Wednesday 4 January LEEDS Yorkshire Young Musicians Artists and programme to be confirmed;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: free
1.05pm
Tuesday 10 January SKIPTON Carducci String Quartet with a concert of Glass, Haydn, Moeran and Mendelssohn;
in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets £15
7.30pm
Wednesday 11 January LEEDS Pro Corda students perform Dohnanyi and Schubert string quartets;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: free, retiring collection
1.05pm
Wednesday 11 January NEWCASTLE Nigel Kennedy with a concert of Vivaldi and including the world premiere of Kennedy's 'the Four Elements';
in Newcastle City Hall
Tickets £25 - £45
7.30pm
Wednesday 11 January GATESHEAD Tippet Quartet with Stephen Stirling and Robert Plane with a concert of John Ireland, Mozart and Tipett;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £17
7.30pm
Saturday 14 January DARLINGTON Piatti String Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Debussy and Smetana;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets £tbc
7.30pm
Satursday 14 January LEEDS The Hallé with Sophia Jaffé conduscted by Andrew Gourlay, with a concert of Humperdinck, Bruch and Rachmaninov;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50 - £31.50
7.30pm
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Monday 16 January NEWCASTLE Katherine Jenkins in a concert with her usual eclectic mix of musical styles;
in Newcastle City Hall
Tickets £27.50
7.30pm
Monday 16 January SCARBOROUGH Anna Stephany and Simon Lepper (mezzo soprano) with a concert celebrating Kathleen Ferrier and Gerald Moore 60th Anniversary;
in Queen Street Methodist Central Hall, Scarborough
Tickets £20 from Scarborough Tourist Information (01723 372075)
7.30pm
Tuesday 17 January LEEDS Alessandro Taverna with a lunchtime concert of Beethoven, Chopin, Strauss and Schumann;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: £17.50 - £19.50
7.30pm
Wednesday 18 January LEEDS Caterina Grewe with a lunch time piano recital of pieces by Haydn, Brahms and Schumann;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: free
1.05pm
Saturday 21 January DARLINGTON Maria Marchant (piano) with a concert of Arne, Beethoven, Chopin, Ronald Stevenson, Bela Bartok and Ravel;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets £14
7.30pm
Saturday 21 January LEEDS BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with Renaud Capucon (violin) conducted by Juanjo Mena, with a concert of Ravel, Lalo and Debussy;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £10 - £29
7.30pm
Sunday 22 January HARROGATE Artur Pizarro (piano) 1990 Leeds winner with a concert of Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninov;
in the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
Tickets £16 - 01423 562 303
11.00am
Tuesday 24 January STOCKTON Simon Passmore (piano) with a concert of works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt;
in the ARC, Stockton
Tickets £6 - 01642 525199
1.00pm
Wednesday 25 January LEEDS Duende with a lunch time concert with flamenco flair, with pieces by Piazzola, Castelnovo and Villa-Lobos;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets: free
1.05pm
Wednesday 25 January DURHAM Orlando Consort with music from the Birth of the Renaissance by Dufay, Comp�re, Ockeghem, Busnoys;
in St Oswald's Church, Durham
Tickets: £10
7.30pm
Saturday 28 January DARLINGTON Darlington Orchestra presents its winter concert with newly commissioned music and show-stopping favourites;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets £6
7.30pm
Saturday 28 January LEEDS City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Rudolph Buchbiner (piano) conducted by Andris Nelsons, with a concert of Wagner, Brahms and Tchaikovsky;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50 - £31.50
7.30pm
Saturday 4 February RICHMOND Carducci Quartet with a concert of chamber works by Haydn, Schnittke and Mendelssohn;
in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Saturday 4 February HULL Vanbrugh String Quartet with a concert of chamber works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Part and Schubert;
in the Middleton Hall, University of Hull
Tickets: £15
7.45pm
Sunday 5 February HARROGATE Pavao String Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Britten and Mendelssohn;
in the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
Tickets £16 - 01423 562 303
11.00am
Tuesday 7 February SUNDERLAND Christopher Guild with a recital of piano works by Beethoven, Respighi, Liszt, Debussy and Scriabin;
in Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets £11
7.15pm
Tuesday 7 February SKIPTON Onyx Brass Ensemble with a concert of ancient to modern, original compositions and arrangements;
in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets £15
7.30pm
Thursday 9 February MIDDLESBROUGH Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Valery Poliansky with Tatyana Polianskaya (piano)
performing Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov;
in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50
7.45pm
Saturday 11 February CARLISLE BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with Tasmin Little (violin) conducted by Leo Hussain with a concert of Walton, Bruch and Vaughan Williams;
in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: £29
7.30pm
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Wednesday 15 February DURHAM Ives Ensemble with music from Clementi, Barlow and Sciarrino;
in University Music School, Palace Green
Tickets: £10
1.00pm
Thursday 16 February DURHAM Ives Ensemble with contemporary music from Crane, Schlomowitz, Feldman and Cage;
in College Chapel of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
Tickets: £10
7.30pm
Saturday 18 February DARLINGTON Stephanie Oade & Jennie-Helen Moston (cello & piano) with a concert of Fauré, McMillan, Schumann and César Franck;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets £tbc
7.30pm
Saturday 18 February ALNWICK Michael Collins (clarinet) performs;
in Alnwick Castle Guest Hall
Tickets £14
7.30pm
Saturday 18 February HULL Min-Jin Kym & Ian Brown (violin & piano) with a concert of chamber works by Debussy, Prokoviev and Fauré);
in the Middleton Hall, University of Hull
Tickets: £15
7.45pm
Sunday 19 February HARROGATE Martin Roscoe (piano) with a concert of Schumann, Beethoven and Schubert;
in the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
Tickets £16 - 01423 562 303
11.00am
Sunday 26 February GATESHEAD Panocha Quartet bring the colurs of their homeland in music by Smetana, Dvorak and Janacek;
in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £10 - £17
7.30pm
Tuesday 28 February STOCKTON Thomas Hicks (piano) with a programme of Beethoven, Liszt and Busoni;
in ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
Tickets £6 - 01642 525199
1.00pm
Wednesday 29 February GATESHEAD Samling Masterclass led by Yvonne Kenny, Iain Burnside, Paul Farrington and Caroline Dowdle with eight emerging young artists;
in Hall Two The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £10 - 0191 443 4661
2.00pm
Wednesday 29 February LEEDS Leeds College of Music’s Chamber Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Murry Sidlin
perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony;
in St. Anne’s Cathedral, Leeds
Tickets £7 - buy tickets online
8.00pm
Thursday 1 March GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia led by Bradley Creswick with Michael Gerrard, with a concert of Mendelssohn and Mozart;
in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £7.50 - £26.50
7.30pm
Friday 2 March DURHAM Durham University Orchestral Society conducted by Calum Zuckert, perform Stanford, Tchaikovsky and
the World Premiere of a Stanford Violin Concerto orchestrated by Jeremy Dibble;
in Durham Cathedral
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Saturday 3 March CARLISLE Samling Gala Concert with Yvonne Kenny and eight of the brightest and best young artists;
in St Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle.
The concert is followed by dinner with the artists in the medieval Tithe Barn.
Tickets £15, £60 with dinner - 01434 602 885
7.30pm
Sunday 4 March GATESHEAD Berlin Philharmonic - Live concert stream on screen performing Strauss and Bruckner;
in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £10
6.30pm
Tuesday 6 March SUNDERLAND Kiryl Keduk with a recital of piano works by Debussy, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky ;
in Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets £11
7.15pm
Tuesday 6 March MIDDLESBROUGH Northern Sinfonia conducted by Bradley Creswick with Michael Gerrard (viola)
performing Mendelssohn and Mozart;
in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50
7.45pm
Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 March SUNDERLAND Birmingham Royal Ballet present Coppelia;
at the Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £11.50 - £25.50
7.30pm
Saturday 10 March HULL Benjamin Frith (piano) with a concert of Beethoven piano works;
in the Middleton Hall, University of Hull
Tickets: £15
7.45pm
Monday 12 March GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by Clark Rundell, performing two masterpieces by Reich and Birtwistle;
in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £15
9.00pm
Saturday 17 March GATESHEAD Newcastle University String Orchestra perform 20th century Czech chamber music;
in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £4
2.30pm
Saturday 17 March GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia directed by Isabelle Van Keulen, performing Lutoslavski, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Dvorák;
in The Sage Gateshead
Tickets £7.50 - £31
9.00pm
Saturday 17 March DARLINGTON Souza Winds with a concert of Arnold, Ibert, Mozart and Nielsen;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets £tbc
7.30pm
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Sunday 18 March HARROGATE Julian Bliss & Robert Bottriell (clarinet & piano) with a concert of Francaix, Olah, Bernstein, Horovitz, Debussy and Weber;
in the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
Tickets £16 - 01423 562 303
11.00am
Tuesday 20 March SKIPTON Noriko Ogawa the acclaimed Japanese pianist with a recital of pieces by Mozart, Kanno, Debussy, Liszt and Chopin;
in Skipton Town Hall
Tickets £15
7.30pm
Friday 23 March CARLISLE Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Simon Trpceski (piano) conducted by Vasily Petrenko with a concert of Debussy, Saint Saens and Berlioz;
in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: £29
7.30pm
Saturday 24 March DARLINGTON Christopher Guild (piano) with a concert recital of Beethoven, Respighi, Chopin, Bach, Debussy and Liszt;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets: £14
7.30pm
Sunday 25 March LEEDS Leeds College of Music Symphony Orchestra with Zofia Mazurkiewicz (piano) conducted by John Anderson with a programme
of Hawkshaw, Ratcliffe, Beethoven and Shostakovich;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £8
3.00pm
Monday 26 March LEEDS Leeds College of Music Symphonic Wind Orchestra conducted by Dane Lam with a programme exploring the larger forms of wind music;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £8
6.00pm
Tuesday 27 March STOCKTON Elizabeth Martland (piano) with a programme of Scriabin, Prokofiev, Ireland and Kapustin;
in ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
Tickets £6 - 01642 525199
1.00pm
Tuesday 27 March YORK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and York University Baroque ensemble and camber choir, conducted by Peter Seymour,
with a concert of Bach, Vivaldi, Redwood and Handel;
in NCEM, York
Tickets £5
6.30pm
Tuesday 27 March CARLISLE City of Carlisle Orchestra with a concert of Dvorák and Bruch;
in St Cuthbert's church, Carlisle
Tickets £5 from Bookcase, Carlisle
7.30pm
Sunday 29 March SUNDERLAND Russian State Ballet present Sleeping Beauty;
at the Sunderland Empire
Tickets: £20 - £37.50
2.30pm & 7.30pm
Tuesday 3 April SUNDERLAND Mark Bebbington with a recital of piano works by Haydn, Schubert, Ireland and Liszt;
in Sunderland Winter Gardens
Tickets £11
7.15pm
Wednesday 11 April GATESHEAD Brodsky Quartet with a concert of Wolf, Webern, Korngold and Schubert;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £10 - £17
7.30pm
Friday 13 April GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by Frans Bruggen with a concert of Strauss, Beethoven and Mozart;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £10 - £17
7.30pm
Saturday 14 April SHEFFIELD City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra with a concert of Messaien and Vaughan Williams;
in the Victoria Hall Methodist Church, Sheffield
Tickets £8 - 07763 128598
7.30pm
Friday 13 April KENDAL Northern Sinfonia conducted by Frans Bruggen with a concert of Strauss, Beethoven and Mozart;
in the Westmoreland Hall, Kendal
Tickets: £17
7.30pm
Saturday 14 April LEEDS European Union Chamber Orchestra directed by Jérome Akoka, with a concert of Holst, Mozart and Haydn;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £10 - £29
7.30pm
Sunday 15 April GATESHEAD Erik Bosgraaf and friends performing some of the most vibrant and exciting recorder music from the 17th century;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £7.50 - £15
11.00am
Sunday 15 April HARROGATE Paul Watkins & Huw Watkins (cello & piano) with a concert of Beethoven, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn;
in the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
Tickets £16 - 01423 562 303
11.00am
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Tuesday 17 April STOCKTON Daria Bitsiuk (piano) with a programme of Beethoven, Liszt, Ravel and Shostakovich;
in ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
Tickets £6 - 01642 525199
1.00pm
Tuesday 17 April LEEDS Endellion Quartet perform a programme of Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn, as part of their residency;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £�19.50
7.30pm
Thursday 19 April HEXHAM Sarah Briggs performs Haydn, Brahms chamber works and a Mozart Piano Concerto with a quartet from the Manchester Camerata;
in the Queen's Hall Hexham
Tickets £�12.50 Book Here
7.30pm
Friday 21 April GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia & Northern Sinfonia Chorus and soloists conducted by Simon Halsey, with a concert of Mozart, David Lang and Bach Magnificat;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £7.50 - £31
7.30pm
Saturday 21 April DARLINGTON City of Birmingham String Quartet with a concert of Haydn, Delius and Beethoven;
in Darlington Arts Centre
Tickets £tbc
7.30pm
Saturday 21 April LEEDS Orchestra of Opera North directed by Jac van Steen, with a concert of Liadov, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £12.50 - £31.50
7.30pm
Thursday 26 April GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair, with a concert of Schubert and Thomas Cashian;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £7.50 - £31
7.30pm
Friday 27 April CARLISLE the Hallé Orchestra with Alban Gerhardt (cello) conducted by Andrew Gourlay with a concert of Humperdinck, Dvorák and Mendelssohn;
in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: £29
7.30pm
Saturday 28 April RICHMOND Piatti Quartet with a concert of chamber works by Haydn, Beethhoven and Smetana; in the Zetland Centre, Richmond
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Sunday 29 April GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia - Late Mix with a concert of Helen Papaioannou and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £15
9.00pm
Monday 30 April GATESHEAD Belcea Quartet with a concert of Beethoven Quartets;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £21.50
7.30pm
Wednesday 2 May DURHAM Allegri String Quartet with music from Beethoven, Shostakovich and Borodin;
in University Music School, Palace Green, Durham
Tickets: £10
7.30pm
Saturday 5 May RIPON Northern Sinfonia Conducted by Janusz Piotrowicz with Alexandra Soumm (violin) with music by Prokoviev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, and Berlioz' Symphony in C;
in Ripon Cathedral
Tickets: £12.50 - £25
7.30pm
Sunday 6 May GATESHEAD BBC Sunday Morning - Alexandra Soumm with Aimo Pagin (Piano) play Schumann, Sibelius, Mozart and Gershwin;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £15
11.00am
Sunday 6 May GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia Conducted by Christian Vasquez with Jean-Frederic Neuburger (piano) with music by Beethoven and Mendelssohn;
in the Sage Gateshead (and streamed to Berwick and Alnwick)
Tickets: £7.50 - £26.50
7.30pm
Thursday 10 May GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia directed by Bradley Creswick with Tim Garland (saxophone) with music by Bach, Garland and Stravinsky;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7.50 - £31
7.30pm
Saturday 12 May BARNSLEY Sue Lowe Public Cello Masterclass ;
in Barnsley Music Centre, Grove Street
Tickets £8
10.30am
Saturday 12 May LEEDS Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Liebreich, perform a programme of Weber Schumann and Brahms;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £12.50 - & pound;31.50 Book Here
7.30pm
Sunday 13 May GATESHEAD BBC Young Musician Final, with the Northern Singfonia conducted by Kirill Karabits - see
the full BBC notes here;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £12
7.30pm
Tuesday 15 May LEEDS Endellion Quartet perform a programme of Haydn, Britten and Beethoven, as part of their residency;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £19.50
7.30pm
Friday 18 May GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia & Northern Sinfonia Chorus with Thomas Zehetmair and soloists with music by Brett Dean, Mendelssohn and Bruckner's Requiem;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7.50 - £31
7.30pm
Saturday 19 May GATESHEAD Samling Concert with Sir Thomas Allen and students from his recent masterclass;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £14 - £20.50
7.00pm
Saturday 19 May SWALEDALE Anthony Hewitt (piano) with a concert of Janacek, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin,
and a premiere of a piece by Stephen Goss - while he's cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats in aid of charity;
on Reeth Green, Reeth part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: FREE - with a bucket collection
5.00pm
Saturday 19 May CARLISLE Berlin Symphony Orchestra with Kit Armstrong (piano) conducted by Alexander Liebreich with a concert of Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms;
in the Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tickets: £29
7.30pm
Saturday 19 May LEEDS Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Wright, perform a programme of Mendelssohn and Beethoven;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £16 - & pound;31.50
7.30pm
Saturday 19 May SWALEDALE Cellophony with a concert to include Wagner, Bach, Wieniawski, Barber and the Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.1;
in St Andrew's church, Grinton part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £15, concs
8.00pm
Sunday 20 May GATESHEAD Escher Quartet in a BBC Sunday Morning concert, perform Zemlinsky and Mendelssohn;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £15
11.00am
Sunday 20 May RICHMOND Brodsky String Quartet with a concert of Szymanski, Ravel and the Schubert quintet with cellist Sophie Harris;
in St Mary's church, Richmond part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £16, concs
8.00pm
Monday 21 May RICHMOND Graham Caskie (piano) with a recital of Schubert and Berg sonatas;
in St Mary's church, Richmond part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Monday 21 May BEDALE Brodsky String Quartet celebrate their 40th anniversary with a concert selected on a 'Wheel of 4tunes';
in St Gregory's Church, Bedale part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £16, concs
8.00pm
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Tuesday 22 May SWALEDALE Sophie Harris Trio with a concert of work by Errollyn Wallen, Bryars, Ligeti, Part and Chopin;
in St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Wednesday 23 May WENSLEYDALE Rosalind Ventris (viola) with a recital of work by Edwin Roxburgh, Bach and Ligeti;
in Holy Trinity Church, Wensley part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Wednesday 23 May MIDDLESBROUGH Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mario Venzago with Kit Armstrong (piano)
performing Beethoven and Mozart;
in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50
7.45pm
Wednesday 23 May SWALEDALE Swale Singers and soloists Val MacConachie and Charlotte Jackson, directed by Hugh Bowman, perform Parry and the Mozart Massin Cm;
in St Andrew's Church, Grinton part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
8.00pm
Friday 25 May GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia with Olli Mustonen (conductor/piano) with music by Mustonen, Mendelssohn and Beethoven;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £7.50 - £31
7.30pm
Friday 25 May SWALEDALE Magdalena Filipczak and Viktor Bijelovic (violin & piano) with a recital of work by Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Wieniawski;
in St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Friday 25 May WENSLEYDALE Skipton Camerata Mozart, Schnittke, Bartók, Dvorák and the première of Yorkshire-based Graham Coatman's Violin Concerto;
in St Oswald's Church, Askrigg part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £12, concs
8.00pm
Sunday 27 May WAKEFIELD Miriam Roycroft & Reamonn Keary (cello & piano) with a recital of work by Martinu, Britten and Morgan (premiere)
in The Music Room, Woolley Hall, Wakefield
Tickets: £8, concs
2.00pm
Sunday 27 May SWALEDALE The Gough Duo (violin & organ) with a recital of work by Vivaldi, Bach, Rheinberger, Karg-Elert and Langlais,
featuring the renovated and improved organ in Holy Trinity Church, Low Row
part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Monday 28 May SWALEDALE Corona Melodica led by sackbutt master Adrian France, take you on a journey through Renaissance Europe, exploring repertoire from this rich and flamboyant age;
in St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Tuesday 29 May SWALEDALE Jonathan Dormand (cello) with a recital of Bach, Hindemith and cassadó sonatas;
in St Mary's Church, Muker part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Wednesday 30 May SWALEDALE Corona Melodica led by sackbutt master Adrian France, take you on a journey through Renaissance Europe, exploring repertoire from this rich and flamboyant age;
in the United Reformed Church, Keld part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Wednesday 30 May SWALEDALE European Union Chamber Orchestra with a concert of Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky;
in St Andrew's Church, Grinton part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £16, concs
8.00pm
Thursday 31 May WENSLEYDALE Patricia Hammond and Michael Brough (mezzo-soprano & piano) tenor Stephen Anthony Brown for a new commission by Michael Brough, and solos
and duets by Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams, Moeran, Elgar, Poulenc, Debussy and Fauré
in St Mary and St Alkelda's Church, Middleham part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £12, concs
8.00pm
Friday 1 June SWALEDALE The Galeazzi Ensemble on original instruments with a concert of Haydn, Beethoven, Jadin and Rossini;
in St Andrew's Church, Grinton part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £12, concs
8.00pm
Saturday 2 June WENSLEYDALE Robson Piano Duo twin brothers John and Kevin with a concert of Liszt, Ravel and Beethoven;
in St Mary and St Alkelda's Church, Middleham part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £8, concs
5.00pm
Saturday 2 June LEEDS Manchester Camerata & Leeds Philharmonic Chorus conducted by David Hill, perform a programme of Music to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,
by Handel and Mozart;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £16 - £31.50
7.30pm
Saturday 2 June SWALEDALE Northern Early Music Collective, the cream of Renaissance and Baroque specialists giving a concert of
joyful and virtuosic seventeenth-century Italian vocal and instrumental music;
in St Andrew's Church, Grinton part of the Swaledale Festival
Tickets: £16, concs
8.00pm
Tuesday 12 June LEEDS Endellion Quartet perform a programme of Haydn, Debussy and Mendelssohn, as part of their residency;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £19.50
7.30pm
Wednesday 13 June MIDDLESBROUGH the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay with Martin Roscoe (piano), Gareth Small (trumpet) and Sarah Fox (soprano)
performing Mozart, Shostakovich and Mahler;
in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50
7.45pm
Saturday 16 June LEEDS Musicke in the Ayre perform Jacobean music with lutes, voices and viols marking the 400th anniversary of the untimely death of the young Henry, Prince of Wales;
in St John the Evangelist Church
Free entry
1.00pm
Saturday 16 June LEEDS Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes, perform Wagner's Die Walkure in a concert performance;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £17 - & pound;50
4.30pm
Saturday 16 June NEWCASTLE Lesley Garrett & the Lemington Male Voice Choir in a concert of 'Songs from Stage and Screen';
in Newcastle City Hall
Tickets £15 - £25
7.00pm
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Wednesday 20 June LEEDS Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes, perform Wagner's Die Walkure in a concert performance;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £17 - & pound;50
5.00pm
Saturday 23 June MIDDLESBROUGH The Hallé conducted by Andrew Gourlay with Martin Roscoe (piano), Gareth Small (trumpet) and Sarah Fox (Soprano)
performing Mozart, Shostakovich and Mahler;
in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tickets: £12.50
7.45pm
Saturday 23 June CARLISLE City of Carlisle Orchestra with a concert programme tbc;
in St Cuthbert's church, Carlisle
Tickets £5 from Bookcase, Carlisle
7.30pm
Tuesday 25 June GATESHEAD Notos Quartet & The Busch Ensemble with Jonathan Bloxham & Walter Delahunt with a programme of chamber works by Brahms, Dvorák and
Mendelssohn's Variations Concertantes;
in St Mary's church, Whickham part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £10
7.30pm
Monday 25 June GATESHEAD Notos Quartet & The Busch Ensemble with Jonathan Bloxham & Walter Delahunt with a programme of chamber works by Brahms, Dvorák and
Mendelssohn's Variations Concertantes;
in St Mary's church, Whickham part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £10
7.30pm
Tuesday 26 June NEWCASTLE Northern Chords Festival Orchestra with Newcastle Cathedral Choir and Gateshead Youth Orchestra with soloists and conducted by Jonathan Bloxham & John Treherne,
a programme of Mozart, Bach and Pärt;
in Newcastle Cathedral part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £10
7.30pm
Wednesday 27 June GATESHEAD Michael Petrov & Bartosz Woroch (cello & violin) play Bach at Lunchtime;
in the concourse of the Sage Gateshead part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets free
1.00pm
Wednesday 27 June GATESHEAD Northern Chords ensemble with a programme of works by Brahms and the Schumanns;
in St. Mary's Church, Whickham part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £10
7.30pm
Wednesday 27 June LEEDS Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes, perform Wagner's Die Walkure in a concert performance;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £17 - & pound;50
5.00pm
Thursday 28 June GATESHEAD Bartolomew Lafollette & Mathieu van Bellen (cello & violin) play Bach at Lunchtime;
in the concourse of the Sage Gateshead part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets free
1.00pm
Thursday 28 June MORPETH Northern Chords ensemble with a programme of works by Mozart, Ravel, Schulhoff and Tchaikovsky;
in Morpeth Methodist Church part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £10
7.30pm
Friday 29 June GATESHEAD Florian Streich & Liisa Randalu (cello & violin) play Mozart at Lunchtime;
in the concourse of the Sage Gateshead part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets free
1.00pm
Friday 29 June GATESHEAD Ben Johnson & Tom Primrose (Baritone & piano) BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist star performs an eclectic recital of 'Shakespeare in Song' from every musical period
by Purcell, Haydn, Quilter, Poulenc and Britten;
in the Sage Gateshead part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £15
7.30pm
Saturday 30 June GATESHEAD Northern Chords ensemble play Brahms at Lunchtime;
in the concourse of the Sage Gateshead part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets free
1.00pm
Saturday 30 June CORBRIDGE Notos Quartet and Northern Chords ensemble players perform works by Mozart, Turina, Arensky and Elgar;
in St. Andrew's Church, Corbridge part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £10
7.30pm
Saturday 30 June GIGGLESWICK The Hallé Orchestra conducted by James Burton and soloists Sarah Fox (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor) and Sir Thomas Allen (baritone);
in an open air public concert, hosted by Sir Tim Rice to celebrate the Quincentenary of Giggleswick School;
in Giggleswick School Grounds
Tickets £27 from
8.00pm
Sunday 1 July GATESHEAD Notos Quartet and Northern Chords ensemble players with a Gala Concert with three World Premières
including works by Bridge, Schumann and Dvorák, plus lots more;
in the Sage Gateshead part of Northern Chords Festival
Tickets £15
7.30pm
Tuesday 3 July LEEDS Endellion Quartet perform a programme of Haydn, Smetana and Beethoven, as part of their residency;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £19.50
7.30pm
Friday 6 July BRINKBURN Henning Kraggerud performs Six Sonatas for Solo Violin by Ysaÿe;
in Brinkburn Priory part of the Brinkburn Festival
Tickets: £8
7.00pm
Saturday 7 July LEEDS West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra perform works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky Korsakov;
in The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Tickets £8
7.30pm
Sunday 8 July BRINKBURN Katy Bircher performs works for Baroque Flute by by JS Bach, CPE Bach and Telemann;
in Brinkburn Priory part of the Brinkburn Festival
Tickets: £8
7.00pm
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Saturday 14 July GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia chamber group perform a programme of Schumann, Brahms and Rossini;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £15
8.00pm
Thursday 19 July GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia chamber group perform a programme of Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Schumann;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £15
8.00pm
Wednesday 25 July GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia chamber group perform a programme of Beethoven, Raff and Brahms;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £15
8.00pm
Thursday 26 July GATESHEAD The Hallé conducted by Stephen Bell with a spectacular summer concert packed full of classics by Rossini, Britten, DebussyRachmaninov and more;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets £7.50 - £31
7.30pm
Friday 3 August GATESHEAD National Youth Orchestra of Scotland with Nicola Benedetti (violin) conducted by Tecwyn Evans, with music by Wagner, Bruch, Psatha and Respighi;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £15
7.30pm
Saturday 4 August GATESHEAD Cobweb Orchestra - Spend an afternoon playing Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ with the multi-award winning open-access Cobweb Orchestra;
there will be an informal presentation for family and friends at 6.00pm
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £26.80
1.30pm
Friday 10 August CORBRIDGE Goulds and Friends perform chamber works by Mozart, Dvorák and Brahms;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £18 - £12
7.30pm
Saturday 11 August CORBRIDGE Goulds and Friends perform 'Babar the Elephant';
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £5
11.00am
Saturday 11 August CORBRIDGE Estrella perform pieces for 2 pianos and 8 hands by Smetana, Fitkin, Hamilton and Farr;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £8
3.00pm
Saturday 11 August CORBRIDGE Goulds and Friends perform chamber works by Saint-Saëns and Fauré;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £5
7.30pm
Saturday 11 August CORBRIDGE Goulds and Friends in a Candlelit concert, perform Songs without words by Rachmaninov, Prokoviev and Mendelssohn;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £5
10.00pm
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Sunday 12 August CORBRIDGE Corbridge Festival Singers and Strings with Martin Neary (organ) provide the music in the Festival Service, including Mozart Missa Brevis;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
10.30am
Sunday 12 August CORBRIDGE Goulds and Friends in a Salon concert, perform works by Ireland, Ravel, Rautavaara and Chopin;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £10
3.00pm
Sunday 12 August CORBRIDGE Goulds and Friends perform works by Ireland, Weber and Brahms;
as part of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
in St Andrews church, Corbridge
Tickets: £18
7.30pm
Saturday 18 August LEEDS National Children's Orchestra conducted by Roger Clarkson, perform perform material from their latest repertoire,
explored at their recent residential summer course;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £10 - & pound;18
7.00pm
Wednesday 29 August LEEDS The Seventeenth Leeds International Piano Competition commences in three sessions a day and runs through to finals on 14-15 September;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £5 a session
1 - 11 September LEEDS The Seventeenth Leeds International Piano Competition commences in three sessions a day and runs through to finals on 14-15 September;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £5 a session
Friday 14 September LEEDS The Seventeenth Leeds International Piano Competition Finals with The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £14 - £48
pm
Saturday 15 September LEEDS The Seventeenth Leeds International Piano Competition Finals with The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder;
in Leeds Town Hall
Tickets £14 - £48
pm
Sunday 16 September GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by John Wilson, with the best of British light music by Coates, Sullivan, Wood and others;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.00pm
Sunday 16 September LEEDS The Seventeenth Leeds International Piano Competition Prizewinner's Gala Recital ;
in Great Hall, University of Leeds
Tickets £15
7.00pm
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Friday 28 September GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, with music by Schumann and Brahms;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.30pm
Saturday 29 September GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, with chamber music by Dietrich, Schumann and Brahms;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £16
7.30pm
Thursday 4 October GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia directed by Kyra Humphries, with music by Mozart and Shostakovich;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.30pm
Wednesday 10 October YORK Juan Martin the celebrated virtuoso plays flamenco;
in the NCEM, York
Tickets: £17
7.30pm
Saturday 13 October GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by John Wilson, with music by Coates, Ravel and Vaughan Williams;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £26 to £10
7.30pm
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Friday 19 October GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, with music by Schumann and Brahms;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.30pm
Sunday 28 October GATESHEAD Adam Banda (violin), with music by Dohnányi, Bartók, Tchaikovsky and Ravel;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £16
11.00am
Friday 2 November GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia with Juliette Bausor (flute) conducted by Mario Venzago, with music by Mozart, Ibert, Schoeck and Dvorák;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.30pm
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Thursday 22 November GATESHEAD Gabrieli Consort and Players with music for St Cecilia's day by Purcell and Britten;
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £10 - £32
7.30pm
Friday 23 November DURHAM Gabrieli Consort and Players with music for a Venetian Coronation of Doge Marino Grimani;
in Durham Cathedral
Tickets: £15 - £32
7.30pm
Sunday 25 November GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia conducted by Carl Davis, with a programme of themes from TV and Film Sci-Fi classics
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.30pm
Saturday 1 December GATESHEAD Northern Sinfonia with soloists conducted by Matthew Halls, with a performance of Handel's 'Messiah'
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £32 to £10
7.30pm
Saturday 1 December YORK Les Ombres 'Telemann in Paris' wit hpieces by Telemann and Rameau;
in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
Tickets: £10
11.00am
Saturday 1 December YORK Borromini Quartet perform works by Boccherini, Mozart and Haydn;
in All Saints' Church, York
Tickets: £10
1.00pm
Saturday 1 December YORK Den Haag Piano Quintet perform Schubert's 'Trout';
in the NCEM, York
Tickets: £10
3.30pm
Saturday 1 December YORK Profeti della Quinta perform music of Jewish renaissance polyphony with 'The Search for Salomone Rossi', a film by Joseph Rochlitz;
in the NCEM, York
Tickets: £5
5.00pm
Saturday 1 December YORK Yorkshire Bach Choir & Baroque Soloists and soloists directed by Peter Seymour, perform Bach Christmas Oratorio;
in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York
Tickets: £25
7.00pm
Wednesday 5 December GATESHEAD City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons, with a performance of Bruckner 8
in the Sage Gateshead
Tickets: £36 to £13
7.30pm
Thursday 6 December YORK Heringman and Pell (lutes & viols) with The University of York Consort of Viols, with a festive evening of Elizabethan and Jacobean music ;
in the NCEM, York
Tickets: £17
7.00pm
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Thursday 10 December YORK Joglaresa with spellbinding medieval and folk carols - ringing with echoes of winter pagan festivities;
in the NCEM, York
Tickets: £17
7.00pm
Saturday 12 December YORK University of York Chamber Choir & Baroque Soloists and soloists directed by Peter Seymour, perform festive programme of choral and instrumental music including
Charpentier Te Deum and Bach Magnificat;
in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York
Tickets: £13
7.30pm
Saturday 16 December NEWCASTLE Russell Watson with Manchester Concert Orchestra with a tribute to the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations;
in Newcastle City Hall
Tickets £29.50
7.30pm
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