Music - November 24 onwards

Nov 18 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24

CHESTER: Benjamin Chewter plays music by Preston, Alain and Sibelius, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5, concessions £4.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Hill with soloists Alison Hill (soprano), Thomas Randle (tenor), George Humphreys (baritone) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir perform works by Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor and Faure, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Electroacoustic Flavours 2011 - showcase featuring live interaction between musician and multimedia at the Capstone Theatre, at Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £6, concessions £4. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

MANCHESTER: Elias String Quartet with pianist Tim Horton performing works by Mozart, Elgar and Sally Beamish at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £17, £14. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Northumbrian Pipes featuring Kathryn Tickell at the Capstone Theatre, at Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

MANCHESTER: Raymond Gubbay presents Four Seasons By Candlelight with the Mozart Festival Orchestra, conducted by David Juritz (violin) with soloists Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Tom Rainer (trumpet) and Ruby Hughes (soprano) performing works by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart and others at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £34.50-£12.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME: Tcha Limberger’s Kalotaszeg Trio in concert at the New Vic Theatre in Etruria Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50-£13.50. Call01782 717962 or visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Floating Messages and Fading Frequencies featuring the Athelas Sinfonietta, conducted by Pierre-Andre Valade, in The Great Hall, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £8. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda with soloist Alina Ibragimova (violin), perform works by Respighi, Shostakovich and Prokofiev at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £33.50-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Jacqui Dankworth with the RNCM String Ensemble at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £18-£14. Call 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

TARVIN: The Cheshire Youth Choir gives a concert in St Andrew’s Church at 7.30pm. Admission £10.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27

CHESTER: Advent Carol Service and Candlelit Procession in Chester Cathedral at 6.30pm. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain Single Reed Day in The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, from 10am-5pm. Tickets £15, concessions £5. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Manze with soloist James Ehnes (violin), perform works by Beethoven and Prokofiev, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 2.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LLANDUDNO: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, under music director Antoni Wit, performing works by Andrzej Panufnik, Mendelssohn and Beethoven at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £24-£12. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Anoushka Shankar (sitar) in concert at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £22.50-£20.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

ST ASAPH: Advent Procession and Carols by Candlelight in St Asaph Cathedral at 3.30pm. Retiring collection.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28

CHESTER: Claire House Carol Concert at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £10. Visit www.clairehouse.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents the Hermes Trio performing works by Mozart and Schumann at the Capstone Theatre, at Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

LIVERPOOL: The Belcea Quartet present The Complete Beethoven String Quartets featuring String Quartet Op.95 in F Minor Serioso; String Quartet Op.18 No6 in B flat minor; and String Quartet Op.127 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.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

CHESTER: Chester Federation of Arts lunchtime recital at Wesley Church Centre, St John Street, Chester featuring Brian Heald (organ). Admission £3. Call 01244 379275.

MANCHESTER: The John Wilson Orchestra presents Hooray for Hollywood at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £43.50-£25. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

PARKGATE: The Parkgate Jazz Club will present an evening of Benny Goodman and company with the hosts, The Parade Jazz Band, upstairs at the Boathouse on Parkgate Parade at 8.30pm.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michal Dworzynsky with soloist Eugene Ugorski (violin) perform works by Borodin, Glazunov, Kodaly and Mussorgsky/Ravel, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents the Liverpool Hope University Concert Band in concert at the Capstone Theatre, at Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £6, concessions £4. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

MANCHESTER: Pianist Freddy Kempf performs works by Beethoven, Bach, Verdi and Bellini at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £30-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

RUNCORN: Highfield Male Voice Choir & Guests present a Christmas concert at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

WIRRAL: British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra present a Viennese Strauss Christmas Gala at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £20, concessions £18. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

CHESTER: Graham Eccles, director of music at Bangor Cathedral, gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5, concessions £4.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michal Dworzynsky with soloist Eugene Ugorski (violin) perform works by Borodin, Glazunov, Kodaly and Mussorgsky/Ravel, 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 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.

RUNCORN: Highfield Male Voice Choir & Guests present a Christmas concert at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

CHESTER: The Spirit of Christmas, hosted by Matthew Kelly and featuring an array of stars including acclaimed actor Jim Carter, at Chester Cathedral in aid of the Neuromuscular Centre in Winsford. Tickets £50-£10.

LIVERPOOL: Cornerstone Arts Festival presents pianist Joanna MacGregor performing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas at the Capstone Theatre, at Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

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.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11

TATTENHALL: Chester Bach Singers present Christmas Through The Ages - Carols by Candlelight, conducted by Martin Bussey, at Tattenhall Parish Church at 7.30pm. Tickets £11. Call 07527 686239.

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.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club Christmas Special at the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7pm. Call 01928 724296 for membership details.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers present Christmas Through The Ages - Carols by Candlelight, conducted by Martin Bussey, at St Mary’s Without The Walls in Handbridge at 7.30pm. Tickets £11. Call 07527 686239.

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.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18

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 and 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20

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 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

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 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

MANCHESTER: The Halle’s Christmas Cracker, conducted by Stephen Bell with vocalist Shona Lindsay, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29

MANCHESTER: The Halle presents Bond and Beyond: A Tribute to John Barry, conducted by Stephen Bell, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30

MANCHESTER: The Halle presents Sounds of the 70s: The Best Pop in the World, conducted by Roderick Dunk, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £40-£17. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

MANCHESTER: To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, broadcaster and former BBC royal correspondent, Jennie Bond, will host Happy and Glorious, a performance of much loved pieces and songs that unite a nation at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £36.50-£12.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

LIVERPOOL: To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, broadcaster and former BBC royal correspondent, Jennie Bond, will host Happy and Glorious, a performance of much loved pieces and songs that unite a nation at the Philharmonic Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £34.50-£19.50. Ring or 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

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.