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Elgar Anniversary Concert, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Sun, May 27
4:10pm Friday 25th May 2007
To mark the 150th anniversary of the great composer's birth The Philharmonia Orchestra is performing Sir Edward Elgar's The Dream Of Gerontius with the help of the Brighton Festival Chorus.
The show is part of an 18-date orchestra tour led by the conductor Sir Andrew Davis. The orchestra will be joined by contralto Catherine Wyn-Rogers, tenor James Gilchrist and bass voice Peter Sidhorn in the last big classical concert of the festival.
Alistair Mackie, chairman of the orchestra says: "This project will be bringing Elgar into people's lives, 150 years after his birth."
- Starts 8pm, tickets from £10. Call 01273 709709.
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- Classical performances, various venues, throughout May
- Fat Cat Nights, Theatre Royal Brighton, Fri May 16 and Sat May 17
- Fanfare Ciocarlia and Tcha Limberger’s Budapest Gypsy Orchestra, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Sat May 17
- Spiro, Pavilion Theatre, Tues May 20
- Miriam Makeba, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Weds May 21
- Seckou Keita Quartet, Pavilion Theatre, Thurs May 22
- Portico Quartet, Pavilion Theatre, Sat May 24
- Medeski, Martin, Wood, Dome Concert Hall, Sat May 24
- Mingus Big Band, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Wed, May 23
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