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Page last updated 10 May 2008
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- Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust presents Czech and Slovak Music in London: a series of events featuring students from Czech, Slovak and British Music Colleges performing for the public in London at various venues, 25 – 29 June 2008, admission free … more (PDF format) >>
• visit the ACT web site for information about the Trust and its objectives … more >>
[posted 10 May 2008] - Cheltenham Music Festival 2008 (4 – 19 July) highlights include Pavel Haas Quartet performing Janáček First String Quartet and Schubert Ensemble performing Dvořák Second Piano Quintet … more >>
• download festival brochure in PDF format from the festival web site … more >>
[posted 7 May 2008] - Grange Park Opera, Hampshire, will give seven performances of Dvořák Rusalka in June and July 2008 with Anne Sophie Duprels in title role and English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Stephen Barlow … more >>
[posted 5 May 2008] - Additional Czech piece to be performed at Petworth Festival 2008 (7 – 21 June). Due to illness, Endellion String Quartet will replace Medici Quartet and perform Dvořák American Quartet on 18 June. Other Czech composers featured in festival are Martinů, Janáček, Suk, Novák, Pavel Novák, Foerster and Pavel Haas. Artists include Guarneri Piano Trio, Wihan Quartet and Schubert Ensemble with William Howard … more >>
[posted 3 May 2008] - BBC National Orchestra of Wales will perform Dvořák Symphony No 7 and Mahler Kindertotenlieder in Brecon (Theatr Brycheiniog) on 29 May and St Davids (Cathedral) on 30 May 2008, conducted by Thierry Fischer with Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo-soprano) as soloist … more >>
[posted 26 April 2008] - Longborough Festival Opera will give five performances of Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen in June and July 2008, conducted by Jonathan Lyness … more >>
• see also our June & July diary pages
[posted 11 April 2008] - BBC 2008 Promenade Concerts, 18 July to 13 September, include Jiří Bělohlávek conducting concert performance of Janáček opera Osud (Fate), Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy and Verdi Requiem … more >>
• see also BBC Proms 2008 website … more >>
[posted 9 April 2008] - The 18th Prague International Music Festival Prague Autumn will be held between 12 September and 1 October 2008. Works to be performed include Dvořák Te Deum and First Symphony ‘The Bells of Zlonice’, Martinů Concerto for string quartet with orchestra and Symphony No 6 ‘Fantaises Symphoniques’, Suchoň Balladic Suite and Schulhoff Concerto for string quartet and wind orchestra … more >>
[posted 7 April 2008]
Some older material has been moved to our News Archive page. If you are looking for an item which you have previously seen below and it is not now listed, you may find it again in the News Archive. (Not all items are archived. Details of concerts or other events will be transferred to the relevant Diary page.)
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