PERTH FESTIVAL of the ARTS - Thursday 22 May to Sunday 1 June 1980
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Day/Date |
Event |
Venue |
Artistes |
Programme |
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Throughout |
Visual Arts |
Art Gallery |
Sir D.Y.Cameron / Chelsea Art College and Slade School of Fine Art |
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Thursday 22 |
Orchestral Concert |
City Hall |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Seaman) |
Berlioz, Faure, Schumann, Saint-Saens |
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Opera |
Theatre |
Scottish Opera |
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” |
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Friday 23 |
Piano Recital |
City Hall |
Imogen Cooper and Anne Queffelec |
Schubert, Mozart, Schumann, Bizet |
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Opera |
Theatre |
Scottish Opera |
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” |
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Saturday 24 |
Saturday Morning |
St John’s |
Young Musicians - Students of RSAMD |
various, incl. Ravel |
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Dance (matinee) |
Theatre |
Pulasthi Dance Ensemble |
Rangavali Dances of Sri Lanka |
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Dance |
Theatre |
Pulasthi Dance Ensemble |
Rangavali Dances of Sri Lanka |
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Light Music Concert |
City Hall |
Brian Fahey and the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra |
“Showstoppers” – with Helen McArthur and Peter Morrison |
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Firework Display |
Riverside |
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( weather permitting ) |
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Sunday 25 |
Festival Service |
St John’s |
Rev David Ogston |
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Chamber Concert |
St John’s |
Musica Antiqua Cologne |
Bach |
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Dance |
Theatre |
Pulasthi Dance Ensemble |
Rangavali Dances of Sri Lanka |
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Monday 26 |
Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
Morrison’s Academy, Crieff |
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Choral Concert |
St Ninian’s |
John Currie Singers and Orchestra |
The Monteverdi Vespers |
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Tuesday 27 |
Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
Perth Grammar School |
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Orchestral Concert |
City Hall |
Northern Sinfonia Orchestra (Myung-Whun Chung/Brymer) |
Stravinsky, Mozart, Beethoven |
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Film Night |
Grammar |
Perth Film Society |
“Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday” |
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Wednesday 28 |
Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
Perth High School |
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Organ Recital |
City Hall |
Gillian Weir |
Liszt, Bach, Messiaen, Sowerby, Dupre, Vierne, Durufle |
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Film Night |
Grammar |
Perth Film Society |
“Dog Soldiers” |
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Drama |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Theatre Company |
“The Circle” |
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Prose & Music |
Battleby |
Edith Macarthur, Antony Lindsay and Simon Young |
“The Pleasant Time” |
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Thursday 29 |
Schools Performances |
City Hall |
London Saxophone Quartet |
“Music from the Potting Shed” |
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Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
St Columba’s RC High School |
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Drama |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Theatre Company |
“The Circle” |
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Film Night |
Grammar |
Perth Film Society (Bill Douglas) |
“My Childhood”, “My Ain Folk”, “My Way Home” |
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Friday 30 |
Schools Performances |
City Hall |
London Saxophone Quartet |
“Music from the Potting Shed” |
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Music at Mid-day |
St John’s |
Perth Academy |
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Light Music Concert |
City Hall |
Little Big Band with Ian Carmichael |
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Drama |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Theatre Company |
“The Circle” |
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