Music - November 19 onwards

Nov 17 2009 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

CHESTER: Brian Heald, organist at the Wesley Methodist Church, Chester, plays music by Bach, Schumann, Liszt, Alain and Vierne, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Rory Macdonald with soloist Michael McHale (piano), perform works by Prokofiev, Mozart and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20

CREWE: Manchester Camerata, conducted by Michael Gurevich, perform works by Mozart, Bartok, Peter Sculthorpe and Haydn at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£13. Ring 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceum-theatre.co.uk.

ELLESMERE PORT: Flint Male Voice Choir in concert at the Civic Hall at 7.30pm in aid of Chester and Merseyside Kidney Research. Tickets £7. Ring 01244 314297.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents Music for the Mind and Soul featuring Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar), Dr Jyotsna Srikanth (violin) and Kousic Sen (tabla) in the Great Hall, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £5. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky with soloist Sergey Khachatryan (violin), perform works by Shostakovich, Brahms and Sibelius at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £31-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21

ABERGELE: Malcolm Williams invites all singers to Mynydd Seion Chapel to rehearse and perform music by Mozart and Bach. Registration from 9.30am, rehearsals 10.30 am to 12.30pm and 2-5pm with the performance at 7pm. Choristers £10, audience £5. For further details contact 01745 585731.

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Choir presents An Evening With Mozart featuring pianist John Gough and soloists Denise Leigh (soprano), Katherine Allen (mezzo soprano), Michael Bracegirdle (tenor) and Simon Lobelson (baritone) plus the Liverpool Sinfonia, conducted by Graham Jordan Ellis, at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, £12, £6. Ring 01244 380347.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Sanderling with soloist Asmik Grigorian (soprano), the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Choristers of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, perform works by Beethoven and Weinberg at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £34-£11. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents English Pastoral Music by Delius and Vaughan Williams, performed by the Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir, Metropolitan Cathedral orchestra with soloist Leo Byrne (violin), conducted by Stephen Pratt, at The Crypt, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Mount Pleasant, at 7.30pm. Tickets £7, £5. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by John Wilson with singers Kim Criswell and Gary Williams, present Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers: Puttin’ On The Ritz at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £37-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents St Cecilia’s Day Concert featuring music by John Blow, William Boyce, Henry Purcell performed by Lynne Rogers (soprano), Kevin beckett (counter tenor), Matthew Moss (tenor), Louis Hurst (bass), the University Chamber Choir and players from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Philip Duffy, in the Great Hall, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £5. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LLANDUDNO: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk with soloist Mikhail Rudy (piano), perform works by Elgar, Chopin and Brahms at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £24-£12. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Bryn Terfel presents Bad Boys featuring the Sinfonia Cymru Orchestra, conducted by Gareth Jones, performing a selection of arias from the greatest villains in opera and musicals at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £65-£29.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents The Bandwagon Obscura, blending folk, psychedelia and a little discord in the Grace Room, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 6pm. Tickets £4. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents Mark Simpson and Ian Buckle performing works by Kenneth Hesketh, Gary Carpenter, Emily Howard, David Horne, James Wishart and Patrick Nunn, in the Great Hall, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £5. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

NORTHWICH: The Chester & North-East Wales Organists' & Choirmasters' Association meets at 7.30pm in the Methodist/United Reformed Church, Castle, for a demonstration by resident organist Alan Cross, of the recently installed Makin Westmorland Village digital instrument. Retiring collection.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert featuring Tim Kennedy (tenor) and Eva Warren (piano) at 12.45pm. Admission £2.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents Simon Fell - discover the improvisatory side of this internationally renowned composer and bassist, at 7.30pm. Tickets £7, £5. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

MANCHESTER: Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto takes to the piano to perform some of his best known creations including The |Last Emperor and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence at the Bridgewater Hall at 7pm. Tickets £25-£20. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Festival 2009 presents Electroacoustic showcase, a collection of student, post-graduate and professional acousmatic and multimedia compositions presented in multiple speaker diffusion, including high definition video, in the Great Hall, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £4. Visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone/festival or ring 0151 291 3578.

MANCHESTER: Lunchtime recital by The Ibuki Trio performing works by Haydn and Ravel at the Bridgewater Hall at 1.10pm. Tickets £8, concessions £6. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

CHESTER: Denmark based organist Gwyn Hodgson plays music by Bach, Daveluy, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Dubois, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Arcadi Volodos (piano), perform works by Brahms and Tchaikovsky at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£15. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MOLD: Finzi Quartet perform works by Mozart and Schubert in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £13.50, concessions £11.50. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27

LLANDUDNO: Fron Male Voice Choir joined by the Fine Arts Brass ensemble present a charity concert in aid of Muscular Dystrophy Campaign at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £20-£15. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Tecwyn Evans with the BBC Singers and Salford Choral Society, perform works by Haydn and Alan Williams in the Maxwell Hall at the University of Salford at 7pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0843 2080500 or visit www.quaytickets.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers and the 18th Century Concert Orchestra, conducted by Martin Bussey, perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and 20th and 21st century music by Finzi, Ferguson and Bussey at St John’s Church in Vicars Lane at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £10. Ring 0151 677 3137 or 01244 402111.

LIVERPOOL: Robert Mitchell 3io featuring Tom Mason (bass) and Richard Spaven (drums) in concert in the Rodewald Suite at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 8.30pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Lesley Garrett joined by Manchester Camerata, conducted by Philip Ellis, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £42.50-£28.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WIRRAL: St Peter’s Singers, conducted by Adrian Griffiths with organist Ian Tracey and soloists Clare Griffiths, Pay Heyes, Isobel Jenkins and Damian O’Keefe perform works by Faure, Rutter and Vaughan Williams at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Telegraph Road, Heswall, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Arcadi Volodos (piano), perform works by Brahms and Tchaikovsky at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£15. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Raymond Gubbay presents Messiah By Candlelight featuring the Mozart Festival Orchestra in full period costume and the Canzonetta Choir at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£19. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WIRRAL: Voices of the Valley Winter Spectacular featuring the Fron Male Voice Choir and the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £20, £18. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1

MANCHESTER: The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, featuring director Murray Perahia (piano), perform works by Bach and Mozart at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

RUNCORN: Highfield Male Voice Choir Christmas Charity Concerts with guests Frodsham Silver Band, Lunt’s Heath Primary School Choir and Brow Primary School Choir at The Brindley in High Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 adults, £2 children. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club concert featuring Yale College Wrexham choirs, band and soloists, directed by Tim Jones, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Non-members £4. Ring 0151 339 5219.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tomas Netopil with soloist Mirijam Contzen (violin), perform works by Brahms and Tchaikovsky at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £34-£11. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

RUNCORN: Highfield Male Voice Choir Christmas Charity Concerts with guests Frodsham Silver Band, Lunt’s Heath Primary School Choir and Brow Primary School Choir at The Brindley in High Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 adults, £2 children. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3

LANCASTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda with soloist Jean-Effam Bavouzet (piano), perform works by Leoncavallo, Bartok and Tchaikovsky, at the University of Lancaster at 7.30pm. Ring 0843 2080500 or visit www.quaytickets.com.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tomas Netopil with soloist Mirijam Contzen (violin), perform works by Brahms and Tchaikovsky at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £34-£11. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, perform works by Dallapiccola and Tchaikovsky at the Bridgewater Hall at 7pm. Tickets £31-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring the 18th Century Orchestra performing music by candlelight, with buffet and wine, featuring music by Purcell, Bach, Hellendaal, Bach, Charpentier, Clarke, Handel, Corelli and Stanley at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Reduced prices available. Ring 0151 339 7326.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11

STOKE-ON-TRENT: Stoke-on-Trent Festival presents the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda with soloist Tasmin Little (violin), perform works by Puccini, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky at the Victoria Hall at 8pm. Tickets £27.50-£12. Ring 0844 871 7649 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com/stoke.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12

WREXHAM: Syd Lawrence Orchestra presents Mistletoe and Miller at Theatr Stiwt, Broad Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £14.50, concessions £12.50. Visit www.stiwt.co.uk or ring 01978 841300.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 2pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Youth Choirs Christmas concert featuring the Youth Choir, Preludes, Alumni Choir, conducted by Helena Thomas and Katie Wilkes, at All Saints Church in Hoole at 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Ring 01244 300717.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21

CHESTER: Chester Music Society presents A Christmas Celebration, a celebration in words and music for all the family with readings by members of Chester Little Theatre and featuring Phoenix Brass, organist Philip Rushforth and Chester Music Society Choir conducted by Graham Jordan Ellis at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £13, £6. Ring 01244 380347.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22

CHESTER: Chester Music Society presents A Christmas Celebration, a celebration in words and music for all the family with readings by members of Chester Little Theatre and featuring Phoenix Brass, organist Philip Rushforth and Chester Music Society Choir conducted by Graham Jordan Ellis at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £13, £6. Ring 01244 380347.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31

MANCHESTER: New Year’s Eve Gala featuring the Manchester Camerata, conducted by Clark Rundell with soloists Rebecca Bottone (soprano) and Bonaventura Bottone (tenor) performing opera favourites by Verdi, Rossini and Puccini as well as a Last Night of the Proms finale at the Bridgewater Hall at 8pm. Tickets £50-£30. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1

MANCHESTER: New Year’s Day Viennese Gala featuring the Manchester Camerata, conducted by Gabor Takacs-Nagy with soloists Natalya Romaniw (soprano) and Michael Gurevich (violin) performing Viennese delights at the Bridgewater Hall at 3pm. Tickets £35-£15. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club meeting featuring the the Chester Catholic High School Swing Band, under music director Kevin Tout, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £4. Reduced prices available. Ring 0151 339 5219.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8

MANCHESTER: The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christopher, present Celebrating Handel at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring Laura Lucas (flute) and Dominic John (piano) performing works by Eldin Burton, Richard Rodney Bennett, Schubert, Poulenc and Franck, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £12. Reduced prices available. Ring 0151 339 7326.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, perform works by Mahler and Kurt Schwertski at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £31-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29

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

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30

MANCHESTER: Eternal Blue Horizons - Exploring Mahler’s Song of the Earth - a day devoted to a work which achieve Mahler’s lifetime goal of a perfect synthesis of symphony and song, with a discussion session at 1.30pm (admission £10), BBC Radio 3’s Discovering Music at 5pm (free event) and Manchester Camerata, conducted by Douglas Boyd with soloists Jane Irwin (mezzo soprano) and Peter Wedd (tenor), performing the entire work plus music by Beethoven and Bushra El-Turk at 7.30 (£29-£10), all at the Bridgewater Hall. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club meeting with the King’s School Chamber Orchestra, with music director Philip Robinson and head of strings Adrian Rushforth, perform a programme of orchestral music, plus quartets, trios and duets at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Club members free, non-members £4. Ring 0151 339 5219.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky with soloist Tianwa Yang (violin), perform works by Elgar, Mendelssohn and Moeran at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £31-£9. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring Emma Johnson (clarinet) and John Lenehan (piano), performing works by Debussy, Brahms, Shchedrin, Bliss, Elgar and Bernstein at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £12. Reduced prices available. Ring 0151 339 7326.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

WREXHAM: Chamber Music at The Stiwt at The Stiwt in Broad Street, Rhos, at 7.30pm. Adults £10, concessions £8.50 concessions. Ring 01978 841300 or visit www.stiwt.co.uk.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

MANCHESTER: Pianist Murray Perahia in concert at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £29-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 1

MANCHESTER: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jaap van Zweden with soloist Simon Trpceski (piano), perform works by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club meeting featuring the Vale Royal String Orchestra, conducted by Tim Crooks with soloist Sophie Rosa (violin), performing works including Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £4. Reduced prices available. Ring 0151 339 5219.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6

LIVERPOOL: Classical Spectacular featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the Echo Arena. Tickets £36-£25.50. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.accliverpool.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

WREXHAM: Chamber Music at The Stiwt at The Stiwt in Broad Street, Rhos, at 7.30pm. Adults £10, concessions £8.50 concessions. Ring 01978 841300 or visit www.stiwt.co.uk.

SUNDAY, MARCH 14

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17

MANCHESTER: Organist Jonathan Scott performs works by Bach, Wagner, Durufle, Dupre and more at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, MAY 16

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.