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January 2024

  ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Kenneth Woods with April Fredrick (soprano) Eleanor Alberga - Jupiter’s Fairground Antonín Dvořák - Song to the Moon from Rusalka Samuel Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 W. A. Mozart Symphony 41 ‘Jupiter’ The ESO's 'Music for Humans' Season continues with a programme that explores music’s power to capture and share moments of happiness, acts of love and kindness and feelings of common purpose and security. At the heart of this programme is Samuel Barber’s…

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  The Royal Opera RUSALKA Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back. Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural…

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MET: Carmen

January 27th 5:55 pm

  MET Opera Live in HD 23-24 Georges Bizet New Production - Live Broadcast Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present day, amid a band of human traffickers. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the touchstone role of the irresistible femme fatale, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the devoted…

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  Katherine Hunka violin Dermot Dunne accordion Malachy Robinson double bass   PROGRAMME: Offenbach Overture from Orpheus in the Underworld Biber Sonata Representativa in A Gershwin A selection of popular tunes Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Op.25 Verdi The Force of Destiny Overture Paganini 24th Caprice (arr. Auer) Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5 (arr. Yashkevitch) Trad. Irish The Coolin (arr. Trimble) Trad. Klezmer Hava Naguila A great spirit-lifter for a January afternoon! Far Flung delight audiences with a mix of virtuosity and playfulness, tradition and innovation. In January 2020 they released an album Live at the Large…

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February 2024

  HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS – F SCARLATTI DANIELE HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS - F SCARLATTI DANIELE In one of the bible's most epic and incredible stories, Scarlatti brings to life a tale of betrayal, courage, faith, and love. The story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den lay hidden in a library for centuries. Unearthed by Armonico Consort, this treasure is one of the most dramatic oratorios ever set to music. Le Figaro (Paris) claimed that our last Scarlatti discovery was 'the…

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Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra. WINNER 'BEST OPERA AWARD' Liverpool Daily Post Theatre Awards “Above all it was a production which captured the raw emotion at the centre of the opera. Don’t take a handkerchief with you, take a box of them.” The Independent Welcoming back the fabulous Korean soprano Elena Dee, Ukrainian soprano Alyona Kistenyova and Ukrainian mezzo-soprano’s Natalia Matveeva and Irina Sproglis.*…

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  Lea Hausmann violin Sam Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano   PROGRAMME: Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B flat, D.898 Tarrodi Moorlands (2018) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66 The Amatis Trio was founded in Amsterdam in 2014 and is now based in Salzburg, Austria. German violinist Lea Hausmann, British cellist Samuel Shepherd and Dutch pianist Mengjie Han are celebrated for their energy, insight, creativity, communication and passion. The trio is regarded as one of the leading ensembles of its generation. The…

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  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Kazuki Yamada with Maria Dueñas (violin) Beethoven: Violin Concerto Elgar: Enigma Variations Elgar’s Enigma Variations are an unforgettable musical portrait of the friends who made him the man he was, right here in Worcestershire 125 years ago. But it’s much more than that, and tonight Kazuki Yamada joins violinist Maria Dueñas to pair it with a masterpiece that Elgar loved throughout his life: Beethoven’s radiant Violin Concerto. As the new Chief Conductor…

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March 2024

  MET Opera Live in HD 23-24 Giuseppe Verdi New Production - Live Broadcast Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent Met triumphs, in her role debut as the noble Leonora. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world. The cast also features tenor Brian Jagde as Don Alvaro, baritone Igor Golovatenko as Don Carlo, mezzo-soprano Ekaterina…

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    CONDUCTOR Ben Gernon SOLOIST István Várdai Prepared to be electrified and delighted too by Beethoven’s sparkling Fourth Symphony propelled with unstoppable momentum! Add the wood, smoke and memories of Elgar’s nostalgic and hugely popular Cello Concerto, played by the charismatic István Várdai, and this concert will be an evening to remember. HAYDN Symphony No.53 (L’Impériale) ELGAR Cello Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No.4

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