Classical
31/8/2008
Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms
The Coronation of Poppaea - BBC Proms - featuring Danielle de Niese
Monteverdi The Coronation of Poppaea (semi-staged; sung in Italian) (165 mins)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Sonya Yoncheva Fortune
Simona Mihai Virtue
Amy Freston Cupid
Iestyn Davies Otho
Alice Coote Nero
Danielle De Niese Poppaea
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Amalta
Tamara Mumford Octavia
Marie Arnet Drusilla
Paolo Battaglia Seneca
Trevor Scheunemann Mercury/Consul
Patrick Schramm Lictor/Consul
Dominique Visse Nurse/Friend
Claire Ormshaw Lady-in-Waiting
Lucia Cirillo Page
Andrew Tortise Lucan/Soldier 1/Tribune/Friend
Peter Gijsbertsen Liberto/Soldier 2/Tribune
31/8/2008
Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms
Lang Lang - piano
Program:
Mozart Piano Sonata (to be announced) (20 mins)
Rachmaninov Preludes - selection (9 mins)
Debussy Préludes - selection (8 mins)
Schubert Fantasia in F minor, D940* (18 mins)
Chopin Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22 (14 mins)
Waltzes - selection (6 mins)
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (10 mins)
28/8/2008
Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms
Steven Stucky Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co-commission: world premiere) (c10-12 mins)
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major (33 mins)
Interval
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (34 mins)
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Jazz
16/11/2008
Barbican - London Jazz Festival
Cameroonian bass guitarist and singer-songwriter Richard Bona possesses a pure and sumptuous voice that melts hearts and is matched in quality by his expert bass playing.
19/11/2008
Barbica - London Jazz Festival
Herbie Hancock, whose music has consistently crossed boundaries and challenged jazz orthodoxy since the heady days of the 1960s.
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contemporary
7/9/2008
Liddington, Sugar Hill Festival
Beth Rowley
8/9/2008
Hull, Pocklington Arts Centre
Beth Rowley
21/9/2008
Tonbridge Wells, Sound Sanctuary
Beth Rowley
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