2021-22 season
In 2021/22 we shall give six concerts, three in Manchester as part of the Didsbury Coffee Concerts series, and three in Wilmslow. Admission to all our concerts is free and there will be a retiring collection. Donations can be made via our Support Us page.
11TH JUNE 2022
11.00 a.m. Emmanuel Church
7.00 p.m. Wilmslow United Reformed Church
Britten: Simple Symphony, Op.4
Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor (soloist: Steven Wilkie)
Philip Rousiamanis (an RNCM student composer): warp obsess remember
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
This concert celebrates the two hundredth anniversary of Mendelssohn’s youthful Violin Concerto alongside Tchaikovsky’s exciting and sun-filled Souvenir de Florence.
Keen to support emerging young composers, we also include a new work, warp obsess remember, by Philip Rousiamanis, a student at the Royal Northern College of Music.
ENTRY: FREE OF CHARGE
Retiring Collection
our venues
manchester
(didsbury)
St James and Emmanuel Church
6 Barlow Moor Road
Didsbury M20 6TR
Didsbury is well served by transport links, including train, bus and Metrolink. The church is in the centre of Didsbury, at the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Wilmslow Road.
wilmslow
Wilmslow United Reformed Church
Chapel Lane
Wilmslow SK9 1PR
The church is close to the centre of Wilmslow and a 10-minute walk from Wilmslow railway station. The car park at Sainsbury’s supermarket is nearby.
past events
19th march 2022
emmanuel church, Didsbury
Wilmslow United Reformed Church
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major,
Op.6 No.4
Dvorak: Notturno, Op.40
Alwyn: Concerto Grosso No.2 in G (1950)
Suk: Serenade for Strings, Op.6
11th december 2021
emmanuel church, didsbury
Wilmslow United Reformed Church
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op.40
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 (soloists: Steven Wilkie and Nathan Fenwick)
Thomas Pitfield: Theme and Variations for String Orchestra (1951)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op.48
15th december 2019
Wilmslow United Reformed Church
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K.136
Spilsbury: Eyebright (premiere)
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op.110a
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (soloist: Steven Wilkie)
23rd june 2018
emmanuel church
17th february 2019
Wilmslow United Reformed Church
Mozart: Divertimento in F major K.138
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
(soloist: Steven Wilkie)
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra
Ireland: Concertino Pastorale