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NOVEMBER CONCERTS

Friday 1 November                                  BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano
Lecture Recital: Songs of Love and Dances of Death
Liszt                                  Three Transcendental Studies
Donizetti,                         Réminiscences de Lucia di
   arr. Liszt                         Lammermoor 
Novello,                           We’ll gather lilacs
   arr. R. Stevenson
Tauber,                             My Heart and I
   arr. R. Stevenson
Saint-Saëns, arr. Liszt    Danse Macabre
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Sunday 3 November                                       MALVERN
Elmslie House, 8 Avenue Road WR14 3AG, 3.00pm
ANTOINE PRÉAT – piano
Fauré                   Trois Romances sans paroles Op 17
Rameau              Suite en Sol
Debussy              Images Book I
Ravel/Siloti        Kaddish (from Deux Mélodies
                             Hébraïques)
Debussy              Images Book II
Espressivo Concerts/Malvern TIC 01684 892289 and The Courtyard, Hereford  01432 340555  www.courtyard.org.uk   £18 (students half-price)
Friday 8 November                                 BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
‘EX TEMPORE’ with Newe Vialles
Programme includes:
Simpson      Divisions for two viols in F
Young           Duos for two viols in G minor
Jenkins         Fancy in C for two viols and continuo
Hely              Sonata in B flat for two viols and continuo
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Saturday 9 November                            BIRMINGHAM
St Francis Church, Bournville, Sycamore Road B30 2AA, 7.00pm
EX CATHEDRA
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor
MARTYN RAWLES – organ

Programme includes:
Bainton                       And I saw a new heaven
Bates                           Blessed are the peace makers
Cavalieri                     Medici wedding music (extract)
Fauré                          Cantique de Jean Racine
Gibbons                     This is the record of John
Harris                         Faire is the heaven
Joubert                       O Lorde, the maker of al thing
Parry                           I was glad
Sheppard                   Reges Tharsis
Vaughan Williams    Three Shakespeare Songs
Ex Cathedra  www.excathedra.co.uk
£26 (age up to 17 & students: £5; aged 18–30: £15)

Saturday 9 November                                  COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB, 7.00pm
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CHORUS
LUKE FITZGERALD – conductor
DAISY LIVESEY – soprano
LILY MO BROWNE – alto
THOMAS KELLY – tenor
TOM BUTLER - bass

Rossini        Petite Messe Solennelle
Coventry Cathedral Chorus  www.ticketweb.co.uk
[email protected]
01676 532436   £20 in advance / £25 on the door / Students/under 18 half-price

Sunday 10 November                                ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
CONSONE STRING QUARTET
AGATA DARASKAITE – violin
MAGDALENA LOTH-HILL – violin
ELITSA BOGDANOVA – viola
GEORGE ROSS – cello

The UK’s premier period instrument quartet perform works by Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn.
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020  www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk   £18 (£15, £5)
Tuesday 12 November        STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Stratford PlayHouse, 14 Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.00pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director
DAVID GORDON – keyboards
Journeys Through Life

Bach, Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi and Monteverdi
Stratford PlayHouse  01789 333990  stratfordplay.co.uk   £30
Wednesday 13 November                      CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
ALBAN GERHARDT – cello
STEVEN OSBORNE – piano

Schumann        Adagio and Allegro Op 70
Schubert           Arpeggione Sonata in A minor
Debussy            Children’s Corner
Falla                   Suite Populaire espagnole
Ravel                 Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Ravel                 Alborada del gracioso
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764  www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£26, £21 (£5 under 26)

Friday 15 November                                BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm
SEPTURA
The UK’s leading orchestral brass players come together to form virtuosic brass seven-piece, Septura.
Joplin                Overture from Treemonisha
Lassus              Lagrime di San Pietro
Gershwin         An American in Paris
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Box office 0121 414 4414
£20 (£18, £15, £5) plus booking fee

Saturday 16 November                                   EVESHAM
All Saints Church WR11 4RW, 2.30pm
EMILE SOUVAGIE – clarinet
ALEXANDER DECLERCQ – piano

Chausson          Andante and Allegro
Berg                   Vier Stücke Op. 5
Brahms              Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat Op. 120
                           No. 2
Finzi                   Five Bagatelles Op. 23
Schumann        Fantasy Pieces Op. 73
Pierné                Canzonetta
Debussy            Première Rhapsodie
Gershwin          Three Preludes
Evesham and District Music Club
www.evesham-music-club.co.uk
www.eveshamlive.co.uk
Tickets from Johnsons  01386 761515   £20 (u18 £5)

Sunday 17 November                                     MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
MARIA WŁOSZCZOWSKA – violin
ALASDAIR BEATSON – piano

Schubert                  Sonata in A D.574 Grand Duo
Fauré                        Violin Sonata No.2 in E minor,
                                  Op.108
Schubert                  Sonata in A minor D.385
Richard Strauss      Sonata for violin and piano in E flat,
                                  Op.18
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Wednesday 20 November                              LUDLOW
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Castle Square SY8 1AS, 7.30pm
ROSCOE PIANO TRIO
Bridge             Phantasie Trio in C minor Op 79
Dvořák            Piano Trio in E minor Op 90 Dumky
Beethoven     Piano Trio in E flat major Op 97 Archduke
Ludlow Assembly Rooms  01584 878 141  ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk   £20
Saturday 23 November                           BIRMINGHAM
St Paul’s, St Paul’s Square, Jewellery Quarter B3 1QZ, 7.00pm
BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
PAUL SPICER – conductor
MARTYN RAWLES – organist
The Rainbow Comes & Goes

Eric Whitacre                         Three Flower Songs
Alan Rawsthorne                  Four Seasonal Songs
Britten                                    Flower Songs
John Ireland                           Immortality, & The Hills
Richard Rodney Bennett     The Glory and the Dream
Birmingham Bach Choir  www.Birmingham.bachchoir.com  [email protected]
£20 (£18) or £25 (£23) / Students £12

Saturday 23 November                             WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
SAMUEL HUDSON – conductor
Soloists including:
BRITTANY KING – soprano
GREG TASSELL – tenor
PETER EDGE – baritone
MERIDIAN SINFONIA

Fauré             Requiem
Fauré             Cantique de Jean Racine
Mozart          Solemn Vespers
Mozart          Overture to The Magic Flute
Worcester Festival Choral Society
www.wfcs.online / 0333 666 3366 (TicketSource)
£15–£27

Sunday 24 November                               LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00pm
BOCHMANN STRING TRIO
Schubert           String Trio in B flat D471
Beethoven        String Trio in G Op 9 No 1
Mozart              Divertimento in E flat K563
Espressivo Concerts/Leominster TIC 01568 616460 and The Courtyard, Hereford  01432 340555  www.courtyard.org.uk   £20 (students half-price)
Friday 29 November                               BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
ELISABETH BRAUSS – piano
BBC Radio 3 New Generation pianist Elisabeth Brauss gives her Barber Concerts debut.
Beethoven       Piano Sonata No. 26 Op. 81a Les Adieux
Schumann       Ghost Variations
Prokofiev         Piano Sonata No. 7 Op. 83
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Saturday 30 November                                HEREFORD
St Peter’s Church HR1 2PG, 3.00pm
HEREFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL BELL MBE – conductor

Rossini                   Overture The Thieving Magpie
Tchaikovsky           Suite from Swan Lake
Anderson               Sleigh Ride
Williams                 Music from Harry Potter
Badelt                     Music from Pirates of the Caribbean
Zimmer/John         Music from The Lion King
Hereford Symphony Orchestra  www.herefordsymphonyorchestra.co.uk
07971 963565

Saturday 2 November                             BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm
MASABANE CECILIA RANGWANASHA – soprano
JOSEPH MIDDLETON – piano

Winner of the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize, and current BBC New Generation Artist, South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha brings her exquisite voice to the Barber Evening series with collaborative pianist Joseph Middleton.
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Box office 0121 414 4414
£20 (£18, £15, £5) plus booking fee


Sunday 3 November                                  WORCESTER
Angel Centre, Angel Place WR1 3QN, 3.30pm
NEWE VIALLES
HENRIK PERSSON – director
CAROLINE RICHIE
LYNDA SAYCE

Newe vialles/Old Viols
Worcestershire Early Music
earlymusicworcs.org
£20 (free entry 18 and under) at the door and from Eventbrite (charges apply)

 
Friday 8 November                                 LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
JUBILEE STRING QUARTET
Haydn           Quartet in E flat Op 20 No 1
Webern         Langsamer Satz Op post (1905)
Smetana       Quartet No 1 in E minor From My Life
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org
£28/£18 (£9/£3)



Saturday 9 November                            CIRENCESTER
Parish Church of St John the Baptist, 5 Market Place GL7 2NX, 7.30pm
CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR
DAVID CROWN – musical director
REGENCY SINFONIA
HANNAH DAVEY – soprano
HANNAH HUGHES – soprano
COLLIN SHAY – countertenor
SEBASTIAN HILL – tenor
AIDAN SMITH – bass

Magnificats of J.S. Bach and John Rutter
Cheltenham Bach Choir  www.cheltbachchoir.com  [email protected]
£20 (£5 students and children under 16)

Sunday 10 November                                    MALVERN
Malvern St. James School, 15 Avenue Road WR14 3BA, 3.00pm
CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JACK LOVELL-HUCKLE – conductor
JODY MCQUISTON – French horn
HELEN MERRETT – French horn

Tchaikovsky                Fantasy Overture Romeo and
                                      Juliet

Kuhlau                          Concertino for two horns
Rimsky-Korsakov       Scheherazade
Chandos Symphony Orchestra  chandos.org.uk   Tickets through Eventbrite or on the door
£17 (£8.50 Under 16s)

Sunday 10 November                                WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
LEON McCAWLEY – piano
Beethoven              Sonata in A major Op 2 no 2
Rachmaninov         Etude tableau in A minor Op 39 no 2
Bach arr. Liszt         Organ Prelude and Fugue in
                                 A minor BWV 543
Mendelssohn         Rondo capriccioso Op 14
Mendelssohn         Six Songs Without Words Op 19b
Schumann              Sonata no 2 in G minor Op 22
Worcester Concert Club  worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £20, £5 (Students)

Tuesday 12 November                                   WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 8.30pm
THE BINCHOIS CONSORT directed by ANDREW KIRKMAN
JAMIE SAVAN – slide trumpet

‘In the Midst of Death there is Life’: Celebrating
550 Years of the Afterlife of Guillaume Du Fay.
‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 7.45pm
Leamington Music  01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org   £28/£18/£13 (£9/£3)
Friday 15 November                                BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
LUMAS WINDS
Samuel Barber            Summer Music, Op. 31
Pavel Haas                   Wind Quintet, Op. 10
Marcello Palazzo        Wind Quintet
William Mathias         Wind Quintet
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Saturday 16 November                                COVENTRY
St Mary’s Guildhall, Bayley Lane CV1 5RN, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
HARRIET WALTER – narrator
SURIE – vocals
DAVID LE PAGE – music director

George Eliot in Words & Music
St Mary’s Guildhall  02476 430545  stmarysguildhall.co.uk   £35
Saturday 16 November                                PERSHORE
Pershore Abbey WR10 1BL, 3.00pm
WORCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KEITH SLADE – conductor

Rachmaninov     The Rock
Debussy              La Mer
Brahms                Symphony No 3
Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra worcestershiresymphony.org.uk (TicketSource)
£15 (£12, Children free)

Sunday 17 November          STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
The United Reformed Church, Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.30pm
ELMORE STRING QUARTET
Haydn                   Quartet Op.33 no.2 The Joke
Shostakovich       Quartet no.13 in B flat minor Op.138
Britten                   Quartet no.2 in C major Op.36
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society  www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk
£25 (students £5)



Friday 22 November                                BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
KATY THOMSON – soprano
ANGHARAD ROWLANDS – mezzo-soprano
CHOIR OF THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE OXFORD
OWEN REES – director

We celebrate the latest exhibition at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, with a musical feast from Oxford International Song Festival. The programme will be settings of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, including a rare performance of Debussy’s cantata La Damoiselle élue, for female chorus and two soloists, plus songs by Vaughan Williams, Ireland and Finzi.
Barber Concerts   barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Saturday 23 November                          NORTHLEACH
St Peter’s Church, Mill End GL54 3HL, 7.30pm
CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR
From Darkness to Light: Music for Advent

Cantores Chamber Choir
www.cantores.net
£15 (U18s & Students £5)

Sunday 24 November                              GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
OCTAVO
A seasonal programme
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (children free, accompanying adults £15)

Thursday 28 November                                PERSHORE
Number 8, High Street WR10 1BG, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director
ANTON LESSER – narrator
Midwinter

Winter Music & Words
Number 8  01386 555488
number8.org   £tbc

Saturday 30 November              AMBERLEY, STROUD
Holy Trinity Church GL5 5JG, 7.00pm
CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR
From Darkness to Light: Music for Advent

Cantores Chamber Choir
www.cantores.net
£15 (U18s & Students £5)


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