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| Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm |
 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonTurangalîla |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm Turangalîla The Royal College of Music is delighted that its Symphony Orchestra has been invited to the Royal Festival Hall to perform one of the truly great orchestral works of the 20th century.
Since its premiere after the Second World War, Messiaen's extraordinary masterpiece Turangalîla has acquired a cult following among audiences drawn to its ecstatic harmonies, soaring melodies, opulent orchestrations and intense emotional power.
If you've never experienced this utterly extraordinary work live, then this is the time to do it.
Part of the Southbank Centre's year-long festival The Rest is Noise which is inspired by Alex Ross' bookImage credit: Messiaen at the RCM in 1986. Photo: www.nickwhite.co.uk | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Lauderdale House, London Vols de la Fantaisie |
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| Lauderdale House, London, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm Vols de la Fantaisie Programme not known | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 08:00pm |
Farnham Castle Four Centuries of Bach Ensemble Tilford Bach Festival |
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| Farnham Castle, Castle Street, Farnham GU9 0AG, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 08:00pm Four Centuries of Bach Ensemble Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Oboe Concerto in E flat major (arr. Abberger) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - chorale prelude in G Minor, BWV659 (arr. Abberger) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Orgel-Büchlein) in F Minor, BWV639 (arr. Abberger) | ||
| Monday 27-May-13 07:30pm |
Cadogan Hall, London Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture Musical Celebration |
Heath, Hope Springs Eternal (World Première) Binali, Shafallah Suite no. 3 "The Oryx and the Unicorn" (World Première) |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 27-May-13 07:30pm Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture Musical Celebration Image credit: private Binali, Wael (b. 1968), Suite (World Première) Heath, David (b. 1956), Hope Springs Eternal (World Première) Binali, Wael (b. 1968), Earth (World Première) Binali, Wael (b. 1968), Shafallah Suite no. 3 "The Oryx and the Unicorn" (World Première) | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm |
Dillington House, Ilminster Mark Bebbington & Friends |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm Mark Bebbington & Friends | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:45pm |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble |
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| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:45pm The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London The Pieces of the Compass Rose |
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| Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm The Pieces of the Compass Rose | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Michael's Church, Highgate, London Reiko Fujisawa and Friends - Concert 3 - with the Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, London N6 6BJ, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Reiko Fujisawa and Friends - Concert 3 - with the Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The third and final concert of her series of special concerts in London ‘Reiko Fujisawa and Friends’ features Reiko performing in collaboration with more of her wonderful friends and colleagues from the UK. This programme of music for piano and winds with a rare appearance by the Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra promises to be a real treat.
The series is being generously supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
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| Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Vivaldi Four Seasons |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Friday 7-Jun-13 07:30pm Vivaldi Four Seasons Vivaldi’s enduringly popular musical picture of the seasons of the year features a whole host of characters from the world of man, beast and nature. This vivid portrayal, including birds singing, dogs barking, wind, rain, lightning and drunken peasants dancing, is magically brought to life by solo violin, strings and harpsichord.
Including ‘Meet the Music’, an entertaining and informative interval event introducing the programme and featuring our unique ‘orchestra walkabout’.Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Nicolas Church, Birmingham A London Symphony |
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| St Nicolas Church, Birmingham, The Green, , Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU, United Kingdom Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm A London Symphony Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St John's Smith Square, London George Lloyd 100th Anniversary Concert |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm George Lloyd 100th Anniversary Concert | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, Glasgow Gordon Cree Trio - Cabaret and Salon Music Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 04:30pm Gordon Cree Trio - Cabaret and Salon Music Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, Glasgow Bedlam Baroque Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 08:30pm Bedlam Baroque Alec Frank-Gemmill, Horn Sijie Chen, Violin Sarah Bevan-Baker, Violin Brian Schiele, Viola Eric de Wit, Cello Jan Waterfield, Harpsichord Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Florilegium: A Musical Offering Bach Unwrapped |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:30pm Florilegium: A Musical Offering | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Westminster Abbey, London Coronation Concert |
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| Westminster Abbey, London, 20 Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:00pm Coronation Concert Concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Works by Tomkins, Thomas (1572-1656) Works by Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625) Works by Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) Works by Howells, Herbert (1892-1983) | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Snape Maltings Concert Hall Songs from the Same Earth Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:30pm Songs from the Same Earth Pairing Britten’s only German song collection with Schumann acknowledges his debt to one of the grand masters of Romantic lieder. But while Schumann’s magnifi cent cycle creates a large canvas on which to draw his protagonist’s desires and despair, Britten’s is a miracle of concision where every phrase is potent, every song a fl eeting impression befi tting the ‘fragments’ of the title. Birtwistle’s major new cycle reunites composer, writer David Harsent and lead role from his 2009 Aldeburgh-commissioned opera, The Corridor. | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Cottier Theatre, Glasgow James Brothers with special guest Emily Smith Cottier Chamber Project |
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| Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 08:30pm James Brothers with special guest Emily Smith Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 01:00pm |
Charlton House, London Lunchtime Recital - Piano and Violin |
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| Charlton House, London, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE, United Kingdom Friday 14-Jun-13 01:00pm Lunchtime Recital - Piano and Violin Royal College of Music presents
Michael Foyle is a Joint Principal Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London, studying violin with Daniel Rowland and piano with Julian Jacobson. He was awarded the RCM Knights of the Round Table Award in 2010 and the Esther Fisher Prize in 2012. He also completed an Erasmus exchange at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna), in the violin class of Michael Frischenschlager. In 2013, he won 1st prize in Royal Overseas League Competition for Strings and the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition. He was awarded the Tabor Award for Promising Talent at BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008.
Michael gave his concerto debut at the age of eight in the Edinburgh Festival Theatre and has since performed as soloist with the Ayrshire, Hertford and Westbourne Symphony Orchestras, Azalea Ensemble, Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Orchestra and Dorset Youth Orchestra. In 2009, he was leader of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, working with Semyon Bychkov, Paul Daniel and Vasily Petrenko in the major UK concert halls (including the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms). Recent projects include recitals at the Houses of Parliament and Regent Hall, leading Bernstein’s Mass with Marin Alsop at the Royal Festival Hall and shadowing the leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2011, he was appointed leader of Amadeus Orchestra and he has also led RCM Philharmonic and Opera Orchestras, London Mahler Orchestra, Charities Philharmonia, Les Voix Nouvelles and Camerata Scotland. As a chamber musician, recent venues include the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Turner Gallery, Tate Modern and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
As a solo pianist, Michael has performed across the UK in recital for Leeds International Concert Series, the International Federation of Festivals Showcase, ‘Schumann 200’ Festival at King’s Place and RCM’s ‘Poles Apart’ and ‘Lisztomania’ series. Performances abroad include in the Russiches Kulturinstitut and the Ehrbar-Saal in Vienna. He will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto K365 in Exeter Cathedral in July 2013. He has received masterclasses from Gergely Bohnyani, Ian Fountain, the Graffin Trio, Lewis Kaplan, Steven Osborne, Gyula Stuller, Susan Tomes, Pavel Vernikov and David Wilde.
Future events for 2013 include concertos with Amadeus and Eastbourne Symphony Orchestras, solo performances for the Philharmonia’s Woven Words Lutoslawski Centenary Series and premiering works with the Pacific Trio in St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Michael plays on a Joseph Rocca violin (1848), on kind loan from the RCM.
Indonesian born pianist, Maria Setiadi has recently gained her Masters of Music degree at the Royal College of Music with a distinction. Prior coming to the UK she received her Bachelors degree from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore with first class honours, where she studied with Assoc. Prof. Albert Tiu.
Besides enjoy performing as a soloist or chamber musician, she also actively explores different ways of music making to reach more people with her music, within or beyond the stage. Her interests are also in the field of interaction between music and different arts mediums as well as psychology of performance. Highlights of past performing experiences included engagement in venues such as St. Martin-in-the-fields, St. James’ Piccadilly, Steinway Hall, the National Gallery, as well as invitation to perform in RCM Prize Winners’ Concert, Chamber Music Spotlight, and in the series Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Bartok, in collaboration with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal College of Music. She was also awarded RCM Beethoven 2nd Prize 2011, High Commendation at Hastings International Concerto Competition, and Runner-ups at the Eastbourne Young Soloist Competition 2012. She is a member of clarinet – violin – piano trio, Pacific Trio, who actively promotes the works for this unusual instrumentation. She is currently commencing on her doctoral project at the RCM where she is a Rayne Trust Scholar. She is currently studying with Prof. Nigel Clayton and is grateful for the support from Indonesian Beasiswa Unggulan, the Seary Charitable Trust, and the Craxton Memorial Trust. Future engagement in 2013 will include performance for the Philharmonia’s Woven Words Lutoslawski Centenary Series, premiering works with the Pacific Trio in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and recitals in Cheltenham Town Hall and the National Gallery.Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh Qatar UK 2013 - Year of Culture Musical Celebration |
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| Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, United Kingdom Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm Qatar UK 2013 - Year of Culture Musical Celebration | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Civic Hall Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon In Memoriam Spring Sounds |
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| Civic Hall Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon , Stratford-on-Avon CV37 6LU, United Kingdom Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm In Memoriam | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 06:00pm |
St John's Church, Waterloo, London The Year in Song |
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| St John's Church, Waterloo, London, London SE1 8UF, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 06:00pm The Year in Song | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Hammersmith Town Hall, London Fulham Symphony Orchestra |
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| Hammersmith Town Hall, London, King Street, London W6 9JU, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:30pm Fulham Symphony Orchestra Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Stockhausen: Kontakte Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Jun-13 08:00pm Stockhausen: Kontakte A sonic tennis match for electronics and live performers, Kontakte is a 20th century musical icon, one of the crowning glories of the first wave of electronic music composition. An inspiration for artists ranging from Jonathan Harvey to Aphex Twin and written in 1958–60, before the invention of musical synthesizers, Stockhausen’s piece was created using technology designed for radio broadcasting.
This version of the piece, combining electronic sounds with acoustic piano and percussion, is the pioneering work which has provided the starting point for the myriad of artists who have explored this rich world of possibilities ever since. The ‘contacts’ of the title emerge as volleys of sound, ‘hit’ between the electronic and the live participants.‘Karlheinz Stockhausen… has visited the outer reaches of music and reported back.’ - BBC Radio 3 presenter Robert Worby | ||
| Sunday 16-Jun-13 11:15am |
Holywell Music Room, Oxford Oxford Coffee Concerts: Carducci String Quartet with Chris Windass |
Programme to include: Dvořák, String Quintet |
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| Holywell Music Room, Oxford, Oxford OX1 1AB, United Kingdom Sunday 16-Jun-13 11:15am Oxford Coffee Concerts: Carducci String Quartet with Chris Windass Programme to include: Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904), String Quintet | ||
| Sunday 16-Jun-13 11:30am |
Lauderdale House, London Trio Ischl |
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| Lauderdale House, London, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG, United Kingdom Sunday 16-Jun-13 11:30am Trio Ischl Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 16-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Henton Village Hall, Wells Cafe Concert |
Mozart, Quintet in E flat for Piano and Winds, K452 (Slow movement) |
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| Henton Village Hall, Wells, Henton, Wells, Somerset, Wells BA5 1PD, United Kingdom Sunday 16-Jun-13 07:30pm Cafe Concert Syrinx Ensemble Leslie Sheills, Flute Jane Finch, Oboe Colin Parr, Clarinet Martin Gatt, Bassoon Jacquelyn Bevan, Piano Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 01:00pm |
Birmingham Conservatoire, Recital Hall Lunchtime concert with the Primrose Quartet Delius and Ireland: A Celebration |
Ireland, Cello Sonata (fragment) |
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| Birmingham Conservatoire, Recital Hall, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG, United Kingdom Tuesday 18-Jun-13 01:00pm Lunchtime concert with the Primrose Quartet ‘Delius and Ireland: A Celebration’ is a five-day Festival, one of the biggest the Conservatoire has ever hosted, involving over 60 individuals from the senior and junior Conservatoire, students and Faculty (including those famously associated with this repertoire), as well as orchestras, choirs and guest artists. Fifteen concert programmes will showcase songs, piano pieces, chamber and orchestral works - including performances of the complete solo piano works by John Ireland, the Delius Double and Ireland Piano Concerto – and culminate in a performance of Delius's masterpiece, Seadrift, with the Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Friend in Birmingham Town Hall on 21st June. This programme also includes the world première of an early work by Benjamin Britten entitled Chaos and Cosmos, which the Conservatoire’s students have been preparing and recording as part of the Britten Thematic Catalogue. Ireland, John (1879-1962), Cello Sonata (fragment) Primrose Piano Quartet Susanne Stanzeleit, Leader Robin Ireland, Viola Andrew Fuller, Cello John Thwaites, Piano Ron Woodley, Clarinet Chris Beagles, Horn Hetti Price, Cello Catalin Chelaru, Violin Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Tuesday 18-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St John's Smith Square, London The American Songbook |
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| St John's Smith Square, London, Smith Square, London, London SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom Tuesday 18-Jun-13 07:30pm The American Songbook Unknown, to be announced (Copland, Bernstein, Eisler, Rorem and Bolcom) | ||
| Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Victoria Rooms, Bristol Bristol University Summer Concert |
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| Victoria Rooms, Bristol, Queen's Road,, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SA, United Kingdom Wednesday 19-Jun-13 07:30pm Bristol University Summer Concert Works by Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) | ||
| Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Dillington House, Ilminster The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends |
Works by Alwyn |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Jun-13 08:00pm The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends Works by Alwyn, William (1905-1985) | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 10:30am |
Birmingham Conservatoire, Adrian Boult Hall Delius Society Residence Coffee Concert Delius and Ireland: A Celebration |
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| Birmingham Conservatoire, Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham B3 3HG, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 10:30am Delius Society Residence Coffee Concert ‘Delius and Ireland: A Celebration’ is a five-day Festival, one of the biggest the Conservatoire has ever hosted, involving over 60 individuals from the senior and junior Conservatoire, students and Faculty (including those famously associated with this repertoire), as well as orchestras, choirs and guest artists. Fifteen concert programmes will showcase songs, piano pieces, chamber and orchestral works - including performances of the complete solo piano works by John Ireland, the Delius Double and Ireland Piano Concerto – and culminate in a performance of Delius's masterpiece, Seadrift, with the Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Friend in Birmingham Town Hall on 21st June. This programme also includes the world première of an early work by Benjamin Britten entitled Chaos and Cosmos, which the Conservatoire’s students have been preparing and recording as part of the Britten Thematic Catalogue. Price type: Free | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Birmingham Town Hall Britten World Première: Chaos and Cosmos Delius and Ireland: A Celebration |
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| Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham B3 3DQ, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Britten World Première: Chaos and Cosmos ‘Delius and Ireland: A Celebration’ is a five-day Festival, one of the biggest the Conservatoire has ever hosted, involving over 60 individuals from the senior and junior Conservatoire, students and Faculty (including those famously associated with this repertoire), as well as orchestras, choirs and guest artists. Fifteen concert programmes will showcase songs, piano pieces, chamber and orchestral works - including performances of the complete solo piano works by John Ireland, the Delius Double and Ireland Piano Concerto – and culminate in a performance of Delius's masterpiece, Seadrift, with the Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Friend in Birmingham Town Hall on 21st June. This programme also includes the world première of an early work by Benjamin Britten entitled Chaos and Cosmos, which the Conservatoire’s students have been preparing and recording as part of the Britten Thematic Catalogue. Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Birmingham Conservatoire Chorus Lionel Friend, Conductor Yu-Fen Lin, Piano Gwion Thomas, Baritone Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Dillington House, Ilminster The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends |
Works by Boccherini |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 08:00pm The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends Works by Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 04:30pm |
Birmingham Symphony Hall Wagner's Ring: Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 04:30pm Wagner's Ring: Siegfried Opera North’s production of Wagner’s Ring combines both visual impact and great singing and playing. In the words of The Times on Das Rheingold, ‘Farnes has done many fine things at Opera North, but his pacing of this 150-minute sweep of music, his care about balance… and the sumptuousness of the orchestral textures – all this constitutes a massive achievement.’ In the penultimate part of this great tragedy of love and power, the hero Siegfried awakens the warrior maiden Brünnhilde, lying in a deep sleep surrounded by a magic fire, and makes her his wife. Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London Dido & Aeneas |
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (A semi staged performance with dance) |
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| St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London, Pond Street,, Hampstead, London NW3 2PP, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:30pm Dido & Aeneas Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (A semi staged performance with dance) | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Dillington House, Ilminster The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Jun-13 08:00pm The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 11:15am |
Holywell Music Room, Oxford Oxford Coffee Concerts: Allegri String Quartet |
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| Holywell Music Room, Oxford, Oxford OX1 1AB, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 11:15am Oxford Coffee Concerts: Allegri String Quartet | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 12:00pm |
Royal Academy of Music, Duke's Hall, London Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series |
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| Royal Academy of Music, Duke's Hall, London, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 12:00pm Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series ‘Es erhub sich ein Streit’ is the second of three complete surviving cantatas that Bach wrote for the feast of St Michael. The vivid Biblical account of the battle which Michael and his cohorts fought against Satan has inspired both painters and poets. It also inspired Bach to great heights of pictorial imagery and nowhere is this more evident than in the great fugal chorus with which this cantata begins. Bach illustrates the conflict between heaven and hell with sustained rhythmic tension and a confrontational vigour that is almost startling in its ferocity. This splendid battle music gives way to gentler, more reflective images contained in the work’s two arias. ‘Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort’ is a Trinity cantata which Bach first performed at Leipzig in July 1725. The text is based on the parable of the unjust steward and Bach begins his cantata with a declamatory bass aria rather than the usual chorus. Salomo Franck’s text calling mankind to account is uncompromising and Bach responds with a portentous, unyielding chordal dotted-rhythm against an almost unceasing continuo of semi-quaver triplets. There is colourful word-painting here and also in the duet for soprano and alto. ‘Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg’ is the latest of Bach’s surviving cantatas for the feast of St Michael and All Angels. He probably performed it at Leipzig in 1729. The music of the colourfully scored opening chorus was not entirely new, since Bach had used it, albeit differently scored, as the conclusion to his Weimar congratulatory cantata BWV 208. The work contains two especially appealing arias, a lyrical, dance-like movement for soprano and strings, and a duet for alto and tenor with obbligato bassoon whose diverting serpentine figurations are taken up by the voices in canon. Each cantata concert begins at midday and lasts around one hour. The Academy’s restaurant will be open for light refreshments from 10.30am until the start of each concert. | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London Forest Philharmonic orchestra |
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| Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4SY, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 06:30pm Forest Philharmonic orchestra | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Peter's Church, Shaldon Finzi Quartet |
Schumann, Piano Quintet |
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| St Peter's Church, Shaldon, Shaldon, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm Finzi Quartet Ticket Information: Centre Seats £15, Side Seats £10, Student seats £5 Detail: Finzi Quartet with Ashley Fripp Concert presented in association with the Royal Over-Seas League Marie Salvat violin Louise Salmona violin Helene Desaint viola Lydia Shelley cello Ashley Fripp piano Haydn’s six quartets of Op.76 were written in 1796-7 for Count Joseph Erdödy of Pressburg, who had family connections with Haydn's employer, the second Prince Nikolaus Esterházy de Galantha. They show a confidence of expression and technique consistent with Haydn's preeminent position in European musical life. They followed hard upon the second of Haydn's highly successful visits to England and demonstrated that at the age of 65 or so, Haydn still had much to offer in the development of the quartet form. It was indeed the only instrumental form that continued to hold his interest as he drew close to the end of his composing career. Speaking of the richly varied Opus 76 set of quartets, Charles Burney, the English writer and musician, told Haydn that he had "never received more pleasure from instrumental music; they are full of invention, fire, good taste and new effects". Benjamin Britten's Three Divertimenti started life as an abortive string quartet entitled Alla Quartetto Serioso: Go play, boy, play: a quotation from Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. This early version dates from 1933, when the composer was nineteen, and, in turn, it grew out of an Alla Marcia which he had planned for an Emil and the Detectives suite. Five movements were projected for Go play, boy, play, each of which was to portray a schoolboy friend and to give impressions of boyish fun and games. The Alla Marcia was subtitled P.T. (Physical Training), and portrayed David Layton, a considerable athlete who went up to Cambridge. Subtitled Ragging, the third movement portrayed Francis Barton, a friend from prep. school days. The three completed movements were performed in 1933 and were well received, although the composer had his reservations and ceased work on the quartet. Nevertheless they were to receive another airing when a few years later Britten revised them and chose a new title – Three Divertimenti. (Notes by John Dalton courtesy of Making Music.) Schumann was the first great composer to combine piano and string quartet and he did it with such masterly skill, and with such inspiration, that he created in this work one of the eternal jewels in the entire repertoire of chamber music. The thematic material is full of youthful spontaneity and it is shaped and moulded with assured and mature craftsmanship. Only occasionally does the piano override the strings and the five instruments share a texture of extreme clarity and always with well-defined lines. Prize winners in the 2010 Royal Over-Seas League Competition and the 2009 5th Trondheim International String Quartet Competition in Norway, the Finzi Quartet has given recitals and made numerous festival appearances at major venues throughout the UK and Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Auditorio Sony in Madrid. The Quartet has also performed live on BBC Radio 3 and on Viennese Radio. As selected Young Artists the Quartet has benefited from the support of the Tillett Trust, Park Lane Group, the Tunnell Trust and the Kirckman Concerts Society. The Quartet held a Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester between 2010 and 2012, and made its debut release with Resonus Classics in May 2012. Now based both in London and Paris, the members of the Finzi Quartet are alumni of the Royal College of Music in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the Conservatoire National Superior de Musique et de Danse of both Paris and Lyon. British pianist Ashley Fripp has given solo, concerto and chamber music performances in many of the most prestigious venues throughout the UK, such as the Royal Festival, Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham Symphony, Barbican and Wigmore Halls. Recent international invitations have taken him throughout Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Australia and the USA, to such halls as the Carnegie Hall (New York) and the Audimax Hall (Regensburg). He has won prizes at more than a dozen national and international competitions, including the coveted Gold Medal from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Diploma of Outstanding Merit at the 8th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, 1st Prize at the Brant International Piano Competition and the Award for Keyboard at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition. He has made appearances on BBC television and radio and has also performed in the Edinburgh, Brighton, Chipping Campden and City of London Festivals. Ashley Fripp studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and the Purcell School with Emily Jeffrey, and recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he is now undertaking postgraduate studies with Ronan O’Hora. Future plans include performances throughout the UK, France and Germany, and the recording of a Liszt album with Resonus Classics. His CD recording of both Chopin Piano Concertos was recently released on the Spektral Records label. Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Piano Quintet | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London Dido & Aeneas |
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (A semi staged performance with dance) |
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| St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill, London, Pond Street,, Hampstead, London NW3 2PP, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm Dido & Aeneas Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (A semi staged performance with dance) | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Dillington House, Ilminster The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends |
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| Dillington House, Ilminster, Ilminster TA19 9DT, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 08:00pm The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass & Friends | ||
| Monday 24-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Royal Academy of Music, Duke's Hall, London Bartók Explored |
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| Royal Academy of Music, Duke's Hall, London, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT, United Kingdom Monday 24-Jun-13 07:30pm Bartók Explored Sadie Fields and Tadashi Imai continue their exploration of Bartók and his contemporaries, presenting Bartók’s second Sonata and his first Rhapsody, alongside the Debussy Sonata and works by Kodály and Hubay.Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Birmingham Symphony Hall The Birmingham Beethoven Cycle: Symphonies 8 & 9 |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm The Birmingham Beethoven Cycle: Symphonies 8 & 9 It’s been an incredible journey, and on this night Andris Nelsons, the CBSO and our world-class Chorus arrive at Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: the summit of any Beethoven cycle - and some say, the whole of classical music. But there’s a world of experience to live through before the CBSO get to that final, transcendent Ode To Joy, and Beethoven’s explosive little Eighth Symphony launches a concert that’s sure to be one of the most talked-about events in Birmingham this year. (£10-£55) | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Bach and Vivaldi Violin Concertos |
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| St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, London, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm Bach and Vivaldi Violin Concertos With all three of Bach’s great violin concertos and Vivaldi’s delightful musical story of peasant life in the summer, there is much to enjoy in this evening of popular baroque masterpieces. Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741), The Four Seasons: Concerto in G minor, "L'estate (Summer)", RV315, Op.8 no.2 Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741), The Four Seasons: Concerto in F minor "L'Inverno (Winter)", RV 297, Op.8 no.4 Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm |
LSO St Lukes, London The River Still Sings City of London Festival |
Lyons, The River Still Sings (World premiere) |
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| LSO St Lukes, London, 161 Old Street, London EC1V 9NG, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm The River Still Sings The River Still Sings is a multimedia work set to a new text by Seamus Deane with visuals by Paul Moore. Commissioned as part of the 400th Anniversary celebrations of the link between Derry~Londonderry and the City of London, this new work reflects the importance of the rivers in both cities.
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| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
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| Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, Nottingham NG1 5ND, United Kingdom Friday 28-Jun-13 07:30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The matchless combination of Andris Nelsons and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra provides all the elements for an astounding concert. And as it takes place at the end of June it’s appropriate to begin with Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched ‘Italian’ Symphony. A ten month tour of Italy in 1830 left him with an overwhelming impression of the ‘land of nature, delighting every heart,’ and inspired him to write his most effervescent symphony three years later.
One of the most moving stories of Beethoven is that one of the soloists at the premiere of his 9th Symphony in 1824 had to turn the deaf composer around so that he could witness the tumultuous applause. Few there could have doubted its seismic status. Visionary in scope, extreme in its gestures and technically daunting (horn players still have cold sweats about one notorious solo), it’s a piece which tears at the boundaries of the classical symphony, nowhere more so than in the choral finale that proclaims the words of Schiller’s Ode to Joy.Image credit: Andris Nelsons with the CBSO © Neil Pugh | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 02:30pm |
The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown Catrin Finch Gregynog Festival |
Programme to include: Mozart, Theme, Variations and Rondo Painter, Gregynog Suite (Gregynog Festival commission, world première) |
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| The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Tregynon, Newtown SY16 3PW, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 02:30pm Catrin Finch Repertoire associated with the distinguished harpist Osian Ellis, including the Suite
which Britten dedicated to him, plus a new Gregynog Suite which the Festival has
commissioned for Catrin Finch from Christopher Painter. Osian Ellis invited Benjamin
Britten and Peter Pears to give a recital with him at the Gregynog Festival in 1972
during his tenure as Gregynog Arts Fellow.In a pre-concert talk, free to ticket-holders from 1.30pm, Christopher Painter and Rhian Davies will discuss the new commission and the influence of Painter’s teacher and mentor, the composer Alun Hoddinott, who collaborated with Britten and Pears at the Cardiff Festival during the 1970s. Programme to include: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Theme, Variations and Rondo Painter, Christopher (b. 1962), Gregynog Suite (Gregynog Festival commission, world première) | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Birmingham Symphony Hall The Birmingham Beethoven Cycle: Symphonies 8 & 9 |
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| Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham B1, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:00pm The Birmingham Beethoven Cycle: Symphonies 8 & 9 It’s been an incredible journey, and on this night Andris Nelsons, the CBSO and our world-class Chorus arrive at Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: the summit of any Beethoven cycle - and some say, the whole of classical music. But there’s a world of experience to live through before the CBSO get to that final, transcendent Ode To Joy, and Beethoven’s explosive little Eighth Symphony launches a concert that’s sure to be one of the most talked-about events in Birmingham this year. (£10-£55) | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Middlesbrough Town Hall Coronation Diamond Jubilee Concert |
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| Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QQ, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm Coronation Diamond Jubilee Concert | ||
