| Date/time | Venue | Artists | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th January
7.30 p.m |
The Barbican Centre
For tickets and further information please click the following link: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/london-schools-symphony-orchestra |
The London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Matthew Lynch Soloist – Alessandro Fisher (tenor) |
Venetian Songs Op.22
for Orchestra |
| 5th February 7.30 p.m | Song Recital – ‘Love, Lives Beyond the Tomb’
1901 Arts Club, London For further information please click the link below |
James Laing (counter-tenor)
Clare Habbershaw (piano) Dr Jonathan Clinch (pre-concert talk) Sponsored by the Herberts Howells Society |
Selection of songs, including the premiere of ‘A Little Old Cupid’ (De la Mare) |
| 14th February
7.30.p.m |
Song Recital – ‘The Truth about Love’ at the Bishop’s Palace, Hereford.
For tickets and further information please click here https://3choirs.org/events/the-truth-about-love
|
Rachel Roper (mezzo-soprano)
and Claire Habbershaw (piano) This concert is in support of the Three Choirs Festival |
The Pine Boughs Past Music Op.39
Midnight Lamentation Op.6 |
| 17th/18th February | ‘Best of British’ – A Two-Day Celebration at
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/best-of-british-17-18-02-2025 |
Day 1. Afternoon Concert (3 p.m)
Chu Yu Yang (violin) and Eric McElroy ( piano) Evening Concert Mark Bebbington (piano) BCM string ensemble |
Three Violin Pieces Op.11 |
| 6th March 7.30 pm |
Lancaster Arts:The Great Hall at Lancaster University |
London Philharmonic OrchestraConductedbyMichael Poll
|
Portrait of Janis |
| 6th March
7.30 p.m
|
US Premiere of – ‘The Wreaths of Time’ Op.57
|
Moss Arts Centre, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, NV, USA
Brian Thorsett (tenor) The Dante String Quartet |
Song Cycle ‘The Wreaths of Time’ Op. 57 |
| 8th March |
Concert at St Mary’s Episcopal 2325 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123.
|
Brian Thorsett (tenor) The Dante String Quartet
|
Song Cycle ‘The Wreaths of Time’ Op. 57 (2nd performance) |
| 9th March | Concert Recital
Campbell Recital Hall Stanford University
|
Brian Thorsett (tenor)
The Dante String Quartet
|
Song Cycle ‘The Wreaths of Time’ Op. 57 (3rd Performance)
|
| 11th March
12 Noon |
Old St Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
|
Brian Thorsett (tenor)
The Dante String Quartet
|
Song Cycle ‘The Wreaths of Time’ Op. 57 (4th Performance) |
| 27th March |
Arthur Bliss 50th Anniversary Celebration Day at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
One Composer to Another
David Salter and Ian Venables in conversation |
|
| 4th April
1 pm |
Bournville Lunchtime Concerts Quaker Meeting House, 65 Linden Road, Birmingham |
Chu Yu Yang (violin)
and Eric McElroy ( piano)
|
Three Violin Pieces Op.11 |
| 3rd May |
Sherborne Abbey Festival, Dorset- Song Recital – ‘Words for Women’
|
Suzanna MacRae (soprano) and
Claire Habbershaw (piano) |
Songs:
Echo (arr for voice snd piano) Premiere
|
| 9th May 12.30 am | Lunchtime Recital
St. Chad’s Shrewsbury |
Chu Yu Yang (violin)
Eric McElroy (piano)
|
Three Violin Pieces Op.11 |
| 27th May
|
The 2025 Elgar Festival
The Firs – Elgar’s Birthplace, Worcestershire Young Composers Workshop |
A Masterclass with April Fredrick (soprano) and Ian Venables | |
| 29th May 1.30 p.m | Screening of ‘Hidden Music’ – Documentary Film by Anthony Cheng
at The Firs – Elgar’s Birthplace, Worcestershire |
Performance of Three Violin Piece Op.11 by Shuwei (violin) and Jiayi Chen (piano)
Followed by ‘Hidden Music’ and a Q and A session with the composer hosted by Seb Soanes |
Three Violin Pieces Op.11 |
| 30th May
11 a.m |
Song Recital – Countess of Huntingdon’s Hall, Deansway, Worcester | April Fredrick (soprano)
Eric McElroy (piano) |
Song Cycle ‘Love’s Voice’ Op.22 |
| 31st May 11 a.m | Choral Concert at St Martin’s in the Cornmarket, Worcester | Elgar Chorale
Piers Maxim (conductor) |
Anthem
Psalm 67 ‘ |
| 31st May
3 p.m
|
Celebrity Organ Recital,
Malvern Priory |
David Briggs (organist | Rhapsody Op.25 |
| 31st May
5.30 p.m |
Choral Evensong
Worcester Cathedral |
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir
Stephen Shellard (conductor)
|
Evening Canticles |
| 31st May 7.30 p.m
|
Elgar Festival Gala Concert
Worcester Cathedral |
The English Symphony Orchestra
Gareth Brynmor John (baritone) Kenneth Woods (conductor) |
‘Out of the Shadows’ Op.55 (orchestral premiere) |
| Sun 1 June 2pm | Celebrity ‘Cello and Piano Recital
Henry Sandon Hall, Worcester |
Raphael Wallfisch (‘cello)
Simon Callaghan (piano) |
Elegy Op. 2 |
| 18th June 1.pm | Lunchtime Recital
St. Peter’s Church, St Albans
|
Chu-Yu-Yang (violin)
Eric McElroy (piano)
|
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano Op.11 |
| 24th June | The Bradfield Festival
Arthur Bliss Memorial Concert
|
Chu-Yu Yang (violin)
Mark Bebbington (piano) |
Pastorale Op.11, no1 |
| 7th July 7.30 pm | Luton Concert Club
St Mary’s Church, Luton |
Chu-Yu-Yang (violin)
Eric McElroy (piano)
|
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano Op.11 |
| 19th July
12.15 pm
|
Piano Recital
Worcester Cathedral |
Michael Jones | Portrait of Janis Op.9 |
| 12th October 3pm | Autumn in Malvern Festival
Song Recital Christ Church, Malvern |
Alessandro Fisher (tenor) Ashok Gupta (piano) | Songs of Eternity and Sorrow Op.36a |
| 24th/25th
October |
Tubinger Kammermusikfreunde e.V
|
Chu-Yu-Yang (violin)
Eric McElroy (piano)
|
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano Op.11 |
| 27th October
7.30 pm |
Piano Recital Luton Music Club For advanced ticket and further information please CLICK the following link: https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/george-rowley/ |
George Rowley | Piano Sonata Op.1 (UK Premiere)
The Nightingale and the Rose op.8
|
| 4th November
|
70th Birthday Concert at The Temple Church, London
|
Gareth Brynmor John (baritone) Gwilym Bowen (tenor) Navarra String Quartet |
Song cycles, ‘Out of the Shadows’ Op.55
|
| 8th November 7.30 pm | Concert
St Paul’s, Winchester https://www.southernvoices.co.uk/autumn
|
Southern Voices
Condutor, Jamal Sutton |
Requiem Op48 |
| 15th November
7.30 p.m |
String Quartet Recital
Hellens, Much Marcle, Herefordshire |
The Tippett String Quartet | String Quartet Op.32 |
| 25th
November 1.pm
|
St James’s Church,
Sussex Gardens, London.
|
Basil Alter (Violin) and Dafydd Chapman (piano) | Violin Sonata Op.23 a |
| 22nd and 23rd December
6.30 pm
|
Nine Lessons and Carols
Worcester Cathedral |
Choir of Worcester Cathedral, Samuel Hudson,
Director of Music |
A Christmas Lullaby |
| 23rd and24th December
5.15pm
|
Nine Lesson and Carols
St George’s Chapel, Windsor |
Choir of St George’s Chapel,
James Vivian Director of Music |
A Christmas Lullaby |
Ian Venables
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