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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 2008

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AUGUST 2008

Supper & Opera
Opera Holland Park
Iolanta - Tchaikovsky
Holland Park, London
Saturday 2 August

One of our favourite venues of the summer and last year’s improvements to the theatre have made it even better. Tchaikovsky’s one act opera was his last, and whilst not as often performed as some of his others has some great tunes and dramatic moments. The opera will be preceded by a new classically inspired contemporary dance piece.

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Supper & Prom
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Sarasre - conductor
Nikolai Lugansky - piano
Royal Albert Hall
Saturday 30 August

Nikolai Lugansky, one of Russia’s great pianists, will perform one of Her greatest piano Concertos, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3. The rest of the programme features two Finnish works, the UK premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Seht die Sonnen and Sibelius’ Symphony No 1

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SEPTEMBER 2008

Summer Soiree
Wavendon, Bucks.
Saturday 6 September

Do try and join us for a late summer soirée at member Chris’ delightful apartment in Wavendon near Milton Keynes. There will be time for a stroll around the lake and, of course, good music, good food and good company.

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Supper & Concert
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Saturday 20 September

Andris Nelsons’ first concert as music director of the CBSO should mark the start of a really special collaboration. Tonight we will be treated to music by Wagner, Bartók and Berlioz. Berlioz wrote his Symphony Fantastique when he was only 27, a staggering achievement

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OCTOBER 2008

Supper & Concert
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor
Royal Festival Hall, London
Saturday 4 October

John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra, accompanied by the outstanding Monteverdi choir, explore the roots from which Brahms drew his inspiration – a capella folk songs by a wide range of composers. The programme culminates with his Third Symphony.

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Opera in Florence
Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Tosca - Giacomo Puccini
Friday to Sunday 10 - 12 October

For our tenth European Opera trip we are visiting Florence for a performance of Puccini's Tosca. We will also have a tour of this fabulous city including the Uffizi gallery.

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Supper & Concert
St Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov – conductor
Natalia Gutman – cello
Barbican Hall, London
Saturday 18 October

An evening of Russian music performed by some outstanding Russian musicians. Natalia Gutman will interpret Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 1 with its massive, tempestuous cadenza. The evening draws to a close with Tchaikovsky’s emotional masterpiece The Pathétique Symphony.

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Supper & Concert
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Simonov – conductor
Charles Siem – violin
Leeds Town Hall
Saturday 25 October

The young British violinist Charles Siem will perform Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No 1 with its deeply spiritual passacaglia. The third movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 4 features the famous passage for plucked strings.

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NOVEMBER 2008

Supper & Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Group
London Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Asbury – conductor
Barbican Theatre, London
Saturday 8 November

Mark Morris returns to the Barbican for an historic new production of Romeo and Juliet set to Prokofiev’s original score. With a radically different ending to today’s well known version, the score has never before been performed as the composer intended.

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Supper & Opera
Glyndebourne on Tour
Carmen – Bizet
Milton Keynes Theatre
Saturday 22 November

The comfortable and easy to get to Milton Keynes Theatre is the perfect venue to enjoy Glyndebourne’s acclaimed production of Bizet’s extraordinary and passionate Carmen, which should not be missed.

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Supper & Concert
Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd – conductor
John Lill – piano
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November

The programme starts with music by Purcell and Haydn. Then we will have John Lill’s performance of Beethoven’s infectiously lively Piano Concerto No 1. The final piece, Beethoven’s Symphony No 1 clearly shows the influence that Haydn had on the young composer.

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APRIL 2009

Walking & Music Weekend
Bourton on the Water
Friday 24 to Sunday 26 April

The next of our very popular weekends in the English countryside with top quality musical entertainment, this time in beautiful Bourton on the Water.

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Further details to follow

Please note - This diary is only a summary of events and may be subject to change. Additional events may be added where possible.

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