^ Posted 18 May 2013
As part of its Tenth Anniversary celebrations, the south-west based ISCA Ensemble will perform Dvořák’s Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88 (B.163) in a concert conducted by its musical director Roger Hendy at Sidmouth Parish Church of St Giles and St Nicholas, Church Lane, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8LG on Saturday 1st June 2013, starting at 7.30pm. Programme also include Wagner’s Meistersinger Overture. Admission FREE with a retiring collection for registered charity Save the Children. Celebrations include a special all-day orchestral workshop. > More
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^ Posted 12 May 2013
The Sidcup Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by James Ross in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No 4 in G Major with the soprano Sara Wallander-Ross on Sunday 19 May 2013 at St John’s Church, Church Road, Sidcup DA14 6BX: concert starts at 7.00pm and begins with excerpts from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin
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Opening event of The Arcomis International Brass Event four-day festival in Cardiff, where Janáček’s Sinfonietta will provide climax to concert in St David’s Hall: BBC National Orchestra of Wales will perform this piece under the baton of Martyn Brabbins — concert starts 7.30pm, 10 October 2013, beginning with Dukas Prelude to la Peri — in addition to concerts, this festival has many interesting masterclasses, workshops etc 
Chamber music interpretation courses in Brno, Czech Republic, 19 – 26 July 2013 “Czech musical inspiration: From Janáček to Martinů” — Czech ensemble the Graffe String Quartet, in association with ProART, offer participants chance to work under expert guidance. Courses are open to any professional or amateur musician, regardless of age, for those who want to improve their interpretative skills in string chamber music 
Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma will join forces with our President Jiří Bělohlávek and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for three performances of Martinů’s Violin Concerto No.2, H.293, as part of an all-Czech programme which will include shorter pieces by Dvořák and Smetana, and will conclude with Janáček’s rousing Sinfonietta — 26, 27 & 29 September 2013, at De Doelen, Rotterdam 
Dvořák’s Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op.33 (B.63) will be performed by Helena Buckmayer, with the New Edinburgh Orchestra conducted by Tim Paxton, at Inverleith St Serf’s Church, 280 Ferry Road, Edinburgh on Saturday 15 June 2013. Concert starts at 7.30pm: also includes work by Scottish composer Oliver Searle (b. 1977) and Brahms First Symphony 
Katia and Marielle Labèque will be the soloists in Bohuslav Martinů’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra H.292 (1943) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov at The Barbican Centre, London, on 16 January 2014 — concert begins at 7.30pm. The concerto will be followed by the Symphony No.7 “Leningrad” of Shostakovich, to complete this concert of wartime music 