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Macclesfield Season 2011 - 2012
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'Under the leadership of Nicholas Ward, the Northern Chamber Orchestra maintained the standard of excellence which they have established over many years.’ |
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Macclesfield Heritage Centre, Roe Street ,Macclesfield, SK11 6UT |
7.30pm start for all concerts 9.40pm approx end time |
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Friends of the NCO Benefit from £1 reduction |
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Saturday 1 October 2011 Martin Roscoe, piano Rossini Tancredi Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 Warlock Capriol Suite Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 Italian "...Roscoe is a pianist who both thinks and offers full-blooded playing of breadth and depth. In this country, he is an uncommon creature...” Daily Telegraph What a thrill it is to hear such a master play such a magnificent concerto. |
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Saturday 5 November Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 Stravinsky Apollo Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.6 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.4 Stravinsky’s neo-classical master-work is surrounded by Baroque pillars – a great combination. |
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Saturday 3 December Nicholas Ward, violin King’s School Foundation Choir Christmas in St Petersburg Prokofiev Winter Fairy from Cinderella Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumble Bee Glazunov Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Ballet Music Snow, ice, vodka, ballets – prepare to shiver and wallow in a musical Russian winter. |
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Saturday 14 January 2012 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1 Bach Sinfonia from Cantata No.174 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2 Mozart Symphony No.22 in C Delius Two Aquarelles Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5 With an assortment of brilliant solos – especially the trumpet and harpsichord, this is our second programme to complete the six Brandenburg Concertos. Mozart and Delius make a wonderful contrast. Supported by the Macclesfield Friends of the NCO |
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Saturday 11 February Jonathan Scott, piano Naomi Atherton, horn Dag Wiren Serenade Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C Elvira Madigan Arthur Butterworth Romanza for horn and strings Haydn Symphony No.98 A welcome return of Jonathan Scott who has always thrilled us with his brilliant playing, this time not only in the Mozart Concerto but also in the Haydn Symphony! |
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Saturday 10 March Peter Moore, trombone Mozart Divertimento K251 Nino Rota Trombone Concerto Film music by Shostakovich, John Williams, Henry Mancini and others. Two fabulously talented students from Chetham’s School of Music: the 2008 BBC Young Musician of the Year, trombonist Peter Moore and Mathis Picard appearing as Jazz pianist and composer. Supported by the Macclesfield Friends of the NCO
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Saturday 21 April NCO Soloists Bach Ricercare from The Musical Offering Berwald Septet Beethoven Septet A jewel from ‘The Musical Offering’ followed by two septets written within twenty years of each other, Berwald, known as ‘Sweden’s Schubert’ and early Beethoven. |
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Saturday 19 May Raphael Wallfisch, cello Haydn Symphony No.76 John Joubert Cello Concerto Holst St Paul’s Suite Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations John Joubert has chosen Raphael Wallfisch and the NCO to première his Cello Concerto for the Pre Olympic Games Music Festival. Our Macclesfield audience will hear the second performance. Then there is the Rococo Variations – one of the greatest works of the cello repertoire. Supported by the Ida Carroll Trust
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