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On the exact anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the Southampton Concert Orchestra and Contemporary Music for All are collaborating to perform a concert of classical and contemporary music honouring the tragic event one hundred years ago to the day.
 

Highlights of the concert will be Dvorak's New World Symphony, representing the hopes and aspirations of many of those passengers who set off for a better life the new world, and a newly arranged version of Gavin Bryars' mood piece Titanic which re-creates the sounds and spirits of the last moments of the ill-fated voyage.
 

See also:

For information about the the ship RMS Titanic see Titanic stories

For information about the cities celebrating the Titanic see Titanic Cities

For the events planned in Southampton see Southampton Civic Centre

For other events happening in Southampton see Destination Southampton

For information about Southampton's new Sea museum visit the Sea City website

Titanic Heritage Trust Events Calendar

 

You can also download a flyer (195KB PDF) or poster (5.1MB PDF) advertising the concert.

 

Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op.26

Antonín Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World", Op.95

Gustav Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic

 

Tickets are now available for purchase - Book your tickets online (Booking fee may apply)
Adults: £8, £12, £15, £19 (Seniors: £1 discount)
Children under 12: £1
Students, children 12-15, job seekers, disabled: £5 discount
(carers accompanying disabled patrons: free of charge)

Available from Southampton Guildhall (Tel: 023 8063 2601)

Gala Concert for the Romsey Festival

Dmitri Shostakovich - Festive Overture

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Op.71a

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Soloist: Phil Handy

Aram Khachaturian - Gayane - Sabre Dance

Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite

Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture, Op.49

Tickets: Adults: £15.00, Children: £8.00

Book before 30 June: Adults £13, Children £6
Special Offer: Buy 4 and get 5th ticket FREE

Available from Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (Tel: 01794 369318)

Family Concert
 

Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Claude-Achille Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Aaron Copland - Rodeo

 

Tickets: Adults: £9.00, Concessions: £7.00, Children under 12: free

if accompanied by an adult.

Available from Thornden Hall (Tel: 023 8024 6555)

Richard Wagner - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Overture

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Soloist: Phil Handy

Gustav MahlerSymphony No. 1 in D major

 

Tickets: Adults: £14.00, Concessions: £10.00

£12 seats also available

Available from Romsey Tourist Information Centre (Tel: 01794 512987)

Remembrance Sunday Family Concert

William Walton - Crown Imperial

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1

Johann Strauss - Pizzicato Polka, Op.234

Johann Strauss - Champagne Polka, Op.211

Ron Goodwin - 633 Squadron

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Op.71a

Tickets: Adults: £9.00, Concessions: £7.00, Children under 12: free

if accompanied by an adult.

Available from Triangle Pianos Ltd (Tel: 023 8055 2656)

Last Night of the Proms

Gioachino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie - Overture

Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor - Polovetsian Dances

Frederick Delius - Summer Evening

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - 2 movements

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps - Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro - Non piu Andrai, K.492
Baritone: Stephen Kennedy

Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Largo al Factotum
Baritone: Stephen Kennedy

Johann Strauss - Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op.324

Henry Wood - Fantasia on British Sea Songs inc. Rule Britannia

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem
 

 

Tickets: Adults: £15.00, Children under 16: free

£13 if bought before 31 Aug '10, £11 if bought before 30 Jun '10

Available from Hillier Gardens Visitor Centre (Tel: 01794 369317 / 318)