P233ORACLE 233 Fri18 Apr CEN 1647:33 CENTRAL 1/6          BIRMINGHAM B'ham & Midland Institute 236 3591 24 April 1pm Arioso Quartet Beethoven:Violin Sonata in C minor Op 30 No 2, Debussy:Violin Sonata. Tickets £2.50 (concessions £1.50). James Walker (Piano), Jeremy Ballard (Violin). B'ham & Midland Institute 236 3591 Margaret Street 21 April 1pm Derek Stanley of Cheltenham Organ recital. more follows > Events Index...230 Rock/Pop...234

P233ORACLE 233 Fri18 Apr CEN 1656:52 CENTRAL 2/6          BIRMINGHAM Town Hall 236 3889 26 April 7.30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Elgar:The Dream of Gerontius. Conductor Simon Rattle. Soloists Dame Janet Baker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gwunne Howell, CBSO Chorks. £16-£5. Town Hall 236 3889 29 April 7.30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Ravel:Alborada del Gracioso, Robin Holloway:Seascape & Harvest, Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2. Conductor Simon Rattle. Soloist John Lill. £7.70-£2.50. more follows > Events Index...230 Rock/Pop...234

P233ORACLE 233 Fri18 Apr CEN 1647:51 CENTRAL 3/6          BIRMINGHAM Town Hall 236 3889 24 April 7.30pm City of Birmingam Symphony Orchestra Mozart:Serenade for Thirteen Wind Instr -uments in B flat K361, Piano Concerto in C minor K491, Symphony No 38 in D K504 (Prague). Simon Rattle, Radu Lupu. DERBY Assembly Rooms, Market Place 369311 29 April 7.30pm Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven:Symphony No 8, Prokofiev:1st Violin Concerto Op 19 in D major, Berliou:Symphonie Fantastique Op 14. Conductor Alain Lombard. Nigel Kennedy. more follows > Events Index...230 Rock/Pop...234

P233ORACLE 233 Fri18 Apr EN 1607:07 CENTRAL 4/6          NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME Victoria Hall 610940 25 April 8pm Halle Orchestra Wagner:Prelude from Lohengrin, Mozart: Piano Concerto No 25, K 503, Berliou: Symphonie Fantastique. Pianist - Peter Donohoe. Cond - Stanislaw Skrowacuewski NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall 472328/9 26 April 7.30pm English Chamber Orchestra With The Harmonic Choir. Andrew Lloyd Webber:Requiem, Vaughan Williams:Five Mystical Songs. Conductor Martin Neary. First performance in Nottingham. more follows > Events Index...230 Rock/Pop...234

P233ORACLE 233 Fri18 Apr CEN 1658:04 CENTRAL 5/6          OXFORD Sheldonian Theatre 864056 26 April 8pm Piano Recital by Anna Markland A BBC Young Musician of the Year and a student at Oxford University. Beethoven Sonata Op 78 Rachmaninov: Four Preludes Op 23, and works by Scarlatti & Debussy Sinfonietta. Conductor Margaret Wharam. OXFORD Town Hall 240358 24 April 8pm Oxford Pro Mksica/Gerald Garcia, guitar Ravel:Pavane pour une Infante defunte, Rodrigo5Concierto de Aranjuez, Falla Ei Amor Brujo, Bizet:Suite from Carmen. Conductor, Yannis Daras. £3 to £7. > Events Index...230 Rock/Pop...234

P233ORACLE 233 Fri18 Apr EN 1637:03 CENTRAL 6/6          WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall 28482 23 April 7.30pm Halle Orchestra Mozart:Symphony No 39 in E flat, Schumann:Intro & Allegro appassionato in G Op 92, Wagner:Prelude, Lohengrin, Elgar5Enigma Variations. £4.50 to £2. WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall 28 82 20 April 7.30pm The Ce tral Band of The Royal Air F ce Admission £4.50, £4, £3.20, £2.60, £2. more follows > Events Index...230 Rock/Pop...234

P233ORACLE 273 FrSap Apr EN 1647:%7 THE NATIONAL GARDEN FESTIVAL 2/3 ETRURIA HALL,ETRURIA,STOKE-ON-TRENT TELEPHONE: 0782 289788 FREE HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES will last Approx 20 mims per passenger. Dom't forget warm clothes & your camera! THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE will re-enact tPe Battle of Stoke (1642) during which the Parliamentary Forces under General Fairfax and tPe Earl of Essex were able to defend the hill against Rupert. Should provide a thrilling spectacle for 2 action packed hours. The woqld fCmoks AYERS GYMNASTIC TEAM will be giving the same spectacular 20 mim display that won them a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games.  more details follow >>