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LONDON
WINTER
Price Per Person:
Based on double occupancy:
$3,685.00
Single Supplement:
$690*
Super Apex Economy Fare:
$592
*We regret the high single supplement charged
by British hotels.
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THE BERMUDA
FESTIVAL
February 26 - March 2, 2003
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Great
Performance Tours is gratified with the important news
that the English Chamber Orchestra heads
the roster of performances during the 2003 Bermuda
Festival, which will be celebrating its 28th
Anniversary this winter. |
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the past two and a half decades, the Festival has presented
such international artists as vocalists Frederica von
Stade, Jessye Norman, dance ensembles such as the Joffrey
Ballet and the stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, and orchestras
such as Sir Neville Marriner’s Academy of St. Martin-in-the
Fields, and the renowned English Chamber Orchestra.
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City Hall |
The four concerts will include a remarkable
variety of chamber music spanning the classical and romantic
eras of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Festival is to be commended
for the imaginative and frankly irresistible combination of
works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Fauré,
Sibelius, Elgar and others. This year, the English Chamber
Orchestra will perform with a full complement
of forty musicians instead of the reduced chamber ensemble
which has formerly visited Bermuda, reflecting the expanded
facilities and resonant acoustics of the new state-of-the-art
Ruth Seaton James Auditorium just outside the
island’s capital of Hamilton. The Recital by James Ehnos
will be in the intimate and pristine City Hall Theatre designed
by native son William Onions.
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a several-year hiatus, we are now pleased to offer a four-night
return to Bermuda to enjoy an enticing series of three
concerts by the London-based English
Chamber Orchestra, which has always been greeted
with particular enthusiasm in the former English colony
of Bermuda. A fourth performance will
be an intimate violin Recital by the
young Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes.
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James Ehnes |
Bermuda remains the most beautiful and captivating of the Atlantic
islands, far more British and less commercial than the Bahamas
and most of the Caribbean islands. The annual Festival takes
place during a quiet off-season period and offers an ideal opportunity
to experience the relaxed local atmosphere combined with international
cultural events. For good reason, the Festival marks the high
point of Bermuda’s social life.
Everyone knows that Bermuda hotel rates are generally exorbitant.
However, Great Performance Tours is able to offer an exceptional
value for this unusual winter vacation. Our economical package
includes the superlative Stonington Beach Hotel
with a full breakfast, afternoon tea and gourmet lunch
or dinner every day – a far more generous inclusion
of meals than we are able to offer on most of our Tours. The
American dollar is accepted everywhere and is equivalent
to the local Bermuda dollar. Our entertainment schedule benefits
from our President Christopher Clark’s long-term experience
with Bermuda’s unique charms. Above all, you will find
that Americans are especially appreciated on the island and
that the Festival exudes a friendly, hospitable welcome.
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