Past events
Saturday 13 June 2026 11AM
St. James and Emmanuel Church
Didsbury
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K136
Finzi: Romance
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
Spilsbury: Suite for Strings No. 1
Pitfield: A Keele Garland (world premiere)
June 2025
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Alberga: Remember
Mozart: Piano Concerto in E flat major (Soloist: Ian Buckle)
Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Ireland: A Downland Suite
14 June
11:00 AM
Didsbury Coffee Concerts
14 June
19:30 PM
St. Michael's Church, Macclesfield
15 June
18:30 PM
Forsyth's Music Shop, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025 13:00
Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, Kendal
Kendal Midday Concert Club
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G
Spilsbury: Eyebright
J. S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Saturday 22 March 2025 11:00AM
Emmanuel Church, Didsbury
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G
Rachmaninov: Romance in G minor
Spilsbury: Eyebright
J. S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Saturday 22 March 2025 19:30
Bollington Arts Centre, Macclesfield
Bollington Chamber Concerts
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G
Rachmaninov: Romance in G minor
Spilsbury: Eyebright
J. S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Saturday 16 March 2024 11:00
Emmanuel Church
Didsbury
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K138
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 in B minor
Anthony Gilbert: Another Dream Carousel
Christopher Newton: Hit'lahavut for String Orchestra (RNCM Commission)
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Saturday 16 March 2024 19:30
St. Bartholomew's Church
Wilmslow
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K138
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 in B minor
Anthony Gilbert: Another Dream Carousel
Christopher Newton: Hit'lahavut for String Orchestra (RNCM Commission)
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Sunday 17 March 2024 15:00
Mere Hall, Bolton (in association with Bolton Music Service)
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K138
Elgar: Serenade for Strings (1st movt) Side by Side with students of Bolton Music Service
Christopher Newton: Hit'lahavut for String Orchestra (RNCM Commission)
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Saturday 10 June 2023 11:00
St. James and Emmanuel Church
Didsbury
Holst: St. Paul's Suite
Lau: bramble's way, zither waits (RNCM Commission)
Spilsbury: POEM
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, RV 580
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
Saturday 10 June 2023 18:30
Mere Hall, Bolton (in association with Bolton Music Service)
Holst: St. Paul's Suite
Lau: bramble's way, zither waits (RNCM Commission)
Spilsbury: POEM
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, RV 580
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
Sunday 11 June 2023 15:00
St. Bartholomew's Church
Wilmslow
Holst: St. Paul's Suite
Lau: bramble's way, zither waits (RNCM Commission)
Spilsbury: POEM
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, RV 580
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
19TH MARCH 2023
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, WILMSLOW
Berkeley: Serenade for Strings
Britten: Les Illuminations (soloist: Georgie Malcolm)
Offenbach: Les Larmes de Jacqueline (soloist: Deirdre Bencsik)
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
18TH MARCH 2023
EMMANUEL CHURCH, DIDSBURY
MERE HALL, BOLTON
Berkeley: Serenade for Strings
Britten: Les Illuminations (soloist: Georgie Malcolm)
Offenbach: Les Larmes de Jacqueline (soloist: Deirdre Bencsik)
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
11TH JUNE 2022
EMMANUEL CHURCH, DIDSBURY
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
19 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
15 DECEMBER 2019
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
15 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)
23 JUNE 2018
EMMANUEL CHURCH, DIDSBURY
17 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