Beethoven in Bonn
- Artists include the French National Orchestra, Andreás Schiff, the Capella Andrea Barca and Kurt Masur.
- Includes some of the many museums of this former capital city and a day in Cologne.
- First-class rail from London to Cologne.
- Good 4-star hotel overlooking the Rhine in Bonn.
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4–11 September 2008
7 days •
£2,300
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Dresden Festspiele
- Four concerts and recitals in four historic buildings and Otello at the Semperoper.
- Accompanied by an art historian who leads walks to see the architecture and art collections
- Rebuilding, restoration and refurbishment has wrought wonders in this once shattered city.
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17–22 May 2008
5 days •
£1,450
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Festival de Valloires
- A new festival in rural Picardy.
- Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Imogen Cooper, Julius Drake, Paul Lewis, Cedric Tiberghien, Christian Poltéra and the Belcea Quartet are among the artists.
- Schubert and Britten are the principal composers.
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7–14 August 2008
7 days •
£2,160
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Haydn at Esterházy
- Concerts at both the Hungarian and the Austrian Esterházy Castles.
- Historic towns in a part of the country little-visited by tourists.
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26 August–1 September 2008
6 days •
£1,960
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Mozart in Salzburg I
- The ‘Mozartwoche’, an annual winter festival in the composer’s birthplace.
- Vienna Philharmonic with Seiji Ozawa, Mitsuko Uchida, Rainer Honeck, Tamas Varga, Harald Hörth, Michael Werba.
- Artemis Quartet; Andras Schiff; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra with Ivor Bolton.
- Vienna Philharmonic with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Annette Dasch, Bernarda Fink, Werner Gźra, Florian Boesch.
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23–29 January 2009
6 days •
£2,550
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Mozart in Salzburg II
- Vienna Philharmonic with Sir Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kozena.
- Andras Schiff; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble with Mark Minkowski; Camerata Salzburg.
- Freiburg Baroque Orchestra with René Jacobs; Hagen Quartet; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble with Marc Minkowski.
- Giugliano Carmignola and Robert Levin; Hagen Quartet with Mitsuko Uchida.
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25 January–1 February 2009
7 days •
£2,730
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Opera in Cardiff
- UK debut of renowned director Paul Curran.
- Excursions, talks and walks.
- 5-star hotel in the Cardiff Bay development.
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26–29 September 2008
3 days •
£920
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Opera in Paris
- Four operas in three houses: I Capuleti ed i Montecchi and Don Carlo at the Bastille; The Magic Flute at Châtelet (concert version); Iphigénie en Tauride at Palais Garnier.
- World-class soloists: Joyce DiDonato, Anna Netrebko, Sandrine Piau, Matthias Goerne, Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
- Free time between performances and lectures.
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5–9 June 2008
4 days •
£1,590
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Savonlinna Opera
- In the incomparable setting of a mediaeval castle on an island.
- Productions at Savonlinna are musically, visually and dramatically first-rate.
- A pleasant, small town amidst the unassertive beauty of the lakeland in design-conscious Finland.
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9–13 July 2008
4 days •
£1,650
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Savonlinna Opera
- For Friends of the RA
- In the incomparable setting of a mediaeval castle on an island.
- Productions at Savonlinna are musically and dramatically first-rate.
- A pleasant, small town amidst the unassertive beauty of the lakeland in design-conscious Finland.
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23–27 July 2008
4 days •
£1,650
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