THE ARTS

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL                  www.eif.co.uk

13^TH AUGUST - 2^ND SEPTEMBER, 2000 

From the very beginning in 1947 the founders of the Edinburgh International Festival set themselves very clear objectives. Their aim was to unite Europe through culture and enhance the artistic life of the city, Britain and Europe by putting together the best possible programme of events featuring the finest artists from around the world.

Over the years they have adhered firmly to this policy and this is reflected in the splendid programme the organisers have put together for this millennium year festival.

As a recent survey showed that nearly 60% of visitors pre-booked their tickets it is important to pre-plan your festival activities and book up as soon as possible. Sometimes there is the temptation to wait until the critics have had the opportunity to make their views known. If you wait until this stage there is every chance that the performance you want to see will be fully booked. The quality of events and artistes are such that there is little gamble in booking in advance.

Running in parallel to the International Festival is the equally famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This year the Fringe will play host to over 500 performing companies.

The Fringe saw its origins in the eight theatre groups that turned up uninvited to the first official festival in 1947. They set up their performances in more obscure venues away from the main centre of theatrical activity - and the Fringe was born.
By 1954 the growing number of performing companies taking part in the Fringe came to realise that life would be easier, and the financial risk less, if they combined their efforts to publicise their performances and sell their tickets. In 1958 this initiative led to the opening of a central information and booking office. Since then the Fringe has grown into the largest arts festival in the world.

Festivals in 2000

Edinburgh International Festival
Details: The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE

Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival
28 July - 6 August
Details: 29 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AN

Edinburgh Military Tattoo                                         www.edintattoo.co.uk
4-26 August
Details: 32 Market Street, Edinburgh Eh1 1QB

Edinburgh Festival Fringe                                              www.edfringe.com
6 - 28 August
Details: 180 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QS

Edinburgh International Book Festival                  www.edbookfest.co.uk
12-28 August
Details: 137 Dundee Street, Edinburgh EH11 1BG

Edinburgh International Film Festival                     www.edfilmfest.org.uk
13-27 August
Details: Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Principal Events

New York City Ballet
Dates: Monday 14, Thursday 17 & Saturday 19 August

Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Programme: Agon (1957)
George Balanchine choreography
Igor Stavinsky music

Dances at a Gathering (1969)
Jerome Robbins choreography
Frederic Chopin music

Symphony in C (1947)
George Balanchine choreography
Georges Bizet music
Price: £5 - £37
It has been eleven years since the New York Ballet Company has graced a stage in this country. The week long programme shows the depth and range of the company's vast repertory which over a period exceeding 50 years has helped redefine classical ballet.

The Cleveland Orchestra
Date: Sunday 13, Monday
Venues: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme: The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
Marguerite: Jennifer Larmore
Faust: Giuseppe Sabbatini
Mephistopheles: Bryn Terfel
Brander: Neal Davies
The Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Chorus: Chorus Master Robert Porco
Edinburgh Festival Chorus: Chorus Master David Jones
RSNO Junior Chorus: Chorus Master Christopher Bell
This is the orchestra's only UK appearance this year.
Price: £5 - £39

Members of the Cleveland Orchestra
Date: Monday 14^th August
Venue: Bank of Scotland Queen's Hall
Time: 11am
Programme: Mendelssohn Octet
Poulenc Sextet
Beethoven Septet
Chamber music by some the orchestras leading members
Price: £5 - £20

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Date: Tuesday 15^th August
Venue: St Giles Cathedral
Time: 5.30pm
Programme: The Scottish premiers of James MacMillan's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Conductor: Robert Porco
Organ: Thomas Trotter
Price: all seats £12.50

The Cleveland Orchestra
Date: Tuesday 15^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme: Berg Violin Concerto
Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E flat 'Romantic'
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann
Price: £5 - £39

Nederlands Dans Theatre
Dates 29^th & 30^th August
Venue: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Time: 7.30pm
Programme:
Solo (NDT2)
Choreography: Hans Van Manen
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Minus 16 (NDT2)
Choreography: Ohad Naharin
New Age (NDT3)
Choreography: Paulo Ribeiro
Music: John Zorn
Small Moves (NDT3
Choreographer: Paul Lightfoot
Music: Antonia Vivaldi
Price: £5 - £22

The Nederlands Dans Theatre is unique in being three dance companies in one giving the audience a complete picture of the dancers career.

The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Dates: 14^th, 20^th, 23^rd and 28^th August
Venue: King's TheatreTime: 6pm
Programme: Barbaric Comedies by Ramon del Valle-Inclan
Director: Calixto Bieito
Price: £5 - £22.50
This new adaptation of the Barbaric Comedies by Frank McGuinness enables the audience to see all three separate plays in the one evening. A feat rarely accomplished since they were published between 1907 and 1922.

London Symphony Orchestra
Boulez 2000
Date: 24^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Boulez Originel (Explosante-Fixe)
Benjamin Palimpsest (EIF co-commission)
Schoenberg Piano Concerto
Stavinsky Petrushka (1911)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Flute: Paul Edmund-Davies
Piano: Emmanuel Ax
Price: £5 - £31
Boulez explores his personal view of key 20^th century orchestral works

Date: 25^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Berio Notturno
Sciarrino Recitativo Oscuro for Piano and Orchestra
Schoenberg Pelleas and Melisande
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Piano Florent Boffard
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 26^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 7.30pm
Programme:
Berg Three Pieces Op 6
Neuwirth Clinamen/Noduis (EIF co-commission)
Mahler Symphony No 6 in A minor
Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Date: 27^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 7.30 pm
Programme:
Eotvos zeroPoints (EIF co-commission)
Ligeti Violin Concerto
Bartok The Wooden Prince (complete ballet)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Violin: Christian Tetzlaff

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Mozart - The Piano Concertos
Date: 14^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No 5 in D K175
Mozart Piano Concerto No17 in G K453
Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467
Piano/Director: Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 16^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No 6 in B flat K238
Mozart Piano Concerto No16 in D K451
Mozart Piano Concerto No22 in E flat K482
Piano/Director: Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 18^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246 Mozart Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat K449
Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488
Piano/Director Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 20^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto no 9 in E flat K271
Mozart Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat K450
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491
Piano/Director: Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 22^nd August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No11 in F K413
Mozart Piano Concerto No18 in B flat K456
Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503
Piano/Director: Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 27^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 4pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No12 in A K414
Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459
Mozart Piano Concerto No 26 in D K537 'Coronation'
Piano/Director: Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 30^th August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415
Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466
Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat K595
Piano/Director: Christian Zacharias
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 19^th August
Venue: Reid Concert Hall
Time: 10am
Programme:
Discover Mozart - Christian Zacharias and members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra analyse and perform works of Mozart.

Scottish Opera
Dates: 21^st,23^rd,26^th and 28^th August
Venue: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Time: 7.15pm
Programme: Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner sung in German with English supertitles.
Wotan - Matthew Best
Fricka - Anne Mason
Loge - Peter Bronder
Alberich - Peter Sidhom
Mime - Alasdair Elliot
Fasolt - Carsten Stabell
Fafner - Marcus Hollop
Conductor – Richard Armstrong
Director: Tim Albery
Price: £5 - £55

Date: 22^nd August
Venue: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Time: 7.15pm
Programme: Le Roi Arthus by Ernest Chausson
Genievre – Christine Brewer
Lancelot – Hubert Delamboye
Arthus – Simon Keenlyside
Merlin – Christoper Maltman
Allan – Neal Davies
Lyonnel – Marc Laho
Conductor – Frederic Chaslin
Price:£5 - £31

Date: 27^th August
Venue: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Time: £7.15
Programme: Penelope by Gabriel Faure
Penelope – Michelle De Young
Ulysse – Michael Schade
Euryclee – Nadine Denize
Antinous – Marc Laho
Eurymaque – Christoper Maltman
Eumee – Alain Vernhes
Conductor : Jean-Yves Ossonce
Price : £5 - £31

Music of the Millennium
A series of ten concerts featuring music from each century of the past 1000 years.
Date: 14^th August
Venue: Rosslyn Chapel
Time: 8pm
Programme: Music of Bruno Toul performed by Gothic Voices
Price: £15/£7.50 concessions

Date: 16^th August
Venue: St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place
Time: 8pm
Programme: Music of Hildegard von Bingen performed by Gothic Voices
Price: £15/£7.50 concessions Date: 18^th August
Venue: Trinity Apse
Time: 8pm
Programme: Music of the French Court performed by Sequentia
Price: £15/£7.50 concessions

Date: 20^th August
Venue: St Giles Cathedral
Time: 9.30pm
Programme: Machaut: Messe de Norte Dame performed by the Hilliard Ensemble
Price: £15/£7.50 concessions

Date: 22^nd August
Venue: Canongate Kirk
Time: 8pm
Programme: Dufay and Josquin performed by the Hilliard Ensemble
Price: £15/£7.50

Date: 27^th August
Venue: McEwan Hall
Time: 10pm
Programme: Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 performed by Taverner Consort
Price: £15/£7.50 concessions

Date: 31^st August
Venue: Usher Hall
Time: 8pm
Programme:
1800 – 1900 Philharmonia Orchestra
Weber Overture 'Der Freischutz'
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Brahms Symphony no 4 in E minor
Conductor – Kurt Sanderling
Violin - Mark Steinberg
Cello - Michael Sanderling
Piano - Mitsuko Uchida
Price: £5 - £31

Date: 2^nd September
Venue: Scottish Widows Building
Time: 6pm
Programme:
1900 - 2000 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gyorgy Kurtag Quasi una Fantasia
Luigi Nono Hay que caminar sonando
Nono no hay caminos, hay que caminar … Andreij Tarkovskij
Stuart Macrae Stirling Choruses
Conductor - Martyn Brabbins
Price: Promenade £8

Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Date: 30^th August - 2^nd September
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Time: 6pm
Programme: Hamlet performed by Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg
Performed in German with English supertitles
Director: Peter Zadek
Price: £6 - £22.50