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   <item id="5501-1151423295" type="concert">
      <name>Opening concert of the ECO 2006/07 London Series</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2006.10.11</date>
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         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 11 October 2006 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="					      " />
         <setitem number="6" title="Roy Goodman, conductor" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Measha Brueggergosman, soprano" />
         <setitem number="8" title="Stephanie Gonley, violin" />
         <setitem number="9" title="Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano" />
         <setitem number="10" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="11" title="" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Barber:		Knoxville: Summer of 1915" />
         <setitem number="13" title="Mozart:		Piano Concerto No. 23 in A" />
         <setitem number="14" title="Bennett:		Nocturnes " />
         <setitem number="15" title="Bernstein:		Serenade for Violin" />
         <setitem number="16" title="" />
         <setitem number="17" title="Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, acclaimed for her innate musicianship and radiant voice, joins the ECO for the opening concert of the 2006/07 London Series, to be broadcast by BBC Radio 3." />
         <setitem number="18" title="" />
         <setitem number="19" title="“Measha may be one of the great voices of the 21st century.”" />
         <setitem number="20" title="The Toronto Star" />
         <setitem number="21" title="" />
         <setitem number="22" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="23" title="" />
         <setitem number="24" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="25" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="26" title="London" />
         <setitem number="27" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="28" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="29" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="30" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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   </item>
   <item id="5502-1151423441" type="concert">
      <name>Bruch Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti and English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2006.11.29</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 29 November 2006 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Raymond Leppard, conductor" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Nicola Benedetti, violin" />
         <setitem number="8" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="9" title="" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Schumann		Konzertstück for 4 horns" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Bruch			Violin Concerto No. 1" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Schubert			Overture in C, In the Italian Style" />
         <setitem number="13" title="Mendelssohn		Symphony No. 4 in A, Italian" />
         <setitem number="14" title="" />
         <setitem number="15" title="BBC Young Music of the Year Nicola Benedetti plays one of the best-loved and most recorded concertos in the violin repertoire, filled with exuberant melody and colourful orchestration, richly displaying the virtuoso role of the violin solo." />
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         <setitem number="17" title="“Benedetti’s playing is beautifully precise, her keen intonation has that glass-shattering perfection, and she has a deliciously unaffected charm that simply allows the music to kindle its own irresistible momentum.” " />
         <setitem number="18" title="The Sunday Times" />
         <setitem number="19" title="" />
         <setitem number="20" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="21" title="" />
         <setitem number="22" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="23" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="24" title="London" />
         <setitem number="25" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="26" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="27" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="28" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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   </item>
   <item id="5503-1151423553" type="concert">
      <name>Handel’s Messiah with English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2006.12.13</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 13 December 2006 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Roy Goodman, conductor" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Tallis Chamber Choir" />
         <setitem number="8" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="9" title="" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Handel		Messiah" />
         <setitem number="11" title="" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Messiah remains Handel's best-known work and a venerated English institution. What Handel achieved in Messiah is a wonderful blend of elegant, Italianate melody alternating with virtuosic vocalism for the soloists and the composer's characteristic ceremonial style which endeared him to the British public. Across the span of 250 years, Messiah still holds its extraordinary grip on musicians and audiences alike." />
         <setitem number="13" title="" />
         <setitem number="14" title="&amp;quot;Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel down at his tomb!&amp;quot; " />
         <setitem number="15" title="Ludwig van Beethoven" />
         <setitem number="16" title="" />
         <setitem number="17" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="18" title="" />
         <setitem number="19" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="20" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="21" title="London1" />
         <setitem number="22" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="23" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="24" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="25" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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   <item id="5504-1151423643" type="concert">
      <name>ECO Ensemble</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Wigmore Hall</venue>
      <date>2006.12.19</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Tuesday 19 December 2006 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title=" " />
         <setitem number="6" title="English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Stephanie Gonley, director" />
         <setitem number="8" title="" />
         <setitem number="9" title="Strauss		Till Eulenspiegel - Einmal Anders (arr. Franz Hasenohrl)" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Mozart		Horn Quintet" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Brahms		Sextet in B flat major" />
         <setitem number="12" title="" />
         <setitem number="13" title="The ECO Ensemble plays Frans Hasenorhl’s chamber version of Till Eulenspiegel, a tone poem by Richard Strauss chronicling the pranks and misadventures of the German folk hero of the same name and Mozart’s Horn Quintet, a paragon of balance and tonal beauty, referred by Albert Einstein as “a love duet between the horn and violin”." />
         <setitem number="14" title="" />
         <setitem number="15" title="“The ECO plays with taut ensemble and an aristocratic finesse of sound and phrasing. The players still have that wonderful way of listening and reacting to each other.”" />
         <setitem number="16" title="The Daily Telegraph" />
         <setitem number="17" title="" />
         <setitem number="18" title="Concert co-promoted with the Mill Hill Music Society" />
         <setitem number="19" title="" />
         <setitem number="20" title="Tickets: £10, £14, £18 and £22" />
         <setitem number="21" title="" />
         <setitem number="22" title="Wigmore Hall" />
         <setitem number="23" title="36 Wigmore Street" />
         <setitem number="24" title="London" />
         <setitem number="25" title="W1U 2BP" />
         <setitem number="26" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="27" title="020 7935 2141" />
         <setitem number="28" title="www.wigmore-hall.org.uk" />
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   </item>
   <item id="5505-1151423732" type="concert">
      <name>ECO Ensemble</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Wigmore Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.01.30</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Tuesday 30 January 2007 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Stephanie Gonley, director" />
         <setitem number="8" title="" />
         <setitem number="9" title="Brahms		Sextet in G major" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Schubert		String Quintet in C major" />
         <setitem number="11" title="" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Schubert’s String Quintet is the only full fledged string quintet in the composer’s vast repertoire and its second movement’s sublime tones were requested by maestro Arthur Rubinstein and by the ECO’s first patron, Benjamin Britten, to be played at their funerals." />
         <setitem number="13" title="" />
         <setitem number="14" title="“The orchestra shone… in an unusually intense performance energetically led by Gonley”" />
         <setitem number="15" title="The Guardian" />
         <setitem number="16" title="" />
         <setitem number="17" title="“The ECO’s silky ensemble, lithe articulation and feisty counterpointing of voices were due in no small part to the leadership of Stephanie Gonley.”" />
         <setitem number="18" title="The Times" />
         <setitem number="19" title="" />
         <setitem number="20" title="Tickets: £10, £14, £18 and £22" />
         <setitem number="21" title="" />
         <setitem number="22" title="Wigmore Hall" />
         <setitem number="23" title="36 Wigmore Street" />
         <setitem number="24" title="London" />
         <setitem number="25" title="W1U 2BP" />
         <setitem number="26" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="27" title="020 7935 2141" />
         <setitem number="28" title="www.wigmore-hall.org.uk" />
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   </item>
   <item id="5506-1151423835" type="concert">
      <name>Grieg Piano Concerto with Benjamin Grosvenor and English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.02.07</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 7 February 2007 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Roy Goodman, conductor" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Benjamin Grosvenor, piano " />
         <setitem number="8" title="Stephanie Gonley, violin" />
         <setitem number="9" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="10" title="" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Vaughan Williams	Overture The Wasps" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Grieg			Piano Concerto" />
         <setitem number="13" title="Vaughan Williams	The Lark Ascending" />
         <setitem number="14" title="Grieg			Peer Gynt (extracts)" />
         <setitem number="15" title="Vaughan Williams 	Ballet Music and Final Tableau The Wasps" />
         <setitem number="16" title="" />
         <setitem number="17" title="Fourteen-year-old BBC Young Musician of the Year Benjamin Grosvenor makes his Cadogan Hall debut following appearances at the Wigmore, Royal Albert and Carnegie Halls." />
         <setitem number="18" title="" />
         <setitem number="19" title="“Music flows from his young hands”" />
         <setitem number="20" title="Daily Telegraph" />
         <setitem number="21" title="" />
         <setitem number="22" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="23" title="" />
         <setitem number="24" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="25" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="26" title="London" />
         <setitem number="27" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="28" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="29" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="30" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
      </setlist>
   </item>
   <item id="5507-1151423928" type="concert">
      <name>Mozart Violin Concertos with Augustin Dumay and English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.03.14</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 14 March 2007 at 7.30pm " />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Augustin Dumay, violin/conductor" />
         <setitem number="7" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="8" title="" />
         <setitem number="9" title="Mozart		Violin Concerto No. 3 in G" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Mozart		Violin Concerto No. 5 in A " />
         <setitem number="11" title="Mozart		Adagio in E" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Mozart		Symphony No.29 in A" />
         <setitem number="13" title="" />
         <setitem number="14" title="Described by The Strad as the legitimate heir to the royal Belgian line of Ysaye and Grumiaux, Augustin Dumay performs and conducts the ECO in an enormously appealing all-Mozart programme at Cadogan Hall. " />
         <setitem number="15" title="" />
         <setitem number="16" title="“Augustin Dumay’s performances of the Mozart violin concertos are bursting with vitality, his supreme technical command matched by his elegant stylistic approach”" />
         <setitem number="17" title="BBC Music Magazine" />
         <setitem number="18" title="" />
         <setitem number="19" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="20" title="" />
         <setitem number="21" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="22" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="23" title="London" />
         <setitem number="24" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="25" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="26" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="27" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
      </setlist>
   </item>
   <item id="5508-1151424015" type="concert">
      <name>John Williams with English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.03.21</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 21 March 2007 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor " />
         <setitem number="7" title="John Williams, guitar " />
         <setitem number="8" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="9" title="" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Mendelssohn		Overture The Hebrides" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Harvey		Concerto Antico" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Vivaldi		Guitar Concerto No. 9 in D" />
         <setitem number="13" title="Mozart		Symphony No. 41 Jupiter" />
         <setitem number="14" title="" />
         <setitem number="15" title="John Williams has established his position as the foremost classical guitarist over the course of 30 years of recording and performing and inspired a modern renaissance of the classical guitar." />
         <setitem number="16" title="" />
         <setitem number="17" title="&amp;quot;...the world's most accomplished guitarist.&amp;quot;" />
         <setitem number="18" title="Classic CD" />
         <setitem number="19" title="" />
         <setitem number="20" title="“After 30 years, John Williams is still the undisputed king of the classical guitar.”" />
         <setitem number="21" title="The Times" />
         <setitem number="22" title="" />
         <setitem number="23" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="24" title="" />
         <setitem number="25" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="26" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="27" title="London" />
         <setitem number="28" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="29" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="30" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="31" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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   </item>
   <item id="5509-1151424094" type="concert">
      <name>Bach and Gubaidulina with Ralf Gothóni and English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.03.28</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 28 March 2007 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Ralf Gothóni, conductor" />
         <setitem number="7" title="Arto Noras, cello " />
         <setitem number="8" title="Tallis Chamber Choir" />
         <setitem number="9" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="10" title="" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Bach			Easter Oratorio" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Gubaidulina		Seven Last Words" />
         <setitem number="13" title="" />
         <setitem number="14" title="Half Tatar, half Russian, Sofia Gubaidulina describes herself and her music as “East meets West”. Performers such as the Kronos Quartet, Simon Rattle and Rostropovich have been staunch supporters of her work and many consider Gubaidulina the most important Russian composer since Shostakovich." />
         <setitem number="15" title="" />
         <setitem number="16" title="&amp;quot;What a fine performer the Finnish cellist Arto Noras is, with his rich stream of tone and immaculate technical address.&amp;quot;" />
         <setitem number="17" title="Gramophone" />
         <setitem number="18" title="" />
         <setitem number="19" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="20" title="" />
         <setitem number="21" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="22" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="23" title="London" />
         <setitem number="24" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="25" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="26" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="27" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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   <item id="5510-1151424206" type="concert">
      <name>Mischa Maisky and English Chamber Orchestra play Tchaikovsky</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.05.09</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 9 May 2007 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Alexander Polianichko, conductor " />
         <setitem number="7" title="Mischa Maisky, cello " />
         <setitem number="8" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="9" title="" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Tchaikovsky		Serenade for String Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Tchaikovsky		Variations on a Rococo Theme" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Tchaikovsky		Andante Cantabile for cello" />
         <setitem number="13" title="Tchaikovsky		Suite No. 4, Mozartiana" />
         <setitem number="14" title="" />
         <setitem number="15" title="“Mehta praises ‘the translucency of his playing, which sounds so sensible and thought-through, without giving any impression of being artificial.’ I think I know what he means. Maisky owns the heroic character of the work to such an extent that the first solo entry comes across as an extension of himself, played with great resolution, punching out the sforzando spread chords with no loss of tone quality.”" />
         <setitem number="16" title="The Strad" />
         <setitem number="17" title="" />
         <setitem number="18" title="“His playing combines poetry and exquisite delicacy with great temperament and brilliant technique.”" />
         <setitem number="19" title="Mstislav Rostropovich" />
         <setitem number="20" title="" />
         <setitem number="21" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="22" title="" />
         <setitem number="23" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="24" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="25" title="London" />
         <setitem number="26" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="27" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="28" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="29" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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   </item>
   <item id="5511-1151424299" type="concert">
      <name>Sir Colin Davis and the Pekinel sisters and English Chamber Orchestra</name>
      <city>London </city>
      <venue>Cadogan Hall</venue>
      <date>2007.05.23</date>
      <setlist>   <setitem number="1" title="ECO London Series 2006/07" />
         <setitem number="2" title="" />
         <setitem number="3" title="Wednesday 23 May 2007 at 7.30pm" />
         <setitem number="4" title="" />
         <setitem number="5" title="" />
         <setitem number="6" title="Sir Colin Davis, conductor  " />
         <setitem number="7" title="Guher and Suher Pekinel, pianos" />
         <setitem number="8" title="English Chamber Orchestra" />
         <setitem number="9" title="" />
         <setitem number="10" title="Mozart		Symphony No. 33 in B flat" />
         <setitem number="11" title="Mozart		Concerto No. 10 in E flat for two pianos" />
         <setitem number="12" title="Bach			Concerto in D minor for two pianos" />
         <setitem number="13" title="Stravinsky		Danses Concertantes" />
         <setitem number="14" title="" />
         <setitem number="15" title="The twin sisters Suher and Guher Pekinel were discovered by Herbert von Karajan in 1984 and have become one of the most celebrated piano duos in the world today.  They are joined by Sir Colin Davis who, 45 years ago, conducted the ECO’s first national tour, first recording and conducted the first concert to bring the orchestra into the limelight." />
         <setitem number="16" title="" />
         <setitem number="17" title="&amp;quot;As identical twins playing in a piano duo, the Pekinel sisters have an uncanny, almost telepathic ability to match each other to a microsecond in even the most elaborate rubato.”" />
         <setitem number="18" title="The Guardian" />
         <setitem number="19" title="" />
         <setitem number="20" title="&amp;quot;A superb performance that found Colin Davis at his liveliest, and the ECO at its most incisive and responsive. There seems no reason why Sir Colin Davis shouldn’t be leading the ECO’s 50th birthday concert.”" />
         <setitem number="21" title="Classical Source" />
         <setitem number="22" title="" />
         <setitem number="23" title="Tickets: £10, £15, £25 and £35" />
         <setitem number="24" title="" />
         <setitem number="25" title="Cadogan Hall" />
         <setitem number="26" title="5 Sloane Terrace" />
         <setitem number="27" title="London" />
         <setitem number="28" title="SW1X 9DQ" />
         <setitem number="29" title="Box Office:" />
         <setitem number="30" title="020 7730 4500" />
         <setitem number="31" title="www.cadoganhall.com" />
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