Music - February 23 onwards

Feb 18 2012 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

CHESTER: Benjamin Chewter plays Organ Symphony No 3 in F sharp minor Op 28 by Louis Vierne, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50.

ELLESMERE: Chester Cathedral director of music Philip Rushforth gives a recital on the Schulze organ in Ellesmere College at 7.30pm. This is one in the Schulze Organ Appeal Concert Series and admission is free.

LIVERPOOL: Lunchtime concert Perchance to Dream - The Musical World of Ivor Novello at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 1.05pm. Tickets £6. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Han-Na Chang with Valeriy Sokolov (violin), perform works by Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£16. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Rory Macdonald and featuring soloist Nicola Benedetti (violin), performing works by Mozart, Sibelius and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

MANCHESTER: Cheshire East Schools Music Competition - Primary Competition, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 2.30pm. Tickets £10. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: Cheshire East Schools Music Competition - Secondary Competition, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7pm. Tickets £10. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

NORTHWICH: Dictionary of Soul Show featuring Roy G Hemmings of The Drifters, Love Supremes and the Dictionary of Soul Band at the Memorial Hall at 8pm. Tickets £18.50. Call 01606 834914.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

CHESTER: Chester Music Society choral open day at Abbey Gate College in Saighton. For details call 0151 336 5088.

CHESTER: February Folk Day with afternoon concert, evening ceilidh and folk club, singarounds, sessions, etc, at Hoole Community Centre in Westminster Road from noon onwards. All day £16, afternoon £10, evening £9. Call 07005 977045.

KELSALL: Chester Philharmonic Winds, conducted by Daniel Parkinson, in concert at Kelsall Parish Church at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, students £5.

LIVERPOOL: Discover The Classics - Behind the Music at Liverpool Philharmonic - Scandinavia - a session looking at the trio of Nielsen, Grieg and Sibelius, in the Rodewald Suite at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street from 11am-1pm. Tickets £15, concessions £10. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Rotary Club of Manchester Centenary Celebrations present An Assembly of the Massed Male Voice Choirs Of The North Of England with organist Nigel Ogden, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.15pm. Tickets £20-£13. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Stockport Grammar School Chorus & Chamber Choir, Chorale & Cheshire Sinfonia Gala Concert, conducted by Michael Dow and Peter Stallworthy, featuring music by Handel, Mozart and Haydn, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

WIRRAL: Wirral Symphony Orchestra present Grandeur and Romance at the Floral Pavilion Theatre in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £15-£5. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CREWE: Tenors Unlimited - the Rat Pack of opera perform some of the world’s favourite songs, at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £17-£15. Call 01270 686777 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

MANCHESTER: Cheshire Youth Orchestras and Cheshire Youth Choir in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7pm. Tickets £10. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Rory Macdonald and featuring soloist Nicola Benedetti (violin), performing works by Mozart, Sibelius and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Golden Harmony - a barbershop concert featuring The Cottontown Chorus, the Westminster Chorus, Crossfire and The Crush, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 8pm. Tickets £18-£14. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

CHESTER: The Chester & North-East Wales Organists & Choirmasters Association meets at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Blacon, to learn something of the history of the church and the three manual Whiteley organ. Tim Jones (St Mary’s Church, Handbridge and John Evans (Hamilton Street Methodist Church) will demonstrate the organ before members play it themselves. Retiring collection.

MANCHESTER: Manchester Chamber Concerts Society presents Louise Hopkins (cello) and Piers Lane (piano) performing works by Sibelius, Janacek, Beethoven, Dvorak and Rachmaninov at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 8pm. Tickets £22. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CHESTER: Chester Federation of Arts Tuesday lunchtime recital featuring Wu String Quartet performing quartets by Wolf and Schubert at Wesley Church Centre, St John Street, at 12.45pm. Admission £3. Call 01244 379275.

MANCHESTER: Organ recital prize - RNCM student organists each present a 30 minute recital encompassing a wide range of styles and repertoire in the finals of this prestigious prize. Tonight’s adjudicator is international organist, Jane Parker-Smith, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29

CHESTER: Chester Music Society presents a recital by the winners of the Chester Young Musician of the Year at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £5. Call 01244 383455 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society presents Philip Higham (cello) and Sam Armstrong (piano) at the Bridgewater Hall at 1.10pm. Tickets £9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

CHESTER: Lincoln Cathedral organist Colin Walsh gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50.

CREWE: Apollo Saxophone Quartet in concert at Axis Arts Centre, MMU Cheshire, Crewe Green Road, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, concessions £5. Call 0161 247 5302 or visit www.axisartscentre.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Christian Lindberg with soloist Simon Cowen (trombone), perform works by Nielsen, Sandstrom and Sibelius at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Edward Gardner, performing works by Berio, Mozart and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

RHYL: Hayley Westenra and her Orchestra in concert at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50-£25.50. Call 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

CHESTER: Across the World - a giant anthem for 400 voices - as part of BBC Music Nation, at Chester Amphitheatre at 2pm. Led by women’s choir A Handbag of Harmonies singers, dancers, children and giants tell the story of a Chester giant who, like an Olympic athlete in pursuit of gold, travels the world to find her dream. Free admission. Event lasts approximately 20 minutes.

CHESTER: Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Chatwin with soloist Peter Dixon (cello), performing works by Smetana, Kabelevsky and Sibelius at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (reserved), £10 and £8 (unreserved), school children and students £5. Call 0151 632 1633 or visit www.bookings@chesterphilorchestra.co.uk.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

CHESTER: Sinfonia Cymru present their Celebration of Strings Tour featuring music by Mozart, Mathias and Tchaikovsky in the Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £9. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

LIVERPOOL: Spaghetti Western Orchestra - Armed with over 100 instruments, these brilliant musicians perform a fistful of Ennio Morricone classics from the movies that made Clint Eastwood a star. The stunning soundtracks include The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, For A Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in The West, at the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £20. Call 08448 47 25 25Šor visitŠ www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring the Primrose Piano Quartet - Susanne Stanzeleit (violin), Robin Ireland (violin), Andrew Fuller (cello) and John Thwaites (piano) - performing works by Bridge, Dvorak and Brahms at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £12. Call 0151 339 7326 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club meeting featuring Performers A Plenty - an evening with Eva Warren and friends in the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Contact 01928 724296.

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

CHESTER: The record breaking and award winning Fron Male Voice Choir will be performing at Hamilton Street Church, Hoole, at 7.30pm. The concert will also feature the church’s well-known organist John Evans. Tickets £12. Call 01244 674878 or email: angiejohnevans@uwclub.net.

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Youth Choirs present Music For A Spring Evening featuring the Youth Choir, Preludes and St Werburgh’s and St Columba’s Primary School Choir at All Saints Church in Hoole at 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Call 01244 300717.

SUNDAY, MARCH 18

MANCHESTER: Tommy Fleming has many times been described as the “Voice of Ireland” and is one of Ireland’s top entertainers who is coming to the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club presents The King’s School Chamber Orchestra, with director of music Philip Robinson and head of strings Adrian Rushforth, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Non-members £5. Call 0151 339 5219 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 28

MANCHESTER: Louis Clark's Hooked On Classics - The legendary Louis Clark will be conducting the 60 piece English Pops Orchestra featuring many players who recorded on the original album, recreating the original Hooked On Classics live in concert, at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Call 0844 847 2484 or visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 31

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers present St John Passion by Bach, conducted by Martin Bussey, featuring the 18th Century Sinfonia at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £18, £12, £6. Call 07527 686239.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club meeting featuring Orchestral Delights - an evening with the Port Sunlight Orchestra, conducted by Eric Jennings, in the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Contact 01928 724296.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28

CHESTER: Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Howarth with soloist Callum Smart, String Finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2010, performing works by Tchaikovsky at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (reserved), £10 and £8 (unreserved), school children and students £5. Call 0151 632 1633 or visit www.bookings@chesterphilorchestra.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MAY 5

SANDIWAY: Cheshire Rural Touring Arts presents Western Swing and Old Time Country Music Show, a concert by three piece country band Rip Roaring Success at Sandiway and Cuddington Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01606 883128 or visit cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MAY 12

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers present What The Dickens - a day of words and music celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Dickens and his times at the Welsh Presbyterian Church in St John Street from 10am-5pm. Sponsor a song or a reading, come to the coffee concert and join in a Come and Sing session. For further information, call 01829 770104.

FRIDAY, MAY 18

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club meeting featuring Music For Spring- an evening with Frederic Steinbruchel (cello) and Delphine Hensler (piano), in the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Contact 01928 724296.

SATURDAY, JUNE 9

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers, conducted by Martin Bussey, present Faure’s Requiem at St Mary’s Without The Walls in Handbridge at 7.30pm. Tickets £12. Call 07527 686239 or 0845 647 7868.

FRIDAY, JUNE 15

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club annual general meeting in the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Contact 01928 724296.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

BICKERTON: Cheshire Rural Touring Arts presents Western Swing and Old Time Country Music Show, a concert by three piece country band Rip Roaring Success at Bickerton Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01829 782392 or visit cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Warren, performing works by Elgar and Dvorak at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (reserved), £10 and £8 (unreserved), school children and students £5. Call 0151 632 1633 or visit www.bookings@chesterphilorchestra.co.uk.