KEY TO ADVOCATES, EVENTS, S, S AND ICONS: All listed events are reccommended by the named Advocate or Organiser - who you should contact for further information Cultural genres are indicated by icons in the left column (below) For more information about individual genres and their advocates please click the links 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 Local Cinema screenings of live performances are highlighted in green; members meet in the foyer Blue highlights the BBC Philharmonic s experimental concerts; level entry seats are 10 (plus travel) 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 day trips and short breaks - visiting places of cultural, historic or natural interest Unless it is beamed to a cinema, top class dance invariably means travelling; 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 Royal Exchange, 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 10 th 1400 Weds 13 th 1930 Saturday 16 th 1930 Monday 18 th 1900 Tuesday 19 th 1900 Thursday 21 st 1930 Friday 22 nd 1330 Friday 22 nd 1930 Blackpool Vue Bolton Ulverston, Cumbria Sleeping Beauty Petrenko Conducting Masterclass Rain Man: Inspired by the Oscar winning movie Planning Meeting English Touring Opera: Verdi s Macbeth Birmingham Royal Ballet: Beauty and the Beast Best of Petrenko including Elgar Sea Pictures, and Beethoven Eroica Symphony Richard Digence: The Not Bad For His Age Tour See highlight notes
Saturday 23 rd 1930 Saturday 23 rd 1930 Thursday 28 th 1930 Sunday 31 st 1930 Great Hall Lancaster BBC Philharmonic Lab : Stravinsky / Dvorak / Martinu Good seats 10, travel 450! The Lindisfarne Story Eric Lu Piano recital Very limited availability 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 Sunday 7 th 1600 Friday 12 th 1330 Friday 12 th 1930 Saturday 13 th 1500 Weds 17 th 1930 Thursday 18 th 1900 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, Vue Bolton King Georges Hall Blackburn London Coliseum, London Chez Betts New York, USA Bells, Drums and Whistles : Percussionists from the 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! The Golden Age Virtuoso Violin Ray Chen: Paganini Violin Concerto, Dvorak Symphony No 8 Halle: Beethoven, Mozart and Sibelius English National Opera: The Merry Widow The Marian Consort: Breaking the Rules (A concert drama ) BBC Proms Planning Meeting A couple of Broadway Theatre shows, the Metropolitan Opera House and more 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 highlight notes
See above Thursday 2 nd 1930 Saturday 4 th 1930 Thursday 9 th 1400 Friday 10 th 1930 Saturday 11 th 1930 Monday 13 th 1900 Thursday 16 th 1930 Thursday 16 th 1915 Saturday 18 th 1230 1800 Saturday 18 th 1930 Sunday 19 th 1600 Monday 20 th to Friday 24 th Thursday 23 rd 1930 Saturday 25 th 1945 Friday 31 st 1330 Stoller Hall Royal Exchange, Vue Bolton Cultural Heritage: Derbyshire 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 Planning Meeting NOTE: 2 nd Monday! 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 Calke Abbey, National Memorial Arboretum, Museum of Childhood and Hardwick Elder conducts The Halle: Mahler s Resurrection Symphony Jacqui Dankworth sings accompanied by Craig Ogden, guitar Grieg s Piano Concerto performed by Paul Lewis plus Sibelius, Puccini and Respighi See highlight notes 07708 992 324 See above See highlight notes Saturday 1 st 1930 Tuesday 4 th 1830 Friday 7 th 1930 Saturday 8 th to Sat 22 nd Tuesday 11 th 1915 Weds 12 th 1930 Thursday 13 th 1400 Blackpool King Georges Hall Blackburn Russia and Scandinavia Stoller Hall BBC Philharmonic Lab : Mahler / Shostakovich Good seats 10, travel 450! Van Gogh and Japan BBC Philharmonic: Ravel, Prokofiev - and Dvorak s New World Symphony Baltic Cultural Cruise: P&O Azura Royal Ballet Live: Romeo and Juliet Castalian Quartet with Gabriella Swallow Beethoven, Jancek, and Schubert s Quartet in C Matthew Bourne: Romeo and Juliet Liz Phillips 07932 794621
Saturday 15 th 1230 1800 Saturday 15 th 1930 Tuesday 18 th 1930 Saturday 22 nd 1930 Saturday 22 nd 1945 Saturday 29 th 1930 Various Dates in June/July Royal Exchange, Longborough 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 updated! Nilolai Demidenko piano Schubert, Scriabin and Prokofiev L Apres Midi: Debussy, Sibelius Symphony No 2, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Stagings of Wagner s Das Rheingold, Donizetti s Anna Bolena, and Cileas s La Calisto Verona, Italy Verdi s Aida, & Nabucco in the Arena di Verona See above (3/4 days) Monday 15 th 1900 End of July Albert Hall, London Palladium & more Gloucestershire and Worcestershire 2 or more Proms, seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Tina and more 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 01772 632570 See above Late October Wexford, Ireland Various Baroque Operas See highlight notes See above See highlight notes
(3 days) Monday 18 th 1900 London Various Venues The London Jazz Festival Planning Meeting See above (4 days) Budapest and Vienna tmas Lights, Markets etc See highlight notes See above Monday 20 th 1900 Planning Meeting See highlight notes See above See highlight notes See above Monday 16 th 1900 Planning Meeting See highlight notes See above See highlight notes If you spot any errors or omissions please e-mail : chr15j@outlookcom