1 Welcome to Summer 2015 at the RNCM

As Summer 2015 approaches, the RNCM Our orchestral concerts are some of our most prepares for one of its most monumental concerts colourful ones, and more fairytales come to life to date. This is an historic moment for the College with Kodaly’s Hary Janos and Bartók’s Miraculous and I am honoured and thrilled to be welcoming Mandarin as well as with an RNCM Family Day, Krzysztof Penderecki to conduct the UK première where we join forces with MMU’s Manchester of his magnificent Seven Gates of Jerusalem Children’s Book Festival to bring together a feast at The Bridgewater Hall in June. This will be of music and stories for all ages with puppetry, the apex of our celebration of Polish music, story-telling, live music and more. RNCM Youth very kindly supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Perform is back on stage with Bernstein’s award- Institute, as part of the Polska Music programme. winning musical On the Town, and our Day of Song brings the world of Cabaret to life. In a merging of soundworlds, we create an ever-changing kaleidoscope of performances, We present music from around the world with presenting one of our broadest programmes to Taiko Meantime Drumming, Taraf de Haïdouks, date. Starting with saxophone legend David Tango Siempre, fado singer Gisela João and Sanborn, and entering the world of progressive singer songwriters Eddi Reader, Thea Gilmore, fusion with Polar Bear, the jazz programme at Benjamin Clementine, Raghu Dixit, Emily Portman the RNCM collaborates once more with Serious and Mariana Sadovska (aka ‘The Ukranian as well as with the Manchester Jazz Festival to Bjork’). bring The Hot Sardines, Stuart McCallum, The Contemporary music forms an important part Pepper Street Orchestra and the Robert Glasper of the RNCM’s artistic programme, and we are Trio to Manchester. The RNCM Big Band works proud to partner BBC Radio 3 on a Young Artists’ with Colin Towns, our Jazz Collective goes to Day based on composition. The Summer season is Hollywood, and our Session Orchestra takes to peppered with works by composers such as Berio, the stage twice this term! Sciarrino and Boulez, and we also welcome Sir Looking at the music of various countries, we Harrison Birtwistle and Michael Finnissy to the explore the music of Poland with the works of College, while the RNCM Percussion Ensemble Lutosławski, Gorecki, Szymanowski, Zubel and creates an adventurous programme with John Penderecki; the music of France through Debussy, Cage, Varese and Hesketh. Milhaud, Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Poulenc; and the I look forward to welcoming you to our events music of Russia through our Keyboard Festival, and hope that you will join us for our Gold Medal presenting a very rich programme based on Competition showcasing ten of the RNCM’s most Russian fairytales and ballet music with works brilliant performers on 13 June. by Scriabin, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. We are also very lucky to be welcoming Noriko Ogawa, Stephen Hough, Dr Michelle Castelletti – Artistic Director Jean-Efflam Bavouzet as well as Dmitri Alexeev this Summer. Dance and multimedia form an essential part of our focus this term as we collaborate with KSDance Ltd as well as the Manchester School of Art to present interactive and multi-sensory theatrical experiences. Film music takes centre stage once more, with the suite to the soundtrack of the film Ran by Takemitsu and live organ improvisation for the iconic horror film, Nosferatu. 2 3 Friday 17 April Sunday 19 April Tuesday 21 April 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall From 9am Various venues 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room David Sanborn David Polar Bear National Youth Brass Band Masterclass Polar Bear have once again marked themselves Championships of Great with Noriko Ogawa as one of the most exciting and progressive Britain Christopher Rowland International bands of their generation with a recent second Masterclass nomination for a Mercury Music Prize. The Over 40 leading youth brass bands compete for band, led by three times Mercury nominee one of the four national titles. Continuing our focus on French piano music, Seb Rochford (Paul McCartney, Brian Eno, Tickets £10 from www.brassbandsengland.co.uk Noriko Ogawa works with RNCM pianists on Beck, Yoko Ono) on drums, has continued to Concessions available French repertoire ahead of the next recital in the Promoted by Brass Bands England innovate and transcend genres, connecting with Piano Series with Stephen Hough on 30 April. jazz, rock, hip-hop, electronic and mainstream Tickets £8 audiences alike. Saxophonists Pete Wareham Concessions available Supported by Christopher Rowland Masterclass Fund (Acoustic Ladyland) and Mark Lockheart Monday 20 April www.rncm.ac.uk/pianoseries (Django Bates) together possess a broad Promoted by RNCM emotional vocabulary, yet here they appear Doors 7pm RNCM Concert Hall translucent, elusive. Bassist Tom Herbert is irresistible when he plays inside the groove, but Villagers does so only occasionally, giving these moments Conor O’Brien returns with the third album from Monday 13 April

rare power. All this is combined and melted Villagers. The follow-up to his début, Becoming Villagers 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall together with the magic touch of electronic a Jackal, and its successor, Awayland – both wizard Leafcutter John. This Manchester show hugely acclaimed and Mercury-nominated – David Sanborn Band follows the release of their sixth album Same as Darling Arithmetic is a breathtakingly beautiful, David Sanborn’s soulful saxophone has been You on 30 March. intimate album about love and relationships. one of the signature sounds in contemporary Tickets £15 Tickets £14 jazz for some four decades, in a career that’s Concessions available No concessions travelled from James Brown and David Bowie to www.polarbearmusic.com www.wearevillagers.com Jaco Pastorius and Gil Evans, as well as a string Promoted by RNCM Promoted by DHP Family of landmark recordings of his own. Following 2013’s sold out London show – a terrific acoustic set with Bob James – this Tuesday 21 April concert is one of his first shows outside London 11.30am RNCM Concert Hall

in many years, and sees him return to the Bear Polar fiercely grooving electric fusion that defined his A Concert to Celebrate the blistering live performances through the 80s and 90s, with a brand new album. Opening of the Ida Carroll

Tickets £25 £20 Walkway Wednesday 22 April Concessions available Formal Opening www.davidsanborn.com 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious by Sir Harrison Birtwistle The newly-named Ida Carroll Walkway RNCM Brand New recognises the Ida Carroll Trust’s generous Orchestra Saturday 18 April donation to the Concert Hall campaign and Tuesday 14 April 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Piero Lombardi Iglesias, Harish Shankar, its longstanding support of the RNCM. In this 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Jan Wierzba conductors celebratory concert, artists including Anthony Taiko Meantime Hear newly composed music for symphony Christian Blackshaw with special guest Chieko Kojima Halstead (horn), Thomas Verity (clarinet), John Wilson and Peter Lawson (piano duo), John orchestra, as RNCM composers unveil their Piano Recital In a unique collaboration with the world- Turner (recorder), the Solem Quartet and the latest work. For Music in Hospitals renowned Chieko Kojima of Kodo, Taiko Manchester Chamber Ensemble perform works Free admission, no ticket required and East Cheshire Hospice drumming returns to the RNCM in a show that by Grieg and Schubert, and new works by a Promoted by RNCM tells the dramatic Japanese legend of ‘Dojoji’ host of eminent British composers. The British pianist performs works by Mozart, + through drums, flute and dance. Free admission, by ticket only Schubert, Liszt and Chopin. 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Tickets £15 Promoted by Ida Carroll Trust and RNCM Tickets £18 Spotlight: Rhythmic Conjunction – Modern works for Concessions available saxophone quartet No concessions Promoted by Rhythmworks Ltd Promoted by Music in Hospitals Free admission, no ticket required 4 5 Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April Thursday 23 April Saturday 25 April 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall

On the Town RNCM Percussion Ensemble Altrincham Choral Society RNCM Youth Perform Music to include: Handel’s Messiah Music by Leonard Bernstein Edgard Varèse Ionisation Lancashire Chamber Orchestra and organist Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and John Cage Third Construction Jeffrey Makinson join Altrincham Choral Society Adolph Green Kenneth Hesketh Polygon Windows in Handel’s masterpiece, over 250 years since Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins (after Aphex Twin) its first performance. Ionisation Caroline Clegg director Scored for 13 percussionists, was the Tickets £12.50 Concessions available musical director very first work to be composed for a stand-alone Stuart Overington Promoted by Altrincham Choral Society Stewart Bartles lighting designer percussion ensemble. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this key work, plus a selection of works New York, New York, it’s a helluva town! So that followed it, performed by the RNCM’s says the most famous song from this award- virtuoso players. winning musical about the adventures of three Tickets £7 sailors in the city that never sleeps. With 24 Concessions available hours of shore leave they’re eager to experience Promoted by RNCM Andy Irvine Andy all the city has to offer…and hopefully find the girl of their dreams. Full of sharp dialogue, + electrifying dance and lush music, this 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Broadway hit, set against the background of the Spotlight: The Happy Workshop – Strauss’ second war, now drops anchor in Manchester with the wind symphony Free admission, no ticket required RNCM’s talented Youth Perform. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited. Friday 24 April Tickets £12 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Concessions available Supported by Eric and Margaret Kinder Trust Mariana Sadovska Promoted by RNCM Making Tracks In her home country she is known as the ‘Ukrainian Björk’. Through her furious performances the singer, actress and composer Saturday 25 April Mariana Sadovska crosses all borders: Archaic 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre midsummer night invocations, wedding songs and migrant chants from remote villages of Andy Irvine rural Ukraine get a singular turn and morph into contemporary sound that spans from folk to Musician and singer-songwriter Andy Irvine avant-garde. Creating innovative compositions has been a world music pioneer and icon for and arrangements in dialogue with ancient traditional folk music and musicians for over 40 traditions, Sadovska approaches each piece years. He is the founding member of bands such with a fresh and uniquely personal vision. With as Sweeney’s Men, Planxty, Patrick Street and a voice of impressive power and range, her Mozaik and has been hailed as ‘a tradition in stage presence is a tour de force that oscillates himself’ and ‘Woody Guthrie’s representative on between fragility and defiance. For this show Earth’ by the magazine Hot Press. she has teamed up with German percussionist Tickets £15 and electronica specialist Christian Thomé, Concessions available www.andyirvine.com creating an ever-changing collage of ancient Promoted by RNCM Ukrainian folk songs and contemporary electro- acoustic sounds. + Tickets £14 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Concessions available Spotlight: The Starfish Duo – Original compositions and www.makingtrackslive.org collaborative arrangements for two celtic harps Promoted by RNCM Free admission, no ticket required

6 7 Sunday 26 April 4.30pm Forman Lecture Theatre Monday 27 April 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room RNCM Day of Song Film Screening Cabaret! The Torchbearers 270415 Join us for a day of cabaret-inspired song, (USA 2015, world première) Michael Finnissy Gershwin Arrangements ranging from the revolutionary beginnings of directed by Cheryl E Grant Aaron Parker Now (no more) Le Chat Noir and Kabarett, to Broadway and Luciano Berio Chemins II for viola and nine The Torchbearers is a new film which blends beyond. This year’s performances will showcase instruments documentary and musical forms, shedding final year undergraduate singers and culminate ddmmyy light on the vital role that the art of cabaret has concludes its trio of events at the in a theatrical extravaganza featuring the played: introducing new social concepts and RNCM with a concert exploring acts of RNCM Cabaret Band. values to the mainstream, putting politics into collaboration between composers and soloists. Now (no For full details, visit perspective, and serving as a platform for some The world première of Aaron Parker’s more)/chalk/olicerlal www.rncm.ac.uk/dayofsong of the best and brightest talent. for flutes, ensemble and electronics forms the centrepiece of the evening, Tickets £6 alongside Finnissy’s virtuosic re-imaginings of Concessions available HIGHLIGHTS jazz in his Gershwin Arrangements and Berio’s relentless Chemins II. ​​​1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall 6.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £6 Hommage au Chat Noir Concessions available Life is a Cabaret! ​​​ www.ddmmyyseries.com A tribute to Paris’ first modern cabaret club, with the RNCM Cabaret Band Supported by Sound and Music featuring music by Satie, cabaret-inspired songs Promoted by RNCM by Francis Poulenc, and a tribute to a heroine of In cabaret-inspired music of more recent times, French Cabaret, Edith Piaf. this exciting finale to our Day of Song features a selection of witty cabaret songs by William Tickets £6 Bolcolm in music for the stage. Highlights Concessions available Tuesday 28 April – Saturday 2 May include selections from The Threepenny Opera 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre and the hit musical Cabaret! 2.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room Saturday 2 May Tickets £10 2.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre The Truth About Love Concessions available Themes of infatuation and love’s frustrations The Mikado abound in Britten’s Cabaret Songs, alongside 8pm RNCM Café This production sees the original Mikado set in cabaret-inspired songs by William Walton modern day Japan where Hello Kitty, wasabi, and new ones commissioned from RNCM Post-concert Event – sushi and karaoke rule! composers. Cabaret Recreated Tickets £10 opening night, £13 all other performances No concessions Tickets £6 Join us at the end of the day for a Promoted by South Manchester AOS Concessions available thrilling real-life cabaret experience in the RNCM Café and bar! 3.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Free admission, no ticket required Wednesday 29 April ​​​Berlin, Brecht and Beyond Day Ticket £25 7pm Carole Nash Recital Room A programme of Brecht-inspired German Promoted by RNCM Kabarett, with music by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler Piano Recital Prize and Arnold Schoenberg. Talented students from the RNCM School of Tickets £6 Keyboard Studies play a variety of piano Concessions available repertoire to compete for this prize, which this evening is adjudicated by Peter Donohoe. Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

8 9 Friday 1 May 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Stephen Hough Stephen RNCM Symphony Orchestra Zoltán Kodály Háry János Suite Keiko Abe The Wave (Marimba Concerto) (UK première) Toru Takemitsu ‘Ran’ Suite Béla Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Op 19 RNCM Symphony Orchestra RNCM Symphony Matthew Coorey conductor Harish Shankar assistant conductor Le Yu percussion For its first concert of the Summer season, the RNCM Symphony Orchestra presents Bartók’s most aggressive score. The tale of three thugs who force a young girl to lure passers-by into a room where they attempt to rob them, The Miraculous Mandarin exudes tangible claustrophobia and an almost suffocating sexual tension. The composer evokes a modern vision – an alienating cityscape of glaring lights and blaring klaxons. However, the nightmarish and percussive violence of the score is made Thursday 30 April Friday 1 May bearable by the richness of the orchestral 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall colouring which, although consistently sinister, has several sensuous moments. Stephen Hough Friday Chamber Series The programme also features the UK première of RNCM Piano Recital Series Notos Quartet Keiko Abe’s The Wave. Originally commissioned Claude Debussy La plus que lente; Estampes; RNCM Waverly Junior Fellows in to commemorate the 400-year relationship Children’s Corner; L’isle joyeuse Chamber Music between Japan and the Netherlands and the Frédéric Chopin Ballades Nos 1 – 4 resulting cross-cultural influences, this is only Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Named by The Economist as one of 20 Living the second time that this piece has ever been Op 60 Polymaths, RNCM alumnus Stephen Hough performed, and we’re thrilled to welcome our returns to the College for the second recital in Free admission, no ticket required award-winning alumnus Le Yu as guest soloist. Promoted by RNCM our series that explores French piano music. Tickets £15 Tonight’s programme includes Debussy’s Concessions available Estampes, Promoted by RNCM considered by many to be the point Sunday 3 May of departure for the composer’s exploration 7.30pm RNCM Theatre of new sounds for the piano, plus Chopin’s + Ballades, some of the most challenging pieces 9.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room Late-Night Spotlight: Sound Pictures – An Imagined Crystal Chords in standard piano repertoire. Exhibition Crystal Chords celebrate 35 years of Free admission, no ticket required The final recital of the Piano Series features barbershop harmony, performing along with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and takes place on friends and guests to create a magical evening Saturday 23 May. of a cappella music. Tickets £17 £14 Tickets £15 Concessions available Concessions available www.rncm.ac.uk/pianoseries Promoted by Crystal Chords Ladies Barbershop Harmony Promoted by RNCM Club + + 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: The Voice of Chopin’s Piano – A unique Spotlight: Harmonopoly Quartet – A showcase of recital comparing the historical instrument to the traditional and modern barbershop music modern piano Free admission, no ticket required Free admission, no ticket required

10 11 Monday 4 May Thursday 7 May Sunday 10 May 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Doors 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 8pm RNCM Studio Theatre

BBC Radio 3 Magma Kate Simmons Productions Young Artists’ Day The Endless Tour with the Soundscape On May 4, BBC Radio 3 is celebrating the UK’s French rock group Magma have captivated Chamber Orchestra creative youth with a Young Artists’ Day. There listeners with an explosive fusion of rock,

Creation: Life: Death Collective RNCM Jazz will be a series of audio snapshots of some of jazz and classical composition since their today’s young artists already making a mark début album in 1970. Cited in Rolling Stone’s Darius Milhaud Création du Monde in their chosen artistic field, and music played Best French Rock albums list for their 1973 Katie Chatburn/Adam Kornas Life throughout the day will focus on great recording album, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh, their Camille Saint-Saëns (arr Parkinson) Danse artists and composers in their younger years. outlandish and experimental sound has earned Macabre The RNCM is proud to collaborate with the them cult status. Daniel Parkinson conductor BBC on this project. Tickets £27.50 £24.50 £19.50 Kate Simmons, Peter Parker, Emma Briggs No concessions Free admission, by ticket only choreographers Promoted by Band on the Wall Promoted by RNCM in association with BBC Radio 3 A journey from beginning to end: dancers from KSDance Ltd join forces with musicians from the RNCM in this creative collaboration. Featuring Tuesday 5 May a commissioned score from composers Katie 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Chatburn and Adam Kornas, as well as music by Milhaud and Saint-Saëns, this dance triple-

rarescale RNCM Junior bill promises to excite, entertain and inspire. plus special guests from the RNCM Tickets £10 Music to include: Concessions available Promoted by RNCM Salvatore Sciarrino Muro d’orizzonte Michael Oliva Apparition and Release; Night Crossing Adam Gorb New work (world première) Wednesday 13 May Patrick Nunn Maqamat 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Paul Goodey At the Speed of Days and Nights (world première) RNCM Jazz Collective Carla Rees flutes Jazz at the Movies Paul Goodey oboe, cor anglais Mike Hall director Sarah Watts bass clarinet Tonight, the RNCM Jazz Collective ramps it Michael Oliva electronics with up with an evening of instantly recognisable cinematic tunes from the 1930s onwards. Lynne Dawson soprano From Sing sing sing to James Bond across the Catherine Yates viola decades to the theme from Rocky to The Pink Chris Hoyle cello Panther, it’s hooray for Hollywood! Graham Scott piano David Bainbridge guitar Tickets £10 Jan Wierzba conductor Concessions available Promoted by RNCM Rarescale is a contemporary chamber music ensemble which since its formation by Carla Saturday 9 May Rees in 2003 has gained an international 12.30pm RNCM Concert Hall reputation for its work promoting and creating new repertoire for alto and bass flute. Tonight’s Junior RNCM Formal concert features world premières by Paul Concert Goodey and Adam Gorb. We’re also delighted to welcome special guests Lynne Dawson, A showcase performance featuring talented Graham Scott, Chris Hoyle and Catherine Yates. soloists from Junior RNCM. Tickets £6 Free admission, no ticket required Concessions available Promoted by RNCM www.rarescale.org.uk Promoted by RNCM 12 13 The Hot Sardines Hot The Taraf de Haïdouks Taraf

Sunday 17 May Saturday 23 May 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall

The Hot Sardines Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Take a blustery brass front line, add salty stride RNCM Piano Recital Series Friday 15 May Saturday 16 May piano in the timeless image of Fats Waller Music to include: 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Doors 7pm RNCM Theatre and a frontwoman with the attitude and style Pierre Boulez Sonata No 1 Taraf de Haïdouks Eddi Reader of a 30s cabaret diva and you have The Hot Claude Debussy Etudes Nos 1-5 Book 1 Sardines in a seashell. And that’s not to mention Maurice Ohana Four Etudes Expect riotous Romanian folk from the world’s First hitting the limelight with the band the tap dancer! Maurice Ravel Oiseaux tristes; Une barque sur greatest gypsy group, Taraf de Haïdouks – Fairground Attraction, Eddi Reader is now The Sardine sound is steeped in hot jazz, gypsy l’océan; Alborada del gracioso literally ‘band of outlaws’. Their live shows burst established as one of the UK’s leading swing – a slice of between-the-wars Paris via with intense passion and overflowing energy, singer-songwriters. From the traditional to the For the final concert in our French Piano Recital New Orleans. They’re sure to take the world and with their new Crammed album Of Lovers, contemporary, Eddi delivers truly emotional Series, we welcome Jean-Efflam Bavouzet back by storm over the next few years – their début Gamblers and Parachute Skirts receiving a raft performances with her rare blend of melting to the RNCM. album was just named in iTunes ‘Best of Year’ of four and five-star reviews, the band are truly vocals and towering romanticism. list. Following his recent performance with the on top form. Tickets £22.50 BBC Philharmonic at The Bridgewater Hall, London learned about their star quality at the When presenting their BBC Radio 3 award for No concessions the Manchester Evening News’ review said www.eddireader.co.uk EFG London Jazz Festival. Their two sold-out World Music, long-time admirer Johnny Depp that Bavouzet played Liszt’s Second Piano Promoted by ARC / Gig Cartel shows were flashy, fun and had the audience stated: ‘Taraf de Haïdouks are the greatest Concerto with ‘virtuoso panache…and alertness literally dancing in the aisles. The rest of the musicians I know – they play a music which to its changing moods, from tenderness to UK got a glimpse of the magic when they expresses the most intense joy, and have this bombast…’ Tonight’s programme includes performed on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show gift to make you feel alive.’ some of Debussy’s last major works for piano and now they’re back for a UK-wide tour to plus Boulez’s Sonata No 1, written when the Tickets £20 bring New York hot to halls all over the country. Concessions available composer was just 21 years old. Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious Tickets £20 Tickets £17 £14 Concessions available Concessions available Eddi Reader Eddi www.hotsardines.com www.rncm.ac.uk/pianoseries Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious Promoted by RNCM Saturday 16 May + + From 12.30pm Various venues 9.45pm RNCM Café Bar Late-Night Spotlight: The Aaron Wood Nonet – 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Music of the Second Line Spotlight: Ravel and Honegger – 20th century French Junior RNCM Free admission, no ticket required music for violin and cello duo New Music Day Free admission, no ticket required

New Music Day showcases the work of Junior RNCM composition students, with concerts featuring solo and chamber works as well as pieces written for the Junior RNCM New Music Ensemble. For full details, please contact the Junior RNCM on 0161 907 5264. Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

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Thea Gilmore Thea 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall

Tango Siempre Gisela João Tangomotion Nosferatu Songlines Encounters Festival From virtuoso displays of traditional tango on Tour dance to the exquisite sounds of 1930s Buenos Gisela João, aged 30, is the new fado singer Aires and the powerful Nuevo Tango music of now making waves in Portugal. She released Astor Piazzolla, Tangomotion is a breathtaking her début album in the Summer of 2013 and journey into the heart of Tango Argentino. This it went straight to number one in the national show features four of the world’s leading tango charts – extremely rare for a fado record. Her Saturday 23 May dancers (Giraldo Escobar and Maria Tsiatsiani, music is raw and authentic. ‘I’m very intense 8pm RNCM Theatre Leonel Di Cocco and Natalia de Assuncao) plus and I believe that real fado is that way too,’ she live music from Tango Siempre and transports says. ‘It’s very extreme.’ In her UK début, you Thea Gilmore the audience into the steamy salons of Buenos can expect traditional fado at its best. Prolific singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore released Aires… This concert is part of Songlines Encounters her 14th album, Regardless, in 2013. She has Tickets £18 £15 Festival On Tour 2015. Songlines Encounters collaborated with artists such as Joan Baez, Concessions available Sunday 31 May Festival is co-curated by Songlines magazine Martha Wainwright, Sting and Eliza Carthy, www.tangomusic.co.uk 8pm RNCM Concert Hall and Ikon Arts Management. and her ground-breaking 2011 album, Don’t Promoted by RNCM Stop Singing - comprising settings of words Nosferatu Tickets £17 £14 + Concessions available by the late Sandy Denny - included the single 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Film Screening with Live Organ www.giselajoao.com London, used extensively in the BBC’s Olympic Spotlight: Façade: An Entertainment – Music and poetry Accompaniment Promoted by RNCM Games coverage. by Sir William Walton and Edith Sitwell Darius Battiwalla organ Tickets £22.50 £19.50 Free admission, no ticket required No concessions Following our sell-out screening of Charlie www.theagilmore.net Chaplin’s Modern Times with live score, we Promoted by Edge Street Live present another fantastic film-related event. This time, we’re screening the massively influential 1922 silent classic, Nosferatu, (cert PG). João Gisela Monday 25 May The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Doors 8pm RNCM Concert Hall Siempre Tango Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a Benjamin Clementine house near Hutter and his wife Ellen. After Orlok English singer, poet and pianist Benjamin reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to Clementine achieved cult status as a busker in escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave the Metro stations of Paris. Three years on, he danger. has refined his craft, drawing vocal similarities Tonight’s music will be provided by Darius to Nina Simone and New York avant-gardists Battiwalla, a tutor in Organ and Teaching Antony and the Johnsons, coupled with the Improvisation at the RNCM, who will improvise strikingly, sparse and beautiful piano influences a live score on the RNCM Concert Hall’s of Erik Satie. Hradetsky Four Manual Concert Organ. Tickets £15 Darius has been improvising piano and organ Tuesday 2 June No concessions accompaniments for silent films since 2008 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Promoted by RNCM and 2 for the Road Events and plays regularly at silent film events at the National Media Museum in Bradford. RNCM Viola Prize Tickets £12 The RNCM’s leading viola players compete Concessions available for the annual Viola Prize which tonight is www.dariusbattiwalla.com Promoted by RNCM adjudicated by Simon Rowland-Jones. Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM Benjamin Clementine Benjamin

16 17 Wednesday 3, Thursday 11 Friday 5 and Saturday 6 June and Thursday 18 June 7pm RNCM Theatre 6pm RNCM Theatre RNCM Session Orchestra RNCM Opera Scenes RNCM Opera RNCM Opera Scenes After bringing the house down at their RNCM singers further their on-stage experience November 2014 show, the RNCM Session in these performances of excerpts drawn from a Orchestra returns by popular demand for a wide variety of operas. two-night residency, performing hits by Michael

Free admission, no ticket required Jackson, Chic, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, Orchestra RNCM Session Promoted by RNCM Friday 5 June Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and more. 1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall Support is provided by Dommylaws and The Boys (Friday) and James Vezer (Saturday), both

Friday Chamber Series at 7pm, with the RNCM Session Orchestra Thursday 4 June Amici Bassoon Trio 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall taking to the stage at 8pm. J S Bach Adagio-Allegro from Sonata No 2 Tickets £10 RNCM Brass Band in D major BWV 1028 Concessions available Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento Limited number of £2 tickets available for under 18s for the and Black Dyke Band Friday night concert No 1 in B flat major K 439b Promoted by RNCM Music to include: Robin Stevens Two movements from Sonata for Johannes Brahms (arr Wright) Academic three bassoons (world première) Tuesday 9 June Festival Overture Manuel Martinez Tango for three bassoons 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Martin Ellerby Concertino for Cornet Free admission, no ticket required Sunday 7 June Paul Lovatt-Cooper Enter the Galaxies Promoted by RNCM 3pm RNCM Concert Hall Karl Jenkins (arr Small) The Armed Man The Joyce and Michael Ottorino Respighi (arr Snell) Two movements Rob Buckland Kennedy Award for the from Pines of Rome Friday 5 June and Peter Lawson Singing of Strauss Nicholas Childs conductor 7pm RNCM Studio Theatre Duality Senior students from the RNCM School of Vocal Richard Marshall cornet Studies and Opera compete in the finals of this Jonathan Bates tenor horn Rob Buckland saxophones Arden School of Theatre prestigious award, each singing a programme Christopher Binns trombone Peter Lawson piano of Lieder or arias by Richard Strauss. This year’s Gary Curtin euphonium Truths and Lies Simone Rebello percussion adjudicating panel will be chaired by the Truths and Lies is a re-imagining of Martin Following their appearance at the RNCM Rob Buckland and Peter Lawson celebrate celebrated baritone, Sir Thomas Allen. Scorsese’s film Shutter Island, newly devised 25 years performing together with the release Festival of Brass in January, the Black Dyke Band Tickets £10 for the live stage. Confusion multiplies as the of their highly acclaimed new CD Duality, returns for the first of two shows at the RNCM Concessions available original script is distorted, but not a single word this season. This bumper evening of brass band featuring music by Tim Garland, Barbara Promoted by RNCM is added. music harnesses the joint forces of the RNCM Thompson, Jason Rebello, Graham Fitkin, Brass Band and Black Dyke Band, under the Tickets £4 Andy Scott and Rob himself. A coming together baton of Black Dyke’s Principal Conductor and Concessions available of performer/composers, musicians with Promoted by The Manchester College Saturday 13 June Music Director, Professor Nicholas Childs. experience and understanding of the disciplines and freedoms of both worlds, and a consequent 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre This programme of popular brass repertoire blurring of edges, create a music that defies Sunday 14 June has an unusual twist, as we see three RNCM Friday 5 June traditional and outdated labels, and becomes 2.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre brass students performing as guest soloists with a classical and jazz ‘duality’. This concert the Black Dyke Band and Black Dyke’s Richard 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall will showcase much of the music from the City of Manchester Opera Marshall returning the favour with the RNCM CD alongside some musical highlights from Brass Band, with the two bands joining up for Wigan Music Service Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann The Annual Three Brass Bands the last 25 years. Rob and Peter will be joined an impressive finale. by special guests including percussionist Set against a backdrop of 1930s Berlin, Tickets £10 Concert Simone Rebello. Offenbach’s fantasy opera is bursting with Concessions available wonderful music, including The Doll’s Song, the The youth brass bands of Wigan, Bolton Tickets £10 www.blackdykeband.co.uk famous Barcarolle and the rumbustious students’ Promoted by RNCM and Astley join forces to present an evening Concessions available of original compositions and popular brass www.robbuckland.com chorus. The three performances are fully staged + arrangements, combining the sound of over Promoted by RNCM with orchestral ensemble. 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room 100 brass players. Tickets £18 Concessions available Spotlight: La Fiesta – A celebration of Spanish music Tickets £7 Promoted by City of Manchester Opera with Lowry Brass Concessions available Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by Wigan Music Service 18 19 Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 June Sunday 21 June 11am Carole Nash Recital Room RNCM Keyboard Festival Dancing Fingers: A Portrait of Peter and the Wolf Russian Music narrated by Jan Blake Themes of dance, fairytales, love and passion Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Op 67 RNCM Gold Medal Competition RNCM Gold abound in this year’s festival of keyboard Jan Blake narrator music from the great Russian masters, Prokofiev, Olga Jegunova piano Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, and Scriabin. Amongst Tickets £4 adults. Admission for children is free, by ticket the highlights are Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet only, accompanied by an adult. with choreography from KS Dance Ltd; the Saturday 13 June Saturday 20 June storyteller Jan Blake narrating Peter and the From 10am RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Wolf; three concerts of Russian Preludes by 12.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Scriabin, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov; talks RNCM Gold Medal Raghu Dixit by Peter Hill and Sergei Dreznin; and some Romeo and Juliet Competition Often hailed as India’s biggest cultural and of the great works of Russian piano music, with KS Dance Ltd musical export, Raghu Dixit’s unique brand of including Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Prokofiev’s The RNCM’s star performers and composers Sergei Prokofiev 10 pieces from Romeo and infectious, happy music transcends age, genre Sonata No 7 and Rachmaninov’s Sonata No compete for an RNCM Gold Medal, the Juliet Op 75 and even language. His music is strongly rooted 2 and the Symphonic Dances, performed by College’s most prestigious annual award, in a in Indian traditions and culture and has a very students from the RNCM, Chetham’s School Tickets £4 adults. Admission for children is free, by ticket day of performances in front of a distinguished only, accompanied by an adult. contemporary, global sound. He has played of Music, the Purcell School, and the Russian panel from across the music industry. in numerous settings – from a crowd of over pianist Dmitri Alexeev. Ten performers give a 30-minute free choice 100,000 people in his home state to every For full details, visit 7pm RNCM Concert Hall programme throughout the day and there will big music festival in India, from Glastonbury to www.rncm.ac.uk/keyboardfestival also be the opportunity to hear new works by Later… with Jools Holland and even in front of Dmitri Alexeev four selected composers, each written for the the entire British Royal Family! most recent winner of the RNCM Chamber HIGHLIGHTS Nikolai Medtner Sonata-Reminiscenza in Tickets £18 A minor Op 38 No 1; Improvisation in Ensemble of the Year, A4 Brass Quartet. Concessions available Saturday 20 June B flat minor Op 31 No 1 For a detailed schedule including details www.raghudixit.com 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM Sergei Prokofiev Old Grandmother’s Tales of performers and programmes when it Op 31; Sarcasms Op 17 becomes available, please visit Symphonic Dances Alexander Scriabin Mazurkas Op 3 Nos 7 www.rncm.ac.uk/goldmedal Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella (excerpts) for and 9; 4 Preludes Op 22; 2 Poems Op 69; Free admission, no ticket required two pianos; Sonata No 7 in B flat major Op Valse Op 38 Promoted by RNCM 83; Etude-Tableaux Op 39 Nos 2, 5 and 9; Sergei Rachmaninov Sonata No 2 in Symphonic Dances for two pianos Op 45 B flat minor Op 36 Raghu Dixit Raghu Ryan Drucker, Victor Lim, Egle Sarmaviciute, Tickets £15 Wednesday 17 June Concessions available Yulia Vershinina, Denis Zhdanov piano From 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Tickets £10 Concessions available Festival Ticket £50 Spotlight Triple-Bill Saturday Ticket £30

Tonight, as part of our regular student series, the Sunday Ticket £30 RNCM’s School of Vocal Studies and Opera Promoted by RNCM presents a lyrical trio of concerts, from lutes through to Lieder, finishing with a newly truncated version of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro! 6.30pm Art Songs of the 16th Century – English and French lute songs arranged for baritone and guitar 7.15pm Ein Liederabend – An Evening of Song at the Schumanns’ 8pm Figaro in 50 minutes! – A condensed, modernised take on the Mozart opera Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM 20 21 Tuesday 23 – Friday 26 June HIGHLIGHTS Thursday 25 June 1.15pm RNCM Studio Theatre Tuesday 23 June Seven Gates: The Music of 1.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room Poland Explored Lunchtime Concert Lunchtime Concert RNCM Composer New work for electronics Join the RNCM as it goes on its journey of Krzysztof Penderecki Todesbrigade (for tape) discovery of Polish Music through seven distinct Paul Patterson PPP (Penderecki’s Party Piece) gates. With works by Penderecki, Lutosławski, Op 119 for violin and piano Free admission, no ticket required Gorecki, Szymanowski and Zubel, as well Krzysztof Penderecki Three Miniatures for as film and influences as seen through new clarinet and piano 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room compositions reflecting on, and inspired by, Agata Zubel Shades of Ice for clarinet, cello Polish compositional thought and research, and electronics Evening Concert we enter a world which has changed our Witold Lutosławski Dance Preludes for clarinet perception and use of tone of sound as one of and piano Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartet No 3 the main parameters of new composition. Free admission, no ticket required Karol Szymanowski Songs of a Fairy-tale Princess Op 31 for violin and piano For full details, visit Krzysztof Penderecki Cadenza for solo viola www.rncm.ac.uk/sevengates 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Agata Zubel Suite for percussion trio Tickets £8 RNCM Composers Concert Concessions available A performance of new works by RNCM composers inspired by the music of Poland. Friday 26 June Free admission, no ticket required 7.30pm The Bridgewater Hall

RNCM Symphony Wednesday 24 June 1.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room Orchestra, Chorus and Lunchtime Concert Chamber Choir Krzysztof Penderecki Entrata Music to include: Witold Lutosławski Concerto for Piano and Krzysztof Penderecki Violin Sonata No 1 Orchestra Karol Szymanowski Maski Op 34 Krzysztof Penderecki Symphony No 7 ‘Seven Free admission, no ticket required Gates of Jerusalem’ (UK première) Krzysztof Penderecki conductor 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Piero Lombardi Iglesias assistant conductor Dominic Degavino piano RNCM New Ensemble One of Krzysztof Penderecki’s greatest Witold Lutosławski Chain 1 monumental works, his Seventh Symphony Agata Zubel Streets of a Human City calls for massive orchestral forces, off-stage Krzysztof Penderecki Agnus Dei for eight woodwind and brass, 3 choirs, 5 soloists and cellos narrator. Commissioned for the third millennium Aled Smith New work celebration of the city of Jerusalem, this work Henryk Górecki Concerto for harpsichord and is rarely performed due to the sheer forces string quartet required and remains one of the most powerful and dramatic of Penderecki’s ouvres. We are Mark Heron, Adam Kornas conductors honoured that tonight, this will be conducted by Tickets £8 the composer himself. Concessions available Tickets £18 £15 Concessions available Supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music programme Promoted by the RNCM

22 23 Thursday 25 June Saturday 27 June Sunday 28 June 7.30pm RNCM Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 11am – 4pm Various venues

Black Dyke Band and New Manchester Beethoven RNCM Family Day York Staff Band of the Orchestra Musical Tales Salvation Army Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz For our Summer Family Day we’re delighted Overture to be joining forces with MMU’s Manchester Day RNCM Family Edward Elgar Nimrod Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Children’s Book Festival to bring you a feast Paul Lovatt-Cooper Fire in the Blood Op 16 of music and stories for all ages. Join us for an Arr Goff Richards Breezin’ Down Broadway Antonín Dvořák Symphony No 5 in F major interactive day of creative activities, talks from Peter Graham Shine as the light Op 76 children’s authors, storytelling, face-painting and Martin Cordner Americana live music that will have you tapping your feet Bruce Broughton Alone yet not alone Tickets £10 No concessions all the way home. Chick Corea La Fiesta Promoted by Manchester Beethoven Orchestra For full details, visit These two renowned bands from either side www.rncm.ac.uk/summerfamilyday of the Atlantic Ocean perform their own Tickets £5 adults. Admission for children is free, by ticket programmes before sharing the platform for an only, accompanied by an adult. historic finale of brass band music. Saturday 27 June Suitable for ages 3 and above Tickets £12 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Promoted by RNCM in association with Manchester Concessions available Children’s Book Festival Promoted by Black Dyke Band Ron Sexsmith Enchanting Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith celebrates 20 years since the release Monday 29 June of his self-titled début album. Sunday 28 June 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Tickets £29.50 3pm RNCM Concert Hall No concessions Christopher Rowland www.ronsexsmith.com Promoted by Senbla Ltd RNCM Alumni RNCM Chamber Ensemble

Emily Portman Trio Portman Emily Reunion Concert of the Year Former members of the School of Vocal Studies Tonight’s competition brings together the and Opera reunite in a special gala concert winners of each of the RNCM’s chamber of much-loved opera arias and ensembles. music prizes, held over the course of the Friday 26 June An illustrious cast including sopranos Julia academic year, to compete for this prestigious 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Melinek, Anne O’Byrne, Helen Ogden, Gail

Ron Sexsmith Ron annual award. The proceeds from tonight’s Emily Portman Trio Pearson, Mary Plazas and Linda Richardson, competition go towards the Christopher Rowland mezzo-sopranos Sian Wyn Gibson, Madeleine International Masterclass Fund. Emily Portman is the 2013 holder of the Gray, Julie Mellor, Sara Louisa Parry and Kate Tickets £9 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Original Radmilovic, tenors Michael Bennett, Cato Concessions available Song, an accolade which reflects her power Fordham and Hugo Mallet, baritones Carl Promoted by RNCM to lure listeners into a complex and darkly Donohue, David Ellis and Wyn Pencarreg, and surreal netherworld, conjuring a dark and bass Richard Wiegold are joined by former brooding realm. Her ethereal voice and the RNCM student accompanists David Fisk and trio’s enchanting harmonies belie a world of Robin Humphreys. Proceeds from the concert dark storytelling, cruel deeds and sordid city will be donated to the RNCM’s Student Awards landscapes, part inspired by traditional balladry Fund, which supports the next generation of and part by rich literary sources, from the myth world-class musicians by providing scholarships of Leda and the Swan to the magical realism and bursaries. of Angela Carter. The trio, featuring Emily, Tickets £10 Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton bewitches Concessions available audiences with sirenic harmonies and haunting Promoted by David Fisk and RNCM arrangements for harp, concertina, banjo, strings and saw. Tickets £15 Concessions available www.emilyportman.co.uk Promoted by RNCM 24 25 Thursday 2 July Saturday 4 July 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room From 10.15am Various venues Mise en Scène en Mise Special Virtuosi Summer Junior RNCM Concert Performance Day Special Virtuosi musicians perform orchestral Performance Day profiles the work of the full and solo pieces in their end of Summer term range of Junior RNCM ensembles, including concert. Symphony Orchestra, Brass Band and Tickets £7 Foundation Section as well as Wind, Vocal, Concessions available Percussion and Jazz Ensembles. For full details, Promoted by Special Virtuosi CIC contact the Junior RNCM on 0161 907 5264. Wednesday 1 July Thursday 2 July Free admission, no ticket required 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by RNCM

Life Stories Mise en Scène Friday 3 July An Opera Double-Bill A Staged, Interactive and 7.30pm RNCM Theatre by Tim Benjamin Multi-sensory Triple-Bill RNCM Big Band Three centuries apart, two lives and two deaths: Berlioz, Poulenc, Vaughan Williams

lives lived well or lives wasted? Hector Berlioz Les nuits d’été with Colin Towns Colin Towns Colin We present a double-bill of new one-act operas Francis Poulenc Sinfonietta Sound and Vision by Tim Benjamin with words by Anton Chekhov Ralph Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel For our Summer Big Band show, we welcome and Anthony Peter, featuring the sensational Clark Rundell conductor back a prolific musician/composer/arranger/ voices of Taylor Wilson and James Fisher and RNCM Chamber Orchestra big band leader – Colin Towns – for a performed by Radius, creators of Emily and fascinating evening made up of two very Madame X. Saoirse Higgins, Fabrizio Cocchiarella different projects. MMU concept design co-ordinators Tickets £12 Nick Ware lighting designer The show opens with a performance of Towns’ Concessions available The Orpheus Suite which was written in 2004 Promoted by RNCM A new interactive sensory experience with for Birmingham Royal Ballet. Choreographer atmospheric effects, projections, images and David Bintley took the Orpheus story and light that will transport and enhance a unique adapted it to Duke Ellington – so the Argonauts Les theatrical concert experience of Berlioz’s were transformed into a jazz band, the original Nuits d’ete Songs of Travel , Vaughan Williams’ ship became the train that Duke and his band Sinfonietta and Poulenc’s . This is a unique used as a hotel when touring the South and the Life Stories collaboration with the art and design students snake poison became the drugs sometimes used of Manchester School of Art to reinterpret the by the musicians. works for our RNCM Concert Hall on 2 July. Colin’s second set is based on his work As rehearsals and creative ideas develop Hamburg Harbour Sound & Vision. Originally leading up to the performance, the MSoA written for the NDR Bigband, this multi-media students will reinterpret the operatic songs project is a tribute to the port of Hamburg and in immersive city interventions along the explores the city as a living organism. The transport network. This will culminate in a live RNCM Big Band will perform the piece in front theatre event with the RNCM that travels the of the backdrop of the original film, under the city transport network in collaboration with baton of the composer himself. Transport for Greater Manchester as part of the Manchester After Hours Festival on 14 May. Tickets £18 £15 Concessions available Tickets £18 www.colintowns.com Concessions available Promoted by RNCM Promoted by RNCM in association with Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University and Transport + for Greater Manchester 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Spotlight: Gravity Percussion – A World of Rhythm + Free admission, no ticket required 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Spotlight: A Different Perspective – Classical, Romantic and 20th century works adapted for Brass Quartet Free admission, no ticket required 26 27 Saturday 4 July Tuesday 7 – Thursday 9 July Tuesday 4 August 1.30pm RNCM Theatre 7.15pm RNCM Concert Hall 8pm RNCM Theatre

RNCM Concert Orchestra One Education Music Stuart McCallum Dmitri Shostakovich Festival Overture Showcase Support: Alice Zawadzki Alberto Ginastera Estancia This series of concerts showcases the musical McCallum Stuart Manchester Jazz Festival Stanley Myers Concerto for Soprano talent of local school groups and ensembles Stuart McCallum guitar Saxophone from One Education’s out-of-school activities Robin Mullarkey bass George Gershwin Strike Up the Band programme. Richard Spaven drums conductor Garry Walker Tickets £5 John Ellis keyboards Daniel Parkinson assistant conductor Concessions available + String quartet and special guest vocalists Michael Jackson saxophone Sponsored by MYhub, Manchester Youth Music Education Hub Alice Zawadzki voice, violin For this Saturday lunchtime event, the RNCM Promoted by One Education Music Alex Roth guitar Concert Orchestra is joined by RNCM alumnus Pete Lee piano, synthesizer Michael Jackson, who will perform Stanley Tom McCredie bass Myers’ swansong, a piece that demonstrated Friday 10 July Jon Scott drums the rich possibilities of symphonic jazz at the 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall + String quartet end of the 20th century. Originally written for The first of this year’s series of mjf concerts John Harle and receiving its world première in Wigan Youth Orchestra unites two fast-rising stars of the contemporary Florida in 1992, Mike contacted Harle directly UK jazz scene – artists who hold close when he was having difficulty choosing a piece This symphony orchestra is one of Wigan Music affiliations with Manchester and who have for the RNCM Concerto Competition. Harle Service’s senior ensembles, serving to provide its made the city a core part of their current artistic agreed to send over the score and saxophone members with a high quality orchestral training output. They have each chosen to enrich these part for Mike to audition with, which had been experience. performances of their recorded work with lush in storage since it was recorded in 1995 and Tickets £7 new string arrangements for mjf. hadn’t been played publicly since. Concessions available Promoted by Wigan Music Service Free admission, no ticket required Opening the evening, Alice’s love song to Promoted by RNCM Manchester, China Lane, is influenced by magic, fairytales, obsession, the whimsical, Saturday 18 July mischief, inebriation, loss, exodus and above all, 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Saturday 4 July love itself. Alice creates an atmosphere where 7pm RNCM Concert Hall listeners can sail into a place where fantasy Cantare and Greater meets reality, and where total stillness meets MacclesfieldYouth Brass Manchester Police Male night-time beats. Band Voice Choirs For the second half, Manchester’s Stuart McCallum launches his new Naim Label The combined forces of Macclesfield Youth Brass Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass album; written by McCallum and produced by Bands and Drum Corps perform a programme Gabriel Fauré Requiem in D minor Op 48 Sunday 19 July drummer, Richard Spaven, whom McCallum met including a new work by Lucy Pankhurst, Chris Roe Visions of Paradise 7.30pm RNCM Theatre playing with the Cinematic Orchestra, it moves specially commissioned to celebrate their 10th Two local choirs come together to perform away from the lush, layered loops of his last anniversary. two contrasting pieces of the choral repertoire Sun Kil Moon recording, Distilled. Tickets £5 alongside a specially commissioned work by Ex-Red House Painters’ vocalist and guitarist, Using grooves that blend contemporary jazz Concessions available emerging composer Chris Roe. Promoted by Macclesfield Youth Brass Band Mark Kozelek, returns to the UK after last year’s and bass-heavy down-tempo electronica, Tickets £15 critically acclaimed and beautifully crafted McCallum’s new work leaves your head Concessions available album, Benji. nodding and feet tapping, with its layered guitar Promoted by Cantare and Greater Manchester Police Male harmonies, synth pads and soulful vocal lines Sunday 5 July Voice Choirs Tickets £25 No concessions from some very special surprise guest vocalists. 12.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Promoted by DHP Family Tickets £15 China Xi’an High-Tech Concessions available Promoted by RNCM and Manchester Jazz Festival International School Wind + Band 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Free admission, no ticket required RNCM/mjf introduces: James Girling Quintet Promoted by Xi’an High-Tech International School Sponsored by Manchester Arndale Free admission, by ticket only 28 29 To celebrate the 20th Manchester Jazz Festival Saturday 8 August and the 10th Manchester Literature Festival, the 8pm RNCM Theatre festivals have joined forces to present the world première of a major new commission. In what Robert Glasper Trio is sure to be an unmissable festival highlight Manchester Jazz Festival Iain Ballamy three established and critically acclaimed artists Robert Glasper Robert come together for this unique, multi-media Robert Glasper piano, voice performance which combines words, music and Vicente Archer bass visual art/film to mesmerising effect. Damion Reid drums Saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy – Robert Glasper has emerged in recent years known abroad as ‘the fantastic Englishman’ as a massively influential musical force, as jazz – is internationally recognised as an original, expands its horizons for a new generation. free-thinking and uncompromising musician Pianist, bandleader, composer, producer, he producing work that is eclectic, contemporary combines the language of the jazz mainstream and unencumbered by formality and tradition. with an edgy command of the urban music Matthew Sweeney is an acclaimed Irish poet landscape. A string of recent recordings for Blue and consummate storyteller. His work is famed Note – including the Grammy-winning Black for its strong sense of noirish filmic narrative and Radio 1, have set a new benchmark for jazz in his poems for this piece are inspired by time the 21st century, featuring collaborations with spent in Manchester absorbing and reflecting hip-hop and R’n’B stars ranging from Jill Scott on its people and places. Dave McKean is an and Emeli Sandé to Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, and Common. In 2015, Glasper returns to the graphic designer and filmmaker. His work acoustic piano trio format that characterised his incorporates drawing, painting, photography, early breakthrough with a brand new recording collage and sculpture and his collaborators have that creates a dynamic and hypnotic tension included Richard Dawkins, Alice Cooper, Neil between his free-wheeling improvisation and Gaiman, Tori Amos and Michael Nyman. tight and irresistible grooves. The music – marked by Ballamy’s trademark Glasper’s rich musical journey began in lyrical and spacious melodies and warmth of Houston Texas, growing up in a household tone – is realised by an international group of where Motown, R’n’B and gospel were constant distinctive voices, including the remarkable, companions. His mother sang and played piano dazzling Norwegian virtuoso Stian Carstensen, in church, whilst indulging her love for blues and Saturday 29 August the pure-toned Swedish vocalist Mårtensson jazz around the local club circuit – soon joined and the young British Mercury contender and by her pre-teen son, who went on to study and Association of British keyboard maestro Downes. perform as a sideman with Christian McBride Choral Directors and Terence Blanchard as well as Maxwell and Thursday 6 August Tickets £17 Q-Tip. His breakthrough as a leader came with 2pm RNCM Concert Hall 8pm RNCM Concert Hall Concessions available Supported by The Foyle Foundation and Granada 2005’s recording for Blue Note, Canvas. Come and Sing with John Rutter Foundation Iain Ballamy and The Tickets £20 Singers of all ages and experience are invited Promoted by RNCM and Manchester Jazz Festival in Concessions available Pepper Street Orchestra association with Manchester Literature Festival Promoted by RNCM and Manchester Jazz Festival in to join John Rutter in an exploration of his music with Matthew Sweeney association with Serious and other favourites. + Tickets £10, Free for under 18s and Dave McKean: An 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre + Concessions available RNCM/mjf introduces: Kalakuta 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Ape’s Progress Sponsored by Manchester Arndale RNCM/mjf introduces: Nick Conn Octet Manchester Jazz Festival Free admission, by ticket only Sponsored by Manchester Arndale 7.45pm RNCM Concert Hall Free admission, by ticket only Iain Ballamy saxophones International Choral Gala Emilia Mårtensson voice An evening of choral music performed by the Kit Downes piano Academic Students’ choir of the Ural Federal Stian Carstensen accordion, banjo, pedal steel University, York University’s The 24, and Matthew Sharpe cello Cambiata North West. Matthew Sweeney poetry Tickets £20 £15 Dave McKean film, visuals Concessions available Promoted by ABCD

30 31 Saturday 6 June COMING SOON RNCM on the Road 8pm Chester Cathedral RNCM ensembles and soloists perform regularly at Joseph Haydn Symphony No 49 in F minor Thursday 15 October Tuesday 24 November prestigious venues and festivals throughout the UK. Hob I:49 ‘La Passione’ 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Over recent years, our musicians have performed at C P E Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq 22 The Bridgewater Hall, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Malcolm Arnold Concerto No 1 for flute and Colin Towns Mask Orlando Consort Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Royal Albert Hall, and strings Op 45 Orchestra La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928) at major festivals including Huddersfield, Deal, Franz Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat major The world-renowned vocal consort performs Buxton, Chester, Lichfield, and Salisbury, as well as D 485 Theatre and drama form the inspiration for providing musicians for ongoing series at Buxton a live soundtrack of 15th century music to Steffan Morris, Daniel Parkinson conductors bandleader Colin Towns’ latest project with Opera House and Nottingham Theatre Royal. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent movie, La flute his Mask Orchestra, with a line-up featuring Felix Niël, Kathryn Williams Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, depicting the trial and a who’s who of jazz’s finest alongside hand- Tickets from www.chestermusicfestival.co.uk execution of Joan of Arc. Here are the highlights of our travels this Summer: picked players of the new generation. Inspired

by and featuring original music from productions Monday 27 April The RNCM also provides musicians for regular of classic plays including One Flew over 1pm St Martin-in-the-Fields, London concert series at Emmanuel Church in Didsbury, the Cuckoo’s Nest, Equus and Macbeth, to St Ann’s Church in Manchester City Centre and contemporary work including Terry Johnson’s Wednesday 2, Friday 4, Sunday 6, Monday 7, Abbandonata Thursday 10, Saturday 12 December Whitworth Art Gallery on Oxford Road. Hysteria, this live show proceeds an album due Abbandonata – a baroque ensemble made up of for release in September. RNCM Theatre RNCM performers Cally Youdell, Matthew Fields, Didsbury Coffee Concerts Emma van Schoonhoven and Thiago Santos – Street Scene Emmanuel Church, Didsbury perform at London’s iconic St Martin-in-the-Fields as Kurt Weill Concerts take place on Saturday mornings at 11am part of a festival of Handel’s music. Friday 30 October Our December opera production is the 25 April, 9 May, 23 May, 6 June, 20 June, 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall American composer Kurt Weill’s 1946 4 July, 18 July ‘Broadway Opera’ Street Scene. Weill Saturday 30 May RNCM Symphony Orchestra considered the score his masterpiece, and 3pm Salisbury Methodist Church St Ann’s Piano Recital Series The Arts Desk describes it as ‘An exhilarating Music to include: St Ann’s Church, Manchester blend of Puccini-esque melody, bright, brassy, Sullivan Quartet Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Concerts take place on Saturday afternoons at 3pm impudent jazz, brooding blues and sparkly Alexander Scriabin Poème de l’extase Op 54 The RNCM’s Sullivan Quartet perform Dvořák’s Broadway showtunes… This is a pungent, gutsy 2 May, 9 May, 27 June Igor Stravinsky The Firebird String Quartet No 11 in this recital as part of the work of music theatre, pulsating to the relentless Aegeas Salisbury International Arts Festival. Culminating a focus on the music of Alexander rhythm of irrepressible urban life.’ St Ann’s Chamber Music Series Scriabin, our first Symphony Orchestra concert St Ann’s Church, Manchester of the year features the composer’s evocative Thursday 4 June and Saturday 6 June Concerts take place on Wednesday lunchtimes at 1pm Poem of Ecstasy in this thrilling programme of 29 April, 20 May, 10 June French and Russian masterpieces. Keep in touch with updates on RNCM International Artist www.rncm.ac.uk/whatson Diploma Artists Whitworth Art Gallery with Manchester Camerata RNCM/Gina Miller Series Saturday 31 October The RNCM’s annual showcase at the MBNA Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road 7.30pm RNCM Theatre Chester Music Festival, featuring the RNCM’s Concerts take place on Sunday afternoons at 3pm top conductors and International Artist Diploma 26 April, 10 May, 24 May, 14 June RNCM Big Band soloists.

Directed by Mike Hall, the RNCM Big Band pays tribute to the American jazz legend Billy Looking for musicians? Thursday 4 June Strayhorn in his centenary year. The RNCM’s Professional Engagements team 8pm Chester Cathedral co-ordinates a large number of engagements on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No 26 behalf of music societies, clubs, companies and in E flat major K 184/161a; Piano Concerto No 24 individuals throughout the year. Performances in C minor K 491; Piano Concerto No 23 in A range from formal recitals, soloists for choral major K 488; Symphony No 36 in C major K 425 societies and for concertos, through to background Harish Shankar, Jan Wierzba conductors music for weddings and events, and incorporate Alexander Panfilov, Denis Zhdanov piano a wide range of styles from classical to jazz. Contact the Professional Engagements Team on 0161 907 5352 or [email protected] for further details. 32 33 Support the RNCM RNCM Postgraduate Research Forums On 31 January, John Wilson and friends Student Final Recitals performed the third ‘Piano Spectacular’ concert Various Venues at the RNCM in support of the John Wilson Junior Fellowship in Friends are warmly invited to attend the final Come along for some refreshing mental stimulation, Accompaniment. We raised over £12,000, which recitals of the following outstanding students. RNCM Engage is the Royal Northern College of hopefully in an area of musical activity that you goes directly to supporting talented young students may not be that familiar with yet. Research Forums Friday 15 May 5.05pm Music’s Learning and Participation programme, of piano accompaniment. are FREE and open to the public; RNCM staff and Rosanna Harris (UK, soprano) and the training ground for its students, in creative guest speakers give presentations on an aspect of Piano accompaniment is a crucial and highly Thursday 21 May 3pm and professional practice. It provides opportunities their work - whether it’s musicological, creative, specialist area of expertise which benefits students Michaela Parry (UK, soprano) for engagement with music, for people of all ages educational, music-psychological or other kinds of from all areas of the conservatoire, from auditions Wednesday 27 May 3.30pm and with tastes for all types of music, and supports research. The talks last about 45 minutes and then and classes to final assessed recitals. The Junior Mikhail Nemtsov (Russia, cello) the development of the next generation of dynamic the floor is open for questions and discussion. Fellowship supports accompanists at a most Wednesday 27 May 4.40pm music educators. RNCM Engage brings together vulnerable time, when they are stepping out of Abel Selaocoe (South Africa, cello) students, professional artists, and community and This Summer, we’ll be exploring: full-time conservatoire education and working to Thursday 28 May 5.10pm business leaders to exchange and develop ideas, establish their career. This is a time when talent Alexander Mitchell (UK, viola) and to reach out to new and increasingly diverse Wednesday 25 March is easily lost to us, as young people struggle audiences. 5.15pm Forman Lecture Theatre to balance generating an income with gaining Free admission. RSVP [email protected] experience, making connections and honing their or call 0161 907 5338. Booking essential Dr Emily Howard (RNCM) and skills. Dr Matthew Sergeant (RNCM) Saturday 30 May Learning and If you were not able to attend the concert but would m62: From Liverpool to Leeds via Paris still like to donate to the Fund, please contact 5.30pm RNCM Theatre Participation [email protected] or call 0161 907 5338. Tango Siempre The Learning and Participation team engages with Wednesday 22 April the RNCM’s wider community through a year- 5.15pm Forman Lecture Theatre Tango Siempre are the UK’s leading tango round programme of events including an annual company. Since 1998 they have toured projects Dr Michelle Castelletti (RNCM) Children’s Opera Project, Family Days which are that range from traditional tango dance shows held termly, and the Youth Perform musical theatre Re-discovered = Re-constructed = Re-born to vibrant collaborations with orchestras, group which runs on Wednesday evenings and is Mahler’s 10th Symphony contemporary dance companies and internationally a low-cost, non-audition group for all young people acclaimed jazz musicians. Ahead of the evening’s of secondary school age. In addition the Learning performance in the RNCM Theatre, join Tango and Participation team designs bespoke projects for Wednesday 29 April Siempre at the end of their afternoon rehearsal 5.15pm Forman Lecture Theatre a range of community groups and is always happy in the RNCM Theatre and learn more about what to discuss new ideas. drives their distinctive, collaborative, colourful Dr David Vickers (RNCM) style. Friends are invited to enter the Theatre from To find out more about any of our projects Handel’s Last Prima Donna: Rediscovering and 5.30pm to watch the group work. Rehearsal will contact Fiona Stuart on 0161 907 5281 or Exploring the Repertoire of Giulia Frasi finish at 6pm, when Tango Siempre will greet [email protected] or visit Friends and chat informally until 6.30pm. www.rncm.ac.uk/communityoutreach. Wednesday 6 May Free admission, by ticket only The RNCM Learning and Participation team is 4pm Forman Lecture Theatre Tickets available from the RNCM Box Office. grateful for the support of the Eric and Margaret Kinder Charitable Trust. Research Students’ Symposium RNCM Friends Monday 29 June 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Events Wednesday 13 May Christopher Rowland 4pm Forman Lecture Theatre Wednesday 29 April 2pm Carole Nash Recital Room Chamber Ensemble of the Research Students’ Symposium Stephen Hough Piano Clinic Year Award Wednesday 20 May Join students from the School of Keyboard Studies Meet the Panel 4pm Forman Lecture Theatre as they are coached by the RNCM International Winners of the year’s chamber music competitions Chair in Piano Studies, who himself studied at the come together to compete for the RNCM Chamber Research Students’ Symposium RNCM. Stephen Hough is now a world-renowned Ensemble of the Year Award on Monday 29 poet, painter, thinker and writer, as well as June. From piano duos to brass quintets, this is an Open to all, free admission, no ticket required. distinguished concert pianist. invitation to RNCM Friends to meet the panel and You can read more about these sessions at Free admission, by ticket only. Tickets available from the to find what they are looking for in the winners, www.rncm.ac.uk/researchforums RNCM Box Office. and what makes a great chamber ensemble. Free admission, by ticket only. Tickets for Friends Events and for the Christopher Rowland Chamber Music Prize are available from the RNCM Box Office.

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B5 A 11 A29 Flexible Series Large print and audio C4 B 11 B29 Booking online D4 C 11 C29 www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on Save 15% or more on your tickets by creating versions of this brochure E4 D 11 D29 F3 your own flexible series. Simply choose at least 3 are available from E 11 E29 concerts you’d like to attend (marked with logo). G3 F 11 F29 Booking by phone H2 0161 907 5555 or G 11 G29 J2 H 11 H29 0161 907 5555 K1 Sonic Manchester [email protected] J 11 J29 L1 Sonic Manchester is a free scheme for students K 11 K29 Guide dogs are welcome, please inform the M1 Booking in person or by post L 11 L29 run by the RNCM, The Bridgewater Hall, BBC N1 Box Office when booking your ticket. The M 11 M29 Box Office, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata. It gives P1 RNCM Concert Hall and RNCM Theatre N 11 N29 Manchester M13 9RD students the opportunity to buy tickets to a diverse Q are fitted with hearing assistance systems P 11 P29 range of concerts from as little as £3. (NB Tickets R1 and receivers (available from the Front of Q 11 Q29 S2 Booking Fees are subject to availability and prices may vary House team on request). Receivers can be R 11 R29 depending on the event.) For more information T3 S 11 S29 A booking fee of £1 per ticket applies to most used in conjunction with a standard hearing U2 and to sign up for the latest offers, please visit T29 transactions. No booking fee applies to tickets aid in the ‘T’ position or an earpiece www.facebook.com/sonicmanchester. U29 bought in person at the Box Office. provided. The RNCM Studio Theatre, Lower Hall Carole Nash Recital Room and Forman Upper Hall

Payment Email & Mailing List Lecture Theatre are fitted with induction Balcony loops (hearing aids should be switched to Payment can be made by cash, Mastercard, Visa Keep in touch with events at the RNCM by joining Oglesby Balcony our free mailing list for regular updates. Sign up the ‘T’ position). Free parking is available or Maestro. RNCM Concert Hall planPlatform Seats at www.rncm.ac.uk/mailinglist or contact the Box for disabled patrons, reserve your space Stage Seats Enquiries by email Office for details. with reception on 0161 907 5300. Please contact the Box Office or visit [email protected] RNCM Historic Instrument www.rncm.ac.uk/access for detailed access information. N1 M1 Box Office Opening Hours Collection STAGE How to find us 11am - 6pm Monday to Saturday The RNCM Historic Instrument Collection is C1 B1 The RNCM is located on the corner of D1 (later on performance nights) located in the basement of the Library part of the Additional stage seats College building (to the left of the main entrance Oxford Road and Booth Street West. E1 Sunday 1 hour before performances on Booth Street West). It can be accessed using Oxford Road connects the RNCM by bus F1 (closed on non-performance Sundays) to the City Centre, Piccadilly and Victoria the staircase behind the Box Office or by the lift G1 A 18 train stations. Oxford Road station is a 15 A 11 U1 For full terms and conditions visit situated opposite the RNCM Library. Summer 2015 B 21 B 13 T1 www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on/terms opening hours can be found at minute walk away. Go to www.tfgm.com C24 C 15 D28 or contact the Box Office. www.rncm.ac.uk/instrumentcollection for details of public transport in the Greater GG1 D 17 E28 Manchester area. E 16 Artists and programmes are correct at the time of F28 F 15 G29 Concessions going to press and we reserve the right to change G 14 Concessions are available for events where the artists and/or programmes without notice if Parking RNCM is the promoter. For all other events please necessary. (1) The RNCM car park is located next H1 H 17 I1 I 17 contact the Box Office for precise details of to the College in the basement of the Sir We aim to deliver a quality events programme J1 J 17 L27 concessions as they vary according to the event with efficient and courteous service. If you have Charles Groves Hall of Residence, off K1 K 17 P1 L1 promoter. All concessions are subject to availability any comments please contact Head of Marketing Rosamund Street West. Open from 5pm Q1 and it is advisable to book well in advance to & Communications, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, weekday evenings and anytime over ensure the seats you require are available. Please Manchester M13 9RD. weekends and bank holidays, costing R1 £3.50 (payable on entry). Closes at S1 note that proof of concession will be required. For P 11 P23 further details please check with the Box Office or 11.30pm. Q10 Q23 Lower Hall visit www.rncm.ac.uk/discounts Artistic Proposals R9 R23 (2) The University of Manchester Booth S23 We are always interested to hear your suggestions Upper Hall Street car park is situated off Booth Street for future programming. If you have an artistic Balcony Ticket Exchange & Refunds West. Open 6am - midnight. proposal you would like us to consider, please Lower Hall Oglesby Balcony Exchanges may only be made under current email Richard Collins, Programming Manager, at (3) The Aquatics Centre car park is situated Upper Hall Platform Seats guidelines. Contact the Box Office or visit www. [email protected] off Booth Street East. Open 6am - 11pm. Balcony Stage Seats rncm.ac.uk/exchanges for full details. Refunds are only made in the case of a cancelled performance. Oglesby Balcony www.rncm.ac.uk/seatingplansPlatform Seats M1 N1 Stage Seats STAGE 36 37 C1 B1

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R9 R23 S23 The CAROLE NASH RECITAL ROOM is a stunning Brodsky Looking for a shoebox venue which has up to 110 seats in Eating and a Theatre Style configuration. The room has We’d like to recommend that you book your table a wonderful acoustic making it a great venue in Brodsky should you wish to dine pre-concert as venue? for small-scale performances as well as being Drinking at the the restaurant can be fully booked. To reserve a The RNCM has a wide selection of excellent a beautiful room for conferences and catering table, please call 0161 907 5353 or 5252. purpose-built spaces to hire for every type of receptions. It is equipped with one private dressing RNCM event, performance or conference. Following a room, projector, screen and a small lighting rig. £7.1 million refurbishment project completed in There are refreshment facilities available at the Afternoon Tea November 2014, our largest spaces have now The FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE has a 150 RNCM with the Café, Brodsky Restaurant and Bar been revitalised with excellent back of house capacity and has been completely updated and the Concert Bar offering a range of fresh, Having enjoyed a lunchtime concert, why not facilities and the latest technical set−up including a following the refurbishment project. It comes home cooked and locally sourced food from just a treat yourself to afternoon tea in Brodsky? Priced new lighting rig and sound equipment. equipped with projector, screen and is ideal for coffee and a pastry to a three course meal. at £9.95 per person, afternoon tea is available pre-concert talks, discussions and presentations. Monday – Friday and must be pre-booked. Please During term time, Monday to Friday, the Café is call 0161 907 5353 or 5252. open from 8am until the interval on performance The RNCM also has a wide range of smaller Our venues: nights; Brodsky is open from 11am with last food spaces suitable for social functions, events, dinners, orders at 7pm and the Concert Bar is open from The RNCM CONCERT HALL has been completely rehearsals or conferences. refurbished with additional seating capacity, 5pm until 11pm. Hospitality at the RNCM air conditioning, new interior and an updated The RNCM can also provide catering for social For dates and rates regarding performances, On Junior School days during term time the Café is technical fit out. The new space has a variety of functions, events, dinners, training events, meetings workshops and public events, please contact open from 8am until 3.30pm or until the interval of flexible options for your event with layouts including and conferences in our venues. Please contact Paul Cobban on 0161 907 5289 or the evening performance. At other times the Café 445 capacity seating on Level One, 610 capacity our Conference and Catering Team on [email protected] or visit is open one hour prior to the performance time seating with our new Balcony and Oglesby 0161 907 5353 or [email protected] www.rncm.ac.uk/hire until the interval for events in the Concert Hall or Balcony open, or even up to 730 capacity seating for further details. Theatre. with a reduced stage size for amplified bands and For conference and catering enquiries, please small ensembles (NB – please speak to our Events contact our Conference and Catering Team on During vacations the Concert Bar opens one hour Manager for further details about the 730 layout). 0161 907 5353 or [email protected] prior to the performance time. This unique octagonal performance space also Outside term time and at weekends opening hours contains a Hradetsky Four Manual Concert Organ, are dependent upon the performance programme. a variety of dressing room spaces suitable for very Please call 0161 907 5353 or 5252 or visit large ensembles and a private soloists’ room, a www.rncm.ac.uk/brodsky for full details of menus separate lighting box area, new discrete multicore and opening hours. runs and fly motors for ease of rigging equipment, all with easy access for a flat floor load−in and Brodsky and the Concert Bar are Cask Marque accredited. parking for buses and trucks. All food items and menus are subject to availability. The RNCM THEATRE boasts one of the largest black box stages in Manchester with ample wing space, orchestra pit, lighting box area and space for a sound desk in addition to the seated capacity. Along with these features, it also benefits from the newly refurbished backstage area including access to all the new dressing room spaces, technical equipment and loading area. There are 607 seats in the Theatre with an option to place additional audience seating over the orchestra pit, taking the total maximum capacity to 657 seats.

The RNCM STUDIO THEATRE is a flexible black box space which has an audience capacity of up to 140 seats. The space is equipped with projector, screen and a flexible lighting rig, suitable for a variety of events from theatre to talks to music performances. It has two private dressing rooms attached to the space and can be configured in a variety of set-ups from Theatre Style, Cabaret or even In The Round.

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