5th to 20th May 2008

Date/Day	Time	Description
5th Monday	7.00pm	Organ Recital Martin Neary - London
		Bach Couperin Franck Messiaen Bach	Fantasia in G, BWV572 Elevation: Tierce en taille Pastorale L'Ascension Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
		Admission £6.00 Lincoln Cathedral
	7.30pm	Soaring Skywards Harmony Singing Group led by Ba Wheeler Ba's groups are for everyone who loves to sing - experienced and inexperienced alike. No need to read music, everything is taught by ear. £30.00 for six sessions, occasional visitors £7.00. Contact Ba on 01522 532988 Bishop Grosseteste College Chapel, Newport, Lincoln
	7.30pm	Drill Hall Unreserved Our monthly free classical music nights organised by Richard Still continue into the summer with more musical delights and surprises… Three half hours of high quality classical music performed by the very best local musicians with breaks in between for chatting and drinking! Admission is free Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School lane
6th Tuesday	10.30am	Convivium Music Pimento Music Club Words and Music presented by Mo Wotke Join us for a cup of coffee and a chat about the music of the day Beginners to classical music particularly welcome Meeting fee is £1.00 Pimento Tea Rooms. Steep Hill, Lincoln
	1.00pm	The 250th Lunchtime Recital Lada Valesova - piano Formerly known as ‘The Midday Series, these concerts were started by Geoffrey Greed MBE, 25 years ago, initially at the Usher Gallery and, since 2004, here at the Drill Hall. We are delighted to be marking this special occasion with a performance by the virtuoso pianist Lada Valesova. Tickets £4.50 in advance from the box office 01522 873894 Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane
7th Wednesday	12.45pm	Allegro Appassionato Wednesday Prom Franklin College Music Department accompanied by Barry Whitfield & Jill Parker Refreshments served prior to the concert Admission free, retiring collection Conoco Room, Louth Library
	1.20pm	Uppingham School Music Department Lunchtime Recital Uppingham School Singers accompanied by Mr Peter Clements- piano A programme of english, French & German song Admission is free - retiring collection in aid of Music in Hospitals and church funds The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham
	7.30pm	The Band of the Grenadier Guards Tickets at £10.00 from the Cathedral Shop - 01522 561600 VIP tickets (which include pre-concert reception hosted by the Mayor and a seat in the front rows) at £25.00 from the Civic Office, City Hall Lincoln Cathedral
8th Thursday	8.00pm	SMPoW/Sleaford Live '08 Lincolnshire's Finest - Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher supported by Teri Clarke and Nigel Creasey Mostly reeds, mostly choruses, mostly traditional-ish - they never fail to delight their audience with their musicianship, their stories and their discussions about their ailments. You won't know whether to laugh or cry! Tickets at £9.00 (gallery), £8.00 (stalls) from Sleaford TIC, Money's Yard, Tel:- 01529 414294 The Playhouse, Westgate, Sleaford
9th Friday	7.30pm	Louth Male Voice Choir in Concert directed by Graham Burrell St Swithin's Church, Baumber
	7.30pm	Bain Valley Churches Horncastle & District Choral Society conducted by Maureen Gay accompanied by Chris Hinkins
		Vivaldi Karl Jenkins	Gloria The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace
		Admission £5.00 and £4.00 Holy Trinity Church, Tattershall
10th Saturday	12.00noon	Sleaford Live '08 Organ Recital David Prescott St Denys' Church, Sleaford
	1.00pm	Lincolnshire Society of Recorder Players Meeting directed by Richard Lindsay The normal Society get together starts at 1.00pm but there is an optional, informal `one to a part' session from 11.30am. Visitors are welcome and a wide range of music is played. Ring the bell on main door Lincoln Minster Pre-prep School, Church Lane
	7.30pm	Horncastle & District Choral Society conducted by Maureen Gay accompanied by Chris Hinkins
		Vivaldi Karl Jenkins	Gloria The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace
		Admission £5.00 and £4.00 St Mary's Church, Horncastle
	7.30pm	Steve Townsend Memorial Concert Lincoln Orpheus Male Voice Choir conducted by John Gull accompanied by Lesley Willis St Luke's Church, Birchwood
	7.30pm	Bach's Groove Grimsby Bach Choir Musical Director Steven Maxson with The Barry Whitfield Trio Come and hear the choir as you've never heard them before Programme includes Bob Chilcott's 'A Little Jazz Mass', Duke Ellington's 'Jazz Suite' and much more. Tickets £10.00, accompanied children under 16 free - available fro the Caxton Box Office, Grimsby Central Library - 01472 346251 Grimsby Central Hall
	7.30pm	East Lincolnshire Arts Happy Jack by John Godber Ratattat Theatre Tickets £7.00, £6.00, accompanied children £1.00 from 01754 765645 Imperial Ballroom, Grosvenor House Hotel, Skegness (opposite the pier)
	7.30pm	Fauré & Mozart Requiems Market Rasen & District Choral Society with Lincoln Pro Musica conducted by Thea Hogg Rebecca Hodgetts - soprano Laura Trayhurn - mezzoo soprano Richard Ireland - tenor Neil baker - bass 20th Anniversary Concert and Thea Hogg's last concert before retirement The programme will include Tchaikovsky's 'Serenade for Strings' Admission £8.00, accompanied children under 16 free De Aston Sports' Hall, Market Rasen
	8.00pm	South Kesteven Arts Britten Sinfonia Jaqueline Shave - director/violin Nicholas Daniel - oboe
		Vivaldi Piazolla Golijov Villa-Lobos Bach	Oboe Concerto in C, RV447 Spring: Oblivion Last round Bachiana Brasiliera No.9 Concerto in D minor for Oboe, Violin and String Orchestra, BWV1060
		Tickets at £16.00, £14.00 (conccessions) from the box office - 01780 763203 Stamford Arts Centre
11th Sunday	7.30pm	Sleaford Live '08 Sleaford Concert Band conducted by Jim McQuade with guests from Sleaford's twin town of Marquette-lez-Lille Évasion and Doubl'age Admission £5.00, £3.00 (children). Tickets available from Sleaford Town Council Office, Mill Court or from Keith Dolby Jewellers, Bristol Arcade St Denys' Church, Sleaford
	7.30pm	A Night at the Proms The Lincoln Beevor Band Beevor Youth Band Tickets £4.00, £3.50 (concessions) from Eric A Bird, St Mary's Street, Lincoln or phone 01522 539183 £5.00 at the door Free parking at the Lawn complex, bar facilities, refreshments available at the interval The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln
12th Monday	7.30pm	Soaring Skywards Harmony Singing Group led by Ba Wheeler Ba's groups are for everyone who loves to sing - experienced and inexperienced alike. No need to read music, everything is taught by ear. £30.00 for six sessions, occasional visitors £7.00. Contact Ba on 01522 532988 Bishop Grosseteste College Chapel, Newport, Lincoln
14th Wednesday	12.45pm	Allegro Appassionato Wednesday Prom Carol Lea & Geoffrey Greed - piano duet Refreshments served prior to the concert Admission free, retiring collection Conoco Room, Louth Library
	1.20pm	Uppingham School Music Department Lunchtime Recital Uppingham School Brass Players conducted by Mr Stewart Drummond Mr Peter Clements - organ Music by Ducas & Gabrieli Admission is free - retiring collection in aid of Music in Hospitals and church funds The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham
16th Friday		London Mozart Players New South Holland Residency Launch
	7.00pm	Reception
	8.00pm	Launch Concert London Mozart Players Angela Malmesbury - clarinet
		Mozart	Marriage of Figaro Overture, K492 Clarinet Concerto, K622 Symphony No.41, K551 Jupiter
		Tickets £14.0, £12.00 (concessions), £6.00 (students) from 01775 764777 South Holland Centre, Spalding
	7.30pm	City of Lincoln Male Voice Choir in Concert St Mary's Church, Stow
	7.30pm	Uppingham School Uppingham Organ Festival (celebrating the new Chapel Organ) A Night at the Movies 'The Phantom of the Opera' (PG) with accompaniment to the famous silent movie (1925) from Darius Battiwalla (Royal Northern College of Music) Tickets £10.00, £8.00 (concessions) from www.uppthearts.co.uk or Uppingham School Theatre box office on 01572 820820 Season Ticket for all the Festival events £35.00 Uppingham School Chapel
17th Saturday	10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm	Uppingham School Uppingham Organ Festival (celebrating the new Chapel Organ) Celebrity Organ Masterclasses with Stephen Cleobury (Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge) Tickets £7.00, £5.00 (concessions) from www.uppthearts.co.uk or Uppingham School Theatre box office on 01572 820820 Season Ticket for all the Festival events £35.00 Uppingham School Chapel
	7.00pm	Scunthorpe Male Voice Choir in Concert directed by Keith Morgan with 'Intermezzo' Quartet choir soloist - Andy Rigott Admission £5.00 St Lawrence's Church, Hatfield
	7.30pm	Uppingham School Uppingham Organ Festival (celebrating the new Chapel Organ) Opening Recital of the Nicholson Organ Naji Hakim - La Trinité, Paris
		J S Bach Messiaen Naji Hakim César Franc Naji Hakim	Toccata & Fugue in F major BWV 540 Offrande au Saint Sacrement Le Tombeau d'Oliver Messiaen 1. Par ma vie, par ma mort 2. Je rends grâce à mon Dieu 3. Christ avec le saint-Esprit dans la gloire du Père Cantabile SAKSKØBING PRÆLUDIER
		Tickets £20.00, £18.00 (concessions) from www.uppthearts.co.uk or Uppingham School Theatre box office on 01572 820820 Season Ticket for all the Festival events £35.00 Uppingham School Chapel
	7.30pm	Stamford Choral Society Elgar's "The Kingdom" conducted by Paul White Emma Bell - soprano Leigh Woolf - mezzo soprano Daniel Norman - tenor Christopher Maltman - baritone Peterborough Cathedral
	7.30pm	Sleaford Choral Society conducted by Graham Garton with Two pianos, The Harrington Percussion Ensemble David Butt-Philip - baritone
		Carl Orff Borodin	Carmina Burana Polovstian Dances
		Tickets at £7.50 from Keith Dolby Jewellers, Bristol Arcade or Sole Therapy, Riverside Precinct St Denys' Church, Sleaford
	7.30pm	50th Anniversary Concert Boston Choral Society Lyre St Tugal, Laval
		Fauré Fauré Elgar Elgar Elgar	Requiem Cantique de Jean Racine Lux Aeterna Four Latin Motets Land of Hope and Glory
		Tickets £10.00 in advance from the Society secretary on 01529 460857 £12.00 on the door To celebrate 50 years of twinning St Botolph's Church, Boston
	7.30pm	City of Lincoln Male Voice Choir in Concert St Peter & St Paul, Kettlethorpe
	7.30pm	Morton District Church Council Choral Concert The Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers Admission £5.00, children free St Paul's Church, Front Street, Morton nr Gainsborough
	7.30pm	Grimsby & Cleethorpes Orpheus Male Voice Choir directed by Richard Bradley accompanied by Audrey Ellis with Hot Gospel Tickets £8.00 from the Caxton Box Office, Grimsby Central Library - 01472 346251 Grimsby Town Hall
	8.00pm	Faldingworth Live George Papavgeris & Duncan Mc Farlane with Anne Brivonese Tickets £7.00 from Les Worrall 01673 843036 Faldingworth Memorial Hall
18th Sunday	2.00pm	Uppingham School Uppingham Organ Festival (celebrating the new Chapel Organ) Meet the Organ Peter Clements (Uppingham School) Admission is free Uppingham School Chapel
	7.30pm	Uppingham School Uppingham Organ Festival (celebrating the new Chapel Organ) Celebrity Recital Ashley Grote (Gloucester Cathedral and former Uppingham Music Scholar) England's Glory Tickets £10.00, £8.00 (concessions) from www.uppthearts.co.uk or Uppingham School Theatre box office on 01572 820820 Season Ticket for all the Festival events £35.00 Uppingham School Chapel
19th Monday	7.30pm	Soaring Skywards Harmony Singing Group led by Ba Wheeler Ba's groups are for everyone who loves to sing - experienced and inexperienced alike. No need to read music, everything is taught by ear. £30.00 for six sessions, occasional visitors £7.00. Contact Ba on 01522 532988 Bishop Grosseteste College Chapel, Newport, Lincoln
	7.30pm	Concert Caroline Siriwardena - violin Howard Breakspear - viola St Andrew's Church, Fillingham
20th Tuesday	7.30pm	Lincoln Orpheus Male Voice Choir conducted by John Gull accompanied by Lesley Willis All Saints' Church, Harmston