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RNCM January - April 2017 17 / 01-04 EVENTS AND PERFORMANCE P33 P25 P07 P45 P22 P24 P44 P18 P40 P20 P41 P09P36 P32 P06 P46 Sat 14 - Sun 15 Jan Sat 14 Jan 7.30pm RNCM STRINGS RNCM Concert Hall FESTIVAL RNCM STRING The RNCM Strings Festival is a major event in the College’s calendar. ENSEMBLES AND We’ve programmed 48 hours of CHAMBER CHOIR incredible events – from performances WITH HENNING KRAGGERUD to masterclasses to workshops – to appeal to string players and music Louis Andriessen Remembering That lovers alike. Sarabande J S Bach (arr Andriessen) Prelude in We explore Baroque music and its B minor BWV 869 influence as we move through the works Gregorio Allegri Miserere of Vivaldi and Bach, Vaughan Williams Louis Andriessen …miserere… and Tchaikovsky and onwards to Tippett Max Reger Lyric Andante and Louis Andriessen, who we’re Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons delighted to confirm will be visiting the RNCM during the Festival. Henning Kraggerud director, violin Henk Guittart, Stuart Overington This year’s highlights include conductors brilliant examples of artistic collaboration as our students work Tickets £17 FS with professional musicians. On Saturday evening, Henning Kraggerud Sun 15 Jan will direct a performance of Vivaldi’s 7pm The Four Seasons. On Sunday, the RNCM Concert Hall Festival’s closing Gala ends with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s EVENING GALA Serenade, performed by a large string orchestra. And just before the Gala, CONCERT you’ll also be able to witness the Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a spectacular sight of 40 cellists Theme by Thomas Tallis performing Tallis’ Spem in alium in Claude Debussy Danse sacrée et danse a new arrangement. profane Variations For full details, please see Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on a Rococo Theme Op 33 www.rncm.ac.uk/stringsfestival Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major Op 48 Henk Guittart, Chris Hoyle conductors Elinor Nicholson harp István Várdai cello RNCM String Ensembles Tickets £17 FS Full Weekend Ticket £50 Saturday/Sunday Day Tickets £30 Student/Under 18s £15 per day 4 5 Tue 17 Jan 8pm RNCM Theatre Thu 12 Jan Mon 16 Jan Tue 17 Jan WARREN MILLER 1.15pm 1.15pm 7.30pm RNCM Concert Hall Carole Nash Recital Room RNCM Concert Hall SKI FILM TOUR Winter is coming! Ignite your RNCM MONDAY THE GREATER excitement for this season’s Winter sports with the legendary annual SYMPHONY RECITAL MANCHESTER Warren Miller ski film tour. CHORUS SERIES STRINGS In its 67th year, this year’s Felix Mendelssohn Help J S Bach (arr Busoni) SHOWCASE Here,There and Everywhere Tour will Lord! Wilt thou quite Chaconne in D minor BWV take you on a breathtaking cinematic The GM Youth String destroy us? from Elijah 1004 journey across the globe. Join the Orchestra W A Mozart Dies Irae from Daniel Portal piano world’s best skiers and snowboarders Requiem Stephen Threlfall as they chase powder and first Franz Schubert (arr George Frideric Handel conductor descents in Alaska, tour Greenland Holman) An die Musik Mourn Israel from Saul New Century Strings by dog sled and head out on a Swiss Franz Schubert Lachen und Anton Bruckner Locus Iste (Bolton Music Service) adventure aboard the Glacier Express. Weinen; Der Hirt auf dem Felix Mendelssohn Grant Us Through premier cinematography, Felsen Stuart Hazelton conductor Thy Peace experience the steep, the deep and (Oldham Joseph Haydn Agnus Dei and Helen Lacey soprano Lyceum Strings the unthinkable. Music Service) Dona Nobis Pacem from Mass Luke Holman clarinet Tickets £12 in C major ‘Paukenmesse’ Rachel Fright piano Jacqueline Burrows Promoted by Snowline Media Ltd conductor Stuart Overington Free admission, no ticket conductor required The GMYSO is delighted Free admission, no ticket to present its first solo required concert, and to welcome string orchestras from Thu 19 Jan Thu 19 Jan Sat 21 Jan Bolton and Oldham in this 1.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm feast of orchestral string RNCM Concert Hall Carole Nash Recital Room RNCM Theatre Mon 16 Jan repertoire. Doors 7pm RNCM WIND AUREA TOMMY RNCM Concert Hall Tickets £5 No concessions ORCHESTRA QUARTET EMMANUEL Promoted by The Greater Manchester KING CREOSOTE Music Hub Heitor Villa-Lobos RNCM INTERNATIONAL IT’S NEVER TOO LATE SUPPORT: CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM Fantasia in Three ARTIST DIPLOMA TOUR Kenny Anderson, known primarily by Movements RECITAL + SPECIAL GUEST Joaquín Rodrigo Per la flor his stage name King Creosote, is Joseph Haydn String CLIVE CARROLL an independent singer-songwriter del lliri blau Quartet in C major Op 76 Two-time Grammy nominated from Fife, Scotland. In 2011, his Clark Rundell, Mark Heron, No 3 ‘Emperor’ guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, collaborative album with Jon Hopkins, Sam Hairsine, Alex Webb Dmitri Shostakovich Two whose five decade career Diamond Mine, was nominated for the conductors Pieces has garnered hundreds Mercury Prize and he is also a member Free admission, no ticket Franz Schubert String of thousands of fans of the Scottish/Canadian band The Burns required Quartet in A minor worldwide, visits the RNCM Unit. D 804 ‘Rosamunde’ to showcase his latest To date, Anderson has recorded over This is the first of four album, It’s Never Too forty albums with his latest, Astronaut RNCM International Artist Late. Meets Appleman, released in September Diploma recitals taking Tickets £25 advance 2016. The Guardian’s verdict? ‘You place this season. See No concessions can almost smell the Highlands in the pages 11, 27 and 29 for Promoted by The Gig Cartel harps, cellos and bagpipes.The songs details of the other swing from cosmic and ethereal to events in this series. mischievously earthy…’ The Aurea Quartet is also Tickets £18.50 performing at our Chamber No concessions Music Festival in Mar. See Promoted by John Grundy p30-31 for details. Tickets £10 FS 6 7 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes brought Sun 22 Jan to life by live orchestra, narrator and 2pm some very special guests… Dressing up RNCM Concert Hall as your favourite fairytale character RNCM YOUNG is encouraged! Our Young Explorers concerts are a Mon 23 Jan Tue 24 Jan Wed 25, Fri 27 Jan EXPLORERS CONCERT brilliant way to introduce children to A TWIST IN THE TAIL 1.15pm 7.30pm Wed 01, Mon 06 live classical music. These events are Carole Nash Recital Room RNCM Concert Hall Paul Patterson Three Little Pigs family-friendly ‘relaxed’ performances, Feb Paul Patterson Little Red Riding Hood specially designed to keep everyone MONDAY BRAND NEW 6pm Text adapted from Roald Dahl’s Revolting engaged and amused. RECITAL SERIES ORCHESTRA RNCM Theatre Rhymes by Donald Sturrock For full details, please see Gareth Farr Kembang Suling Diogo Costa, Edmon Levon, RNCM OPERA www.rncm.ac.uk/youngexplorers Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra (Three Musical Snapshots Alex Robinson conductors SCENES Tom Newall conductor Suitable for ages 4 and above of Asia) Our Brand New Orchestra RNCM singers further their For the latest event in our RNCM Young Tickets £10, under-16s £5 Cressida McKay Frith flute concerts give a on-stage experience in Explorers Concert Series, we’ll be Family ticket (4 people) £25 Theodore Fowler marimba fascinating insight into celebrating the fairytale with two of these performances of arr Williams Excerpts of the creative process excerpts drawn from a wide works by Marius Neset and of composing for a variety of operas. These collaborators symphony orchestra, free concerts are a great conducting and performing Isobel Williams saxophone introduction to the world at the RNCM. This is a of opera as the singers Elizabeth Brightwell- wonderful showcase for percussion dip in and out of different Gibbons our Composition students, Chris Rabbits bass guitar repertoire to demonstrate who introduce their own their versatility. Free admission, no ticket works on the night, and a Free admission, no ticket required chance for the audience required to experiment and to hear brand new works before they are performed Mon 23 Jan anywhere else. In 7.30pm September 2016, our recent RNCM Concert Hall Composition graduate Tom MANCHESTER Harrold had the world première of his piece CHAMBER Raze performed at the Last CONCERTS Night of the Proms. So this is a great chance to SOCIETY see how talent is nurtured LAWRENCE POWER within the College. (viola) SIMON CRAWFORD Free admission, no ticket PHILLIPS (piano) required Henri Büsser Appassionato for viola and piano Op 34 Georges Hüe Thème varié Johannes Brahms Sonata in F minor Op 120 No 1 Mark-Anthony Turnage Power Play York Bowen Viola Sonata No 2 in F major Op 22 Tickets £25, platform seats £12.50 Promoted by MCCS + 6.30pm Forman Lecture Theatre PRE-CONCERT TALK Free admission to ticket holders 8 9 Wed 25 – Thu 26 Jan IN FOCUS: ANDERS HILLBORG The RNCM and the BBC Philharmonic are Thu 26 Jan 1.15pm delighted to welcome the brilliant Swedish RNCM Concert Hall composer Anders Hillborg to Manchester. From works which are influenced by his early ENSEMBLES years as a keyboard player in a pop band, to heavyweight influences from Ligeti and FROM Ferneyhough, Hillborg consistently finds new CHETHAM’S soundworlds and new structures which breathe life, adventure and even the absurd into the SCHOOL OF concert hall. MUSIC For full details, please see W A Mozart Trio in E flat www.rncm.ac.uk/hillborg major K 498 ‘Kegelstatt’ Robert Schumann Allegro Wed 25 Jan brillante from Piano 7.30pm Quintet in E flat major RNCM Concert Hall Op 44 Free admission, no ticket RNCM NEW ENSEMBLE required Anders Hillborg Vaporised Tivoli; Scream Sing Whisper Bofan Ma New work Igor Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments Thu 26 Jan Elspeth Brooke New work 7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Mark Heron, Diogo Costa, Ellie Slorach conductors RAN FENG Free admission, no ticket required (piano) Thu 26 Jan RNCM INTERNATIONAL 2pm ARTIST DIPLOMA BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford RECITAL Domenico Scarlatti Sonata BBC PHILHARMONIC in F minor K 466 Programme to include: Robert Schumann Anders Hillborg lontana in sonno; Eleven Kreisleriana Op 16 Gates; King Tide Franz Liszt Sonata in B Clark Rundell conductor minor S 178 Ruby Hughes soprano This is the second of Free admission, by ticket only.