| Date |
Society |
Programme |
Venue (start time 7:30pm unless stated otherwise) |
Thursday
10 January 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association, with Ben Carr (recorder) and John Bence (harpsichord) |
Music for recorder and harpsichord |
St Margaret’s Church
Time: 1:00 pm
Tickets FREE |
Thursday
10 January 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Cédric Tiberghien (piano) |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Time: 1:00 pm |
Saturday
12 January 2013 |
Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff |
Come and Sing: Fauré: Requiem |
Trinity Methodist Church, Royland Road, Loughborough
Time: 11:30 am - 7:30 pm |
Saturday
12 January 2013 |
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Tickets: 0116 288 9674 |
New Year Viennese Concert |
Guthlaxton College, Wigston |
Monday
14 January 2013 |
Leicester Recorded Music Society |
John Brooks: Gilbert & Sullivan |
Holy Trinity Church, Regents Road |
Tuesday
15 January 2013 |
Philharmonia Orchestra, with Alison Balsom (trumpet) & Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor) |
Beethoven: Symphony no.2; Bizet: Symphony in C; Hummel: Trumpet concerto |
De Montfort Hall |
Friday
18 January 2013 |
Embrace Arts: Galina Vale |
La Diva de la Guitarra: classical, flamenco and folk guitar music |
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm |
Saturday
19 January 20123 |
Charnwood Orchestra |
Viennese evening |
Humphrey Perkins School, Barrow-upon-Soar |
Sunday
20 January 2013 |
Martyn Noble (Southwark Cathedral Organ Scholar) |
Organ Recital |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 8:00 pm |
Thursday
24 January 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Rhodes Piano Trio |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Time: 1:00 pm |
Saturday
26 January 2013 |
Leicester Bach Choir, with Marguerite Beatson & David Whittle (pianos), Musical Village Youth Choir & percussionists from the school |
Come & Sing: Orff: Carmina Burana |
Leicester Grammar School
Rehearsal: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Performance: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Saturday
26 January 2013 |
Leicestershire Sinfonia, conducted by Theo Lester |
Beethoven: Symphony no.4; Elgar: Serenade for strings; Dvořák: Slavonic Dance, arr. for wind octet |
St Philip’s Church, Evington Road |
Saturday
26 January 2013 |
The Loughborough Orchestra, with Alan Thomas (guitar) |
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture; Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez; Brahms: Symphony no.4. |
Trinity Methodist Church, Royland Road, Loughborough |
Friday
1 February 2013 |
Oakham School Orchestras and Choir |
Eternal Light Concert: Oakham School Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir & Chamber Orchestra. Debussy: Danses; Dove: Seek him; Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Mozart: Jupiter symphony 1st movement; Poulenc: Suite: Les Biches 2nd & 4th movements |
Oakham School Chapel
Time: 7:45 pm |
Saturday
2 February 2013 |
Bardi Orchestra, with Christopher Herrick (organ) and Claus Efland (conductor) |
Berlioz: Roman Carnival overture; Haydn: Symphony no.86 “Paris”; Saint-Saens: Symphony no.3 “Organ” |
De Montfort Hall |
Sunday
3 February 2013 |
Oakham School |
Choral Evensong for Candelmas: McDowall: Light out of Darkness |
Oakham School Chapel |
Wednesday
6 February 2013 |
Oakham School |
Eleanor Wood (cello): Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major (2nd & 3rd movements) |
All Saints’ Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 pm |
Thursday
7 February 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Heath String Quartet and Charles Owen (piano) |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Time: 1:00 pm |
Saturday
9 February 2013 |
Leicester Symphony Orchestra |
Northern Lights: Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Symphony no.2; Grieg: Piano concerto. With Charles Owen (piano) and John Andrews (conductor) |
De Montfort Hall |
Monday
11 February 2013 |
Leicester Recorded Music Society |
Eric Jennings (ex-principal trombonist of the RLPO): Life in the orchestra |
Holy Trinity Church, Regents Road |
Friday
15 February 2013 |
The Coull Quartet |
Glazunov: Prelude and Fugue in D minor; Shostakovich: Quartet no.11 in F minor op122; Haydn: Quartet in F op.77/2; Tchaikovsky: Quartet no.3 in E flat minor op.30 |
Embrace Arts, Richard Attenborough Centre |
Saturday
16 February 2013 |
Leicestershire Chorale |
O Eve! - In Praise of Women |
Fraser Noble, London Road |
Sunday
17 February 2013 |
John Keys (St Mary’s Church, Nottingham) |
Organ Recital |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 8:00 pm |
Wednesday
20 February 2013 |
Oakham School |
Rhian Owen (mezzo-soprano): Dring: Shakespeare Songs; Bridge: Songs for medium voice, viola & piano |
All Saints’ Church, Oakham |
Thursday
21 February 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Sarah Burnett (bassoon) and Huw Watkins (piano) |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Time: 1:00 pm |
Friday
22 February 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Duo piccolo e Grande (mandolino, lute, theorbo, hurdy-gurdy) |
Clarendon Park Congregational Church, London Road |
Saturday
23 February 2013 |
Loughborough Concert Band |
Concert with guest trombonist Sam Dye, a scholar at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church |
Saturday
23 February 2013 |
Phiharmonia Orchestra, with Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Elizabeth Watts (soprano) & Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) |
Borenstein: The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe; Mozart: Piano concerto no.21 K467; Mahler: Symphony no.4 |
De Montfort Hall |
Sunday
24 February 2013 |
St Patrick’s Church Recital |
A musical evening to showcase the new organ and piano |
St Patrick’s Church, Beaumont Leys Lane
Time: 7:00 pm |
Wednesday
27 February 2013 |
Oakham School |
Charlotte Senescall (soprano), Vaness White (clarinet): Woodwind Quintet: Hadyn: Divertimento in B flat; Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen |
All Saints’ Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 pm |
Friday
1 March 2013 |
Good Guys Orchestra |
Big Band play Basie to Bublé: Glen Miller, Rat Pack, Salsa, Latin, Jazz, Funk and more. Leader and vocalist Guy Garrett |
Oakham School Chapel
Time: 7:45 pm |
Saturday
2 March 2013 |
Cantamici Chamber Choir |
Concert |
St Mary Magdelene Church, Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
Saturday
2 March 2013 |
Kingfisher Chorale, directed by Giles Turner |
“Take him, earth, for cherishing”: English sacred music by Finzi, Howells, Leighton, Macmillan and Harvey |
St John the Baptist Church, Clarendon Park Road
Tickets: Adult £12; Concessions £9; Children/Students £2 |
Sunday
3 March 2013 |
Music at Dingley: Peter Donahoe (piano) |
Tchaikovsky: Scherzo à la Russe op.1/1; Intermezzo in E flat minor op.1/2; Prokofiev: Sonata no.1 in F minor op.1; Bartok: Rhapsody op.1; Schumann: Theme and Variations on the name ‘Abegg’ op.1; Berg: Sonata op.1; Brahms: Sonata no.1 in C op.1 |
Dingley Parish Church
Time: 12:30 pm |
Wednesday
6 March 2013 |
Oakham School |
Anson Yip (piano): Brahms: Intermezzo in E flat: Kodàly: Méditation sur un thème de Claude Debussy; Beethoven: Sonata Pathétique (3rd movement) |
All Saints’ Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 pm |
Thursday
7 March 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Bones Apart: Becky Smith, Jayne Murrill, Helen Vollam and Lorna McDonald (trombones) |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Time: 1:00 pm |
Friday
8 March 2013 |
Embrace Arts |
Brian Humpherson Quintet |
Richard Attenborough Centre |
Saturday
9 March 2013 |
University of Leicester Music Association |
Joint concert: from Tchaikovsky to Stevie Wonder, and musical theatre medleys to film music |
Queens Hall, Percy Gee Building
Time: 7:00 pm |
Saturday
9 March 2013 |
Cecilian Singers, with Queen’s Park Orchestra |
Celebrate Jeremy Jackman’s 20th season as Music Director. Includes: Jackman: The Three Scribes (first performance) |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
9 March 2013 |
Rutland Sinfonia |
Concertos in the Chapel: Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor; Bellini: Oboe concerto (with Philippa Elmer); Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto (with Lucy-Rose Graham); Dvořak: Romance for Violin & Orchestra (with Vanessa White); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 in B minor "Pathetique". Conducted by Paul Hilliam |
Oakham School Chapel |
Monday
11 March 2013 |
Leicester Recorded Music Society |
Paul Rooke: The life and music of Rutland Boughton |
Holy Trinity Church, Regents Road |
Tuesday
12 March 2013 |
David Clark (baritone) and Abigail Johnson (piano) |
English Song, by Quilter and Finzi |
Embrace Arts, Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm |
Wednesday
13 March 2013 |
Oakham School |
Thomas Conant (violin): Bach: Giga (Partita No 2); Kodàly: Adagio; Brahms: Andante tranquillo (Sonata in A) |
All Saints’ Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 pm |
Thursday
14 March 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Longslade Consort |
St Margaret’s Church
Time: 1:00 pm
Tickets FREE |
Friday
15 March 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
The Panorno Duo - two guitars |
Clarendon Park Congregational Church, London Road
Tickets £7 |
Friday
15 March 2013 |
Oakham School |
Swing into Spring concert: Oakham School Big Band, Wind Band, GASP Choir & GASP Voices |
Oakham School Chapel |
Friday
15 March 2013 |
University of Leicester Concert Band and Big Band |
Joint Concert |
Fraser Noble Hall |
Friday
15 March 2013 |
Embrace Arts |
Parkin Presents: Cherry-picked piano pops |
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm |
Saturday
16 March 2013 |
City of Leicester Singers |
Haydn: Stabat mater; Mealor: Stabat mater |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
16 March 2013 |
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Tickets from 0116 288 9674 or 01295 670540 |
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture; Mozart: Violin concerto in G; Haydn: Symphony no.99 |
Guthlaxton College, Wigston |
Saturday
16 March 2013 |
University of Leicester Orchestral Society, conducted by Paul Jenkins |
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet overture; Piano concerto no,1 (with Yuki Kong) Borodin: Polovetsian Dance; J.S. Bach: Double violin concerto (with Harriet Veale & Emily Phipps) |
Fraser Noble Hall |
Sunday
17 March 2013 |
Father Simon Lumby (St Aidan’s Church, New Parks) |
Organ Recital |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 8:00 pm |
Sunday
17 March 2013 |
Oakham Choral Society |
Rutter: Requiem; Bach: Cantata: Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 |
Oakham School Chapel |
Wednesday
20 March 2013 |
Oakham School |
Songs & Ensembles from Bernstein: West Side Story |
All Saints’ Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 pm |
Thursday
21 March 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Freddy Kempf |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
Time: 1:00 pm |
Friday
22 March 2013 |
Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff
Tickets from tickets@shepshedsingers.org.uk or 01530 454011 |
Spring Concert |
St Peter & St Paul Parish Church, Hathern |
Saturday
23 March 2013 |
Charnwood Orchestra |
Weber: Euryanthe overture; Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor; Schumann: Symphony no.4 in D minor |
Loughborough Parish Church |
Saturday
23 March 2013 |
Hinckley Choral Union |
Haydn: The Creation |
United Reformed Church, Hinckley |
Saturday
23 March 2013 |
Leicester Bach Choir |
Rheinberger: Cantus Missae; Kodaly: Missa brevis |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
23 March 2013 |
Leicestershire Chorale, with Il Nuovo Chiaroscuro (Sackbutt Ensemble) |
Schütz: Musikalisches Exequien; and music by Schein, Bach & Praetorius |
St Mary de Castro |
Sunday
24 March 2013 |
Harborough Concerts |
Haydn: Seven last words of Christ on the cross, for string quartet |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm |
Sunday
24 March 2013 |
Philharmonia Orchestra, with Stephen Isserlis (director & cello) and Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay (director & violin) |
Mozart: Divertimento in D K136; Haydn: Cello concerto no.1; Bloch: From Jewish Life; Schubert: Symphony no.5 |
De Montfort Hall |
Wednesday
27 March 2013 |
Cantamici Chamber Choir |
Easter Music |
St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough |
Friday
5 April 2013 |
Leicester Jazz House |
Robert Mitchell: Award-winning pianist and Steinway Artist performs material form his new album 'The Glimpse' |
Embrace Arts
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm |
Monday
8 April 2013 |
Leicester Recorded Music Society |
Graham Melville-Mason: The Edinburgh Festival from the 1950s to date |
Holy Trinity Church, Regents Road |
Friday
12 April 2013 |
Harborough Concerts |
Awakenings - The Sound of Spring: Bach: Concerto for oboe and violin; Marcello: Concerto for oboe and strings; Casals: Songs of the birds; Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in spring; Beatles: Blackbird; Barber: Canzonetta for oboe and strings; Albinoni: Adagio; Saint-Saëns: The swan |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough |
Saturday
13 April 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Ceramics: talks and music |
Castle House
Time: 2:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Tickets £7 |
Saturday
13 April 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: The Wihan Quartet |
Beethoven: String quartet in C minor Op.18/4; Martinu: String quartet no.2; Ravel: String quartet in F |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Wednesday
17 April 2013 |
Embrace Arts |
Charles Owen: Lunchtime piano recital |
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 1:00 pm |
Saturday
20 April 2013 |
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, with Rosie Curtis (oboe), Ifan Willams, Judy Dodd, Gil Hawke, Stephen Foster, The Tudor Choir, conducted by Paul Jenkins |
The Glory of Mozart: An evening of arias, the Oboe concerto and the Requiem |
Fraser Noble Hall |
Sunday
21 April 2013 |
Music at Dingley: Ensembles from Chetham’s School of Music |
Music to include Beethoven: Septet |
Dingley Parish Church
Time: 4:30 pm |
Sunday
21 April 2013 |
Hilary Punnett (Southwell Minster Organ Scholar) |
Organ Recital |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 8:00 pm |
Friday
26 April 2013 |
Cantamici |
Concert |
St Mary and All Saints Church, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds |
Friday
26 April 2013 |
Philharmonia Orchestra, with Vadim Repin (violin) and Kazuki Yamada (conductor) |
Liszt: Les Preludes; Bruch: Violin concerto; Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique |
De Montfort Hall |
Friday
3 May 2013 |
Leicester Jazz House |
Alan Barnes and John Horler: Virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and LJH regular Alan Barnes this time plays with pianist John Horler |
Embrace Arts,
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm |
Saturday
4 May 2013 |
Adam Walker (flute) and James Baillieu (piano) |
Schubert: Variations; Copland: Duo; Vocalize; Enesco: Cantabile and Presto; Szymanowski: Vocalize; Martinu: Sonata for flute and piano; Vocalize; Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano; Vocalize |
Dingley Parish Church |
Saturday
4 May 2013 |
Bardi Orchestra, with Claus Efland (conductor) |
Schumann: Symphony no.4 (1851 version); Elgar: Symphony no.2 |
De Montfort Hall |
Thursday
9 May 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Nikolai Demidenko (piano) |
Beethoven: 6 Bagatells op.126; Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Corelli; Chopin: Berceuse; Sonata in B flat minor; Polonaise-Fantasy |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road |
Friday
10 May 2013 |
Embrace Arts: The Coull Quartet |
That’s Life |
Richard Attenborough Centre |
Friday
10 May 2013 |
Oakham School |
Summer Sounds concert: Oakham School Concert Band, Chamber Orchestra, Wind Band, GASP Choir & GASP Voices |
Oakham School Chapel |
Saturday
11 May 2013
NOTE CHANGE OF DATE |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Life of John Dowland, in words and music |
Clarendon Park Congregational Church, London Road |
Saturday
11 May 2013 |
Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with the Leicester Symphony Orchestra, condcuted by John Andrew |
A Royal Occasion: Britten: National Anthem; Handel: Zadok the Priest; Fireworks; Parry: I was glad; Walton: Te Deum; Orb and Sceptre; Elgar: Coronation Ode, and other favourites; conducted by John Andrews |
De Montfort Hall |
Saturday
11 May 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: Alison Balsom (trumpet) & Tom Poster (piano) |
Français: Sonatine; Satie: Gymnopédie; Hindemith: Sonata; Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre; Maxwell Davies: Sonata; Copland: Quiet City; Poster/Balson: New Commission; Porter: The way you look tonight. |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Monday
13 May 2013 |
Leicester Recorded Music Society |
Barry Sternedale Bennett: William Sternedale Bennett and his associates |
Holy Trinity Church, Regents Road |
Thursday
16 May 2013 |
Oakham School |
Martin Cropper (violin), Anne Bolt (piano): Debussy: Sonata in G minor; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op 80 |
Oakham School Chapel |
Saturday
18 May 2013 |
Cantamici Chamber Choir |
Let’s face the music: a programme of sacred and secular choral music, including Bob Chilcott: The making of the drum |
St James’ Church, Huncote |
Saturday
18 May 2013 |
Kingfisher Chorale |
Entente Cordiale: Britten, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Duruflé and Ravel |
St Mary’s Church, Lutterworth |
Saturday
18 May 2013 |
Rutland Sinfonia |
Dvořak and the cello: Sibelius: Finlandia; Dvořak: Cello concerto in B minor (with Eduardo Vassallo); Brahms: Symphony no.3 in F. Conducted by Paul Hilliam |
Oakham School Chapel |
Saturday
18 May 2013 |
St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble
Tickets: 0116 237 6979; or mountsorrel2310@btinternet.com |
In Concert |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 7:00 pm |
Sunday
19 May 2013 |
Harborough Concerts, with David Le Page (violin), Matthew Sharp (voice and cello), Jack McNeill (voice, clarinet and guitar), David Gordon (keyboards) and Meherban Gillett (bass) |
‘Mysterious Barricades’ |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm |
Sunday
19 May 2013 |
Adam Langeveld (St Thomas’s Church, South Wigston, Organ Scholar) |
Organ Recital |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 8:00 pm |
Saturday
25 May 2013 |
Oakham School |
Speech Day Concert: Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia; A Ceremony of Carols; Five Flowers Songs; Jubilate Deo; Paul Mealor: Matin Responsory; McDowall: Light out of Darkness |
Oakham School Chapel
Time: 10:00 am |
Sunday
2 June 2013 |
Harborough Concerts: with David le Page (violin), Clare O’Connell (cello) and Helen Sharp (harp) |
“Heavenly Creatures”: Saint-Saëns: Fantasia for violin & harp; Two romances for cello & harp; Henriette Ramie: Trio for violin, cello & harp |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm |
Saturday
8 June 2013 |
Leicester Bach Choir, with Rowena Calvert (cello) and Richard Laing (conductor) |
Choir & cello concert: John Tavener: Svyati; Knut Nystedt: Stabat Mater; Ola Gjeilo: O magnum mysterium |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
8 June 2013 |
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra |
Summer Prom Concert |
Guthlaxton College, Wigston |
Thursday
13 June 2013 |
Newtown Linford Choral Society |
“A Night in the West End” - songs from the musicals |
Newtown Linford Village Hall
Time: 8:00 pm |
| Friday 14 June 2013 |
Newtown Linford Choral Society |
“A Night in the West End” - songs from the musicals. Meal followed by concert |
Newtown Linford Village Hall
Time: 7:15 pm |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
Bardi Wind Orchestra |
With Oadby & Wigston Lions Club, to celebrate 10th anniversary of HOPE against Cancer |
De Montfort Hall |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
Hinckley Choral Union |
Spirit of Summer: Andrew Lloyd Webber Medley; Blue Skies; Java Jive; Locus Iste; Panus Angelicus. With the Quatre Sax jazz group |
St Mary’s Church, Atherstone, Warwickshire |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association, with Richard Ollier (reader), Jonathan Spencer (counter-tenor) and Mike Ashley (lute) |
Sonnets & Songs for a Summer’s Day |
Herb Garden, Trinity Hospital
Time: 2:00 pm
Tickets FREE |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: The Gonzaga Band |
Music from the late Renaissance Ferrara with Luzzachi, Zenobi, Piccini, and by Monteverdi |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
Newtown Linford Choral Society |
“A Night in the West End” - songs from the musicals. Meal followed by concert |
Newtown Linford Village Hall
Time: 7:15 pm |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
operahouse |
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love (in English) |
The Carillon Rooms, Ashby Square, Loughborough |
Saturday
15 June 2013 |
University of Leicester Sinfonia, with Jonathon Wakefield (flute) and Michael Sackin (conductor |
Bernhard Romberg: Flute concerto in B minor; Mendelssohn: Overture: Die schöne Melusine; Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F major |
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road |
Sunday
16 June 2013 |
Harborough Concerts: with David le Page & Catherine Leech (violins), Carmen Flores (viola), Matthew Sharp (cello/voice), Meherben Gillett (bass) and Marie Lloyd (clarinet) |
“Zeitgeist”: Music written between 1909 and 1945 by Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Puccini, Sibelius, Elgar, Kurt Weill, Stravinsky, Duke Ellington and Walton |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm |
Sunday
16 June 2013 |
Ian Orr (Wigston) |
Organ Recital |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 8:00 pm |
Friday
21 June 2013 |
Oakham School |
Festival Orchestra Concert: Mozart: Jupiter Symphony; Rossini: Overture: William Tell |
Oakham School Chapel
Time: 7:45 pm |
Saturday
22 June 2013 |
Cecilian Singers, conducted by Jeremy Jackman. With Alistair Parnell (saxophone) |
A concert of choral music |
Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham |
Saturday
22 June 2013 |
City of Leicester Singers |
Come Rain or Shine: a miscellany of songs inspired by the weather |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
22 June 2013 |
Embrace Arts |
Parkin presents: Cherry-picked piano pop |
Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm |
Saturday
22 June 2013 |
Knighton Chamber Orchestra |
Bruch: Romance for Viola (soloist Mirka Arnold): Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela (soloist Linda Backhouse); Shostakovitch: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist Marguerite Beetson); Brahms Symphony No 2 |
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road |
Saturday
22 June 2013 |
Leicestershire Sinfonia |
Concert |
St Philip’s Church, Evington Road |
Saturday
22 June 2013 |
The Loughborough Orchestra, with Lucy-Rose Graham (cello) and Isabel Cocker (viola) |
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto no.1; Casadesus: Viola concerto in the style of J.C. Bach; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf |
Cope Auditorium, Loughborough College |
Sunday
23 June 2013 |
Harborough Concerts: with David le Page & Catherine Leech (violins), Carmen Flores (viola) and Nicholas Stringfellow (cello) |
“Strange Frontiers”: Music for string quartet: Purcell, Beethoven, Ravel, John Adams, Britten, Thomas Ades, Ives, Le Page, Shostakovich, Stuart Cooper and Bach |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm |
Wednesday
26 June 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Imogen Cooper (piano) |
Schubert: Allegretto in C minor D915; Sonata in C (Reliquie) D840; Four Impromptus D935; 12 Deutsche Tanze D790; Sonata in A minor D845 |
Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road |
Thursday
27 June 2013 |
Oakham School |
Big Band Bonanza. Tickets on sale Thursday 25 April |
Marquee, Doncaster Close, Oakham |
Friday
28 June 2013 |
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
Concert |
Dingley Parish Church |
Saturday
29 June 2013 |
Cantamici Chamber Choir |
Ramirez: Misa criolla; and music by Britten, Pärt, Brahms, Elgar and Fauré |
Fraser Noble, London Road |
Saturday
29 June 2013 |
Charnwood Orchestra |
Borodin: In the steppes of Central Asia; Prokofiev: Violin concerto no.2 in G minor; Sibelius: Symphony no.2 |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
29 June 2013 |
operahouse |
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love (in English) |
Main Hall, King Edward VII College, Waren Hills, Coalville |
Saturday
6 July 2013 |
Griffin Singers |
Summer Harmony: includes works by Jack Griffin |
Stoneygate Baptist Church |
Saturday
6 July 2013 |
Harborough Singers; with The Broadway Jazz Band and Chris Jeans (trombone) |
Summer Jazz: an evening of jazz, Broadway classics and choral delights |
Congregational Church, Market Harborough |
Saturday
6 July 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association, with the Lachrimae Consort |
“Saeven teares figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans”: music of John Dowland |
All Saints Church, Leicester |
Sunday
7 July 2013 |
Bardi Young Musicians’ Concert Series |
Providing performance opportunities and a showcase for the talents of young players in Leicestershire and Rutland |
Fraser Noble, London Road |
Saturday
13 July 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: Four Girls, Four Harps |
Handel: Sarabande and Hornpipe, Patterson: Avian Arabesques; Fauré: Sicilienne; Turner: Rambla! (2008); Piazzola: Milonga del Angel and Libertango; Khachaturian: Waltz from Masquerade; Adie: Elemental (2012); De Falla: Spanish Dance from La Vida Breve; Jazz medley including Summertime, Autumn Leaves, Take Five |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Sunday
14 July 2013 |
Harborough Concerts: with David Le Page & Catherine Leech (violins), Vanessa McNaught (viola), Karen Stevenson (cello) and Meherben Gillett (bass) |
“Prayers and Meditations”: Palestrina, Paul Simon, Tallis, Beethoven |
Congregational Church, High Street, Market Harborough
Time: 3:00 pm |
Saturday
20 July 2013 |
Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with the Leicester Symphony Orchestra |
De Montfort Hall 100th Anniversay Concert: music from TV and Film |
De Montfort Hall |
Friday
26 July 2013 |
City of London Chamber Orchersta. With Tony Robb (flute), Lucy Wakeford (harp) and Thomas Hull (conductor) |
Haydn: Symphony no.76 in E flat; Symphony no.77 in B flat; Mozart: Concerto for flute and harp K299 |
Dingley Parish Church |
Sunday
28 July 2013 |
Music for a Summer Sunday.With Thomas Hull (clarinet), Sarah Butcher (cello) and Tim Horton (piano) |
Beethoven: Clarinet trio no.4 in B flat op.11; Piano sonata no.24 in F sharp minor op.78; Brahms: Clarinet trio in A minor op.114 |
Dingley Parish Church
Time: 12:30 pm |
Thursday
8 August 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Anne de Graeve plays the Crump harpsichord |
St Margaret’s Church
Time: 1:00 pm |
Saturday
10 August 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: Academy of Ancient Music |
Handel: Trio sonatas in B flat and F; Corelli: Trio sonatas in E flat and G minor; Veracini: Violin sonata; Geminiani: Sonata in D minor; Avison: Trio sonatas in G minor and B flat |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Wednesday
21 August 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Ben Carr & John Bence play recorder sonatas by Sammartini |
St Mary de Castro
Time: 1:00 pm |
Thursday
22 August 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Ben Carr & John Bence play more recorder sonatas by Sammartini |
St Margaret’s Church
Time: 1:00 pm |
Friday
23 August 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Music for Royal Courts: The Longslade Consort & friends |
Guildhall, Leicester |
Saturday
7 September 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: Alexandra Dariescu (piano) |
Beethoven: Sonata op.10.2 in F; Scarlatti: Sonata L118 in F minor; Schumann: Phantasiestucke op.12; Chopin: 24 Preludes |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Sunday
15 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
A Time There Was: a film portrait of Benjamin Britten |
Phoenix Cinema
Time: 4:00 pm |
Thursday
19 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Evening Concert: Schumann: Märchenbilder op.113 for viola & piano; Huw Watkins: New work for oboe; Helen Grime: Three miniatures for oboe & piano; Britten: Cello sonata in C op.65; Bach: Goldberg Variations (arr. D. Sitkovetsky) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Pre-Concert Talk 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm |
Friday
20 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
The Tarratt Centenary Concert: Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata D821 for viola & piano; Britten: Night piece for solo piano; Huw Watkins: Out of the stillness for cor anglais & piano; Helen Grime: Ten miniatures for solo piano; Mozart: Sonata in C for piano 4 hands K521 |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Friday
20 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Evening Concert: Britten: Lachrymae op48 for viola & piano; Huw Watkins: Two Romances for oboe & piano; Schumann: Three Fantasiestücke op73 for cello & piano; Helen Grime: To see the summer sky for violin & viola; Mozart: Piano concerto K414 (arr. Mozart) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery |
Saturday
21 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Coffee Concert: Britten: Insect pieces for oboe & piano; Ravel: Sonata no.1 in A minor for violin & piano; Bridge: Mélodie op.99 for cello & piano; Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas for clarinet, viola & piano; Schubert: Marches and Dances for piano 4 hands |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon |
Saturday
21 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Clarinet Masterclass, with Joy Farrall |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 pm |
Saturday
21 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Evening Concert: Britten: Reveille for solo violin; Debussy: Violin sonata in G minor; Helen Grime: Snow and snow for clarinet, viola & piano; Poulenc: Clarinet sonata in B flat; Tchaikovsky: Piano trio in A minor op50 |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Pre-Concert Talk 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm |
Sunday
22 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Family Concert - Animal Magic: Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull for violin; Shostakovitch: Polka; Berio: Opus Number Zoo; Poulenc: L’Histoire de Babar |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Sunday
22 September 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival |
Festival Finale: Bridge: Divertimenti for wind quartet; Helen Grime: Oboe quartet; Arachne; Mozart: Clarinet quartet no.1 in B flat K317d; Mark Simpson: Venus & Adonis; Britten: Six Metamophoses after Ovid op49; Sinfonietta op.1 |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery |
Friday
27 September 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Music at the time of Richard III - “The Wool Merchant and the Harp”; with Leah Stuttard (voice and harp) |
Guildhall, Leicester |
Saturday
28 September 2013 |
Bardi Orchestra, with Claus Efland (conductor) |
Tchaikovsky Gala: Romeo & Juliet fantasy overture; Suite from Swan Lake; Symphony no.4 |
De Montfort Hall |
Saturday
28 September 2013 |
Charnwood Orchestra |
Beethoven: Prometheus overture; Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes op.90 ‘A time there was...’; Haydn: Trumpet concerto; Jarnefelt: Praeludium; Berceuse; Mozart: Symphony no.31 ‘Paris’ |
Holy Trinity Church, Barrow on Soar |
Thursday
3 October 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime Concert |
Katya Apekisheva (piano) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Saturday
5 October 2013 |
Cantamici |
Concert |
Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough |
Saturday
5 October 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: Tippet Quartet |
Music from the films: Nino Rota: Invenzioni per quartetto d’archi; Fellini Suite - to include 8 1/2, Amarcord and La Dolce Vita; Miklós Rózsa: String quartet no.1; Respighi: Quartet |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Saturday
12 October 2013 |
Rutland Sinfonia; with Dana Morgan (flute) and David Calow (conductor) |
Wagner and German classics: Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Mendelssohn: Violin concerto in E minor arr. flute; Schumann: Symphony no.4 in D minor |
Oakham School Chapel |
Thursday
17 October 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime Concert |
Aquinas Piano Trio, with Ruth Rogers (violin), Katherine Jenkinson (cello) and Martin Cousin (piano) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Saturday
19 October 2013 |
Cecilian Singers, with Jeremy Jackman (conductor) |
‘Come and Sing’ Workshop |
St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Bramcote, Nottingham
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Saturday
26 October 2013 |
Harborough Singers |
Autumn Concert |
Baptist Church, Market Harborough |
Saturday
26 October 2013 |
Leicester Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Karl Jenkins |
Jenkins: The Peacemakers |
De Montfort Hall |
Saturday
26 October 2013 |
Music in Lyddington: Dorottya Land (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) |
Benjamin Britten Centenary Celebration: Purcell (arr. Britten): Sacred songs; Britten: Canticles I & II; Charm of Lullabies; Songs from The Red Cockatoo; Folksong arrangements including The Deaf Woman’s Courtship. Pre-concert talk by Philip Reed (Editor of Britten’s correspondence) |
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington |
Thursday
31 October 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime Concert |
Ruby Hughes (soprano) and Julius Drake (piano) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Saturday
2 November 2013 |
British Methodist Youth Choir |
In Concert |
Mountsorrel Methodist Church
Time: 7:00 pm |
Saturday
9 November 2013 |
Cecilian Singers, conducted by Jeremy Jackman |
Concert of Choral Music |
St Mary’s Church, High Pavement, Nottingham |
Saturday
9 November 2013 |
Leicester Symphony Orchestra, with John Andrews (conductor) |
Dance Spectacular |
De Montfort Hall |
Thursday
14 November 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime Concert |
Jennifer Pike (violin) and Tom Poster (piano) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Saturday
16 November 2013 |
City of Leicester Singers |
Concert |
To be announced |
Saturday
16 November 2013 |
Opera Minima |
Mozart: Magic Flute |
Dingley Parish Church |
Saturday
16 November 2013 |
Shepshed Singers, Broom Leys Choral Society and Charnwood Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Goff |
Mendelssohn: Elijah |
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough |
Friday
22 November 2013 |
Hinckley Choral Union |
Orff: Carmina Burana |
Concordia Theatre, Hinckley |
Friday
22 November 2013 |
Kingfisher Chorale |
Keep Calm and Sing Britten: featuring Rejoice in the lamb, Hymn to St Cecilia, and Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Saturday
23 November 2013 |
Rutland Sinfonia; with Rita Cullis (soprano) and Paul Hilliam (conductor) |
Strauss and Brahms in Oundle: Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Brahms: Symphony no.4 in E minor |
St Peter’s Church, Oundle |
Thursday
28 November 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime Concert |
Craig Ogden (guitar) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Saturday
30 November 2013 |
Bardi Orchestra, with Claus Efland (conductor) |
The Gathering Storm: Wagner: The Flying Dutchman overture; Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Beethoven: Symphony no.5 |
De Montfort Hall |
Saturday
30 November 2013 |
Charnwood Orchestra |
Stravinsky: Greeting Prelude; Berlioz: Roman Carnival overture; Saint-Säens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Thomas Bowes violin); Poulenc: Les Biches; Chabrier: España; Debussy: Première Rapsodie (Thomas Caldecote clarinet); Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice |
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough |
Friday
6 December 2013 |
Cecilian Singers, conducted by Jeremy Jackman |
Annual Christmas Soirée |
St Philip’s Church Hall, Evington Road |
Saturday
7 December 2013 |
Cantamici |
Christmas concert |
Christchurch, Clarendon Park Road |
Saturday
7 December 2013 |
Choir of Gray’s Inn Chapel |
Advent concert |
Dingley Parish Church |
Saturday
7 December 2013 |
Leicester Bach Choir |
Concert |
St James the Greater Church, London Road |
Thursday
12 December 2013 |
Leicester International Music Festival: Lunchtime Concert |
Navarra String Quartet, with Magnus Johnston & Marije Ploemacher (violins), Simone van der Giessen (viola) & Brian O’Kane (cello) |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Friday
13 December 2013 |
Leicester Early Music Association |
Mulled wine, mince pies and music for recorders & spinet, presented by The Longslade Consort |
Guildhall, Leicester
Time: 5:00 - 8:00pm |
Friday
13 December 2013 |
Cecilian Singers, conducted by Jeremy Jackman |
Annual Christmas Soirée |
St Philip’s Church Hall, Evington |
Tuesday
17 December 2013 |
Hinckley Choral Union |
Christmas Concert |
St Andrew’s Church, Countesthorpe |
Saturday
21 December 2013 |
City of Leicester Singers |
Concert |
To be announced |
Saturday
21 December 2013 |
Harborough Singers; with Elizabeth Bass (harp) |
A Celebration of Christmas, including Britten: Ceremony of Carols |
St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough |
