Wednesday 13 May, 7.30pm, £16, £13 or £42, £32 for all three Northern Chords Ensemble concerts

MENDELSSOHN: CHAMBER WORKS, Concert 2
The Northern Chords Ensemble

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49, Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Op. 45, Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66, Jonian-Ilias Kadesha violin, Ricky Gore violin Liisa Randalu viola, Tetsuumi Nagata viola Jonathan Bloxham cello, Martin Klett piano and guests

Second of three intimate concerts celebrating the chamber music of Mendelssohn. Gateshead’s Northern Chords Ensemble includes some of the most exciting emerging classical musicians from across Europe.
Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN

Thursday 14 May, 7.30pm, £16, £13 or £42, £32 for all three Northern Chords Ensemble concerts

MENDELSSOHN: CHAMBER WORKS, Concert 3
The Northern Chords Ensemble

String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Op 87 String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80, Octet Op. 20, Jonian-Ilias Kadesha violin, Ricky Gore violin Liisa Randalu viola, Tetsuumi Nagata viola Jonathan Bloxham cello, Martin Klett piano and guests

Third and final concert celebrating the chamber music of Mendelssohn. Gateshead’s Northern Chords Ensemble includes some of the most exciting emerging classical musicians from across Europe.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN

Friday 15 May, 1pm, £10, £8
AURORA TRIO Royal Academy of Music Concert Series

Bax Elegiac Trio, Ravel (arr. Skaila Kanga) Sonatine, Takemitsu And Then I Knew ’Twas Wind, Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp L137 Emma Halnan flute, Joe Bronstein viola, Heather Wrighton harp

The Aurora Trio has been awarded the Royal Academy of Music’s prestigious chamber music fellowship for the current academic year, having been established at the Academy in 2012.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN

Friday 15 May, 7.30pm, £37- £7
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

Mendelssohn Overture ‘The Hebrides’ Op. 26, Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 5, Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90, ‘Italian’ Jérémie Rhorer conductor, Francesco Piemontesi piano

Mendelssohn’s best-loved masterpiece and his most joyous symphony top and tail this concert by the world-renowned Philharmonia, joined by the superb Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at St Andrews Hall, Saint Andrews Street, Norwich NR3 1AU