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ur music brochure includes all public events and performances presented in association with the Department of Music – this includes the regular concert series in the Barber Institute, University Music concerts presented by the University Music Society and the Department of Music, and a number of special events. In addition to the 20-plus concerts on offer there are also fantastic opportunities to get more involved - you can come and sing at the annual University Community Day (6 Sept), join a rehearsal or jam session at Music in the Making (27 Sept), and come along to Young Conductors Day on 18 October. We celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Barber Evening Concert series this autumn, welcoming the Gramophone Award-winning Binchois Consort on
2 18 21 22 23 28 October, the superb quartet-lab on 25 November with a programme that includes some ‘chamber music surprises’, and we launch Birmingham International Piano Festival 2016, when Pascal and Ami Rogé perform a combination of solo piano works and music written for four hands/one piano on 9 December. University Music concerts include the Music Society’s two orchestras, and the University Chorus is joined by Birmingham Symphonic Brass for an evening of British music. There are simply too many wonderful concerts to mention here so enjoy reading this guide; we hope you can join us at our concerts and events. Jo Sweet Head of University Music and Concerts
Commun Day Sunday 6 September 11am-4pm The annual University Community Day takes place every September and is an opportunity for you to find out about all of the work that the University does. Find out about our world-leading research and new discoveries, meet our robots, dinosaurs and lots more! This year you can also get involved with music activities - you can join in our kazoo band in the Barber, or join a choir session with members of our community chorus.
ity Adult choir session Bramall Music Building 1.30pm-2.15pm Interested in singing and finding a local choir to join? Our open choir session might just be the thing for you. Join our chorus director Julian Wilkins in the Bramall to dip your toe into the University’s vibrant choral scene. All abilities welcome. Family fun session Barber Concert Hall 2.30-3.30pm Join Sennet Brass Quintet in the Barber for a fun concert and perform fanfares in our kazoo band! Admission: Free University Edgbaston Campus
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Music in the Making Sunday 27 September 10.30am-4.30pm
Come along for a day of music-making in the Elgar Concert Hall and find out about the many University ensembles and choirs that you can join!
10.30am-1pm Come and play Academic Festival Overture (Brahms) and ‘Hungarian March’ (Berlioz) from The Damnation of Faust in an orchestra directed by Daniele Rosina. 2pm-4.30pm Come and sing Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass with Simon Halsey. Scores provided. 2pm-4pm Jam session Our professional big band director, Lluis Mather leads this open jam session.
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Big Band Bramall Music Building Admission: Free - advance registration required. Please email musicboxoffice@contacts. bham.ac.uk by Wednesday 23 September to book your place.
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Spanish mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz is a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, she was an Independent Opera/Wigmore Hall Fellow, is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Clara has performed at the Proms and in radio broadcasts, at festivals and in opera roles across Europe and North America. For this recital she is joined by art-song pianist Joseph Middleton a familiar face to Barber audiences. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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Friday 9 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
ensembleF2: Discovering Danzi Jane Booth clarinet/basset horn Steven Devine fortepiano Danzi Sonata in F for fortepiano and basset horn, Op. 62 Mozart Adagio in B minor, KV540 Danzi Sonata in B flat for fortepiano and clarinet, Op. 56 Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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Clara Mouriz mezzo Joseph Middleton piano
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Friday 2 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 16 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Dautricourt Trio Nicolas Dautricourt violin Nicholas Trygstad cello Marisa Gupta piano Schumann Sechs Studien in Kanonischer Form, Op. 56 (transcribed by Kirchner) Jean-Frederick Neuberger Piano Trio Ravel Piano Trio Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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Association of British Choral Directors
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Young Conductors Day Sunday 18 October 10am-5pm
Julian Wilkins conductor/leader If you are aged 18-25 and interested in leading a choir, or already have some conducting experience and would like to learn more, come and extend your choral leadership skills by joining ABCD tutor Julian Wilkins for a stimulating day of active participation, observation and ideas. This one-day course is designed to lay firm foundations for anyone who has an interest in learning to conduct singers of any kind, or who has recently started to lead a choir. No previous conducting experience is necessary, but the course is also suitable for those who already have some experience in leading choral music and would like to develop their conducting and vocal techniques.
abcd is grateful to the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation for their support of the Young Conductors Programme
Aged 18-25? Interested in leading a choir? Topics covered will include: • Consolidation of beat patterns • Posture and physical coordination • Effective rehearsal techniques • Appropriate choral gestures (or how to get what you want!) • Shaping vocal line and text • Ways to engage, motivate and stimulate • Approaches towards becoming an efficient and effective leader • Singing and conducting a wide variety of repertoire • Conducting a University of Birmingham Choir The Dome, Bramall Music Building Admission: £20 (includes membership to ABCD) - advance registration required. Please email penny.homer@abcd.org.uk to book your place.
Friday 23 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Apollo Saxophone Quartet Rob Buckland Carl Raven
Andy Scott Jim Fieldhouse
The Apollo Saxophone Quartet celebrates its 30th year in 2015 having been formed by Royal Northern College of Music graduates in 1985. The Quartet has performed worldwide, recorded commissions with major and independent labels, and has made the largest single contribution to the repertoire for saxophone quartet in the UK. In addition to an international recital profile, the Quartet is active in the field of education. As part of their visit to Birmingham they will be working with the Music Society’s Saxophone Choir. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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Wednesday 28 October 7.30pm Barber Evening Concert
Friday 30 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Binchois Consort: The Battle of Agincourt
Miki Takahashi baroque violin Nicholas Stringfellow baroque cello Christine Whiffen harpsichord
Andrew Kirkman director James Hall, Tim Travers-Brown alto Will Balkwill, Dominic Bland, Tom Raskin, George Pooley tenor Featuring Birmingham University Singers
The Binchois Consort mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (25th October, 1415), one of England’s greatest military victories. The programme also focuses on its victor, Henry V. Great warrior though he was, Henry – typically for his time – was also a major patron of the arts, and a contemplative and devout figure seeking the support and patronage of favoured saints. He was even a skilled composer, two of whose works have survived. The programme presents both sides of Henry: the redoubtable military and political figure celebrated in the famous Agincourt carol, in great state motets, and in chants and acclamations composed directly for Lancastrian coronations; and the man of piety revealed in his own music for the Mass, and in the polyphonic Mass and rhymed office chants for St John of Bridlington. Like early fifteenthcentury life itself, the music of Henry’s time is colourful and surprisingly varied: a world of energy, rhythm, drive and brilliance. Barber Concert Hall Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends, £5 students Available from Barber Reception and via www.barber.org.uk/concerts
Jacquet de la Guerre Prelude in G minor from Pièces de Clavecin Sonata in G, for solo violin & basso continuo Senaillé Sonata in A, Op. 2, No. 6 Rameau Cinquième Concert from Pièces de Clavecin en concerts The Department of Music’s Director of Early Music, Christine Whiffen, is joined by Miki Takahashi and Nicholas Stringfellow, two of the talented musicians who work with our students in a variety of early music ensembles. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
Saturday 31 October 7.30pm Department of Music
BEAST: Footsteps BEAST delivers a programme that blends a diverse selection of works from electroacoustic music’s past and present. Performances tailored to the unique, immersive setting of the BEASTdome project sound over the 32 loudspeakers surrounding the audience. For full programme details visit: beast.bham.ac.uk The Dome, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10 on the door, £7 advance, £3 students. Please purchase tickets in advance via www.beast.bham.ac.uk
Take your first* excursion into the sonic world of BEAST *Experienced explorers also welcome
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October/November
Music Experience Day Sunday 1 November 11am-4pm Open rehearsals, talks and tours - just bring your instrument and your voice! Whether you live in the local area, study or teach at the University, or are thinking about studying here in the future, you can find out about all of the choirs, orchestras, bands and ensembles that University Music has to offer. You can take part in our chorus and orchestra rehearsals as part of this event, take a tour of our facilities, find out about music scholarships, meet our professional coaches and teachers, jam with our Jazz Collective, and talk to members of the Music Society and the Music Department team. Join us for the morning, afternoon or the whole day.
Morning sessions include: 11am - 1.30pm: Orchestra: ‘March to the Scaffold’ from Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz), ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma Variations (Elgar) 11am - 1.30pm: Early music sessions Afternoon sessions include: 2.30pm - 4pm: Choir: Fauré’s Requiem 2.30pm - 4pm: Early Music Sessions 3pm - 4pm: Jam Session Bramall Music Building Admission: Free - advanced booking required by Friday 23 October. Email musicboxoffice@contacts.bham.ac.uk to confirm a place.
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Friday 6 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 13 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Sunday 15 November 3pm University Music
Nathaniel Vallois violin David Quigley piano
King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls
University Baroque Orchestra
Lekeu Violin Sonata in G Debussy, arr. Heifetz L’après-midi d’un faune Milhaud Le boeuf sur le Toit French violinist Nathaniel Vallois presents a programme of works for violin and piano from his home country and Belgium, with Irish pianist David Quigley. Both musicians are tutors at Birmingham Conservatoire and have extensive recital schedules across Europe. In addition, David is Artistic Director of Newry Chamber Music, whilst Nathaniel is also in demand as a tutor at a number of international summer schools and at the Purcell School. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School give their annual concert in the Barber Concert Hall presenting a selection of their talented young musicians. Both schools have the enviable reputation of producing some of the UK’s finest young classical musicians many of whom go on to study solo, chamber music and orchestral performance at leading music colleges. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
Christine Whiffen director/harpsichord Elisabeth Munns soprano Stephanie Walsh, Lucy Haggerwood-Bullen, Alicia Jones, Amelia Evans solo violins J S Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV1068 Vivaldi Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630 Concerto for 4 violins in B minor RV 580 Rameau Suite from Les Indes Galantes Christine Whiffen directs the University Baroque Orchestra in a programme that features a selection of talented student soloists. Barber Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £6 Barber Friends, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
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November Friday 20 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Morgan Pearse baritone Jonathan Ware piano Schumann ZwĂślf Gedichte, Op. 35 Finzi Let us Garlands Bring
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Morgan Pearse performs in the Barber concert series following his appearance as Figaro in the English National Opera’s autumn production of The Barber of Seville. In this recital he is joined by American pianist Jonathan Ware. Both artists are represented by the Young Classical Artists Trust. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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Saturday 21 November 7.30pm University Music
Sunday 22 November 6pm University Music Society
Birmingham University Singers and University Women’s Choir
Brass Band and Saxophone Choir
Simon Halsey conductor Jonathan Clinch organ
Simon Halsey leads Birmingham University Singers and University Women’s Choir in a challenging and thought-provoking programme of choral music. The concert will feature a handful of choral favourites, as well as performances of hauntingly beautiful contemporary music, such as Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo’s Ubi Caritas, Stars by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds in which the singers will play tuned water bowls, and Tarik O’Regan’s Night City, which will feature both choirs singing en masse with percussion accompaniment.
Stuart Birnie brass band director Gerry Brazell, Edgar Divver saxophone choir conductors
In addition, the University Women’s Choir will perform Autumn Rain, a composition by retired University of Birmingham lecturer, John Joubert, with text by D H Lawrence.
Presenting their first ever joint concert, the Music Society’s Brass Band and Saxophone Choir perform an eclectic programme of music in the Elgar Concert Hall. The Brass Band focus on the theme of film music whilst Saxophone Choir perform a combination of original works for saxophones and new arrangements produced by their student conductors.
Eriks Esenvalds Stars Tavener Song for Athene Karl Jenkins Benedictus from The Armed Man Byrd Sections from Mass for four voices
Britten Missa Brevis Ola Gjeilo Ubi Caritas John Joubert Autumn Rain Tarik O’Regan Night City
Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
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Programme includes: Nigel Wood Where Spirits and Demons Dance Roger May Introduction and Riffs Astor Piazzola Oblivion
Bernstein, arr. Crees Suite from West Side Story Phillip Sparke A London Overture Horner, arr. Duncan ‘Braveheart’ Suite
Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
Wednesday 25 November 7.30pm Barber Evening Concert
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The inspiration behind quartet-lab is a mutual desire to experience the wealth of string quartet and chamber repertoire through performance. In September 2013, the quartet made its Wigmore Hall debut as part of a unanimously acclaimed tour, eliciting five-star reviews from the national press. Other appearances on the tour included Konzerthaus (Berlin), Beethovenfest (Bonn), Brussels’ KlaraFestival, Philharmonie Haarlem and Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. Combining a shared passion for experimentation, the quartet has moved away from preconceived impressions of the standard repertoire, and programmes are instead created around musical
texture, context and colour. Familiar repertoire is positioned alongside contemporary works and interspersed with unannounced chamber works. Such unusual programming has become the quartet’s trademark, setting the group apart and making it one of today’s most interesting ensembles. Barber Concert Hall Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends, £5 students Available from Barber Reception and via www.barber.org.uk/concerts
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Friday 27 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 27 November 7.30pm University Music Society
Saturday 28 November 7.30pm University Music Society
Michael Petrov cello Alexander Ullman piano
Big Band and Jazz Collective
J S Bach Gamba Sonata No.1 in G, BWV1027 Rachmaninov Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19
Lluis Mather Big Band director
Birmingham Symphonic Winds and University Wind Band
Awarding-winning Bulgarian-born cellist Michael Petrov is joined by the highly acclaimed British pianist Alexander Ullman for this Barber Lunchtime Concert. As individuals these two artists have performed at major venues, with leading orchestras, and at prestigious festivals across the UK and Europe. This is a rare opportunity to hear them perform together as a duo as they present Rachmaninov’s Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 19, and in contrast, J S Bach’s Sonata for gamba and harpsichord, performed on the modern instrument equivalents.
The University Music Society present an eclectic evening of jazz in the Elgar Concert Hall. Small Bands from the University’s evergrowing Jazz Collective perform in the first half of this concert and are followed by the award-winning University Big band and their musical director, Lluis Mather. Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
Keith Allen Birmingham Symphonic Winds director Edgar Divver and Dimitri Chrysostomou student conductors Shostakovich Festive Overture Holst First Suite in E flat Philip Sparke Wind Sketches Nigel Hess East Coast Pictures
Dana Wilson Short Cut Home Guy Woolfenden Celebration David Bedford Praeludium
Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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November Sunday 29 November 3pm University Music Society
Symphony Orchestra Daniele Rosina conductor The University Wind Band, the largest of the Music Society’s instrumental ensembles, presents an evening of music with one of the University Ensembles in Residence, Birmingham Symphonic Winds. The programme includes a performance of David Bedford’s Praeludium in which a selection of players from the University will join the musicians from Birmingham Symphonic Winds. Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
Berio Ritirata notturna di Madrid Walton Henry V Suite
Berlioz Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust Weill Symphony No. 2
Orchestral musicians from across the University come together in the Music Society’s Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniele Rosina to present their autumn term concert.
Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
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Friday 4 December 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
Friday 4 December 7.30pm University Music and Music Society
Saturday 5 December 7.30pm University Music and Music Society
New Blues for Piano
Chamber Choirs and University Camerata
University Chorus and Symphonic Brass
MA Choral Conducting students, Jack Apperley, James Naylor conductors
Julian Wilkins, Stephen Roberts conductors Jonathan Clinch organ
Programme includes:
Vaughan Williams O Clap Your Hands John Rutter Gloria Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Marcel Worms piano Since 1996 Marcel Worms has invited composers from across the world to write for him. This body of works, all blues-based, currently stands at an impressive 200-plus pieces by over fifty composers. In this concert Marcel presents the music of composers from the Netherlands, the USA, Kuwait, Macedonia, Syria and Russia, plus University of Birmingham Professor of Composition, Michael Zev Gordon. Marcel will be giving a workshop in the Bramall Music Building following this performance with Department of Music composition students and you are welcome to attend this session as an observer. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
Eric Whitacre Sleep Byrd Sing Joyfully Harvey Remember O Lord Bennet Weep O Mine Eyes
Mendelssohn Lift Thine Eyes Rheinberger Puer Natus in Bethlehem Fauré Le Ruisseau
The student-led Chamber Choirs join forces with the University Camerata to present a concert of varied choral repertoire for chamber choirs, under the baton of six talented student conductors. Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
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Chorus and brass is a wonderfully British combination of sounds. In this concert the University Chorus will be joined by the University’s ten-part brass ensemble, Symphonic Brass, to present works by three of the most popular British choral composers; Vaughan Williams, Rutter and Purcell. Interspersed between these pieces, Symphonic Brass will perform a variety of intimate brass pieces, led by their conductor Stephen Roberts. Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
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Sunday 6 December 3pm University Music Society
Philharmonic Orchestra Daniele Rosina conductor Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 The Music Society’s Philharmonic Orchestra open their autumn concert with a performance of Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, a work composed in 1880 on the occasion of the composer receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Breslau. Haydn’s final
symphony, No. 104 in D, is then presented along with Sibelius’s most popular and most frequently recorded symphonies, No. 2 in D. This symphony was described as ‘An absolute masterpiece, one of the few symphonic creations of our time that points in the same direction as the symphonies of Beethoven.’ by music critic, Karl Flodin in 1903, the year after its first performance. Elgar Concert Hall Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students/under 18s Available from the online shop (see page 22) or on the door.
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University Carol Service University Women’s Choir Simon Halsey conductor A traditional service of carols and readings led by the University Chaplaincy, and seasonal music performed by University Women’s Choir. The Great Hall, Aston Webb Building Admission: Free
Birmingham International Piano Festival launch concert
Monday 7 December 6.15pm University Chaplaincy and Department of Music
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Wednesday 9 December 7.30pm Barber Evening Concert
Pascal and Ami Rogé piano Fauré Dolly Suite Debussy Six preludes (solo) Schubert Fantasie in F minor, Op. 103, D940 Mozart Sonata in C, K521 Dvořák Four Slavonic Dances Pascal Rogé is one of the great interpreters of French music - his name is synonymous with the best playing of French repertoire in the world today. For several years, Pascal has enjoyed playing recitals for four hands/two pianos with his partner in life and in music Ami Rogé. Together, they have travelled the world, appearing at prestigious festivals and concert halls including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Kings Place, and The Sage (Gateshead), and have performed in all of the major international music festivals. This performance launches the 2016 Birmingham International Piano Festival. Barber Concert Hall Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends, £5 students Available from Barber Reception and via www.barber.org.uk/concerts
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December Thursday 10 December 7.30pm Department of Music
Friday 11 December 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert
BEAST: Pantry Sessions Handmade Music
Amy Harman bassoon Tom Poster piano
Join BEAST and composer/instrument-maker John Richards for this celebration of do-ityourself music and the inventor’s spirit! Richards’ ‘dirty electronics’ approach focuses on shared experiences, ritual, gesture, touch and social interaction. In a similar vein, Italian composer Manfredi Clemente performs using ’no input’ mixing techniques, taking the background signals of electronic equipment and manipulating them into intense and beautiful sonorous fields over the immersive BEASTdome sound system. www.dirtyelectronics.org www.manfrediclemente.blogspot.co.uk
J S Bach Gamba Sonata No.1 in G, BWV1027 Elgar Romance in D minor, Op. 62 Saint-Saëns Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 168 Reynaldo Hahn Le Printemps, A Chloris Dutilleux Sarabande et Cortège
For full details visit: beast.bham.ac.uk The Dome, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10 on the door, £7 advance, £3 students. Please purchase tickets in advance via www.beast.bham.ac.uk
Bassoonist Amy Harman was appointed Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2011 at the age of 24 and became a member of leading chamber music group Ensemble360 in 2010. For this concert she is joined by pianist Tom Poster as they present an engaging programme to end the autumn term. Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free
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Birmingham University Singers
Closing Concert
Sunday 10am: Choral Eucharist 3pm: Choral Evensong St Michael’s Church, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8TG Admission: Free
2016 Highlights
Paul Rodmell conductor
Saturday 6.30pm: Nine Lessons and Carols
A nine day festival bringing together internationally acclaimed professional performers and student musicians, as well as some of the UK’s most respected composers. CrossCurrents presents concerts interspersed with workshops, talks, foyer performances and exhibitions.
Opening Concert
Friday 12 Feb Elgar Concert Hall at 7.30pm
University New Music Ensemble Daniele Rosina - director Percy Pursglove - trumpet Berio Folksongs Daria Kwiatkowska trickling water, gentle bells Evans/Davies Sketches of Spain Tickets: £10 full price, £8 concessions, £3 students /under 18s.
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Fidelio Trio
12-20 February 2016
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December University Music
Birmingham University Singers give their annual performance as a liturgical choir at St Michael’s Church in Tenbury Wells.
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Tansy Davies grind show loure Judith Weir Distance and Enchantment On Buying a Horse Blackbirds and Thrushes Michael Zev Gordon Seize The Day (world premiere/ BCMG Sound Investment commission) Feldman The Viola in My Life II Judith Weir Tansy Davies Charlotte Bray Joe Cutler Howard Skempton Ed Bennett Michael Zev Gordon Scott Wilson Daria Kwiatkowska Federico Favali CrossCurrents (song cycle world premiere)
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Tickets available from the online shop (see page 22)
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Classical Ticket Offer Book for Angela Hewitt and BBC Philharmonic/Roscoe concerts together to receive a booking discount: £40 Full price (save £9.50) £32 Barber Friends (save £5) £11 students (save £2)
Saturday 5 March 7.30pm Benny Goodman & Glenn Miller at Carnegie Hall 1939 Goodman-Miller Tribute Orchestra Pete Long director A year after Benny’s triumphant Carnegie Hall 1938 debut, the King of Swing returned and this time with the new kid on the block, Glenn Miller. Both bands were out to impress, and the result was one of the hardest hitting nights in Swing history. Which band came out on top? Come along and decide for yourself! Programme to include In the Mood, Sing Sing Sing, T’Ain’t what you do, One O’Clock Jump and Little Brown Jug. Admission: £23, £16 Barber Friends, £8 student Elgar Concert Hall
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Wednesday 9 March 7.30pm Angela Hewitt piano Schubert Moments musicaux, D. 780 Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, ‘Tempest’ Haydn Fantasia in C, Hob.XVII:4 Op. 58 Scarlatti Selection of sonatas (to be announced) Albéniz Selection from Suite Espagnol Falla Fantasia Baetica (1919) Admission: £22, £17 Barber Friends, £5 student Barber Concert Hall
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Festival Finale
Barber Evening Concerts 2016 Wednesday 3 February 7.30pm Ian Bostridge tenor Joseph Middleton piano
Friday 11 March 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic
Wednesday 17 February 7.30pm Fidelio Trio
Elgar Serenade for Strings Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19 Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82
In the final concert of the 2016 Birmingham International Piano Festival the BBC Philharmonic performs in the Elgar Concert Hall with one of the UK’s finest pianists, Martin Roscoe. Admission: £27.50, £20 Barber Friends, £8 student Elgar Concert Hall
Wednesday 16 March 7.30pm Callum Smart violin Richard Uttley piano Wednesday 18 May 7.30pm Academy of Ancient Music: Vivaldi in Dresden Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends, £5 students. Book now for all 2015/16 Barber Evening Concerts at the Barber reception or via
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University Music
Get Involved Music-making at the University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham has a lively and varied musicmaking scene with the Bramall Music Building at it’s heart. The following Music Society and Music Department ensembles rehearse regularly and perform throughout the year, both on campus and further afield:
Further information: www.birmingham.ac.uk/music www.uobmusicsociety.org.uk
Instrumental groups Big Band* Brass Band Chamber Orchestra* Chamber Ensembles (various) Early Music Ensembles Gamelan Ensemble New Music Ensemble* Philharmonic Orchestra* Saxophone Choir Symphony Orchestra* Wind Band Wind Ensemble* Contact Christina Holmes University Music Administrator c.holmes@bham.ac.uk
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Choral groups Birmingham University Singers* Chamber Choirs (SATB & SSA) Early Modern Vocal Ensemble* University of Birmingham Voices* University Camerata* University Chorus University Women’s Choir* Contact Charlie-Rose Terry Choral Music Coordinator c.terry@bham.ac.uk *auditioned groups
How to get involved • For all unauditioned ensembles you simply turn up for first rehearsals. For details of first rehearsals please contact us. • Auditions take place during Week One of University term time (28 September onwards). To sign up for an audition please visit the Music Society stall in the Bramall Music Building during Welcome Week (21-25 September). • Membership of the Music Society is required if you participate in an ensemble run by the society. This is just £20 per year (£15 if you sign up before the end of Week Three). • Music Society and Music Department ensembles are open to everyone: staff, students and the wider community.
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How to book
Our concerts are either hosted by University Music or The Barber Institute. Please check below for the correct route to booking.
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Barber box office
Tickets may be purchased on the door for any University Music concert subject to availability. Cash only.
0121 414 7333
Concessions Concessionary rates are offered to the disabled, the unwaged, and patrons aged sixty years and above.
University online shop shop.bham.ac.uk Select: Product Catalogue then select: Non-Academic Departments then select: University Music Concerts
Birmingham International Piano Festival 2016 For Birmingham International Piano Festival tickets please got to:
birminghampianofestival.com or call 01782 206000 22
You can purchase tickets for any Barber Evening Concert at the reception desk in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts during normal opening hours or by calling the number above. Monday to Friday: 10am-12.30pm, 2.30pm-4.30pm. Saturday and Sunday: 11am-4.30pm. On days when there is an evening performance the Barber box office remains open until 7.25pm.
Barber Concerts online ticketing www.barber.org/concerts Please note that there is a link on each concert listing on the Barber website that will redirect you to the relevant page of the University online shop to complete your purchase.
Barber Friends Friends of The Barber are entitled to purchase tickets for Barber Evening Concerts at specially discounted Barber Friends’ rates. Students Student rates include children aged 16 and under unless otherwise stated. Disabled patrons Limited blue badge holder parking is available: please speak to staff when booking your tickets. Please note: We reserve the right to halt ticket sales five minutes before performances begin in order to ensure a prompt start. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable point in the programme at the Venue Manager’s discretion. We reserve the right to substitute artists or vary programmes in unavoidable circumstances.
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The University of Birmingham is located approximately 3 miles from the city centre.
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Blue Badge Holders Parking is available on campus beyond the security barriers. Free Parking Free parking is available adjacent to the Barber Institute via the East Gate on performance nights from 4.30pm onward, no permit required.
By Bus There are frequent buses (61, 63 and X64) operated by National Express West Midlands from the city centre to the bottom of Edgbaston Park Road, where you should alight.
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By Train Local trains operated by London Midland run from Birmingham New Street to University Station, a ten-minute walk from the Barber Institute and the Bramall Music Building. Check train times at www.londonmidland.com
Both car parks are within a ten-minute walk of the performance venues.
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1.10pm 1.10pm 1.10pm 10am 1.10pm 7.30pm 1.10pm 7.30pm
Clara Mouriz, Joseph Middleton ensembleF2 Dautricourt Trio abcd Young Conductors Day Apollo Saxophone Quartet Binchois Consort Takahashi, Stringfellow, Whiffen BEAST: Footsteps
November 1 6 13 15 20 21 22 25 27 27 28 29
11am Music Experience Day 1.10pm Nathaniel Vallois, David Quigley 1.10pm King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls 3pm University Baroque Orchestra 1.10pm Morgan Pearse, Jonathan Ware 7.30pm Birmingham University Singers and University Women’s Choir 3pm Brass Band and Saxophone Choir 7.30pm quartet-lab 1.10pm Michael Petrov, Alexander Ullman 7.30pm Big Band and Jazz Collective 7.30pm Birmingham Symphonic Winds and University Wind Band 3pm Symphony Orchestra
December 4 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12,13
1.10pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 3pm 6.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 1.10pm see p18
New Blues for Piano Chamber Choirs and University Camerata University Chorus and Symphonic Brass Philharmonic Orchestra University Carol Service Pascal and Ami Rogé BEAST: Pantry Sessions Handmade Music Amy Harman, Tom Poster Birmingham University Singers
www.barber.org.uk www.birmingham.ac.uk/events Brochure design: Antony Antoniou www.designbyantony.com