Music - May 5 onwards

May 2 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, MAY 5

CHESTER: Paul Hale, Director of Music at Southwell Minster, gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5, concessions £4.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with soloist Sunwook Kim (piano), perform works by Sibelius, Prokofiev and Elgar at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets from £10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, MAY 6

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky with soloist Alison Balsom, perform works by Dvorak, Haydn and Shostakovich at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £31.50-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

BIRKENHEAD: Wirral Schools Music Service present Moment For Milnsey at the Pacific Road Arts Centre at 7pm. Tickets £8, under 16s £4. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.pacificroad.co.uk.

CHESTER: Dee Sign Choir in concert at The Bandstand at The Groves from 2-3.30pm and 4-6pm. Ring 0151 356 6639.

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Choir Spring Concert featuring Emma Peaurt (soprano), Quentin Brown (baritone), Philip Rushforth (organ), choristers of Chester Cathedral, Chester Music Society Choir, Liverpool Sinfonia, conducted by Graham Jordan Ellis, at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £17, £12, £6. Ring 0780 547 5816 or visit www.chestercathedral.com.

CHESTER: Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Junkhouse Dog bluies band in concert at Upton Village Hall in Heat Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Ring 01244 380068.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard with soloist Isabelle Faust (violin), perform works by Schumann, Brahms and Nielsen at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£11. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Stephen Bell and presented by Tom Redmond, perform works by Sibelius, Elgar, Faure, Dvorak, Beethoven and others at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets from £10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MOLD: Folk group Fernhill in concert in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £8, concessions £6. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

SALFORD: Piaf - The Songs - as the 50th anniversary of the cabaret legend’s death approaches, Eve Loiseau sings Piaf’s greatest songs, including La vie en rose and Non je ne regrette rien at The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £15. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SANDIWAY: Students past and present from St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh will be performing at St John’s Church at 7.30pm. Two pianists, two sopranos, one flautist and a bassoon player will be playing music from a range of composers, including Elgar, Mozart and Handel. Tickets £6 including refreshments. Under 18s free. Call 01606 889879.

WIRRAL: The Wirral String Orchestra is performing at St Hildeburgh's on Stanley Road, at 7.30pm, conducted by Neill Jackson. The main work is Dvorak's Serenade for Strings while young soloist William Kiggins will be performing the Oboe Concerto by Corelli. This concert is being assisted by Macmillan Cancer Support to allow future fundraising events. Tickets, priced at £8 or £6 children, are available by calling 0151 645 5547 or emailing nejvla@hotmail.com or will be available on the door.

WREXHAM: Wrexham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Lansom with soloist Llyr Williams (piano), perform works by Tchaikovsky at the William Aston Hall at Glyndwr University at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £10. Ring 01978 293293.

SUNDAY, MAY 8

CHESTER: Holywell Brass Band in concert at The Bandstand at The Groves from 2-3.30pm and 4-6pm. Ring 0151 356 6639.

CREWE: Audley Male Voice Choir in concert featuring Denise Leigh and Stefan Andrusychyn at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7pm. Tickets £10-£8. Call 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

LLANDUDNO: Ysgol Glanaethwy performing arts school choir in concert at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £23-£17.50. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival from noon onwards and featuring Rothwell Temperance Band, The Yorkshire Youth Band, Brighouse and Rastrick Band, Fodens Band & Black Dyke Band at the Bridgewater Hall. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk for specific times and ticket details.

RUNCORN: Piano recital by Louis Schwitgebel Wang at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: Joe Longthorne in concert at the Regent Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £23.50-£20.50. Visit www.ambassadortickets.com or ring 0844 871 7649.

MONDAY, MAY 9

LIVERPOOL: League of Welldoers Springtime Spectacular benefit concert featuring the cream of Merseyside talent at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 2pm. Tickets £8.95. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 10

BANGOR: Roger Fisher gives an organ recital at 1.10pm in Bangor Cathedral. Retiring collection.

CHESTER: Lunchtime recital by pianist Emily Jeffcott at Wesley Methodist Church in St John Street at 12.45pm. Retiring collection. Ring 01244 379275.

CHESTER: Shean Bowers, Assistant Director of Music, Bath Abbey, gives the first in the 2011 series of organ recitals in St Werburgh’s Church, Grosvenor Park Road, at 7.30pm. Admission £5.

LLANDUDNO: The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain in concert at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £19-£17. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11

LIVERPOOL: The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain in concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £24, £19. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Celebrity Piano Concert featuring Andrew Wilde performing works by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £25-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, MAY 12

CHESTER: Rome organist Marco lo Muscio gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5, concessions £4.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Minczuk with soloist Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon), perform works by Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla and Ginastera at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£11. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 14

CHESTER: Interlude, Chester's renowned vocal company, in concert at Hamilton Street Church in Hoole at 7.30pm. Admission £8 (free for anyone under 21). Further details from 01244 674878 or angiejohnevans@uwclub.net.

TUESDAY, MAY 17

CHESTER: The Summer Series of weekly Tuesdays-at-One lunchtime organ recitals in St. Werburgh’s Church, Grosvenor Park Road, starts today and will run through to September 20. This week it features Chris Pilsbury, organist at St Mary’s Church, Eccleston. Retiring collection.

FRIDAY, MAY 27

MOLD: Acoustic guitarist Tony McManus in concert at the Clwyd Room, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, at 8pm. Tickets £11, concessions £9. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

SUNDAY, MAY 29

MOLD: Emma Johnson, one of the world’s foremost clarinettists, performs with the Piatti Quartet in a programme of works by Mozart and Smetana in the Anthony Hopkins Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50, concessions £13.50. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

TARVIN: Folk/blues band Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo in concert to promote their latest album Almanac at the community centre at 7pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0759 054 883.