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‘What’s on?’ a round-up of classical, jazz & world music events in Norwich and area September 2017 to April 2018

At a Glance : September 2017 to April 2018 : At a Glance

Month by month listing for easy reference. You can also For extra events and updates, follow the Music in see upcoming concerts at www.musicinnorwich.org.uk Norwich blog on the website www.musicinnorwich.org.uk and download a pdf version. or Twitter @musicinnorwich SEPTEMBER 2017 page OCTOBER 2017 page 2 Norwich Baroque : Norwich Cathedral : 24 2 UEA Choir & Chamber Choir Auditions : UEA Music Bach's Brandenburg Concertos : 7.30pm Centre, UEA Campus : 1pm–7.30pm 42 6 Organ Recital Ashley Grote : Norwich Cathedral : 7pm 30 2 UEA Symphony Orchestra Auditions : UEA Music Centre, 9 Voice Project : Women’s Voices : The Chapel : 10.30am 48 UEA Campus : 3pm-8pm 43 12 Voice Project : Sing Up : Friends Meeting House : 7.30 48 3 Voice Project : Sing Up : Friends Meeting House : 7.30 48 12 Voice Project : Reading Music : Fds Meeting Hse : 7.30 49 3 Voice Project : Reading Music : Fds Meeting Hse : 7.30 49 16 Voice Project : Harmony : Friends Meeting House: 10.30am 49 5 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 16 Academy St Thomas : Finlay McEwen : Hingham : 7.30 8 5 The Bach Players : Octagon Chapel : 7.30pm 13 19 Voice Project : Sing Up : Friends Meeting House, 6 Voice Project : Tuning In : Inner Space : 10am 49 Lower Goat Lane, Norwich : 7.30pm 48 7 St Peter Mancroft : Song Recital : 1pm 32 19 Voice Project : Reading Music : Friends Meeting House, 7 Mozart Orchestra : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30pm 19 Lower Goat Lane, Norwich : 7.30pm 49 8 NNCM : Pavel Haas Quartet : John Innes Centre : 3pm 20 21 Organ Recital A. Richards : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 10 Voice Project : Winter Project Taster: Friends Meeting 23 Norwich School of Music Open Day : Norwich Cathedral House, Lower Goat Lane, Norwich : 7.30pm 50 Close 9.30am-12.30pm 31 13 Voice Project : Tuning In : Inner Space : 10am 49 23 Raynham Recitals : Pater Filiusque : Raynham Hall : 6.30 34 14 St Peter Mancroft : Piano Recital : 1pm 36 24 Raynham Recitals : Jacob Cordover : Raynham Hall : 3.30 34 14 NNCM : Kuss Quartet : John Innes : 7.30pm 21 26 Voice Project : Sing Up : Friends Meeting House : 7.30pm 48 15 Academy of St. Thomas : St. Andrew’s Hall : 3pm 9 26 Voice Project : Reading Music : Fds Meeting Hse : 7.30pm 49 18 Organ Recital J. Challenger : Norwich Cathedral : 7pm 30 29 UEA Choir & Chamber Choir Auditions : 20 Voice Project : Tuning In : Inner Space : 10am 49 UEA Music Centre, UEA Campus : 11am–5.30pm 42 21 St Peter Mancroft : Thomas Browne Day Concert : 1pm 36 29 UEA Symphony Orchestra Auditions : UEA Music Centre 21 Norwich Baroque : Princes Street United Reformed Church 25 UEA Campus : 12-6pm 43 22 St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra : Theatre Royal : 7.30pm 41 29 Voice Project : Tuning In : Inner Space : 10am 49 28 St Peter Mancroft : Fitzalan Consort : 1pm 37 30 NNCM : Padmore & Fellner : John Innes : 7.30pm 20 28 NNCM : Vienna Piano Trio : John Innes Centre : 7.30pm 21

NOVEMBER 2017 page DECEMBER 2017 continued page

4 Norwich Philharmonic : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30pm 28 10 UEA : European Christmas : St George's Church : 6.30pm 44 8 Britten Sinfonia : St Andrew’s Hall : Elder conducts 14 14 UEA Choirs : Christmas Concert : St John the Baptist Brahms : 7.30pm RC Cathedral, Earlham Road Norwich : 7.30pm 45 9 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 15 Norwich Cathedral Choir : Norwich Cathedral : 7.30pm 25 11 Cathedral Choir & Players : Norwich Cathedral : 7.30pm 28 19 Norwich Phil Christmas Concert : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30 28 14 Norwich Baroque Friends’ Eve : Maddermarket : 7.30pm 25 23 Norwich Baroque : Norwich Cathedral : Messiah : 7.30 26/29 14 Glyndebourne Cosi Fan Tutte : Theatre Royal : 7.15pm 40 23 Viva Voce Singers : St Peter Mancroft : 7.30pm 43 15 Glyndebourne Il Barbiere di Siviglia : Theatre Royal : 7.15pm 40 16 Organ Recital J. Kealey : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 26 JANUARY 2018 page 16 Glyndebourne Cosi Fan Tutte : Theatre Royal : 2pm 40 1 Organ Recital Ashley Grote : Norwich Cathedral : 11am 26 17 Glyndebourne Hamlet : Theatre Royal : 7.15pm 40 11 Organ Recital L. Aramendi : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 26 18 St Peter Mancroft : Organ Recital : 1pm 37 11 Assembly House : Joanna MacGregor piano : 7.30pm 12 18 Glyndebourne Il Barbiere di Siviglia : Theatre Royal : 7.15 36 13 25th Norfolk Young Musicians Competition : 8 18 Viva Voce Singers : St Peter Mancroft : 7.30pm 47 John Innes Centre 18 NNCM : Imogen Cooper : John Innes Centre : 7.30pm 21 14 Michael Badminton Trust : Alexander Baillie Cello Recital : 19 Norwich Philharmonic : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30pm 28 John Innes Centre : 3pm 9 23 UEA : Dvorák & Elgar : St Andrew's Hall : 7.30pm 44 14 Organ Recital G. Inscoe : Norwich Cathedral : 6.30pm 26 24 Britten Sinfonia: St Andrew’s Hall : At Lunch One : 1pm 15 20/21 NNCM : Beethoven Piano Trios : John Innes Centre 22 24 EU Chamber Orchestra : Theatre Royal : 7.30 pm 41 25 St Peter Mancroft : Organ Recital : 1pm 33 20 NNCM : Gould Piano Trio : John Innes Centre : 7.30pm 22 25 Keswick Hall Choir : Bach : St Peter Mancroft : 7.30pm 17 20 Voice Project : Winter Project Performance 45 28 NNCM : Vienna Piano Trio : John Innes Centre : 7.30pm 17 21 NNCM : Gould Piano Trio : John Innes Centre : 11.30am 18 30 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 26 21 NNCM : Gould Piano Trio : John Innes Centre : 3pm 18 25 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 DECEMBER 2017 page 26 Britten Sinfonia : St Andrew’s Hall : At Lunch Two : 1pm 15 2 St Peter Mancroft : Young Musicians Concert : 1pm 33 27 NNCM : Quatuor Ebene : John Innes Centre : 7.30pm 22 9 Norwich Philharmonic : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30pm 28 27 Norwich Baroque : Norwich Central Baptist Church, 10 NNCM : John Innes Centre : 3pm 21 Duke Street : 7.30pm 26 At a Glance : September 2017 to April 2018 : At a Glance At a Glance : September 2017 to April 2018 : At a Glance

FEBRUARY 2018 page About Art in Norwich 1 Organ Recital D. Hobourn : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 3 Norwich Phil: Alexander Ullman : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30 29 Rembrandt: Lightening the Darkness : Norwich Castle : 21 October to 7 January ‘18 Russian Season: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts : 14 October to 11 February ‘18 FREE 10 NNCM : Francesco Piemontesi : John Innes Centre : 7.30 23 Paint Out Norwich : Hostry Festival : Norwich Cathedral : 19 to 28 October ‘17 GUIDE Dozens more exhibitions at galleries & studios in Norwich and Norfolk 15 Assembly House, Theatre Street : Alauda String Quartet 12 Olive Edis photographs Norwich Castle 18 NNCM : Haffner Wind Ensemble : John Innes Centre : 3pm 23 ART IN NORWICH

a round-up of visual art exhibitions 22 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 August ‘17 to March ‘18 and events in Norwich and beyond 24 Keswick Hall Choir : Baltic Stars : Princes' St URC : 7.30pm 18 MARCH 2018 page Music in Norwich is produced by Culture Shift as a companion to Art in Norwich, a roundup of visual 2 Britten Sinfonia : St Andrew’s Hall : Rhapsody in Blue : 7.30pm 16 art exhibitions in Norwich. 3 Academy of St Thomas : St Andrew’s Hall, 7.30pm 9 8 Organ Recital Neil Wright : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 You can find a downloadable pdf of Art in Norwich 8 The Bach Players : Stabat Mater : Octagon Chapel : 7.30pm 13 on www.artinnorwich.org.uk or printed copies 9 UEA Symphony Orchestra : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30pm 45 around the city. The autumn edition covers 11 UEA Chamber Choir : St George’s Church : 6.30pm 46 August 2017-March 2018. 17 NNCM : Tolga Atalay Ün : John Innes Centre : 7.30pm 23 17 Norwich Philharmonic : St Andrew’s Hall : 7.30pm 29 More information about Culture Shift can found 22 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 30 at www.theshiftnorwich.org.uk, where there is 24 Norwich Baroque : Norwich Cathedral : 7.30pm 26/29 an overview of Norwich culture and other useful information. APRIL 2018 page You can also sign up for culture updates 2 Organ Recital David Dunnett : Norwich Cathedral : 11am 30 via Culture Shift on the website. 14 Norwich Baroque : Pictures at an Exhibition : 7.30pm 27 20 Britten Sinfonia : St Andrew’s Hall : At Lunch Three : 1pm 16 For information and downloadable files and updates 21 NNCM : Elias & Navarra Quartets : John Innes : 7.30pm 23 see www.musicinnorwich.org.uk and follow 26 Making Musicians : Norwich Cathedral : 1.10pm 26 @musicinnorwich @norwichcultcity 28 Keswick Hall Choir : Cathedral Church St John : 7.30pm 18 @artinnorwich About Music in Norwich This programme is the result of a collaboration between a number of organisations who promote classical, jazz and world music. The aim is to gather music listings in one place so that they are easy to find and also to offer an overview of performances throughout the year. The Music in Norwich group is a self-supporting partnership of music organisations that are active and promoting music in Norwich and the surrounding area. We hope you will keep this booklet safe as it covers six months’ programming. Because of space limitations and lots Do you love to sing? going on, concert details are brief but you can find out more There are lots of opportunities to get involved in from individual organisations’ websites – see page 55 for music and not just listen to others play and sing venue and contact details and also where to buy tickets - - have a look at the Voice Project's singing and Theatre Royal Box Office and St George's Music Shop are the voice courses led by Sian Croose and Jon Baker main outlets as well as Ticketsource for online bookings. - September brings a new term of workshops for Please also visit our website www.musicinnorwich.org.uk experienced and novice singers plus the chance to where you can download a pdf of this programme and find take part in their Winter Project starting in October out more about Music in Norwich partners. Sign up to the with a taster on 10 October - see pages 48-50. blog for music updates and extra events to your inbox.

Important: All information is subject to change - please check Music in Norwich is designed, edited and published by Marion with individual organisations or venues before travelling. Catlin, Culture Shift Norwich www.theshiftnorwich.org.uk. Errors and omissions excepted, info is checked as well as www.musicinnorwich.org.uk possible before printing but cannot be guaranteed. email: [email protected] There will be a new edition in April 2018-September 2018 If you require copies to display or would like to include content Cover image : Navarra Quartet in future editions please email [email protected] Note from the editor: And finally, Sistema in Norwich has a new musical direction A new season starts this autumn team; Juan Gabriel Rojas who learnt violin with El Sistema with more high-quality work from in Venezuela and his partner Firdevs Eke who is a pianist musicians based in Norfolk and further and composer. They will be a huge boost to the musical afield. There are also some exciting development of Sistema in Norwich and already the children introductions to make. are benefitting from their experience. They will be playing at St Peter Mancroft Music at 1pm on Saturday 21 October so Theatre Royal Norwich has a new CEO, the dynamic Stephen come and hear them play, and say hello (see page 39). Crocker. Stephen has moved from Manchester taking over from Peter Wilson who successfully steered the theatre It is great to welcome them all to Norwich and I hope that for many years. A renovation in 2007 included an upgrade their stay here will be long, fruitful and happy. which made Theatre Royal a premier venue for music and I am also delighted to be able to say that I have been Stephen is keen to develop the music programme there. nominated for an award in the Business and the Arts Alison Corfield has come over the border from Lincolnshire category of the Norfolk Arts Awards for the production of to be the new head of the Music Service and Music Hub. Music in Norwich and Art in Norwich, and other work that She has been here a few months now and is building a team I do with individuals and arts organisations to help them around her, working to develop music education across to thrive artistically and become financially viable. It is Norfolk - we look forward to hearing the results! great for this work to be recognised and hope that it will lead to wider circulation, bigger audiences and more profile Celebrating his 80th birthday this year, in style, Roger Rowe for all of us. Plus it gives me a glow of satisfaction to be has handed over the organising reins of the Norfolk & Norwich nominated alongside so many hard-working people who Chamber Music Club to a number of people (which just goes make a big difference to the arts in Norfolk. The awards will to show how much he was doing) including Andrew Bulman be announced on Friday 20 October at a ceremony as part of as Chair and Misha Donat as programmer. Roger is not the Hostry Festival - so fingers crossed! sitting back on his laurels though and as well as his Park Lane Chapel Concerts, he is programming a series of recitals The Hostry Festival has a programme of music as well as at the Assembly House (see page 12) so expect to see some performances of dance, theatre, visual art and lots more this exciting work coming up there in the new year. autumn so check out www.hostryfestival.org.uk for details. FESTIVALS IN NORWICH NORFOLK MUSIC LIBRARY FRIENDS www.normuslibfriends.wordpress.com Helping to improve music lending in the county NorwichAssembly is a city House of culture with an all-year-round series of festivals and events as well as music concerts. There are over 100 amateur music making organisations in the county which regularly borrow sets of sheet music 14 to 17 September 2017 from the Norfolk Library Service. The cost is modest The Noirwich Crime Writing Festival and allows them to perform a wide range of works that An annual four-day celebration bringing together would otherwise be inaccessible. superstar crime authors, exciting new talent and fans Due to budget cuts, this service is in danger of being of all things crime fiction. www.noirwich.co.uk axed. This will have severe implications for amateur music making in the county, and would be a big blow to 14 to 17 September 2017 players, audiences and communities. Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth A weekend of free outdoor arts and circus fun in the A major initiative has been launched to try to save the service. This is in two parts: Borough's seaside hotspot. www.seachangearts.org.uk • raising money to keep the service going for 15 to 29 October 2017 another year Norfolk Music Library Friends Hostry Festival, Norwich Cathedral • looking at alternative ways that the service can Annual autumn festival of multiple art forms, celebrating be run, perhaps with other county libraries. local artists and performers. www.hostryfestival.org 11 to 27 May 2018 It only needs £100 from every music group or other donations to achieve the first target. The second target Norfolk & Norwich Festival is to form a properly constituted but independent The flagship international arts festival for the East of Friends Group to explore the current arrangement, England with a reputation for innovative and inspirational investigate alternatives and make recommendations. programming and commissioning. If you can help please register your interest at www.nnfestival.org.uk Photo Stromm by Richard Shashamané [email protected]. Send a link to the website to anyone you know who will be interested; For more, see www.theshiftnorwich.org.uk or add Google Consider what volunteering or fundraising might be calendar of festivals and major events http://bit.ly/2vw0tml possible from your group, family or friends. 7 Academy of St Thomas Concerts www.academyofstthomas.com Saturday 16 September 2017, 7.30pm St Andrew’s Church, Hingham, Norfolk NR9 4HP Programme to include: Rossini Italian Girl in Algiers Schubert Symphony No.3 Glazunov Saxophone Concerto Arnold Serenade for small orchestra Finlay McEwen saxophone Matthew Andrews conductor

supported by Hingham History Centre & St Andrew’s Heritage Fund Academy of St Thomas Christopher Adey

The Academy of St Thomas was founded in 1973 and has been promoting high calibre concerts in the region ever since. The players of the Academy are drawn from professional musicians and peripatetic teachers who donate their talents in order to play in a high-standard orchestra. Concerts have been acclaimed for their high professional standards and exhilarating performances under the direction of conductor Christopher Adey. Follow us on Twitter @ASTNorwich Finn McEwen 8 John Anderson Sunday 15 October 2017, 3pm www.academyofstthomas.com St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Strauss Oboe Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.2 in D major Poulenc Sinfonietta John Anderson oboe Christopher Adey conductor

Sponsored by Jerry Plummer of Plummer Associates

Saturday 3 March 2018, 7.30pm St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich Beethoven Violin Concerto Amaury Coeytaux violin Christopher Adey conductor Academy of St Thomas Following his stunning performance of the Brahms’ Violin Concerto last year, the AST is delighted to welcome back Amaury to play the wonderful violin Amaury Coeytaux concerto by Beethoven. Tickets for all concerts available in person or by ‘His poetic interpretation of the established classic phone from St George’s Music Shop, 01603 626414 delighted the audience. Shaping every phrase with and online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/ast unhurried delicacy and without the least touch of Follow us on Twitter: @ASTNorwich flamboyance, he conveyed a sustained mood of Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/ASTNorwich meditative reflection throughout’. EDP Oct 2016 www.academyofstthomas.com 9

Opportunity for young musicians 25th NORFOLK YOUNG MUSICIAN Saturday 13th January 2018 Adjudicator Alexander Baillie John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich Badminton Prize - £150 for most promising young string player Mrs E Sturgeon Prize - £150 for most promising young pianist Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Prize - £150 for most promising wind player Three Cash Prizes - £200 £150 £100 Closing date for applications 15th December 2017 Applicati on forms and details from www.academyofststhomas/trust or email [email protected] e Michael Badminton Young Musicians Trust was established in 1998 by Michael Badminton to support talented young string players in Norfolk. Since his death in August 1999 the Trust has supported a number of young players with help with tuition costs, loans of instruments and assistance to attend courses both here and abroad. For details of the Trust, please contact Jonathan Wortley at jonathan.wortley@ho wespercival.com Michael Badminton Y M T Norfolk Young Musicians Trust 20 20th Anniversary Benefit Concert years

Sunday 14 January 3pm John Innes Centre Alexander Baillie cello recital

Recognised internationally as one of the finest cellists of his generation, Alexander Baillie will perform a cello recital in aid of the Norwich-based Michael Badminton Norfolk Young Musicians Trust to mark 20 years of the Trust’s support of young string players in Norfolk.

For further details of this recital visit www.academyofstthomas.com/trust Tickets from St George’s Music shop or www.ticketsource.co.uk www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk Assembly House Music 12

or call the promoter promoter the call or Joanne MacGregor Alauda String Quartet Albion String Quartet

ák SQ No 12 Op96 American ř www.albionquartet.com For more information, to be notified when tickets go on sale or to reserve tickets advance, in please email [email protected] - Iain Lowery on 07786940878 www.soundcircus.com 1pm February 2018, Thursday 15 ALAUDA STRING QUARTET Mendelssohn SQ Op 44/3 Beethoven Op 59/3 Razumovsky www.alaudaquartet.com 1pm Thursday 22 March 2018, ALBION STRING QUARTET Dvo Classical Concerts 2018 Concerts Classical 1pm 2018, January 11 Thursday PIANO MACGREGOR, JOANNA Agentinas Danzas Ginasteras Mazurkas Chopin Mazurkas Six Beethoven Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata Schubert Quartet No 13 D804 Rosamunde

chamber groups. the best up-and-coming UK-based solo musicians and the best up-and-coming Assembly House Music Room, showcasing some of Assembly House Music Room, monthly lunchtime classical concerts in the stunning monthly lunchtime classical New for 2018 Assembly House Classical - a series of New for 2018 live concerts, lectures and other activities. live concerts, lectures and House has played host to a wide range of art exhibitions, House has played host to Throughout the years the beautiful Georgian Assembly Throughout the years the NR2 1RQ. Tel: 01603 626402 01603 NR2 1RQ. Tel: The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, The Assembly House is open from 10am to 6pm from 10am The Assembly House is open

Tuesday to Saturday, and admission to the house is free. to Saturday, Tuesday Assembly House Music House Assembly Concerts The Bach Players Thursday 5 October 2017, 7.30pm www. thebachplayers.org.uk SOUND THE TRUMPET! The Bach Players at 20! This festive programme marks the 20th anniversary year of The Bach Players. J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.2, BWV1047 Wedding Cantata ‘Weichet nur betrübte Schatten’, BWV202 Concerto in A Major for oboe d’amore, BWV1055 Octagon Chapel, Cantata ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’, BWV 51 Colegate Rachel Elliott soprano, Adrian Woodward trumpet The Bach Players is a collective of world-class musicians James Eastaway oboe, Inga Maria Klaucke recorder/bassoon, drawn together by their passion for the music of J.S. Bach. Nicolette Moonen violin/director, Oliver Webber violin, They perform on original instruments and explore the Rachel Stott viola, Olaf Reimers cello, Silas Wollston relationship between Bach’s music, work by the European harpsichord/organ. composers who inspired him, and the music of his Thursday 8 March 2018, 7.30pm contemporaries. The Bach Players BOCCHERINI STABAT MATER All Norwich concerts are at the fantastic Octagon Chapel - well worth a visit. The Bach Players also perform Boccherini’s Stabat Mater, punctuated by movements regularly at St John’s Church, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, from Haydn’s Seven last words. London NW3 1NU Rachel Elliott soprano, Nicolette Moonen violin, Tickets for concerts are £17.50, £12.50, £5 students Anna Curzon violin, Anne Schumann viola, (on the door), under 18s free. Tickets available online George Ross cello, Kinga Gáborjáni cello at www.ticketsource.co.uk/thebachplayers or from For more information visit www.thebachplayers.org.uk St George’s Music Shop, 17-19 St George’s Street, Norwich, tel 01603 626414 or on the door. Sponsored by Aude Gotto presents 13 Britten Sinfonia Concerts www.brittensinfonia.com

Wednesday 8 November 2017 7.30pm St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich

ELDER CONDUCTS BRAHMS Sir Mark Elder Finzi The Fall of the Leaf Mahler arr. Britten What the Wild Flowers tell me Mahler Rückert-Lieder Brahms Symphony No. 1 Sir Mark Elder conductor Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Britten Sinfonia is one of the world’s most celebrated and pioneering ensembles, acclaimed for its virtuoso Brahms’s First Symphony was first performed with musicianship, an inspired approach to concert programming considerably smaller musical forces than we are used to Britten Sinfonia which makes bold, intelligent connections across 400 hearing today. Sir Mark Elder conducts Britten Sinfonia years of repertoire, and a versatility that is second to in a performance that returns to the spirit of those early none. Featuring a typically eclectic and diverse programme concerts and allows the details of Brahms’s extraordinary of collaborations with some of the finest international lyrical masterpiece to shine through. musicians, Britten Sinfonia perform a series of both Pre-concert talk, 6.30pm lunchtime and evening concerts in Norwich each season. Sir Mark Elder discusses tonight’s programme All of Britten Sinfonia’s performances in Norwich can be (free to ticket holders) booked via the Theatre Royal box office, in person or via Tickets: £8-£34 (£6 students, under 26 and job seekers). 01603 6300000 or online at www.brittensinfonia.com. 14 Friday 24 November 2017, 1pm St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich

Friday 26 January 2018, 1pm www.brittensinfonia.com AT LUNCH ONE St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich Programme to include: AT LUNCH TWO Sarah Kirkland Snider Pale as Centuries OPUS2017 Winner New work (world Nik Bärtsch Biber Annunciation Sonata 1 premiere tour) Philip Glass Orbit Judd Greenstein City Boy Leo Chadburn New work Nik Bärtsch New work (world premiere tour) (world premiere tour) Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Nik Bärtsch piano Mozart Piano Trio in B Flat Joy Farrall clarinet & bass clarinet Leo Chadburn Roger Linley double bass Jacqueline Shave violin Laura Lucas flute Caroline Dearnley cello James Woodrow electric guitar Huw Watkins piano

Britten Sinfonia’s lunchtime chamber series returns Leo Chadburn’s new work for piano trio and electronics Britten Sinfonia with two premieres performed by Principal Members is set amongst chamber repertoire both new and old. of the orchestra. Nik Bärtsch’s music was praised by The programme will showcase each instrument in the The New York Times for ‘blending post-modernism with piano trio, from the softly-evolving cello melody in Philip a precision groove honed in the spirit of James Brown’. Glass’ Orbit to the interaction of violin and piano in Arvo As curator, Bärtsch has set his latest work alongside Pärt’s poignant Spiegel im Spiegel. works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Judd Greenstein and the Tickets: £9 (£3 students, under 26 and job seekers) winner of OPUS2017, Britten Sinfonia’s competition for unpublished composers.

Tickets: £9 (£3 students, under 26 and job seekers) 15 Friday 2 March 2018, 7.30pm Friday 20 April 2018, St Andrew’s Hall, 1pm St Andrew’s Plain, St Andrew’s Hall,

Norwich St Andrew’s Plain, www.brittensinfonia.com RHAPSODY IN BLUE WITH Norwich JEREMY DENK AT LUNCH THREE Programme to include: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Jeremy Denk Caroline Shaw Caroline Shaw (original jazz band version) New work (world premiere tour) Stravinsky Concerto for piano and winds Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Jeremy Denk piano Thomas Gould violin Clare Finnimore viola From its opening clarinet glissando Gershwin’s Rhapsody Caroline Dearnley cello in Blue has become synonymous with 1920s America TBC piano and its popularity continues to this day. Performed here in the original jazz band arrangement with acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Caroline pianist Jeremy Denk the work is paired with Stravinsky’s Shaw’s new work is premiered in the third At Lunch Britten Sinfonia rhythmically complex Concerto for piano and wind. Both concert of the season. Completing the programme, works explore rhythm from the syncopated cadenzas in Brahms’ expansive Piano Quartet No. 1 is a key Stravinsky to the abundant use of dance and ragtime chamber work which harks back to Schubert, while rhythms in Gershwin. paving the way for the future through its lasting influence on Schoenberg. Pre-concert talk, 6.30pm Jeremy Denk talks about tonight’s programme in this Tickets: £9 (£3 students, under 26 and job seekers) pre-concert talk (free to ticket holders). Join Britten Sinfonia on Facebook or Tickets: £8-£30 (£6 students, under 26 and job seekers) follow us on Twitter @BrittenSinfonia 16 Keswick Hall Choir Concerts

Welcome to our 2017-18 season of concerts. www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk The three concerts present a diverse selection of music from the 17th-21st centuries and include a new work, written especially for us by local composer Nicholas Barton. Saturday 25 November 2017, 7.30pm St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich BACH AND FORWARDS David Dunnett organ Beth Macdonald cello Christopher Duarte director Keswick Hall Choir was originally established by the Our first concert, Bach and Forwards contrasts two late Geoffrey Laycock in 1970, an amalgamation of joyful motets by JS Bach (Lobet den Herrn and Singet the Choral Society and Madrigal Choir of Keswick Hall Keswick Hall Choir dem Herrn) with works by predecessors, Hieronymous College of Education; its membership then comprised Praetorius, Pachelbel and Schütz and successors, students, former students, staff and friends. Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, Reger and Knut Nystedt. Following the college’s absorption into the University of Four of the pieces set texts from Psalms 96 and 98, East Anglia in 1981, the choir developed an independent which begin with the words Singet dem Herrn, O sing existence. Whilst the name and one or two of the original unto the Lord. members remain, successive years have seen the choir attracting the most accomplished and experienced amateur Tickets £14, £7 (students), £2 (under 14) choral singers in the area, and receiving critical acclaim St George’s Music Shop (01603) 626414 for performances of challenging repertoire spanning or online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/keswickhallchoir five centuries. 17 Norfolk KeswickContemporary Hall Choir Art Society

www.keswickhallchoir.co.uk 18 7.45pm 2018, 28 April Saturday the Baptist, John of St Cathedral Road, Norwich Earlham CONCERT SPRING Mozart Requiem K626 WA Mass Maria Theresa Josef Haydn generous acoustic of our season, in the The last concert great choral Cathedral, presents two RC of St John’s & Mozart. Classical masters, Haydn works by the six great Mass is one of his Maria Theresa Haydn’s Written in 1799, just Masses from 1790s Vienna. Nelson Mass, it reflects the after The Creation and the on his choral writing, with influence of Baroque music with highly dramatic and monumental fugues together Requiem Mass, written in 1791, lyrical music. Mozart’s people Various at his death. was famously left unfinished the years, but we shall have made completions over a by Franz Süssmayr, be using the version completed contemporary of Mozart. (soprano), Fiona Mackay (alto), Tom Andrea Tweedale (bass) with the Palmer Morss (tenor) and Matthew Academy of St Thomas. Tickets £17/14, £8 (students), £2 (under 14) 626414 Music Shop (01603) St George’s or online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/keswickhallchoir

or online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/keswickhallchoir 626414 Music Shop (01603) St George’s Tickets £12, £6 (students), £2 (under 14) from bowls! be the use of tuned wine glasses and Tibetan singing be the use of tuned wine harmonies and deep, spiritual thought. A first for us will harmonies and deep, spiritual guard’ of Rachmaninov and Pärt. It is music of lush guard’ of Rachmaninov and some of these newer influences, along with the ‘old some of these newer influences, we hope to showcase With our programme Baltic Stars rising in his wake. there is a whole new generation of Baltic composers there is a whole new generation people will be aware of the music of Arvo Pärt, but people will be aware of the very popular with our audience earlier this year. Many earlier this year. very popular with our audience Street United Reformed Church, which proved to be Street United Reformed Church, For our second concert we will be returning to Princes For our second concert we BALTIC STARS BALTIC Princes Street United Reformed Church, Norwich United Reformed Church, Princes Street Saturday 24 February 2018, 7.30pm February 2018, Saturday 24 Assembly House Assembly Autumn concert www.mozartorchestra.org.uk MozartAssembly Orchestra House Saturday 7 October 2017, 7.30pm St Andrews Hall, Norwich Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture Brahms Symphony No. 2 Op. 73 Arutunian Trumpet Concerto Soloist Alice Godfrey Conductor Martin Budgett Leader Fiona Hutchins Alice Godfrey The Merry Wives of Windsor overture provides an up-beat beginning to our final concert of the season, following which we are delighted to welcome local Founded in 1961, the Mozart Orchestra has established musician and emerging talent Alice Godfrey to the itself as one of the leading orchestras in the local area, platform for Arutunian’s trumpet concerto. Mozart Orchestra giving four concerts from May to October, usually This is a wonderfully virtuoso showpiece combining two in Norwich and two further afield in East Anglia. soulful melodies with melodic and rhythmic The orchestra explores a wide-ranging repertoire and characteristics of the composer’s Armenian musical showcases both locally and nationally renowned soloists. heritage. Brahms’ second symphony, described as ‘all Tickets available : Online – www.ticketsource.co.uk/ rippling streams, blue sky, sunshine, and cool green mozartorchestra (charges apply). Also from St Georges shadows’ by one of the composer’s friends, concludes Music Shop Norwich 01603 626414 and at the door. the programme. Intense and rousing lyricism sits Further details can be found on the orchestra’s alongside rustic flavoured melody. website at www.mozartorchestra.org.uk Concert in aid of Break charity. Facebook: www.facebook.com/mozartorchestra Tickets from £5–£17 (reserved tickets available). 19 www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk NorfolkNorfolk & Contemporary Norwich Chamber Art Society Music 20 NR4 7UH Pavel Haas Quartet Pavel

Mark Padmore NR4 7UH

ák Quintet Op 97 ř Till Fellner MARK PADMORE AND TILL FELLNER MARK PADMORE tenor Mark Padmore Till Fellner piano Schubert Lieder Schumann Dichterliebe 3pm Sunday 8 October 2017, John Innes Centre Norwich Research Park Stravinsky Concertino Ravel Quartet Dvo Concerts 7.30pm 2017, 30 September Saturday Park Norwich Research Centre, John Innes PAVEL HAAS QUARTET PAVEL viola Niki and Pavel

Box office Theatre Royal,Telephone 01603 598595 Book online at www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk . www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk Norfolk & Norwich Music Club Reg Charity No 278446 For details of membership and season tickets visit For details of membership details. All concerts are open to the public. details. All concerts are open Hospital with free parking - see page 55 for address Hospital with free parking well suited to chamber music and plenty of free parking. well suited to chamber music University and NHS Trust side of the city close to the The John Innes Centre is a modern 300 seat concert hall, The John Innes Centre is on the west Research Park, It is located in the Norwich

at the John Innes Centre John Innes at the Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Chamber Norwich & Norfolk Saturday 18 November www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk 2017, 7.30pm John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH IMOGEN COOPER : PIANO Beethoven Seven Bagatelles, Imogen Cooper Kuss Op.33 Quartet Haydn Sonata in C minor, H.XVI/20 Beethoven Variations on ‘La Stessa La Stessissima’, WoO 73 Saturday 14 October 2017, 7.30pm Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH Beethoven Sonata in A flat, Op.110 KUSS QUARTET

Beethoven String Quartet Op 18/3 Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Kurtag Officium Breve Sunday 10 December 2017, 3pm Schubert String Quartet in G major D887 John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH Alec Frank-Gemmil horn Saturday 28 October 2017, 7.30pm Joe Puglia violin John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH Alasdair Beatson piano VIENNA PIANO TRIO Schumann 3 Pieces from ‘Fünf Stücke im Volkston’ Op.102 Haydn Trio in B flat, H.XV/20 Brahms Horn Trio in E flat Op.40 Wolfgang Rihm Fremde Szene No.1 Brahms Scherzo in C minor for violin and piano Schumann Trio D minor, Op.63 György Ligeti Horn Trio Pre-concert talk with the artists at 6.30pm Vienna Piano Trio 21 Beethoven : The Complete Piano Trios Saturday 27 January 2018, 7.30pm www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH QUATUOR ÉBÈNE Saturday Beethoven Quartet in G Op.18, No.2 & Sunday Bartók Quartet, No.4 20/21 Beethoven Quartet in E minor Op.59, No.2 January (‘Razumovsky’) 2018 Quatuor Ébène is a French string quartet based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

GOULD PIANO TRIO Pre-concert talk by Misha Donat at 6.15pm Saturday 20 January 2018, 7.30pm

Pre-concert talk by Misha Donat at 6.15pm Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Trio in E flat Op.1, No.1 Variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’, Op.121a Trio in E flat Op.70, No.2 Sunday 21 January 2018, 11.30am Trio in G Op.1, No.2 Trio in D Op.70, No.1 (‘Ghost’) Sunday 21 January 2018, 3pm Allegretto in B flat, WoO 39 Trio in C minor Op.1, No.3 Trio in B flat Op.97 (‘Archduke’) 22 Saturday 10 February 2018, 7.30pm www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI : PIANO Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D.958 Sonata in A, D.959 Francesco Piemontesi by Benjamin Ealovega Sonata in B flat, D.960 Navarra Quartet Pre-concert talk by Misha Donat at 6.15pm Saturday 17 March 2018, 7.30pm John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH TOLGA ATALAY ÜN : PIANO Sunday 18 February 2018, 3pm John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH Mozart 5 Variations on Salve tu Domine K.398 Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Debussy Images Book 1 HAFFNER WIND ENSEMBLE Berg Sonata, Op.1 Nicholas Daniel oboe/director Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op.117 Beethoven Rondino in E flat, Brahms Sonata in C, Op.1 WoO 25 Saturday 21 April 2018, 7.30pm Berio Sequenza VII for oboe John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH Dvo ák Serenade in D minor, Op.44 ř ELIAS QUARTET & NAVARRA QUARTET Mozart Serenade in B flat for 13 winds, K.361 Beethoven Quartet in F minor, Op.95 (Serioso) Smetana Quartet No.1 in E minor (From My Life) Pre-concert talk with the artists Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op.20 at 2pm Haffner Wind Ensemble Pre-concert talk with the artists at 6.30pm 23 we explore Italy before Corelli, then re-join the Cathedral Norwich Baroque choirs for Bach’s St John Passion, and in April enjoy our

own take on Pictures at an Exhibition, Baroque-style - www.norwichbaroque.co.uk another in our popular series of Live Programme Notes Concerts. Do join us – we look forward to welcoming you.

Norwich Baroque Formed in 2006, Norwich Baroque specialises in fresh Concerts and vibrant period instrument performance of music by Saturday 2 September 2017, 7.30pm Norwich Baroque popular and less well known baroque composers; from Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH Handel, Bach and Vivaldi to Avison, Hellendaal and Mudge. BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS Performing with eminent soloists from the early music world, Norwich Baroque has established a niche for itself The SG Wealth Management Gala Concert in the cultural life of the region. This autumn starts with Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are milestones of the our Principal Sponsor’s annual Gala Concert, featuring Baroque era and a highlight of one of the happiest and the pillars of instrumental writing, Bach’s Brandenburg most productive periods in Bach’s life. Tuneful, virtuosic, Concertos. In October we welcome Austrian violinist Lucia fresh and vibrant these concertos use a small group Froihofer, before celebrating Christmas with our Cathedral of soloists balanced perfectly with a string ensemble. colleagues and . To kick off 2018 The three concertos we have chosen feature solo violin Messiah by Candlelight 24 Tuesday 14 November 2017, 7.30pm

Redwell Bar, Maddermarket Theatre, www.norwichbaroque.co.uk Maddermarket, Norwich FRIENDS’ EVENING… MEETING MATT

Simon Munday A free event open only to the Friends of Norwich Baroque. (Catherine Martin – leader of the Gabrieli Players), oboe/ Matt Wadsworh recorders (Joel Raymond and Chris Hartland – Hanover This is a unique chance to meet our Band) and a soaring trumpet line (Simon Munday – La amazing theorbo player, Matthew Wadsworth. It never Serenissima). Guaranteed to put a spring in your stride occurs to him to mention the fact that he has been our programme also includes Bach’s much-loved violin completely blind from birth as he knows no different, concerto in E major, and concertos by Telemann for oboe but is quite happy to chat about it. How does he cope and for trumpet and violin… a feast indeed! with international travel (as if it isn’t hard enough with a theorbo anyway!), negotiate cramped orchestral pits, Saturday 21 October 2017, 7.30pm and perform the incredible feats of memory involved United Reformed Church, in opera work when most of us struggle to recall mobile Norwich Baroque Princes Street, Norwich NR3 1AZ phone numbers and passwords? He is sure to play a little JOHANN JOSEPH FUX AND FRIENDS too. Engaging, warm and genuine, you will certainly enjoy with guest director Lucia Froihofer our evening with Matt... and our mystery interviewer. We are delighted to be welcoming Free event with complimentary refreshments. Lucia to direct our exploration of For Friends of Norwich Baroque only so join us now! Fux’s life and works and the music that inspired him. She directs her Friends membership is just £20 per year (or £30 for a own ensemble in Austria and works couple and £10 for 18 and under) and there are so many regularly with our director Jim O’Toole perks! To join the Friends please visit our website. so a return trip is well overdue! Lucia Froihofer 25 www.norwichbaroque.co.uk Norwich Baroque

Manuscript of St John Passion Saturday 24 March 2018, 7.30pm 7.30pm 2018, 24 March Saturday Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich The Close, Cathedral, Norwich PASSION ST JOHN Choirs conducted Cathedral with the by Ashley Grote. to relish Bach’s Another opportunity of writing, the work incredibly powerful man dedicating his every a truly devout of God. note to the Glory Jim O’Toole

Matt and Kate Bennett-Wadsworth. Matt and Kate This concert will be led by Jim O’Toole, This concert will be led by Jim O’Toole, pre-dates Corelli et al. explore the rich variety of music which explore the rich variety of bit further back in time than usual to bit further back in time than favourite winter venue venturing a favourite winter venue venturing Start the New Year with us at our Start the New Year ITALY BEFORE CORELLI ITALY Duke Street, Norwich NR3 3BB Duke Street, Norwich NR3 Norwich Central Baptist Church, Norwich Central Baptist Saturday 27 January 2018, 7.30pm Saturday 27 January 2018, even a glass of mulled wine at the interval. even a glass of mulled wine inspired and warmed by the sounds of long ago. There is inspired and warmed by the Cathedral Chamber Choir and Norwich Baroque and be Choir and Norwich Cathedral Chamber bustle, just for one evening, with the bustle, just for Come and escape commercialism and commercialism and Come and escape become so much a part of the calendar. a part of the calendar. become so much Messiah by Candlelight which has Messiah by Candlelight it just wouldn’t be the same without it just wouldn’t Christmas is all about tradition and tradition is all about Christmas MESSIAH MESSIAH BY CANDLELIGHT Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich The Close, Cathedral, Norwich Saturday 23 December 2017, 7.30pm 7.30pm 2017, 23 December Saturday Ticket and box office information www.norwichbaroque.co.uk Tickets for all concerts are on sale from Norwich Theatre Royal at prices varying from £10–£26 with children £5 Also you can buy online via our website www.norwichbaroque.co.uk Visit the website for further Norwich Baroque information and details of the ‘Friends’ Scheme’ or join us on Facebook for updates. Rachel Bates Saturday 14 April 2018, 7.30pm Norwich Central Baptist Church, Duke Street, Norwich NR3 3BB PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION – BAROQUE STYLE

A live programme notes concert Norwich Baroque Mussorgsky’s version of Pictures at an Exhibition is a real concert hall favourite so now come and hear ours! Music historian and Honorary Friend of Norwich Baroque, Dr Simon Heighes, will take you on a guided tour through our gallery, introducing the paintings and the music they inspire. The programme includes Telemann’s picturesque Water Music, a little bit of Chaos courtesy of Rebel, and an exciting new Handel discovery.

Patron - Michael Chance CBE Norwich Baroque is proud to be sponsored by 27 Norwich Cathedral Choral Concerts Tel: 01603 218300 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cathedral.org.uk www.cathedral.org.uk For ticketed events, book online at www.cathedral.org.uk, or alternatively visit or call the Cathedral Gift Shop (01603 218323) or Norwich Theatre Royal (01603 630000).

Saturday 11 November 2017 at 7.30pm HAYDN AND MOZART

Norwich Cathedral is home to a musical tradition that Norwich Cathedral Chamber Choir Norwich Cathedral Players traces its roots as far back as the Cathedral’s foundation Norwich Cathedral in 1096. Choral services are sung daily by the Cathedral Ashley Grote conductor Choirs and, on Saturdays and in holiday time, by visiting Simon Munday trumpet solo choirs. All are invited to attend Cathedral services, for Haydn Te Deum which there is no admission charge and tickets are not Haydn Trumpet Concerto required. The Cathedral is also a centre for an exciting Mozart ‘Great’ Mass in C (K.427) programme of concerts. Some of the highlights of the forthcoming season are listed in the following pages. Tickets: £12–£24 Please see www.cathedral.org.uk for full details of these and other events. We look forward to welcoming you to Conductor Ashley Grote Norwich Cathedral. photo Paul Hurst 28 Norwich Cathedral Choir photo Paul Hurst www.cathedral.org.uk

Saturday 23 December 2017, 7.30pm MESSIAH BY CANDLELIGHT Norwich Cathedral Chamber Choir Norwich Baroque Cecilia Osmond soprano Norwich Cathedral Chamber Choir & Norwich Baroque photo Paul Hurst David Allsopp counter tenor Simon Wall tenor Edward Grint bass Friday 15 December 2017, 7.30pm Ashley Grote conductor

CHRISTMAS WITH NORWICH CATHEDRAL CHOIR Norwich Cathedral Tickets: £14 to £26. Join the boy and girl choristers and gentlemen of Norwich Cathedral Choir for a festive celebration with Saturday 24 March 2018, 7.30pm carols for choir and audience. A feast of Christmas J.S. BACH ST JOHN PASSION music both sacred and secular! Norwich Cathedral Choir Tickets: £14–£20. Norwich Baroque Simon Wall evangelist Robert Rice Christus Ashley Grote conductor Tickets: £12-£24 29 ORGAN CONCERTS THURSDAY LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERTS Free 1.10pm–1.50pm concerts Norwich boasts one of the country’s largest Cathedral organs. Come and Thursday 21 September 2017 hear it put through its paces by our Adrian Richards Director of Music, King’s Lynn Minster Cathedral organists and distinguished Cathedral Nave & organ, Thursday 16 November 2017 www.cathedral.org.uk visiting recitalists, and watch the player photo Paul Hurst James Kealey Senior Organ Scholar, Wells Cathedral on a large screen! Thursday 11 January 2018 Admission to organ concerts is free with retiring collection. Loreto Aramendi Organist, Santa Maria Basilica, San Sebastián, Spain EVENING RECITALS 7–8pm Thursday 1 February 2018 Wednesday 6 September 2017 David Hobourn International Organ Soloist Ashley Grote, Master of Music, Norwich Cathedral Thursday 8 March 2018 Wednesday 18 October 2017 Neil Wright Organist, St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough John Challenger Assistant Director of Music, Salisbury Cathedral Norwich Cathedral Sunday 14 January 2018, 6.30pm (note time) ‘MAKING MUSICIANS’ lunchtime concerts George Inscoe Organ scholar, Norwich Cathedral Thursdays 1.10–1.50pm Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur A platform for talented young musicians, presented in association with Norwich School. BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY RECITALS 11am–12pm Monday 1 January 2018 5 October, 9 November, 30 November 2017 Ashley Grote Master of Music, Norwich Cathedral 25 January, 22 February, 22 March, 26 April 2018 Monday 2 April 2018 Admission free, with retiring collection. David Dunnett Organist, Norwich Cathedral No ticket required. 30 Music A vibrant department with over 30 visiting teachers and 25 music groups. Financial help available at 11+, 13+ and 16+

Cathedral scholarships for boys aged 7-9

Open Day: Saturday 23rd September, 9.30am - 12.30pm openday.norwich-school.org.uk 01603 728449 31 Norwich Philharmonic Society Concerts www.norwichphil.org.uk All at St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich

Saturday 4 November 2017, 7.30pm Deborah Miles-Johnson Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Norwich Philharmonic Chorus Deborah Miles-Johnson mezzo soprano Matthew Andrews, David Dunnett conductors Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor Holst The Cloud Messenger Norwich Philharmonic Society Matthew Andrews At the heart of the city’s musical life since its formation Saturday 9 December 2017, 7.30pm in 1841, the Norwich Philharmonic Society celebrated Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra its 175th Anniversary in 2016. Matthew Andrews conductor With a full-size symphony orchestra and a mixed Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D major chorus of some 120 voices, the Society performs a wide repertoire of large-scale works, joined by guest soloists Tuesday 19 December 2017, 7.30pm of the highest calibre. FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT ‘The Phil’ performs at St. Andrew’s Hall and gives four Norwich Philharmonic Chorus concerts of choral and/or orchestral music each season, plus a very popular Family Christmas Concert. David Dunnett conductor 32 www.norwichphil.org.uk Saturday 3 February 2018, 7.30pm Saturday 17 March 2018, 7.30pm St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Alexander Ullman piano Norwich Philharmonic Chorus Matthew Andrews conductor Ruth Holton soprano Christopher Steele Kabalevsky Overture Colas Breugnon tenor Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 David Dunnett conductor in D minor Brahms Song of Destiny Martinu Symphony No. 3 Alexander Ullman Mendelssohn Symphony-Cantata photo by Kaupo Kikkas Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise). Norwich Philharmonic Society Box Office for Norwich Philharmonic concerts at St Andrew’s Hall is: David Dunnett St. George’s Music Shop 17-19 St. George’s Street, Norwich www.stgeorgesmusic.co.uk Tel. 01603 626414 Or online: www.norwichphil.ticketsource.co.uk Info: www.norwichphil.org.uk Season tickets and Friends’ membership offer attractive discounts on ticket prices. 33 Concerts Raynham Hall : Raynham Recitals 23 September 2017, 6.30pm

PATER FILIUSQUE www.raynhamrecitals.co.uk Michael Chance and his son Alexander, The Marble Hall Maggie Cole and cello with two recorders in a programme devised to celebrate the life of Alfred Deller who championed the repertoire and ‘voice’ of the countertenor. 24 September 2017, 3.30pm JACOB CORDOVER The Spanish Guitar. Jacob Cordover’s performance has ‘the touch of magic’. Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/raynham-recitals

Raynham Hall near Fakenham, Norfolk has been the Make it into a real occasion and stay for supper! seat of the Townshend family for over 400 years. After the concert in the Marble Hall, you can extend the Raynham Recitals Raynham Recitals is a programme of chamber music pleasure with a supper picnic in the fantastic State Rooms. held in what used to be the great hall of this Jacobean Bring your own picnic (and cutlery) or order delicious pre-prepared supper-in-a-box at £23 per head from the house designed and built by Sir Roger Townshend with Ticketsource website. Raynham Hall champagne can be his Master Mason William Edge. Later paved in marble pre-ordered and will also be for sale on the night. by William Kent and embellished in C18th style, the Supper places are limited to 50 in total and the Raynham Marble Hall epitomises the dual spirit of Raynham Hall. Circle of Friends members have free places, normally £10 Lofty, elegant and flooded with light, it also has a clear per person. Or you can eat in the grounds for free, before but gentle resonance which is perfect for the intimate or after the concert. Book early to avoid disappointment. chamber music presented at the Raynham Recitals. Raynham Hall, Fakenham Norfolk NR21 7EP Musical Advisor: Michael Chance CBE Tel 01328 862133 email [email protected] 34

Mancroft Music St Peter Mancroft

Autumn Recitals 2017 www.stpetermancroft.org.uk The Church of St Peter Mancroft The Marketplace Millennium Plain, Norwich Saturdays 1pm Admission to all recitals is free For more information visit www.stpetermancroft.org.uk

Saturday 7 October 2017, 1pm SONG RECITAL Jordan Carlton tenor & Ian Tindale piano Saturday 14 October 2017, 1pm PIANO RECITAL Roman Rudnytsky St Peter Mancroft International Recitalist Saturday 21 October 2017, 1pm The Church of St Peter Mancroft has a long musical tradition. It has an excellent reputation for its work SISTEMA IN NORWICH CELEBRATES with young people many of whom have gone on to SIR THOMAS BROWNE DAY become professional singers and organists. The Mancroft A 17th century parishioner of St Peter Mancroft and buried Music Recitals programme is appreciated by increasing in the church, Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) died on his numbers at no charge. The magnificent church building birthday, 19th October, so members of Sistema in Norwich has excellent acoustics and provides a splendid setting. orchestras will be marking this day with a special concert. 36 Saturday 28 October, 1pm www.stpetermancroft.org.uk THE FITZALAN CONSORT Before and After Trent: Catholic Music in Early Modern Europe Eleanor White contralto Samuel Kibble tenor Daniel Wright bass Saturday 18 November, 1pm ORGAN RECITAL Laurence Lyndon-Jones Laurence Lyndon-Jones (Chelmsford Cathedral) Saturday 25 November 1pm ORGAN RECITAL Tim Patient Saturday 2 December, 1pm St Peter Mancroft THE YOUNG MUSICIANS OF ST PETER MANCROFT : Tim Patient PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS The Choral Scholars, Girls’ Choir & Organ Scholars Julian Haggett organ Jody James director Choral music with organ & harp, including Britten’s ‘A Ceremony of Carols’ St Peter Mancroft offers Choral Scholarships to young singers. For details of these and other singing opportunities please see next page 38. St Peter Mancroft Scholars 37 MiN spring 13 Shift final final_August 2012 18/03/2014 14:49 Page 30

THE CHURCH OF ST PETER MANCROFT Singing opportunities Mancroft Minors Singing Club for boys & girls aged 5–7 Choristerships for boys and girls aged 7+ The Girls’ Choir for young women aged 15–25 Choral Scholarships (£500 p.a.) for singers aged 16–25 St Peter’s Singers A mixed-voice adult parish choir For more information please contact: Mrs Jody James, Director of Music [email protected] or 01603 610443 Supporting SistemaSistema in Norwich in –Norwich SponsorSistema in an Norwich Orchestra is a programme that enables young people from disadvantaged backgrounds • helpto learn children to play witha musical less instrument opportunity and be part accessof an music orchestra education or ensemble. and increase their life chances We work together with schools, families and • helpchildren us growto improve our opportunitiesorchestra for young programmepeople who with have somemore of opportunities the lowest life chances for andparticipating aspiration in childrenEngland. • enableYou can more support schools Sistema to in Norwichjoin by attending our concerts, by becoming an ‘orchestra friend’, • helpgiving us us make your unwanted Norwich instruments a city of or offering orchestrasother support. Companies can become corporate sponsors and support an orchestra or event (eg be a concert venue sponsor or fund a tutor). Every small amount of money helps!

Orchestra Friends: New for 2017! Platinum £600 or £50/month We are thrilled to introduce our new Gold £120/year or £10/month musical direction team of Juan Gabriel Rojas who learnt violin with El Sistema Silver £60/year or £5/month in Venezuela and his partner Firdevs Eke. Bronze £30/year or £2.50/month They will be taking the musical programme Please get in touch or visit our website forward, particularly the expansion of www.sistemanorwich.org.uk for more details. provision for our ‘teen’ orchestra. Theatre Royal Norwich Opera at Norwich Theatre Royal www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 November 2017 GLYNDEBOURNE TOUR Norwich Theatre Royal World class opera

Tuesday 14 November, 7.15pm & Thursday 16 November, 2pm COSI FAN TUTTE BY MOZART Il Barbiere di Siviglia Photo Bill Cooper Sung in Italian with English supertitles Tickets £8–£55 Wednesday 15 November, 7.15pm & Saturday 18 November, 7.15pm Theatre Royal Norwich is one of the most successful Theatre Royal Norwich regional theatres in the country, with a busy and eclectic IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA BY ROSSINI programme running throughout the year. Sung in Italian with English supertitles Recently, a major refurbishment included improvements Tickets £8–£55 to the acoustics of the theatre, making it a popular concert venue. The theatre has its own varied music Friday 17 November 2017, 7.15pm programme and also hosts several Norfolk & Norwich HAMLET BY BRETT DEAN Festival concerts in May. Sung in English with English supertitles Pre-show meals available from Kemp’s Restaurant at the Tickets £8–£55 theatre – see next page for details. Box office 01603 630000 www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Discounts for under 18s, schools and groups Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1RL 40 www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Norwich Theatre Royal Saturday 24 March 2018, 7.30pm EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA International Concert Series Martin Roscoe soloist October 2017 to April 2018 Eva Stegemann director Some of the world’s finest orchestras, conductors and Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 soloists with a rich programme of classics, concertos Mozart Piano Concerto K.414 A major (Martin Roscoe) and orchestral masterpieces. Vivaldi Four Seasons Tickets £8–£25 Sunday 22 October 2017, 7.30pm ST PETERSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sunday 15 April 2018, 7.30pm Vladimir Altschuler conductor CZECH NATIONAL SYMPHONY Peter Donohoe soloist ORCHESTRA ProkofievClassical Symphony Petr Altrichter conductor

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4 (Peter Donohoe) Pavel Kolesnikov soloist Theatre Royal Norwich Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade Schubert Symphony No. 8 (The Unfinished) Tickets: £8–£36 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Emperor) Dvo ák Symphony No. 9 (The New World) For details of the whole Theatre Royal programme ř please check the website. Tickets: £8–£36 Kemp’s Restaurant Book for all three concerts for £85 or £55 Open from 9.30am Monday-Saturday serving snacks, cakes, hot and cold drinks and hot meals through the Box office: 01603 630000 day. On Sundays open 2 hours before a show serving a Online: www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk range of light meals and hot and cold drinks In person: Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1RL 41 University of East Anglia Music Centre UEA Music Centre Auditions

To arrange an audition for UEA Choir, Chamber Choir www.uea.ac.uk/music -centre or Symphony Orchestra, please email [email protected] or phone 01603 593948.

UEA CHOIR AUDITIONS Friday 29 September 2017, 11am-5.30pm and Monday 2 October 2017, 1pm-7.30pm UEA Music Centre, UEA Campus UEA Choir is looking for new members. If you are a keen singer and are interested in joining UEA’s flourishing Choir, please come along and audition. Auditions are five minutes in duration, open to all and free to attend. The University of East Anglia (UEA) Music Centre provides a vibrant meeting place for musically gifted UEA CHAMBER CHOIR AUDITIONS students, hosts practice and rehearsal spaces and Friday 29 September 2017, 11am-5.30pm and UEA Music Centre facilitates the activities of musicians. It also runs Monday 2 October 2017, 1pm–7.30pm UEA’s flourishing Choir, Chamber Choir and Symphony UEA Music Centre, UEA Campus Orchestra, who perform a series of concerts each year, at UEA Chamber Choir is looking for members. If you are a some of Norwich’s most prestigious concert venues, such keen singer, with (preferably) some vocal training and/ as St Andrew’s Hall and both Cathedrals. or choral experience, and are keen to explore various For further information about UEA Music Centre periods of choral music, in a smaller choir often in please visit: www.uea.ac.uk/music-centre, unaccompanied repertoire, please come along and telephone: 01603 593948, email: musicevents@uea. audition. Auditions are ten minutes in duration, open to all and free to attend. ac.uk or follow: @UEAConcerts on Twitter. 42 UEA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS Friday 29 September 2017, 12noon-6pm and www.uea.ac.uk/music -centre Monday 2 October 2017, 3pm-8pm UEA Music Centre, UEA Campus UEA Symphony Orchestra is looking for new members. If you are Grade 7 standard or above (you do not need to have taken any exams) and keen to become part of the dynamic music community at UEA, please come along and audition. Auditions are ten minutes in duration, open to all and free to attend. UEA Music Centre

UEA Choir Carol concert

43 UEA Music Centre Concerts 2017/2018 Sunday 10 December 2017, 6.30pm (doors 6pm) St George’s Church, Tombland, Norwich Thursday 23 November 2017, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) www.uea.ac.uk/music -centre St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich A EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS Advent music for Chamber Choir DVOŘÁK AND ELGAR UEA Choir UEA Chamber Choir UEA Symphony Orchestra Tom Primrose conductor Samatha Price mezzo-soprano UEA Chamber Choir, under the direction of UEA Stuart Dunlop conductor Choirmaster Tom Primrose, warmly invite you to join Caitlin Woods New work – world première them for their autumn concert, ‘A European Christmas’, on Sunday 10 December at St George’s Church, Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Sir Edward Elgar The Music Makers, Op. 69 19 Princes Street, off Tombland, Norwich NR3 1AF. UEA Choir and Symphony Orchestra, under the direction The 30-strong chamber choir will perform a festive of UEA Director of Music Stuart Dunlop, warmly invite programme of choral music from neighbours near and far. you to join them for their autumn concert, ‘Dvořák and Elgar’, on Thursday 23 November at St Andrew’s Tickets: Free to attend. No need to register in advance. UEA Music Centre Hall. The concert will feature performances of Dvořák’s euphoric Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88; Elgar’s meditative The Music Makers, Op. 69 and a world première from UEA Music Centre Award holder Caitlin Woods. UEA Choir and Symphony Orchestra will be joined in their performance of The Music Makers by ENO regular, mezzo-soprano Samantha Price. Tickets: £12–£4. Available online at www.uea.ac.uk/ music-centre/events/tickets; in person and by phone from St. George’s Music Shop (01603 626414); or on the door. 44 Thursday 14 December 2017, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) Friday 9 March 2018, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) www.uea.ac.uk/music -centre St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral, Norwich St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich UEA CHOIR CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT NORTHERN LIGHTS Seasonal choral music and a host of well-loved UEA Symphony Orchestra Christmas carols Stuart Dunlop conductor UEA Choir (accompanied by members of the public) P.I. Tchaikovsky Overture-Fantasia Romeo and Juliet UEA Chamber Choir Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16 UEA Community Choir Jean Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op. 39 William Falconer organ UEA Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of UEA Tom Primrose Choir and Chamber Choir conductor Director of Music Stuart Dunlop, warmly invite you to Stuart Dunlop Community Choir conductor join them for their spring concert ‘Northern Lights’ on UEA Choir warmly invite you to join them for their Friday 9 March at St Andrew’s Hall. annual Christmas carol concert. Under the direction Tchaikovsky’s Overture-Fantasia Romeo and Juliet of UEA Choirmaster Tom Primrose, the 170-strong takes us through Shakespeare’s drama in vivid musical choir, will perform a feast of festive favourites in the pictures, while Grieg’s Piano Concerto Op. 16 is a UEA Music Centre atmospheric setting of Norwich’s Roman Catholic dynamic and lyrical showcase for both soloist and Cathedral, with several opportunities for the audience to orchestra. Sibelius’ Tchaikovsky-infused Symphony No.1, join the choir in many well-loved carols. The concert will Op. 39 is driven on by the Finnish composer’s own dark also feature performances from UEA Chamber Choir, UEA energy toward a final melody the equal of any in the Community Choir and organist William Falconer. Nineteenth Century. Tickets: £9 (full price), £6 (seniors, students and UEA Tickets: £12–£4. Available (from mid-December): online staff). Available: online at www.uea.ac.uk/music- at www.uea.ac.uk/music-centre/events/tickets; in centre/events/tickets; in person and by phone from person and by phone from St. George’s Music Shop St. George’s Music Shop (01603 626414); or on the door. (01603 626414); or on the door. 45 Sunday 11 March 2018, 6.30pm (doors 6pm) www.uea.ac.uk/music -centre St George’s Church, Tombland, Norwich UEA CHAMBER CHOIR SPRING CONCERT UEA Chamber Choir Tom Primrose conductor UEA Chamber Choir, under the direction of UEA Choirmaster Tom Primrose, warmly invite you to join them for a concert celebrating the first stirrings of spring, on Sunday 11 March at St George’s Church, 19 Princes Street, off Tombland, Norwich NR3 1AF. Tickets: Free to attend. No need to register in advance. UEA Music Centre

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46 www.vivavocesingersnorwich.org.uk Concerts Viva Voce Singers Saturday 18 November 2017, 7.30pm St. Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich AUTUMN CONCERT Tickets: £10 (£6 concs) in advance or £12 (£8) on the door. Saturday 23 December 2017, 6pm St. Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich CANDLELIT CHRISTMAS CONCERT In aid of Mancroft Advice Project Tickets: £8 (£5 concs) or £21 for a family ticket (2 adults plus children) Viva Voce Singers is a small and friendly Norwich-based Tickets for our concerts at St. Peter Mancroft Church chamber choir of around 25 singers and winner of the are available on the door or in advance from Viva Voce Singers last BBC Radio Norfolk Choir of the Year competition in St George’s Music Shop (01603 626414) or 2011. The choir enjoys performing a varied repertoire in online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/vivavocesingers venues around Norfolk and beyond. (a small booking fee applies). Directed by Jody James, Viva Voce Singers usually performs around five concerts a year and helps to raise money for charities across Norfolk. To date, it has raised over £25,000 for local causes. Join Viva Voce Singers on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @VivaVoceNorwich 47 OPEN VOICES - Short courses and The Voice Project workshops - Open to all Saturday 9 September 2017, 10.30am - 4pm

The Chapel, Park Lane, Norwich www.voiceproject.co.uk WOMEN’S VOICES A day workshop looking at a whole range of inspiring vocal music for women’s voices, packed full of harmonies, from Bulgarian folk song to American folk and new pieces by women composers. We will also look at how the voice works, what range is right for you, and how to get the most out of your singing, with the opportunity to work in detail on material on how to develop our sound. Course run by Sian Croose. £40 / £35 concessions. Book via: www.voiceproject.co.uk/events.html

The Voice Project is an open-access singing project The Voice Project offering a whole range of creative ways to use your voice. September 12, 19, 26 & 3 October, 7.30pm–9.30pm The Voice Project was created by singers Sian Croose and The Friends Meeting House, Norwich Jonathan Baker in 2008 and since then have involved SING UP hundreds of singers in performances of great new vocal music as well as workshops designed to build vocal Learn and sing uplifting songs from around the world. confidence and explore a wide variety of uplifting and Great material packed with harmony. Open to all - No inspiring vocal music. experience necessary. Course run by Sian Croose. For further information email - [email protected] £40 / £35 concessions. Booking line: www.buytickets.at/thevoiceproject Book via: www.voiceproject.co.uk/events.html 48 September 12, 19, 26 & October 3, 7.30–9.30pm The Friends Meeting House, Norwich STARTING TO READ MUSIC FOR SINGERS

Have you ever wanted to read music or improve your www.voiceproject.co.uk music reading? This course, specially designed for singers, will focus on the simplest tips to create meaning from a written score whether it be bars, note lengths, rhythms, intervals or dynamic markings. Unlock the Saturday 16 September 10.30am–4.30pm mysteries of notation. Course run by Jon Baker. The Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich £40 / £35 concessions HARMONY SINGING INTENSIVE Book via: www.voiceproject.co.uk/events.html For singers, songwriters, backing vocalists, A Capella September 29 + October 6, 13 & 20, 10am–12pm groups, vocal leaders. This workshop is designed for singers Inner Space, St Benedict’s Street, Norwich interested in developing their use and understanding of harmony singing and will look at: TUNING IN - Vocal technique

Looking at the connections between singing and - Blending the voices in your group The Voice Project mindfulness - joining up voice, mind and body. The - The importance of rhythm and tuning workshop will focus on the process of singing and - Creating interesting harmonies the details missed when learning in a larger group. Slowing the process down, looking at breath, body, There will an opportunity to work on your own material as melody,harmony and rhythm as well as the relationship part of of the day. Jon and Sian have both been working between our own voices and the group. Simple with harmonies for decades – in bands, choirs and meditation, bodywork, improvisation and inspiring acapella ensembles. harmonies and rhythms. Course run by Sian Croose. £45 / £35 concessions £40 / £35 concessions Book as a band and pay for 2 places and get 3rd place free… Book via: www.voiceproject.co.uk/events.html Book via: www.voiceproject.co.uk/events.html 49 THE WINTER PROJECT 2017 / 18 SING THE WINTER PROJECT You can join the Voice Project and sing with us. Tuesday 10 October 2017, 7.30-9.30pm Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from 17 October at The Friends Meeting House, Norwich the Friends Meeting House and some Saturdays at the www.voiceproject.co.uk WINTER PROJECT TASTER SESSION United Reformed Church. If you are interested in taking part in the Winter Project Rehearsal dates: this is a chance to come along, meet the teachers, The Friends Meeting House from 7.30–9.45pm sing some of the music, and hear about the exciting October 17, 24, 31 performance in January 2018. Open to all. November 7, 14, 21, 28 Cost: £5 December 5, 12, January 2, 9, 16 About the Winter Project Since 2008, The Voice Project has been creating unique The United Reformed Church site-specific choral performances. This winter, we’re very Saturday 28 October 28 - 10.30am–4.30pm excited to be making a new piece to be performed in Saturday 18 November - 10am–2pm January 2018. It is the next episode in our series of linked Saturday 9 December - 10.30am–4.30pm performances following on from Between Stars and The Saturday 6 January - 10.30am–4.30pm Arms of Sleep (‘one of the most magical nights of my life’ Saturday 13 January - 10.30am–4.30pm The Voice Project Outline Magazine) exploring themes of dreaming and £110 Standard / £95 Concessions / £130 Donation waking – a point of light in the darkest part of the year. HEAR THE WINTER PROJECT Rehearsals will start on 17 October with a taster session Performance - Saturday 20 January on Tuesday 10 October. The taster session (£5) will be at Multiple venues in Norwich city centre. the Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich Visit www.voiceproject.co.uk for more info and tickets. NR2 1EW. All music is taught by experienced vocal leaders Sian Croose and Jonathan Baker. For all Voice Project sessions book via: www.voiceproject.co.uk/events.html. There are a small For details, go to our website www.voiceproject.co.uk number of low-cost bursary places on application to or contact the project coordinator Iain Lowery. Iain Lowery, project co-ordinator [email protected] 50 Norfolk Centre for Young Musicians www. ncym.co.uk

Norfolk Centre for Young Musicians is the flagship centre of Norfolk Music Service and Guildhall School of Music, London, offering enthusiastic young musicians

the chance to work with professional musicians and Norfolk Centre for Young Musicians specialists to develop high levels of performance, musicianship and composition. NCYM offers a full curriculum including over 25 ensembles, the Norfolk Intermediate Youth Orchestra and three choirs from grade 1 to advanced. There is also a composer in residence scheme and regular workshops with Guildhall staff and students. NCYM meet at the Arc, City of Norwich School, Eaton Road, Norwich NR4 6PP on 30 Saturdays each academic year in three 10 week terms from 9.30am-1.30pm. For further information please visit www.ncym.co.uk or contact us on 01603 303351 51

JAZZ, WORLD & BLUES MUSIC IN NORWICH As well as the excellent and varied classical music concerts we have several established music nights and a couple of new venues to explore in Norwich: Norwich Jazz Club at the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich Arts Centre is a multi-arts venue, with a St John Maddermarket, Norwich NR2 1DR vibrant programme of live music, theatre, live art, www.norwichjazzclub.co.uk comedy, live literature, visual art and Sonic Youth. Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedict’s Street, Norwich Its programme of World music and jazz is legendary with a full programme of World music and more. with touring musicians and big bands coming from every corner of the globe - NAC has won Britain’s www.norwichartscentre.co.uk Best Small Venue award in 2014 and Norfolk Arts The Flamingo Jazz Bar (used to be the Pig & Whistle) Award twice. Visit www.norwichartscentre.co.uk in All Saints Green opposite John Lewis. Jazz and Norwich Arts Centre, 51 St Benedicts Street, roots music bar presenting a unique daily mix of Norwich, NR2 4PG. Box Office: 01603 660352 excellent DJ, live and multi-genre music. There’s also live music in pubs and bars all over www.facebook.com/flamingojazzlounge the city, too many to list here but you can find Fine City Blues runs Thursday Blues sessions at the information in Outline magazine distributed free, the Murderers Pub in Timberhill bringing world-class website www.outlineonline.co.uk and the excellent Blues to Norwich every week. Free entry, fine beer! daily guide Norwich: Music City, UK by Richard www.facebook.com/FineCityBlues Shashamané on Facebook. 1st Wednesday Club at Platform 12, St Benedicts Major gig venues are The Waterfront in King Street Street on the first Wednesday of every month. Mixed and UEA LCR on the university campus, art forms and open mic jazz in a cosy bar, free entry Open in Bank Plain and Epic in Magdalen Street - www.firstwednesday.club see www.musicinnorwich.org.uk for a map and links.

MUTANT VINYL IN NORWICH Edwin Pope aka Mutant Vinyl is a young saxophonist from Bournemouth and Liverpool with an original style using vocals and beats, who is building a popular following here in Norwich. He recently performed in Belarus to a crowd of thousands and plays regularly with The Farm and at venues around the country. He’s back this autumn with three special appearances: Saturday 23 September 2017 5pm The Art of Revolution exhibition in the Undercroft Gallery, Norwich. FREE entry - see www.artinnorwich.org.uk Thursday 5 October 2017 8pm - invite only Bang & Olufsen showcase, Norwich (UK) - please contact Zara on 01603 767375 if you would like to come Saturday 14 October 2017 afternoon performance Porkstock Festival, Norfolk Showground - a major one day festival raising funds for Nelson’s Journey – daytime is free with a ticketed knees-up in the evening including headliners Killamonjambo. Buy evening tickets at www.porkstock.co.uk

HEAR MUSIC AT WWW.MUTANTVINYL.CO.UK Mutant Vinyl AKA Edwin Pope playing at Norwich Arts Centre supporting Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 2016 Concert venues and contact details Music in Norwich partners Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RQ Academy of St Thomas, Box office Tel: 01603 626414 Tel: 01603 626402 www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk email: [email protected] www.academyofstthomas.com Friends' Meeting House, Upper Goat Ln, Norwich NR2 1EW Britten Sinfonia Tel: 01223 300795 [email protected] Tel: 01603 624854 www.norwichquakers.org.uk www.brittensinfonia.com John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Keswick Hall Choir Tel: 01603 626414 www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk Norwich NR4 7UH Tel: 01603 626414 Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music, Tel: 01603 505974 Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4PG www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk Tel: 01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk Norwich Baroque, email: [email protected] Norwich Cathedral, 62 The Close, Tombland, Norwich www.norwichbaroque.co.uk NR1 4EH Tel: 01603 218300 www.cathedral.org.uk Norwich Cathedral Tel: 01603 218300 [email protected] Norwich Central Baptist Church, Duke Street, Norwich Norwich Philharmonic Society Tel: 01603 626414 NR3 3AP Tel: 01603 760497 www.norwichphil.org.uk Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RL Raynham Recitals www.raynhamrecitals.co.uk Tel: 01603 630000 www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Mozart Orchestra www.mozartorchestra.org.uk Octagon Chapel, 21a Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN St Peter Mancroft Tel: 01603 610443 www.stpetermancroft.org.uk Tel: 01603 666636 www.ukunitarians.org.uk/norwich Sistema in Norwich Tel: 01603 760529 www.sistemanorwich.org.uk Raynham Hall, East Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 7EP Theatre Royal Norwich Tel: 01603 630000 Tel: 01328 862133 email [email protected] www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich NR3 1AU UEA Music Centre Tel: 01603 593948 Tel: 01603 628477 www.thehallsnorwich.com www.uea.ac.uk/music-centre St John's RC Cathedral, Earlham Road, Norwich NR2 2PA Viva Voce Singers www.vivavocesingersnorwich.org.uk Tel: 01603 624615 www. sjbcathedral.org.uk Voice Project Tel: 7786940878 www.voiceproject.co.uk St Peter Mancroft, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1QZ Tel: 01603 610443 www.stpetermancroft.org.uk TICKETS United Reformed Church, Princes Street, Norwich NR3 1AZ Theatre Royal Box Office, Theatre Street Tel: 01603 630000 Tel: 01603 454253 www.princesstreet.urc.org.uk St George’s Music Shop, St George’s Street Tel: 01603 626414 MiN backcover_Spring201731/08/201717:18Page1 September ‘17-April‘18 MusicMusic inin NorwichNorwich a round-up of classical, jazz & world music

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