Music To Your Ears Diary

 

Summer 2025

Issue 84

Your Music Guide for Warwick, Leamington Spa and beyond

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May/June/July/August/September
+ Lunchtime Recitals

 

	May 1 – 31
Fri 2- Mon 5 May Various Times and Venues	LEAMINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL Royal Pump Rooms and All Saints Church, Leamington Spa Full details and bookings on leamingtonmusic.org (Leamington Music). Tickets also available from Leamington and Warwick Visitor Information Centre Box Offices or call 01926 334418.
Fri 2 May 7.00pm	Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA Ben-Haim Variations on a Hebrew Melody, Shostakovich Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67, Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Tickets: £28 centre, £18 sides (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for further details.
Fri 2 May 10.00pm	Dominic Alldis Trio Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA Late-night jazz on classical themes Tickets: £18 unreserved (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for further details.
Sat 3 May 12 noon	Mark Bebbington piano Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA Bliss Masks, Ravel Sonatine, Bliss Triptych, Poulenc Improvisation No XV, “Hommage à Edith Piaf”, Poulenc Napoli – suite for piano Tickets: £18 centre, £13 sides (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for further details.
Sat 3 May 3.00pm	Warwickshire Music Advanced Musicians Concert Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA A platform to showcase the cream of Warwickshire Music’s students from across the county, with a programme reflecting the themes of the Festival. Tickets: £8 adults, £4 children/students. See above for further details.
Sat 3 May 7.00pm	Sinfonia of Birmingham, Michael Seal conductor, Helen Benson flute, Alida Fabris harp All Saints Church, Priory Terrace, L/Spa CV31 1AA Ravel Mother Goose Suite, Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299, Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Op 14 Tickets: £23 Front Nave, £13 Rear Nave (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for further details.
Sun 4 May 12 noon	Roderick Williams baritone & Andrew West piano Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA ‘A Taste of Exotic’ Schubert Kennst du das Land (Mignons Gesang) D321, W Denis Browne Arabia, Bliss Siege, Rebecca Clarke A Dream, Amy Woodforde-Finden Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song), Duparc L’invitation au voyage, Sally Beamish Four Songs from Hafez, Harry T Burleigh Five Songs of Laurence Hope Tickets: £23 unreserved (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for further details.
Sun 4 May 7.00pm	Carducci String Quartet & Emma Johnson clarinet Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA Puccini Crisantemi, Bliss Clarinet Quintet, Emma Johnson Isolation Lament and Dance for solo clarinet and tapping foot, Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Tickets: £28 centre, £18 sides (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for further details.
Mon 5 May 11.00am	Bank Holiday organ recital: Ellie-Mae McGlone (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) All Saints Church, Priory Terrace, L/Spa CV31 1AA Works by JS Bach, Leighton, Duruflé, and Widor Free entry (retiring collection).
Mon 5 May 12.30pm	Deniz Sensoy violin & Alessio Enea piano Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA Debussy Beau Soir, Stravinsky Divertimento, Amy Beach Romance Op 23, Franck Violin Sonata in A Tickets: £18 centre, £13 sides (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for details.
Mon 5 May 7.00pm	Sacconi String Quartet & Simon Callaghan piano Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, L/Spa CV32 4AA Ravel String Quartet in F, Bliss Piano Quartet, Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Op 14 Tickets: £28 centre, £18 sides (concessions for children, students, & under-35s). See above for details.
Fri 2 May – Mon 5 May	Stratford Shakespeare in Music Festival An exciting inaugural event: Daytime talks and recitals in the Guild Chapel, evening concerts: 2 May in the Mason Croft Hall, 3 May in Holy Trinity Church and 4 May in the Town Hall. Talks (4) by Prof. Michael Dobson, Dame Jane Glover, Clive Francis and Kay Hamilton. Recitals (7) by Wells Madrigal Singers, William Drakett with Quilter’s songs, VOCES8 with Charles Dibdin’s Garrick Jubilee; Stratford Chamber Choir with motets by Byrd and Tallis; Chris Kent with Gamal Khamis (piano) reciting Venus and Adonis, with Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words. Also Royal College of Music students on original instruments: “Music that Shakespeare might well have heard” and an organ improvisation “From Greensleeves to West Side Story”. Concerts (3) by opera students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music; and Mark Padmore (tenor) and Liz Kenny (lute) with Shakespeare Songs and Sonnets. Tickets £10 for talks, £20 for recitals, £30 for concerts. See website: www.shakespearemusicfestival.org for further details.
Sun 4 May 7.00pm	Chamber Music at Butlers Marston Concert Society: Katie Lockhart clarinet, Joanna Baillie Stark bassoon, Lynn Arnold piano Church of St Peter & St Paul, Butlers Marston CV35 0NA Programme to include works for trio and duo by Beethoven, Glinka, Hurlstone, & more. Tickets: £15, £5 children, from ButlersMusic@hotmail.co.uk, 01926 642076, and on the door.
Thu 8 May 1.00pm	Warwick Arts Centre Lunchtime Concert Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, CV4 7AL Lauren South (folk trio) Tickets: £5 to include a hot drink.
Sat 10 May 7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)	Blockley Blokes Choir with GBRT Community and Flute choirs Church of St Peter and St Paul, The Square, Blockley GL56 9ES Music to make your heart sing! Charity concert featuring popular music from films, and light classical works. Tickets: £12.50 includes drinks and nibbles from Blockley Village shop or on the door.
Sat 10 May 7.00pm	Coventry Cathedral Chorus and Coventry and Warwickshire Youth Orchestra, Luke Fitzgerald and Joe Davies conductors All Saints Parish Church, Priory Terrace, L/Spa CV31 1AA Last Night of the Proms Choruses from Verdi’s Aida to Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Gospel Spirituals, English folk songs orchestrated by Vaughan Williams, and favourites from the traditional Last Night of the Proms concert. Tickets: £15; £40 Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children), from ticketweb.co.uk, 0844 477 1000 (cards) or Jill Pacey tickets@coventrycathedralchorus.com and 01676 532436.
Sat 10 May 7.00pm	Ex Urbe Chamber Choir, Benjamin Hamilton conductor, Sara Wilander piano St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD ‘O Radiant Dawn’: an evening of luminous reflection and transcendence. Victoria Requiem, Ēriks Ešenvalds Stars (with glasses!), and choral works by Morten Lauridsen, James MacMillan, and Boulanger, interwoven with piano pieces by Beethoven, Debussy, Grieg, and Marianelli. Tickets: £15, from exurbe.org.
Sat 10 May 7.30pm	Stour Singers, Richard Emms conductor, Roderick Williams baritone, Robyn Pullen soprano, Lynn Arnold and Charles Matthews piano St Edmund’s Church, Shipston-on-Stour CV36 4AP Stour Singers 50th Anniversary Concert Brahms Requiem Tickets: £24, from ticketsource.co.uk/stour-singers.
Sat 10 May 7.30pm	Warwick Orchestral Winds, Dan Jones conductor Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG A Festival of British Music Nigel Hess New London Pictures, Grainger Lincolnshire Posy, Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite. Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions), available on the door.
Sun 11 May 3.00pm (doors open 2.30pm)	GBRT Community and Flute choirs with Fosseway Chamber Orchestra Stratford Town Hall, Sheep St. Stratford CV37 6EF Music to make your heart sing! Charity concert featuring popular music from films, and light classical works. Tickets: £10, including refreshments from ticketsource.co.uk/gbrt or on the door.
Wed 14 May 7.30pm	The Hallé, Alexandre Bloch conductor, Cédric Tiberghien piano Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7AL Farrenc Overture No 2 in Eᵇ Op 24, Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Berlioz Symphony Fantastique Op 14 Tickets: £22-£44 from Warwick Arts Centre Box Office on 024 7649 6000, ticketing@warwick.ac.uk, or warwickartscentre.co.uk Pre-concert talk in the Helen Martin Studio £5.
Fri 16 May 7.30pm	Diatonic Choir, players from the Leamington Chamber Orchestra and soloists, Bernard Sutton conductor St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD Howard Goodall Eternal Light, Bach Christ Lag in Todesbanden BWV 4 and other works. Tickets: £15, children free, from diatonic.co.uk, choir@diatonic.co.uk or 07747 513521 and cash on the door.
Sat 17 May 2.30pm	Orchestra for an Occasion, Brian Chappell conductor, Presenter Mary Rhodes (BBC TV Midlands Today) Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Rd., Warwick CV34 6PP Charity concert in recognition of the work of Myton Hospice. Music from films, shows, and popular classics. Tickets: £21 balcony (no lift), £16 ground floor, £11 children (up to 16 yrs). Unreserved seats, from www.mytonhospice.org/Orchestra or 01926 776438. All ticket money donated to Myton Hospice. PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE IS NUT FREE: NO FOOD TO BE BROUGHT ON SITE CONTAINING NUTS
Sat 17 May 3.00pm	Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Nic Fallowfield conductor Grange Hall, Coventry Rd, Southam CV47 1QA Rossini La Cenerentola Overture Wolf Italian Serenade, Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, Haydn Symphony No 104 in D ‘London’. Tickets: £15, £5 children, on the door.
Sat 17 May 7.30pm	Sing it Loud Summer Concert CANCELLED
Sun 18 May 3.00pm	Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Nic Fallowfield conductor Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG Programme as for 17 May (above). Tickets: £15, £5 children, on the door.
Fri 23 May 7.00pm	Orchestra of The Swan United Reformed Church, Rother St, Stratford CV37 6LU Safety Last! A specially composed score by Artistic Director David Le Page to accompany the iconic 1923 silent comedy ‘Safety Last!’ There will be a performance of a short set inspired by the film; after a brief interval the screening with live score will begin.  Tickets: £30, £5 under-35s, from orchestraoftheswan.org/concerts/safety-last-stratford or 01789 333990.
Sat 31 May 10.00am – 5.00pm Informal Public Performance at 4.30pm	Royal Leamington Spa Bach choir, Jim Bate conductor, Colin Druce piano Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG Come and Sing 2025: Orff Carmina Burana. Tickets: £22.50 (£5 performance only), from rlsbc.org/concerts.