PERTH FESTIVAL of the ARTS - Tuesday 17 to Sunday 29 May 1994
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Day/Date |
Event |
Venue |
Artistes |
Programme |
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Throughout |
Visual Arts |
Art Gallery |
John Milne Purves, “Current Affairs” |
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Tuesday 17 |
Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Perth Academy |
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Opera Talk |
Station Hotel |
John Currie |
“Cosi fantutte” |
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Wednesday 18 |
Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Blairgowrie High School |
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Orchestral Concert |
City Hall |
Polish National Symphony Orchestra (Wit) |
Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Prokofiev |
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Thursday 19 |
Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Glenalmond College |
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Piano Recital |
Battleby |
Young-Choon Park |
Mozart, Liszt, Field, Chopin |
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Drama |
Old City Chambers |
“Home Is Where The Art Is” |
“Dancing – A portrait of Margaret Morris” |
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Friday 20 |
Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Perth High School |
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Opera |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Opera |
“Cosi fan tutte” |
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Saturday 21 |
Saturday Morning |
St John’s |
Heather Nicoll (clarinet) and Neil McFarlane (piano) |
Schumann, Weber, Baermann, Gershwin, Poulenc |
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Light Music Night |
City Hall |
Capercaillie |
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Drama |
Theatre |
The Golden Age Theatre Company |
“The Promise” |
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Choral Concert |
St John’s |
Perth Festival Chorus and Opera Orchestra (Currie) |
Haydn – “The Creation” |
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Sunday 22 |
Festival Service |
St John’s |
Rev David Ogston |
George Wylie, Sculptor |
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Chamber Concert |
St John’s |
The Alberni String Quartet |
Britten, Schubert |
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Drama |
Theatre |
The Golden Age Theatre Company |
“The Promise” |
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Monday 23 |
Schools’ Workshops |
City Halls |
The Alberni String Quartet |
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Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Strathallan School |
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Musical Cabaret |
Theatre |
Lowri Blake and Peter Buckoke |
“A Man, a Woman and A Double Bass” |
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Chamber Concert |
St John’s |
Polish Chamber Orchestra (Stanienda) |
Vivaldi, Bach, Rossini, Honegger |
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Tuesday 24 |
Masterclasses |
City Halls |
The Alberni String Quartet |
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Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Students of Tayside Region Schools |
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Opera |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Opera |
“Cosi fan tutte” |
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Lecture |
Battleby |
Antony Hopkins CBE |
“My Life in Music” |
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Wednesday 25 |
Coffee Concert |
City Hall |
The Alberni String Quartet |
“The Light-Hearted String Quartet” |
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Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Morrison’s Academy, Crieff |
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Chamber Concert |
Battleby |
The Alberni String Quartet |
Crussel, Dvorak, Jacob, Mozart |
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Drama |
Theatre |
Brian Rix and Elspet Gray |
“Tour de Farce” |
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Thursday 26 |
Music at Mid-Day |
St John’s |
Kilgraston School |
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Opera |
Theatre |
Perth Festival Opera |
“Cosi fan tutte” |
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Poetry Readings |
UD Cherrybank |
Olive Duncan, James Cairncross and Gerda Stevenson |
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