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​Alastair Merry
2013 Diary
April- June
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Extra chorus in Lohengrin with Welsh National Opera
Performances on May 23, 26, 29, June 1, 2 in Cardiff (Millenium Centre), June 13 and 15 in Birmingham (Hippodrome). All at 1730
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May 4
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Chorus and Baritone soloist in Too Hot to Handel with the Armonico Consort
Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire at 1930
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July
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Count in The Marriage of Figaro with New Cornwall Opera
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Performances on July 15-19 at the Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
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August
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Chorus and Baritone soloist in Too Hot to Handel with the Armonico Consort
​Performances on 5-10th August at 2000 (with matinees on 8th and 10th at 1430) at the Theatre Royal, Windsor
Chorus in Verdi's Macbeth with English National Opera (Chandos recording)
September
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Chorus in Il Trovatore with the Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
Concert performance on 14th September at 1330 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Chorus in Peter Grimes with London Voices
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Performances on 26th (Symphony Hall, Birmingham) and 29th (Royal Festival Hall, London) both at 1900
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October
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Chorus in Peter Grimes and War Requiem with London Voices - China Tour
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Performances on 3rd (War Requiem, Shanghai), 5th (War Requiem, Beijing), 8th (Peter Grimes, Beijing)
26th - Five Mystical Songs - Vaughan Williams. I Will Magnify Thee - Handel.
St John the Baptist Church, Wimbledon, 1930.
November
16th - Five Mystical Songs -Vaughan Williams, Eternal Light - Goodall.
Derby Cathedral, 1930
December
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6th - Nelson Mass - Haydn, Missa Brevis K.194 - Mozart
All Saints Church, Talbot Road, London N6, 1930
9th - Concert at Cadogan Hall, London with the Choir of the Temple Church
19th - BBC Concert at the Temple Church, Choir of the Temple Church
January-February
Extra Chorus in Peter Grimes at English National Opera
Performances on January 29th, February 1st, 6th, 8th, 14th, 21st,
and 27th at the London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London.
March-July
Extra chorus in Moses und Aron with Welsh National Opera
Performances on May 24th, 30th, June 7th, 18th at the Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff
and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on July 25th and 26th
March 29
Mass in C - Beethoven
All Saints Church, Talbot Road, London N6 - 1930
April
12th - St John Passion (arias and Pilate) for Gwent Bach Choir. Abergavenny, Wales. 1930
August - October
Extra Chorus in Otello and The Girl of the Golden West at English National Opera
October 21
Concert and live Radio 3 broadcast of 40 part motets by Striggio, Walker, Jackson and Tallis with the BBC Singers. Milton Court, London
November 4th-8th
Visit to Washington DC with the Temple Church Choir -
2 performances as part of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary at the Library of Congress.
December 2014 - March 2015
Extra chorus in The Mastersingers of Nuremberg at English National Opera - performances in February/March
December 18
Concert with the Temple Church Choir as part of the BBC Radio 3 Temple Winter Festival. Temple Church. 1930
2014 Diary
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