Saturday 10 January
DROITWICH
Methodist Church, Worcester Road 7.30
OPUS ANGLICANUM
The Seeds of Love
Vaughan Williams and the Golden Age of English Folksong
Droitwich Concert Club 01905 775246
£15.00 (£13.00)
Wednesday 14 January
ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester near Uttoxeter 8.00
ELIAS STRING QUARTET
Kurtág
Microludes
Mendelssohn
String Quartet in F minor Opus 80
Abbotsholme Arts Society 01543 263304
£15.00 (£5.00)
Wednesday 14 January
CHELTENHAM
St Andrews Church, Montpellier Street 8.00
ALISON LAMBERT - clarinet
ADAM JOHNSON - piano
Gordon Crosse
A Year and a Day
Elizabeth Maconchy
Fantasia for Clarinet and Piano
Edward Watson
Folded in Dreams
Adam Johnson
Für Käthe
John Cage
4'33
Christopher Weeks
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Anthony Powers
Sea/Air
Robert Mucyznski
Time Pieces
Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts 01242 227979
£10.00
Thursday 15 January
BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street 1.10
CBSO CENTRE STAGE
Nicholas McGegan - keyboard
CBSO Players
Haydn and Handel in London
Nicholas McGegan - conductor, wit, and renowned 18th century music expert - joins a group of CBSO players to explore through words and music how these two great composers saw Britain.
CBSO Society Ltd 0121 767 4050 or www.cbso.co.uk
£7.50
Friday 16 January
BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) 8.00
CALLINO QUARTET
Haydn
Quartet in D, Opus 76 No 2 Fifths
Beethoven
Quartet in E flat Opus 74 Harp
Kurtag
Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky Opus 28
Mendelssohn
Quartet in F minor Opus 80
Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 874163
£15.00 (£14.00/£5.00)
Saturday 17 January
BIRMINGHAM
Adrian Boult Hall 7.15
JOSEPHINE ROBERTSON - violin
Debussy
Sonata for Violin & Piano
Mozart
Sonata in E minor K304
McGuire
Prelude 21: Ninian's Chant for Solo Violin
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER CHOIR
Byrt All and Some; Vaughan Williams
Prayer to the Father of Heaven, Valiant for Truth; Harrisson Première Piece; Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps Noel; Joubert Five Songs of the Incarnation; Holst The Evening Watch, Sing me the Men; Warlock Benedicamus Domino
Birmingham CMS 0121 303 2323
£14.00 (£13.00/£3.00)
Sunday 18 January
WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall, Deansway 3.00
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
Haydn
Quartet Opus 33 No 2 The Joke
Shostakovich
Quartet No 8
Schubert
Quartet in D minor Death and the Maiden
Worcester Concert Club 01905 611427
£14.00 (St £5.00)
Tuesday 20 January
ABBOTSHOLME
Abbotsholme School Chapel, Rocester near Uttoxeter 8.00
JENNIFER PIKE - violin
JEREMY PIKE - piano
Janácek
Violin Sonata
Beethoven
Violin Sonata No 10 in G major Opus 96
Franck
Violin Sonata in A major
Abbotsholme Arts Society 01543 263304
£15.00 (£5.00)
Wednesday 21 January
BIRMINGHAM
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street 1.10
CBSO CENTRE STAGE
CBSO Players
Boccherini
Quintet in C Opus 28 No 4
Glazunov
String Quintet Opus 39
CBSO Society Ltd 0121 767 4050 or www.cbso.co.uk
£7.50
Thursday 22 January
GLOUCESTER
St Mary de Lode, Archdeacon Street 7.30
EURICO PEREIRA - guitar
Discovering the Music of Sor
Sor
Grand Solo Opus 9
Walton
Bagatelles
Sor
Little Stories
Ponce
Thème Variée et Final
Pereira
O Idílio de Évora Opus 10
Sor
Sonata op 25
Gloucester Music Society 01242 620736
£13.00 (St £5.00/U15 free)
Saturday 24 January
BIRMINGHAM
Town Hall 7.30
EX CATHEDRA CHOIR
Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Abdul Salam Kheir - Oud and Vocals
Faith in the City: Expressions of Belief
Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
MacMillan
Mass
Islamic chant
Ex Cathedra 0121 780 3333
£30.00 to £8.50 with concessions
Saturday 24 January
LUDLOW
Moor Park School (on B4361) 7.30
SUSAN GRITTON - soprano
FIONA CROSS - clarinet
EUGENE ASTI - piano
Schubert
The Shepherd on the Rock
Also to include songs by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn, Elaine Hugh-Jones and Elgar.
Ludlow Music Society 01584 876141
£13.50
Sunday 25 January
WARWICK
Bridge House Theatre, Myton Road 3.00
CROPPER/WELSH/ROSCOE PIANO TRIO
Haydn
Piano Trio No 28 in E
Beethoven
Piano Trio Opus 1 No 2
Schubert
Trio in B flat D898
Leamington Music 01926 776438
£14.50
Monday 26 January
CHELTENHAM
Pittville Pump Room 8.00
JAMES GILCHRIST - tenor
ANNA TILBROOK - piano
Haydn
Canzonettas Hob.XXVIa:31-6
Schumann
Liederkreis Opus 24
Poulenc
Metamorphoses
Lennox Berkeley
Chinese Songs Opus 78
Barber
Hermit Songs Opus 29
Cheltenham Music Society 01242 227979
£15.00 & £10.00
Thursday 29 January
EVESHAM
St Peter's Church, Bengeworth 7.30
KATIE STILLMAN - violin
SIMON LANE - piano
Mozart
Violin Sonata in Bb major K454
Janacek
Sonata in Ab minor
Britten
3 pieces from Suite Opus 6 - March, Lullaby & Waltz
Franck
Sonata in A major
Evesham & District Music Club 01386 861206
£ £13.00 (£12.00/£3.00)
Thursday 29 January
HEREFORD
The Courtyard, Edgar Street 7.30
THE KINGS SINGERS
Simple Gifts
Five English Folksongs arranged by Lawson
Street Songs
Lassus, Passereau, Orlandus, Lassus, Jannequin
Romance du Soir
Pinsuti, Rogers, Traditional arr Lovatt, Frederick Bridge, Sullivan
Old England
Pierce, Ravenscroft, Cornish
More Simple Gifts
Hereford Concert Society 0870 1122330
£24.00 (£22.00/£10.00)
Thursday 29 January
MALVERN
The Forum, Malvern Theatres 7.30
STEVEN ISSERLIS - baroque cello
MAGGIE COLE - harpsichord
Handel
Violin Sonata in G Minor arr. for cello
Bach
Suite No 3 in C for solo cello
Bach
Gamba Sonata No 3 in G Minor arr. for cello
Scarlatti
Violin Sonata in D Minor arr. for cello
Handel
Harpsichord Suite
Bach
Gamba Sonata No 2 in D arr. for cello
Malvern Concert Club 01684 892277
£15.00 (£14.00/St £5.00)
Friday 30 January
BROMSGROVE
Artrix, Slideslow Drive (off A38 by-pass) 8.00
CLAIRE BOOTH - soprano
ANDREW MATTHEWS-OWEN - piano
Benjamin Britten
On This Island
Alun Hoddinott
One Must Always Have Love
Oliver Knussen
Whitman Settings
Philip Cashian
New work
Arlene Sierra
New work
Robert Fokkens
Africa
Bromsgrove Concerts 01527 874163
£11.00 (£10.00/£3.50)
Friday 30 January
LEAMINGTON SPA
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade 7.30
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
Haydn
Quartet Opus 50 No 6
Mendelssohn
Quartet Opus 80
Beethoven
Quartet Opus 59 No 3
Leamington Music 01926 776438
£16.00/£13.50/£11.00