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Thursday 3 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street, Tetbury GL8 8JG, 7.30pm TOM POSTER – piano GUY JOHNSTON – cello MAGNUS JOHNSTON – violin Haydn Piano Trio in E Hob XV:28 Schumann Piano Trio No 2 in F Op 80 Schubert Piano Trio No 1 in B flat D898 Tetbury Music Festival tetburymusicfestival.org 0333 666 3366 £35/£25/£20/£15/£10 u16 free Friday 4 October LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm ESMÉ STRING QUARTET (Korea) 2018 London International String Quartet Competition winners Haydn Quartet in G Op 33 No 5 Beethoven Quartet in F Op 18 No 1 Schumann Quartet in F Op 41 No 2 Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £25/£20/£15 (£1) Saturday 5 October CHELTENHAM
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street GL50 1SP, 7.30pm CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA in collaboration with the Holst Birthplace Museum TIMOTHY CAREY – conductor ANA TERESA ALVES – viola GEORGE EWART – leader HOLST BIRTHDAY CONCERT Mozart Overture Don Giovanni Holst Fugal Concerto, Song No 1, and Lyric Movement Vaughan Williams Romance from Serenade in A minor Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk 01452 856700 £16, children free Sunday 6 October BROMSGROVE
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School B61 7HP, 3.30pm ENGLISH STRING ORCHESTRA ZOË BEYERS – director/soloist Dvořák Nocturne Finzi Romance Elgar Serenade for Strings Vivaldi The Four Seasons English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk bromsgrove-school.co.uk/boxoffice 01527 579679 £20 (ESO Friends £18, u18s £5) Tuesday 8 October WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm THE GESUALDO SIX Music of the Heavenly Spheres Hildegard von Bingen, Byrd, Gesualdo, Gombert, de Lassus, Melgas, Ockeghem, Palestrina, des Prez, and de Vitry, plus other vocal works by Bennett, Owain Park, and Tim Watts. Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £22/£18/£15/£13 (£1) Wednesday 9 October HEREFORD
Hereford Cathedral, 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close HR1 2NG, 7.30pm THE SIXTEEN HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor Plainsong Salve Regina Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God Sheppard Gloria from Cantate Mass Eric Whitacre Sainte-Chapelle Wylkynson Salve Regina a9 Fayrfax Aeternae laudis lilium Gabriel Jackson Ave Maria Tavener Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God James MacMillan O virgo prudentissima (new commission) Sheppard Agnus Dei from Cantate Mass The Sixteen thesixteen.com/events/the-choral-pilgrimage-2019-hereford/ 0333 010 2850/ £10-25 Friday 11 October BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) B60 1GN, 7.30pm NAVARRA STRING QUARTET Peteris Vasks String Quartet No 4 Janáček String Quartet No 1 The Kreutzer Sonata Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden Bromsgrove Concerts bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk 07936 984415 £20 (Dis/Unemp £10, 8-25 years free) Saturday 12 October ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester, Doveridge, Uttoxeter ST14 5BS, 7.30pm LEON McCAWLEY – piano Haydn Sonata in G Hob XVI:40 Schubert Sonata in C minor D958 Schumann Abegg Variations Op 1 Hans Gál Three Sketches Op 7 (1910) Brahms 4 Klavierstücke Op 119 Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie Op 61 Abbotsholme Arts Society abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk aas@tetley.org 07707 477082 £20/£5 Saturday 12 October LUDLOW
Henderson Hall, Moor Park, Overton SY8 4DZ, 7.30pm SOFYA GULYAK – piano Bach-Busoni Chaconne BWV104 Brahms 6 pieces Op 118 Chopin Variations brilliantes Op 12 Rachmaninov Morceaux de fantasie Op 3 Prokofiev Piano Sonata in B flat Op 83 Ludlow Music Society ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk 01584 878141 £18 (students £6) Saturday 12 October BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street B5 5RT, 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 illuminatewomensmusic@outlook.com £10 (student £5) Sunday 13 October HEREFORD
Hereford Shirehall, St Peters Square HR1 2HX, 3.30pm ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KENNETH WOODS – conductor SARAH BETH BRIGGS – piano Haydn Symphony No 96 The Miracle Mozart Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat K482 Sibelius Suite from Pélleas and Mélisande English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk eventbrite.co.uk £25/£20 (ESO Friends £18, u18s £5) Wednesday 16 October BRISTOL
St George’s Bristol, Great George Street BS1 5RR, 7.30pm LUX MUSICAE IGNACIO LUSARDI – guitar AHMED MUKHTAR – oud Origins of Flamenco Featuring Sephardic and Arabic music alongside Spanish composers of the late 16th to 18th centuries. St George’s Bristol stgeorgesbristol.co.uk 0845 40 24 001 £20/£18/£15/£5 students Thursday 17 October CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm ESMÉ QUARTET Bridge Novelletten Beethoven String Quartet in F Op 18 No 1 Schubert String Quartet in G D887 Cheltenham Music Society, tickets Cheltenham Town Hall box office, Imperial Square, 01242 227979, or 0844 576 2210 £20 & £15, under 26 £5 Friday 18 October BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF, 1.10pm LAUREN ZHANG – piano MARIE-CHRISTINE ZUPANCIC – flute RACHAEL PANKHURST – oboe JOANNA PATTON – clarinet MARGARET COOKHORN – bassoon Saint-Saëns Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs Ravel La Valse for solo piano (1920) Schmitt Á Tour d’Anches City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 0121 7803333 cbso.co.uk/event/lauren-zhang-plays-ravel Standard £10/u17 £6 Friday 18 October OXFORD
Christ Church Cathedral, St Aldate's OX1 1DP, 8.00pm THE SIXTEEN HARRY CHRISTOPHERS – conductor Plainsong Salve Regina Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God Sheppard Gloria from Cantate Mass Eric Whitacre Sainte-Chapelle Wylkynson Salve Regina a9 Fayrfax Aeternae laudis lilium Gabriel Jackson Ave Maria Tavener Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God James MacMillan O virgo prudentissima (new commission) Sheppard Agnus Dei from Cantate Mass The Sixteen thesixteen.com/events/the-choral-pilgrimage-2019-oxford/ 0333 010 2850/ £15-35 Wednesday 23 October BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm TENEBRAE Path of Miracles Owain Park Footsteps Joby Talbot Path of Miracles Join one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles in themes of travel, solitude and journeying. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 01782 206 000 barber.org.uk/concerts £18 (£15, £12, £5) Friday 25 October BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm KENNETH HAMILTON – piano Birmingham International Piano Festival Selecting a Steinway: A Concert with Conversation Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op 55 No 2 Chopin Mazurka in C sharp minor Schubert arr Liszt Ständchen Liszt The Fountains of the Villa d'Este Wagner arr Liszt Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Friday 25 October EVESHAM
Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue WR11 4QH, 7.30pm UGNIUS PAULIUKONIS – piano Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat Hob XVI:52 Chopin Two Nocturnes Op 62 Fantasy in F minor Etudes Op 10 Nos 1 & 12, Op 25 Nos 5 & 10 Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Four Mazurkas Op 24 Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 Debussy Prelude No 12 Fireworks Reflections in the water from Images Evesham and District Music Club evesham-music-club.co.uk eveshamartscentre.co.uk Almonry Museum 01386 446944 £17 Wednesday 30 October HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street HR4 9JR, 1.00pm & 3.00pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN MATTHEW SHARP – narrator JAMES MAYHEW – live illustrator RICHARD LAING – conductor Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 01789 267567 £7.50 Wednesday 30 October KEELE
Westminster Theatre, Keele University ST5 5AZ, 7.30pm ARTESIAN QUARTET Mozart String Quartet No 15 in D minor K421 Shostakovich String Quartet No 4 in D Op 83 Beethoven String Quartet No 9 in C Op 59 No 3 Razumovsky Keele Concerts Society keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £16/£5 (students) |
Friday 4 October BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm THE HERMES EXPERIMENT Meredith Monk Double Fiesta Errollyn Wallen gun gun gun The Hermes Experiment new work Robin Haigh Kalimotxo Misha Mullov-Abbado The Linden Tree Oliver Leith Uh huh, Yeah The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Friday 4 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street, Tetbury GL8 8JG, 7.30pm VOCES8 A cappella repertoire from the Renaissance to today Tetbury Music Festival tetburymusicfestival.org 0333 666 3366 £35/£25/£20/£15/£10 u16 free Saturday 5 October TETBURY
St Marys' Church, Church Street, Tetbury GL8 8JG, 6.30pm PAVEL KOLESNIKOV – piano Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu in C sharp minor Op 66 Chopin Nocturne in F sharp Op 15 No 2 Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor Op 39 Chopin Prelude in D flat Op 28 Beethoven Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor Moonlight Op 27 No 2 Schumann Nachtstücke Op 23 No 1 Bartók Out of Doors from The Night’s Music Debussy Prélude Book II No 12 Feux d’artifice Beethoven Piano Sonata No 21 in C Waldstein Op 53 Tetbury Music Festival tetburymusicfestival.org 0333 666 3366 £35/£25/£20/£15/£10 u16 free Sunday 6 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street, Tetbury GL8 8JG, 5.00pm ARCANGELO JONATHAN COHEN – conductor SANDRINE PIAU – soprano STUART JACKSON – tenor KONSTANTIN KRIMMEL – baritone Handel Brockes Passion Tetbury Music Festival tetburymusicfestival.org 0333 666 3366 £40/£30/£25/£20/£15 u16 free Wednesday 9 October BIRMINGHAM
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR, 2.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN VIV MCLEAN – piano HUGH DAVIES – trumpet LOUISE BRAITHWAITE – cor anglais REBECCA MILLER – conductor Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Copland Quiet City Mozart Symphony No 38 Prague Orchestra of the Swan orchestraoftheswan.org 01789267567 £18/£20/£25 (£5 BCU staff and students) Friday 11 October BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm PRIMROSE PIANO QUARTET Saint-Saëns Barcarolle arr Saint-Saëns for piano quartet Fauré Après un Rêve for viola and piano Fauré Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Friday 11 October WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm PRIMROSE PIANO QUARTET Frank Bridge Phantasy Quartet Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Saint-Saëns Barcarolle Fauré Piano Quartet in G minor Witney Music Society witneymusicsociety.org.uk 01993 702296 £12 (under 19 £1) Saturday 12 October CRASWALL
St Mary’s Church HR2 0PN, 5.00pm BOX&FIR ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP – tenor The Maiden & the Thief: 18th and 19th century popular Spanish music from street and stage In an enchanting programme specially researched by Ian Gammie, renowned tenor Rogers Covey-Crump, formerly of The Hilliard Ensemble, explores the age-old themes of love, joy and sadness in songs accompanied by early instruments. Concerts for Craswall concertsforcraswall.org 01981 510112 £15/£7.50 
Saturday 12 October ST BRIAVELS
St Briavels Church (opposite castle) GL15 6RG, 7.30pm DAMIRA TRIO Haydn Piano Trio No 44 in E Hob XV:28 Rachmaninov Trio Elegiac in G Minor Op Post Schubert Piano Trio in E flat D 929 Wye Valley Music wyevalleymusic.org.uk 01291 330020 £15, £12, £2 Sunday 13 October GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm FITZWILLIAM QUARTET JAMES GILCHRIST – tenor ANNA TILBROOK – piano Bliss Elegiac Sonnet Delius Late Swallows Gurney Ludlow and Teme Vaughan Williams String Quartet No 2 in A minor Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 £20, (£18/£10/£5,free) Sunday 13 October WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm JOHN PAUL EKINS – piano Haydn Andante and variations in F minor HobXVII:6 Mozart Sonata in C minor K457 Liszt Harmonies du Soir Liszt Cantique d’amour Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £17 (students £5) Wednesday 16 October MALVERN
Great Malvern Priory, Church Street WR14 2AY, 7.30pm ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KENNETH WOODS – conductor APRIL FREDRICK – soprano J Strauss Jr arr Schoenberg Emperor Waltz R Strauss arr Ledger Four Last Songs Bruckner arr Eisler/Stein/Rankl Symphony No 7 English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk eventbrite.co.uk £20 (ESO Friends £18, u18s £5) Friday 18 October BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 1.00pm SIWAN RHYS – piano GEORGE BARTON – percussion Presteigne Festival Tour Steve Reich Clapping Music Mark David Boden Soliton Hannah Lash C Liam Mattison New Work Barbara Monk Feldman Duo for Piano and Percussion Gregory Rose Boudica Howard Skempton Duet for piano and woodblocks The Barber Institute of Fine Arts barber.org.uk/concerts Free Friday 18 October LEAMINGTON
Royal Spa Centre Studio, Newbold Terrace CV32 4HN, 7.00pm CURZON BRASS 2019 Leamington Music Prize Winner’s concert Gabrieli Canzona Per Sonare No 4 JS Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 Simon Lesley Timeout Liszt arr Mark Dilley Consolations Ewald Brass Quintet in D flat Walton Popular Song from Façade Carmichael Georgia on My Mind Andrew Downes Suite for Brass Quintet KC Bird Pack up Your Troubles Sousa Liberty Bell March The Quintessential Gershwin (arr Stephen Bulla) Berlin Puttin’ On the Ritz Leamington Music 01926 334418 or royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk £15 (£1) Sunday 20 October STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street CV37 6HP, 7.30pm THE LE PAGE ENSEMBLE Richard Strauss Sextet from Capriccio Op 85 Brahms Sextet No 2 in G Op 36 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Op 70 This concert is dedicated to the memory of Mary Midgley Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society stratfordchambermusic.co.uk 01608 662597 £20 (conc £5) Wednesday 23 October STOKE-ON-TRENT
Mitchell Arts Centre, 40 Broad Street ST1 4HG, 7.30pm ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT JS Bach Sinfonia BWV42 JS Bach Concerto for oboe d’amore BWV1055 JS Bach Suite No 2 BWV1067 JS Bach Suite No 1 BWV1066 Keele Concerts Society & Stoke-on-Trent Classics keele.ac.uk/artskeele 01782 734340 £20/£9 (students) Friday 25 October BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF, 1.10pm JONATHAN MARTINDALE, PHILIP BRETT, KIRSTY LOVIE & COLETTE OVERDIJK – violins JESSICA TICKLE & AMY THOMAS – violas MIGUEL FERNANDES & LORENZO MESEGUER LUJÁN – cellos DAMIÁN RUBIDO GONZÁLES – double bass Strauss Sextet from Capriccio Op 85 Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (highlights) Bruch String Octet in B flat City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 0121 7803333 cbso.co.uk/event/the-four-seasons-of-buenos-aires Standard £10/u17 £6 Sunday 27 October CHELTENHAM
Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School, Hatherley Road GL51 6EP, 3.00pm SCORDATURA WOMEN’S MUSIC COLLECTIVE Rebecca Clarke Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale Helen Grime Snow and Snow Thea Musgrave Canta, Canta Rhiannon Randle Duo for Clarinet and Viola Caroline Shaw limestone+felt Tania Leon Arenas d’un Tiempo Amy Bryce The House That Man Built Bushra El-Turk Ta’attalat Loughatul Kalami Cheltenham Music Society, tickets on the door £10 under 26 free Wednesday 30 October BIRMINGHAM
Barber Institute, Edgbaston Park Road B15 2TS, 7.30pm MARTIN ROSCOE – piano PETER DONOHOE – piano Birmingham International Piano Festival Stravinsky Concerto for two pianos Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Mozart Sonata for two pianos in D K448 Saint-Saëns Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Two Pianos Op 35 Rachmaninov Suite No 2 for Two Pianos Op 17 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 01782 206 000 barber.org.uk/concerts £18 (£15, £12, £5) Thursday 31 October MALVERN
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Ľubica Čekovska The Midsummer Quartet (2016) Schilhoff String Quartet No 1 (1924) Smetana String Quartet No 2 in D minor Janáček String Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters Malvern Concert Club malvern-concert-club.co.uk malvern-theatres.co.uk 01684 892277 £24.08 Students in full time education £6.72 Header photo: Fitzwilliam String Quartet (credit Peter Searle)
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Sunday 6 October BRISTOL Royal West of England Academy, Queens Road BS8 1PX 6pm COULL QUARTET Mozart String Quartet in G K387 Derek Smith String Quartet No 5 Puccini Crisantemi Dvorak String Quartet in F Op 96 American Espressivo Concerts rwa.org.uk 0117 973 5129 
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