September 1-30 

Fri 2

1.15-1.45pm

01926 883615

James Scott organ

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington CV32 5RG 

Lunchtime recital.  Free admission. (Holy Trinity Music)

Wed 7

7.30pm

01926 470449

Colin Druce organ

St Mary Magdalene Church Vicarage Road Lillington CV32 7RH 

Organ Recital.  Free admission.  (Lillington Church Music)

Sat 10

7.30pm

01926 800109

Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks conductor

Moreton Morrell Real Tennis Court Club CV35 9AL 

Rachmaninov Vespers.  Tickets £29.50/£19.50/£14.50 from 0844 581 0750 www.armonico.org.uk

Sat 10

7.30pm

07966 584328

Leos Cepicky violin, Gemma Rosefield cello, Michael Dussek piano

All Saints Church Leamington Hastings CV23 8EB

Schumann Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 63, Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor Op 90 Dumky, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 1 Op 49. Tickets £16 inc. refreshments, youth concessions, from 07966 584328 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sat 10

7.30pm

01926 313027

Chris Price organ

Radford Road Church Leamington CV31 1NF

Recital in aid of organ fund.  Tickets £5 from 01926 426367, 01926 313027 and door (Radford Road Church Events Committee)

Wed 14

7.30pm

01926 470449

John Wilderspin organ

St Mary Magdalene Church Vicarage Road Lillington CV32 7RH 

Organ recital.  Free Admission.  (Lillington Church Music)

Fri 16

1.15-1.45pm

01926 883615

Kathryn Ellis soprano, Stuart Smith piano

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington CV32 5RG 

Lunchtime Concert.  Free admission. (Holy Trinity Music)

Sat 17

10.00am – 5.00pm

01926 640203

Midlands Early Music Forum Workshop on William Croft, Peter Leech tutor

St Faith and St Laurence Harborne Croftdown Rd Harborne Birmingham B17 8RE

Tickets £23 from 01926 640203 www.memf.org.uk

Sat 17

7.30pm

07907 775658

North Warwickshire Chamber Orchestra, David Ireland viola, Norman Owen conductor

Polesworth Abbey High Street Polesworth B78 1PU 

Warlock Capriol Suite, Telemann Viola Concerto in D, Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3, Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings.  Tickets £8 (£6) from 07907 775658 and door

Wed 21

7.30pm

01926 470449

Peter Summers organ

St Mary Magdalene Church Vicarage Road Lillington CV32 7RH 

Organ recital.  Free Admission.  (Lillington Church Music)

Fri 23

7.30pm

01926 429169

Ian Tracey Celebrity Organ Recital

All Saints Church Victoria Terrace Leamington CV31 1AA

Organist from Liverpool Cathedral. Details see www.allsaintsleamington.org.uk (Friends of All Saints Music)

Fri 23 and Sat 24

7.30pm

01926 800109

Armonico Consort Soloists and Baroque Players, Yvette Bonner soprano, William Towers counter tenor, Christopher Monks director

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Too hot to Handel - the opera! Armonico Consort once again interprets music of the baroque in a unique way for the 21^st century.

Tickets £24.50/£19.50/£14.50 from 01926 776438, 0844 581 0750 & www.armonico.org.uk

Sun 25

3.00pm

07500 727377

Leamington Chamber Orchestra, Richard Laing conductor

Town Hall The Parade Leamington CV32 4AT

Shostakovich arr Barshai Chamber Symphony Op 110a, Strauss Suite for 13 winds Op 4, Brahms Symphony No 2.  Tickets £10 (£8) from Presto Classical 01926 317025 and door www.leamingtonchamberorchestra.co.uk

Wed 28

7.30pm

01926 470449

Richard Cook organ

St Mary Magdalene Church Vicarage Road Lillington CV32 7RH 

Organ Recital.  Free Admission.  (Lillington Church Music)

Fri 30

1.15-1.45pm

01926 883615

Maggie Bartmanis soprano, Stuart Smith piano

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington CV32 5RG 

Lunchtime Concert.  Free admission. (Holy Trinity Music)

October 1-31 

Sat 1

7.30pm

024 7669 3761

Oriflamme Wind Chamber Ensemble, Antoine Mitchell conductor

St Nicholas Church Warwick CV34 4JD

Gounod Petite Symphonie for wind instruments, Gouvy Petite Suite Gauloise, Dvorak Serenade for winds in D minor Op 44.  Tickets £10 (£5) from 024 7669 3761 & 01926 403940 (in aid of church spire appeal)

Tues 4

7.30pm

01926 497000

Dame Emma Kirkby, London Baroque

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

The English Muse – music by Jenkins, Purcell, Tomkins, Simpson, Croft, Locke, Arne and Pepusch, with readings.  Tickets £16.50/£14/£11.50/£1 children from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Fri 7

7.30pm

01926 497000

Atrium String Quartet (Russia)

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington CV32 4AA

Arensky Quartet in A Op 35a, Shostakovich Quartet No 11, Tchaikovsky Quartet No 2.  Tickets £16.50/£14/£11.50/£1 students from 01926 776428, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Sat 8

7.30pm

07966 584328

London Concertante leader Andrew Summerhayes

All Saints Church Leamington Hastings CV23 8EB

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders, Francaix Octet, Schubert Octet. Tickets £16 inc.refreshments, youth concessions, from 07966 584328 and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sat 8

7.30pm

01926 470449

Adrian Moore organ

St Mary Magdalene Church Vicarage Road Lillington CV32 7RH

Organ recital with cheese and wine.  Free Admission.  (Lillington Church Music)

Sat 8

7.30pm

01926 428835

Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Dmitris Dekavallas guitar, Nic Fallowfield conductor

Methodist Church Earlsdon Avenue South Coventry CV5 6NF 

Faure Pelleas et Melisande, Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto, Bizet Symphony in C.  Tickets £10 (£8), £2 children from 024 7661 2688 and door

Sun 9

3.00pm

01926 428835

Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Dmitris Dekavallas guitar, Nic Fallowfield conductor

Town Hall The Parade Leamington CV32 4AT

Programme and tickets as above

Sun 9

11.00am

07966 381126

Coull String Quartet

Unitarian Chapel High Street Warwick CV34 4AX 

Beethoven Quartet Op 18 No 1, Shostakovich Quartet No 13.  Tickets £12 (£10), £1 children from 01844 260740, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and door

Thurs 13

7.30pm

01926 497000

I Flautisti recorder quartet

Kingsley School Hall Beauchamp Road Leamington CV32 5RD 

Music by Locke, van Eyck, Hotteterre, Purcell, Vivaldi, Jan Rokyta, Kathy Dyson, Arvo Part, Benjamin Thorn, Matthias Maute, Frans Geysen. Tickets £10, £1 children from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Fri 14

1.15-1.45pm

01926 883615

Jane Rigby soprano and Linda Carr piano

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington CV32 5RG 

Lunchtime Concert to include Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben.  Free admission. (Holy Trinity Music)

Fri 14

7.30pm

0121 355 5018

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

St Columba’s United Reformed Church St Columba’s Close Coventry CV1 4BX

Road to the Isles. Choral concert with a Scottish flavour.  Tickets £5 from 024 7666 7784 and door

Sat 15

7.30pm

01926 491785

Warwickshire Symphony  Orchestra, Thelma Handy violin, Lionel Handy cello, Guy Woolfenden conductor

Guy Nelson Hall Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Brahms Concerto for violin and cello, Shostakovich Symphony No 1. Tickets £12, £5 children/students from WSO Box Office 01926 850385 and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sat 15

7.30pm

01789 205793

Saint James’s Singers and Players, Julian Harris conductor

St James’s Church Chipping Campden GL55 6JG

An Evening with Mr Handel – Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, Foundling Hospital Anthem, My Heart is Indicting, Chandos Anthem, Royal Fireworks Suite.  Tickets £17.50/£12.50/£5 under 16’s from 0844 338 0000, www.theticketfactory.com, www.stjamesssingers.com

Sat 15 - Sat 22

01789 298197

STRATFORD ON AVON MUSIC FESTIVAL

Artists to include La Serenissima, Ensemble 360, Martin Roscoe piano, Callino String Quartet, Timothy Lowe cello, James Baillieu piano, Andy Cutting folk, Jimmy Holliday bass, Nicholas Walton piano, Carducci String Quartet, Guy Johnston cello, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Yuka Ishizuka violin, Nadav Hertka piano, The York Waits, Smetana Piano Trio, Craig Ogden guitar, Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra with Jacqui Dankworth, Co-opera Company, Armonico Consort Academy.  Tickets from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100 or at

www.civichall.co.uk.

Full details www.stratfordmusicfestival.com

Tues 18

7.30pm

01789 267567

Orchestra of the Swan, Benjamin Grosvenor piano, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford CV37 6LU

Delius On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring, Delius Summer Night on the River, Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 K467, Schubert Symphony No 5.  Tickets £9.50-£21.50 from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100

Sat 22

7.30pm

01926 882898

Diatonic, Barbara Rodway soprano, Penny Turnbull contralto, Robert Forbes tenor, David Borsada bass, Bernard Sutton conductor

Dale Street Methodist Church Leamington CV32 5HL

Handel Coronation Anthems, Haydn Nelson Mass.  Tickets £8 from 01926 882898 and Presto Classical

Sun 23

7.30pm

01926 632296

City of Coventry Youth Orchestra, Brian Chappell conductor

Guy Nelson Hall Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Programme to include Liszt Fantasia on Hungarian Themes and Danse Macabre.  Tickets £8 (£5) from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and door

Fri 28

1.15 - 1.45pm

01926 883615

Adrian Moore organ

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington CV32 5RG 

Organ recital.  Free admission. (Holy Trinity Music)

Sat 29

7.30pm

01926 427580

The Outreach Singers, Wendy Green musical director

Radford Road Church Radford Road Leamington CV31 1NF

A light harmonic programme of popular songs. Tickets £7 from 01926 315301. Proceeds in aid of local charity CORD – an international peace-building organisation working in twenty-six countries helping people affected by violent conflict see www.cord.org.uk

November 1-30 

Tues 1

7.30pm

01926 497000

Joglaresa, Belinda Sykes singer and director

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

The Dancing Girls of Granada. Music from the Golden Age of Andalusia, evoking the exotic sounds of Muslim Spain.  Tickets £16.50/£14/£11.50/£1 children from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Thurs 3

7.30pm

07966 381126

Coull String Quartet

Helen Martin Studio Warwick Arts Centre CV4 7AL

Beethoven Quartet in F Op 18 No 1, Shostakovich Quartet No 13, Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703, Dvorak Quartet in F Op 96 The American.  Tickets £15.50 (£12.50) from Warwick Arts Centre Box Office 024 7652 4524

Fri 11

7.30pm

01926 497000

Royal String Quartet (Poland)

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington CV32 4AA

Mozart Quartet K421, Szymanowski Quartet No 2, Tchaikovsky Quartet No 1.  Tickets £16.50/£14/£11.50/£1 children from 01926 776438, wwwbridgehousetheatre.co.uk  (Leamington Music)

Sat 12

7.30pm

01789 731966

Leamington Sinfonia, John Cullington oboe, David Ferrer clarinet, Anton Rosenfeld horn, Malcolm Burns bassoon, Jenny Barrie conductor

Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue Leamington CV32 5RG 

Beethoven Overture Leonora No 3, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, Sibelius Symphony No 1.  Tickets £7.50, Children £5.50, Family ticket £20 from 01789 731966

Sat 19

7.30pm

01926 511515

The Warwickshire Singers, Barbara Rodway soprano, Oliver Walker conductor

St Nicholas Church Warwick CV34 4JD

Karl Jenkins The Armed Man (A mass for peace). Tickets £10 (children free) from choir members, Presto Classical or 01926 511515

Sat 19

7.30pm

01926 403940

Collegium, Thomas Corns conductor

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

25^th Anniversary Concert.  Handel Coronation Anthems.  Tickets £12 (£10) from St Mary’s Gift Shop 01926 400771.  (Music at St Mary’s)

Sat 19

7.30pm

01676 534944

Warwick & Kenilworth Choral Society, Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Jones conductor

All Saints Church Victoria Terrace Leamington CV31 1AA

Mendelssohn Elijah.  Tickets £13 (£12), £5 students, £2 children from 01676 534944, Presto Classical and Kenilworth Books

Sat 19

7.30pm

01789 204699

Stratford upon Avon Choral Society, Stephen Dodsworth conductor

Holy Trinity Church Old Town Stratford CV37 6BG

Rossini Petite Messe Solonelle.  Tickets £12, children free from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100 or 01789 414968

Tues 22

7.30pm

01789 267567

Orchestra of the Swan, Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford CV37 6LU

Elgar Serenade for Strings, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Ireland A Downland Suite, Vaughan Williams Violin Concerto, Elgar Introduction and Allegro.  Tickets £9.50-£21.50 from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100

Wed 23

7.30pm

01926 497000

Leamington Music Prize Winners Concert – Anna Jeffers mezzo soprano, Jonathan French accompanist, Di Wu piano

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Music by Scarlatti, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Purcell, Liszt, Granados, Rodrigo, Bizet, Rossini.  Tickets £11.50/£7.50/£1 children from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Sat 26

7.30pm

0845 680 1926

Cantucci Chamber Choir and Orchestra, Liz Edwards soprano, Nick Drew tenor, Matthew Reeve alto, Benjamin Hamilton director

St Mary’s Church Old Square Warwick CV34 4RA

Benjamin Britten Saint Nicolas op 42, Francesco Durante ‘Pergolesi’ Magnificat in Bb, John Tavener God is With Us, Morten Laurisden O Magnum Mysterium.  Tickets £12 (£10), under 26’s £5 from 0845 680 1926.  For further details see www.cantucci.co.uk

December 1-31 

Thurs 1

7.30pm

07966 381126

Coull String Quartet

Helen Martin Studio Warwick Arts Centre CV4 7AL

Seabourne Accept these few roses, Janacek Quartet No 2 Intimate Letters, Dvorak Quartet in E flat Op 51.  Tickets £15.50 (£12.50) from Warwick Arts Centre Box Office 024 7652 4524

Fri 2

7.30pm

01926 497000

Chilingirian String Quartet

Royal Pump Rooms The Parade Leamington CV32 4AA

Mozart Quartet K575, Bartok Quartet No 6, Haydn Quartet Op 77 No 1.  Tickets £16.50/£14/£11.50/£1 children from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Sat 3
7.30 pm

024 7639 4631

Coleshill Town Band

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Charity Christmas Concert in aid of Mary Anne Evans Hospice & Myton Hamlet Hospices. Tickets £8 from 024 7639 4631, St Mary’s Gift Shop 01926 400771 and door (Warwickshire Branch Magistrates Association) 

Sat 3

7.30pm

01926 831581

Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Claire Seaton soprano, Deborah Miles-Johnson alto, Jeremy Budd tenor, Christopher Foster bass, Musical and Amicable Society, Nigel Stark conductor

All Saints Church Victoria Terrace Leamington CV31 1AA

Bach Christmas Oratorio Cantatas 1-3.  Tickets £15 (£12), children and students £5 from 07840 936151, www.rlsbc.org, Presto Classical and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tues 6

7.30pm

01926 800109

Armonico Consort and The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Christopher Monks conductor

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

A German Christmas including Schutz The Christmas Oratorio and Praetorius Lutheran Mass for Christmas.  Tickets £29.50/£19.50/£14.50/£10 from 0844 581 0750 and www.armonico.org.uk

Thurs 8

7.30pm

01926 497000

The Mellstock Band

Royal Spa Centre Studio Newbold Terrace Leamington CV32 4HN

Rejoice All Men.  Christmas in Thomas Hardy’s Time.  Tickets £12.50 to include mulled wine and mince pies from Royal Spa Centre Box Office 01926 334418 (Leamington Music)

Sat 10

7.00pm

07966 584328

Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore director

All Saints Church Leamington Hastings CV23 8EB

Christmas Music by Candlelight.  Tickets £16 inc. refreshments, youth concessions from 07966 584328 and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sat 10

7.30pm

01926 403940

Choirs of St Mary’s Church, Thomas Corns conductor

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Music for Christmas.  Tickets £10 (£8) children £1 from St Mary’s Church Gift Shop, 01926 403940 & door

Sat 10

7.30pm

01926 632296

St Michael’s Singers, City of Coventry Youth Orchestra, Paul Leddington Wright and Brian Chappell conductors

Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB

Carols for All.  Tickets £12 (£10), £6 children/students, £30 family from 01676 532436 www.saintmichaelssingers.org

Sun 11

3.00pm

01926 491785

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra, John Woodvine narrator, Guy Woolfenden conductor

Guy Nelson Hall Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Christmas Family Concert – Reade Cinderella with carols and well known pieces by Leroy Anderson, Waldteufel, Britten, Prokofiev, Rimski Korsakov. Tickets £12, family ticket for 4 £28, children/students £5 from 01926 850385, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sun 11

7.30pm

01926 402886

Divertimento, Sheila Koch conductor

Salvation Army Hall Ia Chapel Street Leamington CV31 1EJ 

Christmas Entertainment in aid of the Salvation Army Homeless Action Project.  Tickets £7.50, £5 children from 01926 883613, Presto Classical and www.divertimento.org.uk

Tues 13

7.30pm

01926 497000

Ex Cathedra

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Early Christmas Music by Candlelight.  Tickets £16.50/£14/£11.50/£1 children to include mulled wine and mince pies from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Tues 13

7.30pm

01676 534944

Warwick & Kenilworth Choral Society, Colin Druce organ, Andrew Jones conductor

St Nicholas Church Kenilworth CV8 1BP

Handel Messiah.  Tickets £12 (£11) £5 students, £2 children from 01676 534944, Presto Classical and Kenilworth Books

Fri 16

7.30pm

01789 267567

Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis conductor

Civic Hall Rother Street Stratford CV37 6LU

Annual Christmas Concert including Carols for All.  Tickets £9.50-£21.50 from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100

Sat 17

7.30pm

01789 204699

Stratford upon Avon Choral Society, Stephen Dodsworth conductor

Holy Trinity Church Old Town Stratford CV37 6BG

Prelude to Christmas.  Christmas music and readings.  Tickets £10, children free from Civic Hall Box Office 01789 207100 and 01789 414968

Sat 17

7.30pm

0121 355 5018

Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa, Beresford King-Smith director, Lynne Adams accompanist

Radford Road Church Leamington CV31 1NF

‘I saw three ships’ – An Enjoyable Charity Concert of Christmas Music with seasonal readings and some ‘audience carols’. Tickets £6 from 01926 426367, 01926 313027, and at the door. Proceeds to ‘Sing Out for Marie Curie Cancer Care’.

Wed 21

7.30pm

01789 205793

Saint James’s Singers, Julian Harris conductor

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Christmas Concert. A programme of Festive Readings and Music.  Tickets £15/£10, £5 under 16’s from 0844 338 0000, www.theticketfactory.com & www.stjamessingers.com

Thurs 22

8.00pm

01926 800109

Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks conductor

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Carols by Candlelight.  Tickets £29.50/£19.50/£14.50/£10.00 from 0844 581 0750 and www.armonico.org.uk

January 2012 

Fri 13

7.30pm

07966 381126

Coull String Quartet

Helen Martin Studio Warwick Arts Centre CV4 7AL

Haydn Quartet in G Op 33 No 5, Shostakovich Quartet No 14, Beethoven Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2.  Tickets £15.50 (£12.50) from Warwick Arts Centre Box Office 024 7652 4524

Sat 14

7.30pm

01926 259098

Oriflamme Ensemble, Bethan Jones percussion, Antoine Mitchell conductor

St Mary’s Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Debussy Prelude a l’apresmidi d’une faune, Milhaud Percussion Concerto, Works for solo percussion, Franck Symphony in D minor.  Tickets £10 (£5) from 01926 259098 (Amnesty International)

Sun 15

11.30am

01926 497000

Lawson Piano Trio

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Family Concert – Dance around the world – for 7-11 year olds.  Tickets £7.50/£6, children £3/£2.50 from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)

Sun 15

3.00pm

01926 497000

Lawson Piano Trio

Bridge House Theatre Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP 

Mozart Piano Trio K564, Debussy Piano Trio, Brahms Piano Trio Op 8.  Tickets £15.50/£12.00/£1 children from 01926 776438, www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk (Leamington Music)