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Pianos and Pianists - Consultant Editor Ates Orga

Who to listen for - the UK round-up. December 10th - 31st 1999

 

Birmingham     London     Milton Keynes     Oxford     York     


BIRMINGHAM

Symphony Hall 0121 212 3333 http://www.symphonyhall.co.uk/symphony

16 December, 7.30pm Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Bamert

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LONDON

Barbican Hall 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk

14 December, 7.30pm the LSO Chamber Ensemble play piano trios by Haydn (No 27), Beethoven (Ghost), and Schubert (B flat)

30 December, 3pm Ian Fountain plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Philharmonia Orchestra under David Parry

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SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

13 December, 7.30pm Grace Francis plays Ravel and sonatas by Beethoven (Les adieux), Bartok and Rachmaninov (No 2 in the 1931 revision)

15 December, 7.30pm 'Bridging the Millennia' Anda Anastasescu and the Schubert Players of London play works by Silvestri, Turina, Copland (Piano Quartet) and Shostakovich (Piano Quintet)

17 December, 8pm Juwon Ogugnbe and 'The Rhythms of Nigeria'

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SBC Queen Elizabeth Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

10 December, 7.45pm Louis Lorte commemorates the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death with a recital including the Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Fantasy on Polish Airs and Allegro de Concert. Pre-concert talk by Roy Howat

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Spitalfields Winter Festival
0171 377 1362

22 December, 7.30pm David Roblou, harpsichord and organ, partners soprano Catherine Bott in a seasonal programme of sacred music

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Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141

11 December, 7.30pm the Nash Ensemble play Beethoven's Quintet for Piano and Wind and Schubert's Trout Quintet

13 December, 1pm Claire-Marie Le Guay partners violinist Augustin Dumay in sonatas by Schumann (Op 105) and Brahms (Op 108)

15 December, 7.30pm Graham Johnson partners tenor Jean-Paul Fouchecourt in a recital of French song including examples by Manuel Rosenthal and Nadia Boulanger

16 December, 7.30pm in the first of two recitals Peter Frankl joins cellist Ralph Kirshbaum in music by Brahms (E minor Sonata), Schumann and Mendelssohn (D major Sonata)

20 December, 1pm Mikahil Rudy plays Prokofiev and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

29 December, 7.30pm in the second of two recitals Peter Frankl joins cellist Ralph Kirshbaum in music by Mendelssohn (B flat Sonata), Schubert (Arpeggione Sonata), Schumann, and Brahms (F major Sonata)

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MILTON KEYNES

The Stables 01908 583928

11 December, 8pm Philip Smith partners percussionist Evelyn Glennie

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OXFORD

Sheldonian Theatre 01865 798600 http://www.musicatoxford.igw.com

11 December, 7.30pm Jacques Loussier and friends

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YORK

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall 01904 644194

15 December, 8pm Catherine Borner plays Saint-Saens's Second Piano Concerto with the York University Chamber Orchestra under Peter Seymour

17 December, 8pm the Marais Ensemble play Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Wind and Poulenc's Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano

 

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