Events for March/April 2023
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Wednesday 1st March
Allegro Appassionato
Riverhead Ranters
12.45pm - 1.00pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library
Hilary Waterfall, Stuart Hunter and Simon Topham employ piano accordion, guitar, Irish bouzouki and violin with voices to produce a lively entertainment.
Funded by audience donations.
Wednesday 8th March
Allegro Appassionato
Damasus
12.45pm - 1.00pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library
Jonathan Rider (clarinet and bass clarinet) and Enzo Puzzovio (oud) are experienced professional freelance musicians. Damasus plays original music blending Western forms with Eastern Mediterranean inspired melodies.
Funded by audience donations.
Wednesday 15th March
Allegro Appassionato
Jan and Paul Ramsey with Ian Skelton
12.45pm - 1.00pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library
Three regular performers on the folk music scene, their repertoires span traditional and contemporary folk songs and Americana together with a selection of self-penned songs Enjoy the singing and the accomplished guitar playing.
Funded by audience donations.
Friday 17th March
Scunthorpe & North Lincolnshire Concert Society
James Gilbert (clarinet) & Julian Chan (piano)
7.30pm
Outwood Academy Foxhills, Foxhills Road, Scunthorpe DN15 8LJ
James is kindly supported by Making Music's Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists Scheme
Gershwin First Prelude arr. for Clarient and Piano
Widmann Fantasie
Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin Second Prelude
Bernstein Clarinet Sonata
Hindemith Clarinet Sonata
Turnage Four Pieces
Gershwin Third Prelude
Horovitz Sonatina
Tickets £18.
Free tickets available for students in full-time education and schoolchildren accompanied by an adult but please book in advance.
Tel: 01144 574570 or Email: snlcs1949@gmail.com
Saturday 18th March
Jazzpac
The Paul Booth Quartet
Paul Booth - saxes
Tom Cawley - piano/keys
Flo Moore - bass
Andrew Bain - drums
8.00pm
The Blue Room, Lincoln LN1 3BU
This talented prize-winning and acclaimed saxophonist hails from the North East. He won a place at the Royal Academy of Music when aged 16 years and later won the prestigious Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship taking him to the USA.
Paul has toured, performed and recorded around the world with The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Gregory Porter and many more. He has worked with the BBC Big Band and also co-leads the exciting contemporary orchestra 'Bansangu' which showcases the rich and diverse music from around the world.
This busy musician still has time for this newly formed quartet, which we are delighted to say, brings local boy Tom Cawley back to Lincoln.
Tickets: Full £16, Jazzpac Members £14, Under 18's £8.
Reserve by telephone 01522 529717 or email info@jazzpac.co.uk
Tickets available on the door with cash or card
Tuesday 21st March
Boston Concert Club
"Laurence Perkins & John Flinders"
Bassoon and Piano
7.30pm
Boston Grammar School PE21 6JE
Programme to include music by Elgar, Pierne, Ravel, Ridout and Weber.
Tickets: £12 on the door Children/Students Free
Book in advance by telephone 01205 366018
Free parking on site off Rowley Road.
Wednesday 22nd March
Allegro Appassionato
Katharine Ley, cellist
12.45pm - 1.00pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library
We are delighted to welcome Katharine for her first performance at Allegro Appassionato. Katharine enjoys a varied portfolio career including performing as a concerto and recital soloist, a string ensemble tutor and a private teacher. As a soloist, Katharine has performed internationally in many concerts and public masterclasses.
Funded by audience donations.
Saturday 25th March
Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir
Centenary Gala Concert
Special guests - VOCES8
7.30pm
The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe DN15 7RG
Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir celebrates 100 years of continuous singing alongside world-leading vocal ensemble, VOCES8 (https://voces8.com/). Great Britain’s oldest continually running youth choir, who were BBC Choir of the Year 2008 promote this concert to celebrate their centenary. Members old and new will be involved including the Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir’s training choirs, flagship choir and a scratch choir formed of alumni members. The event is conducted by Daniel Fields (Musical Director), Susan Hollingworth BEM (Creative Director) Kathleen Watson & Jenny Trattles (Associate Musical Directors). Accompaniment will be provided by James Longden, Lynn Robinson & Jean Leong.
Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir and VOCES8 will share the stage performing music old and new, from firm favourites to contemporary pieces. As part of the evening, Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir will perform a brand new commission by world-famous composer, Bob Chilcott, written to celebrate their centenary year.
Tickets £20 Adult, £15 Concession available from The Baths Hall box Office on 01724 296296, or in-person at The Baths Hall during opening hours: Monday – Friday 10:30 am – 4pm
or online (booking surcharges apply)
https://www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk/whats-on/centenary-gala-concert-22/
Saturday 25th March
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Spring Fantasia
Richard Laing - conductor
James Oldfield - bass baritone
Orchestra da Camera
7.30pm
Albert Hall, Nottingham NG1 5AA
| McDowall | Ave Maris Stella |
| Gjeilo | Sunrise Mass |
| Holst | Hymn of Jesus |
| Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs |
The choir will be joined by distinguished bass-baritone James Oldfield and our good friends the Orchestra da Camera. This promises to be an exciting and moving concert.
Tickets £15-18, Students £5 Children FREE (must be accompanied by a fee-paying adult).
Please visit our website www.nottinghamharmonic.org for further details, or go directly to our ticketing page with TicketSource - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-nottingham-harmonic-society/t-ojengvd
Saturday 25th March
Grantham Choral Society
Mozart & Vivaldi
Soloists - Royal College of Music
English Pro Musica String Ensemble and Continuo
Conductor - David Humphreys
7.30pm
St Wulfram's Parish Church
Join Grantham Choral Society for an beautiful evening of Mozart's Solemn Vespers and Vivaldi's Magnificat.
Tickets £15 (School age free, students under 25 £5 on production of student card). Available from Guildhall Box Office, A H Music, on the door or online at www.grathamchoralsociety.co.uk
Saturday 25th March
Sleaford Choral Society
Spring Concert
Conductor - Rowland Lee
Organ - Ed Wellman
7.30pm
St Denys Church, Sleaford
Join Sleaford Choral Society for a Choral Tribute to our late Queen: Faure, Requiem with works by Vaughan Williams, Purcell & Parry and a Choral Celebration of the forthcoming Cornation: Mozart Coronation Mass & Handel The King Shall Rejoice.
Additional pieces on the programme are My Soul, There is a Country, O Taste and See and Thou Knowest Lord, the Secrets of our Hearts.
Tickets are available on the door, U16's accompanied are free, otherwise £10 which includes a finger buffet at the interval. Wine/soft drinks are also available, not included in the ticket price. www.sleafordchoralsociety.co.uk
Wednesday 29th March
Allegro Appassionato
Students of Franklin College
12.45pm - 1.00pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library
We never know quite what to expect - that's the excitement which comes with a fresh injection of talent and ambition every year. The constant is Barry Whitfield, who develops a program which brings the best out of the young performers and provides us with a lively and entertaining concert.
Funded by audience donations.
Saturday 1st April
Cabra Singers
Fauré Requiem
Cabra Choir
Nic Beemster - baritone
Jeffrey Makinson - organist
Simon Crookall - conductor
7.30pm
Bailgate Methodist Church, Lincoln
Beautiful contemplative music for the eve of holy week. Programme to include:
Fauré - Requiem
Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs
Fauré - Cantque de Jean Racine
Cabra Singers is a local four-part choir with a wide-ranging repertoire.
Tickets: £5 on the door
Book in advance by telephone - 01522 884964
Sunday 2nd April
Louth Choral Society
The Creation by Joseph Haydn
Allan Smith - conductor
With the Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra
Juliet Montgomery - soloist soprano
Gabriel Seawright - tenor
Ed Robinson - bass
All from the Northern College of Music, Manchester
7.30pm
St James Church Louth
Joseph Salomon, a violinist, composer, a conductor and musical impresario brought Haydn to London in 1791-1792 and 1794-1795. During his time in England Haydn was inspired to write some of his greatest works which included arguably his most popular piece, The Creation, an extraordinary and daringly original composition.
Come to St James Church Louth on Sunday 2nd April and enjoy this wonderful oratorio.
Tickets: Reserved £15, accompanied U18 £8, Unreserved £10, U18 Free
Tickets available to buy fromBeaumont's of Bridge Street, Louth and online at www.louthchoral.co.uk/book-tickets
Wednesday 5th April
Allegro Appassionato
Robert Fields, Classical Pianist
12.45pm - 1.30pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library, LN11 0LY
This is Robert's first solo performance for us, he proposes to play a programme consisting of Estampes, a three-movement impressionistic piano suite written in 1903 by Debussy, as well as Preludes from Op 28 and Op 45 by Chopin.
Refreshments available from 11.45am - 12.45pm.
Tickets are funded by audience donations. Audience capacity is limited to 100 seats.
For more information please visit https://allegro-appassionato.org/?p=1153
Wednesday 12th April
Allegro Appassionato
Jill Crossland, Classical Pianist
12.45pm - 1.30pm
Conoco Room, Louth Library, LN11 0LY
Jill has been a popular and regular performer with Allegro Appassionato for a number of years. This year provides her with the opportunity to play Beethoven's Variations on God Save the King to time nicely with the King's coronation.
Refreshments available from 11.45am - 12.45pm.
Tickets are funded by audience donations. Audience capacity is limited to 100 seats.
For more information please visit https://allegro-appassionato.org/?p=1153
Saturday 15th April
Jazzpac
The Karen Sharp Quartet
Karen Sharp, Saxophone
Nikki Isles, Piano
Dave Green, Bass
Steve Brown, Drums
8.00pm
The Blue Room, Lincoln LN1 3BU
We are delighted to be able to bring another illustrious ensemble of British jazz talent to the Blue Room.
Karen, a multiple award winning artist, leads her world class musicians established line up with a shared passion for strong melodies, group interplay and respect for the Jazz tradition.
Together they create a unique sound that is warm, spontaneous and exciting, incorporating free flowing improvisation with almost telepathic ensemble playing.
Tickets: Full £16, Jazzpac Members £14, Under 18's £8.
Tickets can be reserved by telephone on 01522 529717 or by emailing info@jazzpac.co.uk