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


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Tuesday 3 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Finzi)

Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola; Nicholas Merryweather, baritone;
The London Chorus; Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of London,
Christopher Petrie
, conductor

Tickets: £35 £29 £22 £15 Telephone: 020 7730 4500
www.cadoganhall.com
Discount for Elgar Society members

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Thursday 5 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London

Cello Concerto
Wand of Youth Suite No 1

(plus music by Vaughan Williams)

Caroline Dale, cello;
English Chamber Orchestra, Duncan Ward, conductor

Tickets: �35 �25 �15 �10 Telephone: 020 7730 4500

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Thursday 5 March 2015, 7.30pm
Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

In the South (Alassio)
(plus music by Tomasi and Tchaikovsky)

Tine Thing Helseth, Trumpet;
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor

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Thursday 5 March 2015, 6.30 pm
Church of our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, 24 Exmouth Market, London

Lux �terna (arr. Cameron)
Feasting I watch
(plus music by Bruch, Tallis, Lassus, Stanford, Parry, Sullivan)

Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir, Greg Morris, conductor

Tickets: £10 Telephone: 07812 599340

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Saturday 7 March 2015
Sunday 8 March 2015
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

Sospiri
(plus music by Bruch and Dvor�k)

David Garrett, Violin;
Orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo, John Axelrod, Conductor

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Saturday 7 March 2015, 7.30pm
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Dvor�k and Tchaikovsky)

Johannes Moser, Cello;
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena, Conductor

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Saturday 7 March 2015, 8.00pm
Gro�er Saal, Frankfurt

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Verdi and Schumann)

Martin Stadtfeld, Piano;
Hall� Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder, Conductor

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Saturday 7 March 2015, 7.30pm
St. Thomas Anglican Cathedral, Portsmouth

Great is The Lord
Give unto The Lord

(plus music by Finzi and Faur�)

Ian Richardson, organ; Portsmouth Choral Union, David Gostick,conductor

Tickets: £14 (£12 in advance), concessions available
Telephone: 023 9282 2227. Email: [email protected]

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Wednesday 11 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal Festival Hall, London

Introduction and Allegro
(plus Ireland - Piano Concerto; Walton - Symphony No 1)

Piers Lane, piano; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze, conductor

Tickets: £65 - £9 Telephone: 020 7840 4242

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Thursday 12 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Cathedral, Exeter

The Music Makers
(plus music by Poulenc and Faur�)

Catherine Hamilton, soprano; Margaret McDonald, mezzo-soprano;
Exeter Philharmonic Choir; The Sinfonietta, Andrew Millington, conductor

Tickets: Supper Club, includes premium nave seat, £43*,
Front Nave £21, Rear Nave £17; Unreserved side aisles £12.
Telephone: 01392 499211
* Supper Club offers a two-course gourmet supper at ABode in the Royal Clarence Hotel, Exeter.
You receive seats in the front section of the nave and a complimentary programme.
Contact EPC Tickets Online: www.exephil.org.uk

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Friday 13 March 2015, 8.00 pm
Saturday 14 March 2015, 8.00 pm
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis IN

Cockaigne (In London Town)
Dream Children
The Wand of Youth (excerpts)

(plus Mendelssohn - Overture, Ruy Blas; Sibelius - Symphony No 7)

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, conductor

Telephone: 1 317 639 4300

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Saturday 14 March 2015
Monday 16 March 2015
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Beethoven and Sibelius)

Alisa Weilerstein, Cello;
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Conductor

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Saturday 14 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Bristol University

Spirit of England
Une Voix dans le desert

Bristol University Chorus and Orchestra, John Pickard, conductor

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Saturday 14 March, 7.30pm
Great Hall, London Road Campus, University of Reading

The Music Makers
(plus music by Saint-Sa�ns)

Harriet Kirk, mezzo-soprano; Edward Reeve, organ;
University of Reading Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: £10, £6 concessions
Contact [email protected] or visit www.reading.ac.uk/music

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Saturday 14th March 2015, 7.30pm
Southwell Minster

The Dream of Gerontius

(plus music by Vaughan Williams)

Madeleine Shaw, soprano; Robert Murray, tenor; Marcus Farnsworth, bass baritone;
Nottingham Bach Choir; Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Hale, Conductor

Tickets available via email at [email protected]

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Saturday 14 March 2015 at 7.30 pm
Central Hall, Dolphin Centre, Darlington DL1 5RP

Violin Sonata
(plus music by Beethoven, Brahms, Waxman)

Alexandra Lomeiko, violin; Olga Sitkovetsky, piano

Tickets £12 (Free for those aged 25 and under) telephone 01325 467163

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Saturday 14 March 2015 at 7.30 pm
Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Violin Concerto
(plus music by Sibelius)

Daniel Peev, violin;
Leamington Sinfonia, Thomas Payne, conductor

Tickets: £8.50 £6.50 Telephone: 07548 880 445

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Sunday 15 March 2015, 2.30pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Wagner, Brahms, Copland, Arnold and Tchaikovsky)

Rakhvinder Singh and Jonathan Aasgard, soloists;
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Dane Lam and Vasily Petrenko, conductors

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Sunday 15 March 2015, 3.00 pm
Summit High School, Kent Place Boulevard, Summit NJ

Chanson de Nuit
Chanson de Matin

(plus music by Est�vez, Respighi and Tchaikovsky)

The Summit Symphony, Michael Avagliano, conductor

Web Site: summitsymphony.squarespace.com/

Tickets: Telephone: 1 908 273 1494

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Tuesday 17 March 2015, 7.30 pm
City Halls Recital Room, Candleriggs, Glasgow

String Quartet
(plus music by Stravinsky, Bart�k)

Edinburgh Quartet

Tickets: £15 (concessions £12; students £5) Telephone: 0141 353 8000

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Wednesday 18 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

String Quartet
(plus music by Stravinsky and Bart�k)

Edinburgh Quartet

Tickets: £15 £12 £5 Telephone: 0131 668 2019

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Wednesday 18 March 2015, 7.30pm
Lighthouse, Poole

The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2
(plus music by Bruch and Finzi)

Yossif Ivanov, Violin; John Mark Ainsley, Tenor;
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, Conductor

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Thursday 19 March 2015, 7.30pm
Malvern Concert Club
Dedicated to the memory of Michael Kennedy CBE

String Quartet
(plus music by Beethoven and Shostakovich)

Carducci String Quartet

Tickets: £17; 60 and over £16; under 21 £5 Telephone: 01684 892277
Web Site: malvern-concert-club.co.uk/19_Mar_15.html/

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Thursday 19 March 2015, 1.00pm
Wigmore Hall, London

Violin Sonata
(plus music by Bridge and MacMillian)

Madeleine Mitchell, violin; Nigel Clayton, piano

Tickets: £12.50, concessions £10 Telephone: 0207 935 2141
See www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

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Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Maidstone Leisure Centre, Kent

Violin Concerto
(plus Berlioz - Overture, Le Corsaire; Beethoven - Symphony No 5)

Ulf Hoelscher, violin; Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, Brian Wright, conductor

Tickets: £25 £20 £10 Telephone: 01622 735830

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Friday 20 March 2015, 3.00 pm
St Mary the Virgin, Ashford, Kent

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Beethoven, Sumner)

Matthew Sharp, cello; Sabrina Curwen, soprano;
Jessica Meakin, violin; Revelation Strings, David Burridge, conductor

Tickets: £12 Telephone: 01233 330316

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Saturday March 21 2015, 7:30 pm
Cathedral, Blackburn, Lancashire

Wand of Youth Suite No 2
(plus music by Bax, Vaughan Williams, Saint-Sa�ns)

Samuel Hudson, organ;
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra; Blackburn Cathedral Choir, Richard Howarth, conductor

Tickets: £10 (18 years and under - free) Telephone: 01254 688040

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Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30 pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky)

Olivia da Costa, cello;
City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Robert Hodge, conductor

Tickets: £18 (concession £16) (student £8) Telephone: 01223 300085

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Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton, Wallasey

Introduction and Allegro
(plus music by Bruch, Kornas and Haydn)

Thelma Handy, violin; Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Mark Heron, conductor

Tickets: £15 (concessions £13.50) (students £5) Telephone: 0151 666 0000

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Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30 pm
Festival Hall, Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Finzi, Vaughan Willams)

Robin Tritschler, tenor;
Alton Choral Society; Petersfield Choral Society; Rogate Choral Society;
Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra, Paul Spicer
and Stephen Scotchmer, conductors

Tickets: £20 £18 Telephone: 01730 261199

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Sunday 22 March 2015, 3.00 pm
Forest View Educational Center, Arlington Heights IL (USA)

Sea Pictures
(plus Brahms - Serenade No 1)

Elizabeth Hale Knox, mezzo soprano;
Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Kim Diehnelt, conductor

Tickets: $20 (Senior Citizens $15, Students $10, under 14 free)
Tickets: 1 847 718 7702 www.northwestsymphony.org/tickets.html

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Tuesday 24 March 2015, 7.30 pm
St James's, 22 George Street, London

The Dream of Gerontius

Peter Davoren, tenor; Diana Moore, mezzo soprano; David Soar, bass;
The School Choir of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School;
The Cantus Ensemble; The Belgravia Chamber Orchestra, Scott Price
, conductor

Tickets �20 �16 �12 (concessions half price) available from the School on 020 7605 0046

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Saturday 28 March 2015, 7:30 pm
Brighton Dome, Church Street, Brighton

Cello Concerto
(plus Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade)

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

Tickets: £32.50 - £10 Telephone: 01273 709709

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Saturday March 28, 2015, 19:30
Parish Church, Market Place, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Give unto the Lord
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Dove, Skempton, Stanford)

Dawid Kimberg, baritone; Kingston Choral Society;
William Vann, piano; Andrew Griffiths, conductor

Tickets: £13 (concessions £11) Telephone: 020 8977 4801

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Saturday 28 March 2015, 7.00 pm
Cathedral, Wells, Somerset

The Kingdom

Jane Irwin, soprano; Kathryn Rudge, mezzo-soprano;
Peter Auty, tenor; David Kempster, baritone;
Southern Sinfonia, Matthew Owens, conductor

Tickets: £25 to £10 Telephone: 01749 672773

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Saturday 28 March 2015, 7.30 pm
St Mary's Priory Church, Priory Street, Monmouth, Wales

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Haydn, Vaughan Williams)

Eleanor Stowe, soprano; Olivia Gomez, alto;
Daniel Joy, tenor; Meilir Jones, bass;
Monmouth Choral Society, Regency Sinfonia, Steven Kings, conductor

Tickets: £15 Telephone: 01594 531496

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Sunday March 29, 2015, 7:30 pm
Albert Hall, North Circus Street, Nottingham NG1 5AA

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Dvorak and Chabrier)

Nottingham Youth Orchestra, Christopher George guest conductor

Tickets: from £12, concessions available. Students £5
Telephone 07814637571 or email [email protected]

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Sunday 29 March 2015, 3.00 pm
Congress Theatre, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex

Cello Concerto
(plus Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade)

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

Tickets: £25 - £13 Telephone: 01323 412000

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Sunday 29 March 2015, 2.30 pm.
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Wirral

Soliloquy for oboe
(plus music by Holst, Bantock, Bennett, Coates)

Hilary Duncombe, oboe; Port Sunlight Orchestra, David Straughan, conductor

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Sunday March 29, 2015, 7:30 pm
RNCM Concert Hall, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester

Sea Pictures
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Wood)

Linda Richardson, soprano; Kathleen Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano;
Dean Robinson, bass; Oldham Choral Society;
East Lancs Sinfonia, Nigel Wilkinson
, conductor

Tickets: �14 (student concessions �5) Telephone: 01457 832012

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please e-mail the necessary details to :

[email protected]


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