UK Listings – archive
Friday 23 November 2007, 7:30pm
Westminster School, London
Daniela Lehner - mezzo-soprano / Paul Cibis - piano
Daniela Lehner, one of the ACF’s New Artists, studied in Linz, Vienna, Salzburg and the Guildhall London, is definitely making her mark on the London music scene. She has appeared in recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall, and in 2008 will make her Royal Opera House debut as Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Her recital at Westminster School will include Lieder by Korngold, Kienzl, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann (Frauenliebe und Leben).
Contact & tickets (18 pounds): Richard Stokes richard.stokes@dial.pipex.com
Venue and Information
Westminster School, London
Little Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3PF
Thursday 22 November 2007, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
Gergiev’s Mahler: Symphony No 6
London Symphony Orchestra
Venue and Information
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, T 0845 120 7597, www.lso.co.uk
Thursday 8 November 2007, 6-7 pm
Royal Asiatic Society, London
Ebba Koch, Jahangir as Sir Francis Bacon’s ideal of the ruler as investigator and observer of nature
Illustrated lecture
Venue and Information
Royal Asiatic Society, London
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HD, www.royalasiaticsociety.org
Friday 9 November, 1.10pm
St James Church Piccadilly, London
Golden Jubilee Schubertiade
The official Schubert Society’s 50th Anniversary concert with
Meeta Raval (soprano) and Nigel Foster (piano).
Venue and Information
St James Church Piccadilly, London
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Info:The German YMCA, 35 Craven Terrace, London W2 3EL, T 020 7723 5684, F 020 7262 1569, www.german-ymca.org.uk
November 2007
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, London
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Korngold Celebration
Friday 2 November, 7.30pm
John Wilson conductor, Anna Burford contralto, London Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday 14 November, 7.30pm
Vladimir Jurowski conductor, Nikolaj Znaider violin
Wednesday 21 November, 7.30pm
Concert performance of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Venue and Information
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, London
Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, www.rfh.org.uk
Thursday 1 November 2007
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
The Hans Gál Society
Annivesary concert ot mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Hans Gál (1890-1987)
The Austrian-born composer Hans Gál was forced to flee to Britain in 1938 following the Nazi annexation of Austria. He settled in Edinburgh, where he remained until his death, a much-loved teacher, performer and composer.
The recently-formed Ensemble Hans Gál – Shelley Levy (clarinet), Mark Nixon (piano), Katalin Kertész (violin) – have just returned from an acclaimed concert tour of South Africa and will make their Scottish debut with this concert. The programme will include works by Schumann, Khachaturian and Gál.
Contact & Tickets:
The Hans Gál Society, 16 Blacket Place, Edinburgh EH9 1RL
T: 0131 667 8819
E: enquiries@hansgalsociety.org, www.hansgalsociety.org
The Queen’s Hall Box Office: 0131 668 2019
Venue and Information
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
Saxe Coburg Street, Edinburgh EH3 5BN
Wednesday 17 October – Thursday 1 November 2007
BFI Southbank, London
The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival
Europe’s largest public film event is showcasing the very best in contemporary cinema from around the world. Two high profile Austrian films ‘Part time Heroes’ (Mara Mattuschka & Chris Haring) and ‘Import/Export’ (Ulrich Seidl) will be shown and more may follow. The full programme will be announced on 13th September.
Venue and Information
BFI Southbank, London
British Film Institute Southbank, London SE1 8XT, www.lff.org.uk.,
Saturday 27 October 2007, 1.30 – 7.45pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Korngold Focus
A full day examining the life and work of composer Eric Korngold to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death.
Venue and Information
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Queen Elizabeth Hall & Royal Festival Hall
South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
Monday 8 October 2007, 1pm
Wigmore Hall, London
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime concert:
Ronan Collett – baritone / Christopher Glynn – piano
Ronan Collett, who performed in the Austrian Cultural Forum’s New Artists Series, and Christopher Glynn will play works by Schumann, Fauré, Warlock and Butterworth.
Venue and Information
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP, Box Office 020 7935 2141,
E: boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk, www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Wednesday 5 September 2007, 7.30pm
Methodist Church Hall, Norfolk
West Norfolk Music Festival:
Pre-concert talk on the music of Korngold
Following his highly successful Lecture … “The Last Prodigy” … on the music of Korngold last May, the festival welcomes back Brendan G. Carroll to give an ‘illustrated talk’ on the music of Korngold that is to be performed throughout the forthcoming “Festival”!
This is the second annual festival of classical music promoted by the West Norfolk Music Society. This nine day Festival (7 September – 15 September) will offer chamber music, both vocal and instrumental. The festival Concerts will take place at All Saints Church, Stoke Ferry (Norfolk).
Additional events will consist of two pre-concert talks (5 & 6 September).