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
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
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
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
Tuesday 20 March S
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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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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
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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