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Welcome to the 1997/98 Season ofthe
We invite you to come to Burchatts
Guildford
Farm Barn, Stoke Park at 7.30pm on
Philharmonic - a
season
which includes a wider variety of music
1 October for a glass of wine and a
than ever before, and an exciting range
chance to hear more about the season -
of repertoire, soloists, conductors and
do join us if you can (there are full
venues. Guildford Borough Council’s
details at the end of this brochure).
imaginative and enlightened support of
We look forward to seeing you in
the Philharmonic gives audiences in
the autumn.
the area the chance to hear professional
music-making of the highest quality.
If you've never been to one of our events
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before, why not take advantage of the
Nicola Goold
excellent new discount packages on offer,
General Manager
and if you have children, what better way
to introduce them to live music than at
one of the orchestra's special concerts?
Vasari Singers
Guildford Philharmonic
Jorge Luis Prats
En Shao
Piano
Conductor
The opening concert of the season includes one of the greatest of
all orchestral pieces, Holst’s toweringly popular Planets suite, together
with Tchaikovsky’s powerful concerto performed by the brilliant
Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats. The evening begins with a short and
joyfully exuberant work by the American composer John Adams, who
said of its title “You know how it is when someone asks you to ride
in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?...”
Tickets: £12 (balcony), £9 (stalls), £3 (children, students & UB 40s)
NB usual subscription seats may not be available for this concert
Concert sponsored by
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Britten: Saint Nicolas
Civic Hall
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with a huge repertoire extending from
the 17th century to the present day. The
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Guildford Philharmonic Choir
main concert season runs from October
appointed
Guildford Philharmonic
to June in a variety of venues around
1995,
the
Borough
addition
of Guildford,
the orchestra
is
Principal
following
in
Conductor
the
in
illustrious
and
in
footsteps of Crossley Clitheroe (who
invited
by
founded the orchestra in 1944), Vernon
olaatae organisations to give concerts
Handley,
throughout London and the south of
Alexander Gibson. With En Shao, the
England.
Recent
and _ forthcoming
orchestra continues its work of attracting
new audiences for all types of classical
Kenwood Lakeside, St Alban’s Abbey,
music and
Westminster Abbey,
exciting experience.
Borde
Hill
making concert-going an
Gardens in West Sussex.
The orchestra is funded and promoted
The Guildford
Philharmonic’s
scope
by Guildford Borough, with assistance
ranges from concerts for children and
from the South East Arts Board, South
with children, via chamber concerts in
East Music Trust, the Musicians’ Union,
more
to large-scale
and the Friends of the Philharmonic. It
works.
The
is grateful to corporate sponsors both
repertoire covers everything from jazz
local and national, and looks forward to
and light music to new music. The
many more such mutually beneficial
emphasis is to work with young soloists
relationships in the future.
choral
intimate venues,
and
orchestral
Philbarmonic Choir’s Young Choirboy
and Choirgirl of the Year Competition
Sir Charles Groves and Sir
venues include St John’s Smith Square,
and
and the winners of the Guildford
James Oxley
Tenor
“It was one of those triumphs outside the rules of art which only
the great artist can achieve”: so wrote E.M. Forster of Britten’s beautiful
and imaginative cantata which combines adults’ and children’s choirs
in its telling of the legend of Saint Nicolas. The work includes The
Birth of Nicolas, the strangely primitive story of the Pickled Boys, the
terrible storm at sea, and two well-known hymns for audience and
choirs. The cantata was written for the centenary celebrations of
Lancing College in July 1948, and it was the work which opened the
first Aldeburgh Festival in that same year.
Tickets: £12
(balcony), £9 (stalls), £3 (children, students & UB 40s)
Details of the Singing Competition from: 01932 343625
NB This concert forms part of a new project which will develop
links with different schools in the Borough each season.
Monday 17 November at 7.30pm
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Saturday 29 November at 7.30pm © St Alban’s Abbey
“Reflections” - a concert that is the culmination of a composition project organised by
Surrey Youth Music & Performing Arts, involving secondary and primary schools from
Vaughan Williams
around Surrey. The programme will consist of popular classics on the theme of water
Simon Williams Conductor
(Britten, Smetana, Mendelssohn), with artwork projected during the music.
Keith Willis Conductor
Guildford Philharmonic
Sea Symphony
Harrow Choral Society
Guildford Philharmonic
Full details: 01923 770543
Full details: 01483 728711
Mozart by Candlelight
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Programme includes:
Mozart
roccio
Handel’s Messiah
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Symphony No.29
Guildford Cathedral Choir
Flute & Harp Concerto
Guildford Camerata
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Guildford Philharmonic
Exsultate jubilate
Chamber Orchestra
Soloists include Judith Harris,
Music by Mozart’s contemporaries
John Oakman and Edward Caswell
Guildford Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Millington Conductor
Directed by Hugh Bean
The Choir of Guildford Cathedral and the Guildford Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra combine forces for the first time for this seasonal
performance of Handel’s great oratorio conducted by Andrew
Millington, the Cathedral’s Organist & Master of the Choristers.
of Holy Trinity Church with its glorious acoustic
for concerts of chamber music by candlelight, and
vening with a glass of wine in Guildford’s historic
Tickets: £12 (front nave and west gallery), £9 (rear nave)
Ww yards away.
&3 (children, students & UB40s)
Photograph: Bart Pagor
The Mayor of Guilcford’s
Christmas Carols
Sunday 21 December at 2.30pm
A Night in Vienna
Civic Hall
Gulldfard
In association with the Guildford
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Mozart
Philharmonic and the Rotary Club
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
Guildford Philharmonic Brass Ensemble
Jeremy Backhouse
Haffner Symphony No.35 in D (K385)
Piano Concerto No.21 in C (K467)
Lehar
Johann Strauss Il
Vilia (Merry Widow)
Overture Die Fledermaus
Special guest appearance by
Adele’s Laughing Song (Die Fledermaus)
Father Christmas
Blue Danube Waltz
Conductor
Fruhlingsstimmen Waltz
Sea
Traditional carols for all the family, as well as festive music for brass and
voices make this concert an ideal start to the Christmas season.
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Guildford Philharmonic
Tickets: £9 (balcony),
£6 (stalls),
£3 (children, students & UB40s)
Katya Apekisheva
James Lockhart
Piano
Conductor
All over the world people celebrate New Year with the music of old
Vienna. Join the Guildford Philharmonic in a marvellous evening of
music, with two of Mozart’s loveliest works in the first half and the
magic of Johann Strauss in the second. A glass of champagne is
included with the £12 & £9 tickets. Dress as appropriately as you like!
&3 (children, students & UB40s)
£9 (stalls),
Tickets: £12 (balcony),
The Tallis Scholars
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Peter Phillips
High Street, Guildford
Holy
Trinity
Church
Conductor
The Tallis Scholars have an international reputation as the world’s
leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music, and this is their first
visit to Guildford. They will be singing music by Tallis, Sheppard,
William Byrd, and John Taverner as well as music by John Tavener,
one of this country’s greatest living composers. John Tavener will be
at the concert to introduce his own music in what will be a unique
and unmissable occasion in the candlelit setting of Holy Trinity.
Tickets: £15 (to include post-concert glass of wine at the Guildhall)
£12 (concert only) £3 (children, students & UB40s - concert only)
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Jeremy Backhouse Conductor
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
Tickets: phone 01483 444555
Wednesday 11 March
Dorking Halls
*Dragons”: first performance of this new piece written
specially for the occasion
Surrey Youth Music & Performing Arts’ Education Concert
Keith Willis Conductor
Guildford Philharmonic
Full details: 01483 728711
Thursday 12 March
Classical Road Show
Guildford Philharmonic
Full details: 01483 573485
Civic Hall, Guildford
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Guildford Camerata
Guildford Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford
Programme includes:
Walton
Facade
Andrew Murgatroyd
Evangelist
Matthew Hargreaves
Christus
Sophie Daneman
Soprano
Nicholas Kraemer
Conductor
For many years conductor of the London Bach Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer is one of
Songs from the Shows
the leading interpreters of Baroque music. This performance of Bach’s masterpiece,
on the eve of Passion Sunday, uses chamber choir, chamber orchestra and a team
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of gifted young soloists.
Guildford Philharmonic
Tickets: £12 (front nave & west gallery), £9 (rear nave), £3 (children, students & UB40s)
Conductor
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Programme includes:
Bach
Tickets: £20 (stalls), £15 (circle)
Beethoven
Andrew Haveron
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Concerto for 2Violins
Symphony No.7
Violin
(sponsored by The Sir Charles
Groves Endowment Fund)
Siqing Lu
Violin § (with support from the
English Speaking Union)
En Shao’
Buljoanpemd
Conductor
A concert of great music for everyone. East meets West in the performance of Bach’s
Double Violin Concerto which features two of last season’s most brilliant soloists - the
British violinist Andrew Haveron and the Chinese violinist Siqing Lu. Tickets include
interval tea and cakes.
Tickets: £12 (balcony),
£9 (stalls),
&3 (children, students & UB40s)
Songs of Farewell
Guildford Cathedral
Music, Water, Lights
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Guildford Philharmonic
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Mozart
Requiem
Strauss
Four Last Songs*
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
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a Helen Field *Soprano
En Shao
Conductor
En Shao’
Conductor
A special concert for a Midsummer evening in the evocative italianate
setting of Guildford’s Lido. This will be a unique chance to experience
the venue in a different light, with the Guildford Philharmonic playing
music on a watery theme (including works by Handel, Vivaldi and
Respighi), special lighting effects in the grounds, and Italian food and
wine available.
Tickets: £9 (adults), £3 (children - only if accompanied by an adult)
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s in this concert are of a valedictory nature, beginning
Brahms overture that celebrates graduation at the end of the
NB The pool will not be available for swimming on this occasion!
academic year. International soprano Helen Field sings Richard Strauss’s
hauntingly beautiful and autumnal Four Last Songs; and the Guildford
Philharmonic Choir joins the orchestra for Mozart’s final masterpiece.
£9 (rear nave),
Tickets: £12 (front nave & west gallery),
£3 (children, students & UB40s)
Alice in Wonderland
summer Serenade
with Fireworks
Shalford Park
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Guildford
Guildford Philharmonic
Lewis Carroll, creator of Alice, died in Guildford in 1898 and this event
forms part of the town’s centenary celebrations.
The evening will
John Bradbury
Conductor
include words and music on the theme of Alice, both In Wonderland
and Through The Looking-Glass.
Tickets: £12 (to include glass of wine on arrival),
£3 (children, students & UB40s)
Guildford’s answer to Kenwood Lakeside is right on your doorstep:
the tree-lined splendour of Shalford Park is the setting for our
increasingly popular annual summer concert with fireworks. A perfect
evening out for the whole family! Bring a picnic and enjoy favourites
from the classical repertoire while the stars come out and the fireworks
begin. John Bradbury conducts and introduces the concert.
Tickets: £12 (adults), £3 (children, students & UB40s)
Booking Information
There are fourteen concerts in the 97/98 season of the Guildford Philharmonic, and these
are numbered from 1 to 14 on this brochure. There are also a few concerts which are not
part of the main season and these appear below shaded bars on the brochure with an
appropriate telephone number for bookings as tickets for these cannot be booked on
this form
This season we will be operating a new Flexible Subscription Scheme which will allow
you to pick and choose the concerts you wish to attend
NB If you subscribed for 96/97, please return your booking form by
20 August in order to retain your existing seats; and please include
your Civic Hall seat numbers (if known) on the booking form
Subscriptions
The following discounts will apply to multiples of tickets booked:
1 to 3 concerts - no discount
Bronze Subscription:
4 to 5 concerts - 15% discount
Silver Subscription:
6 to 8 concerts - 20% discount
Gold Subscription:
9 to 11 concerts - 25% discount
Diamond Subscription:
Party Bookings:
Special benefits:
12 to 14 concerts - 30% discount
20% discount on 10 or more tickets
Gold and Diamond Subscribers are invited to a Reception
after the Civic Hall concert on Saturday 8 November
In addition, anyone booking a Diamond Subscription will be
sent a free bottle of Champagne!
Civic Hall Box Office: 01483 444555
How to book
Monday - Friday 9.30am - 6.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 4.30pm
45 minutes before each concert at the appropriate venue
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Fill in the booking form with your appropriate choices of
concert, price, number of tickets, etc.
If you wish, you can leave the TOTAL box empty for the
Box Office to make the appropriate deduction if you are
booking for more than three concerts
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Cheque payable to Guildford Borough Council
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spread the cost of your tickets over 6 months starting on 1 October.
Direct Debit is only available to customers spending £100 or more on
flexible subscriptions. Please fill in the direct debit form and post
with your booking form to the Civic Hall Box Office
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Stalls (£9)
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Front nave/west gallery (£12)*
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Concert 5
Balcony & Side Balcony £9 Stalls £6
£9, £3 (children - only if
Guildford Cathedral
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Shalford Park, Guildford
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Useful telephone
—Civic Hall Box Office 01483 444555
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Guildford Philharmonic Office 01483 444666
Friends of Guildford Philharmonic 01483 714634
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programme before being shown to your seat, so please arrive in good time!
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Burchatts Farm Barn, Stoke Park, Guildford
Wednesday 1 October at 7.30pm
Come and enjoy a glass of wine in the delightful setting of Burchatts Farm Barn while
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Terry Barfoot presents a colourful background to the coming season’s music.
Cost £5
Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope and post this form to: Box Office, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA
Tickets available from Guildford Philharmonic Office, Millmead House.
Millmead, Guildford GU2 5BB —‘Telephone 01483 444666
(Cheques payable to Guildford Borough Council)
Lunchtime Recitals
at the Guildhall, High Street, Guildford
17 October
Kathryn Rhian-Price (cello)
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Nigel Cliffe & Julius Drake
Schubert’s Schwanengesang
12 December
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The Felsen Trio
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10 April
Andrew West (piano)
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Joy Farrall (clarinet)
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12 June
Priya Mitchell (violin)
& Robert Kulek (piano)
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