Leicestershire Musical Events 2006

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 2006. Although now passed (but hopefully not forgotten), they are retained here for interest.

 

Date

Society

Programme

Venue

1 January 2006
Leicester Early Music Festival Carols by Candlelight St Mary de Castro
Time: 6:30 pm
8 January 2006
International Chamber Music Series: Dante String Quartet Haydn: Quartet op.64/5 in D ‘Lark’; Rubbra: Quartet no.1 in F minor; Beethoven: Quartet op.59/1 in F ‘Razumovsky’ De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 11:00 am
12 January 2006
Quince Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet op.18/1; Robert Simpson: String Quartet 3 New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
20 January 2006
Cecilian Singers
Two Pints of Largo & a Packet of Quavers - an evening of stories by Jeremy Jackson with music by the Cecilian Singers The Guildhall
26 January 2006 Bobby Chen (piano) Haydn: Sonata Hob.XVI:50; Debussy: Estampes; Zhang Zao: Selection of short pieces (UK Premiere); Stravinsky: Movements from Petrouchka New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
26 January 2006 Early Music at the University of Leicester Cantatas by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach & Handel; with Alexandra Gibson (mezzo-soprano), Steven Devine (harpsichord) Fraser Noble, London Road
26 January 2006 University of Leicester Jazz in the Piazza: Paul Sawtell & Bill Coleman Trio Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
27 January 2006 University of Leicester 4-Mality Percussion Quartet 4-Mality Percussion Quartet
28 January 2006
University of Leicester Sinfonia, with Sebstian Millett (cello) Massenet: Scenes pittoresques; Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale; Cello concerto no.1 in A minor; Fauré: Suite Pelleas et Melisande; Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants Fraser Noble, London Road
1 February 2006
University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series Rosalind Page (violin) & Julian Hellaby (piano): Brahms: Scherzo in C minor; Turina: Bullfighter's Prayer; Franck: Sonata in A 10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12:45 pm
1 February 2006
Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra, with Kenneth Smith (flute), Hugh Webb (harp) Includes works by Ravel, Saint-Saens, Ibert, Chopin, Debussy and Vaughan Williams St Philip's Church, Evington Road
Time: 7:00pm
Tickets: £15 (£13 Friends of the Philharmonia)
3 February 2006 University of Leicester
Patricia Siffert (piano): Concert, including 2 World Premieres by Rosemary Duxbury: Passage (piano solo); Streams (piano solo); and works by Janaček and Debussy Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: £9/£7 concessions/£3 students, all includes cheese & wine
4 February 2006 Bardi Orchestra
Dvořak: Cello concerto (soloist Ilya Finkelshteyn); Beethoven: Symphony no.3 ‘Eroica’ De Montfort Hall, Leicester
5 February 2006 International Chamber Music Series: Haffner Wind Ensemble
Krommer: Octet Partita in F; William Alwyn: Concertino for flute & wind octet; Mozart: Serenade in E flat K375; Gounod: Petite Symphonie De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 11:00 am
8 February 2006 University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series Edlian Piano Trio: Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D minor; Mozart: Piano Trio in C K548 10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12:45 pm
9 February 2006 ZUM3: Adam Summerhayes (violin), Eddie Hession (accordion), Chris Grist (cello) Gypsy, tango, jazz inspired works New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
12 February 2006 Philharmonia
Family Workshop De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
12 February 2006
Philharmonia
Bernstein: Overture ‘Candide’; Youmans arr. Shostakovich: ‘Tea for Two’, & ‘No, No Nanette’; Rodgers: Carousel Waltz; Gershwin arr. Rodney Bennett: Overture ‘Girl Crazy’; Carl Davis: Harold Lloyd's ‘Safety Last’, with film De Montfort Hall, Leicester
15 February 2006 Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Chilingirian String Quartet Haydn: Quartet in G op.77/1; Shostakovich: Quartet no.10; Beethoven: Quartet in E minor op.59/2 Fraser Noble, London Road
17 February 2006 Leicester Symphony Orchestra “All Classical Music Explained” with comedian Rainer Hersch De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 7.45 pm
21 February 2006 Philharmonia Shostakovich: Festival Overture; Prokofiev: Piano concerto no.3 (soloist Nikolai Lugansky); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 De Montfort Hall, Leicester
23 February 2006
University of Leicester Jazz in the Piazza: Len Holden & the Ken Erwee Quintet Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
24 February 2006
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, with Jo Conquest (flute) & Eleanor Turner (harp) Schubert: Symphony no.8 in B minor (Unfinished); Mozart: Concerto for flute & harp; Symphony no.40 Fraser Noble, London Road
25 February 2006
Tudor Choir Charity Concert: Broadway to Hollywood & All That Jazz, with Brian Humpherson Trio Fraser Noble, London Road
26 February 2006
Wyvern Singers Sung Eucharist & Evensong Southwell Minster
1 March 2006
University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) & Yolande Wrigley (piano): Beethoven: Variation on a theme from “Die Zaubeflöte”; Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata in F; Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 12:45 pm
4 March 2006
Rutland Sinfonia Glinka; Mozart: Concertante for wind; Brahms: Symphony no.2 Vale of Catmose College, Oakham
8 March 2006 Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Kathryn Stott (piano) with Endellian String Quartet Haydn: Variations in F minor; Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat op.127; Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Fraser Noble, London Road
9 March 2006 National Young Pianist Week Laureates   New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
10 March 2006 Philharmonia Elgar: Introduction & Allegro; Rodney Bennett: Reflections on a Scottish Folksong for cello & string orchestra (soloist Paul Watkins); Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra De Montfort Hall, Leicester
10 March 2006 University of Leicester Piano recital, by 3 scholars 10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 7:00 pm
11 March 2006 The Cecilian Singers Celebrity Concert with guest Emma Johnson (clarinet) and John Lenehen (piano) St James the Greater Church, London Road
15 March 2006 University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series Young Players Platform, with Emily Holland (violin) & Holly Cullen-Davies (piano): Sonatas by Beethoven & Debussy 10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building
Time: 12:45 pm
16 March 2006 Early Music at the University of Leicester Corelli Orchestra Soloists: Music by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Rameau, Heinichen Fraser Noble, London Road
18 March 2006 Charnwood Ochestra Moussorgsky: Night on the bare mountain; Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no.2; Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 version) Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Time: 7:45pm
18 March 2006 University Singers & Kingfisher Chorale Mozart: Mass in C minor St James the Greater
18 March 2006 Wyvern Singers Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine St Peter's, Oadby
19 March 2006 International Chamber Music Series: Vermeer String Quartet with Graham Oppenheimer (viola) Mozart: Quartet in D K499; Shostakovich: Quartet no.10 in A flat op.118; Mendelssohn: Quintet in B flat op.87 De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 11:00 am
23 March 2006 Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Michael Cox (flute), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Caroline Dearnley (cello) Bach: Trio Sonatas; Handel: Trio Sonatas; Gordon Jacob: Sonatina; Telemann: Suite in A minor New Walk Museum
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
23 March 2006 MANA Peace Concert I Solisti Vocali perform Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater; Schutz: German Magnificat; Sonia Grossner: No more war Fraser Noble, London Road
25 March 2006 Cantamici
Tudor Madrigals & Church Music, Spirituals, Close Harmony American Standards St Dionysius, Market Harborough
25 March 2006 City of Leicester Singers
Haydn: Creation Mass St James the Greater, London Road
30 March 2006 University of Leicester
Jazz in the Piazza: Mulligan Stew Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
1 April 2006 Bardi Orchestra
Beethoven: Violin concerto (soloist Helena Wood); Richard Strauss: Alpine Symphony De Montfort Hall, Leicester
1 April 2006 Broom Leys Choral Society
Mozart concert Holy Cross, Whitwick
1 April 2006 Charnwood Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony no.25; Weber: Clarinet concerto no.1; Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 “Scottish” St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark
Time: 7:45pm
1 April 2006 Leicestershire Chorale
Duruflé: Requiem for choir, organ and small orchestra; Motets St James the Greater, London Road
1 April 2006 Music in Lyddington: Summerhayes Piano Trio
Beethoven: Trio in D op..70/1 “The Ghost”; Ernest Austin: Trio no.4 op.26; Brahms: Trio no.1 in B St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
2 April 2006 Judson Girls College Choir
A return visit Kirby Muxloe Free Church
8 April 2006 Hinckley Choral Union Brahms: German Requiem (sung in English) St Peter's Catholic Church, Hinckley
8 April 2006 Leicester Bach Choir J.S. Bach: St John Passion Leicester Cathedral
22 April 2006
University of Leicester Sinfonia Kraus: Symphony in E minor; Mozart: Symphony no.29; Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K364, with Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) & Robin Irelan (viola) Fraser Noble, London Road
22 April 2006
Leicester Phoenix Youth Choir Mozart & Lollipops Christchurch, Clarendon Park Road
25 April 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites with Stuart Emmerson (piano) Light jazz, classical & contemporary Christian music Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
27 April 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Leicester Grammar School Big Band Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
28 April 2006
Philharmonia Stravinsky: Divertimento ‘The Fairy's kiss’; Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto no.1 (soloist Boris Berezovsky); Glazunov: Symphony no.5 De Montfort Hall, Leicester
29 April 2006
Charnwood Choral Society Fauré: Requiem, with Ensemble Vocal Poly-Sons Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
2 May 2006
Early Music at University of Leicester with Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Tom Dunn (viola), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Mozart: Flute quartet in A; Flute quartet in C; Flute quartet in D; Beethoven: String trio in C minor; Serenade in D for flute, violin & viola; Schubert: Trio movement in B flat Fraser Noble, London Road
4 May 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Guthlaxton College Big Band Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
6 May 2006
Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with London Mozart Players, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton Brahms: Requiem; Mozart: Piano concerto no.21 De Montfort Hall
9 May 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Martin Perkins (harpsichord): keyboard music of C17th & C18th Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
11 May 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Derek Pearce “Banjo Dez” Music Hall & Shows Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
12 May 2006
Knighton Chamber Orchestra Rossini: Overture “Italian Girl in Algiers”; Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello & piano , with Karen Silverwood (violin), Rachael Calverley (cello) & Tor Bridge (piano); Mozart: Symphony no.41 in C “Jupiter” Fraser Noble, London Road
13 May 2006
Beauchamp Choral Society Haydn: Creation Trinity Methodist, Oadby
13 May 2006 Music in Lyddington: Emma Johnson (clarinet) & Andrew West (piano) Mozart: Variations K581; Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.73; Weber: Grand Duo op.48; Poulenc: Sonata; Michael Berkeley: Flighting; Chopin: Fantasy Impromptu; Joplin: The Entertainer St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 May 2006 Rutland Sinfonia Bruch: Violin Concerto; Berlioz; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 Vale of Catmose College, Oakham
16 May 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites David Clarke & Friends Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
16 May 2006
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir Sacred Motets
Fraser Noble, London Road
17 May 2006
University of Leicester Symphony Concert Band & Big Band Entertaining music
Fraser Noble, London Road
20 May - 
10 June 2006
Leicester Early Music Festival Various events (see later entries)
Various venues (see later entries)
20 May 2006
Kirby Muxloe Free Church
Kingfisher Chorale present a programme of Sacred & Secular music, with guest artist Gillian Ramshaw (soprano) Kirby Muxloe Free Church
20 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Choir of St Thomas', South Wigston St Mary de Castro, Leicester
20 May 2006 Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff
Programme to include Duruflé: Requiem Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough
22 May 2006
Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 pm
23 May 2006
Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 pm
23 May 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites Soar Valley Music Centre Students
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
24 May 2006 Humberstone Choral Society
“From Byrd to the Beatles”: concert in honour of the Queen’s 80th birthday St Mary's Church Hall, Lidster Place, Humberstone
24 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 1:05 pm
24 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Candlelit Champagne Concert
St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Time: 8:00 pm
25 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Amita Felton
Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 1:05 pm
25 May 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites R.A.F. Roger & Frank: original compositions & 1960s cover versions Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
25 May 2006 Jazz in the Piazza
Rob Charles and Wit, U Cool Jazz Collective Cafe Piazza
26 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Isidori Roitman (lute) Radio Leicester
Time: 1:05 pm
26 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Elizabethan Dance Workshop To be announced
27 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Junior Workshop To be announced
Time: 9:30 am
27 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Longslade Consort To be announced
Time: 12:30 pm
27 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Masque (children)
To be announced
Time: 3:00 pm
27 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival C16th Dance
St Mary de Castro, Leicester
27 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Candlemas to Christmas: daily life in the Elizabethan Household, narrated by John Florance To be announced
28 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival St James Harmonie Wind Sextet: Tribute to Mozart St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Time: 8:00 pm
29 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Instrumental Workshop
To be announced
Time: 9:30 am
29 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Palestrina: Missa Aeterna
To be announced
Time: 9:30 am
29 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Ultima Duo
Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 2:00 pm
29 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Playford Dance
To be announced
Time: 2:45 pm
29 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Courtly Music
St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Time: 5:00 pm
30 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Flutes of Love - Mean Time
Wistow Church
30 May 2006 Philharmonia
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture; Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto (soloist Nicola Benedetti); Elgar: Symphony no.1 De Montfort Hall, Leicester
31 May 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Philomel (Shakespeare & other ghosts) St Mary de Castro, Leicester
1 June 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Longslade Consort with guest viol Castle House, Leicester
2 June 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Jonathan Gregory
To be announced
Time: 2:30 pm
2 June 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Piva Wind Quintet
Guildhall, Leicester
Times: 5:15 pm and 9:00 pm
3 June 2006 Bardi Wind Orchestra
Gala concert for LOROS
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
3 June 2006 Leicester Early Music Festival Renaissance Singers: Fruit of the Renaissance, with Emma Kirkby and Florilegium St Mary de Castro, Leicester
3 June 2006 University of Leicester Sinfonia
Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A; Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale; Symphony no.3 in E flat “Rhenish” St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
8 June 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Tudor Choir “Broadway to Hollywood” Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
9 June 2006
Leicester Early Music Festival Lachrymae Consort St Nicholas Church
Time: 9:00 pm
10 June 2006
Leicester Early Music Festival Champagne, Food & Concert Castle House
10 June 2006 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Weber: Oberon Overture; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 ‘Pathétique’ De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Time: 7.45 pm
10 June 2006 Music in Lyddington: The Elias String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet no.82 in F op.77/2; Elgar: String Quartet in E minor op.83; Beethoven: String Quartet no.12 in E flat op.127 St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 June 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites Just4Jazz Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
13 June 2006 Coro Nostro Chamber Choir Sacred Music
Bishop Street Methodist Church
15 June 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites “Tea for Three” - Mozart with piano, flute & clarinet Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
16 June - 
26 June 2006
Leicester International Music Festival Annual Festival
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, and other Leicester venues
16 June 2006
Leicester International Music Festival Opening Concert: Imogen Cooper (piano) plays Richard Strauss: Waltzes from “Der Rosenkavalier”; Schubert: Sonata in A minor D845; Haydn: Sonata in C Hob.XVI/50; Chopin: Two Nocturnes op62/1 & 2; Ballade in F minor op52 New Walk Museum, Leicester
17 June 2006
City of Leicester Singers
A European Musical Journey
St James the Greater, London Road
17 June 2006 Leicester International Music Festival Festival Ensemble play Dvořak: Bagatelles op.47 for oboe, clarinet & piano; Gideon Klein: String Trio; Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370; Nigel Osborne: “Taw-Raw” for solo violin; Dvořak: Piano Quintet op81 New Walk Museum, Leicester
18 June 2006 Leicester International Music Festival Celebrity Indian Music Recital, with Ustad Aashish Khan (sarod) Phoenix Theatre
Time: 6:00 - 10:00pm
19 June 2006 Leicester International Music Festival Film: Gadjo Dilo (about gypsy life) Phoenix Theatre
Time: 6:05 pm
20 June 2006
Leicester International Music Festival Festival Ensemble play Devienne: Bassoon Quartet in C op.73/1; Schuloff: Divertissement for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Trio K498 for clarinet, viola & piano; Nigel Osborne: Balkan Dances & Laments for oboe, string trio & piano; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor op115 New Walk Museum, Leicester
20 June 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites Lunchtime Soundbites Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
20 June 2006 Leicester International Music Festival Szymanowski String Quartet with Joy Farrall (clarinet) play Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes op57; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor op.57 New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1:05 pm
21 June 2006
Leicester International Music Festival The Balkanatics: Brass band music inspired by Turkish & S.E. European music The Y
21 June 2006 Leicester Bach Choir
Summer Concert St Andrews, Leicester Forest East
21 June 2006 University Singers, Choral Society & Proteus Chamber Orchestra Venetian Music
Fraser Noble, London Road
22 June 2006
Leicester International Music Festival Festival Ensemble play Pavel Haas: Suite for oboe & piano 1939; Nigel Osborne: Adagio for Vedran Smailovitch (solo cello); Haydn: Piano Trio in G “Zingara”; Janacek: Violin Sonata; Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K478 New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 7:00 pm
23 June 2006
Leicester International Music Festival Festival Ensemble play Mozart: Duo in G K423 for violin & viola; Adagio K580a for cor anglais & string trio; Dohnanyi: Rondo from Serenade in C op.10 for string trio; Mozart: Quartet in C K285b for oboe & string trio New Walk Museum, Leicester
Time: 1:05 pm
23 June 2006 Leicester International Music Festival West meets East: Festival Ensemble with Abdullah Chhadeh (qanun) New Walk Museum, Leicester
23 June 2006 Wyvern Singers
Concert
Blaby & District Council Chamber
24 June 2006
Bardi Orchestra
Opera Gala
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
24 June 2006 Cecilian Singers
Singers' Workshop, led by Jeremy Jackman St Philips Church Hall, Evington Road
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
24 June 2006 Leicester Bach Choir
English C20th composers: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands; Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; Howells: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (St Paul's); Parry: I was glad; Lord let me know mine end; Britten: Festival Te Deum; Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence; Ireland: Greater love hath no man St James the Greater
24 June 2006 Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon Music under the Stars: short musical items al fresco with Magdela Opera Chorus Whatton Hall, Long Whatton, courtesy of Lord Crawshaw
Time: for picnics 6:00 pm; concert 7:30 pm
25 June 2006
Leicestershire Chorale
Rachmaninov: Vespers
Holy Cross Priory
Time: 8:30 pm
26 June 2006
Philharmonia
Shostakovich: Violin concerto no.1 (soloist Sergey Khachatryan); Mahler: Symphony no.1 De Montfort Hall, Leicester
29 June 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Claire Dusy (flute) & Anthony Clare (piano) play Baroque to modern classical music Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
29 June 2006 Jazz in the Plazza
Andy Nicholls Duo
Cafe Piazza
1 July 2006
Cantamici
Summer Concert, with Jo Conquest (flute) Fraser Noble, London Road
1 July 2006 Charnwood Orchestra
Berlioz: Royal Hunt & Storm; Brahms: Concerto for violin & cello; Sibelius: Symphony no.2 St James the Greater
Time: 7:45pm
1 July 2006 Hinckley Choral Union
Summer Concert
All Saints Church, Sheepy Magna
1 July 2006 Wyvern Singers
Concert
St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray
8 July 2006 Broom Leys Choral Society Summer Concert
St David's, Broomleys
8 July 2006 Knighton Chamber Orchestra Mozart: Serenade for 13 wind instruments; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings Fraser Noble, London Road
8 July 2006 Leicestershire Chorale
Music for a Summer Evening Hallaton Parish Church
11 July 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites John Lees & Andy Read play classical jazz Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
13 July 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites James Redfern plays classical piano Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
15 July 2006
Music in Lyddington: Morgan Szymanski (guitar) & Laura Mitchell (soprano) Music includes Spanish, South American & Jewish music Music includes Spanish, South American & Jewish music
18 July 2006
Jazz in the Piazza Greg Abate
Cafe Piazza
Workshop: 5:00pm
Performance: 7:45pm
30 July 2006
Simon Earl
Organ Recital by the Organ Scholar of Southwell Minster St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Free admission (retiring collection)
5 August 2006
Douglas Hollick
The renowned early music specialist Douglas Hollick performs a programme of music for Organ and 1811 Square Piano by Mozart and his contemporaries St James the Greater, London Road
Tickets: £10 (£8 conc), including a glass of wine or soft drink, on 0116 254 2111, or at the church on the night
12 August 2006
Music in Lyddington: SIX8
“Transports of Delight” a cappella vocal items St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 August 2006
Stewart & Abigail Johnson
Violin & Piano Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Free admission (retiring collection)
20 August 2006
Andrew Kirk
Organ Recital by the organist of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Free admission (retiring collection)
25 August 2006
Castle Park Festival: The Longslade Consort
Back to the Baroque: Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann & friends, with music for recorders & spinet The Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm
25 August 2006
Castle Park Festival: The Longslade Consort Recreating the Past: music from 1200 to 1750, using crumhorn, rauschpfeife, gemshorn, nakers, racket, recorder, spinet & voice The Guildhall, Leicester
3 September 2006
Ben Giddens
Organ Recital by the Organ Scholar of Norwich Cathedral
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Free admission (retiring collection)
9 September 2006
James Redfern
Classical piano recital, to include works by Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt Hallaton Church
16 September 2006
Mark Batten
Organ concert, featurig Mussorgskii (transcribed by Keith John): Pictures at an Exhibition St James the Greater, London Road
Tickets: £10 (£8 conc.) including a glass of wine or soft drink
Contact 0116 2542111
16 September 2006 Music in Lyddington: Charavari Agreable Telemann, Kress, CPE Bach on baroque instruments St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
18 September 2006 Philhamonia, conducted by Alexander Lazarev Dominique Le Gendre: Birthday Fanfare (World Premiere); Glinka: Overture Ruslan & Ludmilla; Bruch: Violin Concerto (with Jack Liebeck); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4 De Montfort Hall
23 September 2006
Rutland Sinfonia
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel overture; Elgar: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4 Oakham School Chapel
26 September 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites
Songs by Andrew Bell and friends
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
28 September 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites
Fraser Graham (piano) plays music by Beethoven and Schumann Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
30 September 2006 Cantamici
Autumn Concert
St Mary's, Humberstone
30 September 2006 Carlo Curley
Organ Recital
Kirby Muxloe Free Church
3 October 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Stephanie Wale (violin & piano) Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
4 October 2006
Leicester Jazz Houe
Steve Melling (piano) Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
Time: 8:00 pm
5 October 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Dr Stephen Weston plays some of the instruments from the Charles Moore Collection of Musical Instruments Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
5 October 2006 Lunchtime Concert
Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Julius Drake (piano). Julius Drake returns to Leicester with exceptional young soprano Ailish Rynan, winner of the BBC Recital prize at the 2003 Singer of the World competition New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
7 October 2006
Bardi Orchestra
Britten: Young person's guide to the orchestra; Beethoven: Symphony no.9 "Choral" De Montfort Hall
7 October 2006 The Cecilian Singers, directed by Jeremy Jackman Joint Concert with the Jay Singers of Norfolk St Phillip's Church, Evington Road
7 October 2006 Charnwood Orchestra, with Richard Wainwright (horn) Haydn: Symphony no.32; Seiber: Nocturne for horn & strings; Mozart: Horn concerto no.4; Symphony no.36 'Linz' Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar
Time: 7:45 pm
10 October 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
James Redfern (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
10 October 2006
University of Leicester
Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
12 October 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
'Tea for Three' - Margeurite Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute) & Robert Calow (clarinet) Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
14 October 2006
Kingfisher Chorale, with Martyn Hill & Julie Moffit Autumn Concert
St Wilfrid's Church, Kibworth
14 October 2006 Music in Lyddington: Lucie Skeaping & The Burning Bush Sextet playing Jewish music from around the world St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
14 October 2006 Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Concert
St Thomas' Church, South Wigston
17 October 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Selections from Mozart's Così fan tutte, with Sandra Roberts, Ethne Goode & Tessa Greenhalgh Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
18 October 2006
Univeristy of Leicester: Lunchtime Concert
Martin Cropper (violin) & Jonathan Gooing (piano): Janáček: Sonata for violin & piano; Lutoslawski: Recitativo e arioso; Ravel: Violin sonata in G Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
18 October 2006
University of Leicester
Folk and Roots Night: Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
19 October 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from the Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
19 October 2006 Lunchtime Concert
L'Art du Toucher. Anne Martin-Davis piano) & Sophie Yates (harpsichord). Delights of French keyboard music from Couperin to the present day New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
19 October 2006 London Harpsichord Ensemble
Vivaldi: Concerto in F for flute, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord; Handel: Concerto in D minor for oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord; Gordon Jacob: Trio for flute, oboe & harpsichord; J.S. Bach: Sonata no.1 in B minor for violin & harpsichord BWV1014; Telemann: Paris Quartet no.3 in A for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord; Quartet in G for flute, oboe, violin & continuo Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
20 October 2006
Leicester Philharmonic Choir, The Marylebone Camerata, conducted by Karl Jenkins Karl Jenkins: Requiem De Montfort Hall
22 October 2006
Wyvern Singers
Sung Eucharist & Evensong Lichfield Cathedral
26 October 2006
University of Leicester
Jazz in the Piazza: Moments Notice Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
26 October 2006 Philharmonia
Beethoven: Coriolan overture; Mozart: Piano concerto no.22 K482 (with Till Fellner); Brahms: Symphony no.1 De Montfort Hall
28 October 2006 Shepshed Singers
Autumn Concert: mixed sacred and secular programme Quorn Parish Church
28 October 2006 Voces Intimae String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet no.17 in B flat 'The Hunt'; Shostakovich: Quartet no.4 in D op.83; Dvořák: Quartet in F op.96 'American' Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
29 October 2006 International Chamber Music Series: Pacifica String Quartet USA with Graham Oppenheimer (viola) Mozart: String quartet in C K465 "Dissonance"; Janáček: String quartet no.2 "Intimate Letters" De Montfort Hall
Time 11:00 am
31 October 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Music from Leicester Cathedral: Stephen Foster (bass) & Jonathan Gregory (piano) Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
2 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Univesity Music Scholarship Soundbites: given by vocalists Jenny Sherrard, Victoria Wray & Kate McKechnie Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
2 November 2006 Lunchtime Concert
Holly Fawcett (oboe), winner of the 2005 Barbirolli International Oboe Competition New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
2-4 November 2006 Knighton Opera, with Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins Mozart: Così fan tutte (Lessons for Lovers) Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
Time: 7:00 pm
4 November 2006 Cantamici
Concert
Holy Trinity, Thrussington
4 November 2006 Leicester Bach Choir, with Midlands Chorale
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem; Bach: Cantata no.84 St James the Greater, London Road
4 November 2006 Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Chamber Music: Haydn Symphony; Handel: Organ Concerto, with James Gutteridge (organ) St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray
7 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Musicians from Leicester Grammar School
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
7 November 2006 Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Kenny, with Laurence Rogers (organ) 'The Song of Love'
Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park
9 November 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites
Emily Guerry, Bethany Rowell with Moira Finch
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
10 November 2006 Philharmonia
Mozart: Don Giovanni overture; Beethoven: Piano concerto no.1 (with Mikhail Pletnev); Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique De Montfort Hall
11 November 2006 City of Leicester Singers
Concert
St James the Greater, London Road
11 November 2006 Leicestershire Chorale
A Showcase for the Coming Year
Emmanuel Church, Forest Road, Loughborough
11 November 2006 Leicestershire Sinfonia, conducted by Matthew Lynch Lynch: Gaelic Dances; Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Britten: Simple Symphony Fraser Noble, London Road
11 November 2006 Market Harborough Choral Society
Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore K339; Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K466 2nd movement (Romance), with Christine Hodgson (piano) Market Harborough Methodist Church
14 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Soar Valley Music Centre Students
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
14 November 2006
University of Leicester
Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
15 November 2006
University of Leicester: Lunchtime Concert Rowena Bass (harp): Handel: Passacaglia; Bach/Grandjany: Etude no.2; Glinka: Variations on a theme of Mozart; Pierne: Impromptu-Caprice; arr. Thomas: The Ash Grove; arr. Robertson: The Tree of Liberty; Watkins: Fire Dance Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
15 November 2006
University of Leicester Folk and Roots Night: World Music Night
Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
16 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites The Tudor Choir will present a programme of light music Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
16 November 2006
Lunchtime Concert
Jamie Walton (cello) & Daniel Grimwood (piano). Following the success of this extraordinary cellist's latest CD release, the programme includes Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonata no.1 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
18 November 2006
Leicester Symphony Orchestra
A night at the movies: includes music from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Death in Venice, The Mission, Schindler's List, The Big Country, Henry V De Montfort Hall
18 November 2006
Music in Lyddington: Nicholas Daniel Oboe Quartet Mozart: Adagio for cor anglais & string trio K580a; Schubert: String Trio in B flat (in one movement) D471; Lennox Berkeley: Oboe Quartet op.70; Gordon Jacob: Oboe Quartet; Britten: Phantasy Oboe Quartet op.2; Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370 St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
19 November 2006
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Come & Sing: Vivaldi: Gloria; Pergolesi: Magnificat Ratby Parish Church
Time: 1:30 pm
Performance: 6:30 pm
21 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Lisa Banks performs English folk songs with melodeon accordian and English dances and airs with flute Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
22 November 2006
University of Leicester
Leicester Jazz House: John Donaldson & Mark Edwards (piano duet) Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
Time: 8:00 pm
22 November 2006 University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Martiin Perkins Fauré: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
23 November 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites
The Nick Hislam Quartet plays jazz standards Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
23 November 2006 University of Leicester
Jazz in the Piazza: The Brian Humpherson Sextet Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
24 November 2006 The Cecilian Singers
Charity Concert of words & music, with guest Alistair Parnell (saxophone) Nosely Hall Chapel, Billesdon
Reception: 7:00pm
Concert: 7:45pm
24 November 2006 Hinckly Choral Union
Concert version of Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado Hinckly Concordia Theatre
25 November 2006 Bardi Orchestra
Mussorgski: Night on a bare mountain; Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no.2 (with Tom Poster); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 De Montfort Hall
25 November 2006 Griffin Singers
'Advent harmony'
Congregational Church, Blaby
25 November 2006 Rutland Sinfonia
Rossini: Italian Girl in Algiers; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4; Haydn: Symphony no.104 Oundle Parish Church
25 November 2006 University Symphonic Concert Band and Big Band, conducted by Don Blakeson and Daniel Jones Music includes Blues Brothers Revue, Bolero, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pennsylvania 6500 and Theme from The Incredibles Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
26 November 2006 International Chamber Music Series
Music for guitar, violins, viola, cello by Albeniz, Paganini, Dohnányi, Bach & Boccherini De Montfort Hall
Time: 11:00 am
28 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from Leicester High School for Girls Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
30 November 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites Matthew Barley (cello) and workshop students Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
30 November 2006 Lunchtime Concert Philharmonia String Trio: Beethoven and Mozart New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
30 November 2006 Matthew Barley (cello) Improvisation in Central Asian/Indian style; Improvisation over Gregorian Chant themes; D. Gabrieli: Ricercar no.6 in G; J.S. Bach: Suite no.2 in D minor BWV1008; Kodály: Solo cello sonata, movement 1; Reich: Cello Counterpoint 2003; new works for cello and electronics by John Metcalfe and D.J. Bee/Peter Wiegold Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
2 December 2006 Charnwood Choral Society and Holywell Primary School Music for Christmas
Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough
2 December 2006 Charnwood Choral Society and Holywell Primary School Wagner: Eine Fause-Overture; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer); Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Loughborough Parish Church
Time: 7:45 pm
2 December 2006 Griffin Singers
'Advent Harmony'
Glenfield Parish Church
2 December 2006 Kingfisher Chorale
Christmas Through the Ages
Shenton Parish Church
2 December 2006 Leicester Philharmonic Choir
Opera Gala, conducted by Brian Kay De Montfort Hall
2 December 2006 University Orchestral Society, conducted by Daniel Jones Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no.1; Brahms: Symphony no.1 Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
5 December 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites
Anne de Villiers (cello), Helen Roberts (piano) play music by Frank Bridge and Mendelssohn Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
6 December 2006 The Cecilian Singers
Christmas Soirée Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
6 December 2006 University of Leicester: Lunchtime Concert Andrew Martin (piano): J.S. Bach: Partita no.2 in C minor BWV826; Beethoven: Six Bagatelles op.126 Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
7 December 2006 Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from Manor High School, Oadby Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
7 December 2006 Indian Classical "Vibes" Pandit Arvind Parikh (sitar) with Anutosh Degharia (tabla) Phoenix Arts
Time: 7:00 pm
7 December 2006 University of Leicester Jazz in the Piazza: Jazz Not Jazz Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
7 December 2006 Philharmonia Strauss Gala De Montfort Hall
8 December 2006 Music and Amicable Society: early music J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.5; Cantata no.209: Non sa che sia dolore; Suite no.2 in B minor; Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
9 December 2006 Leicester Bach Choir, with Donisthorpe County & Loughborough C. of E. Schools Advent Concert Leicester Cathedral
9 December 2006 Leicestershire Chorale The Messiah: the Chorale with advanced schools' choirs and Saraband Consort St Mary's Parish Church, Melton Mowbray
Time: 7:00 pm
9 December 2006 Music in Lyddington promotion Kaznowski String Quartet & Justin Waters (piano) play Mozart: Quartet in D minor K421; Bridge: Idylls for String Quartet; Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat St Andrews, Lyddington
9 December 2006 University Choral Society, Proteus Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Willard Welsford Seasonal Music St James the Greater, London Road
9 December 2006 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert St Peter's, Arnesby
10 December 2006 Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yuval Zorn, with Una May Olomolaiye, vocalist & Peepul Choir, Alpana Sengupta (dancer) & Kathak Dancers "In a Different Light": Bartok: Rumanian Dances; Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Dominique le Gendre: In a Different Light (World Premiere); Britten: Simple Symphony; Grieg: Holbert Suite; Coplan: Hoe Down Peepul Centre, Leicester
12 December 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites
Alex Cortazzi (piano) and Martin Cortazzi (guitar) Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
12 December 2006
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Kenny with Laurence Rogers (organ) Music for Christmas 2006
Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park
13 December 2006
University of Leicester
Folk and Roots Night
Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
14 December 2006
Lunchtime Soundbites James Ying-Hua Zhao, Philip Pan De Zhang, Susannah Wang and Michelle Luo perform piano solos and duets Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
14 December 2006 Lunchtime Concert
Madeleine Mitchell (violin) & Andrew Ball (piano): Dvořak: Sonatine; Elgar: Violin Sonata New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
15 December 2006
Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Through the Ages The Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
15 December 2006
Wyvern Singers
Christmas Concert, with Wigston Band Braunstone Civic Centre
16 December 2006 The Bardi Wind Orchestra
A Christmas Festival
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
16 December 2006 Broom Leys Choral Society
Christmas Concert
Hugglescote Parish Church
16 December 2006 City of Leicester Singers
An English Christmas
St James the Greater, London Road
16 December 2006 Market Harborough Choral Society
Christmas Concert
Jubilee Hall, Congregational Church, Market Harborough
18 December 2006 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Through the Ages The Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
19 December 2006 Hinckly Choral Union
Vivaldi: Gloria; and a selection of Christmas carols St Mary's Church, Hinckley
20 December 2006 Longslade Consort
Mulled wine, mince pies & music from the golden age (1700-1750) Guildhall, Leicester
Drop-in: 5:00 - 8:30 pm
21 December 2006 Leicester Philharmonic Choir
Messiah and Carols
St James the Greater, London Road
22 December 2006 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Through the Ages The Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm