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Míla Smetáčková

February 2009 United Kingdom Diary

  Page last updated 11 June 2008

Contents

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England

North West

  • 21 February 2009 | Pavel Haas Quartet | • Prokofiev: String Quartet No 1 | • Ravel: String Quartet | • Smetana: String Quartet No.1 ‘From My Life’ | St George’s Hall Concert Room, William Brown Street, Liverpool, 7.30pm, web site: www.liverpoolphil.com
  • 25 & 26 February 2009 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor), Tasmin Little (violin) | • Dvořák: Suite in A Major, Op 98b (B 190) ‘American’ | • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto | • Brahms: Symphony No 1 | Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 7.30pm, tel: 0151 709 3789, web site: www.liverpoolphil.com

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West Midlands

  • 5 & 7 February 2009 | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michal Dworzyñski (conductor), Alexander Kobrin (piano) | • Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 ‘Classical’ | • Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2.15pm (7.00pm on 7th), tel: 0121-780 3333, web site: www.cbso.co.uk
  • 24 February 2009 | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Alban Gerhardt (cello) | • Adams: The Chairman Dances | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm, tel: 0121-780 3333, web site: www.cbso.co.uk
  • 25 February 2009 | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Alban Gerhardt (cello) | • Brahms: Three Hungarian Dances | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2.15pm, tel: 0121-780 3333, web site: www.cbso.co.uk

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London

  • 4 February 2009 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Goerne (baritone), Lisa Milne (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Peter Rose (bass), London Philharmonic Choir, Neeme Järvi (conductor) | • Mahler: Kindertotenlieder | • Beethoven arr Mahler: Symphony No 9 | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.lpo.co.uk
  • 7 February 2009 | Nash Ensemble | • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances for piano duet | • Janáček: Pohádka (Fairy Tale), for cello and piano | • Vítĕzslav Novák: Trio quasi una ballata, for piano trio | Wigmore Hall, London, 6.00pm (ADMISSION FREE to ticket holders for 7.30pm concert), tel: 020 7935 2141, web site: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
  • 7 February 2009 | Nash Ensemble | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ | • Dvořák: String Quintet in E flat, Op 97 (B 180) | • Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 114 | Wigmore Hall, London, 7.30pm (FREE concert at 6.00pm for ticket holders of this concert), tel: 020 7935 2141, web site: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
  • 7 February 2009 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lisa Milne (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Peter Rose (bass), London Philharmonic Choir, Neeme Järvi (conductor) | • Dvořák: Requiem, Op 89 (B 165) | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.lpo.co.uk
  • 8 February 2009 | London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble | • Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cello and Double Bass in D minor, Op 44 (B 77) | • Mozart: Serenade No 10 for 13 Winds in B flat, K361 ‘Gran Partita’ | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, 7.30pm, box office tel: 020 7638 8891, web sites: www.barbican.org.uk and lso.co.uk

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South East

  • 8 February 2009 | Wihan Quartet | • Mozart: String Quartet in G (K 387) | • Schubert: String Quartet No 13 in A minor (D 804) ‘Rosamunde’ | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 14 in A flat Major, Op 105 (B 193) | The Old Market, Hove, 11.00am, tel: 01273 736222, web site: www.theoldmarket.co.uk
  • 25 February 2009 | Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) | • Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht | • Mahler: Symphony No 9 | The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.45pm, tel: 01256 844244, e-mail: box.office@anvilarts.org.uk, web site: www.theanvil.org.uk

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South West

  • 25 February 2009 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Steven Isserlis (cello) | • Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes | • Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No.2 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 7.30pm, web site: www.bsolive.com
  • 26 February 2009 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Steven Isserlis (cello) | • Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes | • Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No.2 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | University Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm, web site: www.bsolive.com

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