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Wednesday 21 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Maria Oldak (violin) and James Baillieau (piano) with a programme of Brahms, de Falla and Gershwin; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm

Thursday 22 January   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair with Jonathan Biss (Piano), performing Brahms, Schumann and Colin Matthews; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 24 January   RICHMOND nbsp;hotel?
Doric String Quartet with a programme of Schubert, Debussy and Haydn; part of the Richmond Subscription Concert series; in Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: �10, see website or call 01748 880019 for details
7.??pm

Saturday 24 January   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Elias String Quartet with a programme of Kurtág, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, with a Mosley World Premiere; in Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 / �9.50 Concs. / �3 Under 18s & Students, see website or call 0114 249 6000 for details
7.45pm

Sunday 25 January   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Opera North under Richard Farnes perform Strauss' Elektra; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Tuesday 27 January   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Marie Bitlloch & Tim Horton (Cello & Piano) performing Beethoven Cello Sonatas; in Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: �9 / �6.50 Concs. / �3 Under 18s & Students, see website or call 0114 249 6000 for details
12.45pm

Wednesday 28 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Elixir Trio (violin) and James Baillieau (piano) with a programme of Beethoven and Ancelin; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm

Wednesday 28 January   DURHAM  hotel?
Allegri String Quartet performing Mendelssohn, Simpson and Brahms; in Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: �10.00 (�6.00), Students �3.00, Under 18s �1.00, see website
7.30pm

Friday 30 January   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Navarra & Sacconi Quartets present Mendelssohn�s passionate Octet alongside Brahms�s two Sextets, both masterpieces of the repertoire; in Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 / �9.50 Concs. / �3 Under 18s & Students, see website or call 0114 249 6000 for details
7.45pm

Saturday 31 January   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia under Simon Halsey and a 'Come and Sing' Mozart Requiem; at the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �8.50 to participate -FREE to attend - 0191 443 4661 or see thesagegateshead.org for more details
7.30pm

Saturday 31 January   DONCASTER  hotel?
Ensemble 360 play Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert Quintets; in Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster
Tickets: �10 / �8 Concs. / �3 Under 18s & Students, see website or call 01302 342349 for details
7.30pm

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Wednesday 11 February   LEEDS  hotel?
Leeds Uni Music School Showcase A trumpet and piano recital by students from the Royal Academy of Music; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm

Thursday 12 February   MORPETH  find a discount hotel
Sophia Lisovskaya (piano) plays sonatas by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Schumann; at Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: Adult �10.00, Student �2.50 or see website for more details
7.30pm

Friday 13 February   ALNWICK  find a discount hotel
Avison Ensemble and James Bowman with a Charles Avison 300 anniversary concert including Purcell and Handel; in Alnwick Playhouse
Tickets: �14
7.30pm

Saturday 14 February   DURHAM  find a discount hotel
Avison Ensemble and James Bowman with a Charles Avison 300 anniversary concert including Purcell, Avison, Garth and Handel; in Hatfield College, Durham
Tickets: �13
7.30pm

Saturday 14 February   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Valery Poliansky with Tatyana Polianskaya piano, with a concert of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Stravinsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: �9.50-�27.50
7.30pm

Sunday 15 February   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
Avison Ensemble and James Bowman with a Charles Avison 300 anniversary concert including Purcell and Handel; in the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle
Tickets: �16 including afternoon tea
3.00pm

Tuesday 17 February   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Paul Lewis Piano Recital of Schubert Impromptus and Beethoven Diabelli Variations; in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50
7.30pm

Wednesday 18 February   LEEDS  hotel?
Leeds Uni Music School Showcase Artists and programme to be confirmed; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm

Friday 20 February   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia welcomes back Heinrich Schiff as Conductor/Cello, and Michal Dworzynski with a programme of Mozart, Haydn and John Casken; in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50
7.30pm

Sunday 22 February   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
The Heath Quartet BBC Sunday Morning Concert of Haydn and Berg; in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �14
11.00am

Sunday 22 February   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Young Sinfonia and St Mary's Music School under Baldur Bronnimann, perform Bizet, Ibert and Rimsky-Korsakov; in The Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7
3.00pm

Wednesday 25 February   LEEDS  hotel?
Boreas Trio with a programme or works by Bach, Wieniawski, Elgar and Salieri; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm

Saturday 28 February   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Britten Sinfonia under Nicholas Daniel and Jacqueline Shave, with a concert of Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, Britten and Bach; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: �9.50-�27.50
7.30pm

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Thursday 19 March   ROTHERHAM  hotel?
Ensemble 360 play Brahms and Poulenc chamber pieces; in tbc, Rotherham Arts Centre
Tickets: tbc, see website or call 01709 823621 for details
7.30pm

Friday 20 March   HALIFAX  hotel?
Ensemble 360 play Brahms and Poulenc chamber pieces; in teh Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: �13.50, concessions �12.00, full-time students �5.00, under 16s �2.00, see website or call 01709 823621 for details
7.30pm

Friday 20 March   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
The Cremona Quartet perform works by Stravinsky, Borodin and Schubert; in Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 - 0114 249 6000 see Website
7.45pm

Saturday 21 March   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
New Tyneside Orchestra Spring Concert; performing Arnold, Holst, Gabrieli and others; at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Tickets: �9 for adults, �7 for concessions, �4 for students 0191 232 1356
7.30pm

Saturday 21 March   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus under David Hill with Soloists, with a concert of Delius @Mass for Life'; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: �14-�27.50
7.30pm

Saturday 21 March   DONCASTER  hotel?
Ensemble 360 play Brahms and Schubert chamber pieces; in Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster
Tickets: �10 / �8 Concs. / �3 Under 18s & Students, see website or call 01302 342349 for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 24 March   HARTLEPOOL  find a discount hotel

Michelangelo String Quartet a concert of Beethoven, Schumann and Shostakovich; in Hartlepool Town Hall
Tickets: �11.50, 01429 869706 or see website for more details
7.30pm

Tuesday 24 March   SKIPTON
Benjamin Frith (piano) Recital of sonatas by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schumann; in the Town Hall, Skipton
adult �12, schoolchild �1 - Full details on website for more details or tel. 01756 799912
7.30pm

Wednesday 25 March   LEEDS  hotel?
Edward Furse (cello) and Craig White (piano) with a concert of Schumann and Barber; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Admission Free, see website or call 0113 224 3801 for details
1.05pm

Friday 27 March   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Chords; String Quartet and Piano, performing Mozart Quartet & Schubert's Trout; part of Northern Chords: The North East Chamber Music Festival; in St Mary's Church, Whickham
Tickets: �12 (plus concessions)
7.30pm

Saturday 28 March   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Ben Johnson with String Quartet and Piano, performing Songs and RVW's Wenlock Edge; part of Northern Chords: The North East Chamber Music Festival; in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: �12 (plus concessions)
7.30pm

Saturday 28 March   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
the Hall� with Garrick Ohlsson (piano) conducted by Edward Gardner, performing Elgar, Beethoven and Sibelius; at the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: �25.50 - �27.50 (plus concessions) - Book Online
7.30pm

Saturday 28 March   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Orchestra of Opera North under Richard Farnes and Adrian Brendel, cello, with a concert of Debussy, Shostakovich, Busoni and Stravinsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: �9.50-�27.50
7.30pm

Saturday 28 March   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
James Barralet & Sankar Chowdhury (cello & tabla) this programme features both western music inspired by India and music from the country itself, breaking down the boundaries between western and Indian music; in Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 - 0114 249 6000 see Website
7.45pm

Sunday 29 March   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Chords; chamber music by Mendelssohn and Shumann; part of Northern Chords: The North East Chamber Music Festival; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �15 (plus concessions)
7.30pm

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Saturday 16 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 performing Brahms and Schumann; in the Upper Cchapel, Sheffield
Tickets: �9 see website for details
12.45pm

Saturday 16 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Samling Concert showcasing the talents and progress of the scholars. Further sparkle is added to the evening courtesy of Italian soprano Nuccia Focile, with Sir Thomas Allen and distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �14 - �20.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details
7.00pm

Saturday 16 May   DURHAM
Durham Sinfonia concert; in Durham Cathedral
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Saturday 16 May   MIDDLESBROUGH  find a discount hotel
Orlando Jopling performs Bach cello suuites 3,5 & 6; in St John's, Eaglescliffe,
Tickets: �10
6.00pm

Saturday 16 May   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra under Leif Ove Andsnes with a concert of Mozart, Prokoviev, Grieg and Beethoven; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: �9.50-�27.50
7.30pm

Saturday 16 May   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Ensemble 360 performing works by Brahms, Schumann and Schoenberg; in the Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 see website for details
7.45pm

Saturday 16 May   HALIFAX  find a discount hotel
Arioso Ensemble with music of the 17th and 18th century; in The Square Chapel, Halifax
Tickets: �10
8.00pm

Thursday 21 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Orchestra Europa with Alexander Melnikov (piano) conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier performing Ravel, Tchaikovsky (1st Piano Concerto) and Berlioz; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details
7.30pm

Thursday 21 May   BEVERLEY  hotel?
Red Priest with a gloriously inventive mix of entertainments from Vivaldi, Corelli to Biber and van Ecyk; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in Toll Gavel Methodist Church, Beverley
Tickets: �15 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details
7.30pm

Friday 22 May   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Prague Symphony Orchestra with Nina Kotova (cello) conducted by Petr Altricher, performing works by Dvoráak and Smetana; at the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: �26.00 - �28.00 (plus concessions) - Book Online
7.30pm

Friday 22 May   BEVERLEY  hotel?
Fretwork & Clare Wilkinson (voice) with 'Music for a While', songs and arias by Purcell; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster
Tickets: �20 - �15 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 May   BEVERLEY  hotel?
Viol Workshop Day presented by Richard Boothby of Fretwork, primarily for Viol players from beginner to expert; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in St Mary's church hall, Beverley
Tickets: for details see the NEEMF website
10.00am - 4.30pm

Saturday 23 May   BEVERLEY  hotel?
Jacob Heringman (lute) 'Il Divino and the English Orpheus' works by Dowland and Francesco Canova da Milano; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster
Tickets: �10 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details
1.00pm

Saturday 23 May   RIPON   hotel?
St Cecilia Orchestra Programme and ticket details tba; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: tbc website or call 01765 602856 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 May   BEVERLEY  hotel?
The Bach Players perform Bach works 'arranging and arranged'; part of the Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster
Tickets: �20 - �15 (concs) see the NCEM website or call 01904 658338 for details
7.30pm

Sunday 24 May   HALIFAX  hotel?
The Mandolinquents with a programme of music ranging across many genres with a big helping of witty banter; in The Square Chapel Halifax
Tickets: �13
7.30pm

Sunday 24 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
Carducci String Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Bartók and Schubert, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's church, Grinton
Tickets: �14 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
8.00pm

Monday 25 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Bones Apart performing music inspired by Shakespeare, from Mendelssohn, Debussy, Bernstein and others; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �14 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details
8.00pm

Monday 25 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
The Mandolinquents with a programme of music ranging across many genres with a big helping of witty banter, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's church, Grinton
Tickets: �12 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 27 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Tanja Baumgartner (soprano) conducted by Mario Venzago performing Bartók, Mahler and Brahms; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details
7.30pm

Wednesday 27 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
James Turnbull (Oboe and Cor Anglais) with a programme of music music by CPE Bach, Telemann, Britten, Michael Berkeley, Silvestrini and Thea Musgrave, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk
Tickets: �8 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
5.00pm

Wednesday 27 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
Graham Caskie (piano) with a Debussy's Book 1 Preludes, illustrated with paintings by Brian Dunce commissioned by the 2006 Guildford International Music Festival, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth
Tickets: �12 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
8.00pm

Thursday 28 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
Tetra Classical Guitar Quartet with a concert of Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnole, and pieces by Stephen Goss, Bizet, Granados and others, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Oswald's Church, Askrigg
Tickets: �12 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
8.00pm

Friday 29 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
Tasmin Little with a concert of varied programme of dramatic solo pieces, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: �16 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
8.00pm

Friday 29 May   SHEFFIELD  find a discount hotel
Manchester Camerata Winds with a concert of Haydn's Symphonies and Nelson Mass; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: �15 0114 2 789 789
7.30pm

Saturday 30 May   GATESHEAD  hotel?
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Sarah Fox and Mihoko Fujimura, conducted by Andris Nelsons, performing Mahler 2 'The Resurrection'; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details
7.30pm

Saturday 30 May   SWALEDALE  hotel?
Heath Quartet with Tom Lessels (clarinet) with a concert of Brahms, Webern and Mozart, part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: �14 see website or call 01748 880019 for details
8.00pm

Sunday 31 May   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Roscoe Trio & Elias Quartet performing works by Brahms; in the Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 see website for details
2.30, 4.45 & 7.45pm

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Thursday 11 June   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia & Chorus with soloists conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, performing Bach's B minor Mass; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website or call 0191 443 4661 for details
7.30pm

Friday 12 June   BISHOP AUCKLAND  find a discount hotel
Heath String Quartet with a programme of Haydn, Janacek, Webern and Mozart; in Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland
Tickets: �12 (plus concessions)
7.30pm

Sunday 21 June   HALIFAX  hotel?
Orchestra of the Square Chapel under Lawrence Killian with a programme of Poulenc, Ravel and Killian; in The Square Chapel Halifax
Tickets: �12
7.30pm

Thursday 25 June   YORK
The York Waits & Tim Healey (narrator) York�s resident renaissance band marks the 500th anniversary of the coronation of England's most controversial and musical monarch, Henry VIII; in National Centre for Early Music, York
Tickets: �12 (concs), 01482 654567
7.30pm

Sunday 28 June   KESWICK  hotel?
West Lakeland Orchestra performing Beethoven, Schubert and Strauss; in the Theatre by the Lake
Tickets: �10 - �12 see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 30 June   LEEDS
Endellion String Quartet with Andrew Watkinson perform Haydn, Mozart and Schumann; at The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: �15.50 - �17.50
7.30pm

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Sunday 12 July   YORK  hotel?
Minster Minstrels directed by Ailsa Reid perform music and song from Handel and Purcell part of the York Early Music Festival; in Unitarian Chapel, York
Tickets: �5 (concs) - 0114 222 0499
3.30pm

Sunday 12 July   YORK  hotel?
Baroque Fever perform music demonstrating the birth of the Trio Sonata part of the York Early Music Festival; in Holy Trinity Church, York
Tickets: �10 (concs) - 0114 222 0499
1.00pm

Monday 13 July   YORK  hotel?
Matthew Brook & Peter Seymour (bass & Piano) perform Schubert's Winterreise part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's church, York
Tickets: �15 (concs) - 0114 222 0499
10.00pm

Tuesday 14 July   YORK  hotel?
University of York Baroque Ensemble with Compagnia d�Istrumenti perform Rebel and Couperin part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's church, York
Tickets: �10 (concs) - 0114 222 0499
1.00pm

Tuesday 14 July   YORK  hotel?
Rose Consort of Viols perform 'Alpha & Omega' music from the early Tudors to Purcell part of the York Early Music Festival; in All Saints church, York
Tickets: �15 - 0114 222 0499
7.00pm

Friday 17 July   BERWICK  hotel?
Steven Osborne with a recital of Beethoven and Rachmaninov; in Paxton House, Berwick upon Tweed
Tickets: �16
7.30pm

Saturday 18 July   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia directed by Carl Davis and presented by Aled Jones with an evening of classical music with a fantastic fireworks finale; at Gibside
Tickets: �26 (concs)
8.00pm

Saturday 18 July   LANCHESTER  hotel?
Hexham Collegium Musicum perform music by Handel, Avison, Geminiani, Purcell and Corelli; at All Saints, Lanchester
Tickets: �8 (concs)
7.30pm

Saturday 18 July   YORK  hotel?
The Academy of Ancient Music directed by Pavlo Besnosiuk perform Haydn Symphonies 6, 7 & 8 and C major Violin Concerto; part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Michael le Belfry, York
Tickets: �15 - �20 (concs) - 0114 222 0499
8.00pm

Wednesday 22 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia play chamber music favourites; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �25
7.30pm

Wednesday 22 July   RYEDALE  hotel?
Barbirolli String Quartet play the Ryedale Festival - Haydn, Jan�ček, Cutler and Brahms; in The Library, Sledmere House
Tickets: �15-�20 - 01751 475777
7.30pm

Thursday 23 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Hall� under John Wilson with Benjamin Frith with a concert of Dvoř�k, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Walton; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �25
7.30pm

Thursday 23 July   RYEDALE  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia play the Ryedale Festival - Vivaldi, Bach and Corelli; in St. Peter's Church, Norton
Tickets: �7-�17.50 - 01751 475777
7.30pm

Saturday 25 July   SUNDERLAND  find a discount hotel
Sunderland Symphony Orchestra programme tbc; in Sunderland Empire
Tickets: �8 - �12
7.30pm

Sunday 26 July   BERWICK  hotel?
Navarra Quartet & Alexander Boyd (piano) with a programme of Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schumann; in Paxton House, Berwick upon Tweed
Tickets: �16
7.30pm

Wednesday 29 July   RYEDALE  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia play the Ryedale Festival - dove, Ligeti, Barber and Mozart; in St Mary�s Priory Church, Old Malton
Tickets: 01751 475777
7.30pm

Thursday 30 July   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia play Haydn, Debussy and Schoenberg; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �14
8.00pm

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Saturday 15 August   LANCHESTER  hotel?
Hallgate Ensemble perform music for One and Two Violoncellos by Handel, de Fesch, Paxton and featuring Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Violoncellos; at All Saints, Lanchester
Tickets: £8 (concs)
7.30pm

Sunday 23 August   NEWCASTLE  hotel?
Alex Chien (piano) 11 year-old award winning pianist from America performs an afternoon recital; at King's Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: free - 0191 272 2424
3.00pm

Saturday 29 August   LANCHESTER  hotel?
Stuart Rathie (tenor), Dr Michael Mullen (viola da gamba & violoncello piccolo) and Dr Ian Brunt (transverse flute, harpsichord & organ) perform sonatas and C17 Lute songs; at All Saints, Lanchester
Tickets: £8 (concs)
7.30pm

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Friday 18 September   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia under Mario Venzago with Baiba Skride (Violin) and Sol Gabetta (Cello) perform Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Haydn and Brahms (double concerto); in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29.50
7.30pm

Saturday 19 September   RIPON  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia under Janusz Piotrowicz with Adam Walker (flute) perform Mozart and Beethoven; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: 01765 605508
7.30pm

Monday 21 September   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Jill Crossland (piano) performs Handel, Bach, Haydn and Beethoven; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14
8.00pm

Friday 25 September   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Philharmonia Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen with Tamara Stefanovich (piano) perform Janácek, Ravel and Stravinsky; in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7 - £29.50
7.30pm

Friday 25 September   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Ensemble 360 Desert Island Concert: Benjamin Nabarro concert of Dvorak and Suk; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: £14 (concs) see website for details
7.45pm

Saturday 26 September   LEEDS  hotel?
Yorkshire Voices and the Mighty Zulu Nation Dancers perform Jenkins' Armed Man and Fanshawe's African Sanctus; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £14 - £27.50 (concs) see website for details
7.30pm

Sunday 27 September   KESWICK  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia led by Bradley Creswick performing Bach, Vaughan Williams, Barber and Dvorak; in the Theatre by the Lake
Tickets: £3 - £17 see website for details
7.30pm

Monday 28 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Skipton Camerata Michael Haynes (organ) and Graham Coatman (conductor) with a programme of works by Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Coatman and Tchaikovsky; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £12 - 01434 602031
7.30pm

Tuesday 29 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Simon Passmore (piano) an outstanding young pianist, and plays in Hexham following his recent successful appearance at the Swaledale festival; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £5 - 01434 602031
1.00pm

Tuesday 29 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Joglaresa perform 'Dancing in Tetuan' on instruments from the European Middle Ages and on contemporary folk instruments; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £12 - 01434 602031
7.30pm

Wednesday 30 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
James Stretton (trumpet) and Iain Jackson (piano) with Orichalcum - World of Brass; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £5 - 01434 602031
1.00pm

Wednesday 30 September   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Harriet Mackenzie (violin) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) with a programme of Beethoven, Debussy, Bartok, Szymanovski and others; part of the Hexham Abbey Festival in Hexham Abbey
Tickets: £8 - 01434 602031
7.30pm

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Tuesday 13 October   GATESHEAD
Imogen Cooper (piano) performs a programme of works by Schubert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �14 - �20.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 13 October   SKIPTON  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet play Haydn, Bartok, Brahms; in Town Hall, Skipton
Tickets: £12.50 - tel 01756 799912 or see website
7.30pm

Tuesday 13 October   LEEDS  hotel?
Emma Johnson & Jean Marie Cottet (clarinet & piano) perform a varied programme of Debussy, Schumann, Satie, Milhaud and others; in the Venue, Leeds
Tickets: £15.50 - £17.50 (concs) see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 13 October   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Naomi Atherton, Tim Horton & Benjamin Nabarro performBeethoven’s joyful sonata in E flat, Dussek’s Notturno Concertant and Schumann’s adagio and allegro; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: £9 (concs) see website for details
12.45pm

Wednesday 14 October   LEEDS
Carla Rees & David Black (alto flute & guitar) perform gourlay, Winters, Takemitsu and other works; in the Venue, Leeds
Tickets: free see website for details
1.05pm

Thursday 15 October   GATESHEAD
Northern Sinfonia under Bradley Creswick perform Haydn, Bach, Barber and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �25 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 15 October   GATESHEAD
José Luis Ruiz de la Puerta performs Tarréga and Albéniz; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website for details
8.00pm

Friday 16 October   DONCASTER  hotel?
Ensemble 360 performs a programme showcasing great works for piano and strings by Schubert, Schumann and Shostakovich; in St. Mary's CofE Primary School, Tickhill, Sheffield
Tickets: £14 (concs) see website 01302 742448 for details
8.00pm

Saturday 17 October   GATESHEAD
Vida Guitar Quartet perform de Falla and Bizet; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �15 see website for details
8.00pm

Saturday 17 October   LEEDS  hotel?
BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky with Vilde Frang (violin) perform a programme of Elgar, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50 (concs) see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 17 October   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Ensemble 360 performs a programme showcasing great works for piano and strings by Schubert, Schumann and Shostakovich; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: £14 (concs) see website for details
7.45pm

Sunday 18 October   GATESHEAD
Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Ilya Gringolts (violin) under St�phane Den�ve perform Mahler, Berg and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �25 see website for details
7.30pm

Wednesday 21 October   LEEDS
Arcturus with a programme of Mozart and Schoenberg; in the Venue, Leeds
Tickets: free see website for details
1.05pm

Friday 23 October   BARNSLEY  hotel?
Ensemble 360 performs a programme of Haydn, Reinecke, Beethoven and Suk; in the Emmanuel Church, Barnsley
Tickets: £11 (concs) see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 23 October   DONCASTER  hotel?
Ensemble 360 performs a programme of Haydn, Reinecke, Beethoven and Suk; in the Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster
Tickets: £11 (concs) see website 01302 342349 for details
7.45pm

Saturday 24 October   GATESHEAD
Freddie Fempf (piano) perfors Beethoven and Liszt; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 24 October   LEEDS  hotel?
the Hallé under Markus Stenz with Vivian Hagner (violin) perform a programme of Mendelssohn, Brahms and Mozart; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50 (concs) see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 27 October   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Alexandra Dariescu (piano) performs a beautiful and varied programme featuring two of Chopin’s best-loved and passionate nocturnes; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: £9 (concs) see website for details
12.45pm

Wednesday 28 October   LEEDS
Junior RSAMD players programme tbc; in the Venue, Leeds
Tickets: free see website for details
1.05pm

Thursday 29 October   GATESHEAD
Northern Sinfonia & Sinfonia Chorus under Nicholas Kraemer perform Handel's Theodora; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �25 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 31 October   GATESHEAD
Ludovico Einaudi with a musical meditation on the transition between light and darkness, the known and the unknown; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �10 - �25 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 31 October   LEEDS  hotel?
the Trondheim Soloists perform a programme of Grieg, Wallin, Neruda, Elgar and Britten; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50 (concs) see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 31 October   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Ebène Quartet perform a programme of quartets by Haydn, Debussy and Ravel; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: £14 (concs) see website for details
7.45pm

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Thursday 19 November   GATESHEAD
Northern Sinfonia with Heinz Holliger (Oboe) under Thomas Zehetmair perform Haydn, Schubert and Elliot Carter; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 19 November   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Ensemble 360 perform three wonderful and unjustly neglected works by Prokoviev, Martinů and Schumann; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 (concs) see website for details
7.45pm

Saturday 21 November   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Bartholomew LaFolette (cello) and Rosie Richardson (piano) concert details tbc; in Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: �10 - tel 01784 822001 see website
7.30pm

Sunday 22 October   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
Avison Ensemble & Cathedral choir present the Trial of Harmony and Invention, performing music by Vivaldi, Avison and Handel; in Newcastle Cathedral
Tickets: �12
3.00pm

Tuesday 24 November   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Matthew Hunt & Tim Horton (clarinet & piano) perform works by Finzi, Bax and Saint-Saëns; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: �9 (concs) see website for details
12.45pm

Wednessday 25 November   GATESHEAD
Skampa Quartet perform Beethoven, Kapr�lov� and Debussy; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �6 - �16 see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 27 November   GATESHEAD
Hallé Orchestrawith Polina Leschenko (Piano) under Sir Mark Elder perform Elgar, Liszt, Strauss and Jhn Adams; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: �7 - �29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 28 November   NEWCASTLE  hotel?
Tyneside Chamber Orchestra under Simon Fidler perform Finzi, Corelli, Albinoni and Bridge; in the Church Hall of St James and St Basil, Fenham
Tickets: £7 (concs)
7.30pm

Saturday 28 November   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Jean-Francois Heisser (piano) performs five of Beethoven's sonatas; in the Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield
Tickets: �14 (concs) see website for details
7.45pm

Sunday 29 November   MIDDLESBROUGH
Northern Sinfonia with Christopher Richards (clarinet) under Bradley Creswick perform HMozart and Vaughan Williams; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: 01642 729729 see website for details
7.30pm

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Saturday 19 December   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
St. Paul's Youth Ensemble, Siew-Yue Killingley Trust Carol Service in St. Thomas's Church, Haymarket, Newcastle
Tickets: by donation
4.00pm

Saturday 19 December  RIPON  hotel?
St Cecilia Orchestra Conductor: Xenophon Kelsey with Carols and Christmas music for all the family; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: ₤12 01765 604625
7.3pm

Saturday 19 December   SHEFFIELD  hotel?
Festive Folk players and Sheffield Young Singers in the Crucible; in the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Tickets: ₤14 (concs) see website for details
7.45pm

Wednesday 23 December   GATESHEAD
Northern Sinfonia under Alan Fearon perform music of the Snowman with the Classic animation on the big screen; in The Sage Gateshead
with FREE seasonal music before all Sage concerts in December
Tickets: ₤7 see website for details
2.00pm

Thursday 24 December   GATESHEAD
Northern Sinfonia under Alan Fearon perform music of the Snowman with the Classic animation on the big screen; in The Sage Gateshead
with FREE seasonal music before all Sage concerts in December
Tickets: ₤7 see website for details
11.00am & 2.00pm

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