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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 7.30pm Martyn Brabbins conducts Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ United Kingdom 02075898212
Tickets: £40, £32.50, £25, £15 Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Jack Liebeck, violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A concert devoted to music by one of Britain’s most dynamic composers, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who regularly works with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and who collaborated with the Orchestra in choosing this programme. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies will introduce each of his pieces, giving the audience a fantastic insight into his compositional practices.
The Sixth Symphony was written with members of the Royal Philharmonic in mind, and was premièred by the RPO. Maxwell Davies’ Violin Concerto combines enthralling originality with the influence of Scottish folk music. Of the irrepressible An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, Gramophone wrote: 'Davies is a master storyteller in this vividly detailed tone-painting of a rustic, often raucous, all-night wedding celebration.' The Independent added: 'It brought the house down.'
Box Office: 020 7730 4500
http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/royal-philharmonic-orchestra-130312/
Peter Maxwell Davies : Symphony No.6 Peter Maxwell Davies : Violin Concerto No.1 Peter Maxwell Davies : An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
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13 Nov
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13 Nov
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 7.30pm HK Gruber presents Oedipus Rex Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Lower Mosley Road United Kingdom 44 (0) 161 907 9000 http://www.halle.co.uk/publishedSite/aidsdayconcert.asp box@bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Tickets: £34, £27, £23, £19, £14, £10 BBC Philharmonic
HK Gruber Conductor
Richard Watkins Horn
Timothy Robinson Tenor
Ian Bostridge Oedipus
Angelika Kirchschlager Jocasta
Darren Jeffery Creon
Matthew Best Tiresias
Timothy Robinson Shepherd
Neal Davies Messenger
Hallé Choir
Expect the unexpected with new music and performance in the foyer of The Bridgewater Hall.
In a ravaged land, a terrified people cry out for deliverance, but even great leaders can hide terrible secrets. Hear a timeless story made startlingly new, as HK Gruber and some of the greatest singers of our time join forces in Stravinsky's astonishing opera Oedipus Rex.
It's the jaw-dropping finish to a night of myth, poetry and basic instincts: from Britten's rapturous Serenade, through the passionate emotion of James MacMillan's The Sacrifice.
Students get discounted tickets for this concert with the Sonic Card.
James MacMillan : The Sacrifice: Three Interludes Benjamin Britten : Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Igor Stravinsky : Oedipus Rex
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14 Nov
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14 Nov
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 7pm Margaret Leng plays Cage at the Barbican Art Gallery Barbican Hall, London Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2 United Kingdom 020 7638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing
Tickets: Free to The Bride and the Bachelors same-day ticket holders Margaret Leng Tan Pianist
Pianist and pre-eminent Cage interpreter Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage's monumental Four Walls from 1944.
Hailed as the 'revelation of a masterpiece' when she first premiered it at Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival in 1989, this one-time only performance invites you to engage with Cage's work and its compelling beauty.
John Cage : Four Walls
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14 Nov
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 6pm Cage’s Water Music Ikon, Birmingham 1 Oozells Square, B1 2HS United Kingdom 0121 248 0708 http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/
Tickets: Free Christopher Hobbs Piano
BCMG and IKON Gallery present Cage’s Water Music for piano (plus radio, whistles, water containers and a deck of cards) as part of a live internet concert curated by the Forum of Contemporary Music Leipzig – the biggest highlight of the international art and music festival CAGE100. The concert will be one of several Water Music performances across Leipzig’s sister cities from 8 – 15 March, including Bologna, Houston and Lyon – all streamed live on www.cage100.com.
The setting for this six-minute piece is Ikon’s exhibition of work by the Russian artist Timur Novikov – who along with Cage and others, created and performed Water Symphony in St. Petersburg in 1988, a piece symbolising the unification of American capitalist and Soviet state culture.
John Cage : Water Music
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15 Nov
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15 Nov
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Friday, March 15, 2013 at 7pm Studio Concert: Zhubanov, Gribbin and Prokofiev BBC Maida Vale Studios, London Maida Vale One, Delaware Road, London United Kingdom 02085761227
Tickets: Free BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alan Buribayev conductor
Finghin Collins piano
Kazakh conductor Alan Buribayev conducts Akhmet Zhubanov and Khamidi Latyf’s symphonic arrangement from the opera Abai. Both composers were pivotal in the development of Kazakh musical culture in the 20th century. Irish pianist Finghin Collins joins the BBC SO for the UK premiere of The Binding of the Years, by Belfast-born composer Deirdre Gribbin. The concert opens with three new chamber works by composers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and closes with Prokofiev’s nostalgic final symphony, completed in 1952, the year before his death.
Contemporary Composers : Guildhall Octets Zhubanov/ Hamidi : Wedding Dances from the opera Abai Deidre Gribbin : The Binding of the Years Sergei Prokofiev : Symphony No. 7
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16 Nov
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Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 7.30pm The Gospel According to the Other Mary / John Adams Barbican Hall, London Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2 United Kingdom 020 7638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing
Tickets: £15-65 Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Peter Sellars director / librettist
Kelley O’Connor Mary
Tamara Mumford Martha
Russell Thomas Lazarus
Daniel Bubeck countertenor
Brian Cummings countertenor
Nathan Medley countertenor
Michael Schumacher dancer
Anani Sanouvi dancer
Troy Ogilvie dancer
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon music director
Their 1987 music drama Nixon in China has become the most popular American opera since Porgy and Bess. Now the powerhouse creative partnership that is John Adams and Peter Sellars unveil their new work for Barbican audiences, played and conducted by the musicians for whom it was written. The Gospel According to the Other Mary is a 90-minute oratorio for orchestra, chorus and soloists, based on the New Testament stories of Lazarus and Jesus’s Passion and which draws on evocative Mexican poetry. The score is played here in its European premiere by the orchestra which Adams has described as ‘one of the most supple and flexible of any in the world.’
John Adams : The Gospel According to the Other Mary
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17 Nov
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17 Nov
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Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 7.30 Beethoven, Osvaldo Golijov and Dvořák Wigmore Hall, London 36 Wigmore St, London W1 United Kingdom 02079352141 http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £12-28 St. Lawrence String Quartet
Since winning the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 1992, the St. Lawrence Quartet has delighted audiences with its spontaneous, passionate and dynamic performances. The St. Lawrences, noted Alex Ross in The New Yorker, ‘are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music-making … but for the joy they take in the act of connection.’
The programme opens with the last of Beethoven’s Op. 18 string quartets, in which the composer showed his unfailing mastery of the style developed by Haydn and Mozart. Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov enhanced his long and fruitful association with the St. Lawrences in 2011 when he created Qoheleth for the group, a new work inspired by core texts from the book of Ecclesiastes. Dvořák’s final string quartet brings the concert to a joyful close.
Ludwig Van Beethoven : String Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6 Osvaldo Golijov : New work (UK première) Antonin Dvorak : String Quartet No. 14 in Ab Op. 105
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 8pm Quartett IRCAM/Centre Pompidou-Grande salle-Paris
France
Allison Cook soprano, the marquise de Merteuil
Robin Adams baryton, the vicomte de Valmont
Ensemble intercontemporain
Conductor Susanna Mälkki
IRCAM computer music design Serge Lemouton
Recording of the choir and orchestra at La Scala in Milan Julien Aléonard
Carried by the music of Luca Francesconi and the words of Heiner Müller that reinvent the Dangerous Liaisons, the opera Quartett interpenetrates three worlds.
The interior, a post-apocalyptic space where two solitary monsters caught up in a delirium of masks, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, collide; the exterior, the thoughts and conspiracies of the protagonists; and outside, a space of metaphysical forces like attraction and magnetism, the only space capable of absorbing the psychological tension in Quartett.
IRCAM's technology was called upon to create this spatial staging for the work’s premiere at la Scala in Milan, directed by La Fura Dels Bauls: passage from a microscopic dimension to the occupation of almost the entire theater-world, vocal grafts that incarnate the feminine side of de Valmont and the masculinity of de Merteuil, the founding and sonorous ambiguities of a "quartet" for two.
Luca Francesconi : Quartett
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20 Nov
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 18.30 John Adams The Gospel According to the Other Mary Lucerne Festival Lucerne Switzerland http://e.lucernefestival.ch
Tickets: 30-240 CHF
Los Angeles Philharmonic | Los Angeles Master Chorale (Grant Gershon music director) | Gustavo Dudamel conductor | Peter Sellars director | Kelly O'Connor Mary Magdalene | Tamara Mumford Martha | Russell Thomas Lazarus | Daniel Bubeck Narrator | Brian Cummings Narrator | Nathan Medley Narrator | Michael Schumacher dancer | Anani Sanouvi dancer | Mark Grey sound designer | James Ingalls lighting designer | Dunya Ramicova costume designer
With Nixon in China, composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars created the most successful American opera since Porgy and Bess, while their El Niño juxtaposed biblical texts with apocryphal scriptures, a medieval mystery play, and Latin American poetry to fashion a “nativity oratorio for the 21st century.” Now comes their latest collaboration: The Gospel According to the Other Mary, an oratorio which is being premiered in its fully staged version in March 2013 in Los Angeles with conductor Gustavo Dudamel – just two weeks before this performance in Lucerne. Adams and Sellars recount the biblical Passion from an unusual perspective. Beginning with the raising of Lazarus, these events are narrated by the risen Lazarus and his two sisters, Martha and Mary Magdalene, who directly experience the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus – all framed in the “eternal present.” Adam’s ambitious score combines his powerful rhythmic sense with a complex harmonic language, haunting melody, and innovative choral and orchestral writing.
John Adams : The Gospel According to the Other Mary
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 18.30 Britten War Requiem Lucerne Festival Lucerne Switzerland http://e.lucernefestival.ch
Tickets: 150-240 CHF Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Bavarian Radio Choir (Peter Dijkstra chorus master) | Tölz Boys’ Choir (Ralf Ludewig chorus master) | Mariss Jansons conductor | Emily Magee soprano | Mark Padmore tenor | Christian Gerhaher baritone
On 14 November 1940 the English city of Coventry was bombed by the German Luftwaffe and almost completely destroyed. Among the ruins were those of the famous Gothic cathedral, which had been built around 1400. For the consecration of the newly rebuilt cathedral in May 1962, Benjamin Britten created his large-scale War Requiem, in which he wove the liturgical text together with verses by Wilfred Owen, the British poet who was killed in the First World War at the age of only 25. Britten wrote the solo voice parts for three singers, each of whom represented one of the nations that had been at war: Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, English tenor Peter Pears, and German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Indeed, the idea of reconciliation is at the center of the work: “I am the enemy you killed, my friend,” writes Owen in his poem. To mark the 100th birthday of Britten, Mariss Jansons performs this moving Requiem with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Benjamin Britten : War Requiem
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23 Nov
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23 Nov
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8pm The Gospel According to the Other Mary : musique de John Adams (création) Salle Pleyel 252 rue u Fauborg Saint-Honore, 75008 Paris France
Tickets: Cat. 1 110€ Cat. 2 80€ Cat. 3 60€ Cat. 4 35€ Cat. 5 10€ Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel : conducting
Peter Sellars : mise en scène
Kelley O'Connor : mezzo-soprano
Tamara Mumford : contralto
Russell Thomas : tenor
Daniel Bubeck : contre-ténor
Brian Cummings : contre-ténor
Nathan Medley : contre-ténor
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon : choirmaster
Michael Schumacher : danse
Anani Sanouvi : danse
Troy Ogilvie : danse
John Adams : The Gospel According to the Other Mary
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24 Nov
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26 Nov
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 8pm Versus Nunes IRCAM/Centre Pompidou-Grande salle-Paris
France
Tickets: 14€ | 10€ | 5€ | Solistes de l'Ensemble intercontemporain
IRCAM computer music design José Miguel Fernandez
Under the generic term Einspielung (sich einspielen, warming up before playing), Emmanuel Nunes designed a series that originally intended the inclusion of nine solo pieces for violin, viola, and cello.
His project exploits the polyphonic potential of these instruments, a potential that has been reinforced with the use of electronics. While Einspielung I for violin is the work that is the most constricted and melodic, Einspielung II for cello reveals its labyrinthine appearance.
EMMANUEL NUNES : Rubato, registres et résonances EMMANUEL NUNES : Einspielung II EMMANUEL NUNES : Versus EMMANUEL NUNES : Aura EMMANUEL NUNES : Einspielung I
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26 Nov
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 8pm Manchester Camerata: UpClose III Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Lower Mosley Road United Kingdom 44 (0) 161 907 9000 http://www.halle.co.uk/publishedSite/aidsdayconcert.asp box@bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Tickets: £10 Camerata Principal Players
UpClose is our eclectic series of laid-back concerts in smaller, more intimate venues around the city, shining a light on hidden gems, both in terms of the music and the venues themselves. Relax and unwind with a drink and enjoy a blend of classical and contemporary music at close quarters. Arrive early for contemporary sound-based artworks by John Hyatt and Lewis Sykes, taking inspiration from the music at each event.
The centre-piece of this concert is Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, one of the most emotionally wrenching and spiritually reflective works written for chamber group. Written for the unusual combination of piano, violin, cello and clarinet, the work received its first performance outside in the rain in a German prisoner of war camp in 1941 on a collection of damaged instruments. This reflective programme also features a performance by Camerata’s principal cellist, Hannah Roberts, of Bach’s D minor Cello Suite, and a new chamber work by Camerata’s composer in residence.
J.S. Bach : Suite for solo cello No.2 in D minor Chris Mayo : World Première by Manchester Camerata’s Composer in Residence Olivier Messiaen : Quartet for the End of Time
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Friday, March 29, 2013 at 20.15 THE NIGHT OF EARTH, SEA AND BUTTERFLIES Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 2-7, 1071 LN Amsterdam Netherlands http://www.concertgebouw.nl
Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard - dirigent
An unforgettable evening out
The Concertgebouw is one of the best concert halls in the world, famous for its exceptional acoustics and varied programme. It serves as the home base of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and features performances by the world’s best orchestras, conductors and soloists. Bernard Haitink once praised the Concertgebouw as the best instrument in the orchestra that it houses. The wide-ranging programme offers an excellent selection of classical, pop and jazz music. Attend a concert and have an evening you will never forget. Come experience inspiring music in the beautiful surroundings of the Main Hall or the more intimate Recital Hall.
Iannis Xenakis : Roscobeck Toru Takemitsu : Itinerant Sofia Gubaidulina : Five Etudes Giacinto Scelsi : Et maintenant c'est à vous de jouer Toru Takemitsu : Toward the Sea Kaija Saariaho : Sept Papillons Giacinto Scelsi : Okanagon
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 7pm The Firework-Maker's Daughter Linbury Studio Theatre Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD United Kingdom 020 7304 4000 http://www.roh.org.uk
Composer David Bruce
Libretto Glyn Maxwell
Director John Fulljames
Designer Dick Bird
Puppetry design Steve Tiplady
Puppetry design Sally Todd
Lighting Designer Guy Hoare
This opera by award-winning composer David Bruce and poet Glyn Maxwell is based on an acclaimed children’s novel by Philip Pullman. John Fulljames’s imaginative staging, with puppet designs by Indefinite Articles, follows Lila’s adventures as she undertakes a perilous quest. With the help of a talking elephant, Lila sets out to discover the secret of becoming a firework-maker. Bruce’s score is characterized by infectious energy and spirited humour, offering musical fireworks of its own.
NB: PERFORMANCES from 3rd April to 13th April
More details: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-firework-makers-daughter-by-john-fulljames
David Bruce : The Firework-Maker's Daughter
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