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

August 2013
and beyond


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Friday 2 August 2013, 7.45 pm
Gloucester Cathedral, College Green, Gloucester

Falstaff
(plus Vaughan Williams - Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Walton - Belshazzar’s Feast)

Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor - Adrian Partington

Tickets: £41 - £10, telephone 0845 6521823

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Friday 2 August 2013, 6.30 pm
Saturday 3 August 2013, 7.30 pm
Harris Theater for Music and Dance,
205 East Randolph Drive, Chicago IL, USA

Nursery Suite
(plus Janacek - The Fiddler's Child,
Carpenter - Adventures in a Perambulator)

Grant Park Orchestra, conductor - Carlos Kalmar

Tickets: admission free, telephone (USA) 1 312 742 7638

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Saturday 3 August 2013, 7.15 pm
Gloucester Cathedral, College Green, Gloucester

The Dream of Gerontius
(plus Wagner Prelude to Parsifal

Kai Ruutel - mezzo-soprano; Toby Spence - tenor;
Matthew Rose - bass;
Three Choirs Festival Chorus;
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor - Adrian Partington

Tickets: £41 - £10, telephone 0845 6521823

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Tuesday 13 August 2013, 7.30 pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Handel, Purcell and Britten)

Ben Johnson - tenor;
Trafalgar Sinfonia, conductor - Ivor Setterfield

Tickets: £20 - £10, telephone 020 7766 1100

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Thursday 15 August 2013, 7.30 pm
Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME, USA

Piano Quintet
(plus Brahms = Clarinet Quintet)

David Krakauer - clarinet; Manuel Bagorro - piano;
Miró Quartet

For further details: telephone (USA) 1 207 236 2823

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Saturday 17 August 2013, 6.00 pm
Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME, USA

Serenade for Strings
(plus Bruch - Octet, Barber - Adagio)

Miró Quartet; Toomai String Quartet

For further details: telephone (USA) 1 207 236 2823

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Sunday 15 September 2013, 7.30 pm
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax, Yorkshire

Cockaigne
(Hummel - Trumpet Concerto, Brahms - Symphony No. 2)

Rebecca Robertson - trumpet;
Orchestra of Square Chapel, conductor - Robert Guy

For further details: telephone 01422 349422

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Friday 27 September 2013, 7.30 pm
South Holland Centre, 23 Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire

Sospiri
(plus Britten - Simple Symphony, Arnold - Sinfonietta No. 1,
Mozart - Symphony No. 29)

London Mozart Players, conductor - Hilary Davan Wetton

For further details: telephone 01775 764777

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Sunday 29 September 2013, 5.00 pm
St. Sebastian church, Saarlandstr., Ludwigshafen/Rhein, Germany

The Dream of Gerontius

Ursula Eittinger - mezzo-soprano; Xavier Moreno - tenor;
Thomas Jesatko - bass;
Chor für Geistliche Musik Ludwigshafen; Chor des Berliner Doms;
Staatsorchester Braunschweig, conductor - Christiane Michel-Ostertun

Tickets: 22 Euro - 17 Euro

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Saturday 12 October 2013, 7.35 pm
Mote Hall, Maidstone. Kent

Cello Concerto
(plus Britten - Sea Interludes,
Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 3)

Laura van der Heijden - cello;
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Brian Wright

Tickets: £25 - £10 (concessions available), telephone 01622 735830

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Thursday 7 November 2013, 7.30 pm
Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon, Surrey

Cello Concerto
(plus Warlock - Capriol Suite,
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5)

Laura van der Heijden - cello;
London Mozart Players, conductor - Hilary Davan Wetton

For further details: telephone 020 8688 9291

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Friday 8 November 2013, 7.30 pm
St Luke's Church, Headley Road, Grayshott, Surrey

Cello Concerto
(plus Warlock - Capriol Suite,
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5)

Laura van der Heijden - cello;
London Mozart Players, conductor - Hilary Davan Wetton

Tickets: £28 - £23, telephone 01428 606666

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Saturday 9 November 2013, 7.30 pm
Lincoln Drill Hall, Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Enigma Variations
(plus Britten - Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes,
Delis - The Walk to the Paradise Garden,
Walton - Coronation March Crown Imperial,
Coates - London Suite )

Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Richard Crossland

Tickets: £2 (concessions available), telephone 01522 873894

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Friday 22 November 2013, 8.00 pm
Saturday 23 November 2013, 8.00 pm
Sunday 24 November 2013, 2.00 pm
Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B Street, San Diego CA, USA

Serenade for Strings
(plus Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1, Shostakovichj - Symphony No. 15)

Jon Kimura Parker - piano;
San Diego Symphony, conductor - Jahja Ling

For further details: telephone (USA)1 619 235 0804

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Sunday 24 November 2013, 7.00 pm
Stadttheater Lippstadt, Germany

The Dream of Gerontius

Kerstin Descher - mezzo-soprano; Anton Saris - tenor;
Markus Krause - bass;
Konzertchor Lippstadt; Konzertchor Wirges;
Bochumer Symphoniker

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Saturday 11 January 2014, 8.00 pm
Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street, New London CT, USA

Cello Concerto>
(plus Sibelius - Karelia Suite, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2)

Hyewon Kim - cello;
Orchestra , conductor - Toshiyuki Shimada

For further details: telephone (USA) 1 860 443 2876

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Wednesday 22 January 2014, 7.30 pm
Thursday 23 January 2014, 7.30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool. L1 9BP

Enigma Variations
(plus Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni,
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Vasily Petrenko

For further details: telephone 0151 709 3789

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Saturday 25 January 2014, 8.00 pm
Sunday 26 January 2014, 2.00 pm
Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe Street, Vancouver BC, Canada

In the South
(plus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 22,
Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni,
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini)

Andrew Von Oeyen - piano;
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Courtney Lewis

Tickets: $62 - $17, telephone (Canada) 1 604 876 3434

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Monday 27 January 2014, 8.00 pm
Bell Performing Arts Centre, 6250 144th Street, Surrey BC, Canada

In the South
(plus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 22,
Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni,
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini)

Andrew Von Oeyen - piano;
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Courtney Lewis

Tickets: $40 - $27, telephone (Canada) 1 604 876 3434

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Thursday 13 February 2014, 7.15 pm
Royal Festival Hall, London

The Dream of Gerontius
(plus Strauss - Death & Transfiguration

Bach Chouir;
Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, conductor - David Hill

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Wednesday 5 March 2014, 7.30 pm
Thursday 6 March 2014, 7.30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool. L1 9BP

Symphony No. 1
(plus Mahler - Blumine, Strauss - Horn Concerto No. 2)

Timothy Jackson - horn;
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Vasily Petrenko

For further details: telephone 0151 709 3789

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Wednesday 26 March 2014, 6.30 pm
Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL, USA

Cello Concerto>
(plus Schubert - Symphony No. 8)

John Sharp - cello;
Chicago Symphony Orchestra , conductor - Riccardo Muti

For further details: telephone (USA) 1 312 294 3000

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Thursday 27 March 2014, 8.00 pm
Saturday 29 March 2014, 8.00 pm
Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL, USA

Cello Concerto>
(plus Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8)

John Sharp - cello;
Chicago Symphony Orchestra , conductor - Riccardo Muti

For further details: telephone (USA) 1 312 294 3000

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Friday 23 May 2014, 7.30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool. L1 9BP

In the South
(plus Britten - Welcome Ode, Copeland - Concerto for Percussion,
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir;
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor - Vasily Petrenko

For further details: telephone 0151 709 3789

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Friday 30 May 2014, 11.15 am
Saturday 31 May 2014, 8.00 pm
Sunday 1 June 2014, 2.30 pm
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Uihlein Hall,
929 North Water Street, Milwaukee WI, USA

Serenade for Strings
(plus Schumann - Cello Concerto, Dvorak - Slavonic Dances)

Susan Babini - cello;
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, conductor - Gilbert Varga

Tickets: $102 - $22, telephone (USA) 1 414 291 7605

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Saturday 14 June 2014, 8.00 pm
Monday 16 June 2014, 8.00 pm
Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe Street, Vancouver BC, Canada

Violin Concerto>
(plus Britten - Passacaglia from Peter Grimes,
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture,
Respighi - The Pines of Rome)

James Ehnes - violin;
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra , conductor - Bramwell Tovey

Tickets: $88 - $21, telephone (Canada) 1 604 876 3434

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