September 2008 United Kingdom Diary

North West

• 9 September 2008 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor), Ján Galla (baritone) | • Dvořák: Suite in A major, Op 98b (B 190) ‘American Suite’ | • Dvořák: ‘The Water Goblin’ symphonic poem, Op 107 (B 195) | • Dvořák: Aria of the Water Goblin from ‘Rusalka’ | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ | Guild Hall, Preston, 7.30pm, tel: 01772 258 858, web site: www.liverpoolphil.com
• 12 – 14 September 2008 | Burton Manor Study Weekend | • Graham Melville-Mason on Janáček in Great Britain | Burton Manor, Burton, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 5SJ, telephone 0151 336 5172 (0044 151 336 5172 from outside the UK), or fax: 0151 336 6586 (0044 151 336 6586 from outside the UK), e-mail enquiry@burtonmanor.com, web site www.burtonmanor.com

North East & Yorkshire

• 24 September 2008 | Jacqueline Cole (piano) | • Medtner: ‘Vergessene Weisen’ for Piano - No 1 - Sonata ‘Reminiscenza’ Opus 38 | • Janáček: On an overgrown path | • Viktor Ullmann: Piano Sonata No 2, Op 19 | Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Chequer Road, Doncaster DN1 2AE, 1.00pm, tel: 01302 734293, web site: www.viktorullmannfoundation.org.uk

East Anglia

• 7 September 2008 | Blyth Valley Chamber Music | Cappa String Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet Op 20 No 6, Hob III 36 | • Bax: String Quartet No 1 in G | • Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet | • Walton: String Quartet in A minor | St Mary’s Church, Cratfield, near Halesworth, Suffolk, 3.00pm, web site: www.concertsatcratfield.org.uk
• 7 September 2008 | Lavenham Sinfonia, Jessie Ridley (violin), Frederick Marshall (conductor) | • Rossini: Semiramide Overture | • Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending | • Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso, Op 66 (B 131) | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op 36 | Lavenham Church, Lavenham, Suffolk, 7.00pm, web site: www.lavenham-sinfonia.co.uk

London

• 8 September 2008 | BBC Prom 71 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) | • Mark-Anthony Turnage: Chicago Remains | • Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7:30pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008
• 11 September 2008 | BBC Prom 74 | Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Marisol Montalvo (soprano) | • Matthias Pintscher: Hérodiade-Fragmente | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D major | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7:30pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008

• 13 September 2008 | Cappa String Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet Op 20 No 6, Hob III 36 | • Walton: String Quartet in A minor•  | • Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet | • Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op 80 | St Peter’s Church, Thames Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 8.00pm, tel: 01491 825421, web site: www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/musicatstpeterswallingford/index.phtml

Glasgow

• 25 September 2008 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chorus assembled by Scottish Opera, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Susan Gritton (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Tim Robinson (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) | • Janáček: Taras Bulba | • Beethoven: Ah! Perfido: Scene And Aria, Op65 | • Beethoven: Symphony No 9 ‘Choral’ | City Halls, Glasgow, web site: www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/bbcsso

Haddington

• 10 September 2008 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Arild Remmereit (conductor), Jennifer Pike (violin) | • Sibelius: Tapiola: Symphonic Poem | • Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G Major, K216 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 8.00pm, web site: www.stmaryskirk.com