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


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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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Saturday 2 May 2015, 7.30 pm
St Mary�s Church, Easebourne, West Sussex

Songs from the Bavarian Highlands

Midhurst Music Society

Tickets: �10 Telephone: 01730 812783
www.midhurstmusic.org

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Saturday 2 May 2015, 7.00 pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall

The Kingdom

University of Essex Choir, Richard Cooke, conductor

Tickets: £24, £20, £16 & £12 : 01728 687110 :
EMail: [email protected]

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Sunday 3 May 2015, 2.30 pm
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square PA

Sea Pictures

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

Telephone: 1 610 388 1000

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Wednesday 6 May 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal Festival Hall, London

Cockaigne Overture
Sea Pictures

(plus music by Walton)

Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano; Neal Davies, baritone;
The Bach Choir;
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka
, conductor

Tickets: �58 �45 �38 �30 �25 �20 �15 �10
Telephone: 0844 847 9910

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Wednesday 6 May 2015, 7.30 pm
St Mark's Church, Regents Park, St Mark's Square, London

Enigma Variations
(plus music by Sibelius, Bruch)

Roisin Walters, violin;
James Murray Orchestra, James Murray, conductor

Tickets: �10 Telephone: 01524 846823 or 07910 328393

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Saturday 9 May 2015, 7.30 pm
St Andrew's Church, Church Street, Rugby

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Hawes, Vivaldi, Scott-Burt, Parry, Stanford)

Adrian Moore, organ;
Quentin Hayes, baritone; Daventry Choral Society;
Orchestra da Camera, Nicholas Scott-Burt
, conductor

Tickets: £12 unreserved £15 reserved Telephone: 01327 876370

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Saturday 9 May 2015, 7.45 pm
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Stroud, Gloucs

Ave Maria
O Happy Eyes
The Banner of St George (Epilogue)
The Dream of Gerontius (Angel's Farewell)
Ave verum corpus
Ecce sacerdos magnus
For Dot's Nuns
(arr. David Owen Norris)
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
My love dwelt in a Northern land
How calmly the evening

Saint Cecilia Singers, Jonathan Hope, organ/conductor

Tickets: �10 Telephone: 01453 762442

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Sunday 10 May 2015, 3:00 pm
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester

Enigma Variations
(plus Walton - Crown Imperial; Symphony No 1)

The Bardi Symphony Orchestra, Claus Efland, conductor

Tickets: £18, £16, £11 (concessions £16.50, £14.50, £9.50,
students 18 and under £3) Telephone: 0116 241 4757

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Sunday 10 May 2015, 3.00 pm
De Montfort Hall, Leicester LE1 7RU

Enigma Variations
(plus Walton - Crown Imperial, Symphony No 1)

The Bardi Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Efland, conductor

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Monday 11 May 2015, 12.45 pm
Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield

Andante and Allegro for Oboe and String Trio
Soliloquy for Oboe and Piano

(plus music by Britten, Smetana)

Katherine Lacy, clarinet; Ensemble 360

Tickets: £11 (£7.50 disabled and unemployed; £5 under 18s and students)
Telephone: 01142496000

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Tuesday 12 May 2015, 7.30 pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

Introduction and Allegro
(plus music by Barber, Rawsthorne, Glazunov, Grieg)

Luiza Lale, saxophone;
Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra, Adam Johnson, conductor

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

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Friday 15 May 2015, 8.00 pm
Koerner Hall, Toronto, Canada

Violin Sonata
(plus Debussy - Violin Sonata; Bach - Sonata No 3 for Solo Violin;
Louie - new work)

James Ehnes, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano

Tickets: $85 $70 $60 $50 $35 Telephone: 1 416 408 0208

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Friday 15 May 2015, 7:30 pm
1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London

Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 1
Three pieces for Violin and Piano Op. 4:

Une Idylle (Esquisse Fa�ile); Pastourelle; Virelai

La Capricieuse

(plus Ireland - Violin Sonata No 1)

Louisa Stonehill, violin; Nicholas Burns, piano

Tickets: £20 (£16 concessions) Telephone: 020 7620 3055

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Friday 15 May 2015, 8.00 pm
Chenery Auditorium, South Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo MI

Froissart Overture
(plus music by Dvor�k, Beethoven)

Sarah Chang, violin;
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Harvey, conductor

Tickets: $60 - $18.50 Telephone: 1 269 387 2300

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Saturday 16 May 2015, 7.30 pm
St Mary's Church, Horse Fair, Banbury, Oxfordshire

The Dream of Gerontius

Chipping Norton Choral Society;
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra and Choir, Peter Hunt
, conductor

Tickets: £13 in advance £15 on the door Telephone: 07836 518868

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Saturday 16 May 2015, 7.30 pm
The Corn Exchange, Ipswich

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Holst and Prokofiev)

Olivia Da Costa, cello;
Wolsey Orchestra, Andrew Morley, conductor

Tickets: £13 concessions £10
Telephone: 01473 433100 Online: www.ipswichregent.com

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Saturday 16 May 2015, 7.30 pm
Church of St Lawrence, West Wycombe, Bucks

Sospiri
(plus music by Butterworth, Howells, Holst, Gurney, Kelly, Delius)

Bene't Coldstream, tenor; Fiona Brodie, viola;
The Chiltern Camerata, Sam Laughton, conductor

Tickets: �12 (�10 concessions) Telephone: 01494 883112

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Saturday 16th May, 7:30pm
Victoria Hall, Bolton

The Dream of Gerontius

Antonia Sotgiu, mezzo soprano;
Richard Pollock, tenor; Paul Chamberlain, bass;
Bolton Catholic Musical and Choral Society, Robert Chasey, conductor

Tickets: �10, under 19s free
www.boltonsymphony.org.uk/may2015.htm

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Friday 22 May, 7.45 pm
The Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Wagner and Shostakovich)

Alisa Weilerstein, cello;
Ulster Orchestra, Rafael Payare, conductor

Tickets: �13.50 to- �29 Telephone: 028 9033 4455
www.ulsterorchestra.com

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Saturday 23 May 2015, 7.30 pm
All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove, East Sussex

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Holst, Shostakovich)

Pavlos Carvallo, cello;
Sussex Symphony Orchestra, Mark Andrew James, conductor

Tickets: £12 (concessions £10) Telephone: 01273 415384

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Saturday 23 May 2015, 8.00 pm
St Martin's Church, Church Street, Dorking, Surrey

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Schubert, Dvor�k)

Jessie Ann Richardson, cello;
Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Fitz-Gerald, conductor

Tickets: £14 Telephone: 01372 276949

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Saturday 23 May 2015, 7:30 pm
Holy Apostles Church, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL52 6HW

Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands
(plus music by Vaughan Williams and Sibelius)

Melvin Brown, baritone; Fiona Brown, accompanist;
Charlton Kings Choral Society;
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra, John Wright
, conductor

Tickets �15 (under 25s in full-time education �10) Telephone: 01451 822110

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Sunday 24 May 2015
Henry Wood Hall, Trinity Church Square, London SE1 4HU

The Dream of Gerontius

Workshop day, ending with a complete run-through of the work.
All musicians welcome on any instrument, or voice.
Orchestra: 10.30; Choir: Noon; Open rehearsal: 5.30 pm;
Reception: approx 7.15pm; Carriages: from 8.30 to 9pm
Food and refreshment available in the Refectory
Cost: By donation on the day,
plus paying for food and drink you buy in the refectory.
Any surplus divided between the restoration fund for HWH�s tower
and The Royal British Legion.

Contact: Diana Bickley on 01424 428 932 or 077667 54656; [email protected]

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Friday 29 May 2015, 8.00 pm
Saturday 30 May 2015, 8.00 pm
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

Cello Concerto
(plus Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves;
Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Mendelssohn - Symphony No 3)

Jamie Walton, cello; Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Courtney Lewis, conductor

Telephone: 1 403 571 0849

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Friday 29 May 2015, 8.00 pm
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario

Cello Concerto
(plus Holst - The Planets; Davis - new work for Children�s Chorus and Orchestra)

Yo-Yo Ma, cello;
Toronto Children�s Chorus; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

Telephone: 1 416 593 7769

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Friday 29 May 2015, 7.30pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Symphony No 1
(plus music by Janacek and Berg)

Lisa Larsson, soprano;
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, conductor

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

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Fri 29 May 2015, 7.30 pm, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Sat 30 May 2015, 7.30 pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

The Dream of Gerontius

Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-Soprano;
Toby Spence, Tenor; Alan Opie, Baritone;
RSNO Chorus, Peter Oundjian, conductor

At 6.45 pm: Manus Carey (RSNO Executive Producer) in conversation with Peter Oundjian

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Sunday 31 May 2015, 7.30 pm
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Copland, Shostakovich)

Rudi de Groote, cello;
Universities of Scotland Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Swaffer, conductor

Tickets: �12 (�10 concessions) (�8 students and children) Telephone: 0333 666 3366

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please e-mail the necessary details to :

[email protected]


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