Leicestershire Music Events 2006

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 2006. 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
1 January 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Carols by Candlelight	St Mary de Castro Time: 6:30 pm
8 January 2006	International Chamber Music Series: Dante String Quartet	Haydn: Quartet op.64/5 in D ‘Lark’; Rubbra: Quartet no.1 in F minor; Beethoven: Quartet op.59/1 in F ‘Razumovsky’	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Time: 11:00 am
12 January 2006	Quince Quartet	Beethoven: String Quartet op.18/1; Robert Simpson: String Quartet 3	New Walk Museum Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
20 January 2006	Cecilian Singers	Two Pints of Largo & a Packet of Quavers - an evening of stories by Jeremy Jackson with music by the Cecilian Singers	The Guildhall
26 January 2006	Bobby Chen (piano)	Haydn: Sonata Hob.XVI:50; Debussy: Estampes; Zhang Zao: Selection of short pieces (UK Premiere); Stravinsky: Movements from Petrouchka	New Walk Museum Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
26 January 2006	Early Music at the University of Leicester	Cantatas by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach & Handel; with Alexandra Gibson (mezzo-soprano), Steven Devine (harpsichord)	Fraser Noble, London Road
26 January 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz in the Piazza: Paul Sawtell & Bill Coleman Trio	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
27 January 2006	University of Leicester	4-Mality Percussion Quartet	4-Mality Percussion Quartet
28 January 2006	University of Leicester Sinfonia, with Sebstian Millett (cello)	Massenet: Scenes pittoresques; Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale; Cello concerto no.1 in A minor; Fauré: Suite Pelleas et Melisande; Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants	Fraser Noble, London Road
1 February 2006	University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series	Rosalind Page (violin) & Julian Hellaby (piano): Brahms: Scherzo in C minor; Turina: Bullfighter's Prayer; Franck: Sonata in A	10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building Time: 12:45 pm
1 February 2006	Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra, with Kenneth Smith (flute), Hugh Webb (harp)	Includes works by Ravel, Saint-Saens, Ibert, Chopin, Debussy and Vaughan Williams	St Philip's Church, Evington Road Time: 7:00pm Tickets: £15 (£13 Friends of the Philharmonia)
3 February 2006	University of Leicester	Patricia Siffert (piano): Concert, including 2 World Premieres by Rosemary Duxbury: Passage (piano solo); Streams (piano solo); and works by Janaček and Debussy	Fraser Noble, London Road Time: 8:00 pm Tickets: £9/£7 concessions/£3 students, all includes cheese & wine
4 February 2006	Bardi Orchestra	Dvořak: Cello concerto (soloist Ilya Finkelshteyn); Beethoven: Symphony no.3 ‘Eroica’	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
5 February 2006	International Chamber Music Series: Haffner Wind Ensemble	Krommer: Octet Partita in F; William Alwyn: Concertino for flute & wind octet; Mozart: Serenade in E flat K375; Gounod: Petite Symphonie	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Time: 11:00 am
8 February 2006	University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series	Edlian Piano Trio: Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D minor; Mozart: Piano Trio in C K548	10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building Time: 12:45 pm
9 February 2006	ZUM3: Adam Summerhayes (violin), Eddie Hession (accordion), Chris Grist (cello)	Gypsy, tango, jazz inspired works	New Walk Museum Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
12 February 2006	Philharmonia	Family Workshop	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
12 February 2006	Philharmonia	Bernstein: Overture ‘Candide’; Youmans arr. Shostakovich: ‘Tea for Two’, & ‘No, No Nanette’; Rodgers: Carousel Waltz; Gershwin arr. Rodney Bennett: Overture ‘Girl Crazy’; Carl Davis: Harold Lloyd's ‘Safety Last’, with film	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
15 February 2006	Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Chilingirian String Quartet	Haydn: Quartet in G op.77/1; Shostakovich: Quartet no.10; Beethoven: Quartet in E minor op.59/2	Fraser Noble, London Road
17 February 2006	Leicester Symphony Orchestra	“All Classical Music Explained” with comedian Rainer Hersch	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Time: 7.45 pm
21 February 2006	Philharmonia	Shostakovich: Festival Overture; Prokofiev: Piano concerto no.3 (soloist Nikolai Lugansky); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
23 February 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz in the Piazza: Len Holden & the Ken Erwee Quintet	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
24 February 2006	Knighton Chamber Orchestra, with Jo Conquest (flute) & Eleanor Turner (harp)	Schubert: Symphony no.8 in B minor (Unfinished); Mozart: Concerto for flute & harp; Symphony no.40	Fraser Noble, London Road
25 February 2006	Tudor Choir	Charity Concert: Broadway to Hollywood & All That Jazz, with Brian Humpherson Trio	Fraser Noble, London Road
26 February 2006	Wyvern Singers	Sung Eucharist & Evensong	Southwell Minster
1 March 2006	University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series	Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) & Yolande Wrigley (piano): Beethoven: Variation on a theme from “Die Zaubeflöte”; Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata in F; Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D	Fraser Noble, London Road Time: 12:45 pm
4 March 2006	Rutland Sinfonia	Glinka; Mozart: Concertante for wind; Brahms: Symphony no.2	Vale of Catmose College, Oakham
8 March 2006	Chamber Music at University of Leicester: Kathryn Stott (piano) with Endellian String Quartet	Haydn: Variations in F minor; Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat op.127; Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor	Fraser Noble, London Road
9 March 2006	National Young Pianist Week Laureates		New Walk Museum Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
10 March 2006	Philharmonia	Elgar: Introduction & Allegro; Rodney Bennett: Reflections on a Scottish Folksong for cello & string orchestra (soloist Paul Watkins); Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
10 March 2006	University of Leicester	Piano recital, by 3 scholars	10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building Time: 7:00 pm
11 March 2006	The Cecilian Singers	Celebrity Concert with guest Emma Johnson (clarinet) and John Lenehen (piano)	St James the Greater Church, London Road
15 March 2006	University of Leicester: Lunchtime Series	Young Players Platform, with Emily Holland (violin) & Holly Cullen-Davies (piano): Sonatas by Beethoven & Debussy	10th Floor, Charles Wilson Building Time: 12:45 pm
16 March 2006	Early Music at the University of Leicester	Corelli Orchestra Soloists: Music by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Rameau, Heinichen	Fraser Noble, London Road
18 March 2006	Charnwood Ochestra	Moussorgsky: Night on the bare mountain; Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no.2; Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 version)	Emmanuel Church, Loughborough Time: 7:45pm
18 March 2006	University Singers & Kingfisher Chorale	Mozart: Mass in C minor	St James the Greater
18 March 2006	Wyvern Singers	Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine	St Peter's, Oadby
19 March 2006	International Chamber Music Series: Vermeer String Quartet with Graham Oppenheimer (viola)	Mozart: Quartet in D K499; Shostakovich: Quartet no.10 in A flat op.118; Mendelssohn: Quintet in B flat op.87	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Time: 11:00 am
23 March 2006	Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Michael Cox (flute), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Caroline Dearnley (cello)	Bach: Trio Sonatas; Handel: Trio Sonatas; Gordon Jacob: Sonatina; Telemann: Suite in A minor	New Walk Museum Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
23 March 2006	MANA Peace Concert	I Solisti Vocali perform Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater; Schutz: German Magnificat; Sonia Grossner: No more war	Fraser Noble, London Road
25 March 2006	Cantamici	Tudor Madrigals & Church Music, Spirituals, Close Harmony American Standards	St Dionysius, Market Harborough
25 March 2006	City of Leicester Singers	Haydn: Creation Mass	St James the Greater, London Road
30 March 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz in the Piazza: Mulligan Stew	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
1 April 2006	Bardi Orchestra	Beethoven: Violin concerto (soloist Helena Wood); Richard Strauss: Alpine Symphony	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
1 April 2006	Broom Leys Choral Society	Mozart concert	Holy Cross, Whitwick
1 April 2006	Charnwood Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony no.25; Weber: Clarinet concerto no.1; Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 “Scottish”	St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark Time: 7:45pm
1 April 2006	Leicestershire Chorale	Duruflé: Requiem for choir, organ and small orchestra; Motets	St James the Greater, London Road
1 April 2006	Music in Lyddington: Summerhayes Piano Trio	Beethoven: Trio in D op..70/1 “The Ghost”; Ernest Austin: Trio no.4 op.26; Brahms: Trio no.1 in B	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
2 April 2006	Judson Girls College Choir	A return visit	Kirby Muxloe Free Church
8 April 2006	Hinckley Choral Union	Brahms: German Requiem (sung in English)	St Peter's Catholic Church, Hinckley
8 April 2006	Leicester Bach Choir	J.S. Bach: St John Passion	Leicester Cathedral
22 April 2006	University of Leicester Sinfonia	Kraus: Symphony in E minor; Mozart: Symphony no.29; Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K364, with Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) & Robin Irelan (viola)	Fraser Noble, London Road
22 April 2006	Leicester Phoenix Youth Choir	Mozart & Lollipops	Christchurch, Clarendon Park Road
25 April 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites with Stuart Emmerson (piano)	Light jazz, classical & contemporary Christian music	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
27 April 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Leicester Grammar School Big Band	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
28 April 2006	Philharmonia	Stravinsky: Divertimento ‘The Fairy's kiss’; Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto no.1 (soloist Boris Berezovsky); Glazunov: Symphony no.5	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
29 April 2006	Charnwood Choral Society	Fauré: Requiem, with Ensemble Vocal Poly-Sons	Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
2 May 2006	Early Music at University of Leicester with Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Tom Dunn (viola), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)	Mozart: Flute quartet in A; Flute quartet in C; Flute quartet in D; Beethoven: String trio in C minor; Serenade in D for flute, violin & viola; Schubert: Trio movement in B flat	Fraser Noble, London Road
4 May 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Guthlaxton College Big Band	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
6 May 2006	Leicester Philharmonic Choir, with London Mozart Players, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton	Brahms: Requiem; Mozart: Piano concerto no.21	De Montfort Hall
9 May 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Martin Perkins (harpsichord): keyboard music of C17th & C18th	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
11 May 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Derek Pearce “Banjo Dez” Music Hall & Shows	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
12 May 2006	Knighton Chamber Orchestra	Rossini: Overture “Italian Girl in Algiers”; Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello & piano , with Karen Silverwood (violin), Rachael Calverley (cello) & Tor Bridge (piano); Mozart: Symphony no.41 in C “Jupiter”	Fraser Noble, London Road
13 May 2006	Beauchamp Choral Society	Haydn: Creation	Trinity Methodist, Oadby
13 May 2006	Music in Lyddington: Emma Johnson (clarinet) & Andrew West (piano)	Mozart: Variations K581; Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.73; Weber: Grand Duo op.48; Poulenc: Sonata; Michael Berkeley: Flighting; Chopin: Fantasy Impromptu; Joplin: The Entertainer	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 May 2006	Rutland Sinfonia	Bruch: Violin Concerto; Berlioz; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5	Vale of Catmose College, Oakham
16 May 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	David Clarke & Friends	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
16 May 2006	Coro Nostro Chamber Choir	Sacred Motets	Fraser Noble, London Road
17 May 2006	University of Leicester Symphony Concert Band & Big Band	Entertaining music	Fraser Noble, London Road
20 May - 10 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Various events (see later entries)	Various venues (see later entries)
20 May 2006	Kirby Muxloe Free Church	Kingfisher Chorale present a programme of Sacred & Secular music, with guest artist Gillian Ramshaw (soprano)	Kirby Muxloe Free Church
20 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Choir of St Thomas', South Wigston	St Mary de Castro, Leicester
20 May 2006	Shepshed Singers, conducted by Andrew Goff	Programme to include Duruflé: Requiem	Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough
22 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Organ Recital	Leicester Cathedral Time: 1:05 pm
23 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Organ Recital	Leicester Cathedral Time: 1:05 pm
23 May 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Soar Valley Music Centre Students	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
24 May 2006	Humberstone Choral Society	“From Byrd to the Beatles”: concert in honour of the Queen’s 80th birthday	St Mary's Church Hall, Lidster Place, Humberstone
24 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Organ Recital	Leicester Cathedral Time: 1:05 pm
24 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Candlelit Champagne Concert	St Mary de Castro, Leicester Time: 8:00 pm
25 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Amita Felton	Guildhall, Leicester Time: 1:05 pm
25 May 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	R.A.F. Roger & Frank: original compositions & 1960s cover versions	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
25 May 2006	Jazz in the Piazza	Rob Charles and Wit, U Cool Jazz Collective	Cafe Piazza
26 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Isidori Roitman (lute)	Radio Leicester Time: 1:05 pm
26 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Elizabethan Dance Workshop	To be announced
27 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Junior Workshop	To be announced Time: 9:30 am
27 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Longslade Consort	To be announced Time: 12:30 pm
27 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Masque (children)	To be announced Time: 3:00 pm
27 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	C16th Dance	St Mary de Castro, Leicester
27 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Candlemas to Christmas: daily life in the Elizabethan Household, narrated by John Florance	To be announced
28 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	St James Harmonie Wind Sextet: Tribute to Mozart	St Mary de Castro, Leicester Time: 8:00 pm
29 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Instrumental Workshop	To be announced Time: 9:30 am
29 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Palestrina: Missa Aeterna	To be announced Time: 9:30 am
29 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Ultima Duo	Guildhall, Leicester Time: 2:00 pm
29 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Playford Dance	To be announced Time: 2:45 pm
29 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Courtly Music	St Mary de Castro, Leicester Time: 5:00 pm
30 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Flutes of Love - Mean Time	Wistow Church
30 May 2006	Philharmonia	Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture; Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto (soloist Nicola Benedetti); Elgar: Symphony no.1	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
31 May 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Philomel (Shakespeare & other ghosts)	St Mary de Castro, Leicester
1 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Longslade Consort with guest viol	Castle House, Leicester
2 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Jonathan Gregory	To be announced Time: 2:30 pm
2 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Piva Wind Quintet	Guildhall, Leicester Times: 5:15 pm and 9:00 pm
3 June 2006	Bardi Wind Orchestra	Gala concert for LOROS	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
3 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Renaissance Singers: Fruit of the Renaissance, with Emma Kirkby and Florilegium	St Mary de Castro, Leicester
3 June 2006	University of Leicester Sinfonia	Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A; Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale; Symphony no.3 in E flat “Rhenish”	St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road
8 June 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Tudor Choir “Broadway to Hollywood”	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
9 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Lachrymae Consort	St Nicholas Church Time: 9:00 pm
10 June 2006	Leicester Early Music Festival	Champagne, Food & Concert	Castle House
10 June 2006	Leicester Symphony Orchestra	Weber: Oberon Overture; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 ‘Pathétique’	De Montfort Hall, Leicester Time: 7.45 pm
10 June 2006	Music in Lyddington: The Elias String Quartet	Haydn: String Quartet no.82 in F op.77/2; Elgar: String Quartet in E minor op.83; Beethoven: String Quartet no.12 in E flat op.127	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 June 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Just4Jazz	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
13 June 2006	Coro Nostro Chamber Choir	Sacred Music	Bishop Street Methodist Church
15 June 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	“Tea for Three” - Mozart with piano, flute & clarinet	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
16 June - 26 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Annual Festival	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, and other Leicester venues
16 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Opening Concert: Imogen Cooper (piano) plays Richard Strauss: Waltzes from “Der Rosenkavalier”; Schubert: Sonata in A minor D845; Haydn: Sonata in C Hob.XVI/50; Chopin: Two Nocturnes op62/1 & 2; Ballade in F minor op52	New Walk Museum, Leicester
17 June 2006	City of Leicester Singers	A European Musical Journey	St James the Greater, London Road
17 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Festival Ensemble play Dvořak: Bagatelles op.47 for oboe, clarinet & piano; Gideon Klein: String Trio; Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370; Nigel Osborne: “Taw-Raw” for solo violin; Dvořak: Piano Quintet op81	New Walk Museum, Leicester
18 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Celebrity Indian Music Recital, with Ustad Aashish Khan (sarod)	Phoenix Theatre Time: 6:00 - 10:00pm
19 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Film: Gadjo Dilo (about gypsy life)	Phoenix Theatre Time: 6:05 pm
20 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Festival Ensemble play Devienne: Bassoon Quartet in C op.73/1; Schuloff: Divertissement for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Trio K498 for clarinet, viola & piano; Nigel Osborne: Balkan Dances & Laments for oboe, string trio & piano; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor op115	New Walk Museum, Leicester
20 June 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Lunchtime Soundbites	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
20 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Szymanowski String Quartet with Joy Farrall (clarinet) play Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes op57; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor op.57	New Walk Museum, Leicester Time: 1:05 pm
21 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	The Balkanatics: Brass band music inspired by Turkish & S.E. European music	The Y
21 June 2006	Leicester Bach Choir	Summer Concert	St Andrews, Leicester Forest East
21 June 2006	University Singers, Choral Society & Proteus Chamber Orchestra	Venetian Music	Fraser Noble, London Road
22 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Festival Ensemble play Pavel Haas: Suite for oboe & piano 1939; Nigel Osborne: Adagio for Vedran Smailovitch (solo cello); Haydn: Piano Trio in G “Zingara”; Janacek: Violin Sonata; Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K478	New Walk Museum, Leicester Time: 7:00 pm
23 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	Festival Ensemble play Mozart: Duo in G K423 for violin & viola; Adagio K580a for cor anglais & string trio; Dohnanyi: Rondo from Serenade in C op.10 for string trio; Mozart: Quartet in C K285b for oboe & string trio	New Walk Museum, Leicester Time: 1:05 pm
23 June 2006	Leicester International Music Festival	West meets East: Festival Ensemble with Abdullah Chhadeh (qanun)	New Walk Museum, Leicester
23 June 2006	Wyvern Singers	Concert	Blaby & District Council Chamber
24 June 2006	Bardi Orchestra	Opera Gala	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
24 June 2006	Cecilian Singers	Singers' Workshop, led by Jeremy Jackman	St Philips Church Hall, Evington Road Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
24 June 2006	Leicester Bach Choir	English C20th composers: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands; Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; Howells: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (St Paul's); Parry: I was glad; Lord let me know mine end; Britten: Festival Te Deum; Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence; Ireland: Greater love hath no man	St James the Greater
24 June 2006	Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon	Music under the Stars: short musical items al fresco with Magdela Opera Chorus	Whatton Hall, Long Whatton, courtesy of Lord Crawshaw Time: for picnics 6:00 pm; concert 7:30 pm
25 June 2006	Leicestershire Chorale	Rachmaninov: Vespers	Holy Cross Priory Time: 8:30 pm
26 June 2006	Philharmonia	Shostakovich: Violin concerto no.1 (soloist Sergey Khachatryan); Mahler: Symphony no.1	De Montfort Hall, Leicester
29 June 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Claire Dusy (flute) & Anthony Clare (piano) play Baroque to modern classical music	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
29 June 2006	Jazz in the Plazza	Andy Nicholls Duo	Cafe Piazza
1 July 2006	Cantamici	Summer Concert, with Jo Conquest (flute)	Fraser Noble, London Road
1 July 2006	Charnwood Orchestra	Berlioz: Royal Hunt & Storm; Brahms: Concerto for violin & cello; Sibelius: Symphony no.2	St James the Greater Time: 7:45pm
1 July 2006	Hinckley Choral Union	Summer Concert	All Saints Church, Sheepy Magna
1 July 2006	Wyvern Singers	Concert	St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray
8 July 2006	Broom Leys Choral Society	Summer Concert	St David's, Broomleys
8 July 2006	Knighton Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Serenade for 13 wind instruments; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings	Fraser Noble, London Road
8 July 2006	Leicestershire Chorale	Music for a Summer Evening	Hallaton Parish Church
11 July 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	John Lees & Andy Read play classical jazz	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
13 July 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	James Redfern plays classical piano	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45pm
15 July 2006	Music in Lyddington: Morgan Szymanski (guitar) & Laura Mitchell (soprano)	Music includes Spanish, South American & Jewish music	Music includes Spanish, South American & Jewish music
18 July 2006	Jazz in the Piazza	Greg Abate	Cafe Piazza Workshop: 5:00pm Performance: 7:45pm
30 July 2006	Simon Earl	Organ Recital by the Organ Scholar of Southwell Minster	St James the Greater, London Road Time: 5:30 pm Free admission (retiring collection)
5 August 2006	Douglas Hollick	The renowned early music specialist Douglas Hollick performs a programme of music for Organ and 1811 Square Piano by Mozart and his contemporaries	St James the Greater, London Road Tickets: £10 (£8 conc), including a glass of wine or soft drink, on 0116 254 2111, or at the church on the night
12 August 2006	Music in Lyddington: SIX8	“Transports of Delight” a cappella vocal items	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
13 August 2006	Stewart & Abigail Johnson	Violin & Piano Recital	St James the Greater, London Road Time: 5:30 pm Free admission (retiring collection)
20 August 2006	Andrew Kirk	Organ Recital by the organist of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol	St James the Greater, London Road Time: 5:30 pm Free admission (retiring collection)
25 August 2006	Castle Park Festival: The Longslade Consort	Back to the Baroque: Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann & friends, with music for recorders & spinet	The Guildhall, Leicester Time: 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm
25 August 2006	Castle Park Festival: The Longslade Consort	Recreating the Past: music from 1200 to 1750, using crumhorn, rauschpfeife, gemshorn, nakers, racket, recorder, spinet & voice	The Guildhall, Leicester
3 September 2006	Ben Giddens	Organ Recital by the Organ Scholar of Norwich Cathedral	St James the Greater, London Road Time: 5:30 pm Free admission (retiring collection)
9 September 2006	James Redfern	Classical piano recital, to include works by Beethoven, Debussy and Liszt	Hallaton Church
16 September 2006	Mark Batten	Organ concert, featurig Mussorgskii (transcribed by Keith John): Pictures at an Exhibition	St James the Greater, London Road Tickets: £10 (£8 conc.) including a glass of wine or soft drink Contact 0116 2542111
16 September 2006	Music in Lyddington: Charavari Agreable	Telemann, Kress, CPE Bach on baroque instruments	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
18 September 2006	Philhamonia, conducted by Alexander Lazarev	Dominique Le Gendre: Birthday Fanfare (World Premiere); Glinka: Overture Ruslan & Ludmilla; Bruch: Violin Concerto (with Jack Liebeck); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4	De Montfort Hall
23 September 2006	Rutland Sinfonia	Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel overture; Elgar: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4	Oakham School Chapel
26 September 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Songs by Andrew Bell and friends	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
28 September 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Fraser Graham (piano) plays music by Beethoven and Schumann	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
30 September 2006	Cantamici	Autumn Concert	St Mary's, Humberstone
30 September 2006	Carlo Curley	Organ Recital	Kirby Muxloe Free Church
3 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Stephanie Wale (violin & piano)	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
4 October 2006	Leicester Jazz Houe	Steve Melling (piano)	Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester Time: 8:00 pm
5 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Dr Stephen Weston plays some of the instruments from the Charles Moore Collection of Musical Instruments	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
5 October 2006	Lunchtime Concert	Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Julius Drake (piano). Julius Drake returns to Leicester with exceptional young soprano Ailish Rynan, winner of the BBC Recital prize at the 2003 Singer of the World competition	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
7 October 2006	Bardi Orchestra	Britten: Young person's guide to the orchestra; Beethoven: Symphony no.9 "Choral"	De Montfort Hall
7 October 2006	The Cecilian Singers, directed by Jeremy Jackman	Joint Concert with the Jay Singers of Norfolk	St Phillip's Church, Evington Road
7 October 2006	Charnwood Orchestra, with Richard Wainwright (horn)	Haydn: Symphony no.32; Seiber: Nocturne for horn & strings; Mozart: Horn concerto no.4; Symphony no.36 'Linz'	Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar Time: 7:45 pm
10 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	James Redfern (piano)	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
10 October 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz Jam in the Piazza	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
12 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	'Tea for Three' - Margeurite Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute) & Robert Calow (clarinet)	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
14 October 2006	Kingfisher Chorale, with Martyn Hill & Julie Moffit	Autumn Concert	St Wilfrid's Church, Kibworth
14 October 2006	Music in Lyddington: Lucie Skeaping & The Burning Bush	Sextet playing Jewish music from around the world	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
14 October 2006	Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra	Concert	St Thomas' Church, South Wigston
17 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Selections from Mozart's Così fan tutte, with Sandra Roberts, Ethne Goode & Tessa Greenhalgh	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
18 October 2006	Univeristy of Leicester: Lunchtime Concert	Martin Cropper (violin) & Jonathan Gooing (piano): Janáček: Sonata for violin & piano; Lutoslawski: Recitativo e arioso; Ravel: Violin sonata in G	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 1:00 pm
18 October 2006	University of Leicester	Folk and Roots Night: Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
19 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Musicians from the Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
19 October 2006	Lunchtime Concert	L'Art du Toucher. Anne Martin-Davis piano) & Sophie Yates (harpsichord). Delights of French keyboard music from Couperin to the present day	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
19 October 2006	London Harpsichord Ensemble	Vivaldi: Concerto in F for flute, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord; Handel: Concerto in D minor for oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord; Gordon Jacob: Trio for flute, oboe & harpsichord; J.S. Bach: Sonata no.1 in B minor for violin & harpsichord BWV1014; Telemann: Paris Quartet no.3 in A for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord; Quartet in G for flute, oboe, violin & continuo	Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
20 October 2006	Leicester Philharmonic Choir, The Marylebone Camerata, conducted by Karl Jenkins	Karl Jenkins: Requiem	De Montfort Hall
22 October 2006	Wyvern Singers	Sung Eucharist & Evensong	Lichfield Cathedral
26 October 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz in the Piazza: Moments Notice	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
26 October 2006	Philharmonia	Beethoven: Coriolan overture; Mozart: Piano concerto no.22 K482 (with Till Fellner); Brahms: Symphony no.1	De Montfort Hall
28 October 2006	Shepshed Singers	Autumn Concert: mixed sacred and secular programme	Quorn Parish Church
28 October 2006	Voces Intimae String Quartet	Mozart: Quartet no.17 in B flat 'The Hunt'; Shostakovich: Quartet no.4 in D op.83; Dvořák: Quartet in F op.96 'American'	Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
29 October 2006	International Chamber Music Series: Pacifica String Quartet USA with Graham Oppenheimer (viola)	Mozart: String quartet in C K465 "Dissonance"; Janáček: String quartet no.2 "Intimate Letters"	De Montfort Hall Time 11:00 am
31 October 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Music from Leicester Cathedral: Stephen Foster (bass) & Jonathan Gregory (piano)	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
2 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Univesity Music Scholarship Soundbites: given by vocalists Jenny Sherrard, Victoria Wray & Kate McKechnie	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
2 November 2006	Lunchtime Concert	Holly Fawcett (oboe), winner of the 2005 Barbirolli International Oboe Competition	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
2-4 November 2006	Knighton Opera, with Knighton Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins	Mozart: Così fan tutte (Lessons for Lovers)	Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester Time: 7:00 pm
4 November 2006	Cantamici	Concert	Holy Trinity, Thrussington
4 November 2006	Leicester Bach Choir, with Midlands Chorale	Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem; Bach: Cantata no.84	St James the Greater, London Road
4 November 2006	Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra	Chamber Music: Haydn Symphony; Handel: Organ Concerto, with James Gutteridge (organ)	St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray
7 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Musicians from Leicester Grammar School	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
7 November 2006	Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Kenny, with Laurence Rogers (organ)	'The Song of Love'	Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park
9 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Emily Guerry, Bethany Rowell with Moira Finch	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
10 November 2006	Philharmonia	Mozart: Don Giovanni overture; Beethoven: Piano concerto no.1 (with Mikhail Pletnev); Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique	De Montfort Hall
11 November 2006	City of Leicester Singers	Concert	St James the Greater, London Road
11 November 2006	Leicestershire Chorale	A Showcase for the Coming Year	Emmanuel Church, Forest Road, Loughborough
11 November 2006	Leicestershire Sinfonia, conducted by Matthew Lynch	Lynch: Gaelic Dances; Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Britten: Simple Symphony	Fraser Noble, London Road
11 November 2006	Market Harborough Choral Society	Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore K339; Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K466 2nd movement (Romance), with Christine Hodgson (piano)	Market Harborough Methodist Church
14 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Soar Valley Music Centre Students	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
14 November 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz Jam in the Piazza	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
15 November 2006	University of Leicester: Lunchtime Concert	Rowena Bass (harp): Handel: Passacaglia; Bach/Grandjany: Etude no.2; Glinka: Variations on a theme of Mozart; Pierne: Impromptu-Caprice; arr. Thomas: The Ash Grove; arr. Robertson: The Tree of Liberty; Watkins: Fire Dance	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 1:00 pm
15 November 2006	University of Leicester	Folk and Roots Night: World Music Night	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
16 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	The Tudor Choir will present a programme of light music	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
16 November 2006	Lunchtime Concert	Jamie Walton (cello) & Daniel Grimwood (piano). Following the success of this extraordinary cellist's latest CD release, the programme includes Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonata no.1	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
18 November 2006	Leicester Symphony Orchestra	A night at the movies: includes music from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Death in Venice, The Mission, Schindler's List, The Big Country, Henry V	De Montfort Hall
18 November 2006	Music in Lyddington: Nicholas Daniel Oboe Quartet	Mozart: Adagio for cor anglais & string trio K580a; Schubert: String Trio in B flat (in one movement) D471; Lennox Berkeley: Oboe Quartet op.70; Gordon Jacob: Oboe Quartet; Britten: Phantasy Oboe Quartet op.2; Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370	St Andrew's Church, Lyddington
19 November 2006	Newtown Linford Choral Society	Come & Sing: Vivaldi: Gloria; Pergolesi: Magnificat	Ratby Parish Church Time: 1:30 pm Performance: 6:30 pm
21 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Lisa Banks performs English folk songs with melodeon accordian and English dances and airs with flute	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
22 November 2006	University of Leicester	Leicester Jazz House: John Donaldson & Mark Edwards (piano duet)	Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester Time: 8:00 pm
22 November 2006	University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Martiin Perkins	Fauré: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'	Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
23 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	The Nick Hislam Quartet plays jazz standards	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
23 November 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz in the Piazza: The Brian Humpherson Sextet	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
24 November 2006	The Cecilian Singers	Charity Concert of words & music, with guest Alistair Parnell (saxophone)	Nosely Hall Chapel, Billesdon Reception: 7:00pm Concert: 7:45pm
24 November 2006	Hinckly Choral Union	Concert version of Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado	Hinckly Concordia Theatre
25 November 2006	Bardi Orchestra	Mussorgski: Night on a bare mountain; Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no.2 (with Tom Poster); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5	De Montfort Hall
25 November 2006	Griffin Singers	'Advent harmony'	Congregational Church, Blaby
25 November 2006	Rutland Sinfonia	Rossini: Italian Girl in Algiers; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4; Haydn: Symphony no.104	Oundle Parish Church
25 November 2006	University Symphonic Concert Band and Big Band, conducted by Don Blakeson and Daniel Jones	Music includes Blues Brothers Revue, Bolero, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pennsylvania 6500 and Theme from The Incredibles	Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
26 November 2006	International Chamber Music Series	Music for guitar, violins, viola, cello by Albeniz, Paganini, Dohnányi, Bach & Boccherini	De Montfort Hall Time: 11:00 am
28 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Musicians from Leicester High School for Girls	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
30 November 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Matthew Barley (cello) and workshop students	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
30 November 2006	Lunchtime Concert	Philharmonia String Trio: Beethoven and Mozart	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
30 November 2006	Matthew Barley (cello)	Improvisation in Central Asian/Indian style; Improvisation over Gregorian Chant themes; D. Gabrieli: Ricercar no.6 in G; J.S. Bach: Suite no.2 in D minor BWV1008; Kodály: Solo cello sonata, movement 1; Reich: Cello Counterpoint 2003; new works for cello and electronics by John Metcalfe and D.J. Bee/Peter Wiegold	Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester
2 December 2006	Charnwood Choral Society and Holywell Primary School	Music for Christmas	Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough
2 December 2006	Charnwood Choral Society and Holywell Primary School	Wagner: Eine Fause-Overture; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer); Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique	Loughborough Parish Church Time: 7:45 pm
2 December 2006	Griffin Singers	'Advent Harmony'	Glenfield Parish Church
2 December 2006	Kingfisher Chorale	Christmas Through the Ages	Shenton Parish Church
2 December 2006	Leicester Philharmonic Choir	Opera Gala, conducted by Brian Kay	De Montfort Hall
2 December 2006	University Orchestral Society, conducted by Daniel Jones	Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no.1; Brahms: Symphony no.1	Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
5 December 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Anne de Villiers (cello), Helen Roberts (piano) play music by Frank Bridge and Mendelssohn	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
6 December 2006	The Cecilian Singers	Christmas Soirée	Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
6 December 2006	University of Leicester: Lunchtime Concert	Andrew Martin (piano): J.S. Bach: Partita no.2 in C minor BWV826; Beethoven: Six Bagatelles op.126	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 1:00 pm
7 December 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Musicians from Manor High School, Oadby	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
7 December 2006	Indian Classical "Vibes"	Pandit Arvind Parikh (sitar) with Anutosh Degharia (tabla)	Phoenix Arts Time: 7:00 pm
7 December 2006	University of Leicester	Jazz in the Piazza: Jazz Not Jazz	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
7 December 2006	Philharmonia	Strauss Gala	De Montfort Hall
8 December 2006	Music and Amicable Society: early music	J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.5; Cantata no.209: Non sa che sia dolore; Suite no.2 in B minor; Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera	Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
9 December 2006	Leicester Bach Choir, with Donisthorpe County & Loughborough C. of E. Schools	Advent Concert	Leicester Cathedral
9 December 2006	Leicestershire Chorale	The Messiah: the Chorale with advanced schools' choirs and Saraband Consort	St Mary's Parish Church, Melton Mowbray Time: 7:00 pm
9 December 2006	Music in Lyddington promotion	Kaznowski String Quartet & Justin Waters (piano) play Mozart: Quartet in D minor K421; Bridge: Idylls for String Quartet; Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat	St Andrews, Lyddington
9 December 2006	University Choral Society, Proteus Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Willard Welsford	Seasonal Music	St James the Greater, London Road
9 December 2006	Wyvern Singers	Christmas Concert	St Peter's, Arnesby
10 December 2006	Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yuval Zorn, with Una May Olomolaiye, vocalist & Peepul Choir, Alpana Sengupta (dancer) & Kathak Dancers	"In a Different Light": Bartok: Rumanian Dances; Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Dominique le Gendre: In a Different Light (World Premiere); Britten: Simple Symphony; Grieg: Holbert Suite; Coplan: Hoe Down	Peepul Centre, Leicester
12 December 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	Alex Cortazzi (piano) and Martin Cortazzi (guitar)	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
12 December 2006	Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, directed by Robert Kenny with Laurence Rogers (organ)	Music for Christmas 2006	Church of St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park
13 December 2006	University of Leicester	Folk and Roots Night	Café Piazza Time: 7:45 pm
14 December 2006	Lunchtime Soundbites	James Ying-Hua Zhao, Philip Pan De Zhang, Susannah Wang and Michelle Luo perform piano solos and duets	Richard Attenborough Centre Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm Refreshments on sale from 12:15 pm
14 December 2006	Lunchtime Concert	Madeleine Mitchell (violin) & Andrew Ball (piano): Dvořak: Sonatine; Elgar: Violin Sonata	New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
15 December 2006	Kingfisher Chorale	Christmas Through the Ages	The Guildhall Time: 8:00 pm
15 December 2006	Wyvern Singers	Christmas Concert, with Wigston Band	Braunstone Civic Centre
16 December 2006	The Bardi Wind Orchestra	A Christmas Festival	Holy Trinity Church, Regent Road
16 December 2006	Broom Leys Choral Society	Christmas Concert	Hugglescote Parish Church
16 December 2006	City of Leicester Singers	An English Christmas	St James the Greater, London Road
16 December 2006	Market Harborough Choral Society	Christmas Concert	Jubilee Hall, Congregational Church, Market Harborough
18 December 2006	Kingfisher Chorale	Christmas Through the Ages	The Guildhall Time: 8:00 pm
19 December 2006	Hinckly Choral Union	Vivaldi: Gloria; and a selection of Christmas carols	St Mary's Church, Hinckley
20 December 2006	Longslade Consort	Mulled wine, mince pies & music from the golden age (1700-1750)	Guildhall, Leicester Drop-in: 5:00 - 8:30 pm
21 December 2006	Leicester Philharmonic Choir	Messiah and Carols	St James the Greater, London Road
22 December 2006	Kingfisher Chorale	Christmas Through the Ages	The Guildhall Time: 8:00 pm