Schubert at Syde is a new venture from the Cheltenham Festival - immerse yourself in a whole weekend of music.  This is a rare and special opportunity to hear Schubert’s most beloved chamber works performed in four adjacent concerts, all in the intimate and beautiful surroundings of Syde Manor near Cheltenham.Tickets include dining, drinks, concert introductions from Stephen Johnson and the chance to enjoy the gardens and sweeping views of an unspoilt Cotswold valley.

Full details on the Cheltenham Music Festival website

Each year the CBSO is joined by all its various choruses for a grand Christmas celebration, compered by a well-known figure - for this winter's concerts it was again Alan Titchmarsh, who says in The Telegraph
"It must be more than 20 years since I was first invited to compère the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas concerts under the baton of Simon Halsey, its chorus director. I have been asked back every three or four years since. The venue is one of the best concert halls in Britain – Symphony Hall in Birmingham – a space that not only has a brilliant acoustic but a warm and friendly atmosphere, too."

Take a look at what's on in this fantastic hall here

On Saturday 16 January at 7.30pm at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester there will be a concert given by Chamber Winds, an ensemble of senior wind students from Cardiff’s Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.  These fine young musicians can be heard on the brink of launching their professional careers in an evening of music by two great composers.  They will perform a Haydn serenade, re-scored for wind instruments, as well as music from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, plus the première of Derek Smith’s Creation Suite based on Haydn’s great choral masterpiece.  Composers often endorsed the re-scoring of their works to facilitate performance by other groups of instruments, and Josef Triebensee, a fine oboist and a contemporary of Mozart, wrote the transcription of music from Don Giovanni in 1788, three years before Mozart’s death.  Malvern resident Derek Smith is a well-respected composer and arranger and his superbly crafted Creation Suite provides an opportunity to hear much of the wonderful music from Haydn’s Creation played by wind ensemble, a combination of instruments loved by Haydn himself.  Tickets at £12 (students £6) can be purchased from the Worcester Live Box Office on 01905 611427  www.worcesterlive.co.uk  The concert is supported by the GEMMA Classical Music Trust  Regd Charity No. 1121090

Special offer for teachers - bring 3 students, and receive a free ticket for yourself