Concerts
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Coming to a concert?
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Concerts
Barber Concerts
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Lunchtime Concerts Birmingham Festival of Early Music
Anneke Scott & Steven Devine
Friday 8 February, 1.10pm
Anneke Scott is a leading exponent of historical horn playing. For this concert in the Barber Lunchtime Concert series, she is joined by Steven Devine on the University's period Erard piano.
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Lunchtime Concerts
Jonian-Ilias Kadesha & Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula
Friday 1 February, 1.10pm
The Albanian-Greek violinist Jonian-Ilias Kadesha makes his Barber Concerts debut and is joined by Swiss pianist and composer Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
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Lunchtime Concerts
Kenneth Hamilton Lecture-Recitals
Friday 18 & Friday 25 January, 1.10pm
Perenially popular pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns for his annual Barber lecture-recitals.
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Evening Concerts Piano Festival
Pavel Kolesnikov
Wednesday 8 May, 7.30pm
Pavel Kolesnikov joins us to launch the 2019 Birmingham International Piano Festival.
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Evening Concerts
Bozzini Quartet
Wednesday 13 March, 7.30pm
Hailing from Canada, the Bozzini Quartet performs a world premiere by University of Birmingham and Canadian composer Dr Scott Wilson. The concert also includes a new work by John Woolrich as part of the University's year-long string quartet project with the composer, and a work by Linda Smith.
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Evening Concerts Birmingham Festival of Early Music
Binchois Consort: Music for St Katherine & the Historic Scotland
Wednesday 13 February, 7.30pm
The Binchois Consort present music for St Katherine including music by Walter Frye and John Dunstaple for Birmingham Early Music Festival.
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Evening Concerts Birmingham Festival of Early Music
Dunedin Consort: Apollo and Daphne
Wednesday 6 February, 7.30pm
The Dunedin Consort present a programme of Handel for Birmingham Early Music Festival.
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Weekend Concerts Birmingham Festival of Early Music
Duo Trobairitz: Romance and Revelry
Sunday 3 February, 3pm
Duo Trobairitz present a European programme for Birmingham Festival of Early Music.
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Weekend Concerts
Student Chamber Ensembles
Saturday 2 March, 3pm
The Music Society’s Chamber Ensembles give a free afternoon concert in The Barber Institute alongside University Music’s symphonic brass dectet.
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Lunchtime Concerts
Giuseppe Guarrera
Friday 29 March, 1.10pm
Giuseppe Guarrera, represented by the Young Classical Artists Trust performs a programme of Liszt and Scarlatti.
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Lunchtime Concerts
University Women’s Choir
Friday 22 March, 1.10pm
The University Women’s Choir give a Barber Lunchtime concert under the direction of Patrick Barrett.
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Lunchtime Concerts
Fidelio Trio
Friday 15 March, 1.10pm
Shortlisted for the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, the Fidelio Trio are enthusiastic champions of the piano trio genre and perform a programme of works by Michael Zev Gordon and Fauré.
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Lunchtime Concerts
Chetham’s School of Music
Friday 8 March, 1.10pm
Listen to the classical music starts of the future as we hear from a selection of the finest students from the Chetham's School of Music.
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Lunchtime Concerts
New Music Ensemble
Friday 1 March, 1.10pm
The University New Music Ensemble performs new works by current University of Birmingham postgraduate students, composition lecturer Daria Kwiatkowska, and bass player and composer Sebastiano Dessanay.
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Weekend Concerts Birmingham Festival of Early Music
The Sharp Family: Early Modern Vocal Ensemble and CEMPR
Saturday 9 February, 2pm
Take a musical tour of the Barber Galleries as student musicians and art historians present works in The Barber Institute Collection.
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Lunchtime Concerts
A Fantasy…
Friday 22 February, 1.10pm
Made up of four outstanding chamber musicians, this mixed instrumental quartet present a programme of contemporary repertoire.
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Lunchtime Concerts Birmingham Festival of Early Music
Consortium5
Friday 15 February, 1.10pm
Recorder quintet Consortium5 celebrate one of the golden ages of English instrumental music.
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CrossCurrents
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Summer Festival of Music
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Evening Concerts
How to book
You can purchase tickets for Barber Evening Concerts at the reception desk in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts during normal opening hours, over the phone or online.
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