2008-2009 Concert Guide
September
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Saturday 27th September
Sheffield City Hall
Liszt
Dante Symphony
Beethoven
Symphony No 9
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October concerts
Hallam Sinfonia
11th October 2008
Firth Hall Sheffield
Saint Saens
Danse Macabre
Ravel
Piano Concerto in G
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
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Hallé Orchestra
Hans Graf
Martin Helmschen
Friday 17th October 2008
Sheffield City Hall
Brahms
Tragic Overture
Mozart
Piano Concerto no 15 in B flat K450
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 Pathetique
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Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
John Longstaff
Saturday 18th October 2008
St. Mark's Broomhill
Elgar
Violin Concerto
(Geoffrey Allan, violin)
Vaughan Williams
Symphony no. 5
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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Simonov
Freddy Kempf
Friday 24th October 2008
Sheffield City Hall
Rimsky-Korsakov
Sadko op5
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no 2
Khachaturian (arr Simonov)
Spartacus - Suite
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November Concerts
Harlequin Brass
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Saturday November 1st 2008
Sheffield City Hall
Bruckner
Ecce Sacerdos
Bruckner
Ave Maria
Gabrieli
Choral and Brass Music
Rutter
Gloria
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Hallé Orchestra
Cristian Mandeal
Lynsey Marsh.
Friday 7th November 2008
Sheffield City Hall
Smetana
Sarka (Ma Vlast)
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto
Brahms
Symphony no 1
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Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra
Ewa Strusinska
November 8th 2008
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Hallam Sinfonia
Saturday 22nd November 2008
Firth Hall
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Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd
John Lill
Friday 28th November 2008
Sheffield City Hall
Haydn
Symphony no 22 The Philosopher
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no 1
Beethoven
Symphony no 1
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Sheffield Chamber Orchestra
Robin McEwan
Tim Horton
Saturday November 29th 2008; Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, 7.30 pm
Mozart
Ov: La Clemenza di Tito, K621
Schumann
Concerto for Piano and orchestra, op 54 in A minor
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 op 92
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December
Sheffield Bach Society
MONDAY 1st December 2008
Sheffield Cathedral
Handel
Messiah
Sterndale Singers
13th December 2008
Ramirez
Navidad Nuestra
Northern Chamber Orchestra Sinfonia
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Darius Battiwalla Conductor
Brian Kay Presenter
Saturday 13th December 7.30pm
Sheffield City Hall
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January
Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
John Longstaff
Saturday 31st January 2009
St. Mark's Broomhill
Brahms
Symphony No 3
Symphony no. 1
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February concerts
Hallé
Mark Elder CBE
Alina Pogotskina
Friday 6th February 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite no 1
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
Nielsen
Symphony no 5
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Hallé
Rory MacDonald
Alicia Weilerstein
Friday 20th February 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Stravinsky
Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss
Tchaikovsky
Rococo Variations
Dvorak
Silent Woods
Dvorak
Symphony no9 From the New World
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Sheffield Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Howarth
Violin: Jiafeng Chen
Saturday February 28th 2009
Firth Hall, University of Sheffield,
Mendelssohn:
Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture, Nocturne & Scherzo)
Vorisek
Symphony in D
Beethoven
Violin Concerto
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March
Hallé Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Friday 6th March 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Mendelssohn
Elijah
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Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Lothar Zagrosec
Natasha Peremski
Friday 13th March 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no 4
Mendelssohn
Symphony no 3 Scottish
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Hallam Sinfonia
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Saturday 14th March 2009
Firth Hall, Sheffield
Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante (winds)
Schubert
Symphony no 5
Beethoven
Symphony no 4
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Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra
Ewa Strusinska
March 21st 2009
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Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
John Longstaff
Viva Voce, choir
Saturday 28th March 2009
St. Mark's Broomhill
Debussy
Trois Nocturnes
Fauré
Suite ‘Dolly’ orch. Henri Rabaud
Duruflé
Requiem
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April
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Eva Stegeman
Pieter Wispelwey
Friday 3rd April 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Haydn
Symphony No 28
Haydn
Cello Concerto
Macmillan
Kiss on Wood
Tchaikovsky
String Serenade
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City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra
Chris Gayford
Saturday 18th April 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Programme to be confirmed.
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Hallé
Arild Remmereit
Stephane Rancourt
Graham Salvage
Lyn Fletcher
Nicholas Trygstad
Friday 24th April 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Schubert
Symphony no 5 in B flat
Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat
Franck
Symphony in D
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May
Sheffield Chamber Orchestra
Robin McEwan
Christopher Beagles
Saturday, May 9th 2009,
Bents Green Church,
Handel
Overture: Acis and Galatea
Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo & Euridice)
R. Strauss
Horn Concerto No 1
Mozart
Adagio and Rondo in C, K617
Haydn
Symphony No. 101 (Clock)
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Hallam Sinfonia
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Saturday 16th May 2009
Firth Hall, Sheffield
Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Dvorak
Cello Concerto
Shostakovich
Symphony no 9
Hallé
Mark Elder CBE
Howard Shelley
Friday 22nd May 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Mendelssohn
Symphony no 5Reformation
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no 2
Mendelssohn
Symphony no 4 Italian
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Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus.
Friday 29th May 2009
Sheffield City Hall
Haydn:
Symphony no 103 Drum Roll
Haydn:
Symphony no 60 il Distratto
Haydn:
Nelson Mass
June concerts
Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra
Ewa Strusinska
Saturday 13th June 2009
St. Mark's Broomhill
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Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
John Longstaff
Saturday 20th June 2009
St. Mark's Broomhill
Prokofiev
Symphony no. 1 Classical
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto no 1
(Peter Foggitt, piano)
Sibelius
Symphony no. 5
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