March 23 - 30, 2010 SOLD OUT Join us for a seven night holiday departing from the Northwest (Lytham, Preston, Ormskirk, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Chester, Knutsford) on 23rd March next year. We take Eurotunnel under the English Channel and spend the first two nights in the Bruges area. Day two we have a full day excursion in Bruges and Ghent and on day 3 we head south into Germany to our base for the next four nights at the 4* H... click for more information |
March 25 - 29, 2010 SOLD OUT If you have only limited time or prefer to fly we are also offering a four night holiday departing from Mancheter on 25th March with Swiss International Airlines staying four nights on Lake Constance. The sightseeing programme and inclusions from Konstanz will be the same as the '7 night by coach' itinerary as will the hotel.During our time in Konstanz we will visit the Rhine Falls at Schafhaussen... click for more information |
March 31 - April 11, 2010 Limited Availability A unique opportunity over Easter to hear our two great 'Northwest' Maestro's in action with two of the 'top five' American orchestras.We spend 5 nights in San Francisco (with excursions to Carmel and Monterey, the wineries of Sonoma and majestic Muir Woods). The highlight of our stay will be our visit to the San Francisco Symphony when Vasily Petrenko makes his debut with pianist Simon Trpceski. T... click for more information |
15 - 17 May Who better to conduct the Grand Final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition than Vasily Petrenko? On Sunday 16 May he will conduct the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff when the three finalists will each play their chosen concerto. The concert takes place on Sunday afternoon and is televised for national broadcast. We have secured excellent raised... click for more information |
May 7 - 21, 2010 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth and we are pleased to be able to repeat our popular tour 'In the Steps of Chopin'.We follow his life over a 14 night itinerary including Warsaw, Paris, Nohant and Mallorca. The tour can also be taken in shorter sections if preferred.All concerts and sightseeing are included in each place as well as four dinners, two lunches and breakfast throughou... click for more information |
June 15 - 21, 2010 Each June, Martha Argerich invites a group of 'friends' to come and make music with her in the stylish lakeside setting of Lugano on the Swiss-Italian border.The programme is not announced until later but our visit includes one symphonic concert, one or two chamber concerts and a recital. Each year the programme is exciting and interesting and most of all one feels as if one has been invited to be... click for more information |
June 17 - 23, 2010 The beautiful mountain setting of the Austrian Voralberg plays host to the villages of Schwarzenberg and Bezau. Don't be put off by notions of stuffiness at the Schubertiade, the music is wonderful (featuring such renowned artists as Magdalena Kozena, Angelika Kirchschlager and Mark Padmore) and the setting beautiful (see pictures to the left). You have half board included at the marvellous Gastho... click for more information |
July 3 - 9, 2010 6 nights of great opera - outside if the weather is fine and inside if not - all in the beautiful Baroque gem of Solothurn set in the heart of Switzerland.Solothurn is regarded as the finest Baroque town in Switzerland, where Italian grandeur is combined with French charm and German practicality. The so-called 'ambassador's town' is set at the southern end of the Jura Mountains, beside the River A... click for more information |
July 18- 20, 2010 The concert programme will be 'officially' announced in early April when the Proms season is launched. You can register now for the tour which will secure your place and the deposit can be paid in April as soon as we can give you the musical programme.Travel is by luxury coach with pick-ups from St Annes, Preston, Ormskirk, Liverpool, Birkenhead and Chester. Stay two nights at the 4* Copthorne Tar... click for more information |
August 3 - 12, 2010 New Tour! For 2010 we are once again offering our 'Super-Tuscan' holiday based in the beautiful spa town of Montecatini. The wonderfully restored Terme Tettuccio is pictured to the left.In response to feedback we have added two extra days to the itinerary to allow more free time in Montecatini to enjoy the town, or just to relax beside the pool of the Hotel Torretta. The Torretta, owned and run by Dante Sim... click for more information |
August 8 - 15, 2010 New Tour! Milena Grenfell-Baines will once again take a group to the beautiful Bohemian spa town of Mariánské Lázne (Marienbad). "I have seen the whole India, Ceylon and all the spas of Europe, but have nowhere been so smitten with the poetry of beautiful nature like here in Mariánské Lázné " - so said King Edward VII who spent no less than 9 summers in the resort! The town also played host to Franz Jo... click for more information |
August 16 - 21, 2010 Fly out to San Sebastian on the Phil's private charter and stay five nights in the maritime city of Bilbao. Bilbao is once again shining as the star of the Basque region with architectural wonders such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Euskalduna Concert Hall.San Sebastian and Santander are each an hour away by private coach and we will have excursions to both cities including pre-performance meals... click for more information |
August 24 - 30, 2010 Leipzig is a very special musical city - home to one of the World's oldest orchestras, the Gewandhaus (founded 260 years ago by the merchants of the city) and home (for much of their lives) to J S Bach, Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn, as well as being the birthplace of Richard Wagner.The St Thomas Church (where Bach was Cantor from 1723 - 1750) is home to the oldest Boys Choir in the World... click for more information |
September 2 - 10, 2010 SOLD OUT Whether you want fresh air and walking or complete relaxation, the village of Bezau in the Voralberg and family run Gasthof Sonne are hard to beat. Add some fine music just a short drive away in Schwarzenberg and you have a perfect week's holiday!The week is very 'unstructured' allowing you to do as little or as much as you wish and concerts take place at 4pm or 8pm with meals arranged to meet you... click for more information |
September 10 - 17, 2010 Many of our clients have experienced the delightful setting and wonderful food of the Hotel Stella d'Italia at San Mamete on the Italian side of Lake Lugano. The 'Stella' was built in 1910 and the family 'Ortelli', now in their 4th generation, continue to run the hotel with great style.For 2010 we are offering a week-long 'residence' which will include some music, great food, an Italian cookery cl... click for more information |
September 18 - 21, 2010 September sees Vasily making his debut at the Opera de Paris in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Bastille opera house. With flights from Liverpool or Manchester (or the option to travel by Eurostar if you prefer not to fly) we stay 3 nights in Paris staying at a 4* hotel in central Paris.Our weekend includes a concert at the beautiful St Chapelle on Ille St Louis, a visit to Monet's Garden at Gi... click for more information |
September 28 - October 5, 2010 Milena Grenfell Baines will lead a week-long visit to Krakow and Northern Slovakia.We take a direct flight from Liverpoolto Krakow with Easyjet and stay three nights at the excellent 4* Novotel Centrum Krakow on a bed & breakfast basis. During our time in Krakow we have a full programme of sightseeing and two dinners included.We leave Krakow and head across the 'High-Tatra'mountains into Slova... click for more information |
October 12 - 25, 2010 (12 nights hotel, 1 night on flight) We fly overnight from Manchester via Amsterdam or Paris to Shanghai and spend five nights in this city that brings together astonishing contrasts between the 19th & 21st centuries.We will stay in a 4* hotel located in the heart of the city on a bed & breakfast basis. Our programme includes visits to the historic areas of the French Concession and the Bund as well as the 21st century city... click for more information |
October 18 - 25, 2010 (6 nights hotel, 1 night on flight) New Tour! For those who wish to make a shorter visit we offering a six night hotel stay departing from Manchester or London to Beijing on the 18th, arrival 19th so you have a full day to rest and relax before the main party arrive from Xi'an.The programme is then the same as the main party for the next five nights including the Petrenko/RLPO concert at the Egg.Cost per person sharing a twin/double room £119... click for more information |
December 9 - 14, 2010 New Tour! There is nowhere quite like Vienna during Advent. The Christmas Markets are full of life, the atmosphere in the streets is festive in a way that doesn't exist in most other capital cities and the concerts & operetta season is in full swing.Once again we will stay five nights at the Steigenberger Herrenhof Hotel, situated in the heart of the Old City directly behind the Hofburg Palace just five... click for more information |
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