Concerts

DIARY OF EVENTS

NB. listing is no guarantee that the workshop or concert will take place. Please check before committing.

Concerts

NB. listing is no guarantee that the concert will take place. Please check

Please send information to: jmh@noc.ac.uk. I do not actively research concerts, relying on members or organisers to submit details for inclusion.

December

2 7.30pm, Carols in Conwy, St Mary’s Church, Rose Hill Street. The Telling, mulled wine and candlelit concert of traditional & medieval carols. 5.45pm, carol singing workshop with Clare Norburn. https://www.thetelling.co.uk/events/carols-in-co

9 The Sixteen at Christmas: The Sage, Gateshead, 7.30pm

10 Liverpool Renaissance Singers, 8pm, St. Nicholas’ (Liverpool Parish) Church, L2 8GW. Parts 1 and 2 of JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, mass by Thomas Tallis, music by Jacob Handl, Lassus, Josquin des Pres.

14 7.30pm. York Waits, St Mary’s Church, Kettlewell, Skipton BD23 5QU. The Mirth and Melody of Angels; Upper Wharfedale Arts and Literature Society, uwalsociety@gmail.com

17 12.00noon. York Waits, Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax HX1 1QG. The Mirth and Melody of Angels; Quaytickets 03432086016.

18 3.00pm. York Waits, Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Rotherham, S62 7TW. The Mirth and Melody of Angels; 01226 744084 wsclapham@gmail.com

18 6.30pm. Liverpool Bach Collective, Church of Our Lady of Compassion, School Lane, Formby, L37 3LW. Cantata 36: Schwingt freudig euch empor (Sing joyfully aloft, ye voices)

20 7.30pm. York Waits, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL. The Mirth and Melody of Angels; 01904 658338 info@ncem.co.uk

21 6pm from Mickelgate Bar, York; York Waits Yule Riding procession. www.theyorkwaits.org.uk

January 2023

22 6.30pm. Liverpool Bach Collective, St Giles’ Church, Aintree Lane, Aintree, Liverpool, L10 8LE. Cantata 123: Liebster Emmanuel, Herzog der Frommen (Dearest Emmanuel, Lord of the faithful)

28 2.00pm, St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge, Music from the French Baroque: Jean-Marie Leclair, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau. Magdalena Loth-Hill (Baroque violin), Jacob Garside (viola da gamba), John Green (harpsichord). £15 (including refreshments; students free) in aid of Christian Aid Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal; eventscorbridgechurch@btinternet.com or at the door.

February 2023

12 Musical & Amicable Society play Bach’s The Art of Fugue, Angel Centre, Angel Place, Worcester WR1 3QN, 3.00pm. www.earlymusicworcs.org

19 6.30pm. Liverpool Bach Collective, St Mary’s Church, Back Lane, Little Crosby, L23 4UA. Cantata 199: Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut (My heart is bathed in blood)

22 Stile Antico, England’s Nightingale: the remarkable music of William Byrd. Keele University Chapel, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 7:30 pm

March 2023

25 7pm. Liverpool Bach Collective, St Matthew Passion, Church of Our Lady & St Nicolas (Liverpool Parish Church), Old Churchyard, Liverpool, L2 8TZ.

May 2023

3-5 Bristol Early Music Festival; All Saints, Pembroke Road, Bristol. https://www.bristolearlymusicfestival.uk

Contacts for concerts

Armonico. http://www.armonico.org.uk

Birmingham Barber Institute. http://barber.org.uk/ 0121 414 7333

Birmingham Town Hall. www.thsh.co.uk 0121 289 6333.

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 0161 907 9000, www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

BREMF Brighton Early Music Festival, www.bremf.org.uk

Buxton Festival. 01298 72190, http://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk

Buxton Opera House 01298 72190, boxoffice@boh.org.uk , www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk & http://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk

Chandos Choir. www.solihullchandoschoir.org

Chetham‘s School of Music, www.chethams.com , Stoller hall 0333 130 0967

Early Dance Circle Festival, http://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/

Ex Cathedra. www.excathedra.co.uk

Fiori Musicali www.fiori-musicali.com

Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CA13 9HS, 017687 76276, admin@highamhall.com , www.highamhall.com

Kempley Village Hall, http://www.kempleyvillagehall.org.uk/, kempleyvillagehall@gmail.com

Leeds University, http://concerts.leeds.ac.uk

Leeds Waits. http://www.leedswaits.org.uk/waits.htm , alan.radford@btinternet.com

Leicester, Castle House. www.earlymusicleicester.co.uk

Lichfield Festival. www.lichfieldfestival.org

Liverpool Bach Collective, https://www.liverpoolbach.com/future-events

Liverpool Renaissance Singers. www.liverpoolrenaissancesingers.org

London Festival of Baroque Music, www.lfbm.org.uk

The Magic of Medieval Music https://www.ipmusic.org.uk/medievalmusic

NCEM, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, Percy’s Lane, York, YO1 9TI. 01904 632220, boxoffice@ncem.co.uk, http://www.ncem.co.uk 

Newcastle University https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/

Opus Anglicanum. https://www.opusanglicanum.org/

Ripon. 01765 605508, www.riponinternationalfestival.com

Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), info@rncm.ac.uk, www.rncm.ac.uk

Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, https://www.thequeenshall.net/your-visit/booking-tickets, 0131-668 2019

St. George’s Singers. www.st-georges-singers.org.uk, 01663 764012.

St Martin’s Church, Worcester. www.stmartinsworcester.org.uk

Salts Mill, Saltaire, 01274 288100, sales@earlymusicshop.com, www.earlymusicshop.com

Stile Antico, https://www.stileantico.co.uk/concerts

Stratford, http://www.stratford-upon-avon.org/soundbites

The Sixteen, www.thesixteen.com

William Byrd Singers. http://www.williambyrdsingers.org.uk/concerts.shtml