Thursday 3 January GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Mitsuko Uchida (piano) with a programme of Bach, Schumann, Kurtág and Schubert;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 5 January LEEDS
find a discount hotel National Youth Orchestra under James MacMillan; play Britten, Prooviev and Macmillan;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £8.50 - £25.50
7.30pm
Sunday 6 January HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Orchestra of Square Chapel; A traditional New Year Viennese concert by Orchestra of Square Chapel
with invited soloists;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £9 (concs)
3.00pm
Monday 7 January RIPON James Gilchrist & Anna Tilbrook (tenor & piano) with a programme of songs by Britten, Wolf, Barber and Vaughan Williams;
in Ripon Cathedral
Admission: £12
7.30pm
Wednesday 9 January GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Endellion String Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Smetana and Beethoven;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm
Saturday 12 January GATESHEAD
hotel? The King's Consort under robert King with a programme of Viadana, Gabrieli and Monteverdi;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Sunday 13 January HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Angela Brownridge; Hailed by the New York Times as 'One of the world's finest pianists' giving a piano recital;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £9 (concs)
7.30pm
Friday 18 January HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Royal Quartet performing pieces by Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvorak;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £13.50 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 19 January SHEFFIELD
find a discount hotel Hallé Orchestra Mark Elder, conductor with Truls Mørk, cello perform Strauss and Rachmaninov;
in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £25, £22.50, £19, £7.50; see website for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 19 January DARLINGTON
find a discount hotel Andrew Brownell (piano) performs Handel, Schubert and Debussy;
in the Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: £14 - 01325-486555 for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 19 January LEEDS
hotel? Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop; play Bernstein and Mahler;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm
Saturday 25 January HULL Hallé Orchestra under Mark Elder with Sunwook Kim (piano);
perform Brahms and Elgar;
in Hull City Hall
Tickets: £18.50 - £26 - 01482 226655
7.30pm
Sunday 26 January GATESHEAD
hotel? Northern Sinfonia under Robin Ticciati with Guy Johnson (cello)
with a programme of Britten, Schubert and Shostakovich;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Wednesday 30 January YORK
hotel? Peter Donohoe (piano) performs the second of Beethoven’s late sonatas with two other great sonatas;
in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Tickets: £14 - £16
7.30pm
Thursday 31 January GATESHEAD
hotel? Northern Sinfonia with H.K. Gruber (conductor/chansonnier) with Christopher Richards (clarinet)
with a programme of Stravinsky, Weill, John Adams and H.K. Gruber;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Friday 1 February SHEFFIELD
find a discount hotel Orchestra of Opera North Richard Farnes, conductor, Jean Rigby, contralto, Peter Hoare, tenor - perform Janácek and Mahler;
in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £25.50, £22, £20.50, £16.50, £12.50
7.30pm
Saturday 2 February DARLINGTON
find a discount hotel Daniel de Borah (piano) performs Beethoven, Prokoviev, Scriabin, Chopin and Takemitsu;
in the Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: £14 - 01325-486555 for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 2 February YORK
hotel? York Guildhall Orchestra Lynne Dawson, soprano and Simon Wright, conductor - with a programme of Schubert, Mozart, Strauss and Lár;
in York Barbican Centre
Tickets: £16, £14, £10
7.30pm
Saturday 2 February LEEDS
hotel? Orchestra of Opera North Richard Farnes, conductor, Jean Rigby, contralto, Peter Hoare, tenor - perform Mozart and Mahler;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £25.50, £22, £20.50, £16.50, £12.50
7.30pm
Tuesday 5 February SUNDERLAND
find a discount hotel Daniel de Bora (piano) with a programme of Beethoven, Prokofiev and Chopin;
at the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: £9 - or website for more details
7.15pm
Tuesday 5 February LEEDS
hotel? Freddy Kempf (piano) with a programme of Bach keyboard works on the piano;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: £14 - £16
7.30pm
Wednesday 6 February HARTLEPOOL
hotel? Aron String Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Korngold and Schubert;
in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11 - or see website for more details
7.30pm
Wednesday 6 February YORK
hotel? Laura Moody (cello and voice) performs experimental and avant-pop music to include works by John Cage,
Adam de la Cour, Laura Moody, Alexander Raskatov and Judith Ring;
in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Tickets: £10
7.30pm
Wednesday 6 & Friday 8 February GATESHEAD
hotel? Angela Hewitt (piano) with a programme of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.00pm
Thursday 7 February NEWCASTLE
The Edinburgh Quartet perform Haydn and Tippett;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free
1.10pm
Friday 8 February HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Elizabeth Watts & Gary Matthewman perform a programme of songs by Schubert, Debussy and Strauss;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £13.50 (concs)
7.30pm
Friday 8 February SHEFFIELD
hotel? European Union Chamber Orchestra Tasmin Little, violin and Aida-Carmen Soanea, viola; with a programme of Britten, Pärt and Mozart;
in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £25.50, £22, £20.50, £16.50, £12.50
7.30pm
Saturday 9 February 2008 HARROGATE
hotel? Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra with Brandenburg Concerto no.3 by Bach and Schubert's The Unfinished Symphony;
Ashville College - Harrogate
Tickets: £8/Students £5/Under 16 Free website for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 9 February LEEDS
find a discount hotel Hallé Orchestra Cristian Mandeal, conductor and Kirill Gerstein, piano - with a programme of music by Walton, Ravel and Tchaikovsky;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £25.50, £22, £20.50, £16.50, £12.50
7.30pm
Monday 11 February GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Danel Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Casken, Debussy and Schubert;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm
Wednesday 13 February YORK
hotel? York University Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann, Stravinsky and Mozart with a new commission from George Christofi;
in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Tickets: £10
7.30pm
Thursday 14 February NEWCASTLE
The Fibonacci Sequence perform Schumann, Poulenc and Reinecke;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free
1.10pm
Thursday 14 February 2008 MORPETH
find a discount hotel Emperor Piano Trio with a programme of Arensky, Beethoven and Ravel;
in Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: £10 see website for more details
7.30pm
Friday 15 February GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Nichols Kraemer with soloists
with a programme of Bach, Biber and Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas';
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 16 February 2008 RIPON
find a discount hotel St Cecilia Orchestra with a programme of Vaughan Williams, Arnold, Britten and Richard Rodny Bennett;
Holy Trinity Church - Ripon
Tickets: £5 - £12 see website for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 16 February LEEDS
find a discount hotel Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra Kristian Jarvi directs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto,
with Nicola Benedetti as soloist, plus Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £30.50 - £12.50
7.30pm
Monday 18 February HULL Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra under Kristian Jarvi directs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto,
with Nicola Benedetti as soloist, plus Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony;
in Hull City Hall
Tickets: £18.50 - £26 - 01482 226655
7.30pm
Thursday 21 February NEWCASTLE
Charles Daniels and Elizabeth Kenny (tenor & lute) perform a programme of 16th century lute songs;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free
1.10pm
Saturday 23 February LEEDS
find a discount hotel Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Manchester Camerata Concert
Orchestra with soloists under David Hill perform music by British composers John Rutter and John Tavener;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £25 - £12.50
7.30pm
Saturday 23 February HULL Hull Philharmonic Society under Andrew Penny directs suites from Britten, Rossini, Verdi Wagner and others;
in Hull City Hall
Tickets: £5 - £15 - 01482 226655
7.30pm
Wednesday 27 February GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Schubert Ensemble with a programme of Mozart, Fitkin and Franck;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm
Thursday 28 February LEEDS Martin Couzin & Andrew Bedford (Cello & Piano) perform music by Beethoven & Martinu;
in Leeds Cathedral
Tickets: Free
1.10pm
Friday 29 February NEWCASTLE
John Wallace; Concert introduced by John wallace and played on 19th century brass instruments
by The Wallace Collection; Programme to include works by Sibelius, Ewald, and Bellon;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £12 - £8
7.30pm
Friday 29 February GATESHEAD
hotel? Northern Sinfonia under Roland Boer with Markus Bellheim (piano)
with a programme of Britten, Prokoviev and Strauss;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Friday 29 February HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Emperor Piano Trio Naomi Iwase will be playing the piano accompanied by violinist So-Ock Kim and Celloist Li-Wei;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £13.50 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 1 March NEWCASTLE
Consortium5 perform a varied programme of music for recorders;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £12 - £8
7.30pm
Saturday 1 March DARLINGTON
find a discount hotel Libor Novacek (piano) performs Janacek, Brahms and Liszt;
in the Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: £14 - 01325-486555 for more details
7.30pm
Tuesday 4 March SUNDERLAND
hotel? Mitra Alice Tham (piano) with a programme to be advised;
at the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: £9 - or website for more details
7.15pm
Wednesday 5 March YORK
hotel? York University Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky and Mahler;
in Central Hall, York University
Tickets: £7 - £15
7.30pm
Thursday 6 March NEWCASTLE
Simon Jones & Deborah Thorne (violin & cello) perform a programme of works by Telemann, Corelli, Gabrielli, and Nicola Matteis;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free
1.10pm
Thursday 6 March GATESHEAD
hotel? Northern Sinfonia under Nicholas McGegen with Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
with a programme of Haydn and Mozart;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Thursday 6 March GATESHEAD
hotel? Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
with a programme of songs by American composers;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 7 March GATESHEAD
hotel? Tyneside Chamber Orchestra, with soloists Anna Menzies (cello) and Sue Hurrell (clarinet) perform works for strings
by Schubert, Haydn, Weber and Mozart;
in Caedmon Hall, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - 0191 284 6615 for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 8 March NEWCASTLE
Cappella Novocastriensis and Newcastle Baroque With Julia Kogan (soprano) and Eric Cross (conductor);
perform a programme of varied music by Vivaldi, including the UK premiere of the recently discoverd Dixit Dominus;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £12 - £8
7.30pm
Saturday 8 March LEEDS
find a discount hotel Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s masterful Symphony No 5, with works by Bruch and Tchaikovsky;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £27.50 - £9.50
7.30pm
Sunday 9 March 2008 STOCKTON Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: David Greed with Rakhi Singh (violin)
performing an American programme;
in in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tickets: £15 (concs) - 0870-0550040 for more details
3.00pm
Monday 10 March GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Chillingirian Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Bartók and Schubert;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm
Monday 10 March HARTLEPOOL
hotel? Vienna Piano Trio with a programme of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert;
in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11 - or see website for more details
7.30pm
Thursday 13 March MORPETH
find a discount hotel John Lill (piano) with a programme of Mozart, Schumann, Prokoviev, Beethoven and Chopin;
in Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: £10 see website for more details
7.30pm
Thursday 13 March SUNDERLAND Birmingham Royal Ballet performing Swan Lake;
in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £10 - £24 - Book tickets online
7.30pm
Thursday 13 March HULL Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Antoni Wit, perform Beethoven, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky;
in Hull City Hall
Tickets: £18.50 - £26 - 01482 226655
7.30pm
Friday 14 March SUNDERLAND Birmingham Royal Ballet performing Swan Lake;
in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £10 - £24 - Book tickets online
7.30pm
Saturday 15 March SUNDERLAND Birmingham Royal Ballet performing Swan Lake;
in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £10 - £24 -
Book tickets online
7.30pm
Saturday 15 March KENDAL
hotel? Cordelia Williams, (winner of the piano section, the ‘BBC Young Musician 2006 Final')
with the Westmorland Orchestra and Saint-Saëns Concerto no.2;
in Westmorland Hall, Kendal
Tickets:
7.30pm
Saturday 15 March LEEDS
find a discount hotel Manchester Camerata Leeds Festival Chorus join the Manchester Camerata
for works by MacMillan, Schubert and Beethoven;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £25.50 - £12.50
7.30pm
Saturday 15 March HARROGATE
find a discount hotel Harrogate Symphony Orchestra perform Elgar, Vaughan-Williams and Prokoviev;
at St Aidan's School, Harrogate
Tickets: £8 see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm
Sunday 16 March HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Orchestra of Square Chapel our own Orchestra continue their standard of well-loved repertoire performing Brahms and Beethoven;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £7.50 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 22 March GATESHEAD
hotel? Northern Sinfonia with the Sinfonia Choorus under Thomas Zehetmair with soloists
with Bach's 'St Matthew Passion';
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Sunday 23 March YORK Ellen Kent International performing Madama Butterfly;
in Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: £21.50 - £38 -
Book tickets online
7.30pm
Friday 28 March NEWCASTLE Birmingham Royal Ballet performing Swan Lake;
in Tyne Theatre Newcastle,
Tickets: £10 - £24 - Book tickets online
7.30pm
Friday 28 March HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Ensemble 360 An evening of music by Schubert and Howells;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £13.50 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 29 March NEWCASTLE Newcastle Choral Society & Durham Sinfonia perform Brahms German Requiem;
in Newcastle Civic Centre
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Saturday 29 March NEWCASTLE Birmingham Royal Ballet performing Swan Lake;
in Tyne Theatre Newcastle,
Tickets: £10 - £24 - Book tickets online
7.30pm
Wednesday 2 April GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under David Lockington with Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)
with a programme of Bernstein, Copland, Barber and Dvorák;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 5 April HULL Manchester Camerata under Nicholas Kraemer with Jennifer Pike, violin, perform Telemann, Vivaldi and Rebel;
in Hull City Hall
Tickets: £18.50 - £26 - 01482 226655
7.30pm
Tuesday 8 April SUNDERLAND
find a discount hotel Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) with an all Chopin programme;
at the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: £9 - or website for more details
7.15pm
Tuesday 8 April LEEDS
find a discount hotel Endellion String Quartet with a concert of Beethoven, Schumann and Shostakovich;
at the Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: £14/£16 - or website for more details
7.30pm
Wednesday 9 April LEEDS
find a discount hotel Consort 1700 with a free lunchtime concert of Handel, Scarlatti and others;
at the Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: free
1.05pm
Wednesday 9 April GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Pavel Haas String Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Haas and Beethoven;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30.pm
Wednesday 9 April HARTLEPOOL
hotel? Daniel de Borah (piano) with a programme of Haydn, Schumann, Chopin and Rachmaninov;
in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11 - or see website for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 12 April LEEDS
find a discount hotel Orchestra of Opera North with Evgenia Rubinova (piano);
Frederic Chaslin conducts works by Shostakovich, Chopin and Prokofiev;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £25.50 - £8.50
7.30pm
Sunday 13 April BEDALE
find a discount hotel Richmondshire Orchestra with a concert of dance connections by Novák, Dvorák, Telemann and Shostakovich;
in Hunton Village Hall, Hunton, Bedale
Tickets: £7
3.00pm
Tuesday 15 April GATESHEAD
hotel? Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Mario Venzago with Vivane Hagner (violin)
with a programme of Ravel, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Britten;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Wednesday 16 April YORK
find a discount hotel Vienna Festival Ballet perform Delibes' Coppelia;
in the Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: £21.50 - £11 -
book online
7.30pm
Thursday 17 April NEWCASTLE
Joby Burgess (percussion) a programme of music played on found objects;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free
1.10pm
Saturday 19 April DARLINGTON
hotel? Yuri Paterson-Olenich (piano) performs Bach, Haydn, Rachmaninov and others;
in the Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: £14 - 01325-486555 for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 19 April LEEDS
find a discount hotel Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Sibelius Symphony No 5 and Beethoven's
Second Piano Concerto form the core of the evening's programme;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £25.50 - £8.50
7.30pm
Sunday 20 April CARLISLE Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform works by Schubert, Beethoven and Vaughan Williams;
in The Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: £23 - £25
7.30pm
Sunday 20 April KESWICK London Mozart Players with Tasmin Little (violin) perform Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky;
in Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: £10 - £16
7.30pm
Monday 21 April GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia with Thomas Zehetmair (condusctor/violin)
with a programme of Bach, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Tuesday 22 April SOUTH SHIELDS Adam Skoumal (piano) playing Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Janacek and Skoumal;
in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: £5
1.00pm
Tuesday 22 April SHEFFIELD Alfred Brendel in Concert his last concert in the north of England;
in Firth Hall, University of Sheffield
Tickets: £50
7.30pm
Wednesday 23 April DURHAM Adam Skoumal (piano) playing Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Janacek and Skoumal;
in St Cuthberts church, Durham
Tickets: £5
1.00pm
Wednesday 23 April CARLISLE Matthew Barley (cello) playing Bach and new works by John Metcalfe;
in Carlisle Cathedral
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Thursday 24 April NEWCASTLE
Galini Trio perform works by Shostakovich and Mendelssohn;
in King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free
1.10pm
Friday 25 April NORTH SHIELDS Adam Skoumal (piano) playing Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Janacek and Skoumal;
in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £5
1.00pm
Friday 25 April BISHOP AUCKLAND
find a discount hotel Peter Donohoe (piano); in the Throne room, Bishop Auckland Castle
See website
or call 0191 386 8622 for details
7.30pm
Saturday 26 April GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Newcastle University Symphony Orchestra and Choir, and Newcastle Bach Choir
and Soloists from the Royal Northern College of Music under Eric Cross (conductor); perform Mahler 8th;
with a concert programme of Bach, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £8 - £22 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 26 April YORK
find a discount hotel Compagnia d’Istrumenti and University Baroque Ensemble with a Baroque day - in a series of 3 concerts:
10.30am - Bach at Cöthen; Instrumental music by Bach
1.00pm - Brandenburg Concertos 2 & 5 and Motets: Der Geist hilft; Singet dem Herrn
3.30pm - Discovering the Brandenburgs; the concertos will be examined in detail with live illustrations revealing elements of
compositional devices and performance implications (free to concert ticket holders)
7.00pm - Brandenburg Concertos 3 & 4 plus works by Biber, Telemann and Motets: Komm, Jesu, komm; Jesu, meine Freude
in the National Centre for Early Music, York
Tickets: £12.00 (concs) per item or £30 for all 3 concerts
from 10.30am
Saturday 26 April HALIFAX
find a discount hotel Ensemble 360 Poulenc’s Trio, Berwald’s Quartet in E flat for piano and wind, Glinka’s Trio Pathetique and Mozart’s Quintet for piano and winds K.452;
in Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: £11.00 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 26 April WHITBY
find a discount hotel St Hilda's Festival Orchestra with Matthew Dunn, clarinet performing Beethoven, Delius and Mozart;
in St Hilda's church, Whitby
Tickets: £6.00 (concs)
7.30pm
Saturday 26 April CARLISLE Matthew Barley (cello) playing Bach and new works by John Metcalfe;
in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: £8 - £20
7.30pm
Monday 28 April NEWCASTLE Ben Salter (Cello) lunchtime Recital;
in Newcastle Cathedral
Tickets: admission free
1.00pm
Tuesday 29 April NEWCASTLE
find a discount hotel Katherine Jenkins and Darcy Bussell Viva La Diva show of operatic and dance highlights;
in Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Tickets: £27.50 - £65 - book online
7.30pm
Tuesday 29 April LEEDS
find a discount hotel Endellion String Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Roberto and Brahms;
at the Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: £14/£16 - or website for more details
7.30pm
Wednesday 30 April DURHAM
find a discount hotel Allegri String Quartet with a concert programme of Beethoven, Debussy and Schumann; part of the MUSICON concert series
in Elvet Methodist Church, Durham
Tickets: £10.00 (concs)
7.30pm
Wednesday 30 April YORK
find a discount hotel Nicholas Nowicki piano recital or Ravel and Mussorgsky
in the Jack Lyons concert hall, York
Tickets: £8.00 (concs) per item or £30 for all 3 concerts
7.30pm
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: £7 - £29 - 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: £5 - £12 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: £7 - £29 - 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: £10.00 (concs)
7.30pm
Thursday 8 May SOUTH SHIELDS Julian Evans (piano) playing Schubert, Liszt and Rachmaninov;
in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: £5
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: £14 or £17 (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: £5.00 (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: £27.50 - £65 - book online
7.30pm
Friday 9 May NORTH SHIELDS Julian Evans (piano) playing Schubert, Liszt and Rachmaninov;
in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £5
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: £5 (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: £14 (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: £7 - £29 - 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: £25.50 - £8.50
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: £9 - £17 - 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: £7 - £29 - 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: £25.50 - £8.50
7.30pm
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: £18.50 - £26 - 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: £12.00 (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: £14 - £16
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: £7 - £29 - 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: £5
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: £12 - 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: £25 - £28
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: £10 - 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: £10 - 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: £7 - £29 - 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: £12 - 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: £12 - 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: £7
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: £12 - 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: £7 - 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: £18 - 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: £7 - £29 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
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: £14/£16 - 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: £12 - 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: £5
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: £12 - 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: £5
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: £9 (concs)
7.45pm
Friday 6 June YORK
find a discount hotel English Youth Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty;
in the Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: £12.50 - £17.50 -
book online
7.30pm
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: £15
7.30pm
Saturday 7 June YORK
find a discount hotel English Youth Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty;
in the Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: £12.50 - £17.50 -
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: £27.50 - £13
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: £12 - 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: £8 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: £11.00 (concs)
7.30pm
Friday 13 June NORTH SHIELDS Christopher Ellis (piano) playing Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninov;
in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £5
1.00pm
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: £15
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: £6
7.30pm
Saturday 21 June YORK York Musical Society Choir and Orchestra under Philip Moore with a Vaughan Williams programme;
in York Minster
Tickets: £6 - £18 see website
7.30pm
Saturday 28 June NORTH SHIELDS Ji-Yeoun You (piano) playing Mozart, Chopin and Ravel;
in Christ Church, North Shields
Tickets: £7
0191 257 7401
Wednesday 2 July DURHAM Ji-Yeoun You (piano) playing Beethoven, Schubert & Liszt;
in St Cuthberts church, Durham
Tickets: £5
1.00pm
Thursday 3 July SOUTH SHIELDS Ji-Yeoun You (piano) playing Beethoven, Schubert & Liszt;
in The Custom House, South Shields
Tickets: £5
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: £10- £27 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: £10- £27 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: £5 - £12 see website for more details
7.30pm
Friday 18 July NEWCASTLE
hotel? Tyneside Chamber Orchestra perform works for strings by Puccini, Wolf and Tchaikovsky;
in Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Tickets: £7 - 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: £7 - 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: £5
1.00pm
Wednesday 23 July DURHAM Giulio Tampalini (guitar) playing Rodrigo, Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Poulenc;
in St Cuthberts church, Durham
Tickets: £5
1.00pm
Friday 13 July NORTH SHIELDS Giulio Tampalini (guitar) playing Rodrigo, Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Poulenc;
in Saville Exchange, North Shields
Tickets: £5
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
tba
Saturday 2 August LEEDS
find a discount hotel National Youth Orchestra of Scotland under Garry Walker with Jennifer Pike, violin,
with a concert of Britten, Bruch and Shostakovich;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £10-£20
7.30pm
Thursday 7 August SUNDERLAND
find a discount hotel West Side Story supported by Live Nation;
in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £7.50 - £13.50 - Book tickets online
7.15pm
Friday 8 August SUNDERLAND
find a discount hotel West Side Story supported by Live Nation;
in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £7.50 - £13.50 - Book tickets online
7.15pm
Saturday 9 August SUNDERLAND
find a discount hotel West Side Story supported by Live Nation;
in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £7.50 - £13.50 - 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: £27.50 - £13
7.30pm
Saturday 6 September LEEDS
find a discount hotel Orchestra of Opera North under Richard Farnes with the Leeds Festival Chorus & Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
in performances of Grieg piano concerto and Walton Belshazzar's Feast;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £15-£30
7.30pm
Tuesday 9 September SUNDERLAND Alexander Karpeev piano recital of Mozart, Liszt, Scriabin and Prokoviev;
in the Pottery Room of Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets: £10 - see Website
7.15pm
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: £5 - £12 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
Saturday 20 September SHIPLEY Jill Crossland (piano) Recital ;
Saltaire United Reformed Church, Saltaire, Shipley
Tickets: £10
7.30pm
Saturday 20 September YORK Jamie Walton (cello) Recital ;
Christ Church, Appleton le Moors, York
Tickets: £8
7.30pm
Saturday 20 September SHEFFIELD Berkeley Ensemble perform Octets by Howard Ferguson and Schubert;
in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: £12 - see website
7.30pm
Sunday 21 September BRADFORD Jonathan Brigg (piano) Recital ;
Delius Cultural Centre, Bradford
Tickets: £5 01274 737407
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
Thursday 25 September HEXHAM Acoustic Triangle with Sacconi Strings with a feast of real acoustic music;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Website
8.00pm
Friday 26 September HEXHAM Italian Straw Hat in concert details t/f;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Website
8.00pm
Friday 26 September HEXHAM Laura Jayne Hunter in concert details t/f;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Website
9.45pm
Saturday 27 September HEXHAM Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus & Orchestra with Haydn's Nelson Mass plus Britten conducted by David Murray;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Website
7.30pm
Saturday 27 September LEEDS
find a discount hotel The Philharmonia under Esa-Pekka Salonen with a concert of Beethoven and Berlioz;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £27.50 - £9.50
7.30pm
Sunday 28 September HEXHAM Leeds Baroque Orchestra by Peter Holman, play a Grand Tour of concertos by Vivaldi, Corelli, Handel, Lalande, Boyce, Telemann and Purcell;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: see Website
3.00pm
Monday 29 September HEXHAM India Patel (violin) with Graham Coatman (piano),
with a concert of Dvorák, Messiaen and Prokoviev;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £8 Website
1.00pm
Wednesday 1 October GATESHEAD
hotel? Michaelangelo String Quartet with a concert of Beethoven, Shostakovich and Debussy;
in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £9 - £16
7.30pm
Wednesday 1 October LEEDS
hotel? Nephele Ensemble with a concert of Mozart and Ries;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
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
Friday 3 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair performing Beethoven's Symphony 1, Egmont and Violin Concerto;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 4 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair performing Beethoven's Symphony 2 & 3;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 4 October HEXHAM Laura Skyers (flute) with Graham Coatman (piano),
with a concert of Fauré, Nielsen and Poulenc;
part of the Hexham Abbey Festival;
in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £8 Website
1.00pm
Monday 6 October RIPON
find a discount hotel Kesh Piano Duo piano recital of Mozart, Scriabin, Liszt, Chopin and Prokoviev;
in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £15, 01765 658071 or see website for more details
7.30pm
Monday 6 October HARTLEPOOL
find a discount hotel Alexander Karpeyev piano recital of Mozart, Scriabin, Liszt, Chopin and Prokoviev;
in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11.50, 01429 869706 or see website for more details
7.30pm
Tuesday 7 October SUNDERLAND James Willshire piano recital of Bach, Chopin and Ravel;
in the Pottery Room of Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets: £10 - see Website
7.15pm
Wednesday 8 October LEEDS
hotel? Alexander Karpeyev (piano) with a concert of Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Scriabin Debussy and Stravinsky;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Wednesday 8 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair performing Beethoven's Symphony 4 & 5;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Thursday 9 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair performing Beethoven's Symphony 6 & 7;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 11 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair performing Beethoven's Symphony 8 & 9;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 11 October SALTBURN
find a discount hotel Concert For World Peace featuring Jacqueline Thomas from the Brodsky Quartet plus
David Whitaker and the Ella Quartet, plus special guests, The Renaissance Singers;
at Saltburn Community Theatre
Tickets: £10 01325 365265
7.30pm
Saturday 11 October LEEDS
find a discount hotel St Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov with Elisso Virsaladze, piano, with a concert of
Tchaikovsky and Prokoviev;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12-£30
7.30pm
Wednesday 15 October LEEDS
hotel? Christian Immler (baritone) and Ido Ariel (piano) with a concert of Beethoven, Barber, Schoenberg and Poulenc;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Wednesday 15 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov with Elisso Virsaladze (piano)
performing Elgar & Tchaikovsky 1st Piano Concerto;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Friday 17 October BRADFORD Solstice Quartet, ;
in Bradford Cathedral
Tickets: 01274 432000
7.30pm
Wednesday 22 October LEEDS
hotel? Junior RSAMD young players showcase with a programme tba;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Friday 24 October GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel The King's Singers & Concordia with Treason & Discord, music from Reformation England;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Friday 24 October BEVERLEY
find a discount hotel Avison Ensemble with a concert of 18th century music on period instruments featuring the music of North east composer Charles Avison
and the writings of Lawrence Sterne;
in Beverley Minster
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Saturday 25 October LEEDS
find a discount hotel Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Simonov with Charles Siem, violin , with a concert of
Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50-£27.50
7.30pm
Thursday 25 October SHEFFIELD Acoustic Triangle concert; details t/f;
in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: tbc 0114 256 5656
7.30pm
Wednesday 29 October LEEDS
hotel? Leeds College of Music Showcase young players with a programme tba;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Saturday 1 November LEEDS
find a discount hotel Manchester Camerata under Douglas Boyd with Gordon Nikolitch, violin,
with a concert of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50-£27.50
7.30pm
Wednesday 5 November GATESHEAD
hotel? Arcanto Quartet with a concert of Haydn and Brahms;
in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £9 - £16
7.30pm
Wednesday 5 November LEEDS
hotel? RNCM Showcase with a programme of Saint-Saëns and Hindemith;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Thursday 6 November GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thierry Fischer with soloists, performing Stravinsky, Ravel, Prokoviev and Fauré;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 8 November LEEDS
find a discount hotel The Hallé under Cristian Mandeal with Radu Lupu, piano,
with a concert of Smetana, Bartok and Brahms;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50-£27.50
7.30pm
Sunday 9 November LEEDS Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and Airedale Symphony Orchestra under John Anderson, conductor with a concert of Karl Jenkins and Holst;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £% - £16, 0113 224 3801
7.30pm
Tuesday 11 November DURHAM
find a discount hotel John Williams Classical 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: £16 (concs)
7.30pm
Tuesday 11 November SUNDERLAND Javier Negrin piano recital of Barros, Granados, Albeniz, Gabril and Chopin;
in the Pottery Room of Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets: £10 - see Website
7.15pm
Wednesday 12 November LEEDS
hotel? Robin Ireland (viola) and Tim Horton (piano) with a programme of Bach, Schubert and Prokoviev;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Wednesday 12 November HARTLEPOOL
find a discount hotel Atrium String Quartet a concert of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky;
in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: £11.50, 01429 869706 or see website for more details
7.30pm
Thursday 13 November GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair with Juliette Bausor (flute),
performing Sibelius, Nielson and Tchaikovsky;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 15 November LEEDS
find a discount hotel Bavarian Philharmonic under Enoch zu Guttenberg with Julian Bliss clarinet ,
with a concert of Mozart and Schubert;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12-£30
7.30pm
Wednesday 19 November LEEDS
hotel? Roderick Williams (baritone) and Michael Cleaver (piano) with a programme of Duparc and Finzi;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
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: £6 - £18 see website
7.30pm
Wednesday 19 November LEEDS
hotel? Junior RNCM Showcase young players with a programme tbc;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Saturday 29 November DURHAM
find a discount hotel Durham University Symphony Orchestra under Tom Newall,
with a concert of Dvorak, Brahms and Nielsen;
in Elvet Methodist Church
Tickets: £6 see website
7.30pm
Saturday 29 November LEEDS
find a discount hotel BBC Philharmonic & Leeds Festival Chorus
under Simon Wright,
with a concert of Berlioz, Bingham, Dukas, Ravel and Poulenc;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12-£30
7.30pm
Monday 1 December RIPON
hotel? Ruth Palmer and Masayumi Tayama (violin & piano) with a recital;
in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: £15
7.30pm
Tuesday 2 December SUNDERLAND Amandine Savary piano recital of Bach, Franck, Dutilleux, Schumann and Beethoven;
in the Pottery Room of Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets: £10 - see Website
7.15pm
Wednesday 3 December LEEDS
hotel? Helen Reid (piano) with a programme of Schubert, Liszt, Debussy and Rachmaninov;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Wednesday 3 December GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko with Alexandere Kobrin (piano)
performing Rachmaninov and Rinsky-Korsakov;
at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm
Friday 5 December GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia & Northern Sinfonia Chorus and soloists under Nicholas McGegan, perform Handel's Messiah;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29.50
7.00pm
Friday 5 December BARNSLEY
find a discount hotel Ensemble 360 a programme of pianist Tim Horton's favourite works including Berwald's
Septet. Berwald's music was under-recognised in it's own time and is just coming back to the fore;
in Emmanuel Church, Huddersfield Road, Barnsley
Tickets: £10 / £3 under 18s & students from 01226 321511 or on the door
7.30pm
Saturday 6 December LEEDS
find a discount hotel Orchestra of Opera North under Carlo Rizzi with Ruth Palmer, violin,
with a concert of Sibelius and Tchaikovsky;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50-£27.50
7.30pm
Saturday 6 December DONCASTER
find a discount hotel Ensemble 360 a Berwald & Brahms programme of pianist Tim Horton's favourite works including Berwald's
Septet. Berwald's music was under-recognised in it's own time and is just coming back to the fore;
in Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster
Tickets: £10 / £3 under 18s & students from 01302 342349,
www.doncastercivic.co.uk or on the door
7.30pm
Wednesday 10 December GATESHEAD
hotel? Elizabeth Watts (soprano) with a concert of songs by Purcell, Britten, Schubert and Strauss;
in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: £9 - £16
7.30pm
Wednesday 10 December LEEDS
hotel? Arun Ghosh (Clarinet) and Mohamed Abbas Assani (tabla) with a concert to challenge traditional perceptions and boundaries;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website
or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm
Friday 12 December HARTLEPOOL
find a discount hotel The York Waits "Green Groweth the Hollie", a concert on period instruments including shawms,
sackbut, curtal, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, lute, harp, hurdy gurdy and percussion.
Seasonal music from the fifteenth century, the court of Henry VIII, sixteenth century Mystery Plays, and the reign of Elizabeth Ist;
in St George's church, Hartlepool
Tickets: £11.50, 01429 869706 or see website for more details
7.30pm
Saturday 13 December GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia & Northern Sinfonia Chorus and Quay Voices under Simon Halsey, presented by Aled Jones
with Christmas music and readings;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29.50
7.30pm
Sunday 14 December DURHAM
find a discount hotel Durham University Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Slade,
with a concert of Beethoven, Butterworth and Vaughan Williams;
in Durham Castle Great Hall
Tickets: £6 see website
7.30pm
Wednesday 17 December GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Steven OsborneInternational Piano Series playing Messiaen, Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £20.50
7.30pm
Saturday 20 December RIPON
hotel? St Cecilia Orchestra Christmas & Festive Music for All the Family, a community concert involving local youth and adult choirs;
in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: tbc website
or call 01765 602856 for details
7.30pm
Tuesday 23 December GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia The Snowman - the animated film ‘The Snowman’ is shown on our big screen, with
Northern Sinfonia playing the beautiful music and a soloist from Newcastle’s St Nicholas’ Cathedral taking on
‘We’re Walking in the Air’;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £14
3.00pm
Wednesday 24 December GATESHEAD
find a discount hotel Northern Sinfonia The Snowman - the animated film ‘The Snowman’ is shown on our big screen, with
Northern Sinfonia playing the beautiful music and a soloist from Newcastle’s St Nicholas’ Cathedral taking on
‘We’re Walking in the Air’;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £14
11.00am & 3.00pm
for all Music-Room visitors -
