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10 Oct
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11 Oct
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Friday, October 11, 2013 at 19.00
John Turner & Friends. Celebrating English Music
St Edmund's Church, Southwold
Bartholomew Green, Southwold
United Kingdom
http://www.williamalwyn.co.uk/festival/
John Turner, Recorder
Lesley-Jane Rogers, Soprano
Harvey Davies, Piano
Heather Bills, Cello
William Alwyn : Seascapes for soprano, recorder & piano
Peter Dickinson : Sonatina
Christopher Wright : Helter Skelter for cello & piano
Sebastian Forbes : Southwold Serenade
Joseph Phibbs : Pierrot for recorder & piano
Geraint Lewis : A Blackbird Singing for recorder & piano
John Joubert : Three Villanelles
Nicholas Marshall : The Swallows of Summer
Malcolm Lipkin : Naboth's Vineyard
Robin Orr : Fugue in C minor
Kenneth Leighton : Animal Heaven
David Dubery : Three Songs to Poems by Robert Graves
David Matthews : Night Sky
Gordon Crosse : The Thing with Feathers
Anthony Gilbert : Behind all This
Karel Janovicky : Festive Fantasia and Fugue
Thomas Pitfield : Prelude, Minuet and Reel
Peter Hope : June Notes
Alan Bullard : Canonic Proverbs
Richard Rastell : Three Songs for Our Time
Mervyn Burtch : Three Kipling Songs
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12 Oct
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12 Oct
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Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 8pm
Zbigniew Preisner & Lisa Gerrard Diaries of Hope (UK premiere)
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing
Tickets: £20-30
Leading Polish film composer Zbigniew Preisner conducts the Britten Sinfonia strings and Crouch End Festival Chorus in the UK premiere of Diaries of Hope – a new work inspired by the diaries and poems of Polish children who were victims of the Holocaust.
Lisa Gerrard from spellbinding duo Dead Can Dance – nominated for an Oscar for her vocals on major film Gladiator and two Golden Globes for The Insider and Ali – performs in the principal vocal role alongside boy soprano Archie Buchanan.
Best known for his scores for the films of Krzysztof Kieslowski (Dekalog, The Double Life Of Veronique, Three Colours Blue and more) and for Requiem for my friend, his moving tribute to Kieslowski, Preisner is one of the most celebrated film composers of his generation and recipient of many accolades including a Silver Bear from the Berlin Film Festival and two Césars from the French Film Academy.
Zbigniew Preisner : Diaries of Hope
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 7:15pm
Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton performs Oct - Dec
DROM, New York
, 85 Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th St) in East Village
United States
(212) 777-1157
http://www.dromnyc.com/events/772/composers-concordance-records-release-party
Tickets: $15
Chico Hamilton
Euphoria band
LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON CONTINUES MONTHLY CONCERT SERIES AT NEW YORK CITY’S DROM
Sundays this Fall: 10.20 + 11.17 + 12.15
WHAT: NEA JAZZ MASTER CHICO HAMILTON @ DROM
In yet another strong showing by this venerable drummer, 92 year-old percussionist and band leader Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton celebrates his working life in a trio of concerts – EUPHORIC: Celebrating the Life & Music of Chico Hamilton. Known for fashioning finely textured sounds with small ensembles, Chico leads his long-time working group Euphoria featuring Nick Demopoulos (guitar), Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (flute + reeds), Mayu Saeki (flute), and Jeremy Carlstedt (drums + percussion) as well as special featured guests TBA. Program includes some new original material as well as works off of Chico’s latest vivacious albums: Revelation and Euphoric (Joyous Shout!). Saluted by the Kennedy Center as a "Living Jazz Legend", and appointed to the President’s Council on the Arts, this NEA Jazz Master is considered one of the most important living jazz artists and composers. According to Jazz Improv NY, “he sounds more creative and artistic than ever.”
WHEN: Sunday, October 20 @ 7:15PM
Sunday, November 17 @ 7:15PM
Sunday, December 15 @ 7:15PM
WHERE: DROM, 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th St), New York City; Train F to 2nd Avenue, 10009
HOW: $15/Advance $12. To reserve, call DROM at 212.777.1157 or visit www.dromNYC.com.
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Chico Hamilton : Euphoria
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21 Oct
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22 Oct
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 7pm/7.15pm/7.30pm
The Rape of Lucretia
Various
United Kingdom
Tickets: £8-£85
Conductor Nicholas Collon / Jack Ridley (15 Nov)
Director Fiona Shaw
Set Designer Michael Levine
Costume Designer Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting Designer Paul Anderson
The Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus Allan Clayton / Andrew Dickinson (15, 22 Nov)
Female Chorus Kate Valentine
Collatinus David Soar
Junius Oliver Dunn
Tarquinius Duncan Rock
Lucretia Claudia Huckle
Bianca Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Lucia Ellie Laugharne
Given its first ever performance at Glyndebourne in 1946, Benjamin Britten created this opera with the poet Ronald Duncan, who wrote about their collaboration: ‘Britten and I worked at the same desk. We first discussed the shape of the whole drama and then spent several days working over this in order to reduce it to its essential simplicity. We kept our work fluid – even after it had gone to the printer and engraver, much to their dismay.’
The result of this close collaboration is an extraordinary and tightly focussed treatment of a legend which has acquired numerous layers in painting, poetry and drama. Lucretia is raped by the tyrant Tarquinius Superbus, ruler of Rome, and elects to kill herself rather than live with the shame. The action of the opera is commented on throughout by a Male and Female Chorus who occupy another dimension, at times narrating the story and at times voicing the thoughts of the different characters.
The central role of Lucretia is one which engages the talents of a singing actress to the utmost and one with which director Fiona Shaw will empathise keenly, drawing on her own experiences as both a performer and a director.
It was in describing this work that Britten coined the term ‘chamber opera’, creating a work of distilled power and refinement with a cast of eight and an orchestra of 12 players and piano.
For full list of venues and dates, see here: http://glyndebourne.com/production/rape-of-lucretia-tour-2013
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia
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23 Oct
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24 Oct
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 8pm
Funkhause am Wallrafplatz, Köln
Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz
Klaus-von-Bismacksaal, Köln
Germany
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
Ensemble musikFabrik
Conductor Marcus Creed
IRCAM computer music design Gregory Beller
The time of beginning based on Ovid, the time of the first men, the time of civilizations: Raphaël Cendo has arranged his epic for choir, ensemble, and electronics in three large chapters, with, by way of an epilogue, uses this fragment of Heraclitus: If one does not hope, one will not find the unhoped-for, since there is no trail leading to it and no path. Registre, according to the composer, designates the book of memories, "memory of lights that transmitted a common, far away, past, milestones of our Humanity".
Raphaël Cendo : Registre des lumières
Francesco Filidei : Finito ogni gesto
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24 Oct
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 7.30pm
The Hallé
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Manchester M1 5HA
United Kingdom
44 (0) 161 907 9000
http://bridgewater-hall.co.uk
box@bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Tickets: £11-38
The Hallé
Markus Stenz conductor | Carolyn Sampson soprano | Neal Davies bass-baritone | Hallé Choir
This event celebrates The Royal Philharmonic Society Bicentenary 1813-2013.
Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz has forged a strong relationship with the Hallé Choir and here directs one of the great masterpieces of the choral repertoire, Brahms’s German Requiem. Its title aside, the work has an appeal that transcends both national boundaries and religious beliefs (Brahms even considered naming it a ‘Human Requiem’) and it remains a deeply moving experience for audiences everywhere. While its musical language is unmistakably that of Brahms, it also looks back to Bach and to the composers of the Renaissance. Brahms’s progression from suffering to eventual consolation is thus both dramatically and musically fascinating. Wolfgang Rihm is a composer who never fails to confound and enthral. The concert opens with his Tribute (Über die Linie VIII), an homage to Benjamin Britten commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and given its world premiere by Sir Mark and the Hallé at the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival.
Wolfgang Rihm : A Tribute (Über die Linie VIII)
Johannes Brahms : A German Requiem
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27 Oct
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28 Oct
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Monday, October 28, 2013 at 7.30pm
Michael Nyman Solo Piano and Film: Music from and for Film
Town Hall, Birmingham
Victoria Square B3 3DQ
United Kingdom
0121 780 3333
http://www.thsh.co.uk/
Tickets: £22.50/£27.50
Michael Nyman
British composer Michael Nyman returns to Birmingham in an intimate performance at Town Hall, playing solo piano music from films that he has collaborated on with directors including Peter Greenaway, Jane Campion and Neil Jordan.
Accompanied by a selection of films that Nyman personally recorded whilst on his travels, the evening provides a fascinating insight into the visual and musical world.
Michael Nyman : Various
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29 Oct
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 7.30
Contemporary Concert | The Yellow Wallpaper
BBC Hoddinott Hall
Cardiff
Wales
Tickets: £8 - £10
BBCNOW
Conductor | Thierry Fischer
Soprano | Elizabeth Atherton
Violin | Baiba Skride
Simon Holt's The Yellow Wallpaper tells the story of feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gillman. Experience the story of this woman's obsession with her enclosed surroundings. Accompanied by two 1930s masterpieces: Franz Schmidt's Fourth Symphony and Berg's Violin Concerto. Composed with furious intensity and pre-emptive of Berg's own untimely death, the Concerto is best known as his own requiem.
Alban Berg : Violin Concerto
Simon Holt : The Yellow Wallpaper
Franz Schmidt : Symphony No 4
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29 Oct
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 7.30pm
Frank Zappa: 200 Motels
Royal Festival Hall, London
South Bank, London SE1
United Kingdom
020 7840 4242
http://www.rfh.org.uk
Tickets: £25-£45
Claron McFadden soprano
Southbank Sinfonia
BBC Concert Orchestra
Jurjen Hempel conductor
One of the music events of the year Frank Zappa's legendary 1971 work 200 Motels is performed live in concert for the first ever time in the UK.
This colossal piece, one of the most ambitious that Zappa ever wrote, is performed by the full forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, London Voices and a large cast of rock musicians, singers and actors.
Banned from live performance at the time of its composition, and a cult classic on film and on record ever since, 200 Motels can finally be heard on stage in its full glory.
Please note, this event contains sexually explicit material and is suitable for audiences aged 18+
Frank Zappa : 200 Motels
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30 Oct
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31 Oct
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 7.30pm
Wozzeck
Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London
United Kingdom
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/home
Royal Opera
‘Man is an abyss – you feel giddy when you look into it.’ So declares Wozzeck in Alban Berg’s harrowing psychological drama. The title character is a disturbed man who is used for experimentation, taunted for his poverty and inarticulacy, and finally, in despair, driven to murder the only person he loves. The opera is based on the incomplete play Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. It was given its premiere in 1925 in Berlin and rapidly became extremely successful.
Berg’s music is both rapturous and terrifying. The score is richly varied, from the depiction of Wozzeck’s terrifying visions to Marie’s exquisitely gentle lullaby to her son, to the black comedy of the Doctor and the Captain’s music. Berg also draws heavily on folk song, giving a vivid picture of the working-class community in which the characters live. A white-tiled laboratory provides the claustrophobic setting for Keith Warner’s uncompromising staging. The production marked Warner’s directorial debut at Covent Garden and received an Olivier Award in 2003 for Best New Opera Production.
31st October; 5th, 8th, 12th, 15th November
Alban Berg : Wozzeck
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1 Nov
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2 Nov
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Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7:30pm
Resonant Body: the Organ as Sound and Space
St James the Great, Colchester
East Hill, Colchester CO1 2QL
United Kingdom
http://stjamesthegreat.wordpress.com
Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions)
Lauren Redhead (organ); Stuart Russell (electronic diffusion)
This programme of works for organ and electronics, including three new commissions by Martin Iddon, Stuart Russell and Huw Morgan, explore the breadth of the sonic and performance possibilities for the combination of organ and electronics as both an extended and a composite instrument, showcasing unexpected and exciting new sounds and approaches.
Alistair Zaldua : Blow Up
Caroline Lucas : [untitled]
Stuart Russell : Epiphany for Organ and Electronics
Adam Fergler : Image, Music, Text
Tina Krekels : Grapefruits like to be squeezed in the dark
Martin Iddon : Balanos
Caroline Lucas : from [Unnamed Maps Series]
Huw Morgan : The Unseeing Eye at the Lung's Heart
Jesse Ronneau : Diapason
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2 Nov
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Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7.30pm
Julian Anderson Day
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £15-£30
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon
conductor
András Keller
violin
Students come from all corners of the world to study with him at the Guildhall School of Music; his list of forthcoming performances and commissions, meanwhile, underlines the international profile and significance of his work.
Julian Anderson’s strikingly inventive music is the latest focus of a Wigmore Hall Composer Day, presented complete with a world première, a talk from the composer himself and performances by, among others, Cédric Tiberghien, the Aurora Orchestra, Adam Walker and Claire Booth.
Julian Anderson : Another Prayer
Hans Abrahamsen : Walden
Julian Anderson : Tiramisu
Salvatore Sciarrino : ... da un divertimento
Julian Anderson : The Comedy of Change
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9 Nov
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 at
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Queens Hall
Edinburgh
Scotland
0131 668 2019
http://www.thequeenshall.net
Tickets: £10-30
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
An unmissable concert! It has been a while since the SCO last premiered a work from its old friend, the Master of the Queen’s Music. With Knussen directing (he is a passionate devotee) this will be special. No less remarkable is the opportunity to hear Serkin play the Bartók. A wonderful concerto with Hungarian folk influences vying with Wagner’s Tristan, hints of jazz and an evocation of night music in what amounts to a passionate and joy-filled love song to his wife. Stravinsky closes the evening powerfully and grandly with his symphony.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on his new work for the Orchestra:
"In the late ‘eighties, as composer in residence to the SCO, I was commissioned to write my ten Strathclyde Concertos for the Orchestra. This involved writing for and working with the leaders of each section, and conducting performances of these works not only in Scotland, but also in Europe and America.
It is a great privilege, with this history, to be invited to write a work for the SCO’s fortieth birthday, as a vote of thanks for a wonderful musical experience with them in the past, and also as a vote of confidence in their glorious future."
Peter Maxwell Davies : Ebb of Winter
Béla Bartók : Piano Concerto No 3
Igor Stravinsky : Symphony in C
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9 Nov
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 7.30pm
The Rite of Spring
Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London
United Kingdom
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/home
Royal Opera
One hundred years of visionary ballet – from Stravinsky’s 20th-century masterpiece to innovative choreography by Wayne McGregor and David Dawson.
9th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 23rd November
More details:
http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-rite-of-spring-by-kenneth-macmillan
Igor Stravinsky : The Rite of Spring
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