SHROPSHIRE MUSIC TRUST 2018/19 Shropshire Music Trust is an independent organisation supported by Arts Council England, business sponsors, trusts and a Patrons & Friends scheme including a large body of volunteers. Promoted by Shropshire Music Trust Reg. Charity 515026 Shropshire Music Booking Form Saver Offers Substantial Discounts for 5 events or more – see opposite and indicate below Please complete form below and calculate discount here: Less % discount for events minimum = £ Available from all three Box Offices: ONLINE TICKETSOURCE SALOP SHEET MUSIC www.ticketsource.co.uk Tel 0333 666 3366 Tel 01743 365561 (Address below) Season Events £1.00 Child Tickets Date Event Price £ No. 25’s & No. 18’s & No. Total Under £ Under £ 21 Sep Pre-Season Launch 5.00 P/F Gratis 1.00 12 Oct Bach by Candlelight II 10.00 5.00 1.00 27 Oct London Mozart Players – family 5.00 3.00 1.00 27 Oct London Mozart Players 20.00 10.00 1.00 11 Nov Collegium Musicum 90 17.00 9.00 1.00 26 Nov Lunch: String Beats 6.00 3.00 1.00 29 Nov Mid Wales Opera 12.00 6.00 1.00 7 Dec Ex Cathedra: Christmas* 21.00 10.00 1.00 20 Jan Quintets at Dusk 17.00 8.00 1.00 8 Feb Gilchrist/Symons Song Recital 15.00 7.50 1.00 15 Feb A4 Brass Quartet 10.00 5.00 1.00 28 Feb Zemlinsky Quartet 17.00 8.50 1.00 3 Mar Pop-Up Opera: Carmen 18.00 9.00 1.00 4 Mar Lunch: Sax & Guitar 6.00 3.00 1.00 10 Mar Carducci I: Romantic Quintets 17.00 FREE FREE 24 Mar Versatility Serenaders 15.00 7.50 1.00 16 Apr Carducci II 17.00 FREE FREE 26 Apr Hebrides Ensemble 16.00 8.00 FREE 2 May EUCO Orchestra: Clarinet 20.00 10.00 1.00 12 May Carducci III 17.00 FREE FREE 26 May Beethoven I 15.00 5.00 1.00 " Beethoven II 15.00 7.50 1.00 " Beethoven Saver: I&II 25.00 10.00 2.00 " Buffet: pre-Eve 10.00 10.00 10.00 14 Jun Ex Cathedra: Summer 20.00 10.00 1.00 Booking Service Fee: * St. Chad’s: gallery (limited/no view) Total up to £25 10% £3.00 less, please indicate (less any Discount) up to £35 9% + Booking Service Fee up to £50 8% (see sliding scale) up to £100 7% + Post £1.50 up to £250 6% Tickets will be sent by Email (if post not requested) up to £500 5% I would like to receive news of future events from SMT over £500 4% TOTAL £ Expiry Date ............................... 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Tel: 01743 365561 Why not buy a Saver Discount Offer? 10% off 20% off 30% off for 5 events minimum for 10 events mimimum for 15 events minimum BOOKING REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE ONLINE www.ticketsource.co.uk AT MOST EVENTS TICKETSOURCE Phone (inc Answerphone service) Tel 0333 666 3366 SALOP SHEET MUSIC Post/Phone/In Person: 294 Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury SY2 5TF Tel 01743 365561. Email [email protected] Booking Service Fee Applies VENUES CONCORD COLLEGE Acton Burnell, Nr Shrewsbury SY5 7PF T: 01694 731631 (off A49 at Longnor or A458 N. of Cross Houses) ST ALKMUND’S CHURCH St Alkmund’s Square, Shrewsbury SY1 1UH T: 01743 365478 (in Bear Steps, just off St Mary’s St & High St) THE LION HOTEL Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury SY1 1UY T: 01743 353107 ST CHAD’S CHURCH St Chad’s Terrace, Shrewsbury SY1 1RD T: 01743 365478 WEM TOWN HALL High St, Wem SY4 5DG T: 01939 238279 HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Salop Rd (by Roft Street), Oswestry SY11 2ET SPARC THEATRE Brampton Rd, Bishops Castle SY9 5AY T: 01588 630321 PRESTFELDE SCHOOL Blackburn Theatre, London Rd, Shrewsbury SY2 6NZ T: 01743 245400 (near Column roundabout) THE GATEWAY Chester St, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB T: 01743 355159 COUND CHURCH Nr Shrewsbury SY5 6EW (off A458, S. of Cross Houses) ST MARY’S CHURCH East Castle St, Bridgnorth WV16 4AD T: 01746 716282 (by Castle) As is the custom for concert comfort in churches with pews, please do feel free to bring a cushion DISABLED PERSONS All venues are fully accessible though churches can have their quirks. Do enquire from the hall or the Trust, prior to your visit so that any special arrangements can be made. For information in braille, large print and on tape. Tel: 01952 510375 WORKSHOPS/OUTREACH Workshops Most of the artists in the Season are available for other Performances and Workshops at economic rates in schools, community centres, homes etc. Where indicated artists are already doing other work and are therefore readily available – but please enquire on any: 01952 510375 or [email protected] 35th Year Pre-Season Launch Friday 21st September, 6.30-8.30pm Trinity Centre, Church Road, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury SY3 9HF (off B4380 at Upper Rd, or Longden Rd at Stanley Lane-opp Nuffield Hospital) Join the Patrons and Friends of Shropshire Music Trust at this informal reception to welcome the 2018-19 season. Refreshments, music and an opportunity to meet some of the artists taking part. Tickets £5.00 (Patrons & Friends Free) – See Booking Form Bach by Candlelight | Part II Friday 12th October, 7.30pm | Cound Church Be transported by music to light an autumn evening in the setting of this beautiful country church – featuring three of Bach’s great and seminal works for solo violin. This second instalment (part I was last season) in Zoë’s exploration of Bach’s works for solo violin is a study in contrasts. From the dark dances of the B minor Partita to the ecstatic fugue of the great C major Sonata, this profound music takes you to the extremes of thought and imagination. Zoë Beyers (associate leader of C.B.S.O and leader of E.S.O.) introduces these abstract quintessential works – a pinnacle in the world’s music-making. Sonatas/Partitas | Zoë Beyers violin Sonata No.2 in A minor BWV 1003 “Spiritually powerful, emotionally rich, and structurally Partita No.1 in B minor BWV 1002 perfect” (on Bach & Beyers) Sonata No.3 in C major BWV 1005 Joshua Bell (Musical Director, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields) LOCAL BOX OFFICE: Cross Houses Post Office, Tel: 01743 761577 NEW SCHEME: Shropshire Music Trust – BE A SUPPORTER includes Patrons & Friends there are a range of levels • Please do join us! You will receive benefits including early details of all events, priority for your bookings, invitations to special events* and open rehearsals, occasional ticket offers, opportunities to meet the artists, your name in concert programmes and Bringing the benefits on web (patrons /optional ), and a chance to help run the season if you so wish. (*eg see Pre-season evening above) and joy of the world’s best music to Shropshire It’s easy – see our Support page on the website and click on the Donate button where you can make The support of music-lovers is a single or regular donation, or download the Donation Form vital to our continuing success Alternatively, please contact SMT: and future sustainability. [email protected] • Tel: 01952 510375 www.shropshiremusictrust.co.uk 4 London Mozart Players | Jamal Aliyev cello Saturday 27th October, 2.00pm (family) & 7.30pm | St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury The dynamic and thrilling programme performed by the leading LMP, Britain’s longest-established chamber orchestra, will take you on a journey of styles and periods of some of the most exciting works in the repertoire. With breathtaking virtuosity in the final movementHaydn ’s cello concerto gives the opportunity for the YCAT soloist (Young Concert Artists Trust), Jamal Aliyev, to 7.30pm showcase the wonderful range and versatility of the cello in this classical concerto that was lost and rediscovered in a museum in Prague in the 1960s. It has fast Grieg Holberg Suite Op.40 become one of the most popular pieces of the cellist’s repertoire. Haydn Cello Concerto in C In complete contrast, Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence”, which as the Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence title suggests was inspired by the composer’s visit to the city, will be heard in Enjoy a pre-drink from 6.45pm the version for full string orchestra. Tchaikovsky sets out to capture in music, the flavour and excitement of Italy from romance in the second movement, dance in 7.00pm: Pre-talk/interview the third and sheer exuberance in the outer movements. The tempting starter is with Jamal Aliyev Grieg’s Holberg Suite: written to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the humanist and playwright, Ludvig Holberg, this delightful suite is based on Meet the Players – during the Interval 18th-century dance forms. “The unmissable LMP” Gramophone 2.00pm ‘Ferdinand the Bull’ and other stories Family Show: 40 mins – suitable for children aged 2-10yrs Performed by the LMP string trio and narrator, this show will engage and delight a young audience with exciting stories set to music and allow them to be “up close and personal” with the string family of the orchestra. Get to hear the bigger ensemble! Young people and their families are then invited to stay on and listen to the first 30 mins of the full rehearsal of the orchestra (in preparation for their evening concert): till approx. 3.30pm 5 Collegium Musicum 90 | The Corelli Phenomenon Sunday 11th November, 3.00pm | The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury Simon Standage violin Collegium Musicum 90 follow the Avison Ensemble’s tracing of the Italian composers Catherine Martin violin influence on English musical life in 17th & 18th century, with an exploration around one of Andrew Skidmore cello those major musical geniuses – the legendary Arcangelo Corelli: his work as a composer and Nicholas Parle harpsichord violinist was highly popular, some of his works often being played through in one uninterrupted sitting, and his influence was far reaching.