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| 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 | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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) | ||