October 2008 United Kingdom Diary
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England
- North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Rochdale)
- West Midlands (Birmingham, Malvern, Stoke-on-Trent)
- East Midlands (Lincoln)
- London
- South East (Hampshire, Surey, Sussex)
- South West (Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire)
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
North West
- 6 October 2008 | Budapest Festival Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus, Ivan Fischer (conductor), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano) | • Mahler: Symphony No 3 | The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, tel: 0161 907 9000, 8.00pm, web site: www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
- 11 October 2008 | Rochdale Music Society | • Haydn: String Quartet in B flat Major, Op 50 No 1 | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ | • Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat Major, Op 74 ‘Harp’ | PLEASE NOTE: VENUE AWAITING CLARIFICATION, Gracie Fields Theatre at Oulder Hill School, Hudson’s Walk, Rochdale, tel: 01706 645522, web site: www.doricstringquartet.com
- 14 October 2008 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberto Minczuk (conductor), Stewart Goodyear (piano) | • Copland: Suite ‘Billy the Kid’ | • Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F | • Korngold: Suite ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ | • Richard Strauss: Suite ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ | Guild Hall, Preston, 7.30pm, tel: 01772 258 858, web site: www.liverpoolphil.com
- 15 & 16 October 2008 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberto Minczuk (conductor), Stewart Goodyear (piano) | • Copland: Suite ‘Billy the Kid’ | • Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F | • Korngold: Suite ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ | • Richard Strauss: Suite ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ | Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 7.30pm, tel: 0151 709 3789, web site: www.liverpoolphil.com
- 21 October 2008 | Welsh National Opera, Anthony Negus (conductor), Nuccia Focile (Jenůfa), Susan Bickley (Kostelnička) | • Janáček: Jenůfa | Empire Theatre, Liverpool, 7.15pm, box office tel: 0844 847 2525, web site: www.liverpoolempire.org.uk
- 24 October 2008 | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juraj Valčuha (conductor), Leila Josefowicz (violin) | • Korngold: Schauspiel Overture, Op 4 | • Steven Mackey: Violin Concerto (world première) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) | The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.00pm, web sites: www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk & www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic
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West Midlands
- 3 October 2008 | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Martin Roscoe (piano) | • Smetana: Three Dances from ‘The Bartered Bride’ | • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) | Victoria Hall, Bagnall Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, 8.00pm, tel: 01782 213 800, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic
- 8 October 2008 | Byron Parish (violin), Owen Cox (violin), Ella Brinch (viola) | • Mozart: Duo in G (K 423) | • Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins | • Dvořák: Terzetto in C Major, Op 74 (B 148) | CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 1.10pm, tel: 0121 767 4050, web site: www.cbso.co.uk
- 15 & 18 October 2008 | English Touring Opera, Alex Ingram (conductor), Donna Bateman (Rusalka), Fiona Kimm (Ježibaba), Richard Roberts (The Prince), Camilla Roberts (The Foreign Princess) | • Dvořák: Rusalka | Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Malvern, tel: 01684 892277, web sites: www.malvern-theatres.co.uk & www.englishtouringopera.org.uk
- 31 October 2008 | CBSO Youth Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 7 | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm, tel: 0121-780 3333, web site: www.cbso.co.uk
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East Midlands
- 31 October 2008 | English Touring Opera, Alex Ingram (conductor), Donna Bateman (Rusalka), Fiona Kimm (Ježibaba), Richard Roberts (The Prince), Camilla Roberts (The Foreign Princess) | • Dvořák: Rusalka | Theatre Royal, Lincoln, 7.30pm, tel: 01522 525555, web sites: www.theatreroyallincoln.com & www.englishtouringopera.org.uk
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London
- 3 October 2008 | BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Stephen Milling (bass) | • Beethoven: Missa solemnis | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, 7.00pm (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
- 8 October 2008 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Louis Lortie (piano), Kurt Masur (conductor) | • Schubert: Rosamunde Overture | • Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 2 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.lpo.co.uk
- 9 October 2008 | Philharmonia Orchestra, Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | • Mozart: Symphony No 39, K 543 | • Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
- 10 October 2008 | English Touring Opera, Alex Ingram (conductor), Donna Bateman (Rusalka), Fiona Kimm (Ježibaba), Richard Roberts (The Prince), Camilla Roberts (The Foreign Princess) | • Dvořák: Rusalka | Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ, 7.30pm, tel: 020 8985 2424, web sites: www.hackneyempire.co.uk & www.englishtouringopera.org.uk
- 11 October 2008 | Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins (*conductor) | • Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op 1 | • Dvořák: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments, cello and double-bass, Op 44 (B 77) | • *Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D for flute, 2 clarinets, bassoon, horn, string trio and double bass, Op 11 (original version reconstructed by Alan Boustead) | Wigmore Hall, London, 7.30pm (Pre-concert talk at 6.00pm), tel: 020 7935 2141, web site: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
- 12 October 2008 | Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfred Brendel (piano), Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | • Haydn: Symphony No 104 (London) | • Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K 271 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B163) | Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
- 14 October 2008 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Josep Caballé-Domenech (conductor), Lara St John (violin) | • Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain | • Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘From the New World’ | Cadogan Hall, London, 7.30pm, tel: 020 7730 4500, web site: www.cadoganhall.com
- 16 October 2008 | Marta Vávrová (soprano), Petr Vašíček (piano) | • Pavel Haas: Songs | • Rodrigo: Songs | • Charles Heller: The Trials of Leopold Hilsner | The Spiro Ark, 25 – 26 Enford Street, London, W1H 1DW, tel: 020 7723 9991, web site: www.spiroark.org
- 21 October 2008 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Garry Walker (conductor), Daniel De Borah (piano) | • Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite | • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 | • 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
- 24 October 2008 | Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Threlfall (conductor), Margaret McDonald (mezzo-soprano), Lifei Huang (violin) | • Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra | • Bernstein: Jeremiah, Symphony No 1 | • Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35 | • Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story | Cadogan Hall, London, 7.30pm, tel: 020 7730 4500, web site: www.cadoganhall.com
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South East
- 14 October 2008 | Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfred Brendel (piano), Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | • Haydn: Symphony No 104 (London) | • Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K 271 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B163) | The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.45pm, tel: 01256 844244, e-mail: box.office@anvilarts.org.uk, web site: www.theanvil.org.uk
- 19 October 2008 | Pavel Haas Quartet | • Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 18 No 4 | • Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 59 No 3 | • Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 135 | The Old Market, Hove, 11.00am, tel: 01273 736222, web site: www.theoldmarket.co.uk
- 19 & 21 October 2008 | Music at Woodhouse | TBA (tenor), Natasha Day (Soprano), Alisdair Kitchen (Piano) | • Janáček: The Diary of One who Vanished (semi-staged) | Woodhouse Copse, Holmbury St Mary, near Dorking, Surrey, box office tel: 01306 730956, e-mail: info@woodhousesounds.com, web site: www.woodhousesounds.com
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South West
- 8 October 2008 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Mandeal (conductor), Antonio Meneses (cello) | • Enescu: Rhapsody No 1 | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Brahms: Symphony No 4 | Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 7.30pm, web site: http://www.bsolive.com
- 9 October 2008 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Mandeal (conductor), Antonio Meneses (cello) | • Enescu: Rhapsody No 1 | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Brahms: Symphony No 4 | Colston Hall, Bristol, 7.30pm, web site: http://www.bsolive.com
- 10 October 2008 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Mandeal (conductor), Antonio Meneses (cello) | • Enescu: Rhapsody No 1 | • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (B 191) | • Brahms: Symphony No 4 | University Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm, web site: www.colstonhall.org
- 17 October 2008 | Doric String Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 50 No 2 | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ | • Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op 51 No 1 | Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, 7.30pm (pre-concert talk 6.30pm), tel: 01225 860100, web site: www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
- 22 & 25 October 2008 | English Touring Opera, Alex Ingram (conductor), Donna Bateman (Rusalka), Fiona Kimm (Ježibaba), Richard Roberts (The Prince), Camilla Roberts (The Foreign Princess) | • Dvořák: Rusalka | Northcott Theatre, Exeter, 7.30pm, 01392 493 493, web sites: www.exeternorthcott.co.uk & www.englishtouringopera.org.uk
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Glasgow
- 9 October 2008 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Solyom (conductor), Viviane Hagner (violin) | • Dvořák: Symphonic Poem, The Noon Witch, Op 108 (B 196) | • Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1 | • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade | City Halls, Glasgow, 7.30pm, tel: 0141 353 8000, web site: www.glasgowconcerthalls.com
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Cardiff
- 8 & 10 October 2008 | Welsh National Opera, Sian Edwards (conductor), Nuccia Focile (Jenůfa), Susan Bickley (Kostelnička) | • Janáček: Jenůfa | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.15pm, box office tel: 08700 40 2000, web sites: www.wmc.org.uk & www.wno.org.uk
- 31 October 2008 | Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Alexander Polianichko (conductor), Joanne Boag (soprano) | • Poulenc: Gloria | • Mahler: Symphony No 5 | St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.30pm, tel: 029 2087 8444, web site: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
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Belfast
- 3 October 2008 | Ulster Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor), Paul Lewis (piano) | • Dvořák: Symphonic Poem ‘The Noon Witch, Op 108 (B 196) | • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 | • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, 7.45pm, tel: 028 9066 8798, web site: www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk
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