Principal Partner 2 an ORCHESTRA LIKE NO OTHER Meet Southbank Sinfonia: 33 Outstanding Young Players Poised to Make a Significant Impact on the Music Profession
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Principal partner 2 AN ORCHESTRA LIKE NO OTHER Meet Southbank Sinfonia: 33 outstanding young players poised to make a significant impact on the music profession. Every year we welcome an entirely new cohort of exceptional talents from all over the world and are fascinated to hear and see what they will achieve together. Let them guide you through a vast array of repertoire and invigorating collaborations with artists such as Antonio Pappano, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Guy Barker as well as venerable organisations like the Royal Opera House and Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Whatever events you can attend, you are sure to experience the immense energy and freshness the players bring to every performance. They make a blazing case for why orchestras still matter today, investing new life in a noble tradition and reminding us all what can be accomplished when dedicated individuals put their hearts and minds together. Join us on their remarkable journey, and be enlivened and inspired. Simon Over Music Director and Principal Conductor For the latest concert listings and to book tickets online, visit us at southbanksinfonia.co.uk All information in this Concert Diary was correct at the time of going to press, but Southbank Sinfonia reserves the right to vary programmes if necessary. 3 MEET THE PLAYERS Alina Hiltunen Karla Norton Anaïs Ponty Duncan Anderson Violin Violin Violin Viola Yena Choi Tamara Elias Rachel Gorman Kaya Kuwabara Cara Laskaris Colm O’Reilly Timothy Rathbone Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Martha Lloyd Helen Clinton Oliver Pashley Sacha Rattle Harry Ventham Stephen Craigen Flute Oboe Clarinet Clarinet Bassoon Horn Pedro Lopez Campos Viviana Salcedo Agudelo Gareth Humphreys Brendan Parravicini Flute Oboe Bassoon Horn 4 Mark Gibbs Tatiana Chernyshova Marc Labranche Sophie Williams Viola Cello Cello Cello William Neri Jessica Tickle Patrick Tapio Johnson Giuseppe Ciraso Calì Hannah Turnbull Viola Viola Cello Bass Bass Sarah Campbell David Merseguer Royo Trumpet Percussion DISCOVER MORE Find out more about each of the players, including their stories, achievements and iPod playlists at southbanksinfonia.co.uk/meettheplayers Hear from the musicians themselves, discovering through their eyes the music, projects and experiences that make up a year with us at southbanksinfonia.co.uk/blog Enjoy behind-the-scenes access with the very latest photos, news and videos on Facebook and Twitter: Southbank Sinfonia @SouthbankSinf Darren Moore Eugene Lee Simon Over Trumpet Associate Leader Music Director 5 FREE RUSH HOUR CONCERTS Be adventurous. With our series of bite-sized concerts at St John’s Waterloo, across the road from Waterloo station, there’s a whole world of invigorating music just waiting to be discovered in 2015 – and all for free. From a colossal Mahler symphony to daring chamber works, and Baroque treasures to symphonic jazz, the sheer versatility of what an orchestra can sound and look like is put on show. You’ll share the rush of emotions felt by our players as they plunge into works afresh, drawing from the youthful energy of 33 of the most talented graduate musicians from around the world. This year we are thrilled to be collaborating with an array of internationally acclaimed guest artists and partners. Jazz virtuoso Guy Barker joins us with his 16-piece band in June for a London premiere performance (page 23), while John Wilson, whose annual BBC Prom is amongst the first to sell out each year, returns in October (page 28). In February we also perform conductor-less alongside the Academy of St Martin in the Fields - one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world (page 13). If you’re new to classical music, this is the perfect way to dip a toe in the water. If you’re a seasoned concert-goer, we guarantee you’ll find something new alongside the players themselves. What have you got to lose? Divert your commute home, enjoy DATES AT A GLANCE FINDING ST JOHN’S WATERLOO a complimentary glass of wine and delve into an hour of JANUARY 29 exhilarating music. FEBRUARY 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 MARCH 5 6.00pm on Thursdays throughout the year. BFI IMAX APRIL 16 | 30 WATERLOO ROAD MAY 7 | 21 | 28 YORK ROAD St John’s JUNE 11 Waterloo JULY 9 OCTOBER 1 Waterloo Station 6 PERFORMING ALONGSIDE THE BEST Central to the Southbank Sinfonia experience are partnerships with leading arts organisations. Collaboration with the Royal Opera House and Academy of St Martin in the Fields puts our players alongside the best in the business and gives them first- hand experience of what it takes to be a professional today. You too can experience these partnerships in action, hearing the orchestra play without a conductor (page 13) or gaining an insight into the nuances of playing in an orchestra for opera and ballet (page 19). Away from the public eye, an annual recording project sees Southbank Sinfonia combine with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Playing side-by-side with one of Side-by-side with BBC Concert Side-by-side Orchestra Europe’s most versatile orchestras, our musicians Opera House In the pit at Royal Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke discover what it’s like to record music as varied as Hollywood film scores, English ‘light’ music or epic staples of classical repertoire for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Partnership with organisations like the National Theatre and Southbank Centre helps to break down walls between the audience and musicians by at the on-stage live exploring new ways of presenting classical music. By taking their music beyond the usual strongholds of classical concerts, our players can connect with wider audiences and help pioneer the evolution of orchestral performance in the 21st century. Every Deserves Good Boy Favour Theatre National Coaching from the musicians of Academy of St Martin in the Fields 7 RUSH HOUR #1: PAUL GOGGINS MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE THE START FREE MEMORIAL CONCERT CONCERT SERIES THURSDAY 29 JANUARY | 6.00pm FRIDAY 30 JANUARY | 7.30pm SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY | 3.00pm ST JOHN’S WATERLOO ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE, LONDON MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE, WILTSHIRE IN MEMORY OF TREVOR SHEARS Mozart Overture from The Marriage of Figaro Mendelssohn Trumpet Overture Mendelssohn Trumpet Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Mozart Ch’io mi scordi di te? Beethoven Symphony No.5 Mozart Requiem Mozart Overture to the Magic Flute Donizetti O luce di quest’anima Simon Over conductor Maxim Rysanov and Scott Price conductors from Linda di Chamonix The 2015 adventure begins with the most Ashley Wass piano Beethoven Symphony No.5 famous symphony of them all: Beethoven’s Following performances in Notre-Dame cathedral, Fifth. This is a work that demands fresh our 2014 players reunite to perform Mozart’s Simon Over conductor imagination to reawaken its astounding final masterpiece: the Requiem. We join with the Ilona Domnich soprano originality and force. The Fifth was a musical extraordinary Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School After a recent collaboration recording a CD of adventure without precedent and, as such, choir, singers on the Oscar-winning Life of Pi opera arias (due for release this year), Ilona provides the perfect starting point for a new soundtrack, for a concert in aid of the Cardinal Domnich returns to sing alongside Southbank orchestra embarking on a journey of discovery. Hume Centre. Sinfonia. Simon Over directs from the piano in Tickets £40, £25, £15 Mozart’s sublime Ch’io mi scordi di te?, fusing St John’s Smith Square Box Office elements of opera and instrumental concerto in sjss.org.uk | 020 7222 1061 one work. Tickets £20 (£10 students) Marlborough College Box Office marlboroughconcertseries.org | 01672 892246 Photo: Patrick Allen Patrick Photo: Wass Ashley Ilona Domnich 8 ALDEBURGH WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY | 12.15pm JUBILEE HALL, ALDEBURGH Mozart Bassoon Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’ Simon Over conductor Gareth Humphreys bassoon Tickets £10 | Aldeburgh Music Box Office aldeburgh.co.uk | 01728 687110 RUSH HOUR #2: PRODIGIES FREE THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY | 6.00pm ST JOHN’S WATERLOO THE DEREK BUTLER CONCERTO SERIES Mozart Bassoon Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’ Simon Over conductor Gareth Humphreys bassoon Youthful minds brimming with inspiration penned the music in this concert. Mendelssohn was 21 when rural Italian landscapes inspired the joyful melodies of his Fourth Symphony, while an 18-year-old Mozart wrote the playful Bassoon Concerto. The latter features Southbank Sinfonia member Gareth Humphreys as soloist. 9 CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE FREE CHANGING LIVES MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY | 1.00pm By virtue of their youth, energy and excellence, the musicians of Southbank CRUSH ROOM, ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Sinfonia are an inspirational taskforce eager to pass on their expertise and passion to a new generation. Our players lead projects with schoolchildren and community Spohr Nonet members throughout the year, often providing first musical encounters which mark Jörg Widmann Octet the start of a life-changing experience. Brilliantly imaginative scoring in pieces written two Whether in free concerts at St John’s Waterloo for local primary school students centuries apart provides a perfect showcase for our or side-by-side projects like our annual partnership with Cardinal Vaughan players. Spohr’s classically elegant Nonet is juxtaposed Memorial School, our players perform with and for young people throughout the UK. with Widmann’s rollercoaster Octet that pushes the Approachable and passionate, they act as much-needed role models who are able capabilities of each player to the limit. to give young people a vivid sense of what dedication to music can achieve. Tickets are free but should be booked in advance Experiences like this help our players Royal Opera House Box Office become confident musical leaders in roh.org.uk | 020 7304 4000 their own right, ready and willing to keep inspiring younger counterparts for years to come.