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Friday 15 October 7.30pm
Welcome to the 1999/2000 season
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Symphony No.3 in E flat major Eroica
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Paul Mann
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making: we've kept the children’s
tickets priced at £3, so it really is
The brilliant young British conductor Paul Mann returns to Guildford,
exceptional value for money.
after his marvellous debut with the Orchestra last season, for a programme
including two of the greatest works in the orchestral repertoire. He has
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Symphony Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. He is joined for
the Elgar by Liwei Qin, whose sensational recital was one of the
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highlights of the Guildhall’s season.
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Concert sponsored by
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We look forward to welcoming you
Scholars in March.
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Other highlights include the first
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classical concert in recent times in
the marvellous setting of the Castle
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Grounds; the return of Ensemble
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Haydn's Creation
Holy Trinity Church
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High Street, Guildford
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Suite of Airs & Dances
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
from The Fairy Queen
Bach
Violin Concerto in A minor
Handel
Concerto Grosso op.6 No.1
Albinoni
Oboe Concerto op.9 No.2
A.Scarlatti
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Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Joanna Cole
Soprano
Matthew Beale
Tenor
Andrew Foster
Bass
Cantata Pastorale
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Conductor
Concerto Grosso op.6 No.2
Haydn’s magnificent oratorio The Creation is the
Guildford Philharmonic
summit of his artistic achievement. When Haydn
Chamber Orchestra
came to England in the 1790s, he was greatly
impressed by the oratorios of Handel, and it
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Victoria Walpole
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is these works which were the inspiration
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for Haydn’s own masterpieces. The Creation
is based on colourful and dramatic. texts
Directed by
Andrew Watkinson
from the Book of Genesis and Milton’s
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Paradise Lost, opening with the orchestral
Holy Trinity by Candlelight is the perfect setting for these two concerts which contain
Representation of Chaos and surveying
some of the most glorious gems of the Baroque era: and you can end your evening
the whole of created life - light, the natural
with a glass of wine in Guildford’s historic Guildhall. This wealth of music ranges in
world, animals, and finally man and woman -
scope and style from the English composer Henry Purcell’s Fairy Queen music (based
in a series of remarkable solo movements,
on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), via three of Italy’s geniuses, to the
ensembles and choruses.
masterpieces of J.S. Bach and Handel. Andrew Watkinson, leader of the City of London
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Sinfonia, and one of this country’s most eminent violinists, directs the concert.
Tickets: £15 (including post-concert glass
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Programme includes:
Gabrieli
O magnum mysterium; Jubilate Deo;
Canzonas for Brass
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Guildford Cathedral
Pastorale
from The Christmas Concerto
Monteverdi
Introduction to Orfeo
Passereau
Il est bel et bon
Pearsall
In dulci jubilo
Franchos
Trumpet Intrada
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Renaissances
Guildford Cathedral Choir
Claudio
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Guildford Camerata
Guildford Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra
Soloists include:
and a feast of carols for brass and
Lynda Russell
voices from the past three centuries
Gavin Rogers-Ball
Guildford Camerata
Stephen Farr
Guildford Brass, directed by Ian White
Nicholas Cleobury Conductor
Music from the magical city of Venice,“La Serenissima”, forms the first
part of this Christmas concert, alongside other Renaissance jewels from
across Europe. Giovanni Gabrieli was organist at St Mark’s for twenty-
This year’s performance of Handel’s supreme oratorio is
eight years, and his glorious compositions remained at the centre of
Venetian life for many years. Claudio Monteverdi became maestro
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Master of the Choristers. Stephen Farr was Assistant Master
di cappella in 1612 and his music, too, is at the pinnacle of the Italian
of Music at Winchester Cathedral, and before that held
Renaissance. The second part of the evening includes carols and
posts at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Clare College,
Christmas music from more recent times, and you can end the evening
Cambridge. He is without doubt one of the most talented
in the unique setting of the Guildhall with mulled wine and mince-pies.
musicians of his generation.
Tickets: £15 (including post-concert mulled wine
Tickets: £12, £3 (children, students & UB40s)
&mince-pies at the Guildhall, £11 (concert only),
3 (children, students & UB40s - concert only)
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The two symphonies, both in B flat major, form the
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book- ends of the programme: Schubert’s 5th,
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lyrical Romance, with Martin Smith as the
soloist, completes the programme.
Tickets: £15 (including post-concert glass of
wine at the Guildhall), £11 (concert only),
£3 (children, students & UB40s - concert only)
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Guildford Philharmonic
Childrens Workshops
The Mad Hatter’s
Musical Tea Party
a special concert for half-term
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Friday 25 February 2.30pm
Guildford
Civic
As part of National Orchestra Week, musicians from the Guildford
Philharmonic will be travelling round to different schools in the area
for a series of workshops and informal concerts, led by the Orchestra’s
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson
dynamic principal percussionist Chris Nall. Schools taking part so far include:
Conductor
Bishop Reindorp School
Presenter
Queen Eleanor’s School
The Redlands Junior School
This concert is the perfect treat for
Rodborough School
the end of half-term week for the
South Farnham Junior School
whole family. Alasdair Malloy is
Weydon County Secondary School
well-known for his appearances at
the Proms, in particular the Blue Peter
If you would like us to include your school
Children’s Proms, and is a brilliant
on our travels, please contact Clare Lister on
presenter, percussionist and
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irrepressible entertainer. This special
These workshops are funded jointly by Guildford
Borough Council and South East Music Trust.
family concert includes a unique repertoire of pieces which never
fail to astonish and amaze, and in which Alasdair plays an
extraordinary range of unusual instruments.
There’s music by Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Strauss and Mozart, as
well as arrangements of Tea for Two, the Cuckoo Polka and the
Lobster Quadrille, with lots of audience participation.
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Overture Russlan and Ludmilla
Symphony No.5 in E minor
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
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Jorge Luis Prats
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Piano
Conductor
Two brilliant international musicians combine in this concert
of music by the great Russian masters. The extraordinarily
gifted Cubanpianist, Jorge Luis Prats, returns to Guildford
by popular demand and meets the mercurial talents of
the Orchestra’s Chinese Principal Conductor En Shao
in Rachmaninov’s most enduringly popular work;
This country’s leading composer, John
Tavener, has composed a new piece, a
setting of The Lord’s Prayer, for The Tallis
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Scholars especially for this concert in the
Tickets: £14(balcony), £11 (stalls),
Guildford Philharmonic’s season. The
£3 (children, students & UB40s)
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Castle Grounds
Requiem
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Cathedral
Guildford
Requiem
The Castle Grounds in Guildford are at their most beautiful
Grdidiord Canna
in midsummer. This evening of entertainment, in the spirit of the
Vauxhall Gardens concerts of the 18th century, provides a unique —
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opportunity to wander around the spectacular flowers and borders
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The Four Seasons of Vivaldi, Country Gardens by Percy Grainger,
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Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, and Summertime by Gershwin).
John Rutter
Conductor
You can enjoy a glass of Pimms, watchatraditional
game of bowls, and finally view the scenery in a
This concert of music for the eve of Passion Sunday combines two of the
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completely different light as the Castle is floodlit —
most moving, evocative and lyrical of Requiems, conducted by two of this
and the flowers and trees are lit up.
country’s most eminent musicians. Barry Rose returns to Guildford Cathedral to
conduct Fauré’s masterpiece in the orchestration by John Rutter which goes back
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to Fauré’s original intentions for the work; and John Rutter
comes to Guildford to direct his own composition.
“Rule, Britannia!
John Rutter has written of Requiem:
“In its
style and scale, Requiem owes more to Fauré
with Fireworks
and Duruflé than to Berlioz, Verdi or Britten. It
is intimate rather than grand, contemplative and
lyric rather than dramatic, consolatory rather
Shalford Park
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than grim, approachable rather than exclusive.
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This annual concert is one of the highlights of the summer in Guildford and is a
marvellous evening out for the whole family. Enjoy your picnic in the beautiful
Tickets: £12, £3 (children, students, UB40s) !
setting of Shalford Park to the sounds of the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
performing favourites from the classical repertoire, with a spectacular firework
Concert sponsored by
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Lunchtime Recitals
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All concerts are on
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Jorge Luis Prats (piano)
Fridays at 12.30pm,
Guildhall Recitals:
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Matthew Hunt (clarinet)
Madeleine Mattar (piano)
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10 December
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
14 January
Phillip Dyson (piano)
18 February
14 April
Felicity Hammond (soprano)
Audrey Hyland (piano)
Priya Mitchell (violin)
19 May
Robert Kulek (piano)
Angell Piano Trio
10 March
16 June
Jorge Luis Prats (piano)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)
with flute and viola
The Guildford Philharmonic Choir and the Rotary Christmas Concert in aid
of the Mayor’s Charity with the Guildford Symphony Orchestra will be on
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