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SEPTEMBER CONCERTS

Sunday 1 September                               LEOMINSTER
Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, off Broad Street HR6 8BT, 3.00pm
THE HEATH QUARTET
ROBERT PLANE – clarinet

Corelli (arr.            String Quartet arrangement of
   Derek Smith)     Concerto Grosso in F Op 6 No 2
Haydn                    String Quartet in B flat Op 50 No 1
Britten                   Three Divertimenti
Mozart                   Clarinet Quintet in A K581
Espressivo Concerts/Leominster TIC 01568 616460 and The Courtyard, Hereford  01432 340555  www.courtyard.org.uk   £20 (students half-price)
Friday 13 September        STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Armscote Manor CV37 8DA, 7.00pm arrival
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director
Mendelssohn at the Manor

Mendelssohn        Octet Op. 20
Orchestra of the Swan  01926 350028  orchestraoftheswan.org   £48

Sunday 15 September                                   MALVERN
Malvern St. James School, 15 Avenue Road WR14 3BA, 7.00pm
CHANDOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MICHAEL LLOYD – conductor
RICHARD TATTAM – bassoon

Weber                    Overture to Die Freischütz
Rossini                   Bassoon Concerto
Rachmaninov        Symphony No. 1
Chandos Symphony Orchestra  chandos.org.uk   Tickets through Eventbrite or on the door
£17 (£8.50 Under 16s)

Friday 20 September               SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
Famington Farm, Barcheston CV36 5AX, 7.00pm
JAMES ATKINSON – baritone
ELLEN PEARSON – mezzo-soprano
IAN TINDALE – piano and artistic director
Spring Diary

Clara Schumann        Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde, Op.23
Beethoven                  An die ferne Geliebte
Ravel                           Histoires Naturelles
Plus works by John Ireland, Rhian Samuel, and Liza Lehmann
Shipston Song  www.shipstonsong.co.uk  www.ticketsource.co.uk/shipston-song   £30
Sunday 22 September                            GLOUCESTER
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street GL1 2BH, 3.00pm
LUMAS WINDS
Mathias          Wind Quintet (1963)
Musgrave       Wind Quintet (1992)
Higgins           After Fallout (2010)
Ligeti               Six Bagatelles (1953)
Mozart            Adagio for Glass Harmonica 
                         arr. Sally Beamish
Nielsen           Wind Quintet Op 43 (1923)
Gloucester Music Society  01242 620736  www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk
£20 (children free, accompanying adults £15)

Sunday 22 September             SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
Famington Farm, Barcheston CV36 5AX, 7.00pm
CAROLYN SAMPSON – soprano
REDMOND SANDERS – baritone
ARCHIE BONHAM – piano
IAN TINDALE – piano and artistic director
A Grand Tour

Fauré              Les berceaux, Madrigal, Après un rêve,
                        Les roses d’Ispahan
Hahn              Venezia, Néère, L’heure exquise,
                        Sous l’oranger
Ravel              Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Viardot           Lamento, Canti populari toscani,
                        Sérénade, Madrid
Poldowski     En sourdine, Sur l’herbe
Plus works by Nicolas Chevereau, Holmès, Nadia Boulanger, and Strohl
Shipston Song  www.shipstonsong.co.uk  www.ticketsource.co.uk/shipston-song
£45 & £35 (includes post-concert reception)

Thursday 26 September                               EVESHAM
The Henrician Theatre WR11 4QH, 7.30pm
IGNAS MAKNICKAS – piano
Schumann                   Kinderszenen Op. 15
Carl Vine                      Five Bagatelles
Bortkiewicz                  Preludes Op. 33 Nos 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Alvydas Remesa         Stigmatas
Chopin                          Nocturnes Op. 27
Chopin                          Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61
Evesham and District Music Club
www.evesham-music-club.co.uk
www.henrician.org
Tickets from Johnsons  01386 761515   £20 (u18 £5)




Saturday 28 September                               BANBURY
St Mary’s Church, Horse Fair OX16 0AA, 7.30pm
CALDER CONSORT
Dolce Voci e Harmonie

Based on a grand tour of Italy, the concert includes instrumental works by Corelli, Marini, Merula and Monteverdi, and sacred works by lesser-known composers Graziani, Cazzati, Cozzonali and Leonarda. The tour concludes in the city of Rome where G.F. Handel first met Corelli.
Banbury Early Music Festival www.banburyearlymusicfestival.com   £15 (£8)
Saturday 28 September                                TETBURY
The Goods Shed Arts Centre GL8 8EY, 7.00pm
CRAIG OGDEN – guitar
Antonio Vivaldi           Concerto Opus 3 No 9
   arr. John Williams
J S Bach                        Prelude, Fugue & Allegro
                                      BWV 998
Napoleón Coste         Le Départ
Heitor Villa-Lobos      Choros No 1
Quique Sinesi             Cielo Abierto
John Dowland            Lachrimae Pavane, Fantasia No 7
Domenico Scarlatti   Sonata K380 in E major
Domenico Scarlatti   Sonata K322 in A major
Fernando Sor             Introduction, Theme &
                                     Variations on a theme from
                                     Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute
Joaquin Rodrigo        Tres Piezas Españolas
Tetbury Music Festival   www.tetburymusicfestival.org £25
Sunday 29 September                                  BANBURY
St Mary’s Church, Horse Fair OX16 0AA, 6.30pm
SOUNDS HISTORICAL
600 Years! From Hildegard to Haydn

Come time-travelling with Sounds Historical, showcasing a wide and exciting variety of instruments including rebec, lutes, recorders, flutes, viols, crumhorns and more! Composers include Hildegard, Isaac, Machaut, Susato, Cima, de la Barre, Telemann and Haydn.
Banbury Early Music Festival  www.banburyearlymusicfestival.com   £15 (£8)

​Wednesday 11 September                            LUDLOW
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Castle Square SY8 1AS, 7.30pm
VALENTIN MAGYAR – piano
Liszt                     Valses oubliées, S215
Schubert             Three Piano Pieces, D946
Beethoven          Sonata in C minor Op 13 Pathetique
Liszt                     Mephisto Polka, S217
Liszt                     Bagatelle sans tonalité, S216a
Scriabin               Sonata No 4 in F sharp major Op 30
Ludlow Assembly Rooms  01584 878 141  ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk   £20

Sunday 15 September                             ST BRIAVELS
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street GL15 6RG, 3.00pm
FENELLA HUMPHREYS – violin
EMMA ABBATE – piano

The duo perform works by Mozart, Brahms, Fanny Mendelssohn, Fauré and Bartok.
Wye Valley Music  01291 330020 www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk   £18 (£15, £5)
Thursday 19 September                            HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street HR4 9JR, 7.30pm;
pre-concert talk at 6.45pm

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
DAVID LE PAGE – director
ANTON LESSER – narrator

A Beautiful Thread:
Thomas Hardy in Words & Music

Holst, Finzi and contemporary folk
The Courtyard  01432 340555  courtyard.org.uk
£26, £24 (concessions)


Saturday 21 September          SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
Famington Farm, Barcheston CV36 5AX, 7.00pm
BETHANY HORAK-HALLETT – mezzo-soprano
EYRA NORMAN – soprano
IAN TINDALE – piano and artistic director
How Do I Find You?

Bronsart                       Sechs Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy
Vaughan Williams      Four Last Songs
Grieg                             Six Songs, Op.48
Plus works by Jonathan Dove, Samuel Barber, and Caroline Shaw
Shipston Song  www.shipstonsong.co.uk  www.ticketsource.co.uk/shipston-song   £30
Sunday 22 September                                 MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Grange Road WR14 3HB, 7.30pm
ANGELA HEWITT – piano
Scarlatti         Sonatas: Kk322 in A, Kk145 in D, Kk417
                        in D minor, Kk460 in C, Kk519 in F minor,
                        Kk466 in F minor
J.S. Bach         Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV825
Brahms           Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5
Malvern Concert Club   For contact details, ticket prices and subscription options, please see display ad


Wednesday 25, Thursday 26                        LONDON
   & Friday 27 September

Wilton's Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley E1 8JB, 7.30pm
ANTON LESSER – narrator
CHARLIE HAMBLETT – vocals
MARK ASHFORD – guitar
DAVID LE PAGE – music director

Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words & Music
Vaughan Williams, Walton, Holst, Elgar, Britten, Grainger, Albéniz, Turina and De Falla.
Wilton's Music Hall  020 7702 2789  wiltons.org.uk £17–£32, £14.50–£29.50 (concessions)
Saturday 28 September                               BANBURY
St Mary’s Church, Horse Fair OX16 0AA, 12.30pm
PALISANDER
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Throughout the ages, music and magic have been intrinsically linked. Join award-winning recorder quartet Palisander for a theatrical, multimedia performance. Featuring music by Tartini, JS Bach and Hildegard von Bingen, alongside renaissance consort music and contemporary works, the performance explores the historic relationship between music and the magical spectrum, including elements of mathematics, philosophy, nature, religion and the occult.
Banbury Early Music Festival www.banburyearlymusicfestival.com   £12 (£6)
Saturday 28–Sunday 29 September   LEAMINGTON
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade CV32 4AA, 7.30pm
BRODSKY QUARTET
A rare and exhilarating opportunity to hear all of Dmitri Shostakovich’s incredible 15 string quartets across six concerts in one weekend. Tickets are available per concert, per day, or for the whole weekend experience.
Leamington Music 01926 334418 or www.leamingtonmusic.org
From £12

Sunday 29 September                                  BANBURY
St Mary’s Church, Horse Fair OX16 0AA, 2.45pm
CONSORT OF ONE
LIZZIE GUTTERIDGE – shawms, curtals, bagpipes, recorders, fiddle, percussion
Looping Through Time

A programme exploring historically informed interpretations of pieces from historical manuscripts. The music is given the lightest of modern touches with the aid of live looping equipment which records and plays back what happens on stage.
Banbury Early Music Festival  www.banburyearlymusicfestival.com   £12 (£6)

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