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SPRING 2013 CLASSICAL CONCERTS

Tickets: £12 – £31.50

Telephone bookings: 020 8688 9291

Online bookings: www.faIrfIeld.co.uk

In person: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG

SUBSCRIPTION SERIES3-4 concerts: 10% discount

DISCOUNTSFamilies and young peopleFree tickets available for under-18s with one full price ticket, subject to availability. For more details visit www.lmp.org.

GROUPS AND SCHOOLSDiscounts are available for parties of 10 or more – please contact the Box Office for more information. Young people under the age of 25 pay only £10 for all seating areas.

Please note there is also a charge of 70p applied to all transactions where postage of tickets is required.

Getting to FairfieldFairfield is situated in the centre of Croydon, close to the A23 and M25, and has an adjacent multi-storey car park. It is just minutes away from East Croydon station, Tramlink stops and various bus stops.

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Thursday 31 January 2013 7.30pm

MOZART Symphony No.36 in C major KV 425, Linz MOZART Requiem Mass in D minor K626

Conductor Gérard Korsten City of London Choir

Thursday 14 February 2013 7.30pm

WAGNER Siegfried Idyll SIBELIuS Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

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Saturday 16 March 2013 7.30pm

WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No.22 K482 BRAHMS Symphony No.2 in D, Op.72

Piano/Director Howard Shelley

Thursday 25 April 2013 7.30pm

BRAHMS Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op.102 DVORáK Symphony No.6 in D major, Op.60

Conductor Nicholas Collon

Thursday 23 May 2013 7.30pm

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“ If there were rock-star equivalents in the classical music world, ace British violinist Anthony Marwood would be on the list.” The Age, Australia

Described in the press as “one of the best chamber orchestras anywhere”, the LMP showcases the breadth and depth of its renowned

music-making under Music Director Gérard Korsten. This spring, we welcome two acclaimed exponents of the soloist/conductor role, pianist Howard Shelley and violinist Joseph Swensen. We continue an exciting choral collaboration with the excellent City of London choir in Mozart’s stunning Requiem, and are delighted to welcome British actor Simon Callow to narrate a script he has

THE LONdON MOzART PLAyeRs RETuRNS TO FAIRFIELD HALLS IN 2013 WITH FIVE SPARKLING ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.

written to evoke the atmosphere of Sibelius’ setting of a passionate, tragic love story. Howard Shelley takes centre-stage in one of Mozart’s most famous piano concerti, and an outstanding April programme features violinist Nicola Benedetti MBE, the Classical Brits’ Best Female Artist 2012, with rising star cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and exciting young conductor Nicholas Collon. Violinist Anthony Marwood, “a magic name in the business” (Independent), features in our thrilling all-Beethoven season finale.

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“ Shelley conjured up a sheer fantastical scene of elfin mischief.” Frankfurter Neue Presse

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