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Year 2009 (August) 

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1 August 2009
8.00pm
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)


Festivals Europäische Kirchenmusik
[European Church Music Festival]
Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
Stuttgarter Kantorei
conductor: Kay Johannsen
Burkhart Fritz (tenor)
2 August 2009
7.30pm

Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week
Te Deum








BBC Proms 2009
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Bach Choir
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral
Trinity Boys Choir
conductor: Susanna Mälkki
Simon Preston (organ)
Jörg Schneider (tenor)
3 August 2009
7.00pm

Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week
Overture Les francs-juges
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale



BBC Proms 2009
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conductor: Thierry Fischer
6 August 2009
7.00pm
L’Invitation à la valse

Weber, arr. Berlioz

Aspen Music Festival
Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Aspen Chamber Symphony
conductor: David Zinman
6 August 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Indiana University Summer Music Festival
Musical Arts Center, IU School of Music, Bloomington, USA
Festival Orchestra
conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero
6 August 2009
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, USA
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor: Charles Dutoit
6 August 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
conductor: Daniel Barenboim
6 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
7 August 2009
8.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
conductor: Daniel Barenboim
7 August 2009
9.00pm
Les Nuits d’été

27th edition of Festival du Périgord Noir
« Les nuits d’été de Berlioz »
Jardins du Manoir d’Eyrignac, Salignac-Eyvigues, France
Marie Devellereau (soprano)
Jean-Marc Bouget (piano)
Alain Carré (narrator)
7 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
8 August 2009
8.00pm
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts)

Klassik Open Air beim Picknick im Park
Paris – New York: 
Liebe verbindet [Love binds]
Luitpoldhain (the Central Park), Nürnberg, Germany
Nürnberger Philharmoniker
conductor: Alexander Shelley
8 August 2009
8.30pm
Works Unspecified
(probably the Trio from L’Enfance du Christ)
Salle des fêtes, Peyrins, France
Trio Locatelli:
   Anne Aubert-Moulin and Franck Masquelier (flute)
   Pascal Pascally (guitar)
8 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
9 August 2009
9.00pm
Works Unspecified
(probably the Trio from L’Enfance du Christ)
Salle de Danse, Alba-la-Romaine, France
Trio Locatelli:
   Anne Aubert-Moulin and Franck Masquelier (flute)
   Pascal Pascally (guitar)
9 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
10 August 2009
6.00pm
Excepts from:

Benvenuto Cellini
Béatrice et Bénédict
Les Troyens
Symphonie fantastique
Salon, Berlin-Geflüster, Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Duo Musica è Parole:
     Katharina Richter (soprano)
     Rudolf Gäbler (piano)
10 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
12 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
13 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
14 August 2009
9.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Salzburg Festival
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
conductor: Daniel Barenboim
14 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
15 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage 
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
16 August 2009
5.00pm
Ballet des Sylphes






“Circus Caracho ”
  Klosterbergegarten Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Amadeuskomplott
– Warnfried Altmann (Saxophone)
– Ingo Fritz (viola)
– Marcel Körner (cello)
– Marco Reiß (violin)
– Yoichi Yamashita (violin)
– Ludwig Schumann (narrator)
16 August 2009
5.30pm
Symphonie fantastique (4th movement)

Liszt transcription

Bard Music Festival
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B Fisher Center, for the Performing Arts,
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Jeremy Denk (piano)
16 August 2009 “Something About Others”

Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique







Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nottingham Youth Dance
in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet
Performers:
NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos 
NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd,
Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid
Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage, 
Brad Waller and Cerys Williams
music director: Niall McMahon
Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson
17 August 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Konzerthaus Berlin –Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany
Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal
conductor: Louis Lavigueur
17 August 2009
9.00pm
« Berlioz: 7 overtures »

Le Carnaval romain; Waverley; Le Roi Lear; Les Francs-Juges; Le Corsaire; Béatrice et Bénédict Benvenuto Cellini

Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestre du Festival Berlioz
conductor: Carlos Dourthé
18 August 2009
9.00pm
Harold en Italie


Estate Musicale di Portogruaro
Teatro Comunale Luigi Russolo, Portogruaro, Italy
Orchestra dell’Accademia Musicale Naonis
conductor: Enrico Bronzi
Simonide Braconi (viola)
19 August 2009
11.00am
Symphonie fantastique Stadthalle, Großes Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
conductor: Daniel Barenboim
19 August 2009
9.00pm
Les Nuits d’été


Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestre de Bretagne
conductor: Olari Elts
Véronique Gens (soprano)
21 August 2009
7.00pm

Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and at 7.30pm on BBC Four TV. Available as audio on demand for the following week
Symphonie fantastique





BBC Proms
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
conductor: Daniel Barenboim
21 August 2009
7.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain


Tanz und Freude
Hessische Akademie für musisch-kulturelle Bildung, Germany
Saal im Ökonomiegebäude von Schloss Hallenburg, Schlitz
Landesjugendsinfonieorchester (LJSO) Hessen
conductor: Prof. Nicolás Pasquet
21 August 2009
9.00pm
Harold en Italie


Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre – Tours
conductor : Jean-Yves Ossonce
Philip Dukes (viola)
21 August 2009
9.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Liszt transcription
Grange aux Concerts, Evologia, Cernier, Switzerland
Roger Muraro (piano)
22 August 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Alfred-Fischer-Halle, Hamm, NRW, Germany
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
conductor: Frank Beermann
22 August 2009
9.00pm
Les Troyens (excepts: ballets)

Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestre Les Siècles
conductor: François-Xavier Roth
22 August 2009
9.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Liszt transcription
Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France
Roger Muraro (piano)
25 August 2009
9.00pm
Roméo et Juliette






Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
Britten Chorus
conductor : Daniel Kawka
chorus master : Nicole Corti 
Isabelle Cals (mezzo-soprano)
Fabrice Dalis (tenor)
Vincent Le Texier (baritone)
26 August 2009
9.00pm
“Irish night”

La Belle voyageuse
Hélène
La Mort d’Ophélie
Chanson à boire

Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Camarata Ireland
conductor: Barry Douglas
Les Solistes de Lyon – Bernard Tétu:
   Virginie Pochon (soprano), Marie-Hélène Ruscher (mezzo-soprano)
   Gilles Henrion (tenor), Olivier Naveau (baritone)
   Vincent Ordonneau (tenor), Guy Lathuraz (baritone)
27 August 2009
7.00pm
Harold en Italie


59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth
[59th Festival of young artists Bayreuth]
Stadthalle, Großes Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
Symphonieorchester des 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth
conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs
soloist not announced
27 August 2009
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio
(orchestral excerpts)
Abbatiale Saint Ouen, Rouen, France
Orchestre Les Siècles
conductor: François-Xavier Roth
27 August 2009
9.00pm
Rêverie et caprice


Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestre National de Lyon
conductor: Ruben Gazarian
Henning Kraggerud (violin)
28 August 2009
3.00pm
Rêverie et Caprice

Festival de La Chaise-Dieu
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La Chaise-Dieu, France
Orchestre national de Lyon
conductor: Ruben Gazarian
28 August 2009
7.00pm
Harold en Italie Kirche St. Antonius, OT Neubau, Fichtelberg, Germany
Symphonieorchester des 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth
conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs
soloist not announced
28 August 2009
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Philharmoniker
conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
28 August 2009
8.00pm
Roméo et Juliette






Edinburgh International Festival
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
conductor: Stéphane Denève
chorus master: Christopher Bell
Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Loïc Félix (tenor)
Franz Hawlata (bass)
29 August 2009
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été

Snape Proms
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – At Sea
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, UK
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Andris Nelsons
29 August 2009
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Mehrzweckhalle, Glashütten, Germany
Symphonieorchester des 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth
conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs
soloist not announced
29 August 2009
8.00pm
Les Nuits d’été

staged performance




Les Azuriales Opera Festival
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
music director and piano: Bryan Evans 
director: Thaddeus Strassberger
designer: Madeleine Boyd
production: Les Azuriales
Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano)
Ben Johnson (tenor)
David Kempster (baritone)
29 August 2009
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire

Blossom Festival
Blossom Festival, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor: James Gaffigan
29 August 2009 Les Nuits d’été Place du Consulat, Capdenac-le-Haut, France
Armelle Vautrin (soprano)
Stéphane Berrone piano)
30 August 2009
5.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Liszt transcription

Festival Berlioz 2009
Église, Penol, France
Eric Ferrand N’Kaoua (piano)
30 August 2009
9.00pm

See review by P.-R. Serna (in French)
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio ou le Retour à la vie




Festival Berlioz 2009
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France
Orchestre Les Siècles et Chœurs de Lyon – Bernard Tétu
conductor: François-Xavier Roth
chorus master: Bernard Tétu
Récitant: Charles Berling
Pascal Bourgeois (tenor)
Vincent Deliau (baritone)
31 August 2009
7.30pm

pre-concert talk at 6.30
Les Nuits d’été


Lucerne Festival Summer 2009
Konzertsaal, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum, Luzern, Switzerland
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Andris Nelsons
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano)

July 2009   September 2009

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