May 2009 United Kingdom Diary
Page last updated 29 June 2008
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England
- North West (Liverpool, Manchester)
- West Midlands (Birmingham)
- East Anglia (Cambridge)
- London
Wales
North West
- 12 May 2009 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor), Nina Kotova (cello) | • Janáček: Overture ‘Jealousy (Žárlivost)’ | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.30pm, web site: www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
- 23 May 2009 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Elizabeth Watts (soprano) | • Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1 (full orchestral version) | • Mahler: Symphony No 4 | Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 7.30pm, tel: 0151 709 3789, web site: www.liverpoolphil.com
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West Midlands
- 8 May 2009 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor), Nina Kotova (cello) | • Dvořák: Prague Waltzes (B 99) | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm, tel: 0121 780 3333, web site: www.thsh.co.uk
- 27 & 31 May 2009 | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano) | • Widmann: Antiphon (UK première) (only on 31st) | • Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm (4.00pm on 31st), tel: 0121 780 3333, web site: www.cbso.co.uk
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East Anglia
- 20 May 2009 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Petr Altrichter (conductor), Nina Kotova (cello) | • Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op 92 (B 169) | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 7.30pm, tel: 01223 357 851, web site: www.cornex.co.uk
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London
- 1 May 2009 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Mark Elder (conductor) | • Janáček: Two movements from ‘Schluck und Jau’ | • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (B 108) | • Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.lpo.co.uk
- 7 May 2009 | London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Nikolaj Znaider (violin) | • Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements | • Korngold: Violin Concerto, Op 35 | • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, 7.30pm, box office tel: 020 7638 8891, web sites: www.barbican.org.uk and lso.co.uk
- 9 May 2009 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Petr Altrichter (conductor), Nikolai Demidenko (piano) | • Smetana: Vltava, from Má vlast | • Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Cadogan Hall, London, 7.30pm, tel: 020 7730 4500, web site: www.cadoganhall.com
- 16 May 2009 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | • Brian Elias: New Work (BBC commission: world première) | • Haydn: Cello Concerto in C | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor ‘Pathétique’ | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, 7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm), box office tel: 020 7638 8891, web sites: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra and www.barbican.org.uk
- 23 May 2009 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | • Haydn: Cello Concerto in D | • Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, 7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm), box office tel: 020 7638 8891, web sites: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra and www.barbican.org.uk
- 27 May 2009 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) | • Mendelssohn: Symphony 4 (Italian) | • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.lpo.co.uk
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Cardiff
- 7 May 2009 | Prague Symphony Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor), Freddy Kempf (piano) | • Smetana: Vltava, from Má vlast | • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.30pm, tel: 029 2087 8444, web site: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
- 8 May 2009 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), John Daszak (tenor) | • Beethoven: Symphony No 4 | • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde | St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.30pm, tel: 029 2087 8444, web site: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
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