Concert season

2011/12 season

Six classical concerts, curated for Worcester audiences.

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Lumas Winds

Sunday 29 March 2026 · 3:00pm

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Sunday 9 October 2011 · 3:00pm

Maggini String Quartet

The Maggini Quartet is renowned for its championship of British repertoire. International awards include 'Gramophone Chamber Music CD of the Year', a Cannes Classical Award and 'Diapason d'Or' of the year. Appearing regularly in prestigious concert series, the ensemble also makes frequent media broadcasts.

Programme highlights

  • Quartet Op. 54 No. 1 in G major Haydn
  • Quartet No. 4 Frank Bridge
  • Quartet Op. 80 in F minor Mendelssohn

Sunday 6 November 2011 · 11:30am

London Brass Symposium

The London Brass Symposium will be presenting this workshop. They will be introducing the workshop participants to each of the instruments individually, and there will be appropriate musical references from the Carnival of the Animals, Scooby Doo and Star Wars, to name a few.

Sunday 6 November 2011 · 3:00pm

London Brass Symposium

The London Brass Symposium Brass Quintet is an ensemble of professional musicians whose wide and varied experience has covered everything from Orchestra and Opera to West End Shows, Big Bands, Jazz and Sessions. This myriad of experience is particularly important given the nature of music written for Brass Quintet which covers every style and period imaginable.

Programme highlights

  • Die Bankelsangerlieder Daniel Speer
  • Suite for Brass Quintet William Blezard
  • Symphony for Brass Choir Op. 5 Victor Ewald
  • Suite for Solo Tuba (arr. M Easener, based on Bach Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 J S Bach
  • Quintet for 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Tuba Malcolm Arnold
  • Overture to Mack and Mabel (arr. M Easener) J Herman
  • Selection from 'Music Hall Suite for Brass Quintet Joseph Horovitz
  • The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. R Harvey) G F Handel
  • A Foggy Day (arr. Holcombe) G Gershwin
  • 'Struth!' for Brass Quintet Chris Hazell

Sunday 11 December 2011 · 3:00pm

Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir

The Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir was founded in 1998 by its Musical Director Stephen Shellard. The choir comprises about 30 voices of men and women from around the diocese of Worcester. The choir sings services regularly in Worcester Cathedral, performs at various venues and has recorded several CDs.

The York Waits

Sunday 15 January 2012 · 3:00pm

The York Waits

Tudor Music from Court and Country performed on period wind, stringed and brass instruments. The programme explores 100 years of lively dance from 1485 through to the death of Elizabeth 1st.

The York Waits have performed together for over 30 years and played extensively throughout Britain, Europe and America. They have produced ten recordings of mostly 16th century music and regularly create programmes to celebrate specific historic events, such as the Reign of Richard 3rd, The Spanish Armada and The Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Sunday 26 February 2012 · 3:00pm

Charles Owen

Charles Owen

  • Charles Owen · Piano

The internationally acclaimed pianist, Charles Owen, plays a recital of Classical and Romantic repertoire.

"In Bach's 'Partita no. 4' we sensed Owen exulting in his physical virtuosity: there was a bright brilliance to his sound, an expressive warmth and clarity of articulation; this was a stunning performance" – The Independent

Programme highlights

  • Kinderscenen Op. 15 Schumann
  • Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor Op. 2 Brahms
  • Sonata in B flat D. 960 Schubert

Sunday 25 March 2012 · 3:00pm

The Corelli Ensemble and Evelyn Tubb

The Corelli Ensemble & Evelyn Tubb

  • The Corelli Ensemble
  • Evelyn Tubb

A varied programme of French and English recreational music from the eighteenth century: among the themes it explores and contrasts are the approaches to the trio sonata (Lé and Handel); solo harpsichord accompanied by strings (Rameau and Bach); the transition from baroque to classical styles (Mondonville and Hayes); and the early classical idiom (Bach). Both the Hayes and Bach are light-hearted, humorous pieces which make an attractive conclusion to the programme.

See Evelyn Tubb's biography and watch a clip of her singing Schumann's Spring Night

Programme highlights

  • Deuxiè Recré de Musique Léclair
  • Piè de claveçin en concert No. 1 (French opera aria) Rameau
  • Sonate in G minor Mondonville
  • Sonata in G major Op. 5 No. 4 Handel Trio
  • Chloe's Dream William Hayes
  • Harpsichord Concerto in D Op. 3 No. 6 (with variations on God Save the King) J C Bach