Music - 21/11/08

Nov 21 2008 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

FRIDAY

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club present Swing That Thing, 40s music with the Booth Street West Jazz sextet at the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Guests £7. Ring 01928 722282.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Eighth Blackbird with their The Only Moving Thing programme at St George’s Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £10. Ring 0151 291 3578 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda with soloists Ildar Abdrazakov, Misha Didyk, Sergey Murzaev, Peter Bronder, and Gennadi Bezzubenkov perform works by Rachmaninov at the Bridgewater Hall at 7pm. Tickets £31-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

NORTHWICH: Nashville Nights and Dixie Days - the greatest hits of country music performed by Neil Sands and his talented crew at the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets are £13.50 for adults and £12.50 for concessions and are available at www.valeroyal.gov.uk or from the box office: 01606 867539.

WREXHAM: Froncycyllte Male Voice Choir in concert at the William Aston Hall at 7.45pm. Tickets £10, £8. Ring 01978 292015.

SATURDAY

BIRKENHEAD: The Tivolo Trio present an evening of Abba, Pachelbel, Lennon & McCartney, Gershwin and more at the Birkenhead Priory at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, concessions £6. Ring 0151 666 1249.

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Choir, conducted by Graham Jordan Ellis with soloists Julie Kennard (soprano), Rosie Aldridge (mezzo soprano) and Stephen Roberts (baritone), and the Liverpool Sinfonia perform works by Finzi, Elgar and Vaughan Williams at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, £12, £6. Ring 01244 380347.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, in a joint presentation with the European Opera Centre, present works by Offenbach and Wolf-Ferrari at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle Classical Extravaganza, conducted by John Wilson with soloist Andrew Haverson (violin), perform works by Rossini, Bruch, Grieg, Sibelius and more at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Wood, perform works by Grieg and Dvorak at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Heinrich Schiff (cello), perform works by Weber, Saint-Saens and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MONDAY

MANCHESTER: Hagen Quartet performs works by Haydn at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £20, £10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

TUESDAY

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert featuring Qian Wu (violin) at the Wesley Methodist Church at 12.45pm. Tickets £1.50.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: The 18th Century Concert Orchestra and Choir presents Handel’s Messiah at the Victoria Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £18-£14. Ring 0870 060 6649.

WEDNESDAY

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club presents Abbey Gate College Chapel Choir and soloists, directed by Stewart Smith, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Non-members £4, students and jobseekers £1. Ring 0151 339 5219.

LIVERPOOL: Pianist Joanna MacGregor performs a recital of American piano music including works by George Gershwin and Charles Ives in The Great Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £5

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy with soloists Joan Rodgers (soprano), Anna Burford (mezzo soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Garry Magee (baritone), the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic hoir and the Kangholtskirkjukor (Reykjavik) and Stavanger Vocal Ensemble, present works by Beethoven at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£15. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

THURSDAY

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy with soloists Joan Rodgers (soprano), Anna Burford (mezzo soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Garry Magee (baritone), the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic hoir and the Kangholtskirkjukor (Reykjavik) and Stavanger Vocal Ensemble, present works by Beethoven at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£15. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with soloists Nadine Livingston (soprano) and Cedric Tiberghien (piano), perform works by Vaughan Williams, Mozart and Strauss at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28

SALTNEY: Hawarden Singers concert with guests The Cestrian Hand Bell Ringers, at Saltney Methodist Church at 8pm. Admission £5.50.