August 2010 United Kingdom Diary
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London
- 4 August 2010 | BBC Proms | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano) | • Mahler: Symphony No 3 in D minor | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.00pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 5 August 2010 | BBC Proms | World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Camilla Tilling (soprano) | • Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Major | • Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 9 August 2010 | BBC Proms | European Union Youth Orchestra, Maxim Rysanov (viola) | • Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture “Romeo and Juliet” | • Janáček: “Taras Bulba” Rhapsody for Orchestra, after the novel by Nikolay Gogol | • Berlioz: Harold in Italy | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.00pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 10 August 2010 | BBC Proms | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin) | • Schreker: Der ferne Klang – Nachtstück | • Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35 | • Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 14 & 15 August 2010 | Tête-à-Tête: The Opera Festival | Second Movement opera | Martinů: The Three Wishes, or the Inconstancy of Life (H 175) | Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RL, 6.30pm (4.00pm on 15th) | Box office tel: 020 8237 1111 | Web sites: www.tete-a-tete.org.uk & www.secondmovement.org.uk
- 29 August 2010 | BBC Proms | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Lars Vogt (piano) | • Dvořák: Overture “Carnival”, Op 92 (B 169) | • Martinů: Symphony No 6 “Fantaises Symphoniques” (H 343) | • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor | • Janáček: The Battle of Blaník (Balada blanická) | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.00pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
- 30 August 2010 | BBC Proms | Lars Vogt (piano) | • Janáček: In the Mists (V mlhách) | • Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 | Cadogan Hall, London, 1.00pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/
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Scotland
- 16 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | Magdalena Kožená (mezzo soprano), Private Musicke (viol ensemble) | • recital of Italian & Spanish music including d’India, Caccinni & de Ribayaz | Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 11.00am, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 17 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | Škampa Quartet, Melvyn Tan (piano) | • Mozart: Piano Concerto in F (K413) | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 “Intimate Letter” | • Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 (version for piano with string quartet) | Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 11.00am, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 18 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Laura Aikin (soprano) | • Korngold: Prelude to Act 2 of “Die Tote Stadt” | • Korngold: Marietta’s Lied from “Die Tote Stadt” | • Berg: Lulu Suite | • Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 | Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8.00pm, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 20 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | Pavel Haas Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 76/2 | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Op 96 (B 179) “American” | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 13 in G Major, Op 106 (B 192) | Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 11.00am, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 24 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | Pavel Haas Quartet | • Britten: Three Divertimenti | • Pavel Haas: String Quartet No 2 “From the Monkey Mountains” | • Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 59/1 | Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 11.00am, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 27 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | The Nash Ensemble | • Bartók: Contrasts | • Gershwin: Lullaby for string quartet | • Copland: Sextet | • Dvořák: String Quintet No 3 in E-flat Major, Op 97 (B 180) “The American” | Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 11.00am, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 28 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Midori (violin) | • Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks | • Bernstein: Serenade | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) “New World” | Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7.30pm, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international
- 31 August 2010 | Edinburgh International Festival | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Anna Larsson (mezzo soprano) | • Mahler: Symphony No 3 in D minor | Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8.00pm, web site: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals/international