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Javascript is required to view this map.Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30Illuminating Britten | Birmingham Contemporary Music GroupAlexandra Wood, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Christopher Yates, Joanna Patton, John Woolrich, Malcolm Wilson, Melinda Maxwell, Ulrich HeinenCBSO Centre Birmingham B1 2LFUnited Kingdom
BCMG celebrates Britten’s centenary with a programme of early works, framing them with similarly small-scale pieces from composers with close connections to him. Elegy for solo viola is an affecting, technically assured work, composed in a single day by the 17 year-old Britten. Crafted a year later, Going downhill on a bicycle is an experimental, almost Schoenbergian piece for violin and piano. Throughout his life Britten enjoyed writing for specific performers and composed his Phantasy Quartet, when just 19, for the leading English oboist of the day, Leon Goossens.
One the fascinating things about these early Britten works is that although beautifully crafted, they show Britten at a crossroads, before he knew what direction his music would take. His Suite, for violin and piano from 1935, is more characteristically Britten, showing that at 21 the young composer had started to find his voice.
No composer mattered more to young Britten than Alban Berg, whose Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano are the composer’s only true miniatures. Oliver Knussen met and was encouraged by Britten when young, and Henze’s Olly on the Shore pictures BCMG’s Artist-in-Association standing on the same stretch of Suffolk shoreline that Britten called home. Copland’s smoky, blues-inspired Nocturne and ukulele pastiche Serenade date back to before he first met Britten at his home in Snape.
- 4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
- Alban Berg (1885-1935)
- Elegy for Viola
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Nocturne and Ukelele Serenade
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Going Downhill on a Bicycle
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Cantata, for oboe and string trio
- Oliver Knussen (1952-)
- Olly on the shore
- Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
- Adagio from Chamber Concerto
- Alban Berg (1885-1935)
- Suite for violin and piano
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Phantasy Quartet
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
In advance: £14 full price / £8 concession / £5 under 16s // On the door: £16 full price / £10 concession / £6 under 16s Available from 0121 345 0491 . -
Javascript is required to view this map.Sun, 2013-05-26 19:30Aberdeen Sinfonietta - Summer ConcertAberdeen Sinfonietta, David Jones, Julian BlissAberdeen Music Hall Aberdeen AB10 1QSUnited Kingdom
This ideal summer evening programme opens with Mendelssohn’s entrancing Midsummer Night’s Dream music. It is followed by Mozart’s supremely beautiful Clarinet Concerto - and who better to play it than the superb young clarinettist Julian Bliss. Schubert’s deservedly popular 5th Symphony and two charming little suites by Bizet and Debussy complete the programme.
- Overture, Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Jeux d'enfants, 'Children's Games'
- Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
- Symphony No 5 in B flat
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- Petite Suite
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
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Javascript is required to view this map.Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra - with Guy Johnston (cello)City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Guy Johnston, Robert HodgeWest Road Concert Hall Cambridge CB3 9DPUnited Kingdom
The City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (CCSO), formerly known as the Cambridge String Players, performs about six orchestral concerts a year, usually at the University Concert Hall in West Road, Cambridge. The repertoire is based on music from the 18th Century to the present day, with occasional works for strings only and others for winds and percussion. CCSO is delighted to welcome new Musical Director, Robert Hodge, who took up his position in February 2012.
Baba Yaga is a charming miniature tone poem, only three minutes in length, but irresisible on account of its exoic atmosphere. It transports us to the East, and we stay there, albeit in Stalinist Russia rather than the exoic Orient, to hear the 1st Cello Concerto by Shostakovich. Guy Johnston, our disinguished soloist, played the less familiar 2nd Concerto with the CCSO a few years ago, and now brings this wonderful muscular showpiece to delight tonight’s audience.
If the musical fingerprints of Shostakovich are unmistakable, so too are those of Mahler, whose ten symphonies (the 10th incomplete) seem almost one huge symphonic outpouring, vying with the monumental stature of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Many will wish to reacquaint themselves with the strange mixture of angst and childlike joy that this symphony offers, and those who have not yet heard it should
grab this chance to do so. The experience will be indelible.The concert is being promoted in associaion with Cambridge Past Present and Future. For 85 years the organisaion has been looking after green spaces and historic properies in and around Cambridge. It coninues to work at keeping Cambridge special for everyone to enjoy and it also provides environmental educaion aciviies for all ages.
- Baba Yaga
- Anatole Liadov (1855-1914)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No 1 in E flat
- Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
- Symphony No 1 in D, 'Titan'
- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
£18, concession £16, student £8, under 14 £5 Available from 01223 300085 12:30 – 16:00 on Monday, 12:30 – 19:00 Tuesday – Friday, and 15:00 – 19:00 on Saturday. -
Mon, 2013-05-20 19:00Hattori Foundation Recital Series - Catherine and Emily Beynon (flute and harp)Catherine Beynon, Emily Beynon1901 Arts Club London SE1 8UEUnited Kingdom
Catherine Beynon studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Conservatoire Superieur de Musique in Lyon.
She has given solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, and St Martin-in-the-Fields and as a concerto soloist has performed with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia and the London Chamber Orchestra. Catherine was appointed principal harp in the Orchestra Philharmonic du Luxembourg in 2003. She was invited to play with the Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester in performances and recordings with Mariss Jansons in Munich and at Carnegie Hall, New York and in December 2011 she performed with Orchestra Mozart and Claudio Abbado in Florence. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Catherine has performed in the BBC Proms Chamber Music Series and throughout Europe and Japan and with many distinguished artists. Among her numerous recordings, the disc “Flute Mystery” together with Emily Beynon, Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra was nominated for a 2010 Grammy.Emily Beynon is principal flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam. Born in Wales, she studied with William Bennett at the Royal Academy where she was made a Fellow in 2002 and with Alain Marion in Paris. Equally at home in front of the orchestra as in its midst, Emily has performed as concerto soloist with, amongst others, The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Orchestras, NHK Symphony, the Vienna, Prague, Netherlands and English Chamber Orchestras and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. As a chamber musician she works regularly with her sister, the harpist, Catherine Beynon and the pianist Andrew West, and has made guest appearances with the Nash Ensemble, Skampa Quartet, Steven Isserlis, Dame Felicity Lott, Jean-Yves Tibaudet, the Kungsbacka Trio, and Brodsky Quartet.
She is frequently heard on BBC radio and has featured in several television documentaries for Thames, the BBC and AVRO (Netherlands).
The Hattori Foundation was established as an Educational Trust by the Hattori Family and granted charity status in 1992. The aim of the Foundation in the field of music is to encourage and assist exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles who are British Nationals or resident in the UK and whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. This is the fifth season of rush-hour recitals featuring some of the outstanding award recipients of the last 20 years.
- Fantaisie for Violin and Harp
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
- Naiades for Flute and Harp
- William Alwyn (1905-1985)
- Syrinx for solo Flute
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Fantasie Brilliant on Bizet's 'Carmen'
- François Borne (1840-1920)
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Sat, 2013-05-25 19:30A Spring Celebration - Haydn's Creation | Sussex ChorusLaura Wolk-Lewanowicz, Michael George, Neil Jenkins, Paul Smy, Southern Pro Musica, Sussex ChorusSt Bartholomew's Church Brighton BN1 4GPUnited Kingdom
Brighton Festival concert
- The Creation
- (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
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Sat, 2013-05-25 19:30Fauré Requiem - by CandlelightAndrew Earis, Belmont Ensemble of London, Peter G Dyson, St Martin-in-the-Fields Choral ScholarsSt Martin-in-the-Fields London WC2N 4JJUnited Kingdom
- Requiem
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Pavane
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Cantique de Jean Racine
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Gloria in D
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Concerto for Violin and Strings No 2 in G minor, 'Summer' RV 315 from Le Quattro Stagioni, 'The Four Seasons'
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Coronation Anthem: Let thy hand be strengthened
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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Sat, 2013-05-25 19:30The French School: Fauré, Martin, DurufléYork Sinfonietta, Yorkshire Bach ChoirSt Michael-le-Belfrey Church York YO1 7HHUnited Kingdom
This programme presents Fauré’s ever-popular Requiem in its original version with chamber orchestra together with the less familiar but equally attractive Mass by Frank Martin, a real choral spectacular for unaccompanied double choir. Duruflé’s motets enjoy regular appearances in the choral repertoire and their intimate style completes this survey of French choral repertoire.
- Requiem (1893 version)
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Cantique de Jean Racine
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Mass
- Frank Martin (1890-1974)
- 4 Motets sur des themes gregoriens
- Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
£18 (£16 for pensioners, registered unwaged or registered disabled, £5 student stand-by, free for accompanied under 16s, season rates available). Available from 01904 658338 Between 9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday (closed on Bank Holidays). -
Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30Ulf Hoelscher (violin) plays Korngold with Maidstone Symphony OrchestraBrian Wright, Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, Ulf HoelscherMote Hall Maidstone ME15 7RNUnited Kingdom
The fifth and final concert in the 102nd Season. Ulf Hoelscher makes a welcome return to Maidstone. On this visit he brings the luscious delights of Korngold's Violin Concerto. His recording is considered by many as the finest. The season closes with the visceral excitement of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony.
Come and enjoy Steve Migden's pre-concert talk at 6.45pm.
- Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 'The Mastersingers of Nuremburg'
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
- Symphony No 4 in F minor (arr. Taneyev)
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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Javascript is required to view this map.Wed, 2013-05-22 19:30Wagner 200th Anniversary Concert I Philharmonia OrchestraAntonia Sotgiu, David Edwards, Elaine McKrill, Giselle Allen, Harriet Williams, James Rutherford, Jennifer Johnston, Julianne Young, Katherine Broderick, Kimberly Myers, Miriam Sharrad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Susan BullockRoyal Festival Hall London SE1 8XXUnited Kingdom
Sir Andrew Davis conducts a concert celebrating the exact 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, showcasing the British Wagner tradition and featuring one of the composer’s finest achievements. The Walküren (or Valkyries) of the title are an army of maidens who ride through the air on horseback. We see twin brother and sister, Siegmund and Sieglinde, fall in love, thereby committing both adultery and (unwittingly) incest. The former is subsequently killed by Wotan, although Brünnhilde (Wotan's warrior Valkyrie daughter) saves Sieglinde in the nick of time. The opera reaches a blazing climax during the unforgettable Third Act, when Brünnhilde is punished by Wotan, who surrounds her with a ring of fire that can only be crossed by a fearless hero destined to be none other than Sieglinde's eventual son, Siegfried.
This concert also launches Wagner 200, a wideranging, London-based festival to celebrate the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, featuring events from May to November 2013 in association with leading venues and producers. It is the culmination of a day of activity at Southbank Centre, including pop up open-air performances on the riverside terraces and balconies featuring young singers and performers.
- Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 'The Mastersingers of Nuremburg'
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
- Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
- Act III from Die Walküre, Part II of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
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Javascript is required to view this map.Sat, 2013-05-18 19:30Dvorák and the Cello | The Rutland SinfoniaEduardo Vassallo, Paul Hilliam, The Rutland SinfoniaOakham School Chapel Oakham LE15 6DTUnited Kingdom
Our concert season finale will feature one of the most well known and loved cello concertos played by international performer and principal cellist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Vassallo.
- Finlandia
- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor
- Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
- Symphony No 3 in F
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
On the door £11 (£10 in advance). Concessions on the door £9 (£8 in advance). Children under 18 £2 and Students in full time education £2. Friends of Rutland Sinfonia are entitled to £1 discount on all ticket prices Available from Madeleine Stanley, 01780 752031 .
