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JUNEjim marshall auditoriumThe Celtic Fiddle FestivalDate: Tuesday 4 June, 8pm Tickets: £16Called “three of the finest folk violinists anywhere” byThe Washington Post, Celtic Fiddle Festival celebrates theviolin in all its globe-trotting variations. Fiddlers KevinBurke (Ireland), Christian Lemaître (Brittany, France) andAndré Brunet (Quebec, Canada) showcase a fascinatingjuxtaposition of international and individual styles. Alongwith acclaimed guitarist Nicholas Quemener from Brittany,the quartet combines their talents, musical traditions, andspontaneous humour for an evening of dazzling energy andsubtle grace. These traditional masters showcase theirregional repertoires and together conjure an experience ofbreathtaking performances.www.kevinburke.comLike this? Try this:Feast of Fiddles12 AprilOpera North: The Girl I LeftBehind Me Featuring Jessica Walker(mezzo) and James Holmes (piano)Date: Thursday 6 June, 8pmTickets: £16, £17.50A supremely well-sung andcoolly contemporary look atone of the most intriguingquestions of musical theatre– just what is it that makesa woman in trousers soappealing? With just a piano,a microphone and a fewwell-chosen items of maleattire, mezzo-sopranoJessica Walker and theatredirector Neil Bartlett conjure up an entire world, from theswaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall,to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss.A provocative, flirtatious and deliciously personalone-woman guide to a whole forgotten chapterof female performance.www.operanorth.co.uk/projects/the-girl-i-left-behind-meEnsemble 360Like this? Try this:20 MarchMidge UreDate: Friday 7 June, 8pmTickets: £20Midge Ure has shape-shifted his way through the UK musicscene for over 35 years, from prototype boy band with Slik,electronic pioneer with Visage, rock guitarist with Thin Lizzy,chart topper with Ultravox and his solo career, to charity fundraiser with Band Aid. Ure has adapted to the ebb and flowof his career performing with large bands, power trios andhis solo acoustic shows with which he sticks to his mantrathat a good song can be stripped down to its basics and stillstand close inspection. Midge’s shows in 2013 will reflecthis full career, including solo songs such as If I Was, andUltravox songs from Vienna up to new songs from the brandnew Ultravox CD “Brilliant” released in May 2012.www.midgeure.comLike this? Try this:Ricky Ross15 AprilThe Northern Soul TourDate: Saturday 8 June, 8pmTickets: £21.50The late great Edwin Starr’s band The Team (with leadvocalist Angelo Starr) and special guest Northern Soullegend Lorraine Silver perform soul and Motown hitsincluding Agent 00 Soul, 25 Miles, Stop Her On Sight,Landslide, War, Eye To Eye Contact and many more. AngeloStarr has taken over lead vocals, performing all thefantastic Edwin Starr classics, plus dynamic performancesof some great Northern Soul covers. Northern Soul legendLorraine Silver recorded Lost Summer Love which is still amassive record on the Northern Soul & Scooter scene.www.theteam-online.co.ukLike this? Try this:Botown19 JulyClaire Martin with the MontpellierCello QuartetDate: Sunday 9 June, 8pm Tickets: £16.50Claire Martin brings herwealth of experience as ajazz vocalist into a brandnew arena with theBrighton-basedMontpellier Cello Quartet.This exciting new venturecombines her love of theGreat American Songbookand popular classics with brand new arrangements especiallycommissioned for this project by internationally renownedcomposers including Sir Richard Rodney Bennet, Mark AnthonyTurnage and Django Bates. Unlike anything Claire has ever donebefore, this chamber-jazz adventure promises to be a magicalfusion that brings a new sonic perspective to songs such as KurtWeills’ My Ship, Tom Waits’ Old Boyfriend’s and Lennonand McCartneys’ She’s Leaving Home.www.clairemartinjazz.comLike this? Try this:Quercus14 AprilMike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells ForTwo: 40th Anniversary ConcertDate: Wednesday 12 June, 8pmTickets: £19.50Two talented Australianmusicians playing overtwenty instrumentsbring to life MikeOldfield’s seminalalbum in a uniquetheatrical performance. Multi-instrumentalists DanielHoldsworth and Aidan Roberts have arranged the entire score ofTubular Bells to be played by just two blokes, its subtle beautyand richly layered madness intact. This herculean feat leaves themusicians drenched in sweat and audiences on the edge of theirseats, as they race from instrument to instrument. Join us for amemorable night as these ambitious musicians undertake thechallenge of recreating the original album as faithfully aspossible with just four hands and four feet.“The musical equivalent of the triathlon-with bellson.” The Scotsmanwww.tubularbellsfortwo.comLike this? Try this:The Little Unsaid & Cate Ferris16 April - Stage 2Eve Selis BandDate: Thursday 13 June, 8pmTickets: £16.50Eve Selis isn’t just asinger - she’s an emotiontransducer who convertscountry, R&B, blues, folk,and rock ‘n’ roll signalsinto a megawatt zap thatgalvanizes everyone in itspath. And as with fellowfrontwomen Bonnie Raitt,Joan Osborne, MariaMcKee and MelissaEtheridge, the cauterizing power of Selis’s voice can arc-weldmaterial from almost any genre into a personal manifesto.She joins us touring material from latest album Family Tree,from swamp-rock to plaintive country heartbreakers toppedoff with Leonard Cohen’s masterpiece Hallelujah.www.eveselis.comLike this? Try this:Gretchen Peters14 MarchPete Long’s Echoes Of EllingtonOrchestraDate: Friday 14 June, 8pm Tickets: £19.50, £21.50Duke Ellington was the composer, pianist and bandleader whoemerged from Harlem and became a world force. No other jazzmusician has produced such a volume of hits - It Don’t Meana Thing (if it ain’t got that Swing), Take the A Train, MoodIndigo, Prelude to a Kiss, Things ain’t what they used to Be, Igot it Bad, Jam with Sam, C Jam Blues, Harlem Airshift, I‘mbeginning to see the Light, Perdido and many others. Underthe direction of Pete Long all these will be brought to life as ifThe Duke was directing his own orchestra. You’ll also able towitness the incredible singing and trumpet playing of GeorginaJackson. The critics can’t be wrong!“In Pete Long, reeds player, raconteur, bandleaderand all-round wit, we have a genuine home-growntreasure.” The Timeswww.plong.co.ukLike this? Try this:Dutch Swing College Band12 JulyJUNE jim marshall auditorium24 Treat someone special – gift vouchers are available from the Box OfficeBox Office:01908 280800 email:stables@stables.org www.stables.org25