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Welcome to the 1998/99 Season of
some treats from the wider musical
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hope that you will enjoy the wide
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variety of exciting events on offer
Wanborough Barn, Ensemble Bash at
and take advantage of the excellent
the Electric Theatre and the return
discount packages available.
of the Tallis Scholars.
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enlightened and imaginative support
with all children’s tickets priced at
of the Philharmonic enables audiences
only £3, the whole season represents
throughout the region to enjoy a wide
exceptional value for money.
range of professional music-making
of our special concerts?
Following
last
(From the New World)
season’s
Paul Mann
Piano
Conductor
The opening concert of the season brings to Guildford for the first
time the brilliant young British conductor Paul Mann, winner of the
1998 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, for a programme of
some of the greatest works in the orchestral repertoire. He is joined in
of the highest quality. Several of last
the Chopin Concerto by the mercurial Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats
who has stunned audiences in Guildford over the past few seasons
successful
season's concerts sold out very quickly,
innovations, we are again promoting
so book early to avoid disappointment.
Candlelight Concerts in Holy Trinity,
There’s something for everybody this
some rather different entertainment
season, so do join us!
with his recitals and concertos.
Tickets: £13 (balcony), £10 (stalls), £3 (children, students & UB40s)
Concert sponsored by
MMA” BOC GASES
at the Electric Theatre, as well as large-
scale orchestral and choral music with
the Guildford Philharmonic in the
Guildford Civic and some of the great
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classics of the sacred repertoire in
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Guildford Cathedral. And alongside
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Programme includes:
Vivaldi
Carnival of the Animals
Carl Orff
Autumn & Winter
Carmina Burana
(from The Four Seasons)
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
Bach
Suite No.3 in D
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeremy Backhouse
Conductor
Guildford Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra
This concert continues the initiative of involving more young people
in the season’s concerts with schoolchildren from Guildford schools
Directed by Sophie Langdon
providing the “coro di ragazzi” (children’s choir). Carl Orff’s massive
and hugely-popular choral work was chosen by the BBC for this year’s
Following the overwhelming success of last season’s Mozart by
Choral Day at the Proms; and Saint-Saéns’ witty extravaganza The
Candlelight concert, this season’s featured composers are two of the
Carnival of the Animals is the French composer’s most famous work.
greatest of the Baroque era, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach
Tickets: £13 (balcony), £10 (stalls), £3 (children, students & UB40s)
in a programme which includes some of their most glorious music.
Holy Trinity Church is the perfect setting for these concerts, and you
can end the evening with a glass of wine in Guildford’s historic
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Guildhall.To meet the expected demand for tickets, the concert is
being performed on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Tickets: £13 (including post-concert glass of wine at the Guildhall,
£10 (concert only), £3 (children, students & UB40s - concert only)
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Guildford Cathedral Choir
Programme includes:
Guildford Camerata
Britten
Vaughan Williams
John Tavener
Guildford Philharmonic
Ceremony of Carols
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
The Lamb
Chamber Orchestra
Guildford Cathedral Choir
Andrew Millington
Guildford Philharmonic
Conductor
Chamber Orchestra
These superb forces, conducted by Andrew
Andrew Millington Conductor
Millington, the Cathedral’s Organist & Master of
the Choristers combine again for this seasonal
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A concert of Christmas music for choir,
performance of Handel’s great oratorio.
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orchestra and audience, including traditional
Tickets: £11, £3 (children, students & UB40s)
carols and festive music for voices and
instruments.
This concert is supported by the Guildford Nuffield
Tickets:
£9 (concessions available)
Hospital as part of the NHS 50 Celebrations
NB This concert is not part of the Guildford
Philbarmonic’s subscription season,
The Guildford Nuffield Hospital -
and tickets are available from
providing private healthcare for the
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Nuffield Hospital
Guildford Cathedral only,
Millennium, in partnership with The
tel: 01483 565287
Royal Surrey County Hospital
Nuffield Hospitals, founded in 1957, has grown to be
the largest network of charitable, independent hospitals
in the UK. The Guildford Nuffield Hospital, situated adjacent
to the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust, will, when it
opens in Spring 1999, be a showpiece example of co-operation
between the public and private healthcare sectors.
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A Night at the Opera
The Magic of Vienna
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Graham Jackson
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Last season the Guildford Civic was
Opera: the perfect combination of music, voice and drama! This
transformed for a magical evening of music
concert of arias and highlights from the world’s greatest operas
from 18th and 19th century Vienna, the
is conducted by Graham Jackson, who was born in Guildford and
concert ending with the traditional New Year
is now conductor with Welsh National Opera. It promises to be an
waltzes, marches and polkas of the Strauss
unforgettable evening, with the programme featuring music by
family. This season’s event, featuring for
Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Verdi and Puccini.
the first time some traditional gypsy music,
Tickets: £13 (balcony),
£10 (stalls),&3 (children, students & UB40s)
promises to be another sparkling evening,
so this is a chance to bring out your ballgowns, white ties, tails and masks for one of
the highlights of the Philharmonic’s year!
An interval glass of champagne is included
with the &13 and £10 tickets.
Tickets: £13 (balcony), £10 (stalls),
&3 (children, students & UB40s)
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The Tallis Scholars
Guildford Camerata
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This concert marks the welcome return to Guildford of Barry Rose, who was Guildford
forms part of
Cathedral’s first Organist & Master of the Choristers. His distinguished career has also
the Guildford
encompassed posts at St Paul’s Cathedral and St Alban’s Abbey. This special concert
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International
Music Festival and
returns to Guildford by popular demand. This special concert of music
is sponsored by
for Lent will include Thomas Tallis’s beautiful Lamentations ofJeremiah
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includes music for the royal courts and chapels by Byrd, Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mozart.
Tickets: £13 (to include post-concert glass of wine at the Guildhall), £10 (concert only),
$3 (children, students & UB40s)
as well as a new piece composed for the group by John Tavener.
NB Seating in the church may not be as comfortable as a concert hall, so do bring a cushion!
Tickets: £16 (to include post-concert glass of wine at the Guildhall),
£13 (concert only), £3 (children, students & UB40s - concert only)
NB Seating in the church may not be as comfortable as a concert
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hall, so do bring a cushion!
Guildford
Ensemble Bash, the UK’s leading percussion group, is renowned
for its sheer breath-taking virtuosity as well as the variety and high
entertainment value of its performances. The group made its
Proms debut in 1997. The concert includes drumming from West
Africa; an authentic re-working of a little-known Beatles number;
music by Stewart Copeland formerly drummer with Police; and
The Art of Concealment, a pocket piece for instruments hidden
about the person!
Tickets: £8, £3 (children, students & UB40s)
This concert forms part of the Guildford International Music Festival
Earlier in the afternoon, Ensemble Bash will be presenting
a Children’s Concert at the Electric Theatre: full details from
the Guildford Philharmonic (01483 444666) or the
Music Festival (01483 259690)
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The Magic of Dance
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Wanborough, Guildford
A magical tour through the world of dance, with some of the
greatest ballet scores ever written. The programme includes music
The first ever concert in Wanborough’s
by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Bernstein, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and the
beautifully restored medieval barn (1388).
concert will be presented by one of this country’s prima ballerinas.
This country’s leading exponents of
Tickets include interval tea and cakes!
medieval music perform a selection of 13th
Tickets: £13 (balcony), £10 (stalls), £3 (children, students & UB40s)
Europe.“A medieval jam-session as virtuoso
and 14th-century dance music from across
as anything you're likely to hear at Ronnie
Scott’s”. The tickets for this intriguing
evening will include appropriate medieval
Rach: Mass in B minor
beverages from 7pm and during the interval.
Tickets: £8, £3 (children, students & UB40s)
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Guildford Camerata
Guildford Chamber Choir
Guildford Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer
Conductor
Nicholas Kraemer is one of Europe’s leading Bach interpreters, and,
following his moving performance of the St John Passion last season, he
returns to conduct Bach’s glorious masterpiece, the Mass in B minor.
This concert is
The music is a rich celebration of the human spirit, moving, joyous and
sponsored by
exhilarating, one of the finest works in the choral repertoire.
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Tickets: £11, £3 (children, students & UB40s)
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Last Night of the Proms
with Fireworks
En Shao - Principal Conductor
Guildford Philharmonic
Shalford Park
Guildford
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south east, with
the illustrious footsteps of Crossley
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huge
repertoire
1995,
following in
extending from the 17th century to
Clitheroe,
the present day. The main concert
Charles Groves and Sir Alexander
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Handley,
the tree-lined splendour of Shalford Park is the setting for our
season runs from October to June
Gibson. The orchestra continues its
increasingly popular annual summer concert with fireworks. A perfect
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work of attracting new audiences
evening out for the whole family! Bring a picnic and enjoy favourites
a variety of venues around the
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Guildford,
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in more intimate venues, to large-
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Booking Information
There are fourteen concerts in the 98/99 season of the Guildford Philharmonic,
and these are numbered from 1 to 14 on this brochure. Please note that the Concert on
19 December is not part of the main season and tickets should be booked through
the Cathedral.
This season we again operate a Flexible Subscription Scheme which will allow you to pick
and choose the concerts you wish to attend.
Booking opens Monday 24 August. Applications will not be
dealt with before this date.
The following discounts will apply to multiples of tickets booked:
1 to 3 concerts - no discount
Bronze Subscription:
4 to 5 concerts - 10% discount
Silver Subscription:
6 to 8 concerts - 15% discount
Gold Subscription:
9 to 11 concerts - 20% discount
Diamond Subscription:
Party Bookings:
Special benefits:
12 to 14 concerts - 25% discount
20% discount on 10 or more tickets
Gold and Diamond Subscribers are invited to a Reception
after the Guildford Civic concert on Saturday 21 November
How to book
Guildford Civic Box Office: 01483 444555
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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Choose your method of payment:
Cheque payable to Guildford Borough Council
Credit card (Visa/Access) - by booking form or phone (01483 444555)
3 post-dated cheques for the 1 October 1998, 1 December 1998,
1 February 1999 made payable to Guildford Borough Council
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Enclose a stamped addressed envelope and post this form with your
payment to: Box Office, Guildford Civic, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2HA
BOX OFFICE:
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Special ticket offer: Children under
18, students, UB40s: all seats £3 for every
Holy Trinity Church, Guildford
numbered concert!
£13 (to include Guildhall Reception)
Special OAP stand-by: Any lower-
£10 (concert only)
priced seat for £7 at the door subject
to availability.
Postcode:
(NB subscription discount does not
Daytime telephone
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Balcony & Side Balcony £13, Stalls £10
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Concerts BAB
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Concert
£16 (to include Guildhall Reception)
£13 (concert only)
Electric Theatre, Guildford
Concert
£8
Wanborough Barn
Guildford Cathedral
Concert
Concerts
£8
Nave & West Gallery £11
Shalford Park, Guildford
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Useful Telephone Numbers
Guildford Civic
Seating Plan
Box Office
01483 444555
Guildford Philharmonic Office
01483 444666
Friends of Guildford Philharmonic
01483 714634 or 01483 570814
Disabled facilities: We aim to be accessible to all members of the community. Please let us
know your requirements and we will strive to accommodate them. Further information can
be obtained from the box office.
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Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope and post this form to:
Box Office, Guildford Civic, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA = Box Office 01483 444555
Latecomers: If you arrive late, you will be asked to wait until a suitable point in the
programme before being shown to your seat.
Concert programmes and artists may be subject to alteration. Tickets may not be exchanged
nor money refunded. You are advised to check your tickets at time of purchase.
If you would like to join the Guildford Philharmonic FREE mailing list, please contact the
office on (01483 444666) or write to:
Lunchtime Recitals
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Tickets for Guildhall Recitals:
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