The 2019/20 season of concerts and events performed
at St Laurence Church and The Ark, Alvechurch
Advance ticket discounts available – see Booking
Saturday 7 December 2019 7.30pm – £13/advance £12
Bold as Brass
The performance will include arrangements of traditional Christmas songs, like ‘White Christmas’, ‘Walking in the Air’, ‘Deck the Halls’
and carols: ‘The First Nowell’, ‘Silent Night’,
together with jazz standards: ‘Twelfth Street Rag’, ‘Ain’t Misbehaving’,
and classical favourites: Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’, Saint-Saëns’ ‘Serenade d’Hiver’.
Holborne Brass Ensemble:
Trevor Jones, trumpet
Greg McEwan, trumpet
Tim Stidwell, horn
Les Whitehouse, trombone
Phil Green, tuba
(poster download)
Friday 7 February 2020 7.30pm – £10
Annual Quiz and Supper Evening
This very popular and entertaining fundraiser event returns – a general knowledge quiz with supper.
Teams of up to six, with singles accommodated.
£10pp; bar available, corkage payable.
– booking absolutely essential!
Contact: midlandsinfonia@gmail.com or tel: 0121 447 7040 | 07889 147 861
(poster pending)
Saturday 7 March 2020 7.30pm – £20/advance £19 | student/accompanied child £5
An Audience with Craig Ogden
The celebrated Australian-born virtuoso plays popular favourites by Albéniz ‘Sevilla’, ‘Asturias’ and Tárrega ‘Recuerdos de la Alhambra’ together with other well known pieces in the guitar repertoire by Scarlatti, Coste, Borrios, Legnani, Gary Ryan and George Harrison ‘Here Comes the Sun’.
Demand for tickets will be high.
(poster download)
Saturday 4 April 2020 7.30pm – £16/advance £15
Mozart and his Mentors
Mozart – Horn Concerto No.4
Mozart – Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Boccherini – Symphony No.26
Haydn – Symphony No.67
The Midland Sinfonia
Nic Fallowfield, conductor
James Topp, horn
(poster download)
Saturday 9 May 2020 7.30pm – £13/advance £12
Schubert’s Quintet
Haydn – String Quartet in D minor Op.103
Ravel – String Quartet in F
Schubert – String Quintet in C
Tedesca Quartet:
Nic Fallowfield, violin
Clare Bhabra, violin
Richard Muncey, viola
Jenny Curtis, cello
and their guest Tim Gill
(poster pending)
Sunday 28 June 2020 3pm – £free/donations welcome
13th Young Musicians’ Showcase
Our annual invitation for young musicians, up to 18 years old, to perform before an appreciative audience.
To discuss contact: midlandsinfonia@gmail.com or tel: 0121 447 7040 | 07889 147 861
Our annual Sunday afternoon concert for young musicians (up to 18 years of age) gives the players the opportunity to perform in a concert environment.
For further information please contact midlandsinfonia@gmail.com or telephone 0121 447 7040 | 07889 147 861
(poster pending)
Saturday 4 July 2020 7.30pm – £16/advance £15
Independence Day
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Milhaud – Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Dvorak – String Quartet in F Op.96 (‘American’)
Gershwin – Promenade (‘Walking the Dog’)
–Lullaby for Strings
Copland – Appalachian Spring
The Midland Sinfonia
Nic Fallowfield, conductor
(poster pending)
Saturday 2 November 2019 7.30pm – £16/advance £15
Dvořák Serenade
Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
Mozart – Divertimento in F K.138
Britten – Simple Symphony
Hindemith – Five Pieces for Strings
Fauré – Nocturne
The Midland Sinfonia
Nic Fallowfield, conductor
(poster download)