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01-04/16
RNCM
January - April 2016
EVENTS AND PERFORMANCE
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Sat 09 – Sun 10 Jan
RNCM STRINGS
FESTIVAL
Mon 11 Jan
Thu 14 Jan
Thu 14 Jan
The RNCM Strings Festival is a major event
in the College’s calendar - a chance to
see every single string student perform
at some point over the weekend plus a
showcase for internationally renowned
artists who also happen to be our staff!
RNCM STRING
ORCHESTRA
RNCM
SAXOPHONE
ORCHESTRA
DIVERSO
STRING
QUARTET
We’ve programmed 48 hours of incredible
events – from performances to
masterclasses to workshops – to appeal
to string players and music lovers alike.
On Saturday afternoon, the RNCM’s Haworth
International Chair in Cello Miklós
Perényi performs Kodály’s Cello Sonata
and the Festival’s closing Gala ends with
a performance of Brahms’ Double Concerto
performed by Alexander Sitkovetsky and
Leonard Elschenbroich.
This Festival is a true celebration and
a manifestation of how passionate we
are about the music to be explored over
the weekend by our students and special
guests and we look forward to welcoming
you to share this experience.
For full details, please see
www.rncm.ac.uk/stringsfestival
Sun 10 Jan
7pm
RNCM Concert Hall
EVENING GALA
CONCERT
Joseph Lauber Quartet for Double Basses
Gustav Mahler Adagietto from Symphony
No 5
Anton Bruckner (arr Stadlmair) Adagio
from String Quintet in F major
Johannes Brahms Double Concerto in A
minor Op 102
Henk Guittart, Alpesh Chauhan conductors
Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Jiří Hudec, Ronan Dunne, Toby Hughes,
Roberto Carrillo-Garcia double basses
Tickets £15
Full Weekend Ticket £40
Saturday/Sunday Day Tickets £25
Student/Under 18s £10 per day
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Johannes Brahms (arr
Hudec) String Sextet No 2
in G major Op 36
Pavel Fischer
director
Free admission, no ticket
required
Rob Buckland, Andy Scott
directors
The RNCM Saxophone
Orchestra performs an
engaging programme
displaying the incredible
versatility of the
saxophone family.
required
Wed 13 Jan
7.30pm
Carole Nash Recital Room
RNCM
BAROQUE
SOLOISTS
Programme to include:
Vocal chamber duets by
George Frideric Handel and
Agostino Steffani
Trio Sonata by Arcangelo
Corelli
Songs by Alessandro
Scarlatti
Roger Hamilton
Tickets £10
director
FS
‘What better way to celebrate the start of the year
than with a festival of music for strings across
ages, across styles and across genres? From harps
and guitars to double-basses, from students playing
alongside staff to alumni celebrities returning to
perform at the College, and from masterclasses and
workshops to a wonderful gala concert, this will be
a lush yet fiery weekend!’
Dr Michelle Castelletti, Artistic Director
7.30pm
RNCM
INTERNATIONAL
ARTIST DIPLOMA
RECITAL
W A Mozart String Quartet
in G major K 387
Leoš Janáček String
Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer
Sonata’
Franz Schubert String
Quartet in D minor D 810
‘Death and the Maiden’
This is the first of five
RNCM International Artist
Diploma recitals taking
place this season. See
pages 7, 16, 23 and 45
for details of the other
events in this series.
The Diverso String Quartet
is also performing at our
Chamber Music Festival
in March. See p30-31 for
details.
Tickets £10
FS
Fri 15 Jan
Thu 21 Jan
Fri 22 Jan
RNCM WIND
ORCHESTRA
TOBY HUGHES
(double bass)
BENJAMIN
POWELL
(piano)
RNCM
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
7.30pm
THE MUSIC OF
ROBERT RUSSELL
BENNETT
Music to include:
Robert Russell Bennett
Autobiography (Part One
& Part Two); Down to the
Sea in Ships; Suite of Old
American Dances; Symphonic
Songs for Band
Clark Rundell, Mark Heron,
Sam Hairsine, Matt Weites
conductors
FS
Tickets £10
Mon 18 Jan
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata
in A flat major XVI:46
Emily Hooker
piano
Claude Debussy
Chansons de Bilitis
Francis Poulenc
Le Bestiaire
Lara Rebekah Harvey
mezzo-soprano
Rachel Fright piano
required
RNCM
INTERNATIONAL
ARTIST DIPLOMA
RECITAL
Tue 19 Jan
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
ALEXANDRA DARIESCU
(piano)
Felix Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor
Op 54
Gabriel Fauré 3 Préludes Op 103
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in C sharp minor Op 45
Karol Szymanowski 3 Preludes Op 1
Frédéric Chopin Polonaise in A flat major Op 53
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr Pletnev) Nutcracker
Suite
Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31
From the Royal Albert Hall to Carnegie Hall, RNCM
alumna Alexandra Dariescu, recently named as one
of ‘30 pianists under 30 destined for a spectacular
career’ by International Piano Magazine, has
impressed audiences worldwide with her effortless
musicality and captivating stage presence. Named
BBC Music Magazine’s Rising Star in 2011, Alexandra
graduated from the RNCM in 2008 and went on to
become the first pianist mentored by Imogen Cooper on
the Royal Philharmonic Society/YCAT Philip Langridge
Mentoring Scheme.
We’re delighted to welcome her back for the first
of our 2016 guest artist piano recitals. On 10 Mar
Angela Hewitt visits the RNCM (see p36) and on
21 May, Richard Goode returns for an evening
of Schubert.
Tickets £17 £14
+
6.30pm
SPOTLIGHT Tula Flutes – Music for four flutes
Free admission, no ticket required
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
FS
Wed 20, Fri 22,
Wed 27 Jan,
Wed 03 Feb
6pm
RNCM Theatre
RNCM OPERA
SCENES
RNCM singers further their
on-stage experience in
these performances of
excerpts drawn from a wide
variety of operas.
required
Thu 21 Jan
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM
GUITARS
Music to include:
Leo Brouwer Cuban
Landscape with Rumba for
guitar ensemble
Paulo Bellinati
Baiao de
Gude for guitar trio
Manuel de Falla La vida
breve for guitar and cello
Craig Ogden
director
required
Clark Rundell, Manoj Kamps
conductors
Kimi Makino viola
Giovanni Bottesini Gran
Duo Concertante
Vilmos Montag Sonata in
E minor
César Franck Sonata in
A major
This is the second of five
pages 5, 16, 23 and 45
Toby Hughes will also be
performing Joseph Lauber’s
Quartet for Double Basses
alongside Jiří Hudec,
Ronan Dunne and Roberto
Carrillo-Garcia in the
closing Gala of the RNCM
Strings Festival on 10 Jan
and will guest with the
RNCM Chamber Orchestra
on 18 Mar. See p4 and p41
respectively for details.
Tickets £10
Gary Carpenter The
Listening Project Symphony
Alfred Schnittke Viola
Concerto
Igor Stravinsky Petrushka
FS
To launch New Music
North West 2016, we’ve
put together three
fascinating works. RNCM
Tutor in Composition, Gary
Carpenter’s The Listening
Project Symphony was
originally commissioned
as a spin-off from the BBC
and the British Library’s
Listening Project. It is
designed to be played
alongside a collage of
conversations between
people discussing things
they had always wanted to,
but never had, so it’s
often highly emotional
subject matter.
Also featured is Alfred
Schnittke’s Viola Concerto
- a piece written for
Yuri Bashmet in 1985
that actually has the
musician’s name encoded
in musical letters into
the score - to be played
by RNCM alumna Kimi
Makino, plus the Petrushka
suite from Stravinsky’s
1911 ballet.
Tickets £17 £14
FS
Based on Mark Twain’s Mysterious
Stranger stories, this new
opera raises issues of humanism,
Kevin Malone composer/librettist
Caroline Clegg director
MYSTERIOUS 44
(world première)
7pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
Mon 25 Jan
required
This chamber ensemble
challenges conventional ideas
about notation and invites
improvisation, including works
by Cornelius Cardew, Anton
Hunter and Tullis Rennie.
THE VONNEGUT
COLLECTIVE
8pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
Sat 23 Jan
NMNW HIGHLIGHTS
The BBC Philharmonic performs
new works by Robin Walker, Adam
Gorb and students from the RNCM
and University of Manchester,
whilst Psappha round off the
BBC
PHILHARMONIC
AND PSAPPHA
7.30pm
Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK
Tue 26 Jan
Tickets £15, students £8
Originally commissioned by
Manchester Opera Project
with funds from Arts Council
England, with support from the
Ida Carroll Trust, University
of Manchester and the Richard
Dawkins Foundation for Reason
and Science.
peer pressure, superstition
and individual responsibility.
The cast of 15 singers are
accompanied by a surround-sound
electronic score, a specially
recorded narration by Richard
Dawkins and a singing computer.
required
The 5pm show explores ideas
about transformation in music,
with works by Larry Goves,
Christian Winther Christensen,
Elliot Carter and Ben Hackbarth.
The later show looks at lo-fi
electronic sound, nostalgia and
memory, responding to music by
David Fennessy, Max Matthews and
Jon Robinson.
CHANGES AND NOSTALGIA
HOUSE OF
BEDLAM
5.30pm and 10pm
Thu 28 Jan
Tickets from £5
Advanced tickets available from
psappha.com
Psappha conclude NMNW in a
performance at St Michael’s in
Ancoats, with music by Harrison
Birtwistle, Joshua Brown, Leo
Geyer, Daniel Kidane, Aaron
Parker, Jack Sheen and Emma
Wilde.
PSAPPHA
7.30pm
St Michael’s, Ancoats
Fri 29 Jan
www.rncm.ac.uk/nmnw16
So this really is an incredible
showcase for North West talent and
as NMNW Artistic Director Clark
Rundell says: ‘the fact that so many
extraordinarily creative people live
and work in our midst is a cause of
huge celebration!’
And from Monday onwards, there
is a major focus on Sir Harrison
Birtwistle, who will be in residence
in Manchester for a few days, working
with both RNCM and University of
Manchester students. You’ll be
able to hear works by RNCM and UoM
composers and there will be plenty
of performances by ensembles from
both institutions. There is a world
première of Kevin Malone’s opera
Mysterious 44, plus appearances
by House of Bedlam, ACM Ensemble,
Distractfold, ddmmyy, Chetham’s
Contemporary Music Ensemble, plus
Psappha and the BBC Philharmonic,
who will also be performing works
by RNCM and University of Manchester
composers.
Free admission, by ticket only.
(Once open, ticket applications
will be available at bbc.co.uk/
tickets and will be allocated on
a first-come, first-served basis.)
evening with works by James
Wishart, Anthony Gilbert and
Mark Simpson.
The opening weekend (a festival
within a festival if you like) is
curated by composer Larry Goves
and includes diverse responses to
Manchester-based bands including New
Order and The Chemical Brothers,
pieces exploring notation and
performer freedom, pieces exploring
scale and perception of time in
music (with works ranging from 30
seconds to a 4.5 hour long video
installation) and performances by The
Vonnegut Collective, Trio Atem, Solem
Quartet and Esther Swift.
Unbelievably, two years have now
passed and it’s time for our biennial
festival of contemporary music, New
Music North West. And we’re about to
embark on a monumental event! This
year, NMNW spans eight days, there
are over 30 individual events taking
place in multiple venues and over
100 living North West composers are
represented.
NEW MUSIC NORTH
WEST
Fri 22 – Fri 29 Jan
Sun 24 Jan
12pm and 4pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Sat 23 Jan
SING-A-LONG-AFROZEN
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
RNCM BIG BAND
WITH RYAN QUIGLEY
Mike Hall
director
Our first Big Band show of 2016
features brilliant jazz improviser
Ryan Quigley. Ryan is jazz trumpet
tutor and one of the directors
of the Big Band at the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland. Born
in Derry, he started playing the
trumpet at 11 and was brought up
on a diet of Miles Davis, John
Coltrane and Maynard Ferguson (but
more of that later…). As a gigging
musician, he has toured and
recorded with The Bad Plus, Tim
Garland, Bob Geldof, Del Amitri
and Sharleen Spiteri, to mention
but a few.
Ryan will be joining forces with
the RNCM Big Band to play some of
his own arrangements, including
Ticket to Ride and Rockin’ Robin,
plus a few tunes from the Maynard
Ferguson library, including the
epic MacArthur Park.
By the way, there’s another
fabulous RNCM Big Band concert
on 12 Mar when we welcome Clark
Tracey to the venue to recreate
his father’s envelope-pushing
album Alice in Jazzland. See p37
for details.
Tickets £18 £15
FS
This year we’re launching a new
Children’s Sunday Series and we’re doing
it in style. If you’re not familiar with
the phenomenon that is Frozen, then
you’ve had your head in the sand for the
last couple of years! So we’re delighted
to embrace the spirit of this massively
popular film and offer our own take on
Elsa, Olaf and company with two daytime
performances of Sing-A-Long-A-Frozen.
Suitable for ages five and upwards,
come along dressed as your favourite
character, have your face painted and
‘Let it Go’…
PS don’t forget that we have our next
RNCM Family Day on 20 Mar. See p42 for
details. Tickets £10
No concessions
Mon 25 Jan
1.15pm
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
Emily Howard Sky and
Water for solo piano
Edward Gregson Serenata
Notturna for cello and
piano
David Ellis Two for
Six Op 55 for saxophone
quartet
Simon Parkin Cellphone
for cello and vibraphone
Alan Williams Jazz
Disasters for euphonium
and piano
This lunchtime concert is
part of New Music North
West. Read more about
our contemporary music
festival on p8-9.
required
Do you want to build a snowman?
‘The promotion of the art of
our time is a constant priority
for the RNCM. In the last
six months we have welcomed
Krzysztof Penderecki, Robert
Saxton, and Brian Ferneyhough.
Today we welcome alumnus Sir
Harrison Birtwistle – testament
of our strong commitment to
contemporary music. From 60sec
works to an opera and a 4.5hr–
long installation, we have
created our most exciting and
contrasting NMNW to date.’
Mon 25 Jan
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MANCHESTER
CHAMBER
CONCERTS
SOCIETY
Dr Michelle Castelletti,
Artistic Director
ALBAN GERHARDT
(cello) ANNE-MARIE
MCDERMOTT (piano)
Promoted by MCCS
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Free admission, to ticket
holders
Tom Harrold Acrid Lines (world
première of new version)
Harrison Birtwistle Panic
This lunchtime concert is part of New
Music North West and we’re delighted
to confirm that Panic will be performed
in the presence of the composer, Sir
Harrison Birtwistle. Read more about our
contemporary music festival on p8-9.
Tickets £25, platform
seats £12.50
6.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM WIND
ORCHESTRA
Mark Heron, Matt Weites conductors
Harry Fausing Smith saxophone
Samuel Barber Cello
Sonata Op 6
Benjamin Britten Cello
Sonata in C major Op 65
Lukas Foss Capriccio
Leonard Bernstein Three
Meditations from Mass
George Gerswhin (arr
Alban) Three Preludes
Ástor Piazzolla Le Grand
Tango
+
Thu 28 Jan
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Tue 26 Jan
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
PATTY GRIFFIN
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
Patty Griffin is a Grammy Award-winning
artist who has achieved great acclaim for
her songwriting as well as her powerful
voice. She has proved herself a writer
of uncommon perception, with a genius
for character-driven storytelling. On
her latest album, Servant of Love, she
brings that genius to bear in its overarching themes. She travels through
different musical terrains - folk and
blues, rock and jazz, ancient sounds and
modern - and a sparse, organic quality
persists. Patterns and recurrence weave
throughout the album in small ways and
large: the drone of open tunings, modal
riffs and bluesy moves, images of nature.
Tickets £26.50 £21.50
No concessions
Promoted by Edge St Live
Fri 29 Jan
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
LOUISE
WINTER
(mezzosoprano)
JOHN GOUGH
(piano)
RNCM STAFF RECITAL
This is the first in a
new series of RNCM staff
recitals. The programme
will include works by
works by Fanny Hensel,
Clara Schumann, Poldowski,
Rebecca Clarke, Muriel
Herbert and Joan Trimble.
See pages 23, 40 and 48
required
Tickets £16 £14
Nicholas Childs conductor
Gary Curtin euphonium
Katrina Marzella baritone
Tickets £16 £14
James Gourlay, Michael Fowles
David Thornton euphonium
Anna-Clare Monk soprano
Lauren Scott harp
conductors
cornets
Full Weekend Ticket £98
Early Booking Discount £78 (full Weekend
Ticket only, book by 18 December)
Student/Under 18s Weekend Ticket £49
Saturday Day Ticket £44
Sunday Day Ticket £42
Tickets £16 £14
This event is sponsored by Besson
Robert Childs conductor
Roger Webster, Alexis Demailly
John McCabe Salamander
Joseph Horovitz Concerto Classico
Nigel Clarke Further Adventures of the
Same (world première)
Dean Goffin Rhapsodic Variations:
My Strength, My Tower
Eric Ball Sunset Rhapsody
Michael Ball Whitsun Wakes
GRIMETHORPE
COLLIERY BAND
FODEN’S BAND
Benjamin Britten (arr Hindmarsh) King
Arthur: Suite (world première of brass
band version)
Michael Ball Euphonium Concerto
Joseph Horovitz Theme and Co-operation
John Mackey Asphalt Cocktail (UK
première)
Andy Scott A Child like You
Arthur Butterworth Odin – From the Land
of Fire and Ice Op 76
BLACK DYKE BAND
Michael Ball An English Suite
Bruce Broughton (arr Argente) Fanfares,
Marches, Hymns & Finale (world première
of brass band arrangement)
Joseph Horovitz
Euphonium Concerto
Philip Wilby Five Rivers, A Pastorale
Symphony
Jonathan Bates Panic on Pudding Lane
(world première)
Dean Goffin Rhapsody in Brass
Simon Dobson Rampage (world première)
Peter Graham Metropolis 1927
Sun 31 Jan
6.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Sat 30 Jan
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Fri 29 Jan
www.rncm.ac.uk/brassbandfestival
We’re very excited about this new chapter in
the RNCM’s brass banding history and look
forward to welcoming you to these wonderful
performances.
The Festival pays tribute to the creativity
of John McCabe (1939 - 2015), whose brass
band works are among the most highly regarded
in the brass band repertoire. A retrospective
of the complete brass band music of Joseph
Horovitz honours this distinguished composer
and teacher in his 90th year. We celebrate
the centenary of one of the Salvation Army’s
finest composers and arrangers, New Zealander
Sir Dean Goffin, and mark the 70th birthday
of Manchester-born composer Michael Ball.
This year we also première new and recent
work from Nigel Clarke, Simon Dobson, Gavin
Higgins, Paul McGhee and Lucy Pankhurst as
well as first performances from rising stars
Jonathan Bates and Tom Davoren.
The RNCM Brass Band Festival reaches its 26th
year with a new name and a renewed focus on
the finest music composed or arranged for
brass band. Six of the foremost bands in
the land will be joined by world-class
soloists, an award-winning brass quartet,
an ambitious youth band from Cheshire and
outstanding student bands from the RNCM and
the Junior RNCM.
RNCM BRASS BAND
FESTIVAL
Fri 29 – Sun 31 Jan
Mon 01 Feb
Wed 03 Feb
Thu 04 Feb
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
PIANO DUO
PRIZE
RNCM
CHAMBER
ENSEMBLE
1.15pm
J S Bach Partita in A
minor BWV 1013
Paul Bonneau Caprice en
forme de valse
Ivan Alekhin
flute
Andrew Downes
Op 38
Joseph Turrin
Two Portraits
Meditations
Louise Franks
trumpet
Psalm from
required
Tue 02 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
THE FREDERIC
COX AWARD
FOR SINGING
Come and hear the singing
stars of tomorrow in the
first of three major RNCM
vocal competitions this
year. The judging panel
includes Richard Berkeley
Steele.
If you like this you might
also enjoy the Elizabeth
Harwood Memorial Prize
(24 Feb - see p26) and
later in the year, the
Joyce and Michael Kennedy
Award for the Singing of
Strauss (7 Jun).
Tickets £10
7.30pm
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Tonight’s competition for
piano duos is adjudicated
by Martin Roscoe.
Tickets £7
Carlos Agreda, Edmon
Levon, Chloe van
Soeterstede conductors
Thu 04 Feb
7.30pm
Neil Balfour,
John Holland-Avery,
Hollie-Anne Bangham,
Xiang Ting, Juliet
Montgomery singers
JEREMY SO
(piano)
RNCM
INTERNATIONAL
ARTIST DIPLOMA
RECITAL
required
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 31 in A
flat major Op 110
György Ligeti Etudes
Book 1
Sergei Prokofiev Piano
Sonata No 8 in B flat major
Op 84
This is the third of five
pages 5, 7, 23 and 45
Tickets £10
Aaron Copland Old
American Songs (Set 1)
Aaron Copland Appalachian
Spring (chamber version)
FS
+
6.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
SPOTLIGHT The
Novus Brass Quartet
–
Shostakovich, Barber and
7/8 Funk
required
Sat 06 Feb
10.30am
RNCM Venues
JUNIOR RNCM
OPEN DAY
An opportunity to visit
the Junior RNCM, meet
current staff, students and
parents, and listen to
the Juniors perform. For
full details, contact the
Junior RNCM on 0161 907
5264.
required
Sat 06 Feb
George Méliès, it is recognised as
the first ever science fiction short
film.
ICARUS AT THE
EDGE OF TIME
Commissioned by World Science
Festival (New York) and produced
by HOME, Manchester, Icarus at
the Edge of Time is presented in
association with artists AL and AL’s
major new solo exhibition at HOME,
Manchester: Incidents of Travel in
the Multiverse, Sat 6 Feb - Sun 10
Apr 2016.
8pm
RNCM Concert Hall
BRIAN GREENE AND
PHILIP GLASS
A futuristic re-imagining of the
classic Greek myth set in outer
space, Icarus at the Edge of Time
is based on a stunning book by the
world-renowned theoretical physicist
and Pulitzer Prize nominee Brian
Greene. Featuring a spectacular
science fiction film created and
directed by AL and AL, with a brand
new score by Philip Glass, this
North West première is performed
live by the BBC Philharmonic
and conducted by RNCM alumnus
Duncan Ward. Discover the boy who
challenges the awesome power of a
black hole and the unyielding forces
of Einstein’s theory of general
relativity.
Narrated live by Professor Brian
Greene, the evening includes an
additional companion score for
piano, accompanying a screening of
the recently restored Le Voyage dans
la lune (A Trip to the Moon, 1902).
Directed by film-making pioneer
A new publication will be on sale on
the night of the event, offering a
compelling insight into the artist’s
epic sci-fi trilogy. This cosmic
travelogue includes a vivid account
of the film-makers’ collaboration
with composer Philip Glass and
physicist Brian Greene, who provides
his own essay elegantly describing
the mathematics underpinning the
Multiverse. The book continues its
journey across time and space with
insights on their work by worldrenowned mythographer and author
Marina Warner and a sensational new
account of the Multiverse from the
mind of legendary graphic novelist
Grant Morrison.
Tickets £15
HOME production with BBC Philharmonic.
Co-presented with Contact, as part of
Queer Contact Festival 2016
Sun 07 Feb
RNCM DAY OF
PERCUSSION
We pride ourselves that our Day of
Percussion is one of the most popular
and established events of its kind.
It’s our chance to throw open our
doors and welcome percussionists of
all ages and abilities to participate
in a day packed with workshops,
clinics, concerts and even one to one
consultation lessons. This year, we’re
joined by special guests Ney Rosauro,
Randy Max, Elliott Henshaw, Nigel
Shipway and Dave Hassell – all huge
names in the percussion world.
So with a special focus on youth and
new music in the opening concert, a
massive trade exhibition, two world
premières and a glorious finale, the
day is a brilliant resource for all
percussionists – from those just
starting out to professionals or indeed
anyone with an interest in percussion…
www.rncm.ac.uk/dayofpercussion
7pm
RNCM Concert Hall
EVENING CONCERT
Our Day of Percussion culminates with
a concert featuring performances from
all of today’s artists. Celebrating
percussion from many angles, there
will be some fascinating, original
collaborations between the artists and
we’re excited to present the world
première of Ney Rosauro’s second
vibraphone concerto played by the
man himself accompanied by the RNCM
Percussion Ensemble.
Ticket £7
Day Ticket £25
Early Booking Discount £20
(book by 23 December)
Student/Under 18s £12
Mon 08 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Thu 11 Feb
MANCHESTER
UNIVERSITIES
STRING
SOCIETY
RNCM
CHILDREN’S
OPERA
PROJECT
WILLE AND
THE BANDITS
6.30pm
MUSS, an intercollegiate
string ensemble featuring
aspiring professional
string players studying
in Manchester, performs
Tchaikovsky’s Serenade
for Strings conducted by
participants of the RNCM
Conducting Masterclasses,
as part of the two day
course for external
conductors.
required
Promoted by RNCM Conducting
Mon 08 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MANCHESTER
CHAMBER
CONCERTS
SOCIETY
ENGEGÅRD QUARTET
W A Mozart String Quartet
No 21 in D major K 575
Edvard Grieg String
Quartet No 1 in G minor
Op 27
String Quartet No 15 in
A minor Op 132
seats £12.50
Promoted by MCCS
+
6.30pm
Forman Lecture Theatre
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Free admission, to ticket
holders
2pm and 7pm
RNCM Theatre
COMING HOME
Kate Pearson composer
RNCM Students
Primary Schools from
across the North West
Loosely inspired by the
story of Watership Down,
this new opera charts a
journey filled with danger
and excitement. Forced to
leave a place where they
are no longer wanted, a
group of children battle
to conquer their enemies
and overcome a series of
challenges. Will they
manage to defeat the
obstacles in their path
and find their perfect home
in a new land?
Free admission, by ticket
only
7.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
+ DIVING STATION
Essentially a classic
blues rock three piece
- guitar, drums, bass
- Wille and the Bandits
always push their sound
beyond that traditional
format and were voted one
of the top ten must see
bands at Glastonbury 2014
by BBC Radio 1. Support
comes in the shape of
Diving Station and their
harp-driven rock (they’re
great!) who are students
on our Popular Music
course.
Tickets £12
FS
Fri 12 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
SOUNDSCAPE
CHAMBER
ORCHSTRA
AN AMERICAN IN
PARIS
Maurice Ravel Ma Mère
L’Oye (Suite)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo
Theme Op 33
Ottorino Respighi Adagio
con Variazioni
George Gershwin (arr
Farrington) An American
in Paris
Daniel Parkinson conductor
Guy Johnston cello
Kate Simmons choreographer
KSDance dancers
Tickets £15
Promoted by Daniel Parkinson
Tue 16 Feb
Sat 13 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MANCHESTER
INSPIRATIONAL
VOICES
COLOURS OF GOSPEL
Fri 12 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
FAY HIELD AND THE
HURRICANE PARTY
Folk singer Fay Hield was instrumental in putting
together The Full English. But on this occasion,
she visits with her long-standing band, The Hurricane
Party. The line-up features Andy Cutting (button
accordions, melodeon), Rob Harbron (English Concertina,
fiddle, vocals), Sam Sweeney (fiddle, viola, cello,
nyckelharpa, vocals) and Roger Wilson (fiddle, guitar,
mandolin, vocals). This Manchester date coincides with
the release of Fay’s new solo album, Old Adam.
FS
Tickets £15
+
6.15pm
LEARN MORE Pre-concert talk
In this informal
session, folk musician, performer and musicologist
Fay Hield is in conversation with the RNCM’s Deputy
Artistic Director Jacqui Dale, discussing the influences
and development of folk music today.
Sat 13 - Sun 14
Feb
9am
RNCM Theatre
IDTA:
INTERNATIONAL
THEATRE DANCE
AWARDS
Tickets £16 full day,
£10 half day
Promoted by International Dance
Teachers Association Ltd
Manchester Inspirational
Voices is a multicultural, cross
generational blend of
local singers who come
together to create
uplifting and joyful
gospel music that inspires
and promotes community
togetherness.
Tickets £13.50
Promoted by Manchester
Inspirational Voices
Mon 15 Feb
1.15pm
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
Georg Philipp Telemann
Cantata TWV 1:1884 ‘Ich
will den Kreuzweg gerne
gehen’
Edwin Kaye bass-baritone
Henry Rankin violin
Isabel Williamson cello
Louis Perera harpsichord
Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas Op 24
Marc-André Hamelin Etude
No 6 in D minor ‘Esercizio
per pianoforte (Omaggio a
Domenico Scarlatti)’
Yau Kit Pun
piano
required
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
THE DEVIL INSIDE
MUSIC THEATRE WALES
By Stuart MacRae and Louise
Welsh
The Devil Inside is a gritty,
glittery, Faustian folktale,
set firmly in the 21st century.
Inspired by The Bottle Imp,
a short story by Robert Louis
Stevenson, this brand new opera
echoes his most famous tale The
Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll
and Mr Hyde.
Two friends stumble upon a
bottle that will change their
lives, a bottle that can
grant any wish. But there‘s a
catch and the bottle demands
a payment… Will the pair find
their happy-ever-after or will
the bottle be their undoing?
This evening of magic and
enchantment, with a touch of
Tales of the Unexpected, will
keep you guessing, and leave
you thinking ‘be careful what
you wish for’.
The Devil Inside follows the
outstanding success of Ghost
Patrol, the previous opera
written for Music Theatre Wales
by composer Stuart MacRae and
renowned novelist Louise Welsh
which won a South Bank Sky Arts
Award and was nominated for an
Olivier.
A co-commission and coproduction with Scottish Opera
Tickets £15
+
6.30pm
LEARN MORE Pre-concert
talk The composer Stuart
MacRae in conversation with
Michael McCarthy
required
FS
Thu 18 Feb
Thu 18 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
RNCM
CONCERT
ORCHESTRA
KANA OHASHI
(violin)
MARTIN
KLETT (piano)
YURI
TORCHINSKY
(violin) AND
FRIENDS
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
W A Mozart Symphony No 41
in C major K 551 ‘Jupiter’
required
Thu 18 Feb
Doors 7pm
RNCM Theatre
HOWARD JONES
AN INTIMATE EVENING OF SONGS
AND STORIES
SUPPORT ELISE YUILL
Howard Jones was one of the defining figures
of mid-80s synth pop. His music merged the
technology-intensive sound of New Wave with
the cheery optimism of hippies and late60s pop and he racked up a string of hits
including New Song and What is Love?
A classically trained pianist (including
a stint at the RNCM!) Jones applied his
technique to early synths and was one of
the early pioneers to use sequencers live
on stage while playing and singing. In this
rare acoustic show, he’ll take a trip through
his 30 year career sharing stories and the
inspiration behind many of his songs.
Tickets £22.50
No concessions
Promoted by Gig Cartel
7.30pm
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM
INTERNATIONAL
ARTIST DIPLOMA
RECITAL
J S Bach Largo and
Allegro Assai from Violin
Sonata No 3 in C major
BWV 1005
W A Mozart Violin Sonata
No 21 in E minor K 304
Giovanni Bottesini
Gran Duo Concertante
Sergei Prokofiev Violin
Sonata No 1 in F minor
Op 80
Ernest Chausson Poème
This is the fourth of five
pages 5, 7, 16 and 45
Tickets £10
RNCM STAFF RECITAL
Dmitri Shostakovich (arr
Barshai) Chamber Symphony
in C minor Op 110a
FS
This is the second in a
recitals. See pages 13,
40 and 48 for details of
the other events in this
series.
required
Sat 20 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MAGIC VOICES
CONTEMPORARY
SINGERS
MOVIES AND
MUSICALS
Ticket £20
No concessions
Promoted by Magic Voices Ltd
Sat 20 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
Mon 22 Feb
RNCM
STUDENT
GALA
CONCERT
ORGAN
RECITAL PRIZE
6pm
RNCM Concert Hall
STEFAN REDTENBACHER’S
FUNKESTRA
WITH RNCM SESSION ORCHESTRA
‘Stefan, you know what the funk is about’ – praise
indeed from Fred Wesley of James Brown’s old band
the JB’s. And the funk will indeed take over the
RNCM come February when Stefan Redtenbacher’s
Funkestra get together with our very own Session
Orchestra.
Funkestra’s key personnel are Stefan (bandleader,
composer/arranger, bass), Mike Sturgis (drums),
Eran Kendler (guitar), Paul Jordanous (trumpet)
and Simon Allen (tenor saxophone). They have just
released their 9th album, Dr Hypenstein, and they
regularly pack out London’s 606 Club and other
established venues in the capital. They have
shared the stage with an unbelievable array of
guest artists - from Fred Wesley and Alfred ‘Pee
Wee’ Ellis to the horn sections from Prince’s
band, Incognito and the Brand New Heavies. They
are also keen to work with upcoming musicians and
give regular masterclasses across the UK in music
colleges, and now it’s our turn to be part of the
Funkestra story...
Tickets £12
Sun 21 Feb
FS
We’re delighted to present
this fundraising event in
aid of The Defence Medical
Welfare Service (DMWS).
A wonderful showcase for
RNCM talent, our students
will organise every aspect
of this concert as well
as performing the music
on the day. So it’s a
unique opportunity to see
students from a variety of
RNCM Schools collaborating
and exploring different
ways of performing
together - all in a good
cause.
Tickets £20
+
6.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
SPOTLIGHT Bethlehem Casuals
‘The Session Orchestra is the only major
ensemble that brings together students from
every school of study at the RNCM. Since its
début concert in 2011, it has built a loyal
fan base and has become a popular music
phenomenon, regularly performing to sellout audiences at the College and across the
UK. There is something very special about
this Orchestra, the only one of its kind in
UK conservatoires, as it not only offers a
unique musical education for its performers,
but it reaches a large and diverse audience…
Tonight’s concert represents our first
collaborative project with a major artist,
enabling us to showcase the musicianship,
versatility and professionalism of our
performers… enjoy!’
Andy Stott, Head of Popular Music RNCM
Mon 22 Feb
1.15pm
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
Edward McGuire Folk
Memories in Autumn
Joseph Jongen Danse lente
Op 56b
Stephanie Halsey harp
Jenna Thackray flute
Samuel Barber
Songs Op 29
Hermit
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM organists take to our
Concert Hall stage for
this annual prize.
Tickets £7
Tue 23 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
ALCINA
GEORGE FRIDERIC
HANDEL
Cast to include:
Bryony Williams Alcina
Elizabeth Humphries
Bradamante
Heather Lowe Ruggiero
Joanna Norman Morgana
Chase Hopkins Oronte
Harvey Davies piano
A cast of RNCM alumni,
including the star leads
of recent RNCM Opera
productions L’elisir
d’amore and Il ritorno
d’Ulisse in patria, return
for this semi-staged
concert performance of
excerpts from Handel’s
Alcina performed with
piano accompaniment.
Tickets £12
FS
+
6.30pm
SPOTLIGHT Women
Scorned – Dramatic
Charlotte Badham mezzosoprano
Rachel Fright piano
baroque cantatas and duets
for voice and continuo
ensemble
required
required
Wed 24 Feb
Thu 25 Feb
Fri 26 Feb
THE
ELIZABETH
HARWOOD
MEMORIAL
PRIZE FOR
SINGERS
RNCM STRING
AND WIND
ORCHESTRAS
THE
EMPEROR’S
WIND BAND
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Tonight marks the 25th
anniversary of this
special award, founded
in memory of the muchloved Yorkshire soprano
and which provides support
for an outstanding final
year singer. Tonight’s
adjudicating panel
includes Russell Smythe.
Tickets £10
Wed 24 Feb
7.30pm
MASTERCLASS
WITH TINE
THING
HELSETH
(trumpet)
Tine Thing Helseth is
curating Manchester
Camerata’s 2015/16 Up
Close experimental series
so while she is in the
city, we’re thrilled
that this extraordinary
young Norwegian trumpet
sensation will host a
masterclass with our
students.
Tickets £8
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
1pm
George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat
major Op 6 No 7 HWV 325
Chris Hoyle
conductor
Han Xu New work
Kenneth Hesketh Diaghilev
Dances
Mark Heron, Matt Weites
conductors
required
Thu 25 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
Hear Mozart’s Così fan
tutte arranged by Johann
Wendt for the Emperor
Joseph II’s wind band,
alongside the first modern
performances of numbers
from other operas of the
1789–90 Vienna opera
season by Salieri, Sarti
and Martín y Soler.
Dr Martin Harlow will
explain the late 18th
century craze for the
small wind band known
as the ‘Harmonie’.
Read more about RNCM
Opera’s production of Così
fan tutte on p34-35.
OTAVA YO
Steaming out of St
Petersburg in white
vests, peasant dress,
and ushankas on head
with ear-flaps akimbo,
Otava Yo bring the
abandoned traditions of
Russian folksong into
the 21st century. They
offer a glimpse into
life in an old Russian
village, replete with
romance, melancholy and
merrymaking, a fierce sense
of pride and a good dose
of surreal humour.
The next gig in our Making
Tracks series features
Perotá Chingó and takes
place on 15 Apr. See p44
for details.
Tickets £15
MOZART’S COSÌ FAN
TUTTE
FS
required
‘I am thrilled
that just before
his Wigmore Hall
performances, Ralph
Kirshbaum has accepted
our invitation to
start his 70th
celebrations here
with us at the RNCM.
And what better way
to do so than with
a powerful programme
of Beethoven sonatas
together with pianist
Shai Wosner, and,
of course, his 1729
Montagnana Cello’
Dr Michelle
Castelletti,
Artistic Director
Fri 26 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RALPH KIRSHBAUM (cello)
SHAI WOSNER (piano)
Cello Sonata No 1 in F major
Op 5 No 1; Cello Sonata No
4 in C major Op 102 No 1;
12 Variations in G major on
a Theme by Handel WoO 45;
Cello Sonata No 5 in D major
Op 102 No 2
Tonight, we’re delighted to
welcome American cellist
Ralph Kirshbaum back to
our stage to perform a
Beethoven cycle as part
of his 70th birthday
celebrations. Mr Kirshbaum
has a long association with
the College – he served on
our faculty for almost 40
years and founded the hugely
successful RNCM Manchester
International Cello
Festival. He also recently
performed with Martin
Roscoe and James Campbell
at the RNCM Concert Hall
in the opening concert of
Manchester Chamber Concerts
Society’s 2015/6 season:
‘Ralph Kirshbaum is still a
favourite with Manchester
music-lovers after his long
association with the RNCM…
His singing tone in the
upper register of the cello
is something you don’t
easily forget: we heard it
to best advantage in the
Beethoven Cello Sonata in
A major Op 69.That had a
touch of manic quality in
its scherzo and wonderfully
positive ending’. Manchester
Evening News 4* review,
September 2015
Tickets £20 £18
+
6pm
SPOTLIGHT Intimately
Expansive – Mahler’s
4th Symphony reduced to
12 players
required
FS
Sat 27 Feb
Sun 28 Feb
12.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
11am
RNCM Concert Hall
JUNIOR RNCM MANCHESTER
FORMAL
AMATEUR
CONCERT
CHORAL
A showcase performance
COMPETITION
featuring talented
2016
soloists from Junior RNCM.
required
ADULT CHOIRS
Ticket £10
Promoted by Jon Atkin
Sat 27 Feb
Mon 29 Feb
7pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MANCHESTER
WELSH
SOCIETY
ST DAVID’S DAY
CELEBRATIONS
WITH BRYTHONIAID
MALE VOICE CHOIR
Charlotte Trepess
soprano
Ticket £18.50
Promoted by Manchester Welsh
Society
1.15pm
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
J S Bach
BWV 971
Fan Liu
Italian Concerto
piano
Béla Bartók (arr Arma)
Suite Paysanne Hongroise
Anna Murphy flute
Wyn Chan piano
required
Mon 29 Feb
Tue 01 Mar
NORMAN
GEORGE
VIOLIN
SCHOLARSHIP
BRAND NEW
ORCHESTRA
7.30pm
RNCM violinists compete
for this prestigious
annual award, adjudicated
by Paul Barritt.
Tickets £7
Mon 29 Feb
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MASTERCLASS
WITH
CHRISTIAN
LINDBERG
(trombone)
Christian Lindberg is
perhaps the first classical
trombonist to maintain
a successful full-time
performing career as a
soloist and tonight, he
works with our students in
this public masterclass.
Tickets £8
+
6.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
SPOTLIGHT A Homage
to Philip Jones – Diverse
works for brass ensemble
required
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
‘I am looking forward enormously to coming back to the
RNCM to work with the singers in a masterclass. I am not
a great fan of the term ‘masterclass’ actually, as it
gives the idea of one person being in charge and the other
having to obey… I much prefer it to be seen as a working
session between two colleagues, a way of the experienced
singer providing new pair of ‘ears’ for a younger singer,
and a chance to explore the music together. A great voice
is wonderful but it is not enough… we are storytellers and
have to have imagination and intention in the way we tell
the story to the audience.’
Susan Bullock, soprano
Tom Goff, Edmon Levon,
Harish Shankar conductors
Our Brand New Orchestra
concerts give a
fascinating insight into
the process of composing,
conducting and performing
at the RNCM. This is a
wonderful showcase for
RNCM Composition students
and a chance to hear brand
new pieces before they are
performed anywhere else.
required
+
9.15pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
LATE NIGHT
SPOTLIGHT
MICHAELBRAILEY
–
Emotive electronic music,
performed live
required
Thu 03 Mar
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM
PERCUSSION
ENSEMBLE
Ivan Trevino Catching
Shadows
Damien Harron Manual Mode
Nathan Daughtrey Halcyon
Days
Tim Garland The Fullness
of Time
Simone Rebello
director
required
Wed 02 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MASTERCLASS WITH
SUSAN BULLOCK
(soprano)
Susan Bullock is one of the world’s most
sought-after British dramatic sopranos
and she recently took part in our sellout Michael Kennedy Memorial Concert. This
is a wonderful opportunity to observe the
creative process as this talented singer
works with our vocal students to develop
their technique and understanding of the
pieces chosen for this public masterclass.
Tickets £8
Tickets £17
FS
Ludwig van Beethoven String
Quartet No 12 in E flat major Op 127
Franz Schubert String Quintet in
C major D 956
WITH PETR PRAUSE (cello)
TALICH QUARTET
MICHELANGELO
QUARTET
Tickets £17
Felix Mendelssohn 4 Pieces Op 81
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet
No 4 in E minor Op 44 No 2
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet
No 1 in E flat major Op 12
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Sat 05 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Fri 04 Mar
www.rncm.ac.uk/chamberfestival
So please join us and immerse yourself in this weekend of lush
musical landscapes.
This year’s line-up features some of the finest musicians
performing today including the Talich Quartet, Elias Quartet,
Michelangelo Quartet, plus RNCM Junior Fellows the Solem Quartet
and our International Artist chamber ensemble the Diverso
String Quartet. We also welcome chamber groups from Chetham’s,
St Mary’s, Junior RNCM, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and
Sheffield Music Academy.
We focus particularly on the music of Mendelssohn and Schumann
and our students will be involved in a major composition
project, as they are asked to create responses to Mendelssohn’s
Songs Without Words. So the Festival will include works from
across the 19th century but will also dip into the 20th century
with composers such as Richard Strauss.
Every year, the Chamber Music Festival goes from strength to
strength, presenting the opportunity to see our wonderful
students, internationally renowned staff and special guests
perform beautiful music across a jam-packed weekend. This year
is no exception, as we explore German Romanticism in Songs
Without Words.
The RNCM Chamber Music Festival plays an enormous role in the
story of the College and is a major event in our calendar.
Chamber music is at the core at what we do - the RNCM has a
proud tradition of chamber ensemble training and our alumni
appear with high profile ensembles such as the Elias, Heath and
Navarra String Quartets plus the Gould Piano Trio to name but
a few.
SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
RNCM CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Fri 04 – Sun 06 Mar
FS
Tickets £17
FS
Felix Mendelssohn (arr C Matthews)
Three Songs Without Words
Robert Schumann String Quartet in
F major No 2 Op 41 No 2
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in
E flat major Op 44
ELIAS QUARTET
WITH JEREMY YOUNG (piano)
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Sun 06 Mar
Audience member,
RNCM Chamber Music
Festival Má Vlast
2015
‘Dawn to midnight
for three successive
days is not yet too
much to pay for
the buzz of this
Festival… I took, as
always, a delight in
the fresh energy of
the young musicians’
performances. Roll
on next year!’
Tue 08 Mar
8pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
Mon 07 Mar
1.15pm
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
Alfred Schnittke
Sonata No 1
Violin
Cecilia Blanes-Coloma
violin
Liga Korne piano
Nebojša Živković To the
Gods of Rhythm
Ivan Trevino Catching
Shadows
Sophie Smith, Elizabeth
Brightwell-Gibbons
percussion
required
Sat 05 Mar
8pm
RNCM Theatre
BALLAKÉ SISSOKO
& VINCENT SÉGAL
MUSIQUE DE NUIT
When Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent
Ségal released their first
collaborative album, Chamber
Music, they caught the music
world by surprise. Everything
about this duo was unexpected:
Sissoko is one of Mali’s greatest
exponents of the kora; joining
forces in an unlikely pairing
with a French cellist who worked
on Tom Waits’ Black Angel and
many other specially-created
shows. Like Toumani Diabaté, Sissoko
is a griot, whose music is
steeped in ancient West African
traditions. He’s also a staunch
innovator, as demonstrated
through this collaboration with
Ségal. Their complicity is such
that the kora and the cello seem
to express themselves with a
single voice; two sensibilities
in unison. Now, these two sonic
voyagers have returned with
Musique de Nuit - an album even
more spellbinding than its
predecessor. Perhaps the most magical thing
about the new album is that after
years of touring, and performing
together on hundreds of stages
around the world, the album has
the feeling of eavesdropping on a
late-night jam session – it was
recorded in two sessions in the
Malian capital of Bamako – one at
night on Ballaké’s rooftop, and
the other during the day in the
famed Bogolan studio. There’s a second kora performance
this Spring when Stringboxes play
an intimate set in our Carole
Nash Recital Room (11 Mar).
See p36 for details.
Tickets £15
Promoted by Serious in association with RNCM
Mon 07 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MANCHESTER
CHAMBER
CONCERTS
SOCIETY
NAVARRA QUARTET
WITH ALEKSANDAR
MADŽAR (piano)
Joseph Haydn String
Quartet in C major Op 20
No 2
Pēteris Vasks String
Quartet No 4
Johannes Brahms Piano
Quintet in F minor Op 34
seats £12.50
Promoted by MCCS
DECONTAMINATION 6
GOOD BEHAVIOUR:
BAD BEHAVIOUR
Our latest Decontamination adventure
features extracts from Tom Johnson’s Music
for 88 and Chord Catalogue performed by
pianist Philip Thomas, alongside recent
music by James Saunders performed by the
ensemble Distractfold.
Tickets £8
FS
+
6pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
LEARN MORE Pre-concert talk
Playing
games, playing music - James Saunders
talks about his recent composition
Deep down, Cosí provides a
sharp reminder of how personal
choice plays as important
Mozart’s opera is the great
composer’s most divisive and
controversial work. Some say
that the music and libretto
simply don’t match – that
sentiments the libretto states
routinely are heard in music
so deeply stirring that the
words and the score seem to
be at odds with each other.
Maybe though, that emotional
disparity is Mozart’s way of
making sure this unlikely story
hits its mark...
The bay of Naples. Sisters
Fiordiligi and Dorabella
are engaged to Guglielmo
and Ferrando. The men trust
their fiancées’ faithfulness
implicitly but when their
friend Don Alfonso tells them
a woman’s fidelity is never
guaranteed, he is challenged to
prove his theory. So a wager
is made. Don Alfonso tells the
sisters that their sweethearts
are to be sent away with their
regiment. A tearful farewell
follows. Then things really
start to get complicated…
See full cast information at
www.rncm.ac.uk/cosi
Roger Hamilton conductor
Manoj Kamps assistant conductor
Thomas Guthrie director
Rhiannon Newman Brown set and
costume designer
Rachael McCutcheon lighting
designer
Kevin Thraves chorus master
RNCM Opera Orchestra
RNCM Chorus
W A MOZART
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
3pm
RNCM Theatre
Sun 13, Sat 19 Mar
7pm
RNCM Theatre
Wed 09, Fri 11,
Tue 15, Thu 17 Mar
Tickets £34 £28 £21 (weekdays)
£36 £30 £23 (weekends)
FS
This production will be
performed in Italian with
surtitles.
We’re delighted to welcome
alumnus Thomas Guthrie to
direct his first RNCM Opera
production. An accomplished
singer and actor himself,
Tom has directed performances
for the Royal Opera House,
Classical Opera Company,
English Touring Opera,
Glyndebourne Youth Opera
and Brighton Festival. He
is founding director of
GOTcompany. And as a guest
director, he will continue
the amazing work of our Head
of Opera Stefan Janski, who
retires this Summer as we
continue to nurture talent and
produce the stars of
the future.
a part as fate in our
relationships. It underlines
how relationships can so often
be fragile and tenuous, and in
doing so, highlights our true
human vulnerability.
PS On 26 Feb The Emperor’s
Wind Band will perform an
arrangement of Così fan tutte
as part of a special event
presented by Dr Martin Harlow.
See p26 for details.
perform songs and arias by
Mozart, Haydn, Salieri,
Paisiello, written at the same
time as Così fan tutte.
HEAR MORE Pre-opera
performance RNCM singers
5.30pm
Thu 17 Mar
+
closer insight into the music
and historical context of
Mozart’s opera.
LEARN MORE Pre-opera
talk Roger Hamilton offers a
12pm
RNCM Theatre
Sun 13 Mar
+
Group booking discounts
are also available. Please
contact our Box Office on
0161 907 5555 to find out
more.
For this production of
Cosí, we’ve introduced an
Early Booking Discount
on the four weekday
performances. So if you
book your tickets by
Wednesday 3 February,
you can save 20% on your
tickets. (Please note
that this offer cannot be
used in conjunction with
any other concessions or
offers).
SAVE MONEY ON
YOUR COSÌ TICKETS
Thu 10 Mar
Thu 10 Mar
Fri 11 Mar
RNCM
CONCERT
ORCHESTRA
ANGELA
HEWITT
(piano)
Polonaise from Eugene
Onegin
Franz Schubert Moments
Musicaux D 780
Sonata in D minor Op 31 No
2 ‘The Tempest’
Joseph Haydn Fantasia in
C major Hob XVII:4
Alessandro Scarlatti
Sonatas (selection)
Isaac Albéniz Suite
española (selection)
Manuel de Falla
Fantasia Bætica
TRINITY
CHURCH OF
ENGLAND
HIGH SCHOOL
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Violin Concerto in D major
Op 35
Matthew Wood, Tom Goff
conductors
Philip Brett violin
required
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
The Sunday Times’ Paul
Driver described Angela
Hewitt as ‘one of the
reliably mesmerising
musicians of the day’.
This high profile Canadian
pianist regularly appears
in recital and with major
orchestras across the
globe and is a hugely
successful recording
artist with the Hyperion
label, being especially
well-known for her
recordings of Bach’s major
keyboard works.
Tickets £17 £14
‘I regard this opportunity to play Stan’s big band charts
as an honour and a joy. Part of the programme is from
‘Alice in Jazzland’… The charts had been lost so this will
be a rare insight into Stan’s first big band arrangements.
I’m really looking forward to performing this music with a
generation who are mostly unaware of our own rich history
of musical talent in jazz… I am expecting to hear some
outstanding musicians and greatly anticipate a concert we
will all remember for a long time.’
FS
+
6.30pm
SPOTLIGHT Five Reeds
– Much-loved classics for
Reed Quintet
required
Clark Tracey
Sat 12 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
ANNIVERSARY
CONCERT
RNCM BIG BAND
WITH CLARK TRACEY
Tickets £5
STAN TRACEY NIGHT
Promoted by Trinity Church of
England High School
Mike Hall
Our second Big Band show of the season is
something very cool indeed. Drummer, band
leader, educator and composer Clark Tracey will
join us as special guest when we present an
evening of his father Stan’s music.
Fri 11 Mar
7.30pm
STRINGBOXES
Following their packed
Studio show at the RNCM
Big Weekender, the kora/
voice and double bass
duo of Holly Marland and
Michael Cretu return with
their new compositions
and exciting fusion of
West African, Gypsy, Folk,
Contemporary, Classical
and Jazz.
If you like the kora,
check out Ballaké Sissoko
and Vincent Ségal on 5
Mar. See p32 for details.
Tickets £12
director
FS
A legendary character on the British jazz
scene, pianist and composer Stan Tracey was
a master musician in his own quiet way. He
produced beautiful work such as Under Milk
Wood, one of the best known British jazz albums
ever, and Alice in Jazzland, the follow-up that
pushed the envelope with its confidence and wild
musical invention and was truly a product of
its time (it was no coincidence that it was
recorded at Abbey Road in the mid-60s).
Clark has been busy having his father’s big
band charts transcribed. As a result, tonight’s
show will feature music from Under Milk Wood,
Seven Ages of Man and Alice in Jazzland (and
that’s particularly exciting as the Alice chart
actually went missing after a gig at Ronnie
Scott’s…)
One final thing, there’s another RNCM Big Band
show on 23 Jan when trumpeter Ryan Quigley pays
a visit. See p10 for details.
Tickets £18 £15
FS
+
10pm
SPOTLIGHT Wild About Gershwin! Well-loved songs beautifully transcribed for
solo piano
Sat 12 Mar
Sun 13 Mar
Mon 14 Mar
MANCHESTER
CAMERATA
MANCHESTER
AMATEUR
CHORAL
COMPETITION
2016
MONDAY
RECITAL
SERIES
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
11am
RNCM Concert Hall
THE MOZART SESSION
WITH JEAN-EFFLAM
BAVOUZET
W A Mozart Symphony No 1
in E flat major K 16; Piano
Concerto No 17 in G major
K 453; Divertimento in B
flat major K 137; Piano
Concerto No 18 in B flat
major K 456
Gábor Takács-Nagy
conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
piano
Tickets £35 £28 £20 £12
£3 students
Promoted by Manchester Camerata
YOUTH CHOIRS
Tickets £10
Promoted by Jon Atkin
1.15pm
André Jolivet
Linos
7.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
Mon 14 Mar
RNCM
COMPOSERS
CONCERT
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Chant de
Meera Maharaj flute
Emily Hooker piano
Francis Poulenc
Op 100
Tue 15 Mar
Sextet
Timothy Bingham flute
Katie Lewis oboe
Annita Skoutella horn
William Curran clarinet
Alice Braithwaite bassoon
Victor Lim piano
required
PARIS-MANCHESTER
MUSICIANS FROM THE RNCM AND
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE
Pierre Boulez Bel édifice et les
pressentiments from Le marteau sans maître
Peter Maxwell Davies Birthday Music for John
Mark-Anthony Turnage A Slow Pavane; Hilary’s
Hoedown
Jérôme Combier Dawnlight
Stanislas Makovskyi New work
Aaron Breeze New work
This evening, Paris comes to Manchester
as we welcome musicians from the Paris
Conservatoire to the RNCM. This collaboration
provides our audience with the opportunity
to witness Paris-based students playing
alongside some of our own, which should
provide an interesting new synergy. Moreover,
this exchange also provides an exciting
opportunity for RNCM students, as they will
go to Paris to play the same programme with
their French counterparts.
This evening of English and French
contemporary music also includes brand new
work by composers from both institutions, so
it’s a wonderful showcase for our Composition
students and a chance to hear brand new
pieces before they are performed anywhere
else.
Adam Gorb, RNCM Head of
Composition, introduces
this concert of new and
recently premièred works,
written by RNCM composers
and performed by their
fellow students.
required
Wed 16 Mar
7.30pm
CHOPIN PRIZE
RNCM pianists and students
from Chetham’s School of
Music compete for this
prestigious annual prize,
adjudicated this year by
Bruce Brubaker, Chair
of Piano at New England
Conservatory, Boston.
Tickets £7
Supported by Diaphonique
Tickets £7
FS
+
6.30pm
SPOTLIGHT Baroque in the Mirror
reflections for cello and piano
– Modern
‘Diaphonique enables
partnerships such as this to be
created, fostered and grown. It
is wonderful to be able to work
with our counterparts in Paris
Conservatoire and for students
on either side of the channel
to be given the possibility
and platform to create a new
beautiful language that is
born only through performing
together.’
Artistic Director
‘Our students have not forgotten working with Henk Guittart on the Verklärte
Nacht 80-strong string orchestra project last year. It is a pleasure to be
working with Henk again, this time with chamber forces, as we present a
delightful programme of cheeky, tantalising and immortal classical works.’
Dr Michelle Castelletti, Artistic Director
Thu 17 Mar
Fri 18 Mar
RNCM HARP
ENSEMBLE
PETER
LAWSON
(piano)
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Bernard Andrés A Fresca
Marcel Tournier Preludes
Paul Patterson Mosquito
Massacre
arr Starfish Duo
The Emerald Isle
Eira Lynn Jones
director
required
Wed 16 Mar
This is the third in a
series.
required
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
JEFF WILLIAMS GROUP
Legendary London-based American drummer Jeff
Williams brings his Quintet to the RNCM to
showcase the band’s new album, Outlier, due
out in March 2016.
Jeff sees this release as a journey through
the different aspects of his musical life,
which has seen him play with the likes of
Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Wheeler and Mike
Gibbs. Much of the material was developed in
concert at London Jazz Festival, the Vortex,
Derby Jazz and Birmingham’s CBSO Centre.
The stellar touring line-up features Josh
Arcoleo (tenor sax), Kit Downes (piano),
John O’Gallagher (alto sax), and Sam
Lasserson (double bass).
Tickets £15
RNCM STAFF RECITAL
Alberto Ginastera Malambo
Heitor Villa-Lobos Prole
do Bebe I
Alberto Ginastera Sonata
FS
Fri 18 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA
W A Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute
Nino Rota Divertimento Concertante for double
bass
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 1 in D major
‘Classical Symphony’
Franz Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor D 759
‘Unfinished’
Henk Guittart, Harish Shankar
Toby Hughes double bass
conductors
As part of this imaginative programme, Toby
Hughes performs Nino Rota’s composition for
double bass which in the first movement, offers
a reminder of the instrument’s extraordinarily
wide pitch (it covers nearly four octaves).
Toby made history by becoming the first ever
double bassist to win the Strings Section
Final of the Royal Over-Seas League ARTS
Competition. You can see his International
Artist Series recital on 21 Jan and also see
him perform Joseph Lauber’s Quartet for Double
Basses alongside Jiří Hudec, Ronan Dunne and
Roberto Carrillo-Garcia in the closing Gala of
RNCM Strings Festival on 10 Jan. See p7 and p4
respectively for details.
Tickets £15
+
6.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
SPOTLIGHT Lavena Trio – Flute, viola and
harp music from the 20th century
FS
Sat 19 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
AN EVENING
WITH SHANE
THOMAS
16 year old British
pianist Shane Thomas will
showcase his own original
compositions, playing solo
pieces. He’ll also be
joined by RNCM musicians
for some of the works.
Tickets £10
Promoted by Clayton Thomas
Sat 19 Mar
7.30pm
PLASTIKES
KAREKLES
THEODORAKIS
‘EPITAPHIOS’
HOMAGE TO REBETIKO
Tickets £15
Promoted by Rebetiko Carnival
Sun 20 Mar
RNCM FAMILY DAY
Our Family Days have become a huge
success and are a great, fun-filled way
for everyone to explore the work we do
here at the RNCM whatever their age or
musical ability. So please come and
join us for our latest adventure.
Tickets £5 adults. Admission for
children is free, by ticket only,
accompanied by an adult.
Suitable for ages 5 and above.
Thu 24 Mar
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
FASCINATING AÏDA’S
DILLIE KEANE
Dillie Keane takes a short break from her
Fascinating Aïda’s gal pals to present her
first solo show in 557 years (she claims…)
With some brand new songs, some grand old
favourites, gorgeous songs of love and
songs of disgraceful behaviour, Dillie
will break your heart, mend it again and
have it sent to the cleaners for pressing.
Tickets £21
No concessions
Promoted by Password Productions
Sat 09 - Sun 10
Apr
9am
RNCM Venues
THE NATIONAL
CONCERT BAND
FESTIVAL
Tickets £7.50 (£15 family
ticket covers up to 2
adults and 3 children)
Promoted by NCBF
Mon 21 Mar
Tue 22 Mar
Wed 23 Mar
THE
MANCHESTER
GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
CHEADLE
HULME
SCHOOL
MANCHESTER
HIGH SCHOOL
FOR GIRLS
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
EASTER CONCERT
Tickets £6
Promoted by The Governors of
Manchester Grammar School
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
7pm
RNCM Concert Hall
SPRING CONCERT
SPRING CONCERT
Tickets £8
Tickets £5
Promoted by Cheadle Hulme School
Promoted by Manchester High School
for Girls
Sat 02 Apr
Sun 03 Apr
CONGLETON
AND SALFORD
CHORAL
SOCIETIES
THE NATIONAL RNCM STRING
YOUTH WIND
ENSEMBLE
ORCHESTRA OF Felix Mendelssohn String
10 in B minor MWV
GREAT BRITAIN Symphony
N 10
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
2.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Edward Elgar The Dream of
Gerontius Op 38
MUSIC FROM AROUND
THE WORLD
Tickets £17
Rodney Winther conductor
Paul Edmund-Davies flute
Promoted by Congleton Choral Society
Tickets £15
Promoted by NYWO
Thu 14 Apr
1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Benjamin Britten
Variations on a Theme of
Frank Bridge Op 10
Ruth Rogers
director
required
Fri 15 Apr
7.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
PEROTÁ CHINGÓ
None of this was planned… but a chance
meeting, a hitch-hiking trip and a viral
video clip later, Lola Aguirre and Julia
Ortiz found themselves fronting a band
with fans already numbering hundreds of
thousands. Since that seminal Summer of
2011, Perotá Chingó have toured all over
Latin America, and more recently Europe,
in a camper van, mobilising audiences
everywhere they go by the power of
social networking. They’ll play anywhere
they are invited to: living rooms,
city streets, parks and theatres; an
impressive YouTube trail seems to track
their every appearance.
Their music is inspired by their
travels: original songs appear alongside
chacareras, sambas, reggae, and much
in-between. Everything revolves around
the two voices; singing in harmony or
unison, or meandering off track to find
each other again, they create a rich
palette of sound colour, while guitar
and percussion accompany with minimal,
careful arrangements.
Another gig in our Making Tracks series
features Otava Yo and takes place on
25 Feb. See p26 for details.
Tickets £15
FS
Fri 15 Apr
Mon 18 Apr
BBC RADIO 2
YOUNG BRASS
AWARD THE FINAL
BELLEVUE
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
8pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Ken Bruce and Frank
Renton present this live
broadcast of Radio 2’s
nationwide search for
its next brass star.
Accompanied by the
Grimethorpe Colliery Band,
the four talented finalists
play music of their own
choice then as the judges
decide who will take the
title, the band give a
concert of their own.
Free admission, by ticket
only (maximum 4 tickets
per person)
Promoted by Radio 2 in association
with RNCM
6.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall
BELLEVUE NORTHERN
CELEBRATION OF
MUSIC
Tickets £5
Promoted by Bellevue Education
Wed 20 Apr
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
Wed 20 Apr
KATHRYN TICKELL
AND THE SIDE
7.30pm
KATIE LOWE
(soprano) ROBIN
HUMPHREYS
(piano)
Kathryn Tickell Northumbrian pipes,
fiddle
Ruth Wall harp
Amy Thatcher accordion, clog dancing
Louisa Tuck cello
Channeling their diverse musical
experiences into a powerful new sound,
The Side stay true to the spirit and
essence of Kathryn’s own Northumbrian
folk tradition whilst unleashing the
talent and creativity of each individual
musician.
Evocative slow airs that could break
your heart move seamlessly into lifeaffirming jigs and reels; Amy storms into
a clog dance; Kathryn’s dizzying rapidfire piping contrasts with the richness
of the cello and Ruth’s sparkling harp
playing blends it all together.
Tickets £18 £15
FS
RNCM INTERNATIONAL
ARTIST DIPLOMA
RECITAL
This is the final RNCM
International Artist
Diploma recital taking
place this season and the
programme will include works
by Wagner, Puccini and
Sibelius. See pages 5, 7, 16
and 23 for details of the
other four events in this
series.
Tickets £10
FS
Wed 27 – Sat 30 Apr
7.30pm
RNCM Studio Theatre
CABARET
RNCM YOUTH PERFORM
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten
and Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Broadway production directed by Harold
Prince
Produced for the Broadway Stage by
Harold Prince
Fri 22 Apr
7.30pm
CONCERTO:
A BEETHOVEN
JOURNEY
In this 2015 documentary, director
Phil Grabsky follows Leif Ove
Andsnes on his recently-completed
Beethoven Journey. This four-year
project with the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra allowed pianist Leif Ove
to immerse himself in the music of
Beethoven and culminated in three
critically-acclaimed concerts at
the 2015 BBC Proms.
The screening will be introduced
by Phil Grabsky and there will be
a post-screening Q&A.
Tickets £7
FS
Caroline Clegg director
Daniel McDwyer musical director
Francesca Letch, Robert Brooks,
Edwin Kaye, James Penniston assistant
directors
Stewart Bartles lighting designer
Sat 23 – Sun 24
Apr
RNCM WIND
AND BRASS
WEEKEND
SPOTLIGHT From Down
Under – The Music of
Join us for an exciting
new festival that
celebrates all things
wind. This event will
bring together wind and
brass players from around
the UK in the vibrant
surroundings of the
RNCM. Open to players
of all ages, levels and
abilities, there will be
opportunities to play
alongside our staff and
students, in the Massed
Wind Orchestra and the
chance to gain insights
into technique from some
of the UK’s finest wind
players. There will also
be plenty of performances
by various student chamber
groups and guest artists
including the Wallace
Collection.
required
For full details, please
see www.rncm.ac.uk/
windandbrassweekend
Thu 21 Apr
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
BRAND NEW
ORCHESTRA
The RNCM’s Brand New
Orchestra presents its
second showcase of the
season featuring the
work of our Composition
students.
required
+
6.30pm
Nigel Westlake
‘Life is a cabaret old chum’ belts out
singer Sally Bowles from the stage
of Berlin’s Kit Kat Club at the dawn
of the 1930s. And since its Broadway
première in 1966, this anthem, plus
other iconic songs such as Willkommen,
Don’t Tell Mama and Tomorrow Belongs to
Me, have ensured the huge success of
Kander and Ebb’s award-winning musical
across the globe.
Cabaret tells the story of Cliff
Bradshaw, an American author working
on a novel in Berlin, who encounters
singer Sally at the seedy Kit Kat
Club. When she is fired by the club’s
owner, also her jealous boyfriend, she
moves in with Cliff and the two fall
in love. As the Nazis begin taking
control of the German government, the
atmosphere of the Kit Kat Club and the
lives of Cliff and Sally begin to change
dramatically…
With its brilliant choreography,
dark wit and iconic songs, Cabaret
is the perfect showcase for our
musical theatre group, RNCM Youth
Perform. Established for young people
of secondary school age, RNCM Youth
Perform has enjoyed great reviews over
the last few years with its sell-out
productions of The Wiz, The Threepenny
Opera, On the Town, Kiss Me, Kate, Guys
and Dolls and Little Shop of Horrors.
This amateur production is presented by
arrangement with MusicScope and Stage
Musicals Limited of New York.
Tickets £12
Thu 28 Apr
7pm
Fri 29 Apr
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
PIANO
RNCM
RECITAL PRIZE SYMPHONY
Talented students from the ORCHESTRA
RNCM School of Keyboard
Studies play a variety
of piano repertoire to
compete for this prize,
which this evening is
adjudicated by Piers Lane.
Tickets £7
Fri 29 Apr
1.15pm
GRAHAM
SCOTT (piano)
RNCM STAFF RECITAL
Alban Berg Piano Sonata
Op 1
Adam Gorb New work
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise-fantaisie in A
flat major Op 61
This is the fourth in a
series.
required
Pietro Mascagni Intermezzo
from Cavalleria Rusticana
Aram Khachaturian Piano
Concerto in D flat major
Op 38
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No 5 in D minor
Op 47
Harish Shankar conductor
Iyad Sughayer piano
Tickets £17 £14
FS
Fri 29 - Sat 30
Apr
8pm
RNCM Theatre
MARIKA
KLAMBATSEA
BUTTERFLY IN BLOOD
Based on Fania Fenelon’s
book Women’s Orchestra of
Auschwitz, Butterfly in
Blood is an avant-garde
chamber opera involving
classical contemporary
and free improvisational
parts.
Tickets £17
Promoted by Marika Klambatsea
‘Only Beethoven survived
the Soviet ban… until
Shostakovich 5. The
Junior Fellowship in
Conducting is one of the
RNCM’s most prestigious
and sought-after
courses. Our alumni are
now leading orchestras
across the world. Tonight
we have the privilege
to listen to the RNCM
Symphony Orchestra under
the baton of Junior
Fellow Harish Shankar
together with one of our
concerto competition
winners, Iyad Sughayer’s
dazzling interpretation
of Khachaturian’s
Piano Concerto and
Shostakovich’s heroic
Symphony No 5.’
Artistic Director
Coming
Soon
Sun 15 May
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
KRONOS
QUARTET
The ever-adventurous
Kronos Quartet returns
to the RNCM with a
programme that includes
Terry Riley’s One Earth,
One People, One Love,
Fodé Lassana Diabaté’s
Sunjata’s Time and the
world première of a new
piece by Lau’s Martin
Green.
Sat 21 May
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
RICHARD
GOODE (piano)
Franz Schubert Piano
Sonata in C minor D 958
Sonata in A major D 959
Sonata in B flat minor
D 960
Sat 21 May
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
Thu 23 Jun
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
MAX RICHTER RNCM
ENSEMBLE
CHAMBER
The electro-acoustic
ORCHESTRA
polymath will perform
From Sleep, a new piece
drawn from his eighthour landmark work,
described by Richter as
his ‘personal lullaby
for a frenetic world’, as
well as a performance of
The Blue Notebooks, which
Pitchfork described as
‘a gigantic beacon for
composers searching for
ways to introduce dance
music’s visceral qualities
into the classical
sphere.’
Wed 22 Jun
7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall
COLIN CURRIE
(percussion)
The foremost solo
percussionist of his
generation, Colin
Currie performs a highly
virtuosic, multiinstrumental programme.
Richard Strauss Serenade
in E flat major Op 7
Johannes Brahms Symphony
No 4 in E minor Op 98
Philippe Bach
conductor
Fri 24 - Sat 25 Jun
7.30pm
RNCM Theatre
RNCM BIG
BAND
THE VOICE IN JAZZ
The voice is the focus of
this two night Summer Big
Band special, featuring
some classic jazz melodies
performed by RNCM singers.
Thu 30 Jun
7.30pm
The Bridgewater Hall
RNCM
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Sergei Prokofiev Piano
Concerto No 2 in G minor
Mark Elder conductor
Jeremy So piano
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underpinned by an artistic
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Benefactor to help a
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Learning and Outreach
Take Your Seat
Leave a lasting legacy
in the newly refurbished
Concert Hall by naming a
seat. For more information
please visit our Take
Your Seat page at www.
rncm.ac.uk/takeyourseat or
contact stephanie.clark@
rncm.ac.uk
This Season’s
Friends Events
Tue 09 Feb
10.30am
THOMAS BARON
PITFIELD:
A LOOK INTO THE
RNCM ARCHIVES
Join RNCM Archivist,
Heather Roberts for a
fascinating exploration
into the College records
focusing on Thomas Baron
Pitfield 1903-1999. Pitfield
was a composer, artist and
poet. Despite very little
encouragement throughout
his strict upbringing, he
studied and later taught
at the Royal Manchester
College of Music (RMCM).
Amongst other artefacts,
his beautiful collection
of sketchbooks will be on
display.
Free admission, booking
essential. Tickets
available from the
RNCM Box Office.
Sun 06 and Tue 08 Mar
3pm
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
DRESS REHEARSAL
Take an exclusive look
behind the scenes as our
Vocal Studies students
prepare for the opening of
Cosi fan tutte.
Tickets available from the
RNCM Box Office. Bronze
Friends £12.50, Silver
and Gold Friends free.
Fri 08 Apr
10.30am
RNCM Concert Hall
IN CONVERSATION
WITH HARISH
SHANKAR
Harish Shankar is
the Junior Fellow of
Conducting at the College.
During this session, we
will be talking to Harish
about his flourishing
career and exactly what it
takes to attain a coveted
RNCM Junior Fellowship.
Originally hailing from
Malaysia, Harish Shankar
enjoys a growing presence
on the international
stage. Having completed
his Master’s Degree
in conducting at the
prestigious Conservatory
of Weimar, engagements
have taken him as far
as South America and
Australasia. Now based
in Manchester, Harish has
completed assistantships
with the Royal Liverpool
and BBC Philharmonic and
has enjoyed his conducting
début with the Hallé
Orchestra.
Free admission, booking
essential. Tickets
available from the RNCM
Box Office.
RNCM Engage is the
Royal Northern College
of Music’s learning and
participation programme,
and the training ground
for its students in
creative and professional
practice. It provides
opportunities for
engagement with music,
for people of all ages and
with tastes for all types
of music, and supports
the development of the
next generation of dynamic
music educators. RNCM
Engage brings together
students, professional
artists, and community
and business leaders to
exchange and develop
ideas, and to reach out
to new and increasingly
diverse audiences.
For more information
please visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/engage
Learning and
Participation
The Learning and
Participation team
engages with the RNCM’s
wider community through
a year-round programme of
events including an annual
Children’s Opera Project
(see p19), Family Days
(see p42), and the Youth
Perform musical theatre
group which runs on
Wednesday evenings and is
a low-cost, non-audition
group for all young people
of secondary school age
(see p47). In addition the
Learning and Participation
team designs bespoke
projects for a range of
community groups and is
always happy to discuss
new ideas.
To find out more about
any of our projects
contact Fiona Stuart
on 0161 907 5281 or
communityoutreach@rncm.
ac.uk or visit www.rncm.
ac.uk/communityoutreach
The RNCM Learning and
Participation team is
grateful for the support
of the Eric and Margaret
Kinder Charitable Trust.
The Sir John
Manduell Research
Forum Series at
the RNCM
Our Research Forums
are FREE and open to
the public; RNCM staff
and guest speakers give
presentations on an aspect
of their work - whether
it’s musicological,
creative, educational,
music-psychological or
other kinds of research.
The talks last about 45
minutes and then the floor
is open for questions and
discussion. Open to all,
free admission, no ticket
required. You can read
more about these sessions
at www.rncm.ac.uk/
researchforums
RNCM Historic
Instrument
Collection
The RNCM Historic
Instrument Collection
can be accessed using
the staircase behind
the Box Office or by the
lift situated opposite
the RNCM Library. Spring
2016 opening hours can be
found at www.rncm.ac.uk/
instrumentcollection
Looking for
musicians?
The RNCM’s Professional
Engagements team coordinates a large number
of engagements on behalf
of music societies, clubs,
companies and individuals
throughout the year.
From background music for
weddings to corporate
events. Contact the
Professional Engagements
team on 0161 907 5352 or
[email protected]
for further details.
RNCM on the Road
RNCM ensembles and
soloists perform regularly
at prestigious venues and
festivals throughout the
UK. For more information
about future external
events please visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/ontheroad
Artistic
Proposals
We are always interested
in hearing your suggestions
for future programming.
If you would like to
talk to a member of the
Artistic Team, email
[email protected]
Looking for a Venue?
Eating & Drinking at the RNCM
The RNCM STUDIO THEATRE
is a flexible black box
space which has an
audience capacity of up to
140 seats. The space is
equipped with projector,
screen and a flexible
lighting rig, suitable
for a variety of events
and can be configured in a
variety of set-ups.
The RNCM has a wide
selection of excellent
purpose-built spaces to
hire for every type of
event, performance or
conference. Following a
£7.1 million refurbishment
project completed in
November 2014, our largest
spaces have now been
revitalised with excellent
back of house facilities
and the latest technical
set−up including a new
lighting rig and sound
equipment. For dates and
rates please contact our
Events Manager, Paul
Cobban on 0161 907 5289
or [email protected]
or for full venue
information and technical
specifications please visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/hire
Our Venues
The RNCM CONCERT HALL
has a variety of flexible
options for your event
with layouts including 445
capacity seating on Level
One, 610 capacity seating
with our new Balcony and
Oglesby Balcony open, or
even up to 730 capacity
seating with a reduced
stage size for amplified
bands and small ensembles
(NB – please speak to our
Events Manager for further
details about the 730
layout).
The RNCM THEATRE boasts
one of the largest black
box stages in Manchester
with ample wing space,
orchestra pit, lighting
box area and space for
a sound desk in addition
to the seated capacity.
There are 607 seats in the
Theatre with an option to
place additional audience
seating over the orchestra
pit, taking the total
maximum capacity to 657
seats.
The CAROLE NASH RECITAL
ROOM is a stunning shoebox
venue which has up to
100 seats in a Theatre
Style configuration. The
room has a wonderful
acoustic making it a great
venue for small-scale
performances as well as
being a beautiful room for
conferences and catering
receptions.
The FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE
has a 150 capacity and
has been completely
updated following the
refurbishment project.
It comes equipped with
projector, screen and is
ideal for pre-concert
talks, discussions and
presentations.
For full venue
information and technical
specifications please visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/hire
The RNCM also has a wide
range of smaller spaces
suitable for social
functions, training
events, dinners, meetings
and conferences. Please
contact our Conference and
Catering Team for further
details on 0161 907 5353
or [email protected]
There are refreshment
facilities available at
the RNCM with the Café,
Brodsky Restaurant and
Bar and the Concert Bar
offering a range of fresh,
home cooked and locally
sourced food from just a
coffee and a pastry to a
three course meal.
Brodsky
Brodsky is open from
11am Monday to Friday and
5pm Saturday with last
food orders at 7pm on
performance nights (and
7.30pm for concerts with
an 8pm start time.) We
recommend that you reserve
a table in Brodsky by
calling 0161 907 5353
or 5252.
Café
The Café is open from 8am
until the interval on
performance nights.
Concert Bar
The Concert Bar is open
from 5pm until 11pm.
During vacations the
Concert Bar opens one hour
prior to the performance
time.
Please note the above
opening times are during
term time only and all
food items and menus are
subject to availability.
Outside of term time and
at weekends, opening hours
are dependent upon the
performance programme.
For full details of menus
and opening hours please
call 0161 907 5353 or 5252
or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/
brodsky or www.rncm.ac.uk/
cafeandbar
Hospitality at
the RNCM
The RNCM can also provide
catering for social
functions, events,
dinners, training events,
meetings and conferences
in our venues. Please
contact our Conference and
Catering Team on 0161 907
5353 or hospitality@rncm.
ac.uk for further details.
Booking Information and Getting Here
Stop press!
Concessions
We’re delighted to
announce that you can
now select your own
seat online when booking
tickets. Check this out at
www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on
For events promoted by
the RNCM, concessions
are available to under
18s, students, over 60s,
claimants (in receipt of
JSA or ESA) and disabled
patrons (plus essential
companion). For other
events please check
with the Box Office on
0161 907 5555 or go to
www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on
for more details. Please
note proof of concession
may be required. For full
details of concessionary
tickets please check with
the Box Office or visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/discounts
Booking by phone
0161 907 5555
Booking in person
or by post
Box Office, RNCM, 124
Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9RD
Booking Fees
A booking fee of £1 per
ticket applies to most
transactions. No booking
fee applies to tickets
bought in person at the
Box Office.
Payment
Payment can be made by
cash, Mastercard, Visa
or Maestro.
Enquiries by email
[email protected]
Box Office opening
hours
11am - 6pm
Monday to Saturday
(later on performance nights)
Sunday 1 hour before
performances
(closed on non-performance Sundays)
For full terms and
conditions visit www.rncm.
ac.uk/whats-on/terms or
contact the Box Office.
Ticket Exchange
& Refunds
For full details on ticket
exchanges and our refund
policy please visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/exchanges
Please note, refunds are
only made in the case of a
cancelled performance.
Group Discounts
Discounts are available
for groups of 10 or more
for all events promoted
by the RNCM. For more
information contact the
Box Office or visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/groups
Sonic Manchester
Parking
Sonic Manchester is a free
scheme for students run by
the RNCM, The Bridgewater
Hall, BBC Philharmonic
and Manchester Camerata.
It gives students the
opportunity to buy tickets
from as little as £3.
For more information
and to sign up for the
latest offers, please
visit www.facebook.com/
sonicmanchester
The RNCM car park is
located next to the
College in the basement
of the Sir Charles Groves
Hall of Residence, off
Rosamund Street West. Open
from 5pm weekday evenings
and anytime over weekends
and bank holidays, costing
£3.50 (payable on foot at
the machine). Closes at
11.30pm. Other car parking
options are available at
www.rncm.ac.uk/parking
Email & Mailing
List
Keep in touch with events
at the RNCM by joining
our free mailing list for
regular updates. Sign
up at www.rncm.ac.uk/
mailinglist or contact the
Box Office for details.
RNCM Concert Hall
Save 15% or more on your
tickets by creating your
own flexible series. Simply
choose at least 3 concerts
you’d like to attend
(marked with FS logo).
Upper Hall
Balcony
Oglesby Balcony
Platform Seats
Stage Seats
N1 M1
STAGE
C1 B1
D1
Additional stage seats
E1
F1
G1
A18
A11
Artists and programmes
are correct at the time
of going to press and
we reserve the right to
change artists and/or
programmes without notice
if necessary. If you
have any comments please
contact Head of Marketing
& Communications,
RNCM, 124 Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9RD.
D28
D17
E28
E16
F28
F15
G29
G14
P1
H1
H17
I1
I17
J1
J17
K1
K17
L27
L1
Q1
R1
S1
P11
P23
Q23
Q10
R9
Access
All public spaces and
facilities are accessible
to wheelchair users (via
lifts). Free parking
is also available for
disabled patrons, reserve
your space with reception
on 0161 907 5300. Please
contact the Box Office or
visit www.rncm.ac.uk/
access for detailed access
information.
Oxford Road station is the
closest railway station
and is a 15 minute walk
away. Go to www.tfgm.com
for details of public
transport in the Greater
Manchester area. For more
detailed information and
a map of how to find us
please visit www.rncm.
ac.uk/visit
R23
S23
Seating Plans
For a more detailed layout
of our venues please
visit www.rncm.ac.uk/
seatingplans
RNCM Theatre
STAGE
PIT SEATS
A5
B5
F3
G3
How to find us
T1
C24
C15
GG1
U1
B21
B13
H2
Flexible Series
Lower Hall
J2
K1
L1
M1
N1
P1
Q
R1
S2
C4
B11
B29
D4
C11
C29
E4
D11
D29
E11
E29
F11
F29
G11
G29
H11
H29
J11
J29
K11
K29
L11
L29
M11
M29
N11
N29
P11
P29
Q11
Q29
R11
T3
U2
A11
S11
R29
S24
S29
T29
U29
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