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Am Live Music Events 2007

Candlelit Christmas Tour 2007

THE ENGLISH PHILHARMONIC ENSEMBLE - Conductor David Haslam
THE SINGERS - Conductor Donald Halliday

Come and enjoy the special atmosphere that pervades these friendly concerts with the twinkling magic of candlelight, the glorious music and the heightened intimacy between musicians and audience

PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE GREAT CHRISTMAS CLASSICS:
Our programme this year begins with Locatelli’s lovely “Christmas Concerto” followed by the celebratory sound of the trumpet in Handel’s brilliant ‘’Trumpet Suite”. Three special pieces for unaccompanied choir precede a bracing performance of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s “The Seasons” to conclude the first half. Continuing after the interval, Choir and Orchestra join together in two rousing choruses from Vivaldi’s wonderful “Gloria 588” and his ‘‘Magnificat inG min’’ to open the second half. The strings are then joined by oboist Phillip Cull in a performance of Albinoni’s famous ‘‘oboe concerto’’. The Candlelit Concert then concludes as always with Carols for choir, audience and orchestra, plus a Christmas selection of favourite music from Handel’s uplifting masterpiece ‘‘The Messiah’’.

More information & tickets available online at
www.candlelitconcerts.com

14 December 8.00pm - St John the Evangelist, Middlesbrough
Tickets : Middlesbrough Town Hall Box Office: 01642 729729
15 December 8.00pm - Hexham Abbey
Tickets: Queens Hall: 01434 652477
16 December 8.00pm - St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington
Tickets: Darlington Tourist Information: 01325 388666
20 December 8.00pm - St. George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets: Newcastle Tourist Information: 0191 2778003
21 December 8.00pm - St Cuthbert’s Church, Carlisle
Tickets: Tullie House: 01228 534664
22 December 8.00pm - Beverly Minster
Tickets: Beverley Tourist Information: 01482 391672 / 867430

All concerts commence at 8.00pm - Ticket price £18 (£16.00 disabled person, carer free).

More information & tickets available online at
www.candlelitconcerts.com

'Bookmark Music' Lunches

Invite a good friend or client to join you for some delightful background music - some jazz, piano favourites or perhaps a little flamenco, while you both enjoy a light lunch and a glass of wine at the Quadrata Café Bar in Central Square, behind Newcastle Central Station (Find by Multimap). Regular musicians include: pianist, harpist and flautist, jazz trio, string quartet, brass quintet and Spanish guitarist. Even carols at Christmas!

Mondays at 12.30 for an hour - make a date of it!

8th January 2007 Landolfi String Quartet
15th January 2007 Christopher Murray cello & David Murray Harpsichord
5th February 2007 Lindsay Hannon Jazz Trio
12th February 2007 Flamenco Guitar
5th March 2007 Virtuoso Jazz Trio
19th March 2007 Janet Benet Harp
2nd April 2007 Landolfi Ensemble
16th April 2007 David Haslam Flute
14th May 2007 Roly Veitch Jazz Trio
21st May 2007 Iona Brown Violin & David Murray
4th June 2007 Kingsland Wind Quintet
18th June 2007 Flamenco Guitar
2nd July 2007 Ruth Lambert Jazz Trio
14 -16th July 2007 Janet Benet Harp
6th August 2007 David Haslam Flute & David Murray Harpsichord
20th August 2007 Jazz Duo
3rd September 2007 Virtuoso Jazz Trio
17th September 2007 Violin & David Murray
1st October 2007 Roly Veitch Jazz Trio
22nd October 2007 David Haslam Flute
5th November 2007 Oboe & David Murray Harpsichord
19th November 2007 Janet Benet Harp
3rd December 2007 Ruth Lambert Jazz Trio
17th December 2007 Sound the Trumpets & Vivace - Christmas programme

Nights at the Opera

THREE EVENINGS OF FINE DINING AND MUSIC
at The Mansion House, Fernwood Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1TJ. (Find by Multimap) Tel: 0191 281 0863 E-mail: mansion.house@newcastle.gov.uk
In association with AM Live Music and Moët & Chandon Champagne.

Sunday 14 October 2007
Suzanne Manuell - Dinner and Concert - £37.60
Experienced recitalist Suzanne has appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, the Savoy Hotel, London and the Crush Room, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Suzanne has been the guest soloist at a 'Proms' concert with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is a regular performer at Newcastle's annual 'North East Last Night of the Proms' with the Northern Sinfonia.
Her own Springtime concert with Anthony Seddon at the Newcastle Civic Centre is now in its 9th year. Suzanne recently had the honour of being invited to sing for HRH The Princess Royal on a visit to Cornwall.
Saturday 17 November 2007
Bradley Creswick - Dinner and Concert - £37.60
Bradley has a long association with Northern Sinfonia going back to 1984 when he was first appointed leader.
Personal highlights include the EMI recording of Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending and performing Prokofiev’s Concerto no.2 for Radio 3. Recent recordings include: Handel Concerti grossi op.3 for Naxos and the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola by Mozart with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.
Recently, Bradley has been invited twice to Marlboro Music Festival in America and is asked regularly to guest lead a wide range of orchestras.
Saturday 8 December 2007
Graeme Danby - Dinner and Concert - £37.60
Graeme was born in County Durham and studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Graeme makes regular appearances in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Hall and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, with orchestras including Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia and the BBC Concert Orchestra on BBC Radio 2’s popular ‘Friday Night is Music Night’.
Recent engagements have included Graeme's BBC Proms debut as Count Rostov (War and Peace) at the Royal Albert Hall and the world premiere of Param Vir’s Ion for Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg.