MANCHESTER Camerata performs woodwind programmes at Colne Municipal Hall tomorrow , 7.30pm, and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on Saturday , 7.30pm.

Principal conductor Douglas Boyd directs the concerts which will feature two monumental works in the chamber orchestra repertoire -- Mozart's Gran Partita and Dvorak's Wind Serenade.

The orchestra's woodwind section includes players such as oboist Rachael Clegg, bassoonist Laurence Perkins, and flautist John Barrow, who also appear with the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Halle.

Tickets for Colne are from 01282 661 234, and for the RNCM telephone 0161 907 5278.