What's On
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Wed, 2013-06-26 19:45Jack Liebeck Piano TrioGuy Johnston, Jack Liebeck, Katya ApekishevaSt Jude-on-the-Hill London NW11 7AHUnited Kingdom
Jack Liebeck has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras and won the 2010 Classical BRIT award as Young British Performer of the Year. Guy Johnston won the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000 and Russian-born Katya Apekisheva is one of Europe's foremost pianists. Their programme includes Beethoven Trio No 1 in E Flat, Ravel Trio in A Minor and Schubert Trio No 1 in B Flat.
- Piano Trio No 1 in E flat
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Piano Trio in A minor
- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
- Piano Trio No 1 in B flat
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
£22, £17, £10 Available from 020 3322 8123 From 5 June, Monday-Saturday: 2-6pm. -
Thu, 2013-06-27 19:45The Sixteen - An immortal legacyHarry Christophers, The SixteenSt Jude-on-the-Hill London NW11 7AHUnited Kingdom
Founded 33 years ago by Harry Christophers, The Sixteen is recognised as ne of the world's greatest vocal ensembles. The Sixteen is heard regularly on the BBC and has been designated 'the Voices of Classic FM'. The Sixteen will perform some of the best-loved classics of Tudor and Jacobean church music and madrigals, together with popular modern pieces in an evening of unaccompanied choral music.
- Choral Dances from Gloriana
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- 5 Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
- Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
£25, £20, £11 Available from 020 3322 8123 From 5 June, Monday-Saturday: 2-6pm. -
Fri, 2013-06-28 19:45Sir Willard White (bass) with Eugene Asti (piano)Eugene Asti, Sir Willard WhiteSt Jude-on-the-Hill London NW11 7AHUnited Kingdom
The great Jamaican-born bass-baritone Sir Willard White has performed in all the world's major opera houses. He has appeared as a soloist many times at the BBC Proms and his concert programme 'Robeson Re-Explored' was an international success. Highly sought-after as an accompanist, Eugene Asti has performed with great artists including Dame Felicity Lott and Sir Thomas Allen, as well as with Sir Willard White.
The programme will include songs by Schubert, Brahms, Quilter, Vaughan Williams and Britten and some spirituals.
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- Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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- Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
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- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
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- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
£25, £20, £11 Available from 020 3322 8123 From 5 June, Monday-Saturday: 2-6pm. -
Sat, 2013-06-22 19:30Durham Singers and Renaissance: Blessed CeciliaBen Rowarth, Durham Singers, Julian Wright, Renaissance Chamber Choir (Durham)Elvet Methodist Church Durham City DH1 3HLUnited Kingdom
Durham Singers and Renaissance present a concert of solo and a cappella works from the 17th to the 21st centuries, celebrating Benjamin Britten’s great love for the music of Henry Purcell, and Britten’s influence on exciting contemporary composers such as Julian Anderson. The programme includes Britten's magnificent Hymn to St Cecilia, which calls on the patron saint of music to “come down and startle composing mortals with immortal fire”.
The Durham Singers have been inspired by Britten’s enthusiastic and generous support for young musicians, and so this concert showcases the talents of some of Durham’s up-and-coming solo singers and of the 21-year old composer and conductor Ben Rowarth. Ben will conduct part of the concert, and solo items will be performed by members of his acclaimed chamber choir 'Renaissance', including Britten’s exquisite Canticle I sung by tenor Hugo Hymas. The programme also includes Ben Rowarth's Where is thy God, winner of the 2012 NCEM Composers Award. (Read more about the award, and listen to Ben's piece here: http://www.ncem.co.uk/composersaward2012)
This performance, the second of our events marking Benjamin Britten's centenary year, is supported by a grant from the Britten Pears Foundation.
- O Sing unto the Lord
- Julian Anderson (1967-)
- I was glad when they said unto me
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- Where is thy God?
- Ben Rowarth (1992-)
- Hear My Prayer
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- A Litany, 'Drop, drop slow tears'
- Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
- Corpus Christi Carol from A Boy was Born
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- A Hymn to the Virgin
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Jubilate (Psalm 100)
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- The Evening Watch
- Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
- An Evening Hymn on a Ground, 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light'
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- The Evening Primrose from 5 Flower Songs
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Canticle No 1, 'My beloved is mine'
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Set me as a seal upon thine heart
- Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
- Hymn to St Cecilia
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
£12 (students and under 25: £6, children under 13 free) Available from 0191 332 4041 Monday - Saturday 10am - 8.30pm, Sunday 2.30pm - 8.30pm. -
Sat, 2013-06-29 19:45Orchestra Nova with George Vass (conductor) and Madeleine Mitchell (violin)George Vass, Madeleine Mitchell, Orchestra NovaSt Jude-on-the-Hill London NW11 7AHUnited Kingdom
The programme will include works for strings by Mozart, Elgar, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky, with the first London performance (with orchestra) of David Matthews's Romanza for Violin and Strings. George Vass, founder-director of Orchestra Nova, is a former Artistic Director of the Hampstead and Highgate Festival. He has made several recordings of works by David Matthews.
- Romanza for Violin and Strings
- David Matthews (1943-)
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- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
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- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
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- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
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- Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
£22, £17, £10 Available from 020 3322 8123 From 5 June, Monday-Saturday: 2-6pm. -
Sun, 2013-06-30 19:45Last Night of the Proms - Haydn Chamber OrchestraAdrian Leaper, Charles Siem, Emma Dogliani, Haydn Chamber OrchestraSt Jude-on-the-Hill London NW11 7AHUnited Kingdom
The programme will include music by Weber, Sibelius and Wagner together with traditional Last Night favourites. Charlie Siem is one of the UK's brightest stars in classical music. His recordings with Warner Classics and Jazz include Bruch, Wieniawski and Ole Bull with the London Symphony Orchestra which went to No 3 in the UK specialist classical chart in 2011. Emma Dogliani has been winning critical plaudits since 1998 when she made her solo debut with the Royal Opera in Parsifal with Placido Domingo.
- Overture from Oberon
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor
- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
- Siegfried Idyll
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
£25, £20, £11 Available from 020 3322 8123 From 5 June, Monday-Saturday: 2-6pm. -
Tue, 2013-06-25 12:45Gregynog Festival 2013 - Films with music by Benjamin Britten and Grace WilliamsThe National Library of Wales Aberystwyth SY23 3BUUnited Kingdom
Gregynog Festival 2013: Great Britten, celebrates the Benjamin Britten centenary and the composer's recital at Gregynog Festival 1972 with Peter Pears and Osian Ellis. This screening of films with music by Britten and his student contemporary at the Royal College of Music, Grace Williams, includes Night Mail (1935), Britten and Auden’s iconic collaboration for the GPO Film Unit, plus two films on Welsh themes, Coal Face (1935) and A Letter for Wales (1960).
The screening will be preceded by a talk on the friendship between Benjamin Britten and Grace Williams by Rhian Davies, Artistic Director of the Gregynog Festival.
The fine portrait of Grace Williams by Ceri Thomas will be on display and items from the Grace Williams Collection at the National Library of Wales will also be exhibited.
Admission is free, but tickets should be reserved in advance (from the Library, rather than the Festival). These events are presented in association with the Library's Dot Dot Dash exhibition.
Other headline artists appearing at Gregynog Festival between 20-30 June and 22 November 2013 are the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Andrew Kennedy, Iestyn Davies and Thomas Dunford, Nicholas Daniel and the Britten Oboe Quartet, Harmonie Universelle, Ricercar Consort, The Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae, The Mellstock Band, Guy Johnston, Catrin Finch, Mahan Esfahani and Llyr Williams.
Events take place in Llandinam, Montgomery, Kerry, Manafon and Aberystwyth, National Museum Cardiff and Gregynog Hall itself, five miles from Newtown, Powys, Mid Wales. See individual Concert Diary listings and the Festival website for full details.
- Night Mail
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Coal Face
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- A Letter for Wales
- Grace Williams (1906-1977)
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Fri, 2013-06-28 13:00Lunchtime Trombone Ensemble ConcertGraham Lee, Trinity Laban Trombone EnsembleRegent Hall (The Salvation Army) London W1C 2DJUnited Kingdom
Trinity Laban Trombone Ensemble is conducted by Graham Lee, the former principal trombone of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
This ensemble of twenty trombones plus tuba and percussion bring a mighty programme of works from 16th - 20th centuries and finishing with a tribute to the 1980s arranged by Dan Boardman.
- Pavane
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Adagio for Strings
- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
- Elsa's procession to the minster from Lohengrin
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
- Titanic Fantasy
- James Horner (1953-)
- Finale from Symphony No 3 in C minor, 'Organ'
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
- Gold
- Billy Joel ()
- Uptown Girl
- Gary Kemp (1959 -)
- Canzoni per 8 tromboni
- Tiburtio Massaino (1550-1609)
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Fri, 2013-06-21 19:30Gregynog Festival 2013 - Harmonie Universelle directed by Florian DeuterFlorian Deuter, Harmonie UniverselleGregynog Hall Tregynon, Nr Newtown SY16 3PWUnited Kingdom
Gregynog Festival 2013: Great Britten celebrates the Britten centenary and the composer's recital at Gregynog Festival 1972 with Peter Pears and Osian Ellis. Making their Wales debut and only UK appearance this season, the leading German early music specialists Harmonie Universelle, directed by Florian Deuter, play music by Henry Purcell, regarded by Britten as the composer influential upon him.
Gregynog Festival is a Signature Event of the Welsh Government and celebrates its 80th anniversary this year as the oldest classical music festival in Wales. Repertoire spans seven centuries from the medieval Welsh composer John Lloyd through Dowland and Purcell to Britten himself. The programme also includes the premieres of four commissions by Hilary Tann, Christopher Painter, Helen Grime and Mark Simpson.
Other headline artists appearing at Gregynog Festival between 20-30 June and 22 November 2013 are the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Andrew Kennedy, Iestyn Davies and Thomas Dunford, Nicholas Daniel and the Britten Oboe Quartet, Ricercar Consort, The Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae, Escher String Quartet, The Mellstock Band, Guy Johnston, Catrin Finch, Mahan Esfahani and Llyr Williams.
Events take place in Llandinam, Montgomery, Kerry and Manafon, at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth, National Museum Cardiff and Gregynog Hall itself, five miles from Newtown, Powys, Mid Wales. See individual Concert Diary listings and the Festival website for full details.
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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
£15. Young people 18 and under, half price Available from 01686 207100 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. -
Sat, 2013-06-22 14:30Gregynog Festival 2013 - Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord and virginals)Mahan EsfahaniGregynog Hall Tregynon, Nr Newtown SY16 3PWUnited Kingdom
Gregynog Festival 2013: Great Britten, celebrates the Britten centenary and the composer's recital at Gregynog Festival 1972 with Peter Pears and Osian Ellis. Following his memorable Goldberg Variations in 2011, the Iranian-American virtuoso Mahan Esfahani returns to play works from Parthenia, the first published collection of British keyboard music, on the harpsichord and virginals.
Gregynog Festival is a Signature Event of the Welsh Government and celebrates its 80th anniversary this year as the oldest classical music festival in Wales. Repertoire spans seven centuries from the medieval Welsh composer John Lloyd through Dowland and Purcell to Britten himself. The programme also includes the premieres of four commissions by Hilary Tann, Christopher Painter, Helen Grime and Mark Simpson.
Other headline artists appearing at Gregynog Festival between 20-30 June and 22 November 2013 are the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Andrew Kennedy, Iestyn Davies and Thomas Dunford, Nicholas Daniel and the Britten Oboe Quartet, Harmonie Universelle, Ricercar Consort, The Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae, Escher String Quartet, The Mellstock Band, Guy Johnston, Catrin Finch and Llyr Williams.
Events take place in Llandinam, Montgomery, Kerry and Manafon, at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth, National Museum Cardiff and Gregynog Hall itself, five miles from Newtown, Powys, Mid Wales. See individual Concert Diary listings and the Festival website for full details.
- Praeludium
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- Ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- The Earl of Salisbury's Pavane and Galliard
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Pavane in A minor, 'Earl of Salisbury'
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- Pavan and Galliard in G major, 'Sir William Petre'
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- John come kiss me now
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- Praeludium
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Fantasia of 4 parts
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- The Queen's Command
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Chromatic Pavan and Galliard 'Queen Elizabeth's'
- John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- Pavana
- John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- The Duke of Brunswick's Alman
- John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- The Duchess of Brunswick's Toye
- John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- Galiardo
- John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
£10. Young people 18 and under, half price Available from 01686 207100 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
