What’s On - Music - January 24 onwards

Jan 20 2013 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24

CHESTER: Geoffrey Woollatt plays music by Bach, Vierne, Williams, Howells and Brewer, in his lunchtime organ rectal in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), perform works by Wagner, Beethoven and Brahms 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 Okko Kamu with soloist Evgenia Rubinova (piano), perform works by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Brahms at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 2.15pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £38-£16.50. Call 0844 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

WARRINGTON: Northern Chamber Orchestra featuring soloist Jennifer Pike (violin), performing works by Fauré and Beethoven, at the Parr Hall in Palmyra Square at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £7, 18 and under free. Call 01925 601617 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WARRINGTON: Piano duo Tom Scott and Jonathan Scott in concert at St Wilfred’s Church in Grappenhall at 7.30pm. Call 01925 263183.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25

TARVIN: Benjamin Chewter, assistant director of music at Chester Cathedral, gives an organ recital in St. Andrew’s Church, at 7.30pm. Donations towards the Organ Fund.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers invite you to come and sing Mendelssohn's Elijah. This is an opportunity for all singers, including members of church choirs, to rehearse and perform Mendelssohn's Elijah with Chester Bach Singers and young professional soloists at St Mary's Church in Handbridge from 1-6.30pm. Singers £16, full time students £10. Booking form available from chesterbachsingers.org.uk. Any queries telephone 01244 383746, 01829 770104 or 01829 720283.

LIVERPOOL: The Classic Rock Show - featuring the ten best selling rock albums of all time by the likes of The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen, an unforgettable evening of guitar rocking, air punching, chorus singing, foot stomping fun, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £26-£20. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Juanjo Mena with soloist Renaud Capuçon (violin), perform works by Oliver Knussen, Korngold and Falla at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £34-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), perform works by Wagner, Beethoven and Brahms at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 2.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Okko Kamu with soloist Evgenia Rubinova (piano), perform works by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Brahms at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £38-£16.50. Call 0844 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

MONDAY, JANUARY 28

CHESTER: The Chester & North-East Wales Organists’ & Choirmasters’ Association holds a composite organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. All welcome. Retiring collection.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert by Duncan Anderson (viola) and David Taylor (piano) at 12.45pm at the Wesley Church Centre, St John Street. Admission £3.

LIVERPOOL: The Parker Quartet perform works by Mozart, Ligeti and Dvorak at St George’s Hall Concert Room at 7.30pm. Tickets £25. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Inside The Orchestra - This session introduces Richard Strauss and the piano, ahead of the visit of the Bergen Philharmonic in February. Take a seat on stage as you learn from Stephen Threlfall, an acclaimed conductor and music educator, and meet professional musicians as they talk about their instruments and careers, at the Bridgewater Hall at 6pm. Tickets £10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club present Chester Young Musicians of the Year in concert at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Admission £5. Call 01928 787496 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: Two Pipers Piping featuring Carlos Nuñez (bagpipes) and Philip Pickett (recorder/bagpipes) and Musicians of the Globe, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £30-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31

CHESTER: Benjamin Chewter plays music by Bach, Schumann, Philips, Couperin, Janacek and Franck, in his lunchtime organ rectal in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with soloist Christine Rice (mezzo soprano), perform works by Britten, Ravel and Janacek at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £38-£16.50. Call 0844 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

PARKGATE: Parkgate Folk Club evening featuring The Churchfitters at The Boathouse at 8.15pm.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2

MANCHESTER: Manchester Camerata presents The Four Seasons - Camerata's mesmerising lead violinist, Giovanni Guzzo, takes centre stage in this unmissable concert featuring one of the most famous and well-loved of all classical works, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £26, £19. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3

CHESTER: Concert by St John's Festival Orchestra at 7.30pm at Wesley Church Centre, St John Street, Chester, conducted by Alan Lees with Lionel Clarke as cello soloist in the Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra. The programme also includes Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and works by Mozart and Alan Lees. Tickets at the door £9 (under 18s £7). Call 01244 379275.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert by Manny Vass (piano) at 12.45pm at the Wesley Church Centre, St John Street. Admission £3.

MOLD: North Wales Jazz Society presents Jim Hart’s MJQ in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club present Bruce Jeffries (piano) and David Hornberger (cello) in concert at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Admission £5. Call 01928 787496 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9

WIRRAL: Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, with soloists Caroline Pether (violin) and Jonathan Pether (cello), perform works by Bartok, Brahms, Haydn and Kodaly at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with the Halle Choir, Halle Youth Choir, RNCM Chamber Choir, Chetham’s Chamber Choir, Ad Solem - the University of Manchester Choir, members of the Halle Youth Orchestra and Chetham’s School of Music, present Wagner’s Die Meistersinger Act III at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 4pm. Tickets £38-£16.50. Call 0844 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert featuring Daniel Broncano (clarinet) and Johannes Mnich (piano), performing works by Miguel Yuste, Saint Saens, Poulenc, Anders Hillberg, Schumann, Weber and Jean Francaix at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £13. Call 01244 381995 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with the Halle Choir, Halle Youth Choir, RNCM Chamber Choir, Chetham’s Chamber Choir, Ad Solem - the University of Manchester Choir, members of the Halle Youth Orchestra and Chetham’s School of Music, present Wagner’s Die Meistersinger Act III at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 4pm. Tickets £38-£16.50. Call 0844 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

MOLD: Celebrity Classical Concert Season continues with harpist Catrin Finch performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the Anthony Hopkins Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, concessions £14. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.