Events Diary: Past Events

A review of the past year’s performances of Berkeley works

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December 2009

WEDNESDAY 2

DECEMBER

5.15pm: Evensong

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (op. 99)

Durham Cathedral, Durham

FRIDAY 4

DECEMBER

6.15pm: Rush-hour Concert

String Trio (op. 19)

Performed by the Berkeley Ensemble

Also works by Stanford and Howard Ferguson

St. John's Waterloo, 1 Secker St, London

SATURDAY 5

DECEMBER

7.30pm: Concert

Sonata no. 2 (op. 1)

Performed by Rupert Luck (violin) & Stephen Matthews (piano)

Also works by works by Elgar, Walton and Stephen Matthews. Tickets £10 (full-time students half price)

St. Peter's Methodist Church, St Peter's Street, Canterbury

Box office: Canterbury Tourist Office
Tel: 01227 455600

SUNDAY 6

DECEMBER

Oboe and String Recital

String Trio (op. 19)

Performed by the Berkeley Ensemble

Presented by the Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society. Also includes works by Krommer, Horowitz, Britten, Schubert and Mozart

Shakespeare Institute, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

WEDNESDAY 9

DECEMBER

7.30pm: Recital

Includes The Horseman from Lennox Berkeley's Five Walter de la Mare Songs. Performed by Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor, and Julius Drake, piano

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London

Box office: Wigmore Hall
Tel: +44 (0)20 7935 2141
Email: boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk

SUNDAY 13

DECEMBER

10.30am: Eucharist

Missa Brevis (op. 57)

Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield

11.00am: Sung Eucharist

Missa Brevis (op. 57)

Winchester Cathedral, Winchester

11.15am: Sung Eucharist

I Sing of a Maiden
Missa Brevis (op. 57)

Southwell Minster

MONDAY 14

DECEMBER

Recital

Recital of Purcell, Haydn & Beethoven, plus English songs including Lennox Berkeley, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Warlock and Gurney.

Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor, and Julius Drake, piano

Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, Place de la Monnaie, Bruxelles, Belgium

WEDNESDAY 16

DECEMBER

5.45pm: Choral Evensong

I Sing of a Maiden

Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield

THURSDAY 17

DECEMBER

Recital of Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven and English songs including Lennox Berkeley, Vaughan williams, Howells, Warlock and Gurney. Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor, and Julius Drake, piano.

Gran Teatro del Liceu, c/la Rambla 51-59, Barcelona, Spain

SUNDAY 20

DECEMBER

10.00am: Matins

I Sing of a Maiden

Durham Cathedral, Durham

10.30am: Cathedral Eucharist

I Sing of a Maiden

Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Blackburn

11.00am: Sung Eucharist

Missa Brevis (op. 57)

Portsmouth Cathedral, Portsmouth

TUESDAY 22

DECEMBER

3.10pm: Afternoon on 3: A Tribute to Richard Hickox

BBC Radio 3

Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila (op. 27)

Performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) & Catherine Wyn Rogers (contralto)

The Chandos recording of Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila by Lennox Berkeley (http://www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk/album.php?album_id=13) will be followed by Michael Berkeley's Concerto for Orchestra.

THURSDAY 24

DECEMBER

Midnight Mass

I Sing of a Maiden

St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds