PERTH FESTIVAL of the ARTS - Tuesday 19 to Sunday 30 May 1998
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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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Society of Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen
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Tuesday 19
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Opera Talk
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Theatre Bar
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John Currie
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“Albert Herring”
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Thursday 21
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Art Exhibitions
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Art Gallery
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Magnus Linklater
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Official Opening of Exhibitions
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Friday 22
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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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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Albert Herring”
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Comedy
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Studio Theatre
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Comedy at the Speakeasy
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Saturday 23
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Saturday Morning
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St John’s
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Edinburgh Quartet with Alasdair Beatson
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Mozart, McGuire, Schubert
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Orchestral Concert
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City Hall
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The Berlin Symphony (Van Zweden/Han)
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Schubert, Saint-Saens, Brahms
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Jazz
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Studio Theatre
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Jazz at the Speakeasy
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“The Hot Club”
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Sunday 24
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Festival Service
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St John’s
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Rev David Ogston/Rev Liz Brown
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Choral Concert
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St John’s
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Perth Festival Chorus/Opera Orchestra (Currie)
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Britten, Handel, Faure
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Light Music Night
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City Hall
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Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
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Monday 25
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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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Schools’ Workshop
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Theatre
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British Gas Ballet Central
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Dance
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Theatre
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British Gas Ballet Central
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Tuesday 26
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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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Light Entertainment
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Theatre
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Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews (and friends)
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“Matters Matrimonial”
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Wednesday 27
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Coffee Concert
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City Hall
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Ernst Kovacic (violin) and David Owen Norris (piano)
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Mozart, Einem, Webern, Schubert
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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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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Albert Herring”
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Thursday 28
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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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Chamber Concert
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Battleby
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Ernst Kovacic and the Dante Quartet
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Bruckner, Brahams
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Light Entertainment
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Theatre
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An Evening with Ned Sherrin
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“Theatrical Anecdotes”
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Friday 29
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Schools’ Masterclass
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Studio Theatre
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John Dankworth
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Schools’ Concert
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City Hall
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Dante Quartet
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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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Light Music Night
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Theatre
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Cleo Lane, John Dankworth and Friends
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Chamber Concert
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Scone Palace
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Kovacic, Norris, Wallfisch, Moragues
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Mozart, Webern, Messiaen
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Comedy
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Studio Theatre
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Comedy at the Speakeasy
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Saturday 30
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Saturday Morning
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St John’s
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Ernst Kovacic (violin)
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Bach, Gruber, Cerha, Pirchner
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Opera
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Theatre
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Perth Festival Opera
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“Albert Herring”
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Piano Recital
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City Hall
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Bernard D’Ascoli
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Chopin, Messiaen, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Gershwin
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Blues
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Studio Theatre
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Tam White’s Shoestring Band
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Sunday 31
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Orchestral Concert
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City Hall
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Arwel Hughes)
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Bizet, Elgar, Saint-Saens
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