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New Music Concert Listings - United Kingdom
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Monday, November 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM The Mavron Quartet St David's Hall Cardiff United Kingdom
Tickets: £5.50 in advance The Mavron Quartet
The Mavron Quartet, St David's Hall's Ensemble in Residence, is Wales' leading string Quartet. Since forming in 2002 the quartet has worked collaboratively with a range of artists to produce and perform new works, alongside outreach work with St David's Hall and the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust.
In association with Live Music Now Wales
Giovanni Battista Viotti : String Quartet No 1 in F Hugh Wood : String Quartet No 1
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7.30pm Chloë Hanslip performs Brahms Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ United Kingdom 02075898212
Tickets: £40, £32.50, £25, £15 Conductor - Christoph Koenig
Violin - Chloë Hanslip
Royal Philharmonic Ochestra
He may have been overshadowed by Wagner, but without Weber the history of opera would be very different. Weber’s Der Freischütz, with its atmospheric Overture, is considered the first important German Romantic opera – and had a huge impact on Wagner himself. Brahms and Wagner were rivals, splitting the musical world with their different approaches to composition, yet few can now resist the sunny charm of the Violin Concerto by Brahms. With its lyrical opening movement, exquisite, singing Adagio and vigorous finale, the Concerto is an ideal showcase for the talents of Chloë Hanslip. Dvorák’s Eighth Symphony is one of his most joyous, full of Bohemian folk-tunes and orchestral colour.
Box Office: 020 7730 4500
Carl Maria von Weber : Der Freischütz Overture Johannes Brahms : Violin Concerto Antonin Dvorak : Symphony No.8
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 7:30pm Colin Matthews, Schumann and Mozart Wigmore Hall, London 36 Wigmore St, London W1 United Kingdom 02079352141 http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £10 Elias String Quartet
Mozart fashioned his Clarinet Quintet for Anton Stadler, a great Viennese wind player and fellow Freemason. The score periodically places the clarinet centre stage while generally treating the instrument as an equal chamber music partner. This concert opens with the world première of a new work, specially written by Colin Matthews for the Elias Quartet.
In creating string quartets, Schumann observed, ‘the composer must possess an intimate knowledge of the genre’s history, but should strive to produce more than mere imitations of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.’ He followed his advice to brilliant effect in the third of his Op. 41 quartets, displaying inventive ingenuity throughout.
Colin Matthews : String Quartet No. 4 Robert Schumann : String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3 Wolfgang Mozart : Clarinet Quintet in A K581
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Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 8pm Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the end of Time Turner Sims, Southampton
United Kingdom
Netia Jones/Lightmap video design
John Constable piano
Landmarks is the London Sinfonietta's new series of chamber concerts, featuring performances of seminal music combined with short video interventions setting a context for the composer, the work, and its impact on the musical and cultural life of the 20th century. The first subject is Olivier Messiaen and his Quartet for the end of Time, premiered in a prisoner of war camp in 1941 where the composer himself was incarcerated.
At this performance, the ticket price includes a complimentary drink after the concert.
The London Sinfonietta are proud to be Associate Arists at Turner Sims, Southampton.
Olivier Messiaen : La Colombe Olivier Messiaen : Plainte Calme Olivier Messiaen : Theme and Variations Olivier Messiaen : Quartet for the End of Time
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23 Dec
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Friday, November 23, 2012 at 7.30 pm Brand New Music for Winds Regent Hall 275 Oxford St., London W1 2DJ United Kingdom
Tickets: Tickets at Door (£10 (6) whole event, £8 (5) concert only. 15th London New Wind Festival
Charlotte Munro, Flutes
Catherine Pluygers, Oboes
Phil Edwards, Clarinets
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Horn
Glyn Williams, Bassoon
Alan Tomlinson, Trombone
Robert Coleridge, Piano
6-7 Composers Forum - discussing their work- chaired by Stephen Mark Barchan
7.30 Concert
Programme Includes:
* Ewan Campbell But I Digress
for Wind Quartet and Piano
* Richard Peat Wind Quintet
*** Ari Ben-Shabetai Winks
for Wind Quintet
** Tom Owen Womb
for full Ensemble
* Enid Luff Scherzo
for Winds (Flute, Horn and Trombone)
* Stephen Mark Barchan Blasted to Bits
for Solo Trombone & Electronics
** Colleen Muriel The Nearness of the Beloved
for Flute and Piano
Hilary Tann Doppelganger
for Solo Piano
* Henryk Sienkiewicz Sonatina
for Horn and Piano
* Chris Mortlock Dialogue
for Bassoon and Piano
* world premier
** london premier
*** european premier
Ari Ben-Shabetai : Winks - for woodwind quintet Richard Peat : Wind Quintet Enid Luff : Scherzo
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24 Dec
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24 Dec
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Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 11.30am Insight:Richard Baker CBSO Centre, Birmingham Berkley Street, Birmingham United Kingdom
Tickets: Free event Composer Richard Baker
Composer/sound artist Nye Parry
BCMG percussionist Julian Warburton
Join us for this mid-morning event with composer Richard Baker, composer/sound artist Nye Parry and BCMG percussionist Julian Warburton, to gain an insight into Richard Baker’s working method and get a first taste of his Sound Investment piece for ensemble and electronics, which we premiere in our February 2013 concert.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 7.30pm Natasha Paremski performs Shostakovich Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ United Kingdom 02075898212
Tickets: £40, £32.50, £25, £15 Conductor - Rory Macdonald
Piano - Natasha Paremski
Trumpet - Mike Allen
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
This delectable programme of spine-tingling works opens with the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams. The majesty of the English Renaissance meets the pre-war innocence of early twentieth-century England, as a theme by Thomas Tallis resonates through Vaughan Williams’ rich string textures. In the fascinating Piano Concerto No.1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings by Shostakovich, the piano dominates, but both soloists shine with quickfire exchanges and rhythmic verve. The Walk to the Paradise Garden, from the opera A Village Romeo and Juliet by Delius, is a gloriously seductive work, its sumptuous orchestration dripping with nostalgia. As if this wasn’t enough, the epic Fifth Symphony by Sibelius is one of his masterpieces, building to a climactic finale with its unforgettable horn theme.
Box Office: 020 7730 4500
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Dmitri Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No.1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Frederick Delius : The Walk to the Paradise Garden Jean Sibelius : Symphony No.5
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Sunday, December 2, 2012 at New Music Show 3 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London South Bank, London SE1 United Kingdom 08700 606 096 http://www.rfh.org.uk
Martyn Brabbins conductor *
Huw Watkins piano +
Sound Intermedia sound projection
London Sinfonietta
London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble
The New Music Show is the London Sinfonietta's platform for new music from the very best emerging talent from the UK and abroad. Enjoy a festival-in-a-day with performances, installations, talks and opportunities to participate.
Performances from 4.00pm throughout the afternoon and evening:
Set 1: 4.30pm
John Cage Suite for Toy Piano
Andrew Hamilton solo piece
Juliana Hodkinson Stills
Set 2: 6.00pm*
Tansy Davies Nature (London premiere) +
Larry Goves Trends in personal relationships (first professional performance)
Set 3: 7.30pm*
David Fennessy 13 Factories (UK premiere)
Andrew Norman Try (London premiere)
Gerald Barry Lisbon
Late-set: 9.00pm with Oliver Coates and guest artist Serafina Steer
Alvin Lucier Music for cello and one or more amplified vases
Serafina Steer songs
Charlie Usher Yawl Ketch Schooner Brig
Plus, throughout the day, Hidden gives the chance to discover a series of specially-commissioned new works in hidden spaces around Southbank Centre. Sign up on the day to book your space.
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Monday, December 3, 2012 at 7.30pm Britten - The String Quartets Wigmore Hall, London 36 Wigmore St, London W1 United Kingdom 02079352141 http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Tickets: £15 £20 £25 £30 Takács Quartet
Wigmore Hall’s newly appointed Associate Artists explore Britten’s three numbered string quartets, compositions shaped by intellectual complexity and profound compassion. The Takács Quartet has lived with these works for many years, crafting interpretations that seize listeners with their insight, captivating honesty and sense of awe.
Wigmore Hall played host to the first UK performance of the composer’s String Quartet No. 1 in April 1943 and provided the platform for the November 1945 world première of String Quartet No. 2, complete with its mighty ‘Chacony’, a tribute to Henry Purcell.
Peter Eyre will read excerpts from Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice before the performance of String Quartet No. 3, which finds echoes in the novella.
Benjamin Britten : String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25 Benjamin Britten : String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36 Benjamin Britten : String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94
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Monday, December 3, 2012 at 19:30-21:30 ACM Ensemble - Music of the Upbow International Anthony Burgess Foundation Centre Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY United Kingdom http://www.anthonyburgess.org/
Tickets: £3 Following their performance of Abrahamsen's Schnee in June, ACM Ensemble invites its audience to a further exploration of the subtle and delicate sounds of Danish contemporary music. Along with commissions from two emerging British composers, the program represents Danes from three generations, concluding with the UK premiere of Steen-Andersen's strikingly original masterpiece Amid.
Simon Steen-Andersen : rerendered Bent Sorensen : Angelus Waltz Bent Sorensen : The Hill of the Heartless Giant David Futers : windows and door: Demark (1) Lars Bagger : Propior Deo David Curington : Flute, Clarinet and Violin Nos. 1-3 Simon Steen-Andersen : Amid
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Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7.30pm Looking to the Heavens Symphony Hall, Birmingham Broad Street,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B1 2EA
United Kingdom 0121 200 2000 symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk http://boxoffice.necgroup.co.uk/iccsym.asp
Tickets: £10 - £42 Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Soprano: Claire Booth *
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire was premiered at the Berlin Choralion-Saal on 16 October 1912. The small mixed ensemble that Schoenberg invented for this masterpiece of early atonal music has over the last 100 years become a ‘standard ensemble’, spawning a large repertoire for this grouping of instruments by subsequent composers.
Pierrot Lunaire is a three-part work that sets German translations of poems by Albert Giraud. The eight instruments played by five performers are arranged differently in every number and produce an amazing variety of sound. A striking feature of the work is the vocalist’s Sprechstimme (speech-singing), an eerie declamation between song and speech, where the pitch is sounded but not held; instead, the vocalist immediately leaves the note, falling or rising to the next.
The first of three performances of Pierrot Lunaire in our 25th anniversary season follows a CBSO performance of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Composed just 20 years before Schoenberg’s tour de force, Bruckner’s symphony is one of late Romantic music’s most overwhelming experiences.
Concert preceded by a free 30-minute piano recital at 6.15pm, performed by one of the rising stars of Birmingham Conservatoire.
Anton Bruckner : Symphony No. 8 Arnold Schoenberg : Pierrot Lunaire
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Friday, December 7, 2012 at Activities in foyer from 4pm. Concert starts at 4.30pm Quartet for the End of Time Bramall Music Building University of Birmingham, Edgbaston United Kingdom
Tickets: £4 adults / free for under 16s (all children must be accompanied by an adult)
On a bitingly cold January night in 1941, at the Stalag VIIIA German prisoner-of-war camp, an extraordinary piece of music was performed for the first time by a group of four prisoners - a clarinettist, violinist, cellist and pianist. The composer was Olivier Messiaen, the piece Quartet for the End of Time. Drawing inspiration from birdsong and ancient Hindu rhythms, and with movements with titles such as ‘Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets’ and ‘Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time’, the piece is a 20th century classic.
Come and join us for this hour-long informal concert, hear excerpts of the piece, and learn the amazing story behind the music and about the lives of the musicians who performed it.
Olivier Messiaen : Quartet for the End of Time
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Friday, December 7, 2012 at 4.30pm Families@4: Looking to the Heavens Bramall Music Building University of Birmingham, Edgbaston United Kingdom
Tickets: £4 adults / free for under 16s (all children must be accompanied by an adult) Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Activities in foyer from 4pm
This fun, bite-sized and interactive concert for young people and their families will explore the heavenly music of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the end of time and extracts from one of the 20th century’s most important compositions, Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.
Get close up to the music and musicians in this informal and relaxed performance. Come early and take part in activities in the foyer.
Best suited to children aged 7+
Performances will last around one hour
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