Lancaster Music Makers

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FRIDAY 19th JANUARY 2024 at 7.30pm in St. Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria Lancaster Site.

Among the items on the programme we have music for flute quartet by Bizet (from his opera, Carmen) and Rossini, an arrangement of Grieg's piano concerto (2nd and 3rd movements) for solo piano, etudes by Chopin, and songs by Reynaldo Hahn, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and ... Flanders and Swan(!).  Help drive away the January gloom by joining us, and joining in with the chorus of the Hippopotamus song!

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FRIDAY 1st March 2024 at 7.30pm in St. Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster Site.

  The programme for this concert includes piano music by Ravel (his Sonatine, and Jeux D'Eau), Grieg, and Chopin, music for clarinet by

Mozart,  music for classical guitar, and songs by Madeline Dring, Benjamin Britten and Flanders and Swann. Where else could you come to hear such a delightfully varied programme of music?

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WEDNESDAY 13th MARCH 2.00pm  FIlm at the Gregson - Florence Foster Jenkins

We are planning an occasional series of showings of films with a music theme at the cinema within the Gregson community centre in Lancaster. The first of these is`Florence Foster Jenkins' starring Meryl Streep as the wealthy New York society hostess who is under the misapprehension that she can sing. This an amazingly funny, touching and warm-hearted film - well worth seeing even if you have seen it before. We will have sole use of the Gregson cinema and drinks can be brought in.  Numbers are limited to about 20 people, so if you'd like to come, please contact us to reserve seats - lancastermusicmakers@gmail.com.  Admission charge will be £3 (cash only). 

 

SATURDAY 16th March at 10.30am in Lancaster Priory

We present one of Lancaster Priory's coffee morning concerts. Our usual varied programme includes piano music by Chopin and Grieg, music for piano and violin by Elgar, music for clarinet and piano by Mozart and songs by Donald Swann. Join us on your way to the shops and enjoy a coffee too. This concert is free to attend, though donations to the Priory are most welcome. 

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FRIDAY April 12th 2024 at 7.30pm in St. Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster Site.

Tonight's programme includes music for flute by C.P.E. Bach, piano music by Chopin, Lizst and George Gershwin, and songs by

Richard Strauss, Berlioz, Lloyd Webber and Gershwin. 

 

Friday May 24th 2024 at 7.30pm in St. Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster Site

This evening's concert features some beautiful English songs by Roger Quilter and others, the famous aria 'Casta Diva' from

Bellini's Norma, music for classical guitar, an arrangement of Saint-Saens' famous piece 'The Swan' for clarinet and piano and an arrangement of Gershwin's `Rhapsody in Blue' for solo piano. Additionally, there will be piano music by Schubert, Mozart and Chopin.

Furthermore, the weather forecast promises a nice sunny evening - what more could you ask for?!

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Friday July 5th 2024 at 7.30pm in St. Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster Site
The programme will be announced a week beforehand.

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ADMISSION to our Friday evening concerts  is £6 on the door (£5 concessions), cash only.

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VENUES:

St. Martin's Chapel,  University of Cumbria, is within the University's Lancaster Campus, reached via the entrance on

Bowerham Road.  Please note the steps at the front of the chapel are quite steep - please use the hand rail provided. Level access for those with impaired mobility is available to the rear of the chapel.

Note on Parking at St. Martin's Chapel. There is ample free parking for the duration of our concerts, but please don't park

on the area directly infront of the chapel, as this is a turning circle and in the event of an emergency would be needed by

responding vehicles. There is a small number of spaces for disabled visitors behind the chapel. For others, please use the lower car park, as illustrated by the photographs below. To reach this, take the first turning on the right after entering the campus from Bowerham Road (photograph 1, below),  then bear left uphill, as far as you can go (photograph 2) and find a convenient parking space. Take the short flight of steps (photograph 3) to reach the area in front of the chapel where we used to park. We visited the campus one evening, and this area appears to be well lit.