- Thursday 4 December
- EVESHAM
Arts Centre, Victoria Road 7.30
CARDUCCI QUARTET
- Haydn
- String Quartet Opus 50 No 6 Frog
- Janacek
- String Quartet No 1 Kreutzer 1923
- Shostakovich
- String Quartet No 9
- Evesham & District Music Club 01386 861206
- £13.00 (£12.00/£3.00)
- Friday 5 December
- LEAMINGTON SPA
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade 7.30
NAVARRA STRING QUARTET
- Haydn
- Quartet Opus 33 No 6
- Schumann
- Quartet Opus 41 No 1
- Schubert
- Quartet in A minor Rosamunde D804
- Leamington Music 01926 776438
- £16.00/£13.50/£11.00
- Friday 5 December
- WORCESTER
Worcester Arts Workshop, Sansome Street 7.30
The Worcester Classical Guitar Orchestra
The Worcester Guitar Quartet
The Worcester Youth Guitar Orchestra
Autumn Strings
The senior members of the Worcester Classical Guitar Society present their annual end-of-year showcase featuring the outstanding guitar orchestra and resident guitar quartet, performing various musical detours through the music of Ireland and Scotland in the diverse programme. The youth orchestra, can always be relied upon to provide classical music with a twist. Experience the classical guitar as you have never heard it before.
- Worcester Classical Guitar Soc 01886 832715
- £7.50 (£5.00/ U16 free)
- Sunday 7 December
- BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall 5.00
EX CATHEDRA CHOIR with ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN
Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Benjamin Hulett - tenor
A Boy was born: Britten at Christmas
- Britten
- A Boy was born
- Britten
- A Ceremony of Carols
- Britten
- St Nicholas
- Ex Cathedra 0121 780 3333
- £30.00 to £8.50 with concessions
- Sunday 7 December
- STRATFORD-upon-AVON
Shakespeare Institute, Church Street 8.00
FRANK-GEMMILL HORN TRIO
- Ethel Smyth
- Trio for violin, horn and piano (2nd movement)
- Lennox Berkeley
- Trio for violin, horn and piano
- Brahms
- Trio for violin, horn and piano Opus 40
- Stratford-upon-Avon CMS 01789 740791
- £14.00 (£5.00)
- Tuesday 9 December
- BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street 1.10
CBSO CENTRE STAGE
Sakari Oramo - violin
CBSO Players
- Mozart
- Horn Quintet K407
- Bruckner
- String Quintet
- CBSO Society Ltd 0121 767 4050 or www.cbso.co.uk
- £7.50
- Wednesday 10 December
- WARWICK
St Mary's Church 7.30
JOGLARESA
Directed by Belinda Sykes
Hoary Old Winter
Christmas and winter music from Italy, France, Spain, Ireland and England
- Leamington Music 01926 776438
- £16.00/£13.50/£11.00
- Thursday 11 December
- CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room 8.00
DANTE QUARTET
- Haydn
- Quartet in C Opus 20 No 2
- Haydn
- Quartet in E flat Opus76 No 6
- Haydn
- Quartet in E flat Opus 33 No 2
- Haydn
- Quartet in G Opus 77 No 1
- Cheltenham Music Society 01242 227979
- £12.00 & £8.00
- Friday 12 December
- BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) 8.00
JOGLARESA
Lays and Lullays
This well-established medieval music ensemble will present 'Lays and Lullays', a very multi-cultural Christmas celebration ranging from Spain and Italy in the 13th century to England and Ireland in the 16th Century
- Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 874163
- £15.00 (£14.00/£5.00)
- Thursday 18 December
- BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street 1.10
CBSO CENTRE STAGE
Marie-Christine Zupancic - flute
CBSO colleagues
Elliott Carter's 100th Birthday
- Elliott Carter
- Enchanted Preludes
- Elliott Carter
- Scrivo in Vento
- Mozart
- Flute Quartet No 4 in A K298
- Villa-Lobos
- The Jet Whistle
- Bax
- Elegiac Trio
- CBSO Society Ltd 0121 767 4050 or www.cbso.co.uk
- £7.50
- Friday 19 December
- CHELTENHAM
St Andrews Church, Montpellier Street 8.00
CLEVELAND WATKISS TRIO
Mark Hodgson-Acoustic - bass
Shaney Forbes - drums
Standards and originals not usually associated with singers with an emphasis on Cleveland's highly original jazz scatting at the forefront
- Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts 01242 227979
- £10.00
- Monday 22 December
- BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street 1.10
CBSO CENTRE STAGE
The Berkley Salon Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus (Seniors)
A Palm Court Christmas Party!
- CBSO Society Ltd 0121 767 4050 or www.cbso.co.uk
- £7.50
- Fri/Sat/Mon/Tues 19/20/22/23 December
- BIRMINGHAM
St Paul's Church 7.30
EX CATHEDRA CHOIR
Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Andrew Fletcher - organ
Christmas Music by Candlelight
A seamless stream of beautiful music, aimed at the heart of Christmas, creates a unique atmosphere.
- Ex Cathedra 0121 236 4455
- £25.00 to £7.00 with concessions