music in norwich

‘What’s on?’ a round-up of classical, jazz & world music events in Norwich September 2012-April 2013 At a glance : September ‘12–April ‘13 : at a glance 2 41 17 12 2 5.30pm Quartet Elias Music: Chamber NN 2 7.30pm Concert in RAF Royal: Theatre 8 7.30pm Uttley Richard Philharmonic: Norwich 13 7.30pm Concert Christmas Choir: UEA 25 15 7.30pm Consort Cathedral Baroque: Norwich 34 18 7.30pm Christmas Family Philharmonic: Norwich 6pm MAP for Concert Christmas 39 Family 22 Voce: Viva 34 42 28 2013 January 1 3pm Concert Day Year’s New Pops: Norwich 8 Quartets 7.30pm Hewitt Angela Royal: Theatre Norwich Britten The Weekend: Music 19/20 Chamber 25 20 pm 2.30 Chance Michael Baroque: Norwich 35 11 25 1: 1pm Lunch at Sinfonia Britten 29 December 2012 December 1 1pm Musicians Young Mancroft: St Peter 1 pm 7.30 Choir: Hall Keswick 37 Triorca debut concert in Germany concert debut Triorca 11 23 24 24 37 37 36 London Bridge Ensemble 7.30pm Ensemble Bridge London Steven Isserlis, Jean-Efflem Bavouzet Jean-Efflem Isserlis, Steven

& other choral works 7.30pm 7.30pm works choral & other

1 7.30pm Priory Binham Baroque: Norwich 7 Music: Chamber NN 27 September 2012 September 3 7.30pm Quartet Barbirolli Music: Chamber NN 10 1pm Organ Mancroft: St Peter 24 30 1: 1pm Lunch at Sinfonia Britten At a glance : September ‘12–April ‘13 ‘12–April : September glance a At 2012 November 21 3pm Music: Chamber NN 23 7.30pm Concert Birthday 20th Sinfonia: Britten 27 7.30pm Concertos Bach Baroque: Norwich 10 30 Tour on Glyndebourne Royal: Theatre Nov Oct–3 39 28 10 & Chorus Orchestra Philharmonic: Norwich 11 to Britten 3pm Tribute Music: Chamber NN 17 1pm Organ Mancroft: St Peter 23 33 Centenary Britten Orchestra: Symphony UEA 24 AMDG Britten’s Mancroft: St Peter at Voce Viva 24 40 42 6 1pm & Piano/Organ Flute Mancroft: St Peter 67.30pm 7.30pm Roberts Hannah Orchestra: Mozart Live 3 8 RADIO BBC Music: Chamber NN 13 36 1pm Organ Mancroft: St Peter 24 20 October 2012 October 22 7.30pm & Orchestra Chorus Group: Music Norwich 31 27 7.30pm rivals his and Bach Players: Bach The 29 7.30pm Taverna Alessandro Music: Chamber NN 23 8 20 1pm Guitar Classical Mancroft: St Peter 20 Storey Ito & Martin Kanako St Thomas: Academy 20 Music: Chamber NN 5 36 At a glance : September ‘12–April ‘13 : at a glance 3 so that they can they that so continue the popular Venezuelan El Sistema programme Sistema El Venezuelan popular the continue to links close has Norwich in Sistema schools. 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Notice: In Harmony Norwich Norwich In Harmony Notice: Norwich in Sistema now is project pilot 4 year successful end of a the Following are NORCA Education, for Department the funded by the be continuing will they that announce to delighted under a Norwich In Harmony by started work excellent banner. new Norwich in Sistema formed have NORCA Children playing in the Sarah Glover orchestra Glover Sarah the in playing Children 8 13 42 25 12 31 7.30pm 15 June Norwich Baroque: A Virtual Tour of Baroque Britain 29 Baroque of Tour Virtual A Baroque: Norwich June 15 Hill How Orchestra, Pops Norwich 2013 6 July flute for Concertos Baroque Norwich 27 July Chance & Michael Kirkby Emma Dame 7 September 35 29 29 Advance notice 2013 notice Advance 10 Triorca: Youth Orchestra from 3 Nations 7.30pm 7.30pm 3 Nations from Orchestra Youth Triorca: 10 20 21 7.30pm Choir Hall Keswick Baroque: Norwich 28 5.30pm Quartet Elias Music: Chamber NN 19/29 26 7 7.30pm Mater Stabat Players: Bach The 7.30pm UEA Anglia: Orchestra 7/8 Chamber 9 7.30pm Chorus & 7.30pm Trio Piano Vienna Music: Chamber NN Orchestra Philharmonic: 16 34 Norwich 14/41 23 7.30pm SCVA at Anglia: Orchestra Chamber 26 23 7.30pm Concert Spring Voce: Viva 15/41 2013 April 2 7.30pm McAslan Lorraine St Thomas: Academy 3 7.30pm Nights Baltic Sinfonia: Britten 6 March 2013 March 24 5.30pm Quartet Elias Music: Chamber NN 26 1 7.30pm Vogt Lars Music: Chamber NN February 2013 February 8 3: 1pm Lunch at Sinfonia Britten 9 7.30pm Greed David Philharmonic: Norwich 15 7.30pm to Britten Tribute A Music: Chamber NN 16 7.30pm Friends and Britten Choir: Hall Keswick 26 23 Group: Music Norwich 34 18 About Music in Norwich Benjamin Britten and Familiar Fields - a note This programme is the result of a collaboration from the Editor between a number of organisations who promote classical, jazz and world music. The aim is to gather There is lots going on musically in music listings in one place so that they are easy to Norwich this year as you will see find and also to offer an overview of performances from the following pages. Benjamin Britten throughout the year. The Music in Norwich group is Of particular note is the centenary in November 2013 a self-supporting partnership of music organisations of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the celebrated active and promoting music in Norwich and the ‘sons’ of East Anglia, born in Lowestoft, educated at surrounding area. Gresham’s, Holt, active in Norwich and working in We hope you will keep this booklet safe as it covers Aldeburgh, Suffolk for most of his life. six months’ programming. Because of space From Autumn 2012 to Autumn 2013 there will be limitations and lots going on, concert details are celebrations of his work gathered together under the brief but you can find out more from individual banner ‘Familiar Fields’, words from one of his works, organisations. ‘Peter Grimes’. So wherever you see the logo below, you will know the work is part of the Britten See page 43 for venue and contact details and also Centenary celebration. where to buy tickets. Please also visit our website at www.musicinnorwich.org.uk where you can Benjamin Britten’s work was prolific, accessible and download a pdf of this programme. popular. If you want to know more about his life and his contribution to music, pick up one of the Important: All information is subject to change - brochures that are available everywhere or look at please check with individual organisations before the websites www.familiarfields.org travelling to an event. and www.britten100.org. Academy of St Thomas www.academyofstthomas.com Concerts

Saturday 20 October 2012 The Academy of St Thomas was founded in 1973 7.30pm and has been promoting high calibre concerts in the St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich region ever since. The players of the Academy are Kanako Ito violin drawn from professional musicians and peripatetic Martin Storey cello teachers who donate their talents in order to play Christopher Adey conductor in a high-standard orchestra. Concerts have been Kanako Ito acclaimed for their high professional standards and Beethoven Egmont Overture exhilarating performances under the direction of Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello conductor Christopher Adey. Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘The Italian’

After working in the USA for many years, Norwich- Academy of St Thomas born Martin Storey makes a welcome return to his home city. He is joined by his wife, violinist Kanako Ito to perform Brahms’ magisterial Double Concerto. The programme is balanced with Mendelssohn’s sunny ‘Italian’ Symphony.

Tickets £16, £13 and £9, under-18s and students £5 any seat from Prelude Records, St Giles Street, Norwich tel 01603 628319

Martin Storey Concert sponsored by 5 Saturday 2 March 2013, 7.30pm www.academyofstthomas.com St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Britten Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.7 Lorraine McAslan violin Christopher Adey conductor

An unmissable opportunity to hear Britten’s Violin Concerto – a seldom-performed and unforgettably commanding work. Written at the start of the Second World War, it offers a brilliant insight into the composer at the height Lorraine McAslan

of his powers. Academy of St Thomas No less robust but familiar to all is Beethoven’s great Symphony No. 7 – promising to end the programme a blaze of swirling energy and colour. Tickets on sale from 11 January for Patrons and 18 January for general bookings from Prelude Records 01603 628319 For more information go to academyofstthomas.com

Concert sponsored by Lewis Jarrett Academy of St Thomas 6 Friday 5th Oct, 8pm Blonde On Black Chanteuse Christine Davidson presents an evening’s entertainment dedicated to her great black heroines of song including Billy, Ella, Sarah and more.

Friday 12th Oct, 8pm It’s A Gas! Gas! Gas! Singer songwriter, guitarist and record producer Graham Dee formed the Rock and Soul band “The *DV´WKH¿UVWPL[HGUDFH(QJOLVKJURXS7KH'DYH Holgate trio supports Graham in an entertainment EDVHGRQKLVH[WUDRUGLQDU\PXVLFDOOLIH

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Friday 26th Oct, 8pm BHM All Star Jam Bring it and Jam it! The elite of Norwich get together to celebrate the end of BHM with foot stomping, swinging, grooving, dancing and moving!

)\H%ULGJH6W1RUZLFK15/- Tickets from £12. Call 01603 766 129 to book or purchase on the door Opportunity for young musicians Norfolk YouNg MusiciaN 2013 sunday 13th January 2013 John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich • Badminton Prize - £150 - for the most promising young string player • e aylsham Music society Prize - £200 - for the most promising woodwind/brass player • Mrs E sturgeon Prize - £150 - for the most promising young pianist • Three cash Prizes - £200 £150 £100 closing date for applications 14th December 2012 Application forms and details from [email protected] or 01603 504301

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 further details of the Young Musicians Trust, contact Jonathan Wortley at [email protected] The Bach Players Thursday 7 March 2013, 7.30pm www.thebachplayers.org.uk The Bach Players The Bach Players is a collective of world-class Stabat Mater musicians drawn together by their passion for Rachel Elliott soprano the music of J.S. Bach. They perform on original Sally Bruce-Payne alto instruments and explore the relationship between Nicolette Moonen violin Bach’s music, work by the European composers who Octagon Chapel, Colegate inspired him, and the music of his contemporaries. G.B. Pergolesi Stabat Mater H.I. Biber Mystery Sonatas Concerts The Bach Players explore the Easter Story from Mary’s Thursday 27 September 2012, 7.30pm viewpoint with Pergolesi’s poignant rendition of the Stabat Mater and two of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, Bach and his rivals

each vividly depicting a station of the cross. The Bach Players Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto Ticket prices for both concerts Andrew Staples tenor, Matthew Brook bass £17.50, £12.50, £5 students and schoolchildren When Johann Kuhnau died in 1722, the most important musical job in Leipzig became vacant. All concerts are at the The Octagon Chapel, Three composers auditioned to become the next Colegate, Norwich. Tickets are available online at Cantor at St Thomas's church: Telemann, Graupner www.thebachplayers.org.uk or from Prelude Records, and Bach. Both Telemann and Graupner turned it St Giles Street, Norwich tel 01603 628319 down. Bach landed third place and accepted the job. For this concert The Bach Players gather their forces to play a deeply affecting cantata by each composer, written as an audition piece to show off his talents. Sponsored by Aude Gotto presents 9 Britten Sinfonia www.brittensinfonia.com

Concerts Tuesday 23 October 2012, 7.30pm Theatre Royal Norwich

Britten Sinfonia 20th Birthday Concert Britten Sinfonia Pekka Kuusisto violin/director Jacqueline Shave violin/director Quirky, imaginative, and quintessentially Britten Thomas Gould violin/director Sinfonia, the 20th birthday concert showcases the Caroline Dearnley cello individual talents of Britten Sinfonia musicians as Nicholas Daniel oboe well as their collective sound. Britten Sinfonia Academy Designed as a concerto for orchestra, the repertoire is Britten Sinfonia Alissa Firsova Birthday commission (World première tour) drawn from Britten Sinfonia’s most inspiring projects Sibelius Rakastava and features close collaborator, violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin Two premières open each half, including a piece by James MacMillan Birthday commission (World Alissa Firsova for Britten Sinfonia Academy featuring première tour) young musicians from the East of England. Don’t miss Tippett Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli the celebrations. Prokofiev Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’ In conversation – 6.30pm Discover two decades of Britten Sinfonia in a special Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is

“ 20th birthday pre-concert talk probably the most engaging“ maverick in classical music today. The Times Tickets £26, £23, £20, £13, £6.50 10 Friday 30 November 2012, 1pm Tuesday 8 January 2013, 7.30pm www.brittensinfonia.com Assembly House, Norwich Norwich Theatre Royal Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 1 Angela Hewitt directs

Jacqueline Shave violin Angela Hewitt piano/director Miranda Dale violin Thomas Gould violin/director Clare Finnimore viola Wagner Siegfried Idyll Caroline Dearnley cello Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Stephen Williams double bass Sibelius Scene with Cranes Angela Hewitt Emer McDonough flute Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Nicholas Daniel oboe One of the finest pianists of her generation, Angela Joy Farrall clarinet Hewitt makes a popular return to Norwich directing Sarah Burnett bassoon and performing two pillars of the piano concerto Britten Sinfonia Stephen Bell horn repertoire: Beethoven’s youthful second and intimate Britten Phantasy Quartet Op.2 and serene fourth. Alongside each concerto, Britten Lutoslawski Dance Preludes Sinfonia leader Thomas Gould directs Wagner’s Dobrinka Tabakova New work (World première tour) Siegfried Idyll and Sibelius’ ethereal Scene with Britten Sinfonietta Op.1 Cranes. Early booking for this concert is advised. Our Britten centenary At Lunch series begins, fittingly, In conversation – 6.30pm with his first compositions. These virtuosic works, Free pre-concert talk with Angela Hewitt written while Britten was still a student, heralded his £26, £23, £20, £13, £6.50 extraordinary talent to the world.

“If you want the sheer joy of human £8, £3 (under 18s and students with valid NUS card) creation and recreation, then“ go to a piano recital by Angela Hewitt. The Times 11 www.brittensinfonia.com

Friday 8 February 2013, 1pm Assembly House, Norwich Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3 Mark Padmore Friday 25 January 2013, 1pm Thomas Gould violin Assembly House, Norwich Miranda Dale violin Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 1 Clare Finnimore viola Caroline Dearnley cello Mark Padmore tenor Huw Watkins piano Richard Watkins horn Caroline Dearnley cello Copland Vitebsk Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Quartet

Huw Watkins piano Britten Sinfonia (Elegy & Polka) Poulenc Elégie (in memory of Denis Brain) Britten Reflection Richard Rodney Bennett Tom O’Bedlam Jay Greenberg (World première tour)* Gerald Barry New work (World première tour) Britten Three Divertimenti Walton Three Songs Two of Britten’s most admired contemporaries, Britten The Heart of the Matter Copland and Shostakovich feature in this vibrant Works dedicated to Britten’s partner Peter Pears programme with stage and dance connections. interweave with works inspired by Sitwell verse in Completing the programme is a new work by Jay this fascinating portrait performed by tenor Mark Greenberg, winner of the University of Cambridge Padmore, one of Britten’s finest interpreters. Composer’s Workshop 2012. £8, £3 (under 18s and students with valid NUS card) £8, £3 (under 18s and students with valid NUS card) 12 Sunday 3 March 2013, 7.30pm www.brittensinfonia.com Theatre Royal Norwich Baltic Nights

Alina Ibragimova violin/director Jacqueline Shave violin/director Britten Sinfonia Voices

Perotin Viderunt omnes Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Eriks Esenvalds New work (World première tour) Bach Motet - Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229 P teris Vasks Violin Concerto ‘Distant Light’ ē Britten Sinfonia Closing Britten Sinfonia’s Norwich Theatre Royal season, acclaimed violinist Alina Ibragimova directs the orchestra in a programme showcasing her skill with Alina Ibragimova both contemporary and early repertoire: P teris Vasks’ In conversation – 6.30pm expansive Violin Concerto Distant Light andē one of Free pre-concert talk with Eriks Esenvalds two surviving violin concertos by Bach. Tickets £26, £23, £20, £13, £6.50 Britten Sinfonia’s professional choir intersperse music from Perotin and Bach, and Eriks Esenvalds brings the Box Office Telephone 01603 630000 or in person themes together in a new commission for strings and from Theatre Royal, Norwich voices directed by leader Jacqueline Shave. www.brittensinfonia.com

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Chamber Orchestra Anglia Concerts

Thursday 7 & Friday 8 March 2013, 7.30pm Founded in 2001, Chamber Orchestra Anglia’s key aims UEA Drama Studio, University of East Anglia are to forge new links and relationships with other art forms and scientific disciplines and present inspiring UEA Drama and Chamber Orchestra Anglia and accessible classical concerts. A new staged production of TH White’s The Sword in The orchestra’s artistic director and principal conductor, the Stone, with music by Benjamin Britten Sharon Andrea Choa is Director of Music at UEA and Holly Maples director conductor of the UEA Symphony Orchestra. Sharon Andrea Choa conductor The leader of the orchestra is Simon Smith, an Tickets from £5 – on sale mid December 2012 outstanding violinist who has performed extensively as

a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra Anglia Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Both concerts are on the UEA campus towards the west of the city. The number 25 bus leaves the city centre regularly, or a cab from the city centre costs £6 - split between two couples or four friends it is good value!

For updates on COA news and concerts see www.chamberorchestraanglia.co.uk

Chamber Orchestra Anglia with conductor Sharon Andrea Choa 14 www.chamberorchestraanglia.co.uk Saturday 23 March 2013, 7.30pm The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is on the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA campus at the University of East Anglia. Chamber Orchestra Anglia The Centre is one of celebrated architect Lord Norman Sharon Andrea Choa conductor Foster’s iconic buildings, a commission by Sir Robert Martin Owen horn and Lady Lisa Sainsbury in the 1970s to house their World art collection. It was his first major public Programme to include: Britten Serenade for Tenor, building and, arguably, his ‘big break’. Horn and Strings Set in the parklands of UEA and overlooking the Broad, it is an inspired location for a concert, and a Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm great way to enjoy this fantastic building. Art historian, Tim Barringer (Yale) on the influences of the pastoralist movement in art on Britten’s music. UEA Box Office 01603 508050 Chamber Orchestra Anglia Tickets from £5 on sale mid December 2012 www.ticketbookings.co.uk/events Prelude Records - 01603 628319 [email protected] or St George’s Music Shop 01603 626414 [email protected]

For more information about concerts at UEA www.uea.ac.uk/mus/musicevents 01603 593948 [email protected] Tickets for these concerts are available at:

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA 15 www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk Keswick Hall Choir 16 harp Soir sur la plaine la sur Soir Sirènes Les soldat d’un funérailles les Pour is presented in a new arrangement by arrangement new a in presented is Concerts pm 7.30 2012, 1 December Saturday Cathedral Norwich Hill) David (arranged op.48 Requiem Fauré corpus verum Ave Widor op.55 ergo Tantum Fauré Boulanger Lili Lili Boulanger Lili Boulanger Lili aeterna Lux Boulanger Nadia motets Four Copland Aaron baritone Charles Julian violin Hopkins Dominic cello Trzebiatowski Philip Pennick Lucinder organ & piano & organ Dunnett David conductor Duarte Christopher teachers influential most the of one was Boulanger Nadia music includes programme the and century last of the one and Lili her sister Widor, and Fauré her teachers, by Copland. Aaron pupils, famous of her most Requiem The Choir. Bach of the conductor Hill, David Christopher Duarte Christopher

Keswick Hall Choir Keswick century music. music. century the work of two pre-eminent figures of 20th figures pre-eminent of two work the conductor, Christopher Duarte, it will be exploring will it Duarte, Christopher conductor, For the forthcoming season, under its new under its season, forthcoming the For challenging repertoire. repertoire. challenging and has long been admired for undertaking been admired long has and experienced area the in singers choral amateur Choir attracts the most accomplished and accomplished most the attracts Choir Established now for over forty years, Keswick Hall Keswick years, forty for over now Established Saturday 16 February 2013, 7.30 pm www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich Britten and Friends

Aaron Copland Old American Songs Francis Poulenc Salve Regina Lennox Berkeley A Festival anthem op.21 no.2 Benjamin Britten Chorale after an old French carol Britten Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria (organ) Britten Five flower songs op.47 Britten Prelude to ‘They walk alone’ (organ) Britten AMDG Keswick Hall Choir Britten Festival Te Deum op.32 Keswick Hall Choir David Dunnett organ & piano Christopher Duarte conductor In the Britten centenary year we mix and match pieces We are very pleased to have been given a Britten Award written between 1930-1950 by Britten and some of his by the Trustees of the Britten-Pears Foundation in composer friends. In their original form the Old American relation to the programming of this concert. Songs were given their world première by Britten and Pears. Poulenc's influence generated a whole sequence of French-inspired music and and Lennox Berkeley shared a house with Britten in the 30s, eventually collaborating on an orchestral suite. The four choral works by Britten will be interspersed with organ solos. 17 Keswick Hall Choir www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk

Saturday 20 April 2013, 7.30 pm St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich Music for Coronations

Handel Four Coronation anthems Purcell Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem Boyce The King shall rejoice Blow The Lord God is a sun and a shield Croft The Lord is a sun and a shield Boyce Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem Purcell My heart is inditing Norwich Baroque Keswick Hall Choir with Norwich Baroque Christopher Duarte conductor

For the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II we round off our season with a grand Tickets from Prelude Records 01603 628319 and pageant of music for Coronations past. St George’s Music Shop, 17/19 St George’s Street, Opening with Zadok the Priest, and exploring some Norwich Telephone 01603 626414 lesser-known composers and music from Coronations Further details at www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk and of the 17th and 18th centuries, there is much which http://www.facebook.com/keswickhallchoir will appeal beyond the well-known dose of Handel.

18 is one of the country’s best- Xeniaknown and most Horne experienced harpists. As well as running her own busy and successful career, from her base in Norwich, Xenia also manages UK Harpists, a collective of professional harpists across the UK who are available to play at concerts and events. So if you need a harpist, for any occasion anywhere in the country, start by talking to Xenia.

Superb local harpists across the UK www.ukharpists.com|email [email protected] | text 07866568872 freephone 0800 458 0435 Mozart Orchestra www.mozartorchestra.org.uk

The Mozart Orchestra was founded in 1961 and its Concert first concert given at the Assembly House in 1962. The orchestra is frequently joined by celebrity Saturday 6 October 2012, 7.30pm guests and specialist musicians. St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich The season runs from May to October, with two concerts in Norwich and others further afield in Colin Dowdeswell Conductor Norfolk or Suffolk. More details can be found on MacCunn Overture: Land of the Mountain and The Flood the website www.mozartorchestra.org.uk. Elgar Cello Concerto Op34 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 Winner of the Jacqueline du Pré Memorial Award,

international cellist Hannah Roberts joins the Mozart Mozart Orchestra Orchestra to play Elgar’s ever-popular Cello Concerto as part of an all English programme. Hannah has performed with many top orchestras, as well as musical legends Lord Menuhin and Louis Kentner. Tickets from Prelude Records, 25b St Giles St, Norwich, tel 01603 628319

This concert is in aid of the Families House charity.

Hannah Roberts 20 Triorca – young musicians from 3 nations Concert www.triorca.eu Nicholas Daniel Following its successful debut in Germany in July Wednesday 10 April 2013, 7.30pm 2012 and appearance in Serbia in December 2012, St Andrews Hall, Norwich Triorca makes its UK debut in Norwich. Triorca Made up of musicians from Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Nicholas Daniel conductor Novi Sad, Serbia and Norfolk, England, and funded by

Simon Callow narrator (subject to confirmation) young musicians from 3 nations Triorca – the EU Cultural Programme, Triorca has been created to help young musicians from the three countries Britten A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra share their different cultural backgrounds and learn Xiaotian Shi New work commissioned for Triorca together and from each other, using the international Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 language of music. A new international youth orchestra of young The orchestra is conducted by its artistic director, the musicians from England, Germany and Serbia makes international conductor and virtuoso oboist, Nicholas its UK debut, featuring music by Britten in his Daniel, and this concert features music by Britten in centenary year and a new work specially his centenary year and a new work specially commissioned for the orchestra by young British commissioned for Triorca from the young British composer Xiaotian Shi. composer, Xiaotian Shi. Tickets £18 £15 £12 (TBC) Half price for under 18s and students in full-time education, £1 discount for friends and family Tickets from Prelude Records, 25b St Giles Street, Norwich, tel 01603 628319 21 2013 sees the centenary of the most celebrated British composer of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten, whose music was inspired by East Anglia’s Centenary performances of landscapes and sea – Britten’s ‘familiar fields’. Britten’s music in Suffolk and Norfolk Look out for special centenary Autumn 2012 to Autumn 2013 performances of Britten’s music in Norwich and across Norfolk PRINCIPAL SPONSORS and Suffolk this season and over the coming year.

SUPPORTED BY For more information go to www.familiarfields.org or pick up an Events Guide from leading MEDIA PARTNER arts venues and music shops. www.familiarfields.org www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk

Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Concerts Music at John Innes Centre Friday 7 September 2012, 7.30pm John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre is a modern 300 seat concert hall, well suited to chamber music. It is located in the Steven Isserlis cello Norwich Research Park, on the west side of the city Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano close to the University and NHS Trust Hospital and Steven Isserlis there is plenty of free parking Saint-Saens Cello Sonata No 1 Debussy Preludes Bk II & Cello All concerts are open to the public. For details of Sonata membership and season tickets contact the Secretary,

Bartok Rhapsody No 1 Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Roger Rowe MBE, 60 Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF Tel 01603 621169 email [email protected] Pre-concert discussion at 6.30pm Tickets £22 (members £18, students under 25 £8) Jean-Efflem Bavouzet from Prelude Records, 25b St Giles, Norwich NR2 1JN Saturday 29 September 2012, 7.30pm tel 01603 628319 John Innes Centre Alessandro Taverna piano “ Let no-one say there is no room for another

set of established masterpieces when the Chopin Introduction & Rondo Op 16 pianist is possessed with this sort of“ Messaien Esprit de Joie recreative energy and exuberance. Debussy Images Book II Gramophone Magazine Stravinsky Three movements from Petrouchka

Norfolk & Norwich Music Club Reg Charity No 278446 Pre-concert discussion at 6.30pm 23 N & N Chamber Music Sunday 21 October 3013, 3pm www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk Alina Ibragimova violin Monday 8 October 2012, 7.30pm Stephen Kovacevich piano BBC RADIO 3 Live Transmission Brahms Violin Sonatas Nos 1,2 & 3 Evegenia Rubinova piano Takemitsu Hika & Distance de fée Scriabin Fantasy in B minor, Op.28 Saturday 3 November 2012, 7.30pm Prokofiev Sarcasms Prokofiev Sonata No.4 in C minor, Op.29 Barbirolli Quartet Rachmaninov 6 Moment musicaux, Op.16 Haydn Quartet in B flat Op 76/4 Bartok Quartet No 2 Op 17 Schubert Quartet in D min D810 Death & the Maiden Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Evegenia Rubinova

Saturday 20 October 2012, 7.30pm London Bridge Ensemble Sunday 11 November 2012, 3pm Bridge Phantasie Quartet James Gilchrist tenor Britten Violin Suite & Lachryma Anna Tilbrook piano Bridge Two Pieces A Tribute to Benjamin Britten Schubert Piano Trio No 1 Purcell Music for a While/Solitude/Divine Hymns James Gilchrist Britten Canticle 1 & Winter Words Butterworth Shropshire Lad

24 www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk CHAMBER MUSIC WEEKEND THE BRITTEN QUARTETS Saturday 19/Sunday 20 January 2013

Elias Quartet Maggini Quartet with Pal Banda cello

Sunday 2 December 2012, 5.30pm Saturday 19 January, 7.30pm Elias Quartet Beethoven I Mozart Quartet in D major K499 Hoffmeister Britten Quartet No 1 The first in a cycle of six concerts devoted to the Schubert Quartet in G major D887 complete Beethoven’s String Quartets Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Sunday 20 January, 11.30am Programme 1 Schubert Quartettsatz D703 Quartet in A major Op 18 No 5 Bridge Three Idylls Quartet in C major Op 59 No 3 Rasumovsky Britten Quartet No 2 Quartet in C sharp minor Op 131 Lars Vogt Sun 20 January, 3pm Friday 1 February 2013, 7.30 pm Mozart Quartet in Lars Vogt piano G major K387

Bartok For Children Britten Quartet No 3 Maggini Quartet Schubert Sonata in G major D894 Schubert Quintet in C major D956 Thomas Larcher Poems Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini Op 34 (1st set) 25 Friday 15 February 2013, 7.30pm www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk A Tribute to Benjamin Britten

Mark Padmore tenor Roger Vignoles piano Schubert Im Fruhling/Abendstern/Herbst Britten Holderlin Fragments & John Donne Mark Padmore Vienna Piano Trio Sonnets Schubert Die Mutter Erde/Im Abendrot Saturday 9 March 2012, 7.30pm Vienna Piano Trio Mozart Trio Sonata in G-major, K.11.

Ravel Piano Trio Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music Dvorak Piano Trio No.2 in G-minor, op.26 Sunday 24 February, 5.30pm Sunday 28 April, 2012, 5.30pm Elias Quartet Beethoven II Elias Quartet Beethoven III The second in a cycle of six concerts devoted to the complete Beethoven’s String Quartets The third in a cycle of six concerts devoted to the complete Beethoven’s String Quartets. Programme 2 Programme 3 Quartet in D major Op 18 No 3 Quartet in G major Op 18 No 2 Quartet in F minor Op 95 Serioso Quartet in E flat major Op 127 Quartet in B flat major Op 130 Quartet in F major Op 59/1 Razumovsky

26 Norwich Baroque www.norwichbaroque.co.uk

Formed in 2006, Norwich Baroque specialises in fresh Concerts and vibrant interpretations of music by popular and less well known baroque composers; from Handel, Bach Friday 31 August 2012, Norwich Baroque at Binham Priory and Vivaldi to Avison, Hellendaal and Mudge. 7.30pm Performing with eminent soloists from the baroque St. Mary’s Church, Attleborough world, it has grown increasingly popular with audiences Saturday 1 September 2012, 7.30pm and established a niche for itself in the cultural life of Binham Priory, Binham the region. Recent soloists have included internationally After the success of last year’s mini-tour, Norwich respected countertenor Michael Chance, exciting young Baroque takes another trip out of the city to the soprano Elizabeth Watts, Crispian Steele-Perkins, church in the Parish of St Mary’s, Attleborough and probably the best known name in the world of baroque Norwich Baroque brass performance and baroque dance duo Sasza the atmospheric Norman Priory at Binham for Zargowski and Moira Goff. consecutive evenings of popular baroque music in beautiful surroundings. Programme to include Vivaldi`s concerto for four violins, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Purcell’s Chaconne, an Albinoni concerto for two oboes and music by Boyce, Telemann and Wassenaer.

Tickets: Attleborough £10 and £5 from Prelude Records 01603 628319 and Nuts’n’Bolts in Attleborough Binham £14 from Maureen Frost 01328 830362 Patron Michael Chance CBE and Norwich Baroque 27 Saturday 15 December 2012, 7.30pm www.norwichbaroque.co.uk Norwich Cathedral with The Cathedral Consort Don’t miss the return of the ever popular Christmas by Candlelight. Two years ago over 500 people enjoyed an evening away from the bustle of 21st century Christmas and travelled back in time with us to the serenity and atmosphere of the 17th and 18th century festive season in the candlelit beauty of our Cathedral. In 2010 the John Crockatt magical surroundings were enhanced still further by the heaviest snow fall of the year, so be prepared.

Saturday 27 October 2012, 7.30pm It will be a particular pleasure to welcome the United Reformed Church, Princes Street, Norwich Cathedral’s new Master of Music and director of the

Cathedral Consort, Ashley Grote. Norwich Baroque Norwich Baroque presents a feast of Bach Concertos! With violin soloists Rachel Stroud and John Crockatt, and oboist, Robert de Bree, our programme features Tickets £14 (£12) and two Bach double concertos (for 2 violins, and for oboe under 18s £5 from and violin) a concerto for oboe d’amore, the 3rd Prelude Records and the Brandenburg concerto and the violin concerto in A minor. Cathedral Shop. Mulled By way of an extra treat we have included a beautiful wine awaits you at the version of Bach’s aria Erbarme Dich from St. Matthew interval. Passion, arranged for oboe d’amore. Tickets £14 (£12) and under 18s £5 from Prelude Records Christmas by candlelight 28 Saturday 20 April 2013, 7.30pm www.norwichbaroque.co.uk St. Peter Mancroft with Keswick Hall Choir A rousing programme of Coronation music from Purcell, Handel, Boyce, Croft and Blow will see Norwich Baroque in partnership with Keswick Hall choir under the direction of their new conductor, Christopher Duarte.

Michael Chance

Sunday 20 January 2013, 2.30 pm St Peter Mancroft, Norwich Norwich Baroque We are delighted to be starting the year with our patron, countertenor Michael Chance, for an afternoon programme of sparkling and beautiful Keswick Hall Choir Handel. What better way to kick off 2013? Advance dates for your diary: Saturday 15 June ‘A Virtual Tour of Baroque Britain’ with live programme notes. Saturday 27 July Baroque concertos for flute with Visit www.norwichbaroque.co.uk for further soloist Annabel Knight. information and details of the ‘Friends’ scheme, Saturday 7 September Dame Emma Kirkby and or follow us on Facebook. Michael Chance, Norwich Cathedral. 29 Norwich Music Group www.norwichmusicgroup.co.uk

Norwich Music Group is the brainchild of Julian Musgrave, Philip Aldred and Frances Banham and was formed with the express purpose of performing the great choral works in Norwich's fine Churches using the best of local singers and musicians. Two concerts are held annually – normally in the beautiful setting of St Peter Mancroft Church. Philip Aldred Performances have also been given in St Andrew's Hall Orchestral works performed include Vivaldi's Four and in both Cathedrals. Additional concerts are Seasons; Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 & No. 5; included during the year on request. Various national and Haydn's Symphony The Clock. and local charities benefit from the concerts, 2012 Norwich Music Group Philip Aldred, conductor and musical director, was enabled us to support the Central Norfolk Stroke trained in the English choral tradition and studied at Services at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Trinity College of Music and Durham University. and The Lymphoma Association will be the chosen As well as his work with Norwich Music Group, Philip charity for 2013. is the Chief Examiner for the London College of Music. Choral performances have included Requiems by His Fellowship was awarded in Conducting. Mozart, Fauré, Rutter, Masses by Mozart and Schubert, The Choir rehearses weekly at Spooner Row Chapel near Jenkins' The Armed Man, Orff's Carmina Burana, works Wymondham and warmly welcomes new members. by Byrd, Tavener, Bach, Elgar, Parry and Patrick Hawes Contact details are on page 43. who is emerging as one of the country's most popular and inspirational composers, forging a link with Norwich Music Group are sponsored by Williams Lea Norfolk where he now resides. Corporate Information Solutions and Abacus Care 30 Concerts Saturday 21 September 2013, 7.30pm www.norwichmusicgroup.co.uk St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich Saturday 23 February 2013, 7.30pm Chorus, Soloists and Orchestra St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich Chorus, soloists and Orchestra Programme to include: Philip Aldred conductor Philip Aldred Bach Magnificat Frances Banham leader Byrd 5 part Mass Byrd Ave Verum Soloists to include: Bruckner Locus Iste June Harrison soprano Fearghus Cooper bass Further details are available on the website or call 01953 605088. Puccini Messa di Gloria 1880 Fauré Requiem 1877 £10 (centre) £8 (side), concessions £8/£6, under 18's & students £5

Fauré Cantique De Jean Racine Norwich Music Group Rutter The Lord Bless You And Keep You Tickets available from St Georges Music Shop, Rutter Gaelic Blessing 17-19 St George's St Norwich Tel 01603 626414 The concert will highlight two of the most famous composers known for their exquisite melodic writing, Giacomo Puccini and Gabriel Fauré. Both works have a freshness and warmth which both the performer and audience can readily engage in. The anthems by John Rutter, with his natural compositional technique, are also so well suited for the human voice. £10 (centre) £8 (side), concessions £8/£6, under 18's & students £5 Norwich Music Group 31 LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC EXAMINATIONS London College of Music Exams BREAKING NEW GROUND IN ARTS QUALIFICATIONS

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LCM Exams, University of West London, St Mary’s Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF T: 020 8231 2364 E: [email protected] W: uwl.ac.uk/lcmexams Norwich Philharmonic Society Concerts www.norwichphil.org.uk Saturday 10 November 2012, 7.30pm The Norwich Philharmonic Society was established in St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich 1841 and has maintained its position at the heart of Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Janet Shell the musical life of the city ever since. Norwich Philharmonic Chorus With a large orchestra and a mixed chorus of some Janet Shell mezzo-soprano 120 voices, it performs a wide repertoire of large- Jonathan Wortley piano scale works and attracts guest musicians of the Matthew Andrews, David Dunnett highest calibre. Each season comprises four concerts, conductors either choral or orchestral programmes, plus a very Lambert Rio Grande popular Family Christmas Concert. Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Jonathan Wortley

Holst The Planets Norwich Philharmonic Society Season tickets and Friends’ membership offer attractive discounts on ticket prices. Tickets from Prelude Records, 25b St Giles Street, Norwich NR2 1JN Tel 01603 628319. Further details at www.norwichphil.org.uk

Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra 33 Saturday 8 December 2012, 7.30pm Saturday 9 February 2013, 7.30pm www.norwichphil.org.uk St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Uttley piano David Greed violin Matthew Andrews conductor Matthew Andrews conductor Britten Four Sea Interludes Brahms Academic Festival Overture Richard Uttley Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Dvorákˇ Symphony No 7 Mahler Symphony No.1

Saturday 16 March 2013, 7.30pm St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Norwich Philharmonic Society Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Norwich Philharmonic Chorus

Joanne Dexter soprano Tuesday 18 December 2012, 7.30pm Jeanette Ager mezzo-soprano St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Richard Reaville tenor Family Christmas Concert Michael Pearce Jesus Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra Michael George Judas Norwich Philharmonic Chorus Robert Rice Peter David Dunnett conductor David Dunnett conductor Elgar The Apostles

34 Norwich Pops Orchestra www.norwichpopsorchestra.co.uk

Since its formation in 2003 the Norwich Pops Orchestra has established itself as the leading light orchestra in the region. We have staged children’s concerts, a conducting competition, film music nights, an Olympic Prom and a highly successful series of New Year's Day concerts. Most importantly we continue to present informal and relaxed high quality entertainment for our St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich audiences wherever we perform.

Concerts Advance date for your diary: Norwich Pops Orchestra Tuesday 1 January 2013, 3pm Saturday 6 July 2013 St Andrew's Hall, Norwich Evening New Year’s Day Concert How Hill, Ludham

Geoff Davidson conductor Evening Concert and Picnic Make a New Year’s Resolution to join the Pops Geoff Davidson conductor Orchestra for an afternoon which will be certain to Jane May-Sysum soprano feature some of your Viennese favourites. The Norwich Pops Orchestra has been chosen by the Tickets £15 and £12. Concessions available. How Hill Trust to entertain the guests in this Children half price. beautiful location. Booking opens at Prelude Records on 29 October 2012. Ticket sales will be organised by the Trust. 35 St Peter Mancroft www.stpetermancroft.org.uk

The Church of St Peter Mancroft has a long musical Autumn recitals tradition. It has an excellent reputation for its work with young people many of whom have gone on to Saturdays 1pm become professional singers and organists. The Church of St Peter Mancroft The Market Place, Norwich The Mancroft Music Recitals programme is appreciated Lunchtime recitals are by increasing numbers at no charge. The magnificent approximately 45-50 minutes church building has excellent acoustics and provides Dimitris Dekavallas Admission free a splendid setting in which to enjoy music of a high standard.

Saturday 6 October, 1pm St Peter Mancroft Flute & Piano/Organ Anna Hopkins & David Morgan

Saturday 13 October, 1pm Organ Hannah Parry-Ridout (St Mary’s Church, Putney)

Saturday 20 October, 1pm Classical Guitar Dimitris Dekavallas

36 Autumn recitals cont. www.stpetermancroft.org.uk All recitals approx. 45-50 minutes Admission free Saturday 10 November, 1pm Organ Greg Morris (Temple Church, London)

Saturday 17 November, 1pm Organ Julian Haggett (St Peter Mancroft)

Saturday 1 December, 1pm Preparing for Christmas St Peter Mancroft The Young Musicians of St Peter Mancroft Julian Haggett organ, Jody Butler director Greg Morris Programme includes Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols

Evening concert Saturday 24 November, 7.30pm Britten’s AMDG & other choral works Please see Viva Voce Singers, page 42, for details and For further information please visit ticket information www.stpetermancroft.org.uk

37 THE CHURCH OF ST PETER MANCROFT, NORWICH offers musical opportunities Choral Scholarships for singers aged 16 – 25 Twelve Choral Scholarships are offered (SATB), each to the value of £500 pa. Scholars rehearse weekly and sing for Sunday services and on special occasions. Choristerships for boys & girls aged 7+ Choristers benefit from: ‡Dfree PXVLFDl HGXFDWLRQ ‡WKe XSOLIWLQg H[SHULHQFe Rf VLQJLQg IRr ZRUVKLS ‡EHLQg SDUW RI D WHDP ‡DVPDOl EXUVDUy&subsidisedVRFLDl DFWLYLWLHV ‡ILQDQFLDl VXSSRUW ZLWK LQVWUXPHQWDl OHVVRQV Also at St Peter Mancroft : The Girls’ Choir for girls & young women aged 15-25 Amixed-voiceadultchoir,StPeter’sSingers Organ Scholarships for enthusiastic young organists *New this term* singing club for 5 - 7 year olds For more information please contact: Miss Jody Butler, Director of Music [email protected] or 01603 610443. Theatre Royal Norwich Concerts www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Tuesday 30 October–Saturday 3 November 2012, 7.15pm Theatre Royal Norwich is one of the Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich most successful regional theatres in Glyndebourne on Tour the country, with a busy and eclectic Two spectacular productions from this world-class programme running throughout the Rusalka opera company. Sundayyear. Recently, 17 June a major2012, refurbishment 7.30pm photo Bill Cooper Theatreincluded Royal, improvements Theatre Street,to the Norwich Mozart Le nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] acoustics of the theatre, making it a (Tues, Thur & Sat) sung in Italian with English supertitles The Royal Marine Band popular concert venue. Britten Dvorák’sˇ Rusalka (Wed & Fri), sung in Czech with OneSinfonia of the perform world’s at best the militarytheatre bands. English supertitles Inregularly aid of Navyand the and theatre Royal Marinehas its owncharities. £51, £45, £36.50, £27.50, £6.50 £21.50,varied music £18.50, programme. £15.50, £5.50 Theatre Royal Norwich

RAF Concert Band Sunday 2 December 2012, 7.30pm Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich RAF in Concert

Marking HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a programme of the best of British music – entertaining, stirring and patriotic. Compere: Alan Dedicoat (BBC Radio 2) £22, £19, £16, £5.50 Theatre Royal Box office 01603 630000 39 www.uea.ac.uk/mus/musicevents School of Music Concerts

University of East Anglia Friday 23 November 2012, 7.30pm St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich 2013 is a very important year at UEA - in addition to Britten Centenary Celebration Launch being the University’s 50th anniversary year, it marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of East Anglia’s best- UEA Symphony Orchestra loved composer, Benjamin Britten. Conducted by Sharon Andrea Choa Alongside the usual programme of concerts, UEA will Simon Smith violin, Paul Silverthorne viola be celebrating both of these anniversaries in the coming months by presenting a ‘Festival of Britten’ – a series of Britten Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra concerts and events showcasing Britten’s music. Elgar/Payne Symphony No 3 Performances will be given on campus and in the city Tickets from £5 by UEA Symphony Orchestra and Choir, UEA Chamber UEA School of Music Choir, UEA’s professional ensemble in residence, Thursday 13 December 2012, 7.30pm Chamber Orchestra Anglia, and other visiting artists. St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral See www.uea.ac.uk/mus/musicevents for full details. Christmas Concert

Tickets can be purchased on the door or in advance UEA Choir from UEA Box Office 01603 508050 www.ticketbookings.co.uk/events UEA Choir, under the direction of Tom Primrose, will Prelude Records 01603 628319 present a feast of festive favourites in the atmospheric [email protected] surroundings of St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral. or St George’s Music Shop 01603 626414 [email protected] Tickets from £5 40 Thursday 7 & Friday 8 March 2013 www.uea.ac.uk/mus/musicevents 7.30pm UEA Drama Studio UEA Drama and Chamber Orchestra Anglia

A new staged production of TH White’s The Sword in the Stone, with music by Benjamin Britten Holly Maples director Artwork by David Potter Sharon Andrea Choa conductor

Thursday 21 February 2013, 7.30pm Tickets from £5 – on sale mid December 2012 St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Saturday 23 March 2013, 7.30pm UEA Symphony Orchestra and Choir Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Tom Primrose conductor UEA UEA School of Music Britten Spring Symphony Chamber Orchestra Anglia Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Sharon Andrea Choa conductor Tickets from £5 on sale mid December 2012 Martin Owen horn Programme to include: Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm Art historian, Tim Barringer (Yale) on the influences of the pastoralist movement in art on Britten’s music.

Tickets from £5 on sale mid December 2012

41 Viva Voce Singers www.vivavocesingersnorwich.org.uk

Viva Voce Singers is a small Norwich-based chamber choir and winner of BBC Radio Norfolk’s Choir of the Year 2011 competition. The choir has a varied repertoire, but specialises in Renaissance and contemporary music. Viva Voce Singers usually performs at least five concerts a year and raises money for local charities - Viva Voce Singers over £20,000 to date. Saturday 22 December 2012, 6pm St Peter Mancroft Church Concerts Family Christmas Concert in aid of MAP Viva Voce Singers Saturday 24 November 2012 7.30pm Tickets £6 (£4 concessions) in advance or on the door St Peter Mancroft Church V with the Girls’ Choir and Choral Scholars Tickets £8 (£5 concessions) in advance of St Peter Mancroft £10 (£6 concessions) on the door Britten AMDG and other choral works Tickets available in advance from St George's Music Tickets £8 (£5 concessions) in advance Shop, 17/19 St George's Street, Norwich NR3 1AB, £10 (£6 concessions) on the door Telephone 01603 626414

42 Concert venues and contact details Music in Norwich partners

Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RQ Academy of St Thomas Tel: 01603 626402 www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk www.academyofstthomas.com Tel: 01603 628319 The Bach Players St Andrew’s Hall, The Halls, St Andrew’s Plain, www.thebachplayers.org.uk Tel: 0207 428 5865 Norwich NR3 1AU Tel: 01603 628477 Britten Sinfonia John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, www.brittensinfonia.com Tel: 01603 630000 (box office) Norwich NR4 7UH Chamber Orchestra Anglia Box office Prelude Records Tel: 01603 628319 http://www.chamberorchestraanglia.co.uk Tel: 01603 626166 Anteros Arts Foundation, 7–15 Fye Bridge Street, Keswick Hall Choir www.keswickhallchoir.org.uk Norwich NR3 1LJ Tel: 01603 766129 www.anteros.co.uk Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk Tel: 01603 621169 Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4PG Norfolk & Norwich Festival Tel: 01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk www.nnfestival.org.uk Tel: 01603 766400 Norwich Cathedral, 62 The Close, Tombland, Norwich Norfolk County Youth Orchestra NR1 4EH Tel: 01603 218324 www.fncyo.org email [email protected] Norwich Playhouse, 42-58 St George’s Street, Norwich Baroque www.norwichbaroque.co.uk Norwich NR3 1AB Tel: 01603 598598 Norwich Music Group www.norwichplayhouse.co.uk www.norwichmusicgroup.co.uk Tel: 01953 605088 Norwich Philharmonic Society Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RL www.norwichphil.org.uk Tel: 01603 628319 Tel: 01603 630000 www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Norwich Pops Orchestra www.norwichpopsorchestra.co.uk St Peter Mancroft, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1QZ St Peter Mancroft Tel: 01603 610443 www.stpetermancroft.org.uk www.stpetermancroft.org.uk Tel: 01603 610443 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel: 01603 593199 www.scva.ac.uk www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Tel: 01603 630000 UEA Drama Studio, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 UEA School of Music www.uea.ac.uk/mus Tel: 01603 593948 7UL Tel: 01603 591111 www.uea.ac.uk Viva Voce Singers www.vivavocesingersnorwich.org.uk September 2012–April 2013 music in norwicha round-up of classical, jazz & world music

Music in Norwich partners are:The Bach NORWICH Players Viva Voce Singers Keswick Hall Choir

NORWICH PHILHARMONIC PORCHESTRAhil AND CHORUS

Norwich Baroque Chamber Orchestra Anglia Norwich Pops Orchestra

Music in Norwich produced by The Shift Norwich www.musicinnorwich.org.uk