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OCTOBER CONCERTS

Tuesday 1 October                              MANCHESTER
Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street M3 1SX, 7.30pm
DAVID HILL – organ
CHETHAM’S BRASS ENSEMBLE

Music for Organ and Brass
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s stollerhall.com
0333 130 0967  £16-£3.50

Thursday 3 October                                           HULL
Middleton Hall, University of Hull HU6 7RX, 7.30pm
ISATA KANNEH-MASON – piano
Brahms                      Intermezzo in B flat Op 117 No 2,
                                    Intermezzo in A Op 118 No 2
Brahms                      Ballade in G minor Op 118 No 3,
                                    Intermezzo in F minor Op 118 No 4
Brahms                      Romance in F Op 118 No 5
Clara Schumann      Ballade Op 6 No 4, Notturno Op 6
                                    No 2
Clara Schumann      Scherzo No 2 in C minor Op 14,
                                    3 Romances for solo piano Op 11
Clara Schumann      Piano Sonata in G minor
Hull Chamber Music hullchambermusic.org.uk hullboxoffice.com  0844 249 1000  £14/£5
Saturday 5 October                           MACCLESFIELD
The Heritage Centre, Roe Street SK11 6UT, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
ELIZABETH JORDAN – clarinet

Sibelius                         Rakastava Op 14
Mozart                          Clarinet Concerto in A K622
Vaughan Williams       The Lark Ascending
Haydn                           Symphony No 6 in D Le Matin
Northern Chamber Orchestra ncorch.co.uk
0161 247 2220   £22/£17 (students and u18s free)

Wednesday 9 October                                     ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Road LS29 8HB, 8.00pm
BENYOUNES QUARTET
HÉLÈNE CLÉMENT – viola

Mozart           Quintet No 4 in G minor K516
Bruckner       Adagio from String Quintet in F
Dvořák          Quintet in E flat Op 97
Ilkley Concert Club   ilkleyconcertclub.org.uk  icc.jennie@gmail.com   £15, £14, £13 (U25 £2)
Friday 11 October                                        DUMFRIES
St John’s Church, Lovers Walk DG1 1LW, 7.30pm
SOUNDS BAROQUE
JULIAN PERKINS – harpsichord
SOPHIE BARBER – violin
KARIN BJÖRK – violin
JOHN SALTER – cello
ED BALLARD – bass-baritone
Kindred Spirits

Virtuosic trio sonatas by Vivaldi and Telemann performed alongside lovelorn cantatas by Handel; plus solo keyboard sonatas by Scarlatti and baroque-inspired modern works by Dodgson.
Music in Dumfries musicindumfries.com  01387 820848 £15 (u18s free)
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Tuesday 15 October                                           LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds College of Music LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
BRITTEN SINFONIA
MAHAN ESFAHANI – harpsichord/piano

CPE Bach   Quartet for viola, flute, cello, and
                    harpsichord Wq 93
JS Bach       The Musical Offering BWV1079:
                    Ricercar a 3, Ricercar a 6, Trio Sonata
Strauss       Suite: Capriccio
Piston         Sonatina for violin and harpsichord
de Falla      Concerto for harpsichord and five
                     instruments
Leeds International Concert Season leedsconcertseason.co.uk  0113 376 0318
£22, £20, concessions available

Thursday 17 October                               LANCASTER
Great Hall, Lancaster University LA1 4YW, 7.30pm
CHETHAM’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YIXUAN REN – violin
PAUL MANN – conductor

Hindemith      Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes
                         by Carl Maria von Weber
Tchaikovsky   Violin Concerto in D Op 35
Stravinsky      Petrushka
Lancaster Arts  lancasterarts.org  01524 594151 £21-£9.50
Saturday 19 October                                RICHMOND
Influence Church, Victoria Road DL10 4AS, 7.30pm
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
Richard Strauss              Capriccio Sextet Op 85
Wagner                            Siegfried Idyll
Mahler arr Farrington    Symphony No 1
Richmondshire Concerts  rsconcerts.org
£20 (Full-time students £1)

Sunday 20 October                              DARLINGTON
Central Hall, The Dolphin Centre DL1 5RP, 3.00pm
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano
Haydn             Sonata in F Hob XVI:23
Schubert         Sonata in A D959
Debussy          Preludes - Pagodes; La Puerta del Vino;
                          La Danse de Puck
Ravel               Pavane pour une infante défunte
Liszt                 Rhapsodie Espagnole
Darlington Piano Society    dpiano.co.uk
07730 870589 (promoter)  01325 406000 (Venue)
£14 (U21 - free)


Monday 21 October                                      PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
KRISTIANA IGNATJEVA – cello
STEN HEINOJA – piano

Beethoven          Sonata for cello and piano in G minor
                              No 2
Grieg                   Sonata for cello and piano in A minor
                             Op 36
Miaskovsky        Sonata for cello and piano No 1 Op 12
Tchaikovsky       Pezzo Capriccioso Op 62
Penrith Music Club  penrithmusicclub.com
£16 (students £2)

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)
Thursday 24 October                          MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
SINFONIA CYMRU
JAMES CRABB – accordion

Piazzolla            Libertango; Romance del Diablo; La
                            Muerte del Angel; Aconcagua Concerto
Pärt                     Fratres
Vivaldi                Concerto in F RV542
Kalevi                 Aho Kolme Tangoa
A Agri/J Carli    Desde Adentro
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com
0333 130 0967 £17-£3.50

Friday 25 October                                                HULL
Hull Minster, King Street HU1 2JJ, 3.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
ANDY PLOWMAN – organ and piano
IAN JONES – conductor

Friday Favourites
Levens Choir   levenschoir.net   Retiring collection
Saturday 26 October                                 BEVERLEY
St Mary’s Church, North Bar Within HU17 8DL, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
ANDY PLOWMAN – organ
IAN JONES – conductor

Lotti                Missa Sancti Christophori
Lauridsen      Lux Aeterna
Levens Choir   levenschoir.net   Retiring collection
Saturday 26 October                            EDINBURGH
Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place EH1 2QQ, 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-edinburgh/  0333 010 2850/ £15-26
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)

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Wednesday 2 October                                   KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
SIMON CALLAGHAN – piano 
PIATTI QUARTET

Brahms               String Quartet No 3 in B flat Op 67
Shostakovich     Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com  £10 at the Hall from 12 noon (students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2)
Saturday 5 October                             DARLINGTON
Central Hall, Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket DL1 5RP, 7.30pm
ALEXANDRA LOMEIKO – violin
CHRISTINE ZERAFA – piano

Bach                      Sonata in E BWV1016
Beethoven            Sonata No 6 in A Op 30 No 1
Prokofiev               Five melodies Op 35b
Fauré                      Sonata No 1 in A Op 13
Darlington Music Society  dms.btck.co.uk  
01325 467163    £15  (under 26 free)

Monday 7 October                               MANCHESTER
Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road M13 9RD, 7.30pm
GRYPHON TRIO
JAMES CAMPBELL – clarinet

Beethoven         Piano Trio in B flat Op 97 Archduke
Messiaen           Quartet for the End of Time
Manchester Chamber Concerts Society manchesterchamberconcerts.co.uk  rncm.ac.uk             0161 907 5555  £25, £12.50 (concessions £12.50, £6, £3)
Thursday 10 October                           MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano

Elgar      Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82
Elgar      String Quartet in E minor Op 83
Elgar      String Quintet in A minor Op 84
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com
0333 130 0967   £20-£3.50

Friday 11 October                                  MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC
YURI SIMONOV – conductor
ALEXANDRA DARIESCU – piano

Tchaikovsky          Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Rachmaninov       Piano Concerto No 2
Shostakovich        Symphony No 10
The Bridgewater Hall bridgewater-hall.co.uk
0161 907 9000  £18-£43

Monday 14 October                                          RIPON
Holy Trinity Church, Kirby Road HG4 2ET, 7.30pm
ALBION QUARTET
TAMSIN WALEY-COHEN – violin 
EMMA PARKER – violin
ANN BEILBY – viola
NATHANIEL BOYD – cello
Epic Beethoven and melodic Dvořák

Suk                   Meditation on the old Czech hymn
                          St Wenceslas

Dvořák             String Quartet No 10 Slavonic
Beethoven       String Quartet Op 130 with Grosse Fuge
Ripon Concerts  riponconcerts.co.uk   01765 635244 £20/£5 (u18s free)
Wednesday 16 October                                 KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
ENGLISH CORNETT AND SACKBUT ENSEMBLE
Echoes of Venice

including works by Gabrieli, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com  £10 at the Hall from 12 noon (students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2)
Friday 18 October                                MANCHESTER
The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank M3 1DA, 7.30pm
CHETHAM’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YIXUAN REN – violin
PAUL MANN – conductor

Hindemith      Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes
                         by Carl Maria von Weber
Tchaikovsky   Violin Concerto in D Op 35
Stravinsky      Petrushka
The Stoller Hall, Chetham’s  stollerhall.com
0333 130 0967   £19-£8.50

Saturday 19 October                                 SEDBERGH
St Andrew’s Church, Finkle Street LA10 5BZ, 7.30pm
LEVENS CHOIR
ANDY PLOWMAN – organ
IAN JONES – conductor

Lotti                Missa Sancti Christophori
Lauridsen       Lux Aeterna
Levens Choir  levenschoir.net  £10
Sunday 20 October                                        KESWICK
Theatre by the Lake, Lakeside CA12 5DJ, 7.30pm
LARA MELDA – piano
Chopin               Barcarolle in F sharp Op 60
Chopin               3 Nocturnes Op 9
Chopin               Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58
Rachmaninov   Etudes Tableau Op 33: No 7 in E flat
                            and No 8 in G minor
Rachmaninov   Preludes Op 23 No 4 in D and No 5 in
                            G minor
Lyadov               Barcarolle in F sharp minor Op 44
Prokofiev           Romeo & Juliet Op 75 Nos 5, 6, 7, 8
Keswick Music Society  keswick-music-society.org.uk 017687 74411   £25/£17.50/£7.50 (u18 £7.50/£4.50)
Wednesday 23 October                         SOUTHWELL
Southwell Minster, Church Street NG25 0HD, 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-southwell/  0333 010 2850/ £12-30
Thursday 24 October                                  DURHAM
Durham Cathedral DH1 3EH, 1.15pm
LEVENS CHOIR
IAN JONES – conductor

A Cappella Recital
Levens Choir   levenschoir.net   Free



Thursday 24 October                                SHEFFIELD
Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street S1 1HA, 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-sheffield/  0333 010 2850/ £10-25
Friday 25 October                                         DURHAM
Durham Cathedral, The College DH1 3EH, 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-durham/  0333 010 2850/ £15-27
Saturday 26 October                           BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road SK10 5JR, 7.30pm
THE ALANDALE STRING TRIO
Mozart             Divertimento K563 in E flat
Beethoven       String Trio in E flat Op 3
Bollington Chamber Concerts 01625 576402 bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/alandale £19, students £2
Monday 28 October                                     HOYLAKE
St Hildeburgh's Church, Stanley Road CH47 1HL, 7.30pm
IONEL MANCIU – violin
KAORU WADA – piano

Mozart         Violin Sonata in B flat K378
Brahms        Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78
Enescu         Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor Op 25
Bartók          Rhapsody No 1 Sz87
Hoylake Chamber Concert Society  chamberconcert.co.uk  ticketsource.co.uk/hccs 
£16 (students free)

Wednesday 30 October                                KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
ASHLEY FRIPP – piano  
Schubert            Four Impromptus D899
Chopin                Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58
kendalmiddayconcertclub.org kendalmiddayconcertclub@gmail.com  £10 at the Hall from 12 noon (students and schoolchildren 7 years and over £2)
Thursday 31 October                                          HULL
Middleton Hall, University of Hull HU6 7RX, 7.30pm
CHIAROSCURO STRING QUARTET
Haydn                            String Quartet in E flat Op 33
                                         No 2 The Joke
Fanny Mendelssohn    String Quartet in E flat
Beethoven                     String Quartet in B flat Op 130
Hull Chamber Music hullchambermusic.org.uk hullboxoffice.com  0844 249 1000  £14/£5

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