JANUARY 12
London - Wigmore Hall
String Quartet No.1 in G minor
Bax Oboe Quintet
Elgar Salutd'amore, Chanson de matin & Chanson de nuit
Warlock The Curlew
Walton Anon in Love
Mark Padmore tenor
Craig Ogden guitar
website
JANUARY 18 & 19
Hong Kong - Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Symphony No.7 Sinfonia Antartica
Bax Tintagel
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
David Atherton conductor
website
JANUARY 20
Royal Festival Hall, London
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Portsmouth Point Sir William Walton
In the South, 'Alassio' Op 50 Sir Edward Elgar
On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring Frederick Delius
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat John Ireland
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leon McCawley piano
John Wilson conductor
15:00
(25% discount on tickets when quoting reference 'English Music Offer'.
Contact the Philharmonia box office tel: 0800 652 6717)
JANUARY 20
Barbican Centre, London
The Lark Ascending
The Silver Swan Gibbons
Ode to a Nightingale Will Todd
Spring Symphony Britten
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London Orchestra da Camera
Finchley Children's Music Group
Naomi Harvey soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson tenor
David Temple conductor
7.30pm
Tickets £12.50 - £28.00
JANUARY 26
Paris, France - Eglise St-Eustache, salle des chanteurs
Four Poems by Fredegonde Shove
Songs on Poems by Tennyson
Gounod Chidiock Tichborne and other songs in English
Gounod Mélancolie and other songs in French
Olivier Fourcade baritone
Lionel Cloarec piano
8pm
flyer
FEBRUARY 2
London, Royal Festival Hall
Symphony No.2 (A London Symphony)
Ravel Shéhérazade
Janácek Taras Bulba
The Halle Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
FEBRUARY 17
King's College Chapel, Taunton, Somerset
Three Shakespeare Songs
Britten The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, A.M.D.G., Missa Brevis, Canticle I, Folksong arrangements, Old Joe has gone fishing
Grainger Brigg Fair
Stanford Beati quorum via
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord
Parry My soul there is a country
Walton Set me as a seal upon thine heart
Somerset Chamber Choir
Greg Tassell tenor
Richard Pearce organ and piano
Graham Caldbeck conductor
website
FEBRUARY 9
Canterbury - Colyer-Fergusson Hall, University of Kent
Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Finzi Exerpts from Dies Natalis Op 8
Purcell Bid the Virtues, from Come ye sons of art away, Birthday Ode for Mary II Z323
John Harle Silencium, for Saxophone and Soprano
Handel Let the Bright Seraphim, from Samson
Festival Chamber Orchestra
Dame Felicity Lott, soprano
John Harle, conductor/soloist
website
FEBRUARY 18
Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zürich
Oboe concerto in A minor
Mendelssohn Song without words (arr. for oboe and string orchestra)
Rossini String Sonata no. 6 in D major
Mendelssohn String symphony no. 8 in D major
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. for oboe and string orchestra)
Zürcher Kammerorchester
Albrecht Mayer oboe/Director
FEBRUARY 19
Berlln - Philharmonie
Oboe concerto in A minor
Mendelssohn Song without words (arr. for oboe and string orchestra)
Rossini String Sonata no. 6 in D major
Mendelssohn String symphony no. 8 in D major
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. for oboe and string orchestra)
Zürcher Kammerorchester
Albrecht Mayer oboe/Director
FEBRUARY 24
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London
Symphony No.3 (Pastoral)
A Somerset Rhapsody Holst
A Shropshire Lad Butterworth
Worcestershire Suite Harrison
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood conductor
7.30pm
Tickets £15, £12
MARCH 9
Port Angeles High School Auditorium
Port Angeles WA USA
Symphony No. 3, 'A Pastoral Symphony'
Beethoven Contredances, WoO 14
Wagner Siegfried Forest Murmurs
J. Strauss, Jr. Tales from the Vienna Woods
Port Angeles Symphony
Adam Stern conductor
website
MARCH 9
St Michael's Church, Perry Street, Northampton NN1 4HL
Mass in G minor
Herbert Howells Requiem
Michael Tippett Spirituals
Northampton Philharmonic Choir
Christopher Mabley conductor
website
MARCH 9
St Peter's Church, Wickham Road, Brockley SE4 1LT
Symphony No.2 (A London Symphony)
Gershwin An American in Paris
Bizet Roma
Tickets are £9 and £6 (conc) on the door or from the link below.
(Concessions are for under 16s, students and senior citizens)
Harmony Sinfonia website
For tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/201939
For directions
MARCH 9
Buckingham Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Buckingham Choral Society with Sherwood Choral Society presents
Dona Nobis Pacem
Toward the Unknown Region
The Orchestra of Stowe Opera
Julian Metzger Cello solo
Royal Academy of Music Soloists
Julian Mann conductor
Tickets: Adults £15, Concessions £13, Under 18s £5
Available from: Online at www.wegottickets.com The Tourist Information Centre, The Old Gaol, Buckingham
Buckingham Choral website
MARCH 9
G Live, Guildford
Serenade to Music
also: Elgar Cello Concerto, There is sweet music. Op 53 No 1, The Music Makers
Jeremy Backhouse conductor
Julian Lloyd Webber soloist
The Brandenburg Sinfonia
website
MARCH 10
Montreal - Symphony Hall
Symphony No. 4
Buhr Winter Poems
Berlios Les Nuits d'été
Montreal Symhony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey conductor
Measha Brueggergosman soprano
website
MARCH 10
Assembly Hall, Worthing Theatres
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
BBC Young Musician 2012, Laura van der Heijden
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons conductor
2.45pm
website
MARCH 23
St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London
Symphony No 1 A Sea Symphony
Five Mystical Songs
St Paul (Knightsbridge) Festival Choir
Richard Latham conductor
Starts at 7.30pm
Tickets at the door
RNLI Charity performance
website
MARCH 14
Petersfield (Hants.) - Festival Hall
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Dvorak Symphonic Variations, op. 78
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no 2 in C minor
soloist Erdem Misirlioglu
The Petersfield Orchestra
Robin Browning conductor
Tickets £18, from One Tree Books, 01730 261199
website
MARCH 15
Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Nishinomiya
Oboe concerto in A minor
Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109
Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra
Céline Moinet, Oboe
Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra
Tatsuya Shimono conductor
MARCH 15
Palais Montcalm: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Quebec, QC
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Jean-Marie Zeitouni double la mise
Britten, Simple Symphony (for strings), Op.4
Elgar, Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra, Op.47
Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Sz 106 ((extracts)
6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 ((extracts)
Jean-Marie Zeitouni conductor
L'Orchestre de Chambre I Musici de Montréal
Les Violons du Roy
MARCH 15
SJE Arts at St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford
On Wenlock Edge
Tchaikovsky String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" in D major, Op.70
Britten, Songs - various
Manning Camerata
MARCH 16
St Peter's Parish Church, Sheringham
Five Mystical Songs
Jenkins Requiem
Bach J.S Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV545
Nathan Waring conductor
Jamie Wright baritone
Lynne Roberts horn
Lawrence Tao piano
Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society
MARCH 17
London - Wigmore Hall
Quintet in D for piano, clarinet, horn, violin & cello
Dvorak Piano Quintet in A, Op.81
website
MARCH 24
G Live Guildford
The Lark Ascending
Overture 'The Wasps'
Toward the Unknown Region
Also: Tippett A Child of our Time
Guildford Choral Society
Southern Pro Musica
Violin Soloist Callum Smart (BBC Young Musician Strings category winner 2010)
Conductor Jonathan Willcocks
Tickets £25, £20 £18 (£10 for concessions)
Group discount 1 seat free if you buy 10
Available through the choir boxoffice@guildfordchoral.org or G Live glive.co.uk 0844 7701 797 (booking fee applies)
19:30
website
APRIL 6
Worms, Germany
Symphony No. 1 (A Sea Symphony)
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Nänie, Schicksalslied
Ealing Symphony Orchestra
St Albans Chamber Choir, Wormser Kantorei
John Gibbons conductor
Supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
website
APRIL 8
Royal Festival Hall, London
Serenade to Music
Benjamin Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Gerald Finzi: Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op.26
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
Barts Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
APRIL 11
Leith Hill Musical Festival
Every night of the April series features music by founder conductor, Vaughan Williams
The new commonwealth
Main works: George Martin The Mission Chorales
Haydn Mariazell Mass
English Festival Orchestra
Ruth Jenkins soprano
Richard Dowling tenor
David Shipley bass
(Leith Hill Festival: MAR 10, MAR 23, APR 11, APR 12, APR 13)
01403 240093
website
APRIL 12
Leith Hill Musical Festival
Every night of the April series features music by founder conductor, Vaughan Williams
Festival Te Deum
Other main works: I Was Glad Parry,
Coronation Ode Elgar
English Festival Orchestra
Ruth Jenkins soprano
Claire Bradshaw mezzo soprano
Ben Thapa tenor
Quentin Hayes bass
(Leith Hill Festival: MAR 10, MAR 23, APR 11, APR 12, APR 13)
01403 240093
website
APRIL 13
Leith Hill Musical Festival
Every night of the April series features music by founder conductor, Vaughan Williams
The farmer's boy
Linden Lea
Main Works: Mozart Coronation Mass,
Lauridsen Lux Aeterna
English Festival Orchestra
Robyn Allegra Parton soprano
Stephanie Lewis mezzo soprano
Guy Cutting tenor
Jon Stainsby bass
(Leith Hill Festival: MAR 10, MAR 23, APR 11, APR 12, APR 13)
01403 240093
website
APRIL 13
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
A Sea Symphony
Elgar Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (arranged for SATB chorus by Christopher Phelps)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73
John Lill piano
Julie Roberts soprano
Owain Browne bass
Hadleigh Choral Society
Colchester Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Phelps conductor
Tickets: £20, £16, £12
Box office: 01728 687 110
7.30 p.m.
Box office website
Information website
APRIL 13
West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DP
Symphony No. 2 (London)
Also: Butterworth Rhapsody: 'A Shropshire Lad'
Britten Gloriana
Sinfonia of Cambridge
Graham Ross conductor
Tickets are £15 (£13 concessions, just £3 for student standby) and can be purchased from the box office on 0845 680 1926 or on the door.
website
APRIL 24
Birmingham Symphony Hall
British Classics
On Wenlock Edge
John Wilson conductor
Andrew Staples tenor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
website
APRIL 25
New York City - Carnegie Hall
Symphony No 1 'A Sea Symphony'
Beethoven Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
David Hayes Music Director and Conductor
Jennifer Forni soprano
Jordan Shanahan baritone
Special guest appearance by Kathleen Turner
website
APRIL 26
Cheltenham - The Town Hall
Symphony No.5 in D
Sibelius Finlandia
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth conductor
Julian Bliss clarinet
website
APRIL 27
Amersham School, Amersham
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Misbourne Symphony Orchestra
Tim Hodson flute
Richard Jacklin conductor
MAY 1
London, Royal Festival Hall
Symphony No.4 in F minor
Tippett A Child of our Time
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Rebecca Evans soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson tenor, Matthew Rose bass
London Philharmonic Choir
website
MAY 1
Prague, Prague Castle, Spanish Hall
Europe Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Dvorak Biblical Songs
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major Pastoral
Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Magdalena Kozena mezzo-soprano
MAY 2
Glasgow, City Halls
Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Wagner Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 'The Emperor'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Steven Osborne piano
Andrew Manze conductor
website
MAY 2, 3 & 4
São Paulo, Brazil - Sala São Paulo
Symphony no. 2 (London)
Debussy Three Preludes (Orch. Colin Matthews)
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger conductor
Fabio Zanon guitar
website
MAY 3
Aberdeen, Music Hall
Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Wagner Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 'The Emperor'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Steven Osborne piano
Andrew Manze conductor
MAY 3
Barbican Hall
Five Tudor Portraits
Also: Walton Overture Scapino
Bowen Viola Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson conductor
Lawrence Power viola
Rosie Aldridge mezzo soprano
Neal Davies Baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Pre-concert talk, 6.00pm, Fountain Room
website
Click fo Special Offer to RVW Society members
MAY 4
Leamington Musical Festival Weekend
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Six studies in English Folk song (Cello and Piano)
Bridge. Bax Walton, Ireland, E.J. Moeran, Bliss, Stanford
London Soloists Ensemble
website
MAY 6
Leamington Musical Festival Weekend
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Three Whitman Songs
Ireland Three Songs from The Land of Lost Content
Quilter Four Songs from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
Bridge Sonnet 43 and We went a'riding
Britten Folksong arrangements
Roderick Williams baritone
Joseph Middleton piano
website
MAY 8
Cardiff - St. David's Hall
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Britten The Young Apollo
Mozart Piano Concerto no.9
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Lise de la Salle piano
website
MAY 8
Bedford Corn Exchange
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Elgar, In the South (Alassio) - Concert Overture for orchestra, Op.50
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 9 in E flat, "Jeunehomme", K271
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Lise de la Salle, piano
Click fo Special Offer to RVW Society members
MAY 9
London, Royal Festival Hall
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Britten The Young Apollo
Mozart Piano Concerto no.9
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Lise de la Salle piano
website
MAY 9, 10, 11 & 12
Hartford, Conneticut USA- Belding Theater
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Roe)
Gershwin I've Got Rhythm Variations (Anderson)
Four-hand piano encores from Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Kuan conductor
Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe Piano
website
MAY 10
Canterbury - Marlowe Theatre
The Lark Ascending
Elgar In the South
Holst The Planets
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay violin
website
MAY 10
Colston Hall, Bristol
Chilled Out Classics
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Pete Harrison conductor
MAY 11
Basingstoke, The Anvil
The Lark Ascending
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Elgar In the South (Alassio)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay violin
website
MAY 11
St. Martin in der Mauer, Prag CZ
English Folk Song Suite
Kilian-Ensemble Mainz/Wiesbaden
Christian Mˆºnch-Cordell conductor
15.30
website
MAY 11
Southwell Minster
Five Mystical Songs
Rütti Requiem and other works
Finzi Lo, the full final Sacrifice, Op.26
Elgar Serenade in E Minor for string orchestra, Op.20
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Southern Sinfonia
Richard Laing conductor
April Fredrick soprano
Angus McPhee baritone
MAY 11
Lighthouse, Poole
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Pete Harrison conductor
MAY 12
Berlin - Philharmonie
Symphony No.1 A Sea Symphony
Bruch: Scottish Fantasie for Violin und Orchestra
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
Carolin Widmann violin
Rebecca Evans soprano Simon Keenlyside baritone
Joe Miller Choreinstudierung
MAY 16
Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield
Music in the Round - Ensemble 360
Quintet in C minor
Britten Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op.48
for viola and piano
J C Bach Quartet for Oboe and Strings in B flat
MAY 18
St Mary's Parish Church Suffolk
Woodbridge Chamber Concerts
Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Mozart Divertimento in D major K 136
Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor
Grieg Holberg Suite
Elgar Serenade For Strings in E minor
Bartok Romanian Dances
Royal College of Music String Ensemble
Directed by Sean Riley
7.30pm
website
MAY 18
St Mary and St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone
Sacconi Music Festival
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sacconi Quartet
Mark Padmore tenor
Richard Watkins horn
Royal College of Music Chamber Orchestra
MAY 19
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Prologue, Spring, Summer & Autumn
from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Patron Sir Simon Rattle
Dane Lam conductor
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
Simon Emery director
7.30pm
website
MAY 19
St Mary and St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone
Sacconi Chamber Music Festival
On Wenlock Edge
Mark Padmore tenor
Gary Matthewman piano
Sacconi Quartet
MAY 24
Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire
English Music Festival
The Solent
(World premiere performance)
Serenade in A minor
(World premiere performance)
Also Holst A Winter Idyll
Walford Davies Symphony no.2 in G major
(World premiere performance)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates conductor
nb. Programme to be confirmed
website
MAY 25
Newbury Spring Festival
Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton RG7 5TQ
Mass in G minor
Taverner Christe Jesu
Tallis Salvator mundi
Parsons Ave maria
Howells Master Tallis' Testament (organ solo)
Britten Rejoice in the lamb
Bridge Adagio in E (organ solo)
Mark Simpson Festival Commission*
Tippett Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Stephen Darlington director of music
Clive Driskill-Smith organ
Supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
MAY 25
Manchester- The Bridgewater Hall
The Lark Ascending
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.5
Delius Légende
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Tasmin Little violin
MAY 26
Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire (evening concert)
English Music Festival
Five Mystical Songs
Rhosymedre
Also: Dyson Three hymns of Praise
Finzi God is gone up
Gardner Stabat Mater
Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
City of London Choir
Hilary Davan Wetton conductor
nb. Programme to be confirmed
website
MAY 26
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Overture 'The Wasps'
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra
Julian Lloyd Webber cello
Leslie Olive conductor
Supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
website
JUNE 1
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The Lark Ascending
Pre-concert talk 6.45pm Michael Tumelty
Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Saint-Saens Introduction and Ronda capriccioso
Walton / Palmer Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario
Peter Oundjian conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
RSNO Chorus
The RSNO Junior Chorus
JUNE 1
Durham Cathedral
Five Mystical Songs
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Lord, Thou Hast been our Refuge
Durham University Chamber Choir
Durham University Symphony Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen soloist
Calum Zuckert conductor
7.30pm
website
JUNE 13, 14 & 15
Washington DC - The Kennedy Centre
Symphony no. 2 'A London Symphony'
Duttileux Tout un monde lointain
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
National Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Halls conductor
David Hardy cello
website
JUNE 15
St Andrew's Church, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Symphony No 5
Overture 'The Wasps'
Rodney Bennett Lady Caroline Lamb Suite
North Wiltshire Symphony Orchestra
Alex Arkwright conductor
Philip Dukes viola
website
JUNE 15
St George's Bristol
The Lark Ascending
Overture 'The Wasps'
Delius Légende
Delius Fantastic Dance
Ravel La Valse
Wagner Tristan und Isolde Prelude & Liebestod
Parry Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp & Circumstance March No.1
Arne Rule Britannia!
Bristol Concert Orchestra
Stefan Hofkes conductor
Jo Edwards violin
Amy Catt mezzo-soprano
website
JUNE 22
Canterbury Cathedral
An Oxford Elegy
for chorus, orchestra & speaker
The Lark Ascending
Britten The Company of Heaven
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Canterbury Choral Society
Richard Cooke conductor
JUNE 29
Tewkesbury Abbey
The Lark Ascending
A Sea Symphony, symphony no. 1
Parry I was glad
Elgar Arrangement of the British National Anthem
South Cotswold Choral Group
Bristol Concert orchestra
Nigel Perrin conductor
Stefan Hofkes conductor
Julia Hwang violin
Mary Plazas soprano
Leigh Melrose baritone
JUNE 30
St John's, Smith Square, London
Quintet in C minor
Mozart Trio in E-flat major, K.498 (Kegelstatt)
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor op. 25
London Soloists Ensemble
Pre-concert talk by Hugh Cobbe, OBE, Chairman of the RVW Trust
website
JUNE 30
VITOS-Festsaal, Eltville/Kiedrich D
English Folk Song Suite
Kilian-Ensemble Mainz/Wiesbaden
Christian Mˆºnch-Cordell conductor
17.00
website
JUNE 30
Amersham School, Amersham
Concerto for Tuba in F minor
also: 1812 Overture Op 49 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Noon Witch Op 108 - Antonín Dvorák
Misbourne Symphony Orchestra
Guy Button tuba
Richard Jacklin conductor
JULY 12
Royal Albert Hall
Symphony No 1 'A Sea Symphony'
Julian Anderson Harmony
Britten Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes'
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Lutosałwski Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Sally Matthews soprano
Roderick Williams baritone
Stephen Hough piano
BBC Proms Youth Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
JULY 13
Bristol - St George's
Symphony No. 5 in D
Bristol Classical Players
Tom Gauterin conductor
Oliver Howard violin
website
JULY 28
Promenadenkonzert: Palmengarten, Frankfurt D
English Folk Song Suite
Kilian-Ensemble Mainz/Wiesbaden
Christian Mˆºnch-Cordell conductor
15.30
website
AUGUST 2
Three Choirs Festival Gloucester Cathedral (27 July - 4 August 2013)
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Elgar Falstaff
Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Njabulo Madlala baritone
Adrian Partington conductor
7.45pm
Kindly supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
website
AUGUST 11
Royal Albert Hall
Toward the Unknown Region
Mark-Anthony Turnage Frieze
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral'
Lisa Milne soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Gerald Finley baritone
Codetta
Irish Youth Chamber Choir
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vasily Petrenko conductor
AUGUST 12
Royal Albert Hall
A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
Holst Indra
Nishat Khan The Gate of the Moon (Sitar Concerto No. 1)
Nishat Khan sitar
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Atherton conductor
SEPTEMBER 4
Royal Albert Hall
Four Last Songs (orch. A. Payne) BBC Commission, World Premiere
Górecki Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'
Ruby Hughes soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor
SEPTEMBER 7
Royal Albert Hall
The Lark Ascending
Clyne, Wagner, Britten, Bernstein, Massenet, Handel, Rossini, Bernstein, Verdi, Arlen, Monti, Traditional, Rodgers, Bantock, Lloyd, Arne, Elgar, Parry
Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
Nigel Kennedy violin
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
SEPTEMBER 13
Zurich - Tonhalle, Kleiner Saal
Songs of Travel
Schubert Ausgewählte Lieder
Finzi Let us Garlands Bring op. 18
Rudolf Rosen baritone
Dominque Derron piano
website
SEPTEMBER 20
Pittville Pump Room, East Approach Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 3JE
EMF AUTUMN MINI-FESTIVAL: THE COTSWOLD CONNECTION
Concerto Accademico
(in Constant Lambert's arrangement for violin and piano)
also: Bliss: Sonata for Piano and Violin
Holst: Five Pieces for Violin and Piano
Howells: Sonata in B minor for Violin and Piano
Rupert Marshall-Luck violin, Matthew Rickard piano
website
SEPTEMBER 21
St Laurence's Church, Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire, GL54 2PN
EMF AUTUMN MINI-FESTIVAL: BY COTSWOLD, SEVERN AND WYE: A SEQUENCE OF ENGLISH ORGAN MUSIC
Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune Rhosymedre
Also: Ireland Intrada
Moeran: Air
Finzi Elegy
Holst Brook Green Suite
Howells Two Psalm Preludes, Rhapsody no.3
Several pieces by Parry and others from A Little Organ Book in memory of Hubert Parry
Stanford Postlude on an old Irish melody
Darke Meditation on Brother James' Air
Duncan Honeybourne organ
10.30AM
website
SEPTEMBER 21
St Laurence's Church, Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire, GL54 2PN
EMF AUTUMN MINI-FESTIVAL: THE SOUL OF THE AGE
The sky above the roof, Orpheus and his lute
and other songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams including: Bushes and briars, Linden Lea, Sweet day, This is the truth
also: Tallis, Jacob, Holst, Campian, McFarren
Oxford Liedertafel
3.30PM
website
SEPTEMBER 21
All Saints' Church, All Saints' Road, Cheltenham, GL52 5HA
EMF AUTUMN MINI-FESTIVAL: HOLST BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Overture to The Wasps
49th Parallel
And Full fathom five, The cloud capp'd towers
Also: Holst: Ave Maria, Venus from The Planets, St Paul's Suite
Elgar Fly, singing bird, fly, The snow, Selections from Enigma Variations
Arnold Fantasy for brass band
Bliss Ceremony of the Bishops
St Paul's Girls' School Choir
St
Paul's Girls' School Orchestra
Flowers Wind Band
7.30PM
website
NOVEMBER 28
Petersfield (Hants.), Festival Hall
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Reznicek: Overture, Donna Diana
Strauss: Wind Serenade in E flat, Op. 7
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
The Petersfield Orchestra
Robin Browning conductor
Adelia Myslov violin
Petersfield Orchestra website
Petersfield Festival Hall website
TBA.
