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1 Feb



United Kingdom
 Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 7.30pm 
The Red Brick Sessions: Haydn, Ligeti, Sciarrino & Birtwistle
Peel Hall
The University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT, UK - 0161 295 5000
United Kingdom

BBC Philharmonic
David Greilsammer Conductor
Matthew Barley Cello

Forget what you thought you knew about orchestral concerts; this new and innovative series requests that you DO turn on your mobile phones and tablets.

The BBC Philharmonic, in partnership with the University of Salford, will be exploring new and rarely performed pieces – bringing audience immersion and new technology to the forefront.
Bring your devices and help us explore a new way of experiencing an orchestra.

This evening:
Matthew Barley returns as soloist in Haydn’s sunny Cello Concerto, alongside a rare opportunity to experience the strange sound-worlds conjured up by three works from the 20th century European avant garde: Hungarian György Ligeti’s Ramifications (1968); Italian Salvatore Sciarrrino’s Autorittrato Nella Notte (‘Self portrait in the Night’, 1982) and local lad Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum (‘perpetual song of mechanical paradise’, 1977).

At the interval, join our host Elizabeth Alker (BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio 3) for an interval discussion, before some of the repertoire will be repeated - inviting you to listen again with fresh ears.


Joseph Haydn : Cello Concerto No 1 in C major
Gyorgy Ligeti : Ramifications
Salvatore Sciarrino : Autoritratto Nella Notte
Harrison Birtwistle : Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum

2 Feb



United States
 Friday, December 2, 2016 at 8pm 
Studies on Silence
ArtShare LA
801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013
United States
213.687.4278
http://artsharela.org

Tickets: $10.00

Studies on Silence
December 2, 2016

Simon Steen-Andersen: Study for String Instrument #3
On Structure: On Silence
John Cage: One8

Jennifer Bewerse, cello
and
Autoduplicity
Jennifer Bewerse & Rachel Beetz

Parking is free during events directly across the street from ArtShare, up the ramp.


https://wastelandmusic.org/concert-archive/studies-on-silence/

http://artsharela.org/event/wasteland-studies-silence-art-share-l-a/


John Cage : One8

2 Feb



United Kingdom
 Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7.30pm 
A Christmas Carol BBC Symphony Orchestra
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martin André conductor
BBC Singers
Actors to be announced

Bah, humbug. Join Ebenezer Scrooge and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, for Charles Dickens’s festive tale, adapted by composer Neil Brand.

A version of the seasonal classic adapted for actors, the BBC Singers and the BBC Symphony Orchestra by the composer, in which Ebenezer Scroooge questions his ghostly guides and demands answers to the great questions we all face. Enjoy the perfect festive treat with this timeless classic.

Adapted for actors and orchestra by Neil Brand.

This concert also includes a Journey Through Music event for families with children aged between 8 and 16.


Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov : Christmas Eve Suite
Neil Brand : A Christmas Carol

2 Feb



United Kingdom
 Friday, December 2, 2016 at 6pm 
Singers at Six: Music for the season of Advent
St Giles, London
Cripplegate, Fore Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 8699 8883

BBC Singers
Graham Ross conductor

The BBC Singers enliven a dark winter’s evening with a selection of stunning festive works.

This concert complements the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra’s performance of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in the Barbican Hall at 7.30pm. Click the link below for further details.

Ticket holders for ‘A Christmas Carol’ can claim discounted tickets for this BBC Singers at Six concert.


John Tavener : Two Hymns to the Mother of God
Judith Weir : Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above
Arnold Bax : I Sing of a Maiden
Simon Preston : There is no rose
Gabriel Jackson : O Clavis David
Cecilia McDowall : Ave Maria
Matthew Martin : Adam Lay Ybounden
Herbert Howells : A Spotless Rose
Richard Rodney Bennett : I wonder as I wander
Owain Park : Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Benjamin Britten : A Hymn to the Virgin

3 Feb



United States
 Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 8:00pm 

South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
(718) 398-3078
http://www.art-newyork.org/rehearsal-space

Tickets: $10/20
Stanichka Dimitrova, Igor Pikayzen, violins, Chieh-Fan Yiu, viola Michael Katz, cello



“The Composer as Rebel” is the second of four concerts of PhiloSonia’s inaugural season “Revelations. The concert reflects on composers’ conscious decision to break away from established norms and develop their own unique style.

About PhiloSonia’s 2016-17 Season Revelations:
This season of four concerts takes you on a journey through the struggles and triumphs of
different composers as expressed through their masterpieces.


Ludwig Beethoven : String Quartet Op 59, #3
Alfred Schnittke : String Quartet #3

4 Feb



United Kingdom
 Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 7pm 
London Symphony Orchestra / John Adams
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

John Adams conductor
Joelle Harvey soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley counter-tenors
Davone Tines bass
London Symphony Chorus
Simon Halsey chorus director
London Symphony Orchestra



John Adams conducts his sparkling opera-oratorio El Niño, a contemporary re-imagining of the traditional nativity story told from different perspectives.

No composer in recent history has made a bigger impression in the world of opera than John Adams. Time and again his operas and works for the stage have struck a balance between the old and the new – classical forms live comfortably alongside contemporary musical techniques and traditional stories and narratives find relevance in the modern day.

El Niño explores the issues surrounding the traditional nativity story paying particular attention to the character of Mary and the journey of motherhood. The libretto, compiled by Adams himself, draws on a variety of sources from pre-Christian prophets to twentieth century Hispanic female writers. Adams responds to his text and chosen subject with music of astounding diversity and unabashed brilliance.



John Adams : El Niño

5 Feb 
 
6 Feb



United Kingdom
 Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 7.30pm 
HANS ABRAHAMSEN: SCHNEE
St. John's Smith Square, London
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
http://www.sjss.org.uk/

Michael Cox piccolo
Thierry Fischer conductor
London Sinfonietta

Journey into a frozen wilderness

From the delicacy of a single snowflake, whispering as it falls from the sky, to vast, impenetrable snowdrifts – Hans Abrahamsen’s monumental artwork Schnee is an all-encompassing experience. In this hour-long tour de force Abrahamsen uses a series of interlocking canons to create a magnificent and ethereal piece of musical architecture. The loneliness and quietude of this frozen landscape finds resonance in Simon Holt’s piccolo concerto – Fool is Hurt – a work inspired by the isolation of the central character in the Federico Fellini film La Strada.



Morgan Hayes : New Work
Simon Holt : Fool is Hurt
Hans Abrahamsen : Schnee

7 Feb



United Kingdom
 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 7.30pm 
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Saraste
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor

An invigorating concert featuring the world premiere of a Concerto for Brass and Orchestra, Haydn’s Symphony No 83 amusingly nicknamed ‘The Hen’, and Stravinsky’s epic The Firebird.

The BBC SO’s brass section shines as soloists in this world premiere of Diana Burrell’s new concerto which is followed by Haydn and his clucking hen. Stravinsky’s The Firebird – the work that seized the ears of Paris’s elite with its urgent rhythms and evocative Russian folk melodies – offers a splendid ending to a colourful concert.


Diana Burrell : Concerto for brass and orchestra
Joseph Haydn : Symphony No 83, The Hen
Igor Stravinsky : The Firebird

8 Feb



United Kingdom
 Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 7.30pm 
50th Anniversary Concert
Priory Church of the Order of St John
St John's Square, Clerkenwell Road London, EC1V 4JJ
United Kingdom
http://museumstjohn.org.uk/venue-hire/the-church/

Tickets: Under 25's £5, full price £12
London Concord Singers
Jessica Norton (conductor)

London Concord Singers and music director Jessica Norton celebrate the 50th anniversary of the choir's founding in 1966 with a programme stretching from Josquin to three world premieres; Alison Willis's 'Thou has made me endless' the winner of the choir's 50th Anniversary Composition Competition, Robert Hugill's 'Dominus illuminatio mea' and a new work by Jessica Norton.


Alison Willis : Thou hast made me endless
Robert Hugill : Dominus illuminatio mea
Jessica Norton : New work

8 Feb



Germany
 Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 8pm 
Sofia Gubaidulina Violin Concerto In tempus praesens
Philharmonie Hall, Berlin

Germany

Berliner Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann Conductor
Gidon Kremer Violin
Anne Schwanewilms Soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl Contralto
Michael Schade Tenor
Franz-Josef Selig Bass
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Gijs Leenaars Chorus Master


After a break of almost ten years, Gidon Kremer is returning to the Berliner Philharmoniker. The programme starts with Sofia Gubaidulina’s violin concerto In tempus praesens, in which an ethereal and filigree solo part excitingly encounters an energetic orchestral sound. Conductor and Bruckner specialist Christian Thielemann will then present the composer’s Mass in f minor, a monumental work audibly inspired by Beethoven’s Missa solemnis.



Sofia Gubaidulina : Violin Concerto In tempus praesens
Anton Bruckner : Mass No. 3 in F minor

8 Feb



United States
 Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 7pm -10pm 
Blue
The Loft at Liz's
453 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States
(323) 939-4403 ext. 5
http://www.theloftatlizs.com/

Tickets: RVSP - Free (requested donation)
On December 8, 2016, in conjunction with the Blue exhibition at The Loft at Liz’s, Lauren Kasmer presents Not So Blue, an evening of small bites, R&B, hip-hop, video and wearable art. The event is free and donations benefit two local charitable organizations who will feed and shelter women and children in need.
Specifically, Lauren has enlisted artist Douglas Wilcox and Chef Yukari Kajihara for blue themed related edibles. Rhythm and blues band Bite the Blue and hip-hop artists Ubiquitous Love Tribe will provide musical accompaniment.

http://www.theloftatlizs.com/blue/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/not-so-blue-tickets-28930349454


Jennifer Ricciardi : UV Blue

9 Feb 
 
10 Feb



Netherlands
 Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 2.15pm 
JOHN ADAMS’ NEW MESSIAH
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 2-7, 1071 LN Amsterdam
Netherlands
http://www.concertgebouw.nl

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Groot Omroepkoor
Nationaal Kinderkoor
Markus Stenz - dirigent
Peter Dijkstra - koordirigent
Joélle Harvey - sopraan
Jennifer Cano - mezzosopraan
Aubrey Allicock - bariton
Daniel Bubeck - countertenor
Nathan Medley - countertenor
Brian Cummings - countertenor



John Adams : El Niño

10 Feb



Scotland
 Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8pm 
Hear and Now - Scottish Inspirations
City Halls
Glasgow
Scotland

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martin Roscoe piano
Thomas Dausgaard conductor

An evening of new music with the BBC SSO, all with Scottish connections…

Sally Beamish’s new piano concerto is inspired by her family and the famous whirlpool at Corryvreckan; here it is premiered by its dedicatee, Martin Roscoe. Helen Grime, meanwhile, finds inspiration in a painting by Joan Eardley while Jay Capperauld’s Fèin-Aithne (a Scots Gaelic phrase that translates as ‘self-knowledge’) explores identity in modern-day Scotland.

The concert ends with the Scottish Premiere of the late Peter Maxwell Davies’s Ninth Symphony, a single movement work which makes use of an off-stage brass sextet to both ambiguously celebrate and question military music. The Symphony was hailed at its premiere as a “brilliantly crafted work” (The Sunday Times) and “indisputably one of Maxwell Davies’s most engaged orchestral works” (The Guardian). The orchestra’s new Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard conducts.

The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

(Catterline in Winter, Helen Grime’s first Eardley Picture, will be performed by the BBC SSO on Thursday 22 September 2016)


Helen Grime : Snow (No.2 from Two Eardley Pictures)
Sally Beamish : Piano Concerto No 2 'Cauldron of the Speckled Seas'
Jay Capperauld : Fèin-Aithne
Peter Maxwell Davies : Symphony No.9

10 Feb



United States
 Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 7:30pm 
The Dessoff Choirs Hosts Holiday Sing-in Concert
St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue
United States

Tickets: $25-35
The Dessoff Choirs

Hailed as “one of the great amateur choruses of our time (New York Today) for its “full-bodied sound and suppleness (The New York Times),” The Dessoff Choirs celebrates the holidays as part of its 92nd season. This year, it presents a trio of concerts featuring seasonal repertoire and contemporary arrangements of carols, including Handel’s Messiah, the quintessential classical music highpoint of the Christmas season; Bach’s Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230, Gregg Smith’s Twelve Days of Christmas; and Robert Parsons’s Ave Maria, to name a few.

J.S Bach : Lobet den Herrn
Robert Parsons : Ave Maria
G F Handel : Hallelujah

11 Feb



United Kingdom
 Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 7.30pm 
Schubert and Krzysztof Penderecki
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Belcea Quartet


Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s large and influential output includes works infused with allusions to nineteenth-century music.

His String Quartet No. 4, commissioned by Wigmore Hall, receives its world première in this compelling programme, placed by the Belcea Quartet together with early and late Schubert and the concentrated power of Penderecki’s own String Quartet No. 2.



Franz Schubert : String Quartet in E flat D87
Krzysztof Penderecki : String Quartet No. 4
Krzysztof Penderecki : String Quartet No. 2
Franz Schubert : String Quartet in D minor D810 'Death and the Maiden'

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