The list below gives details of musical events which took
place in the
Leicestershire area in 2008. 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
8 January 2008
Soundbites
Cliff Bywater
(singer/songwriter)
The Richard
Attenborough Centre
10 January 2008
Soundbites
Flute Trio: Matthew Lynch, Sarah
Maynard and Claire McDaniel
The Richard Attenborough Centre
10 January 2008
Lunchtime Concert Series:
Charles Owen (piano)
Fauré: Nocturne no.7 in
C# minor; Debussy: 12 preludes book II
New Walk Museum & Art
Gallery
15 January 2008
Soundbites
Tim Sayers (acoustic guitar and
poetry)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
15 January 2008
Modern Jazz Jam
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htm
Sit in with the Piazza Rhythm
Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
17 January 2008
Soundbites
Tea for Three: Margeurite
Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute) and Robert Calow (clarinet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
19 January 2008
Oadby and Wigston Civic
Orchestra
New Year Viennese Concert
Guthlaxton College
22 January 2008
Soundbites
James Heathen (guitar and
vocals)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 Janaury 2008
Soundbites
Richard Everitt (jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 January 2008
Lunchtime Concert Series:
Eleanor Turner (harp)
Prokofiev: Prelude in C op.12/7;
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in E K380; Sophia C Dussek: Sonata in Bb;
Hindemith: Sonate; Albeniz: Preludio "Leyenda"; Parish-Alvars:
Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo
New Walk Museum & Art
Gallery
25 January 2008
Acoustic Triangle: Malcolm
Creese (doublebass), Tim Garland (Sax/bass clarinet), Gwily Simcock
(piano/horn)
Arrangements of classical, folk
& jazz, e.g. Allegri, Ravel, Kenny Wheeler
Oakham School Chapel
25 January 2008
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Tickets: 01530 243822 “The Magic of Mozart”
Anstey United Reform Church
26 January 2008
Leicester Bach Choir
Come & Sing: Handel: Zadok
the Priest; Campion: Never weather-beaten sail; S.S. Wesley: Thou wilt
keep him in perfect peace; Wood: O thou the Central Orb; Parry: I was
glad; Elgar: Ave verum; Ireland: Greater love
St Denys Church, Evington
26 January 2008
The Loughborough Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture;
Haydn: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C (soloist Rosie Curtis);
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale op.52
Loughborough Parish Church
26 January 2008
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Tickets: 01530 243822 “The Magic of Mozart”
Ratby Parish Church
26 January 2008
The Swingle Singers
www.swinglesingers.comPresented by the University of
Leicester Choral Society
Queen's Hall, Percy Gee Building
29 January 2008
Soundbites
Jazz Performance Workshop
presentation
The Richard Attenborough Centre
30 January 2008
Hinckley Choral Union
Hinckley in Harmony: centenary
celebration 1st Grand Concert
St Mary's Church, Hinckley
31 January 2008
Soundbites
Guthlaxton Chamber Music
The Richard Attenborough Centre
31 January 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htmAndra Sparks Quintet, with
special guest Art Themen
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
1 February 2008
Leicester Jazz House
Jason Rebello
www.jasonrebello.co.ukThe Richard Attenborough Centre
2 February 2008
Bardi Orchestra, conducted by
Andrew Constantine
Vaughan Williams Anniversary
Concert: Symphony no.6; The Lark Ascending with Adam Summerhayes
(violin); Beethoven: Symphony no.6 "Pastoral"
De Montfort Hall
3 February 2008
Philharmonia
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare
Mountain; Dvořak: Cello Concerto (with
Stephen Isserlis); Sibelius: Symphony no.2
De Montfort Hall
5 February 2008
Soundbites
Alex Cortazzi (piano) and Martin
Cortazzi (guitar)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
7 February 2008
Soundbites
Anna Heney (piano) and Helen
Roberts (cello)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
7 February 2008
Lunchtime Concert Series: Clara
Andrada (flute) & Morgan Szymanski (guitar)
Ponce: Estrellita; De Falla:
From 'Siete Canciones Espanolas'; Villa-Lobos: Distribucion de Flores;
Lannarelli: Omaggio a Felini; Bartok: Rumanian Dances; Piazzolla:
Histoire du Tango
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
7 February 2008
The Silk String Quartet
www.ukchinesemusic.comCelebrate the Chinese New Year
and the Centre's 10th birthday year
The Richard Attenborough Centre
9 February 2008
University of Leicester
Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo
& Finale in E op.52; Alan Thomas: Rhapsody on a Spanish Theme for
guitar & orchestra (with Alan Thomas); Mendelssohn: Overture Ruy
Blas; Berwald: Symphony no.3 in C (Symphonie Singulière)
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
12 February 2008
Soundbites
Kim Chang Liu and Edward Tanze
Liu (piano, oboe and trumpet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
12 February 2008
Modern Jazz Jam
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htmSit in with the Piazza Rhythm
Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
14 February 2008
Soundbites
Brian Humpherson Jazz Quartet
The Richard Attenborough Centre
16 February 2008
Leicester Symphony Orchestra
"At last the 1977 New Year's Day
Concert", with Rainer Hersch (part of Leicester Comedy Festival)
De Montfort Hall
19 February 2008
Soundbites
John Lees and Andy Read (guitar
duo)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
21 February 2008
Soundbites
Recital
The Richard Attenborough Centre
21 February 2008
Lunchtime Concert Series:
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) & Julius Drake (piano)
Schumann: Fantasiestucke op.73;
Adagio und Allegro; Alan Bush: Northumbrian Impressions; Paval Haas:
Suite
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
26 February 2008
Soundbites
Jonathan Wakefield (flute)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
26 February 2008
Emperor Piano Trio
Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D
minor op.32; Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor; Beethoven: Piano Trio iin D
op.70/1 "The Ghost"
Oakham School Chapel
28 February 2008
Soundbites
Recital
The Richard Attenborough Centre
28 February 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htm
Interplay: Adrian Litvinoff
(bassist), Richard Baker (trombone), Alan Wakeman (saxophone), Ben
Parkinson (keyboards), Dave Balen (drums)
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
1 March 2008
Cantamici/Shepshed Singers
"Magnificat": Bach: Brandenburg
Concerto no.6; Magnificat; Hovhaness: Magnificat
St James the Greater, London Road
1 March 2008
Kingfisher Chorale, with The
Brian Humpherson Trio, conducted by Giles Turner
www.kingfisherchorale.orgWill Todd: Mass in Blue;
Monteverdi: Ah Dolente Partita; Morley: Phillis, I faine wold die now;
Gesualdo: Ave Maria; Fisher: Ave Maria; Lotti: Crucifixus; Purcell:
Hear My Prayer; Tippett: Spirituals from A Child of our Time
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
1 March 2008
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Concert
Guthlaxton College
1 March 2008
Rutland Sinfonia, conducted by
Paul Hilliam
Weber: Overture 'Die
Freischutz'; Mozart: Horn Concerto no.3; Dvořak:
Symphony no.6
Oakham School Chapel
1 March 2008
University of Leicester Student
Music Societies
A Night at the Proms
Queen's Hall, Percy Gee Building
2 March 2008
Leicestershire Chorale, with
Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra
"Leicestershire Youth Find a
Voice" Project: Handel: Zadok the Priest; Dvořak:
Te Deum; Andrew Carter: Benedicite
De Montfort Hall
4 March 2008
Soundbites
Mike Sole (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
6 March 2008
Soundbites
Sue Hutton, Judy Dodd and
friends "Naughty Ladies and Foolish Girls"
The Richard Attenborough Centre
6 March 2008
Lunchtime Concert Series
National Young Pianist Week
Laureates
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
7 March 2008
Leicester Jazz House Presents
Jonathan Gee
www.jonathangeetrio.co.ukThe Richard Attenborough Centre
8 March 2008
Bardi Orchestra, conducted by
Jacques Cohen
Russian Evening: Glinka:
Overture to Ruslin & Ludmilla; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of
Paganini, with Anthony Goldstone (piano); Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6
De Montfort Hall
8 March 2008
City of Leicester Singers
Rutter: Requiem; Handel: Dixit
Dominus
St James the Greater, London Road
8 March 2008
Market Harborough Choral Society
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Market Harborough Methodist
Church
8 March 2008
Operahouse
The Magic Flute. £10
ticket includes interval buffet, visit inside Masonic Temple and short
talk on Masonic symbolism
Carillon Rooms, Ashby Square,
Loughborough
8 March 2008
University of Leicester Chamber
Choir, conducted by Mark Batten
www.LUChamberChoir.comThe Food of Love
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
8 March 2008
Wyvern Singers
Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle
St Peter's Church, Oadby
11 March 2008
Soundbites
Musicians from Leicester Grammar
School
The Richard Attenborough Centre
11 March 2008
Modern Jazz Jam
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htmSit in with the Piazza Rhythm
Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
13 March 2008
Soundbites
Bisan Al-Medhawy (flute)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
14 March 2008
Tudor Choir, conducted by Judy
Dodd
A varied evening of music from
madrigals to musicals
The Richard Attenborough Centre
15 March 2008
Charnwood Orchestra
Brahms: Piano concerto no.2;
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte; Stravinsky: Firebird (1919)
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
15 March 2008
Hinckley Choral Union
Mozart: Coronation Mass;
Vivaldi: Gloria
St Mary's Church, Hinckley
15 March 2008
Leicester Philharmonic Choir
Passiontide concert
St James the Greater, London Road
15 March 2008
Leicestershire Chorale
Mendelssohn: Te Deum; Frohlochet
ihr Volker auf Erden; Brahms: Geistliches Lied
St Catherine's, Burbage
19 March 2008
Peter and Martin Cropper
(violins)
Violin duets by Telemann,
Leclair, Haydn, Mozart and Bartók
The Richard Attenborough Centre
20 March 2008
Lunchtime Concert Series:
Philharmonia Soloists
Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles for
flute, cello & piano; Pièce Romantique for flute, cello
& piano; Enesco: Cantabile et Presto for flute & piano;
Fauré: Elegie for cello & piano op.24; Weber: Trio in G
minor for flute, cello & piano op.63
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
21 March 2008
The Phoenix Choir
Contact: 01858 469084Music & Readings for
Passiontide, including Stainer: Crucifixion (excerpts); Emrys Jones:
Morte Christie; Hans Leo Hassler: Passion Chorale; There is a green
hill far away
St Peter's Church, Church Langton
28 March 2008
Philharmonia
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from
"Eugene Onegin"; Mozart: Piano Concerto no.23
K488 (with Gianluca Cascioli); Mahler: Symphony no.4
De Montfort Hall
29-30 March 2008
Singers' Workshop Opera Weekend
email: arts-music@le.ac.ukDirected by Philip Gilbert
The Richard Attenborough Centre
29 March 2008
Rutland Choral Society, with
Alex Osiatynski & Caitlin Jones
Contact: cej@oakham.rutland.sch.ukFauré: Requiem; Mozart:
Ave Verum Corpus; Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Northgate Methodist Church,
Oakham
5 April 2008
Leicester Bach Choir
Bach: Mass in B
minor
Leicester Cathedral
5 April 2008
Leicester Phoenix Youth Chorale
Contact: shirley.bax@tiscali.co.ukBob Chilcott: Songs and Cries of
London Town
St John the Baptist, Clarendon
Park Road
8 April 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Come and sit in with the Piazza
Rhythm Section
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htmCafé
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
15 April 2008
Soundbites
Sheila Mosley & Pete Burnham
The Richard Attenborough Centre
17 April 2008
Soundbites
Pete Jacobs (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
19 April 2008
Cantamici
Spring Concert
St Mary's Church, Humberstone
19 April 2008
Music in Lyddington: The Parley
of Instruments, with Philippa Hyde (soprano)
“The Purcell Legacy”: Draghi,
Purcell, Courteville, Croft, Handel, Weldon, Pepusch, Haym
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
19 April 2008
Operahouse
The Magic Flute. £8 ticket
includes cheese and biscuits (bring you own beer/wine) and short talk
on Masonic symbolism
Main Hall, King Edward VIIth
College, Coalville
22 April 2008
Soundbites
Richard Everitt (jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 April 2008
Soundbites
Claire Collinson (oboe) &
Anne de Graeve (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 April 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
The Alan Barnes Quintet
Café
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
26 April 2008
Charnwood Choral Society, with
the Heart of England Orchestra
A Mozart evening, including
Requiem
Loughborough Parish Church
26 April 2008
Leicester Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Academic Festival
Overture; Mendelssohn: Violin concerto in E minor (with Charles Siem);
Elgar: Variations on an original theme (Enigma)
De Montfort Hall
29 April 2008
Soundbites
Musicians from Leicester Grammar
School
The Richard Attenborough Centre
1 May 2008
Soundbites
Richelle Anim (piano) &
Bisan Al Medhawy (flute)
The Richard
Attenborough Centre
2 May 2008
Chilingirian Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in E flat op64/6;
Bartok: Quartet no.4; Schubert: Quartet in G D887
Oakham School Chapel
3 May 2008
Beauchamp Choral Society
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Trinity Methodist Church, Oadby
3 May 2008
University of Leicester
Sinfonia, with the University of Leicester Choral Society, conducted by
Michael Sackin
Peter Owen: Adagio for
orchestra; Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Desting); Nänie;
Symphony no.2 in D
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
6 May 2008
Soundbites
James Heathen (guitar)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
8 May 2008
Soundbites
Tim Sayers - comic songs,
anarchic anthems and folk melodies
The Richard Attenborough Centre
10 May 2008
Bardi Orchestra, conducted by
Claus Efland
Mozart: Clarinet concerto, with
Maximiliano Martin (clarinet); Bruckner: Symphony no.7
De Montfort Hall
10 May 2008
The Cecilian Singers, with the
North Cotswold Chamber Choir
Brahms: German Requiem;
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
St James the Greater, London Road
10 May 2008
Minstrels' Gallery
Information: 01530 454011‘Minstrels' Gallery’ is a
renaissance band from Staffordshire, who will perform early music on
sackbuts and cornetts
Whitwick Parish Church
Tickets: £7 (£6 conc.) including glass of wine/juice
10 May 2008
Rutland Sinfonia, conducted by
Paul Hilliam
Beethoven: Overture 'Egmont';
Piano Concerto no.3; Symphony no.6 'Pastoral'
Oakham School Chapel
13 May 2008
Soundbites
Anne Graf (voice) and Mike
Ashley (lute)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
13 May 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Come and sit in with the Piazza
Rhythm Section
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htmCafé
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
14 May 2008
Griffin Singers
“Spring Harmony”
Great Glen Parish Church
15 May 2008
Soundbites
Pete Castle (storyteller)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
16 May 2008
Uppingham Organ Festival
Tickets: 01572 820820
www.uppthearts.co.ukRNCM film of “Phantom of the
Opera” with improvised organ accompaniment by Darius Battiwalla
Uppingham School Chapel
17 May - 7 June 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Various events
Various venues
17 May 2008
Helix Ensemble, directed by
David Murphy
www.helixensemble.co.uk"Sphere of Influence": Mozart:
Overture to ‘Idomeneo’; Corelli: Concerto Grosso op.6/2; Salieri:
Overture ‘Il Grotto Trofonio’; Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a theme
of Corelli
All Saints Parish Church,
Loughborough
17 May 2008
Leicester Philharmonic Choir
'Mozart in May', including Piano
Concerto in C; Requiem
De Montfort Hall
17 May 2008
Leicestershire Sinfonia
Danzi: Wind Quintet; Telemann:
Trio Sonata; Doppler: Andante and Rondo; Vaughan Williams: Suite de
Ballet
The Richard Attenborough Centre
17 May 2008
Music in Lyddington: Paul
Silverthorne (viola) & David Owen Norris (piano)
Beethoven: Grand Duo (septet)
arr. Hermann; Schumann: Marchenbilder; Benjamin Dale: Romance;
Prokofiev: Movements from Romeo & Juliet
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
17 May 2008
Uppingham Organ Festival
Tickets: 01572 820820
www.uppthearts.co.ukOrgan Masterclass with Stephen
Cleobury (King's College, Cambridge)
Uppingham School Chapel
17 May 2008
Uppingham Organ Festival
Tickets: 01572 820820
www.uppthearts.co.ukGrand Opening recital of new
Nicholson Organ with Naji Hakim (La Trinité, Paris): J.S. Bach:
Toccata & Fugue ini F BWV540; Messiaen: Offrande au Saint
Sacrement; Franck: Cantabile; Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d'Olivier
Messiaen; Sakobing Praeludier
Uppingham School Chapel
18 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Junior Performance Competition
New Walk Museum
18 May 2008
Uppingham Organ Festival
Tickets: 01572 820820
www.uppthearts.co.ukFestival of Dedication,
including Haydn: Little Organ Mass
Uppingham School Chapel
18 May 2008
Uppingham Organ Festival
Tickets: 01572 820820
www.uppthearts.co.ukCelebrity Recital with Ashley
Grote (Westminster Abbey): “England’s Glory”
Uppingham School Chapel
19 May 2008
Leicester Early Music Festival
Lunchtime Recital: Simon Headley
Leicester Cathedral
17 May -
7 June 2008Leicester Early
Music Festival
Various events
Various venues
20 May 2008
Soundbites
Jon Njoku (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
20 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Lunchtime Recital: Anne de Graeve
Leicester Cathedral
21 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Lunchtime Recital: Martyn Noble
Leicester Cathedral
21 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Opening Recital: Piva Waites
St Mary de Castro
22 May 2008
Soundbites
Tea for Three - Margeurite
Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute), Robert Calow (clarinet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
22 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Lunchtime Recital: Isidoro
Roitman
Black Horse, Aylestone
22 May 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
Dave Speedy and the Cool Dudes
Jazz Orchestra
Café
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
22 May 2008
Knighton Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jenkins
Copland: Quiet City; Clarinet
Concerto (soloist Christine Taylor); Barber: Adagio for Strings;
Mahler: Symphony no. 5 - Slow movement; Haydn: Symphony no.49 “La
Passione”
The Richard Attenborough Centre
22 May 2008
The Sixteen, with Harry
Christophers
“Treasures of Tudor England”,
part of the Choral Pilgrimage 2008
St James the Greater, London Road
23 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Lunchtime Recital: Anita Felton
St Nicholas Church
23 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Diana Cruickshank Dance Workshop
St Mary de Castro
23 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
"Tread with Fear" Ghost Walk
with Virginia Wright
Castle Park
23 May 2008
Philharmonia, with Susan
Gritton, Gerald Finley & the London Symphony Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
De Montfort Hall
24 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Junior Workshop led by Diana
Cruickshank & Yvette Adams
Leicester Castle Great Hall
24 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
The Longslade Consort Informal
Concert
St Mary de Castro
24 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Masque, produced by Junior
Workshop members
St Mary de Castro
24 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Dance/Music Spectacular
St Mary de Castro
25 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Cecilian Singers: "Master &
Pupil" - music by Tallis, Byrd & Tomkins
St Mary de Castro
26 May 2008
Chuckerbuttiy Ocarina Quartet
Join the quartet and visual
artist Lorraine Marson for some hands-on fun. Suitable for children of
all ages
www.le.ac.uk/racentreThe Richard Attenborough Centre
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Instrumental Workshop
St Nicholas Church
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Choral Workshop & Sung
Eucharist: Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai
St Mary de Castro
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Castle Park Family Day: fun for
all the family
Castle Park
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Ultima Duo
Guildhall
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Playford Dance Workshop
Guildhall
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Recital: Leicester Recorder
Society
St Mary de Castro
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Recital: David Cowen &
Cathedral Chorister Instrumentalists
Leicester Cathedral
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Recital: Leicester Recorder
Society
Leicester Cathedral
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Teddy Bears' Concert (Courtlye
Musick)
St Mary de Castro
26 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Family Concert: Courtlye Musick
St Mary de Castro
27 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Cafe Mozart Trio & Rogers
Covey-Crump: "Haydn in England"
Holy Trinity Church
28 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Dante Ferrars "Filth &
Finery" - Purcell and contemporaries
Black Horse, Aylestone
29 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
The Longslade Consort &
Friends
Castle House, Castle Street
30 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Concert
Guildhall
30 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Malt Whisky Tasting
Minstrel's Gallery, Guildhall
30 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Concert
Minstrel's Gallery, Guildhall
30 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Concert: Heinavanker
(Renaissance Vocal)
St Mary de Castro
31 May 2008
Leicester Early
Music Festival
Heinevanker: Renaissance music
from Estonia and England
St Mary de Castro
1 June 2008
Organ recital with Mark Batten
Contact: 0116 254 2111
www.markbatten.co.ukIncludes Messiaen: L'Ascension;
Meirion Wynn Jones: New work (1st performance)
St James the Greater, London Road
2 June 2008
Philharmonia, with Piotr
Anderszewski (piano) & Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
Brahms: Piano Concerto no.1;
Shostakovich: Symphony no.5
De Montfort Hall
3 June 2008
Soundbites
Jazz Performance Workshop
presentation
The Richard Attenborough Centre
5 June 2008
Soundbites
Pete Harratt and Peter Houtman
(jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
6 June 2008
Leicester
Early
Music Festival
Wine Tasting
St Mary de Castro
6 June 2008
Leicester
Early
Music Festival
Concert: Lachrymae Consort
St Mary de Castro
7 June 2008
Bardi Wind
"Blockbusters: themes from large
& small screen"
De Montfort Hall
7 June 2008
Cantus Ensemble: Isabelle Flory
(violin), Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Barry Collett (conductor)
Contact: Alwyn Pollard 01780 721005, or email: alwyn@pollardweb.me.uk‘Quintessentially English’ - a
weekend of music celebrating the works of English composers: Vaughan
Williams: The Lark Ascending; Finzi: Eclogue; Walter Leigh: Concertino
for Piano & Strings; Elgar: Serenade for Strings
St Mary's Church, Ketton
7 June 2008
Griffiin Singers
“Summer Harmony”
Illston on the Hill Village Hall
7 June 2008
Leicester Bach Choir
Tour of European sacred music
St James the Greater, London Road
7 June 2008
Leicester
Early
Music Festival
"Champagne & Concert", with
18th Century Finger Buffet: The Longslade Consort
Castle House
8 June 2008
Scarlet
Contact: 0116 254 2111
www.scarletchoir.co.ukRecital by the
Leicestershire-based chamber choir
St James the Greater, London Road
8 June 2008
Cantus Choir: Tom Bates
(baritone), David Lovell Brown (organ & piano), Alwyn Pollard
(conductor)
Contact: Alwyn Pollard 01780 721005, or email: alwyn@pollardweb.me.uk‘Quintessentially English’ - a
weekend of music celebrating the works of English composers: Parry:
Blest Pair of Sirens; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; other
sacred and secular works
St Mary's Church, Ketton
10 June 2008
Soundbites
Rosemary Wright (accordion)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
10
June 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Come and sit in with the Piazza
Rhythm Section
www.le.ac.uk/catering/jazz.htmCafé
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
12
June 2008
Soundbites
Richard Everitt (jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
14 - 15 June 2008
Singers’ Workshop Opera Weekend,
with Phillip Gilbert
Study a scene from one of the
Mozart/Da Ponte operas, and work towards a performance on Sunday
afternoon
The Richard Attenborough Centre
14 June 2008
City of Leicester Singers, with
the Leicester South Salvation Army Band
Music includes Schubert:
Deutsche Messe
St James the Greater, London Road
14 June 2008
Fiori Musicali
Music by Vivaldi for recorder,
oboe, bassoon, violin and continuo
St Peter's, Empingham
14 June 2008
Market Harborough Choral Society
'A night at the movies'
Market Harborough Methodist
Church
14 June 2008
Music in Lyddington: Ian
Partridge (tenor) & Jennifer Partridge (piano)
‘A Serenade of Song’
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
14 June 2008
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Last Night of the Proms
Guthlaxton College
14 June 2008
Wyvern Singers
Summer Concert
Church of St Michael & All
Angels, Hallaton
15 June 2008
Organ Recital with Richard Moore
Contact: 0116 254 2111Recital by the Organ Scholar of
Southwell Minster
St James the Greater, London Road
17 June 2008
Soundbites
Nick Hislam (jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
17
June 2008
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir,
directed by Robert Kenny
www.coronostro.comThe Music of Stillness: music by
Byrd, Tallis, Victoria, Brahms, Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Poulenc, and
the UK premiere of Frank Ticheli's There Will Be Rest
St John the Baptist, Clarendon
Park Road
17
June 2008
Ensemble 360
Schubert: Introduction &
Variations on Trockne Blumen D802; Octet in F D803; Howells: Rhapsodic
Quintet op.31
Oakham School Chapel
17
June 2008
Leicester Phoenix Youth Chorale
Contact: shirley.bax@tiscali.co.ukRush Hour Concert
St Andrew's Church, Countesthorpe
19
June 2008
Soundbites
Cynthia Feng (violin)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
19 June 2008
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Tickets: 01530 243822Summer Concert
Newtown Linford Village Hall
20 June 2008
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Tickets: 01530 243822Summer Concert
Newtown Linford Village Hall
20 June 2008
Wyvern Singers
Summer Concert
Blaby District Council Chamber
21 June 2008
FlutaStick: Debbie James
(percussion) & Sue Aston (flute)
Pieces composed for various
combinations of flute, plus marimba, vibraphone and multi-percussion
set-up
The Richard Attenborough Centre
21 June 2008
Leicestershire Chorale
"The English Choral Heritage":
music by Vaughan Williams, Stanford, Purcell, Byrd, Britten, Weir,
Tavener, Rutter
St Mary's, Melton Mowbray
21 June 2008
Newtown Linford Choral Society
Tickets: 01530 243822Summer Concert
Newtown Linford Village Hall
21 June 2008
University of Leicester
Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Sackin
Schubert: Symphony no.5 in B
flat; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K364 - soloists Dona Lee
Croft (violin) & Arun Menon (viola); Symphony no.36 in C “Linz”
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
22 June 2008
The Colour of Sound
The Coull Quartet with Mark
Rowan Hull and Dr Jamie Ward
Concert: Schubert: Quartetsatz in C minor; Shostakovich: Quartet no.8;
Prokofiev: Quartet no.1, with Mark Rowan Hull painting.
Explore your own artistic responses to music in workshop led by visual
artist Peter ClaytonThe Richard Attenborough Centre
22 June 2008
Loughborough Endowed Schools
Chamber Choir
Contact: 0116 254 2111Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
24 June 2008
Soundbites
Ananthi Ramachandran (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
26 June 2008
Soundbites
Mariko Terashi (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
26 June 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
Nick Hislam & Brian
Humpherson Quintet
Café
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
28 June 2008
Cantamici,
conducted by David
Necklen, with Gillian Butcher (piano)
Summer Concert in association
with the University of Leicester
Fraser Noble, London Road
28 June 2008
Charnwood
Orchestra
Schumann: Manfred Overture;
Strauss: 4 Last Songs; Elgar: Symphony no.1
St James the Greater, London Road
28 June 2008
Hinckley Choral Union
Rossini: Petite Messe Solonelle
Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley
29 June 2008
Violin Recital with Stuart
Johnson
Contact: 0116 254 2111Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
1 July 2008
Simon Headley (Leicester
Cathedral) with Leicester Arts Senior Brass Ensemble
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
5 July 2008
Harborough Singers
A Summer Collection
Church of St Peter and St Paul,
Great Bowden
5 July 2008
Leicester Jazz House
James Chadwick Trio
www.myspace.com/jameschadwicksundercurrentThe Richard Attenborough Centre
5 July 2008
Leicester Phoenix Youth Chorale
Contact: shirley.bax@tiscali.co.ukWest End Spectacular
Countesthorpe College
5 July 2008
Leicestershire Arts in Education
Orchestral Gale celebrating 60
years
De Montfort Hall
5 July 2008
Leicestershire Chorale
Music for a Summer Evening
St Thomas of Canterbury, Frisby
on the Wreake
5 July 2008
Music in Lyddington: O Duo -
Owen Gunnell & Oliver Cox (percussionists)
Concert
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
5 July 2008
Summer Strings
Contact: Lis Muller 01530 454011With Fiddlers Three and The
Leicestershire Arts in Education Harp Ensemble
Whitwick Parish Church
6 July 2008
Organ Recital with Nigel Morris
Contact: 0116 254 2111Recital by the Assistant
Organist of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
St James the Greater, London Road
7 July 2008
Guitar Student Concert
In aid of Rainbows
The Richard Attenborough Centre
8 July 2008
David Cowen (Leicester
Cathedral) and Cathedral Soloists
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
8 July 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
Mulligan Stew
Café
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
11 July 2008
Knighton Chamber Orchestra,
conducted by Paul Jenkins
Walton: Façade; Mozart:
Concerto for 2 pianos in E flat K365 - soloists Tor Bridge &
Margeurite Beatson (pianos); Beethoven: Symphony no.2
Fraser Noble, London Road
13 July 2008
The Girl Choristers of St James
the Greater
Contact: 0116 254 2111Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
15 July 2008
Darbar
Indian Classical Vibes, with
Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) & Subhankar Bannerjee (tabla)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
15 July 2008
Richard Hills (theatre and
concert organist)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
17 July 2008
Greg Abate Masterclass
For jazz reed players at
intermediate level and above
Café
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
17 July 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
Greg Abate Quartet
Café
Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
19 July 2008
Fiori Musicali
Vivaldi: Four Seasons; and
operatic arias for soprano (soloist Grace Davidson)
All Saints Church, Loughborough
20 July 2008
Organ Recital with Nicholas
Wilshere
Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
22 July 2008
Francis Jackson (Organist
Emeritus, York Minster)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
26 July 2008
Heather Music Festival
Classics at St John's, with
Vivaldi Concertante
St John the Baptist Church,
Heather, nr Coalville
27 July 2008
Phoenix Independent Cinema
www.phoenix.org.ukFilm: Wagner's “Tristan und
Isolde”, with Ian Storey (tenor) taking part in a free question and
answer session. Approximate running time 4 hrs 30 mins + 2 intervals
Phoenix Independent Cinema
27 July 2008
Organ Recital with Mark Batten
& Michael Rule
Contact: 0116 254 2111Recital of organ duets
St James the Greater, London Road
29 July 2008
John Kitchen (Edinburgh
University and City Organist)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
5 August 2008
Naoyo Sano (organ), Julian
Gregory (violin), Michael Heighway (piano)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
12 August 2008
Rodolfus Choir, Michael Heighway
(piano), Ben Parry (conductor)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
16 August 2008
Music in Lyddington: Soloists of
the Philharmonia - piano & wind quintet
Lefebure: Suite for wind
quintet; Quantz: Trio sonata; Mozart: Quintet for piano & wind
quartet; Parker: Mississippi; Saint-Saëns: Tarantella; Poulenc:
Sextet for piano & wind
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
19 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Family Organ Recital
St Mary de Castro
19 August 2008
Johannes Goetz (St Peter's,
Freiburg)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
19-23 August 2008
Singers’ Workshop Opera Week
Five separate one-day workshops
Contact the Music Manager: 0116
223 1424, or
email: arts-music@le.ac.uk
20 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Family Organ Recital
St Mary de Castro
21 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Family Organ Recital
St Mary de Castro
22 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Family Organ Recital
St Mary de Castro
22 August 2008
Bishop's Consort, directed by
James Wilkinson
A Summer Concert, in memory of
Geoffrey Wilkinson. Music to include Fauré: Requiem; Allegri:
Miserere; Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Dove: Seek him that maketh the
seven stars
St James the Greater, London Road
22 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Longslade
Consort: “Feast of Music”
Guildhall
23 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Andy Griffiths Acoustic Combo
Phoenix Arts Cafe
24 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Live Jazz with The Cool Ensemble
Outside Colourworks Restaurant,
Westbridge Close
25 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Live Jazz with Hopscotch
Boulevard
Outside Colourworks Restaurant,
Westbridge Close
25 August 2008
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival
Show of Hands, with Miranda
Sykes & guest Roger Wilson (acoustic roots duo)
Leicester Cathedral
26 August 2008
Jonathan Gregory (Leicester
Cathedral)
Summer Concert
LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.orgLeicester Cathedral
6 September 2008
Music in Lyddington: The
Musicians of Edinburgh: Geoffrey Davidson (bariton), Sharon Lindo
(violin), Jeremy Barlow (harpsichord), compiled & presented by
David Johnson
“Muisc of the Scottish
Enlightenment”
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
9 September 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Sit in with the Piazza House
Rhythm Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
18-24 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Artists include: Priya Mitchell
(violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Guy Ben-Ziony (viola),
Natalie Clein (cello), Lucy Wakeford (harp), Joy Farrall (clarinet),
Emer McDonough (flute), Katya Apekisheva (piano), Charles Owen (piano),
Richard Dubugnon (Composer in Residence, double bass), Nicholas Daniel
(Artistic Director). Details below
Details below
18 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Gala Opening Concert: Poulenc:
Sonata for piano, 4 hands; Sonata for vioin & piano op.12;
Dubugnon: 5 masques for solo oboe; Fauré: Nocturne for piano
no.6 op.63; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence op.70
Free Pre-Concert talk with BBC's John FloranceNew Walk Museum
19 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920The Art of the Salon: French and
Russian salon pieces, including Fauré: Nocturne for piano no.3
op.33
New Walk Museum
19 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920French & Russian Romantics:
Fauré: Nocturne for piano no.2 op.33; Dubugnon: Mikroncerto III
for oboe d’amoré, basset clarinet & piano; Franck: Sonata
for violin & piano in A; Stravinsky: Suite Italiene for oboe &
piano; Arensky: Piano Trio in d minor op.32
Free Pre-Concert talk with BBC's John FloranceNew Walk Museum
20 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920O Duo: Family Concert: Crash
Bang Wallop!
New Walk Museum
20 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Masterclass: Open Event - Young
Composers Workshop
New Walk Museum
20 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Harp Night!: Fauré:
Nocturne for piano no.1 op.33; Debussy: 3 Preludes from Bk 1 for oboe,
violin, viola, cello & double bass (arr. Dubugnon); Trio for flute,
viola & harp; Glinka: Nocturne for harp; Rhodion Schedrin: The
Three Shepherds for flute, oboe & clarinet; Ravel: Introduction
& Allegro for harp, string quartet, flute & clarinet
Free Pre-Concert talk with BBC's John FloranceNew Walk Museum
20 September 2008
Trouble Brewin
Contact: Juliet 01530 224834Folk Music Evening
St John the Baptist Church,
Whitwick
21 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Coffee Concert: Fauré:
Nocturne for piano no.4 op.36; Ravel: Tzigane for violin & piano;
Dubugnon: Nocturne for cello & piano; Prokofiev: Sonata for cello
& piano op.119
New Walk Museum
21 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Sacred and Profane: Bach:
Partita for oboe in A minor; Stravinsky: Rite of Spring for piano, 4
hands; Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time for violin, cello,
clarinet & piano
Leicester Cathedral
23 September 2008
Soundbites
Susan Gregory reading from own
work
The Richard Attenborough Centre
24 September 2008
Leicester International Music
Festival:
Philharmonia, with Boris
Giltburg (piano), Leif Segerstam (conductor)Philip Herbert: Incantation to
Seasons of Promise (first performance of commission from Leicester City
Council & Philharmonia); Wagner: Meistersinger Overture;
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1; Symphony no.6 (Pathétique)
De Montfort Hall
25 September 2008
Soundbites
Gillian Butcher (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
27 September 2008
Saturday Workshop
Booking: 0116 252 2455
e-mail: arts-centre@le.ac.ukStrings together, with Eleanor
Graff-Baker
The Richard Attenborough Centre
27
September 2008
Bardi Symphony Orchestra &
Chorus, with Claus Efland (conductor)
Schubert: Symphony no.8
‘Unfinished’; Mahler: Symphony no.2 ‘Resurrection’
De Montfort Hall
27
September 2008
Leicestershire Sinfonia, with
Matthew Lynch (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: The Lark
Ascending; Holst: St Paul's Suite; Warlock: Capriol Suite; Purcell: The
Gordian Knot Untied
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
30 September 2008
Soundbites
Alex and Martin Cortazzi (piano
& guitar)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
1 October 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Alex Tchernakova plays Chopin
Oakham School Chapel
2 October 2008
Soundbites
Cliff Bywater (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
2 October 2008
Lunchtime Concert
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Aronowitz String Ensemble:
Bridge: Phantasy Piano Trio; Elgar: Piano Quintet
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
3 October 2008
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - Movie
Magic!
Oakham School Chapel
4 October 2008
Libor Nováček (piano)
Brahms: Three Intermezzi op117;
Eight Piano Pieces op76; Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, 1re
année: Suisse
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
4 October 2008
Harborough Millenium Chorus
& University of Leicester Sinfonia
Fauré: Requiem; Cantique
de Jean Racine; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Robert Smyth School, Market
Harborough
4 October 2008
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Contact: David England 0116 281 0650Concert
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
4 October 2008
Rutland Sinfonia, with Amy
Littlewood (violin), Paul Hilliam (conductor)
McCunn: Land of the Mountain and
Flood; Brown: Memories of Ulster (1st performance); Mathias: Serenade
for Small Orchestra; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Arnold:
Cornish Dances
Oakham School Chapel
5 October 2008
International Coffee Morning
Concert, with Carducci String Quartet and Graham Oppenheimer (viola)
Ravel: String Quartet in F;
Vaughan Williams; Phantasy Quintet; Beethoven: String Quartet in C
op59/3 Rasumovsky
De Montfort Hall
7 October 2008
Soundbites
Kevin Lee (singer/songwriter)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
7 October 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Sit in with the Piazza House
Rhythm Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
8 October 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Ivan Linford (organ)
All Saints Church, Oakham
9 October 2008
Oakham School
Music in the Round - Belcea
Quartet
Oakham School Chapel
9 October 2008
Soundbites
Tea for Three - Margeurite
Beatson (piano), David Calow (flute), Robert Calow (clarinet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
10 October 2008
Jazz Concert
www.valeofcatmose.co.ukJazz Concert
Catmose Gallery, Oakham
11 October 2008
Charnwood Orchestra, with John
Treherne (harpsichord)
Haydn: Symphony no. 96
‘Miracle’; Bach: Harpsichord concerto in d; Mozart: Symphony no.41
‘Jupiter’
Holy Trinity Church, Barrow on
Soar
11 October 2008
Harborough Singers
Dvořak
Brahms, Bruckner and friends
St Peter's Church, Church Langton
11 October 2008
Leicester City Male Voice Choir,
with Lancaster Boys' School Choir, HM Band of Blues & Royals
LOROS Charity Concert
De Montfort Hall
12 October 2008
Leicestershire Chorale
Choral Workshop and Performance
of Mendelssohn: Elijah (part 1)
Guthlaxton College (to be
confirmed)
14 October 2008
Soundbites
Mariko Terashi (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
14 October 2008
Carlo Curley (organ)
Includes works by Mendelssohn,
Bach, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and
Charles Ives
De Montfort Hall
15 October 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Music from Bernstein's Candide
Oakham School Chapel
16 October 2008
Soundbites
Jenny Felix (flute)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
16 October 2008
Lunchtime Concert
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Elizabeth Watts (soprano) with
Julius Drake (piano): Songs by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov and Hahn
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
18 October 2008
Leicester Philharmonic Choir,
with CBSO Children’s Chorus
Rutter: Mass for the Children,
with John Rutter (conductor)
De Montfort Hall
23 October 2008
Knighton Opera, with Paul
Jenkins (conductor)
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
24 October 2008
Knighton Opera, with Paul
Jenkins (conductor)
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
24 October 2008
Leicester Jazz House
Zoe Rahman
www.zoerahman.com
The Richard Attenborough Centre
25 October 2008
Saturday Workshop
Booking: 0116 252 2455
e-mail: arts-centre@le.ac.ukClassical guitar for absolute
beginners, with Yvonne Bloor
The Richard Attenborough Centre
25 October 2008
Griffin Singers
Autumn Harmony: light, humorous
and classical choral music
Humberstone Parish Hall
25 October 2008
Knighton Opera, with Paul
Jenkins (conductor)
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
26 October 2008
The Chilingirian Quartet: The
Arthur Humphreys Memorial Concert
Haydn: Quartet in C op.54/2;
Mozart: Quartet in D minor K421; Beethoven: Quartet in E flat op127
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
Time: 4:00 pm
26 October 2008
Wyvern Singers
Sung Eucharist & Evensong
Lichfield Cathedral
28 October 2008
Soundbites
Christina Hu (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
30 October 2008
Soundbites
Susan Gregory readings from own
work
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
30 October 2008
Lunchtime Concert
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920The Robson Piano Duo: Liszt: 2nd
Hungarian Rhapsody; Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Schubert: Fantasia in F
minor D940
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
30 October 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
The James Bailey Quartet
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
31 October 2008
Philharmonia, with Benjamin
Schmid (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola), Christoph von Dohnányi
(conductor)
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
K364; Bruckner: Symphony no.4 (Romantic)
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
1 November 2008
Antartic Monkeys
Charity Night: fundraiser for
the charity Help for Heroes
www.helpforheroes.org.uk
The Malt House Suite, 59 High
Street, Syston
Time: 8:00 pm
Contact: 07752 043735
www.cosbybiglove.co.uk
1 November 2008
Cantamici
Autumn Concert
St James the Great, Birstall
1 November 2008
Music in Lyddington: Martinů
Quartet, with Angus Meryon (clarinet)
Franz Krommer: Clarinet quintet
in B flat op95; Schubert: Death and the Maiden D810; Brahms: Clarinet
quintet in B minor op.115
St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington
4 November 2008
Soundbites
Young Leicestershire pianists
aged 9 and under
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
4 November 2008
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir
Contact: 0116 252 2455
e-mail: mer@le.ac.uk
www.coronostro.com
The Wings of a Dove: anthems,
motets and songs by Lassus, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Fauré, Haydn
Church of St John the Baptist,
Clarendon Park Road
5 November 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Oboe Music
All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 pm
6 November 2008
Soundbites
Nick Hislam (jazz quartet)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
7 November 2008
Griffin Singers
Joint Concert with Wigston Brass
Band
Queniborough Parish Church
8 November 2008
Leicester Bach Choir, with
Midlands Chorale, Queen's Park Sinfonia, Sara Jonsson (soprano), Karen
Wise (mezzo-soprano), George von Bergen (baritone), Richard Laing
(conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis
Pacem; Elgar: The Music Makers; Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden
St James the Greater, London Road
8 November 2008
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra
Contact: David England 0116 281 0650To be announced
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston
8 November 2008
Shepshed Singers
www.shepshedsingers.org.uk
‘In Concert’: an evening of
classical and contemporary choral music
Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon
Soar
Tuesday
11 November 2008
Oakham School
Music in the Round - Ensemble
360's Giddy Goat (Children's Concert)
Oakham School Chapel
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Tuesday
11 November 2008Oakham School
Music in the Round - Ensemble 360
Oakham School Chapel
Tuesday
11 November 2008
Soundbites
Ben Fuller (piano)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Tuesday
11 November 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Sit in with the Piazza House
Rhythm Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Wednesday
12 November 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Viola Music
All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Thursday
13 November 2008
Soundbites
Soar Valley Music Centre
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
13 November 2008
Lunchtime Concert
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Catherine Leonard (violin) &
Charles Owen (piano): Mozart: Sonata for piano & violin in A K526;
Ian Wilson: ‘Spillaert’s Beach’
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Friday
14 November 2008
Jazz Concert
www.valeofcatmose.co.ukJazz Concert
Catmose Gallery, Oakham
Friday
14 November 2008
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - Winter
Harmonies
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
15 November 2008
City of Leicester Singers
Haydn: Harmonie Messe; Mozart:
Litaniae Lauretanae K195
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
15 November 2008
Leicester Symphony Orchestra
www.leicestersymphonyorchestra.co.uk
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a
theme of Thomas Tallis; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole;
Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.2
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Saturday
15 November 2008
Yvonne Bloor and Friends
Guitar Concert, with music by
Albeniz, Barrios, Yuquijiro Yocho, Stanley Myers and others
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Tuesday
18 November 2008
Soundbites
Arcturus String Quartet
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
19 November 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Oakham School Award Holders
All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Thursday
20 November 2008
Soundbites
Margeurite Beatson and Barry
Collett (piano duets)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
20 November 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
Simon Spillett Quartet
www.freewebs.com/simonspillet/
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Friday
21 November 2008
Corby Male Voice Choir
Concert in aid of Market
Harborough Baptist Church building fund
Market Harborough Baptist Church
Friday
21 November 2008
Philharmonia, with Janine Jansen
(violin), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite;
Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Saturday
22 November 2008
Charnwood Opera
Charnwood in Concert: Charnwood
Opera with Charnwood Intermediate Concert Band
Baxtergate Baptist Church,
Loughborough
Saturday
22 November 2008
Charnwood Orchestra
Weber: Overture Der Freischutz;
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Beethoven: Symphony no.3 ‘Eroica’
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Saturday
22 November 2008
Hinckley Choral Union
Handel: Messiah
St Mary's Church, Hinckley
Saturday
22 November 2008
Leicester University Chamber
Choir, with Mark Batten (conductor)
Baroque Splendour
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
22 November 2008
Loughborough Male Voice Choir
Songs for an autumn evening,
with David Borsada, Kipper Chipperfield and Lyndon Garnder
Trinity Church Centre,
Loughborough
Saturday
22 November 2008
University Symphonic Concert
Band and Big Band, with Don Blakeson and Daniel Jones (conductors)
Includes music from West Side
Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, Les Misérables, Colonel Bogey,
Glen Miller Selections, Winter Wonderland, Fascinating Rhythm, Children
of Sanchez, The Tunnell and L’ll Darlin
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
Tuesday
25 November 2008
Soundbites
Musicians from Leicester Grammar
School
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Wednesday
26 November 2008
Oakham School: Music at Lunchtime
Olivia Watts (bassoon)
All Saints Church, Oakham
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Thursday
27 November 2008
Soundbites
Guthlaxton Big Band
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Thursday
27 November 2008
Lunchtime Concert
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920Joy Farrall (clarinet), Min-Jung
Kym (piano): Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet & piano; Brahms: Sonata
for clarinet & piano in F minor
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Thursday
27 November 2008
The Tallis Scholars
Journey through Advent to
Christmas, preceded by Organ Recital
St James the Greater, London Road
Time: Organ Recital 6:40 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Friday
28 November 2008
Leicester Jazz House
Tim Richards (jazz piano)
www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 8:00 pm
Friday
28 November 2008
Oakham School
Music in the Chapel - Jerwoods
Sounds
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
29 November 2008
Saturday Workshop
Booking: 0116 252 2455
e-mail: arts-centre@le.ac.ukWhy bother with Wagner? with
John Florance
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Saturday
29 November 2008
The Bardi Orchestra, with Claus
Efland (conductor), in association with The Rotary Club of Leicester
Bone Bank Appeal
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien;
Puccini: Intermezzo from ‘Manon Lescaut’; Strauss: Die Fledermaus
overture; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre; Smetana: The Moldau; Coates:
London Everyday Suite; Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady
De Montfort Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Saturday
29 November 2008
Cantamici
Seasonal Concert
Holy Trinity, Thrussington
Saturday
29 November 2008
Rutland Sinfonia, with Jenny
Firth (piano), Paul Hilliam (conductor)
Mozart in Oundle: Rossini: The
Barber of Seville; Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23; Dvořak: Symphony No.5
St Peter's Church, Oundle
Saturday
29 November 2008
University Orchestra Society,
with Daniel Jones (conductor)
Brahms: Hungarian Dance no.5;
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Grainger: Irish Tune from
County Derry; Shepherds Hey
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
Tuesday
2 December 2008
Soundbites
John Lees and Andy Read (guitars)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Tuesday
2 December 2008
Harborough Singers
NSPCC Christmas Concert
All Saints Church, Oakham
Thursday
4 December 2008
Soundbites
Richard Everitt (jazz)
The Richard Attenborough Centre
Time: 12:45 pm
Friday
5 December 2008
To be announced
www.valeofcatmose.co.uk
Concert
Catmose Gallery, Oakham
Saturday
6 December 2008
Oakham Choral Society
Verdi: Requiem
Oakham School Chapel
Saturday
6 December 2008
Oasis Tribute: Fat Ankles
Charity Night: fundraiser for
the charity Help for Heroes
www.helpforheroes.org.ukCosby Village Hall
Time: 8:00 pm
Contact: 07752 043735
www.cosbybiglove.co.uk
Saturday
6 December 2008
Philharmonia
"Winter Wonderland" - Family
Music Day
De Montfort Hall
Time: 12:00 noon
Saturday
6 December 2008
Leicester Philharmonic Choir,
Philharmonia Orchestra, with Claire Ormshaw (soprano), Wendy Dawn
Thompson (mezzo), Ed Lyon (tenor), Henry Waddington (bass), conducted
by Simon Halsey
www.thephil.org.uk
Handel: Messiah
De Montfort Hall
Saturday
6 December 2008
Leicestershire Chorale
Christmas Music, interspersed
with Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
6 December 2008
Leicester University Choral
Society, with Louise Duguid (conductor)
Handel: Messiah (1st part) and a
selection of seasonal music
St John the Baptist, Clarendon
Park Road
Sunday
7 December 2008
Oakham School
Jerwoods Carols by Candlelight
Oakham School Chapel
Monday
8 December 2008
Loughborough University Choir,
Eleanor Graff-Baker (conductor)
Tickets from Loughborough Town Hall Booking Office
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols;
and other Christmas music
The Cope Auditorium, Epinal Way,
Loughborough
Tuesday
9 December 2008
Coro Nostro Chamber Choir, with
Laurence Rogers (organ), Robert Kenny (director)
Music for Christmas
St John the Baptist, Clarendon
Park Road
Tuesday
9 December 2008
Modern Jazz Jam in the Piazza
Sit in with the Piazza House
Rhythm Section
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Wednesday
10 December 2008
The Cecilian Singers, conducted
by Jeremy Jackman
lynne.holland@btinternet.com
Christmas Soirée with
mulled wine and fork and finger buffet
Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 7:45 pm
Thursday
11 December 2008
Lunchtime Concert
www.musicfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 0116 225 4920The Katona Twins (guitars):
music by Mozart, Bach, Villa-Lobos, Paco de Lucia; Albéniz and
de Falla
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm
Thursday
11 December 2008
Jazz in the Piazza
Sabrosita
Café Piazza, Charles
Wilson Building
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Concert: 7:45 pm
Friday
12 December 2008
Knighton Chamber Orchestra, with
Paul Jenkins (conductor)
Rossini: The Silken Ladder;
Vaughan Williams: Viola Suite; Haydn: Symphony no.48 “Maria Theresa”;
Beethoven: Violin concerto (with Stuart Johnson)
Fraser Noble Hall, London Road
Saturday
13 December 2008
Charnwood Choral Society
www.charnwoodchoral.org.ukRutter: Mass of the Children,
and other works
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough
Saturday
13 December 2008
Leicester Bach Choir, with
choirs from Hugglescote Community Primary School & St Joseph’s
Roman Catholic Primary School, Richard Laing (conductor)
Music for the Christmas Season
Leicester Cathedral
Saturday
13 December 2008
Wyvern Singers
Christmas Concert
St Mary's Church, Barwell
Sunday
14 December 2008
The Cecilian Singers, James
Gutteridge (organ), Jeremy Jackman (conductor)
lynne.holland@btinternet.com
‘The Great Glad Tidings Tell’: a
concert of Christmas music and readings
St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray
Wednesday
17 December 2008
Kingfisher Chorale
www.kingfisherchorale.org
The Joy of Christmas
Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
Thursday
18 December 2008
Leicester Philharmonic Choir,
with James Oldfield (baritone), Jeremy Rouse (organ)
Carols @ St James
St James the Greater, London Road
Friday
19 December 2008
Kingfisher Chorale
www.kingfisherchorale.orgThe Joy of Christmas
Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm
Saturday
20 December 2008
City of Leicester Singers
Christmas Celebrations
St James the Greater, London Road
Saturday
20 December 2008
Harborough Singers
A Celebration of Christmas
St Dionysius Church, Market
Harborough
Saturday
20 December 2008
Market Harborough Choral Society
Carols by Candlelight
Market Harborough Congregational
Church
Saturday
20 December 2008
Wyvern Singers
Nine Lessons & Carols
St Peter's, Arnesby
Time: 6:30 pm
Tuesday
23 December 2008
Kingfisher Chorale
www.kingfisherchorale.orgThe Joy of Christmas
Guildhall
Time: 8:00 pm