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Format: 2013-05-22
Format: 2013-05-22
  • Fri, 2013-05-24 19:30
    Mozart's Così fan tutte | English Touring Opera
    Anthony Gregory, English Touring Opera, James Burton, Kitty Whately, Laura Mitchell, Paul Higgins, Paula Sides, Richard Mosley-Evans, Toby Girling
    Cambridge Arts Theatre Cambridge CB2 3PL
    United Kingdom

    The most perfect ensemble opera ever written, Cosi fan tutte is a comedy that hurts and blesses. The two pairs of innocent young lovers it describes may be foolish, bt they are also very attractive, especially when Mozart endows them with such beautiful songs.

    In a day fiancés are parted, and new fiancés found: can it be believed? Anyone who has found that they are not quite the person they thought - anyone who recognises that strange, exciting, embarassing feeling - knows very well that it can.

    ETO's new production, in period costume on an elegant, pastoral set, and sung in English, promises to deliver a tingle, a laugh and a tear, and a memory of youth.

    Cosi fan tutte
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    £15 - £35 Available from 01223 503333 .
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    Sat, 2013-06-01 19:30
    Reiko Fujisawa and friends - Concert 3 - with soloists of the Royal Philharmonic
    Reiko Fujisawa, Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    St Michael's Church, Highgate London N6 6BJ
    United Kingdom

    The third and final concert of her series of special concerts in London ‘Reiko Fujisawa and Friends’ features Reiko performing in collaboration with more of her wonderful friends and colleagues from the UK. This programme of music for piano and winds with a rare appearance by the Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra promises to be a real treat.

    As part of Japan 400, the nationwide festival of the start of cultural relations between Britain and Japan, the series is being generously supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

    Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    Quintet for Keyboard, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon in E Flat
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano in A flat
    Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
    Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
    Shin-ichiro Ikebe ()
    Premium seating £18, general seating £15, students and children £9 (before advance booking discounts)
  • Sat, 2013-05-25 20:00
    Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorder) with the Swaledale Festival Players
    Adam Summerhayes, Charlotte Barbour-Condini, David Gordon, Joanna Parker, Malcolm Creese, Naomi Burrell, Natasha Kraemer, Virginie Guiffray
    St Andrew's Church Grinton DL11 6HH
    United Kingdom

    The sparkling 16 year-old recorder virtuoso and BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist is supported by an all-star baroque ensemble. Swaledale Festival favourites Adam Summerhayes and David Gordon have composed a brand new concerto especially for this concert.

    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
    Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
    Concerto for Flute/Recorder and Strings in C minor
    Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
    The Grinton Concerto
    David Gordon (1965-)
    Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in A
    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
    Concerto for Violin in D, 'Il Grosso Mogul'
    Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
    Suite in A minor, reconstructed by T. Erhardt
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    £15, under 19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
  • Sun, 2013-05-26 20:00
    Renaissance Chamber Choir (Durham)
    Ben Rowarth, Renaissance Chamber Choir (Durham)
    St Oswald's Church Askrigg DL8 3JW
    United Kingdom

    Ben Rowarth conducts this superb young choir from Durham in a programme of exquisite Renaissance music by Weelkes, Byrd and Tallis, alongside more recent works such as James MacMillan's Missa Dunelmi and pieces by Vaughan Williams, Pärt and Ben Rowarth. Beautiful music in a delightful setting.

    Missa Dunelmi
    James MacMillan (1959-)
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    Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
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    Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
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    William Byrd (1543-1623)
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    Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
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    Arvo Pärt (1935-)
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    Ben Rowarth (1992-)
    £15, under 19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
  • Tue, 2013-05-28 16:00
    Flercussion - flute and percussion duo
    Calum Huggan, Jo Ashcroft
    St Michael & All Angels Church, Spennithorne near Leyburn DL8 5PR
    United Kingdom

    Two star graduates from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama present arrangements of a Debussy piano suite, a Piazzolla tango, a Shostakovich waltz and a dance by Arthur Honegger. This concert has been enabled through the help of the Countess of Munster Trust.

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    Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
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    Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
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    Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
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    Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
    £8, under 19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
  • Tue, 2013-05-28 20:00
    Royal String Quartet
    Royal String Quartet
    St Andrew's Church Grinton DL11 6HH
    United Kingdom

    The outstanding young Royal String Quartet celebrates the centenary of the birth of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski. With Haydn’s ‘Sunrise’ Quartet and Borodin’s melody-packed Quartet No 1, this is a feast of chamber music of the highest quality.

    String Quartet in B flat, 'Sunrise'
    (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
    String Quartet
    Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
    String Quartet No 1 in A
    Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
    £12, under 19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
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    Wed, 2013-05-29 20:00
    John Williams (guitar)
    John Williams
    St Andrew's Church Grinton DL11 6HH
    United Kingdom

    Solo pieces by JS Bach, Isaac Albéniz, Peter Sculthorpe, Matthijs Koene, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Frederic Hand, Stephen Goss and John Williams, played by the outstanding classical guitarist of the modern era, at the top of his game.

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    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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    Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
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    Peter Sculthorpe (1929-)
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    Matthijs Koene ()
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    Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)
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    Frederic Hand (1947-)
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    Stephen Goss ()
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    John Williams (guitar & composer 1941-)
    £18, U-19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
  • Fri, 2013-05-31 16:00
    Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg - JS Bach's Record Collection
    Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg
    St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale Langthwaite DL11 6EN
    United Kingdom

    It is often said that JS Bach was ahead of his time. Well, here we offer a concert of exquisite eighteenth-century music which we believe the great man might have enjoyed on his phonograph. Works by Johann Bernhard Bach, Charles Dieupart, Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar, Francesco Bonporti, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach himself are played with conviction and flair by the period instrument ensemble from Freiburg.

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    Johann Bernhard Bach (1667-1749)
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    Charles Dieupart (1667-1740)
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    Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar (1696-1715)
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    Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672-1749)
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    Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
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    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    £8, under 19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
  • Sat, 2013-06-01 16:00
    Magdalena Filipczak (violin)
    Magdalena Filipczak
    Aske Hall Chapel Richmond DL10 5HJ
    United Kingdom

    The young Polish violinist astonished us with her virtuosity and musicality at last year’s Festival. This time she performs a programme of solo works in the beautiful chapel at Aske.

    This concert has been kindly facilitated by the Zetland Foundation.

    Partita for Violin No 3 in E
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    Sonata for Solo Violin No 2 in G minor
    Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
    Sonata for Solo Violin in D
    Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
    Sonata for Solo Violin No 3 in D Minor, 'Ballade'
    Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
    £8, under 19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.
  • Thu, 2013-05-30 14:00
    David Owen Norris – The World’s first Piano Concertos
    David Owen Norris, Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg
    Gayle Mill Hawes DL8 3RZ
    United Kingdom

    Accompanied by three members of Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg, the eminent pianist, composer, broadcaster and musicologist performs the earliest piano concertos on his own square piano, made in 1781, in the historic wood mill at Gayle, which opened in 1784. Professor Norris will explain the particular features of the square piano during the concert.

    Concerto in A
    Philip Hayes (1738-1797)
    Concerto No 5 in D
    James Hook (1746-1827)
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    £10, U-19 £3 Available from 01748 880019 From 29 April, Mon - St, 10:00 - 16:00.