Leicestershire Musical Events 2003

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 2003. Although now passed (but hopefully not forgotten), they are retained here for interest.

 

Date

Society

Programme

Venue

17 January 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no.3

De Montfort Hall

22 January 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Archduke Trio play Haydn & Beethoven

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45pm

24 January 2003

University of Leicester

Sophia Grech (mezzo) & Richard Chapman (guitar) play Brahms, Rodrigo, etc.

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building

29 January 2003

Lindsay Series

Haydn: Quartet op.50/4; Shostakovich: Quartet no.5; Brahms: Quartet in C minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

1 February 2003

Bardi Orchestra

Khachaturian: Maskarade; Aroutounian: Trumpet Concerto; Shostakovich: Symphony no.5

De Montfort Hall

2 February 2003

Shepshed Singers

Sunday Serenade, conductor Andrew Goff

Christchurch Methodist Church, Field Street, Shepshed
Time: 8pm

3 February 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

Weber: Overture; Brahms: Piano Concerto no.1; Schumann: Symphony no.3

De Montfort Hall

5 February 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Young artist David Chadwick (violin) with Robert Markham (piano) performs Mendelssohn, Fauré & Sarasate

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45pm

7 February 2003

University of Leicester

Crispian Steele-Perkins gives lecture recital

Fraser Noble, London Road

8 February 2003

Helix Ensemble

Lennox Berkeley: Serenade; Milhaud: La creation du monde; Mozart: Symphony no.39

Fraser Noble, London Road

8 February 2003

University of Leicester

Hakan Vramsmo (baritone) sings Lieder & English song

Richard Attenborough Centre

8 February 2003

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5

De Montfort Hall

14 February 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

Rossini: Overture; Stravinsky: Pulcinello; Davis: Film “The General”

De Montfort Hall

15 February 2003

Griffin Singers

To be announced

Methodist Church, Enderby

19 February 2003

Lindsay Series

Haydn: Quartet op.50/5; Prokofiev: Quartet no.2; Brahms: Quartet in A minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

22 February 2003

Cecilian Singers

Prom Praise, with Noel Tredinnick & The All Souls Orchestra

De Montfort Hall

22 February 2003

University of Leicester

Vocal Masterclasses with Evelyn Dowling & Philip Gilbert

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 10am - 6pm

22 February 2003

University Sinfonia

Weber: Overture Preciosa; Bassoon Concerto; Brahms: Serenade No.1

Fraser Noble, London Road

23 February 2003

University of Leicester

Vocal Masterclasses with Evelyn Dowling & Philip Gilbert

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 10am - 6pm

23 February 2003

Wyvern Singers

Sung Eucharist & Evensong

Leicester Cathedral

26 February 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Yifei Bao (piano) plays sonatas by Mozart & Beethoven

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45pm

1 March 2003

Cantamici

To be confirmed

St Paul's R.C., Highfields, Leicester

1 March 2003

University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra

Haydn: Nelson Mass; Schubert: Symphony No.9 "Great"

St James the Greater Church, London Road

5 March 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Damien Thantrey (bariton) & Peter Hewitt (piano) perform Schumann & Finzi

Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45pm

5 March 2003

University of Leicester

Uni-Part perform VivaldiL: Four Seasons; Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge

Fraser Noble, London Road

8 March 2003

Cantamici

To be announced

St Dionysius, Market Harborough

8 March 2003

Charnwood Choral Society & Shepshed Singers

"Chorus" - a Celebration in Song, conductor Andrew Goff

Emmanuel Church, Forest Road, Loughborough

12 March 2003

Lindsay Series

Haydn: Quartet op.50/6; Debussy: Quartet in G minor; Brahms: Quartet in B flat

Fraser Noble, London Road

13 March 2003

Music in Lyddington

Songs & Instrumental Music by Bridge, Debussy, de Falla, Weill, etc. with Sarah Field (classical guitar), Alenka Ponjavic (mezzo) Simon Lepper (piano)

St Andrew's, Lyddington

15 March 2003

Market Harborough Singers

Stainer: Crucifixion; Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Hymn of St Columba. Soloists: Martyn Hill, Michael Bundy

St James the Greater, Leicester

15 March 2003

University of Leicester

Elizabeth Couling (oboe): Telemann to York Bowen

Richard Attenborough Centre

17 March 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

Prokofiev; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no.1; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5

De Montfort Hall

19 March 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Yolande Wrigley (piano), Ronald Birks (violin) play Beethoven & Schumann

Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 12.45pm

21 March 2003

M.A.N.A. (Peace Concert)

Bach: Cantatas No.s 152, 161 & 199

Fraser Noble, London Road

22 March 2003

Charnwood Orchestra

Rossini: Overture; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.2

Cope Auditorium, Loughborough
Time: 7.45 pm

22 March 2003

Leicestershire Chorale

Purcell: Verse Anthems

All Saints, Oakham

22 March 2003

Wyvern Singers & Griffin Singers

Concert

St Mary's Church, Humberstone

23 March 2003

Bardi Orchestra

Grieg: Overture “In Autumn”, Piano Concerto in A minor; Sibelius: Symphony no.5

De Montfort Hall

29 March 2003

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Bach: St John Passion

De Montfort Hall

4 April 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

Haydn: Piano Concerto in D; Schubert: Symphony no.8; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.24

De Montfort Hall

5 April 2003

City of Leicester Singers

Mozart: Coronation Mass; Vespers

St James the Greater, Leicester

5 April 2003

Leicestershire Chorale

Choral Workshop: Beethoven's Mass in C

Leicester Grammar School

5 April 2003

Lutterworth & District Choral Society

Vivaldi: Gloria & Beatus Vir; Handel: 2 Coronation Anthems; Pergolesi: Magnificat

St Edith's, Monks Kirby

5 April 2003

Shepshed Singers; conducted by Andrew Goff

Spring Serenade - a miscellany of sacred & secular pieces

St Michael & All Angels, Appleby Magna

5 April 2003

The Tudor Choir

Brahms: Songs of Love

Fraser Noble, London Road

12 April 2003

Hinckley Choral Union

Beethoven: Mass in C

United Reformed Church, Hinckley

12 April 2003

Leicester Bach Choir

Bach: St Matthew Passion (75th Anniversary Concert)

Leicester Cathedral

12 April 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Festival Launch (provisional)

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 12.00 - 2.00 pm

12 April 2003

Oakham Choral Society

Fauré: Requiem; Rheinberger: Stabat Mater

All Saints, Oakham

26 April 2003

Music in Lyddington

Schubert: Sonata in F# minor; Bartok: Sonata (1926); Beethoven: Diabelli Variations op.120, with Geoffrey Saba (piano)

St Andrew's, Lyddington

7 May 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Piano duets by James Walker & Schubert: Ann Stott & Jessica Marshall

10th Floor, Charles Wilson
Time: 12.45pm

7 May 2003

University of Leicester

Music for a May Night (LOROS)

Fraser Noble, London Road

10 May 2003

Bardi Orchestra

Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Mahler: Symphony no.5

De Montfort Hall

10 May 2003

Beauchamp Choral Society

Fauré: Requiem

Trinity Methodist, Oadby

10 May 2003

Burbage Community Arts Festival

A century of song

St Catherine's, Burbage

10 May 2003

Loughborough Male Voice Choir

Annual Patrons Concert; plus guest artists Alyce Ford (soprano) and duettists Marylin Ashwell (soprano) & Peter Bateman (tenor)

Baptist Church, Baxtergate, Loughborough

10 May 2003

Music in Lyddington

Handel; Purcell; Hummel; Mozart; Leroy Anderson, with Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Ann Ward (piano)

St Andrew's, Lyddington

11 May 2003

Burbage Community Arts Festival

Barbershop & Brass

St Peter's, Aston Flamville
Time: 3.00 pm

12 May 2003

Burbage Community Arts Festival

Jazz

Burbage Liberal Club
Time: 8.00 pm

13 May 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

&lquo;Philharmonia goes to the movies&rquo;

De Montfort Hall

14 May 2003

University Lunchtime Series

Flute music by Hindemith, Chaminade, Debussy (Lynsey Knott); Oboe music by Rubbra & Saint-Saëns (Hannah Minty), accompanied by Abigail Johnson

10th Floor, Charles Wilson
Time: 12.45pm

15 May 2003

Burbage Community Arts Festival

Classics for all

St Catherine's, Burbage

16 May 2003

Burbage Community Arts Festival

The Craic

John Cleveland College, Hinckley

17 May 2003

Burbage Community Arts Festival

London Adventist Chorale

St Catherine's, Burbage

17 May 2003

Cecilian Singers

21st Anniversary Celebrity Concert with Black Dyke Band presented by Brian Kay

De Montfort Hall

17 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

"Come & Sing" Messiah

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 2.00 - 5.00 pm

17 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Handel: Messiah (reconstruction of first London performance)

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester

17 May 2003

University of Leicester Wind & Big Bands

Includes Liberty Bell, Cool Blues for Trombone, Mars (Holst)

Fraser Noble, London Road

18 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Junior Performance Competition

New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 2.30 - 4.45 pm

19 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1.05 - 1.35 pm

20 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1.05 - 1.35 pm

21 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1.05 - 1.35 pm

21 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Red Priest

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

22 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1.05 - 1.35 pm

22 May 2003

Leicester Symphony Orchestra and Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Elgar: Dream of Gerontius

De Montfort Hall

22 May 2003

University of Leicester

Alison Balson (Trumpet) plays Bach, Purcell, Haydn, Rimsky-Korsakov

Richard Attenborough Centre

23 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1.05 - 1.35 pm

23 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Dance Workshop

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

23 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Castle Park Ghost Walk

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

24 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Junior Workshop

Great Hall, Leicester Castle
Time: 9.30 am - 3.30 pm

24 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Longslade Consort in Informal Concert

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 12.30 pm

24 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Masque, by Junior Workshop Members

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 3.00 pm

24 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Union of Crowns - Dance/Music Spectacular

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

25 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Music from Georgian Tyne-side

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

26 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Instrumental Workshop

Great Hall, Leicester Castle
Time: 9.30 am

26 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Choral Workshop

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 9.30 am

26 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Sung Eucharist by Workshop Members

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 1.00 pm

26 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Ultima Duo

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 2.00 pm

26 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Playford Dance Workshop

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 2.45 pm

26 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Courtlye Music

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 5.00 pm

27 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Music from European Courts: Duo Takemitsu (flute & guitar)

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

28 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Richardo Barros (Harpsichord)

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

29 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Ascension Day Eucharist

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

30 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Diabolus in Music

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 5.15pm & 9pm

31 May 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

The Renaissance Singers

St Mary de Castro Church, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

6 June 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Lachrimae Consort: music from Morley's "1st Book of Consort Lessons"

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 9.00 pm

7 June 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Champagne & Concert

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 7.00 for 7.30 pm

7 June 2003

University Sinfonia & Anthony Alcock (Double Bass)

Vanhal: Double Bass concert; Haydn: Symphonies 28 & 29

Stoneygate Baptist

13 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Schubert, Schoenberg, Janacek, Haydn; with Paul Lewis (piano)

New Walk Museum

14 June 2003

City of Leicester Singers

An Italian Evening

St James the Greater, Leicester

14 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Jonathan Richards (guitar) & Andrea Edmondson (flute) play Dowland, Robin Pearson, Terence Croucher, Scarlatti, Satie

Guildhall

14 June 2003

Leicestershire Chorale

Poulenc: Gloria; Messiaen: O sacrum convivium; Ravel: 3 songs; Berlioz

Holy Cross, Leicester

14 June 2003

Philharmonia Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Tallis; Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Elgar: Symphony no.1

De Montfort Hall

15 June 2003

Cecilian Singers

LOROS concert in memory of Brian Armitage

Noseley Hall, Billesdon

15 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Classical Indian Music; with Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri) & Tarun Battacharya (santoor)

Phoenix Arts
Time: 6.00pm

16 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Talk by Kathron Sturrock

Holy Trinity Church

17 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Susan Legg (mezzo) & Ann Martin-Davis (piano) perform song cycles by Schumann & Gabriel Jackson

The Y Theatre

17 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Hindemith, Beethoven, Satie, Rimsky-Korsakov; with The Fibonacci Sequence

New Walk Museum
Time: 8.00pm

18 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Trumpet & Piano music by Busser, Bitsch, McDowell, Prokofiev; with Paul Archibold & Kathron Sturrock

New Walk Museum
Time: 1.05pm

18 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Bax, Glazanov, Debussy, Ibert, Granados & Matthias; with The Fibonacci Sequence (flute/viola/harp)

St Mary de Castro
Time 6.00pm

19 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Recital including Schumann: Dichterliebe; with James Gilchrist (tenor)

New Walk Museum

20 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; with The Fibonacci Sequence

New Walk Museum
Time: 1.05pm

20 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Composing filmscores - an illustrated talk by Richard Rodney Bennett

Phoenix Arts
Time: 6.00pm

20 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Celebrity evening, with Richard Rodney Bennett

Phoenix Arts
Time: 8.00pm

21 June 2003

Leicester Bach Choir

Coronation Concert

St Thomas Church, South Wigston

21 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Prokofiev, Frank Martin, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Ravel; with The Fibonacci Sequence

New Walk Museum

21 June 2003

Music in Lyddington

Count Basie; Woody Herman; Tommy Dorsey; Benny Goodman, with Leeds College of Music Big Band, directed by Al Wood

St Andrew's, Lyddington

22 June 2003

Leicester International Festival

Jazz/World Music; with Gilad Atzmon & Orient House Ensemble

The Y Theatre
Time: 8.00pm

27 June 2003

Cantamici

“Summer Romance” - various motets: Rubbra “Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici”; Arnold: “John Clare Cantata”; Britten: “Choral Dances”; songs by Elgar and Parry

Fraser Noble, London Road

27 June 2003

Wyvern Singers

Concert

Blaby District Council Chamber
Time: 8pm

28 June 2003

Charnwood Orchestra

Brahms: Tragic Overture; Violin Concerto; Symphony no.4

St James the Greater, Leicester
Time: 7.45 pm

28 June 2003

Hinckley Choral Union

West Side Story and Beatles Medley

St Peter's, Witherley

28 June 2003

Leicestershire Chorale

Music for a summer evening

St Andrew's, Lyddington

28 June 2003

Wyvern Singers

Concert

St John Baptist, Hugglescote

19 July 2003

Music in Lyddington

Schubert: String Quartet no.12; Mozart: Quartets K421 & K559; Rossini: Crisantemi, with The Philharmonia Strings (quartet)

St Andrew's, Lyddington

22 August 2003

Longslade Consort

"The Italian Connection"

Guildhall

13 September 2003

Music in Lyddington

Elgar: Concert Allegro for piano; Piano quintet op.84; Bridge: 3 sketches (piano); Piano quintet op.H49, with the Martinu Quartet

St Andrew's, Lyddington

13 September 2003

Musicians against Nuclear Arms

Jazz & World Music

Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 7.00 pm

25 September 2003

Lunchtime Recital

Clare Hammond (piano) plays Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E op.109; Debussy: Two Preludes: La puerta del vino (The gate of wine); Feux D'artifice (Fireworks); Liszt: Two concert studies: Waldesrauchen (Voices of the Woods); Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes); Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat major op.47

Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Time: 12.45 pm

26 September 2003

University of Leicester

Miranda Pythian-Adams (cello) & Moira Finch (piano) play Vivaldi: Sonata in B flat; Schubert: Sonata in A minor; Debussy: Sonata in D minor; Anthony Pither: Twilight; Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building

27 September 2003

Rutland Sinfonia

Liadov: Polonaise in C; Strauss: Wind Serenade op.7; Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5

Uppingham Theatre

27 September 2003

University of Leicester

Damien Thantry (baritone) & Peter Hewitt (piano) perform Schubert: Winterreise

Richard Attenborough Centre

2 October 2003

Lunchtime Concert: Priya Mitchell & Polina Leschenko

Violin & Piano Recital of Brahms and Fauré

New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1.05 - 1.55 pm

4 October 2003

Charnwood Orchestra

Haydn: Symphony no.83 “Hen”; Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky; Beethoven: Romances for Violin & Orchestra (solo - Nic Fallowfield); Schubert: Symphony no.5

Holy Trinity, Barrow on Soar
Time: 7.45 pm

4 October 2003

Voices for Hospices

To be announced

Many venues

8 October 2003

University of Leicester Lindsay Series

Haydn: Quartet in G, op.54/1; Bartok: Quartet No.1; Dvořak: Quartet in D minor, op.34

Fraser Noble, London Road

10 October 2003

University of Leicester

4-Mality percussion group

Richard Attenborough Centre

11 October 2003

Kingfisher Chorale

Contemporary choral & piano music by Midlands composers

Fraser Noble, London Road

11 October 2003

Music in Lyddington

Bach: Partita no. 5 in G BWV829; Brahms: 3 Intermezzos Op117; Schubert: 2 Impromptus D935; Barber: Sonata Op26, with Chiao-Ying Chang (piano)

St Andrew's, Lyddington

12 October 2003

International Chamber Music series

Peterson Quartet play Mozart: Quartet in F, K590; Shostakovich: Quartet no.1; Bruckner: String Quintet in F

De Montfort Victoria Suite
Time: 11.00 am

15 October 2003

University of Leicester Lunchtime series

Archduke Trio play Mozart: Trio in B flat K502; Beethoven: Trio in G Op.1/2

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45 pm

16 October 2003

Lunchtime Concert: Hannah Lang & Peter Hewitt

Flute & Piano Recital of Mozart, Poulenc and themes from ‘Carmen’

New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1.05 - 1.55 pm

18 October 2003

Leicester Philharmonic, Bardi Orchestra

Elgar: Music Makers; Beethoven: Symphony no.9

De Montfort Hall

22 October 2003

Philharmonia

Mozart: Violin concerto no.4 in D K218 (soloist Benjamin Schmid); Beethoven: Symphony no.3 “Eroica”; conductor Frans Bruggen

De Montfort Hall

22 October 2003

University of Leicester Lunchtime series

Susanne Collini & Jennifer Partridge perform Gershwin

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45 pm

25 October 2003

University of Leicester

Ibbotson-Thomas-Lebens Trio play Haydn: Trio in D Hob.XV:24; Beethoven: Trio in D Op.70/1 “The Ghost”; Dvorak: Trio in F minor Op.65

Fraser Noble, London Road

29 October 2003

University of Leicester Lunchtime series

Judith Hall (flute) & Hugh Webb (harp) perform “American Brunch”: music by Persichetti, Liebermann, Piazzola & Gershwin

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45 pm

30 October 2003

Lunchtime Concert: Seikou Susso

Kora Recital - African harp, traditional West African songs

New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1.05 - 1.55 pm

1 November 2003

Helix Ensemble

Wolf: Italian Serenade; Kodaly: Summer Evening; Mendelssohn: Nocturne & Scherzo from ‘Midsummer Night's Dream’; Jacques Cohen: Serenata Melinconica; Haydn: Symphony ‘Le Soir’

Fraser Noble, London Road

1 November 2003

Leicester Bach Choir

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

Leicester Cathedral

1 November 2003

Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff

Valls: Missa Scala Aretina; Vivaldi: Gloria

All Saints, Steeple Row, Loughborough

3 November 2003

Philharmonia

Mahler: Symphony no.2 (soloists Diana Damrau & Hakan Hagegard), with London Philharmonic Choir; conductor Gil Kaplan

De Montfort Hall

5 November 2003

University of Leicester Lindsay Series

Haydn: Quartet in C, op.54/2; Bartok: Quartet No.2; Dvorak: Quartet in E flat, op.51

Fraser Noble, London Road

8 November 2003

Cecilian Singers

An Evening of Music

The Convent Chapel, Gray Street, Loughborough
Tickets: £5.00 from Bryan Summerfield (0116 264 0865)

8 November 2003

City of Leicester Singers

Haydn: Nelson Mass; Spring from “The Seasons”

St James the Greater, Leicester

8 November 2003

Rutland Sinfonia

Family concert: Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

Southfields School, Oakham
Time: 7.00 pm

12 November 2003

University of Leicester Lunchtime series

Voces Intimae Quartet play Glazunov: 5 Novelettes; Haydn: Quartet in C, op.74/1

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45 pm

13 November 2003

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Lear; Schumann: Piano Concerto (Piers Lane); Elgar/Payne: Symphony no.3

De Montfort Hall

13 November 2003

Lunchtime Concert: Craig Ogden & Gerard McChrystal

Guitar & Saxophone Recital including Albeniz and Piazzolla

New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1.05 - 1.55 pm

15 November 2003

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Handel: Messiah

De Montfort Hall

15 November 2003

Leicestershire Chorale

Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi munera; Janacek: Otcenas; Bruckner: Mass in E minor

St James the Greater, Leicester

15 November 2003

Longslade Consort

Tribute to Scarlatti

Guildhall
Time: 1.45 - 2.15 pm

15 November 2003

Music in Lyddington

Mozart: Serenade no.11 in E flat; Ibert: 5 pieces for Trio; Janacek: Mladi; Gershwin: Scenes from Porgy & Bess; Beethoven: Rondino; Gounod: Petite Symphonie a vent

St Andrew's, Lyddington

15 November 2003

University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra

Schumann: Overture ‘Manfred’; Monteverdi: Beatus Vir; Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera; Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Anthony Pither: Touching the Spaces; Chopin: Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, with Evgeny Sofertis (piano) & Tessa Greenhalgh (soprano)

Fraser Noble, London Road

19 November 2003

University of Leicester Lunchtime series

‘Concert of Contrasts’ by Tubalaté (euphonium & tubas)

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45 pm

21 November 2003

Hinckley Choral Union

Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore

Concordia Theatre, Hinckley

21 November 2003

University of Leicester

Yifei Bao (piano) plays Schubert: Impromptu in G flat; Haydn: Sonata in E flat Hob.XVI:49; Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor; Beethoven: ‘Pathetique’ sonata

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 7:00 pm

22 November 2003

Bardi Orchestra

‘Classical Magic’: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.2 (soloist Nikolei Demidenko); Chabrier: Espana; Gade: Jalousie (accordian Sarah Aaronson)

De Montfort Hall

22 November 2003

Cantamici

An Autumn Collection, with Jonathan Gregory. Works by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Britten and Joubert; popular spiritual and traditional songs

Church of St Philip & St James, Ratby

22 November 2003

University Wind Band & Big Band

Programme including selection from “Les Miserables” & Benny Goodman “Sing, sing, sing”

Fraser Noble, London Road

26 November 2003

University of Leicester Lunchtime series

Simon Lebens (piano) plays Schumann: Kinderszenen op.15 & Kreisleriana op.16

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12.45 pm

28 November 2003

University of Leicester

Classical piano duets by Moira Finch & Anthony Pither

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building

29 November 2003

Charnwood Orchestra

Glinka: Kamarinskaya; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1 (solo - Katya Apekisheva); Shostakovich: Symphony no.1

Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Time: 7.45 pm

29 November 2003

University Orchestral Society

Programme includes Beethoven: Symphony no.7 in A

Fraser Noble, London Road

30 November 2003

International Chamber Music series

Haffner Wind Ensemble: Mozart: Fantasie in F minor, K.608; Beethoven: Adagio & Allegro for Mechanical Organ; Debussy: Syrinx; Ibert: Five pieces en trio for oboe, clarinet & Bassoon

De Montfort Victoria Suite
Time: 11.00 am

3 December 2003

University of Leicester

Christmas music from Europe

Fraser Noble, London Road

4 December 2003

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Festival of Christmas Music

De Montfort Hall

5 December 2003

Griffin Singers

Christmas Music

Wyggeston Hospital, Hinckley Road
Time: 7.00pm

6 December 2003

Griffin Singers

Christmas Charity Concert for Rainbows

Stoneygate Baptist Church, London Road

6 December 2003

Philharmonia

Mozart: Symphony no.33 K319; Mendelssohn: Piano concerto no.1; Haydn: Symphony no.102; conductor Andras Schiff

De Montfort Hall

6 December 2003

University Choral Society & Proteus Chamber Orchestra

Amnesty International Peace Concert: Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music; Strauss: 4 Last Songs; Brahms: A German Requiem

Church of St James the Greater, Leicester

6 December 2003

Wyvern Singers

Christmas concert

St Peter's, Glenfield

9 December 2003

University of Leicester Lindsay Series

Haydn: Quartet in F, op.54/3; Bartok: Quartet No.3; Dvorak: Quartet in G, op.106

Fraser Noble, London Road

10 December 2003

Cecilian Singers

Christmas Soirée - an evening of music, fun and food with mulled wine, fork & finger buffet, licensed bar; with Rowena Bass (harp) & Neville Ward (piano)

Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 7.15 pm for 7.45 pm
Tickets: £17

11 December 2003

Lunchtime Concert: Joglaresa

Italian Medieval Christmas programme with songs, oud, fidel, bagpipes and medieval percussion

New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1.05 - 1.55 pm

12 December 2003

Wyvern Singers

Christmas concert, with Enderby Band

Braunstone Civic Centre

13 December 2003

Hinckley Choral Union

Vivaldi: Gloria; and carols

St Michael & All Angels, Fenny Drayton

13 December 2003

Leicester Bach Choir

Christmas Music

Leicester Cathedral

13 December 2003

Leicestershire Chorale

Music for Christmas

St Andrew's Church, Kegworth

17 December 2003

Kingfisher Chorale

Music for Christmas

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

18 December 2003

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Carols

St James the Greater Church, Leicester

19 December 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Longslade Consort play Vivaldi, Handel, Bach & friends. Mulled Wine & minced pies

Guildhall
Time: 5.00 - 8.00 pm

20 December 2003

City of Leicester Singers

Eight centuries of Christmas music

St James the Greater, Leicester

20 December 2003

Kingfisher Chorale

Music for Christmas

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

28 December 2003

Leicester Early Music Festival

Candlelit ‘From Darkness to Light’: West Gallery and Traditional carols and readings

St Mary de Castro
Time: 6.30 pm