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OCTOBER CONCERTS

Wednesday 1 October                                      KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
LUMAS WINDS
BETH STONE – flute
EWAN MILLAR – oboe
RENNIE SUTHERLAND – clarinet
FLO PLANE – bassoon
BENJAMIN HARTNELL-BOOTH – horn

Schuller                     Suite for Wind Quintet
Hindemith                 Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24 No. 2
Corey de Baat           Curious Illuminations (solo flute)
Amy Beach                Pastorale for Wind Quintet, Op. 151
Mozart (arr.               Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K388
  David Walter)        ‘Nacht Musique’
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (£2 students)

Monday 6 October                                 MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 1.00pm
EFÍM ZAVÁLNY – baritone
REBEKKA MAGOMEDOVA – piano

Distinguished Russian baritone Efím Zaválny is best known for his tenure as a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre. He has performed extensively with leading opera houses in Russia and internationally. Efím’s performances are marked by a commanding stage presence and a deep sensitivity and nuance to musical interpretation. Programme to include arias by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninoff.
Sponsored by The Haworth Trust
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person

Tuesday 7 October                                                LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
LODESTAR TRIO
MAX BAILLIE – violin
OLAV MJELVA – Hardanger fiddle
ERIK RYDVALL – nyckelharpa

J.S. Bach                    Notebook for Anna Magdalena:
                                   Musette
Olav Mjelva              Hjaltaren
J.S. Bach                    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte II
J.S. Bach                    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro assai
Traditional               Swedish Minuet 1
J.S. Bach                   Partita No. 1: Double of the
                                  Sarabande (solo violin)
Traditional               Swedish Minuet 2
J.S. Bach                   Partita No. 3: Bourrée
Max Baillie              Rolling to Røros
J.S. Bach                   Violin Sonata No. 2: Largo (solo
                                  nyckelharpa)
Merula                     Ciaccona
Trad. Nordic            Dahlfors (Hardanger fiddle and
                                  nyckelharpa)
Dvořák                     Bagatelle No. 1
Trad. Hungarian     Megállok a Keresztútnál
Bartók                      Romanian Folk Dances: Bucsumí
                                  tánc

Bartók                      Pillow Dance
J.S. Bach                  Cello Suite No. 5: Sarabande
Couperin                 Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Erik Rydvall            Jubileumspolska
J.S. Bach                  Cello Suite No. 6: Allemande (solo
                                 violin)
J.S. Bach                  Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air
J.S. Bach                  Cello Suite No. 6: Prélude
Part of Leeds International Chamber Series 2025/26. All pieces arranged by the Lodestar Trio and performed as a trio unless otherwise stated.
Leeds International Concert Season  0113 376 0318  leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£28.50, £26.50, £24.50, £14.50, £13.50, £10

Wednesday 15 October                                     KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
FINN MANNION – cello
KE MA – piano

Thomas Demenga      EFEU for Solo Cello
Beethoven                    7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern,
                                       welche Liebe fühlen’, WoO 46
Poulenc                         Souvenirs
Poulenc                         Les chemins de l’amour
Chopin                          Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (£2 students)

Wednesday 15 October                                        LEEDS
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire, Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm
JAEDEN IZIK-DZURKO – piano
J.S. Bach                 Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
Franck                    Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Scriabin                 Fantasie
Rachmaninoff       Preludes, Op. 23
Part of Leeds International Piano Series 2025/26.
Leeds International Concert Season  0113 376 0318  leedsconcertseason.co.uk
£28.50, £26.50, £24.50, £14.50, £13.50, £10

Wednesday 22 October                              LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, 60 Oxford St L7 3NY, 7.30pm
IMOGEN COOPER – piano
HENNING KRAGGERUD – violin
ADRIAN BRENDEL – cello

Schubert           Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898
Schubert           Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic  0151 709 3789  www.liverpoolphil.com
£31/£10
Saturday 25 October                                SHROPSHIRE
Christ Church, Wellington TF1 1JY, 7.00pm
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS
THE GALLERY SINGERS
KEITH ORRELL – conductor
ANDREW CALDERBANK - conductor
The Parting Glass
A joint concert to celebrate the life of chorister Marcia Lee, who sang in both choirs and also in Keith’s former chamber choir, The Beaumaris Singers.
The William Byrd Singers www.williambyrdsingers.com     Donations in aid of music lessons for young people in Shropshire
Monday 27 October                             HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm
ELMORE QUARTET
Leo Geyer            Unfurling (2022)
Haydn                  String Quartet in C major, Op. 74 No. 1
Imogen Holst      String Quartet “Phantasy”
Beethoven           String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major,
                               Op. 127
Huddersfield Music Society  07525 337233  www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk
£25 (£18, £5)

Saturday 4 October                                       KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre LA9 7HX, 7.30pm
LAKELAND SINFONIA ORCHESTRA
MARTIN ROSCOE – pianoforte
ANNA CASTRO GRINSTEIN – conductor

Mendelssohn     Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (‘Fingal’s
                             Cave’)
Mozart                Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major,
                             K595
Ruth Gipps         Cringlemire Garden, Impression for
                            string orchestra, Op. 39
Beethoven         Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Lakeland Sinfonia
www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk
£20/£24/£29 (£5 under-19s)


Monday 6 October                                 MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 7.30pm
ONE VOICE: TENEBRAE AND THIRD CULTURE COLLECTIVE
The Bridgewater Hall   0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
£20–£43

Monday 13 October                                          PENRITH
Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth St CA11 7QY, 7.30pm
CRISTIAN DE SA – violin
JOHN LENEHAN – piano

Leclair                 Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 9
Brahms               Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2
Brahms               Sonata No. 2 for piano and violin in
                            A major, Op. 100
Saint-Saëns       Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Debussy             Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Debussy             Minstrels
Ravel                   Sonate Posthume
Fauré                   Berceuse, Op. 16
Wieniawski        Polonaise No. 1 in D major, Op. 4
Penrith Music Club   penrithmusicclub.com
£20 (Students £5)

Tuesday 14 October                               MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 7.30pm
BRNO PHILHARMONIC
DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES – conductor
FREDDY KEMPF – piano

Janáček           Lachian Dances
Gershwin        Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm’
Brubeck          Brandenburg Gate
Dvořák            Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
The Bridgewater Hall  0161 907 9000  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
£25–£48

Wednesday 15 October                                       ILKLEY
King’s Hall, Station Rd LS29 8HB, 7.30pm
NOTOS PIANO QUARTET
Mahler               Piano Quartet in A minor
Brahms              Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
Saint-Saëns      Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41
Ilkley Concert Club  07791 083326  [email protected]
£20, £18, £16 (£5 under-25s, under-18s free)

Friday 17 October                                    SCUNTHORPE
Outwood Academy Foxhills, Foxhills Rd DN15 8LJ, 7.30pm
JENEBA KANNEH-MASON – piano
J.S. Bach             Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV829
Beethoven         Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31
                            No. 2 ‘Tempest’
Chopin               Ballades Nos. 3 & 4
Still                     Three Visions: Summerland
Debussy             Préludes Book I: La fille aux cheveux
                            de lin

Debussy             Préludes Book II: Bruyères
Price                    Fantasie nègre No. 1 in E minor
Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society  0114 457 4570
www.scunthorpe-concert-society.co.uk

£18 (full-time students/children free)
Thursday 23 October                              MANCHESTER
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St M2 3WS, 1.00pm
ALEXANDER GADJIEV – piano
A winner of several international piano competitions, Alexander was also a BBC New Generation Artist from 2019 to 2021; “his improvisatory instincts and formidable analytic powers enliven everything he touches” (Gramophone).
Schubert         Impromptus Nos. 1 & 2, D935
Tchaikovsky   Dumka, Op. 59
Prokofiev        Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
2022 Terence Judd-Hallé Award winner – Supported by The Terence Judd Trust
Manchester Midday Music – The Bridgewater Hall  www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/series/midday2526/
£10.25 (£8.75 concessions, £5.25 students) + £3.25 booking fee unless booked in person

Saturday 25 October                               BOLLINGTON
Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Rd SK10 5JR, 7.30pm
EBLANA TRIO
EMMET BYRNE – oboe

Mozart              Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Beethoven        String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Britten               Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2
Finzi                   Prelude and Fugue for String Trio
Moeran             Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Bollington Chamber Concerts  07535 892436  www.bollington-chamber-concerts.org/eblana
£24 (£2). (Live stream £12)
Wednesday 29 October                                   KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm
LINOS TRIO
PRACH BOONDISKULCHOK – piano
KONRAD ELIAS-TROSTMANN – violin

VLADIMIR WALTHAM – cello
Ravel (arr. Linos Trio)      Pavane pour une infante
                                           défunte
Beethoven                        Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major,
                                           Op. 97 ‘Archduke’
Kendal Midday Concert Club
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon
£10 (£2 students)

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