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OCTOBER CONCERTS

Sunday 1 October                                      GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
ROBERT MAX – cello
Bach       The Cello Suites
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (£18, £5, children free, accompanying adults £15)

Sunday 1 October                                             TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 5.00pm
TENEBRAE
NIGEL SHORT – director

White          Christe qui lux es III
Byrd            Mass for four voices
Tallis           O sacrum convivium; Sancte Deus;
                    Miserere nostri; Loquebantur
White          Christe qui lux es IV
Mundy        Vox Patris caelestis
White          Exaudiat te Dominus
Tetbury Music Festival  07756 349245 www.tetburymusicfestival.org/2023-concerts   
£35 (£30, £25, £20, £15, £10)

Friday 6 October                                      BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
LECTURE RECITAL: SCHUBERT’S MASTERPIECES FOR PIANO DUET
JOSEPH & DANIEL TONG – piano
Schubert        Fantasia in F minor, D940
Schubert        Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat,
                        D813                                    
                                                                     Admission: Free

Friday 6 October                                      LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
LEONKORO STRING QUARTET (Berlin)
2022 London International String Quartet Competition winners
Schubert       Quartet in G minor D173
Janáček          Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
Brahms          Quartet in C minor Op 51 No 1
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org    £27/£17 (£1)
Tuesday 10 October                                       WARWICK
St Mary’s Church, Old Square CV34 4RA, 7.30pm
EX CATHEDRA CHOIR
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor
MARTHA MCLORINAN – mezzo-soprano
JAMES ROBINSON – tenor
SIMONE REBELLO – bells

Rachmaninoff 150 ‘Vespers’
Rachmaninoff – All-Night Vigil
Ex Cathedra  excathedra.co.uk
Friday 13 October                                     BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
GENEVA LEWIS – violin
JULIA HAMOS – piano
Handel               Violin Sonata No. 4 in D, Op. 1 No. 13,
                            HWV371
Bartók                Romanian Folk Dances for violin and                            piano
Simon Holt       'austerity measures'
Schumann         Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
                                                                     Admission: Free

Friday 13 October                                               WITNEY
High Street Methodist Church, High Street OX28 6HG, 7.30pm
MICHAEL FOYLE – violin
MAKSIM ŠTŠURA – piano

Janáček             Sonata for Violin and Piano
Brahms             Sonata in A major Op 100
Joachim            Romance
Beethoven       Sonata No 9 in A major Op 47 ‘Kreutzer’
Witney Music Society  01993 898020 witneymusicsociety.org.uk   £15 (under 19 £1)
Sunday 15 October                                   BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 4.00pm
EX CATHEDRA CHOIR
JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor
MARTHA MCLORINAN – mezzo-soprano
JAMES ROBINSON – tenor
SIMONE REBELLO – bells
Rachmaninoff 150 ‘Vespers’

Rachmaninoff – All-Night Vigil
Ex Cathedra  excathedra.co.uk  £15–£46
Sunday 15 October              STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
United Reformed Church, Rother Street CV37 6LU, 7.30pm
THE ELMORE STRING QUARTET
Rachmaninov     Quartet No.2
Mozart                 Quartet in D K575
Schubert              Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and
                              the Maiden’
Stratford Chamber Music Society
Tickets £25 (students £5) from www.wegottickets.com or www.stratfordchambermusic.co.uk

Thursday 19 October                                   UTTOXETER
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester ST14 5BS, 7.30pm
CLARE HAMMOND – piano
Hélène de Montgeroult      Etudes Nos. 62, 67, 104,
                                                110, 111
Clara Schumann                   3 Romances, Op. 21
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor   ‘Thata Nabandji’, ‘Deep
                                                River’ and ‘The Bamboula’
                                                from 24 Negro Melodies,
                                                Op. 59 Nos. 3, 10 and 8
Cécile Chaminade                ‘Impromptu’ Étude de
                                                concert, Op. 35 No. 5
                                                and Étude romantique,
                                                Op. 132
Maurice Ravel                       Miroirs
Isaac Albéniz                         ‘Cádiz (El Puerto)’,
                                                 ‘Evocación’ and ‘Triana’
                                                 from Iberia
Abbotsholme Arts Society  07766 759886 www.abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk
£25 (under 25s £5)

Sunday 22 October                                   LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00pm
FONTANELLA RECORDER QUARTET
Byrdsongs (celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death)
Consort music and songs by Byrd and his contemporaries with madrigals, catches, fantasias and folk song settings.
Espressivo Concerts/Leominster TIC  01568 616460 and Hereford Courtyard  01432 340555  www.courtyard.org.uk    £18 (students half-price)
Friday 27 October                                    BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
ELLIOTT GASTON-ROSS – percussion
Álvarez                                   Temazcal
Weiss                                     Lute suite in D Minor
Xenakis                                  Rebonds A
Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska   Toccata
Mark Glentworth                 Blues for Gilbert
Casey Cangelosi                  A Cool Gadget
                                                                     Admission: Free


Sunday 29 October                                   GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
HOWARD BLAKE– piano/composer
LANA TROTOVSEK – violin
JONATHAN BARRITT – viola
PETER ADAMS – cello
Howard Blake 85th birthday celebration

Piano Trio no. 3
Prelude for Solo Viola
Piano solo – Chaconne and Scherzo from ‘Lifecycle’
Violin pieces – Burlesca, Archangel’s Lullaby,
   Snowman Suite
Cello solo – ‘Soliloquy’
Piano Quartet
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (£18, £5, children free, accompanying adults £15)

Sunday 1 October                                      LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00pm
ENGEGÅRD QUARTET
Boyce                         String Quartet arrangement of
  (arr Derek Smith)   Symphony No 4
Haydn                        String Quartet in B flat Op 76 No 4
                                   ‘Sunrise’
Andrew Morris         String Quartet Op 40
Beethoven                String Quartet in C Op 59 No 3
                                   ‘Razumovsky’
Espressivo Concerts/Leominster TIC  01568 616460 and Hereford Courtyard  01432 340555  www.courtyard.org.uk    £18 (students half-price)
Thursday 5 October                                 BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 2.00pm
Centre Stage: Piano Quintet
Fauré        Piano Quintet
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | cbso.co.uk | B:Music Box Office: 0121 780 3333   £10
Friday 6 October                                      BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm
JESS GILLAM ENSEMBLE
Will Gregory       Orbit
C P E Bach           Allegro Assai from Flute Concerto
                              in A minor, H431
Thom Yorke         Suspirium
Thompson           The Unseen Way
Bernstein             Extracts from West Side Story
James Blake         Retrograde
Rune Sørensen   Shine You No More
Debussy               Clair de Lune
John Harle            Briggflatts
Box office  0121 414 4414 www.birmingham.ac.uk/musicevents  £20 (£18, £15, £5)
Sunday 8 October                                      WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm
SARAH BETH BRIGGS – piano
Mozart                  Variations on a theme by Duport,
                               K573
Hans Gál               Sonata Op 28 (1927)
Mendelssohn       Variations Sérieuses Op 54
Beethoven            Variations on God Save the King
                               Woo 78
Schubert               Impromptu in B flat D935 no 3
Chopin                  Berceuse Op 57
Chopin                  Ballade in F minor Op 52
Worcester Concert Club  worcserenade.co.uk
01905 611427    £20  Students £5

Thursday 12 October                                      WARWICK
Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Road CV34 6PP, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
MICHAEL COLLINS – conductor
XUEFEI YANG – guitar

Stravinsky         Concerto in E-flat major 'Dumbarton
                            Oaks’
Rodrigo             Concierto de Aranjuez
Albéniz              Asturias
Tárrega              Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Prokofiev           Classical Symphony
Bridgehouse Theatre  01926 776438  bridgehousetheatre.co.uk    £20 (£10 under 35s)
Friday 13 October                                          HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street HR4 9JR, 7.30pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
MICHAEL COLLINS – conductor
XUEFEI YANG – guitar

Stravinsky         Concerto in E-flat major 'Dumbarton
                            Oaks’
Rodrigo             Concierto de Aranjuez
Albéniz              Asturias
Tárrega              Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Prokofiev           Classical Symphony
The Courtyard  01432 340555  courtyard.org.uk
£24 (£22)

Saturday 14 October                                BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 11.00am
GROOVING WITH PIRATES – FAMILY CONCERT
GROOVE BABY
A swashbuckling, magical, mystical, musical, and nautical tale about friendship and treasure chests full of endless sweets!
Box office  0121 414 4414 www.birmingham.ac.uk/musicevents   £5 (£1 child)

Sunday 15 October                                     ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
DANIEL TONG – piano
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk
£18 (£15, £5)



Tuesday 17 October                                 CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm
LEONKORO QUARTET
Schubert          String Quartet in G minor D173
Janáček            String Quartet No 1 ‘The Kreutzer
                          Sonata’
Beethoven       String Quartet in F major Op 59 No 1
                          Razumovsky
Cheltenham Music Society  01242 528764 www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
£26, £21 (£5 under 26)

Friday 20 October                                    BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
LECTURE RECITAL: MORE DEMONIC AND DIVINE
KENNETH HAMILTON – piano
Chopin                Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op. 60
Liszt/Busoni       Fantasy and Fugue on ‘Ad nos,
                             ad salutarem undam’, S259
                                                                     Admission: Free
Thursday 26 October                                      MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
SIQIAN LI – piano
Mozart                   Nine Variations on a Minuet by
                                Duport in D, K.573 
Scriabin                 Sonata-Fantasy No.2, Op.19
Wanghua Chu       Jasmine Flower Fantasia
Ravel                      La valse (arr. Korsantia)
Liszt                        Sonata in B minor, S.178
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad

Saturday 28 October                               BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 7.30pm
VOICES OF THE CITY
HOSTED BY CASEY BAILEY AND NEONE THE WONDERER
NeOne the Wonderer and Casey Bailey come together for a special event showcasing Birmingham talent in Hip Hop and RnB-inspired music including the amazing sounds of Sanity, Indigo Marshall and Jordvn Emanuel.
Box office  0121 414 4414 www.birmingham.ac.uk/musicevents  £15 (£10, £7, £5)

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