May 2011 United Kingdom Diary

Northern England

• 22 May 2011 | Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, TBS soloist, Dane Lam conductor | • Maxwell Davies: Five Klee Pictures | • Mahler: Rückert-Lieder | • Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Major “Titan” | Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP, 7.30pm, Box Office tel: 0151 709 3789, Web Site: www.liverpoolphil.com
• 26 May 2011 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alina Ibramigova (violin), Vasily Petrenko (conductor) | • Mozart: Violin Concerto in No 4 in D major K218 | • Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor | Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP, 7.30pm, Box Office tel: 0151 709 3789, Web Site: www.liverpoolphil.com

Midlands

• 18 May 2011 | THE BIRMINGHAM MAHLER CYCLE | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra& Chorus, Jane Irwin (soprano), Renata Pokupic (mezzo soprano), Sakari Oramo (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor “Resurrection” | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.15pm with writer, broadcaster and blogger David Nice), Box Office tel: 0121 780 3333, Web site: www.cbso.co.uk

London

• 20 May 2011 BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), cast to include: Dana Burešová (Mařenka), Pavel Černoch (Jeník), Jan Martiník (Kecal), Kateřina Kněžíková (Esmeralda), Lucie Hilscherová (Háta), Gustáv Beláček (Mícha) | • Smetana: “The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)” Concert staging to be performed in Czech with English surtitles) | Barbican Hall, London, 7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm in Barbican Hall), Box Ofice tel: 020 7638 8891, Web site: www.barbican.org.uk

Southern England

• 11 May 2011 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lukáš Vondráček (piano), Kirill Karabits (conductor) | • Janáček: “Taras Bulba” Rhapsody for Orchestra, after the novel by Nikolay Gogol•  | • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat minor, Op 23 | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17 “Little Russian” | Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1UG, 7.30pm, Box Office tel: 0844 406 8666, Web sites: www.bsolive.com & www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
• 12 May 2011 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lukáš Vondráček (piano), Kirill Karabits (conductor) | • Janáček: “Taras Bulba” Rhapsody for Orchestra, after the novel by Nikolay Gogol•  | • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat minor, Op 23 | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17 “Little Russian” | The Guidhall, Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB, 7.30pm, box office tel: 023 9282 4355, web sites: www.bsolive.com & www.portsmouthguildhall.co.uk