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Portrait of War |
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Saturday 10th March 2012 |
Ravel's light-hearted Tombeau de Couperin is a world away from Strauss' beautifully intense and mournful Metamorphosen, an emotional homage to the destruction of Germany in World War Two. Kathryn Stott plays the piano. |
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Xerxes |
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March 22nd, 25th, 27th, 29th, 31st |
Handel's comedydrama muses on love and kingship, as Xerxes wrestles with the conflict between his duty and his heart in a typically cross-dressing. Featuring a number of famous arias, including the renowned ‘Ombra mai fu'. |
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Portrait of Love |
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Saturday 28th April 2012 |
A portrait of works by composers struck by the love bug including Brahms, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. |
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Manchester Camerata |
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Monday 30th April 2012 |
Gábor Takács-Nagy sheds light on the conductor's role in performance and interpretation as he leads a small group of Camerata string players through some core repertoire. |
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Manchester Camerata |
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Saturday 19th May 2012 |
This concert showcases the talents of pianist Maya Irgalina and two RNCM Conducting Students, and includes two of Mozart's finest symphonies, Symphony no.31 Paris, and Symphony no.35 Haffner. |
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Manchester Camerata |
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Sunday 20th May 2012 |
The second of Camerata's concerts with RNCM conducting students and gold medal winners. Mozart Symphony no.33, which is full of effervescent melodies & sublime writing for the woodwind, and Symphony no.38 Prague. |
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