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OCTOBER CONCERTS

Sunday 1 October                             OXFORD
Wolfson Hall, Linton Road OX2 6UD, 11.30am
IBRAHIM KEIVO, GRAHAM TOPPING AND OCMF ARTISTS
Open, Sesame! Concert for Children
Readings from One Thousand and One Nights with music from Persia and the Orient
Oxford Chamber Music Festival ocmf.net 01865 305305 ​£10 (children free)

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Monday 2 October           STRATFORD UPON AVON
Stratford ArtsHouse, 14 Rother Street CV37 6LU,
12.00 noon

ANNELIEN VAN WAUWE – clarinet
AMATIS PIANO TRIO
Messiaen          Quartet for the End of Time
Stratford on Avon Music Festival stratfordmusicfestival.com 01789 207100 stratfordartshouse.co.uk £10​​
Tuesday 3 October             STRATFORD UPON AVON
Stratford ArtsHouse, 14 Rother Street CV37 6LU,
​12.00 noon

AMATIS PIANO TRIO
Mendelssohn    Piano Trio No 1 in D minor
Schubert           Piano Trio No 1 in B flat
Stratford on Avon Music Festival stratfordmusicfestival.com 01789 207100 stratfordartshouse.co.uk £10
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Wednesday 4 October                 BURFORD
Burford School, Cheltenham Road OX18 4PL, 7.30pm
BOCHMANN TRIO
PAUL TURNER – piano
Mozart              Piano Quartet in E flat
Beethoven        Serenade Op 8 for String Trio
Mahler              Piano Quartet
Schubert           Adagio and Rondo Concertante D487
Lenthall Concerts lenthallconcerts.org.uk  01993 823260 £13 (students £3)
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Friday 6 October                                   BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
JÖRG WIDMANN – Clarinet / Artist in Residence
CBSO MUSICIANS
Jörg Widmann   String Quartet No 3 Jagdquartett
Jörg Widmann   Three Shadow Dances for solo clarinet
Weber              Clarinet Quintet Op 34
CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10
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Friday 6 October                       WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Lane, Claines WR3 7RN, 7.30pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Festival Opening Concert
Ravel                String Quartet in F
New Work Commissioned by the 2017 Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival
Kreisler             Liebesleid
Liszt                 ANGELUS!  Prière aux Anges Gardiens
Bazzini             String Quartet No 2 in D minor Op 75
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival chambermusicatworcester.com 01905 412358 / 07931 781737 Admission free: retiring collection to support the work of CM@W
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Saturday 7 October                   WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Lane, Claines WR3 7RN, 9.30am – 1.15pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Making Music For Children
Whether they play an instrument or not, children will love this interactive music workshop. Ideal for primary school age children, no musical experience needed and bring an instrument if you have one.
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival chambermusicatworcester.com 07798 860771  Admission free: retiring collection to support the work of CM@W
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Saturday 7 October                   WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Lane, Claines WR3 7RN, 7.30pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Festival Concert
Kreisler             String Quartet in A minor
Rachmaninov  Two Movements for String Quartet
Tchaikovsky     Andante Cantabile (String Quartet No 1)
Mozart              String Quartet in C KV157
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival chambermusicatworcester.com 01905 412358 / 07931 781737  Admission free: retiring collection to support the work of CM@W

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Sunday 8 October                        MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, Much Marcle, Ledbury HR8 2LY, 3.00pm
MARK BEBBINGTON – piano
Scarlatti            Sonatas in D L14 and B minor L33
Schubert           Sonata in A D664
Ireland              Sarnia: An Island Sequence
Derek Smith      Sonatine (première)
Debussy           La Cathédrale engloutie (from Preludes Book I)
Debussy           Feux d’artifice (from Preludes Book II)                             
Chopin              Nocturne in B flat minor Op 9 No 1, Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23
Espressivo Concerts espressivo.org.uk Hereford Courtyard 01432 340555     £15 (students £7.50)

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Sunday 8 October                            WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
DINARA KLINTON – piano
Bach-Busoni       Prelude and Fugue BWV 532
Beethoven          Sonata in C sharp minor Op 27 No 2
​                                 Moonlight
Chopin                Barcarolle, Mazurkas Op 30
Chopin                Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35
Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk  01905 611427     £16 (students £5)



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Tuesday 10 October                     TELFORD
Oakengates Theatre, Limes Walk, Oakengates TF2 6EP, 7.00pm
ARMONICO CONSORT
AC ACADEMY SINGERS
ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – soprano      CATRIN FINCH – harp
TOBY YOUNG – keyboards    (narrator tbc)
CHRISTOPHER MONKS – conductor
Toby Young                  Beowulf
Armonico Consort armonico.org.uk  theplacetelford.com 01952 382 382  £12.50 (£8.50 children)
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Tuesday 10 October               ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 8.00 pm  
ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK – piano
Bach/Busoni                 Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Haydn                          Sonata in B minor No 47 XVI:32
Chopin                          Etudes Op 10 (selection)
Scriabin                        Sonata No 5 Op 58
Rachmaninov                Preludes Nos 1, 5, 2 Op 23 
Rachmaninov                Sonata No 2 (2nd edition)
Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk 01543 263304 £17.50 (U25 £5)​
Wednesday 11 October                    SOLIHULL
Bushell Hall, Solihull School, Warwick Road B91 3DJ, 7.00pm
ARMONICO CONSORT
AC ACADEMY SINGERS
ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – soprano  
​CATRIN FINCH – harp

TOBY YOUNG – keyboards    (narrator tbc)
CHRISTOPHER MONKS – conductor
Toby Young                  Beowulf
Armonico Consort armonico.org.uk  thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk 0121 704 6962  £12.50 (£8.50 children)

Thursday 12 October                             WORCESTER
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard WR1 2LA 7.00pm
ARMONICO CONSORT
AC ACADEMY SINGERS
ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – soprano    CATRIN FINCH – harp
TOBY YOUNG – keyboards    (narrator tbc)
CHRISTOPHER MONKS – conductor
Toby Young                  Beowulf
Armonico Consort armonico.org.uk 0844 581 0750   £12.50 (£8.50 children)
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Sunday 15 October        ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church (opposite castle) GL15 6RU, 3.30pm
PARK WEST ENSEMBLE
A concert of Early Music and Song
Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk 01291 330020  £15 (WVM Members £12, Students £2)
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Tuesday 17 October                CARDIFF
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Corbett Road CF10 3EB, 7.00pm
PETER DONOHOE – piano
Scriabin            Sonata No 2 (1898)
Stravinsky        Serenade in A (1925)
Rachmaninov    Preludes Nos 1-5 from Op 23 (1901-3)
Prokofiev          Sonata No 3 (1917)
Shostakovich    Preludes and Fugues No 6 in B minor                                 & No 7 in A (1950-1)
Mussorgsky      Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Cardiff University Concert Series 0333 666 3366 concerts.cardiff.ac.uk £10, £8, students and U18s free​
Friday 20 October                             BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm 
RICHARD JENKINSON – cello
ALEX BOYD – piano

Kodály              Cello Sonata Op 4
Rachmaninov    Sonata in G minor Op 19
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free

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Saturday 21 October                       LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm
ELENID OWEN – violin
EVGENIA STARTSEVA – piano
Debussy                 Violin Sonata in G minor L140
Reynolds                So Soft this Morning Ours
Prokofiev                Visions Fugitives Op 22 (selection)
Ravel                        Tzigane
Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk 01584 876141 ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk £18 (students £6)​
Wednesday 25 October           BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 2.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
JULIAN BLISS – clarinet
DAVID CURTIS – conductor
Rossini             Overture The Barber of Seville
Weber              Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat
Beethoven        Symphony No 8 in F
Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 0121 780 3333 thsh.co.uk £9.50 - £27.50​
Friday 27 October                      BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm 
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL    
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano
From Stein to Steinway – 300 years of the piano
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free
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Saturday 28 October                  WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 5.00pm and 7.30pm
RAPHAEL WALLFISCH – cello
JS Bach            Six Cello Suites
Fundraising evening for St Mary’s Church Tower and Leamington Music – two concerts with supper interval
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org 01926 334418   £22/£18/£15/£13 (£1)​


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Saturday 28 October            WORCESTER
St George’s Roman Catholic Church, 1 Sansome Place WR1 1UG, 7.30 pm
ELGAR CHORALE with TRIANON from Suffolk
An Autumn Serenade
Programme includes music by Elgar, Rutter, Karl Jenkins and Will Todd
Elgar Chorale elgarchorale.com 01684 594570   £12
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Monday 30 October               BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm
MITSUKO UCHIDA – piano
Schubert          Sonata in B D575
Schubert          Sonata in A minor D845
Schubert          Sonata in D D850
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £38 
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Sunday 1 October                                             OXFORD
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street OX1 3BN, 5.00pm
MATTHEW BARLEY  -  cello
PRIYA MITCHELL   -      violin
DIRK MOMMERTZ  -  piano
O/MODɘRNT ENSEMBLE
OCMF ARTISTS
Across the Universe
Bach                            Aria from Goldberg Variations
Impro/devised piece on Pärt’s ‘Spiegel im Spiegel’
Sultan Khan   Song of Separation and Waiting
                             for cello and tabla
The Beatles         Indian inspired songs from Sexy Sadie, Norwegian Wood, Within You Without You, Tomorrow Never Knows
Giovanni Sollima      Lamentatio for cello
Terry Riley            Half-Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight
Bach                      Prelude in G major (with variations) for cello, tabla, sarod, violin
Anon                       Raag Bhairavi, into devised piece – 
The Beatles            Across the Universe
Oxford Chamber Music Festival ocmf.net 01865 305305 £25​
Monday 2 October               STRATFORD UPON AVON
Stratford ArtsHouse, 14 Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.30pm
JULIAN BLISS SEPTET
Tribute to Benny Goodman
George Pragnell Concert Series, Stratford on Avon Music Festival stratfordmusicfestival.com 01789 207100 stratfordartshouse.co.uk £9.50-£27.50 (student concessions)
Tuesday 3 October     STRATFORD UPON AVON
Stratford ArtsHouse, 14 Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID CURTIS – conductor
JULIAN BLISS – clarinet
Rossini             Barber of Seville Overture
Weber              Clarinet Concerto in E flat Op 74
Beethoven       Symphony No 8 in F
George Pragnell Concert Series, Stratford on Avon Music Festival stratfordmusicfestival.com 01789 207100 stratfordartshouse.co.uk £9.50-£27.50 (student concessions)
Friday 6 October           BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 1.10pm
GILDAS QUARTET
JACK MCNEILL – clarinet
Programme includes:
Mark-Antony Turnage          An Invention on ‘Solitude’
Nicola LeFanu                        Invisible Places
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333           Free
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Friday 6 October              LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
NAVARRA STRING QUARTET
Haydn              Quartet Op 9 No 4
Shostakovich    Quartet No 5 in B flat Op 92
Schubert           Quartet in G D887
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org  £21/£17/£13 (£1)
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Saturday 7 October                   WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Lane, Claines WR3 7RN, 9.30am – 1.15pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Festival Morning Masterclasses
The in-house education project for the Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival. The chance for students to come and play to us - and have fun!  Students will discover 'trade secrets' and practice short cuts as well as receive advice, suggestions and feedback on all aspects of their playing and performance. Friends, family and teachers are welcome to listen. Application forms on line.
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival chambermusicatworcester.com 01905 412358 / 07931 781737 £12 per student

Saturday 7 October                   WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Lane, Claines WR3 7RN, 2.30pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
CM@W Community Concert with Young Performers
Selected participants from our Morning Masterclasses, with music groups from the local community, will form the basis of this concert.
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival chambermusicatworcester.com 01905 412358 / 07931 781737  Admission free: retiring collection to support the work of CM@W
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Sunday 8 October                                 GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
ANGELA BROWNRIDGE – piano
Beethoven Sonata in C Op 2 No 3
Chopin       Fantasy in F minor Op 49
Debussy    Preludes: Feuilles Mortes,
                    Ce qu'a vu le vent de l'ouest
Beethoven Sonata in F minor Op 57 Appassionata
Chopin       Andante Spianato & Grande
                    Polonaise Op 22
Gershwin   The Man I Love, Fascinating Rhythm,
                     I Got Rhythm
Improvisations on Gershwin songs
Gloucester Music Society gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk 01242 620736           £17 (£16/£8/£5,free)​


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Sunday 8 October                     WORCESTER
Claines Church, Claines Lane, Claines WR3 7RN, 3.00pm
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET
GEMMA MARTYN SMITH – narrator
CM@W Festival Family Concert
Join the Astaria String Quartet, and narrator Gemma Martyn Smith, as good faces evil and magic fills the air in the story of Swan Lake, with music from Tchaikovsky’s ballet score. It is a story about a prince who is yet to meet the love of his life – who would believe that the Princess he’d been hoping to find has been turned into a swan by a wicked sorcerer!
Chamber Music @ Worcester Festival chambermusicatworcester.com 01905 412358 / 07931 781737  Admission free: retiring collection to support the work of CM@W
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Monday 9 October               BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30pm
CANADIAN BRASS
We welcome the world's finest brass quintet, Canadian Brass to the Barber Institute for an awe-inspiring evening of brass playing. With original member Chuck at the helm on Tuba and the latest line-up of spectacular players this group of five will no doubt blow the roof off the Barber.  Programme to be announced from the stage.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 414 7333 or via barber.org.uk/concerts             £18 (£15, £12, £5)
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Tuesday 10 October       CHIPPING SODBURY
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Broad Street BS37 6AD, 7.30pm
AMADEUS ORCHESTRA
PHILIP MACKENZIE – conductor
CLARE KING – clarinet
Handel              Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mozart              Clarinet Concerto 
Handel              Water Music
Chipping Sodbury Music Society csmusicsociety.co.uk 01454 315741 ticketsource.co.uk/csmusicsociety £15 (school-age children free

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Tuesday 10 October                     WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
EX CATHEDRA
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – director
Monteverdi – In Search of 1610
Exploring how Monteverdi developed the brilliant fusion of musical styles in his famous 1610 collection through his madrigals ‘made spiritual’
Leamington Music leamingtonmusic.org  £21/£18/£15/£13 (£1)

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Thursday 12 October                   COVENTRY
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick CV4 7AL, 7.15pm
COULL QUARTET
PAUL BARRITT – violin
JAMES LISNEY – piano
Haydn              Quartet in G Op 64 No 4
Mendelssohn    Andante and Scherzo Op 81 Nos 1 & 2
Debussy           Sonata in G minor for violin and piano
Chausson         Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet Op 21
Warwick Arts Centre warwickartscentre.co.uk 024 7652 4524 £20 (£18)
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Friday 13 October                               COVENTRY
The Albany Theatre, 53 Butts Road CV1 3BH 7.00pm
ARMONICO CONSORT
AC ACADEMY SINGERS
ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – soprano   CATRIN FINCH – harp
TOBY YOUNG – keyboards    (narrator tbc)
CHRISTOPHER MONKS – conductor
Toby Young                  Beowulf
Armonico Consort armonico.org.uk albanytheatre.co.uk 024 7699 8964 £12.50 (£8.50 children)
Tuesday 17 October                              CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
PARNASSIUS DUO
Brahms            Selection from Hungarian dances WoO 1
Schubert          Allegro in A minor D947 Lebensstürme 
N Kapustin       Sinfonietta Op 49
Poulenc            Sonata for piano four hands
Rachmaninov  Six Morceaux
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk  cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 01242 227979  £20, £15, U26 free​
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Thursday 19 October                             BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.10pm
JOHN THWAITES – piano  
JONATHAN MARTINDALE – violin

MICHAEL JENKINSON – viola  
HELEN EDGAR – cello

OLIVER JANES – clarinet  
ELSPETH DUTCH – horn

Beethoven        Trio in B flat Op 11 Gassenhauer
Dohnányi          Sextet Op 37
CBSO Centre Stage cbso.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £10
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Friday 20 October                            BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 8.00pm
FLORIAN KITT – cello
CARLOS RIVERA-AGUILAR – piano
Beethoven                  Cello Sonata Op 102 No 1
Takemitsu                   Orion (1984)
Britten                         Cello Sonata Op 65
Cerha                           5 Sätze (2013)
Prokofiev                     Cello Sonata Op 119
Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 01527 577330 £20 (Dis/Unemp £5, 8-25 years free)​
Monday 23 October           BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square, B3 3DQ, 7.30pm
QUATUOR VAN KUIJK
Haydn                            Quartet Op 33 No 2
Janacek                          Quartet No 1
Edith Canat de Chizy    New work
Ravel                              Quartet in F
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham thsh.co.uk 0121 780 3333 £12.50 - £31​

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Thursday 26 October                   MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
DORIC STRING QUARTET
Thomas Adès    The Four Quarters Op 28 (2010)
Haydn              String Quartet in A Op 20 No 6
Mendelssohn    String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80
Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277  £19.75
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Friday 27 October                   COVENTRY
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street CV1 5FB, 7.30pm
THE SIXTEEN
HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor
The Choral Pilgrimage 2017
The Olive Branch – Palestrina and Poulenc
The Sixteen thesixteen.com  tickets.ncem.co.uk 01904 651485 £15, £25
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Saturday 28 October        BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TS, 7.30pm 
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL
EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
STEVEN DEVINE – harpsichord

Handel             Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 7
Haydn              Concerto for Violin and Harpsichord
Mozart              Divertimento in F
JS Bach            Harpsichord Concerto in D minor
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 7333          £22 (£18, £15, £10)​
​Sunday 29 October                 CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School GL51 6EP, 3.00pm
DANIEL SHAO – flute
DANIEL SMITH-KING – piano
Hamilton Harty        In Ireland    
John Stanley             Solo No 5  
York Bowen              Sonata  
Andy Scott                Salt of the Earth, My Mountain Top
Bridge                        Rosemary
Brian Ferneyhough  Cassandra’s Dreamsong    
Elgar                           In Smyrna
Lennox Berkeley      Sonatina  
Cheltenham Music Society cheltmusicsoc.co.uk  £10 on the door
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