Sunday 17 September                                PERSHORE
Pershore Abbey, Church Walk WR10 1BL, 7.00pm
CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RICHARD LAING – conductor
Rachmaninov       Symphonic Dances
Shostakovich        Symphony No. 10
Pershore Visitor Information Centre  01905 843896, 01386 556591
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rachmaninov-symphonic-dances-shostakovich-symphony-no-10-tickets-510150553037
Tickets on the door available   £17 (£8.50 Under 16s)
Thursday 21 September                               MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
QUATUOR VAN KUIJK WITH SEAN SHIBE
NICOLAS VAN KUIJK – violin
SYLVAIN FAVRE-BULLE – violin
EMMANUEL FRANÇOIS – viola
ANTHONY KONDO – cello
SEAN SHIBE – guitar
Vierne              String Quartet in D minor, Op.12
Boccherini       Guitar Quintet in D, G448, Fandango
Ades                 Habanero (solo guitar)
De Falla           Homenaje ‘Pour le Tombeau de Claude
                          Debussy’ (solo guitar)
Poulenc            Sarabande for Solo Guitar (1960)
Castelnuovo-   Guitar Quintet, Op.143
   Tedesco
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad
Wednesday 27 September       STRATFORD-
                                                                  UPON-AVON
Stratford Town Hall, Sheep Street CV37 6EJ, 7.00pm
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director
MATTHEW SHARP – cello
Rossini            String Sonata No. 1 in G major
Tchaikovsky    Variations on a Rococo Theme in
                         A major Op. 33
Martinů           Variations on a Theme by Rossini H290
Dvořák            Serenade for Strings in E major
TicketSource  0333 6664466  orchestraoftheswan.org    £25
Friday 29 September                            BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 1.00pm
SLIDE ACTION – trombone quartet
Rebuilding the Trombone
Purcell (arr. Cirtina)   Music for the Funeral of Queen
                                     Mary, Z. 860
Ryan Latimer             C. Exigua
Jamie Tweed              Interlude I
Laura Jurd                   Swamped
Benny Vernon           Interlude II
Emily Hall                  Close Palms
Locke (arr. Cirtina)    Interlude III Flatt Consort
Alex Paxton               Estampie
                                                                    Admission: Free
Friday 29 September                                    TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 7.00pm
DORIC QUARTET
Haydn          String Quartet Opus 50 No 2
Bartók          String Quartet No 2
Elgar             String Quartet in E minor Opus 83
Tetbury Music Festival  07756 349245 www.tetburymusicfestival.org/2023-concerts
£35 (£30, £25, £20, £15, £10)
Saturday 30 September                      MUCH MARCLE
Hellens, nr Ledbury HR8 2LY, 7.30pm
ENGEGÅRD QUARTET
Haydn                String Quartet in B flat Op 76 No 4
                            ‘Sunrise’
Bartók                String Quartet No 3
Beethoven         String Quartet in C Op 59 No 3
                            ‘Razumovsky’
Espressivo Concerts/Hellens
www.hellensmanor.com
and Hereford Courtyard  01432 340555  www.courtyard.org.uk    £18 (students free)
​Sunday 17 September                            ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
ASTATINE TRIO
JULIA BLACHUTA – violin
RIYA HAMIE – cello
BERNIYA HAMIE – piano
Beethoven          Trio Op.1, No.2
Haydn                  Piano Trio No.44 in E major
Mendelssohn     Piano Trio No.1 in D minor
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk   £18 (£15, £5)
Saturday 23 September                               TETBURY
The Goods Shed Arts Centre, Old Station Yard, Cirencester Road GL8 8EY, 7.00pm
KRISTĪNE BALANAS – violin
ROBERTS BALANAS – violin
SIQIAN LI – piano
Mozart                Violin Sonata No 35 in A major K526
Ravel                   Bolero for violin and electronics
   (arr Roberts Balanas)
Shostakovich    Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
Mozart               Violin Sonata No 21 in E minor K304
Pink Floyd          Interstellar Overdrive
Tetbury Music Festival  07756 349245 www.tetburymusicfestival.org/2023-concerts   £25
Thursday 28 September                              TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 7.00pm
ISATA KANNEH-MASON – piano
Haydn                           Piano Sonata No 60 in C major
                                       Hob XVI/50
Fanny Mendelssohn   Easter Sonata
Schumann                    Kinderszenen Opus 15
Chopin                          Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor
                                       Opus 58
Tetbury Music Festival  07756 349245 www.tetburymusicfestival.org/2023-concerts
£35 (£30, £25, £20, £15, £10)

Friday 29 September                          BROMSGROVE
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School B61 7DU, 7.30pm
BIRMINGHAM PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLE
‘The Jazz Album’ – A Tribute
Milhaud                  La Creation du Monde
Stravinsky              Ebony Concerto
Bernstein               Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Milhaud                  Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Shostakovich         Jazz Suite No 2
Bromsgrove Concerts  07849 774529
bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk   £23 (Students & Children free, subscriptions available)



Saturday 30 September                      BIRMINGHAM
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building B15 2TT, 2.00pm
PHILHARMONIC CHILDREN’S CHOIR DRESDEN & NATIONAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR OF GREAT BRITAIN
Two of the world's leading children's choirs come together to present Around the World – the first concert of the Philharmonic Children’s Choir Dresden's Anglo-French autumn tour. The programme includes works by Britten, Gjeilo, Lim, the Beatles and folk songs from all over the world.
Box office  0121 414 4414 www.birmingham.ac.uk/musicevents    £5 (£1 child)
Saturday 30 September                                TETBURY
St Marys’ Church, Church Street GL8 8JG, 6.30pm
STEVEN ISSERLIS – cello
CONNIE SHIH – piano
Bach                      Gamba Sonata No 1
Moór                     Largo
Casals                   Pastoral
Lalo                       Sonata
Granados             Intermezzo from ‘Goyescas’
    (arr Cassadó)
Casals                   Morceau de concours
Cassadó               Requiebros
Brahms                 Sonata in F major Opus 99
Tetbury Music Festival  07756 349245 www.tetburymusicfestival.org/2023-concerts
£35 (£30, £25, £20, £15, £10)
Header photo: Engegard Quartet (credit Lars Bryngelsson)