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Thursday 1 October TETBURY
Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre GL8 8EY, 3.00pm MICHELE PASOTTI in conversation with DONALD MACLEOD Exploring the scholarship and artistic choices behind Michele Pasotti’s production of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi. Tetbury Music Festival 07756 349245 tetburymusicfestival.org/festival-2026 £12 Thursday 1 October CHELTENHAM
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA, 7.30pm ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KENNETH WOODS – conductor JOELY KOOS – cello ZEB SOANES – Classic FM presenter Portraits and Landscapes Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 Dvořák Silent Woods, Op. 68 No. 5 Smetana Má Vlast: Vltava Ethel Smyth The Wreckers: Overture Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 English Symphony Orchestra eso.co.uk 01242 528764 [email protected] Save on ESO performances at Cheltenham Town Hall when you book multiple concerts cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/english-symphony-orchestra-portraits-and-landscapes £30.50 (£14.50, £5) Friday 2 October BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm TOM BORROW – piano BBC New Generation Artist Concert Liszt Reminiscence du Don Juan, S.418 Liszt Sonata in B minor, S.178 Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Friday 2 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 7.00pm LA FONTE MUSICA MICHELE PASOTTI – conductor Monteverdi La Sera del Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Tetbury Music Festival 07756 349245 tetburymusicfestival.org/festival-2026 £10–£40 Saturday 3 October TETBURY
Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre GL8 8EY, 3.00pm SIR NICHOLAS KENYON Elgar and the Spirit of England: conservative or progressive? Tetbury Music Festival 07756 349245 tetburymusicfestival.org/festival-2026 £12 Saturday 3 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 6.30pm EUSEBIUS QUARTET Schubert Quartet Movement in C minor, D703 Elgar String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 Bridge Three Idylls Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Tetbury Music Festival 07756 349245 tetburymusicfestival.org/festival-2026 £10–£40 Sunday 4 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 12.00pm CHAMELEON QUARTET – wind quartet To include works by Saint-Saëns, Dvořák, Amy Beach and J.S. Bach Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £14 Sunday 4 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 4.00pm REGENCY QUARTET – string quartet To include: Haydn String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 1 in B minor Webern Langsamer Satz Ravel String Quartet in F major Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £16 Sunday 4 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 7.30pm AARON AZUNDA AKUGBO – trumpet RYAN CORBETT – accordion To include: Arban Theme and Variations on ‘Carnaval de Venise’ Piazzolla Ave Maria; Bordel 1900; Café 1930 Marcello (trans.) Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £22 Friday 9 October BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm FIBONACCI QUARTET LUNA DE MOL and KRYŠTOF KOHOUT – violins ELLIOT KEMPTON – viola FINDLAY SPENCE – cello Mozart String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 arr. Fibonacci Moravian Folk Songs Quartet Janáček String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 11 October ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm THE GLAMORGAN DUO CHERYL TAN – piano TABITHA SELLEY – cello Committed to giving a modern platform to female composers with astounding musical voices, the talented duo have curated a programme of music by classic and contemporary composers from England and Wales. At the heart of the programme will be works by Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn. Wye Valley Music 01291 330020 wyevalleymusic.org.uk £20 (£18, £5) Tuesday 13 October WARWICK
St Mary’s Church CV34 4RA, 7.30pm CHELYS CONSORT & FAIR ORIANA The Musical Menagerie An Early Music programme of works inspired by animals from the shepherdess Phyllis with her flock of sheep to a frog and mouse who get married. Music by Gibbons, Farmer, Byrd, Ravenscroft, Bennett, Playford, and more. ‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm Leamington Music 0333 666 3366 leamingtonmusic.org £29, £19, £14 (£9.50, £3) Saturday 17 October CIRENCESTER
Church of St John Baptist, 6 West Market Place GL7 2NH, 7.00pm CANTORES CHAMBER CHOIR & CANTAMUS CHAMBER CHOIR SIMON HARPER & MIKE DANIELS – conductors Choral Classics Cantores Chamber Choir www.cantores.net £16 (£5) Sunday 18 October BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3 3DQ, 4.00pm EX CATHEDRA JEFFREY SKIDMORE – conductor Tallis Spem in alium Alec Roth Earthrise Roderick Williams The Wilderness (world première) Ex Cathedra 0121 780 3333 excathedra.co.uk/diary £22–£48 (£15, £8) Tuesday 20 October CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive GL52 3JE, 7.30pm OPUS13 Beethoven String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 Thomas Adès Arcadiana, Op. 12 Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 Cheltenham Music Society 01242 528764 cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk £29/£24 (£5) Thursday 22 October BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.00pm CBSO: CENTRE STAGE FRANÇOIS LELEUX – oboe CBSO WOODWIND SECTION Gounod Petite Symphonie, Op. 216 Strauss Serenade Dvořák Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians. CBSO www.cbso.co.uk £15 (£5) Saturday 24 October NORTHAMPTON
MALCOLM ARNOLD FESTIVAL Cripps Hall NN1 5RT, 11.00am – 5.00pm St Matthew’s Church NN1 4RY, 7.30pm – 10.00pm Northampton Symphony Orchestra, Albion Orchestra, Towcester Town Band, Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber and soloists. Works by Malcolm Arnold, Ruth Gipps, and Shostakovich. malcolmarnoldfestival.com Tickets online and on the door Day Ticket £18 / Evening concert priced separately (under-18s FREE) Sunday 25 October WORCESTER
Henry Sandon Hall, Severn Street WR1 2NE, 3.30pm (recorder masterclass 12–1pm, free to concert ticket holders) RED PRIEST – PIERS ADAMS and DAVID WRIGHT Wild Men of the Baroque A thrilling programme of virtuosic baroque music by members of the legendary Red Priest, including pieces by Corelli, Telemann, Van Eyck, Biber and many more. Worcestershire Early Music earlymusicworcs.org Tickets from earlymusic.sumupstore.com £25 (students free) Wednesday 28 October BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street B1 2LF, 1.00pm CBSO: CENTRE STAGE OLIVER JANES – clarinet CHARLOTTE SKINNER and VICTORIA FARRELL-REED – violins DAVIND BAMAUNG – viola MIGUEL FERNANDES – cello Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 An informal afternoon performance, programmed and introduced by CBSO musicians. CBSO www.cbso.co.uk £15 (£5) |
Thursday 1 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 7.00pm VIKTORIA MULLOVA – violin ALASDAIR BEATSON – fortepiano Beethoven Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 12 No. 3 Beethoven Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2 Beethoven Sonata No. 9 in A major Op. 47, ‘Kreutzer’ Tetbury Music Festival 07756 349245 tetburymusicfestival.org/festival-2026 £10–£40 Thursday 1 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 7.30pm INTESA DUO – viols & voice To include works by the Caccini sisters, Strozzi and Monteverdi, plus Armenian folk arrangements. Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £20 Friday 2 October LICHFIELD
Wade Street Chuch, Wade Street WS13 6HL, 2.00pm TOHI HARADA – guitar To include: Walton Bagatelle No. 1 J.S. Bach Sinfonia ‘Arioso’, BWV156 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Capriccio Diabolico, Op. 85 Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £16 Friday 2 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 7.30pm THE PADDINGTON TRIO To include: Pärt Adagio (after Mozart) Shostakovich Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67, No. 2 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £24 Saturday 3 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 4.00pm RYAN ZHU – piano To include: Schumann Arabeske in C Major, Op.18 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Brahms 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £18 Saturday 3 October LICHFIELD
The Hub at St Mary’s, Market Square WS13 6LG, 7.45pm CLARE HAMMOND – piano To include: Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 Janáček In the Mists Gershwin/Wild 3 Virtuoso Études Lichfield Festival 01543 306271 lichfieldfestival.org/events £24 Sunday 4 October WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate WR1 2ES, 3.00pm THE RAUTIO PIANO TRIO JANE GORDON – violin VICTORIA SIMONSEN – cello JAN RAUTIO – piano Haydn Trio in E flat major, Hob.XV:28 Beethoven Trio in B flat major, Op. 11 Schubert Trio in E flat, D929 Worcester Concert Club worcserenade.co.uk 01905 611427 £23 (£5) Sunday 4 October TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 5.00pm THE GESUALDO SIX OWAIN PARK – director Lux Aeterna Morales Parce mihi Domine Tavener Funeral Ikos Lassus Clamaverunt ad Dominum Tallis Absterge Domine Byrd Peccantem me quotidie Howard Skempton And there was war in heaven Donna McKevitt Lumen (Nunc Dimittis) Joseph Reiner Abendlied Gesualdo Plange quasi virgo Arvo Pärt Most Holy Mother of God Owain Park For the fallen Purcell Thou knowest, Lord Joanna Marsh I take thee Morales Lux aeterna (Communio) Richard Rodney A Good-Night Bennett Tetbury Music Festival 07756 349245 tetburymusicfestival.org/festival-2026 £10–£40 Friday 9 October LEAMINGTON
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue CV32 5RG, 7.30pm OPUS13 Beethoven String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 Thomas Adès Arcadiana, Op. 12 Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 Winners of the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Leamington Music 0333 666 3366 leamingtonmusic.org £29, £24, £19 (£12, £9.50, £3) Tuesday 13 October CHIPPING CAMPDEN
St James’ Church, Church Street GL55 6JE, 7.00pm CRAIG OGDEN – guitar The programme will include works by J.S. Bach, Rameau, Takemitsu, Torroba, Koshkin, and Piazzolla. Campden Music Winter Season 01608 654233 campdenmusic.org.uk £75 for the whole season of 6 concerts or a suggested donation of £20 for one concert Friday 16 October BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm CERI OWEN – piano GARETH BRYNMOR JOHN – baritone Lecture-Recital: Sea Songs Featuring familiar and rarely-heard music by Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Ireland, Grace Williams, Vaughan Williams, Ina Boyle, Robert Saxton, and more – a journey to sea in song! Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 18 October MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 3.00pm JESS GILLAM – saxophone FAR FLUNG TRIO KATHERINE HUNKA – violin DERMOT DUNNE – accordion MALACHY ROBINSON – double bass These artists captivate audiences with a mix of virtuosity and playfulness, tradition and innovation. For this concert they will bring virtuoso pieces such as Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and gems from their Umbrellas album. Malvern Concert Club For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad Tuesday 20 October WARWICK
Unitarian Chapel, 31 High Street CV34 4AX, 11.30am TOBY CARR – lute HUGO HYMAS – tenor Dowland Lute Songs – Celebrating John Dowland in his 400th anniversary year. Richard Phillips Coffee Concert series. Coffee served from 11am. Leamington Music 0333 666 3366 leamingtonmusic.org £19 (£9.50, £3) Wednesday 21 October BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 7.30pm IN ECHO with presenter HORATIO CLARE Salt Road Programme includes: Bach Mit fried und freud ich fahr dahin Isaac Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen Bach Fantasie and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 Buxtehude Chaconne in E minor Sommer Chanson a5 for four violins Silas Wollston White Gold Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts 0121 414 4414 £22.50 (£16.50, £11.50, £6) Friday 23 October BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm OLEG SHEBETA-DRAGAN – clarinet GUNNAR MEXTORF – piano BBC New Generation Artist Concert Françaix Tema con variazioni Evgeni Orkin Sonnet (world première) Lutosławski Dance Preludes Rebecca Clarke Morpheus Bernstein Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free Sunday 25 October GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm KAMMERPHILHARMONIE Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4 in D major Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Ponchielli Trumpet Concerto in F major J.S. Bach Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 Mozart Divertimento in D major, K136 Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736 gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk £25 Sunday 25 October STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
The Town Hall, Sheep Street CV37 6EF, 7.30pm MELVYN TAN – piano Bach French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814 Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 Stratford Chamber Music stratfordchambermusic.co.uk £25 (£5 students). Season Tickets £120 for 6 concerts (£20 students) Friday 30 October BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, B15 2TT, 1.00pm MICHAEL PANDYA – piano RUBY HUGHES – soprano ELISAVETA IVANOVA – flute BBC New Generation Artist Concert Programme includes: Hüe ‘Soir Païen’ from Chansons lointaines Crumb Night’ from Three Early Songs Britten At the mid hour of night Ravel La flûte enchantée Debussy Syrinx Lisa Robertson New Work (world première) Barber Concerts barber.org.uk/concerts Admission: Free |
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