Music To Your Ears Diary

 

 

Autumn 2026

Issue 88

Your Music Guide for Warwick, Leamington Spa and beyond

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September/October/November/December
+ Lunchtime Recitals

 

	October 1-31
Thurs 1 Oct 7.00pm	Orchestra of the Swan, Viv McLean piano St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD Swan Sessions Warwick: The Shape of Memory Schubert Piano Trio in Bᵇ and David Le Page The Shape of Memory. Tickets: tba from orchestraoftheswan.org , 0333 666 3366
Sat 3 Oct 10.00am – 5.00pm	Divertimento, Laura Bailie musical director Dale Street Methodist Church, L/Spa CV32 5HL Come and Sing: Vivaldi Gloria Come and join us! All voice parts welcome. Tenors and Basses always in demand. Places are limited so book early. Tickets £20, £5 under-18s and students, from divertimento.org.uk
Sat 3 Oct 7.30pm	The Choir of St Mary’s, Roderick Williams baritone The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA Last Night of the Proms Choral works by Parry, Handel, Vaughan Williams, Stanford and more. Opportunities for audience participation. Tickets, including a Union flag: £18, £5 under-16s, from tinyurl.com/LastNight26. (Music at St Mary’s 01926 403940).
Sat 3 Oct 7.30pm	Orchestra da Camera, Tony Ayres director, Cecilia Xi piano Cidermill Theatre, Chipping Campden School GL55 6HU A Haydn and Mozart evening. Tickets: £22, £12 children, from boxoffice@cidermilltheatre.com or Chipping Campden Tourist Information Centre 9.30am to 5.00pm, 01386 841206.
Fri 9 Oct 7.30pm	Opus 13 Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG Beethoven String Quartet in D Op 18 No 3, Thomas Adès Arcadiana Op 12, Brahms String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 No 1. Tickets: £29 Front Nave, £24 Middle Nave, £19 Rear Nave and Sides (concessions for children, students, & under-35s), from ticketsource.co.uk/leamington-music, 0333 666 3366, and leamingtonmusic.org. (Leamington Music).
Sat 10 Oct 3.00pm	Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Nic Fallowfield conductor Southam College, Welsh Rd, Southam CV47 0JW Dvořák Legends Op 59 Nos 7-10, Martinů Rhapsody Concerto for viola and orchestra, Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56 ‘Scottish.’ Tickets: £16, £5 under-16s, available on the door..
Sat 10 Oct 3.00pm	Sinfonia of Birmingham, Michael Seal conductor, Oliver Janes clarinet The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA Strauss Die Fledermaus Op 362: Overture, Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K622, Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74 ‘Pathétique’. Tickets: £18.50, £16, £6 child/student, from sinfonia-of-birmingham.sumupstore.com/products .
Sun 11 Oct 3.00pm	Beauchamp Sinfonietta, Nic Fallowfield conductor Leamington Baptist Church, Chandos St, L/Spa CV32 4RN Dvořák Legends Op 59 Nos 7-10, Martinů Rhapsody Concerto for viola and orchestra, Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56 ‘Scottish.’ Tickets: £16, £5 under-16s, available on the door.
Tues 13 Oct 7.30pm	Chelys Consort of Viols and Fair Oriana The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA The Musical Menagerie An Early Music programme of works inspired by animals, from the shepherdess Phyllis with her flock of sheep to a frog and mouse who get married. Music by Gibbons, Farmer, Byrd, Ravenscroft, Bennett, Playford, and more. Tickets: £29 Front Nave, £19 Rear Nave, £14 Sides. (concessions for children, students, & under-35s), from ticketsource.co.uk/leamington-music , 0333 666 3366, and leamingtonmusic.org . (Leamington Music). ‘Behind the Music’: free pre-concert talk (Leamington Music).
Wed 14 Oct 7.00pm	University of Warwick Music Centre Ensembles Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7FD Showtime! Our annual concert will showcase the talents of the ensembles performing some of their favourite show tunes. Tickets: Free but bookable from Box Office 024 7649 6000, warwickartscentre.co.uk .
Thurs 15 Oct 1.00pm	Eleanor Minney mezzo-soprano Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7FD University of Warwick Lunchtime Concerts Tickets: £5 including a hot drink, under-26s free, from Box Office 024 7649 6000, warwickartscentre.co.uk .
Thurs 15 Oct 7.30pm	Orchestra of the Swan, conductor TBA, Viv McLean piano Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Rd, CV34 6PP Foundation Series: Romantic Horizons Strauss Die Fledermaus Op 362: Overture (side-by-side with Warwick Schools Foundation), Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21, Sibelius Symphony No 5 in Eᵇ Op 82. Tickets: £28 (£25 Friends) £12.50 (18-30 yrs), free under-18s when accompanied by an adult, from bridgehousetheatre.co.uk , 01926 776438
Sat 17 Oct 7.30pm	Stratford Chamber Choir, Stephen Dodsworth conductor, Charles Matthews organ The Guild Chapel, Chapel Lane, Stratford CV37 6EP A Stratford-upon-Avon Music Festival event Duruflé Requiem, Messiaen O sacrum convivium, Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, and more. Tickets: £15, £5 students, from stratfordchamberchoir.com , or on the door
Sat 17 Oct 7.30pm	Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra, Roger Coull conductor, James Willshire piano Warwick Hall, Warwick School, Myton Rd, CV34 6PP Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Op 45, Piano Concerto No 1 in Bᵇ minor Op 23, and Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74 ‘Pathétique’. Tickets: £18 (£9 child/student), £15 (£7.50 child/student), from 07922 119350, boxoffice@wso.org.uk, boxoffice@bridgehousetheatre.co.uk or Presto Music
Tues 20 Oct 11.30am	Toby Carr lute and Hugo Hymas tenor Unitarian Chapel, High St, Warwick CV34 4AX Richard Phillips Coffee Concerts series An hour of lute songs by John Dowland. Tickets: £19 unreserved, includes coffee served from 11am. (concessions for children, students, & under-35s), from ticketsource.co.uk/leamington-music , 0333 666 3366, and leamingtonmusic.org . (Leamington Music).
Thurs 22 Oct 7.30pm	Orchestra of the Swan @Stratford Music Festival Town Hall, Sheep St, Stratford CV37 6EF Mozart Divertimento in D, Purcell/Le Page Remember Me (Dido’s Lament), Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Elgar Salut d’Amour, Barber Adagio, Bach Air, Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Tickets: tba from stratfordmusicfestival.com .
Sat 24 Oct 7.30pm	Orchestra of the Swan @ Stratford Music Festival Venue tba Last Night of the Proms Strings, piano and percussion bring vivid new colours to music inspired by film and television. Tickets: tba from stratfordmusicfestival.com .
Sun 25 Oct 7.30pm	Melvyn Tan piano Town Hall, Sheep St, Stratford CV37 6EF Bach French Suite No 3 in B minor BWV 814, Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin, Schumann Carnaval Op 9. Tickets: £25, £5 students; Season Tickets for 6 concerts £120, £20 students, from stratfordchambermusic.co.uk or on the door. (Stratford Chamber Music)
Sat 31 Oct 7.30pm	Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Coventry Cathedral Chorus, Divertimento, Leamington Sinfonia, and soloists, Jim Bate and Michael Karcher-Young conductors Coventry Cathedral, 1 Hill Top, CV1 5AB R.Nathaniel Dett The Ordering of Moses The finale of Coventry Cathedral’s Black History Month presented with additional orchestral works and songs by Coleridge-Taylor, Smith- Moore, Dawson, Price, and Still. Tickets: £22.50, £10 under-21s from rlsbc.org and ticketsource.com/royal-leamington-spa-bach-choir

	December 1-31
Tues 1 Dec 11.30am	Harriet Adie harp Unitarian Chapel, High St, Warwick CV34 4AX Richard Phillips Coffee Concerts series An hour of beautiful Christmas music in tranquil surroundings. Tickets: £19 unreserved, includes coffee served from 11am. (concessions for children, students, & under-35s), from ticketsource.co.uk/leamington-music, 0333 666 3366, and leamingtonmusic.org. (Leamington Music).
Fri 4 Dec 7.00pm	University of Warwick Chamber Choir Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7FD A Time of Snow Music from Bob Chilcott, Amy Bebbington and more. Tickets: £8 (£7.50), £4.50 under-26s/students, from the Box Office 024 7649 6000, warwickartscentre.co.uk.
Sun 6 Dec 4.00pm	University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7FD Christmas Concert Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 56, Sasha Johnson Manning Manchester Carols. Tickets: £12 (£11), £9 under-26s, £5 students, from the Box Office 024 7649 6000, warwickartscentre.co.uk.
Wed 9 Dec 7.30pm 6.15pm	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada conductor, Oliver Janes clarinet Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7FD Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suites 1 & 2, Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn The Nutcracker Suite. Tickets: £47.50 – £28, £15.50 under-26s/students, from Box Office 024 7649 6000, ticketing@warwick.ac.uk, warwickartscentre.co.uk. Pre-concert talk Helen Martin Studio £6, Orchestral Series bookers £4.
Thurs 10 Dec 1.00pm	Rebecca Omordia piano Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry CV4 7FD University of Warwick Lunchtime Concerts Tickets: £5 including a hot drink. Under-26s free from Box Office 024 7649 6000, warwickartscentre.co.uk
Thurs 10 Dec 7.30pm	Orchestra of the Swan St Nicholas Church, Church St, Warwick CV34 4JD Swan Sessions Warwick: Upon a Winter’s Night A mix of festive music from many traditions and centuries. Medieval carols and familiar Christmas melodies sit alongside baroque masterpieces and contemporary meditations, creating a programme rich in atmosphere and contrast. Tickets: tba from orchestraoftheswan.org .
Fri 11 Dec 7.30pm	Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Jim Bate musical director Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG A Christmas Celebration A varied, family-friendly programme of traditional and new Christmas Carols and songs, with music and arrangements by Pearsall, Willcocks, Bass, Sweelinck, Rutter, Higgins and more! Tickets: £15, £5 students, children free from rlsbc.org and ticketsource.com/royal-leamington-spa-bach-choir.
Sat 12 Dec 7.00pm	Coventry Cathedral Chorus, Orchestra Pro Anima, Liam Condon conductor Coventry Cathedral, Priory St, Coventry CV1 5AB Come and Sing event: Handel Messiah by candlelight Guest singers attend four Tuesday evening rehearsals with Chorus prior to the event. Participants: £20 covers music hire and administration. More information from tinyurl.com/messiahform. Audience Tickets: £20 in advance, £25 on the door, £10 for 18-25s, under-18s free, from coventrycathedralchorus.com
Sat 12 Dec 7.30pm	Coventry Philharmonic Choir, Leamington Chamber Orchestra, David Wynne conductor, Colin Druce organ Soloists tba All Saints Church, Priory Terrace, L/Spa CV31 1AA Handel Messiah Tickets: £18, from covphilsoc.org.uk/concert, choir members, or on the door.
Sat 12 Dec 7.30pm Doors open 6.00pm	Stratford Concert Band Ettington Community Centre, Rogers Lane, Ettington CV37 7SX Christmas Concert Tickets: £10, under-16s free, from stratfordconcertband.org.uk, band members, or on the door.
Mon 14 Dec 7.30pm	Warwickshire Singers, Jim Bate conductor, Erica Sinclair harp, David King piano St Francis of Assisi Church, Warwick Rd, Kenilworth CV8 1HL Christmas Concert Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Kristina Arakelyan A Christmas Offering. Tickets: £15, £5 students and under-18s, from warwickshiresingers.org.uk or ticketsource.co.uk/warwickshire-singers.
Tues 15 Dec 7.30pm	Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks director The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA Carols by Candlelight Traditional favourites and newly discovered works. Tickets: £17.50, £22.50, £28.50, £44.50, (under-16s concessions), from Box Office 01926 334418 or armonico.org.uk.
Wed 16 Dec 5.30pm Doors open at 5.00pm	Girls’ Choir of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA Britten Ceremony of Carols Tickets: £10, under-16s free, on the door. (Music at St Mary’s 01926 403940)
Wed 16 Dec 7.30pm	Warwick & Kenilworth Choral Society, Alex Silverman conductor St Nicholas Church, Abbey Fields, Kenilworth CV8 1LY Handel Messiah Tickets: £15, £5 students and under-18s, from Presto Music, Warwick Books, Kenilworth Books and ticketsource.com/wkcs.
Thurs 17 Dec 7.30pm	Divertimento, Laura Bailie musical director All Saints Church, Emscote, Warwick CV34 5NJ Christmas Spirituals A vibrant mix of spirituals from Ken Burton and Roderick Williams plus music from around the world and many Christmas favourites. Tickets: Early Bird Tickets £12 (£15 after 20 Nov), under-18s and students free, from divertimento.org.uk.
Fri 18 Dec 1.00pm 3.00pm	Coventry Cathedral Chorus, Liam Condon conductor Compton Verney Chapel, Compton Verney CV35 9HZ A cappella Christmas music: folk songs, carols and meditations. Tickets: from Compton Verney Art Gallery. 01926 645500
Sat 19 Dec 7.30pm	Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks director The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA Carols by Candlelight A feast of carols, combining traditional favourites and newly discovered works. Tickets: £17.50, £22.50, £28.50, £44.50, (under-16s concessions), from Box Office, 01926 334418 or armonico.org.uk.
Sun 20 Dec 4.00pm	Cantores Consort Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG A cappella vocal music for Christmas festive vocal music. Old and new, sacred and profane. Tickets: £15, £5 children, from cantoresconsort.uk or concerts@cantoresconsort.uk.
Mon 21 Dec 7.30pm	Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks director Holy Trinity Church, Old Town, Stratford CV37 6BG Carols by Candlelight Traditional favourites and newly discovered works. Tickets: £17.50, £22.50, £28.50, (under-16s concessions), from Box Office, 0333 666 3366+booking fee or armonico.org.uk.
Tues 22 Dec 1.30pm 3.00pm 4.30pm	Orchestra and Solo Chorister The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA The Snowman Tickets: £15, £3 under-16s, under-3s (on adult’s lap) free, available from 14 Oct from stmaryswarwick.org.uk/events/ (Music at St Mary’s 01926 403940).

Spring Lunchtime Recitals Series In Leamington, Warwick and Stratford All free admission with retiring collection
	Soundbites Lunchtime Concerts Holy Trinity Church, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BG Wednesdays at 1.00 pm throughout May, June, July, August and September 2026 Refreshments on sale from 12.15 pm Check programme details via www.htcfom.co.uk (Retiring Collection in aid of Friends of The Music at Holy Trinity Church).
Music at St Mary’s The Collegiate Church of St Mary’s, Old Square, Warwick CV34 4RA Fridays 1.15 -2.00pm
September	4th	Mark Swinton organ (St Mary’s Warwick)
	18th	William Jack cello
October	9th	9th Colin Lapus organ (St Mary’s Warwick)
November	6th	Oliver Hancock, organ (St Mary’s Warwick)
	20th	Young Musicians from Warwick School
December	4th	Young Musicians from King’s High School
		Music at St Mary’s 01926 403940
MUSIC AT HOLY TRINITY LEAMINGTON Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Ave, L/Spa CV32 5RG Fridays 1.15pm – 2.00pm Refreshments from 12.30pm Performances by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire students Please check online diary for details.
ST JOHN’S MUSIC RECITALS                         St. John the Baptist Church, Tachbrook St, L/Spa CV31 3BN Fridays 1.15-2.00pm              Fortnightly in May, please check online diary for details
September	4th	Fumi Otsuki violin, Gisela Meyer piano
	18th	Espressivo, a vocal quartet
October	2nd	Robert Forbes tenor, Adrian Moore piano
	16th	Castalia Baroque trio sonatas