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Last update: 2 August 2008
| Date |
Society |
Programme |
Venue (start time 7:30pm unless stated otherwise) |
| Tuesday 29 July 2008 |
John Kitchen (Edinburgh
University and City Organist) |
Summer Concert LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.org |
Leicester Cathedral Time: 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday 5 August 2008 |
Naoyo Sano (organ), Julian
Gregory (violin), Michael Heighway (piano) |
Summer Concert LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.org |
Leicester Cathedral Time: 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
Rodolfus Choir, Michael Heighway
(piano), Ben Parry (conductor) |
Summer Concert LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.org |
Leicester Cathedral Time: 8:00 pm |
| Saturday 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 |
| Tuesday 19 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival |
Family Organ Recital |
St Mary de Castro Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm |
| Tuesday 19 August 2008 |
Johannes Goetz (St Peter's,
Freiburg) |
Summer Concert LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.org |
Leicester Cathedral Time: 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday - Saturday 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 |
| Wednesday 20 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Family Organ Recital | St Mary de Castro Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm |
| Thursday 21 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Family Organ Recital | St Mary de Castro Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm |
| Friday 22 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Family Organ Recital | St Mary de Castro Time: 12:30 - 1:00 pm |
| Friday 22 August 2008 |
Bishop's Consort, directed by
James Wilkinson Box Office: 0116 240 4031 |
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 |
| Friday 22 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts
Festival |
Longslade
Consort: “Feast of Music” |
Guildhall |
| Saturday 23 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Andy Griffiths Acoustic Combo |
Phoenix Arts Cafe Time: 12:30 pm |
| Sunday 24 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Live Jazz with The Cool Ensemble |
Outside Colourworks Restaurant,
Westbridge Close Time: 12:00 noon |
| Monday 25 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Live Jazz with Hopscotch
Boulevard |
Outside Colourworks Restaurant,
Westbridge Close Time: 12:00 noon |
| Monday 25 August 2008 |
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival | Show of Hands, with Miranda
Sykes & guest Roger Wilson (acoustic roots duo) |
Leicester Cathedral Time: 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday 26 August 2008 |
Jonathan Gregory (Leicester
Cathedral) |
Summer Concert LeicesterCathedral@LecCofE.org |
Leicester Cathedral Time: 8:00 pm |
| Saturday 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 |
| Thursday - Wednesday 18-24 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Artists 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 |
| Thursday 18 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Gala 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 Florance |
New Walk Museum Talk: 6:45 pm Concert: 7:30 pm |
| Friday 19 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
The Art of the Salon: French and
Russian salon pieces, including Fauré: Nocturne for piano no.3
op.33 |
New Walk Museum Time: 1:00 pm |
| Friday 19 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
French & 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 Florance |
New Walk Museum Talk: 6:45 pm Concert: 7:30 pm |
| Saturday 20 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
O Duo: Family Concert: Crash
Bang Wallop! |
New Walk Museum Time: 11:00 am |
| Saturday 20 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Masterclass: Open Event - Young
Composers Workshop |
New Walk Museum Time: 2:30 pm |
| Saturday 20 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Harp 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 Florance |
New Walk Museum Talk: 6:45 pm Concert: 7:30 pm |
| Saturday 20 September 2008 |
Trouble Brewin |
Folk Music Evening |
Whitwick Parish Church http://www.whitwickparishchurch.org.uk/news.htm |
| Sunday 21 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Coffee 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 Time: 11:00 am |
| Sunday 21 September 2008 |
Leicester International Music
Festival www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Sacred 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 Time: 8:00 pm |
| Wednesday 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 Free pre-concert talk at 6:15 pm Concert: 7:30 pm |
| Saturday 27 September 2008 |
Bardi Symphony Orchestra &
Chorus, with Claus Efland (conductor) |
Schubert: Symphony no.8
‘Unfinished’; Mahler: Symphony no.2 ‘Resurrection’ |
De Montfort Hall Free pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm Concert: 7:30 pm |
| Thursday 2 October 2008 |
Lunchtime Concert www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Aronowitz String Ensemble:
Bridge: Phantasy Piano Trio; Elgar: Piano Quintet |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm |
| Saturday 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 |
| Saturday 4 October 2008 |
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Contact: David England 0116 281 0650 |
To be announced |
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston |
| Saturday 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 |
| Sunday 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 Time: 11:00 am |
| Friday 10 October 2008 |
Jazz Concert www.valeofcatmose.co.uk |
Jazz Concert |
Catmose Gallery, Oakham |
| Saturday 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 |
| Saturday 11 October 2008 |
Harborough Singers |
Dvořak
Brahms, Bruckner and friends |
St Peter's Church, Church Langton |
| Sunday 12 October 2008 |
Leicestershire Chorale |
Choral Workshop and Performance
of Mendelssohn: Elijah (part 1) |
Guthlaxton College (to be
confirmed) |
| Tuesday 14 October 2008 |
Carlo Curley (organ) |
Includes works by Mendelssohn,
Bach, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and
Charles Ives |
De Montfort Hall |
| Thursday 16 October 2008 |
Lunchtime Concert www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Elizabeth Watts (soprano) with
Julius Drake (piano): Songs by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov and Hahn |
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Time: 1:05 - 1:55 pm |
| Saturday 18 October 2008 |
Leicester Philharmonic Choir,
with CBSO Children’s Chorus |
Rutter: Mass for the Children,
with John Rutter (conductor) |
De Montfort Hall |
| Saturday 25 October 2008 |
Griffin Singers |
Autumn Harmony: light, humorous
and classical choral music |
Humberstone Parish Hall |
| Sunday 26 October 2008 |
Wyvern Singers |
Sung Eucharist & Evensong |
Lichfield Cathedral |
| Thursday 30 October 2008 |
Lunchtime Concert www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
The 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 |
| Friday 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 |
| Saturday 1 November 2008 |
Cantamici |
Autumn Concert |
St James the Great, Birstall |
| Saturday 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 |
| Friday 7 November 2008 |
Griffin Singers |
Joint Concert with Wigston Brass
Band |
Queniborough Parish Church |
| Saturday 8 November 2008 |
Leicester Bach Choir |
To be announced |
St James the Greater, London Road |
| Saturday 8 November 2008 |
Oadby and Wigston Civic Orchestra Contact: David England 0116 281 0650 |
To be announced |
Guthlaxton College, South Wigston |
| Thursday 13 November 2008 |
Lunchtime Concert www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Catherine 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.uk |
Jazz Concert |
Catmose Gallery, Oakham |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Thursday 27 November 2008 |
Lunchtime Concert www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office: 0116 225 4920 |
Joy 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 |
| Saturday 29 November 2008 |
The Bardi Orchestra, with Claus
Efland (conductor) |
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 |
| Friday 5 December 2008 |
To be announced www.valeofcatmose.co.uk |
Concert |
Catmose Gallery, Oakham |
| Saturday 6 December 2008 |
Philharmonia |
"Winter Wonderland" - Family
Music Day |
De Montfort Hall Time: 12:00 noon |
| Saturday 6 December 2008 |
Charnwood Choral Society www.charnwoodchoral.org.uk |
Rutter: Mass of the Children,
and other works |
Emmanuel Church, Loughborough |
| 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 |
| Tuesday 9 December 2008 |
Harborough Singers |
NSPCC Christmas Concert |
All Saints Church, Oakham |
| 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 4920 |
The 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 |
| Saturday 13 December 2008 |
Leicester Bach Choir |
To be announced |
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 |
Carols @ St James |
St James the Greater, London Road |
| Friday 19 December 2008 |
Kingfisher Chorale www.kingfisherchorale.org |
The Joy of Christmas | Guildhall Time: 8:00 pm |
| Saturday 20 December 2008 |
City of Leicester Singers | To be announced | 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.org |
The Joy of Christmas | Guildhall Time: 8:00 pm |
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