yorkconcertsOCTOBER 2011 – JUNE 2012 BOX OFFICE 01904 322439 WWW.YORKCONCERTS.CO.UK BOX OFFICE 01904 322439 LORD MA A1036 W ALKYOR’S Heworth H HOW TO FIND THORPE BOOTHAM A19 TE YER LA OW MONKGA THE UNIVERSITY YORK MINSTER By car: Take the York Ring Road to MELROSEGA F O the junction with the A19 or A1079/ S S PEASHOLMEGREEN I TE S L A ROUGIERMUSEUM ST ST N A166. The University is signposted T to YORK D ANG HALL LANE S YORK RAILWAY R STATION O from these junctions. A E ST NATIONAL CENTRE D BRIDG FOR EARLY MUSIC NATIONAL There is no charge for parking for TE CENTRE FOR F W CLIFFORD’S ALMGA EARLY MUSIC Signposted to the TOWER concert audiences after 6.30pm MICKLEGA TE University HULL ROAD IND A1079 or at the weekend; at other times, NUNNER A1079 please use pay and display facilities Y LANE FISHERGA THE BARBICAN E T at Campus Central or Campus North A G P HESLINGTON ROAD THIEF LANE WINDMILL LANE O A1036 TE H S UNIVERSITY car parks. I B TH CAMPUS UN IVE FIELD LANE RS A19 ITY If you come to the Box Office during RO AD afternoon opening, you may use E U E one of the limited number of free To KING’S MANOR and NSLC short-stay spaces in the car park Siward’s Howe CAMPUS YORK CITY CENTRE NORTH S I W A R D Alcuin CollegeMAIN STREET Heslington ’ S W HULL YORK in front of the Information Centre AY MEDICAL Village NI in Market Square. SCHOOL York Science COMPUTER VE Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall: follow SCIENCE BUILDING HESLINGTON LANE Park W U N I I N V E the signs for Wentworth College and R S D I T Y J B MORRELL M R I O LIBRARY L A D L Biology at the roundabout at the L RSITY A L C A Vanbrugh College U I N N W E top of University Road. Take the first AY SALLY BALDWIN turn left to Car Park D and follow BUILDINGS I CAMPUS CHEMISTRY N N the footpath signs to Sir Jack Lyons CENTRAL BUILDINGS O MARKET V A1079, A64 A SQUARE T Badger Hill and I Concert Hall. W O Outer Ring Road E N N W T SIR JACK LYONS W A By bus: The York PullmanPedestrian Unibus and Y O Cycle Route R CONCERT HALL T Dean’s Acre service no. 44, and First Yorkto Fulford service and H Millennium Bridge W A BIOLOGY BUILDINGS BERRICK SAUL • DERWENT & LANGWITH EXTENSION no. 4 both run between the railway Y Vanbrugh College BUILDING station and the University campus, ST PAUL’S CHURCH • Goodricke College via the city centre, approximately and campus expansion at Heslington East every 10 minutes during the day and Church Field every 30 minutes in the evening. Derwent College E N Lord Deramore’s A The bus stop on University Road CENTRAL HALL L School D Walmgate L I E closest to the Sir Jack Lyons StrayConcert F • EXHIBITION CENTRE • HEALTH CENTRE Hall is marked B on the map. HESLINGTON HALL • STUDENT CENTRE By foot: The campus is about ROGER KIRK CENTRE • • NURSERY • THE QUIET PLACE PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS S 20 minutes’ walk from the P M ACCESS BUILDINGS R THE STABLES I A N I N G E T centre of town. E R L T S S T A N I R Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall and National Centre for Early Music, N A M E E E T Rymer Auditorium: via the walkwayCAMPUS York Minster, York Barbican: all are James College YORK BARBICAN WEST CAMPUS POST OFFICE • H to the Music Research Centre. There fully accessibleSOUTH but please specify O C L B R O O R The entrance to York Barbican is on are spaces for wheelchairs at the whenG booking if you need space F N O T ’ Heslington S O PSYCHOLOGY BUILDING • D • MORE HOUSE Village Paragon Street. back of the seating. Please let us for aR wheelchair or have any other I C K seatingE requirements. The nearest car park is Q-Park on know in advance if you wish to book W • DALHAM FARM A Y B one of the spaces, and an adjacent O Kent Street at the rear of the venue; All Weather If you would like further information S S Pitch • EDEN’S COURT L seat for a companion. The charge A there is no on-street parking. There SPORT & FITNESS about access or would like N CENTRE E are 10 disabled parking bays for for theseOBSERV AticketsTORY is the lowest assistance when you arrive, please contact the Box Office available at that particular concert. H Blue Badge holders in Q-Park Kent O L M E (01904 322439). F Street which are available on a first There is an adapted toilet in the I E L D Music Research Centre foyer. L come, first served basis on the day. A E N A N E L For more information about the car O N In the University car park, specialG T I N A large print version of S L park, please visit www.q-park.co.uk Drivers with Disabilities OnlyH E the text in this brochure • ST LAWRENCE COURT or phone Q-Park on 01904 639040. parkingFulford, bays A19 are provided for Playing Fields and Outer Ring Road is available from the The closest bus stop is the York holders of Blue or Orange badges, Box Office (01904 322439) Arms on Fawcett Street. or a University Disability Permit. HALIFAX COLLEGE 2 All concerts take place in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall unless otherwise stated SPORTS PAVILION • [email protected] WWW.YORKCONCERTS.CO.UK Welcome to our 2011/12 season! WE lcom ur season draws together a veritable feast of music from across the centuries, featuring international musicians, some of whom began their careers in York, as well E Oas showcasing the talent here at the University. The season gets off to a cracking start on 19 October with Red Priest and their dynamic take on the baroque. In scale, we move from the intimacy of solo voice in the Rymer Auditorium to the drama of Bartok’s compelling opera Bluebeard’s Castle (10 March) and the exuberance and passion of Orff’s Carmina Burana (14 December). The next brochure will be available in December with more information about events later in Chamber music is always a great feature of our the season. In the meantime, do check the season. The French Quatuor Diotima (9 November) YorkConcerts website for updates, or contact the is one of Europe’s most outstanding quartets Box Office if you have any queries. You can also and pianists include Danny Driver (23 November) keep in touch by subscribing to our enewsletter and Roy Howat (15 February). Members of the via the website. Saskia Trio (18 January), cellist Tim Lowe and his accompanist James Baillieu (16 May) are all names Thanks to those who have supported the series to watch. already. We look forward to welcoming you back in October – and to seeing new faces in the audience! Jazz highlights include the cool Nordic sounds of the Christian Wallumrød Ensemble (26 October). And Celia Frisby we are particularly pleased to welcome two doyens Concerts Administrator of the South African music scene, Pinise Saul and You can book now by post or online; personal and Lucky Ranku (4 November). telephone booking opens on Tuesday 4 October. See page 28 for full booking information FLEXI-SAVINGS Create your own concert series! We offer generous discounts for multiple bookings, so you can create your own series of concerts – and the more you attend, the less you pay per concert! Why not take advantage of this offer to hear some unfamiliar music? You can make a multiple booking at any time up to, and including, the date of the first concert in your series. The offer is available for all prices, including concessions but excluding student tickets. Book for three or four concerts – 10% discount on each ticket Book for five to seven concerts – 15% discount on each ticket Book for eight or more concerts – 20% discount on each ticket All tickets must be paid for at the time of booking, and be the same quantity for each concert – you may, of course, purchase additional tickets at any time. We are unable to refund money but if you find that you are unable to attend a concert, and let us know at least 24 hours in advance, we will be happy to credit the cost (less a £1.00 handling charge) against tickets for another concert within the next 12 months. Please note that day-tickets for Lieder Day (11 February) and Baroque Day (5 May) cannot be included in this discount scheme. Tickets for the British Music Society concerts and for the concerts on 2 December and 3 March also cannot be included. Cover photo: Red Priest – see page 4 3 BOX OFFICE 01904 322439 octob Red Priest Wednesday 19 October 7.30pm ‘Red Priest has done its research, and presents its findings wittily. All four members have the E Piers Adams recorders knack of transforming Baroque clichés into R Julia Bishop violin vivid drama, often at terrific speed and with 2011 Angela East cello David Wright harpsichord practised coordination. Beneath all the fun and games there is a bedrock of tremendous Nightmare In Venice skill and timing, which is what gives Red Priest Flamboyant Red Priest presents a dazzling the wherewithal to take the liberties it does.’ programme built around nocturnal, magical The Daily Telegraph themes.