Be not afeard: language, music and cultural memory in the operas of Thomas Adès Senate House, London Monday 24– Tuesday 25 April 2017 Provisional Schedule 12.15 Session 2a: The Tempest ‘Oh Brave New Caliban: Post- Monday 24 April Colonial Perspectives on Thomas Adès’s The Tempest (2004)’ Court Room, Senate House Jane Forner (Columbia University) 10.00 Registration ‘Voice-Leading Waves in Thomas (Court Room Foyer) Adès’s The Tempest’ Philip Stoecker (Hofstra 10.30 Welcome University) 13.15 Lunch (Jessel Room) 10.45 Session 1: Powder Her Face “The Hotel Room and the 14.15 Keynote Imaginary Museum: Curation and ‘The RICH Logic of Adès’s The Cultural Memory in Thomas Adès’s Exterminating Angel and The Powder Her Face” Tempest’ Nicholas Stevens (Case Western John Roeder (University of Reserve University) British Columbia) ‘“Won’t they be silenced?”: Drowning out the Duchess’s Voice 15.15 Session 2b: The Tempest in Powder Her Face’ ‘Musical Signatures as Dramatic Emma Gallon (independent Agents in Thomas Adès’s The scholar) Tempest’ Scott Lee (Duke University) 11.45 Coffee 15.45 Coffee Monday 24 April (continued) Tuesday 25 April (continued) 16.15 Session 3: The Exterminating 17.00 Session 6: Libretti Roundtable Angel Roundtable Philip Hensher (Powder Her Face) Drew Massey (independent and Meredith Oakes (The scholar), Philip Stoecker Tempest) (Hofstra University) and Edward Venn (University of Leeds) 18.00 Session 7 Thomas Adès in conversation with 17.00 Close Drew Massey 19.30 UK premiere of The 19.00 Close Exterminating Angel Royal Opera House (tickets must be purchased separately) Registration: 24 April: £20 Full, £10 concessions (including Tuesday 25 April SMA members and students) Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House Registration fee includes refreshments and lunch 25 April: Free of charge 11.15 Screening (tbc) Book online: www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8008 13.45 Registration Registration contact: [email protected] 14.15 Welcome The conference is part of the research 14.30 Session 4 programme of the AHRC-funded Open World “Mysterious Things”: Interpreting Research Initiative, and is held in collaboration Adès’s Operas’ with the Institute for Modern Languages Edward Venn (University of Research at the School of Advanced Study, Leeds) Music and Letters Trust, and the Society for Music Analysis. It has been organised by Dr 15.30 Session 5: Bunuel’s The Edward Venn (University of Leeds), Professor Exterminating Angel Roundtable Catherine Davies (IMLR, SAS) and Dr Paul Peter Evans (Queen Mary Archbold (Kingston University/IMLR, SAS). University of London) and Mark Millington (University of crosslanguagedynamics.blogs.sas.ac.uk Nottingham) sma.ac.uk @crosslangdyn 16.30 Coffee #Adesconf2017 music & letters.