PERTH FESTIVAL of the ARTS - Tuesday 21 May to Sunday 2 June 1996
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Day/Date
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Event
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Venue
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Artistes
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Programme
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Throughout
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Visual Arts
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Art Gallery
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William Douglas Macleod
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Tuesday 21
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Strathallan School
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Opera Talk
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Station Hotel
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John Currie
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“Il Seraglio”
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Wednesday 22
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Orchestral Concert
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City Hall
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Russian State Philharmonic (Poliansky/Krasko)
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Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov
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Thursday 23
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Morrison’s Academy, Crieff
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Piano Recital
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City Hall
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Peter Donohoe
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Debussy, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky
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Friday 24
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Blairgowrie High School
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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Il Seraglio”
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Radio Broadcast
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City Hall
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“Any Questions” with Jonathan Dimbleby
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Saturday 25
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Saturday Morning
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St John’s
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George McPhee (organ) with Paul Sharp (trumpet)
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Drama
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Studio Theatre
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Tom Fleming
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“Every Blessed Thing”
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Light Music Night
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Theatre
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Cantabile
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Sunday 26
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Festival Service
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St John’s
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Rev David Ogston
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Tom Fleming, Actor and Broadcaster
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Choral concert
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St John’s
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Perth Festival Chorus and Opera Orchestra (Currie)
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The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
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Drama
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Theatre
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt and John Amis
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“Victorian Occasions”
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Monday 27
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Perth Academy
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Drama
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Theatre
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Theatre du Pif
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“Fish Heads and Tales”
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Chamber Recital
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St John’s
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The Nash Ensemble
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Beethoven, Mahler, Schubert
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Tuesday 28
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Coffee Concert
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Lesser Hall
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The Nash Ensemble
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Brahms, J Strauss
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Perth High School
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Schools’ Workshops
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City Halls
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The Nash Ensemble
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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Il Seraglio”
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Drama
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“Let’s Eat”
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Home is Where The Art Is
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“Sweet Fancy”
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Wednesday 29
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Schools’ Workshops
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City Halls
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The Nash Ensemble
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Perth Grammar School
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Drama
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Theatre
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Theatre du Pif
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“Fish Heads and Tales”
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Chamber Recital
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Battleby
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The Nash Ensemble
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Mozart, Weber, Roussel
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Thursday 30
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Schools’ Masterclasses
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City Halls
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The Nash Ensemble
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Kilgraston School
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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Il Seraglio”
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Chamber Recital
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Scone Palace
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The King’s Consort
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Handel, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Purcell, Bach
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Friday 31
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Coffee Concert
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Lesser Hall
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Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and John York (piano)
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Beethoven
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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Glenalmond College
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Choral Concert
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St John’s
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The Glinka State Choir
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Rachmaninov (Vespers), Russian Folk Songs
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Drama
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Theatre
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Wildcat Theatre
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“No Expense Spared”
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Saturday 1
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Saturday Morning
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St John’s
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Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and John York (piano)
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Beethoven
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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Il Seraglio”
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Light Music Night
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City Hall
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Humphrey Lyttelton with Helen Shapiro
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“Humph ‘n Helen”
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Sunday 2
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Film
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Playhouse Cinema
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Perth Film Festival- National Cinemas day
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“West Side Story”, “Blazing Saddles”, “A Bridge Too Far”
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Orchestral Concert
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City Hall
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The Northern Sinfonia (Zacharias/Wiens)
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“A Mozart Evening”
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