Music - 7/11/08

Nov 7 2008 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

FRIDAY

LIVERPOOL: Pianist Radu Lupu performs works by Beethoven and Schumann at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £30. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Jazz singer Claire Martin in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: One O’Clock Jump featuring the All-Star Goodmen Orchestra and Back to Basie Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £22.50-£16.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: Mozart By Candlelight with the Mozart Festival Orchestra, conducted by Robert Howarth with soloist Christopher Swann (clarinet), at the Victoria Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £26-£14. Ring 0870 060 6649 or visit www.victoria-hall.info.

SATURDAY

BIRKENHEAD: 20th International Guitar Festival of Great Britain presents the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, conducted by Mark Heron with soloist Mark Ashford (guitar), perform works by Rossini, Villa-Lobos, Falla and Arriaga at Pacific Road Arts Centre. Tickets £13-£5. Ring 0151 647 0752 or visit www.bestguitarfest.com.

LLANDUDNO: The North Wales Choral Festival brings together choirs from Wales, England, Ireland and beyond at Venue Cymru at 8pm. Ring 01492 872000.

MANCHESTER: Manchester Camerata, conducted by Douglas Boyd with soloists Jack Liebeck (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) and Manchester Camerata Winds, perform works by Purcell, Alban Berg and Mozart at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £21-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Michal Dworzynski with soloist Louis Lortie (piano), perform works by Strauss, Chopin and Shostakovich at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £31-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

ST ASAPH: Concert in St Asaph Cathedral at 7.30pm given by the Cathedral Choir to launch their CD A Journey from Advent to Epiphany and Alan McGuinness's solo organ CD Sain Llanelwy (Sounds of St Asaph). Requiem by John Rutter will be performed in the first half of the concert and items from the two CDs after the interval. Tickets £7.50.

WREXHAM: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Frances Xavier Roth, perform works by Lully, Ravel, Roussel and Haydn at the William Aston Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £14.50-£6. Ring 01978 292015.

SUNDAY

BIRKENHEAD: 20th International Guitar Festival of Great Britain presents guitarist Stanley Yates with a string quartet in concert at Williamson Art Gallery at 3pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8. Ring 0151 647 0752 or visit www.bestguitarfest.com.

LLANDUDNO: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Francois Xavier Roth, perform works by Lully, Ravel, Stravinsky and Haydn at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £19-£9. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Northern Concert of Remembrance featuring the King’s Division Normandy Band, Sing Live North West, Northern and Merseyside at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10.50-£12.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MONDAY

CHESTER: Wall City Jazzmen with occasional guest artists, 8.15pm every Monday, Mill Hotel, Milton Street. Admission free. Ring 01244 350035.

TUESDAY

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert featuring winners of the Chester Competitive Festival of Performing Arts at the Wesley Methodist Church in St John Street at 12.45pm. Tickets £1.50.

MANCHESTER: The Bays and Heritage Orchestra in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: Cremona String Quartet perform works by Haydn, Webern and Schubert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

WEDNESDAY

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring Jennifer Pike (violin) and pianist Jeremy Pike at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £9. Ring 0151 339 7326.

MANCHESTER: Guitarist John Williams in concert at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £29-£12. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Andrew Wilde piano recital featuring works by Schumann, Beethoven and Chopin at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50-£10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

RUNCORN: An Evening of Celebration with the Northern Allstars Dance Orchestra at The Brindley at 7pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

THURSDAY

CHESTER: Denmark based Welsh organist Gethin Davies-Jones gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral commencing at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Paul Lewis (piano), perform works by Beethoven and Bruckner at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: A Night at the Opera with Jonathan Ansell of opera group G4 at the Bridgewater Hall at 8pm. Tickets £30-£25. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Bass player and voclaist Richard Bona in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

MANCHESTER: Joint birthday concert for Sir John Manduell and Adam Gorb featuring the RNCM New Ensemble, RNCM Cello Ensemble, soloist John Turner (recorder), conducted by Clark Rundell, Richard Davis and Sinead Hayes at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.www.rncm.ac.uk.

WREXHAM: A Night With The Choirs - a concert in aid of the Wrexham and District Stroke and Social Club, featuring the Rhosnesni High School Choir, Brymbo Male Voice Choir and Cymae Male Voice Choir at the William Aston Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 01978 840645.