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Classics at Kirkleatham
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Concert booking details
Tickets: Unless stated otherwise, tickets are £12.50 including 'concessions'.
Season Tickets cover any four of the concerts presented at Kirkleatham each season. As a season ticket holder, you choose which of the concerts you wish to attend as the season progresses. Season tickets cost £45, a saving of 10% and are valid for all standard priced concerts at Kirkleatham during the season of issue. They are available from the Almshouses office, Gbiz IT of Marske and Greensleeves music shop in Guisborough.
Postal Bookings: Write to Concert bookings, 1 Sir William Turner's Court, Kirkleatham, Redcar, TS10 4QT enclosing a cheque payable to Sir William Turner's Hospital. An SAE for the return of your tickets is always much appreciated.
Credit cards - call 01642 477200, Monday to Saturday, M
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. There is an administration charge of £2 per order (not per ticket) to cover credit card commission and postage. The 'ticket agency' is a local business owner who does us a great favour by providing this service. Please direct all queries about the concerts themselves to the Almshouses' office - 01642 482828.
Tickets may be collected from Gbiz IT Computers in the main square at Marske-by-the-Sea. Pay in cash or by cheque (payable to Sir William Turner's Hospital). There is a £1 admin charge per order for pick-up tickets charged to a credit or debit card.
Tickets may be collected from Greensleeves, Chaloner Street, Guisborough. Personal callers only, pay in cash or by cheque payable to Sir William Turner's Hospital.
Pay at the door: Ring 01642 482828 at any time and leave a message with your name, phone number and requirements to book tickets to be paid for at the door. (Your phone number helps us to identify patrons with similar sounding names.)
Seats: All seats are unreserved. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance, usually at 7.00 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start.
Disabled access: Wheelchair users are welcome and are asked to call 01642 482828 to reserve a wheelchair space and adjacent seats for escorts. All changes of level are ramped and there is level access throughout the building and from the car park to the auditorium.
There is an induction loop in the chapel to assist patrons with a 'T' switch on their hearing aids.
Parking: There is adequate parking in the car park of the adjacent Almshouse Gardens and the courtyard in front of the building. Patrons are advised against parking on the road-side as it is a bus route. The No.81 Arriva bus service and Tees Valley no.67 all stop outside the main gates.
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Summary of Coming Events
| DATE |
ARTISTS |
DETAILS |
PRICE |
| Wedesday 13 June |
Giulio Tampalini |
The Italian guitar virtuoso returns in response to patrons' demand with a prog- ramme of Bach, Sor, Granados and Villa Lobos |
£10 |
| Tuesday 2 October |
Sophia Lisovskaya |
The winner of the All Russia Young Musician's competition returns in response to demand with a programme of Chopin, Mozart and Tchaikovsky |
£12.50 |
| Friday 15 November |
Arta Arnicane |
Another of Kirkleatham's favourites returns with a completely new programme featuring Beethoven, Grieg, Schumann and De Falla |
£12.50 |
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CONCERTS BEGIN
at 7.30pm unless
stated otherwise |
All concerts are held at Sir William Turner's Almshouses, Kirkleatham, unless stated otherwise. |
Doors open 30 minutes before start. Seats are unreserved. |
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Tampalini makes record sixth visit to Kirkleatham
 Italian guitarist Giulio Tampalini makes an unprecedented sixth visit to Kirkleatham in response to patrons' demand. This makes him the most popular soloist of the whole decade of concerts at Kirkleatham.
Born in Brescia, Italy, Giulio Tampalini studied at the Brescia Conservatory, the G.F.Ghedini Music Academy of Cuneo and with Angelo Gilardino at the Lorenzo Perosi Music High School.
Giulio's double CD of Tarrega’s complete guitar works, was awarded the Golden Guitar at the International Guitar Festival in Alessandria as the “Best Italian CD” of the year. Now he is preparing to record Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s complete guitar works in five volumes. The first and third volumes are already on sale.
Programme includes
MChaconne from Violin Partita no.2 BWV1004 ~ Bach
MTres Piezas Espanolas ~ Rodrigo
MAsturias ~ Albeniz
MCarnival of Venice, variations ~ Tarrega
MRondo, op.2 no.2 ~ Aguado
Wednesday 13 June at 7.30 P.M.
Tickets £10 - booking details at top of page
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Sophia Lisovskaya returns with all new programme
 Sophia Lisovskaya makes her fourth appearance in response to requests from the audience.
Sophia was the outright winner of the All Russia New Names Competition - a competition for young musicans that spanned the entire USSR. After studying at Moscow's Junior Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Sophia continued her msucial studies at London's Royal Academy where she gained a scholarship from London's Philharmonia Orchestra.
Sophia has played at the Wigmore Hall and at leading venues across Europe and Russia, earning much high praise and many accolades.
The programme includes:
MAdagio in B minor K540 ~ Mozart
MNocturne no. 1 in B flat minor, op.9, no.1 ~ Chopin
MBarcarolle in F sharp major, op.60 ~ Chopin
MScherzo no.2 in B flat minor, Op.31 ~ Chopin
MThe Seasons, op.37 ~ Tchaikovsky
Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Tickets: £12.50 - see booking details at top of page.
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Arta Arnicane returns
 Arta Arnicane remains one of the firm favourites of the Kirkleatham audiences. Fresh from her post-graduate studies in Zurich, Arta brings a completely new programme featuring works, none of which have been performed at Kirkleatham before. With her studies completed, this is Arta's first UK tour as a full-time professional classical pianist - one to be keenly anticipated and savoured with delight!
Programme includes:
MHaydn ~ Sonata Hob.XVI/46
MGrieg ~ Suite aus Holdbergs Zeit
MSchumann ~ Waldszenen Op.82
MDe Falla ~ Fantasia Baetica
Friday 15th Nov., 7.30 p.m.
Tickets £12.50
See booking details at top of page.
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Season Tickets now available
 Season Tickets are now available for the concerts at Sir William Turner's Almshouses. The tickets offer a saving of 10% off the price of the standard concert tickets.
The season ticket may be used at any four of the eight or nine concerts presented by Classics at Kirkleatham each year. It is not necessary to pre-book the concerts. Season ticket holders may choose the concerts as the season progresses and details of forthcoming recitals are released.
The regular ticket price is £12.50 (from 1st September 2012). The season ticket costs just £45, reducing the price of each concert to £11.25 - a useful saving.
FREE PROGRAMME - Season Ticket holders will also receive a complimentary programme at each concert, a further saving of £1.
Season tickets for September 2012 to July 2013 are now available from all the regular ticket sales points.
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