HMS Pinafore by the Jesmond Choral Group

St Hilda's Church, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne - 7.30pm

This year's end of season concert is going to be HMS Pinafore, or, "The Lass that Loved a Sailor" by Gilbert and Sullivan.

The chorus is joined in the production by Warkworth Village Choir, and soloists include Shirley Wilkinson, Geoff Hughes, Joan Kelsall, Mike Graham, Dorothy Wardhaugh and Peter Walker as Sir Joseph Porter KCB.

Cost of admission is £5.
Advance tickets and enquiries to Jonathan Scott: tel 0191 2812909, email: jonathan.scott@blueyonder.co.uk

HMS Pinafore by the Jesmond Choral Group

Warkworth Memorial Hall, Warkworth Village, Northumberland - 7.30pm

This year's end of season concert is going to be HMS Pinafore, or, "The Lass that Loved a Sailor" by Gilbert and Sullivan.

The chorus is joined in the production by Warkworth Village Choir, and soloists include Shirley Wilkinson, Geoff Hughes, Joan Kelsall, Mike Graham, Dorothy Wardhaugh and Peter Walker as Sir Joseph Porter KCB.

Cost of admission is £5.
Advance tickets and enquiries to Jonathan Scott: tel 0191 2812909, email: jonathan.scott@blueyonder.co.uk

The Burning Road, A Sea Symphony: Hertfordshire Chorus

The Sage, Gateshead - 7.30pm

Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony
Will Todd - The Burning Road

This is the Chorus's first appearance at The Sage Gateshead, performing Will Todd's Jarrow March work, The Burning Road and the magnificent A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams. Hertfordshire Chorus will be joined by the Durham Sinfonia and 120 local children.

Naomi Harvey soprano
Grant Doyle baritone
Hertfordshire Chorus
Durham Sinfonia
David Temple conductor
120 children from:
Corbridge Middle School, Morpeth Chantry Middle School, Ponteland Middle School

Tickets are available from the Chorus on 0870 4580445 or by email to tickets@hertfordshirechorus.org.uk.

For more information see www.hertfordshirechorus.org.uk

An Afternoon of Russian Music with the Tyneside Chamber Orchestra

The Knott Memorial Hall, Heddon-on-the-Wall, 4.00pm

Arensky: Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
Borodin: Quartet No 2 (arranged Drew)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, Op.48

Tickets cover refreshments as well as the performance.
For further information or to buy tickets please contact Roger Crowther, email crowther@keepers9.fsnet.co.uk

An Evening of Russian Music with the Tyneside Chamber Orchestra

Caedmon Hall, Gateshead, 7.30pm

Arensky: Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
Borodin: Quartet No 2 (arranged Drew)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, Op.48

Tickets cover refreshments as well as the performance.
For further information or to buy tickets please contact Roger Crowther, email crowther@keepers9.fsnet.co.uk

All Saints' Chamber Choir present A Summer's Night On The River

Gosforth All Saints' Parish Church, 7.00pm

Delius: Two Aquarelles
Handel: Water Music

Enquiries: 0191 285 5854

Tynedale Orchestra Open Day

The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham: 10.00am to 4.30pm

A repeat of our successful Open Day last year.
Come and join us to play Dvorak: Symphony Number 9 - the New World

Tea and coffee etc provided, bring your own picnic .
See our website http://www.tynedaleorchestra.org.uk/ for map and directions.

Tickets £10.00. Please send cheque and completed form (download here) to Tynedale Orchestra, Portland Lodge, West Road, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 3JU or e-mail jntchipp@aol.com

Ryton Choral Society (featuring Anne Marie Owens) perform Sondheim: Side By Side

Ryton Comprehensive School, 7.30pm

Stephen Sondheim: Side By Side (featuring Anne Marie Owens)

Enquiries: 0191 488 2329
Website:http://www.rytonchoralsociety.co.uk

Newcastle Choral Society perform Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius

The Sage Gateshead, Hall 1, 7.30pm

Enquiries: 0191 286 6338

Cobweb Orchestra Leader Training

The Cobweb Orchestra is looking for leaders (in the sense of facilitator/conductors rather than first violinists) who want to develop their skills working with amateur orchestral musicians. Once trained, there are opportunities for paid work with the newly independent and expanding Cobweb Orchestra as a regional group leader or on a sessional basis.

What the training offers: One day studying repertoire and methods with the chance to try out your conducting with the Guinea Pig Orchestra. One session running an orchestral rehearsal with follow-up tutorial to discuss further development.

Trainer profile: We are looking for musicians with a wide variety of skills. You may be a community musician with an interest (possibly slightly rusty) in orchestras, or you may be an orchestral player who would like to try conducting and know more about how to run a successful ensemble, or a choir trainer who wants to diversify.

You can read full details of this exciting opportunity and how to apply here.

'Heaven's High Paradise' by Cappella Novocastriensis

St Laurence's Church, Warkworth: 8.00 pm

Cappella is on the road with 'Heaven's High Paradise'
Palestrina's Missa brevis, 3 of Parry's Songs of Farewell, and motets, madrigals and partsongs.
It's quite a mix, with Schutz, and then some moderately naughty ladies, courtesy of Farmer and Lassus - you guessed it, Phyllis, and Matona...slightly alternative paradise..... And there are several classic English part-songs, including 'As torrents', Stanford's 'Bluebird,' Pearsall's 'Lay a Garland', and closing with Sullivan's 'Long Day..'

Tickets are available from the vicarage.

New Tyneside Orchestra: Summer Concert

Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle - 7.30pm

Programme:

Overture, Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Suppe

Cello concerto no. 1 in A minor Saint-Saens. Soloist: Georgie Smith

Night on a Bare Mountain Mussorgsky

Symphony no. 1 Elgar

Tickets: £8, £6 concessions, £3 students - available from:

JG Windows (0191 232 1356);
Royal Grammar School (0191 212 8930),
by email (mcdowellkirsty@hotmail.com) or on the door.

Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir perform Will Todd, Janacek and Joubert

Kings Hall, Newcastle University, 7.30pm

Will Todd: Let Us Be True
Janacek: Otcenas
Joubert: An Hymne Of The Nativity

This will be the second performance by the choir of its commission by Will Todd - a passionate and compelling setting of Matthew Arnold's 'Dover Beach'. Equally passionate are Janacek's setting of the Lord's Prayer, and John Joubert's work to words by 17th century English poet Richard Crashaw.

Enquiries: 0191 285 3975, website: www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk

'Heaven's High Paradise' by Cappella Novocastriensis

Church of St James the Great, Darlington: 7.30 pm

Cappella is on the road with 'Heaven's High Paradise'
Palestrina's Missa brevis, 3 of Parry's Songs of Farewell, and motets, madrigals and partsongs.
It's quite a mix, with Schutz, and then some moderately naughty ladies, courtesy of Farmer and Lassus - you guessed it, Phyllis, and Matona....slightly alternative paradise.... And there are several classic English part-songs, including 'As torrents', Stanford's 'Bluebird,' Pearsall's 'Lay a Garland', and closing with Sullivan's 'Long Day..'

Tickets available from the Church.

Bishopwearmouth Choral Society perform Haydn and Purcell

Sunderland Minster, 7.30pm

Haydn: Nelson Mass
Purcell: Come Ye Sons Of Art

Enquiries: 0191 528 1469

Jesmond Choral Group: An Afternoon of Mozart

St Gabriel's Church, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne - 2.00pm

The Group perform a range of Mozart's work:

Coronation Mass
Vespers de Confessore (including the famous Laudate Dominum)
Ave Verum

Soloists:
Alex Murchie, Soprano
Joan Kelsall, Alto
Geoff Hughes, Tenor
John Kirk, Bass
and members of the New Tynside Orchestra

Tickets £5 - on the door or in advance from:
Jonathan Scott (0191 2812909, jonathan.scott@blueyonder.co.uk)

Jesmond Choral Group: An Evening of Mozart

St Hilda's Church, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne - 7.30pm

The Group perform a range of Mozart's work:

Coronation Mass
Vespers de Confessore (including the famous Laudate Dominum)
Ave Verum

Soloists:
Alex Murchie, Soprano
Joan Kelsall, Alto
Geoff Hughes, Tenor
John Kirk, Bass
and members of the New Tyneside Orchestra

Tickets £5 - on the door or in advance from:
Jonathan Scott (0191 2812909, jonathan.scott@blueyonder.co.uk)

Tynemouth Choral Society perform Handel: Messiah (Easter Music)

St. George's Church, Cullercoats, 7.15pm

Enquiries: 0191 257 3979, email: geoffmarg@onetel.com

Hexham Orpheus Choir

Hexham Abbey 7.30 pm

Goodall: Missa Aedis Christi
RVW: 5 Mystical Songs
Fauré: Requiem

Enquiries: info@hexham-orpheus-choir.org.uk

Durham Choral Society perform Orff, Barber and Bernstein

Durham, venue tbc, 7.30pm

Orff: Carmina Burana
Barber: Adagio
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

Enquiries: 0191 384 5515

Festival of Young Pianists

Sunderland Pianoforte Society

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
May 7th, 8th and 9th May: 7.15pm - 9.15pm each evening

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Our Diamond Jubilee Festival of Young Pianists in May, 2003 was such a musical success that the Society mounted a second Festival along the same lines in May 2005. The Committee has decided to host a third Festival in May 2007.

There will be an incredible array of talent each evening, with outstanding North East pianists providing Monday's programme and the Tuesday and Wednesday programmes given by stars from Chetham's School of Music, Manchester. The Festival will present a wide variety of music that all lovers of piano music will enjoy.

Tickets
Each separate evening £5 (Concessions* £2)
Season ticket for all three evenings: £12 (Concessions* £5)
Available from Laurie Giles, Festival Organiser, 01429 296225, or on the door each evening. Please make cheques payable to 'Sunderland Pianoforte Society Festival Account'.

*Concessions for children, full-time students and those on benefit.

Festival of Young Pianists

Sunderland Pianoforte Society

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
May 7th, 8th and 9th May: 7.15pm - 9.15pm each evening

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Our Diamond Jubilee Festival of Young Pianists in May, 2003 was such a musical success that the Society mounted a second Festival along the same lines in May 2005. The Committee has decided to host a third Festival in May 2007.

There will be an incredible array of talent each evening, with outstanding North East pianists providing Monday's programme and the Tuesday and Wednesday programmes given by stars from Chetham's School of Music, Manchester. The Festival will present a wide variety of music that all lovers of piano music will enjoy.

Tickets
Each separate evening £5 (Concessions* £2)
Season ticket for all three evenings: £12 (Concessions* £5)
Available from Laurie Giles, Festival Organiser, 01429 296225, or on the door each evening. Please make cheques payable to 'Sunderland Pianoforte Society Festival Account'.

*Concessions for children, full-time students and those on benefit.

Festival of Young Pianists

Sunderland Pianoforte Society

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
May 7th, 8th and 9th May: 7.15pm - 9.15pm each evening

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Our Diamond Jubilee Festival of Young Pianists in May, 2003 was such a musical success that the Society mounted a second Festival along the same lines in May 2005. The Committee has decided to host a third Festival in May 2007.

There will be an incredible array of talent each evening, with outstanding North East pianists providing Monday's programme and the Tuesday and Wednesday programmes given by stars from Chetham's School of Music, Manchester. The Festival will present a wide variety of music that all lovers of piano music will enjoy.

Tickets
Each separate evening £5 (Concessions* £2)
Season ticket for all three evenings: £12 (Concessions* £5)
Available from Laurie Giles, Festival Organiser, 01429 296225, or on the door each evening. Please make cheques payable to 'Sunderland Pianoforte Society Festival Account'.

*Concessions for children, full-time students and those on benefit.

A selection of Victorian & Elizabethan Music performed by Bishop Auckland Choral Society

Bishop Auckland Town Hall, 7.30pm

Enquiries: 01388 834 359

James Gilchrist (Tenor) and Anna Tilbrook (Piano)

Newcastle upon Tyne Chamber Music Society

The Sage Gateshead, Hall 2, 7.30pm

Enquiries: 0191 284 7421

Teesside Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven

Holy Trinity Church, Hartburn, 7.30pm

Mozart: Idomeneo Overture & Ballet Music
Haydn : Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Enquiries: 01642 898 821

Zum play at Alnwick Playhouse

Alnwick Music Society
Alnwick Playhouse, 7.30pm

Five-piece group Zum will be performing:
Gordon: End Of Jealousy
Piazzolla: Oblivion
Summerhayes: Requiem
Rumanian Folk Tunes

Enquiries: 01665 720 633

Trio Jean Paul perform Haydn, Vasks and Brahms

Darlington Music Society

Darlington Arts Centre, 7.30pm

Enquiries: 01325 253 148

North Tyne & Redewater Choral Society perform Gilbert & Sullivan

Bellingham Town Hall, 7.30pm

North Tyne & Redewater Choral Society perform Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates Of Penzance Excerpts plus Poetry & Songs

Enquiries: 01434 270 228

Alan Fearon (Piano) and Jeanette Mountain (Cello) perform Beethoven and Martinu

Hexham & District Music Society

Hexham, Queens Hall, 7.45pm

Enquiries: 01434 682 337

An Evening with Sarah Beth Briggs (Piano)

Sunderland Pianoforte Society

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, 7.15pm

Sarah Beth Briggs (Piano) plays Haydn, Mozart, Bartok, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Chopin

Enquiries: 01429 296 225

Sarah-Jane Bradley (Viola) and Jonathan Ayerst (Piano) perform Schumann, Glinka, Elgar, Brahms and Martinu

Hartlepool Music Society
Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, 7.30pm

Enquiries: 01429 837 034,
Website: http://www.hartlepoolmusicsociety.org.uk/

Durham Singers' Spring Concert

Elvet Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Durham City. 7.30pm.

Programme includes Fauré Requiem and motets by Bach, Byrd and Harris.

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) from Durham Tourist Information, Millennium Square (0191 384 3720) or at the door.

Ryton Choral Society perform Mozart: Coronation Mass and Requiem Mass

Kings Hall, Newcastle University, 7.30pm

Mozart: Coronation Mass and Requiem Mass (featuring Graeme Danby among the soloists)

Enquiries: 0191 488 2329

Newcastle Choral Society perform Verdi and Campling

Banqueting Suite, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 7.30pm

Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
Campling: In Paradisum

Enquiries: 0191 286 6338

Tynedale Orchestra performs Tomlinson and Mendelssohn

Hexham QEHS Winter Gardens, Hexham, 7.30pm

Tomlinson: English Folk Dance Suite
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4

Enquiries: 01661 822909, website:http://www.tynedaleorchestra.org.uk/

Darlington Choral Society perform Orff and Johnson

The Dolphin Centre, Darlington, 7.30pm

Orff: Carmina Burana
Johnson: Te Deum

Enquiries: 01325 488 911

Berwick Arts Choir perform Bernstein, Gershwin, Grofe and Harris

Berwick Parish Church, 7.00pm

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
Harris: Folk Song Symphony

Enquiries: 01890 840 494, email lorbottle@btinternet.com

Vogler String Quartet perform Beethoven, Bartok and Schumann

Hexham & District Music Society
Queens Hall, Hexham, 7.30pm

Beethoven: Razumovsky No. 3
Bartok: Quartet No. 2
Schumann: Op. 4 No. 2

Enquiries: 01434 682 337

Bishopwearmouth Choral Society perform Handel and Britten

Sunderland Minster, 7.30pm

Handel: Dixit Dominus
Britten: Rejoice In The Lamb; Abraham & Isaac

Enquiries: 0191 528 1469

Guisborough Choral Society celebrate 40 Years: includes Rutter's Gloria

'Forty Years On'

Guisborough Methodist Church, Westgate, 7.30pm

Guisborough Choral Society are celebrating 40 years with a selection of music sung over the years, which will include Rutter's Gloria.

Tickets available from Greensleeves or Guisborough Book Shop, both Chaloner Street.
Prices £9.00; £8.00 concessions; £1.00 students and children.
Enquiries: 01287 633 850

There will be a reception following the concert, previous choir members are most welcome.

Bobby Chen (Piano)

Darlington Piano Society

Darlington Arts Centre, 7.30pm

Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue
Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives
Schubert: Impromptu D.899 Opus 90
S. Cant: Turning the Tide (First performance)
Delius: Preludes and Toccata
Liszt: Ballade No.2

Bobby Chen entered the Yehudi Menuhin School in 1991. In 1996 he was selected as a soloist for a Classic FM CD, 'Yehudi Menuhin's Young Virtuosi'. He toured Britain with Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia. 1997 saw him at the Royal Festival Hall playing in the South Bank Prokofiev Festival. After his 1998 concerto debut with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra he toured with Nicholas Daniel, Britten Sinfonia and the Cavendish Singers for the John Lewis Partnership's Golden Jubilee Celebrations. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with 1st Class Honours.

There will be a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) in which the composer Stephanie Cant will talk about her new piece, Turning the Tide and Bobby Chen will describe the challenges of tackling a new commission and giving the first public performance.

Enquiries: 01325 469 019
Website: http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonpiano/

The Painter and the Patriarch (The 'Zurbaran' Oratorio)

Auckland Castle 22nd, 23rd, 24th March @ 7.30pm

Bishop Auckland Choral Society are staging a specially written oratorio by David Napthine, Duncan Brown and Greg Pullen, inspired by a unique collection of paintings by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbaran depicting Jacob and his Twelve Sons dressed in Spanish peasant costume. The paintings have been housed in Auckland Castle since 1756, and it is here - home to the Bishop of Durham and one of the finest palaces in the Church of England - that this unique work will be performed. Further background is given in our news section, as well as details of exciting opportunities to participate.

The Oratario, produced by theatre company Changeling Productions, will tell the story of the paintings interwoven with the Biblical story of Jacob. Local school children and members of the community will take part in an opening procession with music, movement and icons in the style of traditional religious processions of Seville and the performance concludes with a grand firework finale.

Soloists for the 3 performances will be Eliot Alderman (tenor), Richard Coxon (tenor), Paul Hudson (bass) and Jonathan Scott (tenor).

Anyone wishing to get involved contact Jill Cole, Project Manager on 01833 631838.
Tickets on sale from Brothertons, Bishop Auckland or phone 01833 631838.

The Painter and the Patriarch (The 'Zurbaran' Oratorio)

Auckland Castle 22nd, 23rd, 24th March @ 7.30pm

Bishop Auckland Choral Society are staging a specially written oratorio by David Napthine, Duncan Brown and Greg Pullen, inspired by a unique collection of paintings by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbaran depicting Jacob and his Twelve Sons dressed in Spanish peasant costume. The paintings have been housed in Auckland Castle since 1756, and it is here - home to the Bishop of Durham and one of the finest palaces in the Church of England - that this unique work will be performed. Further background is given in our news section, as well as details of exciting opportunities to participate.

The Oratario, produced by theatre company Changeling Productions, will tell the story of the paintings interwoven with the Biblical story of Jacob. Local school children and members of the community will take part in an opening procession with music, movement and icons in the style of traditional religious processions of Seville and the performance concludes with a grand firework finale.

Soloists for the 3 performances will be Eliot Alderman (tenor), Richard Coxon (tenor), Paul Hudson (bass) and Jonathan Scott (tenor).

Anyone wishing to get involved contact Jill Cole, Project Manager on 01833 631838.
Tickets on sale from Brothertons, Bishop Auckland or phone 01833 631838.

The Painter and the Patriarch (The 'Zurbaran' Oratorio)

Auckland Castle 22nd, 23rd, 24th March @ 7.30pm

Bishop Auckland Choral Society are staging a specially written oratorio by David Napthine, Duncan Brown and Greg Pullen, inspired by a unique collection of paintings by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbaran depicting Jacob and his Twelve Sons dressed in Spanish peasant costume. The paintings have been housed in Auckland Castle since 1756, and it is here - home to the Bishop of Durham and one of the finest palaces in the Church of England - that this unique work will be performed. Further background is