P233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jun CEN 2241:54 CENTRAL 1/10 BIRMINGHAM Town Hall 021-236 3889 4 Jul 7.30pm £8-£20 The CBSO conducted bz Simon Rattle. Britten: The Building of the House, Praise We Great Men, Beethoven: Symphony No 9. CHELTENHAM Christ Church 0242 523690 8 Jul 3.00pm Festival Service and Choral Concert with the English Concert Singers. A programmj of 20th century Czech and British music by Tucapsky, Patterson and Eben. Events Guide 230 Pop/Jazz 234 PROPERTY ABROAD - see page 377 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2245:01 CENTRAL 2/10 CHELTENHAM Evjryman Theatre 0242 572573 7 Jul 8.15pm £4-£13 Music Theatre Wales, The Fall Of The House Of Usher. A stunning operatic interpretation by composer Phillip Glass. Evjryman Theatre 0242-523690 8 Jul 7.30pm £4-£9.50 John Mowat, mimi. Leonardo/America, a manic performance which tackles the life of one of the greatest gjniusjs of all time and the short history of one of the worlds super-powers, single- handed. more follows > Events Guide 230 Pop/Jazz 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2245:51 CENTRAL 3/10 CHELTENHAM Pittville Pump Room 0242 523690 8 Jul 11am £4-£7.50 Suk Quartet. Kozjluch: String Quartet, Suk: String Quartet no 1 in B flat, Smetana: String Quartet no 1 in E min. Town Hall 0242 523690 4 Jul 8pm £4-£9.50 Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano). English Song to Schubert and Wolfe. 7 Jul 8pm £4-£14 Consort of London. Zelenka: Sjnfonia in A min Haydn: Piano Concerto no 6 in D, Dvorak: Romance in F min op 11, Mozart: Symphony no 38. more follows > Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jun CEN 2249:40 CENTRAL 4/10 CHELTENHAM Town Hall 0242 523690 8 Jul 8.00pm Thomas Allen, baritone, Roger Vignoles piano. One of Britain's leading singers makes his debut performance, English song to Schubert and Wolf. LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Centre 0926 334418 7 Jul 8pm £3-£5.50 Beauchamp Sinfonietta. Conductor: Adrian Ljapjr. Ljadjr: Ljadjr: Rita Hawkins. Violin: Edward Dusinbjrre. Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite. Vivaldi: Four Seasons. Mozart: Symphony No40 in G Minor. more follows > Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jun CEN 2243:04 CENTRAL 5/10 LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Centre 0926 334418 8 Jul 8pm £3-£5.50 Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra. Rosalind Roberts (soprano). Nigel Hopkins (tenor). Conductor: Guy Woolfendjn. Compere: David Jacobs. Programmj of popular music. NORTHAMPTON Derngate 0604 24811 8 Jul 7.30pm £2.50-£9.50 The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Tjleman: Concerto for 3 trumpets, Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3, Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and Concerto Grosso Op6 No.2, Farina: Capriccio Stravagante, Bach: Suite No.3 Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jun CEN 2343:24 CENTRAL 6/10 OXFORD Apollo Theatre 0865 244544 George Street 11 Jul 7.15pm £8-£21.50 Welsh National Opera performs Mozart's Cosi fan tutti. Two sisters find it difficult to keep their promise of fidelity to their lovers. 12 Jul 7.15pm £8-£21.50 The Welsh National Opera performs The Barber of Seville, bz Rossini. An operatic comjdz co-produced with Opera North and Vancouver Opera. more follows > Events Guide 230 Pop/Jazz 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2243:43 CENTRAL 7/10 OXFORD Convocation House 0865 864056 8 Jul 12pm £5-£12 Handel In Oxford Festival. The Castalian Band. Songs and solo cantatas for soprano, violin and continuo, Sonata III in A, Suite in B flat. Shjldonian Theatre 0865 864056 2 Jul 7.30pm £5-£12 Handel In Oxford Festival. St James' Baroque Players directed bz Ivor Bolton Alexander's Feast, Organ Concerto op 4 no 6 in B flat. more follows > Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2334:14 CENTRAL 8/10 OXFORD Sheldonian Theatre 0865 864056 3 Jul 7.30pm £5-£12 Handel In Oxford Festival. The Hanover Band and Chorus directed bz Ian Watson. Mass in B min bz JS Bach. 4 Jul 7.30pm £5-£12 Handel In Oxford Festival. Choir of Christchurch Cathedral directed by Stephen Darlington. Handel: Concerto Grosso op 3 no 4, Vivaldi: Gloria in D. With the Hanover Band. more follows > Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2244:53 CENTRAL 9/10 OXFORD Sheldonian Theatre 0865 864056 5 Jul 7.30pm Handel In Oxford Festival. European Community Baroque Orchestra directed by Roy Goodman. Handel: Concerto Grosso op 6, JS Bach: Violin Concerto in F, W.Corbjtt: Concerto Grosso, Albinoni: Concerto for 2 oboes. 6 Jul 7pm £6-£15 Handel In Oxford Festival. The English The English Concert and Choir directed by Trevor Pinnock. Behshazzaqr (1745) by GF Handel. more follows > Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts TravelP233 ORACLE 233 Mon25 Jzn CEN 2241:40 CENTRAL 10/10 REDDITCH St Stephen's Church 0527 546056 8 Jul 8pm Free Viennese Gala Concert bz the Rjdditch Orchestra. UTTOXETJR Rzjcroft Middle School 0889 562508 2 Jul 7.30pm £5 Michajla Petri - recorder, Hannj Petri - harpsichord. Ticket includes strawberries and wine. (Group concessions*. more follows > Events Guide 230 Rock/Pop 234 Rock/Jazz Cinema Art/Crafts Travel