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


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Wednesday 3 June 2015, 7.30 pm
St Leonard's Church, Church Street, Bledington, Gloucestershire

Violin Sonata
(plus music by Debussy, Respighi, Sibelius)

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin; Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Tickets: £18 Telephone: 01608 658669

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Wednesday 3 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal Albert Hall, London

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Parry, Berlioz)

James Edwards, tenor; Guildford Choral Society;
The Chichester Singers; Portsmouth Choral Union;
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Willcocks
, conductor

Tickets: £49 to £12 Telephone: 0845 401 5045

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Saturday 13 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

The Dream of Gerontius

Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano; Toby Spence, tenor; Roderick Williams, bass;
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Tickets: £36 £29 £24 £18 £13 Telephone: 0151 709 3789

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Saturday 13 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Oakham Church, Rutland

From the Bavarian Highlands
Sospiri

(plus music by Haydn and Purcell)

Leicester Tudor Choir; Rutland Sinfonia, Barry Collett, conductor

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Saturday 13 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Church of St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester

From the Bavarian Highlands
(plus music by Mercury, Gjeilo)

Geoffrey Clarke, organ/piano;
The City of Leicester Singers, Richard Archer, conductor

Tickets: �10 Telephone: 0116 2994444

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Saturday 13 June 2015, 11.30 am
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, London

Piano Quintet
(plus music by Brahms, Debussy, Villa-Lobos, Medtner, Beethoven)

Chamber Ensembles from The Purcell School

Tickets: �13 �11 �9 �8 Telephone: 020 7935 2141

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Saturday June 13 2015, 2:30 pm
Muse Winery, Victoria BC, Canada
Sunday June 14 2015, 2:30 pm
First Unitarian Church, Victoria BC, Canada
Eine Kleine Summer Music Festival

Violin Sonata
(plus music by Hermann)

Alan Desgagn�, clarinet; Terence Tam and Julian Vitek, violin;
Kenji Fuse, viola; Laura Backstrom, cello; Lorraine Min, piano

Tickets: see www.eksm.ca

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Saturday 13 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol

Chanson de Matin
(plus music by Bednall, Martin, Wesley, Warren, Pearsall,
Harwood, Vaughan Williams, Gritton, Chilcott, Vaughan Williams)

Julia Hwang, violin; David Bednall, piano/organ;
Bristol Choral Society, Adrian Partington, conductor

Tickets: �22 �17 (reserved) �14 �10 (unreserved)
Telephone: 0845 6521823

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Sunday 14 June 2015, 3.00 pm
Performing Arts Center, Purchase NY (USA)

Cello Concerto
(plus P�rt - Fratres; Brahms - Symphony No 2)

Joshua Roman, cello; Westchester Philharmonic, Danail Rachev, conductor

Telephone: 1 914 682 3707

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Wednesday 17 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Watford Colosseum

The Music Makers
(plus music by Coleridge-Taylor, Walton)

Helen Stanley, alto; Andrew O'Connor, tenor;
Watford Philharmonic Society Choir;
Watford Philharmonic Society Orchestra Michael Cayton
, conductor

Tickets: �18 �17 �15 Telephone: 07546 122321 or 0845 075 3993

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Thursday 18 June 2015, 6.00 pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham B3 3HG

Enigma Variations (arr. for brass band by Eric Ball)
(plus Philip Sparke: Variations on an Enigma)

Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band;
Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porterhouse
, conductor

Tickets available on the door

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Saturday 20 June 2015, 7.00 pm
Claydon House, Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Glazunov, Bach, Boyce, Grieg)

Ellie Parker, saxophone; Alison Gott, violin;
Elizabeth Molloy, flute; Anna Le Hair, harpsichord;
Claydon Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Molloy, conductor

Tickets: �15 (�10 on lawn) (children �7.50) Telephone 01296 437392

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Sun 21 June 2015, 7.30pm
The Monastery, Gorton, Manchester

The Dream of Gerontius

St Georges Singers; Stockport Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: £17, £15 concession, £5 students and children
Information: 07881 938771 www.st-georges-singers.org.uk

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Sunday 21 June 2015, 3.00 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London

Introduction and Allegro
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Handel, Haydn)

Duncan Riddell, violin;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Riddell, director

Tickets: £40 £32.50 £25 £15 Telephone: 020 7730 4500

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Tuesday 23 June 2015 at 7.30 pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square

Great is the Lord
(plus music by Handel, Parry, Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Boyce, Davies, S Wesley, Bax)

Canticum Choir; James McVinnie, organ; Mark Forkgen, conductor

Tickets: �22 �18 �14 Telephone: 020 7766 1100

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Saturday 27 June 2015, 7.30 pm
(Pre concert talk at 7.00 pm)
Trinity Church, Hindes Road, Harrow HA1 1RX

Introduction and Allegro
(plus music by Svendsen, Holst, Tchaikovsky)

Trinity Orchestra, Philip Gibson, conductor

Tickets: £12 adults, £10 concessions, Students £5, Under 16s free
Box office: 020 8428 5924

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Saturday 27 June 2015, 7.30 pm
St Peter's Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London

Lullaby from From the Bavarian Highlands
(plus music by Whitbourne, Tavener, Whitacre, Douglas, Brahms, Parry,
Kod�ly, Gabrieli, Greene, Dowland, Schubert, Carter, Sullivan, Pearsall)

Bruce Alexander, reader;
Petros Singers, Duncan Aspden, conductor

Tickets: �13 [email protected]

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Saturday 27 June 2015, 7.30 pm
Trinity Church, Hindes Road, Harrow, Middlesex

Introduction and Allegro for Strings
(plus music by Svendsen, Holst, Tchaikovsky)

Trinity Orchestra, Philip Gibson, conductor

Tickets: �12 (�10 concessions) (�5 students)
Telephone: 020 8428 5924

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Saturday 27 June 2015, 7.00 pm
All Saints' Church, Queen's Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight

From the Bavarian Highlands
As Torrents in Summer

Portsmouth Baroque Choir;
Karen Kingsley
, piano, Malcolm Keeler, conductor

Tickets: Free admission, no ticket required

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Tuesday 30 June 2015, 9.00 pm
Ravello Concert Society Recital Hall, 84010 Ravello SA (Italy)

Violin Sonata
(plus music by Schubert, Bloch)

Ilario Ruopolo, violin; Pasquale Russo, piano

Tickets: EUR27.50 Telephone: 39 089 8424082

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