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Format: 2013-05-18
Format: 2013-05-18
  • Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30
    Le style français - Purcell and his French contemporaries
    The Eisenach Ensemble
    The Church of St Mary and St Giles Milton Keynes MK11 1BD
    United Kingdom

    Vocal and instrumental music by Henry Purcell and his French contemporaries. This performance forms part of Stony Arts and Heritage Week.

    Thou tun'st this world
    Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
    An Evening Hymn on a Ground, 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light'
    Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
    Hark how the Songsters
    Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
    Sound the Trumpet from Come Ye Sons of Art, Birthday Ode for Mary II
    Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
    The Bashful Thames, from 'The Yorkshire Feast Song'
    Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
    Troisieme Leçon from 3 Leçons de Ténèbres
    François Couperin (1668-1733)
    Chaconne in G from Premier livre de pièces à une et à deux violes
    Marin Marais (1656-1728)
    Prélude non mesuré
    Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629-1691)
    £10, £8 concessions Available from 01908 501942 9am - 8pm.
  • Fri, 2013-05-24 19:30
    Opera Under the Stars | Hatstand Opera
    Hatstand Opera
    King's Hall School Taunton TA2 8AA
    United Kingdom

    A quintessentially English manor house setting, a starlit summer's night, hilarious scenes and heart-rending arias from the world's favourite operas! Join Hatstand Opera for a great evening of opera highlights in a superb setting under the evening sky. Come early and bring a picnic (gates open at 6pm) and soak up the views of the Somerset countryside. And if you're still peckish at the interval, there's an ice-cream, cake and coffee bar to prepare you for the second half! Dress code is smart to extravagent!

    Extracts from operas
    Various ()
    £20 Available from 01823 285920 School Office: 9am - 3pm Monday - Friday.
  • Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30
    Karl Jenkins and Bob Chilcott performed by the Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers
    Alan Childs, Elizabeth Childs, Emily Garland, Matthew Morgan, The Aurelian Ensemble, The Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers
    All Saints' Church Leighton Buzzard LU7 1AE
    United Kingdom
    Gloria
    Karl Jenkins (1944-)
    Requiem
    Bob Chilcott (1955-)
    Te Deum
    Karl Jenkins (1944-)
    Suite Antique
    John Rutter (1945-)
    £12, concessions £10
  • Sat, 2013-05-18 15:00
    Newbury Symphony Orchestra Family Concert
    Chris de Souza, John Traill, Newbury Symphony Orchestra, Rachael Elliott
    Corn Exchange Newbury RG14 5BD
    United Kingdom

    The Newbury Symphony Orchestra will be performing a family concert as part of the Newbury Spring Festival, suitable for ages 5+. Poulenc's The Story of Babar the Elephant, narrated by Chris de Souza, as well as short pieces written by Britten and Brahms make for an exciting children's introduction to the world of the orchestra.

    L'Histoire de Babar, 'Babar the Elephant'
    Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
    Matinées musicales
    Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
    Hungarian Dances
    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
    £9, £5 under 16s, £25 family ticket Available from 0845 5218 218 .
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    Sun, 2013-05-26 16:00
    Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) recital
    Mishka Rushdie Momen
    Westminster Cathedral Hall London SW1P 1QW
    United Kingdom

    Mishka Rushdie Momen (born 1992) is a postgraduate scholar and student of Joan Havill at the Guildhall School, where she previously also studied for 5 years with Imogen Cooper as her only student. Her competition successes include the Tillett Trust Young Artist Platform Scheme 2012-13, the Kenneth Loveland Gift 2012, and First Prize in the Norah Sande Award 2012.

    Last season Mishka gave recitals at the Barbican Hall for the pre-LSO seies, Wigmore Hall for the Tillett Trust Monday Platform, and the Bridgewater Hall. Forthcoming venues include Cardiff University and The Venue, leeds.

    Her concert expereince includes most of the major London venues as well as abroad in new York, Weimar, Prague , Mumbai and Cologne.

    This recital is presented by The Chopin Society UK. Mishka last played for us at Brown's Hotel in Mayfair as part of our Chopin Bicentenary celebrations in 2010, when she appeared on the Andrew Marr Show (BBC1) with our President, Lady Rose Cholmondeley, to publicise our concerts.

    Impromptu No 3 in B flat major from 4 Impromptus
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Impromptu No 4 in F minor from 4 Impromptus
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Sonata for Piano No 19 in C minor
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Ballade No 1 in G Minor
    Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
    Nocturne No 3 in B
    Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
    Polonaise No 7 in A flat, 'Polonaise-fantaisie'
    Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
    £12, £10 (over 60s), £6 (students with ID and children) Available from 020 8960 4027 Monday to Saturday 10am-6pm. Concert days 10am-1pm.
  • Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30
    Wine, Women and Song | Nottingham Symphony Orchestra
    Alex Hodgson, Charlie Baptie, Dan Walton, Derek Williams, Nottingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Theobald
    The Albert Hall Nottingham NG1 5AA
    United Kingdom

    A journey in music and song through wine regions of Europe and North Africa.

    Ticket price includes wine tasting.

    Concert in support of Save the Children

    Overture from La Forza del Destino, 'The Force of Destiny'
    Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
    Barcarolle from L'Elisir d'Amore, 'Elixir of Love'
    Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
    Grand March from Aida
    Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor
    Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
    Chanson à boire (Drinking song) from Don Quichotte à dulcinée
    Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
    Gaîté Parisienne
    Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
    Largo al factotum from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 'The Barber of Seville'
    Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
    Excerpts from 'Carmen' (arr. for Ensemble by John Lenehan)
    Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
    L'Italiana in Algeri, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers'
    Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
    On my lips every kiss is like wine from Giuditta
    Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
    Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
    Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
    Wein, Welb und Gesang, 'Wine, Women and Song'
    Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
    Champagne Polka
    Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
    Champagne Finale from Die Fledermaus
    Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
    Overture from Die Zauberflöte, 'The Magic Flute'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    £14, £12, concessions £10, under 21 £8 Available from 0115 941 9419 .
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    Wed, 2013-05-22 19:00
    Beethoven Begins - Dances and Nocturnes
    Bridget MacRae, Kreutzer Quartet
    Wilton's Music Hall London E1 8JB
    United Kingdom

    Join us for a night of classical music with the Kreutzer Quartet, featuring music from Beethoven, Boccherini, and the world premiere of Dale Roberts's Quintet.

    The members of the pioneering Kreutzer Quartet are the dedicatee of countless new works by composers including Michael Finnissy, David Matthews, Judith Weir, Judith Bingham, Poul Ruders, Robert Saxton, Jorg Widmann, Hans Werner Henze, George Rochberg, and many others. The quartet have recorded cycles of works by Matthews, Elliott Schwartz, Michael Tippett, Roberto Gerhard and Jeremy Dale Roberts, to name just a few. Although the quartet is in demand at major festivals from the Venice Biennale to the Bergen Festpillerne, Wilton's Music Hall is the heart of their activity. Over the past few years they have relished the opportunity to work in its wonderful acoustic and to develop and uniquely lively relationship with the audience there, and have developed an eclectic programming style in response to this unique venue.

    String Quartet No 1 in F
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    String Quartet in F
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    String Quartet No 60 in C, 'La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid'
    Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
    Quintet
    Jeremy Dale Roberts ()
    £12.50 Available from 02077022789 10am - 6pm, Mon - Fri.
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    Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30
    Enigma Orchestra perform Sir William Walton's Façade
    Enigma Orchestra, Rachel Wells, Thomas Molloy
    St Mary's Church Bletchley MK3 6DZ
    United Kingdom

    A thrilling programme performed by a new orchestra, at a knock-down ticket-price!

    Concerto in E flat 'Dumbarton Oaks'
    Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
    Façade
    Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
    Symphony No 3 in C
    Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
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    Sat, 2013-05-18 12:45
    Music in the Round May Festival Family Concert - Mad Hatter's Tea Party
    Ensemble 360, Polly Ives
    Crucible Studio Theatre Sheffield S1 1DA
    United Kingdom

    Inspired by the Mad Hatter’s tea party from Alice in Wonderland, Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives present a concert of live music, curious rhymes, nonsense and lots of laughs.

    Join in with a tea pot dance, solve the Queen of Hearts’ riddles alongside Paul Patterson’s Comedy for Five Winds, and sing the White Rabbit’s song and Mock Turtle’s Lament. Hear Benjamin Britten’s Two Insect Pieces, Martin Butler’s The Pig from Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl, extracts from Charlie Piper’s Jacaranda and Haydn’s Surprise Symphony.

    Bring along a mad hat! Cupcakes will be on sale in the foyer.

    Comedy for Five Winds
    Paul Patterson (1947-)
    2 Insect Pieces, for oboe and piano
    Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
    The Pig from Dirty Beasts
    Martin Butler (1960-)
    Excerpts from Jacaranda for Sextet
    Charlie Piper (1982-)
    Symphony No 94 in G, 'Surprise'
    (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
    £10, £7 Disabled and Unemployed, £5 Under 18s and Students Available from 01142496000 Monday to Saturday: 10am to 8pm.
  • Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30
    Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra May Concert
    Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra, Gareth John
    Woodend Barn Arts Centre Banchory AB31 5QA
    United Kingdom
    Symphony No 1 in C
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    Symphony No 104 in D, 'London'
    (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
    Siegfried Idyll
    Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
    £8 with a concession price of £5 for students and OAPs. Children under 12 are free