KEY TO ADVOCATES, EVENT S, S AND ICONS All listed events are reccommended by the named Advocate or Organiser - who you should contact for further information For ease of reference our various cultural genres are indicated by icons in the left column (below) For more information about individual genres and their advocates please click links 02 to 07 (on the main page) Named event organisers will be attending key events which are highlighted in yellow Avocates additional recommendations (which are not highlighted) are open to others to organize if they wish Cinema screenings of live performances are highlighted in green They are usually well attended; members meet in the foyer Blue entries are BBC Philharmonic Lab concerts Level entry seats (via lift) are just 10 plus travel @ 450 per person Culture Live Planning Meetings Cultural Away Days Ballet and Dance on stage and on screen We meet in on the 3 rd Monday evening in January, March, May, July, September & November to discuss and plan group events All U3A members are most welcome! Small groups get together to organise short breaks - visiting places of cultural, historic or natural interest Unless it is beamed to a cinema, top class dance invariably means travelling; The in is the best regional venue Classical Music: Top Concerts in the Symphony concerts and smaller scale recitals in concerts halls, North West, London and Europe! cathedrals, acoustically perfect studios and village halls Classical Music Concerts in the BBC s Philharmonic Lab Series Drama and Musical productions in World Class Theatres Folk Music In Concert and at UK Folk Festivals Jazz We visit festivals - and local pub events Opera on stage, on screen and at festivals from Buxton to Verona The BBC Philharmonic and the invite the audience to learn more about classical music on their smartphones or tablets We focus on s the in, the RSC in Stratford and some of London s best offerings Just a few at the moment we re in need of an active advocate! Clitheroe and Wigan have excellent annual festivals; The London Jazz festival in November is a must Local pubs have good jazz too Grand Opera can be expensive but much more accessible the way organizes his events! Visual Arts World Cinema Days at HOME in Galleries, museums and exhibitions plus some live screenings Discover the enthralling world of contemporary & international film - that will never appear in either of s multiplex cinemas See above Sunday 20 th 1430 Sunday 20 th 1500 Monday 21 st 1900 Tuesday 22 nd 1915 Thursday 24 th 1930 Friday 25 th - Sunday 27 th Saturday 26 th 1015 Saturday 26 th 1930 Philharmonic Hall Liverpool Blackpool Bolton See highlight notes Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Grieg Peer Gynt, Beethoven Piano #3, Sibelius #4 La Bayadere Planning Meeting ROH Live: Tchaikovsky s Queen of Spades Halle: Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antarctica; Stephen Hough: Saint-Saens Piano Concerto #5 The Brass Band Festival Northern Ballet Live: The Tortoise and the Hare BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky/Mozart/ Tchaikovsky Good seats 10, travel 450!
Monday 28 th 1930 Weds 30 th 1900 Thursday 31 st 1915 Empire Liverpool Shen Yun: Classical Chinese Dance ROH Live: Verdi s La Traviata NT Live: I m Not Running by David Hare 07708 992324 See above Friday 1 st 1900 Friday 1 st 1930 Saturday 2 nd 1930 Saturday 2 nd 1745 Tuesday 5 th 1830 Thursday 7 th 1900 Friday 8 th 1430 Sunday 10 th 1700 Friday 15 th 1930 Saturday 16 th 1430 Saturday 16 th 1930 Tuesday 19 th 1915 Friday 22 nd 1930 1500 1930 Thursday 28 th 1930 Bolton Blackpool Great Hall Lancaster Philharmonic Hall Liverpool King George s Hall Blackburn The Fairport Convention St Petersburg Philharmonic / Freddie Kempf Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky The Producers: Adapted from Mel Brooks Hilarious Musical Film Metropolitan Opera Live: Bizet s Carmen The Young Picasso BBC Philharmonic / Andrew Gourlay: Mendelssohn, Cowie and Tchaikovsky Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Gilbert Varga Kodaly, Haydn, Mozart and Wagner Halle Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder: Berlioz Damnation of Faust Halle Orchestra / Carlos Miguel Priteo Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Beethoven 7 th Mother Courage and Her Children: Julie Hesmondhalgh brings Brecht s classic up to date BBC Philharmonic Lab : Berlioz Beatrice et Benedict Good seats 10, travel 450! Royal Ballet Live: Don Quixote O Donoghue & Owaga (Two Pianos): Rachmaninov, Stravinsky s Rite of Spring The Life I Lead / Miles Jupp: David Tomlinson s remarkable story BBC Philharmonic Lab : Robert Schumann / Robin Holloway / Valenytin Silvestrov Halle Orchestra / Jamie Phillips: Prokofiev 5 th Symphony See highlight notes See above Saturday 2 nd 1745 Tuesday 5 th 1930 Thursday 7 th 1930 Bolton Metropolitan Opera Live: Donizetti s La Fille du Regiment Opera North: Mozart s Magic Flute Opera North: Janacek s Katya Kabanova See highlight notes Saturday 9 th 19454 Javier Perianes, Piano: Chopin, Albeniz, and de Falla
Saturday 9 th 1230 1800 Saturday 9 th 1930 Sunday 10 th 1400 Weds 13 th 1930 Thursday 14 th 1930 Saturday 16 th 1930 Sunday 17 th 1900 Monday 18 th 1900 Tuesday 19 th 1900 Thursday 21 st 1930 Thursday 21 st 1930 Friday 22 nd 1930 1930 1930 Thursday 28 th 1930 Sunday 31 st 1930 Blackpool Bolton Great Hall Lancaster The Ulverston, Cumbria Great Hall Lancaster BBC Philharmonic Lab : Oliver Knussen Henze / Suckling / Neilsen Seats 10, travel 450! Sleeping Beauty Petrenko Conducting Masterclass The Endellion String Quartet: Hayden, Bartok and Beethoven Rain Man: Inspired by the Oscar winning movie Heath Quartet: Haydn and Beethoven Planning Meeting English Touring Opera: Verdi s Macbeth Halle Orchestra Nielson s 5 th Symphony Birmingham Royal Ballet: Beauty and the Beast Richard Digence: The Not Bad For His Age Tour BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky / Dvorak / Martinu Good seats 10, travel 450! The Lindisfarne Story Eric Lu (Winner Leeds Piano Competition): Schumann, Handel & Chopin tenthing Brass Ensemble: Grieg, Albeniz, Bernstein, Bizet etc See above Monday 1 st 1930 Tuesday 2 nd 1900 Thursday 4 th 1930 Thursday 4 th 1930 1930 1930 1230 1800 1930 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Bells, Drums and Whistles Percussionists from the Liverpool Philharmonic ROH Live: Verdi s La Forza del Destino Feast of Fiddles Halle Orchestra / Viktoria Mullova Sibelius Violin Concerto Natalie Klein, Cello; seph Middleton, Piano: Rachmaninoff, Clarke etc Ralph Vaughan Williams: Pilgrims Progress BBC Philharmonic Lab : Thomas Ades / Prokofiev / Schubert Good Seats 10! See highlight notes
Sunday 7 th 1600 Saturday 13 th 1930 Saturday 13 th 1430 Weds 24 th to Mon 29 th Thursday 25 th 1930 Saturday 27 th 1930 Sunday 28 th 1930 Tuesday 30 th 2000 Tuesday 30 th 1900 Bolton London Coliseum, London Various Venues New York, USA The The Golden Age BBC Philharmonic Lab : Bax / Walton / Vaughan Williams 2 Seats available for 10! English National Opera: The Merry Widow Theatres plus the Metropolitan Opera House BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky/Mozart/ Tchaikovsky Seats 10; Travel 450! Equus: Peter Shaffer s gripping psychological thriller Stephen Kovacevich, piano: Bach, Beethoven & Schubert Company Wayne McGregor: Autobiography ROH Live: Gounod s Faust See above Thursday 2 nd 1930 Saturday 4 th 1930 Thursday 9 th 1400 Friday 10 th 1930 Saturday 11 th 1930 Thursday 16 th 1930 Thursday 16 th 1915 Saturday 18 th 1230 1800 Saturday 18 th 1930 Sunday 19 th 1600 Monday 20 th 1900 Thursday 23 rd 1930 Saturday 25 th 1945 Stoller Hall The Philharmonic Hall Liverpool Bolton Camerata / Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Mozart Piano Concertos Educating Rita: Hilarious, heart-warming Olivier award winner Northern Ballet: The Great Gatsby Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bach played on original instruments West Side Story: Music Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics Stephen Sondheim Petrenko conducts Russian works, including Khachaturian s Spartacus Suite Royal Ballet Live: Contemporary Triple Bill BBC Philharmonic Lab : Elgar / Rachmaninov Good seats 10, travel 450! Carmen Suite / Petrushka Planning Meeting Elder conducts The Halle: Mahler s Resurrection Symphony Jacqui Dankworth sings accompanied by Craig Ogden, guitar See highlight notes See above See highlight notes
Saturday 1 st 1930 Tuesday 4 th 1830 Tuesday 11 th 1915 Weds 12 th 1930 Thursday 13 th 1400 Saturday 15 th 1230 1800 Saturday 15 th 1930 Tuesday 18 th 1930 Saturday 22 nd 1930 Saturday 22 nd 1945 Various Dates in June/July Blackpool Stoller Hall Longborough BBC Philharmonic Lab : Mahler / Shostakovich Good seats 10, travel 450! Van Gogh and Japan Royal Ballet Live: Romeo and Juliet Castalian Quartet with Gabriella Swallow Beethoven, Jancek, and Schubert s Quartet in C Matthew Bourne: Romeo and Juliet BBC Philharmonic Lab : Mozart / Mark Simpson / Mahler Good seats 10, travel 450! Mahan Esfahani Baroque and Modern Harpsichord Concert Hobson s Choice: Harold Brighouse classic comedy Nilolai Demidenko piano Schubert, Scriabin and Prokofiev 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 See above June to Sept TBA Monday 15 th 1900 End of July Palladium Theatre, London Gloucestershire and Worcestershire seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Andrew Lloyd Weber s iconic musical Planning Meeting Three Choirs Festival, Elgar Country, La Calisto at Longborough and the Commandery Museum See highlight notes / See above Thursday 8 th - Saturday 10 th Cropredy Oxfordshire Fairport Conventions Cropredy Festival See highlight notes See above Monday 16 th 1900 Planning Meeting See highlight notes See above Late October Wexford, Ireland Various Baroque Operas See highlight notes
See above Monday 18 th 1900 Planning Meeting See highlight notes If you spot any errors or omissions please e-mail : chr15j@outlookcom