September to December 2013 What's On Guide

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Featuring Alison Moyet Joy Division Reworked

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Contents

Welcome

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Join us this Autumn, for our very busiest time of the season.

In this issue you’ll find out about superstar singer Bryn Terfel’s residency with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the Liverpool International Music Festival. We’re also delighted to announce the line up for Liverpool Irish Festival 2013, perhaps the strongest ever assembled in one UK, including the Irish Sea Sessions gig, and appearances by Christy Moore and Andy Irvine.

We welcome John Waters as part of Homotopia as well as concerts by Alison Moyet, Michael Nyman, Bryan Ferry, KT Tunstall, Madeleine Peyroux and of course a huge range of Christmas shows.

Liverpool Irish Festival Pages 08 – 09 Christmas at Liverpool Philharmonic Pages 10 & 27 After 8 Pages 11 – 12 Family, Dance & Variety Pages 13 – 14 Learning Pages 15 – 16 Classical Music Pages 17 – 27 Diary Pages 20 – 21 Film Page 28 Comedy & Spoken Word Pages 29 – 30 Coming Soon Page 31 Venue & Booking info Pages 32 – 33

On Sunday 15 September, we host the Liverpool Philharmonic Open Day (see below for more

Liverpool Philharmonic Open Day Sunday 15 September 12 noon – 4pm Though the Hope Street Feast is taking this year off, we will be opening our doors once again for our annual Open Day. We are planning a host of family friendly events that will give you

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information), a day of free performances and activities for the whole family.

If you are a fan of our After 8 series in the Rodewald Suite, please be aware that from September we have made a change: The doors for all of these gigs will open at 7:30pm, and the show will begin shortly after 8pm. This enables us all to fully enjoy the in-house bar and rooftop terrace before the gigs, have a chat with the artist afterwards, and still catch trains and buses at a reasonable hour.

In addition to the events I’ve already mentioned I’m especially looking forward to welcoming back Bain, Moller & Molsky who recorded their album during two After 8 shows with us last year and are now on the road promoting it. And in October, we celebrate one of the most important records the chance to experience our music, ensembles and learning activities free of charge. Enjoy free 30 minute performances (12.15pm/1.00pm/1.45pm) by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko as they perform music by Bizet, Tchaikovsky and Grieg. For the 1pm concert the Orchestra will perform with the children of Faith Primary School, as part our ground-breaking In

in English folk music, welcoming an all-star cast including Richard Hawley and John Smith with many of the Waterson/Carthy clan for Bright Phoebus Revisited.

Finally I urge you to visit liverpoolphil.com regularly as it will reveal some surprises! On August 9 we will reveal the very special guest vocalist who’ll perform with The Guy Barker Orchestra on 27 October. The website will also be the place where we reveal the superb line up for Celebrate Our NHS at 65 that takes place on 29 November.

These will both be remarkable shows and will sell out. It’s going to be a very special four months of live music: enjoy!

Simon Glinn Executive Director, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Events Harmony project. West Everton Super Strings (from the In Harmony project) will entertain us at 2.30pm, there’ll be an Instrument Petting Zoo all day where you can get your hands on a range of musical instruments and at 3.10pm we’ll show the classic film Bugsy Malone on Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s famous rising cinema screen.

We will confirm the full schedule soon so check liverpoolphil.com for further information.

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Saturday 7 September 7.30pm £19.50, £28.50, £37.50, £45

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Emerald dazzles and delights with her sassy blend of big band jazz, swing and pop, performing favourites from her the awardwinning debut hit album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor.

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Monday 23 September 7.30pm £40, £47.50, £60

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Joy Division Reworked by Heritage Orchestra & Scanner Monday 30 September 7.30pm £20, £26 A totally unique audio-visual collaboration between electronic music pioneer Scanner, the restlessly inventive Heritage Orchestra, and exploratory visual artist Matt Watkins reinterpreting one of the UK’s most influential bands, Joy Division.

This sonic and visual spectacle turns the tables on the conventional concert experience. Rather than classical interpretations or cover versions, Live_Transmission is a fearless dismantling of Joy Division’s visual and musical motifs, creating a hugely powerful and immersive event that pays homage to one of the world’s most progressive ‘art’ bands. The entire show pivots

around the virtuosic ferocity of drummer Adam Betts, guitarist Matt Calvert (both members of instrumental noise-rock band Three Trapped Tigers and bassist John Calvert (Ghostpoet).

Conductor Jules Buckley battles with equal force using the formidable strings, brass, voices, and percussion of the Heritage Orchestra in conjunction with the incomparable sounds of Scanner. Huge screens capture the projected artwork of Matt Watkins, who rips apart the internalised orchestra with a barrage of visuals that switch between clarity and chaos.

Spawned from the idea of Laura Ducceschi, developed into musical coherence by Scanner, orchestrated by Tom Trapp, and realised by the Heritage Orchestra; this performance promises to respect the ground that it dares to tread whilst

venturing into new artistic territory.

Jules Buckley conductor Scanner and Chris Wheeler musical direction Matt Watkins visual direction Matt Calvert, Adam Betts, John Calvert & Heritage Orchestra musicians Tom Trapp orchestrator & piano Laura Ducceschi creative producer & concept Supported by Arts Council England Commissioned and Produced by Brighton Festival 2012

The Original line-up of The Seekers reunite for this 50th Anniversary Farewell show.

The pop quartet comprising Judith Durham (vocals, piano, tambourine), Athol Guy (double bass, vocals), Keith Potger (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Bruce Woodley (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals) are the ONLY surviving chart-topping band from the 60s, anywhere in the world, with all the original founding members.

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The Hollies Friday 11 October 7.30pm £23.50, £29.50

Sixties Gold The 50th Anniversary Tour

An Acoustic Evening with

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Tuesday 22 October 7.30pm £22.50, £27.50, £33.50

Saturday 19 October 7.30pm £27.50, £29.50, £35.50 Featuring: Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers, PJ Proby, The Fortunes, and Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes

During this two hour, 50th anniversary show, The Hollies perform their classic hits including The Air That I Breathe, Carrie Anne, Stop! Stop! Stop!, Long Cool Woman, Look Through Any Window, Bus Stop, I’m Alive, Just One Look, On A Carousel, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother and more gems celebrating all things Hollies.

Bright Phoebus Revisited The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson Monday 14 October 7.30pm £22, £28 Featuring: Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Richard Hawley, Marry Waterson, Norma Waterson, Olly Waterson, John Smith, Kami Thompson Kate St John music director Neill MacColl guitar Rory MacFarlane bass Martyn Barker drums

For lovers of Sixties music this, probably never to be repeated, line-up is a genuinely exciting chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began.

Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers, the second Liverpool band to chart (after The Beatles), but the first to reach No.1, and the first act ever to top the charts with their first three singles. Also from Liverpool The Searchers whose first single also went to No.1

This is the story of a ‘lost’ classic album. Written by folk luminaries the late Lal & Mike Waterson, Bright Phoebus was released in 1972, attracting little interest and largely shunned by critics at the time. It is now considered one of the definitive recordings of the genre - mixing dark poetic ballads of life, death, love and longing with, at times, Sgt Pepper pop-like sensibility. This project draws together the remaining members of the Waterson family plus special guests, to celebrate the life and work of Lal and Mike through their music. They will perform the album live for the very first time and also previously unheard and unreleased songs of Lal and Mike.

and led to five more Top Five hits and a total of 128 weeks in the charts. Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting shocked the nation. The Fortunes who stormed the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your Troubles, Here It Comes Again, Freedom Come Freedom Go and Storm in a Teacup. And finally, original members of The Tremeloes Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes on stage together.

Al Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 60s and 70s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history. He has released 15 studio albums since his debut in 1967, Bedsitter Images.

Perhaps best known for his hit Year of the Cat, from the platinum album of the same name, and the platinum follow up album Time Passages, Stewart’s career spans four decades as a key figure in British music. He played at the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970, worked with Yoko Ono pre-Lennon and shared a London apartment with a young Paul Simon.

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Alison Moyet Friday 25 October 7.30pm £29.50, £33.50, £39.50

Electro-pop icon Alison Moyet has achieved sales of more than 20 million records, both as a solo artist and as half of the hugely influential duo Yazoo. This summer she released her first studio album since 2007. It finds Moyet’s voice strong and seductive on a collection of exceptional songs. Experimental, captivating and entirely cohesive, it clearly indicates a new artistic lease of life and is arguably her most creatively-brimming album ever. Moyet’s new music has subtle parallels to her synth-pop past, but is also bang up-to-date, taking in elements of R&B, modern club sounds and electronica.

This concert places the minutes centre stage and also focuses on the significant electronic material in her back catalogue.

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Sunday 27 October 7.30pm £28.50, £34.50 For the past five years trumpeter, arranger and composer Guy Barker has opened the London Jazz Festival with his signature epoch-spanning celebration of singing and song Jazz Voice Celebrating A Century Of Song, in which his 42-piece orchestra has backed special guest vocalists.

Past guests include Georgie Fame, Boy George, Kurt Elling, Sheila Jordan, Gregory Porter, Paloma Faith and Patti Austin.

The Magic of Motown Monday 28 October 7.30pm £25, £31

An all-new show for 2013 packed with 36 back-to-back massive Motown hits. The show features five-star performances that authentically revive the style and sophistication of all the Detroit legends - The Temptations, The Supremes, Four Tops, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie and more. Dazzling dance moves, glittering costumes galore and - tighter than the Funk Brothers in their prime the incredible Magic of Motown band, don’t miss the Motown show of the year… make sure you’ll be there.

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited Part II Tuesday 29 October 7.30pm £24.50, £26.50, £31.50

Following the tremendous ticket sales of the May 2013 show, Steve Hackett announced this second Genesis Revisited concert. There’s some set list changes from Part I, but Part II will still feature tons of classic favourites including Supper’s Ready, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight and Musical Box. The Genesis Revisited concert is Hackett’s biggest production in recent years, giving you a chance to re-live the legendary band’s Golden Era through classic tracks from both his Genesis Revisited albums.

Hackett is the first ex-Genesis member to revisit their 1971-77 repertoire on stage.

For this unique show Guy takes the concept and turns his attention to the new music of one very special guest to be announced in August on www.liverpoolphil.com.

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Book early for this very special show which is guaranteed to be a sell out.

‘Barker’s superb arrangements for the 48-piece band created a jazzier, funkier and poppier sound that made the upbeat repertoire really swing and swoosh’ The Independent

An Evening with

Barbara Dickson Thursday 31 October 8pm £25, £30 As a multi-million selling recording artist with an equally impressive Olivier award-winning acting career, Barbara Dickson OBE has firmly established herself as one of the most enduring and popular entertainers in Britain today. Globally known for her hits Caravans, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Answer Me and her chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige, I Know Him So Well, Dickson is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress with roles including Anita Braithwaite in TV’s Band of Gold and the original Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell’s long-running musical Blood Brothers. For this show she performs her classic hits, as well as other material in her own inimitable style.

‘The chance to hear her sing a personal choice of favourite good songs should not be missed’ The Times ‘Barbara Dickson shows what true class is all about’ The Stage

Charlie Landsborough Sunday 3 November 7.30pm £19, £23 The acclaimed chart-topping international singer/songwriter returns for an entertaining evening with his trademark blend of easy-listening ballads, blues and country music, mixed with wit and repartee.

Landsborough’s latest album Silhouette follows on from 2012’s Destination and comprises songs

in the traditional and muchloved style which has endeared him to fans across the globe, and in 2011, earned him a place in the British Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Zappa Plays Zappa Roxy & Elsewhere Friday 15 November 7.30pm £29.50, £34.50, £39.50 VIP Packages available for a further £30 on top of ticket price.

Package includes; Pre-show sound check experience, a meet & greet, exclusive VIP pass and entry into a draw for special Zappa prizes.

The Michael Nyman Band Monday 4 November 7.30pm £22.50, £29.50, £35 Nyman is one of Britain’s most innovative composers. His works encompass opera and string quartets, film soundtracks and orchestral concertos. Far more than merely a composer, he’s also a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist, photographer and film-maker. Among his many achievements is his beautiful score written for Jane Campion’s film The Piano as well as a commission for Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture year. His restless creativity and multi-faceted art has made him one of the most fascinating and influential cultural icons of our

times though this is Nyman’s first live appearance at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall since 2005. In this show hear some of Nyman’s most familiar compositions from film scores as well as new compositions to accompany a selection of films that he has himself made over the last five years. The performance features music from The Greenway soundtracks, and is the first time the films directed and scored by Nyman himself will be performed live in the UK to a live soundtrack! The concert also features music from The Draughtman’s Contract, The Cook, The Thief, his Wife and her Lover, A Zed and Two Noughts, and Prospero’s Books amongst other soundtracks, including a special 20th anniversary performance of music from The Piano.

The Grammy Award winning group that features Frank Zappa’s son Dweezil Zappa

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celebrates the classic Frank Zappa album Roxy & Elsewhere.

Marking the 40th anniversary of this pivotal Zappa fan favourite, this brilliant band perform the entire album live - including the provocative rhythms of Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?, Echidna’s Arf (Of You) and Be-Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen’s Church). For this show Zappa Plays Zappa debut songs that they have not performed on previous tours, and cut their teeth on some additional surprise material.

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Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm £35, £45, £55, £65, £75

Featuring both his usual band and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra with whom he has just released the highly acclaimed album The Jazz Age. Ferry performs songs from across his whole career to celebrate 40 years as a singer and songwriter.

Bain, Möller & Molsky Saturday 9 November 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £15 A melodically and rhythmically exciting collaboration by three of the world’s leading folk musicians. Sharing their Celtic, Nordic and Appalachian cultures are Aly Bain, Scotland’s

supreme traditional style fiddler, Swedish multi-instrumentalist Ale Möller, and American old time fiddler, singer, guitarist and banjo player Bruce Molsky. The trio recorded their new album at Liverpool Philharmonic last year and the beautiful St George’s Hall Concert Room is the ideal setting to take in their unique and phenomenal sound.

Since scoring a worldwide hit with her debut album Eye To The Telescope in 2005, which went on to sell more than 4 million copies worldwide and over 1.8m in the UK alone, multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter KT Tunstall has remained at the forefront of UK singer-songwriting talent.

Two critically acclaimed albums, Drastic Fantastic and the electronicflavoured Tiger Suit followed in 2007 and 2010 respectively, keeping the platinum sales rolling and cementing the Scottish songstress’s reputation as a major recording talent, as well as a mesmerising live artist.

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BBC Big Band: Big Band Divas Featuring

Claire Martin Tuesday 19 November 7.30pm £18.50, £21.50, £24.50, £30 Multi award-winning jazz vocalist, Claire Martin OBE, joins the internationally acclaimed BBC Big Band for a celebration of the legendary leading ladies of Big Band,

including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and their contemporaries. Enjoy the classic songs that made them stars, such as That Old Black Magic, I’ve Got The World on a String, Too Darn Hot and many more. Plus plenty of popular Big Band hits from the groups that the divas loved to work with, including Artie Shaw, Count Basie and Benny Goodman. Celebrate the leading ladies of jazz with some of the best big band tunes.

Madeleine Peyroux Tuesday 3 December 7.30pm £24, £30

The Stylistics Friday 22 November 7.30pm £23, £29

Go West, Hue and Cry

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The Christians Wednesday 27 November 7.30pm £26, £28, £34

During the early 70s, The Stylistics had twelve straight Top Ten hits, including You Are Everything, Betcha by Golly, Wow, I’m Stone in Love With You, Break Up to Make Up, and You Make Me Feel Brand New. Of all their peers, they were one of the smoothest and sweetest soul groups of their era. All of their hits are ballads graced with a soaring falsetto vocal and lush yet graceful production that have made them one of the most successful soul groups ever.

Three critically acclaimed artists of the 80s join forces in this major new UK tour. Go West, Hue and Cry, performing an acoustic set, and special guests The Christians are united on the same bill for the first time ever.

With millions of albums sales between them and iconic hits such as We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, King Of Wishful Thinking, Labour Of Love, Looking For Linda, Violently, Ideal World, Forgotten Town and Harvest For The World plus over twenty five years of perfecting their craft, performing to audiences at sold out stadiums, intimate unplugged sets and everything in between, this authentic 80s triple header will take you right back there with three of the era’s most enduring bands.

‘The only thing that matters is the song’ says singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux. That conviction, along with a oneof-a-kind voice, has carried her from busking on the streets of Paris all the way to mainstream recognition. Through her intensely distinctive renditions of old classics and modern tunes by the likes of Leonard Cohen and The Beatles, Peyroux has proved to be an uncannily insightful interpreter with her consistently impeccable choice

Fisherman’s Blues Revisited

The Waterboys plus support

Sunday 8 December 8pm £25, £28.50, £34.50

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their classic album Fisherman’s Blues, and the release of EMI’s seven CD set Fisherman’s Box, The Waterboys return to Liverpool Philharmonic with a special line-up reuniting Mike Scott and Steve Wickham with Fisherman’s Blues band

of material. Peyroux’s new album, The Blue Room (out now on Decca), sees the genreblending singer reworking some landmark musical gems, in a collaboration with longtime Peyroux producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Walter Becker, Tracy Chapman, Herbie Hancock). Following her string of sold out shows at Ronnie Scott’s in London and at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, she returns to Liverpool Philharmonic.

‘A balance of vulnerable humanity and meticulous skill’ The Guardian members Anto Thistlethwaite and Trevor Hutchinson for the first time since 1990. The four are joined by current Waterboys drummer Ralph Salmins. The show is a re-exploration of the band’s music of the Fisherman’s Blues period. Rather than simply playing the original album in order the band will use their vintage repertoire as inspiration, Scott explains that the classic album is ‘a starting point for a new blast of the freewheeling, improvised spirit of The Waterboys in those days. I want that old fire burning again, Steve and Anto wailing like the two-man orchestra I remember, when anything could and did happen’.

Expect souped-up, full power versions of lots of 1985-88 Waterboys numbers, plus hits, innovations and some surprises.

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Lumiere

plus Anna Corcoran Sunday 13 October 7.30pm Sefton Park Palm House £12.50 adv £15 on the door

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Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott

Saturday 12 October 8pm £30, £32.50, £38.50

Luka Bloom

plus Dominic Dunn

Friday 11 October 7.30pm The Zanzibar Club £12 adv, £10 adv when bought as part of Festival Pass package £15 on the door

Thomas McCarthy Saturday 12 October 5pm Rodewald Suite £6 adv, £8 door £4 adv when bought as part of Festival Pass package Occupying the slot before the Christy Moore show in the Main Auditorium is Thomas McCarthy, an Irish traveller whose family is from Co. Offaly.

He grew up travelling around Britain and on the travellers’ site

Taking the traditions of Irish folk music Christy Moore’s kid brother, Bloom, is building a formidable archive of beautiful songs for the next generation.

He shakes up the genre with clever chord sequences and arrangements, while retaining traditional Irish folk’s core values of storytelling and commentary. under the Westway in London, he also often spent months at a time with his grandfather in Birr, in central Ireland learning most of his songs within the family. Since being ‘discovered’ by the folk scene five years ago, he has made many new fans and friends (he recently appeared with the Mercury Prize nominated Sam Lee). McCarthy’s unaccompanied singing style is intense and personal and his repertoire unusual and engaging.

The iconic Irish singer-songwriter returns to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for the Liverpool Irish Festival 2013 following sell-out performances in 2008, 2010 and 2012. His stature and influence in Irish roots music is unparalleled.

For this concert he is, once again, accompanied by his long-term producer, collaborator and friend Declan Sinnott. There is no support and the show will start at 8pm

The duo Éilís Kennedy and Pauline Scanlon are from the small Kerry town of Dingle.

Their sound recalls very early Joan Baez – astonishing, perfectly tuned voices with acoustic instrumentation in genuinely arresting live performances.

Andy Irvine Wednesday 16 & Thursday 17 October 8pm Rodewald Suite £12 adv, £10 adv when bought as part of Festival Pass package £15 on the door

Ireland’s influential music and pop culture magazine Hot Press said ‘Andy Irvine is Woody Guthrie’s representative on earth’. He is among the great Irish singers and his voice is one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He is a founding member of two groups that have inspired Irish traditional music makers for a generation, Sweeney’s Men and Planxty.

This would be achievement enough for most, but Irvine has gone on to create THE Irish super group Patrick Street, and the Pan-European group Mozaik.

Irvine is a pioneer and an icon for traditional music and musicians.

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The Irish Sea Sessions 2013 Friday 18 October 7.30pm £19.50. £20.50, £22.50, £28.50 Featuring: Declan O’Rourke (Galileo, Sarah) Emily Portman (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner 2013 Best Contemporary Song) Robert Vincent (Life In Easy Steps) Pauline Scanlon (Lumiere) Alan Burke (Rambling Boys of Pleasure, Afterhours, Tulsk) The Coyne Brothers Sean Regan Gino Lupari (Four Men and a Dog) David Munnelly (Rambling Boys of Pleasure, Accordian Samurai) Neil Campbell Bernard O’Neill musical director

‘An unexpected smash hit... one of the highlights of the Liverpool musical year’ Liverpool Echo

Part super-group, part session with thirteen musicians from both sides of the Irish Sea. Witness the shared music and the special bonds between these leading contemporary singersongwriters, traditional musicians and multi-instrumentalists.

Sean Taylor with Danny Thompson

plus Dave O’Grady

Focussing on musicians from Liverpool, Ireland and the Irish diaspora this two-hour show has all the atmosphere of the finest pub session, with all the quality of a major concert hall setting.

‘The sessions format rides ―on the seat of its pants…There are

no rules, apart from the audience enjoying itself.’ Bernard O’Neill, music director, double bass, piano.

Pauline Scanlon’s Vocal Workshop

her band Lumiere and guested alongside Sinead O’Connor, Sharon Shannon and Damien Dempsey to name but a few.

In this workshop Pauline will be teaching a range of Irish folk songs both in the English and Irish languages. This is a rare opportunity to learn from one of Ireland’s most gifted singers.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Saturday 19 October 2-5pm £20

Saturday 19 October 7.30pm The Zanzibar Club £6 adv, £5 adv when bought as part of Festival Pass package £8 on the door

Hailing from Dingle, Co. Kerry, Pauline Scanlon has one the most distinctive and effortless voices the country has ever produced.

She has toured extensively with

‘The missing link between sea shanties and John Lennon’s Working Class Hero’ Belfast Telegraph

Liverpool Irish Festival Finale Supper Concert

The Rambling Boys of Pleasure

Sean Taylor has grown to be one of the hottest new names in the European blues/acoustic scene. His incredible passion for performance, sheer talent and songwriting of the highest calibre is a testament to his frequent comparisons with John Martyn, Neil Young and Tom Waits. Sean’s latest album Love Against Death has been hailed a masterpiece by reviewers in the UK and Europe.

Sunday 20 October 7.15pm Sefton Park Palm House Doors and Buffet Supper from 7.15pm Show 8.15pm £24 Sponsored by

The Rambling Boys of Pleasure are a collection of Irish musicians who love to explore their music and look for new directions in which to take it. Having been brought up on songs that have travelled the globe and returned,

they are fascinated by the journey these songs have taken, and the influences they picked up on the way. Wherever they travel, the band work with local musicians, and incorporate their music and culture into their set.

Festival Pass package To book, visit Liverpoolirishfestival.com and click ‘Multibuy Offer’

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CHRISTMAS AT LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

Kate Rusby at Christmas Tuesday 10 December 7.30pm £24, £30 £15 under 16s Kate Rusby is steeped in her local traditions and this concert showcases the carols and songs learnt through childhood in her native South Yorkshire.

The evening features new

The Bootleg Beatles Friday 13 December 8pm £26, £28.50, £34.50 In the fifty years since The Beatles had their first No.1, their music has never been eclipsed, their image has never faded, and they continue to attract new fans with each coming generation. For over thirty of those years, The Bootleg Beatles have been performing these classic pop songs to audiences across the globe, winning over even the most hardened sceptics with their stunning recreation of The Beatles’ sound and look. With a little help from their orchestral ensemble, they even manage to reproduce live on stage songs the Fab Four never actually performed themselves. Every tiny detail is meticulously covered with their inflection-perfect vocal mimicry, from costumes to authentic period instruments and the famous witty Scouse banter.

variations of familiar carols mostly unheard outside the area together with a selection of old favourites. Featuring her hugely talented band, complete with brass quintet - this is a rousing Christmas celebration.

South Yorkshire has a very strong tradition of carol singing starting early November. Sunday lunchtimes see hundreds of carollers cram into various pubs in the locality to join in the

unashamedly joyous singing standing room only! At its heart, it represents an oral tradition constantly evolving, passed down from generation to generation, with roots dating back over 200 years.

‘Exquisite interpretations of traditional material from the pocket sized folk singer with the heartbreakingly tremulous voice and bawdy Yorkshire wit’ The Daily Telegraph

Kerfuffle Tuesday 17 December 8pm The Epstein Theatre £14

In 2010, these young folk stars split as a band to pursue their other work; Tom Sweeney has taking on the running of the band’s label, RootBeat Records, Sam Sweeney playing with Bellowhead, his duo with Hannah James, Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings and the Fay Hield Trio; Hannah James with the Demon Barber Roadshow, her duo with Sweeney, trio Lady Maisery (with Hazel Askew and Rowan Rheingans) and an accordion group featuring Karen Tweed and Becky Price; and Jamie Roberts with his duo with Katriona Gilmore. Having reunited in 2012 to release the album Lighten The Dark for Christmas and to play a sold out show at St George’s Hall Concert Room Kerfuffle, one of the most important UK folk groups of recent years, come together again for this special festive show performing songs from that acclaimed Christmas album.

The Bulgarian Voices

Angelite

Tuesday 17 December 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £20, £25 Their voices are fascinating, their style of singing is distinctive and rooted in centuries of local tradition. Prior to the fall of communism, The Bulgarian Voices Angelite were largely unknown to the world, but in the years since the Iron Curtain has lifted this all-women-choir, formed from the ashes of the old State Television Choir dating back to 1952, have managed to enchant the world with their singular blend of classical and folk traditions. The cryptic, mysterious, perhaps even somewhat mystical quality that characterises the choir’s sound arises from the singers’ preference for a second voice which is maintained at a slight interval to the leading melody.

The singers’ voices fan out into a colourfully glowing sound palette that plays with overtone resonance. As a result, Angelite offers something that goes beyond folk music: It is the artful and skilful enhancement of traditional elements to form a style which - despite its great affinity with the folklore of the Balkans and

Bulgaria - can be considered a category of its own, at the same time preserving heritage and advancing the music into fascinating new territory.

‘Angelite is an amazing example of vocal virtuosity’ The Scotsman

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Catfish Keith Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October 8pm £12

A series of folk, roots, and unplugged gigs ...in the Rodewald Suite, a delightfully intimate space with its own entrance on Sugnall Street. All shows now start at 8pm, rather than 8.30pm, and doors open at 7.30pm so you can fully enjoy the in-house bar and rooftop terrace before the performance.

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Stefan Grossman Saturday 5 October 8pm £12

Blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith’s innovative style of footstomping, deep delta blues and American roots music will have you spellbound. Born and bred on the Mississippi River, Catfish was inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame in 2008, and is one of the finest and most charming acoustic blues musicians you’re likely to see. Always the entertainer, Catfish promises a different show for each night over this weekend.

Dick Gaughan Grossman’s name is synonymous with the acoustic guitar experience.

Having started as a student of blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis, he has become one of the world’s foremost authorities on acoustic blues guitar.

He is a remarkable performer and teacher of the art. With a career spanning more than four decades, he has made more than 100 recordings and performed with the likes of Pink Floyd, Even Dozen Jug Band and Mike Bloomfield.

See for yourself, up close and personal, one of the finest players of the guitar in the world performing live in the Rodewald Suite.

An Evening with

John Reilly

with Lewis Nitikman Friday 11 October 8pm £12 Singer-songwriter John Reilly, the voice of Sheffield band Boy On A Dolphin and Acoustic Angels, performs an intimate acoustic set showcasing songs

Jackie Oates: Lullabies Tuesday 8 October 8pm £12 A leading light of the exploding young folk scene Oates is winner of two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Mojo magazine says ‘it’s the rustic beauty of Oates’ voice that enthrals.’ You may also know her as a member of the all-star band The Imagined Village alongside Eliza Carthy, Chris Wood, Martin Carthy and others. After four successful studio albums, Oates now turns her considerable talents to a very special project focused around from his latest solo album Zebulon and favourites from his Tea Cozy Hat and his Boy On A Dolphin albums. Reilly encourages lively chat with the audience and tells the stories behind some of the new songs which are now being played on BBC Radio 2 and around the world. He is joined on stage by the Canadian pianist, songwriter

the theme of lullabies. She released an album earlier this year called Lullabies and as well as this performance for adults, and a children’s workshop, she is also creating a new archive of lullabies for the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House in London, the home of the English Folk Dance & Song Society.

See page 16 for details of Jackie Oates’ afternoon Lullaby Workshop for 0-4 year olds.

‘She must now surely be considered among the highest echelons of the modern wave of British folk acts.’ fRoots

and composer Lewis Nitikman in an up close and personal evening of original and passionate songs.

‘Reilly is a classic English Singer Songwriter in the Ray Davies/Richard Hawley mould and Zebulon is a terrific record brimming with tunes, passion and wit’ Sunday Express

Friday 25 October 8pm £12

One of Scotland’s finest singers, and now a firm After 8 favourite, Gaughan performs songs of struggle, resistance and love.

A major force in contemporary folk, he pursues an uncompromising, idiosyncratic musical path.

Gaughan’s live performances are captivating. Singing about injustice and solidarity in a voice that throbs with controlled, vibrating passion he pushes his messages home with an astonishingly fluent and explosive guitar.

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Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Wednesday 30 October 8pm £14

Winners of the Best Duo award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman play ‘bright and attractive 21st century folk music’ (The Herald Scotland). Highly acclaimed for their previous collaborations with the likes of Seth Lakeman (Sean’s Brother), Cara Dillon, The Levellers and Kate Rusby, the duo have established themselves as pillars of modern British folk. Their long anticipated debut album Hidden People released last year is bold and superbly-crafted.

Kathryn’s sublime vocal with an extraordinary range combined with Sean’s masterful guitar performance undoubtedly makes this husband-and-wife duo’s gig one to look forward to.

Clive Carroll

Belshazzar’s Feast

Barb Jungr

Wednesday 13 November 8pm £12

Thursday 5 December 8pm £12

Friday 6 & Saturday 7 December 8pm £15

Carroll has achieved widespread popularity and recognition from fellow musicians and guitar fans all around the world. Madonna and Jean-Christophe Novelli book him for their private parties, and critics love him too, Guitar Techniques Magazine describes him as ‘an acoustic fingerpicker with a beautifully clean technique and the ability to draw you into his music with astonishing ease’.

Carroll has become the UK’s acoustic guitar phenomenon.

His diverse musical influences include traditional Irish, rock, newgrass and fusion jazz. In this concert he presents material from his new album, including – for the first time – music specially written for classical nylon string guitar.

‘Clive Carroll looks set to become the latest acoustic guitar hero. This virtuoso instrumental set is remarkable for its sheer bravery and variety.’ The Guardian

Start with traditional folk music, add a touch of classical and jazz, throw in a bit of pop and music hall, and top it off with lashings of wry humour – and you have a wonderfully entertaining evening with Belshazzar’s Feast.

Paul Sartin (of Bellowhead and Faustus) and Paul Hutchinson (of Hoover The Dog) have together wowed audiences across the UK with their eclectic and eccentric mix of tunes and between-songs chat that always sends audiences home with smiles on their faces.

‘Their music is breathtaking and wickedly inventive and the between-tunes interchange as intelligent and hilarious as the music.’ Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2

‘Peerless - no other word for it’ fRoots

Brilliant cabaret artist Barb Jungr presents a new collection of songs delving into the wonder, beauty, sadness and glory of the night. Fascinating composers, songwriters and writers alike, the glorious night has inspired some of the most wonderful songs and lyrics of all time. As always Jungr picks the road less travelled and finds treasures both in her existing repertoire and in songs new to her on this inspiring theme. Arranged with her superb collaborator and accompanist, Simon Wallace, Barb and Simon work with great songs by great songwriters. With Hank Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Barb’s beloved Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell alongside a generous dollop of Jungr and Wallace’s original songs in the mix.

‘Arguably the finest cabaret singer in recent times.’

The Rough Guide to Cult Pop

John O’Connell Saturday 14 December 8pm £12

Breabach Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 November 8pm £15 Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music. Voted Best Group at the most recent Scots Trad Music Awards, they have also received nominations in the BBC Radio

2 Folk Awards and as European Folk Group of the Year in the German Folk Awards. The band intertwine highland bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and Scots song to produce a diverse and captivating performance.

Following January’s sell out of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for ‘The Big Burns Night’

hosted by Breabach at the Celtic Connections festival they return for two nights at Liverpool Philharmonic to coincide with the release of their highly anticipated fourth album.

‘As disciplined as they’re fiery, as tasteful as they’re exhilarating, they blend the best of old and new in truly compelling style’ The Scotsman

As co-founder of the celebrated Liverpool band Groundpig, O’Connell has his name indelibly written into the tapestry of the city’s music scene and his now regular After 8 appearances always sell out. His early influences were rooted in acoustic, folk and classical guitar. Grossman, Jansch, Renbourn and Carthy all inspire O’Connell and ignited his passion for music. It is these early influences that delicately resonate through his Simply Acoustic set, where he mixes his own original songs with timeless instrumental guitar classics.

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Archbishop Beck Catholic College & Partner Primary Schools

A Christmas Fanfare Monday 9 December 7.30pm £5

Capture the spirit of Christmas with Archbishop Beck Catholic College and Partner Primary Schools’ Christmas concert for all ages, with traditional carols and lots, lots more, incorporating a special performance of the classic poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Father Christmas has also agreed to make a brief appearance!

Image: Alasdair Malloy in a Family Concert

Family Concert

Rudolph on Hope Street League Of Welldoers Benefit Concert Friday 27 September 2pm £9.95, £10.95

Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance Moday 21 October 7.30pm £22, £24, £30

Friday 20 December 4.15pm Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 December 11.30am & 2.30pm £12, £15 (£8 children)

Come and celebrate the League of Welldoers’ 120th (Double Diamond) year with the last of their benefit shows of 2013. Eight top class acts provide an afternoon of entertainment. Bring a friend and support the League of Welldoers, one of Liverpool’s oldest independent charities.

Bluebell Dance & Drama Academy presents

Alice

Sunday 6 October 4pm £15, £16 Children never tire of the world of make believe. In this dance and drama extravaganza follow Bluebell into the magical world of Alice, the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter. Bluebell hosts its 28th annual production. This local community school shows its talent and range from as young as 2 years to adults.

Featuring two hours of spectacular song and dance numbers from stage and screen, Gotta Sing Gotta Dance invites you on an exhilarating journey through the wonderful world of musical theatre. Join the full supporting company of West End singers and dancers plus a a superb live band, as they sing and dance their way from the MGM movie musicals of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to stage classics Phantom Of The Opera, Les Miserables and Oliver to the latest West End smash-hits Wicked, Jersey Boys and Hairspray. Gotta Sing Gotta Dance promises an unforgettable night at the musicals.

Family Concert

All Aboard!

Move over Frosty – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is coming to town this year in a one-hour holiday extravaganza for the whole family. It’ll be a high energy event as we invite audiences to singalong with the Orchestra and Choirs to Christmas favourites including When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney, White Christmas, and of course Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Bring those red noses! Always a sell out, so please book early!

‘Huge thanks and congratulations to all involved in putting on this super show delightful to see children embraced in all their noisy, fidgety wonderfulness!’

Audience member, Christmas Family concert 2012

Sunday 20 October 2.30pm £10, £14 (£6 children) A one-hour concert for children Roderick Dunk conductor Alasdair Malloy presenter Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra All aboard! Get your tickets for a first class riotous ride with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on boats, bikes, cars, carriages, roads, sails, ships, shoes, hooves and a yellow submarine! We’ve music from the Titanic, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Thunderbirds, Thomas the Tank

Michael Seal conductor Alasdair Malloy presenter Liverpool Philharmonic Training Choir & Melody Makers Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Don’t miss the live reindeer with sleigh and elves outside Liverpool Philharmonic Hall prior to the concerts!

Engine as well as a singalong of The Runaway Train and Rob Lea’s exciting piece Pedal Power. Don’t miss this exciting adventure in music and motion!

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Glenn Miller Orchestra Friday 27 December 2.30pm £16.50, £19.50, £24.50, £27.50, £29.50

The UK’s most renowned big band swings you back in time playing Glenn Miller’s own original arrangements of favourite wartime chart-toppers & hits from the forties including: Moonlight Serenade, In the Mood, Rhapsody in Blue, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Strike Up the Band, Over There, South Rampart Street Parade, Cherokee and Running Wild.

The orchestra will perform the second half of the concert in the World War II uniforms of the US army Air Force.

Film with Live Orchestra

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Friday 3 January 7.30pm & Saturday 4 January 2.30pm £17, £22, £29, £34, £40 (£7 children)

12A: Contains moderate horror and action violence Richard Kaufman presenter Pirate Voices from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Shiver me timbers! Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most enjoyable adventure movies of recent years – a fabulous, rip-roaring yarn of daring and devilry on the high seas, starring Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and of course Johnny Depp as the irrepressible Jack Sparrow. But we’ll bet you’ve never seen it like this, as Cap’n Jack and the crew of the Black Pearl set sail to the sound of Hans Zimmer’s and Klaus Badelt’s swashbuckling score, played live by a full symphony orchestra. All the action, all the fun…and all accompanied live by the 80 musicians of the Orchestra.

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Discover the Classics Discover the musical, social and historical stories behind the music, composers and artists from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2013-14 season. Discover the Classics sessions feature commentary by our host presenter, animated with short musical extracts performed by Liverpool Philharmonic musicians, plus opportunities for questions, discussion and fun, lively debate. A great way to spend your Saturday mornings!

Sessions take place on Saturdays from 11am to 1pm in the Rodewald Suite at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Tea and coffee is provided.

New for 2013-14

Lunchtime Learning

In addition to our regular, popular presenter, Classic FM Creative Director and Breakfast Show host, Tim Lihoreau, we are delighted to introduce Jane Jones, presenter of Classic FM’s The Full Works Concerts and the Weekend Breakfast Show. £15 per session (£40 per series (3 events)) Claimants/Students £10 per session / £30 per series

Lunchtime Concert Thursday 3 October 11.45am Works by Schubert, Grieg and Timothy Jackson Ian Buckle piano

Rehearsal Visit

Each event includes either a Lunchtime Concert performed by musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra or the opportunity to experience full orchestra rehearsals at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Each event also includes a 45-minute interactive workshop in the Rodewald Suite exploring the music to be featured in the concert/rehearsal. Workshops comprise discussion, music activities and opportunities to socialise. Tea and coffee is provided.

Jane Jones presenter with Bryn Terfel

Music by Shostakovich

It’s not your average ‘boy meets girl’ story – and Jane Jones talks to bass baritone Bryn Terfel about his ‘tour de force’ role as the unscrupulous Scarpia, drawing out the backstage stories from one of the world’s best-loved operas.

Rehearsal Visit Wednesday 20 November 1.15pm Music by Britten Vasily Petrenko conductor Vilde Frang violin

Lunchtime Concert Thursday 23 January 11.45am String Sextets by Richard Strauss and Brahms Performed by The Torchwood Ensemble, led

by Joint Assistant Leader Rakhvinder Singh

Britten’s Got Talent Saturday 30 November 11am Tim Lihoreau presenter with Andrew Manze Tim Lihoreau talks to conductor Andrew Manze about the man of the year, Benjamin Britten. Seeking inspiration from the landscape of Aldeburgh, they look at how Britten looked both inwards and outwards for his inspiration: everything from poets… to fellow composers.

A Scouser Hero’s Life: Strauss Edition

Off the Podium: Post-concert Discussions Off the Podium is a series of free informal post-concert Q&A sessions about music from the evening’s programme. This is your chance to ask questions of world-famous artists and hear their perspectives on the music.

The events are free to all ticketholders and sessions begin 15 minutes after the concert ends in the Grand Foyer Bar. Discussions will last around 45 minutes.

Saturday 14 September 11am

Friday 1 November 1.15pm Vasily Petrenko conductor Vilde Frang violin Whether you are new to classical music or a regular concert goer, join composer and lecturer Ian Stephens for a daytime series of inspiring music and relaxed learning.

Puccini’s Tosca

Saturday 18 January 11am Jane Jones presenter with Vasily Petrenko Saturday 14 September Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko and soloists Thursday 3 October Conductor Andrew Gourlay and pianist Paul Lewis

Does maestro Vasily Petrenko live ‘a hero’s life?’ Jane Jones takes the Richard Strauss edition concerts as her starting point inspiration when she grills the honorary Scouse conductor about his love of the 20th century’s greatest musical picture painter.

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Workshops for Children Rodewald Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Liverpool Philharmonic’s Children’s and Family workshops help to develop children’s musical skills, with singing, movement instrumental work, and of course the opportunity meet Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra musicians and hear them perform! Each session will be led by two musicians.

Baby Voices

Little Notes

Mini Maestros

Thursday 24 & Friday 25 October 10-10.45am Rodewald Suite £6 per child with one accompanying adult free, additional adults £6

Thursday 24 October 1.15-2.15pm Rodewald Suite £7 per child with one accompanying adult free, additional adults £7

Friday 25 October 1.15-2.15pm Rodewald Suite £7 per child with one accompanying adult free, additional adults £7

Suggested age 3-5 years

Suggested age 5-7 years

Explore with your child pitch and rhythm through songs and activities, develop their creativity through exploration and performance with percussion instruments, and learn more about instruments of the orchestra.

Compose and perform your own musical story with help from our musicians.

Suggested age 0-18 months The perfect introduction to making music with your baby, these 45 minute workshops involve songs, movement, and active listening.

Wordsheets and suggestions on how to make music at home with your baby will be provided.

Music Makers Thursday 24 October 3-4.15pm Strings Friday 25 October 3-4.15pm Woodwind Rodewald Suite £9 per child with one accompanying adult free, additional adults £9

Toddler Tunes Thursday 24 & Friday 25 October 11.30am-12.15pm Rodewald Suite £6 per child with one accompanying adult free, additional adults £6

Suggested age 8-11 years (Grades 1-3) Your chance to perform with musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra!

Suggested age 18-36 months Songs and games to help your young child develop his or her musicianship and creativity including ways to ‘tune in’ to your child using child-led music making. Wordsheets and suggestions on how to make music at home with your young child will be provided.

Liverpool Irish Festival

Pauline Scanlon’s Vocal Workshop Saturday 19 October 2-5pm £20 All ages and abilities welcome

Jackie Oates Lullaby Workshop Tuesday 8 October 2-2.45pm £5 per child with up to two accompanying adults free Suggested age 0-4 years

Jackie Oates’ Lullabies evening concert is twinned with this afternoon workshop performance for parents/carers and children. This session, for the tiniest of music fans, is a 45 minute workshop for 0-4 year olds and introduces children and their parents to lullabies and sleep songs for use at home. See page 11 for information on the evening concert.

Hailing from Dingle, Co. Kerry, Pauline Scanlon has one the most distinctive and effortless voices the country has ever produced. She has toured extensively with her band Lumiere and guested alongside Sinead O’Connor, Sharon Shannon and Damien Dempsey to name but a few. In this workshop Pauline will be teaching a range of Irish folk songs both in the English and Irish languages. This is a rare opportunity to learn from one of Ireland’s most gifted singers. See pages 8-9 for more information about Liverpool Irish Festival and concerts featuring Pauline Scanlon.

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Image: Paul Lewis

Henry E Rensburg Series

Petrenko’s Shostakovich Thursday 26 September 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Shostakovich Symphony No.13 ‘Babi Yar’ Vasily Petrenko conductor Alexander Tsymbalyuk bass Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Huddersfield Choral Society Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven’s Best Wednesday 2 & Thursday 3 October 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Wagner Prelude to ‘Die Meistersinger’ Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Verdi Overture, The Sicilian Vespers Beethoven Symphony No.5 Andrew Gourlay conductor Paul Lewis piano Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

When Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra play Russian music, something very special happens: something that makes critics around the world sit up and take notice.

Stravinsky’s colourful ritual of jazz-age Paris rings up the curtain, before the strings of the orchestra have their say in Tchaikovsky’s gloriously romantic Serenade for Strings.

And then the Orchestra join forces with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Huddersfield Choral Society to deliver the final instalment in their internationallyacclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle – the dark and deeply-felt Thirteenth Symphony, a timeless protest against inhumanity and prejudice.

200 years ago, two musical giants were born. Giuseppe Verdi made Italian opera blaze with an unquenchable fire, and Richard Wagner created whole new universes of sound. Tonight the young British conductor Andrew Gourlay toasts them both – and then unleashes the daddy of them all: Ludwig van Beethoven. Two centuries on, no four notes still sound more electrifying than the opening hammerblows of Beethoven’s stupendous Fifth Symphony – but the rest of the symphony is even more powerful! Hear every note tonight, and hear a real Liverpool favourite, locally-born pianist Paul Lewis, as he explores the light, the shadows and the deep, dark poetry of Beethoven’s most personal piano concerto.

Make sure you’re there for this landmark in Liverpool’s musical history.

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Lunchtime Concert

Post-concert Discussion 3 October Starts 15 minutes after the concert Conductor Andrew Gourlay and pianist Paul Lewis answer your questions about tonight’s performance in the Grand Foyer Bar.

Ian Buckle, piano Thursday 3 October 1.05pm £6 Schubert Six German Dances D.820 Grieg Six Lyric Pieces Op.54 Timothy Jackson Six Lancashire Folk Song Settings (World Premiere commissioned by The University of Liverpool)

Henry E Rensburg Series

The Great Romantics Thursday 10 7.30pm & Sunday 13 October 2.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Mahler Symphony No.5 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Henning Kraggerud violin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Mahler’s Fifth Symphony begins in the darkest depths of the human soul. By the end, it’s raising the roof, as a whole orchestra seems to dance and shout for joy. It’s an incredible journey, and along the way you’ll hear delirious waltzes, terrifying storms, and the sweetest, most tender love song any composer ever wrote: the unforgettable Adagietto.

Our guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard knows how to set pulses racing – and he’ll do exactly that when he joins the Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud in the sweet and sultry first concerto by adopted Liverpudlian Max Bruch, who was Principal Conductor from 1880 to 1883. Maybe, just maybe, the most romantic violin concerto of all time!

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

THE ART of BRYN TERFEL 9-22 September 2013 In this two-week long festival, superstar singer Bryn Terfel will be performing a wide range of repertoire, from songs from the musicals, to Puccini’s Tosca and Brahms’ A German Requiem. He’s also invited Welsh performers Catrin Finch (harp) and Llyˆ r Williams (piano) to Liverpool to perform recitals in St George’s Hall Concert Room as part of the festival.

We are thrilled to be celebrating one of the biggest stars of the opera world, with a unique opportunity to experience his versatility and incredible artistic generosity in the glorious setting of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Philharmonic

ARTISTS in RESIDENCE

These event are part of the Liverpool International Music Festival, 23 August – 22 September.

A Night at the Musicals

Bach at Lunchtime

Monday 9 September 7.30pm £30, £35, £40, £50, £65

Wednesday 11 September 1pm £25

Robert Ziegler conductor Bryn Terfel vocalist John Owen Jones vocalist Maria Friedman vocalist Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

All-Bach programme: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 Concerto for Two Violins Cantata No 82 ‘Ich habe genug’

Join the starry duo of Bryn Terfel and John Owen Jones, for a night at the musicals like no other! With songs from Bernstein’s West Side Story (‘I Feel Pretty’), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera (‘Music Of the Night’), Schönberg’s Les Misérables, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’) and South Pacific (‘Some Enchanted Evening’), and more, this will be an evening to remember.

John Owen Jones is an award winning and record-breaking West End and Broadway actor and recording artist - probably best known for his performances as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and as The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera. Bryn Terfel, of course, has won plaudits as a singer of 1940sand 1950s Broadway musicals in his recordings of these works and in many live performances.

Vasily Petrenko conductor Bryn Terfel baritone Thelma Handy and Adi Brett violins Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra After the show-stopping thrills of the opening concert of The Art of Bryn Terfel, the bass-baritone demonstrates the opposite extreme of his astonishing range. Bach’s Cantata No.82 is sacred music at its most universal; profound emotion distilled into pure serenity and it’s one of Bryn’s very favourite works. For this one-off lunchtime performance, he’s joined by a dedicated ensemble of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra players, and two of the Orchestra’s very own stars get to share the limelight in Bach’s timeless Concerto for Two Violins: music that you’re sure to recognise even if you don’t think you know it!

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Chamber Music

Catrin Finch, harp Thursday 12 September 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25

Programme to include solo harp items plus: Debussy Sonata Trio for harp, flute and viola André Caplet Conte Fantastique for harp and string quartet Ravel Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, string quartet and harp Catrin Finch harp James Clark violin Rakhvinder Singh violin Fiona Winning viola Jonathan Aasgaard cello Cormac Henry flute Thomas Verity clarinet

A German Requiem Saturday 14 September 7.30pm £17, £22, £29, £34, £40 Brahms A German Requiem Vasily Petrenko conductor Sophie Bevan soprano Bryn Terfel baritone Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Chamber Music

Llyr Williams, piano Sunday 15 September 6.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25 Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.14 No.2 Piano Sonata in C, Op.53 in C ‘Waldstein’ Liszt/Verdi Rigoletto Paraphrase Il Trovatore: Miserere Liszt/Wagner Tannhäuser Paraphrase Lohengrin Paraphrase Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod

They call her the Queen of Harps – and Catrin Finch’s charm, poetry and sheer musicianship made her the natural choice to be the first Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales in over a century. It’s also made her an international star. So it’s no surprise that Bryn Terfel was eager to invite her to feature in his Liverpool residency; or that she’s chosen some of the most enchanting chamber works of the last century, as she teams up with Orchestra principal players in Ravel’s shimmering Introduction and Allegro. French magic – with a Welsh touch!

Llŷr Williams was born in a village near Wrexham and over the past decade he’s emerged as one of the most commanding, intelligent and consistently inspiring pianists of his generation. As the winner of the 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Classical Music, it’s not hard to see why Bryn Terfel has personally invited Williams to participate in his Liverpool residency, and he’s chosen a truly spectacular programme. Williams opens with Beethoven’s most brilliant piano sonata before tackling the huge, flamboyant piano transcriptions that Liszt wrestled out of the grandest operas of Verdi and Wagner. Great tunes, mountainous grandeur, and piano playing to take the breath away: a piano recital for aficionados and newcomers alike.

Puccini’s Tosca Friday 20 September 7.30pm & Sunday 22 September 2.30pm £30, £35, £40, £50, £65 Puccini Tosca

Imagine there’s no heaven…when Johannes Brahms wrote his Requiem, he wasn’t thinking of judgment or the Last Trumpet.

He wasn’t thinking of the afterlife at all.

Instead, overcome by grief at the death of his mother, he set out to console and comfort the living. The result was his A German Requiem, one of the most beautiful, most moving and – yes – most profoundly spiritual choral works of all time. It’s the deep, calm centre to The Art of Bryn Terfel; a chance for him to show yet another side of his artistry, and to share the stage with Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the magnificent young British soprano Sophie Bevan (recipient of The Times Breakthrough Award at the 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Awards) in a concert to touch your very soul.

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Viktoria Yastrebova soprano Tosca Vladimir Galouzine tenor Cavaradossi Bryn Terfel baritone Scarpia and singers from the European Opera Centre Vasily Petrenko conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Rome, 1800: as Revolution stalks the streets, two young artists find themselves fleeing for their lives. What price will they be prepared to pay for freedom – or for love? With its thrilling plot, unforgettable characters and soaring passion, Puccini’s Tosca is the ultimate romantic opera, and melodies like Vissi d’arte, Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle have made it one of the world’s best-loved operas for over a century. Bryn Terfel has chosen his own Tosca and Cavaradossi with other roles coming from the Liverpool-based European Opera Centre. Vasily Petrenko conducts, and Terfel reprises one of his supreme roles – the dangerously charismatic Baron Scarpia – in this dramatic concert performance. An unmissable climax to The Art of Bryn Terfel.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

This concert is linked to Discover the Classics – Puccini’s Tosca on Saturday 14 September.

The European Opera Centre is funded with support from the European Commission.

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October

September Sat 7 7.30pm Caro Emerald

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Mon 9 7.30pm RLPO: A Night at the Musicals

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Wed 11 1pm

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RLPO: Bach at Lunchtime

Thu 12 7.30pm Chamber Music: Catrin Finch, harp

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Sat 14 11am

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Discover the Classics: Puccini’s Tosca

Sat 14 7.30pm RLPO: A German Requiem

P19

Sun 15 12pm

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Liverpool Philharmonic Open Day

Sun 15 6.30pm Chamber Music:Llŷr Williams

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Fri 20 7.30pm RLPO: Puccini’s Tosca

P19

Sun 22 2.30pm RLPO: Puccini’s Tosca

P19

Mon 23 7.30pm The Seekers

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Tue 24 7.30pm Film: The Lodger: The Story Of The...

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Thu 26 7.30pm RLPO: Petrenko’s Shostakovich

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Fri 27 2pm

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League of Welldoers Benefit Concert

Mon 30 7.30pm Live_Transmission Joy Division Reworked... P03

October

Tue 22 7.30pm Al Stewart

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Wed 23 7.30pm RLPO: Romantic Rachmaninov

P22

Thu 24 10am

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Baby Voices

Thu 24 11.30am Toddler Tunes

P16

Thu 24 1.05pm Lunchtime Concert: James Clark String...

P22

Thu 24 1.15pm Little Notes

P16

Thu 24 3pm

Music Makers

P16

Thu 24 7.30pm RLPO: Romantic Rachmaninov

P22

Fri 25 10am

P16

Baby Voices

Fri 25 11.30am Toddler Tunes

P16

Fri 25 1.15pm Mini Maestros

P16

Fri 25 3pm

P16

Music Makers

Fri 25 7.30pm Alison Moyet

P04

Fri 25 8pm

After 8: Dick Gaughan

P11

Sat 26 8pm

Sean Lock: Purple Van Man

P29

Sun 27 7.30pm The Guy Barker Orchestra

P05

Mon 28 7.30pm The Magic of Motown

P05

Tue 29 7.30pm Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited

P05

Wed 30 7.30pm Malcolm Gladwell Live! The David and...

P29

Wed 30 8pm

After 8: Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

P12

Thu 31 8pm

An Evening With Barbara Dickson

P05

Wed 2 7.30pm RLPO: Beethoven’s Best

P17

Thu 3 11.45am Lunchtime Learning- Ian Buckle piano

P15

Thu 3 1.05pm Lunchtime Concert- Ian Buckle piano

P17

Thu 3 7.30pm RLPO: Beethoven’s Best

P17

Fri 1

1.15pm Lunchtime Learning: Rehearsal Visit

P15

Fri 4 8pm

Bill Bailey: Qualmpeddler

P29

Fri 1

7.30pm RLPO: The Rest is Noise: The 1970s

P22

Sat 5 8pm

Bill Bailey: Qualmpeddler

P29

Sat 2 8pm

Ardal O’Hanlon

P30

Sat 5 8pm

After 8: Stefan Grossman

P11

Sat 2 8pm

After 8: Breabach

P12

Sun 6 4pm

Bluebell Dance

P13

Sun 3 7.30pm Charlie Landsborough

P05

Tue 8 2pm

Jackie Oates Lullaby Workshop

P16

Sun 3 8pm

P12

Tue 8 7.30pm An Evening with Ray Mears: An Outdoor...

P29

Mon 4 7.30pm The Michael Nyman Band

P06

Tue 8 8pm

P11

Tue 5 8pm

Sandi Toksvig: My Valentine

P30

Thu 10 7.30pm RLPO: The Great Romantics

P17

Wed 6 7.30pm An Evening With Brian Ferry

P06

Fri 11 7.30pm The Hollies

P04

Wed 6 7.30pm Ensemble 10/10: Requiem for a Polka**

P22

Fri 11 7.30pm Liverpool Irish Festival: Luka Bloom***

P08

Fri 8 8pm

P30

Fri 11 8pm

After 8: John Reilly

P11

Sat 9 7.30pm Bain, Möller & Molsky**

P06

Sat 12 5pm

Liverpool Irish Festival: Thomas McCarthy P08

Sat 9 7.30pm RLPO: Mozart’s Requiem

P23

Sat 12 8pm

Liverpool Irish Festival: Christy Moore

P08

Tue 12 7.30pm Film: A Room With A View

P28

Sun 13 2.30pm RLPO: The Great Romantics

P17

Wed 13 7.30pm RLPO: Colours of the South

P23

Sun 13 7.30pm Liverpool Irish Festival: Lumiere†

P08

Wed 13 8pm

After 8: Clive Carroll

P12

Sun 13 8pm

P28

Thu 14 1.05pm Lunchtime Concert: A Celebration of...

P23

Mon 14 7.30pm Bright Pheobus Revisited: The Songs of...

P04

Thu 14 7.30pm RLPO: Colours of the South

P23

Wed 16 8pm

P08

Fri 15 7.30pm Zappa Plays Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere

P06

Wed 16 7.30pm Ensemble 10/10: The New Mersey Sound*

P22

Sat 16 7.30pm KT Tunstall

P06

Wed 16 7.30pm Film: About Time

P28

Sun 17 7.30pm New World

P23

Thu 17 7.30pm RLPO: What the World Needs Now: The ...

P22

Tue 19 7.30pm BBC Big Band: Big Band Divas featuring...

P07

Thu 17 8pm

P08

Wed 20 1.15pm Lunchtime Learning: Rehearsal Visit

P15

Fri 18 7.30pm Liverpool Irish Festival: The Irish Sea...

P09

Thu 21 7.30pm RLPO: Great Britten

P23

Sat 19 2-5pm Liverpool Irish Festival: Pauline Scanlon...

P09

Fri 22 7.30pm The Stylistics

P07

Sat 19 7.30pm Sixties Gold The 50th Anniversary Tour

P04

Sun 24 2.30pm RLPO: Britten and Mahler

P23

Sat 19 7.30pm Liverpool Irish Festival: Sean Taylor... ***

P09

Tue 26 7.30pm John Wilson & the John Wilson Orchestra

P24

Sat 19 8pm

P11

Tue 26 7.30pm Dante Quartet with Nicholas Daniel**

P24

Sun 20 2.30pm Family Concert: All Aboard!

P13

Wed 27 7.30pm Go West, Hue and Cry

P07

Sun 20 7.15pm Liverpool Irish Festival: The Rambling...†

P09

Fri 29 7.30pm Celebrate our NHS at 65

P31

Sun 20 8pm

P11

Mon 30 11am

P15

P13

Mon 30 7.30pm RPLO: Britten’s Inspirations

After 8: Jackie Oates: Lullabies

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing Liverpool Irish Festival: Andy Irvine

Liverpool Irish Festival: Andy Irvine

After 8: Catfish Keith

After 8: Catfish Keith

Mon 21 7.30pm Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance

November

After 8: Breabach

John Waters in This Filthy World

Discover the Classics: Britten’s Got Talent

P24

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December Sun 1

7.30pm Fascinating Aïda

Mon 2 8pm

Greg Davies: The Back Of My Mum’s Head

P30 P30

Tue 3 7.30pm Madeleine Peyroux

P07

Wed 4 7.30pm Film: Philomena

P28

Thu 5 7.30pm RLPO: Britten and Mozart

P24

Thu 5 8pm

After 8: Belshazzar’s Feast

P12

Fri 6 7.30pm RLPO: Britten and Mozart

P24

Fri 6 8pm

After 8: Barb Jungr

P12

Sat 7 8pm

After 8: Barb Jungr

P12

Sun 8 8pm

The Waterboys

P07

Mon 9 7.30pm A Christmas Fanfare

P13

Tue 10 7.30pm Kate Rusby at Christmas

P10

Tue 10 7.30pm Katona Twins guitar**

P25

Fri 13 8pm

P10

The Bootleg Beatles

Sat 14 7.30pm RLPO: Winter Wonderland

P27

Sat 14 8pm

P12

After 8: John O’Connell

Sun 15 2.30pm Liverpool Welsh Choral: A Family Christmas P25 Tue 17 7.30pm The Bulgarian Voices Angelite**

P10

Tue 17 7.30pm RLPO: The Spirit of Christmas

P27

Tue 17 8pm

P10

Kerfuffle‡

Wed 18 7.30pm Raymond Gubbay Presents Carols By

P25

Thu 19 1.05pm Lunchtime Concert: Christmas Singalong

P27

Thu 19 7.30pm RLPO: The Spirit of Christmas

P27

Fri 20 4.15pm Family Concert: Rudolph on Hope Street

P13

Fri 20 7.30pm RLPO: Winter Wonderland

P27

Sat 21 4.15pm Family Concert: Rudolph on Hope Street

P13

Sat 21 7.30pm RLPO: The Spirit of Christmas

P27

Sun 22 11.30am Family Concert: Rudolph on Hope Street

P13

Sun 22 2.30pm Family Concert: Rudolph on Hope Street

P13

Sun 22 7.30pm RLPO: The Spirit of Christmas

P27

Mon 23 7.30pm RLPO: The Spirit of Christmas

P27

Tue 24 2.30pm Film: It’s A Wonderful Life

P28

Fri 27 2.30pm Glenn Miller Orchestra

P14

Sat 28 7pm

Ken Dodd’s Happiness Show

P30

Sun 29 7pm

Ken Dodd’s Happiness Show

P30

Mon 30 7.30pm Mancini Magic & Hollywood Greats

P27

Tue 31 7.30pm A Hollywood New Years Eve

P27

January Wed 1

2.30pm Raymond Gubbay Presents New Year’s...

P25

Fri 3 7.30pm Film with Live Orchestra: Pirates of the...

P14

Sat 4 2.30pm Film with Live Orchestra: Pirates of the...

P14

Sun 5 2.30pm Raymond Gubbay Presents Johann...

P25

Fri 17 7.30

Paul Carrack

P31

Fri 17 7.30

Sensational 60s Experience

P31

Sat 18 11am

Discover the Classics: A Scouser Hero’s...

P15

Thu 23 11.45am Lunchtime Learning: The Torchwood...

P15

Fri 24 7.30pm The Sensational 60s Experience

P31

Tue 28 7.30pm Anton Du Beke

P31

Key: * ** *** † ‡

The Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus St George’s Hall Concert Room The Zanzibar Sefton Park Palm House The Epstein Theatre

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Ensemble 10/10

The New Mersey Sound Wednesday 16 October 7.30pm The Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus £10

Romantic Rachmaninov

The Rest is Noise: The 1970s

Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 October 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36

Friday 1 November 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36

Stephen Pratt Chant de Printemps World Premiere Ian Stephens Thea Dances World Premiere Anthony Gilbert Hope’s Place World Premiere Edwin Roxburgh Serenata Benjamin Gait Till night is overgone World Premiere* Ben Gaunt The Old Cataclysm Blues World Premiere*

Vasily Petrenko conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

*From composer on the Sound and Music Portfolio scheme Clark Rundell director Did you realise that we’re living in a quiet golden age for contemporary classical music in the North West? Tonight Ensemble 10/10 salutes some of its freshest and most inventive voices. Edwin Roxburgh’s Serenata dates from 1982, and it’s already a powerful modern classic. As for Stephen Pratt and Anthony Gilbert – well, their music is so new that we can’t tell you what to expect, other than their renowned imagination and vibrant energy. And the same goes for Ian Stephens’ tribute to the late great clarinettist Thea King, who loved telling limericks.

What the World Needs Now... The Music of Burt Bacharach Thursday 17 October 7.30pm £17, £22, £29, £34, £40 Programme includes: Magic Moments, Do You Know The Way to San Jose?, Trains and Boats and Planes, Close to You, What’s New Pussycat, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Casino Royale, Alfie, Arthur’s Theme, and What the World Needs Now Richard Balcombe conductor Graham Bickley vocalist Alison Jiear vocalist Mary Carewe vocalist Sarah Lark vocalist Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Burt Bacharach wrote the kind of tunes that you know without even realising it. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Do You Know The Way to San Jose?, Alfie, Walk On By … they’re the super-suave soundtrack to an era of irresistible swing. Tonight the Orchestra and an all-star cast enjoy a different kind of classic – and give them the deluxe treatment.

Sit back, pour yourself an imaginary martini and let the silky strings of our full symphony orchestra and the show-stopping voices of top West End singers smooth your cares away.

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Berio Ritirata notturna di Madrid (after Boccherini) Britten Suite from Death in Venice (arr. Steuart Bedford) Shostakovich Symphony No.15

Verdi Overture, Nabucco Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.1 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite Joshua Weilerstein conductor Lise de la Salle piano Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Liverpool prides itself on finding new talent, and today we’re thrilled to welcome two of the most dynamic young artists on the current scene, making their Liverpool debuts in one explosive concert. The award-winning 26-year-old conductor Joshua Weilerstein kicks off with Verdi’s melodramatic overture, before unleashing all his energy and verve on Prokofiev’s heart-rending ballet suite – so much more than just the theme to The Apprentice! And when the stunning French pianist Lise de la Salle joins him in Rachmaninov’s glittering First Piano Concerto; well, expect the sparks to light up the Hope Street sky.

Lunchtime Concert

James Clark String Quartet Thursday 24 October 1.05pm £6 Frank Bridge Three Idylls Britten String Quartet No.3 James Clark violin Rakhvinder Singh violin Jonathan Aasgaard cello

The 1970s: the decade of disco, big collars, and the Wallasey Tunnel. But three great composers were looking to the future and seeing magical new worlds. Britten’s Death in Venice imagines a haunted city in music of eerie beauty. His friend Shostakovich heard the beat of time itself amidst the jokes and puzzles of his extraordinary last symphony. And Luciano Berio went back to the future and customised an 18th-century classic into a technicolor orchestral mysterytour which was premiered by the Orchestra in 1971. If you’ve heard Vasily Petrenko’s performances of Shostakovich and Britten, you’ll already know to expect something very special. If you haven’t, join us in Britten’s centenary year for a different kind of 70s nostalgia.

This concert is part of The Rest Is Noise festival at Southbank Centre, where the concert will be repeated on 3 November. The Rest is Noise is a series of concerts and events bringing to life Alex Ross’s popular survey of 20th century music, The Rest Is Noise.

Ensemble 10/10

Requiem for a Polka Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £10 Berio Sinfonietta Op. 1 Górecki Kleines Requiem für eine Polka Henze Chamber Concerto 05 Colin Matthews Contraflow Charlotte Harding Stride World Premiere* Clark Rundell director * From composer on the Sound and Music Portfolio scheme Three defining works by three twentieth century masters, plus a typically energetic showpiece from Colin Matthews, the composer who’s been called ‘the Isambard Kingdom Brunel of contemporary music’ – each of them going somewhere magical, by the road less travelled.

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Mozart’s Requiem Saturday 9 November 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Mozart Kyrie in D minor Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ Requiem Alexander Shelley conductor Lydia Teuscher soprano Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Benjamin Hulett tenor Alexander Knop bass Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Lunchtime Concert

A Celebration of Benjamin Britten Thursday 14 November 1.05pm £6 Programme to include: A Charm of Lullabies Folk Songs Cabaret Songs Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano James Baillieu piano

Britten and Mahler Sunday 24 November 2.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Mahler Totenfeier Korngold Violin Concerto Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Vasily Petrenko conductor Vilde Frang violin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

New World

Sunday 17 November 7.30pm £9 adults, £6 under 25s £2 with a Liverpool Young Musician’s Pass Beethoven Coriolan Overture Britten Courtly Dances from Gloriana Dvořák Symphony No.9 ‘New World’ Dane Lam conductor Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

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Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra provides a platform bringing together the region’s best young musicians to make music, inspire one another and produce exhilarating performances at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Classic Intro 1.15pm Dr. Philip Reed, editor of Letters from a Life: The Letters of Benjamin Britten talks about the music of Britten. Dr. Reed was Musicologist at the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh, for more than a decade, and is currently Head of Publications at English National Opera.

He has been co-editor of all five previous volumes of Letters from a Life, and is now Editor-in-Chief of the series in succession to Donald Mitchell.

Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 November 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Debussy La Mer Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (transcription for harp) Ravel Alborado del gracioso Debussy Deux danses for harp and strings Ravel La Valse Alexandre Bloch conductor Xavier de Maistre harp Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Henry E Rensburg Series

Great Britten

Thursday 21 November 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Britten Hymn to St Cecilia (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir unaccompanied) Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Violin Concerto Sinfonia da Requiem The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko conductor Vilde Frang violin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Fresh, bold, and pulsing with emotion, Benjamin Britten’s music swept through post-war Britain like a blast of sea air.

On the eve of his centenary, Vasily Petrenko, the Orchestra and the Choir present an anniversary. Making her Liverpool debut, Vilde Frang joins the salute in the brooding wartime Violin Concerto – and to top it all off, we revel in the energy, colour and sheer joy of Britten’s exuberant The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which was given its concert premiere by the Orchestra in 1946 under Malcolm Sargent. Share the fun as we say ‘Happy Birthday, Ben!’

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That’s Entertainment - A Tribute to the Golden Age of the MGM Musicals

Chamber Music

Dante Quartet with Nicholas Daniel, oboe

John Wilson & the John Wilson Orchestra

Tuesday 26 November 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25

with very special guests Anna Jane Casey and Matt Ford Tuesday 26 November 7.30pm £27, £35, £40, £45, £52

Haydn Quartet in C major, Op.33 No.3 (Bird) Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703 Britten Phantasy Quartet Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe Schubert Quartet in A minor, D804 (Rosamunde)

The John Wilson Orchestra along with special guest singers return with a new show celebrating the golden era of Hollywood featuring show stopping sequences from the hit MGM film musicals including Meet Me in St. Louis, High Society, The Band Wagon, Gigi, An American in Paris, Girl Crazy, Easter Parade, Show Boat and so much more.

‘Playing of spellbinding atmosphere’ BBC Music Magazine

Britten and Mozart Thursday 5 & Friday 6 December 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36

Britten’s Inspirations Saturday 30 November 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Schumann Faust Overture Britten Les Illuminations* Mahler Symphony No.4* Andrew Manze conductor Lisa Larsson soprano* Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Few British conductors can match Andrew Manze for musicianship and charisma, and Liverpool audiences have already taken him to their hearts. So we’re delighted to welcome him back as part of our Artist in Residence programme – as he brings all his imagination and verve to a very special Britten tribute concert. Britten’s rapturous musical dreamscape Les Illuminations is at the

heart of this evening, sung by Lisa Larsson, a soprano with a voice as pure and as enchanting as Britten’s vision itself. First, though, comes Schumann’s impetuous Faust Overture – one of Britten’s favourite works – followed by another of Britten’s inspirations: Mahler’s extraordinary Fourth Symphony.

This concert is linked to Discover the Classics - Britten’s Got Talent on Saturday 30 November.

Classic Intro 6.15pm Conductor Andrew Manze in conversation with Angela Heslop from BBC Radio Merseyside.

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Schubert Symphony No.3 Schumann Piano Concerto Purcell orchestrated/edited by Britten and Manze Two pieces: Funeral March for Queen Mary, Chacony in G minor Mozart Symphony No.40 Andrew Manze conductor Ronald Brautigam piano Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra The whole musical world is toasting Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday – so trust Andrew Manze to come up with a completely original tribute! In the second concert during his Residency, he takes his cue from composers who influenced Britten.

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Chamber Music

Raymond Gubbay Presents

Raymond Gubbay Presents

Tuesday 10 December 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25

Wednesday 18 December 7.30pm £17, £21.50, £24.50, £28.50, £33, £38

Wednesday 01 January 2.30pm £17, £21.50, £24.50, £28.50, £33, £38

Celebrate in the most elegant way with this exquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics, staged in full 18th Century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

All the fun of New Year’s Eve on New Year’s Day in this special matinee performance to celebrate 2014 in style.

Katona Twins, guitar

Carols By Candlelight

Handel Zadok the Priest, Christmas sequence from Messiah Corelli Allegro and Pastorale from Christmas Concerto Bach Air on the G String Mozart Exsultate Jubilate Handel Let the Bright Seraphim, Eternal Source of Light Divine Cullen Joy to the World, Of the Father’s heart begotten Mozart (arr. Katona) Overture to La Clemenza di Tito Bach (arr. Katona) English Suite No.3, BWV 808 Vivaldi (arr. Katona) Trio in C major Rossini (arr. Katona) Overture to La Gazza Ladra Handel (arr. Katona) Chaconne in G major, HWV 435 Tchaikovsky (arr. Katona) Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a Twin brothers Peter and Zoltán Katona were born in Hungary, trained in Germany and live in Liverpool. But their spectacular brand of guitar playing has made a splash around the world. From orchestral favourites in jaw-dropping arrangements to contemporary classics of the guitar repertoire, there’s no limit to what the Katonas can do with their guitars – and they deliver it all with irresistible flair.

and Carols For All including Good King Wenceslas, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, O Come, All ye Faithful, It Came upon a Midnight Clear, The First Nowell, While Shepherds Watched, O little town of Bethlehem, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.

New Year’s Day Prom

Ravel Bolero Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture Bizet Duet from The Pearlfishers Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavelleria Rusticana Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Finale Sousa Liberty Bell March Elgar Nimrod Verdi La Donna e Mobile Rossini Largo Al Factotum Strauss Blue Danube Waltz Coates The Dambusters March And all your favourite prom favourites Hornpipe, Rule, Britannia! Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory and Nessun Dorma.

John Pierce tenor Kevin Greenlaw baritone John Pryce-Jones conductor Manchester Concert Orchestra

Raymond Gubbay Presents

Johann Strauss Gala: A Viennese Party Sunday 05 January 2.30pm £17, £23, £27.50, £29.50, £34 Canzonetta Choir Mozart Festival Orchestra in full period costume Laura Mitchell soprano Michael Bawtree conductor

‘The guitar heroics at which the Katonas excel paled into insignificance alongside their exquisite account of Oriental by Granados.’ Classical Guitar Magazine

Liverpool Welsh Choral

A Family Christmas with Huw Edwards Sunday 15 December 2.30pm £10, £15, £20, £22, £25 (Children or NUS cardholders half price) Why not…Bring the family to this afternoon concert and start your festive season with a swing? Meet the BBC’s stylish Huw Edwards as he introduces a rich mixture of musical treats. Listen to the ‘Simply-Dynamic’ Welsh Choral as they bring sparkle to tunes old and new. Watch the fantastic Liverpool Signing Choir and be moved by the children’s unique skills and wonder at the dazzling spirit of the award-winning Northop Silver Band. Join in and sing some of your favourite traditional carols. They’ll be some Christmas surprises too!

A Viennese romance starring irrepressible showman Rainer Hersch accompanied by dancers twirling and whirling in graceful union with billowing gowns and distinctive elegance. The programme includes all your favourite waltzes and polkas from the Strauss family and friends, including: Blue Danube Waltz, Radetsky March, Skater’s Waltz, Cuckoo Polka, Perpetuum Mobile, Roses from the South, Emperor Waltz, Il Bacio ‘The Kiss’, Vilja from the Merry Widow and Lucifer Polka.

Johann Strauss Dancers in glorious costumes of the period and the Johann Strauss Orchestra Kristy Swift soprano

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko Chief Conductor

CLASSIC FM SUMMER LIVE Friday 23 August 2013, Sefton Park, Liverpool Concert starts at 7.30pm This is a FREE unticketed event

Photography Š Mark McNulty

The historic and gloriously restored Sefton Park is the setting for a concert of classical favourites by Liverpool’s internationally acclaimed orchestra under the baton of its charismatic young Russian maestro.

Concert includes Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries Verdi The Triumphal March from Aida Holst Mars from The Planets Mussorgsky Music from Pictures at an Exhibition Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture

Bring a picnic and enjoy a great musical event for all the family

Please note: Event timings may be subject to change. For further information, including public access to Sefton Park on concert day, please visit www.limfestival.com Principal Funders

Principal Partners Thanks to the City of Liverpool for its financial support

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CHRISTMAS WITH THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Lunchtime Concert

Christmas Singalong Thursday 19 December 1.05pm £6 Ian Tracey organ Brendan Ball trumpet Sing traditional carols and songs along with festival favourites, plus pieces from Ian Tracey and Brendan Ball’s new album! A musical interlude to your busy day... These 45 minute concerts feature musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mancini Magic & Hollywood Greats Monday 30 December 7.30pm £13, £18, £24, £29, £36 Richard Kaufman conductor Whitney Claire Kaufman vocalist Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Winter Wonderland Saturday 14 & Friday 20 December 7.30pm £17, £22, £29, £34, £40 Programme includes: Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, White Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Merry Christmas Everybody, When a Child is Born, Silver Bells, I’ll be Home for Christmas, Little Drummer Boy and Mary’s Boy Child Carl Davis conductor Heather Shipp vocalist Richard Morris vocalist Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Spirit of Christmas Tuesday 17, Thursday 19, Saturday 21, Sunday 22, Monday 23 December 7.30pm £17, £22, £29, £34, £40 Ian Tracey conductor John Suchet presenter Mari & Håkon Samuelsen violin & cello Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir Simon Emery Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir Director Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

When Carl Davis takes the podium, you know to expect one thing: entertainment.

Tonight, as we begin the countdown to Christmas, Carl, the Orchestra, and star vocalists Heather Shipp and Richard Morris crack open their musical selection box for a Christmas party like no other. You already know the tunes, and whether it’s all-time family favourites like Winter Wonderland, White Christmas and Santa Claus is Coming to Town or modern classics like Merry Christmas Everybody, Carl knows exactly how to get your Christmas off to a swinging start!

A Liverpool Christmas tradition, Liverpool Philharmonic’s glorious feast of Yuletide music old and new, with classic carols and seasonal readings all presented by our host – Classic FM’s John Suchet, back by popular demand – with a sledge-full of good cheer from conductor Ian Tracey, our superb choirs, and two very special guests from Santa’s own snow-decked neck of the woods: Norwegian brother-and-sister phenomenon Mari and Håkon Samuelsen.

Join us as Liverpool Philharmonic Hall becomes a winter wonderland, and of course, be ready for a good old festive singalong!

‘We have attended for many years. This year’s must be one of the best. John Suchet was an engaging and enthusiastic presenter...

The Choir and Youth Choir were excellent.

As always, the Orchestra and Ian Tracey were superb. The decorations and special lighting effects all added to a lovely Christmas atmosphere. We look forward to next year.’ Audience Member 2012

Join the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for a night of music by one of America’s greatest film and TV composers, Henry Mancini. Take a trip down Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany’s, and have Two for the Road. It’s a Crazy World and even The Pink Panther will join us in a night of pure showbiz glamour. Grammy Awardwinner Richard Kaufman, a Hollywood veteran and Music Coordinator of MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Studios for nearly 20 years, will be with us from sunny California with his daughter Whitney.

A Hollywood New Year’s Eve Tuesday 31 December 7.30pm £17, £22, £29, £34, £40 Richard Kaufman conductor Whitney Claire Kaufman vocalist Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Celebrate the last night of 2013 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Audrey Hepburn, Henry Mancini, James Bond, Superman, Mary Poppins, John Williams and more! It will be a night of pure showbiz glamour, a glittering hit parade of classic tunes from the music of Disney (Mary Poppins and Pinocchio), Mancini’s Moon River, Strauss’ Die Fledermaus overture, John Barry’s theme to James Bond, the music of John Williams and Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, amongst others.

Always a sell out – book early!

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FILM

Philomena

TBC

Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm £6, £7 Director Stephen Frears 2013 TBCmins Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Simone Lahbib Based on the book by Martin Sixsmith that tells the true story of Philomena Lee; in 1952 a young and unmarried Philomena (Judi Dench) gave birth to a son at a mother-baby home run by Roman Catholic nuns at Roscrea in north Tipperary. The nuns forced Philomena to hand the baby over and decades later she joined forces with BBC Foreign Correspondent Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) to find her son.

Watching a film at Liverpool Philharmonic is a unique experience, the antidote to the multiplex. Rising out of the stage, accompanied by resident organist Dave Nicholas, the only working Walturdaw Cinema screen in the world.

Image: A Room With A View

Film with live accompaniment

The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog

PG

About Time

12A

Wednesday 16 October 7.30pm £6, £7

Tuesday 24 September 7.30pm £6, £7

Contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex references

Contains mild threat

Director Richard Curtis 2013 TBCmins Starring Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Nighy, Lindsay Duncan Written and directed by Richard Curtis who is the writer of TV’s Blackadder, Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. His movies include Four Weddings and a Funeral; Notting Hill; Bridget Jones’s Diary; Love Actually and The Boat That Rocked, which he also directed. Most recently, he co-wrote the screenplay for War Horse. Tim Lake

discovers he can travel in time and he meets the beautiful but insecure Mary. They fall in love, but an unfortunate time-travel incident means they never met at all. As his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere.

A Room With A View

Christmas Eve Screening

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Tuesday 12 November 7.30pm £6, £7 Contains infrequent moderate violence and mild sex Director Alfred Hitchcock 1927 77mins Black and White/Silent Starring Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen Hitchcock’s first big critical and commercial success Presented with a unique live organ accompaniment performed by Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s resident Theatre Organist, Dave Nicholas. A serial killer known as the Avenger is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Bunting’s daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case.

The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he may be the Avenger.

It’s A Wonderful Life

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Tuesday 24 December 2.30pm £6, £7 Contains mild violence

Director James Ivory 1986 111mins Starring Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham-Carter, Denholm Elliott, Judi Dench When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

Director Frank Capra 1946 130mins Black & White Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell Christmas isn’t Christmas without it!

The restored version of the timeless festive classic. Told mostly through flashbacks, James Stewart is George Bailey, a man whose attempted suicide on Christmas Eve gains the attention of a guardian angel, Clarence Odbody who is sent to help him in his hour of need. Early booking is strongly advised.

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Malcolm Gladwell Live!

The David and Goliath Tour Wednesday 30 October 7.30pm £15, £18

Image: Stewart Lee

Bill Bailey: Qualmpeddler Friday 4 & Saturday 5 October 8pm £25, £31 Following his recent sell-out tour of Australia and New Zealand, Bill Bailey returns to Liverpool Philharmonic for two nights with his brand new live show.

The gig will have all the classic Bill Bailey elements; trademark musical mash-ups, multi-lingual riffs, films, songs, philosophising and silliness on a grand scale…

Plus one amazing owl.

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing Sunday 13 October 8pm £20, £26 Following the sell-out Carpet Remnant World, the acclaimed writer and comedian presents a mixed stew of unrelated ideas in preparation for his 2014 TV series. See it live so you can begin the backlash ahead of transmission.

Gladwell is the bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers. His brilliant and illuminating new book David and Goliath will overturn conventional thinking about power and advantage. Inspiring, brilliant and entertaining, Gladwell returns to Liverpool Philharmonic to take us on a surprise journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty, he tells us stories of underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants and will be signing copies of his new book after the show.

‘A brilliant story-teller … immense fun’ The Guardian ‘Inspiring and revelatory’ The Times ‘Fizzingly entertaining and enlightening’ Daily Mail

Sean Lock: Purple Van Man Saturday 26 October 8pm £22, £28

An Evening with

Ray Mears The Outdoor Life Tuesday 8 October 7.30pm £22.50, £25, £31 A fascinating and entertaining evening with the worldwide authority on bushcraft and

survival. Mears acquired his unique skills through his work in some of the world’s most uninhabitable and harshest environments. This compelling show finds Mears sharing some of his favourite moments and stories from over thirty years of surviving the wilderness and its wildlife.

We all know what white van man thinks about the world we live in but its time to hear a different voice, purple van man’s voice.

Filled with gags, opinions, deft observations and some silly voices this is Sean Lock doing what he does best, spouting inspired jibber jabber as he crosses the country in his purple van. He will make you laugh like a drunken horse. Lock is one of the UK’s most highly acclaimed and original comedians. The British Comedy Award winner has been a brilliant team captain for fourteen series of Channel 4’s show 8 Out of 10 Cats. And his extensive TV credits also include appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI and Mock the Week.

‘Lock’s signature mix of absurdism and everyday observation gets more effective with each new show’ The Guardian

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Fascinating Aïda Sunday 1 December 7.30pm £20, £26

Greg Davies: The Back Of My Mum’s Head

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Monday 2 December 8pm £25, £31

Ardal O’Hanlon Saturday 2 November 8pm £20, £26 Best known for his starring roles in the sitcoms, Father Ted (for which he won a British Comedy Award and a BAFTA nomination) and My Hero Ardal O’Hanlon makes his Liverpool Philharmonic debut with his brand new stand-up show. The style is observational,

the subject matter is life itself, and the default expression is one of utter disbelief! Lurking beneath this brilliant performer’s mild-mannered demeanour resides a sharp and probing comic brain. In this show he’ll talk about not just the things that matter but also about the things that don’t matter at all, which covers pretty much everything.

Following a sold-out 2012 tour, three Olivier Award nominations and over 10 million YouTube hits for Cheap Flights (their infamous ode to budget air travel), Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman celebrate 30 years of Fascinating Aïda with a brand new show. Expect topical new songs hot off the press, plus some outrageous old favourites, as Fascinating Aïda continue to grow old disgracefully.

Star of BAFTA award-winning The Inbetweeners and BBC Three’s Cuckoo, much-loved towering beacon of comedy Greg Davies is one of the most successful stand-ups in the UK. Following a sold-out 2012 tour and due to popular demand, his critically-acclaimed and riotously funny show, The Back of My Mum’s Head, comes to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Ken Dodd’s Happiness Show Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 December 7pm £16, £18, £20, £25

Homotopia 10th Anniversary

Sandi Toksvig: My Valentine Tuesday 5 November 8pm £20, £26 The ‘wonderfully sharp’ (Time Out) Sandi Toksvig, comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, showoff and international treasure continues her smash hit sell-out solo tour, described by The Times as ‘captivating’ and ‘excellent’, with this Liverpool show. Longstanding host of BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panellist, Toksvig performs this uniquely witty evening of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts. She will also sign copies of her novel Valentine Grey after the show.

‘Laden with laughs’ The Guardian ‘Brash charm... surprising emotion’ The Sunday Times

John Waters in This Filthy World Friday 8 November 8pm £20, £26 The incomparable writer, director and actor John Waters’ one-man show is a ‘vaudeville’ act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called ‘The Pope of Trash’.

The creator of Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, Serial Mom and more than a dozen other cult hits focuses on his early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world. This joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to ‘filth followers’ everywhere.

Join Ken Dodd and his special guests for his hilarious Christmas show. Your festive celebrations just aren’t complete without a marathon of jokes, fun, songs and happiness courtesy of Knotty Ash’s finest. If you haven’t experienced the annual Liverpool fixture then now is the time.

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Don’t forget members of our priority booking scheme have up to 48 hours to book their tickets before new shows go on general sale, see liverpoolphil.com/priority for how to join.

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Friday 17 January 7.30pm £28.50, £33.50, £38.50

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Liverpool Philharmonic Open Day Sunday 15 September

Super Strings (from the In Harmony project) will entertain us at 2.30pm, there’ll be an Instrument Petting Zoo all day where you can get your hands on a range of musical instruments and at 3.10pm we’ll show the classic film Bugsy Malone on Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s famous rising cinema screen.

We will confirm the full schedule soon so check liverpoolphil.com for further information.

Celebrate our NHS at 65

The Sensational 60s Experience

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Though the Hope Street Feast is taking this year off, we will be opening our doors once again for our annual Open Day. We are planning a host of family friendly events that will give you the chance to experience our music, ensembles and learning activities free of charge. Enjoy free 30 minute performances (12.15pm/1.00pm/1.45pm) by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko as they perform music by Bizet, Tchaikovsky and Grieg. For the 1pm concert the Orchestra will perform with the children of Faith Primary School, as part our ground-breaking In Harmony project. West Everton

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We’re adding the finishing touches to an evening of top quality music, comedy and entertainment from some of the biggest names in show business - to Celebrate the 65th anniversary of the conception of the NHS - we can’t say who just yet, but acts will be announced soon, stay tuned to liverpoolphil.com for further information.

Image: Paul Carrack

Friday 24 January 7.30pm £24, £30 Original classics performed by four of the most popular artistes of the 60s. This dynamic line up is packed with nostalgia and hits, The Marmalade and their hits Ob La De Ob La Da, Falling Apart At The Seams, Reflections Of My Life, Cousin Norman, and Radancer. The Swinging Blue

The former front man of Ace, Squeeze and Mike & The Mechanics returns to Liverpool Philharmonic. With a back catalogue of hits including How Long, Tempted and The Living Years, Carrack’s marvellously soulful voice is known to millions around the world. Last year he was the subject of an hour-long BBC television documentary Paul Carrack: The Man with the Golden Voice, and earlier this year he re-joined Eric Clapton’s band on his 50-year anniversary tour, providing lead vocals for several numbers. Carrack is undoubtedly a key figure in British pop history.

Jeans with Hippy Hippy Shake, You’re No Good, Good Golly Miss Molly and Don’t Make Me Over. Chris Farlowe and his hits Out Of Time, Handbags and Glad Rags, Let The Heartaches Begin and Reachout I’ll Be There.

Steve Ellis with Love Affair, Everlasting Love, Rainbow Valley, Bringing On Back Good Times and A Day Without Love.

All hosted by Alan Mosca from Freddie & The Dreamers.

Anton Du Beke Ballroom To Broadway Tuesday 28 January 7.30pm £32.50, £44

New for 2014, Strictly Come Dancing’s favourite professional dancer Anton Du Beke is back with a stunning new show featuring dazzling dancing, superb singing and the sensational Raymond Gubbay Big Band under the baton of Richard Balcombe.

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By post Box Office, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP By telephone 0151 709 3789 By facsimile 0151 210 2902 see liverpoolphil.com/tickets for terms and conditions.

Box Office Opening Times Monday to Saturday 9.30am (telephone) and 10am (at counter) to 5.30pm. And for counter bookings up to 15 minutes after the start of the performance on concert nights (excluding After 8 concerts in the Rodewald Suite).

Sunday 12noon – 5pm for telephone bookings only when there is no concert, and for counter bookings from 5.30pm on concert nights.

All major credit cards accepted (and are subject to a booking fee) – Mastercard/Visa/Switch/Delta.

We do not accept AMEX. Please make cheques payable to ‘RLPS’.

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To find out more please make an appointment to visit the schools during a normal working day.

Contact 0151 932 2414 or 0151 949 9333 for more information.

Extensive school bus service - 14 routes across the North West

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Gift Cards are valid for all performances at Liverpool Philharmonic Available from Box Office, order online at www.liverpoolphil.com/giftcards or call 0151 709 3789

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A Principal Partner of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Don’t miss the forthcoming

Roscoe Lectures 9/10 11/11 28/11

Wednesday 9 October Mayors and their Cities – The Challenges and Opportunities

Joe Anderson OBE, Mayor of Liverpool Monday 11 November Overcoming Disability and Adversity

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, Paralympic athlete Thursday 28 November 1914 – Why Remembering the Great War Matters Diane Lees, Director General of the Imperial War Museum

All lectures are free and start at 6pm in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

To reserve your tickets and find out more about LJMU’s public events programme, go to: www.ljmu.ac.uk/events