University of Birmingham Music Society Department of Music Barber

University of Birmingham Music Society
Department of Music
Barber Concerts
Hello!
T
he spring term has so much to offer by way of concerts and
events that it is difficult to know where to start. We have a
multitude of professional and student performances taking
place in both the Bramall Music Building and The Barber
Institute of Fine Arts – with the inaugural Birmingham
International Piano Festival (6-8 March) making the most of these
contrasting venues, by presenting concerts in both the Elgar Concert Hall
and Barber Concert Hall.
The piano takes centre stage, with the festival in early March, and two piano
concerto performances with our student orchestras. We welcome David
Quigley on 22nd March as he performs Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F with
the Philharmonic Orchestra, and on Friday 13 March the winner of the Music
Society Concerto Competition, Steven Teo performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano
Concerto No. 1 with the Symphony Orchestra to kick off the University Arts and
Science Festival (13-22 March).
The Barber Evening Concert Series features University Ensembles in Residence,
internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble, VOCES8, the Dante Quartet, plus a
performance from the Nash Ensemble, in this, their 50th anniversary year.
We open up the Dome room in the Bramall Music Building for a variety of
performances and events, including special ‘Evensong’ deep listening sessions
from BEAST on 19 March for the Arts and Science Festival, and two evenings
of music on the BEASTdome system in January. The Dome is also home to our
free Monday lunchtime student recital series this term, where we present a
variety of ensembles and soloists, including early music groups and University
Camerata.
We hope you enjoy many of the concerts on offer and support the Arts and
Science Festival and the Birmingham International Piano Festival alongside our
regular series of student performances and lunchtime and evening concerts.
Jo Sweet
Head of University Music and Concerts
Friday 16 January 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Benjamin Baker violin
Petr Limonov piano
Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1
Bloch
Violin Sonata No. 1 (1920) Young Classical Artists
Trust musicians, Benjamin
Baker and Petr Limonov
give the first concert
in the friday lunchtime
series. Benjamin joins us
following his Barber debut
last March, a concert that
was highly acclaimed by
the audience. Petr has
previously performed in the
Barber with his chamber
ensemble Trio Isimsiz.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
January
Wednesday 21 January 7.30pm
Barber Evening Concert
VOCES8
with Birmingham University Singers
Programme includes:
Byrd
Haec Dies
Praetorius
Magnificat Quinti Toni
Monteverdi
Cantate Domino
Tallis, arr. VOCES8
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (Festal)
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (Ferial)
Rachmaninov
Bogoroditse Devo
Gabrieli
Jubilate Deo
Bono and The Edge*
Goldeneye
Nat ‘King’ Cole*
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Schoenberg*
I Dreamed a Dream
Kate Rusby*
Underneath the Stars
THE NAVE TO
THE STAGE
“Radiant and
luminous”
Stephen Eddins, AllMusic
*arranged by Jim Clements
Harnessing a combination of sound worlds, The Nave to the
Stage explores the simple beauty of plainsong and the rich
harmonies of Rachmaninov, through to the brilliance of the
Rat Pack and musicals. Created with repertoire taken from
VOCES8’s debut No. 1 selling album on Decca Classics, this
programme aims to exploit the acoustic capacities of the Barber
Concert Hall. The result is a stunning concert presentation
unique to this wonderful classical vocal ensemble. VOCES8 are
joined by Birmingham University Singers in a performance of
Mendelssohn’s Denn er hat seinen Englen befohlen über dir and
Tippett’s evocative arrangement of Steal Away.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends,
£5 students. Available from the Barber Institute reception
on 0121 414 7333 or online at www.musicmaniauk.com
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Friday 23 and 30 January 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 23 and Saturday 24 January
Department of Music
Romantic Piano Fantasies: Lecture-Recitals
Kenneth Hamilton piano
BEASTdome: Pantry Sessions
Friday 23 January
Beethoven
Fantasy, Op. 77
Chopin
Polonaise Fantasy
Mendelssohn
Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer
Liszt
Fantasy on Verdi’s Rigoletto
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
Friday 30 January
Schumann
Fantasy, Op. 17
Kenneth
Hamilton
LectureRecitals
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Concert pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns to the
Barber with an intriguing tour of some of the most
imaginative and capricious 19th-century pieces for
piano, starting with Beethoven’s impatiently eccentric
Op. 77 Fantasy, moving through Mendelssohn,
Chopin and Liszt, and coming full circle with
Schumann’s glorious Fantasy Op. 17, dedicated to
Liszt, but secretly brimming with hidden references
to Beethoven himself.
BEAST and SOUNDkitchen join forces to present two
evenings of delicious electronic music, with artists from
Birmingham, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Iceland and the US.
Thor Magnusson brings BEASTdome to life with
his Threnoscope, a live generative piece of immersive
spectral music, and eclectic American composer Sam
Pluta returns to Birmingham from New York with
members of his Wet Ink Ensemble to present a new
extended piece for instruments and electronics.
Meanwhile, SOUNDkitchen brings artists from their
successful 2014 series back to the table: Sarah Hughes,
Kostis Kilymis and Samuel Rodgers combine piano,
electronics and field recordings, and Chris Herbert
and Nicholas Bullen exchange found sound to create
beautiful textures for extended listening. Completing our
well-rounded meal, Turkish music specialist Eliot Bates
cooks up sound for traditional Turkish string instrument,
the oud, and the BEASTdome system. Manfredi Clemente
plays a short work based on improvised piano and ‘noinput’ mixing sounds, and Portuguese composer Angela
Da Ponte premieres a piece made from the sorrowful
chants of her homeland, the Azores.
The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building
Admission:
Single day tickets: £10 on the door,
£7 advance, £3 students.
Fri-Sat combined ticket: £16 on the door,
£12 advance, £5 students.
Please purchase tickets in advance via
www.beast.bham.ac.uk to avoid disappointment
January/February
Friday 6 February 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Flights of Fancy
Rose Consort of Viols
Ibi Aziz, John Bryan, Alison Crum,
Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks viols
Friday 23 January 7.30pm
Thor Magnusson
Eliot Bates
Manfredi Clemente
Hughes/Kilymis/Rodgers
Saturday 24 January 7.30pm
The UK’s leading viol ensemble, the Rose Consort,
performs a selection of five-part fantasias, In nomines,
and dance music from Tudor and Stuart England,
including music by William Byrd, Antony Holborne,
John Ward and Alfonso Ferrabosco II.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
Sam Pluta/Wet Ink Ensemble
Angela Da Ponte
Herbert/Bullen duo
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Sunday 8 February 3pm
Department of Music
Monday 9 February 1pm
Department of Music
University Chamber Orchestra
University Camerata
Andrew Kirkman director
Jonathan Clinch organ
Anthony Blake Clark, Claire Hughes,
Jessica Norton student conductors
Haydn
Overture to L’Isola Disabitata
Joseph Martin Kraus
Symphony in C minor
Leopold Kozeluch
Symphony in G minor
Haydn
Organ Concerto in C, Hob.XVIII:1
Haydn
Sinfonia from Armida, Dramma Eroico in tre atti
University Camerata - a handpicked chamber choir of
20 voices - perform under the direction of final year
undergraduate student, Claire Hughes, and MA Choral
Conducting students Jessica Norton and Blake Clark.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
Bruckner
Christus Factus Est
Rheinberger
Abendlied
Poulenc
O Magnum Mysterium
Copland
Long Time Ago
Quick
Loch Lomond
Ticheli
There will be rest
The Dome, 3rd Floor
Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
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Bruckner
Poulenc
Professor Andrew Kirkman directs the University
Chamber Orchestra for an afternoon of Classical
symphonies by Joseph Martin Kraus and Leopold
Kozeluch, and works by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Programme includes:
February
Friday 13 February 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Sunday 15 February 3pm
Music Society and Department of Music
Peter Whelan bassoon
Simon Smith piano
Chamber Ensembles and
Gamelan Ensemble
Dutilleux
Sarabande et Cortège
Field (arr. Jancourt)
Nocturne
Grovlez
Sicilienne and Allegro
Piazzola
Tango Etude
Saint-Saëns
Sonata for bassoon and piano
In an eclectic concert of chamber music, students
from across the University perform in small ensembles
having received professional coaching through the
Music Society’s chamber music network. The Gamelan
Ensemble give a captivating performance to open the
concert with their director, Andy Channing.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
Principal bassoonist with the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra since 2008, Peter Whelan was described
by the Philadelphia Enquirer as ‘an absolute master
of fleet facility with a solidly plush tone of wondrous
immediacy’. He is in constant demand as a soloist
and chamber musician and has received glowing
responses from audiences and critics alike, including a
Gramophone Award for his recording of Vivaldi bassoon
concertos with La Serenissima in 2010. Peter is joined
by pianist and fellow Scottish Chamber Orchestra
member, Simon Smith, for this lunchtime recital.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
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Monday 16 February 1pm
Department of Music
Wednesday 18 February 7.30pm
Barber Evening Concert
CEMPR Small Ensembles
Dante Quartet
Christine Whiffen CEMPR director
Krysia Osostowicz violin
Oscar Perks violin
Yuko Inoue viola
Richard Jenkinson cello
Students who receive lessons and coaching through
the Music Department’s Centre for Early Music
Performance and Research present music for viol
consort, voices, baroque flutes and strings, wind
band – harmoniemusik – and early keyboards. The
programme will include two of Telemann’s concertos
for four solo violins.
The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
Telemann
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Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, ‘Bird’
Bartók String Quartet No. 4
Debussy
String Quartet in G minor
‘The unflinching integrity of
their interpretation and the
excitement of their playing
were consistently superb.’
The Guardian
Winner of the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society
Award for chamber music in 2007, the Dante Quartet is
known for its imaginative programming and the emotional
intensity of its performances. The group was founded in
1995 and chose the name Dante to reflect the idea of a
great and challenging journey. As a University Ensemble
in Residence for 2014-15, the quartet has been working
with student composers and chamber groups throughout
the year.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends,
£5 students. Available from the Barber Institute
reception on 0121 414 7333 or online at
www.musicmaniauk.com
Friday 20 February 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 20 February 7.30pm
CBSO and Department of Music
Christina Gansch soprano
Joseph Middleton piano
CBSO Friday Night Classics: Opera Gala
Wagner
Prelude to Act Three and ‘In Fernem Land’ from Lohengrin
Dvořák
‘Song to the Moon’ from Rusalka
Rossini
‘Largo Al Factotum’ from The Barber of Seville
Verdi
‘Va Pensiero’ from Nabucco
‘Anvil Chorus’ from Il Trovatore
Mozart
‘La Ci Darem La Mano’ from Don Giovanni
Puccini
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘The Humming Chorus’ from Madama Butterfly
Tchaikovsky
‘Polonaise’ from Eugene Onegin
Gounod
‘Jewel Song’ from Faust
Bizet
‘Flower Song’ and other extracts
from Carmen
The Pearl Fishers Duet
Leoncavallo
‘Si Puo, So Puo?’ from Pagliacci
Borodin
‘Polovtsian Dances’ from Prince Igor
Symphony Hall, Birmingham city centre
Tickets: £12.50-£44 plus transaction fee,
available from www.thsh.co.uk or on
0121 345 0600
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la
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
Singers from the University of Birmingham make
their annual visit to Symphony Hall in the Friday Night
Classics series with the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra. Maestro Stephen Bell leads an all-star
operatic cast in this performance for an evening of arias
and choruses from Mozart to Puccini.
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er
a
Leading Art Song and Lieder pianist Joseph Middleton
returns to the Barber following a sell out concert
with Sir Thomas Allen in October. In this concert he is
joined by Austrian soprano Christina Gansch, winner
of the 2014 Kathleen Ferrier Award. A graduate of
Salzburg’s Mozarteum and the Royal Academy of
Music, Christina is a member of the International
Studio of the Hamburgische Staatoper where her roles
this season include Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and
Frasquita (Carmen).
University of Birmingham Voices
Stephen Bell conductor
Natalya Romaniw soprano Peter Wedd tenor, Simon Thorpe baritone
Richard Jenkinson cello
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Sunday 22 February 9.30am-4.30pm
Music Society and Department of Music
Music Experience Day
Music
Experience
Day
OPEN REHEARSALS, TALKS & TOURS
BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT AND YOUR VOICE
ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED
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PROGRAMME
10.00Introduction
10.30Orchestra session
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty suite
11.00Chamber Choir
14.00Chorus session
14.00Early Music
14.00Brass Ensemble
14.30Jazz Collective Open Jam
Whether you live in the local area, study or teach at
the University, or are thinking about studying here in
the future, you can find out about all of the choirs,
orchestras, bands and ensembles we have to offer
as the Bramall Music Building and Department of
Music open their doors for the day. You can take part
in our Chorus and Orchestra rehearsals as part of this
inspiring event, take a tour of our facilities, meet our
professional coaches and teachers, jam with our Jazz
Collective, and talk to members of the Music Society
and the Music Department team.
Bramall Music Building
BOOK YOUR PLACE
Admission: Free - advanced booking required
by Monday 9 February. Email musicboxoffice@
contacts.bham.ac.uk to confirm a place.
February
Monday 23 February 1pm
Department of Music
Friday 27 February 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Early Modern Vocal Ensemble
New Music Ensemble
Focusing on music from the early seventeenth century,
the Early Modern Vocal Ensemble will perform duos
and trios by Claudio Monteverdi and his German
contemporary and pupil Heinrich Schütz, whose sacred
vocal music was influenced by the dramatic vocal
techniques he studied with Monteverdi in Venice in the
late 1620s. Early Modern Vocal Ensemble members
receive regular coaching from early vocal specialists
Mark Chambers, Andrew King and Amy Brosius.
The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
Daniele Rosina director
Chris Holley student conductor
Bushra El Turk
Mawwal
Michael Zev Gordon
Sehnsucht
David Ibbet
Briar Rose
Daria Kwiatkowska
Trickling water, gentle bells
David Önaç
Toll
Monteverdi
Schultz
Illustration: Birmingham Skyline
by Sarah Taylor Silverwood
The Department of Music’s New Music Ensemble
presents a lunchtime concert focusing on the works
of contemporary composers with strong associations
with the city of Birmingham and the University.
The programme includes works by Department of
Music staff, teaching fellows David Önaç and Daria
Kwiatkowska, Professor of Composition Michael Zev
Gordon, and PhD composers David Ibbet and Bushra
El Turk.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
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Sunday 1 March 3pm
Music Society
Monday 2 March 1pm
Department Music
Voyages of Discovery
Harmonieband
Birmingham Symphonic Winds and University Wind Band
Keith Allen conductor
Christopher Holley and Ben Farrar student conductors
Anneke Scott director
Birmingham Symphonic Winds and their director,
Keith Allen, join the University Wind Band in their capacity
as Ensemble in Residence at the University of Birmingham.
The two groups present a springtime concert in the Elgar
Concert Hall featuring recently premiered works and music
celebrating voyages of discovery.
The programme includes popular works by prolific wind
band and Royal Shakespeare Company composer, Guy
Woolfenden OBE. Woolfenden will be celebrated at the
2015 ‘World-Wide-Woolfenden’ event on 24 May at the
Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon that celebrates his
contribution to British music.
Programme includes:
William G Harbinson
Sparkle
Guy Woolfenden
Illyrian Dances
S.P.Q.R.
Rob Wiffin
Sinfonietta
John Rutter
Gloria
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
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Programme includes:
Mozart
Serenade in C minor for winds, K388
The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
Mozart
Birmingham Symphonic Winds
University wind band
Europe’s leading natural horn specialist Anneke
Scott directs student ensemble Harmonieband in a
performance of Mozart’s ever-popular Serenade for
winds, alongside a trio performance from her natural
horn pupils.
In association with
March
6-8th
2015
In its inaugural year, Birmingham International Piano Festival brings
some of the world’s finest pianists to the city of Birmingham over three
days, and showcases the piano, not only as a solo instrument, but also
its role in chamber music and jazz. Concerts take place at the University
of Birmingham in Birmingham’s newest concert venue, the Elgar Concert
Hall, and in one of the UK’s finest chamber music venues, the stunning
Art Deco concert hall in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
Information and tickets
birminghampianofestival.com
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Friday 6 March, 1.10pm
Piano4Hands
Joseph Tong &
Waka Hasegawa piano
Robert Keeley
Bondi Breaks
Sibelius
Adagio
‘Rakkaalle Ainolle’
Ravel
La Valse
Schubert
Allegro in A minor,
‘Lebensstürme’, D. 947
Brahms
Three Hungarian
Dances
Friday 6 March, 7.30pm
Cropper Welsh Roscoe Trio
Peter Cropper violin
Moray Welsh cello
Martin Roscoe piano
Haydn
Piano Trio in C , Hob XV/27
Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Beethoven
Piano Trio Op. 97, ‘Archduke’
Saturday 7 March, 7.30pm
Francesco Piemontesi piano
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in
A flat, Op. 110
Maximilian Schnaus
New work
Schumann
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonatas
(selection)
Mendelssohn
Songs without Words
(selection)
Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa are one of
the UK’s leading piano duos, equally in demand
as duettists and as a dynamic two piano team.
They open the Birmingham International Piano
Festival with a free lunchtime concert which will
captivate and thrill. Watching this duo it can be
easy to forget that they are individuals.
The Cropper Welsh Roscoe Trio comprises three
of Britain’s finest chamber musicians: violinist
Peter Cropper, ex-leader and founder member
of The Lindsays, Moray Welsh, former Principal
Cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra, and
Martin Roscoe, one of Britain’s finest pianists.
Since rising to international prominence with
prizes at several major competitions, Swiss-Italian
pianist Francesco Piemontesi has appeared at
many of the world’s leading concert halls, both
as a recitalist and in concert performances with
a selection of the world’s major orchestras.
Piemontesi has quickly established himself on the
international recital circuit, giving intimate and
captivating performances beyond his years.
Admission: Free/no advance booking
Barber Concert Hall
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Admission: £10-20
Barber Concert Hall
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Admission: £10-20
Barber Concert Hall
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Online booking birminghampianofestival.com
Telephone booking 01782 206000
Saturday 7 March, 7.30pm
Back to Basie Orchestra
Paying homage to the great American Jazz
composer and pianist, Count Basie, the Back to
Basie Orchestra features top London session
musicians and jazz soloists all dedicated to
playing the music of Count Basie’s orchestra
of the 1950s and 1960s. The band captures
the sound and spirit of the legendary ‘Swingin’
Machine’.
Launched in 2001, Back to Basie have been
presenting Count Basie tribute concerts
throughout Britain and Europe to universal
acclaim. The Orchestra presents it usual show
on the concert circuit with their fantastic award
winning singer, Jacqui Hicks.
Admission: £10-20
Elgar Concert Hall
Bramall Music Building
Sunday 8 March, 3.30pm
Nikolai Demidenko with the European Union Chamber Orchestra
Hans-Peter Hofmann director
Recognised as one of the world’s leading pianists
Nikolai Demidenko’s passionate virtuosity and
musicianship has brought him acclaim from critics,
conductors, and audiences alike. This concert
with the European Union Chamber Orchestra
puts Demidenko at the centre of a programme
with two concerti performances which highlight
not only his own inimitable prowess, but also that
of the European Union Chamber Orchestra and
its director, Hans-Peter Hofmann. The European
Union Chamber Orchestra was formed in 1981
with players from the member states of the
European Union. The Orchestra puts an emphasis
on giving unique opportunities and experience to
young musicians at the outset of their professional
careers and has an enviable reputation.
Admission: £15-25
Elgar Concert Hall
Bramall Music Building
Online booking birminghampianofestival.com
Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Holst
St Paul’s Suite
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K414
Bach
Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV1056
Haydn
Symphony No. 59 in A, ‘Fire’
Classical Ticket Offer
Book for Cropper/Welsh/Roscoe Trio,
Piemontesi and the Demidenko/EUCO
concert together and receive a reduced
rate combined Festival ticket:
£50 Full price (save £15)
£40 Barber Friends (save £5)
£30 students (save £5)
Telephone booking 01782 206000
Monday 9 March 1pm
Department of Music
Friday 13 March 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 13 March 7.30pm
Music Society
Performance Practice
Ensemble
Chetham’s School of Music
Symphony Orchestra
Francesca Cull cello
Tudor Trita violin
Hilary Suckling piano
Daniele Rosina conductor
Christopher Holley student conductor
Steven Teo piano
Prokofiev
Sonata for cello and piano in C,
Op. 119
Franck
Sonata for violin and piano in A
William Tuckwell
Action Plan for Life Inside a Window
(world premiere)
Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnole
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Students taking the Department of Music’s Studies in
Performance Practice class as part of their degree give
a performance of chamber music ranging from 17th
century Italy to 19th century Germany. The concerts
conclude as student conductor, Christopher Holley,
leads the ensemble in a performance of J S Bach’s
Cantata BWV 84.
The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
J S Bach
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Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
LAU NCH
WEE KE N D
The Music Society presents a concert highlighting
the talents of its many members, with a programme
featuring the winning entry in their annual
Composition Prize by William Tuckwell. Student
conductor Christopher Holley conducts the world
premiere of the work, Action Plan for Life Inside a
Window. Third year Music Student Steven Teo brings
the concert to a close as he performs Tchaikovsky’s
Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Symphony Orchestra,
following his success in the Music Society’s Concerto
Competition.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
March
Saturday 14 March 7.30pm
Music Society
University Chorus
Julian Wilkins conductor
Nicholas Wearne organ
Madeleine Roy, Naomi Sheer,
Holly Singlehurst soprano soloists
Kodály
Laudes organi
Finzi
Lo, the full final sacrifice
Mendelssohn
Hear my prayer
Tuckwell
Borodin
Tchaikovsky
Rimsky-Korsakov
The University Chorus takes the opportunity to
perform with the Bramall organ in a programme of
three contrasting works. The Chorus is joined by
organist Nicholas Wearne and student soprano soloists
Madeleine Roy, Naomi Sheer and Holly Singlehurst.
Under the direction of Julian Wilkins, they perform
Finzi’s 1946 anthem Lo, the full final sacrifice,
Kodaly’s 1966 fantasia on a 17th century Sequence
Laudes organi, and Mendelssohn’s 1844 anthem
Hear my Prayer.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
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Sunday 15 March 3pm
Music Society
Monday 16 March 12.30pm
Department of Music
Thursday 19 March 6.15pm/7pm/7.30pm
Department of Music
Saxophone Ensemble
Final Year Recitalists
BEAST: Evensong
Matthew Knight and Gerry Brazell
student conductors
Wei Goh cello
Stephanie Nixon flute
Madeleine Roy soprano
Eugenie Pui cello
The Music Society’s Saxophone Ensemble provide
an afternoon of light entertainment with a mixed
programme of arrangements and original compositions
for saxophones. This student led ensemble are
guaranteed to leave you smiling on a Sunday afternoon!
Barber Concert Hall
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
Final year recitalists perform a selection of music
in preparation for their end of year performance
assessments.
The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
Tune in to your surroundings and join BEAST for a
30 minute deep listening session in the Dome Room
as part of the Arts and Science Festival. Sounds
collected from campus locations and
beyond will be heard as never before. The perfect way to end the day.
The Dome, 3rd Floor
Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
Cushions +
eye masks
provided
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March
30 minute
deep
listening
sessions
Friday 20 March 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Tesla String Quartet
Ross Snyder violin
Michelle Lie violin
Edwin Kaplan viola
Serafim Smigelskiy cello
Schubert
String Quartet in C minor, D. 703, ‘Quartettsatz’
Linus Köhring
7 Aphorismen
Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Winner of the Gold Medal at the 2012 Fischoff National
Chamber Music Competition and Prizewinner in the
2012 London International String Quartet Competition
and 2013 Bordeaux International String Quartet
Competition, the Tesla Quartet was formed at The
Juilliard School in 2008 and quickly established itself
as one of the most promising young ensembles in New
York, winning Second Prize at the J. C. Arriaga Chamber
Music Competition only a few months after its inception.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
“Technically superb”
The Strad
Sight & Sound Monday 16 – Sunday 22 March 2015
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www.birmingham.ac.uk/artsandsciencefestival
Visualising Sound:
Art and Music Workshop
Jack McNeill clarinet
Ulrich Heinen cello
Jeremy Clay workshop leader
Workshop 2.30-4pm
Working in the Barber galleries, you will explore sounds
and instrumental techniques with leading professional
musicians to explore the artwork through improvisation.
Participants will then create their own music through
drawing, creating graphic interpretations of paintings
that will, in turn, be used by the musicians to create a
unique and original Sound Tour. The workshop offers
the chance to explore familiar Barber paintings in
a new way, seeing and hearing things perhaps not
experienced before, and creating something truly
original. No musical or artistic knowledge is required.
Open to adults only.
Admission: Free
Booking essential for both
the workshop and the Sound
Tour - places strictly limited.
Telephone 0121 414 2261 or
email [email protected]
to book your place now.
Workshop
Friday 20 March 2.30–5pm
Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Friday 20 March 7.30pm
Music Society and Department of Music
Brass in Concert:
University Brass Band and
Birmingham Symphonic Brass
Stuart Birnie brass band director
Stephen Roberts symphonic brass director
The University’s premier brass ensembles present
an evening of entertainment with an eclectic mix of
traditional and modern brass band music, solo items,
and new arrangements for brass dectet. Birmingham
Symphonic Brass, an ensemble of ten talented
orchestral brass players perform under the direction
of leading brass ensemble composer/arranger and
conductor, Stephen Roberts.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
Sound Tour 4-5pm
Jack McNeill and Ulrich Heinen perform the
compositions produced by participants in the preceding
workshop, creating a ‘sound tour’ of the Barber
galleries. Experience the Barber paintings as you have
ever seen or heard them before. The Sound Tour is
open to all - you do not need to have participated in the
workshop to attend the performance.
Sight & Sound Monday 16 – Sunday 22 March 2015
March
©2001 Cornelia Parker Breathless
Saturday 21 March 7.30pm
Music Society and Department of Music
The Age of Choirs
University Women’s Choir and Chamber Choirs
Simon Halsey conductor, Jack Apperley and Claire Hughes student conductors
In this concert three of the University’s choir join forces
to present a concert giving a brief history of choral
chamber music with Simon Halsey and two talented
student conductors. The Music Society’s female voices
chamber choir perform a programme from the Baroque
period (c.1600 - c.1750) before passing the baton to
the mixed voices chamber choir as they take us into the
Classical and Romantic eras (c.1750 - c.1900). Bringing
the programme to modern day will be the award-winning
University Women’s Choir who will perform choral
works from the 20th century, written entirely
by female composers.
St George’s Church, Edgbaston
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/artsandsciencefestival
Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Rosina conductor
David Quigley piano
Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F
Ravel
Fanfare from L’éventail de Jeanne
Pavane pour une infant défunte
Boléro
Suite: Ma mère l’oye
Inset: Edgar Degas Dance Class, 1871, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Sunday 22 March 3pm
Music Society
Internationally acclaimed Irish concert pianist
David Quigley joins the Music Society’s Philharmonic
Orchestra in a performance of George Gershwin’s
captivating Piano Concerto in F. The concerto is
presented alongside the music of Maurice Ravel - the
two composers having a mutual admiration for each
other’s work.
The orchestra perform Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead
Princess, ballet music from L’éventail de Jeanne
and Mother Goose, as well as the composer’s most
recognisable work, the one-movement Boléro.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Tickets: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students
How to book: Please see page 26.
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March
Monday 23 March 12.30pm
Department of Music
Monday 23 March 5pm
Department of Music
Tuesday 24 March 9pm
Music Society
Final Year Recitalists
University Camerata
Big Band and Jazz Collective
Cherry Fong flute
Isabel Richards piano
Oliver Hance oboe
Naomi Haigh cello
Anthony Blake Clark, Jessica Norton
student conductors
Julian Wilkins organ
Lluis Mather big band director
Final year recitalists perform a selection of music
in preparation for their end of year performance
assessments.
The Dome, 3rd Floor,
Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
Under the guidance and leadership of Professor Simon
Halsey, Jessica Norton and Anthony Blake Clark
are studying on the flagship MA Choral Conducting
pathway. In this, their final recital, they direct University
Camerata. Jessica will be conducting a programme of
folk music from around the world, whilst Blake will be
focusing on the heavens, stars and sky.
Talented jazz musicians from across the University take
over the popular jazz venue, The Spotted Dog, for an
evening of classic big band charts - the night will feature
guest vocalists, and a small band set from the Jazz
Collective. The evening finishes with a jam session from
11pm.
The Spotted Dog, Digbeth
Admission: Free
Programme includes:
Jazz Tuesdays
@The Spotted Dog
Bartók
‘The Wanderer’ from Four Hungarian folk songs
Schubert
Four Part Songs
Parry
I Was Glad
Jonathan Dove
Seek Him That Maketh the 7 Stars
Tallis
O Nata Lux Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Admission: Free
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Wednesday 25 March 7.30pm
Barber Evening Concert
Friday 27 March 1.10pm
Barber Lunchtime Concert
Nash Ensemble
Lady Barber’s Legacy
The 2014/15 season sees the Nash Ensemble
celebrate a remarkable fifty years since giving its first
concert. Resident Chamber Ensemble at Wigmore
Hall since 2010, the ensemble remains one of the
UK’s most respected and active chamber groups.
Acclaimed for its adventurous programming and
virtuoso performances, the Nash Ensemble presents
iconic works alongside commissions, supporting
contemporary composers and engaging audiences.
By the end of the season the group will have premiered
over 300 new works, of which 193 have been specially
commissioned.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber
Friends, £5 students. Available from the
Barber Institute reception on 0121 414 7333
or online at www.musicmaniauk.com
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The Sunday Times
Birmingham University Singers
Anthony Blake Clark, Jessica Norton
student conductors
The last lunchtime concert of the spring season, this
concert reflects the art collection in the Barber Institute
of Fine Arts, and the relation between art and music.
Birmingham University Singers present a programme
mirroring the chronology and themes within the
collection.
Barber Concert Hall
Admission: Free
Nestor Cambier (1879 – 1957), Portrait of Lady Barber by a Leopard-skin Rug, about 1923.
Oil on canvas, 168x132cm. ©The Henry Barber Trust, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
Judith Weir
Distance and Enchantment, for piano and string trio
Dvořák
Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 87
Schubert
Piano Quintet in A, ‘Trout’, D. 667
Thursday 30 April - Saturday 2 May
Department of Music
BEAST FEaST 2015
3 DAYS OF MUSIC, CONVERSATION AND IDEAS
BEAST invites you to three days of music, conversation
and ideas with guests from the UK, Germany, and
Canada. Composer Manuella Blackburn will present
recent pieces from her striking and individual body of
work. David Prior, one half of sound/art/architecture
duo Liminal, will create a new version of his installation
work Of This Parish, using recordings of the University’s
beloved clock tower, Old Joe. Julian Rohrhuber
collaborates with BEER to create Word Music, which
makes use of his new Steno live programming language
to ‘think aloud, in words that mean programs and letters
that shift meanings.’ Percussionist Daniel Tones presents
works by Javier Alvarez and Christos Hatzis.
Thursday 30 April
Saturday 2 May
8pm
The opening concert on the BEASTdome system includes
our own ensemble BEER, as they take part in a telematic
live coding performance with Canada’s David Ogborn and
his Cybernetic Orchestra, and present Julian Rohrhuber’s
Word Music.
The Dome, Bramall Music Building
2pm
Manuella Blackburn, plus recent electronic music from
Birmingham and around the world.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Friday 1 May
Music
Space
Architecture
Place
1.10pm
Daniel Tones lunchtime recital.
Barber Concert Hall, The Barber Institute
5.30pm
David Prior’s new realisation of Of this Parish, featuring
the University’s clocktower Old Joe.
1st Floor Mezzanine, Bramall Music Building
7pm
A concert featuring work by Manuella Blackburn and
Emma Margetson, winner of the 2014 COMPASS Prize.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
8pm
Music Space Architecture Place closing concert.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
8.30pm
Works with Daniel Tones, and the film version of David
Prior’s Of This Parish.
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Admission:
3 day pass: £30 on door, £25 advance, £12 students
Individual concert: £10 on door, £7 advance,
£3 students
Day pass (Friday or Saturday): £16 on door,
£12 advance, £5 students
Please purchase tickets in advance via
www.beast.bham.ac.uk to avoid disappointment
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4pm
A panel discussion on the relationships between music,
space, architecture, and place.
The Dome, Bramall Music Building
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How to book
University Music concerts
Barber Evening Concerts
General information
On the door
By telephone
0121 414 7333
Concessions
Concessionary rates are offered to the disabled, the
unwaged, and patrons aged sixty years and above.
Tickets may purchased on the door for any University
Music Concert. We reserve the right to halt ticket sales
five minutes before performances begin in order to
ensure a prompt start.
Monday to Friday: 10am-12.30pm, 2.30pm-4.30pm.
Saturday and Sunday: 11am-4.30pm.
Order form
On the door
Barber Friends
Friends of The Barber are entitled to purchase tickets
for Barber Evening Concerts at specially discounted
Barber Friends’ rates.
Tickets may be ordered using the booking form on
page 28. Tickets will be available for collection at
the appropriate venue from one hour before the
performance starts unless you have requested that your
tickets are posted to you.
On days when there is an evening performance the
Barber box office remains open until 7.25pm. We
reserve the right to halt ticket sales five minutes before
performances begin in order to ensure a prompt start.
Students
Student rates include children aged 16 and under
unless otherwise stated.
Online
www.shop.bham.ac.uk
Select: Product Catalogue
then select: Non-Academic Departments
then select: University Music Concerts
In person/advance
You can purchase tickets for any Barber Evening
Concert at the reception desk in The Barber Institute of
Fine Arts during normal opening hours.
Order form
Tickets may be ordered using the booking form on
page 28. Tickets will be available for collection at
the appropriate venue from one hour before the
performance starts unless you have requested that your
tickets are posted to you.
Online
www.musicmaniauk.com
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Booking fees apply
Disabled patrons
Limited blue badge holder parking is available:
please speak to staff when booking your tickets.
We reserve the right to substitute artists or
vary programmes if necessary in unavoidable
circumstances.
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Please note: Late-comers will be admitted at
a suitable point in the programme at the Venue
Manager’s discretion. On occasion this may only
be during the interval.
Order form
Getting here
Free Parking
Free parking is available adjacent to the Barber
Institute via the East Gate on performance nights from
4.30pm onward, no permit required.
By Train
Local trains run from Birmingham New Street to
University Station. Check train times at
www.londonmidland.com
Pay and Display Parking
The North East Car Park, 52 Pritchatts Road
Satnav: B15 2SA
The North Car Park, North Gate, Pritchatts Road
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then return by post to:
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Department of Music
Bramall Music Building
University of Birmingham
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By Bus
There are frequent buses (61, 63 and X64) from the
city centre to the bottom of Edgbaston Park Road,
where you should alight.
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How to find us
The University of Birmingham is located
approximately 3 miles from the city centre. For maps
and information about getting to the University please
visit www.about.bham.ac.uk/maps
If you require any more information or have any
queries, you can email us at:
[email protected]
Please note that unless postage is requested
your tickets will be available for collection from
one hour before the start time of the concert.
Both the car parks and University station are within a
ten-minute walk of the performance venues.
Blue Badge Holders
Parking is available on campus beyond the security
barriers.
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Date
Concert
Adult
Concession Barber
Friends
Student
21 January
VOCES8
£18
£15
£12
£5
8 February
University Chamber Orchestra
£10
£8
N/A
£3
15 February
Chamber and Gamelan Ensembles
£10
£8
N/A
£3
18 February
Dante Quartet
£18
£15
£12
£5
1 March
Voyages of Discovery
£10
£8
N/A
£3
13 March
Symphony Orchestra
£10
£8
N/A
£3
14 March
University Chorus
£10
£8
N/A
£3
15 March
Saxophone Ensemble
£10
£8
N/A
£3
20 March
Brass in Concert
£10
£8
N/A
£3
21 March
The Age of Choirs
£10
£8
N/A
£3
22 March
Philharmonic Orchestra
£10
£8
N/A
£3
25 March
Nash Ensemble
£18
£15
£12
£5
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Spring 15
What’s On
January
16
21
23
23 & 24
30
1.10pm
7.30pm
1.30pm
see p4
1.30pm
February
6
8
9
13
15
16
18
20
20
22
23
27
1.10pm
3pm
1pm
1.10pm
3pm
1pm
7.30pm
1.10pm
7.30pm
see p10
1pm
1.10pm
March
1
2
6
6
7
7
8
3pm
1pm
1.10pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
3.30pm
Benjamin Baker, Petr Limonov
Barber Institute
VOCES8, Birmingham University SingersBarber Institute
Kenneth Hamilton Lecture-Recital 1
Barber Institute
BEASTdome: Pantry Sessions
Bramall Music Building
Kenneth Hamilton Lecture-Recital 2
Barber Institute
Free
£5-18
Free
£3-16
Free
Rose Consort of Viols
University Chamber Orchestra
University Camerata
Peter Whelan
Chamber and Gamelan Ensembles
CEMPR Small Ensembles
Dante Quartet
Christina Gansch, Joseph Middleton
CBSO Friday Night Classics: Opera Gala
Music Experience Day
Early Modern Vocal Ensemble
New Music Ensemble
Barber Institute
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Barber Institute
Symphony Hall
see p10
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Free
£3-10
Free
Free
£3-10
Free
£5-18
Free
£12.50-44
Free
Free
Free
Voyages of Discovery
Harmonieband
Piano4Hands
Cropper Welsh Roscoe Trio
Francesco Piemontesi
Back to Basie Orchestra
Nikolai Demidenko with the EUCO
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Barber Institute
Barber Institute
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
£3-10
Free
Free
£10-20 CTO
£10-20 CTO
£10-20
£15-25 CTO
Birmingham International Piano Festival
Listings continue overleaf
CTO Combined Festival Ticket available - see p15
www.barber.org.uk.uk
www.uobmusicsociety.org.uk
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events
Design and Art Direction: Antony Antoniou
www.designbyantony.com
Spring 15
What’s On continued
March continued
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13
13
14
15
16
19
20
20
20
21
22
23
23
24
25
27
1pm
1.10pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
3pm
12.30pm
see p18
1.10pm
2.30pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
3pm
12.30pm
5pm
9pm
7.30pm
1.10pm
Performance Practice Ensemble
Chetham’s School of Music
Symphony Orchestra
University Chorus
Saxophone Ensemble
Final Year Recitalists
BEAST: Evensong
Tesla String Quartet
Visualising Sound: Workshop Brass in Concert
The Age of Choirs
Philharmonic Orchestra
Final Year Recitalists
MA Choral Conducting Final Recitals
Big Band and Jazz Collective
Nash Ensemble
Lady Barber’s Legacy
April/May
30, 1, 2 see p25 BEAST FEaST 2015
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
Barber Institute
Barber Institute
Bramall Music Building
St George’s Church
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
Bramall Music Building
The Spotted Dog
Barber Institute
Barber Institute
Free
Free
£3-10
£3-10
£3-10
Free
Free
Free
Free
£3-10
£3-10
£3-10
Free
Free
Free
£5-18
Free
Bramall Music Building
see p25
Don’t miss...
Birmingham
International
Piano Festival
2015
In association with
In its inaugural year Birmingham International
Piano Festival brings some of the world’s finest
pianists to the city of Birmingham over three
days, and showcases the piano, not only as a solo
instrument, but also its role in chamber music and
jazz. See pages 13-15 for the full programme.
March
6-8th
2015