What’s On - Music - October 18 onwards

Oct 15 2012 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

CHESTER: Assistant organist Geoffrey Woollatt plays music by Mendelssohn, Thiman, Bach, Howells and Fletcher in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50.

LIVERPOOL: Acoustic Night featuring Ivy and The Chance, Richard Batty, Thom Morecroft and Mike Roach (Bar) at the Unity Theatre in Hope Place at 8pm. Tickets £6. Call 0844 873 2888 or visit www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Markus Stenz with soloist Catherine Foster (soprano), perform works by Wagner and Bruckner at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

ALDERLEY EDGE: Cheshire's Rural Touring Network presents singer-songwriter Edwina Hayes at 7.30pm at the Festival Hall. Adults £10-£6. Call 07435 967668.

LIVERPOOL: Smokey Martini Jazz Ensemble featuring Alan Cross at the Epstein Theatre, Hanover Street, at 7pm. Tickets £17.50. Age restriction 18+. Call 0844 888 4411 or visit www.epsteinliverpool.co.uk.

LIVERPOOL: The Irish Sea Sessions - This year’s line-up includes: Pauline Scanlon, Frank Kilkelly, Alan Burke, David Munnelly, Terry Clarke-Coyne, Damien Dempsey, Lizzie Nunnery, Ian Prowse, Stevie Dunne, Bernard O’Neill, John McSherry, Méabh O’Hare, Gino Lupari, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £28.50-£17.50. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The RAF in concert at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £22-£16. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Threlfall with soloist Raphael Wallfisch (cello), perform works by Grieg and Delius at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £18-£14. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

TARVIN: John Williams, organist at Holy Trinity Church, Blacon, gives an organ recital in St Andrew’s Church at 7.30pm. Retiring collection.

WIRRAL: The Resurrection Choir from St Petersburg give a concert of sacred and secular Russian music in St Saviour’s Church, Oxton, at 7.30pm. Admission £10, concessions £9.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers, with tenor Tom Kelly, bring you a night of music inspired by the night sky with a wide selection of works including two famous and much-loved choruses from Haydn's Creation, Awake The Harp and The heavens are telling together at St Mary's Church, Handbridge, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Call 0845 241 7868.

LIVERPOOL: Festival Evensong at 3pm followed by the 86th anniversary organ recital given by Prof Ian Tracey in Liverpool Cathedral. Retiring collection.

MANCHESTER: Milapfest presents Music for the Mind and Soul featuring Tarang at the Bridgewater Hall at 1pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Nu Civilisation Orchestra present Parallel - A multi-media concert celebrating the music of Joe Harriott at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

WARRINGTON: Northern Soul Night - Soul Over Easy are back with another night of Northern Soul this time featuring sounds that made The Wigan Casino the major venue on the scene. National DJs are Ian Gee, Pete Eccles, Brent Howarth, Mick H, Simon Hunt and Smudge Smith, at the Parr Hall in Palmyra Square at 8pm. Tickets £7. Call 01925 601617 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

MANCHESTER: Sailing To Byzantium - an evocative collection of 12 poems by W B Yeats set to music by the Irish singer-songwriter and BBC award-winning jazz vocalist Christine Tobin at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 3pm. Tickets £17, £14. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

MANCHESTER: The Old Dance School - Birmingham's cinematic septet unleash their duelling fiddles, soaring brass crescendos, wind and vocal harmonies and earth shattering grooves in a genre busting live show at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

MOLD: Philippe Graffin (violin) and Marisa Gupta (piano) perform works by Beethoven, Bach and Brahms at 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.

WIRRAL: Richard Street, lead singer of The Temptations 1971-1993, in concert at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22

MANCHESTER: When Yesterday We Met - Bridgewater for All, presented by Dominic Harlan (piano), with Philip Smith (baritone), at the Bridgewater Hall at 2pm. Tickets £12, £6 children, family £40. Recommended for adults and children aged 8+. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

BANGOR: Resident organist Graham Eccles gives the lunchtime organ recital in Bangor Cathedral at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

CHESTER: Katya Nell (flute) and Brian Heald (piano) perform music by Gaubert, Doppler, Schumann, Tulou and Rimsky-Korsakov at 12.45pm at the Wesley Church Centre, St John Street. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: John Wilson & The John Wilson Orchestra present A Celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Rodgers & Hart, featuring special guests Kim Criswell, Julian Ovenden and Sir Thomas Allen, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £51-£26. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Dresden Philharmonic, conducted by Michael Sanderling with soloist Sarah Chang (violin), perform works by Brahms, Barber and Dvorak, at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £38-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: Piano recital by Christian Blackshaw performing music by Mozart at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £17, £14. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24

MANCHESTER: Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society presents Alexandra Sherman (mezzo soprano) and Marc Verter (piano) at the Bridgewater Hall at 1.10pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7.50. Ring 0161 907 9000 or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Markus Stenz with soloist Miklos Perenyi (cello), perform works by Dvorak and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25

CHESTER: Roger Fisher plays music by Stanford, Lemare, Darke, Whitlock and Wills, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Markus Stenz with soloist Miklos Perenyi (cello), perform works by Dvorak and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

CHESTER: Brilliant young pianist Tom Hick, will be the guest soloist at the City of Chester Male Voice Choir’s concert at Hamilton Street Methodist Church, Hoole, at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 and will be available at the door or can be booked in advance on 01244-674878 or email [email protected].

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Markus Stenz with soloist Miklos Perenyi (cello), perform works by Dvorak and Beethoven at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert featuring Chester Competitive Music Festival Winners Louie McIver (piano), Ruth Howlett (piano), Alex Stead (violin) and Treflyn Jones (baritone), with Helen Davies (piano), at 12.45pm at the Wesley Church Centre, St John Street. Admission £3.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club presents Clwyd Clippers, Mold barber shop harmony club, with St Helens Youth Brass Band Ensemble, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Admission £5. Call 01928 787496 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with soloist Hening Kraggerud (violin), perform works by Beethoven, Nielsen and Rachmaninov at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3

CHESTER: Chester Chamber Orchestra, The Dmitri Quartet and Chester Consort, featuring Geoff Woolatt (organ) and conducted by Daniel Parkinson, perform works by Mozart, Martin Bussey and Daniel Parkinson at the Wesley Church Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8, students £5. Call 01829 751302 for details.

WIRRAL: Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass in concert at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £7, concessions £6. Call 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4

CHESTER: Chester Young Musicians of the Year - a competiton sponsored by Chester Music Society for young musicians at The King’s School in Wrexham Road from 9.30am. Call 01244 678589 for details.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

FRODSHAM: Frodsham and District Choral Society concert, Faure and all that Jazz, includes Faure's Requiem, Chilcott's Little Jazz Mass and Rutter's Feel the Spirit. With soloists Helen Strange, David Langton and Hanna-liisa Kirchen, at St Laurence Church at 7.30 pm. Tickets £8 from Frodsham Frames or call 01928 733247 or 01829 751687.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Sir Mark Elder with the Halle Choir and Halle Children’s Choir, perform works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Dvorak and Janacek at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

CHESTER: Chester Music Society Club presents The Galliard Ensemble Wind Quartet performing works by Mozart, Milhaud, Bozza, Ibert, Holst, Part and Berio, at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Admission £13. Call 01244 381995 or visit www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier with soloist Martin Roscoe (piano), perform works by Rossini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier with soloist Martin Roscoe (piano), perform works by Rossini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 2.15pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier with soloist Martin Roscoe (piano), perform works by Rossini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Cristian Mandeal, perform works by Beethoven and Schubert at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME: Celtic Fiddle Festival featuring Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, Andre Brunet and Nicholas Quemener at the New Vic Theatre at Etruria Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £18-£14. Call 01782 717962 or visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Richard Balcombe with vocalists Alison Jiear, Sarah Lark, Cat Simmons and Graham Bickley, present The Music of Burt Bacharach at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Stephen Layton with soloists Julia Doyle (soprano), Clint van der Linde (counter tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Neil Davies (bass baritone) and the Halle Choir, present Handel’s Messiah at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Nikolaj Znaider with soloist Nelson Goerner (piano), perform works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7

ELLESMERE PORT: Christmas Concert at National Waterways Museum - Join the Wirral Singers in our lovely waterside café for a traditional choral concert of Christmas favourites. Visit www.nwm.org.uk or call 0151 373 4373.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Andrew Gourlay presents Curtian Up! Great Opera Overtures including Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute and La Boheme at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Karl-Heinz Sreffens with soloist Gareth Small (trumpet), perform works by Grieg, Haydn and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Karl-Heinz Sreffens with soloist Gareth Small (trumpet), perform works by Grieg, Haydn and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 2.15pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16

MANCHESTER: The Halle, conducted by Karl-Heinz Sreffens with soloist Gareth Small (trumpet), perform works by Grieg, Haydn and Dvorak at the Bridgewater Hall in Lower Mosley Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£10. Call 0161 907 9000 or visit www.halle.co.uk.