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

September 2008


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Thursday 4 September 2008, 7.00 pm
Royal Albert Hall, London

Sea Pictures
(plus Williams - Sea Sketches, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6)

Christin Rice - mezzo-soprano;
BBC NOW, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

For further details: telephone 0845 401 5040

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Sunday 7 September 2008, 3.30 pm
St. Anne's Church, Kew Green, Kew, Surrey

Carissima
(plus music by Hop, King and Coward)

Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra

Tickets: free (retiring collection), telephone 020 7633 9313

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Sunday 7 September 2008, 7.45 pm
Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Malvern, Worcestershire

Cello Concerto
(plus Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnole,
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5)

Jessica Hayes - cello;
Chandos Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Michael Lloyd

Tickets: £13 - £8, telephone 01684 892277

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Sunday 7 September, 3.30 pm
St. Anne's Church, Kew Green, Kew, Surrey

Carissima
(plus music by Hop, King and Coward)

Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra

Tickets: free (retiring collection), telephone 020 7633 9313

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Thursday 11 September 2008, 8.00 pm
Michael and Susan Dell Hall, Long Center for the Performing Arts,
Austin, Texas, USA

Cello Concerto
(plus Carter - Elegy for Strings, Dvorak - Symphony No. 8,
Bach/Stokowski - Sheep may safely graze)

Yo-Yo Ma - cello;
Austin Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Peter Bay

For further details: telephone (USA) 512 476 6064

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Monday 15 September 2008, 7.30 pm
St. John's, Smith Square, Lonson, SW1

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Scott, Leigh and Pucell)

Orion Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Toby Purser

Tickets: £18 - £12, telephone 020 7222 1061

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Thursday 18 September 2008, 8.00 pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 East South Street, Raleigh, NC27601, USA

Cello Concerto
In the South
(plus Britten - Peter Grimes Sea Interludes)

Yo-Yo Ma - cello;
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Grant Llewellyn

Tickets: $150-$125, telephone (USA) 919 733 2750

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Saturday 20 September 2008, 7.30 pm
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London

Cello Concerto
Cockaigne Overture
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1 & 4

Julian Lloyd Webber - cello;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Warren

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Saturday 20 September 2008, 7.30 pm
Wellington, New Zealand

The Dream of Gerontius

Keith Lewis - tenor; Kate Spence - mezzo-soprano;
Martin Snell - bass;
Orpheus Choir of Wellington;
Vector Wellington Orchestra, conductor - Michael Fulcher

For further details: telephone (New Zealand) +64 4 479 5384

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Sunday 21 September 2008, 3.00 pm
Ottobeuren Basilika, Germany

The Dream of Gerontius

Ulrike Schneider - contralto; Kobie van Rensburg - tenor;
Matthew Best - bass;
MDR Rundfunkchor;
MDR Sinfonieorchester, conductor - Howard Arman

For further details: telephone (Germany) 0049 341 300 87 64

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Tuesday 23 September 2008, 8.00 pm
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany

The Dream of Gerontius

Ulrike Schneider - contralto; Kobie van Rensburg - tenor;
Matthew Best - bass;
MDR Rundfunkchor;
MDR Sinfonieorchester, conductor - Howard Arman

For further details: telephone (Germany) 0049 341 300 87 64

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info@elgar.org


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