Music Room Classical Archive 2009

J a n u a r y   2 0 1 0

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Friday 1 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia directed by Bradley Creswick with a Viennese New Year; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50
3.00pm & 7.00pm

Sunday 3 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Orchestra of Opera North under Guido Johannes Rumstadt, with a 'Viennese Whirl' of Strauss Waltzes for New Year; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
3.00pm

Wednesday 6 January   LEEDS  hotel?
The Brazillian Ensemble with a concert of Villa Lobos and Pixinguinha; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Wednesday 6 January   KENDAL  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with a chamber music concert of Martinu and Dvorak; in the Town Hall, Kendal.
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50
1.00pm

Thursday 7 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia directed by Bradley Creswick with a concert of chamber music by Brahms, Nielsen and Dvorak; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14
8.00pm

Sunday 10 January   KESWICK  hotel?
The Heath String Quartet perform Beethoven, Debussy and Tippett; in Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Monday 11 January   RIPON  hotel?
William Stafford & Hiroaki Takenouchi (clarinet & piano) perform Finzi, Poulenc, Debussy, Howells and Weber sonatas; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: ₤15
7.30pm

Wednesday 13 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Pro Corda Student Quartets with some musical encounters; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Thursday 14 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia directed by Thomas Zehetmair with a concert of Haydn and Schubert; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7-29.50
7.30pm

Thursday 14 January   RIPON  hotel?
Music Students from Leeds University lunchtime recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets:
1.15pm

Thursday 14 January   MORPETH  hotel?
Ashley Wass piano recital of Beethoven, Bax and Liszt; in Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: ₤12
7.30pm

Saturday 16 January   LEEDS  hotel?
the Hallé Orchestra with John Lill (piano) under Cristian Mandeal, with a concert of Brahms, Beethoven and Mussorgsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
7.30pm

Saturday 16 January   LEEDS  hotel?
the Black Dyke Band with a concert of Brass classics; in Morley Town Hall
Tickets: ₤13
7.30pm

Monday 18 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Murray Perahia with a concert - programme tbc; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7-29.50
7.30pm

Tuesday 19 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Nash Ensemble with a French flavoured concert of Dukas, Saint Saens, Dutlleux and others; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50
7.35pm

Wednesday 20 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Fraser Macaulay & Ivana Gavrić (oboe & piano) perform Handel, Saint-Saens, Finzi and Dutilleux; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Monday 18 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) under Alexaner Prior, with a concert of Elgar, Grieg and Sibelius; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7-25.00
7.30pm

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Wednesday 20 January   GATESHEAD
Frith Piano Quartet perform Mendelssohn, Schoenberg and Schumann; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 21 January   RIPON  hotel?
Jason Hawkins lunchtime piano recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets:
1.15pm

Saturday 23 January   DURHAM  find a discount hotel
Durham Choral Society Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony and Serenade to Music; in Durham Cathedral
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Saturday 23 January   LEEDS  hotel?
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles, with a concert of Wagner and Bruckner; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
7.30pm

Sunday 24 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Consortium5 display the wonderful world of the recorder consort - feel free to bring along your own recorders and percussion instruments to join in; in The Carriageworks, Leeds
Tickets: ₤6
3.00pm

Wednesday 27 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Louis Schwizgebelwang (piano) performs Mozart and Schubert; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Thursday 28 January   RIPON  hotel?
James Stretton lunchtime brass recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets:
1.15pm

Friday 29 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Ya-Fei Chuang (piano) under Nicholas McGegan, with a concert of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Beethoven; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7-29.50
7.30pm

Saturday 30 January   LEEDS  hotel?
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Martin Helmchen (piano) under Andris Nelsons, with a concert of Mozart and Strauss; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
7.30pm

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F e b r u a r y   2 0 1 0

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Tuesday 2 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
John Cooper & Lida Wareham (violin & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Tuesday 2 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 with a concert of Double bass music by Schubert, Bottesini and Fryba; in Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Tickets: ₤9
12.45pm

Wednesday 3 February   HARTLEPOOL  hotel?
the Kuss Quartet play Mozart, Brahms and Bartok; in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: ₤11.50
7.30pm

Wednesday 3 February   LEEDS  hotel?
the Sterling Trio performs Badia, Schumann, Quantz and Bartok; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Thursday 4 February   RIPON  hotel?
Julia Hartmann lunchtime piano recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets:
1.15pm

Thursday 4 Febuary   DEWSBURY  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Guy Johnston (cello) under Garry Walker, with a concert of Sibelius, Schumann and Mozart; in Dewsbury Town Hall
Tickets: 01484 221798
7.30pm

Thursday 4 Febuary   ROTHERHAM
Ensemble 360 with a concert of Prokoviev, Martinu and Schumann; in Rotherham Civic Theatre
Tickets: ₤10
7.30pm

Friday 5 Febuary   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Guy Johnston (cello) under Garry Walker, with a concert of Sibelius, Schumann and Mozart; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7-29.50
7.30pm

Friday 5 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
Ingrid Cusido lunchtime piano recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Saturday 6 February   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Carducci Quartet with a concert of Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart; in Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: ₤10 - tel 01784 822001 see website
7.30pm

Saturday 6 February   LEEDS  hotel?
Czech National Symphony Orchestra with Charlie Siem (violin) under Libor Pe�ek, with a concert of Smetana, Dvorak, Bruch and Beethoven; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
7.30pm

Saturday 6 Febuary   KENDAL  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Guy Johnston (cello) under Garry Walker, with a concert of Sibelius, Schumann and Mozart; in Westmorland Hall, Kendal
Tickets: ₤10-15
7.30pm

Monday 8 Febuary   RIPON  hotel?
Maggini Quartet perform Mozart, Bridge and Dvorak quartets; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: ₤15
7.30pm

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Tuesday 9 February   SUNDERLAND  hotel?
Margaret Fingerhut (piano) performs works by Tchaikowsky, Chopin, Janacek, Ireland, Grieg, Ginastera; in the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: ₤10
7.15pm

Tuesday 9 February   LEEDS  hotel?
the Schubert Ensemble performs Schubert, Fauré and Chausson; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50
7.30pm

Wednesday 10 February   LEEDS  hotel?
Jonathan Rees & Amadej Herzog (Cello & accordion) perform Bach, Rachmaninov, Bloch and Piazzola; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Thursday 11 February   MORPETH  hotel?
Leland Chen & John Lenehan (violin & piano) recital of Schubert, Wieniawski, Debussy, Mendelssohn and Brahms; in Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: ₤12
7.30pm

Friday 12 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
John Cooper & Mariu Mugnaini (violin & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Friday 19 February   NEWCASTLE
Tudor Scripariu (Romania) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Friday 19 February   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with Freddy Kempf (piano) under Vasily Petrenko with a concert of Weber, Ravel and Rachmaninov; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Sunday 21 February   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
Victoria Sayles & Martin Cousin (violin & piano) perform Beethoven, Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lutoslawski; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤13.50-3 - website
7.30pm

Tuesday 23 February   SKIPTON  find a discount hotel
Paul Lewis (piano) plays Mozart, Schumann, Liszt, Beethoven; in Town Hall, Skipton
Tickets: ₤12.50 - tel 01756 799912 or see website
7.30pm

Tuesday 23 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
Sonya Prentice & David Barnard (soprano & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Wednesday 24 February   GATESHEAD
Elias String Quartet & Alice Neary perform Schubert Quartet and Quintet; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

Wednesday 24 February   DURHAM
Allegri String Quartet perform Beethoven, Zemlinski and Brahms; in The Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤10 see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 26 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
Sophie Cheung & David Barnard (mezzo-soprano & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Saturday 27 February   HARROGATE
Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra under David Andrews perform Beethoven, Cimarosa and Strauss; in Ashville College, Harrogate
Tickets: ₤10 - 01423 504035 see website for details
7.30pm

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M a r c h   2 0 1 0

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Monday 1 March   RIPON  hotel?
Kungsbacka Piano Trio perform Brahms, Schubert and Mendelssohn; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: ₤15
7.30pm

Tuesday 2 March   NEWCASTLE
Arta Arnicane (Latvia) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Friday 5 March   HARTLEPOOL  hotel?
Martino Tirimo recital of piano works by Chopin; in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: ₤11.50
7.30pm

Saturday 6 March   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Sally Pryce Ensemble with a concert of Bax, Debussy, Takemitsu, Telemann, Paizzola and Harald; in Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
Tickets: ₤10 - tel 01784 822001 see website
7.30pm

Tuesday 9 March   NEWCASTLE
Jim Giles (USA) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Tuesday 9 March   SHEFFIELD
William Skipworth lunchtime piano recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Tuesday 9 March   SUNDERLAND  hotel?
Ashley Wass (piano) performs works by Beethoven, Bax, Liszt; in the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: ₤10
7.15pm

Saturday 13 March   MORPETH  hotel?
London Bridge Ensemble recital of Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven; in Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: ₤12
7.30pm

Saturday 13 March   SCARBOROUGH  hotel?
Red Priest with the Bach Project: Johann, I'm only Dancing; in Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Tickets: ₤14 - 17 - 01723 370541
7.30pm

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Wednesday 17 March   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen perform Beethoven, Haydn and Ravel; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤13.50-3 - website
7.30pm

Friday 19 March   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
the Hallé with Polina Leschenko (piano) under Sir Mark Elder with a concert of Bax, Chopin and Sibelius; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 20 March   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Tynedale Orchestra with Susie Winkworth (cello) under Alex Lewis with a concert of Beethoven and Bruch; in Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Sunday 21 March   TADCASTER  find a discount hotel
Yorkshire Winds conducted by Keiron Anderson with a concert of English music including Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold; in Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster
Tickets: ₤10 - website
7.30pm

Tuesday 23 March   SKIPTON  find a discount hotel
Fujita Piano Trio play Beethoven, Arthur Butterworth, Shostakovich; in Town Hall, Skipton
Tickets: ₤12.50 - tel 01756 799912 or see website
7.30pm

Wednesday 31 March   GATESHEAD
Vladigerov Trio perform chamber works by Martinu, Shostakovich, Beethoven and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

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A p r i l   2 0 1 0

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Tuesday 6 April   PATELEY BRIDGE  hotel?
The Dales Chamber Orchestra with a Special Four Seasons Concert of Vivaldi and Piazzola; in Memorial Institute - Lofthouse
Tickets: ₤10 - 07974 698264
7.30pm

Wednesday 7 April   SEDBERGH  hotel?
The Dales Chamber Orchestra with a Special Four Seasons Concert of Vivaldi and Piazzola; in St Andrew's Church - Sedbergh
Tickets: ₤10 - 015396 21196
7.30pm

Thursday 8 April   AYSGARTH  hotel?
The Dales Chamber Orchestra with a Special Four Seasons Concert of Vivaldi and Piazzola; in St Andrew's Church - Aysgarth
Tickets: ₤10 - 07974 698264
7.30pm

Friday 9 April   BARNARD CASTLE  hotel?
The Dales Chamber Orchestra with a Special Four Seasons Concert of Vivaldi and Piazzola; in The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Tickets: ₤12 - 01439 771700
7.30pm

Saturday 10 April   HELMSLEY  hotel?
The North York Moors Chamber Orchestra with a Special Four Seasons Concert of Vivaldi and Piazzola; in The Arts Centre, Helmsley
Tickets: ₤10 - 01439 771700
7.30pm

Thursday 15 April   SCARBOROUGH  hotel?
Kungsbacka Piano Trio with a concert of Haydn, Schumann, Copland and Dvorak; in Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Tickets: ₤30 - 01723 370541
7.30pm

Friday 16 April   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Steven Osbourne (piano) under Christof Perick with a concert of Weber, Mozart and Wagner; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 17 April   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Jamie Walton & Daniel Grimwood (cello & piano) with a concert of Chopin and Prokoviev; in St Mary's Church - Masham
Tickets: ₤10 - website
7.30pm

Monday 19 April   HARTLEPOOL  hotel?
Andrew Brownell recital of piano works by Clementi, Mozart, Paisiello and Prokoviev; in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: ₤11.50
7.30pm

Tuesday 20 April   SUNDERLAND  hotel?
Andrew Brownell (piano) performs works by Mozart, Clementi and Prokoviev; in the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: ₤10
7.15pm

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Friday 23 April   BISHOP AUCKLAND
O Duo (percussion duo) play works by McNeff, Siegel and Miki and arrangements of Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brubeck and Piazzola; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets ₤12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

Saturday 24 April   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and under David Greed (violin) with Cathy Lowe (Oboe), performing works by Beethoven, Bach, Marcello and Haydn; in Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: ₤10 - tel 01784 822001see website
7.30pm

Saturday 24 April   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
European Union Chamber Orchestra with Emma Johnson (clarinet) under Matthias Wollong performing works by Mozart, Warlock and Haydn; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50 - see website
7.30pm

Sunday 25 April   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
The European Union Chamber Orchestra with ddy Kempf (piano) under Matthias Wollong with a concert aimed at the younger listener; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤3 - website
3.30pm

Sunday 25 April   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
The European Union Chamber Orchestra with ddy Kempf (piano) under Matthias Wollong with a concert of Haydn, Hindemith, Mozart and Warlock; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤3 - website
7.30pm

Monday 26 April   NEWCASTLE
Tempus Brass lunchtime recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Tuesday 27 April   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Schubert and Janacek; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

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Saturday 1 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
New London Consort perform Handel's Acis and Galatea; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 1 May   RIPON  find a discount hotel
St Cecilia Orchestra with Gemma Sheehan-Dare (flute) perform chamber works by Bach, Martinu and Francaix; in Holy Trinity Church, Ripon
Tickets: ₤10 - ₤5 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 1 May   GUISBOROUGH  find a discount hotel
Avison Ensemble principal wind players play virtuosic concerti from across Europe by Blavet, Albinoni, Fasch and Hargrave and the Ensemble tackles dazzling string symphonies by C.P.E. Bach; St Nicholas Parish Church, Guisborough
Tickets: ₤15 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 1 May   YORK  find a discount hotel
Jamie Walton & Daniel Grimwood (cello & piano) perform chamber works by Schubert, Faure and Ravel; in St Mary's Church - Lastingham, near York
Tickets: ₤8 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 1 May   DONCASTER  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 perform chamber works by Mozart and Neilson; in Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster
Tickets: ₤11 see website for details
7.30pm

Sunday 2 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Valeriy Sokolov & Evgeniy Isotov (violin & piano) perform music by Beethoven, Bach and Prokoviev as BBC Radio 3's Sunday Morning Concert; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Sunday 2 May   DURHAM  find a discount hotel
Durham University Orchestral Society Alumni Concert 2010 with a programme of Mendelssohn and Beethoven; in Durham Castle Great Hall
Tickets: ₤6
8.00pm

Sunday 2 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Avison Ensemble principal wind players play virtuosic concerti from across Europe by Blavet, Albinoni, Fasch and Hargrave and the Ensemble tackles dazzling string symphonies by C.P.E. Bach; in The Old Town Hall, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤15 see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 4 May   NEWCASTLE
Caterina Grewe (Germany) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm


Wednesday 5 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Tokyo String Quartet perform chamber works by Mozart, Bartok and Schumann; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

Wednesday 5 May   DURHAM  find a discount hotel
Pascal Rogé performs a recital of French piano works by Fauré, Chopin, Debussy, and Poulenc; in The Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤10 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 6 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia directed from the Piano by Olli Mustonen perform works by Mozart including piano concerto 21; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤25 see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 7 May   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 & Peter Cropper perform chamber works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.45pm

Saturday 8 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 perform chamber works by Beethoven; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤9 see website for details
12.45pm

Saturday 8 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 perform Bite-size Beethoven; Bring your child and a percussion instrument and take part in creating a new Festival piece based on Beethoven�s Symphony No.5 in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤10 see website for details
3.00pm

Saturday 8 May   RIPON  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia directed Janusz Piotrowicz perform works by Mendelssohn, Haydn and Schubert; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: ₤10 - ₤23 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 8 May   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra with Chlo� Hanslip (violin) under Pavel Kogan performing works by Tchaikovsky and Philip Glass; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50 - see website
7.30pm

Saturday 8 May   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
Ludwig String Trio perform chamber works by Schubert, Beethoven, and Mozart; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.45pm

Sunday 9 May   SHEFFIELD
Melvyn Tan: The Development of the Piano - with a programme depicting the journey of keyboard music; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
2.30pm

Sunday 9 May   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 perform chamber works by Beethoven, and Mozart; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.45pm

Monday 10 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 performs an excerpt from the first quartet ever written by Haydn; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤9 see website for details
12.45pm

Monday 10 May   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
Doric String Quartet & Bartholomew LaFollette perform Schubert's moving String Quartet; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.45pm

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Tuesday 11 May   SHEFFIELD
Doric String Quartet performs Bach's Art of Fugue, along with Beethoven�s Quartet in F; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤9 see website for details
12.45pm

Tuesday 11 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 performs JC Bach and Jan Voř�ek; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.45pm

Wednesday 12 May   DURHAM
Allegri String Quartet perform Beethoven, Heyde and Haydn; in St Brandon's church, Brancepeth
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤10 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 13 May   SCARBOROUGH  hotel?
Doric Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Britten and Schumann; in Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Tickets: ₤14-17 - 01723 370541
7.30pm

Friday 14 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Lars Vogt (piano) directed by Andris Nelsons perform works by Mussorgsky, Beethoven and Rachmaninov; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤25 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 15 May   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
North East Recorder Consort with Anita Arris (Cor Anglais) directed by John Hawkes; in
Tickets: ₤15
7.30pm

Friday 14 May   BISHOP AUCKLAND
Laura Lucas & and Dominic John (flute & piano) play works by Sancan, CPE Bach, Burton, Schubert and Carl Vine; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets ₤12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

Friday 14 May   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Benyounes Quartet with a concert of chamber works by Mozart, Britten, Bridge and Brahms; in St Mary's Church - Masham
Tickets: ₤10 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 15 May   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus with soloists under Simon Wright performing Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤14 - ₤27.50 - see website
7.30pm

Sunday 16 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Jack Liebeck & Ashley Wass (violin & piano) perform works by Mozart, Brahms and Bloch as BBC Radio 3's Sunday Morning Concert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Tuesday 18 May   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

Friday 21 May   DARLINGTON  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia & Chorus directed by Bernard Labadie perform works by Purcell, Delalande and Handel; in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤14 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 22 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia & Chorus directed by Bernard Labadie perform works by Purcell, Delalande and Handel; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 22 May   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra with Igor Tchetuev (piano) under Pavel Kogan with a concert of Borodin, Rachmaninov and Rimsky Korsakov; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Sunday 23 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Augustin Hadelich (violin) performs works by Beethoven, Debussy, Stravinsky and Sarasate as the Radio 3 Sunday Morning Concert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Wednesday 26 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano (tenor and piano) perform Schubert's Schwanengesang; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 28 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with Adrian Brendel (cello) directed by Laurence Cummings from the Harpsichord, with a concert of Bach Brandenburgs and Cello suites; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 29 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
Rose Consort of Viols performFranco-Flemish and English Viol music as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster
Tickets: Adult ₤12 - see website for details
12.30pm

Saturday 29 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Directed by Matthew Truscott perform works by Bach, Purcell and Haydn as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in The Quire, Beverley Minster
Tickets: Adult ₤15 - ₤20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 29 May   SWALEDALE
Red Priest 'Johann, I'm Only Dancing!' - Bach and other baroque music as part of the Swaledale Festival; in in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤14, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Sunday 30 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Vilde Frang (violin) performs works by Strauss and Bartok as the Radio 3 Sunday Morning Concert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Sunday 30 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Quay Voices and The King's Singers with a concert of close harmony works and madrigals, including, appropriately 'Now is the Month of Maying'; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 see website for details
2.00pm

Sunday 30 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
The York Waits breathe life into the famous medieval carvings in the Minster performing music from this period on many of the instruments depicted as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in Toll Gavel Methodist Church, Beverley
Tickets: Adult ₤12 - see website for details
3.00pm

Sunday 30 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with Adrian Brendel (cello) directed by Laurence Cummings from the Harpsichord, with the second concert of Bach Brandenburgs and Cello suites; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.00pm

Sunday 30 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
Dunedin Consort and Players directed by John Butt perform Handel's Acis & Galatea as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in St James' Church, Warter
Tickets: Adult ₤15 - see website for details
7.30pm

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Tuesday 1 June   SWALEDALE
Peter Donohoe performs Ravel, Liszt, Chopin, Debussy and Messiaen as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤16, Child ₤8 website for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 2 June   SWALEDALE
Mandhira de Saram & Chris Hopkins (violin & piano) perform Beethoven, Pritchard and Dvorak as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdalen
Tickets: Adult ₤16, Child ₤8 website for details
5.00pm

Wednesday 2 June   SWALEDALE
The Fitzwilliam Quartet perform Blake, Barber, Schnittke and Beethoven as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤15, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Thursday 3 June   SWALEDALE
Richard Uttley (piano) performs Beethoven, Ives and Mark Simpson as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale
Tickets: Adult ₤8, Child ₤4 website for details
5.00pm

Thursday 3 June   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Paco Pena with Flamenco sin Fronteras - 'Cantes de Ida y Vuelta'; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤22.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 3 June   SWALEDALE
The Fitzwilliam Quartet perform Mozart, Delius, Suk and Sibelius as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤15, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Friday 4 June   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin conducted by Thomas Zehetmair with a concert of works by Bach, Simon Bainbridge (world premiere), Mahler and Schumann; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 5 June   CULLERCOATS  find a discount hotel
New Tyneside Chamber Orchestra and singers, with a concert of Vivaldi including his Gloria, 'Bring it and Sing it' - in memory of Norman Moore; in Cullercoats Methodist Church
Tickets: ₤5 - for Marie Curie Cancer Care
7.30pm

Saturday 5 June   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Lesley Garrett accompanied by pianist Andrew West and joined by a special guest singer, presents a recital evening of songs and arias from the well known operas, musicals and popular music; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Sunday 6 June   WENSLEYDALE
The St Cecilia Players with Simon Passmore (piano) perform 'Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals' plus Wolf-Ferrari and Novak as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth
Tickets: Adult ₤10, Child ₤5 website for details
8.00pm

Tuesday 8 June   SWALEDALE
Chethams Students performances - a music showcase as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale
Tickets: Adult ₤10, Child ₤5 website for details
7.00pm

Tuesday 8 June   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Mozart and Bartók; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

Wednesday 9 June   RICHMOND
Jacob Heringman with lute music by John Dowland, Hans Newsidler and Francesco da Milano as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Agatha's Church, Easby, Richmond
Tickets: Adult ₤8, Child ₤4 website for details
3.00pm

Wednesday 9 June   RICHMOND
Northern Sinfonia directed by Bradley Creswick perfom two iconic and contrasting takes on the seasons, from Vivaldi and Astor Piazzolla as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Richmond
Tickets: Adult ₤15, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Thursday 10 June   WENSLEYDALE
Jonathan Bloxham (cello) plays Bach and George Crumb as part of the Swaledale Festival; in Holy Trinity Church, Wensley
Tickets: Adult ₤8, Child ₤4 website for details
5.00pm

Thursday 10 June   WENSLEYDALE
Fifth Quadrant String Quartet with a concert of chamber works by Borodin, Mozart and Dvorak as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Oswald's Church, Askrigg
Tickets: Adult ₤12, Child ₤6 website for details
8.00pm

Friday 11 June   BISHOP AUCKLAND
Oskemen Duo play piano works for four and two hands by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy and Stephanie Cant; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets ₤12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

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Friday 11 June   SWALEDALE
Calefax Wind Quintet with a concert of chamber works by Bach, Germanus, Nancarrow and Richard Strauss as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤14, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Saturday 12 June   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Shostakovich, Britten and Schubert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
8.00pm

grassington festival
Saturday 12 June   GRASSINGTON
The Dorette Violin and Harp Duet with a concert of Spohr, Elgar and Adrian Williams as part of the Grassington Festival; in St Margaret Clitherow Church, Threshfield
Tickets: Adult ₤11, Child ₤6 website for details
3.00pm

Saturday 12 June   SWALEDALE
Fifth Quadrant String Quartet & Benedict Biscop Gregorian Chant Choir make the journey from early medieval plainsong to P�rt and Glass as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤12, Child ₤6 website for details
8.00pm

Sunday 13 June   BARNARD CASTLE
Natalie Clein (cello) plays solo pieces by Bach and Kodaly as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle
Tickets: Adult ₤10, Child ₤5 website for details
5.00pm

Sunday 13 June   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Orchestra North East with Emma Johnson MBE (clarinet) conducted by Tim Reynish with a concert of works by Delius, Mozart, Will Todd and Elgar; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 15 June   NEWCASTLE
Szezepan Konczal (Poland) lunchtime piano recital of Chopin; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Thursday 17 June   HARROGATE
Hallé Orchestra with Mary Plazas, John Hudson & Justin Doyle with arias and duets from famous and not-so-famous operas in stunning surroundings; in Rudding Park, Harrogate
Tickets: Adult ₤40, see website for details
7.00pm

Friday 18 June   LEEDS
Madeleine Mitchell & Noriko Ogawa (violin & piano) perform works by Franck, Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu and Bridge; in Creskeld Hall, Arthington
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm


Saturday 19 June   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
New Tyneside Orchestra with Alex Lewis (trumpet) conducted by David Milner performing Berlioz, Hummel and Tchaikovsky in Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Tickets: ₤9 - see website
7.30pm

Saturday 19 June   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with Philip Meaden and David Houlder (soloists) conducted by Randall Whittaker performing Haydn, Mozart and Bartók; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

Sunday 20 June   LEEDS
St Cecilia Orchestra with Simon Passmore (piano) directed by Xenophon Kelsey, perform Wolf-Ferrari and Novak, and Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals; in Creskeld Hall, Arthington
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Monday 21 June   BOROUGHBRIDGE
Elizabeth Watts & Simon Lepper (soprano & piano) perform songs by Schubert, Brahms, R Strauss and Barber; in St Andrew's Church, Aldborough
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Tuesday 22 June   BOROUGHBRIDGE
Alessandro Taverna (piano) performs works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt and Bellini; in St Andrew's Church, Aldborough
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Wednesday 23 June   ALDBOROUGH
Andrew Maginley (lute) performs works by Bach, Weiss and Falckenhagen; in Old Sleningford, North Stainley
Tickets: Adult ₤10 limited to 65 tickets, see website for details
7.00pm

Friday 25 June   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Timothy (Tim) Lowe with Rosie Richardson (cello & piano) with a concert of Boccherini, Ligeti, Schumann, Martinu and Brahms; in St Mary's Church - Masham
Tickets: ₤12 - website
11.00am

Friday 25 June   ALDBOROUGH
Northern Sinfonia conducted by Joseph Cullen perform works by Elgar, Finzi and Scarlatti; in St Andrew's Church, Aldborough
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 29 June   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Britten and Beethoven; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

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Thursday 1 July   RIPON
Gill Sweet (flute) Lunchtime Recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Thursday 1 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Mozart, Haydn and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Friday 2 July BISHOP AUCKLAND
Badke Quartet play string quartets by Haydn, Janacek and Ravel; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets: £12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

Brinkburn Festival
Friday 2 July   BRINKBURN
Mark Padmore & Roger Vignoles (tenor & piano) perform Schumann's Dichterliebe in Brinkburn Priory; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £28, see website 7.30pm

Saturday 3 July   BRINKBURN
Carducci Masterclass with some of the most talented young string players from the region; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £6, see website 5.00pm

Saturday 3 July   BRINKBURN
Carducci Quartet performing works by Mendelssohn, Bliss and Schubert; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £28, see website 7.30pm

Saturday 3 July   DARLINGTON  find a discount hotel
Darlington Orchestra directed by David Plews perform some rarely-heard music by Grieg; in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: £4 - £6 see website for details
7.30pm

Sunday 4 July   BRINKBURN
Mark Padmore, Nicholas Daniel & Roger Vignoles (tenor, oboe & piano) perform songs by Britten, Vaughan Williams and Howells in Brinkburn Priory; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £28, see website 2.00pm

Tuesday 6 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Beethoven, Haydn and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 7 July   DURHAM
Mieko Kanno performs John Cage violin music to accompany readings from Dante�s Divina Commedia; in The Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: £6 - £10 see website for details
6.00pm

Thursday 8 July   KENDAL
Chetham's Symphony Orchestra with Joshua Batty (flute), conducted by Stephen Threlfall, with a concert of Strauss, Liebermann and Rachmaninov; in Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal
Tickets: £15
7.30pm

Friday 9 July   BRINKBURN
Pieter Wispelwey (cello) performing Britten's Cello suites; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £28, see website 7.30pm

Friday 9 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Yorkshire Bach Choir Monastic Cantors from Ampleforth Abbey and soloists directed by Peter Seymour perform Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers in liturgical context as part of the York Early Music Festival; in York Minster
Tickets: Adult £12 - £25 - see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 9 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
More from 1610 Vespers as the soloists and players, directed from the Organ by Peter Seymour present the solo vocal concertos from the 1610 Vespers collection; as part of the York Early Music Festival; in York Minster Chapter House
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
10.00pm

Saturday 10 July   BRINKBURN
Gabrieli players with soloists under Paul McCreesh, perform Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno in Brinkburn Priory; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £34, see website 6.00pm

Saturday 10 July   HARROGATE
Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra under David Andrews perform Mozart, Bizet and Stravinsky; in Ashville College, Harrogate
Tickets: £10 - 01423 504035 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 10 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
I Fagiolini directed by Robert Hollingworth perform Vecchi's 'proto-opera', L'Amfiparnaso as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Sunday 11 July   BRINKBURN
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performing works by Handel, Bach and Couperin; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £10 - £15, see website 1.00pm

Sunday 11 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Barbara Schlick & James Gilchrist accompanied by Peter Seymour (fortepiano) perform two Schumann song cycles as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £15 - see website for details
1.00pm

Sunday 11 July   BRINKBURN
Gabrieli players with soloists and Tees Valley Youth Choir under Paul McCreesh, perform Handel's Messiah in Brinkburn Priory; part of the Brinkburn Music Festival
Tickets: £12 - £34, see website 3.00pm

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Sunday 11 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
London Baroque perform Rameau, Mondonville, Leclair and Marais as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £15 - see website for details
7.30pm

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Monday 12 July   NEWCASTLE
Graham Scott (RNCM) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Monday 12 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Compagnia d'Istrumenti showcase Telemann's gift for marrying the contrasting national traits of the Baroque into a cohesive and eclectic language as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
12.00pm

Monday 12 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Ensemble Lucidarium Celebrating a Jewish Wedding in the Renaissance as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Monday 12 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
University of York Chamber Choir directed by Robert Hollingworth perform Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine 'a Mass for 6 voices with some vespers psalms' as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St George's Church, Peel Street, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
10.00pm

Tuesday 13 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
VivaBiancaLuna Biffi (viola d'arco, voice) with 'Fermate il Passo', a dramatic recital of early Renaissance Italian frottola, arguably the musical form that led eventually to the birth of Italian opera as part of the York Early Music Festival; in All Saints Church, North Street, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
12.00pm

Tuesday 13 July   DURHAM
Ensemble Avalon perform works by Joan Trimble and Raymond Dean; in The Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: £6 - £10 see website for details
8.00pm

Tuesday 13 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Fretwork with music that accompanied Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe; pieces by Parsons,Taverner and Tye are woven seamlessly into a through-composed piece of music by Orlando Gough as part of the York Early Music Festival; in The Gallery, Harewood House
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 14 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
University of York Baroque Ensemble and Chamber Choir present music from Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £10 - see website for details
1.00pm

Wednesday 14 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Debussy, Bartok and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 14 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
La Capella Ducale with Musica Fiata, Koln present Wedding Motets and Songs of Love by Schutz, Scheidt and Schein as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Chapter House,York Minster
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 15 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Hopkinson Smith (Lute and Vihuela) performs Italian and Spanish music of the early 16th Century as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £15 - see website for details
1.00pm

Thursday 15 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
The Bach Players perform Lully, Rebel, Muffat, Couperin and Corelli as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Michael le Belfrey Church, York
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 16 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs works by Froberger and Louis Couperin - two of the 17th century's subtlest masters - to one of the great 'English Suites' of Bach as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
12.00pm

Friday 16 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
BBC Discovering Music; Catherine Bott presents an edition of BBC Radio 3's popular "Discovering Music" in conversation with Harry Christophers discussing ideas behind three of the pieces in this evening's programme: as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £0 - see website for details
3.30pm

Saturday 17 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Theatre of The Ayre directed by Elizabeth Kenny perform music by Robert de Visée, Marc-Antione Charpentier, Michel Lambert and John Blow's Venus and Adonis as part of the York Early Music Festival; in York Minster
Tickets: Adult £15 - £25 - see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 20 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Mozart, Ravel and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Tuesday 19 July   DRIFFIELD
Catrin Finch performing her adaptation of Bach's Goldberg Variations, as part of Ryedale Festival; in the Library, Sledmere House
Tickets: £22
8.00pm

Tuesday 20 July   NORTON
Orchestra of Opera North with Colin Carr (cello) conducted by Michael Collins performing Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn, as part of Ryedale Festival; in St. Peter's Church, Norton
Tickets: £18
8.00pm

Thursday 22 July   NORTON
Tasmin Little 'Naked violin' - playing works by Bach, Patterson, Bartok and Ysaye, as part of Ryedale Festival; in St. Peter's Church, Norton
Tickets: £20
8.00pm

Saturday 24 July   NORTON
Karen Geoghegan & Timothy End (bassoon & piano) - playing works by Previn, Dutilleux, Telemann, Boutry and Kreutzer, as part of Ryedale Festival; in The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Saturday 24 July   NORTON
Fizwilliam quartet and friends playing works by Glasunov, Tchaikovsky and Schubert, as part of Ryedale Festival; in The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Tickets: £20
8.00pm

Monday 26 July   HELMSLEY
Alison Stephens & Craig Ogden (mandolin & guitar) playing a programme of musical souvenirs from all over the world, as part of Ryedale Festival; in All Saints' Church, Helmsley
Tickets: £11
11.00am

Tuesday 27 July   PICKERING
Rachel Brown & Laurence Cummings (baroque flute/ recorders & harpsichord) playing a programme of Handel, Quantz, Couperin, de Bousset and Bach, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Tuesday 27 July   MALTON
'Triple Concert' of Tudor sacred music from Consortium, Fitzwilliam Quartet and Christopher Glynn with Schumann Quintet and Craig Ogden guitar solo works; as part of Ryedale Festival; in Castle Howard
Tickets: £27
7.00pm on

Wednesday 28 July   MALTON
Fitzwilliam Quartet, Alison Stephens, Rachel Brown & Peter Seymour (mandolin, flute & continuo) a candlelit concert of works by Purcell and Vivaldi; as part of Ryedale Festival; in St Mary's Priory Church, Old Malton
Tickets: £17.50 - £12.50
8.00pm

Thursday 29 July   LASTINGHAM
Rowena Calvert & Warren Mailley-Smith (cello & piano) playing a programme of Beethoven, Falla and Franck, as part of Ryedale Festival; in St. Mary's Church, Lastingham
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Friday 30 July   PICKERING
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) playing a programme of Schumann, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Friday 30 July   PICKERING
Fitzwilliam Quartet with Eleanor Laugharne & Christopher Glynn (soprano & piano) playing a programme of works Schumann wrote for Clara, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £8
3.00pm

Friday 30 July   PICKERING
Fitzwilliam Quartet with friends with a programme of works Schumann wrote in his later years, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £15
8.00pm

Friday 30 July   KENDAL
The King's Singers a programme spanning five centuries. Byrd and Tallis give way to Mendelssohn, Schumann and Saint-Sa�ns; in Kendal Parish Church
Tickets: £17
8.00pm

Saturday 31 July   AMBLESIDE
The Vardanyan String Quartet with a programme of Schubert, Haydn and Grieg; in Ambleside Parish Centre
Tickets: £15
12.00 noon

Saturday 31 July   ULVERSTON
Northern Sinfonia with Leon McCawley (piano) conducted by Nicholas Kok with a concert programme Beethoven, Bainbridge and Schumann; in The Coronation Hall, Ulverston
Tickets: £20.50 - £14
8.00pm

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Sunday 1 August   MALTON
Northern Sinfonia directed by Bradley Creswick, with a programme of works by Mozart, Elgar & Beethoven, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Hovingham Hall
Tickets: £15 - £24
8.00pm

Tuesday 3 August   AMBLESIDE
Nicholas Daniel & Huw Watkins (oboe & piano) with a programme of Bach, Britten, Watkins, Nielsen and Pavel Haas; in Ambleside Parish Centre
Tickets: £15
12.00 noon

Wednesday 4 August   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Mozart, Poulenc and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Wetherby Bandstand
Sundays through August   WEST YORKSHIRE  find a discount hotel
Yorkshire Brass Bands will be performing a huge variety of music; in Parks and Bandstands across the region
Tickets: ALL FREE see website for details

Saturday 14 August   KESWICK
Robin Ward (triple harp) a recital of works written for and adapted for the instrument; in St John's church, Keswick
Tickets: £8
7.30pm

Sunday 15 August   KNARESBOROUGH
Yorkshire Wind Orchestra conducted by Keiron Anderson with a programme of musical theatre pieces; in Holy Trinity church, Knaresborough
Tickets: £8
4.00pm

Monday 16 August   LASTINGHAM
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Schumann, Faur&eacure; and Ravel, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Mary's Church, Lastingham
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Wednesday 18 August   LYTHE
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Mozart, Pleyel and Rameau, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Oswald's Church, Lythe
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Friday 20 August   DANBY
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Ravel, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Hilda's Church, Danby
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

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Saturday 21 August   GUISBOROUGH
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Mozart, Debussy and Schoenberg, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Nicholas' Church, Guisborough
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Monday 23 August   WHITBY
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Mozart, Faur&eacure;, Mahler and Chausson, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Hilda's Priory Chapel, Sneaton Castle, Whitby
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Tuesday 24 August   RIPON
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in the Mechanics Institute, Kirby Malzeard
Tickets: £8
7.30pm

Wednesday 25 August   SETTLE
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in St James' Church, Clapham, nr Settle
Tickets: £8
7.30pm

Wednesday 25 August   HAWSKER
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Beethoven Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in All Saints' Church, Hawsker
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Thursday 26 August   RIPON
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in Eppelby Village Hall, Richmond
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Friday 27 August   WYKEHAM
Sacconi String Quartet with a programme of works by Haydn, Beethoven and Ravel, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Helen and All Saints Church, Wykeham
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Friday 27 August   KIRKBY MALHAM
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in Kirkby Malham parish church
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 28 August   STOKESLEY
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in Stokesley Town Hall
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 28 August   WHITBY
Sacconi String Quartet & Jamie Walton (cello) with a programme of works by Schubert & Saint Saens, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Hilda's Church, Whitby
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Sunday 29 August   LEYBURN
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in At Andrew's church, Aysgarth, Leyburn
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

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Saturday 4 September   BAMBURGH
Avison Ensemble with Mhari Lawson & Lisa Wilson (sopranos) a programme of works by Handel and Avison during the Jacobite Rebellions; in The Great Hall, Bamburgh Castle
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Thursday 9 September   RIPON
Daniel Gordon (piano) Lunchtime Recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Friday 10 September   BISHOP AUCKLAND
Anton Stadler Trio (piano, viola and clarinet) play works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Bernstein and Bruch; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets £12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

Saturday 11 September   RIPON
St Cecilia Orchestra with Ruth Palmer (violin) with a concert of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Sunday 12 September   RIPON
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Janusz Piotrowicz with a concert of Beethoven and Mozart; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: tbc - 01765 603994
7.30pm

Thursday 16 September   RIPON
Arioso Baroque chamber recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Thursday 16 September   MORPETH
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 1, 3 & 5; in Chillingham Castle
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

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Friday 17 September   MORPETH
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 4, 2 & 6; in Chillingham Castle
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 18 September   NEWCASTLE
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 1, 3 & 5; in Kings Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 18 September   YORK
St Olave's Academy conducted by Alan George with a concert of Rossini, Mozart and Mendelssohn; in St Olave's Church, Marygate, York
Tickets: £9
8.00pm

Sunday 19 September   NEWCASTLE
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 4, 2 & 6; in Kings Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Friday 24 September   SHEFFIELD
Svyati Duo (organ and cello) chamber recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Friday 24 September   SHEFFIELD
Halle Orchestra with Colin Carr (cello) under Mark Elder with a concert of Bax, Elgar and Vaughan Williams; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.30pm

Friday 24 September   STOCKTON
Christopher Devine (piano) lunchtime recital of works by Beethoven (Waldstein), Liszt, Schumann and Chopin; in ARC, Stockton
Tickets: £5 - £4 - see website for details
1.00pm

Thursday 30 September   RIPON
Amanda Crawley, Edwina Smith and Josephine Peach (soprano, flute & piano) chamber recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

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Saturday 2 October   LEEDS
Philharmonia Orchestra with Juho Pohjonen (piano) under Esa-Pekka Salonen with a concert programme of Sibelius, Beethoven and Prokoviev; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12 - £30
7.30pm

Thursday 7 October   RIPON
tbc lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Saturday 2 October   YORK
York Guildhall Orchestra with Alessandro Taverna (piano) conducted by Simon Wright with a concert of Beethoven and César Franck; in Central Hall, University of York
Tickets: £12 - £18
7.30pm

Saturday 2 October   LEEDS
Houston Symphony Orchestra and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus under Hans Graf with a concert programme of Barber, Stravinsky and Holst; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £15 - £30
7.30pm

Sunday 10 October   SHEFFIELD
Northern Sinfonia under Bradley Creswick with a concert of Bach and Vivaldi; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.30pm

Thursday 14 October   RIPON
tbc lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

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Saturday 16 October   LEEDS
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with Stephen Isserlis (cello) under Kirill Karabits with a concert programme of Sibelius, Beethoven and Prokoviev; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

Friday 19 October   STOCKTON
Yuanfan Yang (piano) lunchtime recital of works by Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy; in ARC, Stockton
Tickets: £5 - £4 - see website for details
1.00pm

Tuesday 19 October   SKIPTON
Alessandro Taverna (piano) with a concert of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Stravinsky; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

Friday 22 October   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Landermason Duo (cello & piano) with a concert of Boccherini, Ligeti, Schumann, Martinu and Brahms; in Masham Town Hall
Tickets: £12 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 23 October   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
RAF in Concert commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with an exciting and nostalgic programme of music that will conjure up the atmosphere surrounding Britain's 'finest hour'; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14.50 - £20.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 October   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Brodsky Quartet performing concert of quartets by Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich; in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: £10 - tel 01748 822001 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 October   SHEFFIELD
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra with Nikolai Demidenko (piano) under Terje Mikkelsen with a concert of Prokoviev, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.00pm

Saturday 30 October   LEEDS
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio with Alena Baeva (violin) under Terje Mikkelsen with a concert programme of Olsen, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12 - £30
7.30pm

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Thursday 4 November   SHEFFIELD
Halle Orchestra with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and soloists under James Burton with a concert of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.30pm

Saturday 6 November   LEEDS
Manchester Camerata with Miao Hou (piano) under Gabor Tak�cs-Nagy with a concert programme of Mozart and Elgar; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.00pm

Tuesday 9 November   SKIPTON
Heath String Quartet play works by Barber, Debussy, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

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Saturday 20 November   RICHMOND
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano) plays works by Schumann and Chopin; in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets £10 - tel 01748 822001 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 20 November   LEEDS
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Leeds Philharmonic and Festival Choruses and soloists under Gabor Tak�cs-Nagy with a concert programme of Elgar and Vaughan Williams; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £15 - £30
7.30pm

Friday 23 November   STOCKTON
Natia Beraia (piano) lunchtime recital of works by Scarlatti, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin and Stravinsky; in ARC, Stockton
Tickets: £5 - £4 - see website for details
1.00pm

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2 - 10 December   YORK
York Christmas Early Music Festival details will be posted on this website in summer 2010


Wednesday 1 December   HARROGATE
Mozart Festival Orchestra with David Juritz (Director / Violin), Martin Burgess (Violin), Rachel Nicholls (Soprano) and Crispian Stelle-Perkins (Trumpet); with a sumptuous evening of glorious baroque classics, crowned by Vivaldi's masterpiece, Le Quattro Stagione; in Ripley Castle, Harrogate
Tickets: £29 - £35 - see website
7.30pm

Thursday 2 December   HARROGATE
Manchester Concert Orchestra Canzonetta Choir, Andrew Greenwood - Conductor, Linda Richardson - Soprano, Peter Auty - Tenor, Grant Doyle - Baritone; with a selection of best-loved arias and music from the world's most famous operas including La traviata, I Pagliacci, Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Faust, Aida and La Boheme; in Ripley Castle, Harrogate
Tickets: £31 - £37 - see website
7.30pm

Friday 3 December   HARROGATE
Manchester Concert Orchestra with Richard Balcombe - Conductor, Deborah Myers, Sally Ann Triplett, Tim Howar and Alasdair Harvey; with show-stopping hits from My Fair Lady, Cabaret, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, West Side Story, Mamma Mia and many more; in Ripley Castle, Harrogate
Tickets: £29 - £35 - see website
7.30pm

Saturday 4 December   DURHAM
Durham University Symphony Orchestra present a concert of McEwan, Brahms and Sibelius; in Elvet Methodist Church, Durham
Tickets: £6
7.30pm

Saturday 4 December   HARROGATE
Manchester Concert Orchestra with soloists perform Winter Proms with many favourites; in Ripley Castle, Harrogate
Tickets: £24 - £30 - see website
3.00pm & 7.30pm

Saturday 4 December   RICHMOND
Red Priest perform a "Nightmare in Venice"; in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets £10 - tel 01748 822001 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 4 December   LEEDS
Orchestra of Opera North with John Lill (piano) under Dmitri Jurowski with a concert programme of Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokoviev and Stravinsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

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Tuesday 7 December   SKIPTON
Emma Kirkby (soprano) with James Lisney, Piano, perform works by Haydn, Schubert and Amy Beach; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

Sunday 12 December   SHEFFIELD
Grimethorpe Colliery Band with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and soloists under James Gourlay and Darius Battiwalla, with a festive Christmas concert; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £16- 27.50
3.00pm & 7.00.pm

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Saturday 8 January   LEEDS
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with Tai Murray (violin) and Stewart Goodyear (piano) under Kristian Jarvi with a concert programme of Prokoviev, Berg, Liszt and Janacek; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

Friday 14 January   SHEFFIELD
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Nikolai Lugansky (piano) conducted by Andris Nelsons with a concert of Rachmaninov and R Strauss; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.00pm

Saturday 15 January   YORK
St Olave's Academy conducted by Alan George with a winter concert, details tbc; in St Olave's Church, Marygate, York
Tickets: £tbc
8.00pm

Saturday 15 January   LEEDS
BBC Philharmonic with Erik Schumann (violin) under Gunther Herbig with a concert programme of Weber, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

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Tuesday 25 January   SKIPTON
Roderick Williams (baritone) with Andrew West, Piano, perform songs by Erich Korngold, Alexander Goehr and Schumann; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

Saturday 29 January   SHEFFIELD
Halle Orchestra with David Kadouch (piano) conducted by Robin Ticciati with a concert of Berlioz, Ravel and Brahms; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.00pm

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