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  Wozzeck

  Coliseum, London

  13th May

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  Wozzeck tells the story of a simple soldier, troubled by visions, who murders his unfaithful partner and dies, leaving behind an orphaned child. Berg’s early 20th-century masterpiece comes to ENO for the first time in 25 years.

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  Chamber Music - Tine Thing Helseth trumpet, Kathryn Stott piano

  Liverpool St Georges Hall, Liverpool

  14th May

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  Works by de Falla, Kurt Weill, Hindemith, Sibelius, Graham Fitkin and others

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  Birmingham Royal Ballet North-East tour spring 2013 Take Five / Bitesized Ballet / The Grand Tour

  York Theatre Royal, York

  15th May

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  This breathtaking programme presents a work from Birmingham Royal Ballet’s award-winning Director, alongside one from a master of the Broadway stage, and thrilling excerpts from some of the world-famous classics with which Birmingham Royal Ballet has made its name, all performed to live music from members of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
  
  TAKE FIVE
  A great lover of jazz, Take Five is Company Director David Bintley's latest jazz creation. Set to the iconic music of the legendary Dave Brubeck, this lighthearted, laid-back, elegant ballet takes life calmly in its stride.
  
  BITESIZED BALLET
  Birmingham Royal Ballet once again brings you a selection of stunning exceprts from some of the world's best-loved ballets. This year's excerpts include a section of Giselle Act II. Further details to be confirmed.
  
  THE GRAND TOUR
  All aboard for the roaring 20s! Setting out for Europe, our heroine, a doughty American spinster, can't believe her luck when she embarks on her cruise and finds herself in the company of a feast of famous faces. However, it turns out that Noël Coward, Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw, to name but a few, aren't necessarily the friendliest of shipmates. Add stowaways and a rather handsome Chief Steward into the mix and things might get a little... complicated.
  
  Choreographer of many films and hit Broadway shows, American Joe Layton's The Grand Tour is a genuinely funny take on the eccentric celebrities that populated England's stages, screens and newspapers in the 1920s, accompanied by unique orchestral renditions of Noël Coward songs.

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  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

  Glasgow City Halls, Glasgow

  16th May

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  “I heard” said Igor Stravinsky, “and I wrote what I heard. I am the vessel through which The Rite passed”. Maybe the famous opening-night punch-up has been exaggerated. But one thing’s for sure: when Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring premiered in Paris that night in May 1913, it was a shattering moment in musical history – and we’re still feeling the aftershocks today. BBC SSO Artist-in-Association Matthias Pintscher brings a composer’s insight to this centenary performance, and directs his own creative response to Stravinsky’s seismic challenge. Bach’s superbly inventive B minor orchestral suite, meanwhile, demonstrates that revolutions don’t have to start riots.

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  Borletti-Buitoni Trust Celebrated with Mitsuko Uchida

  Southbank - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

  17th May

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  Led by the charismatic pianist and Borletti-Buitoni Trust trustee Mitsuko Uchida, nine young artists combine to perform three varied chamber works.
  
  Completed in the final year of his short life, the first of Schubert's two piano trios demonstrates the remarkable spirit of a composer living in the shadow of poor health. The trio is an example of Schubert's chamber music at its very best, with a sparkling opening followed by a lushly melodic slow movement and dance-like later movements.
  
  Woodwind instruments dominate the first half of this concert with outstanding clarinettist Martin Fröst leading a performance of Mozart's lyrical Clarinet Quintet and Alexei Ogrintchouk playing Britten's rarely performed Temporal Variations for oboe and piano.
  
  Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm - pre-concert talk. How is talent recognised and how is it best nurtured? Find out from the three dynamic leading forces behind the Borletti-Buitoni Trust onstage in a live interview. BBT's patron Ilaria Borletti Buitoni speaking for the first time in public about why she established the Trust, Mitsuko Uchida DBE founding trustee and artistic committee member and chief executive Susan Rivers. Free.
  
  The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 9.45pm - Borletti-Buitoni Trust Out of the Box. Inimitable Welsh pianist Llyr Williams joins The Other Ebène, the singing, jazz-playing alter ego of quintessentially French string quartet, Quatuor Ebène

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  RSNO - Choral Classics: Elijiah

  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

  18th May

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  “Is not His word like a fire?” Felix Mendelssohn may have been a friend of Queen Victoria, but there’s absolutely nothing stuffy about his Elijah. This is religious music with a wonderful difference: a rip-roaring Old Testament epic full of blood, thunder and fabulously hummable tunes. We welcome back conductor Sir Andrew Davis, the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus, and an all-star team of soloists for what should be a truly roof-raising night to remember.
  
  Pre-concert talk 6.45pm Ursula Heidecker Allen (RSNO Violin)

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