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ELGAR - A Musical Diary
of concerts and other events
featuring works by Elgar

November 2008
and beyond


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Saturday 1 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Bournemouth Pavilion, Westover Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire

Enigma Variations
In the South
(plus Bruch - Violin Concerto,
Vaughan Williams - Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus)

Alma Ibragimova - violin;
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor - David Hill

For further details: telephone 08445 763000

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Saturday 1 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham

Great is the Lord
Organ Sonata (1st movement)
(plus music by Parry, Vaughn Williams and Stanford)

Ashley Grote - organ;
Birmingham Cathedral Chorus, conductor - Stuart Nicholson

Tickets: £5, telephone 0121 262 1840

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Sunday 2 November 2008, 3.00 pm
Performing Arts Centre, Frensham Heights School,
Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Beethoven and Liszt)

Ashley Wass - piano

For further details: telephone 01252 713946

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Sunday 2 November 2008, 3.00 pm
Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by J.C.F. Bach, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Chapple,
Ravel, Chaminade, Brahms and Moszkowsky)

Anne Applin - piano; Geoffrey Pratley - piano

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Sunday 2 November 2008, 3.00 pm
Venue not given

Froissart
(plus Walton - Cello Concerto, Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade)

Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Christopher Adey

Tickets: £17.50 - £9.50, telephone 01892 530613

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Monday 3 November 2008, 7.00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Elgar Festival
Cello Concerto
Symphony No. 1

Jian Wang - cello;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashenazy

Tickets: $105 - $69 (concessions available),
telephone (Australia) (02) 8215 4600

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Friday 7 November 2008, 8.00 pm
Saturday 8 November 2008, 8.00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Elgar Festival
Sea Pictures
Serenade for Strings
Symphony No. 2

Lilli Paasikivi - mezzo-soprano;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashenazy

Tickets: $105 - $69 (concessions available),
telephone (Australia) (02) 8215 4600

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Saturday 8 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Church of St. James the Greater, London Road, Leicester

The Music Makers
(plus Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem,
Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden)

Sarah Johnsson - soprano; Karen Wise - mezzo-soprano;
George von Bergen - baritone;
Leicester Bach Choir; Midlands Chorale;
Queen's Park Sinfonia, conductor Richard Laing

Tickets: £12 (concessions available) telephone 0116 2832107

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Saturday 8 November 2008, 3.00 pm
Sundial Theatre, Cirencester College, Stroud Road,
Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Allegretto on GEDGE
Violin Sonata
(plus Parry - Fantasie Sonata, Parry - Violin Sonata in D,
Vaughan Williams - Violin Sonata in A minor)

Rupert Luck - violin; Daniel Swain - piano

Tickets: £10 (concessions available) telephone 01285 654228

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Saturday 8 November 2008, 8.00 pm
Chapter House, York Minster, Deangate, York, Yorkshire

They are at rest
(plus music by Guest, Howells, Carter, Sandstrom and Bruckner)

Chapter House Choir, conductor - Stephen Williams

Tickets: £12 (concessions available), telephone 01904 658338

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Wednesday 12 November 2008, 1.30 pm
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Elgar Festival
Concerto for Violin
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance Marches

James Ehnes - violin;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashenazy

Tickets: $97 - $68 (concessions available),
telephone (Australia) (02) 8215 4600

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Thursday 13 November 2008, 11.00 am
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Elgar Festival
In the South
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance Marches

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashenazy

Tickets: $47,
telephone (Australia) (02) 8215 4600

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Friday 14 November 2008, 8.00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Elgar Festival
Concerto for Violin
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance Marches

James Ehnes - violin;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashenazy

Tickets: $99 - $69 (concessions available),
telephone (Australia) (02) 8215 4600

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Saturday 15 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Chichester Cathedral, Canon Lane, Chichester, Sussex

Cockaigne Overture
(plus Poulenc - Gloria,
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves,
Vaughan Williams - Dona nobis pacem)

The Chichester Singers

Tickets: £17 - £7, telephone 01243 813599

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Saturday 15 November 2008, 7.30 pm
All Saints Parish Church, Kingston, Surrey

The Dream of Gerontius

Wynne Evans - tenor;
Kingston Choral Society;
Thames Sinfonia, conductor - Robin Page

Tickets: £12 (concessions available) telephone 020 8390 5689

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Saturday 15 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Victoria Rooms, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol

Cello Concerto
(plus Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde,
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben)

Brunel Sinfonia, conductor - Tom Gauterin

For further details: telephone 0117 927 6536

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Sunday 16 November 2008, 6.30 pm
Blackheath Halls, 23 Lea Road, Blackheath

The Dream of Gerontius

Juliette Pchin - mezzo-soprano; Christopher Lemmings - tenor;
Lewisham Choral Society; Derbyshire Singers;
conductor - Stefan Reid

For further details: telephone 020 8463 0100

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Sunday 16 November 2008, 3.00 pm
Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, Sussex

Symphony No. 1
(plus Verdi - Overture to I Vespri Siciliani,
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations)

Rowena Calvert - cello;
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Peter Davison

Tickets: £15 - £8, telephone 01903 206206

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Tuesday 18 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Corn Exchange, 3 Parsons Court, Wheeler Street, Cambridge

Enigma Variations
(plus Weber - overture to Oberon, Beethoven - Triple Concerto)

Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne - violin; Thomas Carroll - cello;
Anthony Hewitt - piano;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Dirk Joeres

Tickets: £30 - £10, telephone 01223 357851

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Wednesday 19 November 2008, 8.00 pm
Thursday 20 November 2008, 8.00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Elgar Festival
The Dream of Gerontius

Lilli Paasikivi - mezzo-soprano; Mark Tucker - tenor;
David Wilson-Johnson - bass;
Sydney Philharmonic Choirs;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashenazy

Tickets: $105 - $69 (concessions available),
telephone (Australia) (02) 8215 4600

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Saturday 22 November 2008, 7.30 pm
All Saints Church, Leamington Spa

The Music Makers
(plus Sibelius - Symphony No. 7)

Samantha Binnie - mezzo-soprano;
The Warwick and Kenilworth Choral Society;
Sinfonia of Birmingham, conductor Ronald Binnie

For further details: telephone 01926 885232

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Saturday 22 November 2008, 7.30 pm
The Anvile, Basingstoke, Hampshire

The Dream of Gerontius

Basingstoke Choral Society;
New London Sinfonia, conductor - David Gibson

Tickets: £22 - £10 (concessions available), telephone 01252 849966

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Saturday 22 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Chester Cathedral, 12 Abbey Square, Chester

Sea Pictures
(plus Finzi - For Saint Cecilia,
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 1)

Rosie Aldridge - mezzo-soprano;
Chester Music Society, conductor Graham Ellis

Tickets: £16 - £6, telephone 01244 380347

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Saturday 22 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre,
University Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Piano Quintet
(plus Vaughan Williams - Quartet No. 2, Purcell - Chaconne)

Anna Tilbrook - piano;
Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Tickets: £12 (concessions available), telephone 0115 846 7777

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Tuesday 25 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Elegy
(plus Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 1, McKeigue Bridges,
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings)

Elgar String Orchestra, director - Peter Cropper

Tickets: £8 (concessions available) telephone 0114 222 0499

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Wednesday 26 November 2008, 7.45 pm
Westminster Cathedral, London

The Apostles

Parliament Choir; Saint Michael's Singers;
South Bank Sinfonia, conductor - Simon Over

For further details: telephone 020 7921 0370

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Wednesday 26 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW

Enigma Variations
(plus Brahms Academic Fetsival Overture, Beethoven - Triple Concerto)

Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne - violin; Thomas Carroll - cello;
Anthony Hewitt - piano;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Dirk Joeres

Tickets: £35 - £10, telephone 020 7730 5744

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Saturday 29 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Eton College School Hall, Windsor

The Apostles

Royal Free Singers;
The Orchestra of London, conductor - Ben Gunner

Tickets: £15, telephone 01344 882491

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Saturday 29 November 2008
Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire

Symphony No. 1

City of Southampton Orchestra

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Wednesday 3 December 2008, 7.30 pm
Liederhall, Beethoven-Saal, Stuttgart, Germany

Cello Concerto
(plus Reichardt - Overture to Macbeth, Strauss - Macbeth,
Smetana - Macbeth and the Witches)

Wolfgang Schmidt - cello;
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, conductor - Gabriel Feltz

Tickets: Euro 31 - Euro 14, telephone (Germany) +49 711 255 5555

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Saturday 6 December 2008, 7.30 pm
Accrington Town Hall, Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire

Symphony No. 1
Cockaigne Overture
(plus Jacob - Horn Concerto)

Alex Edmundson - horn;
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Heron

Tickets: £8.50 (concessions available)

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Saturday 13 December 2008, 7.30 pm
All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, Dulwich, London

Symphony No. 1
(plus Holst - A Somerset Rhapsody, Hurlstone - Piano Concerto)

Martin Jones - piano;
Lambeth Orchestra, conductor - Christopher Fifield

Tickets: £10 (concessions available), telephone 020 8671 4455

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Thursday 1 January 2009, 3.00 pm
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester

Chanson de Matin
Sospiri
Salut d'amour
The Starlight Express - waltz
In Moonlight
(plus music by Johann Strauss I and II)

Natalie Clein - cello;
Manchester Camerata, conductor - Timothy Redmond

Tickets: £35 - £15, telephone 0161 907 9000

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Saturday 3 January 2009, 7.30 pm
Coronation Hall, County Square, Ulverston, Cumbria

Chanson de Matin
Sospiri
Salut d'amour
The Starlight Express - waltz
In Moonlight
(plus music by Johann Strauss I and II)

Natalie Clein - cello;
Manchester Camerata, conductor - Timothy Redmond

Tickets: £20 - £16, telephone 01229 587140

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Saturday 17 January 2009, 7.45 pm
Beaconsfield High School, Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks

Chanson de Matin
(plus music by Handel, Mozart, Britten and Ibert)

The Thorne Trio

Tickets: £15, telephone 01494 680275

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Monday 19 January 2009
Chamber Music Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Germany

Serenade for Strings

Berlin Philharmonic String Soloists

For further details: telephone (Germany) 030 254 88 999

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Wedneday 21 January 2009, 7.30 pm
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, Waterloo, London

Enigma Variations
(plus Britten - Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes,
Sibelius - Violin Concerto)

Elisabeth Batiashvili - violin;
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Yuri Temirkanov

Tickets: £55 - £9, telephone 020 7840 4242

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Saturday 24 January 2009, 7.30 pm
Methodist Church, Earlsdon Avenue South, Coventry, Warwickshire

Cello Concerto
(plus Sibelius - Symphony No. 5)

Jonathan Deakin - cello;
Beauchamp Sinfonietta, conductor - Roger Coull

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Sunday 25 January 2009, 3.00 pm
Town Hall, The Parade, Leamington Spa

Cello Concerto
(plus Sibelius - Symphony No. 5)

Jonathan Deakin - cello;
Beauchamp Sinfonietta, conductor - Roger Coull

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Wednesday 28 January 2009, 7.30 pm
Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset

Symphony No. 2
(plus Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1)

Simon Trpceski - piano;
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Kees Kees Bakili

For further details: telephone 08444 408666

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Thursday 29 January 2009, 7.30 pm
Guildhall, Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Symphony No. 2
(plus Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1)

Simon Trpceski - piano;
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Kees Kees Bakili

For further details: telephone 02392 824355

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Friday 30 January 2009, 8.00 pm
Saturday 31 January 2009, 8.00 pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 East South Street, Raleigh, NC27601, USA

Violin Concerto
(plus Delius - Appalachia)

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Grant Llewellyn

Tickets: $35 - $25, telephone (USA) 919 733 2750

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Wednesday 4 February 2009, 7.30 pm
Hippodrome Circus, St. Georges Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Cello Concerto
(plus Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6,
Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture)

Julian Lloyd Webber - cello;
Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Valery Poliansky

Tickets: £27.50 - £10, telephone 01493 844172

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Thursday 5 February 2009, 7.30 pm
Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall Road South, Swansea, Wales

Violin Concerto
(plus Brahms - Tragic Overture, Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5)

James Ehnes - violin;
BBC NOW, conductor - Richard Hickox

Tickets: £24 - £11, telephone 01792 635432

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Friday 6 February 2009, 7.30 pm
St. David's Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales

Violin Concerto
(plus Brahms - Tragic Overture, Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5)

James Ehnes - violin;
BBC NOW, conductor - Richard Hickox

Tickets: £22 - £10, telephone 029 2087 8500

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Wednesday 25 February 2009, 1.05 pm
The Venue, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire

Fugue for Oboe and Violin
(plus Bach - Concerto for Two Violins, Wieniawski - Scherzo-Tarantelle,
Grovlez - Sarabande and Allegro, Salieri - Concerto for Violin and Oboe)

Sophie Wang - violin; Camilla Bisengaliev - oboe;
Jonathan Fisher - piano

Admission free, telephone 0113 222 3400

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Saturday 14 March 2009, 7.30 pm
Bushey Hall School, London Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire

The Music Makers
(plus Ireland - A London Overture,
Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad,
Dyson - Ib Honour of the City)

Susie Self - mezzo-soprano;
St. Albans Choral Society;
Bushey Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Vass

Tickets: £13.50 (children £1) telephone 01923 774229

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Sunday 22 March 2009, 7.30 pm
Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester

The Dream of Gerontius

The Tatton Singers; Sale Choral Society;
The John Powell Singers;
Tatton Sinfonia, conductor - John Powell

Tickets: £10, telephone 0161 907 5555

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Thursday 2 April, 7.30 pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2

The Apostles

Joan Rodgers - soprano; Frances McAfferty - mezzo-soprano;
John Daszak - tenor; James Rutherford - baritone;

Peter Savidge - baritone; Michael Pearce - bass;
Highgate Choral Society;
New London Orchestra, conductor - Ronald Corp

Tickets: £28 - £8, telephone 020 7638 8891

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Saturday 4 April 2009, 8.00 pm
Philharmonic Hall, Berlin, Germany

Symphony No. 1

Deutsches Symphonie Orchestra, conductor Roger Norrington

For further details: telephone (Germany) 030 354 88 999

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Saturday 4 April 2009, 7.00 pm
St. Albans Abbey, Holywell Hill, St. Albans, Herts

The Music Makers
(plus Jenkins - The Armed Man)

Stanmore Choral Society; Harrow Choral Society;
Harrow Philharmonic Choirs, conductor Nick Austin

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Sunday 5 April 2009, 3.00 pm
Assembly Hall Theatre, Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Enigma Variations
(plus Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3,
Ireland - A London Overture)

Anthony Zerpa-Falcon - piano;
Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Derek Watmnough

Tickets: £17.50 - £9.50, telephone 01892 530613

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Wednesday 6 May 2009, 7.30 pm
West Road Concert Hall, University of Cambridge,
West Road, Cambridge

String Quartet
(plus Holloway - Quartettino No. 4, Bruckner - String Quintet,
Mendelssohn - String Quintet in A)

Endellion String Quaret;
David Adams - viola

Tickets: £20, telephone 01223 503333

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Friday 8 May 2009, 8.00 pm
Saturday 9 May 2009, 8.00 pm
Sunday 10 May 2009, 8.00 pm
Philharmonic Hall, Berlin, Germany

Symphony No. 2

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Kirill Petrenko

For further details: telephone (Germany) 030 354 88 999

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Saturday 16 May 2009, 7.30 pm
York Minster, York, Yorkshire

Enigma Variations
(plus Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde)

Louise Winter - mezzo-soprano; Nigel Robson - tenor;
York Guildhall Orchestra, conductor - Simon Wright

Tickets: £16 - £10, telephone 01904 557216

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Saturday 16 May 2009, 7.30 pm
Coronation Hall, County Square, Ulverston, Cumbria, Wales

The Music Makers
(plus Mendelssohn - Hear my Prayer, Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 2)

Ulverston Choral Society, conductor Heather Paynes

Tickets: £10, telephone 01229 587140

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Saturday 20 June 2009, 7.30 pm
St. Andrew's Church, Market Palce, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Symphony No. 1
(plus Smetana - Vltava, Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No. 1)

Cully Wilcoxon - cello;
North Wiltshire Orchestra, conductor Chris Thompson

Tickets: £7, telephone 01249 665970

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Saturday 4 July 2009, 7.30 pm
St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

There is sweet music
(plus music by Jenkins, Chilcott, Lauridsen, Dubra and Bennett,
and Elizabethan madrigals)

St. Albans Chamber Choir, conductor - John Gibbons

Tickets: £12.50, telephone 01707 663110

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