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


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Friday 2 October 2015, 8.00 pm
Center for the Performing Arts, West Corry Street, Cincinnati OH (USA)

Symphony No 1
(plus music by Ravel, Puccini)

CCM Philarmonia (University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
Mark Gibson
, conductor

Tickets: $15 Telephone: 1 513 556 4183

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Saturday 3 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Trinity Church, Harrow, Middlesex

Froissart
(plus music by Mendelssohn, Neruda)

Cameron Johnson, trumpet;
Trinity Orchestra, Andrew Morley, conductor

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

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Saturday 3 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge

Serenade for Strings
As Torrents in Summer

(plus music by Mozart, E�envalds, Pearsall, Beethoven)

Fairhaven Singers, Ralph Woodward, conductor

Tickets: �15

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Saturday 3 October 2015, 7.30pm
De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Dream of Gerontius

Leicester Bach Choir; Leicestershire Chorale;
Bardi Orchestra, Claus Efland
, conductor

Tickets: 0116 241 4757 or 0116 233 3111

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Monday 5 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road, Manchester

A memorial concert for Michael Kennedy
(Proceeds from the concert will go to a new
Michael Kennedy Memorial Fund)

Music by Elgar
(plus Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music)

Conductors: Sir Mark Elder / Sir Andrew Davis

Tickets: �20 from RNCM Box Office: 0161 907 5555

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Tuesday 6 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Royal Concert Hall, Theatre Square, Nottingham

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Brahms, Beethoven)

Sol Gabetta, cello;
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Sanderling, conductor

Tickets: �34.50 to �10 Telephone: 0115 989 5555

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Wednesday 7 October 2015, 7:30 pm
Hereford Cathedral

Introduction and Allegro
Sea Pictures (arr. Fraser)

(plus music by Vaughan Williams and Sawyers)

April Fredrick, soprano; Academia Musica;
Three Choirs Voices; English String Orchestra

Pre-Concert Talk at 6:30 pm

Tickets: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/an-elgar-pilgrimage-sea-pictures-premiere/

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Thursday 8 October and Friday 9 October, 7.30 pm
Saturday 10 October, 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Birmingham Hippodrome
Friday 16 October, 7.30 pm, Saturday 17 October, 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Sadlers Wells, London
Friday 30 October, 7.30 pm, Saturday 31 October, 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Theatre Royal, Plymouth

Enigma Variations
(with the Frederick Ashton choreography)

Birmingham Royal Ballet
Further information:
www.brb.org.uk

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Thursday, 8 October 2015, 7:45 pm
Malvern Theatres

Froissart
Violin Concerto

(plus music by Brahms)

Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; English Symphony Orchestra
Pre-concert talk at 6:30

Tickets: www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/events/event/english-symphony-orchestra-2015/

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Friday, 9 October 2015, 7:30 pm
Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham

Piano Quintet
(plus music by Brahms)

Alexander Sitkovetsky, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violins;
Louise Lansdown, viola; Matthew Sharp, cello;
Clare Hammond, piano
Pre-concert talk at 6:45

Tickets: �20, �15, �10 www.birmingham.ac.uk/bramall/index.aspx

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Saturday, 10 October, 4:00 pm
Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham

Piano Quintet (arr. Fraser)
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor

(plus music by Mahler)

Njabulo Madlala, baritone

Tickets: �20, �15, �10 www.birmingham.ac.uk/bramall/index.aspx

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Saturday 10 October 2015, 6.30 pm
Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

Violin Sonata
(plus music by Borenstein, Lynch, Shchedrin, Lekeu)

Mifune Tsuji, violin; Yukie Smith, piano

Tickets: �15 (�10 concessions) Telephone: 01223-365571

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Saturday 10 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London

Salut d'amour
(plus music by Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky)

Guest Orchestra, Jennifer Pike, violin/director

Tickets: �17.83 Telephone: 020 7589 8212

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Monday 12 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts, Montgomery AL (USA)

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Mendelssohn)

Nadir Khashimov, violin; Natalie Helm, cello;
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Hinds, conductor

Tickets: $35 $30 $26 $22 $15 Telephone: 1 334 240 4004

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Monday 12 October 2015, 7.00 pm
Olasz Kult�rint�zet, Budapest, Hungary
Wednesday 14 October 2015, 7.00 pm
Zenepalota, Bart�k T�r 1, Miskolc, Hungary
Thursday 3 December 2015, 9.00 pm
Auditorium Torelli, Sondrio, Italy

Sospiri
(plus music by Di Giuseppe, Novello, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg)

Patrizia Cigna, soprano; Stefano Scherini, narrator;
Luca Trabucchi, guitar; G�za Szaik�, violin;
Pierluigi Ruggiero, cello; Giuliano Di Giuseppe, piano;
Concertando Ensemble

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Saturday 17 October 2015, 7.30 pm
St Mary's Church, Hampton, Middlesex

As Torrents in Summer
(plus music by Bach, Bennet, Bruckner, Coleridge-Taylor, Farnaby,
Rutter, Tavener, Tomkins, Vautor, Wesley, Whitacre)

Cantanti Camerati, Stephen Gregson, conductor

Tickets: �12 Telephone: 020 8898 8020

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Saturday 17 October 2015, 2.00 pm
Jewel Box Theater, Clark County Library, Las Vegas NV

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Mozart, Shostakovich, Piazzolla)

Las Vegas Young Artists Orchestra, Yunior Lopez, conductor

Tickets: $20

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Saturday 17 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Salvation Army Temple, Hadleigh, Benfleet, Essex

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

Bartholomew LaFollette, cello;
Southend Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Andrews, conductor

Tickets: �10 (�9 concessions) Telephone: 01268 755005

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Sunday 18 October 2015, 6.30 pm
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Forest Road, London

Symphony No 2
(plus music by Rossini, Beethoven)

Stephen Hough, piano;
Forest Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Shanahan, conductor

Tickets: �15 �10 (concessions �12 �8)
see www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Saturday 24 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Victoria Fine Arts Center, Sam Houston Drive, Victoria TX

Cello Concerto
(plus music by Kod�ly, Debussy)

Cicely Parnas, cello;
Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Darryl One, conductor

Telephone: 1 361 576 4500 www.victoriasymphony.com

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Saturday 24 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Warlock, Holst)

Royal College of Music String Orchestra, Mark Messenger, conductor

Tickets: �15 �10

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Saturday 24 October 2015, 8.30 pm
Sala Tripcovich, Trieste, Italy
Monday 26 October 2015, 8.00 pm
Kolarac, Studentski trg 5, Beograd, Serbia
Wednesday 28 October 2015, 8.00 pm
Sinagoga, Jevrejska 9, Novi Sad, Serbia

Cello Concerto

(plus music by Rota, Respighi)

Irena Josifoska, cello;
Orchestra Nazionale dei Conservatori, Giuseppe Grazioli, conductor

Telephone: +39 040 672 2300

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Saturday 24 October 2015, 7.30 pm
Corn Exchange, Bedford

Serenade for Strings
(plus music by Schumann, Bruch, Weber)

Tasmin Little, violin;
Philharmonia Orchestra, Jac van Steen, conductor

Tickets: �35 �30 �25 �21 �14 Telephone: 01234 718044

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Thursday 29 October 2015, 8.15 pm
Schouwburg Ogterop, Meppel
Friday 30 October 2015, 8.15 pm
New Veste, Breda
Saturday 31 October 2015, 8.15 pm
Cunerakerk, Rhenen
Monday 2 November, 8.15 pm
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam
Thursday 5 November, 8.15 pm
Muziekcentrum, Enschede
Friday 6 November, 8.15 pm
Grote Kerk, Muiden, Naarden
Saturday 7 November, 8.00 pm
Cultura, Ede
Sunday 8 November, 11.00 am, Monday 9 November, 8.15 pm
Grote Zaal, Rotterdam

Piano Quintet

(plus music by Schubert)

Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Nino Gvetadze, Piano

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Saturday, October 31 2015, 7:30pm
Holy Innocents Church, Wilbraham Road, Fallowfield

Symphony No. 2
(plus music by Holbrooke, Vaughan Williams)

The Manchester Beethoven Orchestra, Frank Lennon, conductor
www.beethovenorchestra.co.uk

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