.org.uk  hullboxoffice.com 0844 249 1000 £14/£5



Friday 15 November                            MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
THE SIXTEEN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor

Monteverdi Vespers
The Bridgewater Hall bridgewater-hall.co.uk
0161 907 9000  £18-£43






Sunday 17 November                           DARLINGTON
Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre DL1 5RP, 3.00pm
GRACE YEO – piano
Schumann                    Kinderszenen Op 15
Schumann                    Humoreske Op 20
Clara Schumann          Deuxieme Scherzo Op 14 in C
                                       Romance Op 11 No 3 in A flat
Beethoven                    Sonata No 24 in F sharp Op 78
                                       à Thérèse
Scriabin                        Sonata No 4 in F sharp Op 30
Darlington Piano Society    dpiano.co.uk   
07730 870589 (promoter)  01325 406000 (Venue) 
£14 (U21 - free)

Thursday 21 November                          CARNFORTH
St Oswald’s Church, Main Street, Warton LA5 9PG, 7.30pm
EVERSLEY CHOIR 
IAN JONES – conductor
KEN FORSTER – piano
ANDY PLOWMAN – organ
MEERA MAHARAJ – flute
Magnificat settings by Stanford, Finzi and Rutter

Eversley Choir  eversleychoir.org   01539 621559   £12

Saturday 23 November                       MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 8.00pm
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE
The Centre is Everywhere

Ligeti                       String Quartet No 1 Métamorphoses
                                 Nocturnes

Vivaldi                     Concerto Nos. 2-4 The Four Seasons
Edward Finnis        The Centre is Everywhere (world
                                 première tour)
Strauss                    Metamorphosen TrV290/AV142
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com
0333 130 0967  £20-£5.50







Saturday 23 November                           WAKEFIELD
Wakefield Girls High School, Jubilee Hall, Margaret Street WF1 2DQ, 7.30pm
LEWIS BANKS – saxophone
MARIANNA ABRAHAMYAN - piano

Debussy                        Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Graham Fitkin              Glass
Villa-Lobos                   Fantasia
Piazzolla                       Histoire du tango (Café 1930,
                                        Nightclub 1960)
R Schumann                 Adagio and Allegro
Debussy                        Syrinx
Ravel                             Pièce en forme de Habanera
Schulhoff                      Hot Sonata
Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme.
Wakefield Concert Society wakefieldconcertsociety.co.uk 01924 276897 £14/£14/£4 (u18s free)
Sunday 24 November                                   BUXTON
St John’s Church, St John’s Road SK17 6XN, 7.30pm
CHORUS & ORCHESTRA OF BUXTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
ROBYN ALLEGRA PARTON – soprano
BRADLEY SMITH – tenor
BENJAMIN BEVAN – bass
MICHAEL WILLIAMS – conductor

Haydn      The Seasons
Buxton Musical Society buxtonoperahouse.org.uk 01298 72190 £15 (accompanied children & full-time students free)
Monday 25 November                                 PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
ELIAS STRING QUARTET
Beethoven                       Quartet in D Op 18 No 3
Matthew Hindson          Quartet No 2
Beethoven                       Quartet in A minor Op 132
Penrith Music Club   penrithmusicclub.com  
£20 (students £2)




Wednesday 27 November                             KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
POMEGRANATE PIANO TRIO
Mozart           Piano Trio in B flat K502
Ravel              Piano Trio in A minor
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com  £10 at the Hall from 12 noon (students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2)



Saturday 30 November       GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Victoria Hall, Main Street LA11 6DX, 7.30pm
KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR
ENCORE OPERA GROUP
GEOFFREY FIELD – conductor

A Night at the Opera
Opera choruses, solos and ensembles
Kendal South Choir 015395 32241   £12 (under-18s free)

Saturday 2 November                             LANCASTER
Great Hall, Lancaster University LA1 4YW, 7.30pm
Pre-concert talk 6.30pm

HAFFNER ORCHESTRA
LELAND CHEN – violin

Offenbach                   Overture La Belle Hélène
Bruch                            Scottish Fantasy
Sibelius                        Symphony No 1
haffnerorchestra.org 01524 582394 £14.50, 18s and under free. Students/benefit claimants £5 on the door
Monday 4 November                                      RIPON
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road HG4 2ET
PAUL LEWIS CBE – piano
Piano masterworks from Vienna

Schubert                     Sonata for Piano No 18 in G D894
Beethoven                  33 Variations in C on a Waltz
                                     by Diabelli Op 120
Ripon Concerts  riponconcerts.co.uk 01765 635244 £25/£5 (u18s free)




Tuesday 5 November                          MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
MURRAY McLACHLAN – piano
Brahms            Piano Sonata in C minor Op 1
Brahms            Piano Sonata No 2 in F sharp Op 2
Brahms            Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com
0333 130 0967 £20-£3.50








Thursday 7 November                      HUDDERSFIELD
University of Huddersfield Music Department, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 1.00pm
ILLUMINATE WOMEN’S MUSIC STRING QUARTET AND SOPRANO
YFAT SOUL ZISSO – soprano       
CLARICE RARITY, CHRISTINE CORNWELL – violin
KATHERINE CLARKE – viola
CECILIA BIGNALL – cello

Barbara Strozzi arr Slater    La grime mie
Rebecca Clarke                     Daybreak
Angela Elizabeth Slater       Looking at a Blackbird
Blair Boyd                              New work for string quartet
Vivian Fine                             Four Songs for soprano and
                                                 string quartet
Joanna Ward                         New work
Caroline Bordignon             New work
Rebecca Clarke                    Poem for string quartet
Sarah Westwood                 New work 
Soul Zisso                             New work
Ruth Crawford Seeger        1931 String Quartet
Illuminate Women’s Music illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html
illuminatewomensmusic@outlook.com   Free entry

Saturday 9 November                       MACCLESFIELD
The Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH – cello

Holst                      St Paul’s Suite
Tchaikovsky          Variations on a Rococo Theme
Weinberg              Cello Concertino Op 42
Schubert                Symphony No 5
Northern Chamber Orchestra ncorch.co.uk 0161 247 2220 £22/£17 (students and u18s free)
Wednesday 13 November                             KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
CHARLES DANIELS – tenor
MICHAEL DUSSEK – piano
BRIDGE QUARTET

Bridge                        Piano Quintet in D minor
                                    When you are old and grey
Gurney                       Sleep
Vaughan Williams    On Wenlock Edge
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com  £10 at the Hall from 12 noon (students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2)
Friday 15 November                                  DUMFRIES
St John’s Church, Lovers Walk DG1 1LW, 7.30pm
TRIO VOLANT
RICHARD BEARDS – bassoon
TOM EVANS – clarinet
BEATRICE HUBBLE – oboe

Rossini                      Overture to Barber of Seville
Beethoven                Variations on Là ci darem la
                                    mano from Don Giovanni
Canteloube               Rustiques
Beethoven                Trio in C Op 87
Milhaud                     Pastorale Op 147
McDowall                 Century Dances
Music in Dumfries  musicindumfries.com 01387 820848 £15 (u18s free)
Saturday 16 November                                     YORK
Chapter House, York Minster, Deangate YO1 7HH, 7.30pm
CHAPTER HOUSE CHOIR
BENJAMIN MORRIS – musical director
CHAPTER HOUSE YOUTH CHOIR
CHARLIE GOWER-SMITH – musical director, Chapter House Youth Choir

Treasures of the Italian Renaissance
Motets, madrigals and masses by Palestrina and Monteverdi
Chapter House Choir   chapterhousechoir.org
£15 (£13.50 over 65s, £5 U18s/students)

Tuesday 19 November                        MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
AQUARELLE GUITAR QUARTET
Programme includes:
Clarice Assad               Danças Nativas
Carlos Rafael               Rivera Cumba-Quin
Rimsky-Korsakov        Capriccio Espagnol Op 34
Reinhardt Minor          Swing from Chocolat
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com 
0333 130 0967  £17-£3.50




Saturday 23 November                        BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road SK10 5JR, 7.30pm
THE SACCONI QUARTET
Helen Grime            Quartet
Beethoven                String Quartet No 11 in F minor
                                    Op 95 Serioso
Schubert                    String Quartet No 14 Death and
                                    the Maiden

Bollington Chamber Concerts 01625 576402 bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/sacconi  £19, students £2
Saturday 23 November                           RICHMOND
Influence Church, Victoria Road DL10 4AS, 7.30pm
CRAIG OGDEN – guitar
MILOŠ MILIVOJEVIČ – accordion

Vivaldi                                    Guitar Concerto in D
​Falloni                                    Three Pieces for Accordion
                                                and Guitar
Viktor Vlasov                        Five Views on Country
                                                Gulag
D Scarlatti                             Sonata for Solo Guitar K380
Napoléon Coste                   Fantaisie Dramatique Le
                                                Départ

Agustín Barrios Mangoré   Vals Op 8 No 4
Jan Truhlar                             Kontroverse
Albéniz                                   España
Boccherini                              Introduction and Fandango
Richmondshire Concerts rsconcerts.org £16 (Full-time students £1)
Sunday 24 November                          ACCRINGTON
Accrington Town Hall, Blackburn Road BB5 1LA, 3.00pm
BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RICHARD HOWARTH – conductor
SING TOGETHER CHOIR
OSCAR HORAN – horn

Berlioz                         Overture Le Corsaire
Khachaturian              Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Mozart                         Horn Concerto No 4 Rondo
Badelt                          Pirates of the Caribbean
                                      Children Songs
John Williams             Jaws
Frank Bridge              The Sea
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra blackburnsymphony.org.uk 01772 719050 £13 (u18s £1)



Monday 25 November                                HOYLAKE
St Hildeburgh's Church, Stanley Road CH47 1HL, 7.30pm
SACCONI QUARTET
Haydn              String Quartet in D Op 64 No 5 The
                          Lark

Beethoven       String Quartet in F minor Op 95
Schubert          String Quartet in D minor D 810 Death
                          and the Maiden

Hoylake Chamber Concert Society  chamberconcert.co.uk  ticketsource.co.uk/hccs  £16 (students free)
Tuesday 26 November                         MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
Shostakovich     Quartet Movement in E flat Unfinished
                             Quartet

Mozart                String Quartet in C K465 Dissonance
Shostakovich     Two Pieces for String Quartet: Elegy &
                             Polka
Haydn                 String Quartet in D Op 50 No 6 The
                             Frog

The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com 
0333 130 0967 £17-£3.50

Wednesday 27 November                                KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5AZ, 7.30pm
CAVENDISH WINDS
Schuller         Suite for Wind Quintet (1945)            
Hindemith     Kleine Kammermusik (1922)
Ehrlich            By Air (2016)
Tomasi           Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées (1963)
Muczynski     Fragments for Wind Trio (1958)
Ligeti              Sechs Bagatellen (1953)
Keele Concerts Society   keele.ac.uk/artskeele 
01782 734340  £16/£5 (students)


Header photo: Pavel Klesnikov (credit Eva Vermandel)
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EXTRA CONCERT!
Saturday 16 November                       DERBY
Derby Cathedral, Irongate DE1 3GP, 7.00pm
THE DERBYSHIRE SINGERS
THE DERBYSHIRE SINFONIA
ELEANOR KORNAS - piano
Britten       St Nicolas
Gjeilo         Song of the Universal
Finzi           Eclogue for Piano and String Orchestra
Derbyshire Singers   derbyshiresingers.org
Foulds (Irongate Derby), Natural Choice (Ashbourne 01335 346096), Robert Young Florists (Matlock) or
£16 (f/t students & accompanied U-16s free)

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