Leicestershire Musical Events 2008


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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

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Leicester Cathedral
Time: 8:00 pm
Tuesday
12 August 2008
Rodolfus Choir, Michael Heighway (piano), Ben Parry (conductor)
Summer Concert

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Christmas Soirée with mulled wine and fork and finger buffet
Fraser Noble, London Road
Time: 7:45 pm
Thursday
11 December 2008
Lunchtime Concert

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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)

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‘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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