September 2010 United Kingdom Diary
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HIGHLIGHTS OF MONTH
>> Burton Manor Study Weekend The Concerto in Czech and Slovak Music
>> ENO, Janáček Makropulos Case
>> Mahler 8, Birmingham
>> Šporcl & Pešek play Korngold, Liverpool
>> Martinů 4th String Quartet played by Mavron Quartet in Cardiff
>> Wihan Quartet in East Anglia
>> Burton Manor Study Weekend The Concerto in Czech and Slovak Music
>> ENO, Janáček Makropulos Case
>> Mahler 8, Birmingham
>> Šporcl & Pešek play Korngold, Liverpool
>> Martinů 4th String Quartet played by Mavron Quartet in Cardiff
>> Wihan Quartet in East Anglia
Northern England
- 3 – 5 September 2010 | Burton Manor Study Weekend | • The Concerto in Czech and Slovak Music | 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 | Please see also our general page about Burton Manor Study Weekends … link >>
- 15 & 17 September 2010 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavel Šporcl (violin), Libor Pešek KBE (conductor) | • Suk: Scherzo Fantastique, Op 25 | • Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP, 7.30pm | Box Office tel: 0151 709 3789 | Web Site: www.liverpoolphil.com
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Midlands & East Anglia
- 10 September 2010 | Norfolk & Norwich Music Club | Wihan Quartet | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 10 in E flat Major, Op 51 (B 92) | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” | • Dvořák: Cypresses (B 152) - selection | • Beethoven: String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95 “Serioso” | The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, 7.30pm | Tel: 01603 621169 | Web site: www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk
- 11 September 2010 | Saffron Walden & District Music Club | Wihan Quartet | • Beethoven: String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95 “Serioso” | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 10 in E flat Major, Op 51 (B 92) | • Dvořák: Cypresses (B 152) - selection | Baptist Church, High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, | Web site: www.saffronwaldenmusic.org.uk
- 16 & 18 September 2010 | THE BIRMINGHAM MAHLER CYCLE | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chorus & Youth Chorus, Hallé Choir, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Marina Shaguch (soprano), Erin Wall (soprano), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Katerina Karnéus (mezzo soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo soprano), Sergei Semishkur (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Matthew Best (bass) | • Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand” | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm (8.00pm on 18th) | Box Office tel: 0121 780 3333 | Web site: www.cbso.co.uk
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London
- 1 September 2010 | BBC Proms | Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) | • Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler” | • Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | • Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm | Web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 3 September 2010 | BBC Proms | Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) | • Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat Major, Op 60 | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Major “Titan” | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm | Web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 8 September 2010 | BBC Proms | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) | • Wagner: Lohengrin – Prelude (Act 3) | • Tansy Davies: Wild Card | • Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E major | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.00pm | Web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 11 September 2010 | Last Night of the Proms | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Renée Fleming (soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola) | • Smetana: Dalibor – “Dobrá! Já mu je dám! … Jak je mi?” | • Dvořák: Rusalka – Song to the Moon | plus usual Proms Last Night music | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm | Web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 20, 24 & 26 September 2010 | English National Opera, Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor), Amanda Roocroft (Emilia Marty) | • Janáček: The Makropulos Case ((Věc Makropulos) [sung in English] | Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4ES, 7.30pm (3.00pm on 26th) | Box Office tel: +44 (0) 871 911 0200, Web site: www.eno.org
- 23 September 2010 | Orchestra of the City, Guy Johnston (cello), Chris Hopkins (conductor) | • Dvořák: Overture “Carnival”, Op 92 (B 169) | • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E-flat major, Op 107 | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 | St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL, 7.30pm | Web site: www.orchestraofthecity.com
- 26 September 2010 | London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Rachel Gough (bassoon) | • Rodion Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra No 1 “Naughty Limericks” | • Richard Strauss: Duet-concertino for Clarinet & Bassoon | • Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor | Barbican, London, 7.30pm | Web site: www.barbican.org.uk
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Southern England
- 17 September 2010 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Duncan Riddell (conductor/director) | • Mozart: Serenata Notturna | • Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op 44 (B 77) for wind instruments | • Schubert: Symphony No 5 | Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8EN, 7.30pm | Tickets tel: 01794 512987 [online booking NOT available for this concert] | Web sites: www.bsolive.com & www.romseyabbey.org.uk
- 18 September 2010 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Duncan Riddell (conductor/director) | • Mozart: Serenata Notturna | • Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op 44 (B 77) for wind instruments | • Schubert: Symphony No 5 | Christchurch Priory, Quay Road, Christchurch, Hampshire, BH23 1BU, 7.30pm | Tickets tel: 0844 576 3000 | Web sites: www.bsolive.com & www.christchurchpriory.org
- 25 September 2010 | Southern Orchestral Concert Society | The Schubert Ensemble | • Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in A minor | • David Knotts: Night Song & Garden Quadrille | • Martinů: Piano Quartet (H 287) | • Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (D667) “The Trout” | St Peter’s Church, Petersfield, 7.30pm | Web site: www.southernconcerts.co.uk
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Scotland
- 23 September 2010 | Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Nicholas Angelich (piano) | • MacMillan: “Three Interludes from The Sacrifice” | • Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Music Hall, Aberdeen, 7.30pm | Web sites: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com & www.rsno.org.uk
- 24 September 2010 | Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Nicholas Angelich (piano) | • MacMillan: “Three Interludes from The Sacrifice” | • Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7.30pm | Web sites: www.usherhall.co.uk & www.rsno.org.uk
- 25 September 2010 | Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Nicholas Angelich (piano) | • MacMillan: “Three Interludes from The Sacrifice” | • Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 7.30pm | Web sites: www.glasgowconcerthalls.com & www.rsno.org.uk
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Wales
- 28 September 2010 | Lunchtime Concert | Mavron Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2 | • Riley: Half-Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight | Martinů: String Quartet No 4 (H 256) | St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1.00pm | Web site: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
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Northern Ireland
- 24 September 2010 | Ulster Orchestra, André de Ridder (conductor), Steven Osborne (piano) | • Schumann: Overture, scherzo and finale | • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 | • Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (B 141) | Ulster Hall, Belfast, 7.45pm | Box office tel: 028 9033 4455 | Web site: www.ulsterorchestra.com