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NOVEMBER CONCERTS

Sunday 1 November                          LIVE-STREAM DAY
MALCOLM ARNOLD FESTIVAL
Introduced by Festival Director, Paul Harris

  • Music for strings, wind, brass, and orchestra
  • Discover the piano repertoire
  • Special guests, Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber
malcolmarnoldfestival.com   FREE-to-view
Thursday 5 November                             BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
LOWRI PORTER and BETHAN ALLMAND – violins
CHRIS YATES – viola
KATE SETTERFIELD – cello
ROBERT MARKHAM – piano

Suk                        Elegy in D flat major, Op. 23
Shostakovich       Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO    www.cbso.co.uk    £12 (£5)


Friday 6 November                                   LEAMINGTON
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue CV32 5RG, 7.30pm
MARTINŮ QUARTET
Ravel              String Quartet in F major
Martinů          String Quartet No. 2
Smetana        String Quartet No. 1 in E minor,
                        ‘From My Life’
Leamington Music    0333 666 3366    leamingtonmusic.org    £29, £24, £19 (£12, £9.50, £3)

Saturday 7 November                              CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA, 7.30pm
CHELTENHAM BACH CHOIR
MUSICAL AND AMICABLE SOCIETY
DAVID CROWN – musical director
HANNAH DAVEY – soprano
REBECCA AFONWY-JONES – mezzo-soprano
SEBASTIAN HILL – tenor
FELIX KEMP – baritone

Bach          Mass in B Minor, BWV232
Cheltenham Bach Choir    www.cheltbachchoir.com
Tickets available from [email protected] or from Cheltenham Town Hall Box Office     £25 (£5)

Tuesday 10 November                             CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
STEVEN OSBORNE – piano
Schumann               Papillons, Op. 2
Satie                        Gymnopédie No. 3
Lili Boulanger        Trois morceaux pour piano: ‘D’un jardin clair’
Lyadov                    A Musical Snuff Box, Op. 32
Kreisler (arr.           Liebesleid
   Rachmaninoff)
Ravel                       Valses nobles et sentimentales
Beethoven              Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Cheltenham Music Society    01242 528764    cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk    £29/£24 (£5)
Friday 13 November                                BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
THE PURCELL SCHOOL
Talented students from The Purcell School present works including Mozart’s Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K388.
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Saturday 14 November                            NOTTINGHAM
Albert Hall, Derby Road, Nottingham NG1 5AA, 7.30pm
NOTTINGHAM HARMONIC CHOIR
SOUTHERN SINFONIA
RICHARD LAING – conductor
APRIL FREDRICK – soprano
CATHY BELL – mezzo-soprano
ANDREW HENLEY – tenor
JON STAINSBY – baritone
Carl Rütti        Panta Rhei (world première)
Mozart            Requiem in D minor, K626
Nottingham Harmonic Choir    0333 666 4466    nottinghamharmonic.org    £21–£24, (£5, FREE)
Sunday 15 November                                 ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
ODYSSEUS PIANO TRIO
ROSIE BISS – cello
DOMONKOS CASABY – piano
SARAH TRICKEY – violin
Formed in 2015, the Odysseus has developed a reputation as one of the most dynamic and distinctive ensembles to emerge in recent years. They have performed at Kings Place and St David’s Hall as well as festivals and concert societies across the UK. In this concert they will play trios by Haydn, Schubert, and Shostakovich.
Wye Valley Music    01291 330020    wyevalleymusic.org.uk     £20 (£18, £5)
Thursday 19 November                            CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA, 7.30pm
ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KENNETH WOODS – conductor
RYAN WANG – piano
Russian Masterpieces

Glinka                      Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Rachmaninoff        Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,
                                 Op. 43
Shostakovich         Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
English Symphony Orchestra    eso.co.uk
01242 528764    [email protected]
Save on ESO performances at Cheltenham Town Hall when you book multiple concerts
www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/english-symphony-orchestra-russian-masterpieces
£30.50 (£14.50, £5)

Saturday 21 November                          MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, nr Ledbury HR8 2LY, 5.30pm
FRITH ROLFE PIANO DUO
(Benjamin Frith and Heidi Rolfe)

Ireland                          The Forgotten Rite
Schubert                       Fantasie in F minor, D940
Martin Ellerby              5 Lowry Pictures
Rimsky-Korsakov        Scheherazade, Op. 35 (piano duo
                                       version by the composer)
Espressivo Concerts/Hellens
01531 660504    hellensmanor.com
Hereford Courtyard    01432 340555    courtyard.org.uk   £20 (students free)

Saturday 21 November                              WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA, 7.30pm
WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
SAMUEL HUDSON – conductor
MERIDIAN SINFONIA

Vaughan Williams       Dona Nobis Pacem
Bernstein                      Chichester Psalms
Copland                        Appalachian Spring
Worcester Festival Choral Society    wfcs.online
0333 666 3366    £10–£29

Sunday 22 November                                     MALVERN
Malvern College, Big School, College Road WR14 3DF, 3.00pm
CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL LLOYD – conductor

Wagner                Tannhäuser: Overture
Anna Clyne          This Midnight Hour
Shostakovich       Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
chandos.org.uk    eventbrite.co.uk/e/chandos-symphony-orchestra-concert-tickets-1980876872048    (Tickets also available on the door)    £17 (£8.50)
Friday 27 November                                BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.00pm
CBSO: CENTRE STAGE
COLLETTE OVERDIJK and GEORGIA HANNANT – violins
AMY THOMAS – viola
ARTHUR BOUTILLIER – cello

Aulin                     String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 17
                              No. 1: mvts. ii and iv
Sally Beamish     String Quartet No. 2 ‘Opus California’
Beethoven           String Quartet No. 4 in C minor,
                              Op. 18 No. 4
An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians.
CBSO    www.cbso.co.uk    £12 (£5)
Sunday 29 November                               GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
PIVA
Seasonal music and songs from late Renaissance Europe
Gloucester Music Society    01242 620736    gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk    £25
Sunday 1 November                                WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
CRAIG OGDEN – guitar
On his return visit Craig will play works by Baroque composers Marin Marais (1656–1728) and Rameau (1683–1764), 20th-century works by composers of Spanish guitar music Torroba and Llobet, and works by French-Tunisian guitarist and composer Dyens and Argentinian Tango composer Piazzolla.
Worcester Concert Club    worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £23 (£5)

Friday 6 November                                     BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
SAMRAT MAJUMDER – classical guitar
Lachrimae: The Lute Music of John Dowland and
J.S. Bach

Dowland                 Three Fancies
Bach                         Lute Suite No. 1, BWV996
Arthur Keegan        New Work (Young Classical Artists
                                  Trust Commission)
Trad.                         Scottish Lute Manuscripts
Dowland                  Three Songs
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts
Admission: Free

Saturday 7 November                                  WORCESTER
St Martin’s Church, London Road WR5 2ED, 3.00pm
WORCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KEITH SLADE – conductor
RICHARD JENKINSON – cello

Britten     Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Walton    Cello Concerto
Elgar        Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra    worcestershiresymphony.org.uk (TicketSource)
£15 (under-18s free)

Tuesday 10 November                    CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JE, 7.00pm
ASTATINE TRIO – BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2025–27
Mozart               Piano Trio in B flat major, K502
Schumann         Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Beethoven        Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Campden Music Winter Season   01608 654233    campdenmusic.org.uk
£75 for the whole season of 6 concerts or a suggested donation of £20 for one concert

Tuesday 10 November                                   WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
BELLOT ENSEMBLE
Cupid’s Ground Bass
From the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Baroque Ensemble, this programme explores the extremities of love, through the groundbreaking works of 17th-century Italy. Music by Cavalli, Falconieri, Cazzati, Kapsberger, Strozzi, Uccellini, and Monteverdi.
‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm
Leamington Music    0333 666 3366    leamingtonmusic.org    £29, £19, £14 (£9.50, £3)
Saturday 14 November                               BIRMINGHAM
St Francis Church, Sycamore Road, Bournville B30 2AA, 7.00pm
EX CATHEDRA
JAMES BURTON – conductor

J.S. Bach           Motet BWV229 ‘Komm, Jesu, komm’
Sandström       Der Geist hilft
J.S. Bach           Motet, BWV227 ‘Jesu, meine Freude’
Sandström       Fürchte dich nicht
Sandström       Lobet den Herrn
J.S. Bach            Motet BWV225 ‘Singet dem Herrn
                           ein neues Lied’
Ex Cathedra    0121 780 3333
excathedra.co.uk/diary    £22–£29.50 (£15, £8)

Sunday 15 November                                         MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm
LEON McCAWLEY – piano
Mozart                            Sonata in G major, K283
Fanny Mendelssohn    Nocturne in G minor, H.337
Beethoven                     Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
Grieg                              Ballade in G minor, Op. 24
Fauré                              Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major,
                                        Op. 36
Chopin                           Ballade in A flat major, Op. 47
Malvern Concert Club    For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad

Tuesday 17 November                                      WARWICK
Unitarian Chapel, 31 High Street CV34 4AX, 11.30am
LANO STRING QUARTET
Caroline Shaw         Plan & Elevation (2015)
Haydn                       String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5 
                                   in D Major, ‘The Lark’
Elgar                         String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 83
Winners of the 2025 Leamington Music Prize competition Audience Prize.
Richard Phillips Coffee Concert series. Coffee served from 11am.
Leamington Music    0333 666 3366    leamingtonmusic.org    £19 (£9.50, £3)
Friday 20 November                                  BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
CLARE HAMMOND – piano
Mel Bonis                      Femmes de légende: Desdémona
                                        and Mélisande
Michael Zev Gordon    Diary Pieces 2021, Set 2
Doreen Carwithen       Sonatina
Emma-Ruth Richards  Three Études (Joint Presteigne
                                        Festiva l/ Wigmore Hall comm-
                                        ission)
Ravel                              Sonatine
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts                            Admission: Free
Saturday 21 November                              BIRMINGHAM
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR, 7.30pm
BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
DAVID WYNNE – music director
KEVIN GILL and STEPHEN HARGREAVES – pianists
BETH TAYLOR, LAURA TOOMEY, JUSTIN JACOBS, MATTHEW PANDYA – vocal soloists

Mozart               Requiem in D minor, K626
Beethoven          Mass in C major, Op. 86
Birmingham Festival Choral Society    bfcs.org.uk
Tickets from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
0121 331 5909  bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar or bfcs.org.uk/concerts-2/    £18

Sunday 22 November                                  LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00pm
FRITH ROLFE PIANO DUO
(Benjamin Frith and Heidi Rolfe)

Ireland                          The Forgotten Rite
Schubert                       Fantasie in F minor, D940
Martin Ellerby              5 Lowry Pictures
Rimsky-Korsakov        Scheherazade (piano duo version
                                       by the composer)
Espressivo Concerts/Leominster TIC    01568 616460
Hereford Courtyard    01432 340555    courtyard.org.uk
£20 (students free)

Thursday 26 November                                     MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KENNETH WOODS – conductor
ROMAN KOSYAKOV – piano
American Thanksgiving

Joplin                             Maple Leaf Rag
Copland                        Quiet City
Barber                           Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Gershwin                      Rhapsody in Blue
William Grant Still       Dismal Swamp, arr. Noam Zur
Copland                        Appalachian Spring
English Symphony Orchestra    eso.co.uk
01684 892277    [email protected]
www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/eso-american-thanksgiving    £23.50, £26.50, £29 (£16.80, £5)
Friday 27 November                                   BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm
HELEN CHARLSTON – soprano
SHOLTO KYNOCH – piano

Dichterliebe
Héloïse Werner     Knight’s Dream
Schumann               Dichterliebe, Op. 48
In association with the Oxford International Song Festival
Barber Concerts    barber.org.uk/concerts                            Admission: Free
Sunday 29 November            STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
United Reformed Church, Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.30pm
PIATTI QUARTET
MICHAEL TRAINOR – violin
EMILY HOLLAND – violin
MIGUEL SOBRINHO – viola
JESSIE ANN RICHARDSON – cello
Schubert        String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804
                        Rosamunde’
Webern         Langsamer Satz
Dvořák           Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96
                        ‘American’
Stratford Chamber Music    stratfordchambermusic.co.uk     £25 (£5 students)
Season Tickets £120 for 6 concerts (£20 students)

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