Schedule

• KURTAG Fin de Partie

  15th, 17th, 20th,22nd,24th 25th November 2018 at 20.00h • Teatro alla Scala, Milan

  World premiere of Hungarian maestro Gyorgy Kurtag's first opera "Fin de Partie" with the libretto taken from the play of the same name by Samuel Beckett -"Endgame" in it's English version.

  Directed by Pierre Audi.  Sung in French and conducted by Markus Stenz.  Also starring Frode Olsen, Leigh Melrose and Leonardo Cortellazzi.

• CONCERT of music by Kurtag and Stravinsky and Ravel

  21st November 2018 at 17.30h • Ridotto dei Palchi, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

  Works to include Ravel's Trois poemes de Mallarme and Stravinsky's Pribaoutki and Berceuses du chat. Conducted by Arnaud Arbet.

• MENDELSSOHN Die erste Walpurgisnacht

  29th November, Queen's Hall Edinburgh 19.30h and 30th November City Halls Glasgow 19.30h •

  Concert performance of the rarely heard Mendelssohn Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

• HANDEL Messiah

  16, 17, 18, 19, 20, December 2018 Check website for times • Aix -en-Provences, Vienna, Vaduz, Groningen, Antwerp, Hamburg,

  Tour of the ever popular and my personal favourite - Messiah. With The King's Consort conducted by Robert King.

• KURTAG Fin de Partie

  6,8,March 2019 at 20.00h, 10 March 2019 at 15h • Nederlandse Oper, Amsterdam

  Revival of the production of Kurtag's new opera directed by Pierre Audi and conducted by Markus Stenz.

• BACH Mattheus Passion

  7th April 2019, at 11.00am • Royal Festival Hall, London

  Concert performance with the Bach Choir of Bach's masterpiece.