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WHAT’S ON

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London Bridge Trio

MON 24 SEP

TUE 25 SEP

BEETHOVEN, TELEMANN 1.05pm Recital Hall

LONDON BRIDGE TRIO LUNCHTIME MUSIC

1.05pm Recital Hall

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Gareth James baroque flute Roza Bene harpsichord Hasse Flute Sonata in D minor Op.1 No.11 Telemann Fantasia No.8 in E minor Quantz Flute sonata No.351 in A Tom Pickles cello Conor Wilcox piano Beethoven Sonata No.3 for Cello and Piano in A Op.69

London Bridge Trio Daniel Tong piano David Adams violin Kate Gould cello Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op.49 The London Bridge Trio is one of Britain’s leading chamber ensembles, known for their deeply nuanced and searching interpretations.

‘The London Bridge Trio aren’t afraid to tell it like it is. Playing that is as compelling as it is rapt...’ Gramophone

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TUE 25 SEP

Castalian Quartet

ZACH DAWSON AND RICHARD STENTON 7pm The Lab £5 (£3) Experimental music created and performed by Richard Stenton and Zach Dawson.

WED 26 SEP

MON 1 OCT

YCAT AT THE CONSERVATOIRE CASTALIAN QUARTET

BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY

2.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

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Castalian Quartet Sini Simonen violin Daniel Roberts violin Charlotte Bonneton viola Christopher Graves cello Daniel Lebhardt piano* Webern Langsammersatz Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34* Regulars at Wigmore Hall, the Castalian Quartet join us for the first of two recitals this season. The winners of the 2015 Lyon Chamber Music Competition, the prestigious inaugural Merito String Quartet Award and Valentin Erben Prize are accompanied by formidable pianist Daniel Lebhardt.

1.05pm Recital Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION Ruifan Xuan piano Beethoven Sonata Op.101 in A Inventus Quintet Zulhafeez Zainuri clarinet Tommy Hill oboe Si Jing Tu flute Mark Wilson bassoon Henry Wright horn Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Darius Milhaud La cheminée du roi René, Op.205 Piazzolla Libertango

‘...their unique style – a powerful individuality of sound matched by an instinctive singularity of musical intention – lit up every single moment... A terrific programme; amazing players.’ The Scotsman ***** Young Classical Artists Trust is a leading charity for young artist development and management.

Daniel Lebhardt

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WED 3 OCT

Maria Marchant

BACH, BOWEN 2.05pm Recital Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

£8 (£6) Yue Yu viola Anthony Hewitt piano Bach solo suite No.6 Bowen Melody for the G string Bowen piece for viola and piano (unpublished) Bowen Romance in D flat Bowen Phantasy in F

TUE 2 OCT

A 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF GRANVILLE BANTOCK 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

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Maria Marchant piano Introduced by Dr Cuillin Bantock Bantock Cloisters at Midnight Bantock Memories of Sapphire Bantock Two Scottish Pieces Sibelius Impromptus Op.5 (selections) Bantock 12 Pieces (selections) Bantock Saul A celebration to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Granville Bantock, former Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and co-founder of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. BBC Music Magazine Rising Star Maria Marchant performs Bantock’s piano music introduced by Dr Cuillin Bantock, the composer’s grandson, in this unique event.

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Sir Granville Bantock 5

THU 4 OCT – SUN 14 OCT

BIRMINGHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Event details at www.bcu.ac.uk/concerts. Full festival programme at www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire The Birmingham Literature Festival comprises of events, workshops, seminars, discussion and debate and is a project of Writing West Midlands, the literature development agency for the West Midlands. Expect thought-provoking and entertaining events which not only showcase the best books and writers from the UK and abroad, but also great conversation and ideas.

THU 4 OCT NATIONAL POETRY DAY WITH LIZ BERRY, ROY MCFARLANE AND JANE COMMANE

SUN 7 OCT THE CALL OF THE WILD WITH ABI ANDREWS AND ALYS FOWLER

5.30pm Recital Hall

12pm Recital Hall

£10 (£8)

£8 (£6.40)

THU 4 OCT UNWRITTEN: CARIBBEAN POEMS AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR

SUN 7 OCT HOMETOWN TALES WITH MARIA WHATTON, KERRY YOUNG AND CAROLYN SANDERSON

8pm Recital Hall

2pm Recital Hall

£15 (INCLUDES A COPY OF THE BOOK)

£8 (£6.40)

FRI 5 OCT THE BOOK OF BIRMINGHAM LAUNCH EVENT 6pm Recital Hall £8 (£6.40)

SUN 7 OCT SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW BY WENDY MITCHELL 4pm Recital Hall £8 (£6.40)

FRI 5 OCT CAITLIN MORAN & SALI HUGHES

SUN 14 OCT NIGEL SLATER AND RAVINDER BHOGAL

8pm The Bradshaw Hall

3.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

£15 (£12)

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TUE 9 OCT

MON 8 OCT

BEETHOVEN, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 1.05pm Recital Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

MUSICOLOGY SHOWCASE 1.30pm-5.30pm Recital Hall FREE ADMISSION

FREE ADMISSION Chun-He Yu piano

A lively afternoon of events exploring our diverse musicological research at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Beethoven Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3

Featuring:

Jack Dolan tenor

Jeffrey Skidmore (Artistic Director of Ex Cathedra) and Professor Jamie Savan discuss how oddities in seventeenthcentury notation can be realised in performance.

Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel

Dr Jeffrey Dean on interpreting rhythmic notation of the 15th and 16th centuries.

TUE 9 OCT

DOMONKOS CSABAY 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

£10 (£8) add lunch for £5 Haydn Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII:6 Brahms Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 Domonkos Csabay’s musical world has its roots in the rich traditions of his hometown Budapest. Based in the UK since 2015, the pianist, accompanist, répetiteur and chamber musician won the Brant International Piano competition, and often performs a wide range of classical repertoire throughout the country.

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Dr Janet (Steve) K. Halfyard talks about why waltz rhythms are so important in Danny Elfman’s 1989 Batman score. Dr Shirley Thompson and Professor Graham Sadler present some of the challenges in creating editions of music of French Baroque music. Professor Deborah Mawer talks about ‘Accenting the Classics’, a large, funded research project that relates aspects of music publishing, analysis, musicology and performance. Dr Carrie Churnside talks about the types of evidence that tell us what it was really like to stage an opera in 1700. William Hunt discusses how we might reconstruct the original performance of Edmund Hooper’s anthem written for the accession of James I. Dr Matthew Pilcher, discusses some of the ways that Beethoven responds musically to poetic structure and meaning in his (pre-Romantic) Lieder. Daniel Tong looks at closing the gap between the performer and the academic, as well as how a new work can inform our understanding of a Beethoven sonata. Dr Rachel Moore on the ways in which the wartime climate affected the musical experiences of civilians in Paris from 1914–1918.

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE

These concerts feature our Advanced Postgraduate Diploma students - performers at the very highest level of study, who are already launching their professional careers

Chris Marshall discusses the music that the BBC commissioned to look at the influence that the BBC has on new music in the UK and beyond. Plus, pose questions to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s research staff about any aspect of music. Domonkos Csabay

All welcome either in person, or to take part via live streaming. Please email musicology@bcu.ac.uk to register interest. 7

MON 15 OCT

Dr Inja Stanovic

BACH, BEETHOVEN 1.05pm Recital Hall FREE ADMISSION

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

Mabon Llyr viola Bach Suite No.4 Bowen Melody for the C String Dunev Quartet Hristo Dunev violin Mae Edwards violin Ellie Chapman viola Alice Cheer cello

TUE 16 OCT

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR: LECTURE RECITAL

Haydn Quartet Op.20 No.5

3.30pm Workshop 2

TUE 16 OCT

£5

ALASDAIR BEATSON (PIANO) 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

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Prolific pianist, Alasdair Beatson takes us on a playful exploration of time and mechanism in a fun programme of miniatures featuring works by Ravel, Birtwistle, Ligeti and more.

‘…highly sensitive playing of rare insight.’ Classic FM Magazine

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Dr Inja Stanovic (piano) – Huddersfield University: (Re)constructing Early Recordings: a guide for historically-informed performance This lecture-recital introduces the Leverhulme-funded research project (Re)constructing Early Recordings: a guide for historically-informed performance. Based on the reconstruction and simulation of mechanical recording processes, the project considers technical, aesthetic and practical aspects of these technologies. The lecture-recital introduces the first stage of the research, focussing on wax cylinders, whilst stressing the importance of using early recordings within various forms of musical research. The presented repertoire includes works of Chopin, R. Schumann, Godard and Arensky.

Alasdair Beatson

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FRI 19 & SAT 20 OCT

MON 22 OCT

QUILT SONG

PIAZZOLLA, SCHUBERT, STRAUSS

7pm The Old Rep Theatre

1.05pm Recital Hall

FREE ADMISSION

Produced by Selfmademusic and The Old Rep Theatre Conductor Susie Self Director White Raven

Tzu-Jo Huang percussion Alexander Henshaw percussion

Selfmademusic Singers and Orchestra Maureen Brathwaite and Elizabeth Cragg sopranos The Alma Guitar Trio: Hannah Woollacott, Jonnie Cumming, Rowan McConkey Chris Brannick percussion Young singers from Birmingham Ormiston Academy Susie Self Quilt Song the opera

Quilt Song is a new upbeat opera composed for the Birmingham community celebrating social inclusivity using quilting as a metaphor.

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

Piazzolla Libertango John Psathas One Study One Summary Etude Alexandre Esperet Ceci n’est pas une balle Tomer Yariv Gyro Madeline Robinson soprano Jonathan French piano Barber Despite and Still Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade Schubert Halt from Die Schöne Müllerin Schubert Heimliches Lieben Strauss Die Georgine Strauss Zueignung

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Joo Yeon Sir

Dr Caroline Potter

TUE 23 OCT

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR

TUE 23 OCT

Dr Caroline Potter (University of London) – Pierre Boulez, surrealist

JOO YEON SIR (VIOLIN) 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

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Joo Yeon Sir violin Poulenc Sonata for Violin and Piano FP 119 Stravinsky Divertimento after ballet ‘Fairy’s Kiss’ for Violin and Piano Vladigerov Bulgarian Rhapsody ‘Vardar’ Described by Strad Magazine as ‘exuberant... seductive... with bravura and oodles of personality’ Korean-born British violinist Joo Yeon Sir studied at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Dr Felix Andrievsky. She is a former winner of the Royal College of Music’s President’s Award and the prestigious Arts Club Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award (in association with Classic FM).

3.30pm Workshop 2 £5 Pierre Boulez’s creative output has usually been studied from a music analytical perspective in the context of serialism, but here, Dr Caroline Potter contends that the French literary and broader intellectual context was ultimately at least as important to the composer. While Boulez’s extensive published writings rarely mention surrealism, Dr Potter argues that surrealist writings and concepts had a crucial impact on his music in his formative years (1945-8).

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FRI 26 OCT

SAT 27 OCT

BITE-SIZED BACH

CHAMBER MUSIC SATURDAYS

6.30pm Organ Studio

12pm Beatbox (basement level), Library of Birmingham

FREE ADMISSION

As a prelude to tonight’s Symphony Orchestra concert, we invite you to a short performance in our Organ Studio of beautiful music from one of the greatest composers of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach.

Saorsa Quartet

FRI 26 OCT

Mozart Divertimento in B flat K137 Webern Langsamer Satz Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor Op.13

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 7pm The Bradshaw Hall

Alastair Legg violin Sean Morrison violin Peter Whitehead viola Chloe Butterworth cello

A series of free monthly performances given by chamber musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

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MON 29 OCT

Brahms Academic Festival Overture Op.80 Sibelius Symphony No.5 Op.82

MOZART, BEETHOVEN, ROTA

Join us as Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s flagship Symphony Orchestra performs two enduring staples from the classical music canon.

FREE ADMISSION

Sibelius’s Symphony No.5 went through various revisions before the composer was satisfied with the rich, vivid and soaring final version which will be heard tonight. This is preceded, appropriately, by a piece first performed at a university – Brahms wrote and conducted his Academic Festival Overture in thanks for an honorary degree.

1.05pm Recital Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

Lily Allen-Dodd soprano Repertoire includes music by Mozart and Beethoven Phoebe Cheng double bass Charles Matthews piano Rota Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass

MON 29 OCT THEN SPOKE THE THUNDER: A musical exploration of T.S. Elliot’s ‘The Waste Land’ 7.30pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) Written in 1922, T.S. Elliot’s The Waste Land remains one of the most influential poems of the last century. The poem is a crowded thoroughfare of competing voices, each jostling for attention. In this, the first of our new VoxBox series, we explore the essential role that music plays in this at times barren, at times deafening landscape.

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Dr Paul Norman photo by Jubal Battisti / Paul Norman

Dr Andy Ingamells photo by Paul Blakemore

TUE 30 OCT

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR DOUBLE BILL 3.30pm Workshop 2 £5 Dr Paul Norman (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire): Finding a Place for Bob and Cynthia Dr Andy Ingamells (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire): Reading, character and playing Finding a Place for Bob and Cynthia

Reading, character and playing

By appropriating the structure of one of his own short video works Bob and Cynthia, Paul Norman will highlight the potential of producing artistic works, and reflecting upon them, as a critical and robust method for artistic research.

Don’t read this, it’s not for you. Do you want to risk being bored? Well, OK then. Compositional rules excite me because they generate actions in which sounds may occur. Your presence is required for music. If you’re not here then you’ve missed out, so I won’t describe what happens. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of other things to listen to, although it’s better to make a piece than to perform, to perform than to listen, to listen than to hear.

This presentation will comprise spoken/written text, video and live performative actions though which Paul will embody the compositional approach as a ‘lecture performance’.

WED 31 OCT

BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY 2.05pm Recital Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

£8 (£6) Jeffrey Armstrong violin Robert Markham piano Beethoven Sonata No.10 Op.96 Debussy Sonata Ysaye Sonata No.5 Op.27 12

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TUE 30 OCT

XUEFEI YANG (GUITAR): SPANISH RHAPSODY 1.05pm Recital Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

£12 (£10) add lunch for £5 Xuefei Yang’s debut recital at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire offers a Spanish feast of excitement. This year’s recipient of an Honorary Fellowship of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the role of International Guitar Chair Xuefei’s recital features the music of Albéniz, Granados, Rodrigo, Falla and Debussy.

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THU 1 NOV

Olivier Stankiewicz

THU 1 NOV

YCAT AT THE CONSERVATOIRE OLIVIER STANKIEWICZ (OBOE)

RBCSO PRE-CONCERT SHOWCASE: THE RITE OF SPRING

6pm Recital Hall

6.15pm Symphony Hall

Olivier Stankiewicz oboe Ashok Gupta piano Louise Buchberger cello

FREE ADMISSION Conductor Michael Seal Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

ˇ CBSO: DVORÁK’S CELLO CONCERTO 7.30pm Symphony Hall £13 - £50 Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk Conductor Alexander Vedernikov Paul Watkins cello Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture ˇ Cello Concerto Dvorák Shostakovich Symphony No.6 SIGN UP TO OUR MAILING LIST AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONSERVATOIRE

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Devienne Sonata in G, Op.71, No.1 Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304 (trans. oboe and piano) Bach Sonata in G minor, H.549 Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat, K.454 (trans. oboe and piano) Born in Nice, Olivier Stankiewicz studied at the CNSM in Paris. His awards include first Prize at the 2012 International Oboe Competition in Japan, and in 2013 he was named classical revelation by ADAMI. In 2015 Olivier won first Prize at the Young Concert Artists auditions in Leipzig and New York. In the same year he was appointed principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra. Young Classical Artists Trust is a leading charity for young artist development and management.

FRI 2 NOV

DEEP BRASS, DEEP VOICE: BRASS, VOICE AND POETRY MEET DEEP LEARNING

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1pm The Lab £10 (£8) austraLUYSIS Torbjörn Hultmark trumpet, sporano trombone, composer live electronics Roger Dean piano, composer, live electronics Two international leaders in their fields present a performance featuring music for soprano trombone and piano in the context of electroacoustic sound, image and performed text. A special feature of this programme is performanceinteraction with computational deep learning, used here for music and text generation and for timbral transformation. Torbjörn Hultmark

Dunev Quartet

FRI 2 NOV

COFFEE, CAKE & CADENZAS 1pm The Piano Bar, New Alexandra Theatre FREE ADMISSION Dunev Quartet Hristo Dunev violin Mae Edwards violin Eleanor Chapman viola Alice Cheer cello Haydn String Quartet Op.20, No.5 in F minor Shostakovich String Quartet No.8

Please note that this venue is on the first floor and is only accessible via stairs.

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FEDERATION OF CHILDREN'S BOOK GROUPS WWW.FCBG.ORG.UK SPONSORED BY CAROUSEL: THE GUIDE TO CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The Guide To Children’s Books

A FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

THE THREE LAUREATES

THE FEDERATION OF CHILDREN’S BOOK GROUPS CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AT ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE 10.00am - 4.30pm – Bookshop and signing sessions (Workshop 3). 10.30am - 11.30am – A Treasury of Unit 1, West Court, Saxon Business Park, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, B60 4AD Songs with Julia Donaldson, with a guest T: 07413 980 203 E: office@carouselguide.co.uk appearance by the Gruffalo. www.carouselguide.co.uk 12pm - 12.50pm* – Award-winning storyteller Anna Conomos performs The Doll Who Ate Stories with local school children and audience participation. *Free entry. 1.30pm - 2.15pm – Jacqueline Wilson. 3.00pm - 3.45pm – Chris Riddell. £5 per Laureate’s event.

Illustration (c) Chris Riddell 2013 - Ada in her purple dress

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS:

MON 5 NOV

SCHUBERT, SALONEN, DUKAS 1.05pm Recital Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION Henry Wright french horn Joanne Sealey piano Esa-Pekka Salonen Concert Etude Sinigaglia Lied Dukas Villanelle Boglarka Gyorgy violin Andrei Ivanov piano Schubert Fantasy for Violin and Piano Martin James Bartlett

MON 5 NOV

GUITAR IN CHAMBER MUSIC

TUE 6 NOV

7pm Recital Hall

MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT (PIANO)

£8 (£6)

1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

Join us for a feast of music as our young musicians display their skills through exciting and rich chamber repertoire.

£10 (£8) add lunch for £5

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Martin James Bartlett piano MacDowell 10 Woodland Sketches, Op.51 (selection) Gershwin I Got Rhythm Gershwin The Man I Love Godowsky Wine, Women and Song Barber Sonata for Piano in E flat minor, Op.26 Wild Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs: Fascinating Rhythm Martin James Bartlett possesses a fearless technique and plays with a wisdom and elegance far beyond his years. Since winning BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2014, he has performed with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.

‘The wit and colour in Martin James Bartlett’s playing was thrilling.’ The Times

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Prof. Simon Keefe

TUE 6 NOV

THE 2018 PHILIP BATES PRIZE FOR COMPOSERS AND SONGWRITERS 7pm The Lab £8 (£6) Join us for our annual celebration of new compositions for small instrumental ensembles and young composers from all over the UK, between the ages of 16 and 25, who have been able to submit works in any style, as long as they are for one or two vocalists, and between two to five players.

TUE 6 NOV

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR Professor Simon Keefe (University of Sheffield) – ‘Papa and the Matador, Alive and Dead: Haydn and Mozart, 1792-1810’ 3.30pm Workshop 2 £5 This seminar compares the receptions of Haydn and Mozart between 1792 and 1810 (one year after each composer’s death). It examines pivotal events in 17981800 (the publication of Niemetschek’s biography of Mozart, the beginning of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, the first performances of The Creation), compares the fates of the Requiem and Creation (1800-1810), and evaluates nascent biographical trends for Haydn in relation to those already established for Mozart.

PART T WO Featuring:

Roderick Williams

Laura van der Heijden

Julia Donaldson

Jacqueline Wilson

Martin James Bartlett

London Bridge Trio

Alasdair Beatson

Maria Marchant

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Birmingham City University

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fter a spectacular start to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Opening Festival, which saw incredible performances from Sir Lenny Henry, Peter Donohoe, Jess Gillam and orkest de ereprijs as well as many fantastic concerts from our very own musicians, we continue with Part 2 of this 15 month-long season.

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Once again, international stars from all corners of the music world grace the Conservatoire stages alongside our exciting young artists as we invite you to experience the very best in live performance in our state-of-the-art venues. Full programme listings can be found at www.bcu.ac.uk/opening-festival

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LONDON BRIDGE TRIO YCAT AT THE CONSERVATOIRE: CASTALIAN QUARTET A 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF GRANVILLE BANTOCK ALASDAIR BEATSON (PIANO) JOO YEON SIR (VIOLIN) XUEFEI YANG (GUITAR): SPANISH RHAPSODY YCAT AT THE CONSERVATOIRE: OLIVIER STANKIEWICZ (OBOE) A FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: THE THREE LAUREATES MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT (PIANO) ANNA VIENNA-HO XIAOFEN SONG JEAN-SÉLIM ABDELMOULA (PIANO) THALLEIN ENSEMBLE STOCKHOLM CHAMBER BRASS LUKE JONES (PIANO) BCMG: IDEAL & FLYING HEIGHT RODERICK WILLIAMS AND SUSIE ALLAN LAURA VAN DER HEIJDEN (CELLO)

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WED 5 DEC

MICHAEL COLLINS PLAYS MOZART 2.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

£19.50 - £26.50

WED 7 NOV – WED 19 JUN 2019

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN AT ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE We are thrilled to welcome Orchestra of the Swan for a residency at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Expect popular repertoire alongside a wealth of talented conductors and soloists, performed by one of the most energetic and engaging orchestras around.

Michael Collins clarinet/director Stravinsky Concerto in D Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major New short work by a Conservatoire Composition student Stravinsky Concerto in E flat ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ Mozart Symphony No.40 Flanked by two of Stravinsky’s most engaging American compositions – his Concerto in D for strings and Brandenburginspired ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ for chamber orchestra – sits one of Mozart’s greatest and latest achievements. 1.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Christopher Morley in conversation with Michael Collins.

Tai Murray

Michael Collins

WED 6 FEB WED 7 NOV

TAI MURRAY PLAYS MENDELSSOHN 2.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

£19.50 - £26.50 Julian Lloyd Webber conductor Tai Murray violin Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor New short work by a Conservatoire Composition student Mendelssohn String Sinfonia No.6 in E flat Mozart Symphony No.25

TASMIN LITTLE PLAYS VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS 2.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

£19.50 - £26.50 Tasmin Little violin/director David Le Page violin Vivaldi Concerto Grosso in D minor Arvo Pärt Fratres New short work by a Conservatoire Composition student Bach Concerto for Two Violins Vivaldi The Four Seasons

A wonderful opportunity to compare the relatively youthful and mature works of two of the most celebrated – but sadly, shortest-lived – musical prodigies.

Revolving around the production of the most thrilling ambience, this concert features two fabulous concertos. The central movement of the Bach contains some of the most sublime music ever written.

1.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Christopher Morley in conversation with Julian Lloyd Webber and Tai Murray.

1.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Christopher Morley in conversation with Tasmin Little and David Le Page.

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Peter Donohoe

Luke Jones

WED 1 MAY

WED 19 JUN

PETER DONOHOE PLAYS MOZART 2.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

A CELEBRATION OF NEW TALENT 2.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

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Jason Lai conductor Peter Donohoe piano

Andrew Griffiths conductor Luke Jones piano

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Mozart Piano Concerto No.25 New short work by a Conservatoire Composition student Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37 in C minor New short work by a Conservatoire Composition student Conservatoire Concerto prize winner concert Thea Musgrave Green

Enjoy the last of Mozart’s twelve renowned Viennese piano concertos followed by one of the most glorious of modern symphonies. Wilfrid Mellers wrote that Vaughan Williams’s fifth was ‘music imbued with what one can only call greatness of soul… the consummation of the lifetime’s work of a great and good man.’

Luke Jones, winner of the Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition 2018, performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3. 1.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Christopher Morley in conversation with Thea Musgrave.

1.30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Christopher Morley in conversation with Jason Lai and Peter Donohoe.

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Fu-Min Tseng

THU 8 NOV

FU-MIN TSENG (PIANO) COMMUTER CONCERT

6pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) ticket entitles you to drinks offer at Boult’s Bar Fu-Min Tseng piano Scriabin Three Pieces, Op.2 Medtner Two Fairy Tales, Op.20 Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.8, Op.84 Starting with three short pieces by a young Scriabin, one can hear both the influence of Chopin and Scriabin’s own mature musical language. Then, the atmospheric and colourful Fairy Tales present the most personal of Medtner’s idioms. The concert concludes with Prokofiev’s most gentle but anguished third War Sonata.

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FRI 9 & SAT 10 NOV

Davitt Moroney

FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: A 350TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM Recital Hall and Workshop 1 Registration in advance (see below) This two-day international symposium marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin. The programme includes contributions from Denis Herlin (Centre national de recherche scientifique, Paris; Royal Northern College of Music), Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley), Graham Sadler (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), Julien Dubruque (Centre de musique baroque de Versailles), Shirley Thompson (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), Jane Clark (Independent scholar, London), Marie Demeilliez (Université Grenoble Alpes), Florence Gétreau (CNRS; Institut de recherche en musicologie, Paris), Chloé Dos Reis (IReMus, Sorbonne-Université), Emer Buckley and Jochewed Schwarz. Early bird discounts and catering packages available. For the full schedule and registration details, see www.bcu.ac.uk/concerts.

FRI 9 NOV

FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: A 350TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 6.30pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) Davitt Moroney harpsichord François Couperin Preludes from L’Art de toucher le clavecin and pieces from all four books of pièces de clavecin This concert, which forms part of the two-day symposium is also open to those not attending that event. Davitt Moroney, renowned worldwide as an interpreter and editor of Couperin’s music, has recently completed an acclaimed recording of all four of the composer’s books of harpsichord pieces.

FRI 9 NOV

SUN 11 NOV

BACH IN THE BRADSHAW SHARED GROUND

REMEMBRANCE CONCERT

7pm The Bradshaw Hall

£10 - £28 Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk

£10 (£8)

Michael Seal conductor

Jeffrey Skidmore conductor Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir

Lily Allen-Dodd soprano Jess Webber mezzo-soprano Jack Dolan tenor Miles Taylor bass

2.30pm Symphony Hall

JS Bach Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV229) JS Bach Chaconne from the second Partita for solo violin (BWV1004) JS Bach Singet dem Herrn (BWV 225) Alec Roth (texts by Vikram Seth) Shared Ground for Double Choir Alec Roth Ponticelli for solo violin Join our critically-acclaimed Chamber Choir for a programme featuring Alec Roth’s sublime music which takes inspiration from the great Johann Sebastian Bach and the poetry of best-selling Indian writer Vikram Seth.

Programme to include: Jenkins The Armed Man (1st movement) Mozart Requiem Sunday 11 November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, in which 250,000 boys under the age of 19 fought. Vocal soloists and instrumental students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire join musicians from Merchant Taylors’ School and across the UK to mark this poignant occasion in a concert including a celebration of music, art, readings and poetry, culminating in Mozart’s Requiem, one of the most famous choral works in the classical repertoire. The concert has been made possible by the support from the Merchant Taylors’ Company, one of the Great 12 Livery Companies in the City of London.

Jeffrey Skidmore

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MON 12 NOV

BRITTEN, BRIDGE, GLASS 1.05pm The Lab

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION Gloria Yehilevsky percussion Chalcedony Williams Released Philip Glass 1 + 1 Daniel Berg Fantasia Nicholas Deyoe Fantasia iiib Emmanuel Séjourné Arr. Alejandro Coello Calvo Concerto pour Vibraphone Rebecca Stubbs viola Bridge Lament for two violas Bridge Arr. Britten ‘There is a willow grows aslant a brook’ Britten Arr. Martin Outram Portrait No.2 ‘E.B.B’ from Two Portraits for Strings Bridge Two Pieces for Viola and Piano

Leonard Bernstein Photo by Allan Warren

MON 12 NOV

LEONARD BERNSTEIN CENTENARY PIANO CELEBRATION Royal Birmingham Conservatoire £15 - £5 Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century was a considerable pianist, amongst his many gifts. In the centenary year of his birth, this celebration aims to give a comprehensive view of a lesserknown but fascinating area of his work; the original music for solo piano. Alongside some of his more famous work, his music for solo piano ranges from the neo-classical music of the 1930s, through the many Anniversaries short pieces composed throughout his creative life for friends and colleagues, to the impressive Touches written for the 1980 Van Cliburn Competition. Hear our fantastic musicians display Bernstein’s genius and join Julian Jacobson for an illustrated talk on Bernstein as a Pianist in a unique celebration of ‘one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history’ (Donal Henahan). For the full schedule, please visit our website.

Anna Vienna Ho

Xiaofen Song

TUE 13 NOV

XIAOFEN SONG (PIANO) 1.05pm Recital Hall

TUE 13 NOV

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ANNA VIENNA-HO (PIANO) 11.05am Recital Hall £10 (£8) includes tea or coffee

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

COFFEE CONCERT

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No.17, Op.31 No.2 in D minor, ‘The Tempest’ Schubert Wanderer Fantasy in C major, Op.15

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Anna Vienna-Ho piano Beethoven Piano Sonata No.24 in F#, Op.78 Chopin Preludes, Op.28 Dedicated to Countess Thérèse von Brunswick, Beethoven’s Sonata No.24 will take you back to the grand classical world. Widely recognised as some of Chopin’s most characteristic pieces, his 24 Preludes not only show his musical style but will also take you on an emotional roller-coaster.

Enjoy two popular and representative works by Beethoven and Schubert.

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Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula

WED 14 & THU 15 NOV

THU 15 NOV

ANA RUTTER: SHEE WATER #3 2018 INSTALLATION

JEAN-SÉLIM ABDELMOULA (PIANO)

Level 0, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

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FREE ADMISSION The series ‘Shee Water 2018’ are pieces created using video and audio gathered in the Cairngorm national park in June 2018 exploring the remediating of micro elements of gathered material to create the event and atmosphere of a moment. Ana Rutter is a visual artist and is currently conducting a practice-based PhD at B.C.U School of Art.

6pm Recital Hall

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Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Trailer of a piece Berg Piano Sonata, Op.1 Kurtag Hommage a Schubert (from Játékok) Schubert Moments musicaux D 780 Op.94 Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula A piece Swiss composer and pianist Jean-Sélim has performed widely in Europe appearing at the Tonhalle Zurich, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Weimar Pfingst Festival, Schumannfest Düsseldorf, Lucerne and Trasimeno Festivals as well as Carnegie’s Weill Hall in New York.

‘Not only is Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula a fine pianist with great sensitivity and imagination, he’s also a major talent in composition. When he plays Bach, Chopin and Schubert, he does it with a composer’s understanding.’ Sir András Schiff

FRI 16 NOV

THALLEIN ENSEMBLE R O YA L B I R M I N G H A M C O N S E R VAT O I R E

7pm The Bradshaw Hall I n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h G r e a te r B i r m i n g h a m C h a m b e r s o f C o m m e r c e

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THU 15 NOV

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL 175 BCU 175TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 7.15pm The Bradshaw Hall £15 (£12) ticket entitles you to drinks offer at Boult’s Bar Birmingham City University is marking 175 years of serving the economy and society at the heart of the city’s life. As part of BCU 175, this celebratory Vice-Chancellor’s Recital will present some of the most iconic pieces of music created by Birmingham artists during the University’s history. Birmingham has been a hot-bed for music over the past two centuries and this unique concert will see classics from the last 175 years performed by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire students. The Vice-Chancellor’s Recitals are a series of curated concerts featuring exceptional musicians currently studying at BCU’s new £57 million Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Personally selected by the Vice-Chancellor, tonight’s performers are all rising-stars and competition winners.

Conductor Daniele Rosina Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Thallein Ensemble Dobrinka Tabakova Fantasy homage to Schubert Joe Cutler Akhmatova Fragments Emily Abdy new piece Maarten Benschop new piece Tonight’s concert has an Eastern European focus, featuring music by the GRAMMY nominated Dobrinka Tabakova who is Composer-in-Association with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Alongside this is a substantial song-cycle by Joe Cutler which sets the Russian poetry of Anna Akhmatova. This piece is included on Cutler’s new CD, Elsewhereness, which is released on 16 October by NMC Recordings. Completing the programme are brand new works by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire composition students, Emily Abdy and Maarten Benschop.

MON 19 NOV

FRANCK, SCHOCKER, LEWIS 1.05pm The Lab

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION Olga Eckert violin Petrina Phua piano Franck Sonata in A for Violin and Piano Will Crawford guitar Emily Hopper harp Trad. Arr. Will Crawford Fisherman’s Song at Eventide Gary Schocker Hypnotized Paul Lewis Trois Preludes Will Crawford Philia

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MON 19 NOV

Maureen Brathwaite

BIRMINGHAM CATHEDRAL MONDAY LUNCHTIME SERIES: CONSERVATOIRE EARLY MUSIC 1.10pm Birmingham Cathedral Retiring collection Director and baroque violin Kate Fawcett Director and harpsichord Martin Perkins Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3, BWV1048 François Couperin Concerts Royaux Jeremiah Clark Ye verdant woods (Op.4)

TUE 20 NOV

MAUREEN BRATHWAITE (SOPRANO) 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

£10 (£8) add lunch for £5 Maureen Brathwaite soprano Alex Horne piano Programme includes pieces by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Strauss, Hold and Montsalvatge Maureen Brathwaite, a longstanding member of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Vocal Department, was born in London to Barbadian parents. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she won the Capital Radio Anna Instone Memorial Award and the Ian Fleming Award which allowed her to continue her vocal studies in Florence. Maureen is joined by Alex Horne who studied piano with Beryl Chempin and organ with David Saint, before going to the Royal College of Music to train as a répétiteur in their Opera School.

BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TUE 20 NOV – FRI 23 NOV Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Eight young ensembles have been selected to be part of a three-day celebration of chamber music, each set to perform public recitals and take part in masterclasses with leading artists during the course of the festival. Of these eight, three ensembles will be selected to progress to the concluding concert in what promises to be an exciting grand finish to the festival. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of Carne Trust, Fidelio Charitable Trust and Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust. Full programme details available at www.bcu.ac.uk/pianochamberfest18

FESTIVAL TICKET £50 (£30 CONCESSIONS) London Bridge Trio

TUE 20 NOV

CELEBRITY RECITAL 1 – LONDON BRIDGE TRIO 7.30pm The Bradshaw Hall £10 (£8) London Bridge Trio David Adams violin Kate Gould cello Daniel Tong piano Lucy Gould violin Robin Ireland viola John Thwaites piano Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op.11 Colin Matthews Hidden Agenda for piano trio Brahms Piano Quartet in A, Op.26 30

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WED 21 NOV

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 1 – ISKRA DUO

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 4 – DUO LOMEIKO/SUHANOVA

12pm Recital Hall

4.45pm Recital Hall

£5 (£3)

Iskra Duo violin & piano

Duo Lomeiko/Suhanova

Stravinsky arr. Dushkin Danse Russe from Petrushka Kreisler Liebeslied Beethoven Sonata in A, Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’

Alexandra Lomeiko violin Antonia Suhanova piano

WED 21 NOV

Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, Op.12, No.3 Knussen “Autumnal” for violin and piano, Op.14 Ravel Sonata in G for violin and piano

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 2 – MOSA PIANO TRIO

WED 21 NOV

£5 (£3)

CELEBRITY RECITAL 2 – GOULD PIANO TRIO

Mosa Piano Trio

7.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

Haydn Piano Trio in E flat, Hob.XV:36 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor

£10 (£8)

1.15pm Recital Hall

WED 21 NOV

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 3 – TRIO OPAL 3.30pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) Trio Opal Schumann Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.63 (1st Movement) Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2

Gould Piano Trio Lucy Gould violin Richard Lester cello Benjamin Frith piano Christoph Richter cello John Thwaites piano James MacMillan Piano Trio No.2 Fourteen Little Pictures Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano in F, Op.99 Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op.47

THU 22 NOV

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 5 – MADER–PAPANDREOPOULOS DUO 12pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) Mader/Papandreopoulos Duo saxophone and piano Demersseman Fantaisie sur un Thème Original Hindemith Sonate (1943) Berg Vier Stücke, Op.5 Paul Creston Sonata, Op.19

THU 22 NOV

Alice Neary

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 6 – TULIP DUO 1.15pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) Tulip Duo Eleonora De Poi violin Massimiliano Turchi piano Schumann Sonata in A minor, Op.105 Respighi Sonata in B minor, P.110

THU 22 NOV

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 7 – DUO KAPOOR/LEUNG DUO

CELEBRITY RECITAL 3 – ALICE NEARY, DANIEL TONG, CHRISTOPH RICHTER

3.30pm Recital Hall

7.30pm The Bradshaw Hall

£5 (£3)

£10 (£8)

Mozart Sonata in G, K. 301 John Adams Road Movies (1995) + Saint-Saëns Sonata in D minor, Op. 75

Alice Neary cello Benjamin Frith piano Michael Gurevich violin Daniel Tong piano David Adams violin Robin Ireland viola Katya Apekisheva piano Christoph Richter cello

THU 22 NOV

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL 8 – LUX PIANO TRIO 4.45pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) Lux Piano Trio Haydn Piano Trio in E flat, Hob XV:29 Martinu Piano Trio No.3 in C (1st Mvmt) Brahms Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101

FRI 23 NOV

STUDENT SHOWCASE

Britten Sonata for Cello and Piano Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano in G, Op.78 Bridge Phantasie for Piano Quartet Schumann Piano Trio in D minor, Op.63

DON’T MISS! FRI 23 NOV

PIANO CHAMBER COMPETITION GRAND FINAL 7pm The Bradshaw Hall £10 (£8)

1pm & 4pm Recital Hall

In this final celebration concert, three incredibly talented young ensembles play a range of chamber repertoire. All will win prizes and one ensemble will be announced as winners at around 10pm.

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THU 22 NOV

COUPERIN AT 350 – AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 6pm Organ Studio

COMMUTER CONCERT

£8 (£6) ticket entitles you to drinks offer at Boult’s Bar Curator Graham Sadler François Couperin Motet pour le jour de Sainte-Cécile François Couperin Cantate: Ariane et Bacchus François Couperin Héraclite, Démocrite, Diogène and Les Agioteurs au désespoir François Couperin Pièces de clavecin In this third concert in Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s year-long celebration of the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, students from Early Music, Vocal and Recorder departments present a programme that includes two recent discoveries (a cantata and two convivial canons), plus a selection of harpsichord pieces. As appropriate to Saint Cecilia’s day, it also includes a new reconstruction of Couperin’s Cecilian motet.

FRI 23 NOV

LUNCHTIMES @ BMAG 12.30pm The Round Room, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

SAT 24 NOV

CHAMBER MUSIC SATURDAYS 12pm Beatbox (basement level), Library of Birmingham FREE ADMISSION Abigail Keers flute Lucinda Rimmer oboe Tom Gant clarinet An exciting series of concerts given by chamber musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. This month features senior wind players performing Britten, Telemann and Malcolm Arnold.

SUN 25 NOV

DAVID FANNING & MICHELLE ASSAY

FREE ADMISSION

11am Recital Hall

Hand-picked musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire treat you to a delightful lunchtime recital in the beautiful surroundings of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

£10 Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk Professor David Fanning, Michelle Assay lecturers Musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Come and join Professor David Fanning and Michelle Assay in their lecture exploring the remarkable music of Weinberg, followed by a performance of a selection of Weinberg’s chamber music in collaboration with musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

MON 26 NOV

TUE 27 NOV

SCHUBERT, PROKOVIEV 1.05pm Recital Hall

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR LUNCHTIME MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION

Dr Polly Hudson (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) – At what point does a practice become Art? 3.30pm Workshop 2

Ella de Villiers flute Joanne Sealey piano

£5

Prokofiev Flute Sonata, Op.94 Dobromir Tsenov piano Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Op.27 No.2 Alexander Vladigeroff Dilmano Dilbero Variations Op.2 Vladigeroff Toccata

Part performance Part political statement Part intervention Part lecture Part confessional Part eco-activism Drawing on slow movement philosophies, Polly will share some of her current research project ‘We reap what we sow (and so I sow), #3, cabbages’, which centres around ecosomatics: the action of embodiment in allotment gardening.

Stockholm Chamber Brass

She will illuminate this through the lens of her 25year practice in dance, her teaching and doing of Skinner Releasing Technique, and some of her previous performance and dance film works.

TUE 27 NOV

STOCKHOLM CHAMBER BRASS 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

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WED 28 NOV

YCAT AT THE CONSERVATOIRE: THE CASTALIAN QUARTET

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AFTERNOON MUSIC

Tom Poulson trumpet Urban Agnas trumpet Annamia Larsson french horn Jonas Bylund trombone Sami Al Fakir tuba

2.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

Anders Hillborg Quintet Stravinksy (arr. Joakim Agnas) 3 Dances from A Soldier’s Tale Mike Svoboda New Work (UK première) Malcolm Arnold Quintet No.1

Castalian Quartet Sini Simonen violin Daniel Roberts violin Charlotte Bonneton viola Christopher Graves cello

This is a rare opportunity to hear Stockholm Chamber Brass - one of the world’s very finest brass ensembles, comprising genuine chamber musicians with a deep commitment to commissioning and performing new music.

The Castalian Quartet join us for their second recital of the autumn season.

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£10 (£8) Beethoven String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 ‘Rasumovsky’

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THU 29 NOV

BITE-SIZED BACH 5.30pm Organ Studio FREE ADMISSION As a prelude to tonight’s Brass and Wind Orchestra concert, we invite you to a short performance in our Organ Studio of beautiful music from one of the greatest composers of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphonic Brass & Brass Band

THU 29 NOV

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE MIXED WIND & BRASS ENSEMBLES

FRI 30 NOV

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ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE SYMPHONIC BRASS & BRASS BAND

Directors Douglas Mitchell & Amos Miller

7pm The Bradshaw Hall

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Mixed Wind & Brass Ensembles

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Stravinsky Octet Ruth Gipps Seascape Anna Meredith Octet Michael Daugherty Dead Elvis

Conductors Amos Miller & Ian Porthouse

6pm The Bradshaw Hall

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Join us as brass and woodwind musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire showcase some of the best chamber music for these instruments in an imaginative programme for an interesting variety of mixed ensembles.

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphonic Brass & Brass Band Rautavaara A Requiem in Our Time Janácek Sinfonietta Tchaikovsky Selections from “The Nutcracker”, arr. Timothy Jackson Our annual pre-Christmas concert, giving an opportunity to hear Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s brass department in action – repertoire will include Einojuhani Rautavaara’s A Requiem in Our Time, selections from Janáček’s Sinfonietta and Tchaikovsky’s seasonal favourite The Nutcracker.

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SAT 1 DEC

JUNIOR CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT 7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) Musicians from the Junior Conservatoire join together in a fitting finale to the end of term.

MON 3 DEC

RECORDER DEPARTMENT: LONDON 1700

Clara Schumann

7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) Musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Recorder & Early Music Departments Handel Sonatas and Arias Purcell Chaconne, Three parts on a Ground Walsh Music from ‘The Division Flute’ Sammartini Trio Sonata in D minor

MON 3 DEC

DEBUSSY, BACH, SCHUMANN 1.05pm Recital Hall

AFTERNOON MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION Alicja Humeniuk violin Ginevra Paniati piano Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor, L.148 Bach Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 Olivia Chew piano Olga Eckert violin Yahan Chen cello

Luke Jones

TUE 4 DEC

LUKE JONES (PIANO) 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

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Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17

Luke Jones piano Debussy Images, Book 1 Schubert Wanderer Fantasy Chopin Ballade No.4, Op.52 Winner of the 2018 Bromsgrove Prize, Luke Jones joins us for special lunchtime performance.

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Dr Jeffrey Dean

Caroline Pether

TUE 4 DEC

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR Dr Jeffrey Dean (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) – Tinctoris’s L’homme armé mass restored: coherence and varietas 3.30pm Workshop 2 £5 Dr Jeffrey Dean introduces a major new research project, based at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, presenting the first important result to emerge from it. In an article of 2013, Dr Dean argued that the tenor parts in two sections of the L’homme armé mass by the major fifteenth-century music theorist Johannes Tinctoris were inauthentic. Here, he puts forward his newly discovered solution, which he professes: “can only be what Tinctoris actually composed.”

WED 5 DEC

THU 6 DEC

CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWCASE 6pm Recital Hall

COMMUTER CONCERT

£10 (£8) ticket entitles you to drinks offer at Boult’s Bar Director and violin Caroline Pether Schubert String Quintet in C major, D.956 Come and see top strings musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire perform this wonderful and popular chamber music masterwork under the direction of violin tutor Caroline Pether.

MICHAEL COLLINS PLAYS MOZART 2.30pm The Bradshaw Hall £19.50 - £26.50 See page 20 for details.

THU 6 – SAT 8 DEC

Opera Scenes

OPERA SCENES Thu 7pm, Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm The Lab £15 (£10) Emerging young British conductor, Harry Sever and director, Jamie Hayes (Glyndebourne, ENO, BYO) join talented singers from the Vocal and Operatic Department for our popular set of Opera Scenes. Enjoy repertoire from our rising stars in a journey through operatic territories both light and dark.

FRI 7 DEC

SUN 9 DEC

COFFEE, CAKE & CADENZAS 1pm The Piano Bar, New Alexandra Theatre

NEXT: STUDENT PERFORMERS WITH ARDITTI QUARTET

FREE ADMISSION

2.15pm Recital Hall

Chrysalis Trio

£8 (£6)

Olivia Chew piano Olga Eckert violin Yahan Chen cello

In celebration of Brian Ferneyhough, the inaugural cohort of NEXT scheme musicians will perform with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group after working with the composer himself and the Arditti string quartet on his works and works by other composers from the region.

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1, No.3 Clara Schumann Piano Trio, Op.17

Please note that this venue is on the first floor and is only accessible via stairs.

SAT 8 DEC

JUNIOR CONSERVATOIRE END OF TERM CONCERT 7pm & 8.15pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) Soloists, chamber musicians, choirs and orchestras from the Junior Conservatoire join together in a fitting finale to the end of term.

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MON 10 DEC

CAROL CONCERT 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC

FREE ADMISSION To celebrate the festive season we welcome you to join us for our popular annual carol concert. With carols and festive favourites led by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Chorus, audience participation is encouraged. Early booking is advised for this popular event!

MON 10 DEC

SUN 9 DEC

BCMG: IDEAL & FLYING HEIGHT 4pm The Bradshaw Hall R O YA L B I R M I N G H A M C O N S E R VAT O I R E

£15, £5 students I n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h G r e a te r B i r m i n g h a m C h a m b e r s o f C o m m e r c e

Oliver Janes solo clarinet Arditti Quartet Conductor Emilio Pomarico Brian Ferneyhough Dum Transisset I-IV Brian Ferneyhough La Chute d’Icare Brian Ferneyhough Funérailles I & II Jonathan Harvey Scena Charlotte Bray Beneath the Dawn Horizon Michael Wolters Trauerkonzert Coventry-born Brian Ferneyhough celebrates his 75th birthday this year - and to celebrate we have invited his good friends, the Arditti Quartet, to perform his music here in the heart of the Midlands. Ferneyhough’s music is renowned for its interwoven lines and it hums with activity. In Dum Transisset I-IV we hear the composer’s tribute to Christopher Tye, a sixteenthcentury composer and organist; La Chute d’Icare conjures Icarus’s stunning achievement of flight, thwarted by his hubris; and Funérailles reflects on pianist and composer Franz Liszt’s work of the same name written over a century earlier. In Partnership with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN CONCERTO PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) This new prize sees our accomplished soloists compete for the opportunity to perform with our partners Orchestra of the Swan in The Bradshaw Hall on 19 June, as part of the inaugural OOTS season at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

TUE 11 DEC

ELECTRIC SOUND 6pm The Lab £8 (£6) Expect exciting, original and unconventional sounds as members of the Music Technology department present new works exploring the confluence of technology and music.

WED 12 DEC

#BIRMINGHAMNEWMUSIC 7pm The Lab £8 (£6) Frontiers presents a concert of new works by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire composers. This concert will feature a wide range of styles and utilise the flexible layout of the Lab venue in creative and inventive ways.

TUE 11 DEC

Roderick Williams

RODERICK WILLIAMS AND SUSIE ALLAN: LADS AND LASSES 1.05pm The Bradshaw Hall

LUNCHTIME MUSIC R O YA L B I R M I N G H A M C O N S E R VAT O I R E

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Roderick Williams baritone Susan Allan piano Schubert / Müller Gute Nacht Cecilia McDowall / John Greening A stranger I came out here Schubert / Rellstab Ständchen Cecilia McDowall / John Greening After Ständchen Schubert / Müller Mine Cecilia McDowall / John Greening At the wheel Schubert / Müller Tears like rain Emily Levy / Rommi Smith Rain is coming Schubert / Müller The Brook sings a lullaby We are delighted to welcome one of the finest English voices of his generation, Roderick Williams, visiting consultant in vocal performance at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, who is joined by the exceptional pianist, Susie Allan. The second half of this concert features a brand new songcycle from composer Emily Levy and writer Rommi Smith, The Rain is Coming, a response from a female perspective to Schubert’s Die schöne Mullerin. These new songs expand themes raised in the original work, adding a contemporary interpretation to the story. This unique mini song-cycle for voice and piano crosses both genre and artistic divides and offers a new perspective on Schubert’s iconic work.

‘Roderick Williams is a national treasure. Acutely responsive to the sound and meaning of words, his approach to the English Romantic song repertoire is revelatory. Susie Allan lingers tellingly over an important detail in the piano writing just at the right moment to complement Williams’ exquisite interpretation.’ BBC Music Magazine

WED 12 DEC

PRE-CONCERT PIANO SHOWCASE 6.15pm Symphony Hall FREE ADMISSION Daniel Lebhardt piano Natanel Grinshtein piano Repertoire to include Schubert Klavierstücke D.946

WED 12 DEC

CBSO: BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO £13 - £50 Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk FREE ADMISSION

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Conductor Daniele Rustioni Ray Chen violin

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Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Rachmaninov Symphony No.1

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THU 13 DEC

MILLENNIAL PERCUSSION

Laura Van Der Heijden Photo by Sam Trench

1.10pm CBSO Centre, Berkley Street £10 Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk Colette Overdijk violin Richard Blake trumpet CBSO Percussion & Royal Birmingham Conservatoire musicians Harrison Concerto for Violin and Percussion Reich Quartet for Two Vibraphones and Two Pianos Eliasson Kimmo for Trumpet and Percussion In this electrifying programme the CBSO’s percussion section joins forces with musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and colleagues from elsewhere in the CBSO to present three utterly unique post-war masterpieces. Steve Reich hardly needs introduction – but Lou Harrison and Anders Eliasson are every bit as thrilling.

THU 13 DEC

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER CHOIR 7.30pm St Mary’s Centre, Lichfield £18

FRI 14 DEC

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER CHOIR 2.30pm Compton Verney, Stratford Upon Avon £15 (£7 children) plus admission ticket to Compton Verney. For more information and to book visit www.comptonverney.org.uk

THU 13 DEC

LAURA VAN DER HEIJDEN (CELLO) 6pm Recital Hall £12 (£10) ticket entitles you to drinks offer at Boult’s Bar

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Laura van der Heijden cello Huw Watkins piano Beethoven Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op.5 Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston Op.102 Debussy Cello Sonata BBC Young Musician 2012 winner Laura van der Heijden has already made a name for herself as a very special emerging talent, captivating audiences and critics alike with her compelling and heartfelt interpretations.

Director Paul Spicer Enjoy festive performances by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, with varied programmes of choral music and traditional Christmas carols.

‘Paul Spicer secures splendidly disciplined and infectiously fervent results from the 33 young singers that make up the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire chamber Choir.’ Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone SIGN UP TO OUR MAILING LIST AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONSERVATOIRE

FRI 14 DEC

LUNCHTIMES @ BMAG 12.30pm The Round Room, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery FREE ADMISSION

£15 (£12) Conductor Daniele Rosina Yu-Tzu Kung percussion Juan Honorato Brugere guitar

Haydn Op.20 No.4 Shostakovich Quartet No.8

Andreissen Tapdance Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto Elgar Variations

FRI 14 DEC

LEGACY FELLOWS RECEPTION 6pm Organ Studio FREE TO ALL ENROLLED LEGACY FELLOWS A special pre-concert reception for Legacy Fellows of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Admission to this event is by invitation only. For enquiries about this evening’s event, please contact Robin.Leonard@bcu.ac.uk

OUR SUPPORTERS Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is extremely grateful for the generous support of all its donors, in particular the following individuals and organisations.

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA 7pm The Bradshaw Hall

Dunev String Quartet Hristo Dunev violin Mae Edwards violin Eleanor Chapman viola Alice Cheer cello

PRS Foundation Signatur Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund The Alan Edward Higgs Charity The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation The Aspinwall Educational Trust The Brooks Van Der Pump Charitable Trust The Carne Trust The Denis Matthews Memorial Trust Fund The DMC McDonald Foundation The EMI Foundation The Ernest Cook Trust

FRI 14 DEC

The Fidelio Charitable Trust The George Cadbury Trust The John Avins Trust The Leverhulme Trust The Michael Bishop Foundation The Music and Dance Scheme The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Association The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Trust The Schubert Ensemble Trust The Wolfson Foundation

Elgar dedicated his famous work ‘to my friends pictured within’, with each variation a musical sketch of a close acquaintance including his wife Alice, his publisher and indeed Elgar himself. The ‘enigma’ of a hidden melody is a puzzle which continues to generate much speculation. This Repertoire Orchestra concert opens with two concertos for instruments lesser-heard as soloists with orchestras, here tonight performed by musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Advanced Postgraduate Diploma course.

If you would like to support the work of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and its students, please contact Robin Leonard at robin.leonard@bcu.ac.uk or on 0121 331 5534. Thank you for your support!

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Helen Allen Andrew Banks Dr Keith Bradshaw OBE DL Tony & Veronica Bridgewater Anita Davies Tony Davies & Darin Qualls Professor Andrew Downes Steve Elliott The Estate of Pauline Faulkner Elisabeth Fisher Jill Godsall John Gripton & Rosemary Phillips David & Erica Hart

Mark Hopton Gail Lawrence Betty Milne John Morris Marita Morrison Andrew Rackham Richard Rathbone Jean & John D Smith Margaret Tait Professor Graham Upton Dame Gillian Weir DBE The family and friends of Gwyn Williams Jane Williams

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HOW TO FIND US HOW TO FIND US

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is situated at 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham B4 7XR, opposite Aston University and behind Millennium Point.

PARKING

There is a multi-storey car park owned and managed by Birmingham City Council situated adjacent to Millennium Point. The car park entrance is on Howe Street off Jennens Road. If you are using a sat nav please use the postcode B4 7AP.

BUS ROUTES

The 14, 55, 66 and 94 all go from Priory Queensway (B&M Bargains) and stop on Jennens Road. There is a stop almost opposite Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with a pedestrian crossing nearby.

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat. Guide Dogs are welcome at all Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring a Guide Dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909. PLEASE NOTE that listings are correct at time of going to print.

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Membership is open to everyone who wishes to support the work of the students at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. The students increasingly need your help in these days of global financial hardship. Please refer to our website www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/bca to see the benefits offered to RBCA Members and join us online or by requesting an application form from RBCA Hon Secretary. John Smith 0121 476 4741 / johnsmithhrs359@gmail.com

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