The list below gives details of musical events which took
place in the
Leicestershire area in 2004. Although now passed (but hopefully not
forgotten), they are retained here for interest. To see a list of current events, click on CURRENT
Date Society Programme Venue 11 January 2004 International Chamber Music series Imogen Cooper (piano) & Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
perform Schumann: Fünf Stücke in Volkston; Beethoven: Cello
sonata in G minor, op.5/2; Judas Machabeus Variations; Rachmaninov:
Sonata for cello & piano De Montfort Victoria Suite 15 January 2004 Lunchtime Concert: Phillip Dyson Piano Recital of classics, Scott Joplin and ‘The Warsaw
Concerto’ New Walk Museum, Leicester 17 January 2004 Leicestershire Chorale, with the Leicestershire Schools
Symphony Orchestra Orff: Carmina Burana; Andrew Carter: New Commission De Montfort Hall 19 January 2004 Philharmonia Janacek: Sinfonietta; Mozart: Piano concerto no.23 K488;
Dvořak: Symphony no.9; conductor Jiri Belohlavek De Montfort Hall 24 January 2004 University of Leicester Celebrity Recital Chiao-Ying Chang (piano) plays Mozart: Sonata in C K.330;
Schubert: 4 Impromptus D.899; Chopin: Nocturnes Op.27; Preludes Op.28 Richard Attenborough Centre 24 January 2004 University Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin Alison Print (violin) & Louise Clarke (oboe) perform J.S.
Bach: Concerto in C minor; Orchestral Suite No.3; Sinfonia from Cantata
42 Stoneygate Baptist Church, London Road 28 January 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Katherine Manley (sop), Stephen Waterhouse (piano); includes
arias from Idomeneo; Massenet's Manon; Debussy's L'enfant prodigue;
& songs by Richard Strauss, Mahler & Walton Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building 29 January 2004 Lunchtime Concert: Young Musicians from Chetham's School of
Music String quartet and flute pieces by Mozart and Beethoven New Walk Museum, Leicester 31 January 2004 Charnwood Orchestra Boyce: Symphony no.5; Strauss: Serenade; Mozart: Adagio in E
& Rondo in C (solo - Nic Fallowfield); Brahms: Serenade no.1 Cope Auditorium, Loughborough 4 February 2004 University of Leicester Lindsay Series Haydn; Bartok; Dvořak Fraser Noble, London Road 4 February 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Charles Moore Collection - Dr Stephen Weston introduces the
brass instruments Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building 7 February 2004 Bardi Orchestra Rossini: Thieving Magpie Overture; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
(soloist Mark van de Wiel); Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique De Montfort Hall 10 February 2004 Philharmonia De Falla: Suite El amor brujo; Nights in the gardens of Spain;
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe suite no.2; Ravel: Bolero; soloist Josep
Colom; conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos De Montfort Hall 12 February 2004 Lunchtime Concert: Bartholdy Trio Piano, Violin and Cello trios by Saint-Saëns and Schumann
New Walk Museum, Leicester 14 February 2004 Tudor Choir (in aid of Rainbows) Music by Dowland, Mozart, Elgar, Gershwin, Bernstein, with
First Performance of Peter Crump's Sing, sing ye birds a joyous song Fraser Noble, London Road 15 February 2004 Wyvern Singers Sung Eucharist & Evensong Leicester Cathedral 18 February 2004 University of Leicester Lindsay Series Haydn; Bartok; Dvořak Fraser Noble, London Road 21 February 2004 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Michael Berkeley: Gregorian Variations; Tchaikovsky: Violin
Concerto (Min Jin); Mahler: Symphony No.1 De Montfort Hall 21 February 2004 Recital in aid of Cruse, with Andrée Back (sop), David
Clark (tenor), Brian Davis (harp) Trevor Hold: Glasgerion Song Cycle for tenor & harp;
Philip Cannon: 5 Chansons de Femmes; John Thomas' Music for Harp;
William Harris: Songs; Schumann: Duets Fraser Noble, London Road 25 February 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Galina Vale (guitar): Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2;
Paganini: Caprice No.24; de Falla: Danza No.2 from ‘La Vide Breve’;
Stepan Rak: Romanian Dance; Mozart: Turkish Rondo Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building 26 February 2004 Lunchtime Concert: Philharmonia Brass Ensemble Pachelbel, Copland, Scheidt, Weill & Gershwin New Walk Museum, Leicester 28 February 2004 University Singers & the Musical & Amicable Society
Baroque Orchestra Handel: Theodora, with Diana Sharp (sop.), Sara Norris
(mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), James Arthur (bass) St James the Greater Church, London Road 5 March 2004 University of Leicester Recital Emily Van Evera (sop), Matthew Wadsworth (lute), Maria Cleary
(harp) perform music by 17th Century Italian composers: Francesca
Caccini & Barbara Strozzi Fraser Noble, London Road 6 March 2004 Griffin Singers “Sacred & Secular” Blaby Baptist Church 6 March 2004 Philharmonia Copland: Appalachian Spring; Barber: Violin concerto (soloist
Gil Shaham); Adams: Chairman Dances; Bernstein: Symphonic dances from
West Side Story; conductor David Zinman De Montfort Hall 6 March 2004 Recital by Richard May (cello) & Jeremy Kimber (piano)
POSTPONED POSTPONED: new date to be announced Emmanuel Church, Loughborough 6 March 2004 Rutland Sinfonia Brahms: Tragic Overture; Dvořak: Cello concerto, with Rebecca
Hewes (cello); Sibelius: Symphony no.2 St Peter's Church, Oundle 6 March 2004 Student Orchestras, Choirs & Bands To be announced Queens Hall, Percy Gee Building 7 March 2004 International Chamber Music Series Marianne Thorsen (violin), Graham Oppenheimer (viola),
Nicholas Jones (cello), Martin Roscoe (piano) play Mahler: Piano
Quartet Movement; Copland: Piano Quartet (1950); Brahms: Piano Quartet
in G minor Op.25 De Montfort Hall 10 March 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Bernard Roberts (piano): Bach: French Suite No.5 in G; Stephen
Dodgson: Sonata No.5 (1992); Beethoven: Sonata in A Op.101 Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building 10 March 2004 University of Leicester Recital ‘A Little Night Music’ including Mozart: Divertimento in E
K.563; Partsongs & Motets sung by the Modern Language Choir,
conducted by Robert Kenny Fraser Noble, London Road 11 March 2004 Lunchtime Concert: Young Jazz Musicians from Purcell School of
Music Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington standards New Walk Museum, Leicester 13 March 2004 Beauchamp Choral Concert with ‘Flute Sounds’ for Rotary Club of Oadby Trinity Methodist, Oadby 13 March 2004 Cecilian Singers Celebrity Concert with Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley.
Includes: Carissimi: Jephte; and a special performance of Galliard's
The Morning Hymn written 300 years ago with text from Milton's Paradise
Lost St James the Greater, Leicester 13 March 2004 University Sinfonia, with Simon Lebens (piano) Haydn: Overture Armida in B flat; Symphony no.77 in B flat;
Mozart: Piano concerto No.18 in B flat, K.456; Schubert: Symphony no.5
in B flat Fraser Noble, London Road 16 March 2004 Arts in Education Easter Gala Concert De Montfort Hall 16 March 2004 University of Leicester Lindsay Series With Kathryn Stott (piano): Dvořak & Elgar piano quintets Fraser Noble, London Road 19 March 2004 M.A.N.A. Duncan Honeybourne (piano), Aquilla Winds; including Sonja
Grossner's Piano Sonata ‘Legacy’; Schumann: Fantasy in C Op.17 Fraser Noble, London Road 20 March 2004 Charnwood Orchestra Rawlins Community College, Quorn 20 March 2004 Leicester Philharmonic Choir, conducted by John Rutter Parry: I was glad; Blest Pair of Sirens; Williamson:
Procession of Palms; Rutter: Gloria; Birthday Madrigals; Feel the
Spirit De Montfort Hall 20 March 2004 Leicestershire Chorale, with The Leicestershire Camerata Haydn: The Seasons The Cope Auditorium, Loughborough University 20 March 2004 University of Leicester Recital Simon Crawford-Phillips, Philip Moore (piano duo) play music
by J.S. Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Ravel & joe Duddell Richard Attenborough Centre 25 March 2004 Lunchtime Concert: Nicholas Daniel (oboe) & Britten
Sinfonia Soloists Mozart, Schubert, Lennox Berkeley & Franç New Walk Museum, Leicester 26 March 2004 University of Leicester Recital Uni-Part presents ‘The Magic of Mozart’ Fraser Noble, London Road 27 March 2004 City of Leicester Singers Handel: Messiah St James the Greater, Leicester 27 March 2004 Music in Lyddington Wissam Boustany (flute) & Vanessa Latarche (piano):
Hummel: Sonata in D Op.50; Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso; Gabriel
Pierné: Sonata Op.36; Ian Clarke: Zoom Tube; Gabriel
Fauré: Sonata St Andrew's, Lyddington 27 March 2004 Rutland Choral Society Vivaldi: Gloria; Schubert: Mass in G Oakham Parish Church 3 April 2004 Hinckley Choral Union Mozart: Requiem St Peter's Catholic Church, Hinckley 3 April 2004 Leicester Bach Choir Mendelssohn: Elijah Leicester Cathedral 3 April 2004 Wyvern Singers Concert Sheepy Magna Church 4 April 2004 International Chamber Music Series ‘Alia’ play Onslow: String Quintet in C minor Op.38; John
Woolrich: Duo of Violin & Viola (World Premier); Dvořak: String
Quintet in E flat Op.97 De Montfort Hall 17 April 2004 Shepshed Singers & Charnwood Choral Society with Charnwood
Orchestra conducted by Andew Goff Rutter: Requiem; Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands Emmanuel Church, Loughborough 17 April 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Festival Launch Guildhall, Leicester 24 April 2004 Music in Lyddington Talisman (guitar, violin, accordian) play Gypsy, Russian,
Ukrainian & Jazz music St Andrew's, Lyddington 24 April 2004 University of Leicester Modern Languages Choir “All in the April Evening” St Mary's, Stoughton 3 May 2004 Bardi Orchestra Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde;
Barber: Cello Concerto (soloist David Cohen); Brahms: Symphony no.1 in
C minor De Montfort Hall 6 May 2004 University of Leicester Modern Languages Choir Charity Concert for LOROS Fraser Noble, London Road 8 May 2004 University of Leicester Choral Society Workshop on Handel's Coronation Anthems, with Giles Turner Queen's Hall, Percy Gee Building 8 May 2004 University of Leicester Wind Band & Big Band Includes music by Derek Bourgeois, Holst, Strauss &
Rossini Fraser Noble, London Road 8 May 2004 RAC Presentation Corazon Flamenco Dance, voice & guitar Richard Attenborough Centre 9 May 2004 International Chamber Music “Alia” play Brahms String Quartets op.111 & 115 De Montfort Hall 12 May 2004 Philharmonia Tchaikovsky: Overture Romeo & Juliet; Prokofiev: Violin
concerto no.2 (soloist Viktoria Mullova); Shostokovich: Symphony no.10;
conductor Mikko Franck De Montfort Hall 12 May 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Concert Archduke Trio: Schumann: Fantasy pieces op.88; Beethoven: Trio
in C minor op.1 no.3 Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building 15 May 2004 Beauchamp Choral Concert including Dvořak: Stabat Mater (excerpts) Trinity Methodist, Oadby 15 May 2004 Music in Lyddington Llyr Williams (piano): Debussy: Preludes, books 1 & 2;
Szymanowski: Five Mazurkas; Chopin: Polonaise op.44; Nocturne op.48/1;
Berceuse op.57 St Andrew's, Lyddington 15 May 2004 Rutland Sinfonia Walton: Crown Imperial; Beethoven: Piano concerto no.2, with
Ronan Magill (piano); Elgar/Payne: Symphony no.3 Uppingham Memorial Hall, with pre-concert talk with Anthony
Payne at 7.00 pm 20 May 2004 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Rossini; Mozart: Horn Concerto (Steve Bell); Bruckner:
Symphony No.4 De Montfort Hall 21 May 2004 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Mozart: Requiem, with London Mozart Players De Montfort Hall 22 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Come & Sing St Mary de Cstro 22 May 2004 University of Leicester Choral Society Dvořak: Cello concerto in B minor (soloist Simon Davison); von
Suppe: Overture ‘Poet & Peasant’; Elgar: Enigma variations Fraser Noble, London Road 23 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Junior Performance Competition New Walk Museum, Leicester 24 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital Leicester Cathedral 25 May 2004 Knighton Chamber Orchestra Inaugural Concert: Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba;
Mozart: Divertimento in D K.136; J.S. Bach: Concerto for oboe &
violin; Haydn: Symphony no.104 “London” Stoneygate Baptist Church, London Road 25 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital Leicester Cathedral 26 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Opening Recital: Quadriga (Austria) present a Candlelit
Champagne Concert St Mary de Castro, Leicester 26 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital Leicester Cathedral 27 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital Leicester Cathedral 27 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Concert to be announced St Mary de Castro, Leicester 28 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ Recital Leicester Cathedral 28 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Ghost Walk Castle Park 28 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Junior Workshop Great Hall, Leicester Castle 29 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Concert: Longslade Consort St Mary de Castro, Leicester 29 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Masque St Mary de Castro, Leicester 29 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Dance/Music Spectacular: Kings and Commoners: Pepys at London St Mary de Castro, Leicester 30 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Sung Eucharist St Mary de Castro, Leicester 30 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Evensong St Mary de Castro, Leicester 30 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Passacaglia: Coffee House Music St Mary de Castro, Leicester 31 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Instrumental Workshop Leicester Castle 31 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Choral Workshop, including Sung Eucharist St Mary de Castro, Leicester 31 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Family Day Castle Park, Leicester 31 May 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Concert: Courtlye Music St Mary de Castro, Leicester 1 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Jeni Melia (soprano), Kathryn Hamilton-Hall (alto) & Chris
Goodwin (baritone/lute): The Lost Art of Wooing Guildhall, Leicester 2 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Peter Bull (hurdy-gurdy/lute/dulcimer: From Bad King to Good
Queen Bess Guidhall, Leicester 3 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Special investigation into the effects of hearing music in
both modern and baroque pitch. Illustrated talk by the Festival
Director with live music in both pitches by The Longslade Consort Guildhall 4 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Sociall Musick - Finalists National Early Music Competition
2003 Guidhall, Leicester 4 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Whisky Tasting Guidhall, Leicester 4 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Sociall Musick - Finalists National Early Music Competition
2003 Guidhall, Leicester 5 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Festival Finale: Michala Petri (recorder) & Lars Hannibal
(archlute/guitar) St Mary de Castro, Leicester 6 June 2004 Market Harborough Singers, with piano duo Nettle and Markham Brahms: Requiem, sung in English - a recreation of the first
English performance New Walk Museum, Leicester 6 June 2004 Philharmonia Sibelius: En Saga; Piers Hellawell: Double concerto (soloists
Christian Lindberg & Hagah Hardenberger); Stravinsky: Petruska
(1947); conductor Thierry Fischer De Montfort Hall 11 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Wine Tasting & concerts ? Guidhall, Leicester 11 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Lachrymae Consort Guidhall, Leicester 11 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Joanna MacGregor Celebrity Piano Recital New Walk Museum 11 June 2004 University of Leicester Presentation Piano recitals by local children Floor 10, Charles Wilson Building 12 June 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Champagne & concert Guidhall, Leicester 12 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Festival Ensemble: Robert Schumann: Piano Trio; Clara
Schumann: Piano Trio; Poulenc: Oboe & Clarinet Sonata; Schubert:
String Trio; Musgrave: Ring out wild bells New Walk Museum 12 June 2004 Leicestershire Chorale Martinu: Otvirani Studanek; William Schuman: Pioneers;
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit; Ives: Turn Ye, Turn Ye Holy Cross Priory, Leicester 13 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Sam-Yo senior Ensemble Y Theatre 13 June 2004 Leicester International Festival John Williams, John Etheridge & Patrick Bebey De Montford Hall 15 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Festival Ensemble + Janice Galloway (author of ‘Clara’):
Schumann: Romances; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio; Musgrave: Duo for flute
& oboe New Walk Museum 16 June 2004 Cecilian Singers An Evening of Music for Rainbows. Lighthearted programme of
music and readings promoted by Inner Wheel of Soar Valley Noseley Hall, nr Billesdon 16 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Mark Padmore & Festival Ensemble: Schubert: Die
Schöne Müllerin; Variations for flute & piano New Walk Museum 16 June 2004 Leicester International Festival John Lenehan & Festival Ensemble: Silent Movies brought to
life Phoenix Arts 16 June 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Concert University Wind Ensemble play Mozart Outside Library or, if wet, Floor 10 Charles Wilson Building 16 June 2004 University of Leicester Music Societies Duruflé: Requiem; Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 trumpets in
D; J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G; Wagner: Seigfried Idyll Holy Cross Priory, Wellington Street 17 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Acoustic Triangle (double bass, saxophone & piano) New Walk Museum 18 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Joy Farrall & Thea King ‘An English Legacy’: Music for
clarinet & piano New Walk Museum 18 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Festival Ensemble: Mozart: Piano Quartet; Schumann: Piano Duo;
Poulenc: Flute Sonata; Musgrave: Threnody New Walk Museum 19 June 2004 Charnwood Orchestra Elgar: Cockaigne; Britten: Violin concerto (solo - Thomas
Bowes); Beethoven: Symphony no.5 St James the Greater, Leicester 19 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Kaushiki Chakrabarty: Indian Vocalist Phoenix Arts 19 June 2004 Loughborough Male Voice Choir Patrons Concert Baptist Church, Baxtergate, Loughborough 19 June 2004 Market Bosworth Festival Orpheus and Corinna: Music from 17th century England St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth 19 June 2004 Music in Lyddington Allegri String Quartet: Bartok: Quartet no.2; Borodin: Quartet
no.2; Janacek: Quartet no. 2 (Intimate Letters) St Andrew's, Lyddington 19 June 2004 Wyvern Singers Concert St Helen's, Sibbertoft 20 June 2004 Market Bosworth Festival Open air concert of easy-listening jazz. Traditional Hog-Roast
Bosworth Battlefield, near Market Bosworth 20 June 2004 Philharmonia Janacek: Taras Bulba; Dvořak: Cello concerto (soloist Han-Na
Chang); Symphony no.6; conductor Sir Charles Mackerras De Montfort Hall 21 June 2004 Leicester International Festival Master Class with Han-Na Chang (cello) Richard Attenborough Centre 25 June 2004 Wyvern Singers Concert Blaby District Council Chamber 26 June 2004 Bardi Orchestra Debussy: Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune;
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (soloist Alina Ibragimova); Beethoven:
Symphony no.7 De Montfort Hall 26 June 2004 Cantamici America! including Copland: In the beginning; Ned Rorem: From
an Unknown Past (song cycle) To be announced 26 June 2004 Charnwood Choral Society Summer Songs, from Elgar to Novello Barrow on Soar Parish Church 26 June 2004 Leicester Bach Choir Haydn: Little Organ Mass; Gibbons: This is the record of John;
J.S. Bach: O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht; Vivaldi: Gloria
(excerpts); Stanford: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in C; Brahms:
Geistliches Lied; Mendelssohn: Verlich uns Frieden; Psalm 13; Schubert:
Ständchen St Thomas's, South Wigston 26 June 2004 Leicestershire Chorale Music for a summer evening, including Charpentier: Messe de
Minuit All Saints Church, Pickwell 2 July 2004 Philharmonia Film Music De Montfort Hall 3 July 2004 Hinckley Choral Union St Cecilia Mass To be announced 3 July 2004 University of Leicester Sinfonia Dvořak Centenary Concert: Wind Serenade in D minor Op.44;
Czech Suite Op.39; Symphony No.5 in F Fraser Noble, London Road 10 July 2004 Music in Lyddington Hanover Band - clarinet, viola, cello & piano: Mozart:
Kegelstadt Trio for clarinet, viola & piano; Beethoven: Sonata for
cello & piano in F op.5; Schubert: Arpeggione Sonate for viola
& piano; Beethoven: Trio in B flat for clarinet, cello & piano
op.11 St Andrew's, Lyddington 23 August 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ recital by John Bence St Mary de Castro 24 August 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ recital by John Bence St Mary de Castro 25 August 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ recital by John Bence St Mary de Castro 26 August 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ recital by John Bence St Mary de Castro 27 August 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Organ recital by John Bence St Mary de Castro 27 August 2004 Castle Park Festival Golden Age of Music, with Yvette Adams & John Bence Guildhall 27 August 2004 Castle Park Festival A Taste of the Cosmopolitan:music from C14th, C16th &
C18th London, with The Longslade Consort Guildhall 9 September 2004 Lunchtime Concerts Lunchtime Violin & Piano Recital, by Rafal
Zambrzycki-Payne & Anthony Hewitt. Bach: Sonata in B minor;
Fauré: Sonata in A; Szymanowski: Dance from ‘Harnasie’ New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 18 September 2004 MANA Peace Concert Fraser Noble, London Road 18 September 2004 Music in Lyddington Mediva play Mediterranean music from the Middle Ages St Andrew's, Lyddington 19 September 2004 Local pianists Charity Concert for Save the Children Fraser Noble, London Road 23 September 2004 Lunchtime Concerts Lancier Brass Quintet Lunchtime Concert: Jim Parker: The
Bullfight; Anthony Plog: Four Sketches; Purcell arr. Stephen Roberts:
Dido's Lament; Bach arr. Luther Henderson: Blue Bach; Morley Calvert:
Suite from the Monteregian Hills. Concert followed by free Brass
Instrument Demonstration. New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 24 September 2004 DNP Productionz 1, 2 Da Show, in concert with Lloyd Banks/G-unit Recording
artist, T.O.K Reggea Recording artist, Prezidency Recording artists and
others. Hip-Hop/RnB/Reggea Dutchess Stadium 25 September 2004 CANCELLED Rutland Sinfonia CANCELLED Elgar: Frossart Overture: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concert, with
Nadia Wijzenbuk; Dvořak: Symphony no.9 “From the New World” CANCELLED St Neot's Parish Church CANCELLED 29 September 2004 Philharmonia, with Peter Jablonski (piano), Tugan Sokkhiev
(conductor) Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme
of Paganini; Symphonic Dances De Montfort Hall 1 October 2004 University of Leicester, with Young-Choon Park (piano) Chopin: Scherzo in B flat minor op.31; Nocturne in B op.31;
Nocturne in D flat op.27/2; Debussy: Pour le Piano; Schubert: Sonata in
A minor D845 Fraser Noble, London Road 1 October 2004 Uppingham Concerts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with Michael Whight and
Uppingham Scholar Rebecca Palmer (clarinet), Jack Gibbons (conductor).
Schubert: Symphony no.8 “Unfinished”; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Saint
Saens: Havanaise; Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 “Scottish” Uppingham School Memorial Hall 2 October 2004 Leicestershire Chorale Purcell concert with Fitzwilliam Quartet St Philip's, Evington 6 October 2004 University of Leicester, with Lindsay Quartet and Paul Watkins
(cello) Mozart: Quartet in G K387; Tippett: Quartet 1; Schubert:
Quartet in C D956 Fraser Noble, London Road 7 October 2004 Lunchtime Concerts Glen Inanga Lunchtime Piano Recital. Music by Nigerian
composers and African American composers influenced by African Culture:
Christopher Onyeji, Akin Euba, Randy Weston, Bode Omojola, Hale Smith,
Joshua Uzoigwe. Black History Season Event. New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 9 October 2004 Bardi Symphony Orchestra, with Murray McLachlan (piano) Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.5 “Emperor”; Mendelssohn:
Symphony no.3 “Scottish” De Montfort Hall 9 October 2004 Charnwood Choral Society Popular songs and solo instruments Mountsorrel Methodist Church 10 October 2004 Leicester International Chamber Music Series Steven Osbourne (piano): Brahms: Rhapsody op.79/1 om B minor;
Liszt: 4 pieces from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses; Schubert:
Sonata in B flat D960 De Montfort Hall 13 October 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Robin Leonard (baritone) & Stuart Smith (piano). “Love is
all around”: Music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Bizet,
Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Finzi and
Britten Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 15 October 2004 University of Leicester Paul Cox (piano). Bach: Partita no.2 in C minor; Beethoven:
Sonata in F minor op.2/1; Sonata in F minor ‘Appassionata’; Brahms:
Rhapsody in G minor op.79/2; Shostakovich: Prelude in G minor op.23/5;
Prelude in E flat op.23/6 Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 18 October 2004 University of Leicester Tamsin Little (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano). Schubert:
Sonata in D; Brahms: Sonata no.3 in D minor; Strauss: Sonata in E flat Richard Attenborough Centre 19 October 2004 University of Leicester Modern Languages Choir. Sacred and secular choral music Leicester Cathedral 20 October 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Abigail Johnson & Ann Ward (piano duet). Mozart: Sonata in
B flat; Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Clementi: Sonata in E flat; Lambert:
Three black pieces for the white keys Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 21 October 2004 Lunchtime Concerts Margaret Fingerhut Lunchtime Piano Recital: Piano Landscapes.
Ireland: The Island Spell; The Towing Path; Equinox; Liszt: Vallee
d'Oberman; MacDowall: Woodland Sketches; Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse. New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 22 October 2004 University of Leicester Knighton Chamber Orchestra, Karen Silverwood (violin), Phil
Houghton (viola) & Gail Hobbs (piano).Mozart: Symphony no.29 in A;
Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola in E flat; Piano concerto
in A K488 Fraser Noble, London Road 23 October 2004 Music in Lyddington David Childs (euphonium): Gordon Jacob: Fantasia; Roland
Szentpali: Ducati SPS 916; Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee;
Paganini: Carnival of Venice St Andrew's, Lyddington 26 October 2004 Philharmonia, with Yefim Bronfman (piano), Charles Dutoit
(conductor) Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict Overture; Symphonie Fantastique;
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 De Montfort Hall 27 October 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Warren Mailley-Smith (piano). Mozart: Sonata in A K331; Liszt:
Sonata in B minor Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 30 October 2004 University of Leicester Celebrity Concert, in memoriam Sir
Fraser Noble Ibbotson Thomas Lebens Trio. Shostakovich: Trio in C minor;
Mozart: Fantasia in D minor; Rondo in D; Debussy: Ondine; La cathedrale
engloute; Beethoven: Trio in B flat “Archduke” Fraser Noble, London Road 3 November 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Nathanaelle Marie (violin) & Barry Collett (piano).
Schubert: Sonata in G minor; Elgar: Sonata in E minor Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 6 November 2004 Leicester Bach Choir, with Joanne Lunn J.S. Bach: Alles nur nach Gottes Willen (Cantata No.72);
Haydn: Nicolaimesse; C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat Leicester Cathedral 10 November 2004 University of Leicester Lindsay Quartet. Mozart: Quartet in D minor K421; Tippett:
Quartet 2; Schubert: Quartet in D minor “Death & the Maiden” Fraser Noble, London Road 11 November 2004 Cantamici & Guthlaxton Band Concert of music & readings in aid of Homestart St James the Greater, London Road 11 November 2004 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Rococco Variations and Andante Cantabile (cellist
Natalie Clein); Dvořak: Symphony no.8; conducted by Nicholas Daniel De Montfort Hall 13 November 2004 Music in Lyddington Academy of St Lawrence: Beethoven: Quintet for piano, oboe,
clarinet & bassoon op.16; Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon &
piano; Stamitz: Quartet in E flat for oboe, clarinet, bassoon &
horn; Mozart: Quintet K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn &
bassoon St Andrew's, Lyddington 13 November 2004 University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra, with
Eleanor Turner (harp) Brahms: Songs for female voices, harp & two horns;
Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane; Anthony Pither: Settings
of poems by Pierre Reverdy (first performance); Fauré: Cantique
de Jean Racine; Franck: Symphony in D minor Fraser Noble, London Road 13 November 2004 Uppingham Concerts Let Freedom Ring! Denys Baptiste and Tomorrow's Warriors;
Denys Baptiste and his 11-piece jazz band celebrate Martin Luther
King's “I have a dream” oration in a multi media presentation with
music, words and images Uppingham School Memorial Hall 17 November 2004 Philharmonia, with Steven Isserlis (cello), Richard Hickox
(conductor) Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Elgar: Cello Concerto;
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.2 “London” (to be confirmed) De Montfort Hall 17 November 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Voces Intimae Quartet. Haydn: Quartet in F op.77/2; Beethoven:
Quartet in C minor op18/4 Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 19 November 2004 Hinckley Choral Union Medley from “Cats” Concordia Theatre, Hinckley 20 November 2004 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Mendelssohn: Elijah De Montfort Hall 20 November 2004 University Orchestral Society Includes Dvořak: Symphony no.8 in G Fraser Noble, London Road 24 November 2004 University of Leicester Lunchtime Series Nicholas Daniel (oboe) & Lucy Wakeford (harp). Music by
Boccherini, Spohr & Britten Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 26 November 2004 University of Leicester Moira Finch & Anthony Pither (pianos). Bach: Chorale from
Cantata no.22, arr. Williams; Britten: Introduction & Rondo alla
Burlesca; Mozart/Grieg: Fantasia in C minor; Anthony Pither: Suite
(rearranging Beethoven's Bagatelles - first performance); and music by
Joan Trimble & Rachmaninov Music Room, Floor 10, Charles Wilson 27 November 2004 Leicestershire Chorale J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio St James the Greater, Leicester 27 November 2004 Rutland Sinfonia Haydn: Symphony no.70; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for wind;
Beethoven: Symphony no.5 St Peter's Church, Oundle 27 November 2004 University of Leicester University Symphonic Concert Band & Big Band provide
lively entertainment! Fraser Noble, London Road 28 November 2004 Bardi Symphony Orchestra Family Favourites De Montfort Hall 28 November 2004 Leicester International Chamber Music Series Pacifica String Quartet: Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor op13;
Ligeti: Quartet no.1 “Metemorphoses Nocturnes”; Beethoven: Quartet
op131 in C sharp minor De Montfort Hall 1 December 2004 Philharmonia, with Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Alexander Lazarev
(conductor) Tchaikovsky: Coronation March; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto
No.2; Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 De Montfort Hall 1 December 2004 University of Leicester Lindsay Quartet. Mozart: Quartet in B flat “The hunt” Tippett:
Quartet no.3; Schubert: Quartet in A minor Fraser Noble, London Road 2 December 2004 Wyvern Singers Christmas concert Millfield Community Centre, Braunstone 3 December 2004 Musical & Amicable Society Vivaldi: Four Seasons; Bach: Brandenburg Concertos nos 3 &
6 Fraser Noble, London Road 3 December 2004 Shepshed Singers Christmas Concert Kegworth Parish Church 4 December 2004 University of Leicester Choral Society and Proteus Chamber
Orchestra, in aid of Laura Centre Mozart: Requiem; Beethoven: Overture: Consecration of the
House; Choral Fantasy St James the Greater Church, London Road 4 December 2004 Uppingham Concerts A Selection of Seasonal Music for Choirs and Audience
including Haydn's ‘Nelson’ Mass and works by Rutter, Duruflé and
Darke. Uppingham Choirs and Uppingham Chamber Orchestra Uppingham School Memorial Hall 7 December 2004 Leicester City Male Voice Choir A varied programme of music with monologues from Peter Knowles
Scraptoft Parish Church 7 December 2004 Modern Languages Choir Christmas music Fraser Noble, London Road 8 December 2004 Cecilian Singers Christmas Soirée with guest artist Rebecca Carrington
(an entertaining young cellist who is making her mark nationwide) An
evening of seasonal music with a buffet supper Fraser Noble, London Road 10 December 2004 Shepshed Singers Christmas Concert Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar 11 December 2004 Handel: Messiah (Part 1); and other seasonal pieces Loughborough 11 December 2004 Leicester Bach Choir Christmas Concert, with collection for British Epilepsy
Association Leicester Cathedral 11 December 2004 Leicester City Male Voice Choir Patrons Concert: varied programme including Christmas music
and John Tearny Monologues Earl Shilton Parish Church 11 December 2004 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert St Peter's, Arnesby 15 December 2004 Leicester Early Music Festival Christmas Celebration Guildhall 16 December 2004 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Handel: Messiah (part 1) & carols St James the Greater, London Road 17 December 2004 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Music and Readings Guildhall 17 December 2004 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert with Enderby Band Braunstone Civic Centre 18 December 2004 Bardi Wind Orchestra Christmas Festival Holy Trinity, Regent Road 18 December 2004 Lutterworth & District Choral Society “Tydings True” - seasonal music and readings St Mary's, Lutterworth 19 December 2004 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Music and Readings Guildhall 20 December 2004 The Celestial 6, a group of musicians originally from
Loughborough now studying at universities around the country An evening feast of festive favourites both musical and
poetic, including light-hearted Jazzy re-workings of much-loved
christmas carols, as well as the more traditional ‘Christmas Concerto’
by Corelli, Messien's ‘La Nativite’ and selected seasonal poetry
readings All Saints Parish Church, Loughborough 22 December 2004 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Music and Readings Guildhall
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Time: 7.00 pm
Dvořak: The Noon Witch; Cello
Concerto (solo - Eduardo Vassallo); Symphony no.8
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Emma Kirkby (soprano) and Anthony Rooley (lute)
Time: 7.00 pm
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Time: 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
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Charnwood Choral Society
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