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6 Aug 
 
7 Aug 
 
8 Aug



United Kingdom
 Friday, June 8, 2012 at 10 pm 
Timothy Andres
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Tickets: £12 concs £10
Timothy Andres
Piano

Young Californian pianist and composer Timothy Andres makes his debut at Wigmore Hall in this recital focusing on his own music and that of his contemporaries.

Praised for his ‘acute ear’ by the New York Times and a ‘stubborn nose’ by the New Yorker, Timothy Andres is an American composer-pianist whose work crosses boundaries and defies categorisation. When his debut album Shy and Mighty was released in 2010, the New Yorker observed ‘an unhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music since John Adams came on the scene … more mighty than shy’.


Ted Hearne : Two movements from Parlor Diplomacy (London première)
Timothy Andres : How can I live in your world of ideas
Johannes Brahms : Intermezzo in B minor Op. 119 No. 1
Timothy Andres : It takes a Long Time to be a Good Composer
Robert Schumann : Vogel als Prophet Op. 82 No. 7

8 Aug



United Kingdom
 Friday, June 8, 2012 at 7.00 pm 
Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Tickets: £12 concs £10
Mihkel Poll
piano



The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards a talented Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Estonian pianist Mihkel Poll is the recipient of this year’s award, and his winner’s recital promises to be a special occasion.



George Enescu : Piano Sonata in F# minor Op. 24 No. 1
Gyorgy Ligeti : Etude No. 5 ‘Arc-en-ciel’
Gyorgy Ligeti : Etude No. 13 ‘L’escalier du diable’
Bela Bartok : Szabadban (Out of Doors Suite) Sz. 81
Maurice Ravel : Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit
Alexander Mosolov : 2 Nocturnes Op. 15
Sergei Prokofiev : Piano SonataNo. 6 in A Op. 82

9 Aug 
 
10 Aug 
 
11 Aug



United Kingdom
 Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7.30pm-9.30pm 
Kensington Symphony Orchestra World Premiere
St John's, Smith Square
London, SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7222 1061
http://sjss.org.uk
info@sjss.org.uk

Tickets: £15, £10 (£10 concessions)
Kensington Symphony Orchestra
Russell Keable, conductor

The final concert of KSO's 56th season features the premiere of a major new work by Peter Nagle, written as a tribute to John Cage in his centenary year.

"The most professional-sounding of non-professional orchestras" - Sunday Telegraph


Johannes Brahms : Symphony No.1
Jean Sibelius : Symphony No.7
Peter Nagle : Until I die there will be sounds

12 Aug 
 
13 Aug



United Kingdom
 Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 6:30PM 
Harrison Birtwistle's Bow Down at Spitalfields Music Summer Festival
Spitalfields Festival
London
United Kingdom

Presented by The Opera Group, in association with the London Sinfonietta.



A macabre folktale is brought to percussive and visceral life in this interdisciplinary performance. When The Fair Sister is courted by The Suitor, The Dark Sister commits a terrible act of betrayal. But as her crime echoes through the land and across the ages will she finally receive retribution?

Bow Down is an ancient murder ballad reimagined by young performers and players.



Harrison Birtwistle : Bow Down

14 Aug 
 
15 Aug



United Kingdom
 Friday, June 15, 2012 at 19:30 
London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

Tickets: £10 / 15 / 19.50 / 27 / 35
Valery Gergiev conductor
Renée Fleming soprano*
London Symphony Orchestra





Claude Debussy : La Mer
Henri Dutilleux : Le temps l’horloge
Maurice Ravel : Shéhérazade
Igor Stravinsky : Petrushka

16 Aug 
 
17 Aug



United Kingdom
 Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 7.30 pm 
Mertz, Giuliani, Barrios Mangoré and more
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Tickets: £10 £14 £17 £20
Dimitris Dekavallas
guitar


Multiple award winner Dimitris Dekavallas has established himself as one of the most talented guitarists of his age. Much in demand as a soloist worldwide, he has been praised for his ‘truly phenomenal performances’ (Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation), and ‘his warm tone and lyrical expression’ (Classical Guitar Magazine)

Johann Mertz : Variations Mignonnes
Johann Mertz : Tarantelle
Mauro Giuliani : Variations on a theme of Handel Op. 107
Barrios Mangore : Una limosna por el amor de dios
Barrios Mangore : Vals Op. 8 No. 4
Jenny Jackson : FanTango (world première, dedicated to Dimitris Dekavallas)
Jorge Morel : Danza Brasilera
Jorge Morel : Misionera
Mauricio Kagel : Sonata II (world première, dedicated to Dimitris Dekavallas)

17 Aug



United Kingdom
 Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 6pm 
Birtwistle, Carter and Knussen at the Aldeburgh Festival
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
Snape Maltings Concert Hall,Snape,Suffolk,IP17 1SP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1728 687110
http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk
enquiries@aldeburgh.co.uk

Tickets: £32, £28, £24, £19, £14
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group +
EXAUDI



Ives’ delight in forming a ‘set’ from an assemblage of apparently independent parts is matched by the serious originality of Knussen’s programme-building.

Three Places in New England and The Fourth of July are a blend of an understated yet all-American grandeur with music of raucous celebration, a carefully crafted chaos of borrowed popular tunes and sophisticated collision of multiple musics.

Birtwistle’s ebullient perpetual motion seems in harmony with the earthy joys of Bartók’s rustic miniatures. Carter’s anti-concerto, lyrical and feisty, prefaces a modern-day classic of a Requiem.

An Elliott Carter premiere by two of the leading exponents of his music that continues the recent sequence of Carter premieres at Aldeburgh.




Harrison Birtwistle : Cantus Iambeus
Bela Bartok : Three Village Scenes
Elliott Carter : Interventions for piano and orchestra
Oliver Knussen : Requiem – Songs for Sue
Charles Ives : The Fourth of July; Three Places in New England

18 Aug



United Kingdom
 Monday, June 18, 2012 at 7pm 
Billy Budd
English National Opera
London Coliseum
United Kingdom

ENO

ENO continues to refresh its Britten repertoire with this new production by the team behind ENO’s award-winning Peter Grimes.

A metaphysical battle between good and evil fought out aboard a British man-o'-war, Britten’s richly orchestrated all-male opera was originally commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain and is considered to be one of the composer’s finest works.

Starring Benedict Nelson (a ‘standout’ Demetrius in 2011’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart, the malevolent master-at-arms, and Kim Begley as Vere, the morally conflicted captain, this new staging reunites the award-winning director-conductor partnership of David Alden and Edward Gardner from 2009’s Peter Grimes.

Mon 18 Jun 2012
Sat 23 Jun 2012
Wed 27 Jun 2012
Sat 30 Jun 2012
Tue 03 Jul 2012
Thu 05 Jul 2012
Sun 08 Jul 2012


Benjamin Britten : Billy Budd

19 Aug 
 
20 Aug 
 
21 Aug



United Kingdom
 Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 7:30pm 
CBSO London 2012 Festival Opening Concert
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: £20
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
CBSO Chorus
CBSO Youth Chorus
CBSO Children’s Chorus


The world’s greatest music – made in Birmingham. On the opening night of the London 2012 Festival, CBSO are thrilled to present the latest masterpiece from Jonathan Harvey, one of the world’s greatest living composers, who was born in Sutton Coldfield. An epic choral work, Weltethos is inspired by the shared spiritual heritage of humanity and founded on texts from six of the world’s greatest religions: Confucianism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. Expansive, visionary and awe-inspiringly beautiful, it’s a perfect way to kick off the nationwide celebrations in the summer of 2012. Join the CBSO to welcome the world and hear sounds like you’ve never heard before.

6.15pm Pre-concert talk: Premiere! Jonathan Harvey
Stephen Maddock talks to the great Birmingham-born composer about his new choral work.



Jonathan Harvey : Weltethos

22 Aug



United Kingdom
 Friday, June 22, 2012 at 7.30 pm 
Evelyn Glennie and Philip Smith
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1
United Kingdom
02079352141
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Tickets: £15 £20 £25 £30
Evelyn Glennie
percussion

Philip Smith
piano



Famous for hitting anything that neither moves nor flinches, Evelyn Glennie does so with a flair, invention and imagination that has made her without doubt the world’s most celebrated percussionist. She creates new instruments, with a whole body of new repertoire for them to play. Here, collaborating with the pianist Philip Smith, she reconfigures old, established works for new, exploratory sound-worlds.

Toshiro Mayuzumi : Concertino for xylophone and piano
Evelyn Glennie : Waterphone improvisation
Christos Hatzis : Eternity’s heartbeat
Evelyn Glennie : Orologeria Aureola
John Psathas : Drum Dances
Antonio Vivaldi : Concerto in C for piccolo recorder
Philip Sheppard : New Work
Astor Piazzolla : Libertango
Nebojsa Zivkovic : Quasi una sonata

23 Aug 
 
24 Aug 
 
25 Aug



United Kingdom
 Monday, June 25, 2012 at 7.30 pm 
Damon Albarn's Dr Dee
English National Opera
London Coliseum
United Kingdom

ENO

About the production starring Damon Albarn
Following the success of Damon Albarn’s Monkey: Journey to the West, ENO presents the London premiere of Albarn’s visionary new opera Dr Dee.

Although largely unknown today, Doctor Dee was the quintessential Renaissance Man. From astrology to alchemy and physics to philosophy, his thirst for knowledge was insatiable and, as a key advisor to Elizabeth I, he is credited with providing much of the intelligence which shaped ‘the British Empire’ established under her rule. Dee also dabbled in the occult and, ultimately, this fascination destroyed him. Conned by a deranged medium, Dee’s career ended in disgrace and sexual scandal and he died discredited and penniless.

This fascinating figure is bought to life by the extraordinary talents of composer and musician Damon Albarn, and director Rufus Norris. Albarn’s music is an ingenious mix of pop vocals, much of which he will perform live on-stage, with contemporary orchestral music played on 16th-century period instruments. Rufus Norris’s staging presents five centuries of English history and the three realms of earth, heaven and hell, with the virtuosic flare which has secured him a raft of awards and five-star reviews from London to Broadway.

Performances
June 25, 26, 28, 29 & July 4, 6, 7 at 7.30pm , July 7 at 2.30pm
8 performances. Running time: 2hrs.
Pre-performance talk: Thur June 28, 5.30-6.15pm, £5



Damon Albarn : Dr Dee

26 Aug 
 
27 Aug 
 
28 Aug



United Kingdom
 Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7.30 pm 
LSO Discovery Celebration Concert
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing

Tickets: £4
Kristjan Järvi conductor
Rachel Leach presenter
LSO On Track: Next Generation
Music Maker Schools
London Symphony Orchestra


LSO Discovery brings music into the lives of 60,000 Londoners every year, and the annual summer celebration concert takes just a small slice of these participants and brings them together on the Barbican stage. Conductor Kristjan Järvi directs the LSO in an evening which begins with River Journey, a work commissioned by John Stephens OBE especially to be performed with children from three primary schools close to LSO St Luke's led by animateur Neil Valentine. East London's most gifted young musicians then perform in a new piece they have written with Howard Moody - Terrors of Red Flame.


Jeff Moore : River Journey (LSO commission)
Manuel de Falla : The Three Cornered Hat – Suite
Howard Moody : Terrors of Red Flame (LSO commission)

29 Aug



United Kingdom
 Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7pm 
Studio Concert: Knussen conducts Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky
BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
Maida Vale One, Delaware Road, London
United Kingdom
02085761227

Tickets: FREE (subject to availability)
Oliver Knussen, conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra



The BBC Symphony Orchestra invites you to a live studio recording of playful, song and dance infused music conducted by Oliver Knussen. Stravinsky’s famous symphonic poem ‘The Song of the Nightingale’ is presented alongside Swiss-French composer Arthur Honegger’s symphonic movement Rugby which, inspired by the game, presents exchanges between orchestral forces suggestive of opposing sides. This is preceded by French waltzes and a berceuse from Ravel and Debussy, as well as Boulez’s orchestration of Ravel’s Frontispice, originally scored for five hands on two pianos.


Maurice Ravel : Valses nobles et sentimentales
Claude Debussy : Berceuse Heroique
Maurice Ravel : Frontispice (arr. Boulez)
Igor Stravinsky : Le Chant du Rossignol
Arthur Honegger : Rugby

30 Aug 
 
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5 Sep



United Kingdom
 Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 11:00 
The Nash Ensemble
Cheltenham Festival

United Kingdom

Ian Brown piano
Richard Watkins horn
Marianne Thorsen violin
Philip Dukes viola
Paul Watkins cello



Two venerable British composers, both 80 this year, hear brand new pieces of theirs on this first Thursday of the Festival. Hugh Wood features in the BBC Singers’ concert later on; but here, the hugely distinguished members of the Nash Ensemble premiere a new work by Alexander Goehr for the combination that Brahms first wrote for in 1865 – horn, violin and piano.



Wolfgang Mozart : Piano Quartet in G minor
Alexander Goehr : Horn Trio (premiere)
Frank Bridge : Phantasy Piano Quartet
Johannes Brahms : Horn Trio in Eb Op.40

5 Sep



United Kingdom
 Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 8pm 
Cheltenham Festival 2012
Cheltenham Festival

United Kingdom

Tickets: £15, unreserved seating
BBC Singers
David Hill conductor




Hugh Wood : From the Pisan Cantos LXXXI (BBC commission, first performance)
Lauri Supponen : new work (RPS commission; first performance)
Jonathan Harvey : Marahi
Judith Bingham : new work (BBC commission, first performance)
Giles Swayne : Magnificat
John Tavener : Unto the end of the world (first performance)
Einojuhani Rautavaara : Mass (UK premiere)

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