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Wednesday 21 March   LEEDS
Showcase: School of Music, Leeds University; Lunchtime Chamber Music, The Venue at Leeds College of Music, Quarry Hill
Admission free – Call 0113 247 8336 for more details
1.05pm

Thursday 22 March   NEWCASTLE
Maraca2 Duo Exhilharating percussion music from two young musicians; King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: For further details please contact Kim Bartlett on 0191 413 3665
1.10pm

Thursday 22 March   NEWCASTLE
Student Performances; King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: Free - For further details please contact Kim Bartlett on 0191 413 3665
4.00pm

Friday 23 March   GATESHEAD
Northern Sinfonia Thierry Fischer: conductor, Christine Buffle: soprano, Louise Innes: mezzo soprano and Northern Sinfonia Chorus; perform Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Poulenc's Gloria; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £28 - £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 24 March   LEEDS
BBC Philharmonic Leeds Festival Chorus perform Mozart, Haydn and Hummel; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £11.50 - £23
7.30pm

Sunday 25 March   GATESHEAD
Eduard Kunz a BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artist on piano; perform Bach, Ravel and Liszt; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
11.00am

Tuesday 27 March   GATESHEAD
Vanbrugh Quartet perform Haydn, Tippett and Beethoven; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £13 - £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 31 March   GATESHEAD
Orchestra of Opera North and Northern Sinfonia Takao Yuasa: conductor, Janice Watson: soprano,Paul Nilon: tenor, Huddersfield Choral Society and Manchester Boys Choir; perform Britten's War Requiem; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £28 - £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

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Wednesday 25 April   GATESHEAD  hotel?
New London Consort under Phillip Pickett, with Jonathan Miller's brilliantly inventive, accessible production Monteverdi's Orfeo [staged]- Sung in Italian with English surtitles; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £28 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Thursday 26 April   NEWCASTLE
Student Performances; King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: Free - For further details please contact Kim Bartlett on 0191 413 3665
4.00pm

Friday 27 April   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Methera Quartet and Northern Sinfonia with a Vivaldi programme; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £13 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Saaturday 28 April   STOCKTON  hotel?
Not Bartok Please! Music for oboe, clarinet and piano; a programme of Acker Bilk, Marais, Binge and Chopin, in memory of Don Laws; at Stockton Parish Church
Tickets: £5 - 01642 628930 for more details
7.30pm

Sunday 29 April   GATESHEAD
Young Sinfonia under Director/Harpsichord: Alan Fearon - Director/Violin: Bradley Creswick; performing Bach Handel and Mozart; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
11.00am

Sunday 29 April   GATESHEAD
Zehetmair Quartet with a programme of Bach, Bruckner and Schubert; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £28 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
3.00pm

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Friday 18 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 perform Chausson Concerto for violin, string quartet and piano; in the Crucible, Sheffield
7.45pm

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Saturday 19 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Pascal Rogé and Ami Hakuno (pianos) with a family concert of works by Fauré, Debussy, Saint Saens, Ravel and Poulenc; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
11.00am

Sunday 20 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Pascal Rogé and Ami Hakuno (pianos) with a charming concert of French piano music; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
11.00am

Friday 25 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Thomas Zehetmair, Northern Sinfonia Chorus and soloists with a programme of Mozart (Mass in C) and Stravinsky; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £28 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30.pm

Friday 25 May   BEVERLEY
the Cardinall's Musick choral concert; in Beverley Minster
Tickets:
7.30pm

Saturday 26 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Thomas Zehetmair, Northern Sinfonia Chorus and soloists with a programme of Mozart (Mass in C) and Stravinsky; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £28 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30.pm

Saturday 26 May   BEVERLEY
La Serenissima concert; in Beverley Minster
Tickets:
7.30pm

Saturday 26 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
The Cobweb Orchestra, conductors Clarence Adoo and Andy Jackson; perform works by Beethoven and Fauré. With Mike Cave; at the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £8 and £6 from the Sage Gateshead box office. Tel: 0191 443 4661
7.00pm

Monday 28 May   BEVERLEY
the Dufay Collective concert; in St Ediths Church, Bishops Wilton
Tickets:
1.00pm

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Saturday 16 June   DARLINGTON  hotel?
Darlington Orchestra with a world premiere of Steve Robson's Symphony in Bb and Beethoven; Darlington Civic Centre
Tickets: £5 - 01325 486 555 for more details
7.30pm

Monday 18 June   GRASSINGTON  hotel?
Wu Qian piano recital of Bach, Debussy and Rachmaninov; Grassington Town Hall
Tickets: £12
8.00pm

Wednesday 20 June   GRASSINGTON  hotel?
Julian Lloyd Webber Cello recital of Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Prokoviev; Grassington Town Hall
Tickets: £20 see website
8.00pm

Friday 22 June   NORTH SHIELDS  hotel?
Fiona McLaughlin & Panos Demopoulos (Flute & Piano) lunchtime recital; in the Saville Exchange, North Shields
See website or call 0191 252 3505 for details
Tickets: £5 (concs)
1.00pm

Friday 22 June   YORK  hotel?
The Chimera Ensemble with Minimalism: before and beyond - including John Cage's 4'33"; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York university
Tickets: £6
7.30pm

Saturday 23 June   GRASSINGTON  hotel?
Lucy Wakeford & Siobhan Grealy (flute & harp) recital; Grassington Town Hall
Tickets: £8 see website
3.00pm

Saturday 23 June   DARLINGTON  hotel?
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra with an all Beethoven concert; Darlington Civic Centre
Tickets: £8 - 01325 486 555 for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 June   SKIPTON  hotel?
Last Night at the Proms presented by Langcliffe Singers and Settle Orchestra; in Christ Church, Skipton
Tickets: £8 website for more details
7.00pm

Saturday 23 June   HARROGATE  hotel?
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra with an An evening of all the favourites from the musicals; Harrogate (tbc)
Tickets: £8 website for more details
8.30pm

Sunday 24 June   HALIFAX
Orchestra of Square Chapel with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and a Suppe Overture; in the Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £7.50 see website for more details
3.00pm

Sunday 24 June   NEWCASTLE  hotel?
Avison Ensemble with a Midsummer Night's Music - by Avison, Mozart and Haydn; The Assembly Rooms, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: £20 (£45 including supper)
6.00pm

Monday 25 June   GRASSINGTON  hotel?
John Williams and John Etheridge (guitars) recital; Grassington Town Hall
Tickets: £18 [SOLD OUT] see website
8.00pm

Thursday 28 June   RIPON  hotel?
Music Students from Ripon Cathedral Choir School play a lunchtime concert in Ripon Cathedral
See website or call 01765 603496 for details
1.15pm

Friday 29 June   BISHOP AUCKLAND  hotel?
Alison Balsam (trumpet) Winner of Young British Classical Performer Classical Brit Awards 2006; in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 30 June   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Durham Sinfonia directed by Len Young, with a perfromance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £14 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.00pm

Saturday 30 June   SETTLE  hotel?
Last Night at the Proms presented by Langcliffe Singers and Settle Orchestra; in Settle Parish Church
Tickets: tbc website for more details
7.00pm

Saturday 30 June   MIDDLESBROUGH  hotel?
Cleveland Philharmonic Choir & Mowbray Orchestra with Conductor John Forsyth- Orff Carmina Burana & Blake All God's Creatures; at Middlesborough Town Hall
Tickets: tbc - 01642 656273
7.30pm

Saturday 30 June   LEEDS  hotel?
Leeds Sinfonia under Douglas Scarfe with soloists, perfroming Strauss, Shostakovich and Mozart; in The Great Hall, University of Leeds
Tickets: tbc website for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 30 June   YORK  hotel?
York Symphony Orchestra under Alasdair Jamieson with John Mackenzie (guitar), performing Wagner, Rodrigo and Rimski-Korsakov; in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Tickets: tbc website for more details
8.00pm

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Thursday 12 July   YORK
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge ; in the Minster, York
Tickets:
7.30pm

Friday 13 July   YORK
Young Artists Competitions ; in the NCEM, York
Tickets:
10.30am and 2.30pm

Friday 13 July   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia: Film Night with music from the most well known and best loved films including Gladiator, Harry Potter, Star Wars and The Great Escape; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £23 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Friday 13 July   NORTH SHIELDS  hotel?
Cordelia Williams, winner of the piano section, her ‘BBC Young Musician 2006 Final' with a piano recital; in Christ Church North Shields
See website or call 0191 252 3505 for details
Tickets: £9 (concs)
7.30pm

Friday 13 July   BISHOP AUCKLAND  hotel?
Brodsky Quartet; in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

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Friday 13 July   YORK
Florilegium ; in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York
Tickets:
7.30pm

Friday 13 July   CARLISLE
Anthony Goldstone (piano) performs Beethoven and includes realisations of some hitherto unperformed Mozart fragments; in Carlisle Cathedral
Tickets: £20 - £12
7.30pm

Saturday 14 July   YORK
Young Artists Competition Final ; in the NCEM, York
Tickets:
10.30am to 5.00pm

Saturday 14 July   CARLISLE
Galloway Consort on authentic instruments this acclaimed ensemble from across the border recalls the “Auld Alliance” with sixteenth century music from Scotland and France; in Carlisle Cathedral
Tickets: £20 - £12
12.45pm

Saturday 14 July   CGATESHEAD  hotel?
Hertfordshire Chorus with Durham Sinfonia and soloists perform Will Todd's "The Burning Road" and Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony; at the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £20
7.30pm

Saturday 14 July   REDCAR  hotel?
Cordelia Williams, winner of the piano section, her ‘BBC Young Musician 2006 Final' with a piano recital; in Sir William Turner's Almshouses chapel, Kirkleatham, Redcar
See website or call 01642 482828 for details
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 14 July   YORK
Ensemble Lucidarium ; in St Olave's church, York
Tickets:
8.00pm

Sunday 15 July   BRINKBURN  hotel?
Paul Lewis makes a welcome return to the festival with a stunning recital of Beethoven's last three sonatas; Brinkburn Priory, nr Morpeth and Rothbury, Northumberland
Tickets: £10 - £21 (concs) - see website or 01289 330 999 for more details
12.00noon

Sunday 15 July   BRINKBURN  hotel?
Gabrieli Consort & Players Director: Paul McCreesh, Beethoven Missa Solemnis in D major; Brinkburn Priory, nr Morpeth and Rothbury, Northumberland
Tickets: £10 - £32 (concs) - see website or 01289 330 999 for more details
4.00pm

Friday 21 July   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Young Sinfonia under Garry Walker, with a programme of Bartók, Hummel and Beethoven; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Friday 21 July   BISHOP AUCKLAND  hotel?
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano); in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm

Monday 23 July   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Cool Classics for Summer Days - Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and others; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7-£23 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
7.30pm

Friday 27 July   MORPETH  hotel?
Pavlo Besnosiuk with a recital of Bach's solo violin partitas and sonatas; Chillingham Castle, Northumberland
Tickets: £12
7.30pm

Monday 23 July   GATESHEAD  hotel?
National Youth Recorder Orchestra Eileen Silcocks and Colin Touchin: Conductors; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £10 - 0191 443 4661 for more details
2.30pm

Saturday 28 July   NEWCASTLE  hotel?
Pavlo Besnosiuk with a recital of Bach's solo violin partitas and sonatas; The Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: £12
7.30pm

Saturday 28 July   THIRSK
Pro Corda directed by Penny Stirling; in St. Oswald's Church, Sowerby, Thirsk
Tickets: £tbc - 01845 597058
7.30pm

Sunday 29 July   NEWCASTLE  hotel?
Pavlo Besnosiuk with a recital of Bach's solo violin partitas and sonatas; The Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: £12
7.30pm

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Saturday 4 August   CORBRIDGE  find a discount hotel
Gould Piano Trio and friends perform Berg and Strauss; part of Corbridge Chamber Music Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Corbridge, Northumberland
Details: tel 029 2023 2432
10.00pm

4-20 August   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
Lake District Summer Music Festival, at venues around the the English Lake District, Cumbria

Sunday 5 August   CORBRIDGE  find a discount hotel
Corbridge Festival Singers and Strings, with Scott Farrell (organ) directed by Martin Neary; perform Schubert Mass in G; part of Corbridge Chamber Music Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Corbridge, Northumberland
Details: tel 029 2023 2432
10.30am

Sunday 5 August   CORBRIDGE  find a discount hotel
Gould Piano Trio and friends perform Stanford, Brahms and Schubert; part of Corbridge Chamber Music Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Corbridge, Northumberland
Details: tel 029 2023 2432
3.30pm

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Friday 14 August   NORTH SHIELDS  hotel?
Martin Cousin (piano) plays Chopin and Rachmaninov; in the Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £5 - tel 0191 252 3505
1.00pm

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Friday 28 September   NORTH SHIELDS  find a discount hotel
Northerly Winds former RNCM students ; in the Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £5 - tel 0191 252 3505
1.00pm

Friday 28 September   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair with Paul Lewis (piano) with an all Beethoven programme; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Friday 28 September   HEXHAM  hotel?
Pimlico Opera perform Gounod's Romeo and Juliet as part of Hexham Abbey Festival in the Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham.
Tickets: £6 - £14.50
7.30pm

Friday 28 September   BARNSLEY  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 perform Beethoven, Boccherini and Brahms; at Emmanuel Methodist Church, Barnsley
Tickets: £8 - 01226 321511 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Saturday 29 September   HEXHAM  hotel?
Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus and Orchestra perform Brahms Requiem as part of Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey, Hexham.
Tickets: £8 - £15.00
7.30pm

Saturday 29 September   DEWSBURY  find a discount hotel
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra perform a selection of music from the movies and favourites from Last Night at The Proms; at Dewsbury Town Hall
Tickets: see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Sunday 30 September   WINDERMERE  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 perform Beethoven, Boccherini and Brahms; at Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
Tickets: £8 - 01539 488444 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

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Wednesday 10 October   HARTLEPOOL  find a discount hotel
Ashley Wass (piano) with a programme of Alwyn, Liszt, Debussy and Bridge; in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11 - or see website for more details
7.30pm

Thursday 11 October   RIPON
Kate Woolf & Paul Bryan (soprano & piano) with a lunchtime concert; in Ripon Cathedral
Admission: free, donations welcome
1.15pm

Thursday 11 October   LEEDS
Martyn Jackson & Jonathan Dormand (Violin & Cello) play music by J S Bach & Gyorgi Ligeti; in Leeds Cathedral
Admission: see website
1.10pm

Saturday 13 October   STOCKTON  find a discount hotel
Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: David Greed with Sibelius, Strauss and Dvorak; in Teesside High School, Eaglescliffe
Tickets: £15 (concs) - 0870-0550040 for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 13 October   THIRSK  discount hotel?
Manchester Piano Trio with a sumptuous evening of Brahms; in St. Oswald's Church, Sowerby, Thirsk
Tickets: £9 book tickets
7.30pm

Saturday 13 October   LEEDS  discount hotel?
Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Stéphane Denève, with Renaud Capuçon, violin; play Ravel, Prokoviev and Rachmaninov; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £8.50 - £25
7.30pm

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Thursday 18 October GRIMSBY
Aurora Wind Ensemble with Ashley Wass (piano) perform Mozart and Beethoven Quintets; in the Central Hall, Grimsby
7.30pm

Saturday 20 October   DARLINGTON  find a discount hotel
Martino Tirimo (piano) with a programme of Mozart, Liszt, Schumann and Beethoven; at the Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington
Tickets: £9 - or website for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 20 October   LEEDS  hotel?
Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Egarr; play Bach, Handel and Telemann; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

Sunday 21 October   HALIFAX  find a discount hotel
Dave Nelson & Roger Scaife (piano duo) perform an all-Schubert recital; in the Square Chapel for the Arts, Halifax
Tickets: £11 (concs) - 01422 349422
7.30pm

Monday 22 October   NEWCASTLE
Nicholas Nowicki piano recital Beethoven, Op.109, Excerpts from Ravel's Miroirs and Chopin Ballade no.3; Lit and Phil Society, Newcastle
free entry
1.10pm

Tuesday 23 October   CARLISLE
Emma Harper and Julia Cobby (soprano & piano) recital in Carlisle Cathedral
free entry
12.45pm

Wednesday 24 October   GATESHEAD  discount hotel?
Zehetmair Quartet performs Mozart, Hindemith and Schumann; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7-£29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Wednesday 24 October   HEXHAM  discount hotel?
Llyr Williams (piano) performs ...; at Hexham
Tickets: tbc
7.30.pm

Wednesday 24 October   YORK  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 perform a programme of Mendelssohn, Spohr and Schubert; in the Jack Lyons Hall, York
Tickets: £11-£14 (concs) - 01904 432439
7.30pm

Thursday 25 October   RIPON
Georgina Wells (harp) with a lunchtime recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Admission: free, donations welcome
1.15pm

Thursday 25 October   HUDDERSFIELD  find a discount hotel
Ensemble 360 perform a programme of Mendelssohn, Spohr and Schubert; in St. Pauls’ Hall, Huddersfield
Tickets: FREE From 01484 472426
1.15pm

Friday 26 October   HALIFAX  find a discount hotel
Prazak Quartet perform Haydn, Martinu and Beethoven; in the Square Chapel for the Arts, Halifax
Tickets: £11 (concs) - 01422 349422
7.30pm

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Saturday 17 November   LEEDS  discount hotel?
Orchestre National de France under Kurt Masur; play Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

Monday 19 November   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Sorrel Quartet with a programme of Mozart, Shostakovich and Brahms; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Wednesday 21 November   GATESHEAD  discount hotel?
London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev with Mahler 6; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Friday 23 November   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with the Sinfonia Chorus under Yannick Nézet-Séguin with a programme of Bach and Stravinsky; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Saturday 24 November   HEXHAM  discount hotel?
Orchestra with Riding Mill Choral Society, perform Elgar 'Music Makers' and Vivaldi; at Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Tickets:
7.30.pm

Saturday 24 November   HARROGATE  discount hotel?
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky, Bruch and Rachmaninov; at Harrogate Grammar School
Tickets: £8 see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Saturday 24 November   LEEDS  discount hotel?
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus under David Hill; perform A celebration of British music including an established work by Ralph Vaughan Williams and the World Premiere of the Bronte Mass by Philip Wilby; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50 - £25.50
7.30pm

Monday 26 November   HARTLEPOOL  discount hotel?
The Coull Quartet with a programme of Mozart, Smetana and Beethoven; in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11 - or see website for more details
7.30pm

Thursday 29 November   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair with Peter Francomb (horn) with a programme of Schubert, Hindemith and Brahms; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

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Friday 14 December   THIRSK  discount hotel?
Zum the intriguing combination of violin, cello and accordion creating an enticingly unique and beautiful sound-world perform Piazzola and music from the golden age of tango; in St. Oswald's Church, Sowerby, Thirsk
Tickets: £9 book tickets
7.30pm

Friday 14 December   HALIFAX  find a discount hotel
London Handel Players perform music by Handel and some of his contemporaries from the 17th century; in the Square Chapel for the Arts, Halifax
Tickets: £11 (concs) - 01422 349422
7.30pm

Saturday 15 December   HARROGATE  discount hotel?
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra perform a Family Christmas Concert; at Harrogate International Centre
Tickets: £8- £12 01423 537230 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm

Saturday 15 December   HALIFAX  discount hotel?
York Waits with concert of ancient, evocative Yuletide music; in the Square Chapel for the Arts, Halifax
Tickets: £11 (concs) - 01422 349422
7.30pm

Saturday 15 December   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
Northumberland Orchestra under Gillian Coop; programme tbc; in All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle
Tickets: tbc - see website for more details
7.30.pm

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Sunday 16 December   HALIFAX  discount hotel?
York Waits with concert of ancient, evocative Yuletide music; in the Square Chapel for the Arts, Halifax
Tickets: £11 (concs) - 01422 349422
7.30pm

Friday 21 December   NORTH SHIELDS  find a discount hotel
Daniel Grimwood (piano) plays Chopin by candlelight; in the Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £7 - tel 0191 252 3505
7.30pm

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