EXPERIENCE WORLD-CLASS CLASSICAL WILTSHIRE FOLK JAZZ AND WORLD MUSIC / MUSIC FAMILY SHOWS / Live LIVESTREAM CENTRE OPERA AND BRADFORD ON AVON BALLET BOOK NOW WHAT’S ON WHAT’S FRIENDS’ PRIORITY BOOKING @wiltshiremusic wiltshiremusic.org.uk 01225 860 100 wiltshiremusic.org.uk 01225 GENERAL BOOKING SPRING SUMMER @wiltshiremusiccentre JAN – JUL 2020 –JUL JAN 25 NOV 2019 NOV 25 11 NOV 2019 NOV 11 PRINCIPAL PARTNERS CREATIVE LEARNING CONCERT LISTINGS 4 CONCERTS AT A GLANCE 20 REGULAR ACTIVITIES / HIRE US 37 BOOKING INFORMATION 38 THANK YOU FUNDERS SPONSOR THANK YOU TO THE FUNDERS, TO OUR SPONSORS, St Laurence Baluji Shrivastav will perform School WELCOME with his Inner Vision Orchestra. WORLD SUPPORTERS SEASON SUPPORTERS We are proud to present a year- MAYA YOUSSEF TRIO 22 Feb …to our Spring Summer We are very grateful to our AND VOLUNTEERS round calendar of special events HIGHLIGHTS FOFOULAH 29 May season at Wiltshire Music donors, members and funders OF WILTSHIRE inspired by our local community FAMILY who help us to deliver our MUSIC CENTRE Centre. We are delighted to including the unmissable Bradford CLASSICAL Roots Festival in January, My “DON’T PICK ME MISS!” FAMILY artistic and creative learning present some of the most CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA 15 Apr Science Fair for budding young SHOW 23 Feb programmes every year, and MAJOR SPONSORS exciting musicians performing scientists in March, and the Big DORIC STRING QUARTET 15 May MINI BSO ‘UP IN THE AIR’ 19 Apr would particularly like to thank SPONSORS today and hope that you enjoy the following supporters: Family Music Day in June. If you STEVEN OSBORNE 5 Jun JERUSALEM ZOO FAMILY SHOW reading through our brochure. want to get involved with our 31 May Funding Organisations: The Ammco JAZZ Trust; Annett Charitable Trust; The season opens with music-making activities then please FESTIVAL Boshier Hinton Foundation; Tom Poster and his ensemble, keep an eye out for the silhouetted EMPIRICAL/GWILYM SIMCOCK 8 Feb Bradford on Avon Area Board; figures in the following pages. BRADFORD ROOTS MUSIC a much-anticipated new show ELAINE DELMAR 14 Mar FESTIVAL 2020 17–19 Jan Bradford on Avon Arts Association; by Alex Mendham and his There is so much to look forward to JOHN LAW’S CONGREGATION BEETHOVEN 250 FESTIVAL with Bruce Wake Charitable Trust; Orchestra, and then leading UK Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon; in this Spring Summer season and 30 May THE MARMEN QUARTET 4–7 Mar Combined Charities Fund for the jazz quartet, Empirical, start their we hope you will find lots in these MAJOR year as our Nimmo Artists in FOLK Plus enjoy screenings of Mentally Handicapped; David FUNDERS pages that will inspire you to come Solomons Charitable Trust; The Residence for 2020. along to WMC and enjoy music at FARA 19 Feb livestreamed performances from The Royal Opera and The Royal Doric Group; Fidelio Charitable Other highlights include the its very best. We look forward to BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST 16 May Trust; Garrick Charitable Trust; Jack welcoming you soon. Ballet throughout the season. Lane Charitable Trust; Jessie’s Fund; Orchestra of the Age of 9BACH 7 Jun Keevil Parish Council; The Leche Enlightenment with Alina Trust; The Marchus trust; NFU Ibragimova, Benjamin Grosvenor, Mutual; Odin Charitable Trust; Garrick Foundation VOCES8, the Maya Youssef Trio, Oldham Foundation; Radcliffe Trust; Charitable Trust Blazin’ Fiddles, and a welcome Ray Harris Charitable Trust; RTR return by Stacey Kent. Our James Slater Maud Saint-Sardos Foundation; S D Whitehead’s Friends of Wiltshire Music Centre Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust Roper Family Charitable Trust award-winning Young Quartet Artistic Director Chief Executive Charitable Trust; Westbury Town in Residence, The Marmen Council; Wiltshire Community Quartet will lead an exclusive Foundation; Wiltshire Council HOTEL HOSTELRY RESTAURANT SUPPORT US Area Boards. PARTNER PARTNER PARTNER Beethoven Festival in March, Get closer to the music at Wiltshire Music Centre and later in the season sitarist Guardian Angels: Mr J and and help support our artistic and creative learning Mrs P Bishop; Mr J Cullum FRSA programmes by joining our circle of supporters. DL; Mrs J Savery; Mr J Wetz; Make sure to look out for For details of how to become more involved please Miss S McCormack. our symbol series to help Cinema / Bar Open Lunch / contact Maud Saint-Sardos on 01225 860 110 / Talk / FreeStage Principal Angel: K Glasbrook. you plan your visit! Livestream Lecture Early / Late Supper Club Performance 2 [email protected] 3 WED 1 JAN 7.30PM / THU 2 JAN 3PM SAT 4 JAN 7PM SAT 11 JAN 7.30PM FRI 17 JAN 7.30PM SAT 18 JAN 11AM – 11PM / SUN 19 JAN 11AM – 4PM BRADFORD BRADFORD ROOTS ROOTS 2020 MUSIC FESTIVAL 2020 LAUNCH Wiltshire’s biggest Winter music Weekend 3-Day Pass: NIGHT festival returns for another year (Fri/Sat/Sun): Music, crafts, poetry, dance and £25 adv. (£35) / Kick off the year with a fantastic food combine for another edition £13 adv. (£18) U18s WEST OF ENGLAND performance live in our bar of the unmissable winter festival Weekend 2-Day Pass (Sat/Sun): ANDRÉ RIEU 42ND Featuring: celebrating the best of local £20 adv. (£30) / YOUTH ORCHESTRA Louie Miller creativity. From folk to jazz, £10 adv. (£15) U18s 70 YEARS STREET Dirt Road Project indie to world and everything in Single Day Pass: Verdisa between, we’re sure that this Fri: £10 adv. (£15) / YOUNG (AS LIVE) iconic community music event A night at the opera with top from some of the most beautiful Join headlining artists live in £5 adv. (£8) U18s class regional youth orchestra grand operas in the repertoire. will put a smile on your face, Sat: £15 adv. (£20) / (AS LIVE) A glorious musical filmed the WMC bar to launch Bradford even in the depths of winter! and friends For this New Year’s spectacular, live at the magnificent Roots Festival in style! This top £8 (£10) U18s WEYO will be joined by two Timothy Redmond conductor A celebration of the King Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, lineup is guaranteed to get your Sun: £10 adv. (£15) / special guest soloists to bring Samantha Clarke soprano of the Waltz’s illustrious in the heart of London’s West End toes tapping on our opening night. £5 adv. (£8) U18s these dramatic works to life, and life in music Frederick Jones tenor The legendary Broadway hit Free Under 12s (with an adult) directed by Principal Conductor £10 adv. (£15) / Programme to include: Timothy Redmond. 70 Years Young is André Rieu’s musical tells the story of Peggy Advanced sales close 6pm, ultimate concert featuring musical Sawyer (Clare Halse), a talented £5 adv. (£8) U18s WAGNER The Ride of the Free Under 12s (with an adult) Fri 10 Jan 2020 £16 / £14 Family Ticket (p39) / highlights chosen by the maestro young performer with stars in her Valkyries from Die Walküre himself. This unique anniversary eyes who gets her big break on Proceeds in support of Dorothy House, £8 U18s + students Zone Club and Wiltshire Music Centre VERDI Brindisi from La Traviata event will take you on an the Broadway stage. Starring VERDI La donna e mobile from Major Sponsor unbelievable journey around the Tom Lister and national treasure Supported by Rigoletto world to André Rieu’s most amazing Bonnie Langford, this sparkling BERNSTEIN Tonight from concert locations, such as production is full of the glitz and West Side Story Schönbrunn Vienna, Radio City glam of the stage. Supported by We are delighted to invite you Music Hall New York and the to join some of the finest young Coronation Concert in Amsterdam. £16 / £8 U18s + students Patrons of the Youth musicians in the South West Orchestra and Wiltshire Running time: c. 2h 25m inc. interval. for this programme of operatic Freemasons £16 / £8 U18s + students scenes, overtures and arias Running time: c. 2h inc. interval. 5 FRI 24 JAN 7.30PM SAT 25 JAN 2PM WED 29 JAN 7.45PM SAT 1 FEB 3PM SAT 1 FEB 7.30PM THE ROYAL THE ROYAL BALLET OPERA THE SLEEPING LA BOHÈME TOM POSTER / BEAUTY (LIVE) KALEIDOSCOPE Puccini’s score and Richard (AS LIVE) Jones’ production capture CHAMBER COLLECTIVE Journey with The Royal the joy and heartache of love in Paris, with beautiful music, 3+ ENSEMBLE 360 Ballet to an enchanted world of princesses, fairy lyrical arias and arresting choruses. YRS WMC Artist in Residence presents words, reflects this programme’s When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, a multitude of musical colours overarching vocal theme. godmothers and magical spells Leading UK ensemble return to prisoner-of-war camp, in Görlitz, in this landmark production of meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall perform Messiaen’s seminal work Germany, where the composer Tom Poster piano Contrasting folksong settings Petipa’s classic ballet set to instantly in love. But their happiness SIR SCALLYWAG had been confined since his Tim Horton piano Katharine Dain soprano display Beethoven’s earthy wit, Tchaikovsky’s glorious music. is threatened when Rodolfo learns capture in May 1940. Savitri Grier violin Britten’s unbounded invention and that Mimì is gravely ill. & THE BATTLE OF Benjamin Nabarro violin Laura van der Heijden cello the pathos of Vaughan Williams, £16 / £8 U18s + students Gemma Rosefield cello The programme opens with works and set the scene for a selection £16 / £8 U18s + students Naomi Atherton horn by composers who significantly BEETHOVEN Folksong of exquisite songs by Clara Running time: c. 3h inc. intervals. STINKY BOTTOM Matthew Hunt clarinet influenced Messiaen, including Arrangements Running time: c. 2h 30m inc. intervals. Schumann. This shape-shifting Debussy’s dreamlike Rhapsody SCHUMANN Songs Sung in Italian with English subtitles POULENC Élégie recital concludes with a sprinkling FAMILY SHOW for clarinet and Ravel’s brilliant MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio DEBUSSY Rhapsody of American romanticism by Amy Join a young knight as he embarks This concert for families, with and virtuosic Tzigane for violin No 2 in C minor Op 66 RAVEL Deux mélodies hébraïques Beach which leads naturally to a set on an epic musical adventure full specially composed music by Paul and piano.