Cover and inside cover photos Richard Haughton

INTRODUCTION
What better cause to celebrate the new season than Arts Council England's recent announcement that The English Concert is among its new National Portfolio of funded organisations. In the context of substantial cuts, this is a tremendous vote of confidence. Our grant will be specifically for work outside London from 2012. I look forward to announcing more details later in the season. After our recent recording 'Three Baroque Tenors' with Ian Bostridge, it is wonderful to open the season with him at Wigmore Hall. Indeed, Ian is a featured artist at the Wigmore over the coming months, and our 2012 concerts with him include distinguished guests Angelika Kirchschlager and the Aurora Orchestra in repertoire not always Baroque! Another recent recording success for The English Concert has been our first CD with Elizabeth Watts Bach Cantatas and Arias. We return with her and Laurence Cummings to Wigmore Hall in November to perform less well-known but nonetheless superb vocal works by Alessandro Scarlatti. After a sell-out US tour last year with Alice Coote, who sings with us at Wigmore Hall in 2012, we travel to the States this autumn with
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countertenor Andreas Scholl, focussing on Purcells semi-operas, Fairy Queen and King Arthur. Tours to Germany, Holland and Belgium will mark the welcome return of Vesselina Kasarova, Mark Padmore, and Lucy Crowe, whose debut recital CD with us, Il caro Sassone, will be released later this year. The Choir of The English Concert is again moving to the forefront of our activities, first with Schtz's Christmas Story as part of this year's St John's, Smith Square Christmas Festival, and next year in the closing concert of the Leipzig Bachfest, with Bach's monumental Mass in B minor. Recent residencies at London museums include the V&A in 2009 for their International Baroque exhibition, and our first Master Class at the Foundling Museum in 2010. Next year we return to this gem of a museum, with its strong Handel associations, to present concerts during their Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens exhibition and to give a second Master Class. All in all, a great deal of wonderful music and music-making to look forward to. I hope very much to welcome you during the coming months.
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The rst English Concert Master Class at the Foundling Museum, July 2010

Photo courtesy of the Foundling Museum

CONTENTS
IAN BOSTRIDGE 4-5 Harry Bicket, Angelika Kirchschlager, Katharina Spreckelsen 26 & 28 September, 20 February, 7 July, Wigmore Hall ST GEORGES HALL LIVERPOOL Harry Bicket, Helen Massey, Katharina Spreckelsen, Hannah McLaughlin 2 October, St. Georges Hall, Liverpool ELIZABETH WATTS Laurence Cummings, Nadja Zwiener, Jonathan Manson 30 November, Wigmore Hall SCHTZ CHRISTMAS STORY Harry Bicket, Christopher Gillett, The Choir of The English Concert 15 December, St. Johns, Smith Square ALICE COOTE Harry Bicket 29 May, Wigmore Hall THE ENGLISH CONCERT ABROAD

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THE ENGLISH CONCERT

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MEMBERS AND GUESTS

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RECORDINGS

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THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM 11-13 Vauxhall Gardens Concerts, The English Concert Master Class May - June, The Foundling Museum

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The most renowned English tenor of our time joins Harry Bicket, The English Concert and guest artists at Wigmore Hall in three richly varied programmes, ranging from Gesualdo to Satie.

Photo David Thompson

IAN BOSTRIDGE
MONDAy 26 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM WEDNESDAy 28 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM
Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Katharina Spreckelsen oboe A. Scarlatti Vivaldi Scarlatti Venturini Handel Sinfonia 'Clori, Dorino e Amore Concerto in D minor for oboe Cantata Dalloscura magion dellarse Dite Sonata IX in G minor Motet 'Silete venti'
Harry Bicket

Baroque music is a language that the great English tenor Ian Bostridge understands and communicates perfectly. Seattle Times

September concerts sponsored by:

MONDAy 20 FEBRUARy, 7.30PM

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo soprano Laurence Cummings harpsichord Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon Britten Satie Handel A. Scarlatti Phaedra The Death of Socrates (from Socrate) Cantata 'O Numi eterni' (La Lucrezia) Cantata 'Io so Nerone, limperator del mondo'
Angelika Kirchschlager

SATURDAy 7 JULy, 7.30PM

Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo soprano Monteverdi Monteverdi Gesualdo Stravinsky Tempro la cetra Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Madrigals from Book 5 Cantata

Katharina Spreckelsen

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These artists combined consummate artistry with balance, authenticity and total commitment.

ST GEORGE'S HALL LIVERPOOL

SUNDAy 2 OCTOBER, 7.30PM
Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Helen Massey soprano Katharina Spreckelsen oboe / oboe damore Hannah McLaughlin oboe

Bath Chronicle

Helen Massey

This concert is in aid of:

The Guillemot Trust

A Merseyside Charitable Trust

St George's Hall

Vivaldi J. S. Bach Handel Albinoni Muffat Purcell

La Folia Concerto for oboe d'amore Cantata Crudel tiranno amor Concerto in C for 2 oboes Passacaille Suite from Fairy Queen

St George's Hall Concert Room

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ELIZABETH WATTS
WEDNESDAy 30 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM
Laurence Cummings director / harpsichord Elizabeth Watts soprano Nadja Zwiener violin Jonathan Manson cello

A performance which mixes sumptuousness and refinement with impeccable poise and style... (Bach Cantatas & Arias) International Record Review
Elizabeth Watts

Sponsored by:

DR RICHARD GOLDING

Vivaldi A. Scarlatti Vivaldi A. Scarlatti Vivaldi

Concerto in G minor for strings Arias from Il Sedecia and Griselda Concerto allInglese for violin, cello & strings Sinfonia to Tigrane Arias from Tigrane, Cambise, and Erminia Concerto in B minor for 4 violins (Lestro armonico)

Laurence Cummings

Wigmore Hall

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Adoration of the Magi, 1504 (oil on panel) by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) Galleria degli Uzi, Florence, Italy/ The Bridgeman Art Library

SCHTZ CHRISTMAS STORY

THURSDAy 15 DECEMBER, 7.30PM ST JOHN'S, SMITH SqUARE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Harry Bicket director/organ Nadja Zwiener violin Christopher Gillett evangelist Walter Reiter violin The Choir of The English Concert Monteverdi Beatus Vir Biber Rosary Sonata Annunciation Rosary Sonata Nativity Monteverdi Magnificat Schtz Christmas Story
Nadja Zwiener Christopher Gillett

Harry Bicket is neither precious nor given to emotional exaggeration. Supported by a first-rate band in The English Concert ... he led a performance that was crisp, alert and direct... Financial Times

Sponsored by:

Heinrich Schtz was the leading German composer of the 17th Century and the first of truly international renown. Towards the end of his long life he devoted himself entirely to composing church music, of which The Christmas Story is his masterpiece. The narration, told by a tenor evangelist, is accompanied to great dramatic effect and interspersed Priests by trombones, and the irritable Herod by a pair of cornetti. The heavenly choir is represented by a 6-part chorus, bringing this wonderful work to a joyful conclusion.
Walter Reiter

St. Johns, Smith Square

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Alice Coote, whose artistry grows with each new role, spared us nothing in emotion, vocal energy and heartbreak. The Observer
Alice Coote

ALICE COOTE
TUESDAy 29 MAy 7.30PM
Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Alice Coote mezzo soprano

Purcell Handel Purcell Handel

Suite from Dioclesian Overture, Sinfonia and 3 arias from Hercules Suite from Fairy Queen Overture, Ballet Music and 3 arias from Ariodante

Harry Bicket

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THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM

VAUXHALL PLEASURE GARDENS The delight of all persons of reputation and taste
In 1732 the Spring Gardens in Vauxhall, the oldest of the London pleasure gardens, were leased to one Jonathan Tyers, who opened them for public entertainment every evening during the summer months. Chief among the attractions were the orchestral concerts which took place the players wearing cocked hats in an elegant raised bandstand among the trees or, in bad weather, in a rotunda. The very best players and singers of the time were engaged, and resident composers included Thomas Arne and James Hook, though many others also produced works, particularly songs, for the teeming Vauxhall public. The English Concert presents a series of concerts as part of the Foundling Museums summer exhibition devoted to Vauxhall Gardens, including music from the Gardens 18th-Century heyday. The popular style of much of the music reflects the unique informality and social diversity of the Gardens clientele. This was a place where anyone who could afford the entrance price of one shilling could feel, for an evening at least, on an equal footing with royal Dukes and Duchesses, wealthy City merchants, and Georgian Londons burgeoning middle class, hungry for new social pleasures.
A View of the Temple of Comus in Vauxhall Gardens by J.S. Mller Vauxhall Gardens, showing the Grand Walk by J.S. Mller

Gerald Coke Handel Collection, The Foundling Museum

View of Vauxhall Gardens by John Bluck

Gerald Coke Handel Collection, The Foundling Museum

...the pleasures of Vauxhall, which I no sooner entered than I was dazzled and confounded with the variety of beauties that rushed all at once upon my eye. Imagine to yourself a spacious garden, laid out in delightful walks, bounded with high hedges and trees, and paved with gravel; part exhibiting a wonderful assemblage of the most picturesque and striking objects, pavilions, lodges, groves, grottos, lawns, temples, and cascades; porticoes, colonnades, and rotundas; adorned with pillars, statues, and paintings; the whole illuminated with an infinite number of lamps, disposed in different figures of suns, stars and constellations: the place crowded with the gayest company, ranging through those blissful shades, or supping in different lodges on cold collations, enlivened with mirth, freedom and good humour, and animated by an excellent band of music.
From The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker, by Tobias Smollett

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Gerald Coke Handel Collection, The Foundling Museum

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Vauxhall Gardens from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 1809 (pen and ink on watercolour) by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK/ The Bridgeman Art Library

THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM

VAUXHALL PLEASURE GARDENS THE ENGLISH CONCERT MASTER CLASS WEDNESDAy 23 MAy, 7.00PM
Concert 1 : A British Amusement Vocal and instrumental music by Londons leading English composers in the heyday of the Pleasure Gardens: Thomas Arne, James Hook, William Boyce and John Stanley.

WEDNESDAy 30 MAy, 7.00PM

Concert 2 : Orpheus with his lute An evening of words and music drawn from contemporary accounts of the Gardens whose pleasures were sometimes artistically high-minded but often also worldly, and above all popular.
The Foundling Museum

...its always great to have live music in the museum, and having it in the 18th century picture gallery played authentically is just such an experience. Its a surprise for visitors who arent expecting it and its brought in a lot of people who havent been to the museum before. Katharine Hogg, The Foundling Museum

WEDNESDAy 13 JUNE, 7.00PM

Concert 3: An excellent Band of Musicke A programme of works by such musical immigrants as Handel and J.C. Bach, Hellendaal and Castrucci, who, despite their cosmopolitan origins, were required to provide songs in the English language.

MONDAy-FRIDAy, 25-29 JUNE

THE ENGLISH CONCERT MASTER CLASS Details to be announced in early 2012

The Foundling Museum Picture Gallery

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THE ENGLISH CONCERT ABROAD

BREMEN MUSIKFEST
1 September HANDEL ViVALDi HANDEL HANDEL ViVALDi HANDEL Concerto Grosso in B flat Concerto in A minor for cello & strings Cantata Armida abbandonata Cantata Alpestre monte Concerto in F for bassoon & strings Three arias from Agrippina

HANDEL CARMELITE VESPERS

Calais, 30 September HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F HANDEL Organ Concerto in G HANDEL Salve Regina (from the Carmelite Vespers) HANDEL Concerto Grosso (from Alexanders Feast) HANDEL Organ Concerto in B flat HANDEL Saeviat tellus inter rigores (from the Carmelite Vespers) Kenneth Weiss director / organ Sophie Bevan soprano

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, Toronto and other cities, 11-23 October Programmes to include Sonata a 6 for trumpet, strings & continuo (1673) PuRCELL Three Airs PuRCELL Airs & Dances from King Arthur MuFFAT Passacaglia from Sonata V (Armonico Tributo) PuRCELL Scenes from Fairy Queen BiBER Harry Bicket director / harpsichord Andreas Scholl countertenor

Harry Bicket director / harpsichord Lucy Crowe soprano Joseph Crouch cello Alberto Grazzi bassoon

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THE ENGLISH CONCERT ABROAD

VESSELINA KASAROVA
Hannover, Berlin, 15-16 January HAYDN HANDEL HAYDN HANDEL Symphony no.6 Le Matin 3 arias from Alcina Symphony no.8 Le Soir 3 arias and ballet music from Ariodante

'WALKING TO LBECK'
Antwerp, Grningen, 2-3 March BACH BuxTEHuDE BACH BuxTEHuDE BACH BuxTEHuDE KuHNAu BACH Ich armer Mensch Contrapunctus 1 Du bist bei mir Contrapunctus 2 Komm, du ssse Todesstunde Klagelied Sonata Prima, Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath Ich habe genug

BACH MASS IN B MINOR

Leipzig Bachfest, 17 June Harry Bicket director / organ Joelle Harvey soprano Malin Christensen soprano iestyn Davies countertenor Ed Lyon tenor tbc bass The Choir of The English Concert

Harry Bicket director / harpsichord Vesselina Kasarova mezzo-soprano

Nadja Zwiener violin / director Mark Padmore tenor

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Photos Timothy Kraemer and Richard Haughton

THE ENGLISH CONCERT

The English Concert is among the finest chamber orchestras in the world, with an unsurpassed reputation for inspiring performances of Baroque and Classical music in the concert hall and on CD. Created by Trevor Pinnock in 1973, The English Concert chose Harry Bicket to be its Artistic Director in 2007, and he has since led the orchestra on tours to Europe, the USA and the Middle East. Bicket is renowned internationally for his work in opera with the finest singers of the age, and English Concert collaborators in performance and recording include Ian Bostridge, Vesselina Kasarova, David Daniels, Lucy Crowe, Elizabeth Watts, Danielle de Niese, Rosemary Joshua and Sarah Connolly. Recent highlights include European and US tours with Alice Coote, Sara Mingardo and Anna Caterina Antonacci, a return to the Barbican Hall Great Performers series in London, Handels Samson at the 2009 BBC Proms with Mark Padmore in the title role, residencies at the Victoria & Albert and Handel House museums, recordings with oboist Albrecht Mayer and recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger, and the first English Concert Master Class for young harpsichordist-directors at the Foundling Museum. The English Concert and Choir toured Handels Messiah in Spain in December 2010, featuring a TV broadcast from the Palau de la Msica Barcelona, and as a chamber ensemble embarked on an extensive tour of the Canary Islands in January 2011. In October 2011 they return to the United States with Harry Bicket and countertenor Andreas Scholl, visiting
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Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Toronto and New york, and from 2013-2015 Harry Bicket and The English Concert will present three Handel operas-inconcert in the USA and Europe, starting with Radamisto. In 2014 they will collaborate with the Theater an der Wien in operas by Gluck. The English Concert's discography includes more than 100 recordings with Trevor Pinnock for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv, and a series of critically acclaimed CDs for Harmonia Mundi with violinist Andrew Manze. Their first recordings with Harry Bicket Bach arias with David Daniels, Handel Duets with Rosemary Joshua and Sarah Connolly, and Bach Arias & Cantatas with Elizabeth Watts have been widely praised. Forthcoming CDs include recitals with sopranos Lucy Crowe and Danielle de Niese. The English Concert also works with distinguished guest directors, including Maurice Steger, violinist Fabio Biondi and harpsichordists Kenneth Weiss, Mahan Esfahani and Laurence Cummings, who is a regular collaborator.

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MEMBERS AND GUESTS

Founded by virtuoso harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert has always numbered among its ranks the crme de la crme of players, including violinists Simon Standage, Peter Hanson, Rachel Podger and Walter Reiter, cellists Jap ter Linden and Jan Coe, bass player Peter McCarthy, flautist Lisa Beznosiuk, recorder player Pamela Thorby, oboist David Reichenberg, bassoonist Alberto Grazzi, trumpeter Mark Bennett and timpanist Robert Howes, many of whom are still members of the orchestra in addition to being distinguished soloists and teachers. Led since 2007 by violinist Nadja Zwiener, The English Concert now includes Alfonso Leal del Ojo as principal viola, Jonathan Manson and Joseph Crouch as co-principal cello, and Katharina Spreckelsen as principal oboe. The roster of the orchestras guest solo singers over 40 years ranges from Barbara Bonney and Anne Sophie von Otter to the most current of ascendant stars. More recently the orchestra has enjoyed creative partnerships with instrumentalists including oboist Alfredo Bernardini and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Alfredo Bernadini

Fabio Biondi

Jonathan Manson

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Lisa Beznosiuk

Maurice Steger

Joseph Crouch

Rosemary Joshua

Sara Mingardo

Sarah Connolly

Trevor Pinnock

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RECORDINGS
In the 1970s The English Concert was among world leaders in performing Baroque and Classical music on historically authentic instruments, and its international reputation has been built first and foremost on the range and quality of its discography. Early recordings of canonic works such as Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Mozart's symphonies, Vivaldi's concertos, and Handel's Messiah remain best-selling benchmarks of interpretative authority and technical excellence, while more recent recordings have attracted no less critical acclaim. As steals the morn, a recording of Handel arias and scenes with Mark Padmore, won a 2008 BBC Magazine award, and the recent recording of Bach Cantatas & Arias with Harry Bicket and Elizabeth Watts was Editor's Choice in Gramophone Magazine. At a time when the recording of classical music has become commercially challenged, The English Concert continues to make regular and superlative recordings. In November 2011 Lucy Crowe will release her debut recital CD, Il caro Sassone, with The English Concert.

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SUPPORTERS
The English Concert is deeply grateful for the continuing support of Sponsors, Patrons, Friends, and Charitable Trusts

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Gold Patrons
Mr R Beaumont Mr G & Mrs L Lythe Mr & Mrs H Paget Mr J Smouha qC and Mrs L Smouha

Bronze Patrons
Miss J Bernard Mr & Mrs W G Blyth David Dell CB Miss M Garnham Miss Catherine Gibaud Mr M Godbee Mr J & Mrs L Herberg George & Soulaf Kanaan Mr B A Mace Mrs J Ridley Mr R Teed Lady Marina Vaizey

Friends
Anon Artemis Trust Mr J S Abbott Miss D M J Allison Ms R J Andrew Nicola Armitage Prof H J B Birks Dennis Blow Sir Alan & Lady Bowness Katharine & Colin Bradley Miss P C A Butterworth Susan Cadman Richard Calver Mrs J M Clegg Mrs Christine Clemo Mrs F Cobb Dr Claire E Cockcroft Georey Collens Peter Collett Miss Diana Darlington Ms C Dumas

Sponsors for 2011-12

Bircham Dyson Bell Dr Richard Golding Haven Health Properties Ltd Rawlinson & Hunter

Silver Patrons
Mr R Binks George & Daphne Burnett Mr I Farnsworth Mr & Mrs M Lewisohn Marsh Christian Trust The Hon Mr M & Mrs C McLaren His Hon Judge M & Mrs N Oppenheimer Mr D Rendell & Ms A Smith Mr B & Mrs H Smouha Mr A & Mrs H Twigger

Platinum Patrons
Christopher Campbell Nigel & Elisabeth Carrington Sir Vernon & Lady Ellis Mrs C Erskine Dr R J A Golding Simon & Frances Jennings Mr E & Mrs y Landau Mr J & Mrs S Reeve Julian & Victoria Schild Mr S Weil Mr C & Mrs J Weston

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SUPPORTERS
Martin Eaton Prof E V A Ebsworth Mr S R & Mrs A Eddolls Angela Fane Mr I Fleming G A Gomberg & P A Bezant Felicity Good Mr T Graham Elizabeth Grimsey Mr & Mrs B Handel Mr & Mrs B Hargreaves Ms G Hemus-Cools Mr L Hickey Richard & Jay Hitchman C Hobbs Peter & Carol Honey Clare Howell Robert Hughill & David Hughes Mr H Ileri Mr & Mrs P Ives Ms E Jack Mr A Jackson Mr & Mrs T A Jones Sir John & Lady Kingman M H Knobil Suzanne Labbett Frank Lappin Mrs H Lyall John & Angela Main Mrs J Mathers Mrs M Maufroy Mr & Mrs C McCann yvonne Millar Mr & Mrs G Modiano Ms S C Morris Sarah Morrison Dr Margaret Munro Mr J Neil-Smith Mrs E A Newlands John Newman Mr R Newnham Dr J H Newton Mrs M Nicholls Mrs R OMahony Mr A H A Osborn Ms E Padmore Dr Graham Palmer Georgina Parnell Ms S Pitts Mr A Powell Mr O Prenn Mr R Price Sue Prickett & John Bryer Richard G Pyper Mr A Reicher Mr & Mrs W Rickett Lady Roberts Mr & Mrs B Roden Mrs & Mrs D F S Rogers Alan Sainer Mrs T Selby-Lownes Brian Self Mr T W Sharp Mr John Sharpe Lawrence Shaw Lya Silver Elizabeth Steiner Georgina Stewart Marilyn Stock Miss A Symons Jennifer Taggart Mr P Trowell Rita Volante Ms M van de Water Kitty Warnock John Weiss CB R J Wildash Margaret Willes Mrs G C Williams Ian Williams Mr N Williams Mrs Lynette Wilson Miss Emma yates Tony & Jackie yates-Watson

Trusts for 2010-11

Arimathea Charitable Trust Bircham Dyson Bell Charitable Trust Blyth Watson Charitable Trust The Drapers Company Dunard Fund Sir John Fisher Foundation Foyle Foundation Golden Bottle Trust Kathleen Hannay Memorial Charity The Kobler Trust The Stanley Picker Trust Sir Siegmund Warburgs Voluntary Settlement The Gareld Weston Foundation

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SUPPORTERS
Anne & Joseph Pierson Ann Roberts Andrew Solomon Ann & Adam Spence Hugh J Tilney Anon Renee Barrick Bill & Bunny Beekman Audrey A Boughton Tim & Sally Brown Elizabeth & Ralph Brown Elizabeth & Blake Cabot Gregory C Carroll Denise Dailey Alex & Louise Dye Barrett Frelinghuysen Kathleen Gerard Richard Gilder & Lois Chiles Gordon & Maggie Gray Edward & Susan Greenberg Sophie Hughes Rebecca & Richard Lindsey J Kenneth Moore Melanne Mueller Gordon & Dailey Pattee Grant & Hope Winthrop Steve Winn Martin Eaton Margaret Eccles Marion Edwards Sir Vernon & Lady Ellis Colin Failes Ian Farnsworth Peter Firth Christian Flackett Elizabeth Franklin Catherine Gibaud Dr Jo Gipps Felicity Good The Kathleen Hannay Memorial Charity Roger Harris Dr Peter Honey Dr Nicholas Houghton Sophie Hughes James Johnston Glen Kania Caroline Kenneil Dr Anne Kilby yvonne Landau Uri Liebrecht Graeme Lythe Lydia Ludlow Brian Mace Andrew Maugham Peter McCarthy Jonathan Neil-Smith Alison Osborne Elizabeth Padmore Liliana Pop Laurel Powers-Freeling David Rendell Irene Richards Lucy Rickett David Rogers Alan Sainer Silvia Schweinberger Jennifer Taggart Richard Teed Stephen Thomas Andrew Twigger Lady Marina Vaizey Glenda Weil John Weiss CB Christopher Weston James Adam Wethered Margaret Willes Lynette Wilson

The English Concert

BigGive
Christmas Challenge 2010

The English Concert raised 120,000 during the 2010 Big Give Christmas Challenge and would like to thank the following, in addition to many more anonymous donors, for their great generosity: Molly Adams George & Daphne Burnett Cynthia Butterworth Nigel & Elisabeth Carrington Christine Cohen Diana Darlington The Dunard Fund

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CONTACT
The English Concert
8 St Georges Terrace London NW1 8xJ Tel: 020 7911 0905 Fax: 020 7911 0904 ec@englishconcert.co.uk www.englishconcert.co.uk The English Concert is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom, no.271765

Founder
Trevor Pinnock CBE

Agents
Austria and sundry territories Germany and sundry territories Konstantin Moritsch Konzertdirektion Schmid Knigstrae 36 30175 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49 (0)511 366 0766 konstantin.moritsch@kdschmid.de Spain Carmen Prieto Primusic Calle de ODonnell 49 28009 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 409 30 30 primusic@primusic.es uSA and Canada IMG Artists Carnegie Hall Tower 152 West 57th Street, 5th Floor New york, Ny 10019, USA Tel: +1 212 994 3500 dschultz@imgartists.com

Artistic Director
Harry Bicket

Keith Mayler M.A.M. Management Langerfeldgasse 26/33 1120 Wien, Austria Tel: +43 (0)1 8153733 mam-vienna@utanet.at Benelux Luc van Looke Concert Weinstadt Populierenlaan 3/26 B-2020 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 263 6565 info@concerts-weinstadt.be France Ian Malkin Satirino 59 rue Orfila 75020 Paris, France Tel: +33 (1)977 198 077 ianmalkin@satirino.fr

Chief Executive
Gijs Elsen

Orchestra Manager
Sarah Fenn

Board of Trustees
Mr N Carrington (Chairman) Mr R Binks Dr R J A Golding Mr S Jennings Mrs N Oppenheimer Mrs L Powers-Freeling Mr J Reeve Mr J Schild Ms K Shimoda Mr J Smouha qC Mr S Weil

Marketing Manager
Nick Morrison

Administrator
Leah Broadeld

Public Relations
Melanne Mueller

Design
Ben Bracken at www.beecreative.co.uk

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BOOKING INFORMATION
WIGMORE HALL
36 Wigmore Street, London, W1u 2BP

ST. GEORGES HALL

St Georges Hall Concert Room, North Entrance, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L1 1JJ

ST. JOHNS, SMITH SQUARE

London, SW1P 3HA Ticket prices 30, 25, 17.50, 10 Booking opens 3 October

FOUNDLING MUSEUM
40 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AZ Vauxhall Gardens concert ticket price 10

WAYS TO BOOK
By telephone on 020 7935 2141 Daily 10am7pm Days without an evening concert 10am5pm There is a 2 administration fee for all telephone bookings, which includes the delivery of your tickets by post if time permits. Online at www.wigmore- hall.org.uk There is a 1 administration fee for online bookings, which includes the delivery of your tickets by post if time permits. In person at the Wigmore Hall box oce Daily 10am8.30pm Days without an evening concert 10am5pm No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.

Ticket Prices
VIP Package 60.00 (Price includes premium seat, programme and pre-show and interval drinks reception, including canaps, in a private suite). Stalls and Curved seating 37.50 (E/B Discount 35.00) Balcony Seating 27.50 (E/B Discount 25.00)

WAYS TO BOOK
By telephone on 020 7222 1061 Online at www.sjss.org.uk By post; please enclose SAE Advance Booking; the box oce is open for advance bookings from 10am-5pm weekdays. The box oce opens on the day for personal callers for that concert only. Debit/Credit Cards MasterCard, Visa and Maestro accepted Booking fees per transaction: 2.00 by telephone / 1.50 Online

WAYS TO BOOK
By telephone on 020 7841 3600 In person: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm. CLOSED ON MONDAyS

Museum Admission Prices

7.50 Concessions 5 Art Fund members and children up to 16 years FREE

WAYS TO BOOK
Online at http://boxoce.liverpoolphil.com By telephone on 0151 709 3789 By post/in person: Box Oce, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP (Monday to Saturday, 10am - 5.30pm) All bookings are processed through the Philharmonic Hall Box Oce

Facilities for disabled people

Facilities
The restaurant opens at 5.30pm for weekday concerts, or 6pm for weekend/bank holiday concerts. General Manager: Paul Davies St. Johns, Smith Square Charitable Trust Registered charity no: 1045390 Registered in England. Company no: 3028678 www.christmasfestivallondon.com

For full details please contact House Management on 020 7730 8210 or housemanagers@wigmore- hall.org.uk Director John Gilhooly The Wigmore Hall Trust Registered charity no: 1024838

Early Booking Discount

Book and pay by 31st July 2011 and receive 2.50 o per ticket (Excludes Premium Seats) Group Bookings: 1 in 10 goes free

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Photo Timothy Kraemer