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OCTOBER CONCERTS

Monday 2 October                                  MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
BASEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
DANIEL BARD – conductor
ANGELA HEWITT – piano

Shostakovich              Chamber Symphony Op.110a in
                                      C minor (orch. Barshai)
Mozart                         Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat
                                      major, K449
Heinz Holliger            Eisblumen (Ice Flowers)
Vaughan Williams     Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas
                                     Tallis
Bach                            Piano Concerto in D minor BWV
                                     1052
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on
£19.50–£41.50 (concessions may apply)

Wednesday 4 October                                      KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
KAMMERPHILHARMONIE EUROPA
CYRILL GUSSAROFF – trumpet
PAWEL ZUZANSKI – violin

Corelli             Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4 in D major
Hummel          Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Bach                Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041
Mozart            Divertimento in F major KV138
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon  www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org    £10 (students £2)
Monday 9 October                               HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
IRMINA TRYNKOS – violin
PAVEL TIMOFEYEVSKY – piano

Mozart                Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major
                             K301
Grieg                   Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor
                             Op 45
Brahms               Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 in
                             G major Op 78
Waghalter          Idyll
Ravel                   Tzigane
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk    £25 (£18, £5)
Thursday 12 October                               MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
MEE-HYUN ESTHER PARK – violin
KUMI MATSUO – piano

Richard Strauss       Violin sonata in E Flat Major
Eugène Ysayë          Caprice d'après l’étude en forme de
                                   valse de Saint-Saëns
Eugène Ysayë          Solo Sonata No. 3 in D minor,
                                  ‘Ballade’
Sponsored by The Haworth Trust
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk   £10 (£8.50, £5)
Friday 13 October                                PORT SUNLIGHT
Hulme Hall, 23 Bolton Road, Bebington, Wirral CH62 5DH, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – violin and director
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano

Haydn                Symphony No. 104 London
Ives                     The Unanswered Question
Beethoven         Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts   £22.50 (free)
Saturday 14 October                              MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Road, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – violin and director
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano

Haydn                Symphony No. 104 London
Ives                     The Unanswered Question
Beethoven         Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
Northern Chamber Orchestra  0161 706 1990  www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts   £27 (£17, free)
Monday 16 October                                          PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
SARAH BETH BRIGGS – piano
Mozart                    Variations on a theme by Duport
Hans Gal                 Sonata (1927)
Mendelssohn         Variations Sérieuses
Beethoven              Variations on God Save the King
Schubert                 Impromptu in B flat, D.935
Chopin                    Berceuse & Ballade in F minor
Penrith Music Club  01768 863518  www.penrithmusicclub.com    £20 (students £5)


Wednesday 18 October                                     KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
SACCONI QUARTET
BEN HANCOX, HANNAH DAWSON – violins
ROBIN ASHWELL – viola
CARA BERRIDGE – cello

Haydn               String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2 ‘Fifths’
Beethoven        String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon  www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org    £10 (students £2)

Saturday 21 October                                         KENDAL
Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA AND CHORUS
STEPHEN LAYTON – conductor
MHAIRI LAWSON – soprano
SOPHIE HARMSEN – mezzo-soprano
JAMES GILCHRIST – tenor
NEAL DAVIES – bass-baritone

Roderick Williams       Ave Verum Corpus Reimagined
Joanna Ward                 I Cannot Get to My Love
Oliver Tarney               The Spirit of the Lord
Jonathan Dove             Sappho Sings
Kerensa Briggs             New Commission
Mozart                           Requiem
Lakeland Sinfonia  03300 101761  www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk   £33 (£23, £16, £5)
Friday 27 October                                    MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 7.30pm
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF UKRAINE
VOLODYMYR SIRENKO – conductor
ALEKSEY SEMENENKO – violin

Lyatoshynsky       Grazhyna
Bruch                     Violin Concerto No.1
Sibelius                 Symphony No.1
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on
£25–£44 (concessions may apply)

Saturday 28 October                                           GOOLE
Junction Goole, Paradise Place DN14 5DL, 2.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
JS Bach           Cello Suite No.1
JS Bach           Cello Suite No.2
JS Bach           Cello Suite No.3
Music in the Round  01405 763652 www.musicintheround.co.uk
Monday 30 October                                MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 8.00pm
LANG LANG – piano
Bach’s The Goldberg Variations
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on   £40–£95
Tuesday 3 October                                                LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
ORSINO ENSEMBLE
ADAM WALKER – flute
NICHOLAS DANIEL – oboe
MATTHEW HUNT – clarinet
AMY HARMAN – bassoon
TOM POSTER – piano

Germaine Tailleferre    Sonata Champêtre for oboe,
                                         clarinet, bassoon and piano
Darius Milhaud              Sonatine for flute and piano
Francis Poulenc             Trio for oboe, bassoon and
                                         piano
Camille Saint-Saëns     Caprice sur des airs Danois et
                                         Russes
Camille Saint-Saëns     Tarantelle for flute, clarinet and
                                         piano
André Caplet                 Quintet for piano and winds
Leeds International Concert Season as part of the Leeds International Chamber Season.
0113 376 0318 / leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£26/£24 (£24/£22/£10)

Friday 6 October                                            SHEFFIELD
Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street S1 2JD, 1.00pm & 7.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
Debussy              Première rhapsodie
York Bowen        Clarinet Sonata
Harrison              Drifting Away
Weber                  Grand Duo Concertant
Music in the Round  0114 249 6000  www.musicintheround.co.uk    £16 (£10, £5)


Monday 9 October                                                LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
LOUIS LORTIE – piano
Complete Chopin Études

Frédéric Chopin        Études, Op 10
Frédéric Chopin        Trois nouvelles études, B 130
Frédéric Chopin        Études, Op 25
Leeds International Concert Season as part of the Leeds International Piano Series.
0113 376 0318 / leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£26/£24 (£24/£22/£10)




Friday 13 October                                          BARNSLEY
Emmanuel Church, Huddersfield Road S75 1DT, 7.30pm
TIM HORTON – piano
Chopin         Two Nocturnes Op.48
Ravel            Gaspard de la Nuit
Chopin         Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20
Chopin         Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor Op.31
Chopin         Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor Op.39
Chopin         Scherzo No.4 in E Op.54
Music in the Round  01226 327 000 www.musicintheround.co.uk    £14.50 (£10, £5)


Saturday 14 October                                  DONCASTER
CAST, Waterdale DN1 3BU, 7.00pm
TIM HORTON – piano
Chopin         Two Nocturnes Op.48
Ravel            Gaspard de la Nuit
Chopin         Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20
Chopin         Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor Op.31
Chopin         Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor Op.39
Chopin         Scherzo No.4 in E Op.54
Music in the Round  01302 303 959 www.musicintheround.co.uk    £15 (£13)

Sunday 15 October                                           CHESTER
Storyhouse, Hunter Street CH1 2AR, 3.00pm
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SARAH BRANDWOOD-SPENCER – violin and director
MARTIN ROSCOE – piano

Haydn                   Symphony No. 104 London
Ives                        The Unanswered Question
Beethoven            Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
Northern Chamber Orchestra  01244 409 113
www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts   £22.50 (free)


Tuesday 17 October                                 MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm
HUGH MACKAY – cello
JUNYAN CHEN – piano

Claude Debussy     Sonata for Cello and Piano in
                                  D minor, L.135
Gabriel Fauré          Romance Op. 69, and ‘Papillon’
                                  Op. 77
Frank Bridge           Sonata for Cello and Piano in
                                  D minor
Sponsored by The Ida Carroll Trust
Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society  0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk   £10 (£8.50, £5)
Friday 20 October                                          DUMFRIES
The Bridge, Glasgow Road DG2 9AW, 7.30pm
GINA MCCORMACK AND NIGEL CLAYTON – violin and piano
Mozart                     Sonata K526 in A major
Amy Beach              Romance
Chausson                Poème
Fauré                        Romance
Saint-Saëns            Sonata in D minor
Music in Dumfries  07972 503895  www.musicindumfries.com    £15, £5 student, U18 free
Saturday 21 October                                      SHEFFIELD
Crucible Playhouse, 55 Norfolk Street S1 1DA, 7.15pm
LEONKORO QUARTET
Schubert              String Quartet No.9 in G minor
Janáček                String Quartet No.1 Kreutzer Sonata
Beethoven           String Quartet in F Op.59 No.1
                              Razumovsky
Music in the Round  0114 249 6000  www.musicintheround.co.uk    £21 (£14, £5)
Friday 27 October                                          SHEFFIELD
Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street S1 2JD, 1.00pm & 7.00pm
ENSEMBLE 360
JS Bach           Cello Suite No.5
JS Bach           Cello Suite No.6
Music in the Round  0114 249 6000  www.musicintheround.co.uk    £16 (£10, £5)
Monday 30 October                             HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS
MARTHA MCLORINAN – mezzo-soprano
Our Phoenix, William Byrd

2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, England’s finest composer before Purcell. The programme celebrates Byrd’s chamber music, including inventive fantasias in three to five parts, tuneful dances, and Innomines based on plainchant, alongside songs of joy and sadness.
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk    £25 (£18, £5)
Tuesday 31 October                                              LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
SEAN SHIBE – guitar
Scottish Lute Manuscripts      A Scotts Tune, Mervell’s
compiled by Lady Margaret   Sarabande, Canaries,
Wemyss                                     Holi and Faire, Ladie Lie
                                                    Near Me, A Scots Tune
Thomas Adès                 Habanera
Manuel de Falla             Homenaje pour Le Tombeau de
                                         Claude Debussy
Francis Poulenc             Sarabande
Federico Mompou        Suite Compostelana (Prelude,
                                         Coral, Cancion, Muñeira)
Harrison Birtwistle       Guitar and White Hand
Freya Waley-Cohen      Amulet
Francois Couperin        Ordre excerpts
Harrison Birtwistle       Construction with Guitar
Leeds International Concert Season as part of the Leeds International Chamber Season.
0113 376 0318 / leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£26/£24 (£24/£22/£10)


Header photo: Lang Lang
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Extra concerts!
Saturday 14 October                                       DURHAM
Chapter House, Durham Cathedral DH1 3EH, 10.30am–6.15pm
Come and Sing William Byrd
All-day choral workshop led by renowned choral conductor James Weeks (EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and Durham University), with a unique Evensong performance.
Musicon   www.durham.ac.uk/musicon
Tickets available from the Durham Cathedral website
Wednesday 18 October                                   DURHAM
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet DH1 3HL, 7.30pm
FRETWORK
William Byrd and his contemporaries

William Byrd       Fantasies and In nomines; Five-part
                              Pavan; Browning; Prelude and Ground
Robert Parsons  Ave Maria; De la Court; Ut Re Mi;
                              In nomines
Thomas Tallis     Third Psalm Tune
Robert White:     In nomine
Musicon   www.durham.ac.uk/musicon
Tickets available in advance via Event Durham, or on the door   £10, £5 Student, £1 under-18s
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