Music - September 8 onwards

Sep 2 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

CHESTER: Laurence Lyndon-Jones gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5, concessions £4.

SALFORD: The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain in concert at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 7.30pm. Tickets £20. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

LIVERPOOL: The Liverpool Philharmonic Experience - a guided tour behind the scenes of the unique art deco venue which includes a chance to see the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra preparing a Liszt piano concerto with soloist Lukas Vondracek at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 12.30pm. Tickets £15. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Lukas Vondracek, perform works by Stravinsky, Liszt and Rachmaninov, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£16. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Great Northern Brass Arts Festival featuring The Leyland Band, National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain, The Fairey (Geneva) Band, Black Dyke Band, Brighouse and Rastrick Band and Fodens Band at the Bridgewater Hall from noon. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

CHESTER: Llay Welfare Band in concert at The Bandstand, The Groves, from 2-3.30pm and 4-6pm. Call 0151 356 6639.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Midori (violin), perform works by Enescu, Walton and Prokofiev, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

CHESTER: Music at Wesley lunchtime recital featuring Claire Heald (contralto) and Brian Heald (piano) performing works by Bach, Handel, Brahms, Schumann and Howells at the esley Church Centre in St John Street at 1pm. Retiring collection. Call 01244 379275.

MOLD: Guitarist Richard Durrant in concert featuring the exotic music of Paraguayan composer Agustin Barrios Mangore in the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.45pm. Tickets £11, concessions £9. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

WIRRAL: Singer-songwriter Juliet Kelly presents Celebrating the Divas of Jazz, a tribute to the likes of Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holliday at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £12-£10.20. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

CHESTER: City of Chester Male Voice Choir in concert with the Chester Ladies Choir, Low Fell Ladies and Harrow Apollo at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £14 reserved, £10 unreserved. Call 01244 500959 or visit www.chestercathedral.com.

MANCHESTER: Milpafest - Music for the Mind and Soul presents From Dusk till Dawn featuring Tarang, the UK's Indian Classical Music Ensemble, at the Bridgewater Hall at 2pm. Tickets £10, £8 concessions. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

CHESTER: City of Chester Brass Band in concert at The Bandstand, The Groves, from 2-3.30pm and 4-6pm. Call 0151 356 6639.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

MANCHESTER: Chris Dean's Syd Lawrence Orchestra presents On the Beat at the Bridgewater Hall at 8pm. Tickets £19.50, £15.50. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

MANCHESTER: Manchester Midday Concerts Society presents The Scott Brothers Piano Duo at the Bridgewater Hall at 1.10pm. Tickets £9, £7 concessions. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Andrew Gourlay with soloist Sophia Jaffe (violin), perform works by Richard Strauss, Sibelius and Mendelssohn at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Andrew Gourlay with soloist Sophia Jaffe (violin), perform works by Richard Strauss, Sibelius and Mendelssohn at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

CHESTER: Charity concert for Christian Aid given by John and Angela Evans featuring music from stage and screen along with light and popular classics at Hamilton Street Church, Hoole, at 7.30pm. Admission is by suggested donation of £6 at the door. Call 01244 674878.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, perform works by Dvorak, Ravel and Tchaikovsky, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Juanjo Mena with soloists Susan Gritton (soprano) and Iris Vermillion (mezzo soprano), and the London Symphony Chorus, performing Mahler’s Symphony No 2 at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £33.50-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Andrew Gourlay with soloist Sophia Jaffe (violin), perform works by Richard Strauss, Sibelius and Mendelssohn at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

LIVERPOOL: Pianist Paul Lewis presents the first in a series of concerts dealing with the complete Schubert piano cycle starting with Four Impromptus, Moments Musicaux and Fantasy in C Wanderer, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £25. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

TARVIN: Concert featuring John and Angela Evans performing familiar, light-hearted and popular songs at St Andrew’s Parish Church at 7.30pm. Retiring collection. Call 01244 674878.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, with soloists Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Maria Luigia Borsi (soprano), Malin Christensson (soprano), Susan Bickley (soprano), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo soprano), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Tomas Tomasson (bass baritone) and Jukka Rasilainen (bass), with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Huddersfield Choral Society, Deva Singers, Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral and Liverpool Matropolitan Cathedral, perform Mahler’s Symphony No 8 Symphony of a Thousand, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Juanjo Mena with soloist Asier Polo (cello), perform works by Ravel, Rodrigo and Falla at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £33.50-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4

LIVERPOOL: Belcea Quartet present The Complete Beethoven String Quartets featuring String Quartet Op 74 in E flat major ‘Harp’, String Quartet Op 18 No 3 in D major and String Quartet Op 130 with finale in E flat major, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £25. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society presents Ching Yun Hu (piano) at the Bridgewater Hall at 1.10pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Organist Wayne Marshall performs works by Bach, Liszt, Rossini, Vierne, Saint-Saens and Widor at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £14. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club presents Jonathan Richards (guitar) and John Jowett (baritone) performing a programme of works by Dowland and Schubert plus Victorian ballads and some of Jonathan Richards’ own compositions at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Club members free, non-members £5. Call 0151 339 5219.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Libor Pesek with soloist Jonathan Small (oboe), perform works by Debussy, Francaix, Bizet and Faure, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

LIVERPOOL: Lunchtime concert featuring Concettina del Vecchio (violin), Kate Marsden (violin), Rebecca Waltters (viola), Hilary Browning (cello), Marcel Becker (double bass), Katherine Lacey (clarinet) and Gareth Twigg (bassoon), performing Schubert’s Octet at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £6. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Libor Pesek with soloist Jonathan Small (oboe), perform works by Debussy, Francaix, Bizet and Faure, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis with soloist Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), perform works by Elgar at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £33.50-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with soloists Andras Schiff (piano) and Katherine Baker (flute), perform works by Beethoven, Bartok, Debussy and Stravinsky at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £37-£16. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring Atrium Quartet - Alexey Naumenko (violin), Anton Ilyunin (violin), Dimitry Pitulko (viola) and Anna Gorelova (cello) - at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £12. Call 0151 339 7326.

LIVERPOOL: Sacconi String Quartet with soloist David Pyatt (horn) perform works by Haydn, John McCabe and Schubert, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £22. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Wilson with soloist Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), perform works by Holst, Walton, Elgar and Vaughan Williams, 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 Sir Mark Elder with soloists Andra Schiff (piano) and Katherine Baker (flute), perform works by Beethoven, Bartok, Debussy and Stravinsky at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Cristian Mandeal with soloist John Lill (piano), perform works by Schubert, Beethoven and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Cristian Mandeal with soloist John Lill (piano), perform works by Schubert, Beethoven and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

WARRINGTON: Northern Soul Night at the Parr Hall in Palmyra Square at 8pm. Tickets £7. Call 01925 442345 or call www.pyramidparrhall.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Cristian Mandeal with soloist John Lill (piano), perform works by Schubert, Beethoven and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

MANCHESTER: Singer Dagmar Krause performs the songs of Brecht, Weill and Eisler at the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square. Tickets £12, £10. Ring 0161 833 9833 or visit www.royalexchange.co.uk.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Markus Stenz with soloist Kolja Blacher (violin), perform works by Sibelius, Magnus Lindberg and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club presents young musicians frm Chester and district - an evening of varied music performed by talented soloists and instrumentalists, presented by Lisa Hallett with accompanist John Gough, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Club members free, non-members £5. Call 0151 339 5219.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, with the Halle Choir, perform works by John Adams and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, perform works by Vaughan Williams, Dvorak and Elgar at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, perform works by Vaughan Williams, Dvorak and Elgar at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12

CHESTER: Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Threllfall with soloists Diana Palmerston (soprano) and Margaret McDonald (mezzo soprano), joined by the Chester Music Society Choir perform Mahler’s Symphony No 2 The Resurrection 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, NOVEMBER 13

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, perform works by Vaughan Williams, Dvorak and Elgar at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with soloist Julian Rachlin (violin), perform works by Beethoven, Stravinsky and Bach at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Lothar Koenigs with soloist Garrick Ohlsson (piano), perform works by Wagner, Barber and Beethoven, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

LIVERPOOL: LIPA Christmas concert performed by students from across all years and different disciplines in the Paul McCartney Auditorium at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in Mount Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £6, concessions £3. Call 0844 873 2888 or visit www.lipa.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle orchestra and choir present Handel’s Messiah at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Carl Davis, present The Wild Wild West at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Andrew Gourlay with soloist Alexander Romanovsky (piano), present Russian Classicsat the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£9.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17

ELLESMERE PORT: Chester Philharmonic Orchestra and Ellesmere Port Choral Society present Christmas carols at the Civic Hall. Call 0151 632 1633 or visit www.bookings@chesterphilorchestra.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Timothy Redmond, presented by Petroc Trelawny and featuring the Halle Choir, Halle Youth Choir and Halle Children’s Choir perform a carol concert at the Bridgewater Hall at 3pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

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.

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, JUNE 30

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.