Leicestershire Musical Events 2005

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 2005. Although now passed (but hopefully not forgotten), they are retained here for interest.

 

Date

Society

Programme

Venue

2 January 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

‘From Darkness to Light’: candle-lit Carol Service with West Gallery and traditional carols

St Mary de Castro
Time: 5.00 pm

16 January 2005

Leicester International Chamber Music Series

Mi-Kyung Lee (violin), Ronan O'Hara (piano): Mozart: Sonata for violin & piano in A K305; Stravinsky: Divertimento for ballet “Fairy's Kiss”; Debussy: Five Preludes from Book 1; Ravel: Sonata for violin & piano (1927)

De Montfort Hall
Time: 11.00 am

20 January 2005

University of Leicester

Graham Caskie (piano); Schubert: Sonata in B flat D960; Tippett: Third Sonata (1973); Stephen Goss: The Hatter from “an ideal insomnia”; Gershwin: Rhapsodie in Blue

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building

22 January 2005

University Sinfonia, with Deborah Fink (soprano)

Mozart: Symphony no.40 in G minor; Britten: Les Illuminations, for soprano & strings; Mozart: Symphony no.25 in G minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

26 January 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Concerts

Archduke Trio: Schubert: Trio in B flat major D898

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

27 January 2005

University of Leicester

Glorious Baroque: Bizzaries with Monica Mauch (soprano) & David Blackadder (natural trumpet); music by Bach, Buxtehude and Schutz

Fraser Noble, London Road

28 January 2005

Uppingham Concerts

Uppingham Keyboard Festival Weekend - A series of three concerts. Philip Fowke and the Uppingham School Symphony Orchestra; Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor; Franck: Symphony in D Minor

Uppingham School Memorial Hall

29 January 2005

Bardi Symphony Orchestra, with David Fruwirth (violin)

Brahms: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4

De Montfort Hall

29 January 2005

Uppingham Concerts

Uppingham Keyboard Festival Weekend - A series of three concerts. Acoustic Triangle - Unique trio perform a fascinating and unique blend of melodic jazz and European classical styles

Uppingham School Memorial Hall

30 January 2005

Uppingham Concerts

Uppingham Keyboard Festival Weekend - A series of three concerts. Keyboard Festival Prize-Winners Concert. Hear some of the finest and most promising talent from Uppingham School

Uppingham School Memorial Hall
Time: 8.00 pm

2 February 2005

University of Leicester

Lindsay Series. Mozart: Quartet in E flat K428; Tippett: Quartet no.4; Schubert: Quartet in B flat D112; Quartettsatz in C minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

5 February 2005

Helix Ensemble, conducted by Anthony Weeden

Pre-Concert talk by Anthony Pither; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Stravinsky: Suite no.1 for small orchestra; Ligeti: Five Bagatelles; Copland: Appalachian Spring (original scoring); Pither: New Commission.

Fraser Noble, London Road

5 February 2005

Philharmonia, with Janine Jansen (violin), Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

Sibelius: The Bard; Violin Concerto; Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2

De Montfort Hall

8 February 2005

Knighton Chamber Orchestra, with Rachel Calverley (cello)

Mozart: Symphony no.25 in G minor; Haydn: Cello concert in C; Schubert: Symphony no.5 in B flat

Fraser Noble, London Road

9 February 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Concerts

Young Players' Platform: Camille Farrar (violin) & Lucy Colquhoun (piano);
Sarasate: Romanza andaluza; James MacMillan: A different world; Brahms: Sonata no.3 in D minor; Vitali: Chaconne

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

11 February 2005

University of Leicester

Miranda Phythian Adams (cello) & Moira Finch (piano); Beethoven: Variations on duet from Moart's Magic Flute; Martinu: Variations on a theme of Rossini; Brahms: Sonata in E minor; Cassado: Requiebros

Music Room, 10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building

12 February 2005

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Four Sea Interludes; Copland: Four Dance Episodes (Rodeo); Berlioz: Harold in Italy (viola soloist Graham Oppenheimer)

De Montfort Hall
Time: 7.45 pm

13 February 2005

Wyvern Singers

Sung Eucharist & Evensong

Leicester Cathedral

16 February 2005

University of Leicester

Lindsay Series. Mozart: Quartet in A K464; Tippett: Quartet no.5; Schubert: Quartet in G D887

Fraser Noble, London Road

19 February 2005

Tudor Choir

5 centuries of popular music

Fraser Noble, London Road

22 February 2005

Philharmonia, with Benjamin Schmid (violin), Andrey Boreyko (conductor)

Mussorgsky: Night on a bare mountain; Bruch: Scottish Fantasy; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5

De Montfort Hall

23 February 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Concerts

Leigh Woolf (mezzo), Peter Hewitt (piano), Edward Storey (reader): Recital in words & music in memory of Trevor Hold, including his songs and Piano Sonata no.3 (2002)

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

26 February 2005

University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra

Handel: Israel in Egypt

St James the Greater Church, London Road

4 March 2005

Uppingham Concerts

The Lindsays - one of the world's foremost string quartets in a programme of Haydn, Janacek and Beethoven

Uppingham School Chapel

5 March 2005

The Cecilian Singers

Celebrity Concert with guests Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow piano duo. Programme to include Brahms: Liebersliederwalzer; Britten: Five Flower Songs

St James the Greater, London Road

5 March 2005

Leicestershire Chorale, with selected school choirs and senior strings from LSSO

Vivaldi: Gloria; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm; Matthew King: Timepiece

Guthlaxton College, Wigston

5 March 2005

Rutland Sinfonia

Verdi: Sicilian Vespers Overture; Janacek: Taras Bulba; Malcolm Sargeant: Impressions on a windy day; Elgar: Enigma Variations

St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray

9 March 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Concerts

Joanna Kirkwood (flute) & Jo Sealey (piano); Copland: Duo for flute & piano; Messiaen: Le merle noir; Prokofiev: Sonata in D

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

10 March 2005

University of Leicester

Exquisite Baroque: Lisa Baznosiuk (flute), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello/viola da gamba), Paula Chateauneuf (flute); music by Bach, Handel, Hotteterre, Marin Marais, De La Barre

Fraser Noble, London Road

11 March 2005

City of London Sinfonia, with Jennifer Pike (BBC Young Musician of the Year 2002)

John Woolrich: It is Midnight Dr Schweitzer; Mozart: Violin concerto no.5 in A; Eleanor Graff-Baker: Regeneration Suite; Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

St Mary's, Melton Mowbray

11 March 2005

University of Leicester

The Fairer Sex? a portrait of women in music: Diana Sharp (soprano), Sara Norris (mezzo) & Moira Finch (piano); music by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Offenbach, Gershwin, Weill

Fraser Noble, London Road

11 March 2005

Uppingham Concerts

King's Singers. This prominent group perform a diverse repertoire

Uppingham School Memorial Hall

12 March 2005

Charnwood Ochestra

Berlioz: Roman Carnival; Walton: Cello concerto (Kevin McCrae, cello); Nielsen: Symphony no.1

The Cope Auditorium, Epinal Way, Loughborough
Time: 7:45pm

12 March 2005

City of Leicester Singers

Rutter: Requiem; Allegri: Miserere

St James the Greater, Leicester

12 March 2005

Dufay Collective

The Art of Minstrelsy in medieval Europe

Fraser Noble, London Road

12 March 2005

Leicester Cathedral

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Beethoven: Choral Fantasia; Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man

De Montfort Hall

12 March 2005

Leicestershire Chorale, with selected school choirs and senior strings from LSSO

Vivaldi: Gloria; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm; Matthew King: Timepiece

All Saints, Loughborough

12 March 2005

Wyvern Singers

Dvořak: Mass in D; Kodaly: Pange Lingua; and other music from Eastern Europe

St John the Baptist, Hugglescote

13 March 2005

Leicester International Chamber Music Series

Marianne Thorsen (violin), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Nicholas Jones (cello), Martin Roscoe (piano): Schumann: Kinderscenen op15 for solo piano; Lekeu: Piano Quartet in B minor; Brahms: Piano Quartet in A op.26

De Montfort Hall
Time: 11.00 am

16 March 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Concerts

Peter Cropper (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano); Schubert: Sonata in G minor; Webern: Four Pieces (1910); Beethoven: Sonata in G op.96

Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 12.45 pm

16 March 2005

University of Leicester

Lindsay Series. Mozart: Quartet in C “Dissonance”; Bartok: Quartet no.6; Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

18 March 2005

University of Leicester

Peace concert for M.A.N.A., with Moira Finch & friends

Fraser Noble, London Road

18 March 2005

Uppingham School Concert Choir

Haydn: The Creation

Peterborough Cathedral

19 March 2005

Bardi Symphony Orchestra, with Adam Summerhayes (violin)

Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1; Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

De Montfort Hall

19 March 2005

Hinckley Choral Union

Haydn: Creation Mass

To be announced

19 March 2005

Leicester Bach Choir

Brahms: Schicksalslied; Mendelssohn: Psalm 95; Puccini: Messa de Gloria

Leicester Cathedral

24 March 2005

Philharmonia, with Paul Lewis (piano), Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Brahms: Serenade No.2; Symphony No.3; Mozart: Piano Concert No.23 K488

De Montfort Hall

1 April 2005

University of Leicester

Intimate Baroque: James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Wadsworth (lute). Lute songs by Rosseter, Campion & Dowland

Fraser Noble, London Road

9 April 2005

Broomleys Choral Society

Spring concert of various short pieces

Whitwick Methodist Church

15 April 2005

Philharmonia, with Piotr Anderszewski (violin), Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Smetana: Excerpts from Ma Vlast: Sarka & Vltava; Dvořak: Golden Spinning Wheel; Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1

De Montfort Hall

15 April 2005

Robert Smyth School

Various songs/compositions by school ensembles and small groups/soloists

Methodist Church, Market Harborough

16 April 2005

Music in Lyddington

Musica Donum Dei play Baroque music by Sammartini, Vivaldi, Handel, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Caccini and Corelli

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

17 April 2005

Leicester International Chamber Music Series

Vogler String Quartet, with Graham Oppenheimer: Tchaikovsky: Quartet no.1 op.11 in D; Schulhoff: Quartet no.1; Mozart: String Quartet in D K593

De Montfort Hall
Time: 11.00 am

19 April 2005

Knighton Chamber Orchestra with Christine Taylor (clarinet)

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.1 in F; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A; Stravinsky: Pulcinello - concert suite from ballet

Fraser Noble, London Road

22 April 2005

University of Leicester

Ben Bryant Jazz Trio

Richard Attenborough Centre

23 April 2005

Charnwood Choral Society

English music on St George's Day

Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough

23 April 2005

Griffin Singers

St George's Day concert in aid of VISTA, organised by the Rotary Club

Kibworth Community Centre

30 April 2005

University of Leicester: Proteus Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no.8 in F; Bruckner: Symphony no.8 in C minor

St James the Greater Church

4 May 2005

University of Leicester

Jonathan Twite (guitar)

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building

5 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Early English Organ Project: Wetheringsett & Wingfield organs on loan

Leicester Cathedral

5 May 2005

University of Leicester: Gail Hennessy (oboe), Sally Holman (bassoon), Nicholas Parle (harpsichord)

Music by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi

Fraser Noble

6 May 2005

University of Leicester

Sarah Williamson (clarinet), Christopher Ross (piano)

Richard Attenborough Centre

7 May 2005

Bardi Wind Orchestra

Gala Concert, for Kidney Care Appeal

De Montfort Hall

7 May 2005

Beauchamp Choral Society

German: Merrie England

Trinity Methodist Church, Oadby

7 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Ascension Day Eucharist (Mozart)

Leicester Cathedral

7 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Organathon

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 10:30 - 5:00

8 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Evensong (Byrd)

Leicester Cathedral

8 May 2005

Leicester International Chamber Music Series

Britten Sinfonia Soloists: Mozart: Serenade for 13 winds in B flat K361

De Montfort Hall
Time: 11.00 am

8 May 2005

Uppingham Concerts

London Adventist Chorale. This well-known group of singers perform spirituals, classical masterpieces, traditional hymn arrangements and contemporary music

Uppingham School Chapel
Time: 8.00 pm

12 May 2005

University of Leicester: Modern Languages Chamber Choir

Sacred and Profane songs

Fraser Noble

14 May 2005

Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Liszt: Christus

De Montfort Hall

14 May 2005

Music in Lyddington

Leopold String Trio play: Beethoven: String Trio in D op.9/2; David Matthews: String Trio no.2; Mozart: Divertimento in E flat K563

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

14 May 2005

Rutland Sinfonia

Wagner: Prelude Die Meistersinger; Poulenc: Organ Concerto, with Simon Kirk; Saint-Saëns: Symphony no.3

To be announced

15 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Communion (Palestrina)

Leicester Cathedral

18 May 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Concert

Archduke Trio: Schubert: Trio in E flat D929

Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12:45 pm

20 May 2005

University of Leicester

Mariko Terashi (piano), Eva Fleischhansova (violin), Oliver Gledhill (cello)

Richard Attenborough Centre

21 May 2005

University of Leicester Sinfonia with Yuri Kalnits (violin)

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D; Dvořak: Symphony no.6 in D

Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road

23 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Early Music Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 - 1:35 pm

24 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Early Music Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 - 1:35 pm

25 May 2005

Humberstone Choral Society

Spring into Summer

St Mary's Church Hall, Lidster Close, Humberstone

25 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Early Music Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 - 1:35 pm

25 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Charivi Agréable

St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

26 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Early Music Organ Recital

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 - 1:35 pm

27 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Lunchtime Concert by Isidoro Roitman (lute)

St Nicholas Church
Time: 1:05 - 1:35 pm

27 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Lunchtime Recital

To be announced

27 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Dance Workshop

St Mary de Castro

28 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Junior Workshop

Great Hall, Leicester Castle
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

28 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Longslade Consort

St Mary de Castro
Time: 12:30 pm

28 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Dance/Music Spectacular - 15th Century

St Mary de Castro

28 May 2005

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks; Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Bolero; Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 (Organ); conducted by Nicholas Daniel

De Montfort Hall
Time: 7.45 pm

29 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

The Musicke Companie

St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Time: 8.00 pm

30 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Instrumental Workshop

St Nicholas Church
Time: 9:30 am - 12:15 pm

30 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Come & Sing: Victoria: Missa quam gloriosum

St Mary de Castro
Time: 9:30 am - 12:15 pm

30 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Service

St Mary de Castro
Time: 1:00 pm

30 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Castle Park Family Day

Various Venues
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 pm

30 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Family Concert by Courtlye Musick

St Mary de Castro
Time: 5:00 pm

31 May 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Songs of innocence & experience - Jeni Melia (soprano) & Chris Goodwin (baritone & lute)

Castle House

1 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Talk on Temperament

Leicester Cathedral

2 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Fiddles & Pipes - The Burney Players

St Nicholas Church

3 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Concert ZHL

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 5:15 pm

3 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Whisky Tasting

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

3 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Concert ZHL

Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 9:00 pm

4 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Cecilian Singers - Purcell

St Mary de Castro, Leicester

4 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Cecilian Singers - Purcell

St Mary de Castro, Leicester

4 June 2005

Shepshed Singers

A miscellany of works performed by the Singers on their Easter Tour to Prague

Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough

1 May - 11 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Various events (see later entries)

Various venues (see later entries)

1 May - 11 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Early English Organ Project: Wetheringsett & Wingfield organs on loan

Leicester Cathedral

10 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Wine Tasting

St Nicholas Church
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

10 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Concert

To Be Confirmed
Time: 9:00 pm

10 June 2005

University of Leicester

Formality: percussion quartet

Richard Attenborough Centre

11 June 2005

Bardi Symphony Orchestra, with Bobby Chen (piano)

Bernstein: Candide overture; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no.2; Dvořak: Symphony no.9 “New World”

De Montfort Hall

11 June 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Champagne & Concert & 18th Century buffet with the Longslade Consort

Castle House, Castle Street

11 June 2005

Music in Lyddington

Noriko Ogawa (piano) plays Grieg, Rachmaninov and Ravel

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

15 June 2005

University of Leicester Singers & Choral Society, Proteus Orchestra (Anthony Pither's Final Concert)

Haydn: Symphony no.99 in E flat; Piano concerto in G (Nikki Ball); Motet: Insanae et vanae curae; Bruckner: Motets; Haydn: Te Deum

Fraser Noble

17 - 26 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival

Annual Festival, Artistic Director Nicholas Daniel. Small-scale performances in City Centre venues: classical, contemporary, jazz and world music. Featured composer James MacMillan. Theme: Picasso.

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, and other Leicester venues

17 June 2005

 


Phil Houghton (viola/violin) & Gail Hobbs (piano). Programme includes John Williams' 3 Pieces from Schindlers List, and Viola Sonatas by Miaskovsky and Shostakovich.

Fraser Noble, London Road

17 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Stephen Hough (piano)

Berg: Sonata op.1; Schubert: Sonata in G D894; Granados: Valses Poeticas; Albeniz: Evocation & Triana (Iberia); Debussy: La Serenade Interompue; Soirée dans Granade; Ravel: Alborada del graciosa; Albeniz/Godowsky: Tango; Moszkowski: Caprice Espagnol

New Walk Museum
Time: 8:00 pm

18 June 2005

City of Leicester Singers

To be announced

St James the Greater, Leicester

18 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano; James MacMillan: Kiss on Wood for violin & piano; Boccherini: Quintet for string quartet, guitar & castanets; Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas 85 & 90; Albeniz: Cordoba & Sevilla for guitar; Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor BWV526

New Walk Museum

18 June 2005 or 25 June 2005

Wyvern Singers

Concert

Thorpe Arnold Parish Church

19 June 2005

Kingfisher Chorale

Blaby Arts Festival

St Thomas's Church, South Wigston

20 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

Turina: Guitar sonata op.61; Poulenc: Oboe sonata; MacMillan: Intercession for 3 oboes; Bach: Trio sonata in G BWV1039

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

20 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: James MacMillan

Film: Vigil

Phoenix Arts
Time: 4:00 pm

20 June 2005

Philharmonia, with Yundi Li (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

Balakirev: Islamey; Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

De Montfort Hall

21 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

Bridge: Cello sonata; MacMillan: From Galloway for solo clarinet; Granados: La Torre Bermeja for solo guitar; Falla: Harpsichord concerto

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

21 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

MacMillan: Tuireadh; Bach/Sitkovetski: Goldberg Variations for string trio, with words by Jeannette Winterton

New Walk Museum

21 June 2005

Knighton Chamber Orchestra with Robert Calow (clarinet)

Elgar: Serenade for strings; Finzi: Five bagatelles for clarinet & strings; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Britten: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge

Fraser Noble, London Road

22 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

Casals: Song of the Birds; Bach: Sonata BWV1031; MacMillan: In Angustis for solo oboe; Mozart: Clarinet quintet

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

23 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

Bach: Sonata in G minor; MacMillan: Untold for wind quintet; Piazzolla: 2 movements from L'histoire du tango; Poulenc: Violin sonata

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

23 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: John Lenehan (piano) & Festival Ensemble

Film Fantasia

Phoenix Arts
Time: 8:00 pm

24 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Ensemble

Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C sharp minor; MacMillan: Cello sonata no.2; Barrios: La Catedral for guitar; Piazzolla: Adios Nonino for guitar; Ibert: Entr'acte for oboe & guitar; Poulenc: Movements perpetuels for flute & guitar

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

24 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival

Juan Martin & Friends play Flamenco

The Y Theatre

24 June 2005

Wyvern Singers

Concert

Blaby District Council Chamber

25 June 2005

Leicestershire Chorale

Venetian music, including works by Gabrieli & Monteverdi, with Leicestershire Camarata

St Mary's, Lutterworth

25 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Festival Finale

J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from Easter Oratorio; Britten: Prelude & Fugue for 18 solo strings; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings

Fraser Noble

25 June 2005

Leicester Bach Choir

French music, including Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Duruflé: Motets; Poulenc: Litanies à la vierge noir

To be announced

26 June 2005

Leicester International Music Festival: Rakesh Chaurasia & Niladri Kumar

Indian Classical Music

Phoenix Arts
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 pm

26 June 2005

Uppingham School

Midsummer Concerto Concert

Memorial Hall, Uppingham School
Time: 6:30 pm

2 July 2005

Broomleys Choral Society

Music for a summer evening - a selection of short pieces

St David's Church, Broomleys, Coalville

2 July 2005

Cantamici

Summer Concert for Voices & Brass, including Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo

Fraser Noble, London Road

2 July 2005

Charnwood Orchestra

Sibelius: Finlandia; Violin Concerto (soloist Sarah Ewins); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 “Pathétique”

St James the Greater Church, London Road
Time: 7:45pm

2 July 2005

Helix Ensemble, director Ken Woods

Barber: Adagio for strings; Summer Music for wind quintet; Ives: Symphony no.3; Piston: Sinfonietta

Emmanuel Church, Loughborough

2 July 2005

Leicestershire Chorale

Summer concert

Thurcaston Church

2 July 2005

Music in Lyddington

The Schubert Ensemble play: Rory Boyle: Phaeton's Dancing Lesson for piano trio; Schubert: Piano Trio no.1 in B flat D898; Dvořak: Piano Trio op.90 (Dumky)

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

5 July 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

David Cowen with Cathedral Choir & Stephen Foster (baritone)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

10 July 2005

Broomleys Choral Society

Quorn British Legion Service

Beaumanor House
Time: 6:30 pm

12 July 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Simon Headley & Leicestershire Arts Senior Brass Ensemble

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

19 July 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Roy Massey (President Royal College of Organists)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

26 July 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Ivan Linford (Oakham School)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

2 August 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Andrew Kirk (St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

9 August 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Scott Shaw (Rikkyo University, Tokyo)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

16 August 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Mark Batten (St James the Greater, Leicester)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

20 August 2005

Music in Lyddington

Wind/Brass soloists of Philharmonia Orchestra play Haydn, Rossini, Arnold, Barber, Arrieu, Bozza, Debussy, Ibert

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

23 August 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Robin Jackson & Maureen McAllister (international duet recitalists)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

26 August 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Workshop for children: chance to try out early instruments

The Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 4:30 - 5:00 pm

26 August 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Recreating the Baroque, with Yvette Adams, John Bence & friends: Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann - music for recorders & spinet

The Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

26 August 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Recreating the Past, with music from 1200 to 1750, with the Longslade Consort

The Guildhall, Leicester

30 August 2005

Leicester Cathedral Summer Organ Recitals

Jonathan Gregory (Leicester Cathedral)

Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm

10 September 2005

Voice Quad

Light Music: Concert in aid of Leukemia research

Christchurch, Clarendon Park

17 September 2005

Griffin Singers

Concert in aid of the Bible Society

Trinity Methodist Church, Oadby

17 September 2005

Wyvern Singers

Concert

St Peter's Church, Whetstone

21 September 2005

Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Damien Thantray (baritone) & Peter Hewitt (piano)

Mahler song cycles: Kindertotenlieder; 5 Rückert Lieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Fraser Noble, London Road

22 September 2005

Young pianists

Concert

Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 7:00 pm

24 September 2005

David Briggs (organ)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame: the classic 1923 silent film, starring Lon Chaney, with improvised organ accompaniment

St James the Greater Church, London Road
Tickets: £10 (£7) 0116 254 2111

24 September 2005

Griffin Singers

Harvest Concert

Copt Oak Parish Church

24 September 2005

Music in Lyddington

Barkham Harp Quartet play Handel, Corelli, Godefroid, Nadermann, Debussy, Michael Mauldin, Kelly-Marie Murphy Harriet Adie

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

28 September 2005

Philharmonia

Berlioz: Le Corsaire; Beethoven: Piano concerto no.3 (soloist Till Fellner); Symphony no.5

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

1 October 2005

Come & Sing

Handel: Messiah

St Peter's, Church Langton
Time: Rehearsals from 10:45 am; Performance 7:30 pm

1 October 2005

Rutland Sinfonia

To be announced

Grantham Parish Church

1 October 2005

Sue Hutton (mezzo) & Gill Hawkes (accompanist)

“Mother, I will have a husband”: English songs & Italian arias

Christchurch Methodist, Field Street, Shepshed

1 October 2005

Tempo Singers

Autumn concert

Cosby Methodist Church

5 October 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Series

Robin Leonard (baritone) & Stuart Smith (piano) perform British & American sea songs

Floor 10, Charles Wilson
Time: 12:45 pm

6 October 2005

Jacob Cordover (guitar) & Laura Karney (oboe)

Astor Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango; Phillip Houghton: Stele (solo guitar); Terry Mann: Melodicle Canon 3 (1st UK performance); Hywel Davies: a work being given 1st UK performance; Paulo Bellinati: Jongo (solo guitar); J.S. Bach: Adagio from BWV654

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm

6 October 2005

Leicestershire Chorale

Bring and Sing: Mozart Requiem

All Saints, Loughborough

7 October 2005

‘Duo Rosa’ Joanne Kirkwood (flute) & Victoria Green (guitar)

Ibert: Entr'acte; Takemitsu: Towards the Sea; Piazolla: L'Histoire du Tango

Fraser Noble, London Road

8 October 2005

Charnwood Orchestra

Arnold: Sinfonietta; Mozart: Concerto for flute & harp K299; Debussy: Danses for harp & strings; Haydn: Symphony no.45

Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar
Time: 7:45pm

9 October 2005

Peckleton Arts: London Mozart Players, with Sophie Bevan (soprano)

Haydn: Symphony No.49; Piazzolla: Four Seasons; Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Hinckley United Reformed Church
Time: 4:30pm

12 October 2005

Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Kathryn Stott & Noriko Ogawa (piano duo)

Schubert: Fantasie in F minor; Rachmaninov: Six Morceaux op.11; Debussy: Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Fauré: Dolly Suite: Dvořak: Slavonic Dances

Fraser Noble, London Road

13 October 2005

Leicester Jazz House

Henry Lowther & Jim Mullen

The Y

15 October 2005

Bardi Orchestra and Chorus

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; Orff: Carmina Burana

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

16 October 2005

Leicester Orphean Concert Orchestra

Charity Concert to celebrate the 60th anniversary end of World War 2 given in aid of the Lord Mayor's Appeal

St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 2:45 pm

16 October 2005

Uppingham Concerts

London Adventist Chorale

Uppingham School Chapel

19 October 2005

Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Chamber ViVA

Mozart: Quintet in E flat for horn & strings; Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Schubert: Octet in F D803

Fraser Noble, London Road

20 October 2005

Family concert with “Tubalate” - tuba & euphonium quartet

Chick Corea: Spain; Anthony Pither: Finale, Finale; J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus IX; Nicky Walton: Vite

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm

22 October 2005

Music in Lyddington

Ruth Waterman (violin) & Florian Uhlig (piano) play: Beethoven: Sonata in A op.12/2 & Rondo in G Wo041; Schumann: Sonata no.1 in A minor op.105; Prokofiev: Sonata no.1 in F minor op.80

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

22 October 2005

University of Leicester Sinfonia

Includes two works by Sonia Grossner: Elegy 2; Street Life

Fraser Noble, London Road

23 October 2005

International Chamber Music Series: Fine Art Brass

Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla; Bach (arr): Violin concerto in A minor; Philip Flood: Movement & Repose; Handel: Music for the Royal fireworks; ‘A - Z of Jazz’

De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 11:00 am

24 October 2005

Philharmonia

Debussy: Jeux; Ravel: Piano concerto in G (soloist Jean-Philippe Collard); Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

26 October 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Series

Verona Piano Trio perform Mozart: Trio in B flat K502; Dvořak: ‘Dumky’ Trio op.90

Floor 10, Charles Wilson
Time: 12:45 pm

26 October 2005

Coro Nostro Chamber Choir

Madrigals, partsongs & ballads from Renaissance to C20th

Fraser Noble, London Road

28 October 2005

Knighton Chamber Orchestra

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.2; Beethoven: Piano concerto no.2 in B flat (with Gail Hobbs); Mozart: Symphony no.39 in E flat

Fraser Noble, London Road

29 October 2005

Griffin Singers

Concert

Oaks in Charnwood Parish Church

29 October 2005

Leicester Philharmonic Choir, English Festival Orchestra, conducted by Brian Kay

Porgy & Bess

De Montfort Hall

3 November 2005

Early Music at the University: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

Sweelinck: Variations on ‘More Palatino’; Couperin: Suite in D minor; J.S. Bach: French Suite no.5 in G; Rameau: Suite in A minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

3 November 2005

Ensembles VIVA & Philip Herbert “Perspectives - What's Yours?”: black composers working in western classical tradition

Ignatius Sancho: Minuets for strings; Le Chevalier de Saint Georges: Sonata in B flat for violin & piano; Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Clarinet Quintet; William Grant Still: Suite for violin & piano; Adolphus Hailstock: Variations on a Guyanese Folksong for violin & piano

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm

3 November 2005

Leicester Jazz House

Hans Koller Big Band

The Y

5 November 2005

Leicester Early Music Festival

Music for London Coffeehouses 1712

Guildhall
Time: 1:45 - 2:15 pm

5 November 2005

Wyvern Singers

Concert

St Michael & All Angels, Hallaton

6 November 2005

Music at Dingley

Paul Lewis: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Dingley Church
Time: 11:00 am

9 November 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Series

Voces Intimæ String Quartet play Mozart: Quartet in C ‘Dissonance’; Shostakovich: Quartet no.8 in C minor

Floor 10, Charles Wilson
Time: 12:45 pm

11 November 2005

Uppingham Concerts

VIVA Orchestra of the East Midlands

Uppingham School Chapel

12 November 2005

Cecilian Singers

St Cecilia's Day Concert

Victorian Gallery, New Walk Museum

12 November 2005

City of Leicester Singers

Duruflé: Requiem; Bizet: Te Deum

St James the Greater, Leicester

12 November 2005

Leicester Symphony Orchestra, with Evelyn Glennie

Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Vivaldi: Piccolo concerto arr. for vibraphone; Bach: Toccata & Fugue; Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusticana; Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Masson: Snare Drum Concerto; Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre; Maxwell Davies: Orkney Wedding

De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Pre-Concert Talk: 7:00 pm
Concert: 7.45 pm

12 November 2005

Music in Lyddington

Craig Ogden (guitar) & Alison Stephens (mandolin) play Tedesco, Albeniz, Norbert Sprongl, Manos Hadjidakis & many others!

St Andrew's Church, Lyddington

12 November 2005

Shepshed Singers

Adam Vaclav Michna: St Wenceslas Mass; Handel: Dettingen Te Deum

Emmanuel Church, Forest Road, Loughborough

16 November 2005

Leicester Bach Choir

Charity concert for “Farms in Crisis”: Mozart: Requiem; Vespers

Kirby Muxloe Free Church

16 November 2005

Leicester Jazz House

Renato D'Aeillo

The Y

17 November 2005

Colin Stone (piano)

Shostakovich: Three preludes & fugues; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Chopin: Nocturne in D flat; Ballade no.4 in F minor

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm

19 November 2005

Broomleys Choral Society

Fauré: Requiem

Christ Church, Coalville

19 November 2005

Kingfisher Chorale

In praise of St Cecilia - music by Scarlatti, Britten, Purcell, Howells and Handel

Fraser Noble, London Road

19 November 2005

Leicester Bach Choir

Mozart: Requiem

Leicester Cathedral

19 November 2005

Leicestershire Chorale

Showcase, including music by Rachmaninov, Sullivan, Vaughan Williams, with Jazz Group

Uppingham Parish Church

23 November 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Series

Yvonne Bloor (guitar) plays Lauro, Brouwer, Villa-Lobo, Torroba

Floor 10, Charles Wilson
Time: 12:45 pm

23 November 2005

University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra

Boyce: Overture ‘Ode to St Cecilia’; Haydn: Symphony no.49 in F minor ‘La Passione’; Handel arr. Mozart: Ode for St Cecilia's Day

Fraser Noble, London Road

25 November 2005

Hinckley Choral Union

Nautical Evening: selection form HMS Pinafore and Songs of the Fleet

Hinckley Concordia Theatre

26 November 2005

Charnwood Orchestra, with James Clark (violin)

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Berg: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony no.6 “Pastoral”

Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Time: 7:45pm

26 November 2005

Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with Canzona, conducted by Brian Kay

Handel: Messiah

De Montfort Hall

26 November 2005

Rutland Sinfonia

Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.24 (Jenny Firth - piano); Beethoven: Symphony no.1

Oundle Parish Church

26 November 2005

University Symphonic Concert Band & Big Band

Concert

Fraser Noble, London Road

27 November 2005

International Chamber Music Series: Matthew Trusler (violin) & Wayne Marshall (piano)

Brahms: Violin sonata in G op.78; Grieg: Violin sonata no.3 in C minor; Selection of Broadway music by Gershwin, Porter, Scott joplin, Flaherty

De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 11:00 am

28 November 2005

Philharmonia

Mozart: Symphony no.35; Violin concerto K207 (soloist James Ehnes); Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly; Symphony no.6

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

1 December 2005

Hugh Webb (harp): Traditional C16th Spanish Dances & Latin American Dances

J.S. Bach: Andante; Alphonse Hasselman: Nocturne 43; Marcel Tourier: Feerie, Prelude & Dance; Carlos Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit; Colin Matthews: Suite

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm

3 December 2005

Bardi Orchestra

Berlioz: Roman Carnival; Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto no.1 (soloist Katya Apekisheva); Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Capriccio Italien

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

3 December 2005

Kingfisher Chorale

Charity Concert

St Bartholomew's Parish Church, Quorn

3 December 2005

Leicestershire Chorale

Britten: Ceremony of Carols; and music by Keith Roberts (commission); Rachmaninov; Howard Skempton, Morton Lauridsen

St Philip's Church, Evington

3 December 2005

University Orchestral Society

Rossini: Overture ‘Barber of Seville’; Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C K314 (with Hazel Cropper); Beethoven: Symphony no.5 in C minor

Fraser Noble, London Road

3 December 2005

Uppingham Concerts

I Fagiolini “Christmas Vespers”

Uppingham School Chapel

3 December 2005

Wyvern Singers

Christmas Concert

St Peter's, Glenfield

6 December 2005

Coro Nostro Chamber Choir

Christmas Music

Fraser Noble, London Road

7 December 2005

The Cecilian Singers

Christmas Soirée, with guest Alistair Parnell (saxophone)

Fraser Noble Hall, London Road

7 December 2005

Leicester Jazz House

Bill McHenry Trio

The Y

7 December 2005

University of Leicester Lunchtime Series

Ashley Wass (piano) plays Beethoven: Sonata in C minor ‘Pathétique’; Liszt: Années de Pelerinage - Suisse (excerpts)

Floor 10, Charles Wilson
Time: 12:45 pm

10 December 2005

Charnwood Choral Society

Schubert: Mass in A flat

Emmanuel Church, Loughborough

10 December 2005

Hinckley Choral Union

Christmas Music, including Part One of Messiah

St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth

10 December 2005

Leicester Bach Choir

Christmas Music

Leicester Cathedral

10 December 2005

Philharmonia

Mussorgsky: The Marriage; Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (extracts)

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

10 December 2005

University Choral Society & Proteus Chamber Orchestra

Charity concert for CREATE (autism): Howells: Te Deum; Hely-Hutchinson: A carol symphony; Vaughan Williams: Hodie

St James the Greater

13 December 2005

Coro Nostro Chamber Choir

“Sing we Nowell!”: a concert of carols and festive music, directed by Robert Kenny, with Laurence Rogers (organ)

Bishop Street Methodist Church, Town Hall Square, Leicester

15 December 2005

Joglaresa

An Italian Medieval Christmas

New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm

15 December 2005

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Rutter: Magnificat - Christmas Carols

St James the Greater Church

16 December 2005

Kingfisher Chorale

Christmas Music and Readings

Guildhall
Time: 8.00 pm

16 December 2005

Wyvern Singers

Christmas Concert with Wigston Band

Braunstone Civic Centre

17 December 2005

City of Leicester Singers

Christmas Music; with Britten: Ceremony of Carols

St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester

17 December 2005

Music at Dingley

Celebration of Christmas

Dingley Church

17 December 2005

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Carols

St James the Greater, Leicester

17 December 2005

Rutland Choral Society

Christmas Concert

Oakham Methodist Churc

19 December 2005

Kingfisher Chorale

Christmas Music and Readings

Guildhall
Time: 8.00 pm

21 December 2005

Kingfisher Chorale

Christmas Music and Readings

Guildhall
Time: 8.00 pm

22 December 2005

Aitone - the early music consort

An early music nine lessons and carols: Tuotilo of St Gall: Versus ante Officium: Thomas Ravenscroft; Remember, O thou man; Stephen Storace, arr. Thomas Williams: Angels, from the realms of glory; Samuel Wise: Anthem for Christmas Day; anon. 13th century: Edi beo pu, hevene quene; anon. 15th century: Ecce, quod natura; anon. 12th century: Verbum patris umanatur; attrib. Joseph Watts: 'While shepherds watched'; Thomas Mawdycke, via Thomas Sharp Lully lulla: thow littel tyne child' anon, 18th century: Hark! the herald angels sing; attrib. William Seal: Shepherds, rejoice!

St Nicholas' Church, Lockington