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ELGAR - A Musical Diary
of concerts and other events featuring works by Elgar
March 2016


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Thursday 3 March 2016, 8.00 pm
Saturday 5 March 2016, 8.00 pm
Symphony Center, Chicago IL

Symphony No 1
(plus music by Vaughan Williams)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor

Telephone: 1 312 294 3000

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Friday 4 March 2016, 7:30pm
Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral

The Apostles
(Pre-concert talk by Adrian Partington:
Performance takes place on Saturday 19 March)

Tickets: �12
gloucesterchoral.com/2015-2016-season/elgar-the-apostles/

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Saturday 5 March 2016, 6.00 pm
St John's Church, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex

Introduction and Allegro for Strings
(plus music by Dvor�k, Walton)

Wells Virtuosi

Tickets: �15 Telephone: 01279 815282

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Saturday 5 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Centennial Concert Hall, Main Street, Winnipeg MB, Canada

Enigma Variations

Donna Fletcher, actor; Tom Soares, actor;
James Manishen, narrator;
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

Telephone: 1 204 949 3999 Information: wso.ca/elgar

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Saturday 5 March 2016, 7.30pm
The Concert Hall, Reading

The Dream of Gerontius

Yvonne Howard, mezzo-soprano;
Joshua Ellicott, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass;
Lea Singers; Henley Choral Society, Benjamin Goodson, conductor

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Saturday 5 March 2016, 2.00 pm
Saturday 5 March 2016, 8.00 pm
Sunday 6 March 2016, 2.00 pm
Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E Sunrise Drive, Tucson AZ

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Glinka, Debussy, Mendelssohn)

Tucson Symphony Orchestra, James Feddeck, conductor

Tickets: $65 to $30 Telephone: 1 520 882 8585

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Sunday 6 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Royal Festival Hall, London

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Vaughan Williams and John Powell)

Sol Gabetta, cello;
Javier Camarena, tenor; Ashley Riches, baritone;
Philharmonia Chorus;
Philharmonia Orchestra, Jose Serebrier
, conductor

Tickets: �50 to �11 Telephone: 0207 960 4200
www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/1222/london/royal_festival_hall/6_march_2016/first_world_war_commemoration_concert

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Wednesday 9 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston MA

Symphony No 1
(plus music by Ravel, Ad�s)

Jeffrey Kahane, piano;
New England Conservatory Philharmonia, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

Telephone: 1 617 585 1260

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Wednesday 9 March 2016, 7.30 pm
St George's Church, Hanover Square, London

Cello Concerto (excerpt)
Enigma Variations

Orpheus Sinfonia, Thomas Carroll, cello/conductor

Tickets: �25 �15 �5 Telephone: 020 7734 6650

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Saturday 12 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Chester Cathedral, Cheshire

The Music Makers
(plus music by Butterworth, Walton)

Margaret McDonald, mezzo-soprano;
Quentin Hayes, baritone; Chester Music Society Choir;
Liverpool Sinfonia, Graham Jordan Ellis
, conductor

Tickets: �20 �14 �7 Telephone: 01244 500959

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Saturday 12 March 2016, 7.30 pm
The Capstone Theatre, Shaw Street, Liverpool

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Mozart, Dvor�k)

Jonathan Aasgaard, cello;
Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Mark Heron, conductor

Tickets: �15 (concessions �13.50) Telephone: 0844 8000 410

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Saturday 12 March 2016, 7.30 pm
St James the Greater, Leicester

The Banner of St George
(plus music by Rutter, Goodall and Parry)

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

Tickets: �10 Telephone: 0116 2994444

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Saturday 12 March 2016 at 7.30 pm
Church of St Clement Danes, The Strand, London

Go, song of mine
(plus music by Byrd, Holst, Tallis, Pitkin,
Stanford, Harris, Vaughan Williams, Salter)

The Ionian Singers, Timothy Salter, conductor

Tickets: �23 (�18 unreserved) (�5 children)
Telephone: 07528 776625

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Saturday 12 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Trinity Church, 15 Nether Street, North Finchley

In the South
(plus music by Butterworth, Vaughan Williams)

George Mattar, violin;
Finchley Chamber Orchestra, David Lardi, conductor

Tickets: �15 (concessions �13) Telephone: 07928 278449

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Saturday 12 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Malvern Theatres

The Music Makers
(plus music by Parry, Berlioz)

Janet Shell, mezzo-soprano;
Malvern Festival Chorus;
Regency Symphonia, Richard Knight
, conductor

Tickets: �15 and concessions Telephone: 01684 892277

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Sunday 13 March 2016 at 3.30 pm
The Theatre, Rudolf Steiner School, Kings Langley

Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

(plus music by Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov)

Lewis Rolands, trombone;
Dacorum Symphony Orchestra, Tom Loten, conductor

Tickets: �12 (concessions �10) Telephone: 01494 727240

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Sunday 13 March 2016, 6.30 pm
United Reform Church, Stamford, Lincs

Ave Verum / Ave Maria / Ave Maris Stella
(plus music by Stainer)

Leicester Tudor Choir, Barry Collett, conductor

Tickets: 01572 772504

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Wednesday 16 March 2016, 7.30 pm
New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Huntington Avenue, Boston MA (USA)

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Kernis, Shostakovich)

Jonah Ellsworth, cello;
New England Conservatory Philharmonia, Hugh Wolff, conductor

Tickets: free admission, no ticket required
Telephone: 1 617 585 1260

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Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30 pm
St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly

Serenade for Strings in E minor
(plus music by Schumann, Beethoven)

Alex Soares, piano;
Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, Adrian Brown, conductor

Tickets: �17 �15 �10 Telephone: 020 7381 0441

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Friday 18 March 2016
Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens, Gloucester GL2 0AJ

The Music Makers
The Spirit of the Lord

(plus music by Rutter)

Karen Longmate, Gaye Boggon, Soloists;
Simon Bertram, Organist;
Philomusica of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, Linda Parsons, conductor

Free admission (retiring collection)
www.philomusica.org.uk

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Saturday 19 March 2016, 7.30 pm
Cathedral, Blackburn, Lancashire

Violin Concerto
(plus music by Weber, Beethoven)

Jennifer Pike, violin;
Blackburn Symphony Orchestra, Richard Howarth, conductor

Tickets: �11 Telephone: 01254 503090

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Saturday 19 March 2016, 7.30 pm
All Saints' Church, Hertford SG13 8AY

Dream of Gerontius

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones; Adrian Thompson; David Wilson-Johnson;
Hertford Coral Society;
Chameleon Arts Orchestra, Derek Harrison
, conductor

Tickets: �16 �10 (students under 25 �4)
Telephone: HCS Box Office 07936 719498
Hertford Tourist Information Centre (Market Place)
EMail: [email protected]
Box Office: www.oxboxoffice.com

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Saturday 19 March 2016, 7.00 pm
Gloucester Cathedral

The Apostles

Hye-Youn Lee, soprano; Olivia Ray, mezzo;
Joshua Ellicott, tenor; Ashley Riches, Jesus;
Michael Druiett, Peter; Graeme Broadbent, Judas;
Philharmonia Orchestra;
Gloucester Choral Society, Adrian Partington
, conductor

Tickets: �35, �28, �19, �12
gloucesterchoral.com/2015-2016-season/elgar-the-apostles/

Pre-concert talk by Adrian Partington
Friday 4 March 2016, 7:30pm
Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral
Tickets: �12

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Saturday 19 March 2016, 7.30 pm
St Michael and All Angels, Bramhall, Cheshire

Ave verum
(plus music by Faur�, Handel, Gjeilo, Vaughan Williams)

The Maia Singers; Elin Rees, organ;
Ian Tate, piano; John Pomphrey, conductor

Tickets: �10 (at the door)

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Saturday 19 March 2016, 7:30pm
St Peter's, Southfield Road, London W4

The Spirit of England
(plus music by Vaughan Williams)

Chiswick Choir and Orchestra
http://www.chiswickchoir.org.uk/concerts.html

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Saturday 19 March 2016, 7.45 pm
St James Church, Muswell Hill, London N10

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Brahms and Dvorak)

Deni Teo, cello;
North London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Glassberg, conductor

Tickets: at the door, �14 (�11 concession, �7 under 16)

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Sunday 20 March 2016, 3.00pm
The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BY

String Quartet
(plus music by Haydn and Beethoven)

Marmen Quartet

Tickets: �13.50 Telephone: 01986 874264

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Sunday 20 March 2016 at 7.30 pm
New Hall, Winchester College

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Weber, Mozart)

Samantha Carrasco, piano;
Nicholas Salwey, piano;
Winchester Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Wilks, conductor

Tickets: �15 (�12 concessions) Telephone: 0333 666 3366

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Sunday 20 March 2016, 8.00 pm
Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge

Give unto the Lord
(plus music by Britten, Stanford, Walton, Howells, Bax)

New Cambridge Singers;
Edward Picton-Turbervill
, organ; Graham Walker, conductor

Tickets: �15 (�6 students) Telephone: 01223 300085

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Wednesday 23 March 2016, 7.30 pm
All Saints Church, Oakham, Rutland

Ave Verum / Ave Maria / Ave Maris Stella
(plus music by Stainer)

Leicester Tudor Choir, Barry Collett, conductor

Tickets: 01572 772504

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please e-mail the necessary details to :

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