Aurora Orchestra
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden,
1 May
Web: saffronhall.com
The wide-open spaces of Copland's Appalachian Spring and gritty edginess of Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story bookend an American road trip with conductor Nicholas Collon at the wheel. It takes in music by Caroline Shaw and, with pianist Tom Poster, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. A film specially shot on location by John Franck accompanies Ives's Three Places in New England.
Manchester Collective
St George's, Bristol,
3 May
Web: stgeorgesbristol.co.uk Guitarist Sean Shibe enjoys startling juxtapositions, so he should feel at home in his debut with Manchester Collective. New York composer Kelly Moran and Emily Hall have both produced new works for a tour that contrasts John Cage and David Lang. Lending Baroque perspective is the much purloined La Folia.
Solem Quartet
Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds,
3 May
Web: leedsconcertseason.co.uk Having recently given the UK premiere of Jonny Greenwood's suite from his 2007 film score for There will be Blood, the Solems revisit it in the company of the string quartet by Dutch pianistcomposer Henriëtte Bosmans, whose Jewish background caused a hiatus to her career during the Nazi occupation. They end with Steve Reich's potently germane Different Trains.
Ailish Tynan and Christopher Glyn
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York,
3 May
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FESTIVAL GUIDE 2024
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Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
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The world's most performed classical composer, a small, black-suited figure with a mop of white hair and mutton-chop whiskers, stands on the huge Brucknerhaus stage, almost invisible among the sea of musicians.