Leicestershire Musical Events 2007

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 2007. Although now passed (but hopefully not forgotten), they are retained here for interest.

 

Date

Society

Programme

Venue

11 January 2007
Lunchtime Concert
Trio Goya: Maggie Cole (piano), Kati Debretzeni (violin), Sebastian Comberti (cello). Haydn: Trio in E H.XV:28; Mozart: Sonata for violin & piano in E K300; Variations for solo piano on "Ah vous dirai-je Maman"; Beethoven: Trio in E flat op.1/1 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
13 Janaury 2007
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Annual New Year Viennese Concert Guthlaxton College, Wigston
14 January 2007
International Chamber Music Series: London Winds Rossini: Italian Girl in Algiers overture; Nielson: Wind Quartet op.43; Barber: Summer Music; Mozart: Sonata K454 arranged for Wind Quartet De Montfort Hall
Time 11:00 am
16 January 2007
University of Leicester
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
19 January 2007
Indian Classical "Vibes"
Soumik Datta (sarod) with Gurdain Rayatt (tabla) Phoenix Arts
Time: 7:00 pm
20 January 2007
University of Leicester Sinfonia
Rossini: "I Tancredi" Overture; Mendelssohn: String Symphony no.10; Bottesini: Double Bass concerto no.2; Puccini: I Crisantemi; Gounod: Symphony no.1 The Richard Attenborough Centre
23 January 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites
Guthlaxton College Big Band The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
24 January 2007
Andrew Kirk
Organ Recital: music includes Verdi: Grand March from Aida; Handel: Water Music Suite; Saint-Saëns: Fantasie in E♭; Grieg: Selection from Peer Gynt De Montfort Hall
25 January 2007
Lunchtime Concert
Charles Owen (piano). Britten: Nocturne; Debussy: Preludes Book 1 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
25 January 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites
Cliff Bywater (guitar and vocals) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
25 January 2007 University of Leicester
Jazz in the Piazza: Mike Branney Trio and guest Harold Beckett (trumpet) Café Piazza
Time: 7:45 pm
26 January 2007
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Fauré: Requiem; Gounod: Sanctus from St Cecilia Mass; Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man (excerpts) Anstey Parish Church
27 January 2007
Newtown Linford Choral Society Fauré: Requiem; Gounod: Sanctus from St Cecilia Mass; Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man (excerpts) Ratby Parish Church
30 January 2007
Chilingirian Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in G op.77/1; Debussy: Quartet in G minor op.10; Beethoven: Quartet in B flat op.130 Fraser Noble, London Road
31 January 2007
Chilingirian Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in G op.77/1; Debussy: Quartet in G minor op.10; Beethoven: Quartet in B flat op.130 Fraser Noble, London Road
1 February 2007
Nusantara's Workshop Leaders Be a part of a South-East Asian Gamelan orchestra contact: The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm;
or
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
1 February 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites   The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
4 February 2007
Rachel Podger (violin) & Gary Cooper (fortepiano) Mozart: Sonata in A K305; Sonata in C K403; Sonata in B flat K31; Sonata in D K306 The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 3:00 pm
6 February 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites
Lunchtime Soundbites The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
7 February 2007
Lunchtime Music
Yvonne Bloor (guitar)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
8 February 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Michael George (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
8 February 2007
Lunchtime Concert
Dominic Seldis (doublebass) & James Pearson (piano) New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
10 Februaruy 2007
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Programme to include Arnold: Oboe Concerto, with Stephanie Oatridge (oboe) Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
11 February 2007
International Chamber Music Series: The Schubert Ensemble
Vaughan Williams: Piano quintet; David Knotts: Piano quintet; Schubert: Piano quintet in A D667 "Trout" De Montfort Hall
Time 11:00 am
13 February 2007
Philharmonia
Sibelius: Symphony no.5; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.3, with Boris Berezovsky (piano) and Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) De Montfort Hall
13 February 2007 University of Leicester
Modern Jazz in the Piazza
Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
17 February 2007
Bardi Orchestra Kodály: Háry János suite; Brahms: Piano concerto no.2 (with Nicolai Demidenko) De Montfort Hall
17 February 2007
Big Band and Umoja Gospel Choir Music for the soul: an evening of jazz, swing, blues and gospel Fraser Noble, London Road
20 February 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Soundbites
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
20 February 2007 Indian Classical "Vibes" Kiranpal Singh (santoor) with Sukhdeep Singh (tabla) Phoenix Arts
Time: 7:00 pm
21 February 2007 Lunchtime Music Peter Cropper (violin): music by Bach and Ysäye The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
22 February 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Jonathan Wakefield (flute) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
22 February 2007 Lunchtime Concert Paul Archibald (trumpet) & Juliet Edwards (piano). Français: Sonatine; Enesco: Legende; Morton Gould: Boogie Woogie Etude; Pierre Gabaye: Sonatine; Bizet arr. Archibald: Suite from Carmen New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
22 February 2007 University of Leicester Jazz in the Piazza: Tommaso Starace (alto saxophone) and his Quartet Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
23 February 2007 Nero String Quartet Haydn: Quartet in B flat op.50/1; Elgar: Quartet iin E minor; Ben Palmer: String Quartet no.1 (first performance); Mozart: Quartet in C K465 "Dissonance" The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 February 2007 Music in Lyddington promotion Eleanor Turner (harp) plays music by Scarlatti, Dussek, Louis-Claude Daquin, Jean-Michel Damase, Gareth Glynn, Debussy, Hindemith, Prokofiev, Albeniz, Fred Chertok & Elias Parish-Alvars St Andrews, Lyddington
25 February 2007 Festival of Choirs Participants include the Cecilian Singers, Kingfisher Chorale, Leicester Bach Choir, Leicestershire Chorale De Montfort Hall
Time: 7:00 pm
25 February 2007 Wyvern Singers Sung Eucharist & Evensong Southwell Minster
27 February 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Soundbites
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
1 March 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites 'Tea for Three': Marguerite Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute) & Robert Calow (clarinet) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
3 March 2007
Griffin Singers 'Spring Harmony' Mountsorrel Methodist Church
3 March 2007 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Wagner: Overture Rienzi; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (with Gary Ryan, guitar); Shostakovich: Symphony no.10 De Montfort Hall
3 March 2007 Rutland Sinfonia Beethoven: Leonora Overture no.3; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Dvořak: Symphony no.8 in G Oundle Parish Church
6 March 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from Robert Smyth School The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
7 March 2007
Lunchtime Music
Emily Bauer-Jones (mezzo-soprano) and Barry Collett (piano): a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
7 March 2007
Philharmonia
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Sibelius: Symphony no.4; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (with Simon Trpceski); Debussy: La Mer De Montfort Hall
8 March 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites
Guthlaxton College A Level Students The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
8 March 2007
Lunchtime Concert
'National Young Pianist Week' Laureates New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
11 March 2007
International Chamber Music Series: Cropper/Welsh/Roscoe Trio, with Graham Oppenheimer (viola) Beethoven: Piano trio op.1/1; Shostakovich: Piano trio op.67; Schumann: Piano quartet op.47 De Montfort Hall
Time 11:00 am
13 March 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Fold music from Nessan Danahar Snr, Nessan Danahar Jnr, Ciara Danahar The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
13 March 2007
University of Leicester Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
14 March 2007
University of Leicester darbar: SAMAY = passionate flamenco + sexy jazz + hot Indian rhythms The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 7:00 pm
15 March 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Nick Hislam Jazz Quartet The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
16-18 March 2007
Indian Classical "Vibes"  Darbar South Asian Music Festival Peepul Centre, Leicester
17 March 2007
Charnwood Orchestra Concert
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Time: 7:45 pm
17 March 2007 Knighton Chamber Orchestra Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.5; Mozart: Bassoon Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony no.1 The Richard Attenborough Centre
20 March 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Clare Mason (violin) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
20 March 2007 Coro Nostro Chamber Choir "Welcome Spring!" - a new programme of madrigals, motets and part-songs St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
21 March 2007 University of Leicester Jazz: Gwilym Simcock The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
22 March 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Tamsyn Evans (violin) and Roisan Boadle (clarinet) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
22 March 2007 Lunchtime Concert Haffner Wind Ensemble. Programme includes works by Mozart, Lachner, Milhaud, Perotin & Knussen New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
22 March 2007 University of Leicester Jazz in the Piazza: Mulligan Stew Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
24 March 2007 Cantamici Spring Concert, with students from Queen Elizabeth College, in aid of Leukaemia Research Christchurch, Clarendon Park Road
24 March 2007 Charnwood Choral Society Ramirez: Misa Criolla, and other Latin American music Cope Auditorium, Radmoor Road, Loughborough
24 March 2007 City of Leicester Singers, with Leicester Chamber Ensemble Brahms: German Requiem; Haydn: Te Deum St James the Greater, London Road
24 March 2007 Market Harborough Choral Society Dvořak: Mass in D, with Robert Forman (organ) Market Harborough Methodist Church
24 March 2007 Tudor Choir Showtime!: a concert in aid of Cruse Bereavement Care The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 March 2007 Wyvern Singers Spring Concert St Peter's, Oadby
27 March 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Sarah Caven (piano) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
28 March 2007 Lunchtime Music Abigail Kelly (soprano) and Jonathan French (piano) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
29 March 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites
Thanihan Jeyapalan (bassoon) and David Whittle (piano) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
29 March 2007 Music & Amicable Society and the University Singers Easter by Candlelight: a selection of seasonal music for voices and instruments by Bach, Byrd, Purcell and Tallis St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
31 March 2007 Bardi Orchestra Elgar: Cockaigne overture; Bruch: Scottish Fantasy (with Adam Summerhayes, violin); Nielsen: Symphony no.2 "The Four Temperaments" De Montfort Hall
31 March 2007 Hinckley Choral Union, University of Leicester Sinfonia Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise; Hear my prayer; Symphony no.4 "Italian" United Reform Church, Hinckley
31 March 2007 Leicester Bach Choir Leighton: Crucifixus pro nobis; Finzi: Lo, the full final sacrifice; Britten: St Nicolas Leicester Cathedral
31 March 2007 Leicestershire Chorale A Sequence of Music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter St Philip's, Evington
Time: 7:45 pm
31 March 2007 Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon Variety Showcase - showcasing young talent Hodson Hall, Burton Walks, Loughborough
31 March 2007 Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff Concert of sacred and popular music: a varied repertoire, which will next be performed at Notre Dame de Paris and Chartres Cathedral as part of their 2007 overseas tour St Mary's Parish Church, Osgathorpe
1 April 2007
International Chamber Music Series: Sacconi Quartet, with Graham Oppenheimer (viola) Haydn: String quartet op.50/1; Brahms: String quartet op.51/2; Mozart: String quintet K515 De Montfort Hall
Time 11:00 am
4 April 2007
Indian Classical "Vibes" Gurprit Matharu, Dharmesh Parmar & Dharam Varia (tabla trio) Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 7:00 pm
11 April 2007
Darbar Unplugged Ken Zuckerman (sarod), Yogesh Samsi (sitar) & Ravi Shankar Upadaya (pakhawaj): part of Darbar's South Asian music Festival The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 7:00 pm
11 April 2007
Philharmonia, conducted by Sir Andrew Davies Elgar Anniversay: Froissart Overture; Cello concerto (with Truls Mork); Enigma Variations De Montfort Hall
13-15 April 2007
Darbar South Asian Music Festival Discover a world of south Asian cultural arts at the Darbar Festival. Experience the diversity of classical music in over three days of performances from over 40 maestros and great new talent from the UK and abroad. Phoenix Theatre
Time: from 10:00 am
Contact: www.darbarlounge.com or 0116 255 4854
14 April 2007
Leicester Phoenix Youth Chorale Rutter: Mass of the Children St John the Baptists, Clarendon Park Road
14 April 2007
Leicestershire Sinfonia Gounod: Symphony no.1; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.23 in A (with Nicholas Race) Fraser Noble, London Road
14 April 2007
Market Harborough Singers Loves, Labours and Loss - music from Dowland to Gershwin via Purcell and Elgar, including Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands Methodist Church, Market Harborough
17 April 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival: Academy of Ancient Music Works by Handel, Bach & Telemann De Montfort Hall
21 April 2007
The Cecilian Singers, conducted by Jeremy Jackman, with Stoneygate School Choir, Timothy Lees (piano), Anne Marshall (school choir conductor) Celebrity Concert 2007: Sticky-Wacky-Steely-Rock-Grip-Chop-Bounce, by Jeremy Jackman St James the Greater Church, London Road
21 April 2007
Music in Lyddington ZUM play Gypsy fiddle music & music from Eastern Europe & S. America St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
24 April 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Recital
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
26 April 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Mike Sole The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
28 April 2007
The Cecilian Singers of Leicester An evening of words and music, with guests Martyn Hill and Julie Moffat St Wilfrid's Church, Kibworth
28 April 2007 Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Concert
Guthlaxton College
28 April 2007 St James Consort The dynamic young vocal ensemble The St James Consort will perform a programme of well known choral classics including Fauré's haunting Requiem and Mendelssohn'’s enchanting "Hear My Prayer" (featuring the well known "O for the wings of a Dove" solo).  

The concert is being help to raise funds for Prost Aid, a local charity which works to advance the range and nature of treatments and care available for prostate cancer sufferers in Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire.

For more information on Prost Aid'’s work visit their website: www.prostaid.co.uk
St James the Greater Church, London Road
1 May 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites English folk songs, with Lisa Banks (melodeon & flute) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
3 May 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Comic, Curious and Celtic, with David Clark (tenor), Tamsen Flack (soprano) & Brian Davis (harp). Music includes songs by Beethoven, Satie, Liza Lehmann, Irish folksongs; Trevor Hold: Song cycle for tenor & harp The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
3 May 2007
Philharmonia, with Sir Charles Mackerras Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Beethoven: Violin Concerto (with Viktoria Mullova); Mozart: Symphony no.41 "Jupiter" De Montfort Hall
5 May 2007
Patrick Hawes, Classic FM's Composer in Residence Patrick Hawes performs and talks about his new piano album 'Towards the Light'. Visit www.patrickhawes.com St James the Greater, London Road
5 May 2007
University of Leicester Sinfonia Haydn: Notturno in C HII:32; Concerto for 2 horns in E flat HVIId:5 (Mark Penny & Roger Swann); Schumann: Introduction & Allegro Appasionato in G for piano & orchestra (Gillian Butcher) Fraser Noble, London Road
8 May 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from Leicester Grammar School The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
8 May 2007
Alison McGillivray (baroque cello) & David McGuinness (harpsichord) Includes music by Geminiani, Schetky and Vivaldi Fraser Noble, London Road
10 May 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Brian Humpherson Jazz Quartet, featuring Don Blakeson (trumpet) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
11 May 2007
Sambuca Michael Copley (recorder, ocarina, flute) & Peter Martin (guitar, baroque guitar, theorbo). Enjoy 400 years of music plundered from all over Europe and beyond The Richard Attenborough Centre
12 May 2007 Beauchamp Choral Society 25th Anniversary Concert Trinity Methodist, Oadby
12 May 2007 Music in Lyddington Sacconi String Quartet: Haydn: Quartet in B flat op.50/1; Mozart: Quartet in D K575; Brahms: Quartet in A minor op.51/2 St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
12 May 2007 Rutland Sinfonia Elgar: Froissart Overture; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.2; Sibelius: Symphony no.1 Oakham School Chapel
12 May 2007 Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff Concert of sacred and popular music, drawn from the Shepshed Singers' repertoire recently performed in Notre Dame de Paris and Chartres Cathedral during their 2007 overseas tour. All proceeds to STEPS Conductive Education, Leicestershire Christchurch Methodist Church, Shepshed
12 May 2007 The 8 - a chamber choir directed by Jeremy Kimber Music for a cappella choir by Rutter, Parry, Byrd, Bruckner, Schubert, and folksong arrangements by Jonathan Rathbone. Solo items by David Morris & Jenny Saunders St James Church, Birstall
15 May 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Concert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
16 May 2007
Philharmonia, with Leicester Philharmonic Choir, conductor Sir Andrew Davies Elgar: Dream of Gerontius De Montfort Hall
17 May 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Cliff Bywater (guitar, vocals) The Richard Attenborough Centre
18 May 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Son et Lumière: the first 600 years: Preview St Mary de Castro
18 May 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival: James Galway & London Mozart Players Bach
De Montfort Hall
19 May 2007
The Bardi Wind Orchestra Hope at De Montfort Hall: Wind, Brass and all that Jazz De Montfort Hall
19 May 2007 Helix Ensemble, directed by Roger Coull Mozart: Symphony no.29 in A K201; Albinoni: Concerto for oboe & strings no.2 in D minor op.9 (Tim Bentham); Allan Bevan: To Morning; Janácek: Suite for Strings St Paul's Church, Woodhouse Eaves
19 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival "Midsummer Night" Concert, followed by Son et Lumière St Mary de Castro
19 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Son et Lumière: the first 600 years St Mary de Castro
20 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Junior Performance Competition New Walk Museum
21 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Early Music Organ Recital by Simon Headley Leicester Cathedral
22 May 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Concert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
22 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Early Music Organ Recital by Ian Imley Leicester Cathedral
23 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Early Music Organ Recital by Anne de Graeve Leicester Cathedral
23 May 2007 Knighton Chamber Orchestra, with Paul Jenkins (conductor) Bach: Orchestra Suite no.3 in D; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4 (Abigail Johnson); Mozart: Symphony no.35 'Haffner' The Richard Attenborough Centre
23 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Candle-lit Concert, with Michala Petri & Lars Hannibal St Mary de Castro
24 May 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Dana Bagshaw: readings from 'Mama Grace', her first novel The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Lunch-time Recital by Isidoro Roitman (lute) St Nicholas Church
24 May 2007 Jazz in the Piazza Sabrosita Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
25 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Lunchtime Recital of Tudor Music Radio Leicester Foyer
25 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Dance Workshop, with Diana Cruickshank St Mary de Castro
25 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival "Tread with Fear" - Castle Park Ghost Walk, with Virginia Wright Castle Park
26 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Junior Workshop led by Diana Cruickshank & Yvette Adams Castle Green & St Mary de Castro
26 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Informal Concert: The Longslade Consort St Mary de Castro
26 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Masque, produced by workshop members St Mary de Castro
26 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Dance Spectacular "Echoes through Stained Glass" St Mary de Castro
27 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Sung Eucharist for Whitsunday St Mary de Castro
27 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Evensong St Mary de Castro
27 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival "Some Famed Masters": Concert Royale perform music by Purcell, J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart & Arne for Soprano, Flute, Cello & Keyboard St Mary de Castro
28 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Instumental Workshop Castle
28 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Choral Workshop - Victoria "O Quam Gloriosum", leading to Sung Eucharist St Mary de Castro
28 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Castle Park Family Day Castle Park
28 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Sung Eucharist St Mary de Castro
28 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Playford Dance Workshop Guildhall (Great Hall)
28 May 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival "Fools & Frolics": Courtlye Musick - Family Concert St Mary de Castro
29 May 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Southampton Youth Choir St Mary de Castro
30 May 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Frances Eustace (The Reluctant Crusader) plus The Longslade Consort St Mary de Castro
31 May 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Geoffrey Thomas plays Handel and 8 of his friends in a programme of drama & music Castle House
1 June 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Wyldes Noyse Guildhall
1 June 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Malt Whisky Tasting St Mary de Castro
1 June 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Wyldes Noyse Guildhall
2 June 2007 Griffin Singers
'Summer Harmony' Melton Mowbray Parish Church
2 June 2007 Leicester Early Music Festival Quadriga perform traditional early music from Ireland, Scotland & England. 7 performers including South African singer Elisabeth Kaplan St Mary de Castro
2 June 2007 The 8 - a chamber choir directed by Jeremy Kimber Music for a cappella choir by Rutter, Parry, Byrd, Bruckner, Schubert, and folksong arrangements by Jonathan Rathbone. Solo items by David Morris & Jenny Saunders Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
3 June 2007 Philharmonia 10th Anniversary Concert including Saint-Saëns Symphony no.3 'Organ' (with Thomas Trotter) De Montfort Hall
3 June 2007 Mark Batten (organ) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong. Admission is free with retiring collection St James the Greater, London Road
5 June 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Jazz Performance Workshop presentation The Richard Attenborough Centre
7 June 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Concert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
8 June 2007
Ensemble Ivrogne, directed by Timothy Batchelar Includes: Haydn: Divertimento; Rossini: Sonata II in A; Dvořak: Nocturne; Schubert: Piano Quintet 'Trout' The Richard Attenborough Centre
8 June 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Wine Tasting St Mary de Castro
8 June 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival Lachrymae Consort St Mary de Castro
9 June 2007
Leicester Early Music Festival "Champagne & Concert", with 18th century Finger Buffet, plus The Longslade Consort Castle House
9 June 2007
Leicester Symphony Orchestra Elgar: Violin Concerto, with Katharine Gowers (violin); Brahms: Symphony no.4 De Montfort Hall
9 June 2007
Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff A Summer Concert of varied repertoire Church of St John the Baptist, Hugglescote
10 June 2007
Kate Williams Jazz Workshops: Jazz pianist, bandleader and composer Kate Williams will be leading two workshops, giviing opportunities to both would-be and experienced musicians The Richard Attenborough Centre
10 June 2007
Oliver Neal Parker (baritone) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong. Admission is free with retiring collection St James the Greater, London Road
10 June 2007
Kate Williams In Concert The Richard Attenborough Centre
12 June 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Umoja Gospel Choir The Richard Attenborough Centre
14 June 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Tea for Three, with Margeurite Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute) & Robert Calow (clarinet) The Richard Attenborough Centre
16 June 2007
The City of Leicester Singers "Celebrations" St James the Greater, London Road
16 June 2007 Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Kenny Midsummer Mozart, music to include Missa Brevis in D K220 Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
16 June 2007 Market Harborough Singers Concert, with readings by Carole Boyd (Lynda Snell of The Archers) ?
16 June 2007 Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Summer Prom Concert Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
16 June 2007 Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon Picnic in the Quad - popular music with al fresco dining Loughborough Grammar School
16 June 2007 Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff A Summer Concert of varied repertoire St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
16 June 2007 Fitkin Wall: Still Warm Still Warm takes the intimate and beguiling sound of the harp out of its comfort zone The Richard Attenborough Centre
17 June 2007 London Mozart Players Chamber Ensemble Mozart and Strawberries for Father's Day: music includes Divertimento K136; Duo for violin & viola; String Quintet in G minor K516 The Richard Attenborough Centre
17 June 2007 Nicholas Wilshere (organ) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong. Admission is free with retiring collection St James the Greater, London Road
17 June 2007 Leicestershire Chorale 'Night Flowers' - The Music of Contemporary & 20th Century Britain and America St Barnabas Cathedral, Derby Road, Nottingham
19 June 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Traditional & self-penned folk songs and tunes, with Lisa Banks, Nikki Cartwright & Steve Cartwright (fiddle, flute, melodeon, mandola, guitar, vocals) The Richard Attenborough Centre
20 June 2007 Fraser Graham (piano) Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor; Debussy: Hommage à Rameau (from 'Images' Bk1); Copland: Sonata The Richard Attenborough Centre
20 June 2007 Cretan Trio George Zacharioudakis (Cretan pipes, fiddle, mandolin, flute, voice); Kalia Baklitzanaki (voice, bamboo flute); Teo Lais (Cretan lute): the rich tradition of music from Crete The Richard Attenborough Centre
21 June 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from Leicester Grammar School The Richard Attenborough Centre
21 June 2007 Jazz in the Piazza The Mike Sole Quartet Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
21-23 June 2007
Newtown Linford Choral Society Summer concert of light music Newtown Linford Village Hall
22 June 2007
Wyvern Singers Summer Concert Blaby District Council Chamber
23 June 2007
Bardi Orchestra Weber: Der Freischutz overture; Grieg: Piano concerto (with Javier Negrin); Brahms: Symphony no.1 De Montfort Hall
23 June 2007 Hinckley Choral Union Elgar: Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands; various motets St Martin's Church, Desford
23 June 2007 Leicester Bach Choir Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Bruckner: Ave Maria; Tota Pulchra es Maria; Dvořák: Mass in D St James the Greater, London Road
23 June 2007 Market Harborough Choral Society An English Summer Market Harborough Methodist Church
23 June 2007 Music in Lyddington Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano): songs by Haydn, Grieg, Rossini, Rachmaninov and Montsalvatge St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
23 June 2007 Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff Fund-raising concert in aid of St Botolph's Church St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
24 June 2007
Daniel Battle (organ) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong. Admission is free with retiring collection St James the Greater, London Road
26 June 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Jon Twite (guitar) The Richard Attenborough Centre
28 June 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Abigail Harding (trumpet) The Richard Attenborough Centre
30 June 2007
Cantamici, with John Barker (saxophone) Music for a Summer Evening. Music includes: Vaughan Williams: 3 Shakespeare Songs; Bob Chilcott: I Share Creation; Mike Brewer: Hamba Lulu, an arrangement of 5 African songs Fraser Noble, London Road
30 June 2007
Charnwood Orchestra, with Thomas Bowes (violin) Beethoven: Fidelio Overture; Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1; Brahms: Symphony no.1 St James the Greater, London Road
30 June 2007
Wyvern Singers Summer Concert St Helen's, Sibbertoft
1 July 2007
David Clark (tenor) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong St James the Greater, London Road
3 July 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Rosemary Wright (accordion) The Richard Attenborough Centre
3 July 2007
David Cowen & Leicester Arts Senior Brass Ensemble Franck: Piece Heroique; Widor: Andante sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique); Finale 6th Symphony Leicester Cathedral
5 July 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Gillian Butcher (piano) The Richard Attenborough Centre
6 July 2007
Grange Park Opera I Capuleti e Montecchi Nevill Holt, near Medbourne
7 July 2007
Leicestershire Chorale 'Summer Is Icumen In', including Fork Buffet Supper with wine Burley On The Hill House
8 July 2007
Grange Park Opera I Capuleti e Montecchi Nevill Holt, near Medbourne
8 July 2007
Heather Wardle (soprano) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong St James the Greater, London Road
10 July 2007
Simon Headley & Leicester Cathedral Choir Soloists White: Toccata on "Urbs Beata"; Gray: Improvisation; Bairstow: Scherzo from Sonata 1937; Elgar: Chanson de Nuit; Chanson de Matin; Vierne: Stele pour un enfant defunt; Marsh: Toccata la vallee verte Leicester Cathedral
12 July 2007
Grange Park Opera Mozart: Magic Flute Nevill Holt, near Medbourne
13 July 2007
Grange Park Opera Mozart: Magic Flute Nevill Holt, near Medbourne
14 July 2007
Grange Park Opera I Capuleti e Montecchi Nevill Holt, near Medbourne
14 July 2007
Music in Lyddington Chaconne Brass: Classical, jazz & popular music St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
15 July 2007
Grange Park Opera Mozart: Magic Flute Nevill Holt, near Medbourne
15 July 2007
The St James Choristers A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong St James the Greater, London Road
17 July 2007
Peter Gould (Derby Cathedral) & Jonathan Gregory Wesley: Duet (1st movement allegro); Stanford: Fantasia & Toccata in D minor; CPE Bach: Little Organ Duets (for 2 organs); Lemmens: Fanfare: Soler: Duet (Concerto in C: Andante-Minuet); Guilmant: Grand Choeur in D; B Pasquini: Sonata a due Cembali; JS Bach: Fugue in F; Rutter: Duet: Variations on an Easter Theme Leicester Cathedral
18 July 2007
Greg Abate Masterclass: a chance for jazz reed players at intermediate level and above to learn from the man himself Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
18 July 2007
Greg Abate Evening concert Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
22 July 2007
Mark Batten (organ) A short recital followed by tea before Choral Evensong St James the Greater, London Road
24 July 2007
Michael Heigway, Ben Sheen & Julian Gregory (Eton College) Programme includes music for violin, piano & cello: Widor: Allegro (6th Symphony); Mendelssohn: Sonata no.2 (movements 1 & 2); Piano Trio no.1 in D minor (movement 1); Duruflé: Prelude & Fugue sur le nom d'Alain; Franck: Sonata for violins (movements 3 & 4); Leighton: Martyrs Duet Leicester Cathedral
31 July 2007
David Pipe (RAM) Hollins: Concert Overture no.1 in C minor; Langlais: Prelude, Elevation, Theme & Variations from Hommage à Frescobaldi; Buxtehude: Praeludium in C; Ad Wammes: Mirroir; JS Bach: Chaconne from Partitia no.2 in D minor for solo violin, arr. WT Best; Vierne: Adagio from 3rd Symphony; Bonnet: Variation de Concert Leicester Cathedral
7 August 2007
Katherine Dienes (St Mary's, Warwick) Elgar: Sonata in G; Nivers: Kyrie; Franck: Pastorale; Langlais: Fête; La Nativité; Allbright: Sweet Sixteenths; Bovet: Salamanca Leicester Cathedral
14 August 2007
Nigel Ogden (BBC Radio 2 "The Organist Entertains") arr. Ogden: Marching through the Classics: Tchaikovsky, arr. Bowden: In the Ballroom; Macdowell: Something for Summer; Scott/Anderson/Stanley: A Trumpet Trio; Gershwin: A Genius called; Walton: Crown Imperial Leicester Cathedral
Interview: 7:30 pm
Concert: 8:00 pm
18 August 2007
Music in Lyddington Trinity Baroque vocal ensemble sing Renaissance & Baroque music collated as "A Mass for the Living", works by Schutz, Sweelinck, Hassler, Monteverdi, de Sermisy & Le Jeune, interspersed with chants from Genevan Psalter St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
21 August 2007
Gabriel Cho (Seoul Cathedral, South Korea) Purcell: Voluntary on 100th Psalm Tune; JS Bach: Prelude & St Anne Fugue; Liszt: Evocation a la Chapelle Sixtine; Park: Meditation; Mendelssohn: Sonata 6; Ropek: Variations on Victimae Paschali Laudes; Ives: Variations on America (1891) Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm
24 August 2007
The Longslade Consort Medieval Madness, Tudor Progress and Baroque Bonanza Guildhall
28 August 2007
Carlo Curley (International Concert Artist) Dvořák, arr. Curley: Largo from 9th Symphony; JS Bach, arr. Curley: Sinfonia Wir danken dir Gott; Handel, arr. Guilmant: Aria in F from Concerto Grossi no.12; Stanley: Voluntary in F; JS Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV564; Walford Davies, arr. Thalben-Ball: Interlude; Lindblad: Toccata on an American Theme Leicester Cathedral
Interview: 7:30 pm
Concert: 8:00 pm
14 September 2007
Leicester International Music Festival Lunchtime Concert: Bach: Sonata in Eb BWV1031; Berio: Duos for 2 violins; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for viola & piano; Mozart: Oboe Quartet K370 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 pm
14 September 2007 Leicester International Music Festival French Soirée: Satie: 3 Gymnopédies for oboe & piano; Loeffler: 2 Rhapsodies for oboe, viola & piano; Poulenc: Oboe Sonata; Fauré: Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Free talk with John Florance: 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
15 September 2007 Leicester International Music Festival Family Concert: Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull for narrator & violin; Poulenc: The Story of Babar the Elephant for narrator & piano New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 11:30 am
15 September 2007 Leicester International Music Festival Schumann: 3 Duos for oboe & piano; Fantasiestucke for cello & piano; Carnival de Vien op.26; Schubert: Rondo Brilliant for violin & piano; Fantasie in F minor for piano (4 hands) New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Free talk with John Florance: 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
15 September 2007 Music in Lyddington Les Haulz et Les Bas play C13th-C15th music for wind band on shawms, slide trumpet & trombone St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
16 September 2007 Leicester International Music Festival Sunday Morning Concert: Britten: Temporal Variations for oboe & piano; Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 11:00 am
16 September 2007 Leicester International Music Festival Fauré: Dolly Suite; Tabakova: New York; Debussy: Cello Sonata; Franck: Piano Quintet New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Free talk with John Florance: 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
18 September 2007 Leicester International Music Festival:
Philharmonia, with Yefim Bronfman (piano), conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi
Brahms: Piano Concerto no.2; Strauss: Heldenleben De Montfort Hall
22 September 2007 Helix Ensemble, directed by Roger Coull Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; Symphony no.7; Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances Loughborough Endowed Schools Music Centre
25 September
2007
Lunchtime Soundbites James Heathen (guitar & vocals) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
27 September 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Cliff Bywater (singer/songwriter) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
29 September 2007
Bardi Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Claus Efland Ligeti: Lotano; Verdi: Requiem De Montfort Hall
29 September 2007
Rutland Sinfonia, conducted by Barry Collett, with Gemma Rosefield (cello) and Judy Dodd (soprano) Elgar Anniversary Concert: Overture In the South; Cello Concerto; Une Voix dans le Desert; Polonia; Bach (arr. Elgar): Fantasia & Fugue Oundle Parish Church
29 September 2007
Sue Hutton and friends present... How to get on in society! John Betjeman revealed. The Richard Attenborough Centre
4 October 2007
Lunchtime Concert Series: The London Bridge Ensemble Haydn: Trio in Eb H.XV:29; Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor op.65 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
4 October 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Jiaxiao Yan, Pan de Phillip Zhang, Lily Pan Lin Zhang (piano) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
6 October 2007
Charnwood Orchestra Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mozart: Germand Dances K509; Bach: Violin Concerto no.1; Elgar: Chanson de Matin; Chanson de Nuit; Beethoven: Symphony no.1  Holy Trinity Church, Barrow
6 October 2007
Concorde Songs from the Silver Screen Whitwick Parish Church
6 October 2007
Kingfisher Chorale Festival of Anglo-Italian Music Hugglescote Parish Church
6 October 2007
Tetra Guitar Quartet Carmen Fantasy The Richard Attenborough Centre
7 October 2007
The National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain, with Keith Allen (guest conductor) Great Bowden Recital Trust: includes Ulrich Schultheiss: Metropolitains (premiere); Bartok: Romanian Dances; Nigel Wood: Under the Veil (soloist: Gerard McChristal) Octagonal Hall, Welland Park Community College, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm
9 October 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Knighton Opera The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
10 October 2007
Philharmonia Debussy: Jeux; Images; Ravel: Piano Concerto for Left Hand (with Nikolai Lugansky); La Valse De Montfort Hall
11 October 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Richard Everitt (jazz) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
11 October 2007
Oxjam Acoustic Concert The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 6:45 pm
12 October 2007
sinfonia ViVA Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky op35a; Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony op110; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence; Suk: Meditation op.35 Oakham School Chapel
13 October 2007
Music in Lyddington Duo Dorado: Hazel Brooks (violin) & David Pollock (harpsichord): Corelli: Sonata in F; Bonporti: Invenzione in G minor; F. Couperin: Prelude 7 in B flat; J.S. Bach: Sonata 4 in C minor BWV1017; Purcell/Playford: Medley of country dances & theatre tunes; Royer: La Marche des Schythes; Telemann: Sonata in A major St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 October 2007 Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Mozart: Overture 'The Magic Flute';Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto (soloist Kate Redwood); Schumann: Symphony no.1 Guthlaxton College
13 October 2007 Uppingham Concert Series The Mugenky Taiko Drummers Uppingham Theatre
16 October 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Tea for Three: Margeurite Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute), Robert Calow (clarinet) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
18 October 2007 Lunchtime Concert Series: Bones Apart Trombone Quartet Includes works by Bizet, Rossini & Shostakovich New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
18 October 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from the Soar Valley Music Centre The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
18-20 October 2007 Knighton Opera, conducted by Paul Jenkins Puccini: The Cloak (Il Tabarro); Lehar: The Merry Widow: selections The Richard Attenborough Centre
25 October 2007
Julie Edwards Band Jazz in the Piazza Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
26 October 2007
Tom Cawley (jazz piano) Concert The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time 8:00 pm
27 October 2007
Leicester Philharmonic Choir with English Festival Orchestra, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 De Montfort Hall
28 October 2007
Wyvern Singers Sung Eucharist & Evensong Leicester Cathedral
30 October 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Nick Hislam (jazz) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
30 October 2007
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir Angel Voices: a musical journey in hymns and anthems Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
1 November 2007
Lunchtime Concert Series: Celebrating Black History Month, with Philip Herbert (piano), Angela Caesar (soprano), Christopher Rogers (violin) Coleridge-Taylor: Sonata in D minor for violin & piano op.28; Margaret Bonds: Trouble Water for piano. Also includes Art Songs and Negro Spirituals New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
1 November 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Guthlaxton College Big Band The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
3 November 2007
Leicester Bach Choir Johannes Ludwig Bach: Cantata no.15; Mozart: Vespers Domenica K321; Haydn: Nelson Mass St James the Greater, London Road
3 November 2007 Leicestershire Sinfonia, conducted by Matthew Lynch Taktakishvili: Flute Concerto, with Aine Lambert; Warlock: Capriol Suite; Beethoven: Symphony no.7 Fraser Noble, London Road
3 November 2007 Harborough Singers Music of Faith and Remembrance: includes music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert & Brahms, with English works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten & Howells Sts Peter and Paul Parish Church, Kettering
6 November 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Musicians from Leicester Grammar School The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
8 November 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Naseby Square (folk) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
10 November 2007 Cantamici Autumn Concert St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough
10 November 2007 The City of Leicester Singers A 30th Anniversary Concert St James the Greater, London Road
10 November 2007 Market Harborough Choral Society 40th Anniversary Concert: Karl Jenkins: Mass for Peace; Handel: Messiah excerpts Octagonal Hall, Welland Park College, Market Harborough
10 November 2007 Music in Lyddington London Concertante: Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A K581; Schubert: Octet in F D803 St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
11 November 2007 Philharmonia Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (with Chlöe Hanslip); Symphony no.4 De Montfort Hall
15 November 2007 Lunchtime Concert Series: Szymanowski String Quartet Ravel: String Quartet in F; Haydn: String Quartet no.40 in F "Dream" op.50/5 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
15 November 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Mike Sole (jazz) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
16 November 2007 Uppingham Concert Series Colin Carr (cello) plays complete Bach Suites for solo cello Uppingham School Chapel
17 November 2007 Griffin Singers "Village Harmony", with Hungarton Brass Ensemble Hungarton Village Hall
17 November 2007 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Hofmeyr: Lingoma; Weber: Clarinet concerto no.2 (with Mark Simpson, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2006); Holst: The Planets De Montfort Hall
17 November 2007 Leicestershire Chorale, with Saraband Consort Monteverdi: Vespers St James the Greater, London Road
17 November 2007 Shepshed Singers, with the Chameleon Orchestra and Soloists, conducted by Andrew Goff Charpentier: Te Deum; Bach: Cantata "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen"; Handel: Chandos Anthem no.9 "O Praise the Lord with one consent" All Saints' Parish Church, Loughborough
18 November 2007
Uppingham Concert Series Colin Carr (cello) plays complete Bach Suites for solo cello Uppingham School Chapel
22 November 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites Student musicians from Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
22 November 2007
Aland Skidmore Quartet Jazz in the Piazza Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
23 November 2007
Hinckley Choral Union "Abba and all that Jazz" Hinckley Concordia Theatre
24 November 2007
Bardi Orchestra, conducted by Claus Efland Celebration of Red Cross Centenary. Music includes Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet overture; Chabrier: España; Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; Smetan: The Moldau De Montfort Hall
24 November 2007 Cantamici Autumn Concert Holy Trinity Church, Thrussington
24 November 2007 Leicester University Chamber Choir, conducted by Mark Batten Sacred British music across the centuries Church of St James the Greater, London Road
24 November 2007 Rutland Sinfonia, conducted by Paul Hilliam Borodin: Overture 'Prince Igor'; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.2 'Little Russian' Oakham School Chapel
24 November 2007 University Symphonic Concert Band and Big Band, conducted by Don Blakeson & Daniel Jones Concert Fraser Noble, London Road
25 November 2007 Roland Chadwick Workshop: Spanish Guitar Orchestra The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
25 November 2007 Roland Chadwick Workshop: Blues Guitar Orchestra The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
25 November 2007 Roland Chadwick Roland will perform on the steel string acoustic guitar, dobro slide guitar, Spanish guitar and mandolin The Richard Attenborough Centre
27 November 2007
Lunchtime Soundbites James Ying-Hua Zhao, Michelle Si-Ting Luo (piano, clarinet & violin) The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
29 November 2007
Lunchtime Concert Series: O Duo (percussion) Includes works by Bach, Chopin & Ravel, alongside Minoru Miki's dazzlingly virtuosic Marimba Spiritual New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
30 November 2007
Dave Newton (jazz piano) Concert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
1 December 2007
Charnwood Orchestra Liadov: 8 Russian Folksongs; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo theme; Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2 Loughborough Parish Church
1 December 2007 Kingfisher Chorale Advent Music and Carols St Michael's, Cosby
1 December 2007 University Orchestral Society, conducted by Daniel Jones Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Copland: Appalachian Spring; Grieg: Holberg Suite Fraser Noble, London Road
1 December 2007 Uppingham Concert Series Navarra String Quartet and Mark Simpson play Mozart Quintet Uppingham School Memorial Hall
1 December 2007 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert St Peter's Church, Glenfield
2 December 2007 Stuart Ryan Masterclass: Acoustic guitar The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
2 December 2007 Stuart Ryan Masterclass: Blues to jazz The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
2 December 2007 Stuart Ryan Trio In Concert The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
3 December 2007 NSPCC Christmas Concert Choirs include the Harborough Singers All Saints Church, Oakham
4 December 2007 Lunchtime Soundbites Festive singalong with Brian Humpherson and friends The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
5 December 2007 Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, with Karen Silverwood; Beethoven: Piano concerto no.3, with Francois Salignat; Mozart: Symphony no.36 'Linz' Fraser Noble, London Road
6 December 2007 Mellow Harmony and Trio Jazz in the Piazza Café Piazza, Charles Wilson
Doors open 6:30 pm
Music from 7:45 pm
6 December 2007 Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with London Mozart Players Handel (arr. Mozart): Messiah De Montfort Hall
7 December 2007 Uppingham Concert Series Flanders & Swann "At the drop of a Hippopotamus" Uppingham Theatre
7 December 2007 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert with Wigston Band Braunstone Civic Centre
8-9 December 2007 Singers' Workshop Opera Weekend Directed by Phillip Gilbert The Richard Attenborough Centre
From: 10:00 am
8 December 2007 University of Leicester Choral Society, conducted by Louise Duguid Bach: Christmas Oratorio St Philip's Church, Evington
Time: 7:00 pm
8 December 2007 Uppingham Concert Series Flanders & Swann "At the drop of a Hippopotamus" Uppingham Theatre
9 December 2007 Rotary Club of Medbourne Nine Lessons and Carols St Giles Church, Medbourne
11 December 2007 Coro Nostro Chamber Choir Music for Christmas 2007 Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
12 December 2007 The Cecilian Singers, with guest Roger Beaujolais (vibraphone) Christmas Soirée/Evening of seasonal music with buffet supper Fraser Noble, London Road
12 December 2007 Griffin Singers "Advent Harmony" Trinity Methodist Church, Oadby
12 December 2007 Humberstone Choral Society Annual Christmas Concert: music, carols and readings with a Christmas theme St Mary's Church Hall, Lidster Close
13 December 2007
Lunchtime Concert Series: Trio Alpaca Haydn: Piano Trio in A H.XV:18; Grieg: Andante Cantabile; Ravel: Piano Trio New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
14 December 2007
Kingfisher Chorale Carols of Many Nations Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
15 December 2007
City of Leicester Singers Concert
St James the Greater, London Road
15 December 2007 Leicester Bach Choir Christmas concert, including Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Leicester Cathedral
15 December 2007 Lunchtime concert Folk: with Dan Britton, Chris Conway and Dave Kirk The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:30 pm
15 December 2007 Market Harborough Choral Society Carols by Candlelight Market Harborough Congregational Church
19 December 2007
Countesthorpe Community College Chamber Choir Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, to include Lully lulla by Leighton and other works by Britten, Pettman, Willcocks, Fisher and Rutter St Andrew's Parish Church, Countesthorpe
Time: 7:00 pm
19 December 2007
Kingfisher Chorale Carols of Many Nations Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
20 December 2007
Leicester Philharmonic Choir Carols; Rutter: Magnificat St James the Greater, London Road
20 December 2007 The Longslade Consort Mulled Wine, Mince Pies & Music Guildhall
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
21 December 2007 Kingfisher Chorale Carols of Many Nations Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
22 December 2007 Hinckley Choral Union Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley
22 December 2007 Harborough Singers A Celebration of Christmas St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough
30 December 2007 Leicester Early Music Association Carols Old and New St Mary de Castro
Time: 6:30 pm