Leicestershire Musical Events 2009

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 2009. Although now passed (but hopefully not forgotten), they are retained here for interest.

 

Date

Society

Programme

Venue (start time 7:30pm unless stated otherwise)

Wednesday
7 January 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Concert
All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
8 January 2009
Lunchtime Concert

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Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra: Mark David (trumpet) & Byron Fulcher (trombone): music by Otto Ketting, Albrechtsberger, Thorvald Hansen, Enrique Crespo, Carl Hohne, Arthur Pryor and Herbert Clarke
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Saturday
10 January 2009
Leiecester Bach Choir Come & Sing The Creation Trinity Methodist Church, Harborough Road, Oadby
Time: 3:30 pm
Wednesday
14 January 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Friday
16 Janaury 2009
Oakham School
Music in the Round - Cropper/Welsh/Roscoe Piano Trio
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
17 January 2009
Helix Ensemble, directed by Anthony Weeden

www.helixensemble.co.uk
Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Rameau: Les Indes Galantes; Hindemith: Five Pieces for String Orchestra; Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
All Saints Parish Church, Loughborough
Saturday
17 January 2009
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
New Year Viennese Concert
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
Tuesday
20 January 2009
Soundbites
Cliff Bywater (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Tuesday
20 January 2009
Philharmonia, with Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Alexander Lazarev (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet overture; Grieg: Piano Concerto; Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Wednesday
21 January 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
22 January 2009
Soundbites
Claire Duffy (flute) and Antony Clare (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
22 January 2009
Lunchtime Concert

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Trinity Ensemble: Tunde Jegede (kora), Jacob Heringman (lute) & Alexis A. Ffrench (piano): music from their latest album ‘Ascension’ - a mesmerising fusion of contemporary classical, renaissance, minimalism, trance, world music and jazz, inspired by ‘La MorraÆ, the seminal work by the Renaissance composer Heinrich Isaac
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
23 January 2009
Leicester Jazz House
Curios, with TomCawley
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
24 January 2009
Shepshed Singers & Viva la Musica
Two Choirs - One Voice. Concert in aid of Christchurch and Cancer Research UK
Christchurch Methodist, Shepshed
Tuesday
27 January 2009
Soundbites
Jonathan Brown, reading from his own work
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
28 January 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
29 January 2009
Soundbites
Guthlaxton Chamber Music
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
29 January 2009
Jazz in the Piazza
The Mellow Harmony Quartet
Café Piazza, Charles Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Friday
30 January 2009
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - Solo & Chamber Music Recital
Oakham School Chapel
Tuesday
3 February 2009
Soundbites
Roisin Boadle (clarinet) and Tamsyn Evans (violin)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Tuesday
3 February 2009
Andrew Fletcher (organ)
To be announced
De Montfort Hall
Wednesday
4 February 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Wednesday
4 February 2009
Philharmonia, with Noriko Ogawa (piano), Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Copland: Appalachian Spring; Mozart: Piano Concert no.24 K491; Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)
De Montfort Hall
Thursday
5 February 2009
Soundbites
Pete Harratt & Peter Houtman (jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
5 February 2009
Lunchtime Concert

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Sitkovetsky Piano Trio: Beethoven: Piano Trio op70/1 “Ghost”; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no.1 in D minor op49
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
6 February 2009
Ensemble Ivrogny
Telemann: Sonata no.1 in B flat in canon for 2 bass instruments; Rossini: Sonata no.3 in C for 2 violins, cello & double bass; Schubert: Octet op.166
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Friday
6 February 2009
Oakham School
Jerwoods Showcase
Barraclough, Oakham School
Time: 2:30 
Saturday
7 February 2009
The Bardi Orchestra, with Warren Mailey Smith (piano), Claus Efland (conductor) Verdi: Force of Destiny Overture; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4; Dvořak: Symphony no.7 De Montfort Hall
Tuesday
10 February 2009
Soundbites
Leicester Grammar School
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
12 February 2009
Soundbites
Soar Valley Musicians
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
14 February 2009
Leicester Symphony Orchestra
"Aspects of Love": music for Valentine's Day
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Saturday
14 February 2001
Shringaar
An evening of Indian Classical Khayal, Thumri and Dadra, with Tofail Ahmed, Shri Sanju Sahai, Kirpal Singh Panesar
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 7:00 pm
Wednesday
18 February 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
19 February 2009
Lunchtime Concert

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National Young Pianists Week Laureates
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
20 February 2009
Leicester Jazz House
Blink, with Alcyona Mick (piano), Robin Finker (saxophone) and Paul Clarvis (drums)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Friday
20 February 2009
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - Rutter: Requiem
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
21 February 2009
University of Leicester Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin
Beethoven: Piano concert no. 4 in G op.58 (with Abigail Johnson); Symphony no.5 in C minor op.67; Luke Ottevanger: Elegy and Ascent (2008) - 1st performance
Fraser Noble, London Road
Sunday
22 February 2009
Internation Coffee Morning Concert: Ronan O'Hara (piano)
Includes music by Haydn, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Schubert
De Montfort Hall
Time: 11:00 am
Sunday
22 February 2009
Wyvern Singers
Sung Eucharist & Evensong
Southwell Minster
Thuesday
24 February 2009
Soundbites
Saxology (saxophone quartet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
25 February 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
26 February 2009
Soundbites
Hathi Productions: The Silence of Sound
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
26 February 2009
Jazz in the Piazza Wine and Jazz Night with the Andy Kirkland Band
Café Piazza, Charles Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Thursday
26 February 2009
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - A Night with the Bands
Oakham School Chapel
Friday
27 February 2009
Brian Humpherson Quintet, with Don Blakeson (trumpet) and Sue Shore (vocals)
Jazz originals and standards
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Saturday
28 February 2009
operahouse

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Mozart: The Magic Flute
Carillon Rooms, Ashby Square, Loughborough
Tuesday
3 March 2009
Soundbites
Hathi Productions: The Silence of Sound
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
4 March 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
5 March 2009
Soundbites
Tea for Three: Margeurite Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute), Robert Calow (clarinet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
5 March 2009
Lunchtime Concert

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Nicholas Daniel (oboe) & the Carducci String Quartet: Tansy Davies: Forgotten Game; Bliss: Oboe Quintet; Schubert: Death and the Maiden
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Saturday
7 March 2009
Cantamici

www.cantamicichoir.org.uk
Spring Concert
Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough
Saturday
7 March 2009
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins
Beethoven: Piano concerto no.5 ‘Emperor’ (François Salignat); Symphony no.7 in A op.92
Fraser Noble, London Road
Saturday
7 March 2009
University student music societies
Music from stage and screen
Queen's Hall, Percy Gee Building
Time: 7:00 pm
Saturday
7 March 2009
Rutland Sinfonia, with Brian Newbould (guest speaker), David Calow (conductor)
Completing Schubert's Unfinished Symphony: Overture& Incidental music to Rosamunde; Symphony No.8 “Unfinished”, completed and orchestrated by Brian Newbould
Oakham School Chapel
Sunday
8 March 2009
Philharmonia, with David Cohen (cello), Juraj Valcuha (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony no.104 "London"; Cello Concerto in D; Mendelssohn: Incidental music from The Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony no.4 ‘Italian’
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Tuesday
10 March 2009
Soundbites
Mariko Terashi (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
11 March 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Thursday
12 March 2009
Soundbites
Emily Barber (classical vocalist)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Friday
13 March 2009
Oakham School
Muisc in the Round - Navarra & Sacconi Quartets
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
14 March 2009
The Cecilian Singers with the Cecilian Academy, Jeremy Jackman (director)

lynne.holland@btinternet.com
www.ceciliansingers.co.uk
Spring Concert, including: Vivaldi: Magnificat; Albinoni: Adagio; Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Pergolesi: Magnificat
St James the Greater, London Road
Tuesday
17 March 2009
Soundbites
Martin Noble (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
18 March 2009
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime Concert All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00pm
Wednesday
18 March 2009
University of Leicester Chamber Music
Peter and Martin Cropper play music for two violins by Telemann, Bartok and Mozart
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:15 pm
Thursday
19 March 2009
Soundbites
Kevin Lee (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
19 March 2009
Lunchtime Concert

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Natalie Clein (cello): Bach: Suite no.3 for solo cello; Kodaly: Sonata for solo cello
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Thursday
19 March 2009
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - Rachmaninov: Vespers
Oakham School Chapel
Friday
20 March 2009
Simon Locke and Abigail Johnson

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www.brassmaster.org
An evening of light music, for horn and piano; works by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Debussy
St James the Greater Church, London Road
Saturday
21 March 2009
Charnwood Orchestra, with Thomas Bowes (violin)
Mozart: Overture Magic Flute; Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Symphony no.1 ‘Spring’
Parish Church, Loughborough
Saturday
21 March 2009
Leicester Philharmonic Choir, Marylebone Camerate, conducted by Karl Jenkins

www.thephil.org.uk
Jenkins: Stabat Mater; Sibelius: Finlandia; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no.2 (Chris Lee)
De Montfort Hall
Sunday
22 March 2009
Oakham Choral Society
To be announced
Oakham School Chapel
Monday
23 March 2009
Loughborough University Choir

radar.info@lboro.ac.uk
www.arts.lboro.ac.uk
Mamma Mia ’n’ Opera: Mix of genres including Abba hits and Opera Choruses
Cope Auditorium, Loughborough University
Time: 8:00 pm
Tuesday
24 March 2009
Soundbites
Rosemary Wright (accordion)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
26 March 2009
Soundbites
Cliff Bywater (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
26 March 2009
Jazz in the Piazza Roger Beaujolais with the Robin Aspland Trio
Café Piazza, Charles Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Friday
27 March 2009
Leicester Jazz House
Liam Noble
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
28 March 2009
The Bardi Orchestra, with Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Claus Efland (conductor)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger - Prelude to Act 1; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
De Montfort Hall
Saturday
28 March 2009
City of Leicester Singers
Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens; Mass in C
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
28 March 2009
Market Harborough Choral Society
Rutter: Magnificat; Pergolesi: Magnificat
Market Harborough Methodist Church
Saturday
28 March 2009
Wyvern Singers Spring Concert: Guy Turner: Requiem; plus sacred music by Holst, Vaughan Williams & Stanford
St Peter's Church, Oadby
Sunday
29 March 2009
Kingfisher Chorale
Bach: St John Passion
St Aidan’s Church, New Parks
Time: 7:00 pm
Tuesday
31 March 2009
Soundbites
Jonathan Brown (readings from own work)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Friday
3 April 2009
Hopscotch Boulevard
An exciting evening of blue note influenced jazz improvisation
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
4 April 2009
Hinckley Choral Union
Haydn: St Bernard Mass; Mozart: Coronation Mass
United Reformed Church, Hinckley
Saturday
4 April 2009
Leicester Bach Choir, with Leamington Chamber Orchestra, Karen Wise (mezzo-soprano), George von Bergen (baritone), Richard Laing (conductor)
Handel: Zadok the Priest; Dettingen Te Deum; Duruflé: Requiem
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
4 April 2009
Leicestershire Chorale
Handel: Judas Maccabeus
Leicester Cathedral
Saturday
4 April 2009
Leicestershire Sinfonia, conducted by Matthew Lynch
Haydn: Symphony no. 104 ‘London’; Krommer: Octet-Partita
Fraser Noble, London Road
Saturday
4 April 2009
Shepshed Singers

Tickets: 01509 829382 / 01530 222252
In Concert
St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Osgathorpe
Sunday
5 April 2009
Heart of England Recorder Orchestra, conducted by Colin Touchin
Concert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 4:00 pm
Wednesday
8 April 2009
Cantamici

www.cantamicichoir.org.uk
Passiontide concert, including Fauré: Requiem
St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough
Tuesday
14 April 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival Leaflet Launch & Concert: Longslade Consort: Music by Handel; in memory of Peter Crump; proceeds to ISM Benevolent Fund
St Margaret's Church, Leicester
Tuesday
14 April 2009
Schönhausen Choir, Krefeld
Short free concert to commemorate 40 years of Twinning with Krefeld
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 7:00 pm
Friday
17 April 2009
Ensemble Ivrogny
Rossini: Sonata III in C; Telemann: Sonata no.1 iin B flat; Schubert: Octet in F op.166
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Tuesday
21 April 2009
Soundbites
Valley Lute Quartet
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
22 April 2009
Keith John (organ)
To be announced
De Montfort Hall
Thursday
23 April 2009
Soundbites Cliff Bywater (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
23 April 2009
The Sixteen and Orchestra
Handel: Coronation Anthems
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
25 April 2009
Charnwood Choral Society
Haydn: Creation
Emmanuael Church, Loughborough
Saturday
25 April 2009
Griffin Singers
Spring Harmony: a programme of Light Music and Humour
Village Hall, Ravenstone
Saturday
25 April 2009
Leicester Phoenix Youth Chorale, conducted by Robert Howes
Past & Present: a vocal spectacular, with past and present members of the choir
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
25 April 2009
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
To be announced
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
Tuesday
28 April 2009
Soundbites Leicester Grammar School Wind & String Band
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Tuesday
28 April 2009
Philharmonia, with Nicola Benedetti (violin), Hugh Wolff (conductor)
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
De Montfort Hall
Thursday
30 April 2009
Soundbites Soar Valley Musicians
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
30 April 2009
Jazz in the Piazza The Hew Rees Band
Café Piazza, Charles Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Friday
1 May 2009
Leicester Jazz House
The Liquorice-Stick All-Sorts The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
2 May 2009
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins
Strauss: Wind Symphony in E flat;Dvořak: Wind Serenade
Fraser Noble Hall
Tuesday
5 May 2009
Soundbites Richelle Anim (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
6 May 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert
Brass Players. Music by J. Strauss, Gershwin and Queen
Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Thursday
7 May 2009
Soundbites
Anne Graf (voice) & Mike Ashley (lute)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
9 May 2009
operahouse

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Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Carillon Rooms, Ashby Square, Loughborough
Saturday
9 May 2009
Rutland Sinfonia, with Elizabeth French (piano), Paul Hilliam (conductor)
Music for a May night: Grieg: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
9 May 2009
University of Leicester Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin, with Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
Wagner: Tannhäusser overture; Sonja Grossner: Piano concerto (première); Brahms: Symphony no.1
Fraser Noble Hall
Tuesday
12 May 2009
Soundbites Ashfield School Band
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
13 May 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert String Players. Includes Beethoven and Britten (Simple Symphony excerpts) Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Thursday
14 May 2009
Soundbites Leicester Poetry Society
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
16 May 2009
operahouse

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Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci Ashby Grammar School, Ashby de la Zouch
17 May -6 June 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival
Various events
Various venues
Sunday
17 May 2009
Internation Coffee Morning Concert: Guy Johnston (cello) and others
Britten: Cello Suite no.1; Arensky: Quartet for violin, viola and 2 cellos; Tchaikovsky: String Sextet Souvenir de Florence
De Montfort Hall
Time: 11:00 am
Sunday
17 May 2009
Uppingham School
Organ Masterclass, with Simon Lindley (Leeds Parish Church and Leeds Town Hall) Uppingham School Chapel
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Sunday
17 May 2009
Simon Lindley (organ)
A spectacular programme given on the school’s new organ, including music by Mendelssohn, Handel and Elgar: Imperial March; Chanson de Matin
Uppingham School Chapel
Time: 7:00 pm
Sunday
17 May 2009
The Bardi Orchestra, with Naomi Williams (cello), Claus Efland (conductor)
Sibelius: Finlandia; Elgar: Cello Concerto; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)
De Montfort Hall
Time: 8:00 pm
Tuesday
19 May 2009
Soundbites James Ledingham (violin)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
20 May 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Georgina Snow, Sophie Macrae, Lucy Penn (sopranos), with Simon Smith (piano). Music by Purcell, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Hahn and Delibes
Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Wednesday
20 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival Candle-lit Concert: The C18th Concert Orchestra
St Mary de Castro
Time: 8:00 pm
Thursday
21 May 2009
Soundbites Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
23 May 2009
Philharmonia
Study Afternoon on Vienna 1900-1935
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:30 - 5:00 pm
Saturday
23 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival “Great Harry”: a tribute to Henry VIII by Rostiboli
St Mary de Castro
Sunday
24 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival Henry Purcell: a celebration of 350th anniversary
St Mary de Castro
Time: 8:00 pm
Monday
25 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival “Time to pass in Goodly Sport” with Courtlye Musick
St Mary de Castro
Time: 5:00 pm
Tuesday
26 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival Trip through the renaissance with Dignatus Consort
Leicester Cathedral
Wednesday
27 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival “Haydn wore fur & ate red meat” with Geoffrey Thomas (piano)
Leicester Cathedral
Wednesday
27 May 2009
Philharmonia, with Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Berg: Violin Concerto; Mahler: Symphony no.6
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Thursday
28 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival Longslade Consort & Friends
Castle House
Friday
29 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival Tudor Ceilidh
Guildhall
Time: 5:15 pm and 9:00 pm
Saturday
30 May 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival “Winds of Change”: Denner Ensemble
St Mary de Castro
Tuesday
2 June 2009
Soundbites Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
3 June 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Fourth Form Music Scholars, with Simon Smith (piano)
Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Thursday
4 June 2009
Soundbites Martin Cortazzi (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Friday
5 June 2009
Leicester Early Music Festival The Music of Shakespeare, by the Lachrymae Consort
St Mary de Castro
Saturday
6 June 2009
Leicester Symphony Orchestra, with Leicester Philharmonic Choir, Pavel Kotla (conductor)

www.leicestersymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Beethoven: Symphony no.9 “Choral”; Borodin: Prince Igor Overture; Moniuszko: Bajka; Sibelius: Finlandia (Choral)
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Sunday
7 June 2009
Mark Batten

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
9 June 2009
Soundbites Mariko Terashi (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
10 June 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Concert devised by the Paul David Music Society
Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Thursday
11 June 2009
Soundbites Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
13 June 2009
The Coull Quartet
Family Concert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 3:00 pm
Saturday
13 June 2009
Griffin Singers
Summer Harmony: Light Music and Humour
Village Hall, Fleckney
Saturday
13 June 2009
Leicester Bach Choir Rutter Psalm Fest, with some English anthems
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
13 June 2009
Loughborough Male Voice Choir

info@loughboroughmvc.co.uk
www.loughboroughmvc.co.uk
Summer Concert
Loughborough Baptist Church
Saturday
13 June 2009
Market Harborough Choral Society
"Our Favourite Things"
Market Harborough Methodist Church
Saturday
13 June 2009
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Summer Prom Concert
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
Sunday
14 June 2009
Peter Holder

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
16 June 2009
Soundbites Ben Fuller (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Tuesday
16 June 2009
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, Laurence Rogers (organ), Robert Kenny (conductor)

0116 252 2455
www.le.ac.uk/racentre
rvk2@le.ac.uk
Elizabeth Regina and William Byrd: Byrd’s music for the Queen and the Catholics; from madrigals to the Mass for Five Voices
Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
Wednesday
17 June 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Henriette Druba, Rebecca Timothy, Georgina Box (flutes), Isaac Bryant (saxophone), Alexis Ffrench (piano). Music by Mouquet and Reinecke
Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Thursday
18 June 2009
Soundbites James Ledingham (strings)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
20 June 2009
City of Leicester Singers, with the Phoenix Youth Chorale

admin@cityofleicestersingers.co.uk
www.cityofleicestersingers.co.uk
Songs of England
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
20 June 2009
Leicestershire Chorale
Secular motets, songs and madrigals
Market Harborough
Saturday
20 June 2009
University of Leicester Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin, with Ben Gregor-Smith (cello)
Schubert: Rosamunde overture; Symphony o.8 “Unfinished”; Dvořak: Cello concert in B minor
Fraser Noble Hall
Saturday
20 June 2009
Wyvern Singers
Summer Concert
St Bartholomew’s Church, Kirby Muxloe
Sunday
21 June 2009
Mark Prescott

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Sunday
21 June 2009
(to be confirmed)
Leicester Philharmonic Choir
Concert
St James the Greater, London Road
Tuesday
23 June 2009
Soundbites Richard Gill (poetry reading)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
24 June 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Chamber Orchestra. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.4
Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 1:20pm
Wednesday
24 June 2009
Uppingham School, with Simon Smith (piano)
Recital Competition Uppingham Parish Church
Time: 7:00 pm
Thursday
25 June 2009
Soundbites Cliff Bywater (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Saturday
27 June 2009
Cantamici

www.cantamicichoir.org.uk
Summer Concert
Richard Attenborough Centre
Saturday
27 June 2009
Charnwood Orchestra, with Anthony Thompson (trumpet) Borodin: Polovtsian Dances; Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
27 June 2009
Hinckley Choral Union
Concert of Choral Favourites
St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth
Saturday
27 June 2009
Wyvern Singers
Summer Concert
St Mary Magdalen Church, Knighton
Sunday
28 June 2009
Nicholas Wilshere

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
30 June 2009
Soundbites Leicester Poetry Society
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
2 July 2009
Soundbites Stuart Emerson (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
2 July 2009
Stile Antico

Contact: 0116 254 2111 or 0116 232 8774
Desire of Heavenly Harmonies: music by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd
St James the Greater, London Road
Friday
3 July 2009
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins
Bruch: Kol Nidrei (soloist Anne Mee); Rodrigo: Guitar Fantasia (soloist Yvonne Bloor); Beethoven: Symphony no.3 “Eroica”
Fraser Noble Hall
Saturday
4 July 2009
Helix Ensemble, with Kenneth Woods (director)

Contact: 01332 660593
Email: helixensemble@supaworld.com
www.helixensemble.co.uk
Musical Diversity
All Saints Parish Church, Loughborough
Saturday
4 July 2009
Leicester Phoenix Youth Chorale
“America”
Guthlaxton College
Sunday
5 July 2009
Alex Binns

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
7 July 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals
Stephen Moore (Salisbury) and Leicestershire Arts Senior Brass Ensemble
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Saturday
11 July 2009
The Harborough Singers

Email:harboroughsingers@btinternet.com
www.harboroughsingers.org.uk
The Summer Concert
Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Great Bowden
Sunday
12 July 2009
Martyn Noble

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
14 July 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Simon Headley (Leicester)
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Thursday
16 July 2009
Leicester International Music Festival

www.musicfestival.co.uk
Eclectica!: An evening of chamber jazz
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 7:00pm for drinks; performance at 7:30pm
Sunday
19 July 2009
Michael Rule

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www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
21 July 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Martin Setchell
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Sunday
26 July 2009
Mark Batten

0116 254 2111
www.stjamesthegreater.org.uk
Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: 5:30 pm
Tuesday
28 July 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Robert Sharpe (York Minster): music by Bach, Spicer, Cochereau, Widor and Walton
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Friday
31 July 2009
City of London Chamber Orchestra, with Elizabeth Watts (soprano)

www.musicatdingley.org.uk
Haydn: Symphony no.91 in E flat; Bach: Arias from Cantatas BWV31, 57, 84 & 105; Mozart: Symphony no.40 in G minor
Dingley Church, Market Harborough
Sunday
2 August 2009
The Chamber Players

www.musicatdingley.org.uk
Haydn: Quartet op.64/5 “The Lark”; Bridge: Quintet; Mendelssohn: Quintet in A op.18
Dingley Church, Market Harborough
Time: 12:30pm
Tuesday
4 August 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Nigel Ogden: music by Smart, Handel, Ogden, improvised accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin’sEasy Street
Leicester Cathedral
Pre-performance talk 7:30pm
Concert: 8:00pm
Tuesday
11 August 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Nikola Eckertova & Pavla Bockova (Royal Academy): music by Merkel, Moart, Reger and Franck
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Saturday
14 August 2009
Music in Lyddington: Anton Stadler Trio Brahms: Intermezzos & Rhapsody op119; Sonata in E flat for viola op.120/2; Sonata in F minor for clarinet op.120/1; Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio in E flat k498 St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
Tuesday
18 August 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Colin Walsh (Lincoln Cathedral): Messiaen - movements from L’Ascension, La Nativité and Les Corps Glorieux
Leicester Cathedral
Pre-concert talk 7:00pm
Concert: 8:00pm
Tuesday
25 August 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals David Cowen (organ) & Stephen Foster (bass) & friends: Liszt: Fantasia & fugue on the chorale ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’, and vocal items
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Friday
28 August 2009
Castle Park Festival
Music, Bricks and Mortar - Music for the kings and queens of England. Stephen Butt (Radio Leicester) and The Longslade Consort present some reflections on the historic buildings of the Guildhall area with Royal Music from Richard III to George II
Guildhall
Saturday
29 August 2009
Wyvern Singers
Concert
St Mary’s Church, Barwell
Tuesday
1 September 2009
Leicester Cathedral Organ Recitals Jonathan Gregory (Leicester Cathedral): music by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn & Lefébure-Wély
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Saturday
5 September 2009
Music in Lyddington: Heath Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in G k387; Tippett: String Quartet no2 in F sharp minor; Schubert: String Quintet in C D956
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
Wednesday
9 September 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert
Verity Fielding (clarinet) & Neville Cooper (guitar) in a recital with a Spanish flavour
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Saturday
12 September 2009
The Cecilian Singers

www.ceciliansingers.co.uk
A Victorian evening as part of National Heritage Open Day
Rothley Parish Church
Time: 7:00 pm
Wednesday
16 September 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Molly Astley (voice) & Henry Dobson (guitar)
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Wednesday
16 September 2009
Leicester Phoenix Youth Choir

Tickets: 0116 270 4692 or 0116 278 6887
Leavers’ Concert
St Andrew's, Aylestone
Thursday
17 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival
‘Elgar and the Song of the Nightclub Proprietress’: Berkeley: String Trio; Tansy Davies: Forgotten Game for solo oboe; Madeleine Dring: Waltz and Italian Dance for oboe & piano; Betjeman Songs for tenor & piano; Elgar: Soliloquy for oboe &piano; Romance for cello & piano; Piano Quintet
New Walk Museum
Pre-concert talk with John Florance 6:45pm FREE
Concert: 7:30pm
Friday
18 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime concert
Tansy Davies: World premiere of new work for oboe; Paul Carr: The unusual quietness of snow for oboe & string quartet; Tippett: The Heart’s Assurance for tenor & piano; Elgar: Violin Sonata
New Walk Museum
Concert: 1:00pm
Friday
18 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival Tippett: Prelude, Autumn for oboe & piano; Britten: Winter Words for tenor & piano; Peter Wiegold: Earth, receive an honoured guest for cor anglais & string trio; Tansy Davies: 2 songs for tenor & piano; Walton: Passacaglia for solo cello; Piano Quartet
New Walk Museum
Pre-concert talk with John Florance 6:45pm FREE
Concert: 7:30pm
Friday
18 September 2009
The London Community Gospel Choir
The Shout Tour
Uppingham School Memorial Hall
Friday
18 September 2009
Philharmonia
Schubert: Rosamunde Overture; Schumann: Piano concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4
De Montfort Hall
Saturday
19 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime concert
Quartetathon! music performed by the Idomeneo Quartet (Guildhall School of Music & Drama), the Isolani Quartet (Royal Northern College of Music) and the Eilon Quartet (Royal College of Music)
New Walk Museum
Concert: 1:00 - 2:30pm (approx.)
Saturday
19 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival Young Composers’ Master Class: open event with Composer-in-Residence Tansy Davies
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 3:00pm FREE
Saturday
19 September 2009
Baroque and Classical Splendours
Music for trumpet, oboe, voice & organ by Purcell, Telemann & Handel
Fotheringhay Church
Saturday
19 September 2009
Harborough Millenium Chorus, with Joanne Lunn (soprano), the Musical and Amicable Society, David Johnson (conductor)
Handel: Messiah
St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough
Saturday
19 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival Bax: Trio for violin, viola & piano; Tavener: Songs of the Sky for tenor, oboe & piano; Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong for cor anglais & piano; On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano & string quartet
New Walk Museum
Pre-concert talk with John Florance 6:45pm FREE
Concert: 7:30pm
Saturday
19 September 2009
Leicestershire Sinfonia, with Nicholas Race (piano) and Matthew Lynch (conductor)

Contact: 07966 437037
Haydn: Symphony no.99 in E flat; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor; Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
St Philip's Church, Evington Road
Sunday
20 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival Jazzlines - Family concert with Sinfonia Viva New Walk Museum
Time: 2:30pm
Sunday
20 September 2009
Leicester International Music Festival Festival Finale - Kaleidoscopes, in memory of Richard Hickox 1948-1008: Tansy Davies: Residuum for string orchestra; Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for string orchestra; Tavener: Threnos for cello; Kaleidoscopes (a tribute to Mozart) for oboe, 4 string quartets, 2 double basses and 4 Tibetan temple bowls
Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00pm
Wednesday
23 September 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Baroque Splendours: Philip Barrett (tenor), Peter Clements (organ), Piers Dance (trumpet), Nicholas Morris (organ) & Alexander Peter (oboe): a concert to mark the 250th anniversay of Handel’s death, including arias from Messiah and music by Telemann and Bach
Uppingham School Chapel
Time: 1:20 pm
Wednesday
23 September 2009
Centre Arts for Quorn

Contact: Terry Stirling 01509 414287
email: terrystirling@ntlworld.com
Jackie Oates & James Dumbleton - In Concert
Village Hall, Quorn
Friday
25 September 2009
Catmose Arts Jazz Concert Catmose Gallery, Oakham
Saturday
26 September 2009
The Harborough Singers, with Gabriel Woolf (narrator)

Email:harboroughsingers@btinternet.com
www.harboroughsingers.org.uk
Messiah Weekend: Handel and Church Langton
St Peter's Church, Church Langton
Time: 7:00 pm
Saturday
26 September 2009
Music in Lyddington: The Gonzaga Band
Vespers à 4 - Monteverdi and contemporaries
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
Sunday
27 September 2009
International Coffee Concerts: Jennifer Pike (violin); Martin Roscoe (piano)
Beethoven: Sonata no.1 op.12; Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro; Schumann: Sonata no.1 in A minor; Ravel: Tzigane
Victoria Suite, De Montfort Hall
Time: 11:00am
Sunday
27 September 2009
The Harborough Singers, with Dame Felicity Lott, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill, Michael Bundy, Pro Musica Orchestra

Email:harboroughsingers@btinternet.com
www.harboroughsingers.org.uk
Messiah Weekend: Handel (complete)
St Peter's Church, Church Langton
Time: 7:00 pm
Wednesday
30 September 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Senior Wind Quintets: Arnold: Three Shanties op.4; Shostakovich: Polka from The Golden Age op.22; Gershwin: Promenade (Walking the Dog); J. Strauss: Wiener Kreuzer-Polka op.220
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Thursday
1 October 2009
Lunchtime Concert Series
Patricia Rozario (soprano) & Craig Ogden (guitar) New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Thursday
1 October 2009
The Edmondson/Richards Flute & Guitar Duo

0116 254 2111 or 0116 232 8774
Music Over Four Centuries
St James the Greater, London Road
Friday
2 October 2009
The London Concertante
Concert
Uppingham School Memorial Hall
Saturday
3 October 2009
The Cecilian Singers, directed by Jeremy Jackman

Contact: 01509 880971
Email: cjames46@btinternet.co.uk
Come & Sing Workshop to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Churches Conservation Trust. Music includes Lauridsen: O nata lux; Sheppard: Jesu Salvator
All Saints’ Church, Highcross Street
Registration: 12:30 pm
Workshop: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Saturday
3 October 2009
Rutland Sinfonia, with soloists from Oakham School

www.rutlandsinfonia.org.uk
Arnold: Little Suites nos 1 & 2; Schumann: Piano concerto no.21 1st movement; Elgar: Cello concerto Finale (arr. viola); Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Bruch: Violin concerto no.1 2nd movement; Milhaud: Scaramouche; Walton: Henry V suite
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
3 October 2009
Robin Ward (harp)

Enquiries: 0116 270 1691
Music by Trabaci, Froberger, Buxtehude, Parry & Glinka
St Nicholas Church
Wednesday
7 October 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Chamber Choir & String Ensemble, conducted by Oliver Parker, with Peter Clements (piano): In Memory of Anne Peschek (1929-2009): Schubert: Where thou reignest; Lambert: Fear no mor the heat o’ the sun; Cornelius: The surrender of the soul to the everlasting love
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Saturday
10 October 2009
Cantamici, with Sine Nomine

www.cantamicichoir.org.uk
In Harmony
Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College
Saturday
10 October 2009
Charnwood Orchestra, with Nic Fallowfield (violin/conductor)
Respighi: The Birds; Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte; Haydn: Violin concerto no.1 in C; Symphony no.103 “Drum Roll”
Holy Trinity Church, Barrow on Soar
Sunday
11 October 2009
Bardi Symphony Orchestra, with the Leicestershire Chorale, Claus Efland (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Overture ‘Romeo & Juliet’; Orff: Carmina Burana
De Montfort Hall
Sunday
11 October 2009
Transfusion, with YFriday and Noel Richards

Contact Martyn Ward: 0116 233 7915
info@transfusionuk.co.uk
YFriday Great & Glorious Worship Event
The Athena Conference Centre
Time: 7:00 pm
Wednesday
14 October 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Nicholas Morris (piano): Beethoven: 32 variations in C minor WoO.80; Copland: Sonata (1st movt); Ravel: Sonatine
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Wednesday
14 October 2009
Philharmonia Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla overture; Glazunov: Violin concerto; Dvořak: Symphony no.9
De Montfort Hall
Thursday
15 October 2009
Lunchtime Concert Series Sophie Cashell (piano): Ginastera: Sonata 1.X.1905; Schumann: Carnival; Liszt: Ballade no.2
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
15 October 2009
Uppingham School Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jane Stevens
Concert: including Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Haydn: Farewell Symphony
Uppingham School Memorial Hall
FREE ADMISSION
Friday
16 October 2009
Leicester Jazz House presents Friday Fusion
John Law (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00pm
Saturday
17 October 2009
Yvonne Bloor (guitar)
Workshop: Classical guitar performance skills
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 10:00am - 3:30pm
Saturday
17 October 2009
Music in Lyddington: Bartholomew LaFollette (cello) & Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Bach: Cello Suite no6 in D BWV1012; Stravinsky: Suite Italienne; Rachmaninov: Prelude & Danse Oriental; Beethoven: Sonata in A op69
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
Saturday
17 October 2009
Band of the Blues and Royals, Enderby Youth Band & Enderby Wind Band
FREE concert, with music ranging from show, military, film and classical
St Jame the Greater, London Road
Saturday
24 October 2009
The Chanterelles Female Choir

chanterelles_choir@hotmail.co.uk
www.chanterelleschoir.co.uk
The Chanterelles (from Leicester) and The City of Bath Male Choir (as seen on the TV series ‘Last Choir Standing’ St James the Greater, London Road
Wednesday
28 October 2009
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins, with Julie Bassett (trumpet), Richard Roddis (tenor) and Mark Penny (horn)
Haydn: Trumpet concerto; Symphony no.92 “Oxford”; Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings
Fraser Noble, London Road
Thursday
29 October 2009
Lunchtime Concert Series Lucy Wakeford (harp): music by Spohr, Roussel, Plowman, Britten, Granados & Fauré
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
30 October 2009
Philharmonia Beethoven: Leonora overture no.1; Symphony no.7; Mozart: Piano concerto no.18 k451
De Montfort Hall
Saturday
31 October 2009
London Mozart Players, with the Leicester Philharmonic Choir Haydn: Nelson Mass; Te Deum; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
De Montfort Hall
Saturday
31 October 2009
Tudor Choir with the Rutland Sinfonia, conducted by Barry Collett, with Judy Dodd (soprano), Gill Hawkes (alto), David Toft (tenor) & Stephen Foster (bass)
Hope charity concert: Songs by Elgar & Bridge; Mozart: Requiem
Fraser Noble, London Road
Sunday
1 November 2009
International Coffee Concerts: Graham Oppenheimer & Guests
Beethoven: Sonata for cello & piano in A op69; Mozart: Kegelstatt trio K498; Chopin: Ballade no.1 in G minor op23; Brahms: Clarinet Trio op114
Victoria Suite, De Montfort Hall
Time: 11:00am
Sunday
1 November 2009
The Coull Quartet
Haydn: Op.20/2; Shostakovich: Quartet no.4; Schubert: Death & the Maiden
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 3:00pm
Tuesday
3 November 2009
Soundbites
Gillian Butcher & Barry Collett (pianos)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Wednesday
4 November 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert William Wright (baritone) & Simon Smith (piano): music by Purcell, Quilter & Gurney
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Thurday
5 November 2009
Soundbites
Kate McKechnie: Song Recital
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Friday
6 November 2009
Leicester Jazz House presents Friday Fusion John Horler (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00pm
Saturday
7 November 2009
Griffin Singers
Autumn Harmony
Rearsby Parish Hall
Saturday
7 November 2009
Leicester Bach Choir with Cantamici Chamber Choir,  Leicester Grammar School Choir and Queen's Park Sinfonia
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, in memory of Jonathan Hill
St James the Greater, London Road
Pre-concert talk: 7:00 pm
Saturday
7 November 2009
Daniel de Borah (piano)

www.musicatdingley.org.uk
Mozart: Fantasy in D minor K475; Schumann: Fantasy in C op17; Chopin: Ballades nos 2 & 4; Fantasy in F minor op49; 4 Mazurkas op68
Dingley Church, Market Harborough
Saturday
7 November 2009
The Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
Concert
Uppingham School Chapel
Saturday
7 November 2009
Kingfisher Chorale, directed by David Fisher and Giles Turner
Modern choral classics: Crump: Hymn to God the Father; Duxbury: Angel Whisper; Fisher: Mass to the Trinity (excerpts); and music by Jewitt, Hodson, Todd, Downes and Rutter
Fraser Noble, London Road
Saturday
7 November 2009
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra

Tickets from David England 0116 281 0650
Concert
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
Sunday
8 November 2009
Uppingham School Chapel Choir
Music for Remembrance: Duruflé: Requiem
Uppingham School Chapel
Time: 7:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Tuesday
10 November 2009
Soundbites
Pete Hautman: jazz
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Wednesday
11 November 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Chamber music for strings, by Beethoven and Haydn
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Thursday
12 November 2009
Soundbites
Musicians from Guthlaxton College
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Thursday
12 November 2009
Lunchtime Concert Series Linde Brunmayr-Tutz (Baroque flute) & Barbara Adamczyk (harpsichord): music by Handel, Bach & Kleinknecht
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Thursday
12 November 2009
Music at the Arts Bar
Mike Branney & Richard Everitt Quartet, with guest trombonist Mark Nightingale
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
14 November 2009
City of Leicester Singers

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www.cityofleicestersingers.co.uk
Rutter: Magnificat; Gorecki: Totus tuus; Puccini: Messa de Gloria
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
14 November 2009
Leicester Symphony Orchestra

www.leicestersymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde; Sibelius: Violin concerto; Shostakovich: Symphony no.5
De Montfort Hall
Tuesday
17 November 2009
Soundbites
Claire Burrows (flute) & Karina Chopra (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Wednesday
18 November 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Piers Dance & Danny Mills (trumpets), Alexis Ffrench (piano): includes Haydn: Trumpet concert in E flat
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Thursday
19 November 2009
Soundbites Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Thursday
19 November 2009
Ex Cathedra & Baroque Orchestra

Contact: 0116 254 2111 or 0116 232 8774
Programme to include: Handel: Dixit Dominus
St James the Greater, London Road
Friday
20 November 2009
Hinckley Choral Union
Gilbert & Sullivan: Choruses; Trial by Jury
Hinckley Concordia Theatre
Saturday
21 November 2009
Charnwood Orchestra, with Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Beethoven: Egmont overture; Piano concerto no.5 “Emperor”; Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Saturday
21 November 2009
Griffiin Singers
Advent Harmony
Peatling Magna Parish Church
Saturday
21 November 2009
Leicestershire Chorale, with James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Purcell: including Welcome to all the pleasures; Te Deum; Jubilate
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
21 November 2009
Market Harborough Choral Society

01858 464116
www.harboroughchoral.co.uk
Orff: Carmina Burana
Robert Smyth School, Burnmill Road, Market Harborough
Saturday
21 November 2009
University of Leicester Big Band & Symphonic Concert Band, conducted by Dan Jones and Don Blakeson
Classics from the world of opera and operetta
Fraser Noble, London Road
Sunday
22 November 2009
International Coffee Concerts: Matthew Barley (cello) & Julian Joseph (jazz piano)
Bach: Preludes for solo cello; Joseph: solo piano improvisations; other works for cello & piano
Victoria Suite, De Montfort Hall
Time: 11:00am
Tuesday
24 November 2009
Soundbites Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Wednesday
25 November 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Winner of the Uppingham Recital Competition 2009, Richard Austin (baritone), Simon Smith (piano): includes music by Fauré, Keel & Finzi
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Thursday
26 November 2009
Soundbites James Ledingham (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Thursday
26 November 2009
Lunchtime Concert Series Guy Johnston (cello) & Tom Poster (piano): Mendelssohn: Variation Concertantes; Chopin: Cello sonata; Schumann: Adagio & Allegro
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
27 November 2009
Catmose Arts
Jazz Concert
Catmose Gallery, Oakham
Saturday
28 November 2009
Bardi Symphony Orchestra, with Jenny Saunders (soprano), Mark Fitz-Gerald (conductor)
Last Night of the Proms in association with HOPE
De Montfort Hall
Saturday
28 November 2009
Leicester University Chamber Choir, conducted by Michael Rule
19th century choral masterpieces
Church of St James the Greater
Saturday
28 November 2009
University Orchestral Society, conducted by Dan Jones
Includes Brahms: Symphony no.2
Fraser Noble, London Road
Saturday
28 November 2009
Rutland Sinfonia, with David le Page (violin), Paul Hillman (conductor)

Tickets: 01832 274333
Oundle Classics: Mendelssohn: Overture ‘The Hebrides’; Bruch: Violin concerto no.1; Dvořak: Symphony no.7 St Peter's Church, Oundle
Saturday
28 November 2009
Wyvern Singers
Concert
St Peter’s Church, Whetstone
Tuesday
1 December 2009
Soundbites Ashfield School Band
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Tuesday
1 December 2009
The Harborough Singers
NSPCC Christmas Concert
All Saints Church, Oakham
Wednesday
2 December 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Issabelle Parsons (horn), Simon Smith (piano): R. Strauss: Horn concerto no.1 in E flat
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Wednesday
2 December 2009
Philharmonia Mozart: Violin concerto no.3; Mahler: Symphony no.9
De Montfort Hall
Thursday
3 December 2009
Soundbites Musicians from Guthlaxton College Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45pm
Thursday
3 December 2009
Music at the Arts Bar
The Bill Coleman Quartet, with guest star soloist and Brian Humpherson (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Friday
4 December 2009
Cantamici

www.cantamicichoir.org.uk
Season’s Greetings
Holy Trinity Church, Barrow on Soar
Friday
4 December 2009
Leicestershire Chorale
Christmas Concert, including works by Britten, Spofforth, Gritton and Rutter
St Philip’s Church, Evington Road
Friday
4 December 2009
Uppingham School Bands, Orchestra & Choirs
The Christmas Concert
Uppingham School Memorial Hall
FREE ADMISSION
Saturday
5 December 2009
The Big Chris Barber Jazz Band
Concert
Uppingham School Memorial Hall
Saturday
5 December 2009
University of Leicester Sinfonia, with Leicester University Choral Society, conducted by Michael Sackin, with Alison Eales (clarinet)
Arnold: Clarinet concert no.2; C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in D, Wq.183/1; Haydn: Nelson Mass
Fraser Noble, London Road
Saturday
5 December 2009
Wyvern Singers
Concert
St Peter’s Church, Glenfield
Sunday
6 December 2009
Uppingham School
Advent Carol Service
Uppingham School Chapel
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Tuesday
8 December 2009
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir
Music for Christmas 2009, including American composer Morten Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium”
St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
Wednesday
9 December 2009
Uppingham School Lunchtime Concert Senior Uppingham pianists performing Beethoven, including Sonata in F op.54 & Sonata in G op.14/2
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Uppingham
Time: 1:20 pm
Wednesday
9 December 2009
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins, with Andrew Bound (cello), Paul Schrage (piano)
Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto; Mendelssohn: Piano concerto in G minor; Italian Symphony
Fraser Noble, London Road
Thursday
10 December 2009
Lunchtime Concert Series Jan Stigmer (violin) & Rob van Heck: music by Bach, Grieg & Kreisler encores
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
11 December 2009
The Cecilian Singers, conducted by Jeremy Jackman

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Christmas Soirée with mulled wine and fork and finger buffet St Philip’s Church, Evington Road
Time: 7:15 for 7:45 pm
Friday
11 December 2009
The Musical & Amicable Society
Candlelight Christmas: concertos by Bach, Sammartini, Muffat, Leclair, Corrette & Telemann
St John the Baptist, CLarendon Park Road
Friday
11 December 2009
Leicester Jazz House presents Friday Fusion Zoe Rahman (piano)
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00pm
Saturday
12 December 2009
Leicester Bach Choir, with the Roman Catholic Primary Schools of St Clare's, Coalville and St Peter's Earl Shilton
Music for the Christmas season
Leicester Cathedral
Saturday
12 December 2009
Hinckley Choral Union
Christmas Concert
St Giles' Church, Barlestone
Sunday
13 December 2009
Bahauddin Dagar
Rudra Veena Concert
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 6:30pm
Sunday
13 December 2009
The Harborough Singers
Lessons and Carols at Medbourne
St Giles Church, Medbourne
Time: 6:30 pm
Wednesday
16 December 2009
Griffin Singers
A Christmas Celebration
Trinity Methodist Church, Oadby
Thursday
17 December 2009
Leicester Philharmonic Choir
To be announced
St James the Greater, London Road
Friday
18 December 2009
The Longslade Consort
Mulled Wine, Mince Pies & Music (drop-in concert)
Guildhall
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday
19 December 2009
Bardi Wind Orchestra
A Christmas Festival
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Saturday
19 December 2009
City of Leicester Singers Classic carols
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
19 December 2009
Kingfisher Chorale
Carol Concert: “Follow that Star”
Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
19 December 2009
The Harborough Singers, with Charles Collingwood and Judy Bennett from “The Archers”
A Celebration of Christmas
St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough
Saturday
19 December 2009
Market Harborough Choral Society

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Christmas Carols by Candlelight
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Sunday
20 December 2009
The Cecilian Singers

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A Celebration of Christmas
Dingley Church, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm
Monday
21 December 2009
Kingfisher Chorale
Carol Concert: “Follow that Star” Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
Wednesday
23 December 2009
Kingfisher Chorale
Carol Concert: “Follow that Star” Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm