Saturday 2 December SHEFFIELD
Crucible Playhouse, 55 Norfolk Street S1 1DA, 2.30pm CRAIG OGDEN – classical guitar Programme includes: Villa-Lobos Chôros No.1 JS Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV998 Reinhardt Nuages Rodrigo Tres piezas españolas Albeniz Torre Bermeja, Sevilla Music in the Round 0114 249 6000 www.musicintheround.co.uk £21 (£14, £5) Saturday 2 December SHEFFIELD
Crucible Playhouse, 55 Norfolk Street S1 1DA, 8.00pm THE HERMES EXPERIMENT Sounds of Now Programme includes: Imogen Holst Cinquepace & Gigue (from Suite for Unaccompanied Viola) Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation: I. The Ellipse Misha Mullov-Abbado The Linden Tree Meredith Monk Double Fiesta Music in the Round 0114 249 6000 www.musicintheround.co.uk £16 (£10, £5) Monday 4 December HUDDERSFIELD
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH, 7.30pm LIGETI QUARTET György Ligeti Andante and Allegretto (1950) Various Selections from Nouvelles Etudes (2023) Richard Steinitz Quartet in Memoriam (1981) Lukas Ligeti New Work (2023) György Ligeti String Quartet No 2 (1968) Huddersfield Music Society 07525 337233 www.huddersfield-music-society.org.uk/ £25 (£18, £5) Friday 8 December KNUTSFORD
Tenant’s Hall, Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 3.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THE CHOIR OF ST. NICHOLAS’ CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL HELEN MCKENNA – conductor A selection of festive music and carols. Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts £21 (£11) Friday 8 December LEEDS
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill LS2 7PD, 7.30pm ANGELA HEWITT – piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo, K511 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No 17, K570 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Twelve Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je Maman, K265 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No 1, Op 11 Leeds International Concert Season as part of the Leeds International Piano Series. 0113 376 0318 / leedsconcertseason.co.uk £26/£24 (£24/£22/£10) Saturday 9 December CHORLEY
St Laurence Church, Union Street PR7 1EB, 7.30pm BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Christmas Concert Khachaturian Dance of the Rose Maidens & Sabre Dance from Gayaneh John Barry Dances with Wolves – the John Dunbar theme Hérold arr. Lanchbery Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardée Johann Strauss II Polka Dot Thunder and Lightning Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers Smetana Dance of the Comedians Anderson Christmas Festival (Orchestra): O Come All Ye Faithful Anderson Belle of the Ball, Hark the Herald, Sleigh Ride Neale Good King Wenceslas Rutter 12 Days of Christmas Irving Berlin I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas Arthur Warrell We Wish You a Merry Christmas Blackburn Symphony Orchestra blackburnsymphony.org.uk £13 (under 18s free) Sunday 10 December BUXTON
St John’s Church Buxton, 6 St John’s Rd SK17 6XN, 7.30pm BUXTON MUSICAL SOCIETY CHOIR OF FAIRFIELD ENDOWED C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL BRASS QUINTET MICHAEL WILLIAMS – conductor SAM HAYES – choral director Family Christmas Various Christmas favourites Buxton Musical Society 01298 72190 buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/ £15 Wednesday 13 December KENDAL
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate LA9 4DL, 1.00pm MERAKI DUO MEERA MAHARAJ – flute JAMES GIRLING – guitar William Grant Still ‘If You Should Go’ and ‘Bayou Home’ Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata (arr. Ragossnig) D.821 Egberto Gismonti Agua e Vinho (arr. P. Richter) Hermeto Pasocal (arr. Girling) Bebê Tickets on sale at the Hall from 12 noon www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org £10 (students £2) Saturday 16 December MACCLESFIELD
The King’s School, Alderley Road, Prestbury SK10 4SP, 7.30pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IAN WATSON – violin and director TRACEY REDFERN – trumpet PETER MAINWARING – trumpet KANTOS CHAMBER CHOIR ELLIE SLORACH – conductor Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets Tabakova Alma Redemptoris Mater Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G minor (Fatto per la notte di Natale) Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium Vivaldi Gloria Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts £27 (£17, free) |
Saturday 2 December KENDAL
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland LA9 5AF, 7.30pm ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA Christmas by Candlelight Performers and programme to be confirmed. Lakeland Sinfonia 03300 101761 www.lakelandsinfonia.org.uk £21 (£16, £5) Sunday 3 December KENDAL
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre LA9 7HX, 3.00pm WESTMORLAND ORCHESTRA MELVIN TAY – conductor Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite Stravinsky Firebird Suite Farrington Scary Fairy Saves Christmas www.WestmorlandOrchestra.org.uk 01539 896299 £0/£15 Tuesday 5 December MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street M2 3WS, 1.10pm MANCHESTER CHAMBER CHOIR VICENTE CHAVARRIA – conductor Manchester Chamber Choir was formed in 2002 and has become one of the UK’s most versatile and accomplished vocal ensembles. Now celebrating their 20th anniversary, they return to the Middays with a programme to celebrate the arrival of Advent, featuring music by William Byrd, Peter Philips, James MacMillan, Gabriel Jackson and Jan Sandström, amongst others. Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin Please note: allocated seating will apply to this Midday Concert Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society 0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk £10 (£8.50, £5) Friday 8 December KNUTSFORD
Tenant’s Hall, Tatton Park WA16 6SG, 7.00pm NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THE CHOIR OF ST. NICHOLAS’ CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL HELEN MCKENNA – conductor A selection of festive music and carols. Northern Chamber Orchestra 0161 706 1990 www.ncorch.co.uk/concerts £28 (£18) Friday 8 December SHEFFIELD
Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street S1 2JD, 1.00pm & 7.00pm ENSEMBLE 360 Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata Clarke Viola Sonata Music in the Round 0114 249 6000 www.musicintheround.co.uk £16 (£10, £5) Saturday 9 December MANCHESTER
Christ Church West Didsbury, Darley Avenue M20 2ZD, 7.30pm WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS KEITH ORRELL – musical director Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël Arr. Orrell Quelle est cette odeur agréable? Attrib. Mateo Riu, riu, chiu Flecha the Elder Trad. Galician Dormi niño Dios arr. Wilkinson Trad. Catalan El cant dels ocells arr. Johnson Trad. Catalan El noi de la mare arr. Orrell McDowell Christus natus est (A Cantata for Christmas) Praetorius In dulci jubilo Mendelssohn Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden Arr. Orrell Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Trad. arr. Ding Dong! Merrily on high Williamson Howells A spotless rose Darke In the bleak midwinter Arr. Willcocks Resonemus Laudibus Arr. Wilkinson God rest you, merry gentlemen Mathias Ave Rex Op. 45 William Byrd Singers williambyrdsingers.org.uk £15 (£12 concessions, £5 students) Sunday 10 December WINDERMERE
Carver Church, Lake Road LA23 2BY, 7.30pm LEVENS CHOIR GAWAIN GLENTON – conductor Christmas Music from Europe Levens Choir www.levenschoir.net £15 (children and students free) Saturday 16 December KENDAL
St Thomas’s Church, Stricklandgate LA9 4QG, 7.30pm KENDAL SOUTH CHOIR GEOFFREY FIELD – conductor With soloists and string ensemble Sing we to this Merry Company! Handel Messiah Part I and Hallelujah Chorus With carols for choir and audience Kendal South Choir 01539 725955 kendalsouthchoir.weebly.com £15 (under-18s free) Sunday 31 December WINDERMERE
Carver Uniting Church, Lake Road LA23 2BY, 11.00pm CUMBRIA FESTIVAL CHORUS and ORCHESTRA IAN JONES – conductor New Year’s Eve Come and Sing Mozart Requiem Cumbria Festival Chorus 01539 720168 cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com Audience donations for charity Header photo: Hermes Experiment (credit Raphaël Neal)
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Extra concert
Monday 4 December LIVERPOOL
Music Room, Philharmonic Hall, Sugnall Street L1 9BP, 8.00pm ALEXANDER MARKS – violin ELIZABETH LAMBERTON – violin ROBERT SHEPLEY – violin GETHYN JONES – cello Puccini Crisantemi Janáček String Quartet No.2, ‘Intimate Letters’ Finzi Romance Op.13 Borodin String Quartet No.2 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 0151 709 3789 www.liverpoolphil.com £20/£17 Extra concert
Sunday 10 December LIVERPOOL
The Tung Auditorium, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, University of Liverpool, 60 Oxford Street L7 3NY, 2.30pm ELIAS QUARTET JOHNATHAN BISS – piano Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-flat Pēteris Vasks String Quartet No.3 Elgar Piano Quintet Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 0151 709 3789 www.liverpoolphil.com £29 |
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