PERTH FESTIVAL of the ARTS - Tuesday 20 May to Sunday 1 June 1997
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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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“Back to their roots” – John Hunter, Derrick Guild, Duncan Robertson, Susan Mowatt and Arran Ross
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Tuesday 20
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Opera Talk
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Station Hotel
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John Currie
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“Marriage of Figaro”
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Friday 23
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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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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Marriage of Figaro”
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Saturday 24
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Saturday Morning
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St John’s
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John Langdon (organ) and Angela Whelan (trumpet)
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JS Bach, Telemann, Gabrieli, Peeters, Hovhaness
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Light Music Night
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City Hall
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Helen Shapiro and her Band with Craig Douglas
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Sunday 25
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Festival Service
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St John’s
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Rev David Ogston
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Prof. Charles McKean
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Orchestral Concert
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City Hall
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Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (Kogan/Kogan)
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Katchaturian, Shostakovich, Bruch, Tchaikovsky
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Monday 26
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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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Dance
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Theatre
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British Gas Ballet Central
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Tuesday 27
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Music at Mid-Day
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St John’s
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St Columba’s High School
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Chamber Concert
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Scone Palace
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London Winds (Collins/Roge) – “Caprice”
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Taffenel, Poulenc, Saint-Saens, Damase, Francaix, Tansman
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Drama
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Theatre
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Theatre Modo
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“King Lear – The All-Licensed Fool”
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Wednesday 28
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Coffee Concert
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City Hall
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London Winds (Collins)
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Milhaud, Barber, Farkas, Francaix, Ibert
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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
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Marriage of Figaro”
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Thursday 29
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Schools’ Workshops
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City Halls
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London Winds
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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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Light Entertainment
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Theatre
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Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern
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“Rambling on Tour”
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Piano Recital
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City Hall
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Pascal Roge
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Faure, Satie, Ravel, Poulenc, Debussy
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Friday 30
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Coffee Concert
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City Hall
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Quatuor Parisii
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Mozart, Haydn, Brahms
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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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Drama
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Theatre
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Geraldine McEwan
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“Jane Austen”
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Chamber Recital
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Battleby
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Pascal Roge, Michael Collins and Phillipa Davies
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Milhaud, Poulenc, Brahms, Faure, Saint-Saens
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Saturday 31
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Saturday Morning
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Old Chambers
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Allan Neave and Simon Dinnigan
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“Music for the Classical Guitar”
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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Marriage of Figaro”
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Light Music Night
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City Hall
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The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
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Chamber Concert
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St John’s
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Quatuor Parisii and Pascal Roge
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Faure, Ravel, Franck
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Sunday 1
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Coral Concert
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City Hall
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra/PFA Chorus (Currie)
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Haydn (Te Deum), Mozart, Haydn (Mass)
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