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A Brahms-Sonatas CD with Caroline Dearnley on cello has been added.    – PH

More performances from 1986 – JW
1986.01.25 Droitwich Concert Club: Andrew Marriner
1986.04.24 Rydens Way Music Society, Woking: Sally Burgess
1986.05.02 Bromsgrove Festival: The Menagerie with Richard Baker
1986.05.20 Bath Georgian Festival Society, The Pump Room, Bath: Theodore Ulrich
1986.06.15 University of Leeds: Sally Burgess
1986.06.19 Wigmore Hall, London: Sally Burgess
1986.11.27 Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall: Nicholas Daniel

More details of performances in the 1980s – with many thanks again to the Drake archives – JW
1984.11.08 Minehead, Somerset: The Menagerie with Marilyn Dale
1986.01.15 Letchworth Music Club, Hertfordshire: Theodore Ulrich
1986.01.17 The Fermoy Centre, King’s Lynn: Sally Burgess
1986.02.09 Comune de Reggio Emilia, Italy: Jacopo Scalfi
1986.02.20 Imperial College, London: Theodore Ulrich
1986.04.27 Kimbolton Castle: The Menagerie with [...]

More performance details for the following recitals… JW
2009.03.08 London Jewish Cultural Centre: Andrew Kennedy
2009.03.14 Holkham Hall, Norfolk: Andrew Kennedy
2009.03.16 Philharmonie, Luxembourg: Ian Bostridge
2009.03.23 Sociedad de Conciertos Alicante, Spain: Fredrik Paulsson Christian Poltera
2009.03.28 Carnegie Hall, New York: Ian Bostridge
2009.03.30 Savannah, Georgia: Ian Bostridge
2009.04.03 Boston, Massachusetts: Ian Bostridge
2009.04.07 Princeton, New Jersey: Ian Bostridge
2009.05.18 Sociedad Filarmónica de Las [...]

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More details of the following performances in 2009
2009.04.17 recital, Leeds Grand Theatre: Sergei Leiferkus
2009.04.21 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam: Ian Bostridge
2009.06.11 Middle Temple, London: Christopher Maltman
2009.06.15 Middle Temple, London: Katarina Karneus
2009.07.11 Dark Pastoral, Cambridge: Andrew Kennedy, Alex Jennings
2009.08.19 Recital, Edinburgh: Bejun Mehta
2009.08.25 Recital, San Sebastian: Bejun Mehta
2009.10.19 Canterbury Festival: Robert Cohen
and some new performances…
2009.01.14 Musikverein für Steiermark, [...]

Performance details from 1986, with many thanks to the Drake archives – JW
1986.01.14 Lunchtime recital, South Downs College: Theodore Ulrich
1986.01.18 Lyme Park, Disley: Catherine Pierard, Ileana Ruhemann
1986.03.21 Bridport & Dorset Music Club: Nicholas Daniel
1986.04.25 Sledmere House, Yorkshire: Catherine Pierard, Richard Lloyd-Morgan
1986.05.04 Sutton Place, Surrey: The Menagerie with guest John Julius Norwich
1986.05.30 The British Heart Foundation, [...]

“British pianist Julius Drake has chosen the ATMA label to record his first solo CD, Songs without words.” – release date in UK 17 Nov  – thanks John.

Three performances from the very beginning of Julius’s career, some with photos… JW
1983 January 30, Poulenc Anniversary Concert, Wigmore Hall, London
1983 November 22 A Celebration for Benjamin Britten, Wigmore Hall, London: Peter Pears, etc
1983 December Charity Christmas Carol Concert Barbican Centre, London: The Menagerie with Elizabeth Harwood
1984 October 19 Stoke Golding, Leicester: The Menagerie [...]

many thanks indeed to the Drake archives for the following…
Addition of a new 2009 performance – JW
2009.01.05 Ripon Cathedral, Yorkshire Monday: Christopher Maltman
…and programme details for the following performances – JW
2009.10.02 Leeds Lieder Festival: Christianne Stotijn
2009.10.03 Leeds Lieder Festival: James Gilchrist, Endellion String Quartet
2009.10.04 Leeds Lieder Festival: Joan Rodgers
2009.07.16 Cheltenham Festival: Christianne Stotijn
2009.06.20 recital, La [...]