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We receive many enquiries from the English visitors to the weekly concerts given by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra as to when they will tour England again. With this in mind they have decided to tour England during July 2009. The orchestra had a successful tour of the South of England in May 2002, which included a concert at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor as part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. They have also toured, by invitation, in France, Spain, Portugal and Austria. On this tour they will be accompanied by Portuguese Tenor Carlos Guilherme who has performed with the orchestra on many occasions. The programme will consist of the orchestra playing light classics (e.g. Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Bach etc)and they will accompany Carlos who will sing a selection of Neapolitan songs (for example, O Sole Mio, Santa Lucia and Funiculi Funicula). Mr. Guilherme speaks excellent English and will introduce the songs that way. It is anticipated that the concert would last between1 -1½ hours plus an interval. Established in 1913 it is the oldest established Mandolin Orchestra in Europe, but in terms of average age it is considered to be the youngest in the world; the youngest playing member currently is 10 years of age. It is anticipated that making his touring debut in England will be a young man who is only 7 years old. It is an amateur, mixed group, orchestra but plays very professionally as can be witnessed by the comments in the visitors book. The total number of participants is to be 28, plus instruments – 5-6 guitars, a double bass and some 20 mandolins plus a few spares. We are proud to present below the official poster of our UK Tour:  Ticket availability: 16th July – St. Paul’s Church Knightsbridge Tickets available at the Church door from 6-00pm 17th July – Petersfield Utd. Reformed Church - Petersfield
Tickets available from the Church Office –Tel No.- 01730 266475 18th July – Maldon Town Hall, Maldon Essex
Tickets available from Plume School – Tel No. - 01621 854681 19th July – The Albert Hall – Nottingham
Tickets available from The Royal Centre Box Office, Theatre Square, Nottm. Tel No. - 0115989555 Any unsold tickets will be available at the door on the night. 20th July - Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield
Tickets available from – Dennis Angell –Tel No. – 01484 309070 Holy Trinity Church Office– Tel No. – 01484 513213 Forget-Me-NotOffice – Tel No. 01484 487570 AndForget-Me-Not Shops 21st July – The Grand, Clitheroe
Tickets available from The Grand Box Office– Tel No. – 01200 421599 Or from ticketline.co.uk 22nd July – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Tickets available from – Swansea GrandTheatre Box Office Tel No. – 01792 475715 23rd July – Lichfield Garrick
Tickets available from Lichfield Garrick Box Office –Tel No. – 01543 412121 24th July – The Forum, Bath
Tickets available from Bath Festivals BoxOffice – Tel No. 01225 463362 Or online
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25th July – St. George’s Bristol
Tickets available from St. George’s Bristol Box Office Thank you for patronizing the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra. TOUR COORDINATOR CONTACTS: Ian Rennie Address:- Apartmentos de Bom Jesus, Lido Bloco C - Apt. 1G Rua Da Casa Branca, 9000-113 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Mobile: (00351) 916 827 200 or (00351 291 092 005) (this is probably the quickest method as the post can take ages to get here). |
