December 2010 United Kingdom Diary

Midlands & East Anglia

• 14 December 2010 | Britten Sinfonia | • Brahms: Clarinet Trio Op 114 | • Julian Philips: New Works (World première tour) | • Janáček: Concertino | West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 1.00pm | Box office tel: 01223 357851 | Web sites: www.brittensinfonia.com & www.westroad.org
• 17 December 2010 | Britten Sinfonia | • Brahms: Clarinet Trio Op 114 | • Julian Philips: New Works (World première tour) | • Janáček: Concertino | The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, 1.00pm | Box office tel: 01603 630000 | Web sites: www.brittensinfonia.com & www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk

London

• 1 December 2010 | Leon McCawley (piano) | • Janáček: In the Mists (V mlhách) | • Brahms: 25 Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel, Op.24 | • plus music by Chopin and Samuel Barber | Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, 7.30pm | Web site: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
• 1 December 2010 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Christine Schäfer soprano | • Debussy (orch Matthews): Des pas sur la neige (Préludes, Bk 1 No 6) | • Debussy (orch Matthews): La cathédrale engloutie (Préludes, Bk 1 No 10) | • Debussy (orch Matthews): Feux d’artifice (Préludes, Bk 2 No 12) | • Britten: Les Illuminations, Op 18 | • Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Major | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 7.30pm | Web sites: www.lpo.co.uk & www.southbankcentre.co.uk
• 4 December 2011 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Hélène Grimaud (piano) | • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Major “Titan” (“original” 5 movement version) | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 7.30pm | Web sites: www.lpo.co.uk & www.southbankcentre.co.uk
• 11 December 2010 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano) | • Wagner: Tannhäuser – Venusberg Music | • Joseph Marx: Songs | • Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony | Barbican Hall, London, 7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm in Fountain Room), web site: www.barbican.org.uk
• 15 December 2010 | Britten Sinfonia | • Brahms: Clarinet Trio Op 114 | • Julian Philips: New Works (World première tour) | • Janáček: Concertino | Wigmore Hall, London, 1.00pm | Box office tel: 020 7935 2141 | Web sites: www.brittensinfonia.com & www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
• 15 December 2010 | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) | • Beethoven: Overture “Egmont” | • Martinů: Violin Concerto No 2 (H 293) | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 7.30pm | Web sites: www.lpo.co.uk & www.southbankcentre.co.uk
• 17 December 2010 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) | • Stravinsky; Dumbarton Oaks | • Marc-André Dalbavie: Oboe Concerto (world première) | • Prokofiev: Symphony No 6 in E flat minor, Op 111 | Barbican Hall, London, 7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm in Cinema 3) | Web site: www.barbican.org.uk

Southern England

• 1 December 2010 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Marin Alsop (conductor) | • Mozart: Symphony No 40 | • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde | Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1UG, 7.30pm | Box office tel: 0844 406 8666 | Web sites: www.bsolive.com & www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

Scotland

• 7 December 2010 | Scottish Chamber Orchestra Winds, Michael Collins (director) | • Dvořák (arr Sheen): Czech Suite (Suite in D Major), Op 39 (B 93) | • Richard Strauss: Sonatina for Winds “From an Invalid’s Workshop” | St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, 5 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2EP, 6.00pm | Box office tel: 0131 68 2019 | Web site: www.sco.org.uk