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Spring 2010

Issue 39

Your Essential Concert Diary for the Warwick and Leamington area!

 

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January 1 - 31

 

Fri 8

7.30pm

01789 267567

 

Swan Unbuttoned

Town Hall Sheep Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6EF

A seasonal serenade of classics including music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and music from the movies performed by a string quartet. Tickets £15.00 inc bubbly and canapés on arrival from 01789 207100 (Friends of the Orchestra of the Swan)

 

Sat 16

7.30pm

01926 885346

 

Oriflamme Ensemble, Bob Davey cello, Antoine Mitchell conductor

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Bizet Suite L'Arlesienne, Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1, Brahms Symphony No 2. Tickets £10.00, £5.00 children from 01926 885346 and Presto Classical 01926 317025 (Amnesty International)

 

Sun 24

3.00pm

01926 497000

 

Ludwig String Trio and Bengt Forsberg piano

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP

Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op 60, Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Op 47, Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Op 87. Tickets £14.50, £1.00 students from 01926 776438. Preceded at 2.00pm by a talk from Peter Cropper on the music of Robert Schumann born 1809. (Leamington Music)

 

Tues 26

7.30pm

01926 497000

 

Elizabeth Wallfisch violin and Locatelli Trio

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Music for Italian Lovers - Bach Sonata in G BWV1021, Bach Italian Concerto BWV971, Corelli La Follia Op 5 No 12, Locatelli La Prova del Intonatione in D Op 6 No 12, Bach Sonata in A BWV1032. Tickets £16.00, £13.50 and £11.00 from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Fri 29

7.30pm

01926 497000

 

Badke String Quartet

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

Haydn Quartet in D minor Op 76 No 2 Fifths, Bartok Quartet No 3, Schumann Quartet in A Op 41 No 3. Tickets £16.00, £13.50, £11.00 from 09126 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Sat 30

7.30pm

01926 800109

 

Armonico Consort and Orchestra, Christopher Monks director

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Faure Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, Durufle Requiem. Tickets £29.50 inc reception, £19.50, £14.50 and £10.00 from 0845 5120137 and www.armonico.org.uk

 




February 1 - 28

 

Sat 6

7.30pm

01926 651420

 

Mark Bebbington piano

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

Gala Concert to mark centenary of Leamington Spa Competitive Festival. Scarlatti Sonatas in F#, B minor and D, Schubert Sonata in Bb D960, Ireland London Pieces, Chopin Sonata in B minor Op 58. Tickets £12.50, £1.00 students and children from Presto Classical, TIC Royal Pump Rooms and 01926 651420.

Supported by the John Ireland Society

 

Sat 6

7.30pm

01926 428835

 

Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Roger Coull conductor

Methodist Church Earlsdon Avenue South Coventry CV5 6 NF

Rossini Overture Semiramide, Dvorak My Homeland, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, Brahms Symphony No 1. Tickets £10.00, (£8.00) and £2.00 children at the door

 

Sun 7

3.00pm

01926 428835

 


Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Roger Coull conductor

Town Hall The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AT

All details as above

 

Sun 7

11.30am

01926 497000

 

Ensemble 360, Polly Ives narrator in The Lion Who Wanted to Love

King's High School Performance Hall The Butts Warwick CV34 4HJ

Family Concert, aimed at 2-7 year olds. Paul Rissmann The Lion Who wanted to Love. Tickets £6.00, £3.00 children from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Sun 7

3.00pm

01926 497000

 

Ensemble 360

King's High School Performance Hall The Butts Warwick CV34 4HJ

Prokofiev Quintet in G minor Op 39, Martinu Nonet, Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op 44. Tickets £14.50, £1.00 students and children from 01926 776438. Preceded at 2.00pm by a talk from Adrian Wilson and Tim Horton on the chamber music of Schumann and Martinu (Leamington Music)

 

Sun 14

3.00pm

024 7678 8575

 

City of Coventry Youth Orchestra, Brian Chappell conductor

Guy Nelson Hall Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP

Music for St.Valentine's Day. Tickets £7, £5 concessions from 01926 632296 and at the door

 

Tues 16

7.30pm

01789 267567

 

Orchestra of the Swan, Anna-Liisa Bezrodny violin, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6LU

Rossini String Sonata No 3, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 3, Mendelssohn Symphony No 8. Tickets £9.50-£19.50 from 01789 207100

 

Tues 23

7.30pm

01926 497000

 

Stile Antico

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Monteverdi 1610 Missa ‘In illo tempore', plainchant and Palestrina Motets. Tickets £16.00, £13.50, £11.00 from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Fri 26

7.30pm

01926 497000

 

Doric String Quartet

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

Haydn Quartet in B flat Op 50 No 1, Britten Quartet in D No 2, Beethoven Quartet in F Op 59 No 1 Razumovsky. Tickets £16.00, £13.50, £11.00 from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Sun 28

3.00pm

01926 497000

 

Kungsbacka Piano Trio

King's High School Performance Hall The Butts Warwick CV34 4HJ

Haydn Piano Trio in C HobXV:27, Schumann Piano Trio in F No 2 Op 80, Copland Vitebsk, Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor Op 90 Dumky. Tickets £14.50, students £1.00 from 01926 776438. Preceded at 2.00pm by a talk by Simon Crawford-Phillips on the influence of folk music on composers in this concert (Leamington Music)

 

Sun 28

3.00pm

01788 519671

 

Leamington Chamber Orchestra, Oliver Coates cello, Richard Laing conductor

Town Hall The Parade Leamington Spa CV34 4AT

Schumann Overture Genevieve, Elgar Cello Concerto, Shostakovich Symphony No 9. Tickets £10.00, (£8.00), under 18s free from Presto Classical

 




March 1 - 31

 

Sat 6

7.30pm

01926 491785

 

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra, Philip Martin piano, Guy Woolfenden conductor

Guy Nelson Hall Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP

Revolutionary Road. Beethoven Overture Egmont, Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4, Shostakovich Symphony No 12 in D minor ‘The Year 1917'. Tickets £12.00, £5.00 children, students and un-employed from 01926 850385, 01926 776438 and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Sat 13

7.30pm

01926 511515

 

Warwickshire Singers, Barbara Rodway soprano, Robert Forbes tenor, Paul Sudlow conductor

St James's Church Snitterfield CV37 0LF

Spring Concert to include Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise. Tickets £7.50 from 01789 731357

 

Sat 13

7.30pm

01926 402886

 

Divertimento, Sheila Koch conductor

Kenilworth Methodist Church Priory Road Kenilworth CV8 1LQ

Sing and Swing into Spring in aid of Kenilworth - Uyogo Friendship Link. Tickets £7.50 (inc refreshments) from The King's Table Warwick Road Kenilworth and 01926 857682

 

Sat 13

7.30pm

01789 731966

 

Leamington Sinfonia, Jason Cox tuba, Jenny Barrie conductor

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avebnue Leamington Spa CV32 5RG

Elgar Froissart Overture, Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto, Sullivan Symphony in E The Irish. Tickets £7.50, children £5.50, family £20.00 from 01789 731966

 

Sat 13

7.30pm

01926 651420

 

Kipper Chipperfield and Jane Rigby mezzo sopranos and Linda Carr piano

St Laurence's Church Lighthorne CV35 0AR

Children and animals (never work with...). Songs and readings about the joys (?) of children and animals. Tickets £7.50 to include glass of wine, £1.00 children from Presto Classical and 01926 651420. Proceeds to Shipston Home Nursing

 

Sun 14

3.00pm

01926 497000

 

Red Priest, Piers Adams recorders

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP

The Bach Project - Johann, I'm only dancing. Tickets £14.50, £1.00 students from 01926 776438. Pre-concert talk at 2.00pm by members of Red Priest on early music, performance practices and repertoire (Leamington Music)

 

Tues 16

7.30pm

01926 497000

 

London Baroque

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Music for Kings - Jenkins Fancy and Ayre in G minor, Corelli Sonata in D Op 1 No 12, Couperin L'Apotheose de Corelli, Handel Trio Sonata in F, Forqueray Deux Pieces de Viole, Bach Ricercar a 6 from The Musical Offering, Bach Trio Sonata No 6 in G after Organ Sonata. Tickets £16.00, £13.50 and £11.00 from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Tues 16

7.30pm

01789 267567

 

Orchestra of the Swan, David Le Page violin, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6LU

Rossini Overture The Barber of Seville, Mozart Symphony No 35 in D Haffner, Dvorak Romance for Violin, Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor. Tickets £9.50-£19.50 from 01789 207100

 

Thurs 18

1.30pm

schools matinee

Fri 19 & Sat 20

7.00pm

01926 742630

 

Central Warwickshire Area Music Centre

North Leamington School Sandy Lane Leamington Spa CV32 6RD

Seussical - the musical by Dr Seuss. Tickets £3 schools matinee, evening performances £5 adults (£4), £3 children, £14 family from 01926 742630

 

Sat 20

7.30pm

01926 512343

 


Warwick & Kenilworth Choral Society with soloists, Sinfonia of Birmingham, Colin Druce piano, Andrew Jones conductor

All Saints Church Bath Street Leamington Spa CV31 1GF

Schubert Magnificat in C, Mozart Mass in C minor, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1. Tickets £13.00, (£12.00), £5.00 students, £2.00 children from Presto Classical 01926 317025, Kenilworth Books 01926 855784 and TIC Royal Pump Rooms Leamington Spa

 

Sat 20

7.30pm

01789 204699

 

Stratford upon Avon Choral Society, Regency Sinfonia, Laurie Ashworth soprano, Gaynor Keeble contralto, David Brown tenor, Simon Whiteley bass, Stephen Dodsworth conductor

Holy Trinity Church Old Town Stratford on Avon CV37 6BG

Handel Samson. Tickets £15.00, schoolchildren free from Civic Hall 01789 207100 and 01789 414968

 

Sat 20

7.30pm

01926 403940

 

Choirs of St Mary's Collegiate Church, Ruaraidh Sutherland organ,Thomas Corns director

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Durufle Requiem and other works. Tickets £8.00, (£6.00), £1.00 children from St Mary's Giftshop 01926 400771

 

Sun 21

11.30am

01926 497000

 

4-MALITY percussion group

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP

Thinking outside the Triangle. Family Concert aimed at 7-11 year olds. Tickets £6.00, £3.00 children from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Sun 21

3.00pm

01926 497000

 

4-MALITY percussion group

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP

Steve Reich Drumming and works by Julie Cooper, Sophie Hastings, Jan Bradley and Nigel Westlake. Tickets £14.50, £1.00 students from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Fri 26

7.30pm

01926 497000

 

Talich String Quartet (Czech Republic)

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

Haydn Quartet in B flat Op 76 No 4 Sunrise, Kalliwoda Quartet No 3 Op 90, Dvorak Quartet in A flat Op 105. Tickets £16.00, £13.50, £11.00 from 01926 776438 (Leamington Music)

 

Sat 27

7.30pm

01926 411738

 

Collegium, Thomas Corns conductor

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Programme to include John Rutter Requiem. Tickets £12.50, (£10.00), £1.00 children from St Mary's Church Giftshop

 

Sat 27

7.30pm

01926 831581

 

Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Birmingham Brass, Barbara Rodway soprano, Nigel Stark conductor

Kingsley School Hall Beauchamp Road Leamington Spa CV32 5RD

Last Night of the Proms including excerpts from Sing Britannia, Lambert Rio Grande. Tickets £10.00 (£8.00), £2.00 children and students from Presto Classical and 01926 421977

 

Wed 31

7.30pm

01789 205793

 

Saint James's Singers and Players, Julian Harris conductor

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4AB

Handel Messiah. Tickets £20.00, £15.00, £10.00, £5.00 under 16's from 01926 776438 and www.stjamessingers.com

 




April 1 - 30

 

Fri 9

7.30pm

07769 678363

 

Rob Colley piano

Unitarian Chapel High Street Warwick CV34 4AX

Evening of romantic piano music including Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt. Tickets £8.00 inc wine, (£6.00) from 01926 611964, 07769 678363 and Presto Classical. In aid of Chapel funds (Unitarian Chapel Warwick)

 

Tues 13

7.30pm

01789 267567

 

Orchestra of the Swan, Victoria Brawn oboe, Catherine Leech violin, David Le Page violin, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6LU

Bach Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C, Bach Double Violin Concerto, Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe. Tickets £9.50-£19.50 from 01789 207100

 

Sat 17

7.30pm

01926 411694


Oriflamme Ensemble, Director/Soloist Antoine Mitchell, Soloist Bob Davey Cello

St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick

Mayor of Warwick's Charity Concert in aid of the Cancer Unit at Warwick Hospital. Beethoven Coriolan overture, J S Bach Piano Concerto in A, Fauré Elegie, Mendelssohn Symphony no 4 "Italian". Tickets £10 / £5 for children


Fri 23

7.30pm

01926 422958

 

Royal Naval Association Male Voice Choir, Roger Mills director with Warwickshire County Boys Choir, Garry Jones director

Town Hall The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AT

Male Voice Choir concert with guests in aid of Help for Heroes. Tickets £10 from 01926 422958, 01926 421201 and door

 

Sat 24

7.30pm

01926 882898

 

Diatonic, Leamington Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Rodway soprano, Bernard Sutton conductor

St Nicholas Church Warwick CV34 4JD

Poulenc Gloria, motets by Durufle, Esquival and Victoria. Tickets £8.00 from Presto Classical, 01926 882898 and door

 

Sat 24

7.30pm

01926 428835

 

Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Ursula Leveaux bassoon, Nic Fallowfield conductor

Methodist Church Earlsdon Avenue South Coventry CV5 6NF

Beethoven Overture Creatures of Prometheus, Mendelssohn Scherzo, Intermezzo and Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hummel Bassoon Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No 2. Tickets £10.00 (£8.00), £2.00 children at the door

 

Sun 25

3.00pm

01926 428835

 

Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Ursula Leveaux bassoon, Nic Fallowfield conductor

Town Hall The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AT

Details as above

 

 

Fri 30 - Tues 4

12 noon and 7.30pm

01926 497000

 

LEAMINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

Annual May Bank Holiday Weekend Festival with music by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Weber and other Romantic composers. Artists invited include Schubert Ensemble of London, Wihan Quartet, Guarneri Piano Trio, Ensemble 360, Roderick Williams baritone, Martin Kasik piano, William Howard piano, Gemma Rosefield cello, Michael Dussek piano. Tickets will go on sale during February. See www.leamingtonmusic.org

 




May 1 - 31

 

Sat 8

7.30pm

024 7667 8575

 

City of Coventry Youth Orchestra, Maria Vujinovic soprano, Brian Chappell conductor

Butterworth Hall Arts Centre University of Warwick CV4 7AL

Last Night of the Proms. Tickets £5-£10 from 01926 632296

 

 

Sat 8 - Sun 16

Various times

01926 857558


KENILWORTH FESTIVAL

Various venues around Kenilworth

Musical events throughout the Festival. For programme details visit www.kenilworthfestival.co.uk.

Tickets various prices online and from 0845 680 1926

 

Sat 15

7.30pm

01926 511515

 

Warwickshire Singers, Paul Sudlow conductor with La Villanelle de Sceaux, Odile Chateau conductor

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington Spa CV32 5RG

Grand Twinning Concert with works from English and French choral repertoire. Tickets £8.00 from Presto Classical and 01926 511515

 

Sat 15

7.30pm

0121 355 5018

 

The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa, Beresford King-Smith director

Dale Street Methodist Church Dale Street Leamington Spa CV32 5HL

Golden Jubilee Concert 1960-2010. Programme to include American choir music by Randall Thompson and Matthew Harris, premieres of works by Rosemary Robinson and Beresford King-Smith and well-known choruses for former members to join in with. Tickets £6.00 from Presto Classical, 0121 355 5018 and door

 

Sat 15

7.30pm

01789 205793

 

Saint James's Singers, Julian Harris conductor

St Gregory's Church Warwick Road Stratford on Avon CV37 6UJ

Charity Concert of Music and Readings. Tickets £10.00 from 01789 297106 and 01789 292439. In aid of St Gregory's Church

 

Sun 16

3.00pm

01788 519671

 

Leamington Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Jones viola, Richard Laing conductor

Town Hall The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AT

Britten Matinee Musicale, Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden, Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola and Orchestra, Parry Symphony No 3. Tickets £10.00 (£8.00), under 18s free from Presto Classical

 

Sat 22

7.30pm

07966 584328

 

John Lill piano

All Saints Church Leamington Hastings CV23 8DZ

Programme to be announced. Tickets £16.00 from 07966 584328 and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

 

Fri 28-Mon 31

01789 267567

 

SPRING SOUNDS

www.springsounds.co.uk

 

Fri 28

8.00pm

 


Orchestra of the Swan, Tasmin Little violin, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6LU

Programme to include Vivaldi The Four Seasons

 

Sat 29

12 noon, 3.00pm and

8.00pm

 

Orchestra of the Swan Chamber Ensembles

Town Hall Sheep Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6EF

Musical Masterpieces - Mozart Clarinet Quintet, Schubert Trout Quintet and Mendelssohn Octet

 

Sun 30

3.00pm

 

Tatiana Dardykina piano

Venue to be confirmed

A Russian Reverie

 

Sun 30

8.00pm

 

Orchestra of the Swan, Tasmin Little violin and director

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford on Avon CV37 6LU

Programme to include Beethoven Violin Concerto

 

Mon 31

3.00pm

 


Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis conductor

Compton Verney Warwickshire CV35 9HZ

Programme to include Walton Façade

Tickets and Festival Pass from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100

 

 

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