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The Kirker Music Festival on Lake Como 7 26Th the Palaces & Galleries of St CULTURAL TOURS & MUSIC HOLIDAYS FOR DISCERNING TRAVELLERS 2019 ART • ARCHITECTURE • GARDENS • ARCHAEOLOGY • HISTORY • MUSIC CULTURAL TOURS: ALBANIA • belgium • FRANCE • italy • Jordan • morocco • Portugal • Russia • Spain EXCLUSIVE KIRKER MUSIC FESTIVALS: alfriston • eastbourne • ischia • villa medici giulini • Lake como • mallorca st. mawes • TENERIFE • music cruises ESCORTED Holidays TO LEADING MUSIC FESTIVALS & events: amsterdam • berlin • Buxton dresden • three choirs • GRAFENEGG • grange festival • La FENICE, venice • LA SCALA, milan • leipzig • malta • naples • new york north Norfolk • the ruhr • schubertiade • thuringia & saxony • puccini • vienna 2019 DEPARTURES JANUARY 16th La Scala, Milan 20 12th The Kirker Music Festival in Tenerife 9 19th Opera & Music in the Ruhr 28 21st Malta Baroque Music Festival 30 20th Opera & Art in Vienna 19 28th Venice & Opera at La Fenice 21 20th The Grange Festival, Hampshire 23 21st An Introduction to Albania 51 FEBRUARY JULY 7th La Scala, Milan 20 28th The Canary Islands & Madeira Music Cruise 14 8th The Buxton International Festival 22 17th The Buxton International Festival 22 27th The Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester 24 MARCH 31st The Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester 24 2nd The Metropolitan Opera & Art Galleries of New York 32 7th Opera & Music in Berlin 26 AUGUST 11th The Kirker Spring Music Festival at the Hotel Tresanton, St. Mawes 11 12th Seville & Andalucía 48 8th The Puccini Opera Festival in Tuscany 31 15th Jordan – The Land of T.E. Lawrence 56 12th The North Norfolk Music Festival 23 17th Dutch Masters in Amsterdam & The Hague 16 23rd The Schubertiade Festival 18 20th Opera & Art in Vienna 19 28th The Grafenegg Music Festival 17 21st Madrid & Old Castille 47 24th Venice & Opera at La Fenice 21 SEPTEMBER 25th Venice, Veneto & Prosecco 41 2nd The Kirker Chamber Music Festival in Afriston, East Sussex 10 2nd Umbria – The Esssence of Italy 39 APRIL 2nd Carcassonne & Albi 46 2nd Art of the Cote D’Azur 44 6th An Introduction to Albania 51 5th The Bay of Naples 40 6th The Palaces & Galleries of St. Petersburg 54 7th Sicily – An Enigmatic Island 43 9th Venice & Opera at La Fenice 21 7th Gardens of the Riviera 45 10th The West Coast of France: Bordeaux, Rouen & Brittany Music Cruise 14 17th Opera & Music in the Ruhr 28 10th Art of the Cote D’Azur 44 23rd Umbria – The Essence of Italy 39 11th Genoa – City of the Doges 40 24th The Italian Lakes – Gardens & Villas of Como & Maggiore 38 15th Gardens of the Riviera 45 24th The Duke of Wellington & The Peninsular War 52 19th Teatro San Carlo, Naples & a visit to La Mortella 31 25th La Scala, Milan 20 23rd The Kirker Music Festival on Lake Como 7 26th The Palaces & Galleries of St. Petersburg 54 25th Ravenna, Urbino & Ferrara 36 27th The Kirker Music Festival at the Grand, Eastbourne 12 26th Discovering Castille & León 49 27th Carcassonne & Albi 46 30th Parma, Cremona & Mantua 37 27th Málaga – Picasso & Beyond 50 30th The Ring Cycle in Leipzig 29 OCTOBER 1st The Schubertiade Festival 18 MAY 4th The Palaces & Galleries of St. Petersburg 54 1st Ravenna, Urbino & Ferrara 36 5th La Scala, Milan 20 2nd Gardens of Marrakech 57 6th Venice & Opera at La Fenice 21 2nd Art, Music & Literature in Moscow 55 6th Villas & Gardens Around Rome 35 6th Parma, Cremona & Mantua 37 10th Art, Music & Literature in Moscow 55 7th Villa Medici Giulini with Melvyn Tan 8 11th The Kirker Ischia Music Festival 6 7th Discovering Castille & León 49 13th Puglia – A Land of Conquest 42 10th Opera & Art in Vienna 19 14th Venice, Veneto & Prosecco 41 19th The Grandeur of Rome 34 15th The Duke of Wellington & the Peninsular War 52 19th Puglia – A Land of Conquest 42 20th Sicily – An Enigmatic Island 43 22nd The Dresden Music Festival 27 24th The Battles of Monte Cassino 53 26th Villas & Gardens Around Rome 35 27th The Grandeur of Rome 34 28th Venice & Opera at La Fenice 21 30th The Western Front – The Road to Victory 53 29th The Kirker Music Festival in Mallorca 13 30th Jordan – The Land of T.E. Lawrence 56 30th Teatro San Carlo, Naples & a visit to La Mortella 31 31st Madrid & Old Castille 47 JUNE NOVEMBER 4th Opera & Music in Berlin 26 5th The Italian Lakes – Gardens & Villas of Como & Maggiore 38 8th The Bay of Naples 40 12th Genoa – City of the Doges 40 12th Seville & Andalucía 48 13th The World of JS Bach – Thuringia & Saxony 25 12th Málaga – Picasso & Beyond 50 2 FOR DISCERNING TRAVELLERS Welcome to the Kirker Cultural Tours & Music Holidays brochure for 2019. We look forward to welcoming you on one of our escorted holidays soon – whether it is a cultural tour with a focus on art, history, architecture or gardens, one of our holidays to a major music festival or opera house, or perhaps an exclusive Kirker Music Festival. The success of our holidays is based on meticulous research and carefully planned itineraries which often include visits to places that are not usually available to visitors. Many of our clients enjoy the social aspects and so we include a number of dinners at some of our favourite local restaurants, as well as free time for independent exploration. Many of the tours have become familiar favourites and so we shall be returning once again to St. Petersburg, the Côte d’Azur – for both its art and its gardens – Sicily and Rome. More recent, but increasingly popular, additions include parts of Europe not yet on the beaten path, such as Salamanca, Puglia and Albania. Each year we also include some new destinations, and for 2019 we are pleased to offer a tour of the dazzling gardens of Marrakech in the spring, and a new itinerary that combines Venice with visits to the Palladian villas and prosecco vineyards in the Veneto countryside. For those interested in military history, look out for tours to the battlefields of Monte Cassino, the Peninsular War and the Western Front. It is always interesting to see how some places reinvent themselves; two such examples in this brochure are Málaga which, as the birthplace of Picasso, was perhaps well placed to evolve into an art city of major importance, and Essen, in the previously industrial Ruhr Valley, which is now a region of parks and lakes, with a striking Alvar Aalto opera house. Our exclusive Kirker Music Festivals are enjoyed by those who relish spending a holiday in the company of acclaimed musicians – as well as hearing them perform. For the 14th successive year, Ischia in the Bay of Naples leads the way, whilst our new Italian festival with Melvyn Tan, at Villa Medici Giulini north of Milan, promises to be a great addition. On board Fred.Olsen’s Black Watch (with its intimate theatre ideal for chamber music concerts) we have two music cruises planned; to the Canary Islands & Madeira in February and the west coast of France in September. Kirker’s carefully-selected tour leaders play a crucial role in the success of our holidays and remain loyal and dedicated. They seamlessly bridge the gap between erudition and conviviality to ensure you can relax and enjoy your holiday in the company of like-minded travellers. Ted Wake Barry Cheesman Joint Managing DireCtor Cultural tours senior exeCutive anD DireCtor of sales & Marketing WANDERLUST MAGAZINE – HIGHLY COMMENDED TOP TOUR OPERATOR 2018 CLASSIC FM – 25TH ANNIVERSARY ‘SILVER TRAVELLER’ AWARD WINNER 2017 COMUNE DI VENEZIA – LION OF ST. MARK GOLD AWARD FOR TOURISM 2016 SUNDAY TIMES TRAVEL MAGAZINE – WINNER ‘BEST VALUE TRAVEL COMPANY’ 2016 3 DESTINATIONS EXCLUSIVE KIRKER MUSIC FESTIVALS 5 England The Kirker Chamber Music Festival in Afriston, East Sussex 10 The Kirker Spring Music Festival at the Hotel Tresanton, St. Mawes 11 The Kirker Music Festival at the Grand, Eastbourne 12 Italy The Kirker Ischia Music Festival 6 CULTURAL TOURS 33 The Kirker Music Festival on Lake Como 7 Albania The Villa Medici Giulini Concerts with Melvyn Tan 8 An Introduction to Albania 51 Spain Belgium The Kiker Music Festival in Tenerife 9 The Western Front – The Road to Victory 53 The Kirker Music Festival in Mallorca 13 France Music Cruises Art of the Côte d’Azur 44 The Canary Islands & Madeira 14 Gardens of the Riviera 45 The West Coast of France: Bordeaux, Rouen & Brittany 14 Carcassonne & Albi 46 ESCORTED HOLIDAYS TO LEADING MUSIC FESTIVALS & EVENTS 15 Italy Austria The Grandeur of Rome 34 The Grafenegg Music Festival 17 Villas & Gardens around Rome 35 The Schubertiade Music Festival 18 Ravenna, Urbino & Ferrara 36 Opera & Art in Vienna 19 Parma, Cremona & Mantua 37 England The Italian Lakes – Gardens & Villas of Como & Maggiore 38 The Buxton International Festival 22 Umbria – The Essence of Italy 39 The North Norfolk Music Festival 23 Genoa – City of the Doges 40 The Grange Festival, Hampshire 23 The Bay of Naples 40 The Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester 24 Venice, Veneto & Prosecco 41 Germany Puglia – A Land of Conquest 42 The World of JS Bach – Thuringia & Saxony 25 Sicily – An Enigmatic Island 43 Opera & Music in Berlin 26 The Battles of Monte Cassino 53 The Dresden Music Festival 27 Jordan Opera & Music in the Ruhr 28 The Land of T.E. Lawrence 56 The Ring Cycle in Leipzig 29 Morocco Holland Gardens of Marrakech 57 Dutch Masters in Amsterdam & The Hague 16 Portugal Italy The Duke of Wellington & the Peninsular War 52 La Scala, Milan 20 Russia Venice & Opera at La Fenice 21 The Palaces & Galleries of St. Petersburg 54 The Puccini Opera Festival in Tuscany 31 Art, Music & Literature in Moscow 55 The Teatro San Carlo, Naples 31 Spain Malta Madrid & Old Castille 47 Malta Baroque Music Festival 30 Seville & Andalucía 48 USA Discovering Castille & León 49 The Metropolitan Opera & Art Galleries of New York 32 Málaga – Picasso & Beyond 50 4 Please call Westgate Travel on 01443 237100 (Agents for Kirker Holidays) EXCLUSIVE KIRKER MUSIC FESTIVALS Each year Kirker organises a series of Exclusive Music Festivals on land and at sea, featuring private concerts by highly- acclaimed musicians in beautiful settings.
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