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| Friday 3-Sep-10 01:00pm |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonFree Lunchtime Concert - Olivia Sham Piano |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Friday 3-Sep-10 01:00pm Free Lunchtime Concert - Olivia Sham Piano Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalLieder recital Werner Güra Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Friday 3-Sep-10 04:00pm Lieder recital Werner Güra | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Wolkenturm, GrafeneggWiener Philharmoniker Grafenegg Festival |
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| Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, Grafenegg, Austria Friday 3-Sep-10 07:00pm Wiener Philharmoniker | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Festival Tent, Gstaad Soirée Slave: Philippe Bach, Khatia Buniatishvili Menuhin Festival Gstaad |
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| Festival Tent, Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm Soirée Slave: Philippe Bach, Khatia Buniatishvili CHF 160.– / 135.– / 95.– / 65.– € 104.– / 88.– / 62.– / 43.– | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm |
St John the Baptist, PlushPlush Ensemble Music at Plush |
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| St John the Baptist, Plush, Dorset, UK, Plush DT2 7RJ, United Kingdom Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm Plush Ensemble The Plush Ensemble weekend is an annual festival highlight. For this concert, a world-class group of musicians come together to perform music from Haydn to Elgar, including Mozart's String Quintet in D. | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Overseas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London"Schumann and more" Chamber Music Festival |
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| Royal Overseas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR, United Kingdom Friday 3-Sep-10 07:30pm "Schumann and more" Chamber Music Festival "SCHUMANN AND MORE" Festival Princess Alexandra Hall Royal Over Seas League House, Park Place St.James's Street London SW1A 1LR Tickets - £10 a glass of wine included 3rd September Concert, 7:30 at the Princess Alexandra Hall, Schumann Fantasiestucke Piano Trio op.88 (Alba Ventura, Natalia Lomeiko, David Cohen) Bruch A selection of pieces for violin, clarinet and piano (Natalia Lomeiko, Nicolas Baldeyrou, Olga Sitkovetsky) interval Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat (Alba Ventura, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, David Cohen) 4th September pre concert rehearsals at the Hall possible masterclass Concert, 7:30 Schumann Adagio and Allegro op.70 (David Cohen, Olga Sitkovetsky ) Fantasiestucke (Nicolas Baldeyrou, Olga Sitkovetsky ) Fantasie arr.Kreisler (Yuri Zhislin, Olga Sitkovetsky) interval Bach Goldberg Variations arr. for String Trio by D.Sitkovetsky (Natalia Lomeiko, Yuri Zhislin, David Cohen 5th September Concert , 3:00 Schumann Piano Quintet (Alba Ventura, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Natalia Lomeiko, Yuri Zhislin, David Cohen) short interval Brahms Clarinet Quintet (Nicolas Baldeyrou, Natalia Lomeiko, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin, David Cohen) Natalia Lomeiko, Violin David Cohen, Cello Yuri Zhislin, Viola Alba Ventura, Piano Olga Sitkovetsky, Piano Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin Nicolas Baldeyrou, Clarinet Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalPiano recital Lars Vogt Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Friday 3-Sep-10 08:00pm Piano recital Lars Vogt | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Usher Hall, EdinburghSusan Graham/Malcolm Martineau Edinburgh International Festival |
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| Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, United Kingdom Friday 3-Sep-10 08:00pm Susan Graham/Malcolm Martineau Now a firm Festival favourite, American mezzo soprano Susan Graham is one of the world’s foremost opera and recital stars. Tonight she performs a sumptuous programme of music by American composers alongside songs by Mozart and Mahler. An evening of glorious vocal music-making. ‘creamy tone, smoothly controlled technique, keen artistic instincts.’ Baltimore Sun ‘totally compelling’ The Wall Street Journal ‘at the peak of her powers.’ The Sunday Times Tickets from £8 With support from Frank Hitchman | ||
| Friday 3-Sep-10 08:30pm |
Salone degli Arazzi - Isola Bella, StresaPiotr Anderszewski Stresa Festival |
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| Salone degli Arazzi - Isola Bella, Stresa, Stresa, Italy Friday 3-Sep-10 08:30pm Piotr Anderszewski | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 10:30am |
Kapelle Gstaad Matinée des jeunes étoiles VIII Menuhin Festival Gstaad |
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| Kapelle Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland Saturday 4-Sep-10 10:30am Matinée des jeunes étoiles VIII CHF 30 € 20 | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalLieder recital Christoph Prégardien Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Saturday 4-Sep-10 04:00pm Lieder recital Christoph Prégardien | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm |
St John the Baptist, PlushPlush Ensemble Music at Plush |
Liszt, Années de Pélérinage, Première Année: Suisse: Vallée d'Obermann, S. 160 (arranged for piano trio) Birtwistle, New Work (for solo cello) |
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| St John the Baptist, Plush, Dorset, UK, Plush DT2 7RJ, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm Plush Ensemble This concert features contrasting pieces ranging from Beethoven to the world premiere of Birtwistle’s new work for solo cello. Expect to be challenged and delighted by the group’s infectious energy and original interpretations. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886), Années de Pélérinage, Première Année: Suisse: Vallée d'Obermann, S. 160 (arranged for piano trio) Birtwistle, Harrison (b. 1934), New Work (for solo cello) | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Overseas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London"Schumann and more" Chamber Music Festival |
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| Royal Overseas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Sep-10 07:30pm "Schumann and more" Chamber Music Festival Natalia Lomeiko, Violin David Cohen, Cello Yuri Zhislin, Viola Alba Ventura, Piano Olga Sitkovetsky, Piano Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin Nicolas Baldeyrou, Clarinet Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 4-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Culture and Convention Centre: Concert Hall, LucerneRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra Lucerne Festival |
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| Culture and Convention Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne, Lucerne 6005, Switzerland Saturday 4-Sep-10 08:00pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 11:00am |
Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn Saal, LeipzigTal & Groethuysen Leipzig |
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| Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn Saal, Leipzig, D 04109 Leipzig, Germany Sunday 5-Sep-10 11:00am Tal & Groethuysen Leipzig | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 11:00am |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalChamber concert Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Sunday 5-Sep-10 11:00am Chamber concert | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 03:00pm |
Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, LondonFoundling Sunday Concerts |
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| Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London, London WC1N 1AZ, United Kingdom Sunday 5-Sep-10 03:00pm Foundling Sunday Concerts Price type: Free | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 03:00pm |
Royal Overseas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London"Schumann and more" Chamber Music Festival |
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| Royal Overseas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR, United Kingdom Sunday 5-Sep-10 03:00pm "Schumann and more" Chamber Music Festival Natalia Lomeiko, Violin David Cohen, Cello Yuri Zhislin, Viola Alba Ventura, Piano Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin Nicolas Baldeyrou, Clarinet Price type: Low cost: 50% at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 03:30pm |
Brown's Hotel, LondonConcert and Champagne Tea, Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano. Young Artist's Recital. |
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| Brown's Hotel, London, Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4BP, United Kingdom Sunday 5-Sep-10 03:30pm Concert and Champagne Tea, Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano. Young Artist's Recital. Members of the Chopin Society £30. Non-members £35 | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 05:00pm |
Eglise des Jésuites, SionRécital Piano et Violon Festival International de Musique Sion Valais |
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| Eglise des Jésuites, Sion, Sion, Switzerland Sunday 5-Sep-10 05:00pm Récital Piano et Violon The International Music Festival Sion Valais has existed for more than 45 years and is one of the most important classical music festivals in Switzerland. It takes places every year during the months of August and September. Every two years, the Sion Festival organizes an International Violon Competition presided by Maestro Shlomo Mintz. | ||
| Sunday 5-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 68 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London, United Kingdom Sunday 5-Sep-10 08:00pm Prom 68 To close our HenryWood Day, the Ulster Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor PaulWatkins play music either premiered by or closely associated with the founder-conductor of the Proms, opening with the fanfare that Arthur Bliss, the BBC’s then Director of Music, wrote for Wood’s 75th (and last) birthday in 1944, the year of the Proms’ Golden Jubilee. | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 01:10pm |
St Anne's Lutheran Church, LondonSchumann: Piano Trio in D minor |
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| St Anne's Lutheran Church, London, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BX, United Kingdom Monday 6-Sep-10 01:10pm Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor The Lauriston Trio returns to start the new season of concerts at St Anne's. Refreshments are provided before and after the concert, visitors are welcome to bring lunch. Price type: Free | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 69 BBC Proms |
MacMillan, The Sacrifice (Three interludes, London première) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London, United Kingdom Monday 6-Sep-10 07:00pm Prom 69 The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, Stéphane Denève, join Paul Lewis as he rounds off his cycle of the five Beethoven piano concertos with the last and most proudly majestic of them all. Taking up this afternoon’s Italian theme, they play spectacular orchestral showpieces by Berlioz and Respighi, inspired respectively by Rome’s lively street life and its imperial past; while, cementing Celtic connections, they introduce a recent symphonic suite drawn from the Scottish composer James MacMillan’s opera The Sacrifice, inspired by the medieval folk tales of The Mabinogion and premiered to great acclaim by Welsh National Opera in 2007. MacMillan, James (b. 1959), The Sacrifice (Three interludes, London première) | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Aros Centre, PortreeCarmen |
Scottish Opera Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director |
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| Aros Centre, Portree, Highland, Portree IV51, United Kingdom Monday 6-Sep-10 07:30pm Beautiful gypsies, obsession, intense emotion and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera…it can only be Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s right-wing regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and black-market smuggling is rife. As a woman wanting to break free, the stakes are high for someone like Carmen. An outspoken gypsy with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him to deny his friends and position and he is soon living the life of a smuggler in the desolate mountains of Spain. As his relationship with Carmen disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one. Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the world’s favourite operas for over a century. From the sultry ‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’ and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s ever-popular music brings out the earthy vitality of his characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast. Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director | ||
| Monday 6-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalLieder recital Christoph Prégardien Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Monday 6-Sep-10 08:00pm Lieder recital Christoph Prégardien | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalPiano recital Elisabeth Leonskaja Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Tuesday 7-Sep-10 04:00pm Piano recital Elisabeth Leonskaja | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Moores Opera House, Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, TXRecital: Dan Gelok, saxophone |
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| Moores Opera House, Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 120 School of Music Bldg., Houston, TX 77024-4017, United States Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm Recital: Dan Gelok, saxophone Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 pm $10/5 Dan Gelok, saxophone Wenli Zhou,* piano Works by Charpentier, J.S. Bach, Albright, Benson | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Citizens Theatre, GlasgowCarmen |
Scottish Opera Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director |
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| Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS, United Kingdom Tuesday 7-Sep-10 07:30pm Beautiful gypsies, obsession, intense emotion and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera…it can only be Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s right-wing regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and black-market smuggling is rife. As a woman wanting to break free, the stakes are high for someone like Carmen. An outspoken gypsy with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him to deny his friends and position and he is soon living the life of a smuggler in the desolate mountains of Spain. As his relationship with Carmen disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one. Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the world’s favourite operas for over a century. From the sultry ‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’ and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s ever-popular music brings out the earthy vitality of his characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast. Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director | ||
| Tuesday 7-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CATovey and the Russians |
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| Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA 90078, United States Tuesday 7-Sep-10 08:00pm Tovey and the Russians | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 12:30pm |
De Munt | La Monnaie: Fiocco Hall, BrusselsVIVE LA MÉLODIE FRANÇAISE ! Klarafestival |
Berlioz, Les Nuits d'Eté, Op.7 (Extracts) |
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| De Munt | La Monnaie: Fiocco Hall, Brussels, Rue Leopoldstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Wednesday 8-Sep-10 12:30pm VIVE LA MÉLODIE FRANÇAISE ! With dissonant chords, romantic love songs and capricious melodies, this trio will immerse you in what could be called the French counterpart to Mahlers German Romanticism. Berlioz was the first of his contemporaries to start making waves - high time for Romanticism! This is exactly why this programme will open with Berlioz’ Nuits d’Eté, moving on to works by Godard, Widor, Fauré and Saint-Saëns to complete a sketch of French Romanticism. The programme will close with Prélude à L’Après d’un Faune, Debussy’s contribution to the ushering-in of a new musical era. This aptly-chosen overview will be performed by Alexis Kossenko, Rémy Cardinale and baritone Alain Buet. Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869), Les Nuits d'Eté, Op.7 (Extracts) | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Musikverein: Großer Saal, ViennaGewandhausorchester Leipzig |
Schumann, Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (arr. Theodor W. Adorno for small orchestra) |
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| Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Wednesday 8-Sep-10 07:30pm Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (arr. Theodor W. Adorno for small orchestra) | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalLieder recital Andreas Scholl Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Wednesday 8-Sep-10 08:00pm Lieder recital Andreas Scholl | ||
| Wednesday 8-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, BrusselsRêve d'amour Klarafestival |
Works by Wolf (Im stillen Friedhof / Die Stimme des Kindes / Frülingschor) Works by Liszt (Rêve d’Amour/ Cantique d’amour) Mahler, Rückertlieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen ((transcr. Clytus Gottwald)) |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Wednesday 8-Sep-10 08:00pm Rêve d'amour The French choir Accentus presents a varied range of 19th century Romantic love songs with a sober piano accompaniment. Under the direction of Laurence Equilbey they have amazed both friend and foe with their mosaic of solo songs and transcriptions of orchestral works. They will be presenting an arrangement of Mahler’s Third Symphony specially composed for the KlaraFestival. The uncontested highlight of this evening will be Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, an enchanting song about allowing yourself to release your attachment to the world. Mahler said: “This song expresses verything I am” Works by Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903) (Im stillen Friedhof / Die Stimme des Kindes / Frülingschor) Works by Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) (Rêve d’Amour/ Cantique d’amour) Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Rückertlieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen ((transcr. Clytus Gottwald)) | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 12:30pm |
De Munt | La Monnaie: Fiocco Hall, BrusselsL'armee des romantiques Klarafestival |
Works by Mendelssohn |
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| De Munt | La Monnaie: Fiocco Hall, Brussels, Rue Leopoldstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Thursday 9-Sep-10 12:30pm L'armee des romantiques SOME CHARMING SCOTTISH MELODIES: During the second afternoon concert in the miniature series L’Armée des Romantiques Alexis Kossenko will immerse you in the music of Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Commissioned by the publishing firm Thomson and at the recommendation of Haydn, Beethoven made arrangements of a collection of Scottish folk melodies. These simple, moving songs will be followed by one of Mendelssohn’s most famous works, presented in an unknown version for piano, flute and cello. This original work from 1840 was only discovered a few years ago and, according to Kossenko, is one of the ‘most beautiful pieces of chamber music for fl ute from the 19th century’. With its powerful, effervescent and melancholy tones this work creates a compelling atmosphere. Works by Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Citizens Theatre, GlasgowCarmen |
Scottish Opera Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director |
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| Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS, United Kingdom Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm Beautiful gypsies, obsession, intense emotion and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera…it can only be Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s right-wing regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and black-market smuggling is rife. As a woman wanting to break free, the stakes are high for someone like Carmen. An outspoken gypsy with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him to deny his friends and position and he is soon living the life of a smuggler in the desolate mountains of Spain. As his relationship with Carmen disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one. Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the world’s favourite operas for over a century. From the sultry ‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’ and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s ever-popular music brings out the earthy vitality of his characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast. Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Annie Gill, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Robyn Lyn Evans, Tenor: Don José Nicholas Ransley, Tenor: Don José Michael de Souza, Baritone: Escamillo Francis Church, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Patrick Ashcroft, Tenor: Le Remendado Francisco Javier Borda, Bass: Zuniga Robert Tucker, Baritone: Moralès Claire Watkins, Soprano: Micaela Caroline Macphie, Soprano: Frasquita Katherine Allen, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Derek Clark, Conductor Susannah Wapshott, Piano Ashley Dean, Director/Director | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 74 BBC Proms |
Holloway, Reliquary: Scenes from the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, enclosing an instrumentation of Schumann's ‘Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart’ (BBC commission, World Première) |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, London, United Kingdom Thursday 9-Sep-10 07:30pm Prom 74 To end our Schumann bicentenary survey, Irish pianist Finghin Collins plays the closest thing we have to a second Schumann piano concerto, while Robin Holloway offers a fresh slant on the composer’s final song-cycle, which sets poems and prayers penned in exile and prison by Mary, Queen of Scots. Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic also include masterpieces by two other composers who sadly lived even shorter lives. | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Eglise des Jésuites, SionRécital Piano Festival International de Musique Sion Valais |
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| Eglise des Jésuites, Sion, Sion, Switzerland Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:00pm Récital Piano The International Music Festival Sion Valais has existed for more than 45 years and is one of the most important classical music festivals in Switzerland. It takes places every year during the months of August and September. Every two years, the Sion Festival organizes an International Violon Competition presided by Maestro Shlomo Mintz. | ||
| Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:30pm |
Auditorium di Milano Fondazione CariploOrchestra Sinfonica di Milano |
Berlioz, Roméo and Juliet, choral symphony, Op.17 (love scene) |
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| Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo, Largo Gustav Mahler, Milan, Italy Thursday 9-Sep-10 08:30pm Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 02:30pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, LondonMikhail Rudy - Russian Masterpieces: Seasons and Pictures Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Friday 10-Sep-10 02:30pm Mikhail Rudy - Russian Masterpieces: Seasons and Pictures Tickets: £4.50
The charismatic pianist Mikhail Rudy is well known for his creative programmes, whether it be his dramatisation of The Pianist or collaboration with the jazz pianist Misha Alperin in Double Dream. He's also a worldclass virtuoso, capable of encompassing huge orchestral works on the piano, as we'll witness in his arrangement of Petrushka and performance of Mussorgsky's monumental Pictures at an Exhibition. In these concerts, Rudy delves into his Russian past. As he says, ‘Being Russian myself but living a great part of my life in the West, Russian music is for me a constant emotional link, a way of keeping Russia alive inside me.' He's joined in his second concert by his compatriot the cellist Alexander Ivashkin, a musical tour de force in his own right, being a soloist, conductor and Professor of Music at the University of London.
Tchaikovsky's The Seasons ought to have been called ‘The Months', for the complete cycle contains 12 pieces each named for a month of the year and each written to accompany lines from a poem on that month by a different poet. Published as the musical supplements to a St Petersburg monthly journal from January to December 1876, they were intended to be within the capabilities of amateur pianists, but have sufficient subtleties to interest real virtuosi, too. Their formal simplicity, coupled with the programmatic imagery, was a spur to Tchaikovsky's invention: many of them remind us of his genius as a ballet composer, and it's easy enough to imagine a ballet constructed around their sequence of varied moods and characters.
Unlike The Seasons, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is a visionary work and the sound of a modern Steinway is almost not enough for the range and richness of the colours required, hence the many orchestrations. A grand memorial to his friend, the painter Viktor Hartmann, it takes the form of Mussorgsky himself (a portly figure represented by a ‘Promenade' in ponderous 11/4 time) viewing ten pictures in a memorial exhibition of Hartmann's work which was held in 1874. The sharp delineations of character and colour, vividly rendering scenes and personalities, created a new manner of writing for the piano which was hardly understood for over 50 years, while the monumental finale - ‘The Great Gate of Kiev'- is one of the most majestic culminations in piano literature.
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| Friday 10-Sep-10 03:45pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, LondonMikhail Rudy - Russian Masterpieces: The Russian Cello Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Friday 10-Sep-10 03:45pm Mikhail Rudy - Russian Masterpieces: The Russian Cello Tickets: £4.50
The charismatic pianist Mikhail Rudy is well known for his creative programmes, whether it be his dramatisation of The Pianist or collaboration with the jazz pianist Misha Alperin in Double Dream. He's also a worldclass virtuoso, capable of encompassing huge orchestral works on the piano, as we'll witness in his arrangement of Petrushka and performance of Mussorgsky's monumental Pictures at an Exhibition. In these concerts, Rudy delves into his Russian past. As he says, ‘Being Russian myself but living a great part of my life in the West, Russian music is for me a constant emotional link, a way of keeping Russia alive inside me.' He's joined in his second concert by his compatriot the cellist Alexander Ivashkin, a musical tour de force in his own right, being a soloist, conductor and Professor of Music at the University of London.
Stravinsky's Suite Italienne (1932) is an arrangement of an arrangement of an arrangement. In it - with the help of the great cellist Piatigorsky - he transcribed a violin-piano suite he'd made in 1925 of movements from his ballet Pulcinella (1919-20), itself founded upon a collection of 18th-century pieces by (or rather, often, wrongly attributed to) Pergolesi. Stravinsky does everything he can to upset the four-square Baroque phrasing by means of displaced accents, prominent syncopations, changes of timesignature, and so on. His rather Cubist re-ordering and re-imagining of the Baroque melodies and harmonies are taken a stage further when transferred to cello and piano, creating a kind of conscienceless neoclassicism, like a burlesque of Pergolesi's own sonatas.
Prokofiev's Cello Sonata is a late work, written in the dark days after February 1948, when the composer (along with Shostakovich) had been denounced by Stalin's henchman Zhdanov for writing ‘formalist, bourgeois decadent, anti-people music'. Though ill and depressed, Prokofiev felt that to be ‘working, always working' would be his personal salvation in this situation, and he was quick to spot the talent of the young Mstislav Rostropovich and to write a work especially for him. Though it does not have the barbaric dissonance of his middleperiod works, its combination of aching lyricism and spiky virtuosity is authentic Prokofiev. There is a defiant youthfulness to this music, rather than the spirit of elegy, encapsulated in his preface quote from Gorky: ‘Man, how proud the word sounds!'
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| Friday 10-Sep-10 04:00pm |
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-SaalLieder recital Christopher Maltman Schubertiade |
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| Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, 6867 Schwarzenberg, Austria Friday 10-Sep-10 04:00pm Lieder recital Christopher Maltman | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 05:00pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, LondonMikhail Rudy - Russian Masterpieces: Petrushka Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Friday 10-Sep-10 05:00pm Mikhail Rudy - Russian Masterpieces: Petrushka Tickets: £4.50
The charismatic pianist Mikhail Rudy is well known for his creative programmes, whether it be his dramatisation of The Pianist or collaboration with the jazz pianist Misha Alperin in Double Dream. He's also a worldclass virtuoso, capable of encompassing huge orchestral works on the piano, as we'll witness in his arrangement of Petrushka and performance of Mussorgsky's monumental Pictures at an Exhibition. In these concerts, Rudy delves into his Russian past. As he says, ‘Being Russian myself but living a great part of my life in the West, Russian music is for me a constant emotional link, a way of keeping Russia alive inside me.' He's joined in his second concert by his compatriot the cellist Alexander Ivashkin, a musical tour de force in his own right, being a soloist, conductor and Professor of Music at the University of London.
Prokofiev made his international reputation as a pianist-composer, an alchemist of brilliant keyboard miniatures, sometimes caustic, sometimes tender or sentimental. Twenty of these make up the Visions fugitives (1915-17), pieces meant to suggest the highly concentrated essence of a kaleidoscope of moods, each just a minute or so long: musical epigrams that stand in for unheard epics. The ballet Romeo and Juliet, by contrast, enshrines the far more expansive and genuinely romantic style of the later Prokofiev, and contains some of his best-loved melodies. We hear three numbers from the set of ten that Prokofiev himself arranged for piano.
Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka originated in the sound of the piano, for he originally conceived it as a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra. In his memoirs, he recalled it all began with his having ‘a distinct picture of a puppet, suddenly endowed with life, exasperating the patience of the orchestra with diabolical cascades of arpeggios'. He himself arranged three dances from the ballet for solo piano at the behest of Arthur Rubenstein, so the logic of Mikhail Rudy's own transcription is unimpeachable. In its combination of folksong and urban melodies with daring harmonic and rhythmic experiment, this is Stravinsky at his most subversively brilliant, as well as his great tribute to St Petersburg. As Rudy writes, ‘I completed this suite to make the entire Petrushka less driven by the idea of pianistic tour de force than by the desire to tell the story of the love, jealousy and ultimate death of a piece of wood, the puppet Petrushka, by the means of another piece of wood, the piano.'
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| Friday 10-Sep-10 07:00pm |
Suntory Hall, Tokyo Japan Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Friday 10-Sep-10 07:00pm Japan Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 07:30pm |
Auckland Castle, Throne Room, Bishop AucklandClassics in the Castle |
Bruch, Eight Pieces, Op.83 (Pieces 1-4) |
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| Auckland Castle, Throne Room, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom Friday 10-Sep-10 07:30pm Classics in the Castle The Classics in the Castle season is promoted by Bishop Auckland Music Society. Tickets cost £12 full, concession £11, under 22 free. Auckland Castle has been the home of Bishops of Durham for 900 years and the Throne Room has an ideal scale and acoustic for chamber music. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Trio in E flat for Piano, Clarinet and Viola, "Kegelstatt", K498 Bruch, Max (1838-1920), Eight Pieces, Op.83 (Pieces 1-4) | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 07:30pm |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonClassic Concertos |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Friday 10-Sep-10 07:30pm Classic Concertos | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, BonnOpening concert with Hélène Grimaud, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Paavo Järvi Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 10-Sep-10 08:00pm Opening concert with Hélène Grimaud, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Paavo Järvi | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Long Center for the Performing Arts: Dell Hall, Austin, TXAustin Symphony Presents André Watts |
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| Long Center for the Performing Arts: Dell Hall, Austin, TX, 701 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, TX 78704, United States Friday 10-Sep-10 08:00pm Austin Symphony Presents André Watts André Watts burst upon the music world at the age of 16 when Leonard Bernstein chose him to make his debut with the New York Philharmonic in their Young People's Concerts, broadcast nationwide on CBS-TV. Only two weeks later, Bernstein asked him to substitute at the last minute for the ailing Glenn Gould in performances of Liszt's E-flat Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, thus launching his career in storybook fashion. More than 45 years later, André Watts remains one of today's most celebrated and beloved superstars. | ||
| Friday 10-Sep-10 08:00pm |
Auditorium di Milano Fondazione CariploOrchestra Sinfonica di Milano |
Berlioz, Roméo and Juliet, choral symphony, Op.17 (love scene) |
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| Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo, Largo Gustav Mahler, Milan, Italy Friday 10-Sep-10 08:00pm Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:00am |
Kings Place: Hall One, LondonLight: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Beethoven, Janacek, Messiaen Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 11:00am Light: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Beethoven, Janacek, Messiaen Tickets £4.50
The young German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser came to the world's attention when he won the famous Tchaikovsky Cello Competition in 2002. He's since performed as a soloist with the world's great orchestras, and also made a name as a chamber musician, inspirational educator and exponent of the electric cello. He's joined by pianist Sophie Cashell, winner of BBC TV's Classical Star competition (2007) for two contrasting programmes exploring core works of the cello repertoire mixed with live improvisation on electric cello and Nintendo Wiimote. Both e-cello works will be created using strands from the other works on the programme through improvisation. Moser will take feelings and themes from each piece to create a link from one work to the next, as he explains: ‘I would like to share my experiments of the past few months with the electric cello, and show that work-in-progress against pieces that have been in my repertoire for years. I feel more and more that these pieces are subject to subtle improvisations constantly, keeping the music fresh and alive. I am very pleased to be working with Sophie since she really knows the repertoire inside out and is a very keen spirit herself.' Beethoven's two late Sonatas (from 1815) are characterised by brevity, compression and the incredible ingenuity of the mature composer. The first, in C major, Beethoven named a ‘free' sonata, his way of accounting for its unconventional design. It opens with deceptively gentle simplicity before plunging into its stormy A minor Allegro Vivace. From out of a dreamily rhapsodic, recitative-like Adagio bursts a spirited, Haydn-like Finale in which the instruments play an exuberant game of cat-and-mouse. Janáček's twinkling Podháka (A Fairy tale) evokes the magical Russian tale of Prince Ivan and his love for Maria, daughter of the King of the Underworld. Drawing on folk song and delightful dance rhythms, it follows the lovers' trials and enchantments leading to their eventual happy union. Louange à l'éternité de Jésus is a movement from Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time, written while he was a prisoner in Stalag 8a during the Second World War. Inspired by the Book of Revelation, this magnum opus, composed for musicians available in the camp, was given its premiere before 5,000 shivering inmates on 15 January 1941. In this movement of mesmerising serenity, the cellist plays a long, sustained cantilena over slowly shifting, pulsating harmonies on the piano. A glowing meditation praising the eternal love of Jesus, it is essential Messaien, while prefiguring a whole wave of Minimalist music that would blossom in the late 20th century. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||
| Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:15pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, LondonDark: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Bach, Takemitsu, Beethoven Kings Place Festival |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Saturday 11-Sep-10 12:15pm Dark: Johannes Moser & Sophie Cashell - Bach, Takemitsu, Beethoven Tickets: £4.50
The young German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser came to the world's attention when he won the famous Tchaikovsky Cello Competition in 2002. He's since performed as a soloist with the world's great orchestras, and also made a name as a chamber musician, inspirational educator and exponent of the electric cello. He's joined by pianist Sophie Cashell, winner of BBC TV's Classical Star competition (2007) for two contrasting programmes exploring core works of the cello repertoire mixed with live improvisation on electric cello and Nintendo Wiimote. Both e-cello works will be created using strands from the other works on the programme through improvisation. Moser will take feelings and themes from each piece to create a link from one work to the next, as he explains: ‘I would like to share my experiments of the past few months with the electric cello, and show that work-in-progress against pieces that have been in my repertoire for years. I feel more and more that these pieces are subject to subtle improvisations constantly, keeping the music fresh and alive. I am very pleased to be working with Sophie since she really knows the repertoire inside out and is a very keen spirit herself.' For the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, J S Bach's fifth suite was simply ‘darkness'. Written for a cello with its top A string tuned down to G, it is the most shadowy and mysterious of the Suites, with this Sarabande forming a still point, its measured, falling phrases, unwinding with their extraordinary chromatic logic into the void. For some, this eloquent aria of pain represents nothing less than the Crucifixion. Toru Takemitsu combined a Japanese sensibility with Western techniques inspired by Debussy, Webern, Messaien and Cage. Orion, named after the constellation, is a chamber version of the first movement of his cello concerto, Orion and Pleiades. Moser recalls meeting Takemitsu's long-time recording producer, who explained that his tempi markings were related to the Japanese Qi, which means breathing. ‘So however a performer decides to breathe this music will determine the tempo.' Beethoven's Sonata in D for piano and cello was to be his last in the form. The first movement, with its jubilant rising arpeggio, is driven by optimism and vigour, in sharp contrast to the sombre Adagio, and its memorably dark-hued chorale. The work ends with a muscular fugue, which takes us back to Bach. Multi-buy Offers: Book tickets and save money 3+ events save 10% 6+ events saves 15% 10+ events save 20% The same number of tickets must be booked for each event to qualify for the discount. To book using our multi-buy offer please contact our Box Office where you will be offered the discount on the online price. | ||