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ELGAR - A Musical Diary
of concerts and other events featuring works by Elgar
April 2015


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Wednesday 8 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall, London

Pleading
Is she not passing fair?

(plus songs by Tosti, Parry, Stanford, Respighi, Sullivan, Coates,
Head, Hughes, Woodforde-Finden, Lehmann)

Ben Johnson, tenor; James Baillieu, piano

Tickets: £30 £25 £20 £15 Telephone: 020 79352141

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Friday 10 April 2015, 8.00 pm
Saturday 11 April 2015, 8.00 pm
Center for the Performing Arts, Austin TX

Enigma Variations
(plus Dvor�k - Czech Suite; Previn - Concerto for Violin and Cello)

Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello;
Austin Symphony Orchestra, Peter Bay, conductor

Telephone: 1 512 476 6064

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Saturday 11 April 2015, 7.00 pm
Cast 2nd Space, Waterdale, Doncaster

Allegro for Oboe and String Trio
(plus music by Britten, Mozart, Beethoven)

Ensemble 360

Tickets: £12 (£8 under 26s and students) Telephone: 01302 303959

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Saturday 11 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Cambridge Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge

Violin Concerto
(plus music by Beethoven)

Pinchas Zukerman, violin;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph K�nig, conductor

Tickets: £38.50 £34.50 £28.50 Telephone: 01223 357851

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Sunday 12 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal & Derngate, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton

Violin Concerto
(plus music by Beethoven)

Pinchas Zukerman, violin;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph K�nig, conductor

Tickets: £33.50 - £15 Telephone: 01604 624811

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Sunday 12 April 2015, 3.00 pm
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, East Sussex

Introduction and Allegro for Strings
(plus Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto; Beethoven - Symphony No 7)

Madalyn Parnas, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan, conductor

Tickets: £25 to £13 Telephone: 01323 412000

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Sunday 12 April 2015, 8.00 pm
Bourgie Concert Hall, Montr�al, Qu�bec

Piano Quintet
(plus music by Tchaikovsky)

Musicians of the Orchestre M�tropolitain; Yannick N�zet-S�guin, piano

Tickets: $42.50 $36.50 $22.50 Telephone: 1 800 899 6873

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Monday April 13, 2015, 7:30pm
St Paul's Concert Hall, University of Huddersfield

String Quartet
(plus music by Britten, Beethoven, Delius)

Villiers String Quartet
(James Dickenson, violin; Tamaki Higashi, violin;
Carmen Flores, viola; Nick Stringfellow, cello)

Tickets: £18 (students £3) Telephone: 01484 845407

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Tuesday 14 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal Festival Hall, London

Violin Concerto
(plus music by Beethoven)

Pinchas Zukerman, violin;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph K�nig, conductor

Tickets: £58 to £10 Telephone: 0844 847 9910

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Sunday 19 April 2015, 7.30 pm
The Hexagon, Reading, Berks

Cello Concerto
(plus Delius - On hearing the first cuckoo in spring; Brahms - Symphony No 1)

Andreas Brantelid, cello; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaime Martin, conductor

Tickets: £34 £30.50 £27.50 £22.50 £18 (concessions £2 off) Telephone: 0118 960 6060

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Friday 24 April 2015, 8.00 pm
Koerner Hall, Toronto, Canada

Enigma Variations
Cello Concerto

(plus Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 4)

St�phane T�treault, cello; Orchestre M�tropolitain, Yannick N�zet-S�guin, conductor

Tickets: $125 $100 $80 $70 $50 Telephone: 1 416 408 0208

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Saturday 25 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Baths Hall, Doncaster Road, Scunthorpe

Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Cockaigne 'In London Town'

(plus music by Walton, Vaughan Williams, Handel, Coates)

Duncan Riddell, violin;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Davies, conductor

Tickets: £33 £26.50 £23 £17.50 Telephone: 0844 8542776

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Saturday 25 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Masque Theatre, Latimer Arts College, Kettering, Northants

Sea Pictures
(plus music by Rossini, Saint-Sa�ns, Sibelius)

Beth Hodgson, mezzo-soprano;
Kettering Symphony Orchestra, Peter Dunkley, conductor

Tickets: £9 Telephone: 01536 414141

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Friday 24 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Sunday 26 April 2015, 7.00 pm
Divine Word Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Techny (Northbrook) IL

The Light of Life
(plus music by Stanford)

Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Sarah Holman, mezzo soprano;
Peder Reiff, tenor; Gerard Sundburg, bass-baritone;
Chicago Master Singers, Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, Alan Heatherington, conductor

Tickets: $48 $38 $28 $15 Telephone: 1 877 825-5267

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Sunday 26 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Younger Hall, St Andrews

The Apostles

Wilma MacDougall, Blessed Virgin / Angel;
Tania Holland Williams, Mary Magdalene;
Jamie MacDougall, John; Andrew McTaggart, Peter;
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Judas; Ben McAteer, Jesus;
Choristi Sanctiandree, Michael Downes, conductor

Tickets: £12 / £10 concession / £3 students,
from the Byre Theatre www.byretheatre.com Tel. 01334 475000

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Sunday 26 April 2015, 4.00 pm
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CA

Sea Pictures

Sarah Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano; Nigel Potts, organ

Telephone: 1 415 749 6300

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Sunday 26 April 2015, 7.00 pm
St Michael and All Angels, Old London Road, Mickleham, Surrey

Sea Pictures
The Shepherd�s Song

(plus songs by Head, Britten, Bantock, Dring, Clarke, Ireland)

Alice Bishop, soprano; Simon Marlow, piano

Tickets: Free admission � no ticket required

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Thursday 30 April 2015, 7.30 pm
Saturday 2 May 2015, 8.00 pm
Eastman Theatre, Gibbs Street, Rochester NY

In The South (Alassio)
(plus music by Saint-Sa�ns and Stravinsky)

Jon Nakamatsu, piano; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Seaman, conductor

Tickets: $94 to $16 Telephone: 1 585 454 2100

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please e-mail the necessary details to :

[email protected]


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