If you notice any errors or omissions in this list, please e-mail at Betts55@aolcom A genre icon key is at the bottom of the last page Named advocates usually organize and attend our key events -which are highlighted in yellow advocates will also provide information on unshaded events - which are open to others to organize if they wish Live screenings in local cinemas are not generally organized They are usually well attended; members meet in the foyer Events highlighted in blue are BBC Philharmonic Lab events which and are attending Level entry seats in the side circle (via the lift) are just 10 3 seats are available to travel with and at a mileage cost of 450 per person GENRE DATE VENUE EVENT ADVOCATE Saturday 5 th Sunday 6 th Weds 9th Saturday 12 th Sunday 13 th, Spread Eagle Sawley Andre Rieu: 2019 New Year s Concert The Music of the Glenn Miller Orchestra (afternoon concert) Sandi Toksvig Live Francesco Cilea s Adriana Lecouvreur Jazz Lunch Monday 14th RNCM Quator Van kilijk Tuesday 15 th Tuesday 15 th to Thurs 17 th 16 th North Norfolk Coast Thursday 17th Saturday 19th NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard II A Winter Wander around Wivenham Saltmarsh Nature Reserve Afternoon concert Rachmaninov Symphony No 3/ Tchaikovsky violin concerto The Aurora Percussion Duo (lunchtime concert) SYMPHONIC CINEMA BBC Philharmonic plays Stravinsky s Firebird and Ravel s Daphne and Chloe with specially created cinematic images 07708 992 324 07708 992324 Sunday 20th Sunday 20 th Philharmonic Hall Afternoon concert Grieg s Peer Gynt Suite, Beethoven Piano Concert No 3, Sibelius No 4 Bolshoi live screening of La Bayadere 3pm Monday 21 st St Cuthberts Planning Meeting 7pm Tuesday 22 nd ROH Live Screening Tchaikovsky s The Queen of Spades Thursday 24th Sir Mark Elder Conducting The Halle playing Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antarctica and Stephen Hough soloing in Saint-Saens piano Concerto No 5 Friday 25 th - Sunday 27 th RNCM Saturday 26th Parbold Saturday 26 th The RNCM Brass Band Festival Chiaroscuro Quartet playing Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky/Mozart/ Tchaikovsky Good seats 10, travel 450!
Monday 28 th 30 th Empire Thursday 31st Classical Chinese Dance 730pm ROH Live Screening Verdi s La Traviata NT Live I m Not Running by David Hare Friday 1 st Friday 1 st Saturday 2nd Saturday 2 nd Tuesday 5 th Friday 7th Friday 8th Royal Exchange, Philharmonic Hall Sunday 10th Friday 15th Saturday 16 th Tuesday 19 th Friday 22nd Saturday 23rd King George s Hall Blackburn Thursday 28th Fairport Convention Pianist Freddie Kempf and St Petersburg Philharmonic playing Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky Hilarious Musical: Mel Brooks The Producers Bizet s Carmen Film: The Young Picasso 630 pm BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with Julian Bliss clarinet Afternoon concert Kodaly Hary Janos Suite, Haydn, Mozart and Wagner Damnation of Faust, Berlioz The Halle conducted by Sir Mark Elder Halle Orchestra: Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Beethoven 7 th Symphony BBC Philharmonic Lab : Berlioz Beatrice et Benedict Good seats 10, travel 450! Royal Ballet live screening of Don Quixote 715 International Series: Pianists O Donoghue and Owaga play Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances and Stravinsky s The Roite of Spring BBC Philharmonic Lab : Robert Schumann / Robin Holloway / Valenytin Silvestrov Prokofiev 5 th Symphony 07708 992 324 Saturday 2nd Donizetti s La Fille du Regiment Tuesday 5th Opera North production of Mozart s The Magic Flute Thursday 7th Opera North production of Janacek s Katya Kabanova Thursday 7th An Opera Gala Saturday 9th Parbold Javier Perianes, pianist, playing Chopin, Albeniz, and de Falla Saturday 9 th BBC Philharmonic Lab : Oliver Knussen Henze / Suckling / Neilsen Seats 10, travel 450!
GENRE DATE VENUE EVENT ADVOCATE 13 th Shostokovitch 1 st Symphony Thursday 14th The Endellion String Quartet playing Hayden, Bartok and Beethoven Monday 18 th St Cuthberts Planning Meeting 7pm Tuesday 19th Ulverston, Cumbria English Touring Opera production of Versi s Macbeth 21st Nielson s 5 th Symphony 21 st Birmingham Royal Ballet: Beauty and the Beast Friday 22nd Richard Digence: The Not Bad For His Age Tour Saturday 23rd BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky / Dvorak / Martinu Good seats 10, travel 450! Saturday 23rd The Lindisfarne Story Thursday 28th Eric Lu, winner of the Leeds Piano Competition Sunday 31st The Tenthing Brass Ensemble Monday 1 st Tuesday 2 nd Thursday 4 th Thursday 4th Philharmonic Hall, Bells, Drums and Whistles Percussionists from the Philharmonic ROH Live Screening Verdi s La Forza del Destino Feast of Fiddles Sibelius Violin Concerto Saturday 6th Parbold Natalie Klein Cello, with pianist Saturday 6th RNCM RNCM staging of Ralph Vaughan Williams Pilgrims Progress Saturday 6 th BBC Philharmonic Lab : Thomas Ades / Prokofiev / Schubert Good Seats 10! Saturday 13 th BBC Philharmonic Lab : Bax / Walton / Vaughan Williams Good Seats 10! Thursday 25th BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky/Mozart/ Tchaikovsky Good Seats 10! Tuesday 30th ROH Live Screening Gounod s Faust Saturday 18 th BBC Philharmonic Lab : Elgar / Rachmaninov Good seats 10, travel 450!
GENRE DATE VENUE EVENT ADVOCATE Monday 20 th St Cuthberts Planning Meeting 7pm Saturday 1 st Tuesday 4 th Thursday 13th Saturday 15 th Various Dates in June/July Longborough BBC Philharmonic Lab : Mahler / Shostakovich Good seats 10, travel 450! Film: Van Gogh and Japan 630 pm Matthew Bourne s Romeo and Juliet BBC Philharmonic Lab : Mozart / Mark Simpson / Mahler Good seats 10, travel 450! Stagings of Wagner s Das Rheingold, Donizetti s Anna Bolena, and Cileas s La Calisto TBC Verona, Italy Verdi s Aida, & Nabucco in the Arena de Verona Monday 15 th St Cuthberts Planning Meeting 7pm Gloucestershire and Three Choirs Festival, Elgar Country, La Calisto End of July Worcestershire at Longborough and the Commandery Museum / Thursday 8 th - Saturday 10 th Cropredy Oxfordshire Fairport Conventions Cropredy Festival Monday 16 th St Cuthberts Planning Meeting 7pm Late October Wexford, South East Ireland Various Baroque Operas Monday 18 th St Cuthberts Planning Meeting 7pm Culture Live Planning Meetings Live Screenings in Cinemas Classical Music Concerts BBC Philharmonic Lab Concerts We meet in St Cuthberts on the 3 rd Monday evening of January, March, May, July, September & November to plan group events All U3A members are most welcome! Virtually all genre of culture and the arts now present the very best events - live as they happen - in local cinemas everywhere Symphony concerts and smaller scale recitals in concerts halls, cathedrals, acoustically perfect studios and village halls The BBC Philharmonic and the invite the audience to learn more about classical music on their smartphones or tablets
Opera on stage, on screen and at festivals from Buxton to Verona Ballet and Dance on stage and on screen Jazz We visit festivals and local pub events Top Class Drama and Musicals in Top Class Theatres Grand Opera can be expensive but much more accessible the way organizes his events! Unless its beamed to a cinema, top class dance invariably means travelling; The in has an excellent programme Clitheroe and Wigan have excellent annual festivals; The London Jazz festival in November is a must Local pubs have jazz nights too We focus on s Royal Exchange, The in, the RSC in Stratford and some of London s best offerings Folk Music Visual Arts Away Days and Short Breaks Short holidays visiting places with cultural or natural interest