BIRMINGHAM
Symphony Hall 0121 212 3333
20 February, 8 pm Leif Ove Andsnes plays Liszt’s B
minor and Dante Sonatas, Schumann’s First Sonata in F sharp
minor, and music by Nielsen
25 February, 7.30 pm Joaquin Achucarro plays Falla's Nights
in the Gardens of Spain with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
under Simon Rattle
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CANTERBURY
Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 01227 782244
4 March, 7.45 pm Rolf Hind plays works by Paul Max Edlin,
Stravinsky, Tan Dun and Tippett
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CHELTENHAM
Town Hall 01242 227979
9 March, 7.30 pm Christopher Hinterhuber plays Rachmaninov’s
Second Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Yakov
Kreizberg
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CROYDON
Fairfield Halls 0181 846 6821
24 February, 7.30 pm Lucy Parham plays Schumann's Piano
Concerto with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra under Emil Tabakov
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DARLINGTON
Darlington Arts Centre 01325 466555
8 March, 7.30 pm Elizaveta Kopelman plays works by Beethoven,
Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
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GLASGOW
Royal Concert Hall 0141 287 5511
Beyond our Shores
24 February, 1 pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard takes a musical
mystery tour around the world
27 February, 7.30 pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Ligeti’s
Piano Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins
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HUDDERSFIELD
Town Hall 01484 223200
12 March, 7.30 pm Bernard D’Ascoli plays Liszt’s
Second Piano Concerto with the English Northern Philharmonia under Andras
Ligeti
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KEELE
University 01782 714897
8 March, 8 pm The Schubert Ensemble of London play Piano
Quartets by Mozart (G minor) and Schumann, plus Piano Quintets by Hummel
and Butler
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LIVERPOOL
Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789
27 February, 7.30 pm Cristina Ortiz plays Richard Strauss’s
Burleske with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Libor Pesek
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LONDON
Barbican Centre 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk
23 February, 7.30 pm Nikolai Demidenko plays Beethoven’s
Pathetique and Tempest Sonatas and music by Liszt including
the Second Ballade
27 February, 7.30 pm Murray McLachlan plays Grieg’s Piano
Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Hazlewood
2 March, 7.30 pm Melvyn Tan plays Beethoven’s First Piano
Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Robert Bachmann
Hellenic Centre, W1 0171 487 5060
4 March, 7.30 pm Alexandra Papastephanou plays music by
Bach, Stravinsky and Ravel
St John's, Smith Square 0171 222 1061
26 February, 7.30 pm Geoffrey Saba & Jeremy Brown contrast
Rachmaninov’s Suites for two pianos with Ravel’s La valse and
Rapsodie espagnole
5 March, 7.30 pm Helen Reid plays Beethoven’s Fourth
Piano Concerto with the Royal Holloway Orchestra under Matthew Taylor
6 March, 7.30 pm Christine Borsch plays Beethoven’s final
set of Bagatelles, William Attwood’s Balises, and music by Debussy
and Schubert
11 March, 7.30 pm John Lill plays Shostakovich’s Concerto
for Piano and Trumpet with the Royal Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra
under Nicolai Moldoveanu
12 March, 7.30 pm Birsen Ulucan plays Liszt’s First Piano
Concerto with the City University Symphony Orchestra under Patrick Bailey
SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/
26 February, 7.30 pm Martin Jones plays Albeniz’s
Iberia
8 March, 8 pm Gary Preston plays Liszt’s B minor Sonata
and music by Chopin, Satie and Gershwin
12 March, 7.30 pm Pirasti Piano Trio with Philip Dukes
play Beamish’s Piobaireachd and trios by Stanford and Brahms
SBC Royal Festival Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/
21 February, 3.30 pm Mikhail Pletnev plays a selection
of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Schumann’s Etudes symphoniques,
and preludes and fugues by Bach and Mendelssohn
25 February, 7.30 pm Alfred Brendel plays Mozart’s
E flat Piano Quartet and Piano Concerto No 12 with the Alban Berg Quartet
26 February, 7. 30 pm Anne Queffelec plays Ravel's Left Hand
Piano Concerto with the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under Ilan Volkov
3 March, 7.30 pm Maurizio Pollini playsBeethoven, including
theDiabelli Variations
Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141
19 February, 7.30 pm Sandro de Palma plays Chopin's Funeral
March Sonata, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and music
by Liszt
20 February, 7.30 pm Thomas Ades and friends play Bartok’s
Contrasts, piano trios by Haydn and Beethoven, and his own Life
Story and Catch
22 February, 1 pm Boris Berezovsky plays works by Chopin, Liszt,
Ravel and Rachmaninov
23 February, 7.30 pm Alfredo Perl plays Maupoint’s Etudes
of Sonority and works by Haydn, Liszt and Ravel
26 February, 7.30 pm Jean-Yves Thibaudet partners the mezzo-soprano
Angelika Kirschchlager
28 February, 11.30 am The Peabody Trio play Beethoven and
Ravel
28 February, 7.30 pm Leslie Howard plays rarely heard Beethoven
and Alkan’s Symphony for solo piano
4 March, 7.30 pm Andras Schiff plays Schumann, including Papillons,
Kreisleriana and the Nachstucke Op 23
5 March, 7. 30 pm The Rosenfeld Piano Trio play Shostakovich,
Kelterborn and Mendelssohn
7 March, 4 pm Barry Douglas plays Berg’s Sonata Op 1,
Schumann’s Fantasy Op 17, and music by Chopin and Shostakovich
8 March, 1 pm Cecile Ousset plays Chopin, Saint-Saens and
Ravel
8 March, 7.30 pm the Fujita Trio play Takemitsu’s Between
Tides, and trios by Schubert and Tchaikovsky
9 March, 7.30 pm Richard Egarr, harpischord, plays Bach’s
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 with the Hanover Band
12 March, 7.30 pm Ingrid Jacoby plays Bach’s Partita
in C minor, Mozart’s Sonata in B flat K 333, Chopin’s Third Sonata,
and music by Faure
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MANCHESTER
Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/
20 February, 7.30 pm Lars Vogt plays Beethoven’s Fourth
Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky
4 March, 7. 30 pm Martin Roscoe plays Beethoven’s Fifth
Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the BBC Philharmonic under Vassily
Sinaisky
10, 11 March, 7.30 pm Boris Berezovsky plays Shostakovich’s
Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with the Halle Orchestra under Stanislaw
Skrowaczewski
Royal Northern College of Music 0161 907 5278
22 February, 7.30 pm Peter Frankl joins cellist Ralph Kirshbaum
for sonatas by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms
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NEWPORT
Newport Centre 01633 662666
20 February, 7.30 pm Martin Roscoe plays Schumann’s
Piano Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Tadaaki Otaka
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POOLE
Arts Centre 01202 685222
3 March, 7.30 pm Peter Jablonski plays Beethoven’s
Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
under Andrew Litton
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WORCESTER
Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427
21 February, 3 pm The Rogeri Trio play works by
Ravel, Mozart and Mendelssohn
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YORK
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall 01904 432439
24 February, 8 pm Andrew West plays Mozart’s Piano
Concerto No 14 with the European Union Chamber Orchestra under Lavard Skou
Larsen
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