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| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
St Mary at Hill, LondonReverie presents 'When Music Sounds' |
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| St Mary at Hill, London, St Mary at Hill, Eastcheep, London EC3R 8EE, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm Reverie presents 'When Music Sounds' | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
St Laurence's Church, LudlowSigh No More Ladies Ludlow English Song Weekend |
Hugh-Jones, Two songs of Fate |
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| St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, College Street, Ludlow SY8 1AN, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Sigh No More Ladies Hugh-Jones, Elaine (b. 1927), Two songs of Fate | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonCoronation Classics |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Jun-13 07:30pm Coronation Classics | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonMusic from the 1953 Coronation |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Music from the 1953 Coronation | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Rest is Noise: The Home Front |
Programme to include: Walton, Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. Christopher Palmer) |
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| Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm The Rest is Noise: The Home Front Programme to include: Walton, William (1902-1983), Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. Christopher Palmer) | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:30pm |
St Mary at Hill, LondonCLSW Summer Concert 2013 |
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| St Mary at Hill, London, St Mary at Hill, Eastcheep, London EC3R 8EE, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:30pm CLSW Summer Concert 2013 Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Westminster Abbey, LondonCoronation Concert |
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| Westminster Abbey, London, 20 Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:00pm Coronation Concert Concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Works by Tomkins, Thomas (1572-1656) Works by Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625) Works by Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) Works by Howells, Herbert (1892-1983) | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonWorld Premiere of Nimrod Borenstein's 'If you will it, it is no dream' |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:30pm World Premiere of Nimrod Borenstein's 'If you will it, it is no dream' Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:30pm |
All Saints Church, West Dulwich, LondonA Garland of English Song |
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| All Saints Church, West Dulwich, London, Lovelace Road, London SE21 8JY, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:30pm A Garland of English Song | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Paul's Church, CanterburyBritten and his Older Contemporaries |
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| St Paul's Church, Canterbury, Canterbury CT1 1NP, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:30pm Britten and his Older Contemporaries Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Elvet Methodist Church, DurhamBlessed Cecilia |
Purcell, Now that the sun hath veiled its light, an evening hymn, Z 193 (arr. Benjamin Britten) |
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| Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 8 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm Blessed Cecilia Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Now that the sun hath veiled its light, an evening hymn, Z 193 (arr. Benjamin Britten) | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Middlesbrough Town HallCoronation Diamond Jubilee Concert |
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| Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QQ, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm Coronation Diamond Jubilee Concert | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 02:30pm |
The Music Room, Gregynog, NewtownTenebrae | Nigel Short, director Gregynog Festival |
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| The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Tregynon, Newtown SY16 3PW, United Kingdom Sunday 30-Jun-13 02:30pm Tenebrae | Nigel Short, director | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Wigmore Hall, LondonLes liaisons dangereuses |
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 1, Op.64bis (arr Borisovsky) |
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| Wigmore Hall, London, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP, United Kingdom Sunday 30-Jun-13 07:30pm Les liaisons dangereuses This year’s annual Royal College of Music string showcase at the Wigmore Hall is based around a series of “dangerous liaisons” between composers and their muses. So we hear Janáček’s take on Tolstoy, and Prokofiev’s take on Shakespeare. We hear Martinů get to grips with Rossini, and Szymanowski get to grips with Paganini. We find out what came out of Britten’s meeting with Rostropovich, and of Walton’s meeting with Julian Bream. And, of course, we discover the most dangerous liaison of all, in the shape of Tartini’s encounter with the devil himself… Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953), Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 1, Op.64bis (arr Borisovsky) | ||
| Thursday 4-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Cadogan Hall, LondonLondon Phoenix Orchestra: A Night at the Movies III |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Thursday 4-Jul-13 07:30pm London Phoenix Orchestra: A Night at the Movies III | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Portsmouth GuildhallBournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza |
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| Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth PO1 2AB, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza ![]() | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Colston Hall, BristolBournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza |
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| Colston Hall, Bristol, Bristol BS1 5AR, United Kingdom Friday 12-Jul-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza ![]() | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Lighthouse, PooleBournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza |
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| Lighthouse, Poole, Poole BH15 1UG, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Classical Extravaganza ![]() | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:30pm |
St David's Hall, CardiffBournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Welsh Proms, Cardiff |
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| St David's Hall, Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 2DP, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:30pm Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Welsh Proms, Cardiff ![]() | ||
| Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 16 BBC Proms |
Walton, Film music from Henry V (Touch her soft lips and part; Death of Falstaff) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 16 Jac van Steen and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales launch the Proms cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the baleful fanfare of the Fourth. Celebrating his 60th birthday this year, Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist in the Proms premiere of Granville Bantock’s Sapphic Poem, launching the Proms focus on the composer this summer. Rich, lyrical and lushly orchestrated, it is framed by two very different portraits of Sir John Falstaff, by Edward Elgar and William Walton.Tickets £7.50 - £36. Walton, William (1902-1983), Film music from Henry V (Touch her soft lips and part; Death of Falstaff) | ||
| Sunday 28-Jul-13 07:45pm |
Gloucester CathedralOrchestral Concert Three Choirs Festival |
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| Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, United Kingdom Sunday 28-Jul-13 07:45pm Orchestral Concert Tickets will be available online from 18th April 2013. This concert supported by the DG Albright Charitable Trust.Image credit: Philip Higham c.Sussie Ahlburg | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 24 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 24 A celebration of British light and occasional music, including pieces written by Walton and Coates used to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago, and Elgar’s Nursery Suite, dedicated in 1931 to the Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth and to their mother Elizabeth, then Duchess of York.Tickets £7.50 - £36. | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 07:45pm |
Gloucester CathedralBelshazzar's Feast Three Choirs Festival |
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| Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, United Kingdom Friday 2-Aug-13 07:45pm Belshazzar's Feast This concert is supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust. For those interested in finding out more about Elgar's 'Falstaff', Simon Rees will be giving a talk on the link between Elgar and Shakespeare on Thursday 1 August at 11am in the Gloucester Guildhall. Tickets for both events will be available online from April 18th.Image credit: Njabulo Madlala | ||
| Tuesday 6-Aug-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 31 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 6-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 31 The BBC Philharmonic and its Principal Guest Conductor return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first Proms performance of Erich Korngold’s Symphony. Dedicated to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the symphony refers back to Korngold’s score for the 1939 Errol Flynn and Bette Davis romance The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Rubbra’s Ode to the Queen and Walton’s Orb and Sceptre celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, while Vilde Frang joins Storgårds and the orchestra for Bruch’s ever-popular Violin Concerto.Tickets £7.50 - £36. | ||
| Saturday 24-Aug-13 03:00pm |
Cadogan Hall, LondonProms Saturday Matinée 4 BBC Proms |
Purcell, Sonata no. 6 in G minor "Chaconne", in four parts, Z 807 (arr. Britten) Walton, Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 6 "Finale, Fuga à la gigue" (Presto giocoso) Davies, Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round" (BBC commission, world première) Woolrich, Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round" (BBC commission, world première) |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 24-Aug-13 03:00pm Proms Saturday Matinée 4 To mark the coronation in 1953, Lennox Berkeley, Britten, Arthur Oldham, Humphrey Searle, Tippett and Walton composed a series of variations on ‘Sellinger’s Round’, a melody harmonised four centuries earlier by William Byrd and orchestrated in 1953 by Imogen Holst. Today the English Chamber Orchestra adds two new variations to the set, by John Woolrich and Tansy Davies, in a matinee that also features two vivid works written for tenor Peter Pears: Britten’s Serenade for tenor, horn and strings and Lutosławski’s Paroles tissées.Tickets 10 - £12. Berkeley, Sir Lennox (1903-1989), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 3 (Andante) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Selleiger's Round": Variation 4 (Quick and Gay) Oldham, Arthur (1926-2003), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 1 (Allegro non troppo) Searle, Humphrey (1915-1982), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 5 "Nocturne" (Adagio) Tippett, Michael (1905-1998), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 2 "Lament" Walton, William (1902-1983), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 6 "Finale, Fuga à la gigue" (Presto giocoso) Davies, Tansy, Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round" (BBC commission, world première) Woolrich, John (b. 1954), Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round" (BBC commission, world première) | ||
| Saturday 31-Aug-13 03:00pm |
Cadogan Hall, LondonProms Saturday Matinée 5 BBC Proms |
Britten, Elegy for strings (world première) |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 31-Aug-13 03:00pm Proms Saturday Matinée 5 The focus on Benjamin Britten and his contemporaries continues with the world premiere of his Elegy for strings. Written six years before the Simple Symphony, this eloquent early miniature is contrasted with works by Tippett and Walton in the Proms debut of Camerata Nordica. Violinist Terje Tønnesen directs the Swedish ensemble as well as viola player Catherine Bullock in Lachrymae, arranged for string orchestra by Britten in the last year of his life. Tippett’s Little Music for strings and Walton’s Sonata for strings, another 1970s arrangement of a 1940s work, complete an all-British string ensemble matinee.Tickets 10 - £12. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Elegy for strings (world première) | ||
| Saturday 31-Aug-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 65 - Film Music Prom BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 31-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 65 - Film Music Prom A parade of excerpts from great British film scores conjures up a world of stiff upper lips and suicide missions, while the late Richard Rodney Bennett’s lyrical Lady Caroline Lamb suite portrays the literary adventuress who captured Byron’s heart. Superheroes and space travellers dominate the second half, with music by Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss, John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith.Tickets £9.50 - £46. | ||
| Sunday 12-Jan-14 11:00am |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamLandsacpes: Brahms and Walton |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 12-Jan-14 11:00am Landsacpes: Brahms and Walton ![]() Image credit: Edward Gardner © Jillian Edelstein | ||
| Thursday 30-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, LondonMaxwell Davis, Brahms and Walton |
Maxwell Davies, Fanfare (Her Majesty's Welcome) |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 30-Jan-14 07:30pm Maxwell Davis, Brahms and Walton Tickets £10 - £37. Maxwell Davies, Peter (b. 1934), Fanfare (Her Majesty's Welcome) | ||
| Thursday 6-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Olavshallen, TrondheimStar violinist Baiba Skride |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Thursday 6-Feb-14 07:30pm Star violinist Baiba Skride | ||
| Friday 23-May-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolBringing Down the House! |
Copeland, Percussion Concerto (World Premiere) |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Friday 23-May-14 07:30pm Bringing Down the House! In 1931 William Walton took a great northern choir and a massive symphony orchestra, added a couple of brass bands – and blew English choral music sky-high. Big, brassy and shamelessly savage, Belshazzar’s Feast shocked audiences back then, and it still knocks you backwards even today.
There’s no more electrifying way to end our season, but Vasily Petrenko has got a few more surprises up his sleeve, from Britten’s joyous showcase for our brilliant Youth Choir, to a very un-English overture by Edward Elgar. And of course, a world premiere: the first ever performance of a brand new percussion concerto by Stewart Copeland – yes, the Stewart Copeland, former drummer of The Police. No question, the 13-14 season is going out with a bang!Image credit: Mark McNulty Copeland, Stewart (b. 1952), Percussion Concerto (World Premiere) | ||