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Wednesday 20 January   GATESHEAD
Frith Piano Quartet perform Mendelssohn, Schoenberg and Schumann; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 21 January   RIPON  hotel?
Jason Hawkins lunchtime piano recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets:
1.15pm

Saturday 23 January   DURHAM  find a discount hotel
Durham Choral Society Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony and Serenade to Music; in Durham Cathedral
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Saturday 23 January   LEEDS  hotel?
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles, with a concert of Wagner and Bruckner; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
7.30pm

Sunday 24 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Consortium5 display the wonderful world of the recorder consort - feel free to bring along your own recorders and percussion instruments to join in; in The Carriageworks, Leeds
Tickets: ₤6
3.00pm

Wednesday 27 January   LEEDS  hotel?
Louis Schwizgebelwang (piano) performs Mozart and Schubert; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Thursday 28 January   RIPON  hotel?
James Stretton lunchtime brass recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets:
1.15pm

Friday 29 January   GATESHEAD  hotel?
Northern Sinfonia with Ya-Fei Chuang (piano) under Nicholas McGegan, with a concert of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Beethoven; in the Sage, Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7-29.50
7.30pm

Saturday 30 January   LEEDS  hotel?
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Martin Helmchen (piano) under Andris Nelsons, with a concert of Mozart and Strauss; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50
7.30pm

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Tuesday 9 February   SUNDERLAND  hotel?
Margaret Fingerhut (piano) performs works by Tchaikowsky, Chopin, Janacek, Ireland, Grieg, Ginastera; in the Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Tickets: ₤10
7.15pm

Tuesday 9 February   LEEDS  hotel?
the Schubert Ensemble performs Schubert, Fauré and Chausson; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50
7.30pm

Wednesday 10 February   LEEDS  hotel?
Jonathan Rees & Amadej Herzog (Cello & accordion) perform Bach, Rachmaninov, Bloch and Piazzola; in the Venue LCM, Leeds
Tickets: free
1.05pm

Thursday 11 February   MORPETH  hotel?
Leland Chen & John Lenehan (violin & piano) recital of Schubert, Wieniawski, Debussy, Mendelssohn and Brahms; in Morpeth Methodist Church
Tickets: ₤12
7.30pm

Friday 12 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
John Cooper & Mariu Mugnaini (violin & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Friday 19 February   NEWCASTLE
Tudor Scripariu (Romania) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Friday 19 February   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with Freddy Kempf (piano) under Vasily Petrenko with a concert of Weber, Ravel and Rachmaninov; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Sunday 21 February   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
Victoria Sayles & Martin Cousin (violin & piano) perform Beethoven, Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lutoslawski; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤13.50-3 - website
7.30pm

Tuesday 23 February   SKIPTON  find a discount hotel
Paul Lewis (piano) plays Mozart, Schumann, Liszt, Beethoven; in Town Hall, Skipton
Tickets: ₤12.50 - tel 01756 799912 or see website
7.30pm

Tuesday 23 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
Sonya Prentice & David Barnard (soprano & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Wednesday 24 February   GATESHEAD
Elias String Quartet & Alice Neary perform Schubert Quartet and Quintet; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

Wednesday 24 February   DURHAM
Allegri String Quartet perform Beethoven, Zemlinski and Brahms; in The Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤10 see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 26 Febuary   SHEFFIELD
Sophie Cheung & David Barnard (mezzo-soprano & piano) lunchtime recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Saturday 27 February   HARROGATE
Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra under David Andrews perform Beethoven, Cimarosa and Strauss; in Ashville College, Harrogate
Tickets: ₤10 - 01423 504035 see website for details
7.30pm

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Wednesday 17 March   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen perform Beethoven, Haydn and Ravel; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤13.50-3 - website
7.30pm

Friday 19 March   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
the Hallé with Polina Leschenko (piano) under Sir Mark Elder with a concert of Bax, Chopin and Sibelius; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 20 March   HEXHAM  find a discount hotel
Tynedale Orchestra with Susie Winkworth (cello) under Alex Lewis with a concert of Beethoven and Bruch; in Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Tickets: tbc
7.30pm

Sunday 21 March   TADCASTER  find a discount hotel
Yorkshire Winds conducted by Keiron Anderson with a concert of English music including Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold; in Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster
Tickets: ₤10 - website
7.30pm

Tuesday 23 March   SKIPTON  find a discount hotel
Fujita Piano Trio play Beethoven, Arthur Butterworth, Shostakovich; in Town Hall, Skipton
Tickets: ₤12.50 - tel 01756 799912 or see website
7.30pm

Wednesday 31 March   GATESHEAD
Vladigerov Trio perform chamber works by Martinu, Shostakovich, Beethoven and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤16 see website for details
7.30pm

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Friday 23 April   BISHOP AUCKLAND
O Duo (percussion duo) play works by McNeff, Siegel and Miki and arrangements of Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brubeck and Piazzola; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets ₤12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

Saturday 24 April   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and under David Greed (violin) with Cathy Lowe (Oboe), performing works by Beethoven, Bach, Marcello and Haydn; in Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: ₤10 - tel 01784 822001see website
7.30pm

Saturday 24 April   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
European Union Chamber Orchestra with Emma Johnson (clarinet) under Matthias Wollong performing works by Mozart, Warlock and Haydn; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤9.50 - ₤27.50 - see website
7.30pm

Sunday 25 April   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
The European Union Chamber Orchestra with ddy Kempf (piano) under Matthias Wollong with a concert aimed at the younger listener; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤3 - website
3.30pm

Sunday 25 April   KESWICK  find a discount hotel
The European Union Chamber Orchestra with ddy Kempf (piano) under Matthias Wollong with a concert of Haydn, Hindemith, Mozart and Warlock; in the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Tickets: ₤3 - website
7.30pm

Monday 26 April   NEWCASTLE
Tempus Brass lunchtime recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Tuesday 27 April   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Schubert and Janacek; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

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Tuesday 11 May   SHEFFIELD
Doric String Quartet performs Bach's Art of Fugue, along with Beethoven�s Quartet in F; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤9 see website for details
12.45pm

Tuesday 11 May   SHEFFIELD
Ensemble 360 performs JC Bach and Jan Voř�ek; in Sheffield Theatres Studio
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.45pm

Wednesday 12 May   DURHAM
Allegri String Quartet perform Beethoven, Heyde and Haydn; in St Brandon's church, Brancepeth
Tickets: ₤6 - ₤10 see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 13 May   SCARBOROUGH  hotel?
Doric Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Britten and Schumann; in Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Tickets: ₤14-17 - 01723 370541
7.30pm

Friday 14 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Lars Vogt (piano) directed by Andris Nelsons perform works by Mussorgsky, Beethoven and Rachmaninov; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤25 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 15 May   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
North East Recorder Consort with Anita Arris (Cor Anglais) directed by John Hawkes; in
Tickets: ₤15
7.30pm

Friday 14 May   BISHOP AUCKLAND
Laura Lucas & and Dominic John (flute & piano) play works by Sancan, CPE Bach, Burton, Schubert and Carl Vine; in Auckland Castle.
Tickets ₤12, 8-22 free - tel 0191 386 8622
7.30pm

Friday 14 May   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Benyounes Quartet with a concert of chamber works by Mozart, Britten, Bridge and Brahms; in St Mary's Church - Masham
Tickets: ₤10 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 15 May   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus with soloists under Simon Wright performing Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: ₤14 - ₤27.50 - see website
7.30pm

Sunday 16 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Jack Liebeck & Ashley Wass (violin & piano) perform works by Mozart, Brahms and Bloch as BBC Radio 3's Sunday Morning Concert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Tuesday 18 May   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

Friday 21 May   DARLINGTON  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia & Chorus directed by Bernard Labadie perform works by Purcell, Delalande and Handel; in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤14 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 22 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia & Chorus directed by Bernard Labadie perform works by Purcell, Delalande and Handel; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 22 May   CARLISLE  find a discount hotel
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra with Igor Tchetuev (piano) under Pavel Kogan with a concert of Borodin, Rachmaninov and Rimsky Korsakov; in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: ₤27-29 - website
7.30pm

Sunday 23 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Augustin Hadelich (violin) performs works by Beethoven, Debussy, Stravinsky and Sarasate as the Radio 3 Sunday Morning Concert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Wednesday 26 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano (tenor and piano) perform Schubert's Schwanengesang; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 28 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with Adrian Brendel (cello) directed by Laurence Cummings from the Harpsichord, with a concert of Bach Brandenburgs and Cello suites; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 29 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
Rose Consort of Viols performFranco-Flemish and English Viol music as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in Beverley Minster
Tickets: Adult ₤12 - see website for details
12.30pm

Saturday 29 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Directed by Matthew Truscott perform works by Bach, Purcell and Haydn as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in The Quire, Beverley Minster
Tickets: Adult ₤15 - ₤20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 29 May   SWALEDALE
Red Priest 'Johann, I'm Only Dancing!' - Bach and other baroque music as part of the Swaledale Festival; in in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤14, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Sunday 30 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Vilde Frang (violin) performs works by Strauss and Bartok as the Radio 3 Sunday Morning Concert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
11.00am

Sunday 30 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Quay Voices and The King's Singers with a concert of close harmony works and madrigals, including, appropriately 'Now is the Month of Maying'; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 see website for details
2.00pm

Sunday 30 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
The York Waits breathe life into the famous medieval carvings in the Minster performing music from this period on many of the instruments depicted as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in Toll Gavel Methodist Church, Beverley
Tickets: Adult ₤12 - see website for details
3.00pm

Sunday 30 May   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia with Adrian Brendel (cello) directed by Laurence Cummings from the Harpsichord, with the second concert of Bach Brandenburgs and Cello suites; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤7 - ₤29.50 see website for details
7.00pm

Sunday 30 May   BEVERLEY  find a discount hotel
Dunedin Consort and Players directed by John Butt perform Handel's Acis & Galatea as part of the Beverley Early Music Festival; in St James' Church, Warter
Tickets: Adult ₤15 - see website for details
7.30pm

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Friday 11 June   SWALEDALE
Calefax Wind Quintet with a concert of chamber works by Bach, Germanus, Nancarrow and Richard Strauss as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤14, Child ₤7 website for details
8.00pm

Saturday 12 June   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Shostakovich, Britten and Schubert; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
8.00pm

Saturday 12 June   GRASSINGTON
The Dorette Violin and Harp Duet with a concert of Spohr, Elgar and Adrian Williams as part of the Grassington Festival; in St Margaret Clitherow Church, Threshfield
Tickets: Adult ₤11, Child ₤6 website for details
3.00pm

Saturday 12 June   SWALEDALE
Fifth Quadrant String Quartet & Benedict Biscop Gregorian Chant Choir make the journey from early medieval plainsong to P�rt and Glass as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Tickets: Adult ₤12, Child ₤6 website for details
8.00pm

Sunday 13 June   BARNARD CASTLE
Natalie Clein (cello) plays solo pieces by Bach and Kodaly as part of the Swaledale Festival; in St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle
Tickets: Adult ₤10, Child ₤5 website for details
5.00pm

Sunday 13 June   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Orchestra North East with Emma Johnson MBE (clarinet) conducted by Tim Reynish with a concert of works by Delius, Mozart, Will Todd and Elgar; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: ₤14 see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 15 June   NEWCASTLE
Szezepan Konczal (Poland) lunchtime piano recital of Chopin; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Thursday 17 June   HARROGATE
Hallé Orchestra with Mary Plazas, John Hudson & Justin Doyle with arias and duets from famous and not-so-famous operas in stunning surroundings; in Rudding Park, Harrogate
Tickets: Adult ₤40, see website for details
7.00pm

Friday 18 June   LEEDS
Madeleine Mitchell & Noriko Ogawa (violin & piano) perform works by Franck, Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu and Bridge; in Creskeld Hall, Arthington
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Saturday 19 June   NEWCASTLE  find a discount hotel
New Tyneside Orchestra with Alex Lewis (trumpet) conducted by David Milner performing Berlioz, Hummel and Tchaikovsky in Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Tickets: ₤9 - see website
7.30pm

Saturday 19 June   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with Philip Meaden and David Houlder (soloists) conducted by Randall Whittaker performing Haydn, Mozart and Bartók; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

Sunday 20 June   LEEDS
St Cecilia Orchestra with Simon Passmore (piano) directed by Xenophon Kelsey, perform Wolf-Ferrari and Novak, and Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals; in Creskeld Hall, Arthington
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Monday 21 June   BOROUGHBRIDGE
Elizabeth Watts & Simon Lepper (soprano & piano) perform songs by Schubert, Brahms, R Strauss and Barber; in St Andrew's Church, Aldborough
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Tuesday 22 June   BOROUGHBRIDGE
Alessandro Taverna (piano) performs works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt and Bellini; in St Andrew's Church, Aldborough
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.00pm

Wednesday 23 June   ALDBOROUGH
Andrew Maginley (lute) performs works by Bach, Weiss and Falckenhagen; in Old Sleningford, North Stainley
Tickets: Adult ₤10 limited to 65 tickets, see website for details
7.00pm

Friday 25 June   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Timothy (Tim) Lowe with Rosie Richardson (cello & piano) with a concert of Boccherini, Ligeti, Schumann, Martinu and Brahms; in St Mary's Church - Masham
Tickets: ₤12 - website
11.00am

Friday 25 June   ALDBOROUGH
Northern Sinfonia conducted by Joseph Cullen perform works by Elgar, Finzi and Scarlatti; in St Andrew's Church, Aldborough
Tickets: Adult ₤17, see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 29 June   LEEDS  find a discount hotel
Endellion String Quartet performing Haydn, Britten and Beethoven; in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: ₤15.50 - ₤17.50 - see website
7.30pm

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Sunday 11 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
London Baroque perform Rameau, Mondonville, Leclair and Marais as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £15 - see website for details
7.30pm

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Monday 12 July   NEWCASTLE
Graham Scott (RNCM) lunchtime piano recital; in St Andrews church, Newcastle
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.00pm

Monday 12 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Compagnia d'Istrumenti showcase Telemann's gift for marrying the contrasting national traits of the Baroque into a cohesive and eclectic language as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
12.00pm

Monday 12 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Ensemble Lucidarium Celebrating a Jewish Wedding in the Renaissance as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Monday 12 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
University of York Chamber Choir directed by Robert Hollingworth perform Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine 'a Mass for 6 voices with some vespers psalms' as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St George's Church, Peel Street, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
10.00pm

Tuesday 13 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
VivaBiancaLuna Biffi (viola d'arco, voice) with 'Fermate il Passo', a dramatic recital of early Renaissance Italian frottola, arguably the musical form that led eventually to the birth of Italian opera as part of the York Early Music Festival; in All Saints Church, North Street, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
12.00pm

Tuesday 13 July   DURHAM
Ensemble Avalon perform works by Joan Trimble and Raymond Dean; in The Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: £6 - £10 see website for details
8.00pm

Tuesday 13 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Fretwork with music that accompanied Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe; pieces by Parsons,Taverner and Tye are woven seamlessly into a through-composed piece of music by Orlando Gough as part of the York Early Music Festival; in The Gallery, Harewood House
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 14 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
University of York Baroque Ensemble and Chamber Choir present music from Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £10 - see website for details
1.00pm

Wednesday 14 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Debussy, Bartok and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Wednesday 14 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
La Capella Ducale with Musica Fiata, Koln present Wedding Motets and Songs of Love by Schutz, Scheidt and Schein as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Chapter House,York Minster
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Thursday 15 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Hopkinson Smith (Lute and Vihuela) performs Italian and Spanish music of the early 16th Century as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £15 - see website for details
1.00pm

Thursday 15 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
The Bach Players perform Lully, Rebel, Muffat, Couperin and Corelli as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Michael le Belfrey Church, York
Tickets: Adult £20 - see website for details
7.30pm

Friday 16 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs works by Froberger and Louis Couperin - two of the 17th century's subtlest masters - to one of the great 'English Suites' of Bach as part of the York Early Music Festival; in Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
Tickets: Adult £12 - see website for details
12.00pm

Friday 16 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
BBC Discovering Music; Catherine Bott presents an edition of BBC Radio 3's popular "Discovering Music" in conversation with Harry Christophers discussing ideas behind three of the pieces in this evening's programme: as part of the York Early Music Festival; in St Margaret's Church, York
Tickets: Adult £0 - see website for details
3.30pm

Saturday 17 July   YORK  find a discount hotel
Theatre of The Ayre directed by Elizabeth Kenny perform music by Robert de Visée, Marc-Antione Charpentier, Michel Lambert and John Blow's Venus and Adonis as part of the York Early Music Festival; in York Minster
Tickets: Adult £15 - £25 - see website for details
7.30pm

Tuesday 20 July   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
Northern Sinfonia performing chamber works by Mozart, Ravel and Dvorak; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 see website for details
8.00pm

Tuesday 19 July   DRIFFIELD
Catrin Finch performing her adaptation of Bach's Goldberg Variations, as part of Ryedale Festival; in the Library, Sledmere House
Tickets: £22
8.00pm

Tuesday 20 July   NORTON
Orchestra of Opera North with Colin Carr (cello) conducted by Michael Collins performing Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn, as part of Ryedale Festival; in St. Peter's Church, Norton
Tickets: £18
8.00pm

Thursday 22 July   NORTON
Tasmin Little 'Naked violin' - playing works by Bach, Patterson, Bartok and Ysaye, as part of Ryedale Festival; in St. Peter's Church, Norton
Tickets: £20
8.00pm

Saturday 24 July   NORTON
Karen Geoghegan & Timothy End (bassoon & piano) - playing works by Previn, Dutilleux, Telemann, Boutry and Kreutzer, as part of Ryedale Festival; in The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Saturday 24 July   NORTON
Fizwilliam quartet and friends playing works by Glasunov, Tchaikovsky and Schubert, as part of Ryedale Festival; in The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Tickets: £20
8.00pm

Monday 26 July   HELMSLEY
Alison Stephens & Craig Ogden (mandolin & guitar) playing a programme of musical souvenirs from all over the world, as part of Ryedale Festival; in All Saints' Church, Helmsley
Tickets: £11
11.00am

Tuesday 27 July   PICKERING
Rachel Brown & Laurence Cummings (baroque flute/ recorders & harpsichord) playing a programme of Handel, Quantz, Couperin, de Bousset and Bach, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Tuesday 27 July   MALTON
'Triple Concert' of Tudor sacred music from Consortium, Fitzwilliam Quartet and Christopher Glynn with Schumann Quintet and Craig Ogden guitar solo works; as part of Ryedale Festival; in Castle Howard
Tickets: £27
7.00pm on

Wednesday 28 July   MALTON
Fitzwilliam Quartet, Alison Stephens, Rachel Brown & Peter Seymour (mandolin, flute & continuo) a candlelit concert of works by Purcell and Vivaldi; as part of Ryedale Festival; in St Mary's Priory Church, Old Malton
Tickets: £17.50 - £12.50
8.00pm

Thursday 29 July   LASTINGHAM
Rowena Calvert & Warren Mailley-Smith (cello & piano) playing a programme of Beethoven, Falla and Franck, as part of Ryedale Festival; in St. Mary's Church, Lastingham
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Friday 30 July   PICKERING
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) playing a programme of Schumann, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £8
11.00am

Friday 30 July   PICKERING
Fitzwilliam Quartet with Eleanor Laugharne & Christopher Glynn (soprano & piano) playing a programme of works Schumann wrote for Clara, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £8
3.00pm

Friday 30 July   PICKERING
Fitzwilliam Quartet with friends with a programme of works Schumann wrote in his later years, as part of Ryedale Festival; in Pickering Parish Church
Tickets: £15
8.00pm

Friday 30 July   KENDAL
The King's Singers a programme spanning five centuries. Byrd and Tallis give way to Mendelssohn, Schumann and Saint-Sa�ns; in Kendal Parish Church
Tickets: £17
8.00pm

Saturday 31 July   AMBLESIDE
The Vardanyan String Quartet with a programme of Schubert, Haydn and Grieg; in Ambleside Parish Centre
Tickets: £15
12.00 noon

Saturday 31 July   ULVERSTON
Northern Sinfonia with Leon McCawley (piano) conducted by Nicholas Kok with a concert programme Beethoven, Bainbridge and Schumann; in The Coronation Hall, Ulverston
Tickets: £20.50 - £14
8.00pm

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Saturday 21 August   GUISBOROUGH
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Mozart, Debussy and Schoenberg, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Nicholas' Church, Guisborough
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Monday 23 August   WHITBY
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Mozart, Faur&eacure;, Mahler and Chausson, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Hilda's Priory Chapel, Sneaton Castle, Whitby
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Tuesday 24 August   RIPON
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in the Mechanics Institute, Kirby Malzeard
Tickets: £8
7.30pm

Wednesday 25 August   SETTLE
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in St James' Church, Clapham, nr Settle
Tickets: £8
7.30pm

Wednesday 25 August   HAWSKER
String Quartet recital with a programme of works by Beethoven Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in All Saints' Church, Hawsker
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Thursday 26 August   RIPON
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in Eppelby Village Hall, Richmond
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Friday 27 August   WYKEHAM
Sacconi String Quartet with a programme of works by Haydn, Beethoven and Ravel, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Helen and All Saints Church, Wykeham
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Friday 27 August   KIRKBY MALHAM
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in Kirkby Malham parish church
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 28 August   STOKESLEY
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in Stokesley Town Hall
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 28 August   WHITBY
Sacconi String Quartet & Jamie Walton (cello) with a programme of works by Schubert & Saint Saens, as part of NYM Chamber Music Festival; in St Hilda's Church, Whitby
Tickets: £8
7.00pm

Sunday 29 August   LEYBURN
Vacation Chamber Orchestra with a programme of chamber music by Brahms, Francaix and others, as part of VACO; in At Andrew's church, Aysgarth, Leyburn
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

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Friday 17 September   MORPETH
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 4, 2 & 6; in Chillingham Castle
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 18 September   NEWCASTLE
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 1, 3 & 5; in Kings Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Saturday 18 September   YORK
St Olave's Academy conducted by Alan George with a concert of Rossini, Mozart and Mendelssohn; in St Olave's Church, Marygate, York
Tickets: £9
8.00pm

Sunday 19 September   NEWCASTLE
Richard Tunnicliffe performs Bach Cello suites 4, 2 & 6; in Kings Hall, Newcastle University
Tickets: £10
7.30pm

Friday 24 September   SHEFFIELD
Svyati Duo (organ and cello) chamber recital; in Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

Friday 24 September   SHEFFIELD
Halle Orchestra with Colin Carr (cello) under Mark Elder with a concert of Bax, Elgar and Vaughan Williams; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.30pm

Friday 24 September   STOCKTON
Christopher Devine (piano) lunchtime recital of works by Beethoven (Waldstein), Liszt, Schumann and Chopin; in ARC, Stockton
Tickets: £5 - £4 - see website for details
1.00pm

Thursday 30 September   RIPON
Amanda Crawley, Edwina Smith and Josephine Peach (soprano, flute & piano) chamber recital; in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.15pm

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Saturday 16 October   LEEDS
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with Stephen Isserlis (cello) under Kirill Karabits with a concert programme of Sibelius, Beethoven and Prokoviev; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £9.50 - £27.50
7.30pm

Friday 19 October   STOCKTON
Yuanfan Yang (piano) lunchtime recital of works by Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy; in ARC, Stockton
Tickets: £5 - £4 - see website for details
1.00pm

Tuesday 19 October   SKIPTON
Alessandro Taverna (piano) with a concert of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Stravinsky; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

Friday 22 October   MASHAM  find a discount hotel
Landermason Duo (cello & piano) with a concert of Boccherini, Ligeti, Schumann, Martinu and Brahms; in Masham Town Hall
Tickets: £12 - website
7.30pm

Saturday 23 October   GATESHEAD  find a discount hotel
RAF in Concert commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with an exciting and nostalgic programme of music that will conjure up the atmosphere surrounding Britain's 'finest hour'; in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14.50 - £20.50 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 October   RICHMOND  find a discount hotel
Brodsky Quartet performing concert of quartets by Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich; in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: £10 - tel 01748 822001 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 23 October   SHEFFIELD
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra with Nikolai Demidenko (piano) under Terje Mikkelsen with a concert of Prokoviev, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.00pm

Saturday 30 October   LEEDS
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio with Alena Baeva (violin) under Terje Mikkelsen with a concert programme of Olsen, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12 - £30
7.30pm

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Saturday 20 November   RICHMOND
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano) plays works by Schumann and Chopin; in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets £10 - tel 01748 822001 see website for details
7.30pm

Saturday 20 November   LEEDS
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Leeds Philharmonic and Festival Choruses and soloists under Gabor Tak�cs-Nagy with a concert programme of Elgar and Vaughan Williams; in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £15 - £30
7.30pm

Friday 23 November   STOCKTON
Natia Beraia (piano) lunchtime recital of works by Scarlatti, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin and Stravinsky; in ARC, Stockton
Tickets: £5 - £4 - see website for details
1.00pm

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Tuesday 7 December   SKIPTON
Emma Kirkby (soprano) with James Lisney, Piano, perform works by Haydn, Schubert and Amy Beach; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

Sunday 12 December   SHEFFIELD
Grimethorpe Colliery Band with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and soloists under James Gourlay and Darius Battiwalla, with a festive Christmas concert; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £16- 27.50
3.00pm & 7.00.pm

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Tuesday 25 January   SKIPTON
Roderick Williams (baritone) with Andrew West, Piano, perform songs by Erich Korngold, Alexander Goehr and Schumann; in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets: £14 website
7.30pm

Saturday 29 January   SHEFFIELD
Halle Orchestra with David Kadouch (piano) conducted by Robin Ticciati with a concert of Berlioz, Ravel and Brahms; in Sheffield City Hall
Tickets: £15
7.00pm

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