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

May 2012
and beyond


If you wish to include any other events in this diary,
please e-mail the necessary details to :

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Saturday 5 May 2012
The Bridgewater Hall Manchester

The Apostles

Rebecca Evans - soprano; Alice Coote - mezzo-soprano;
Paul Groves - tenor; Jacques Imbrailo - baritone;
David Kempster - baritone; Brindley Sherratt - bass;
Philharmonia Chorus;
Hallé Orchestra, conductor - Hallé

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Sunday 6 May 2012, 3.00 pm
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning,
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Kingdom

Shannon Mercer - soprano; Krisztina Szabo - mezzo-soprano;
Keith Klassen - tenor; Roderick Williams - baritone;
Pax Christi Youth Choir;
Pax Christi Chorale and Orchestra, conductor - Stephanie Martin

Tickets: $60 - $35, telephone (Canada) 1 416 491 8542

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Thursday 10 May 2012, 1.30 pm
Friday 11 May 2012, 8.00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Australia

Falstaff
(plus Berlioz - Overture to Benvenuto Cellini,
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2, Berlioz - Roman Carnival)

Andreas Haefliger - piano;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - David Zinman

For further details: telephone (Australia) 61 (0)2 8215 4600

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Friday 11 May 2012, 7.30 pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

Serenade for Strings
(plus Purcell - Chaconney, Haydn - Cello Concerto No. 1,
Barber - Adagio for Strings, Mozart - Symphony No. 40)

Michal Kaznowski - cello;
Thames Chamber Orchestra, conductor - Keith Marshall

Tickets: £24 - £8, telephone 020 7766 1100

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Saturday 12 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Priory Place Methodist Church Doncaster, Yorkshire

The Music Makers
(plus music by Parry, Stanford and Handel)

McDonald - mezzo soprano;
Doncaster Choral Society, conductor Houlder

For further details: telephone 01302 856035

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Saturday 12 May 2012, 2.00 pm
Sydney Opera House, Australia

Falstaff
(plus Berlioz - Overture to Benvenuto Cellini,
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2, Berlioz - Roman Carnival)

Andreas Haefliger - piano;
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conductor - David Zinman

For further details: telephone (Australia) 61 (0)2 8215 4600

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Saturday 12 May 2012, 7.30 pm
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire

The Music Makers
(plus Walton - Suite from Henry V, Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto,
Finzi - Fall of the Leaf, Lambert - The Rio Grande)

Wendy Dawn Thompson - mezzo-soprano; Michael Hughes - narrator;
Leicester Philharmonic Choir;
Marylebone Camerata, conductor Hilary Davan Wetton

Tickets: £27 - £10 (concessions available), telephone 0116 233 3111

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Monday 14 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London

Symphony No. 1
(plus music by Beethoven and Berlioz)

Corinthian Orchestra, conductor - Adrian Brown

For further details: telephone 07932 788739

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Saturday 19 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Mote Hall, Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent

Symphony No. 1
(plus Debussy - Fêtes, Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3)

Maurizio Baglini - piano;
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Brian Wright

Tickets: £23 - £10 (concessions available), telephone 01622 735830

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Friday 25 May 2012, 7.45 pm
The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Enigma Variations
(plus Berlioz - Overture to Beatrice and Benedict,
Mozart - Concerto for Two Pianos)

Katia Labèque - piano; Marielle Labèque - piano;
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor - Vladimir Ashkenazy

Tickets: £45 - £18, telephone 01256 844 244

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Saturday 26 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, Sussex

Enigma Variations
(plus Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Bruch - Kol Nidrei,
Walton - Coronation March - Crown Imperial,
Collins - Festival Royal Overture)

Ian Fountain - piano; Laura van der Heijden - cello;
Worthing Symphony Orchestra, conductor - John Gibbons

Tickets: £25 - £5, telephone 01903 206 206

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Saturday 26 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Oakham School Chapel, Rutland

Dream Children
The Wand of Youth - Suite 2
(plus music by Saint-Saens, Ravel and Bax)

Rutland Sinfonia, conductor - Barry Collett

For further details: telephone 01780 752031

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Saturday 26 May 2012, 7.30 pm
St Alban's Church, Bayswater Road Westbury Park, Bristol

O Hearken Thou
(plus music by Purcell, Parry, Rutter, Vaughan Williams,
Walton, Alcock, Mealor and Stanford)

City of Bristol Choir, conductor - David Ogden

Tickets: £13 (concessions available), telephone 0117 927 6536

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Sunday 27 May 2012, 3.00 pm
Leamington Town Hall, The Parade, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Introduction and Allegro
(plus Dvorak - Cello Concerto, McGregor - Symphony No. 1)

Leamington Chamber Orchestra

Tickets: telephone 01926 317020

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Wednesday 30 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Fairfield Concert Hall, Park Lane, Croydon, Surrey

Enigma Variations
(plus Brahms - Academic Festival Overture,
Brahms - Concerto for Violin)

Nigel Kennedy - violin;
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, conductor - Andrew Litton

Tickets: £31.50 - £12, telephone 020 8688 9291

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Thursday 31 May 2012, 8.00 pm
Worcester Cathedral

Cello Concerto
Severn Suite
The Banner of St. George
(plus Walton - Coronation March Orb and Sceptre,
Parry - I was glad)

Peter Adams - cello;
English Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Christopher Robinson

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Thursday 31 May 2012, 9.00 pm
Friday 1 June 2012, 9.00 pm
Sala São Paulo, Praça Julio Prestes 16, São Paulo, Brazil

Symphony No. 2
(plus music by Hindemith )

Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, conductor - Frank Shipway

For further details: telephone (Brazil) 55 11 3223 3966

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Friday 1 June 2012, 11.00 am
Croome Court, Worcestershire

String Quartet
(plus Vaughan Williams - String Quartet No. 2)

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Friday 1 June 2012, 3.00 pm
Pershore Number 8, Worcestershire

Powick Music

English Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Barry Collett

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Friday 1 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Worcester Cathedral

Introduction and Allegro
Serenade for Strings
(plus Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis,
Various - A Garland for the Queen, Bliss - Pastoral)

English Symphony Orchestra, conductors - Christopher Robinson/Donald Hunt

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Saturday 2 June 2012, 4.30 pm
Sala São Paulo, Praça Julio Prestes 16, São Paulo, Brazil

Symphony No. 2
(plus music by Hindemith )

Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, conductor - Frank Shipway

For further details: telephone (Brazil) 55 11 3223 3966

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Saturday 2 June 2012, 1.00 pm
Malvern Priory

Organ Sonata

Roy Massey - organ

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Saturday 2 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Worcester Cathedral

The Kingdom

Naomi Harvey - soprano; Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo-soprano;
Paul Nilon - tenor; Alan Fairs - baritone;
Worcester Festival Choral Society;
English Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Donal Hunt

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Tuesday 5 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London

Piano Quintet
(plus Britten - String Quartet No. 3 & music by Byrd)

Stephen Hough - piano;
Endellion String Quartet

Tickets: £26 - £12, telephone 020 7935 2141

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Tuesday 5 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Wednesday 6 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Vienna Konzerthaus, Austria

The Dream of Gerontius

Karen Cargill - mezzo-soprano; Ben Heppner - tenor;
Mark Stone - bass;
Vienna Singakademie;
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conductor - James Judd

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Wednesday 6 June 2012, 7.30 pm
1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, Waterloo, London

Violin Sonata
(plus Debussy - Violin Sonata, Bartok - 6 Romanian Folk Dances,
Sawyers - Violin Sonata No. 2)

Louisa Stonehill - violin; Nicholas Burns - piano

Tickets: £18 (concessions available), telephone 020 7620 3055

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Saturday 9 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Barbican Hall, London

Coronation Ode
Imperial March
(plus music by Handel, Parry, Walton, Britten and Corp)

Geraldine McGreevy – soprano; Frances McCafferty – contralto;
Philip Sheffield – tenor; Mark Stone – bass;
Highgate Choral Society;
New London Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp

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Tuesday 12 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London

Enigma Variations
(plus Brahms - Academic Festival Overture,
Brahms - Concerto for Violin)

Nigel Kennedy - violin;
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, conductor - Andrew Litton

Tickets: £55 - £9, telephone 020 7960 4200

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Friday 15 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Symphony No. 1
(plus Walton - Coronation March Crown Imperial,
Delius - Concerto for Cello)

Julian Lloyd-Webber - cello;
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor - Martyn Brabbins

Tickets: £42 - £10, telephone 01865 244806

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Saturday 16 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Ketton Church,  Rutland

The Starlight Express
(plus music by Mendelssohn and Haydn)

Joanna Burton - soprano; Robert John Edwards - baritone;
Rutland Sinfonia, conductor - Barry Collett

For further information: telephone 01780 721005

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Saturday 30 June 2012, 7.30 pm
St. Mary's Church, Old Square, Warwickshire

Symphony No. 1
(plus Rimsky-Korsakov - Easter Festival Overture,
Poulenc - Organ Concerto)

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: telephone 01926 850385

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Saturday 30 June 2012, 7.30 pm
Ecclesall Parish Church, Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Sospiri
(plus Delis - Paris, Holst - The Planets)

Hallam Sinfonia - conductor - Natalia Luis-Bassa

Tickets: £10 (concessions available), telephone 0114 230 3400

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Tuesday 24 July 2012, 7.30 pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

Part Songs, Op. 53
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Shearing)

Purcell Singers, conductor - Mark Ford

Tickets: £18 - £9, telephone 020 7766 1100

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Saturday 19 January 2013, 8.00 pm
Sunday 20 January 2013, 3.00 pm
The Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Center Green, Carmel IN, USA

Enigma Variations
(plus Rossini - Overture to La scala di seta,
Carpenter - The Scandal, Powers - Celebrate Irving Berlin!)

Cameron Carpenter - organ;
Carmel Symphony Orchestra, conductor - David Bowden

For further details: telephone (USA) 1 317 843 3800

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