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Classical LISTINGS
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THE SACCONI QUARTET
With Freddy Kempf
(piano). Programme
includes Elgar's Piano
Quintet & Schubert's
Piano Quintet in A
Major 'The Trout', Sun 1
June, Malvern Theatres
EDWARD DUSINBERRE &
CHARLES OWEN Programme
to include
works by Brahms,
Bach, Mendelssohn
and Beethoven, Sun 1
June, Royal Pump
Rooms, Leamington
Spa
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CON-
CERT WITH ROGER
OWENS The programme
will include works by
Gershwin, Mozart and
Addinsell, Mon 2 June,
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
SINFONIETTA CONCERT
Featuring music from
James Oldham, Fang
Fang, Richard Stenton,
Luke Deane, Andy
Ingamells and Ryan
Probert, Mon 2 June,
Birmingham Conservatoire
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CON-
CERT WITH NIGEL ALL-
COAT Mon 2 June,
Coventry Cathedral Of
Ruins
BRAHMSIAD Tues 3
June, Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham
CBSO SUMMER SERE-
NADE Featuring Laurence
Jackson
(violin/director) &
Christopher Yates
(viola). Programme
includes works by
Grieg, Mozart, Dvorak
& Tchaikovsky, Thurs 5
June, Symphony Hall,
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVA-
TOIRE PERCUSSION
ENSEMBLE Thurs 5
June, Birmingham Conservatoire
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVA-
TOIRE ORGAN DEPART-
MENT IN CONCERT Fri 6
June, St Swithun’s
Church, Worcester
CBSO HEROES AND
SUPERHEROES Featuring
Richard Kaufman (conductor)
and music from
Superman, Dance with
Wolves, 633 Squadron,
Saving Private Ryan,
The Sea Hawk, Spider-
Man, Silverado and
many more, Fri 6 June,
Symphony Hal, Birmingham
THE TREORCHY MALE
VOICE CHOIR Sat 7 June,
Royal Spa Centre,
Leamington Spa
CARLTON MALE VOICE
CHOIR Sat 7 June, Huntingdon
Hall, Worcester
SYMPHONY SOUNDS Presented
by The Salvation
Army and featuring
The International Staff
Band and International
Staff Songsters, Sat 7
June, Symphony Hall,
Birmingham
BACH ORGAN RECITAL
Sun 8 June, St Chad’s
Church, Shrewsbury
CHORAL EVENSONG TO
COMMEMORATE 70TH
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY
Sun 8 June, St Chad’s
Church, Shrewsbury
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CON-
CERT WITH JONATHAN
ALLSOPP Mon 9 June,
Coventry Cathedral Of
Ruins
LUCY CHANG Tues 10
June, Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham
COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM
Tues 10 June, Recital
Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
BACH ORGAN RECITAL
Tues 10 June, St
Chad’s Church,
Shrewsbury
CBSO THOMAS ADES:
NEW HORIZONS Featuring
Thomas Ades (conductor)
and Nicolas
Hodges (piano). Programme
includes works
by Ravel, Barry, Coll
and Ades, Wed 11
June, Symphony Hall
CBSO SCHOOL’S CON-
CERTS: CARNIVAL OF THE
ANIMALS Devised specially
for students at
Key Stage 2. Featuring
Michael Seal (conductor)
and Nikky Smedley
(presenter), Thurs12
June, Symphony Hall,
Birmingham
THE NAVARRO STRING
QUARTET Programme
featuring works by
Mozart & Beethoven,
Thurs 12 June, Recital
Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
THE PRIMROSE PIANO
QUINTET Programme
includes works by; JS
Bach, Bridge, Francaix
& Schumann, Fri 13
June, Recital Hall, Birmingham
Conservatoire
THE HEPPLEWHITE TRIO
Programme includes
works by Bridge & Dvorak,
Fri 13 June, Recital
Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
RUISI STRING QUARTET
Programme includes
works by Mozart,
Haydn & Debussy, Fri
13 June, Recital Hall,
Birmingham Conservatoire
THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO Fri 13 - Sun 15
June, Barber Institute,
Birmingham
THE SCHUBERT ENSEM-
BLE OF LONDON Sat 14
June, Adrian Boult,
Birmingham
THE CBSO PLAY THE
ADRIAN BOULT HALL Programme
includes works
by Grieg, Pehkonen,
Elgar & Strauss, Sun 15
June, Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham
BPO CONCERT Featuring
Elgar’s cello concerto
and King Arthur Suite,
Vaughan Williams’ overture
The Wasps and
Five Variants on Dives
and Lazarus, Sun 15
June, Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham
BACH ORGAN RECITAL
Sun 15 June, St Chad’s
Church, Shrewsbury
D-DAY AFTERNOON CON-
CERT Featuring the
Glebe Symphonic
Winds, Sun 15 June,
RAF Museum, Cosford,
Nr Wolverhampton
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CON-
CERT: THOMAS TROTTER
Mon 16 June, Birmingham
Town Hall
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CON-
CERT WITH FLORIAN
ZSCHUKE Mon 16 June,
Coventry Cathedral Of
Ruins
CBSO STRAUSS AND
SHAKESPEARE Featuring
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
and Barbara
Hannigan (soprano).
Programme includes
works by Mendelssohn,
Abrahamsen and
Strauss, Wed 18 June,
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
MOSES AND ARON Welsh
National Opera present
Sergio Morabito and
Jossi Wiesler's highly
charged production,
Wed 18 June, Birmingham
Hippodrome
ORGAN RECITAL: VINCENT
GRAPPY Wed 18 June,
St Chad’s Cathedral,
Shrewsbury
BEORMA VOCAL QUARTET
Programme of English
music spanning four
centuries, Wed 18
June, Avoncroft Museum,
Bromsgrove
CBSO BEETHOVEN’S
EMPEROR CONCERTO
Featuring Andris Nelsons
(conductor) and
Paul Lewis (piano). Programme
includes works
by Beethoven and
Strauss, Thurs 19 June,
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
ASTARIA STRING QUAR-
TET Programme features
works by Haydn,
Schumann, Janacek &
Smetana, Thurs 19
June, Grafton Manor
Chapel, Bromsgrove
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
OF USHER Welsh National
Opera bring Edgar
Allan Poe’s macabre
tale to the operatic
stage, Fri 20 June,
Birmingham Hippodrome
BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY
SINGERS AND UNIVERSI-
TY WOMEN’S CHOIR Fri
20 June, Barber Institute,
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVA-
TOIRE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA: SYMPHONY
OF DREAMS Fri 20 June,
Town Hall, Birmingham
WAGNER’S RING: GOT-
TERDAMMERUNG Performed
by the Orchestra
and Chorus Of
Opera North and Huddersfield
Choral Society.
Performance sung in
German with English
surtitles, Sat 21 June,
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
THE RAF COSFORD MILI-
TARY WIVES CHOIR Sat
21 June, The Abbey,
Shrewsbury
SHREWSBURY CANTATA
CHOIR Featuring vocalists
Victoria Adams,
Rosie Walker, luno Connolly,
Robert Tilson &
Daniel Wyman with
accompaniment by
musicians from the
Birmingham Conservatoire.
Programme features
works by Handel,
Brahms, Gabrieli,
Bruckner & Stravinsky,
Sun 22 June, Holy Trinity
Church, Meole
Brace, Shrewsbury
THE PEOPLE’S ORCHES-
TRA Featuring a selection
of film greats,
including Schindler's
List, The Lord of the
Rings, Harry Potter,
plus many more... Sun
22 June, Adrian Boult
Hall, Birmingham
CHARLES BURNEY BI-
CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL
CONCERT Sun 22 June,
Maidment Hall, Shrewsbury
School
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CON-
CERT WITH MARTYN
RAWLES Mon 23 June,
Coventry Cathedral of
Ruins
SUMMER PROM CONCERT
Presented by Prince
Henry's High School,
Tues 24 June, Evesham
Arts Centre, Worcester
THE GILBERT AND SULLI-
VAN OPERA COMPANY
Tues 24 - Sat 28 June,
Wolverhampton Grand
Theatre
DANTE QUARTET Programme
includes works
by Haydn & Schubert,
Wed 25 June, Artrix,
Bromsgrove
CBSO MOZART’S C MINOR
MASS Featuring Andris
Nelsons (conductor),
Sarah-Jane Brandon
(soprano), Lisa Milne
(soprano), Ben Johnson
(tenor), Vuyani
Mlinde (bass) and John
Tattersdill (double
bass), Thurs 26 & Sat
28 June, Symphony
Hall, Birmingham
WESTCOMBE BRASS Programme
includes works
by Bach, Handel, Bar
Classical Box Office
ADRIAN BOULT HALL,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 331 5901
BARBER INSTITUTE,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 414 7333
BIRMINGHAM
CONSERVATOIRE
0121 331 5901/2
BIRMINGHAM & MIDLAND
INSTITUTE
0121 236 3591
BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL
0121 780 3333
BRAMALL CONCERT HALL,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 414 3344
CBSO CENTRE,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 780 333
tok, Berlin & Sherwin,
Fri 27 June, St Mary the
Virgin Church, Ullenhall,
Nr Henley in
Arden, Warwickshire
JUNIOR CONSERVATOIRE:
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sat 28 June, Adrian
Boult Hall, Birmingham
ACADEMIA MUSICA CHOIR
Sat 28 June, Great
Malvern Priory,
Worcester
THOMAS TROTTER: SUM-
MER REQUESTS Mon 30
June, Birmingham
Town Hall
NIGEL KENNEDY Mon 30
June - Weds 2 July,
Malvern Theatres
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH,
OSWESTRY
01691 654832 / 652810
MAIDMENT HALL,
SHREWSBURY SCHOOL
01743 280810
MALVERN THEATRE
01684 892277
ST CHAD’S CHURCH,
SHREWSBURY
01743 365478
ST LAURENCE’S CHURCH,
LUDLOW
01584 872073
SYMPHONY HALL,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 780 3333
VICTORIA HALL,
STOKE-ON-TRENT
0870 060 6649
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