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City of London Festival | gramophone.co.uk<br />
The world's authority on classical music since 1923<br />
City of London Festival<br />
21st June 2010 - 9th July 2010<br />
London<br />
Each summer the City of London Festival<br />
brings the City's unique buildings and<br />
outdoor spaces to life with a programme of<br />
music, visual arts, film, walks and talks,<br />
much of it free. From 21 June to 9 July, the<br />
2010 Festival celebra<strong>te</strong>s music and culture<br />
from the Portuguese-speaking world,<br />
presents the next generation of classical<br />
music stars and gets the Square Mile<br />
‘buzzing’ in the In<strong>te</strong>rnational Year of<br />
Biodiversity.<br />
web<br />
: » City of London Festival (http://www.colf.org)<br />
box office : 0845 120 7502<br />
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/festivals/city-of-london-festival<br />
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The 2010 Festival opens with the UK debut<br />
of the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra with<br />
virtuoso Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz<br />
playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2 (21<br />
June). A major commission this year is a<br />
new work from one of Portugal’s leading<br />
con<strong>te</strong>mporary composers Miguel Azguime (http://www.colf.org)<br />
<strong>for</strong> the Sond’Ar-<strong>te</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Ensemble (6<br />
July). Goanese soprano Patricia Rozario is joined by Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses in a<br />
programme of Bach, Goan and Brazilian folksong arrangements. Villa-Lobos will also be heard<br />
throughout the Festival in chamber music, songs and solo works.<br />
The Festival will ‘commission’ new honey through the installation of beehives throughout the<br />
City to mark the In<strong>te</strong>rnational Year of Biodiversity. Bee-rela<strong>te</strong>d events will include new poetry<br />
and music, honey tastings and seminars.<br />
There will also be a spectacular concert each week in St Paul’s Cathedral; Mon<strong>te</strong>verdi’s<br />
Vespers 1610 (22 June); Haydn’s The Creation (29 June) and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 (8<br />
July).<br />
The Festival en<strong>te</strong>rtains all those that live, work and visit this special location with unique<br />
events and world-class artists in beautiful surroundings. Discover our Festival, enjoy the City.<br />
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Gramophone<br />
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