songwriter Heidi Talbot (21 November). Plus (20 October), RNCM Saxophone Day (10 we’re delighted to welcome back RNCM November), RNCM Strings Day (24 November) Welcome favourite Kathryn Tickell, this time performing and RNCM Keyboard Day (8 December). with a group of other talented musicians known as The Side (2 December). Pianists Alexandre Tharaud (24 October) and to the András Schiff (19 November) perform solo We explore many corners of the globe over recitals, and following her sell-out concert with the next few months. Malian singer/songwriter Paul Lewis last December, Imogen Cooper Autumn Rokia Traoré’s sound is constructed around rock returns, this time joined by baritone Wolfgang riffs but with a distinctly West African feel (11 Holzmair on his final recital tour (13 November). November). Following his sell-out show at the And in the run up to Christmas, Joglaresa season at RNCM in 2007, Hugh Masekela returns, this celebrate the festive season with an evening of time with his long-time friend and collaborator carols, lullabies and dance tunes (3 December). Larry Willis (13 November). Closer to home but with a Caribbean flavor,Soul Caribbean The Talich (8 October) and Simón Bolívar the RNCM is an evening of songs made famous by artists String Quartets (6 December) give recitals, such as Bob Marley and Rihanna, featuring the alongside a strong programme from the talents of the Manchester World Voices Choir, Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, RNCM Gospel Singers and soloists including featuring the Carducci Quartet (30 September), The Brand New Heavies’ Carleen Anderson (25 Alina Ibragimova and Bartholomew As we embark on our 41st year, we look October). And Graphic Scores is a transatlantic LaFollette (28 October), Jerusalem Quartet forward to a jam-packed Autumn season. vision of music from the 50s to the present day (11 November) and Mark Padmore and RNCM Opera presents Donizetti’s comic opera featuring innovative pianist Joanna MacGregor Julius Drake (9 December). To complement L’elisir d’amore (8, 10, 12 and 14 December) (4 October). our classical programme, we also have and in total contrast, Music Theatre Wales public masterclasses with violinist Midori ( 11 returns with Mark-Anthony Turnage’s explosive Looking towards cinema for inspiration, we go October), trumpeter Alison Balsom (16 October) first opera based on Steven Berkoff’s playGreek back to 1936 and Charlie Chaplin’s celluloid and world-renowned pianist Lang Lang (8 (12 November). classic Modern Times (26 October). A biting November). but darkly funny critique of the dehumanising Jazz ‘supergroup’ The Impossible Gentlemen effects of industrialisation and the human You’ll find over 20 free lunchtime concerts this features RNCM regulars, guitarist Mike Walker cost of The Great Depression, this screening Autumn, with regular performances on Mondays and pianist Gwilym Simcock, alongside - part of Manchester Science Festival - will and Thursdays and occasional Fridays too. And US rhythm section Adam Nussbaum and be accompanied by the RNCM Symphony look out for our Spotlights, a chance to see Steve Rodby and they’ll be showcasing their Orchestra’s performance of Timothy Brock’s a little of the music that we make here at the latest album (15 October). Also featured are score (restored from Chaplin’s original). Moving College every day of the year. brilliant jazz improvisers Empirical who will forward through cinematic history, Michael be collaborating with RNCM alumnae the Nyman presents an evening of solo piano We look forward to seeing you at the RNCM Benyounes Quartet (31 October). The RNCM music and film (29 October). This unique event this Autumn. Big Band kicks off another year with two will feature music from films that the composer projects: with sax player Julian Arguëlles (16 has collaborated on with the likes of Peter November) and a Christmas show saluting Greenaway, Jane Campion and Neil Jordan, Benny Goodman’s legendary 1938 Carnegie as well as music from a selection of the 70 films Hall performance featuring clarinettist Pete Long that Nyman himself has made. (11 December). For our fourth and largest ever New Music Our folk programming strand goes from strength North West festival (26 October - 2 November) to strength with shows by Martin Taylor and we join forces with The University of Manchester Martin Simpson (8 October), Martin Carthy to celebrate the wealth of creative talent and Dave Swarbrick (26 October), Thea here in the North West. Our Autumn season Gilmore (17 November) and Irish singer/ also includes RNCM Day of Percussion
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4 5 Saturday 24 August Saturday 28 September 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Australian Chamber Orchestra The Barbara Sharples presents ACO2 String Quartet International Carducci Quartet Carducci Anton Webern Langsamer Satz in E flat major Choreographic Award Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No 10 Tickets £10 No concessions in E flat major Op 74 ‘Harp’ Promoted by BSICA Franz Schubert String Quartet in C major D 956 Tickets £8 Concessions available Monday 30 September Promoted by Australian Chamber Orchestra 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall
Monday Recital Series Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 August John Kenny Fanfare 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Lars-Erik Larsson Concertino Op 45 No 7 Benefits by Dante Harker Elizabeth Bateman trombone Madeleine Dring Four Night Songs Tickets £8 Concessions available Isabella Gage soprano Promoted by CTL productions Eda Seppar piano Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM Tuesday 24 September 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Monday 30 September Tuesday 1 October Boyce Avenue 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7pm RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £25 Carducci Quartet Wagner and Verdi No concessions Promoted by SJM Concerts Manchester Chamber Concerts Sir Mark Elder in conversation with Society Michael Kennedy CBE
Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op 20 No 5 Admission free, by prior registration at in F minor [email protected] Promoted by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Huw Watkins String Quartet (MCCS commission world première) Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Op 59 No 2 in E minor ‘Rasumovsky’ Thursday 3 October
Boyce Avenue Boyce Tickets £22 (platform seats £11) 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Concessions available www.chamberconcerts.org RNCM Concert Orchestra Promoted by MCCS Gustav Mahler Blumine + Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite Op 59 6.30pm RNCM Lecture Theatre Mark Heron, Marco Bellasi conductors Pre-concert talk: David Horne in conversation with composer Huw Watkins ahead of his world première Free admission, no ticket required Free admission to ticket holders Promoted by RNCM
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Friday 4 October 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Martin Simpson Graphic Scores and Martin Taylor Celebrating the art of music with Joanna MacGregor, Elaine
Mitchener, Tom Arthurs, Oliver Joanna MacGregor Coates and Isambard Khroustaliov A transatlantic vision of music from the 1950s to the present day, Graphic Scores offers an engaging insight into this inspiring area of music and art. Featuring innovative pianist Joanna MacGregor at the heart of a group of the UK’s most original musicians, this specially created project celebrates the vitality of graphic scores past and present. Works range from those using familiar musical notation to graphic art, cartoons and highly abstract artworks, spanning classical, experimental and jazz as the musicians play against the striking visual backdrop of their projected scores. Tickets £12 Tuesday 8 October Tuesday 8 October Concessions available 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Promoted by RNCM in association with sounduk Talich Quartet Martin Taylor and + Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet 6.30pm RNCM Lecture Theatre Martin Simpson in G major K 387 ‘Spring’ Pre-concert talk: Theresa Sauer, author of the brilliant Martin Taylor was name-checked on BBC Notations 21 that inspired this project, introduces tonight’s Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 1 Radio 2 as being considered THE best guitarist performance in C major Op 49 by no less than Jeff Beck. Completely self- Free admission, no ticket required Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor taught, he has collaborated with the likes of Op 80 Stephane Grappelli, George Harrison and The Talich Quartet is internationally recognised Jamie Cullum. Martin Simpson is one of the Saturday 5 October Monday 7 October as one of Europe’s finest chamber ensembles finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the From 5pm RNCM Concert Hall 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall with a current line-up that features cellist and world and his interpretations of traditional songs Artistic Director of the RNCM’s International are masterpieces of storytelling. He has been The Beethoven Piano Monday Recital Series Chamber Music Studio, Petr Prause. The nominated an astounding 23 times at the BBC quartet has performed to great acclaim at Radio 2 Folk Awards - more than any other Concerto Project William Alwyn Naiades several of our Chamber Music Festivals and its performer. Tonight they share the stage for the 5pm Piano Concertos No 1 and 2 Sarah Miller flute recordings of the complete string quartets of whole performance, showcasing their collective 7pm Piano Concertos No 3 and 4 Elinor Nicholson harp Felix Mendelssohn have been widely praised. output. 9pm Piano Concerto No 5 Tonight’s programme includes the composer’s Karen Tanaka Crystalline Tickets £18 final quartet, dedicated to his late sister, Martin Roscoe piano Graham Fitkin Furniture Concessions available alongside quartets by Mozart and Shostakovich. www.martintaylor.com John Suchet presenter Leanne Cody piano www.martinsimpson.com Tickets £17 £14 Daniel Parkinson conductor Promoted by RNCM Free admission, no ticket required Concessions available In aid of the Musicians Benevolent Fund Promoted by RNCM www.quatuortalich.com + Tickets £25 full event or £12 per part in advance Promoted by RNCM (on the door £30 and £15) 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre No concessions Spotlight: Around the World in 30 Minutes - Folk music Sponsored by Pianist Magazine and Dawsons Music from across the globe for strings and percussion Promoted by Daniel Parkinson Free admission, no ticket required
8 9 Saturday 12 October Monday 14 October 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall
The Mountain Goats Mountain The Manchester Camerata Monday Recital Series Leoš Janáček Suite for Strings Joseph Canteloube Chants d’Auvergne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto Alex Lowe soprano No 17 in G major K 453 Simon Passmore piano Joseph Haydn Piano Concerto in G major Hob XVIII:4 David P Jones Legal Highs Joseph Haydn Symphony No 44 in E minor Colin McKee violin Hob I:44 ‘Trauer’ Michael Clark marimba Wednesday 9 October Friday 11 and Saturday 12 October Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor Free admission, no ticket required 8pm RNCM Theatre 7pm RNCM Theatre Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano Promoted by RNCM Tickets £26 £19 £10 The Mountain Goats Opera Seria Concessions available with Alessi’s Ark Lucia di Lammermoor Promoted by Manchester Camerata Tuesday 15 October Tickets £17.50 Tickets £20 £18 7.30pm RNCM Theatre No concessions Concessions available + Promoted by DHP Family Sponsored by Minjas Zugik 6.30pm RNCM Concert Hall The Impossible Gentlemen Promoted by Opera Seria Pre-concert performance: As part of the REmix project, young people from Greater Manchester bring a new The Impossible Gentlemen brings together
perspective to tonight’s programme using their own musical the unique individual talents of British piano influences Thursday 10 October sensation Gwilym Simcock, Salford guitar great Friday 11 October Free admission, no ticket required 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Mike Walker, and the supreme US rhythm 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall section of bassist and 13 time Grammy winner Chetham’s School of Music Violin Masterclass Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group) and drummer Sunday 13 October Adam Nussbaum. Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm RNCM Theatre with Midori The group’s 2011 début album was highly Gioacchino Rossini Overture to Il signor Tickets £9 acclaimed with The Guardian proclaiming it as bruschino Al Stewart Concessions available ‘world-class jazz, nothing short of sensational’. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No 101 Promoted by RNCM Tickets £29 The band’s new album further develops their in D major ‘The Clock’ No concessions + Promoted by 3a Entertainment Ltd dynamic ensemble sound and fluid, melodic Stephen Threlfall conductor playing style, drawing on more intricate and 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room memorable compositions from both Walker and Free admission, no ticket required Spotlight: Fin de siècle Duo - Music for cello and piano Promoted by RNCM by Gabriel Fauré Simcock. Free admission, no ticket required Sunday 13 October 8pm RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £18 £15 Concessions available www.impossiblegentlemen.com Thursday 10 October Dean Friedman Co-promoted by RNCM and Band on the Wall 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £20 Concessions available Promoted by Concerts, Inc Brand New Orchestra Midori An opportunity to hear new works for symphony orchestra by RNCM composition students in this workshop performance. Marco Bellasi, Alpesh Chauhan, Yoon-Jee Kim conductors Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM +
6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Gentlemen Impossible The Spotlight: Equilibrium Duo and The Pantheon present ‘Palimpsests’ - A continuous montage of electroacoustic works Free admission, no ticket required
10 11 Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 October Friday 18 October Sunday 20 October HIGHLIGHTS 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall RNCM DAY OF PERCUSSION 10am RNCM Concert Hall Saturday 19 October PRESENTS 2.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Chetham’s Symphony Opening Concert Orchestra RNCM Percussion Ensemble Thoroughly Modern Millie VOICE OF THE DRUM with Chetham’s Chorus and Our first percussion education day, Voice of The RNCM Percussion Ensemble opens the day Tickets £10 (opening night) £13 (other performances) with a series of performances with interactive Concessions £10 (matinee performance only) Choristers of Manchester Cathedral the Drum, is designed to be fully participatory elements for all to take part in. www.smaos.org.uk Samuel Barber Essay No 1 for Orchestra with a varied series of workshops, clinics and Promoted by South Manchester AOS Op 12 lessons on offer. Whether you are new to Tickets £9 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A major percussion, an experienced performer, a teacher Concessions available S124/R456 or an enthusiast, there is something here for Wednesday 16 October William Walton Henry V – A Shakespeare you. Presenters for the day include Cormac 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Scenario Byrne (bodhrán), Pete Smith (gamelan) and Birger Sulsbrück (Cuban percussion), alongside 11am-11.45am, 12.15pm-1pm, 2pm-2.45pm, Tickets £18 £14 the RNCM percussion staff, and our evening 3pm-3.45pm, 4pm-4.45pm Various Venues Trumpet Masterclass Concessions available Sponsored by Dewhurst Torevell concert will showcase Damien Harron’s Voice with Alison Balsom Promoted by Chetham’s School of Music of the Drum. The day also features an extensive Workshop Sessions Tickets £9 trade exhibition featuring many of the leading Have you ever wanted to try percussion Concessions available percussion retailers and manufacturers all under instruments but not had access to them before? www.alisonbalsom.com one roof. This is your chance to pick up some sticks Promoted by RNCM Full information and a downloadable leaflet are and work with our presenters on classes available at www.rncm.ac.uk/dayofpercussion which include Cuban Style, Bodhrán, Snare Drumming, Gamelan, Use of Percussion in Film Music, Conga Drumming, a timpani class, Junk Percussion, Drum Kit, Orchestral Percussion, plus specialist sessions for teachers. No previous
Alison Balsom Alison experience or reading skills are required and all materials will be provided. Free admission for day ticket holders
5.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Closing Concert Voice of the Drum The RNCM Percussion department is joined by young musicians from local schools and Junior RNCM in this large-scale work for percussion ensemble conducted by the composer Damien Harron. Tickets £9 Concessions available
Day Ticket £20 Concession Day Ticket £10 Thursday 17 October Saturday 19 October Promoted by RNCM 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall 12.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Young children should be accompanied by an adult. RNCM Concert Orchestra Junior RNCM Formal Observation of sessions is unlimited for ticket holders, but participation in some classes may be limited. Those Gerald Finzi The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy) Op 20 Concert wishing to participate should sign up on the day. Jean Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Op 49 A varied and exciting programme featuring For any further information, please contact Sasha Makila, Yoon-Jee Kim conductors students of the Junior RNCM. Andrew Macauley, RNCM Festivals Administrator at [email protected] or 0161 907 5339. Free admission, no ticket required Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM Promoted by RNCM 12 13 Monday 21 October Monday 21 October Saturday 26 October
1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Times Modern 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Monday Recital Series Camel Chaplin's Charlie Charlie Chaplin’s J S Bach Excerpts from Cello Suite No 6 Tickets £30 £25 Modern Times in D major BWV 1012 No concessions Promoted by The Gig Cartel A screening accompanied by the Shuai Man cello RNCM Symphony Orchestra Leoš Janáček In the Mists Clark Rundell conductor Victor Lim piano Thursday 24 October Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 classic Modern Times Free admission, no ticket required 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall is a biting but darkly funny critique of the Promoted by RNCM dehumanising effects of industrialisation and the RNCM Brass Ensemble human cost of The Great Depression. The film Franz Liszt (arr Crees) Prelude and Fugue on was released as a sound picture with only the BACH recorded music and occasional sound effects Leonard Bernstein (arr Crees) West Side Story used to great dramatic effect. Suite Chaplin wrote his own music for his films, and John Miller conductor the score for Modern Times, which includes the Free admission, no ticket required hit popular song Smile, has been restored for Promoted by RNCM modern-day orchestral use and live orchestral
Alexandre Tharaud Alexandre screenings by Timothy Brock, performed tonight
by the RNCM Symphony Orchestra. Tickets £15 Thursday 24 October Concessions available 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall www.manchestersciencefestival.com Promoted by RNCM in association with Manchester Alexandre Tharaud Friday 25 October Science Festival Piano Recital 7.30pm RNCM Theatre J S Bach Concerto d’après A Marcello Soul Caribbean BWV 974 Saturday 26 October Audrey Mattis choir director Franz Schubert Moments Musicaux 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Kevin Robinson music director François Couperin Six pieces RNCM Gospel Singers Frédéric Chopin Two Nocturnes; Fantasie Martin Carthy and Manchester World Voices Choir Andrew Clements’ recent review of an Alexandre A 21st century melting pot of well-loved songs Dave Swarbrick Tharaud recording in The Guardian concluded: made famous from artists as diverse as Bob Having worked alongside musicians such ‘...the piano tone is rich and full... There’s never Marley and Rihanna, Soul Caribbean is as Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Dave a dull moment, and Tharaud’s range of touch the ultimate Caribbean music party. In new Swarbrick teamed up with Martin Carthy in and colour, and his sheer enthusiasm, shine arrangements mixing soul, reggae, ska, salsa, 1966. While they featured hot instrumental through every jewel-like piece’. Over the last soca, calypso and R’n’B, the show features tracks in their live sets and recordings, Dave’s couple of seasons alone, this award-winning songs including Could You Be Loved, Umbrella forte in the duo was sensitive accompaniment pianist has performed at the Köln Philharmonie, and Many Rivers to Cross. This magnificent to Martin’s vocals and guitar. On Rags, Reels & Essen Philharmonie, South Bank Piano Series, live band and fabulous singers, including Airs the focus was solely on Dave and it finally Concertgebouw, Seoul Arts Centre and BBC Zara McFarlane (signed to Gilles Peterson’s gave him a chance to demonstrate his leading Proms. Brownswood label) and Carleen Anderson (The instrumental prowess. The result was a new era Tickets £17 £14 Brand New Heavies), Mary Pearce, Daniel of English instrumental folk music. When they Concessions available parted in 1969, Dave joined Fairport Convention www.alexandretharaud.com Thomas and more will be led by Kevin Robinson Promoted by RNCM (Simply Red) in an evening of true celebration of and his contribution to folk music has been well black music, hosted by Richard Blackwood. documented. For more than 40 years Martin Tickets £17 £14 Carthy has been one of folk’s greatest innovators Concessions available and his skill, stage presence and natural charm Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious has won him many admirers. Tickets £18 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM
14 15 Saturday 26 October – Saturday 2 November HIGHLIGHTS Wednesday 30 October Friday 1 November 5.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM 5.15pm Chetham’s School of Music Monday 28 October NEW MUSIC NORTH WEST 5.15pm John Thaw Studio Theatre, The RNCM and The University of Manchester Martin Harris Centre House of Bedlam Chetham’s Contemporary are delighted to present our fourth and largest The first of two performances by House of Music Ensemble ever festival celebrating the wealth of creative The Rosenhan Experiment Bedlam, featuring works by Fabrice Fitch, Alvin Programme to include world premières of works talent in the North West. With performances Lucier, Bethan Morgan-Williams, Matthew RNCM alumnus Tim Benjamin brings a by Jeremy Pike, Gavin Wayte, Jonathan by leading new music exponents Psappha, the Sergeant and Larry Goves. gripping psychological drama recounting David Woolgar, Lloyd Coleman and Sebastian Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's Ensemble 10/10 Rosenhan's landmark 1970s experiment ‘On Free admission, no ticket required Black. and the BBC Philharmonic, as well as concerts Being Sane In Insane Places’ to the festival. by exciting new groups such as House of Free admission, no ticket required Free admission, no ticket required Bedlam, Trio Atem and more, this is simply the 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall largest, most exciting festival of new British music in 2013. 7.30pm The Bridgewater Hall 7.30pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, RNCM New Ensemble There will be a special feature on the work Martin Harris Centre of Edwin Roxburgh. Born and bought up in and Vaganza BBC Philharmonic Liverpool, his compositions are renowned RNCM New Ensemble Programme to include works by Edwin Orchestra for their scintillating textures and beautifully Roxburgh, Edward Gregson, Camden Reeves, Programme to include: crafted sound worlds. Also featured will be the and Vaganza James Stephenson and Jose Puello. Axon (world première) compositions of alumni from the RNCM and The Emily Howard Programme to include works by Edwin Clark Rundell, Jack Sheen conductors University of Manchester who have continued Juanjo Mena conductor Roxburgh, Timothy Jackson, Simon Parkin, Wissam Boustany flute to live and work creatively in the city and its David Curington, Richard Whalley and Emma Thomas Hicks piano Tickets available from The Bridgewater Hall at environs, and whose contributions help make the www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or 0844 907 9000 Wilde. area so musically vibrant. Tickets £7.50 Students can purchase discounted tickets for this concert Mark Heron, Oliver Till conductors Concessions available with the Sonic Card (please book in person) Full information and a downloadable leaflet are
available at www.rncm.ac.uk/newmusicnorthwest Tickets £7.50 Concessions available Thursday 31 October Saturday 2 November 5.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM 5.15pm John Thaw Studio Theatre, Tuesday 29 October Martin Harris Centre 6pm Audience Holding Area, ACM Ensemble BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK Manchester’s ACM Ensemble performs a Distractfold programme of works by past and present RNCM Programme to include works by Sam Salem, Trio Atem composers including Aaron Parker, Laurence Mauricio Pauly, Vitalija Glovakyte, Martin Tompkins, Michael Perrett, Charlie Usher, Programme to include works by Nina Iddon and Rodrigo Constanzo. Andrew Reynolds, Michael Cutting, Vitalija Whiteman, Ian Vine, Richard Whalley, Free admission, no ticket required and . and . Glovackyte Jack Sheen Fabrice Fitch Michael Mayhew Free admission, no ticket required Free admission, no ticket required
7.30pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall,
Martin Harris Centre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK Psappha Ensemble 10/10 BBC Philharmonic Programme to include works by Larry Goves, Orchestra and Psappha Programme to include works by Stephen Nina Whiteman, Richard Norris, Mark Pratt, Ian Stephens, Anthony Gilbert, Edwin Simpson and Philip Grange. Programme to include works by Philip Grange, Roxburgh, Benjamin Gaunt and Benjamin Nicholas Kok conductor David Horne, Camden Reeves, Peter Maxwell Gait. Davies and Joe Duddell. Tickets £10 Clark Rundell conductor Concessions available Juanjo Mena conductor Tickets £7.50 Supported by Arts Council England Free admission, by ticket only, to reserve your ticket call Concessions available RNCM Box Office (limited availability) www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic Promoted by RNCM and The University of Manchester Supported by Arts Council England
16 17 Friday 1 November Doors 7pm RNCM Theatre Michael Nyman Michael Eddi Reader Empirical plus special guest Kieran Goss Tickets £20 No concessions Promoted by The Gig Cartel
Saturday 2 November 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre North Cheshire Wind Orchestra Philip Sparke Overture for a Great City Maurice Ravel Boléro Sunday 27 October Tuesday 29 October Yukio Kikuchi Suite for Wind Orchestra 7pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Finale from Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Oldham Choral Society Michael Nyman Solo Piano Thursday 31 October Adam Gorb Cello Concerto Verdi Requiem and Film 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Tickets £8 Tickets £14 Concessions available Tickets £27.50 Concessions available Sponsored by www.aphroditeflowers.co.uk Concessions available Empirical with the Promoted by Oldham Choral Society www.dawsons.co.uk Promoted by Senbla Ltd Benyounes Quartet Promoted by North Cheshire Wind Orchestra + Mercury Monday 28 October Thursday 31 October 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall The story of award-winning, forward-looking 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Sunday 3 November British jazz group Empirical continues with the 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Alina Ibragimova and RNCM Brass Band release of their fourth studio album. The music on the album documents Empirical’s work with Bartholomew LaFollette Andy Scott Madiba; Big Red; Salt of the Earth RNCM alumnae the Benyounes Quartet, a Boy George: Peter Meechan Fire in the Sky Manchester Chamber Concerts critically acclaimed string quartet who have This Is What I Do Tour Society Peter Graham On the Shoulders of Giants been working closely with the band since 2012 Tickets £25 Maurice Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Christopher Houlding, Daniel Parkinson when they performed together in the London No concessions J S Bach Chaconne from Violin Partita No 2 conductors Jazz Festival. Featuring composition and Promoted by Live Nation in D minor BWV 1004 Free admission, no ticket required improvisation in equal measures, the influences J S Bach Cello Suite No 5 in C minor Promoted by RNCM range from the classical tradition through to BWV 1011 contemporary jazz and are tied together by Zoltán Kodály Duo for violin and cello Op 7 Empirical’s ethos: gathering knowledge through experiment and observation. Tickets £22 (platform seats £11) Concessions available Support comes in the shape of Manchester- www.chamberconcerts.org based quartet and RNCM alumni Mercury Promoted by MCCS
who’ll be showcasing material from their George Boy new album. With a sound drawing influence Monday 28 October from a huge variety of places outside of the 8pm RNCM Theatre jazz tradition, they bring new textures and compositional flavours into their improvised An Acoustic Evening music. with Josh Ritter Tickets £18 £15 Concessions available Tickets £18.50 www.empiricalmusic.com No concessions www.benyounesquartet.com Promoted by DHP Family www.mercuryquartetmanchester.co.uk Promoted by RNCM 18 19 Wednesday 6 November Friday 8 November Saturday 9 November 2pm and 7pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Theatre RNCM Outreach Children's Manchester Camerata RNCM Session Orchestra Opera Project Giovanni Sollima Hell I; Folktales Andy Stott director Robert Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor RNCM Outreach Into the Labyrinth Following their two previous (and triumphant!) Op 129 outings as part of our lunchtime concert Kate Pearson composer Ástor Piazzolla Libertango Beaver Road, Highfield, Ribble Drive and series, we’re delighted that the RNCM Session Worthington Road Primary Schools Giovanni Sollima director, cello Orchestra is returning for an extended evening RNCM Students Tickets £26 £19 £10 slot. Showcasing the impressive talents of Concessions available students on our Popular Music course, tonight’s Leader of a powerful army, Minos has expanded Promoted by Manchester Camerata gig will feature everything from disco/funk his empire as far as the eye can see, defeating classics (Blame it on the Boogie, Relight My Fire, his neighbours and ruling them with an iron + Celebration) to hits by Wings and Hothouse rod. No longer on the battlefield, Minos now 6.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Flowers, up to the present day with songs by Pre-concert talk: Laura Bowler, Composer-in-Residence, spends his time thinking of new ways to control Adele, Beyoncé and Jamie Cullum. his people, including the famous and terrifying discusses the composer/performer role from her own perspective as composer, singer and director Tickets £10 labyrinth. Every year, 30 young people are sent Free admission to ticket holders Concessions available into the labyrinth, and not one of them has ever Promoted by RNCM returned. However, when Theseus and his friends are selected they vow that this time things will be + Friday 8 November different – not only will they come out alive but 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Monday 4 November they will stop Minos’ reign of terror for ever. Spotlight: A Journey Through Relentless Motion - Music for percussion and piano duo 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Free admission, by ticket only Free admission, no ticket required Supported by Piano Masterclass Monday Recital Series Promoted by RNCM with Lang Lang Sergei Prokofiev Selections from Five Poems Tickets £15
of Anna Akhmatova Op 27 and Five Poems of Concessions available Thursday 7 November Supported by Lang Lang International Music Foundation Konstantin Balmont Op 36 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM Sophie Dicks mezzo-soprano Lang Lang Benjamin Lewis baritone RNCM Concert Orchestra piano Saturday 9 November Eda Seppar Richard Wagner Overture to Rienzi 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Sergei Prokofiev Excerpts from Violin Sonata Richard Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from No 2 in D major Op 94a Tristan und Isolde Salford Choral Society Daniel Ho violin Lancelot Fuhry, Piero Lombardi conductors with Manchester Cathedral Jiaqi Luo piano Free admission, no ticket required Choristers and The Philharmonic Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM Ensemble Promoted by RNCM Benjamin Britten St Nicolas
Friday 8 November Gustav Holst Psalm 86
Serenade for Strings Monday 4 November 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Edward Elgar 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £15 Friday Chamber Series Concessions available Sir John Barbirolli RNCM Chamber Ensemble with Promoted by Salford Choral Society Cello Prize Jeremy Young Cello students from the RNCM compete for Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Octet this prestigious prize. Tonight’s adjudicator is in F minor Op 12 Jennifer Langridge whose career includes being Free admission, no ticket required cellist with contemporary music group Psappha Promoted by RNCM and the BBC Philharmonic. Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM
20 21 Sunday 10 November 1.45pm RNCM Concert Hall Monday 11 November 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall RNCM SAXOPHONE DAY Arno Bornkamp In its 13th year, the UK’s leading annual Bach in Images Monday Recital Series
saxophone event, directed by Rob Buckland Arno Bornkamp, recognised globally as one of Mauro Giuliani Movements from Grand Duo Traoré Rokia and Andy Scott, features concerts and the finest, most distinctive classical saxophonists, Concertant Op 85 presentations from special guests including performs three of Bach’s solo sonatas on Jacques Ibert Entr’acte classical saxophone legend Arno Bornkamp, soprano, alto and baritone saxophones, Amy Yule flute jazz guests Iain Ballamy and Trish Clowes, plus accompanying a special commissioned art Sam Rodwell guitar Australian saxophonist and professor Matt Styles film in an exciting new project receiving its UK Johannes Brahms Variations on a theme by and recent RNCM graduates, Jenni Watson première today. and Matt London. We also host the inaugural Paganini Op 35 Book 1 Tickets £7 UK Vandojam, led by Michel Chevet, giving Concessions available Lee Jae Phang piano participants the chance to take centre stage Free admission, no ticket required and blow up a storm! All this is in addition to Promoted by RNCM our comprehensive series of masterclasses and 3pm and 4.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room workshops given by RNCM tutors and visiting artists. Vandoren presents Monday 11 November Full information and a downloadable leaflet are VandoJam 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall available at www.rncm.ac.uk/saxophoneday Renowned French jazz player Michel Chevet has led the VandoJams in Paris for a decade, Jerusalem Quartet offering the opportunity for any participant to HIGHLIGHTS Manchester Chamber Concerts jam with a live rhythm section. Michel will select Society 9.30am RNCM Concert Hall a group of players to return and play in the Brodsky Jazz Club after the evening concert. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Op 18 No 1 in F major Massed Saxophone Admission for day ticket holders only Brian Elias String Quartet (UK première) Orchestra Johannes Brahms String Quartet No 3 In the traditional start to the day, all participants 7.30pm RNCM Theatre in B flat major Op 67 come together to perform Rite of Passage, a Tickets £22 (platform seats £11) new UK-Australian collaborative work conceived Trish Clowes Quintet Concessions available and collated by Matt Styles and Andy Scott. www.chamberconcerts.org featuring Gwilym Simcock Promoted by MCCS Admission for day ticket holders only + Iain Ballamy and Stian Carstensen Monday 11 November 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes has been described by John Fordham (Guardian) as Rokia Traoré ‘one of the most agile and original jugglers of improvisation and adventurous composition to Rokia Traoré knew that she wanted to create a have appeared in the UK in recent times’. Trish new musical style that was ‘more modern, but studied with Iain Ballamy, and Iain guests with still African, something more blues and rock her group Tangent, which also features pianist than my folk guitar.’ Then she heard an old Gwilym Simcock. Gretsch, the classic electric guitar so beloved by US rockabilly bands of the 50s and 60s, and Iain Ballamy and Stian Carstensen’s duo, Little she found the sound she’d been looking for to Radio, made up of the rare combination of help create her last recording Tchamantche. button accordion and tenor saxophone, opens Tonight, she showcases Beautiful Africa, an tonight’s double bill, with a set incorporating album of powerful new songs constructed classic songs, jazz standards, original works, around rock riffs but with a distinctly West tangos and much more. African feel produced by P J Harvey and Eels Tickets £15 producer John Parish. Concessions available Tickets £18 £15 Concessions available Day Ticket £34 www.rokiatraore.net Supported by Vandoren, Henri Selmer Paris and RICO Promoted by RNCM Promoted by RNCM 22 23
Greek Wednesday 13 November
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
Music Theatre Wales Theatre Music Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis Hugh Masekela Hugh Masekela A rare opportunity to experience the intimate Willis and Larry side of South African maestro Hugh Masekela, in a sumptuously lyrical series of duets with master pianist Larry Willis, revisiting a long friendship stretching back to their days together at college in New York in the 60s. Their release Friends (‘damn do they swing’ **** Rolling Stone) is a masterpiece of chamber jazz
Photo: Clive Barda Clive Photo: combined with the sheer exuberance of the Masekela style. Tickets £20 £18 Tuesday 12 November Wednesday 13 November Concessions available 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall www.hughmasekela.co.za Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Wolfgang Holzmair and Saturday 16 November Greek Imogen Cooper Thursday 14 November 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Music Theatre Wales Franz Schubert Heliopolis (Fels auf Felsen); RNCM Big Band with Michael Rafferty conductor Philoktet; Der entsühnte Orest; Atys; Fahrt zum RNCM Wind Ensemble Michael McCarthy director Hades; Freiwilliges Versinken; Der zürnenden Julian Arguëlles Diana; Am Strome; Wie Ulfru Fischt; Francis Poulenc Suite française Simon Banham designer Mike Hall director Auf der Donau; Der Schiffer; Einsamkeit; Igor Stravinsky Octet Ace McCarron lighting designer Julian Arguëlles saxophones Die Sternennächte; Trost; Lied eines Schiffers Mark Heron, Steffan Morris conductor Long before the notoriety and acclaim of Anna an die Dioskuren; Auflösung The first RNCM Big Band show of the Autumn Nicole, Greek was Turnage’s explosive first Free admission, no ticket required season features former Loose Tubes sax supremo Following her sell-out perfomance with fellow Promoted by RNCM opera – a blazing, ballsy and brilliant retelling Julian Arguëlles. Julian is no stranger to the pianist Paul Lewis in December 2012, Imogen of the Oedipus story. It’s an edgy and energetic building. As well as teaching sax here at the Cooper returns to the RNCM this time joined adaptation of Steven Berkoff’s play, gripping College, he has also graced the RNCM stage by baritone Wolfgang Holzmair on his final Thursday 14 November and provocative with the story of Eddy played with Liam Noble and SaxAssault. He has recital tour. Since launching his international Doors 7pm RNCM Concert Hall out in a strike-ridden and violent version of recently completed four hugely successful years career in 1989 with a sensational Wigmore Hall London’s East End – a tale from the past brought with the world renowned Frankfurt Radio Big recital, Holzmair has been a standard-bearer for Yellowcard presents Ocean right up to the present. This production by Music Band, and as a soloist Julian regularly performs excellence and eloquence in song performance. Theatre Wales was a triumphant success when it Avenue Acoustic with an incredible roster of musicians that Tonight the duo performs a programme of songs was first seen in 2011, winning the TMA Award Tickets £17.50 includes Steve Swallow, John Abercrombie, Dave by Franz Schubert based on texts by his friend for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. No concessions Holland, Dave Liebman, Django Bates, Kenny and collaborator Johann Mayrhofer. Promoted by SJM Concerts Music Theatre Wales brings their ‘blisteringly Wheeler and Carla Bley. Tickets £17 £14 realised’ (Telegraph) production of Greek to Tickets £18 £16 £14 Concessions available Concessions available Manchester for the first time. ‘An outstanding www.wolfgangholzmair.com Friday 15 and Saturday 16 November www.julianarguelles.com performance, fierce with raw immediacy…’ www.imogencooper.com 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Promoted by RNCM Promoted by RNCM (Observer). Sunday 17 November
Tickets £12 3pm RNCM Studio Theatre Concessions available www.musictheatrewales.org.uk Saturday 16 November A co-production with Theatr Brycheiniog City of Manchester Opera 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM in association with Music Theatre Verdi Macbeth Wales Tickets £18 Altrincham Choral Society Concessions available Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem + Promoted by City of Manchester Opera 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Tickets £12.50 Pre-show talk: Michael McCarthy introduces tonight’s Concessions available performance Promoted by Altrincham Choral Society Free admission, no ticket required
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Sunday 17 November Tuesday 19 November 7pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Thea Gilmore András Schiff Tickets £22.50 £19.50 J S Bach The Well-tempered Clavier Book 1 Thurday 21 November Friday 22 November No concessions BWV 846-869 Promoted by Edge Street Live 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall András Schiff is one of the most prominent members of a generation of Hungarian pianists Heidi Talbot Friday Chamber Series Monday 18 November born in the years following the Second World Heidi Talbot is an award-winning folk singer RNCM Chamber Ensemble with 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall War. He has achieved the greatest international from Co Kildare. Her new album Angels Without Levon Chilingirian reputation thanks to his finely shaded sense of Wings features modern, original songs taking touch. Recitals and special cycles, including George Enescu Octet in C major Op 7 Monday Recital Series their inspiration from the world of traditional the major keyboard works of J S Bach, form an Free admission, no ticket required Gioachino Rossini La regata veneziana music, with guest contributions from artists as important part of Schiff’s activities and tonight Promoted by RNCM Amy Webber soprano diverse as Mark Knopfler, King Creosote and he will perform the first book of the composer’s James Hendry piano Julie Fowlis. manual of keyboard and composition. With its César Franck Movements from Violin Sonata systematic exploration of harmony, this piece Heidi was a member of the Irish-American Friday 22 November supergroup Cherish The Ladies but her solo in A major remains unequalled in its inventiveness. 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall breakthrough came in 2008 with her acclaimed You Zou violin Tickets £20 £18 Concessions available album In Love And Light. Since then, she has Manchester Camerata Feixue Li piano Promoted by RNCM worked with the likes of Michael McGoldrick Ludwig van Beethoven Rondino in E flat major Free admission, no ticket required and Drever, McCusker & Woomble, Idlewild Promoted by RNCM Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Wind Instruments and Eddi Reader. Op 44 Thurday 21 November Tickets £16 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Concessions available www.heiditalbot.com in B flat major K 361 ‘Gran Partita’ Promoted by RNCM RNCM Concert Orchestra Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Tickets £26 £19 £10 Concessions available Asia Promoted by Manchester Camerata Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 + Matthew Coorey, Alpesh Chauhan 6.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Pre-concert performance: Horrors of War - Webster conductors Primary School share their new opera based on the Free admission, no ticket required experience of the holocaust in Eastern Europe Promoted by RNCM Free admission, no ticket required
26 27 Sunday 24 November HIGHLIGHTS Sunday 24 November Tuesday 26 November 3pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall RNCM STRINGS DAY 1pm RNCM Concert Hall Inspired by Folk Catriona McKay and Chamber Cantatas by Bartosz Woroch, Philip The RNCM School of Strings presents a Chris Stout Candlelight Higham, Robert Thompson stimulating day of classes, presentations + Graham Mackenzie Quintet An 18th Century Roman and Adam Newman and performances for all string players and Conversazione enthusiasts, celebrating the influence of folk Catriona McKay (Scottish harp) and Chris Stout YCAT Series Concert 1 RNCM Chamber Ensembles music upon classical repertoire. An exciting (Shetland fiddle) perform material from their Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet Roger Hamilton director line-up of artists includes world-class RNCM self-penned collaborative album White Nights. in E flat major K 493 teachers, visiting eminent musicians and our Tickets £8 Opera was banned in Rome in the early Francis Poulenc Sonata for violin and piano own students, including the Sitkovetsky Piano Concessions available 1700s, so composers turned to the chamber Op 119 Trio, violinist Pavel Fischer with his trio Bardolino, cantata, which could easily be performed at Ernest Chausson Piano Quartet in A major viola player Garth Knox, and the Scottish the houses of rich aristocratic patrons, or at one Op 30 folk duo, Catriona McKay and Chris Stout. 3pm RNCM Concert Hall of the elite intellectual societies. This concert, Bartosz Woroch violin There are opportunities throughout the day to featuring music by Handel and Scarlatti, takes Adam Newman viola observe technical workshops and classes given Sitkovetsky Piano Trio its inspiration from the Sunday afternoon salon Philip Higham cello by leading string teachers, while the schedule Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in G major of Marchese Ruspoli, where cardinals and Robert Thompson piano is underpinned by a series of short concerts Hob XV:25 ‘Gipsy’ counts would mingle with musicians and poets, demonstrating a variety of repertoire infused Bedřich Smetana Piano Trio in G minor refreshing themselves lavishly, while listening Three of the Young Classical Artists Trust’s rising stars join forces with violist Adam Newman for with a folk twist. Tickets £8 to beautifully crafted miniature music-dramas of the first in our 2013/4 series of YCAT concerts. Full information and a downloadable leaflet are Concessions available pastoral life and love. The quartet will perform Chausson’s composition available at www.rncm.ac.uk/stringsday Tickets £10 Concessions available which at its première in 1897 saw the audience 5.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM deeply moved by the infectious vitality and undeniable force of the music. A quartet by
Mozart and a sonata by Poulenc complete Bardolino Bardolino presents classical music like you’ve Monday 25 November tonight’s programme. never heard it before. Devoted to exploring the 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £12 roots and culture of music, the trio performs Concessions available Promoted by RNCM and YCAT music by Janáček influenced by Moravian Monday Recital Series poetry, Bartók violin duos based on folk music Frédéric Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp major + from across Eastern Europe and much more. Op 60 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Tickets £8 Spotlight: Ohashi Quartet - Shostakovich’s String Concessions available David Gibson piano Quartet No 9 Arthur Somerville A Shropshire Lad Free admission, no ticket required 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Stuart Overington tenor James Vaughan piano Thursday 28 November Evening Concert Free admission, no ticket required 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall featuring Zelkova Quartet, Promoted by RNCM RNCM violas with Garth Knox RNCM Symphony Chorus and the RNCM String Ensemble Felix Mendelssohn Heilig; Richte mich, Gott; Leoš Janáček String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt Letters’ Franz Liszt Inno a Maria Vergine Luciano Berio Naturale for viola, percussion Brian Hughes conductor and recorded voices Free admission, no ticket required Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings Promoted by RNCM in E major Op 22 Tickets £8 Concessions available
Day Ticket £25 Promoted by RNCM
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Joglaresa Belinda Sykes Belinda Kathryn Tickell Kathryn
Friday 29 November Monday 2 December 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall RNCM Wind Orchestras Kathryn Tickell and Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind The Side Instruments Kathryn Tickell Northumbrian pipes, fiddle Gavin Higgins Der Aufstand Ruth Wall harp Louis Andriessen On Jimmy Yancey Amy Thatcher accordion, clog dancing Paul Goodey Hohler Fels (world première) Louisa Tuck cello Clark Rundell, Mark Heron conductors Tuesday 3 December Thursday 5 December This exciting new ensemble brings together Karin de Fleyt flutes 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall folk and classical worlds with an irresistible Tonight, the RNCM Wind Orchestras bring combination of players and instruments. Joglaresa RNCM Concert Orchestra to life the Boogie Woogie brilliance of Louis Channeling their diverse musical experiences Gabriel’s Greetynge Claude Debussy (arr Ravel) Sarabande Andriessen’s On Jimmy Yancey together with into a powerful new sound, The Side stay true Claude Debussy Iberia the work of one of Louis’ spiritual musical to the spirit and essence of Kathryn’s own Belinda Sykes voice, bagpipes, director fathers, Stravinsky. The programme also features Northumbrian folk tradition whilst unleashing the Jeremy Avis voice Clark Rundell, Wilbur Lin conductors a world première by the RNCM’s Director of talent and creativity of each individual musician. Sianed Jones voice, fidel Free admission, no ticket required Performance, Paul Goodey. Hohler Fels was Angela Hicks voice, harp Promoted by RNCM Evocative slow airs that could break your heart commissioned by Karin de Fleyt, flautist with the Tim Garside citole, percussion, voice move seamlessly into life-affirming jigs and Stockhausen Estate, and the title refers to the reels; Amy storms into a clog dance; Kathryn’s Celebrate Yule with Joglaresa – ancient style! Hohler Fels Cave in Germany, within which were dizzying rapid-fire piping contrasts with the With fidel, harp, bells, bagpipes and voices Friday 6 December found carved statues and a flute, all of which richness of the cello and Ruth’s sparkling harp Joglaresa ring in Christmas and the New Year 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall are over 35,000 years old. playing melds it all together - a very special with an evening of carols, lullabies, dance tunes Tickets £10 evening is in store in the company of Kathryn and wassails. Friday Chamber Series Concessions available Tickets £17 £14 Promoted by RNCM and The Side. RNCM Chamber Ensemble with Concessions available Tickets £17 £14 Chris Hoyle and Petr Prause www.joglaresa.com Concessions available Promoted by RNCM www.kathryntickell.com Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras Monday 2 December Promoted by RNCM Nos 1 and 5 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM Wednesday 4 December Monday Recital Series 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall J S Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata No 1 in G major BWV 1027 Festival of Carols and Alexander Mitchell viola Readings Chiahu Lee piano The JJ Singers Ross Edwards Enyato IV Marco Bellasi conductor Jonathan Mansfield Conversation for marimba Tickets £8 and clarinet Concessions available Graham Proctor and Angela Donnelly Promoted by DAC Beachcroft LLP La Campene Canto (The Singing Bells) Angela Donnelly bass clarinet Graham Proctor percussion Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM 30 31 Friday 6 December Sunday 8 December 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 3pm RNCM Theatre Tuesday 10, Thursday 12 Simón Bolívar String and Saturday 14* December Quartet 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 L’elisir d’amore in A minor Op 13 Alberto Ginastera String Quartet No 1 (The Elixir of Love) Johannes Brahms String Quartet No 2 Gaetano Donizetti in A minor Op 51 Bryony Williams Adina Following the triumphant sell-out performance of Kang Wang Nemorino the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble as part of our Benjamin Lewis Belcore 2011 Festival of Brass at The Bridgewater Hall, Thomas Hopkinson Dulcamara we’re delighted to welcome some other ‘stars’ of Rosanna Harris Giannetta El Sistema. Created from within the Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar, the Simón Bolívar String Francesco Pasqualetti conductor Quartet is composed of principal musicians Marco Bellasi* assistant conductor from the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Stefan Janski director Venezuela. The quartet has worked with such Lara Booth set and costume designer musical personalities as Gustavo Dudamel and Nick Ware lighting designer Sir Simon Rattle and has performed across Bethan Rhys Wiliam choreographer the globe including shows at the Edinburgh Kevin Thraves chorus master International Festival and the Southbank Centre. Antonio Tilli Italian language coach RNCM Opera Orchestra Tickets £17 £14 Concessions available RNCM Chorus Promoted by RNCM L’elisir d’amore is Donizetti’s first great comic + opera, a tongue-in-cheek reinterpretation of the Tristan and Isolde myth. Nemorino 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room buys a ‘love potion’ from quack doctor Spotlight: Latin American Christmas - An Andean folk cantata Dulcamara, in the hope of winning the Free admission, no ticket required love of Adina. When she chooses to marry Belcore, a sergeant passing through town, Nemorino enlists in order to pay for another Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December bottle of the doctor’s elixir. Luckily, just before 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre it is too late, Adina realises that she loves Nemorino after all and she falls into his Blue Remembered Hills arms, as the quack doctor does a roaring by Dennis Potter trade in potions… Tickets £10 L’elisir d’amore is a great sentimental- Concessions available pastoral comedy, featuring some of the Promoted by CTL Productions Ltd. composer’s finest music. With particularly fine arias for soprano and tenor, Nemorino’s second act aria, ‘Una furtiva lagrima’, stands out as one of the most affecting bel canto arias ever written. This new production will be sung in Italian with English surtitles. Tickets £34 £28 £21 (weekdays) £36 £30 £23 (weekends) Concessions available Promoted by RNCM + L’elisir d’amore is supported by the Edward Milner Saturday 14 December bequest 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Beauty of the Bel Canto Sponsored by (10 December) - A journey through time Free admission, no ticket required
32 33 Sunday 8 December HIGHLIGHTS 12pm RNCM Concert Hall RNCM KEYBOARD DAY Goodman Benny The Year 1913 Concert 1 100 years ago in 1913 whilst the world was Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle in A minor on the brink of the First World War, the world Op 104 No 2 of music was at one of its most inspirational Gabriel Fauré Nocturne in F sharp minor and controversial crossroads. Stravinsky, Op 104 No 1 Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy and Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle in G minor Op 105 others were all at the peak of their creative Claude Debussy Préludes Book 2 powers, with some of the most iconic pieces of Tickets £7 music written around that time. At its première, Concessions available Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring caused much
discontent amongst the public, though soon it developed a passionate following. Rachmaninov 3.30pm RNCM Concert Hall was finding new virtuosic and romantic highs, not least in his second piano sonata, whilst Concert 3 Debussy’s second book of Préludes delves ever Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No 9 deeper into the world of sound, colour and Op 68 ‘The Black Mass’ Monday 9 December Wednesday 11 December nuance. Join us for a unique journey through this Sergei Prokofiev Sarcasms Op 17 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Theatre snapshot of time. Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 2 Full information and a downloadable leaflet is in B flat minor Op 36 Monday Recital Series RNCM Big Band with available at www.rncm.ac.uk/keyboardday Tickets £7 Benjamin Britten A Birthday Hansel Concessions available Pete Long Timothy Langston, Michael Jones tenors Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall
Alice Kirwan harp concert of 1938 7pm RNCM Concert Hall Felix Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses Mike Hall director Peter Hill and in D minor Op 54 Pete Long clarinet Benjamin Frith Liga Korne piano This year’s festive Big Band show is something Free admission, no ticket required very special indeed… In 1938, Benny Claude Debussy Six Epigraphs Antiques Promoted by RNCM Goodman and his Orchestra gave the première Claude Debussy Jeux performance by a jazz orchestra in New York Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring City’s citadel of ‘high’ culture, the hallowed Described by The Guardian as a piano Monday 9 December Carnegie Hall. Goodman and his supporting partnership of ‘technical and intellectual 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall cast claimed a new place for jazz on the brilliance’, the longstanding duo of Peter Hill American cultural scene that night, in what has and Benjamin Frith perform the two piano Mark Padmore and come to be seen as the most important jazz arrangements of two major works both Julius Drake concert in history. Tonight, Pete Long will join premièred in Paris in an historic month for with Robin Blaze, Marcus the RNCM Big Band to recreate this landmark Jeux concert. music, May 1913. was premièred at the Farnsworth, Lucy Wakefield Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 15 May, while Tickets £18 £16 £14 the first performance of the ‘Rite’ and the riot and Richard Watkins Concessions available that ensued took place just two weeks later on Manchester Chamber Concerts Promoted by RNCM 29 May. Stravinsky’s arrangement is striking for Society + its imaginative writing that so strongly evokes the instrumental sonorities of the original, while Michael Tippett Songs for Ariel 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Pre-concert talk: Dr Catherine Tackley, Senior Lecturer Benjamin Britten Songs and Proverbs of the six Epigraphes Antiques hint at Stravinsky’s at the Open University, gives an insight into the Carnegie influence on Debussy. William Blake Op 74 Hall concert of 1938 Free admission, no ticket required Tickets £17 £14 Michael Tippett Boyhood’s End Benjamin Britten Five Canticles Concessions available + Tickets £22 (platform seats £11) Concessions available 9.45pm RNCM Café Bar Day Ticket £28 www.chamberconcerts.org Spotlight: RNCM Gospel Singers directed by Audrey Promoted by RNCM Promoted by MCCS Mattis Free admission, no ticket required
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Clouds RNCM Chamber Orchestra St George’s Singers Jean-Philippe Rameau Suite from Les Boreades J S Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 Carl Nielsen Flute Concerto (Parts I – III and VI) Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella (complete) Will Todd Footprints (world première) Christian Curnyn conductor St George’s Singers Piero Lombardi assistant conductor Northern Baroque Orchestra Kathryn Williams flute RNCM Jazz Trio Tonight, the RNCM Chamber Orchestra Tickets £15 performs Stravinsky’s score for the ballet Concessions available Promoted by St George’s Singers Pulcinella, written in 1920 for the impresario Serge Diaghilev and choreographer Massine. The composer’s source material was a mixture of operas, cantatas, trio-sonatas and other pieces, Friday 20 December which he turned into the music for a commedia 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall dell’arte story, giving the 18th century melodies a modernist spin through a range of devices. ROOF St Petersburg Charity Pieces by Rameau and Nielsen complete the Concert programme. Tickets £6 Tickets £10 Concessions available Concessions available Promoted by ROOF St Petersburg and One Education Promoted by RNCM Thursday 12 December Thursday 12 December 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre + 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Friday 20 and Saturday 21 December RNCM First Year String Clouds Spotlight: 4D in Concert - An exploration of the wind 7.30pm RNCM Theatre After studying together here at the RNCM under quartet and Wind Orchestras Free admission, no ticket required Saturday 21 December the tutorship of Eira Lynn Jones, the Clouds Harp Pietro Locatelli Introduttione in D major 1pm RNCM Theatre Quartet was formed. This unique quartet will Op 4 No 1 perform three major works written especially Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings Saturday 14 December Images – The Musical for them by one of their members Esther Swift: in E minor Op 20 from 10.15am Various venues Robert Dadzie words Interstellar Cloud, a portrayal of how an Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy Chloe Houston music accumulation of dust, gas and molecular matter Junior RNCM Rivkah Kneen and Keeley McQuaid Chris Hoyle, Mark Heron conductors in the galaxy forms the appearance of a cloud; Performance Day choreography Free admission, no ticket required Clouds, a five movement piece inspired by a Promoted by RNCM walk along the Tweed taking its influence from Performance Day profiles the work of the full Tickets £10 Concessions available various cloud formations and including a poem range of Junior RNCM ensembles, from the Promoted by Renew Productions by Esther’s father Robert; and Water, a new Symphony Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble to work inspired by the poem The Cloud by Percy the Foundation Section and Brass Band. For full Bysshe Shelley. details contact the Junior RNCM on 0161 907 5264. Saturday 21 December Tickets £10 Concessions available Free admission, no ticket required 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM Promoted by RNCM Salford Choral Society
Christmas Concert Tickets £15 Concessions available Promoted by Salford Choral Society
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Brodsky Brochure Ad.indd 1 25/07/2013 14:40 Upcoming Friends Events RNCM Outreach Looking for a venue? Support Thursday 17 October The Outreach team engages with the RNCM’s The RNCM offers excellent purpose-built spaces 2.30pm Meet in RNCM Reception wider community through a year-round to hire for all aspects of performances and Archives and Architects programme of events. In addition we also conferencing. the RNCM design bespoke projects for a range of Find out more about the RNCM building, from community groups and are always happy to The RNCM Theatre seats up to 657 and the original modernist architecture to the newest discuss new ideas. Our Youth Perform musical boasts one of the largest stages in Join the RNCM Friends Oxford Road wing. As the College prepares to theatre group runs on Wednesday evening and Manchester. close the Concert Hall for refurbishment, Neil is a low-cost, non-audition group for all young Be part of the RNCM from just £2.50 a month Bohanna, Head of Estates and Venues, presents people of secondary school age. The RNCM Concert Hall seats 462 and and receive these great benefits: a tour of the RNCM building introducing some To find out about any of our projects contact offers a unique octagonal performance of the architectural concepts and showing you Save money with ticket and dining discounts Holly Marland or Fiona Stuart on 0161 907 space and Hradetsky Four Manual • our plans for the next stage of development. The at the Box Office and in our restaurant, 5281 or [email protected], or visit Concert Organ. tour will be followed by tea and coffee and an Brodsky www.rncm.ac.uk/communityoutreach. RNCM exhibition from the RNCM archives. Outreach is grateful for the support of the Eric The RNCM Studio Theatre seats up to Get closer to RNCM life with invitations to • Tickets £4 and Margaret Kinder Charitable Trust and The 150 and flexible seating offers a variety exclusive events and opportunities to attend Backstage Trust. of set ups including theatre-style and in opera dress rehearsals the round. • Keep up to date with RNCM News and Thursday 7 November season events guide 4.30pm Meet at RNCM Reception The Carole Nash Recital Room seats up External Performances to 117 and is suitable for small-scale ‘It’s a pleasure to be able to give Couture at the College performances, conferences and catering (rescheduled event) RNCM ensembles and soloists regularly perform something back and support today’s at venues and in high-profile concert series receptions. students. Having RNCM as a centre of Focusing on the upcoming production of L’elisir throughout the UK and for a wide range of The Lecture Theatre seats 60 and is excellence here in Manchester is very d’amore, RNCM Wardrobe Manager Elaine promoters from music societies and clubs to ideal for pre-concert talks, discussions important. Long may it continue to Needham and designer Lara Booth will give orchestras, opera companies and individuals. and presentations. flourish!’ Friends an exclusive insight into the processes Look out for regular concert series in St Ann’s Mrs G Williams, Gold Member that take innovative costume designs through to Church in the city centre, Emmanuel Church in Contact Tom Besford on 0161 907 5289 or the finished stage product. Didsbury and, as part of our association with RNCM Friends provide the College with Music for Health, in the Central Manchester [email protected] for further details. Tickets £4 valuable support for everything from assisting Hospitals concert series. students with bursaries and travel grants to RNCM can also provide catering for social reaching further with artistic and academic functions, events, dinners or conferences in programmes and working with the community. New this year – Cover Cast Preview these venues and a range of smaller spaces. Wednesday 4 December Looking for musicians? Contact our Conference & Catering Team Membership starts from as little as £2.50 a 2pm RNCM Theatre on 0161 907 5353 or [email protected] The RNCM’s Professional Engagements team month and you can join as an Individual, Joint for further details. or Corporate member at a number of tiered Principal Cast Preview co-ordinates a large number of engagements on levels. Membership also makes a great gift for Thursday 5 December behalf of music societies, clubs, companies and any music lover. 7.30pm RNCM Theatre individuals throughout the year. Performances Opera Preview range from formal recitals, soloists for choral For more information please call 0161 907 societies and for concertos, through to 5338, e-mail [email protected] or visit Be one of the first to see our new production of background music for weddings and events, and www.rncm.ac.uk/friends Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. Join RNCM staff, incorporate a wide range of styles from classical fellow Friends and Benefactors at one of our to jazz. Contact Abi Collins on 0161 907 5352 preview performances. or [email protected] for further details. Become a Benefactor Tickets £12.50 There are opportunities to support through the RNCM Benefactors scheme. Philanthropic gifts at these levels may support an individual student with a bursary or a specific area of academic or capital need. For more information please call 0161 907 5392, email [email protected] or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/benefactors
40 41 Box Office opening hours Access All public spaces and facilities are accessible to September - June Booking wheelchair users (via lifts). Eating and 11am - 6pm Monday to Saturday (8.30pm on performance nights) Sunday 1 hour before performances Information (closed on non-performance Sundays) Large print and audio Drinking at versions of this brochure Booking online For full terms and conditions visit www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on/terms are available from the RNCM or contact the Box Office. www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on 0161 907 5555 or Booking by phone Concessions There are refreshment facilities available at the RNCM [email protected] with the Café, Brodsky Restaurant and Bar and the 0161 907 5555 Concessions are available for events where the RNCM is the promoter. For all other events please contact the Guide dogs are welcome, please inform the Box Office Concert Bar offering a range of fresh, home cooked Box Office for precise details of concessions as they when booking your ticket. The RNCM Concert Hall and locally sourced food from just a coffee and a Booking in person or by post vary according to the event promoter. All concessions and RNCM Theatre are fitted with hearing assistance pastry to a three-course meal. are subject to availability and it is advisable to book Box Office, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, systems and receivers (available from the Front of well in advance to ensure the seats you require are House team on request). Receivers can be used in During term time Monday to Friday, the Café is open Manchester M13 9RD available. Please note that proof of concession will conjunction with a standard hearing aid in the ‘T’ from 8am until the interval on performance nights; be required. For further details please check with the position or an earpiece provided. The RNCM Studio Brodsky is open from 11am until 8pm and the Concert Booking Fees Box Office or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/events/booking- Bar is open from 5pm until 11pm. information/discounts Theatre, Carole Nash Recital Room and RNCM Lecture A booking fee of £1 per ticket applies to most Theatre are fitted with induction loops (hearing aids Outside term time and at weekends opening hours are transactions. No booking fee applies to tickets bought should be switched to the ‘T’ position). Free parking is dependent upon the performance programme. Please in person at the Box Office using cash or a debit card. Ticket Exchange & Refunds available for disabled patrons, reserve your space with reception on 0161 907 5300. Please contact the Box call 0161 907 5353 or 5252 for full details of menus Exchanges may only be made under current and opening hours. guidelines. Contact the Box Office or visit www.rncm. Office or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on/access for
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Payment can be made by cash, Mastercard, only made in the case of a cancelled performance. Visa or Maestro. The RNCM is a certified Fairtrade College Group Discounts How to find us Enquiries by email Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more for all The RNCM is located on the corner of Oxford Road All food items and menus are subject to availability. [email protected] events promoted by the RNCM. For more information and Booth Street West. Oxford Road connects the contact the Box Office or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/groups RNCM by bus to the City Centre, Piccadilly and Victoria train stations. Oxford Road station is a 10 Seating Plans minute walk away. Go to www.tfgm.com for details of Flexible Series public transport in the Greater Manchester area. Save 15% or more on your tickets by creating your own RNCM Theatre flexible series. Simply choose at least 3 concerts you’d like to attend (marked with ). ��������
Parking ���������� ��������� ���������� �������� ����������� ����������� ��������� �������������������� ������������ ����������� Sonic Card Student Discounts (1) The RNCM car park is located ����������� next to the College in the ����������� Buy tickets for events marked for just £3. Sign ����������� ���������� ��������� ���������� basement of the Sir Charles ������������ up at the Sonic Card desk from 1 hour before any ����������� ����������� ����������������� ������������ ������������ Groves Hall of Residence, off ��������������� ������������ featured concert or at www.soniccard.co.uk ���� ������������ ��������� Rosamund Street West. Open ��������� ��������������� ������������������� from 5pm weekday evenings and ����������������� ��������� ��������������� ��������� ��������������� ��� ���������� Email & Mailing List anytime over weekends and bank ������ ���������� �� ��� ������������ Keep in touch with events at the RNCM by joining our holidays, costing £3 (payable on ������ ������������� ��������� ��������� �� ����� free mailing list for regular updates. Sign up at www. entry). Closes at 11.30pm. ������������������ ��������������������������� ��������� ������������ ������������������� ��������� rncm.ac.uk/mailinglist or contact the Box Office for ����� �������� ������������������ (2) The University of Manchester ������������������ ������ details. ������������� ������������ ������������ Booth Street car park is situated ������������ � �������� ������������������ ������� �������� � ������ RNCM Concert Hall off Booth Street West. Open ����� ������������������� ���������� ���� ������������ RNCM Historic Instrument 6am - midnight. � �������� ������������������� � � ���� � (3) The Aquatics Centre car park Collection ������������� � � ������� ��������������� Open 12 - 1pm before every lunchtime concert and is situated off Booth Street East.����� � ������������� ���������� �������������� ������������ 6 - 7.15pm where the symbol appears. Open 6am - 11pm. � � 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. ������ ���������� ���������������������� We aim to deliver a quality events programme with efficient and courteous service. If you have any comments ������������ please contact Head of Marketing & Communications, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD.
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