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A what's on guide to Leicester and Leicestershire
shows, concerts, theatre, dance, comedy and spoken word events in 2012
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live music, comedy, poetry readings, exhibitions, installations or classical
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Friday 27th January
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Comedy
Comedy Night - Comedians including Tom Craine and Roger Monkhouse plus compere -Spiky Mike.
Doors 7.30
Starts 8pm
Book on web site
£8 adv
£10 door
funhousecomedy.co.uk
Sir
John Moore foundation
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Wednesday 1st February
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Music
The launch of Showcase Smoothie takes place at The Y Theatre,
Leicester on Wednesday 1st February 6 till 9 pm and we would very much like to
have you there with us!
Showcase Smoothie is a hugely exciting, Leicestershire
Partnership NHS Trust led project, that has recently been awarded major funding
by Arts Council England. It is partnered by a range of organisations, including
Leicester University and we are looking forward to our official launch.
The event will consist of a Caribbean Buffet.
Live music from the acclaimed Freestyle Collective and Timer Group.
Special performances from Showcase Live and the Smoothie
Crew. Special addresses from Jackie Ardley and Professor Mohammed Al Uzri
Opportunities to mingle with the performers and Project Champions.
Tickets:
Please RSVP to the Project Manager, Katherine Brown (beautyandutilityarts@hotmail.co.uk) 20th
January.
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Friday 3rd February 2011
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Music
ORCHESTRAL NARRATIVES
Oakham School Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra.
Debussy En Bateau & Ballet
from Petite Suite
Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Gershwin Blue Monday
Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, op. 11 (1st movt.)
Vivaldi Concerto for 2 'cellos in G minor, RV531 MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL
Friday 3 February, 7.45pm, Oakham School Chapel
Free tickets from 01572 758820 or boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
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Friday 10th February
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Music
Foundation Crew DJ Night with our very own DJ Lewis
7.30pm to 11pm
£2 in adv, £3 on door
Sir
John Moore foundation
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Thursday 16th February
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Folk music
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman plus James Findlay
The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester
For details see Greenbird Promotions web site
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Saturday 18th February 2012
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Music
Symphony Fantastique
The Leicester Symphony Orchestra, guest
conductor, John Andrews, perform
Holst's The Perfect Fool, Bruch's Violin
Concerto (with David Le Page), and Berlioz's Symphony
Fantastique.
Details
and tickets from the LSO web site
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Sunday 19th February
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Music
Moishes Bagel
Thrillingly original cutting-edge klezmer
and folk music. An intoxicating mix of dance, rhythms and virtuoso performances.
Moishe's Bagel combines the energy and passion of Eastern European folk music
with the excitement and soul of improvisation.
Boasting some of the best instrumentalists
that Scotland has to offer "We are equally at home jamming in a late night
jazz den, grooving at a forest festival, or enthralling an upmarket concert hall".
6.00 doors, Show 6.30pm £8 adults, £5 kids, £20
fam
Sir
John Moore foundation
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Friday 24th February
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Music
Forro Porro
4 brilliant musicians come together to delight
audiences with South American fiesta sounds, Brazilian Forro and Colombian Porro
- a driving accordion and drum music that raises the spirits and lifts up the
dance floor!
The line up features accordion, zambumba and timbale drums,
triangle, flute and clarinet making the kind of killer rhythms that keep a party
in full swing!
Doors 7pm
Show 7.30pm £8 adults, £5 kids, £20 fam
Sir
John Moore foundation
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Sunday 26th February
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Music
VIVALDI AT BURGHLEY
Sunday 26 February, 7.30pm, Burghley House, Stamford
£15, tickets from 01572 758820 or boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Oakham
School Chamber Choir, Chamber Orchestra
Concerto for 2 'cellos in G minor, RV531
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C, RV537
Concerto for oboe in A minor, RV461
Gloria, RV589
Motet: Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
An evening of glorious music by one
of the greatest Baroque composers, set in one of England’s greatest historic
houses.
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Thursday 1st March
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Folk Music
Gren Bartley
Plus support, at The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester
For
details see Greenbird Promotions web site
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Friday 2nd March
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Music
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE BANDS
Friday 2 March, 7.45pm, Oakham School Chapel
Free tickets from 01572 758820 or boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Oakham School Big Band, Concert Band, Woodwind Ensemble
Elgar Nimrod
Ravel Bolero
Williams Olympic Fanfare & Theme
Celebrate tonight with our top band musicians, who'll be playing their usual
fantastic, eclectic mix of music.
Justly popular, this concert has been running for several
years, but never runs out of steam!
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Sunday 11th March
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Music
THE CREATION
Sunday 11 March, 7.30pm, Oakham School Chapel
Tickets £7 from 01572 7582850, boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Oakham Choral Society and orchestra
Thomas Chatterton chorus master
Peter Davis conductor
Emily Hall soprano, Nick Scott tenor, Angus McPhee baritone
Haydn The Creation
For this performance of The Creation, which is considered to be Haydn's greatest
single achievement, Oakham Choral Society is joined OO soloists Emily Hall and
Angus McPhee, and tenor Nick Scott.
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Tuesday 13th March
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Folk Music
Jim Moray plus support
At The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester
For
details see Greenbird Promotions web site
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Friday 16th March
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Music
CALEFAX
Friday 16 March, 7.45pm, Oakham School Chapel
Tickets £10 from 01572 7582850, boxoffice@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Rossi Three Toccatas
Debussy Estampes (selected movts.)
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, op. 87 nos. 4, 7 & 15
J S Bach Goldberg Variations (1741) (selected movts.)
"Five extremely talented Dutch gents who almost made the reed quintet seem the
best musical format on the planet".
The Times
Calefax are an unique and energetic group made up of oboe, saxophone, clarinet,
bassoon and bass clarinet that is in demand worldwide for its original take on
well-loved music. Calefax arrange, recompose and interpret music from eight centuries
to suit their unique constellation, making whatever they play sound fresh and
new.
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Tuesday 20th March
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Folk Music
Lucy Ward
At The Musician Pub, Clyde Street, Leicester
For
details see Greenbird Promotions web site
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Saturday 28th April 2012
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Music
The Leicester Symphony Orchestra, guest conductor Toby Purser,
perform
Bizet's Carmen (excerpts), Elgar's Friossart
Overture, a
selection of songs for soprano (with Eva Ganizate) by Delibes, Massenet and Rachmaninov
and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8
Details
and tickets from the LSO web site
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Other pages you might like:
Events and activities on the Leicester
Museums & Galleries site.
The events page of From Dawn to Dusk
Leicester
at the festivals 2012
Comedy
in Leicester
Poetry, poets and spoken word nights
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