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2005/2006 Classical Music Listings for Yorkshire & the North East

M a y 2 0 0 8

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Saturday 3 May GATESHEAD find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with Howard Shelley (conductor/piano) with a programme of Rossini, Wagner, Mendelssohn and Beethoven; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 3 May RIPON hotel?
St Cecilia Orchestra with a Spring Concert - Programme to be announced; Holy Trinity Church - Ripon
Tickets: Ł5 - Ł12 see website for more details
7.30pm

Sunday 4 May TYNEMOUTH
North Tyneside Youth Orchestra Old members of the North Tyneside Orchestras will be getting together for a hectic weekend of music making to put together a concert to raise money for the Altzheimer's Society; Holy Saviour's Church Tynemouth
Tickets: tba see website for more details
7.00pm

Monday 5 May NEWCASTLE
Richard Allum (piano) lunchtime Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral
Tickets: admission free
1.00pm

Wednesday 7 May GATESHEAD find a discount hotel
Brodsky String Quartet with a programme of ALvarez, Gershwin, Lavista, Barber and Ravel; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Wednesday 7 May DURHAM find a discount hotel
Psappha eight-strong ensemble with a concert programme of new works by Gordon McPherson, Edward Cowie and Steven Mackey; part of the MUSICON concert series
in Elvet Methodist Church, Durham
Tickets: Ł10.00 (concs)
7.30pm

Thursday 8 May SOUTH SHIELDS
Julian Evans (piano) playing Schubert, Liszt and Rachmaninov; in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Thursday 8 May YORK find a discount hotel
Kreutzer Quartet with a concert of music for string quartet from Eastern Europe, including Bartok, Kurtág and Janacek
in the Jack Lyons concert hall, York
Tickets: Ł14 or Ł17 (concs) includes the 10.15 concert
7.30pm

Thursday 8 May YORK find a discount hotel
Kreutzer Quartet perform Croquis by Jeremy Dale Roberts; a collection of vivid miniatures, tiny pieces gathered into three 'sketchbooks' from which the players select pieces as they please;
in the Jack Lyons concert hall, York
Tickets: Ł5.00 (concs)
10.15pm

Thursday 8 May SHEFFIELD find a discount hotel
Katherine Jenkins and Darcy Bussell Viva La Diva show of operatic and dance highlights; in Sheffield Arena
Tickets: Ł27.50 - Ł65 - book online
7.30pm

Friday 9 May NORTH SHIELDS
Julian Evans (piano) playing Schubert, Liszt and Rachmaninov; in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Friday 9 May YORK find a discount hotel
University Chamber Orchestra under John Stringer conductor, with a concert of new music
in the Jack Lyons concert hall, York
Tickets: Ł5 (concs) includes the 10.15 concert
7.30pm

Friday 9 May SHEFFIELD find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 with a concert of Schubert & Brahms
in Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Tickets: Ł14 (concs)
7.45pm

Saturday 10 May GATESHEAD hotel?
Northern Sinfonia and Sinfonia Chorus under Simon Halsey with Natalie Klein (cello) with a concert programme of Palestrina, Tavener and Vivaldi; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 10 May LEEDS find a discount hotel
Russian State Symphony Orchestra with an all-Russian programme of Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: Ł25.50 - Ł8.50
7.30pm

Saturday 10 May HULL
Hull Philharmonic Orchestra under David Lloyd-Jones with Jana Novkov (Violin) in a concert including the Violin concerto by Mendelssohn, plus and Tchaikovsky 4; in Hull City Hall
Tickets: Ł9 - Ł17 - 01482 226655
7.30pm

Thursday 15 May GATESHEAD hotel?
Northern Sinfonia under Richard Hickox with Louis Lortie (piano) with a programme of Butterworth, Ravel and Vaughan Williams; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Friday 16 May BISHOP AUCKLAND hotel?
Amy Dickson (Saxophone); in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 17 May LEEDS find a discount hotel
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with Twentieth century choral masterpieces, Elgar's Music Makers and Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: Ł25.50 - Ł8.50
7.30pm

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Tuesday 20 May HULL
Russian State Symphony Orchestra with Sergei Girshenko (violin) in an all-Russian programme of Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich; in Hull City Hall
Tickets: Ł18.50 - Ł26 - 01482 226655
7.30pm

Wednesday 21 May DURHAM find a discount hotel
Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Egarr with a concert of Handel, Albinoni, Vivaldi and Bach; part of the MUSICON concert series
in Gala Theatre, Durham
Tickets: Ł12.00 (concs)
7.30pm

Wednesday 21 May YORK hotel?
Peter Donohoe (piano) with a concert of Beethoven, Debussy, Bach and Franck; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Tickets: Ł14 - Ł16
7.30pm

Thursday 22 May GATESHEAD find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair with Sandrine Piau (soprano) and Michael Collins (clarinet) with a programme of Mozart and Britten; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Friday 23 May NORTH SHIELDS
Bobby Chen (piano) playing ana all Prokoviev recital; in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Saturday 24 May SWALEDALE hotel?
Compagnia d’Istrumenti performing a French Baroque Spectacle; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's church, Grinton
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Sunday 24 May CARLISLE
Russian State Symphony Orchestra ith Sergei Girshenko (violin) in an all-Russian programme of Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich; in The Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: Ł25 - Ł28
7.30pm

Sunday 25 May SWALEDALE hotel?
Carl Herring performing virtuoso guitar works by Bach, Piazzola, Tippett and Schubert; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's church, Arkengarthdale
Tickets: Ł10 - 01748 880019 or see website
9.00pm

Monday 26 May NEWCASTLE
Jonny Tunnard (Jazz piano) lunchtime Recital; in Newcastle Cathedral
Tickets: admission free
1.00pm

Monday 26 May SWALEDALE hotel?
Samăy with Carl Herring performing Indian Classical Music with a Spanish Twist; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's church, Grinton
Tickets: Ł10 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Wednesday 28 May GATESHEAD hotel?
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with a concert of Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Wednesday 28 May SWALEDALE hotel?
The Sacconi String Quartet performing Ravel, Lennox Berkeley and a Garland world premiere; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's church, Grinton
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Thursday 29 May SWALEDALE hotel?
The Sacconi String Quartet performing Haydn, Vaughan Williams and Metcalf; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary’s, Arkengarthdale
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Friday 30 May NORTH SHIELDS
Dmitry Rachmaninoff (piano) playing Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninov; in Christ Church, North Shields
Tickets: Ł7
0191 257 7401

Friday 30 May SWALEDALE hotel?
The Sacconi String Quartet with Kate Sawbridge (cello), performing Haydn, Imogen Holst and Schubert; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Friday 30 May SWALEDALE hotel?
The Digby Duo Kate Sawbridge & Cara Berridge (cellos), performing Telemann, Offenbach and Dotzauer; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Michael’s Church, Downholme
Tickets: Ł7 - 01748 880019 or see website
5.00pm

Friday 30 May SWALEDALE hotel?
John Williams & John Etheridge (guitars), performing a concert as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew’s Church, Grinton
Tickets: Ł18 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Saturday 31 May GATESHEAD hotel?
Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair with two BBC Young Musician finalists - Cordelia Williams (piano) and Huw Morgan (trumpet) with a programme of Shostakovich, Prokoviev and Tchaikovsky; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

J u n e 2 0 0 8

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Tuesday 3 June LEEDS find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Martinu and Dvořák; at the Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: Ł14/Ł16 - or website for more details
7.30pm

Tuesday 3 June SWALEDALE hotel?
Illuminati Woodwind Quartet performing a varied concert programme including Mozart, Villa Lobos and Rodney Bennett; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Oswald’s Church, Askrigg
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Wednesday 4 June DURHAM
Dmitry Rachmaninoff (piano) playing Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninov; in St Cuthberts church, Durham
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Wednesday 4 June RICHMOND hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Tim Garland (soprano saxophone) performing Bach, Stravinsky and a Tim Garland world premiere; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary’s Church, Richmond
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Thursday 5 June SOUTH SHIELDS
Dmitry Rachmaninoff (piano) playing Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninov; in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Friday 6 June DURHAM find a discount hotel
The Bergen String Quartet with a varied concert programme
in Gala Theatre Studio, Durham
Tickets: Ł9 (concs)
7.45pm

Friday 6 June YORK find a discount hotel
English Youth Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty; in the Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: Ł12.50 - Ł17.50 - book online
7.30pm

Nash Ensemble play in York
Saturday 7 June YORK find a discount hotel
Nash Ensemble with a concert of Lennox Berkeley, Bridge and Elgar; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Tickets: Ł15
7.30pm

Saturday 7 June YORK find a discount hotel
English Youth Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty; in the Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: Ł12.50 - Ł17.50 - book online
2.30 & 7.30pm

Saturday 7 June LEEDS find a discount hotel
Manchester Camerata Yorkshire Voices join the Manchester Camerata for a performance of Verdi's Requiem; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: Ł27.50 - Ł13
7.30pm

Saturday 7 June SWALEDALE hotel?
Swaledale Festival Orchestra and Chorus performing Britten's Noye’s Fludde; part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's church, Grinton
Tickets: Ł12 - 01748 880019 or see website
8.00pm

Saturday 7 June HARROGATE find a discount hotel
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra a Summer Concert of opera highlights and Beethoven 9; at Royal Hall, Harrogate
Tickets: Ł8 see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Thursday 12 June HALIFAX find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 Mozart’s String Quartet in C K.456 The Dissonance, Misek’s Second Sonata for double bass and piano and Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A, D.667 the Trout; in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: Ł11.00 (concs)
7.30pm

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Friday 13 June NORTH SHIELDS
Christopher Ellis (piano) playing Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninov; in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Ensemble 360 at Square Chapel and Auckland Castle
Friday 13 June BISHOP AUCKLAND hotel?
Ensemble 360; in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 14 June NEWCASTLE
Newcastle Bach Choir & Newcastle Baroque with soloists James Gilchrist and Anthony Robson Eric Cross (conductor) perform Bach: Cantatas 78, 97, 135; in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: Ł15
7.30pm

Friday 20 June YORK find a discount hotel
The Chimera Ensemble with a concert of contemporary music from Hungary, Kurtág and Ligeti; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Tickets: Ł6
7.30pm

Saturday 21 June YORK
York Musical Society Choir and Orchestra under Philip Moore with a Vaughan Williams programme; in York Minster
Tickets: Ł6 - Ł18 see website
7.30pm

Saturday 28 June NORTH SHIELDS
Ji-Yeoun You (piano) playing Mozart, Chopin and Ravel; in Christ Church, North Shields
Tickets: Ł7
0191 257 7401

J u l y 2 0 0 8

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Wednesday 2 July DURHAM
Ji-Yeoun You (piano) playing Beethoven, Schubert & Liszt; in St Cuthberts church, Durham
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Thursday 3 July SOUTH SHIELDS
Ji-Yeoun You (piano) playing Beethoven, Schubert & Liszt; in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Friday 4 July BISHOP AUCKLAND find a discount hotel
Brook Street Band ; in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Friday 4 July ROTHBURY find a discount hotel
Joanna MacGregor with a concert of American jazz and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, as part of the Brinkburn Music Festival 2008; in Brinkburn Priory
Tickets: Ł10- Ł27 website or call 01289 330 999 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 5 July ROTHBURY find a discount hotel
Nicola Benedetti & pianist Steven Osborne with a concert of Debussy, Prokoviev and Brahms, as part of the Brinkburn Music Festival 2008; in Brinkburn Priory
Tickets: Ł10- Ł27 website or call 01289 330 999 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 5 July RIPON hotel?
St Cecilia Orchestra with a Summer Concert of Fauré, Rodrigo, Puccini and Respighi; Holy Trinity Church - Ripon
Tickets: Ł5 - Ł12 see website for more details
7.30pm

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Friday 18 July NEWCASTLE hotel?
Tyneside Chamber Orchestra perform works for strings by Puccini, Wolf and Tchaikovsky; in Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Tickets: Ł7 - 0191 284 6615 for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 19 July ALWINTON hotel?
Tyneside Chamber Orchestra perform works for strings by Puccini, Wolf and Tchaikovsky; in Alwinton church
Tickets: Ł7 - 0191 284 6615 for more details
7.30pm

Tuesday 22 July SOUTH SHIELDS
Giulio Tampalini (guitar) playing Rodrigo, Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Poulenc; in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Wednesday 23 July DURHAM
Giulio Tampalini (guitar) playing Rodrigo, Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Poulenc; in St Cuthberts church, Durham
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Friday 13 July NORTH SHIELDS
Giulio Tampalini (guitar) playing Rodrigo, Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Poulenc; in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: Ł5
1.00pm

Friday 25 July RYEDALE hotel?
Young Sinfonia, the North East regional youth orchestra, perform as part of the Ryedale Festival
Tickets: 01751 475777 for more details
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A u g u s t 2 0 0 8

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Thursday 7 August SUNDERLAND find a discount hotel
West Side Story supported by Live Nation; in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: Ł7.50 - Ł13.50 - Book tickets online
7.15pm

Friday 8 August SUNDERLAND find a discount hotel
West Side Story supported by Live Nation; in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: Ł7.50 - Ł13.50 - Book tickets online
7.15pm

Saturday 9 August SUNDERLAND find a discount hotel
West Side Story supported by Live Nation; in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: Ł7.50 - Ł13.50 - Book tickets online
7.15pm

Saturday 30 August LEEDS find a discount hotel
National Children's Orchestra Don't miss the hugely talented young players of the NCO on their Leeds visit; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: Ł27.50 - Ł13
7.30pm

S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 8

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Sunday 7 September SUNDERLAND
Last Night of the Proms in Sunderland; in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: tbc - Book tickets online
7.00pm

Saturday 13 September RIPON find a discount hotel
St Cecilia Orchestra with a Gala Concert - to be announced; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: Ł5 - Ł12 see website for more details
7.30pm

Friday 19 September BISHOP AUCKLAND hotel?
Aurora Ensemble ; in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Thursday 25 September HEXHAM
Hexham Abbey Festival with an exciting programme including Acoustic Triangle, Exaudi and the Avison Ensemble; details t/f; in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Website
7.30pm

O c t o b e r 2 0 0 8

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Wednesday 1 October BISHOP AUCKLAND hotel?
Jill Kemp (recorders) and Helen Reid (piano); in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Sunday 7 October GATESHEAD find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with 'Mahler Inside Out' ; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: Ł7 - Ł29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
8.00pm

Tuesday 11 October DURHAM find a discount hotel
Durham Sinfonia concert; in Durham Cathedral
see website
7.30pm

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N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 8

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Tuesday 11 November DURHAM find a discount hotel
John Williams wClassical guitarist John Williams has collaborated with some of the world’s finest musicians, and released award-winning recordings. Here, he performs a wonderful solo show.
in Gala Theatre, Durham
Tickets: Ł16 (concs)
7.30pm

Saturday 22 November YORK
York Musical Society Choir and Orchestra under Philip Moore with a Concert for St Cecilia's Day; in York Minster
Tickets: Ł6 - Ł18 see website
7.30pm

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