What's On: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Classical

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WHAT’S ON

SUN 11 M A R ROYAL OPENING GALA CONCERT

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Birmingham City University

MON 8 JAN

BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS 12.10pm Recital Hall

M I D DAY M U S I C

Free admission Ella Lee piano

BBC RADIO 3 N E W G E N E R AT I O N ARTISTS

Simon Höfele

Quatuor Arod

Ashley Riches

We are delighted that four of this season’s BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists are performing at our fantastic new Concert Hall throughout January.

Beethoven Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90 Brahms Drei Intermezzi, Op.117 Róza Csabayne Bene harpsichord Couperin Six selected prèludes from L’art de toucher de clavecin Passacaille & Les Baricades Misterieuses from the Second livre de pièces de clavecin

THU 11 JAN

Simon Höfele, Mariam Batsashvili, Ashley Riches and Quatuor Arod will each grace the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire stage. All performances will be recorded for broadcast from 29 January, with the exception of 30 January, which will be aired live.

The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

COMMUTER CONCERT: DANIEL BROWELL TRIO 6pm Concert Hall £5 (£2.50) Caroline Pether violin Hannah Roberts cello Daniel Browell piano

TUE 9 JAN

TUE 23 JAN

SIMON HÖFELE (TRUMPET)

ASHLEY RICHES (BASS-BARITONE)

1pm Concert Hall

1pm Concert Hall

£15 (£10)

£15 (£10)

Simon Höfele trumpet Magdalena Müllerperth piano

Ashley Riches bass-baritone Sholto Kyntoch piano

Theodor Holtheim Sonata for trumpet and piano Karl Pilss Sonata for trumpet and piano Kathrin Denner Sonare II for Solo trumpet

Programme includes works by Dvorák, Schubert and Brahms.

Mariam Batsashvili

Bridge Miniatures H. 87-88 Brahms trio in B flat major Op.8

MON 15 JAN

BACH, BELLINI, FAURÉ 12.10pm Recital Hall

M I D DAY M U S I C

TUE 30 JAN

Free admission Yung-Li Chen piano

TUE 16 JAN

JS Bach arr. Brahms Chaconne for the Left Hand

MARIAM BATSASHVILI (PIANO)

Jack Dolan tenor

1pm Concert Hall

£15 (£10)

Duparc Chanson triste Bellini Malinconia ninfa gentile Fauré Poème d’un jour, Op.21 Donizetti Tombe degli avi miei from Lucia di Lammermoor

£15 (£10)

Jordan Victoria violin Alexandre Vu violin Corentin Apparailly viola Samy Rachid cello

Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.13 S. 244/13 Chopin Andante spianato e grande polonaise brilliante Op.22 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

Boglárka György violin JS Bach Chaconne from Partita for Violin No.2, BWV 1004 2

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QUATUOR AROD 1pm Concert Hall

Mozart Quartet in D minor K.421 Mendelssohn Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.13 for strings 3

MON 15 JAN

Millennial Percussion

Band of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards

FRI 19 JAN

JONATHAN BURROWS & MATTEO FARGION BOTH SITTING DUET AND BODY NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

REMEMBRANCE - LEST WE FORGET

7pm The Lab

Conductor Richard Ward Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Orchestra

7pm Concert Hall Free admission

£10 (£8)

Conductor Major Simon Haw Band of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards Katy Stephens narrator

The work of Burrows and Fargion radiates delight even as it makes the audience think. Over the past twelve years the two artists have built a body of duets which mix the formality of classical music composition with an open and often anarchic approach to performance and audiences, bringing them a worldwide following.

Arno Bornkamp

MON 22 JAN

TUE 16 JAN

HANDEL, SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN

BBC R3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS: MARIAM BATSASHVILI (PIANO)

12.10pm Recital Hall Yu-Syuan Li flute Joanne Sealey Piano Reinecke Sonata “Undine” Op.167

See p3 for details

MICS AND LIGHTS: MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION AND MICROPHONES

M I D DAY M U S I C

Free admission

1pm Concert Hall

WED 17 JAN

Join us for an evening of light music ranging from Holst and Elgar, to Lieutenant Ricketts and John Williams.

Rebecca Holman French horn Joanne Sealey Piano Bissill Valse noire

THU 18 JAN

Samantha Oxborough mezzo-soprano Handel Lascia Ch’io pianga from Rinaldo Schubert An die Musik Schumann Der Nussbaum Gounod Faites-lui mes aveux from Faust

8pm Centrala, 158 Fazeley St, Digbeth

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

£5 (includes free drink)

6pm Concert Hall

Directors Serge Vuille and Adrian Spillett Millennial Percussion Myles Payne guitar

£5

8pm Recital Hall

Adrian Butterfield director and baroque violin Gareth James baroque flute Kate Allsop recorder Estelle Langthorne recorder

£8 (£6)

TUE 23 JAN

Arno Bornkamp saxophone Charles Matthews piano

Purcell Suite from King Arthur JS Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor BWV 1067 Campra Suite from L’Europe Galante JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major BWV 1049

Claude Debussy Rapsodie Astor Piazzolla Adios Nonino JacobTV Billie John Williams Escapades

BBC R3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS: ASHLEY RICHES (BASS-BARITONE)

Enjoy an evening of eclectic music in the heart of urban Birmingham, featuring monumental works by Stockhausen and Reich.

COMMUTER CONCERT

THU 18 JAN

ARNO BORNKAMP (SAXOPHONE) INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASS AND RECITAL

1pm Concert Hall See p3 for details

Arno Bornkamp is the archetype of the modern virtuoso, equally at home in traditional and contemporary repertoire, and is hailed as a lyrical musician with a great sense of performance.

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12.30pm The Round Room, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

OPEN DAY

Free admission

THU 25 JAN

Arnold Three Shanties for Wind Quintet Taffanel Wind Quintet Patterson Westerly Winds Gershwin arr. Anna Hashimoto Summertime

Discover what Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has to offer.

TUE 23 JAN

FRI 26 JAN

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR DOUBLE-BILL: JOHN O’GALLAGHER AND DANIEL GALBREATH

BANNAVENTA QUINTET

3.30pm Workshop 1 £5 John O’Gallagher – From Modal to Free: ‘Acknowledgment’ as Precursor to John Coltrane’s Final Explorations of Pitch Structure.

Daniel Galbreath – Singing Emergence: Complexity Thinking and the Choral Rehearsal.

Orit Wolf

FRI 26 JAN

KALEIDOSCOPE: COLOURS, SHAPES, STRUCTURES 7pm The Lab

EMERGING DIRECTORS

10am - 4pm Our Open Days are designed to give you a real insight into student life and involve introductory talks, guided tours, open rehearsals, performances and chances to meet staff and students.

£10 (£8) students £5 Join us in a celebration of the colourful mixture of ever-evolving ideas, breaking the boundaries between composers and performers, folk and classical music, the old and the modern.

SAT 27 JAN

CHAMBER MUSIC SATURDAYS

THU 25 JAN

12pm Library of Birmingham

ORIT WOLF (PIANO) MAKING LOVE WITH CHOPIN 6pm The Lab

COMMUTER CONCERT

Free admission An exciting series of concerts given by some of the best musicians from Royal Birmingham’s Conservatoire’s Chamber Music department. Children very welcome.

£5 (£2.50) Chopin The Waltzes, Nocturnes, Fantasies and Ballade No.1 An intimate live performance of Chopin’s masterpieces played by concert pianist, composer and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Orit Wolf. Wolf will converse on the man behind the notes, the music itself, and the performer’s secrets behind the curtains.

SAT 27 JAN

JUNIOR ARTISTS ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 7pm Concert Hall £8 (£6) Talented young students from the Junior Conservatoire Symphony, Wind and Chamber orchestras present an engaging programme of music.

For further information, please visit www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/opendays or call 0121 331 5901 or email conservatoire@bcu.ac.uk MON 29 JAN

MON 29 JAN

BRITTEN, DUKAS, CALVERT 12.10pm Recital Hall

COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM M I D DAY M U S I C

7pm The Lab

Free admission

£2

Katherine Liggins soprano Britten On this island, Op.11

Frontiers presents the first concert of the year dedicated to new music by our Conservatoire composers. Expect another evening of eclectic music, experimentation and a wide range of styles.

Trumpet Ensemble Trumpets Conor Smyth-Chakraborty, Gianluca de Felice, Oskar Blake, Jacob Smith, Matt Tarrant, Sam Walker, Alex Norman, Ian Winstanley, Josh Ayrton, Lukas Klöck, Glen Carroll, Alexander Leach, Tom Carr, Richard Ward, Jennie Boase, Elliott Mann, Dolma Chiodak Percussion Harry Bent, Jerome Blackburn, Matt Brennan Dukas arr. Marie Speziale Fanfare from La Peri Broughton Concert Piece Calvert arr. David Marlatt Folk Songs Gassi Orinoco Cocoa

TUE 30 JAN

BBC R3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS: QUATUOR AROD 1pm Concert Hall See p3 for details

Eungi Chung piano 6

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TUE 30 JAN

THU 1 FEB

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR BEETHOVEN DOUBLE-BILL: SIÂN DERRY AND MATHEW PILCHER

TRANSITIONAL METAL ALBUM LAUNCH WITH COBALT DUO

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE PROJECTS ORCHESTRA

6pm The Lab

7pm Concert Hall

3.30pm Workshop 1

£5 (£2.50)

£10 (£8)

£5

Fumiko Miyachi piano Kate Halsall piano

Conductor Daniele Rosina Rebecca Holman, Henry Wright, Lauren Storey, Catherine Thomas horn Ella de Villiers flute Chu-Yu Yang violin

Dr Siân Derry (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) – Beethoven as an Innovator of Left-Hand Piano Technique Dr Matthew Pilcher (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) – Beethoven’s In questa tomba oscura: Song form(s), narrative structures, innovations

TUE 30 JAN

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL: THE LEAMINGTON MUSIC PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) Witness some of our finest musicians battle it out to be awarded a prize of £1,000 and a recital opportunity by Leamington Music, the generous sponsor of this prize.

Fumiko Miyachi’s Transitional Metal album launch tour with Cobalt Duo reaches Birmingham after successes in Manchester and London. This album has been generously supported by PRSF Women Make Music, Hinrichsen Foundation and The Ambache Trust. Transitional Metal features Au79(Gold) for brass band which was shortlisted for BASCA British Composer Awards in 2016.

Peter Donohoe

THU 1 FEB

CELEBRITY RECITAL: PETER DONOHOE 7.30pm Concert Hall

THU 1 FEB

CBSO PRE-CONCERT SHOWCASE: SOLO PIANO 6.15pm Symphony Hall Free admission Xiaofen Song piano Roman Kosyakov piano

£20 (£15) Peter Donohoe piano Mozart Sonata No.1 K279 in C major ’Elvira’ Mozart Sonata No.5 K283 in G major ‘Surprise’ Mozart Sonata No.6 K284 in D major ‘Dürnitz’ Mozart Sonata No.12 K332 in F major ‘Constanze’ Mozart Sonata No.14 K457 in C minor ‘Tragic’ One of the foremost pianists of our time, Peter Donohoe brings his acclaimed musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Schumann Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op.86 Ibert Flute Concerto, Op.37 Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

SUN 4 FEB

INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO TRIO JUNIOR COMPETITION 12pm Organ Studio £8 (£6)

MON 5 FEB

PROKOVIEV, GERSHWIN

Programme to include Haydn, Rachmaninov and Gershwin.

FRI 2 FEB

12.10pm Recital Hall

7.30pm Symphony Hall

COFFEE, CAKE AND CADENZAS

Free admission

£13-£48 Tickets available via www.thsh.co.uk

1pm The Piano Bar, New Alexandra Theatre

Conductor Kazuki Yamada Dejan Lazic piano

Free admission

RACHMANINOV’S SECOND

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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FRI 2 FEB

The New Alexandra Theatre hosts chamber musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for an intimate lunchtime concert.

Glinka Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

Please note the Piano Bar is on the first floor of the venue with access via stairs only.

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M I D DAY M U S I C

Julia Parsuto piano Prokofiev Sonata No.6, Op.82 Richard Ward trumpet Joanne Sealey piano Ketting Intrada Gershwin arr. Thomas Pilsbury Summertime Hidas Fantasy

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Dr Martin Suckling Xiaofen Song

TUE 6 FEB

Fu-Min Tseng

TUE 6 FEB

XIAOFEN SONG (PIANO) 10.30am Recital Hall

COFFEE CONCERT

£10 (£8) Earl Wild Etude No.3 ‘The Man I Love’ Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor Rachmaninov Corelli Variation, Op.42 Fazil Say Black Earth

FU-MIN TSENG (PIANO) 12.10pm Recital Hall

M I D DAY M U S I C

£10 (£8) Brahms Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op. 21/1 Carl Vine Five Bagatelles Liszt Après une Lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi Sonata, S.161/7 from Années de pèlerinage Deuxième année: Italie

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

TUE 6 FEB

THU 8 FEB

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR: DR MARTIN SUCKLIN

COUPERIN 350 – AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

3.30pm Workshop 1

6pm Organ Studio

£5

£5 (£2.50)

Dr Martin Suckling (York University) Off-grid: the magic of microtones

Curator Graham Sadler Lily Allen-Dodd soprano Holly Teague soprano William Peart baritone Kate Alsopp recorder Gareth James baroque flute Róza Csabayne Bene harpsichord and organ Claire Horacek viola da gamba Silvana Scarinci theorbo Samuel Bristow organ Robin Bigwood, Martin Perkins, Yuge Huang, Kuan-Hua Lai, Ginevra Paniati, Stefanos Politsakis, Megan Martin harpsichord

TUE 6 FEB

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YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL : THE RENNA KELLAWAY PIANO RECITAL PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) Hear some of the finest Conservatoire pianists as they are put through their paces in the final of the esteemed Renna Kellaway Piano Recital Prize.

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François Couperin

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COMMUTER CONCERT

In this first concert of a year-long series of events celebrating the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, students and staff from the Early Music, Vocal and Recorder departments present a programme illustrating the composer’s extraordinary achievements in the fields of keyboard, sacred and chamber music.

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THU 8 FEB

MON 12 FEB

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

CARTER

7.30pm Concert Hall

12.10pm Recital Hall

£10 (£8)

Free admission

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band Virtuosi GUS Brass Band

James Gribble baritone

Matthew Hall Activate Frank Simon, arr. Sandy Smith Miss Blue Bonnet (cornet soloist, Wilson Taylor) Gavin Higgins Ivory Ghosts Rodney Newton Capriccio for Tuba (tuba soloist, Luke Atkinson) Scarborough Fair trad. arr. Gordon Langford (soloists Ryan and Chris Jeans) Philip Sparke A London Overture Virtuosi Gus Brass Band set Paul Lovatt-Cooper Vitae Aeternum

International International Recorder Recorder & & Early Early Music Music Festival Festival

Di Fu piano Carter Piano Sonata

Thursday 15th - Sunday 18th February 2018 Thursday 15th - Sunday 18th February 2018

MON 12 FEB

COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM

• Birmingham Young Recorder • Birmingham Young Recorder Soloist Competition Soloist Competition • Concerts • Concerts Musical and Amicable Society

7pm The Lab £2 Expect a concert full of surprises and brand new pieces, a wide range of styles, wild experimentation and music you won’t find anywhere else as we showcase the creative talent of our composers.

FRI 9 FEB

EDGES 8pm Recital Hall

M I D DAY M U S I C

Musical and Amicable Society Dan Laurin & Anna Paradiso Dan Laurin Anna Paradiso London& Handel Players London Handel Players The Gonzaga Band The Gonzaga Band Art of Moog Art of Moog

EMERGING DIRECTORS

£12 (£10) student £6 *plus booking fee Director Gina Baker Musical Director Joseph Clayton Assistant Musical Director Rory Anderson JG Productions Gina Baker Joseph Clayton Iona Crampton Jake Genders Rory Anderson piano

TUE 13 FEB

PENELOPE APPLEYARD (SOPRANO) 12.10pm Recital Hall £10 (£8)

M I D DAY M U S I C

• Walter Bergmann • Walter Bergmann Celebration Concert Celebration Concert • Masterclasses • Masterclasses

‘Blessed with a voice of pristine clarity’, Penelope Appleyard is becoming known for the purity and agility of her voice, and her stylish interpretations of historical repertoire.

Penelope graduated with Distinction from Birmingham Conservatoire and now performs internationally as a soloist and consort singer, particularly in the field of early music.

Edges, a musical about the trials and tribulations of moving into adulthood and the search for identity, love and commitment.

Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Tim Cranmore Recorders www.fippleflute.co.uk Tim Cranmore Recorders www.fippleflute.co.uk Recorder MusicMail www.recordermail.co.uk Recorder MusicMail

• Workshops, • Workshops, foyer events, foyer events, trade stands trade stands

www.recordermail.co.uk

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CH A MBER MUSIC FE S T IVA L Winter specials, featuring Romantic chamber music for piano and strings, (and a clarinet and horn!).

Every piece a masterpiece, from early Beethoven in stormy C minor to Russian melancholy and passion in Rachmaninov’s Elegiac Trio.

WED 14 FEB

THU 15 FEB

12.10pm Recital Hall

7.15pm Organ Studio

Free admission

Free admission

Susanne Braun piano Sybren Holwerda violin Yuechen Zhao cello

Catriona Mackenzie piano Alastair Legg violin Chloe Butterworth cello

Beethoven Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No.1 ‘Ghost’

Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1 in C minor, Op.8

Fu-Min Tseng piano Sebastian Wyss violin Matthew Johnstone viola Jonathan Madden cello

Gustavo Schafaschek piano Rebecca Köhler Barrato violin Ursula Miethe Flores cello

Brahms Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor, Op. 60

WED 14 FEB 6pm Recital Hall Free admission Roman Kosyakov piano Shi Ling Chin violin Ursula Miethe Flores cello Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor Petrina Phua piano Rebecca Kohler Barrato violin Griffith Wadkin cello Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114 Ken Lim piano Anton Clarke-Butler clarinet Aaron Billson cello Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49

Debussy Piano Trio in G major Fu-Min Tseng piano Aria Trigas-Payne violin Anya Liggins horn Brahms Horn Trio in E flat major, Op.40

WED 14 FEB 7pm The Lab

EMERGING DIRECTORS

£10 (£8) student £6 Tonight, we celebrate Tower of Power’s epic contribution to music with a live 10-piece band in the brand new Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Yu-Tzu Kung

FRI 16 FEB

YU-TZU KUNG (PERCUSSION) 12.30pm The Round Room, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free admission

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

MIDDAY MUSIC 12.10pm Recital Hall

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR: XENIA PESTOVA 3.30pm Workshop 1 £5 (or free entry with a ticket for the 12.10pm recital)

YU-TZU Kung percussion Gloria Yehilevsky percussion

MON 19 FEB

Dvor ák String Quintet No.2 in G major, Op.77

M I D DAY M U S I C

Xenia Pestova New Work (première) Alvin Lucier Music for Piano with Magnetic Strings John Young Magnetic Resonance (première)

Olivia Chew piano Olga Eckert violin Yahan Chen cello Fitzroy Quartet Stefano Mengoli, Laura Custodio Sabas violin Emily Pond viola Michael Newman cello

XENIA PESTOVA (PIANO WITH MAGNETIC RESONATOR PIANO MECHANISM) £10 (£8)

Free admission

1pm Lab

TUE 20 FEB

12.10pm Recital Hall

Campion Losing Touch Stockhausen No.9 Zyklus Maki Ishii Hiten Seido III for solo Marimba Op.75 Andy Akiho Stop Speaking for Snare Drum and Tape JS Bach French Suite No.5 in G major BWV816

FRI 16 FEB

Xenia Pestova

TOWER OF POWER (HARRY BENT)

Xenia Pestova University of Nottingham - Approaches to notation in music for piano and live electronics: the performer’s perspective.

TUE 20 FEB

THE TOWN HALL SYMPHONY HALL PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) M I D DAY M U S I C

Free admission Katarzyna Deja violin Ginevra Paniati piano

The prize for this major competition includes a public recital performance at Town Hall or Symphony Hall. In the final, we are guaranteed a series of exceptionally captivating performances as our students prove their ability to undertake a public recital at one of these major venues.

Beethoven Sonata Op.10, No.3 14

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WED 21 FEB

LUMOS

LUMOS: HERE COMES SUMMER 7pm Recital Hall

EMERGING DIRECTORS

£10 (£8)

THU 22 FEB

SAT 24 FEB

PERFORMING WITH TECHNOLOGY

CHAMBER MUSIC SATURDAYS

7pm The Lab

12pm Library of Birmingham

£8 (£6)

Free admission

Georgina Silverton flute Harriet Brown oboe Ben Garalnick horn Hugh Woolley bassoon Jacob Perry clarinet The Primrose Piano Quartet

MON 26 FEB

MIDDAY MUSIC 12.10pm Recital Hall

Samuel Barber Summer Music Janácek Mladi Hallam Dance Suite Maurice Hodges Irish Tunes Malcolm Arnold Sea Shanties

Free admission Elise Fairley soprano Jonathan French piano

A themed evening full of uplifting music recreating a summer garden party in the Conservatoire’s new Recital Hall. Come along for a fun evening with the Lumos Wind Quintet to remind you of the summertime. Light refreshments included.

MON 26 FEB

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER CHOIR WITH THOMAS TROTTER

WED 21 FEB

1pm Town Hall

MICS AND LIGHTS: MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION AND LIGHTING

£6 Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk Director Paul Spicer Thomas Trotter organ

8pm Centrala, 158 Fazeley St, Digbeth £5 (includes free drink)

THU 22 – SAT 24 FEB

LA VIE PARISIENNE

WED 21 FEB

An eclectic evening of music featuring Takemitsu’s Rain Tree, Sketch Schubert’s Sensate Focus, Varèse’s Ionisation, Berio’s Sequenza VII and a UK première of Caïnabeladamève by Ezko Kikouchi.

MIDDAY MUSIC: THE PRIMROSE PIANO QUARTET

THU 22 FEB

12.10pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) Brahms Piano Quartet in A, Op.26 The Primrose Piano Quartet was formed in 2004 by pianist and Head of Keyboard Studies at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, John Thwaites and members of four of the UK’s most renowned chamber ensembles; the Lindsay, Allegri, Edinburgh and Maggini Quartets.

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Thu & Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm Concert Hall

Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Stanford Fantasia and Toccata (organ solo) Leighton Crucifixus pro nobis Leighton God’s Grandeur Leighton Let all the World

£15 (£10) Director Michael Barry Conductor Michael Seal

ALEXANDER ROCHE (GUITAR) 6pm Organ Studio

M I D DAY M U S I C

COMMUTER CONCERT

£5

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Vocal Department presents a semi-staged version of Offenbach’s champagne cork operetta, La vie Parisienne. First seen in 1866, this lively tale of love, betrayal and mistaken identity is as popular today as it was at its première.

Includes works by Schuibert, Turina, Walton, CastelnuovoTedesco, Mertz and William Lloyd Webber.

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Juan Pablo Honorato

Anna Vienna Ho

TUE 27 FEB

THU 1 MAR

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR: MARY HAWKES

SOPHIE’S BARN FUNDRAISER

3.30pm Workshop 1

£10 (£7) Student £5

£5

An evening of song and dance music. Programme includes works by Piazzolla, Ibert and Rodrigo.

Mary Hawkes (The University of Sheffield) – Performance psychology: exploding popular myths about musicians’ preparation for performance

TUE 27 FEB

AMBACHE PRIZE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS

TUE 27 FEB

TUE 27 FEB

COFFEE CONCERT: JUAN PABLO HONORATO (GUITAR)

MIDDAY MUSIC: ANNA VIENNA HO (PIANO)

10.30am Recital Hall

12.10pm Recital Hall

£10 (£8)

£10 (£8)

Programme includes works by Milhaud, Tansman, Rodrigo, Sánchez and Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Programme includes works by Debussy, Liszt, Granados and Donizetti.

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Sophie Large was tragically killed in a car accident in February 1998, aged nineteen. Her parents, Cherry and Stephen Large, set up a memorial fund, to be known as SOPHIE’S SILVER LINING FUND, to help needy young actors and singers with the considerable expenses of their training.

FRI 2 MAR

COFFEE, CAKE AND CADENZAS

£8 (£6)

1pm The Piano Bar, New Alexandra Theatre

The Ambache Prize celebrates the importance of music by female composers. Open to both undergraduates and postgraduates, students can perform as a soloist or small ensemble and this special prize always promises wonderful variety in both its competitors and their repertoire.

Free admission

THU 1 MAR 6pm Organ Studio

The New Alexandra Theatre hosts chamber musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for an intimate lunchtime concert.

Please note the Piano Bar is on the first floor of the venue with access via stairs only.

FRI 2 MAR

BACH: GAMBA SONATAS COMMUTER CONCERT

Ulrich Heinen cello John Humphreys piano

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

EMERGING DIRECTORS

7pm Recital Hall

£5

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE

7.30pm The Lab

A rare opportunity to hear Bach’s three magnificent Gamba Sonatas interspersed with short works by Webern and Howard Skempton.

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A NIGHT ON BROADWAY (EMMA MACKINDER) 7pm The Lab

EMERGING DIRECTORS

£10 (£8) £5 students *£0.75 booking fee per ticket applies Director Emma MacKinder Musicians and actors from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire join forces for a night at the musicals… featuring some of the most popular Broadway hits, from Chicago, Cabaret, Wicked, Miss Saigon, Matilda… and many more!

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MON 5 MAR

WED 7 MAR

SUN 11 MAR

DECIBEL 7pm The Lab

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE OFFICIAL ROYAL OPENING GALA CONCERT

Free admission

£10 (£8)

7pm Concert Hall

Ruifan Xuan piano

Hear new works by composers from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire including Rosie Tunley, Maarten Benschop, Maya Verlaak, Peter Bell, Aydin Humphries, Tom Allan, George West and Robin Morton.

£35, £50

MIDDAY MUSIC 12.10pm Recital Hall

M I D DAY M U S I C

MON 5 MAR

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER CHOIR

Decibel

7.30pm St. Alban’s Church, Highgate Retiring Collection

The CBSO’s charismatic Music Director, Mirga GražinytėTyla conducts our fabulous Symphony Orchestra to kick off our Opening Festival (more details of which to follow) in a concert christening our magnificent new Concert Hall, to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

This exciting and original programme, which includes a piece by Professor Joe Cutler specially commissioned for the momentous occasion, is not to be missed!

WED 7 MAR

6.15pm Symphony Hall Free admission Beethoven String Quartet No.8, Op.59 No.2 Wai Lam violin Claudia Dehnke violin Qiuhan Kang viola Griffith Wadkin cello

THOMAS ADÈS CONDUCTS 7.30pm Symphony Hall £25 Tickets available via www.thsh.co.uk Thomas Trotter organ

Joe Cutler Elsewhereness (world première) Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 Ciurlionis In the Forest (UK première) with visuals Ravel Suite No.2 from Daphnis and Chloe We invite you to be a part of the city’s musical history as HRH Prince Edward officially opens Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Director Paul Spicer Callum Alger organ Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Leighton Crucifixus pro nobis Leighton God’s Grandeur Leighton Let all the World JS Bach Jesu, meine Freude BWV227

CBSO PRE CONCERT SHOWCASE: CHAMBER MUSIC

Conductor Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Andrey Ivanov piano

THU 8 MAR

Part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Opening Festival.

More details to follow soon.

DECIBEL: ED BENNETT’S ‘TOGETHERNESS’ CD LAUNCH 7pm The Lab £10 (£8) In this special portrait concert of Ed Bennett’s music Decibel launch their new CD on the Diatribe label. Expect a high-energy programme ranging from wild and driving polyrhythmic workouts to delicate moments of stillness and quiet introspection.

Decibel gratefully acknowledges the support of the PRSF Beyond Borders fund.

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Gerald Barry Organ Concerto (CBSO co-commission, world première) Thomas Adès Polaris Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements 20

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SEARCHING FOR BEAUTY

FRI 16 – SUN 25 MAR

SAT 17 MAR

SAT 24 MAR

‘What rules do you follow?’ asked Claude Debussy’s music teacher. ‘Pleasure,’ he replied. But pleasure can unlock whole worlds. 100 years after his death, we join the CBSO as they set out in search of the wonder, the power and the sheer beauty of music’s quietest revolutionary.

DEBUSSY AND WATER

DEBUSSY THE MINIATURIST

3.30pm Recital Hall

11am Recital Hall

£10 (£6)

£10 (£6)

Exploring the rich vein of repertoire inspired by this theme; Debussy’s virtuosic piano piece L’isle Joyeuse, Preludes and the magnificent Le Jet d’Eau from the Baudelaire songs.

A hugely entertaining programme with some early and very short Debussy songs, including a recently resurrected teenage piece, Jeanne. Saint-Saëns studies for the left hand and 5 finger studies such as Debussy’s own Pour les cinq doigts, and Ravel’s Noël des Jouets.

FRI 16 MAR

SUN 18 MAR

DEBUSSY IN SPAIN

DEBUSSY AND IMAGERY

DEBUSSY, WATTEAU AND THE FÊTES GALANTES WITH RICHARD LANGHAM SMITH

2pm Recital Hall

Programme available at www.bcu.ac.uk/concerts Full festival info available at www.cbso.co.uk/debussy-festival

8pm CBSO Centre £10 (£6) An exploration of Debussy’s use of Imagery through two intricately inventive works for the piano; Images book I and Images book II. These two sets will frame Debussy’s Proses Lyriques for soprano and piano, where the composer uses his own imagery in his own poetry.

DEBUSSY BY NIGHT

11am Recital Hall Free admission A talk from Richard Langham Smith (Professor of Music, RCM and contributor to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s new French Music Research Hub book), developing connections with paintings and poetry,

9.30pm CBSO Centre

£10 (£6) An exploration of Spanish-inflected French music, including Debussy’s Estampes for solo piano, which contains La soirée dans Grenade, evoking the guitar music of Granada. This will feature Manuel de Falla’s exquisite French word-setting in his French songs of 1909: also Debussy’s, a Prelude inspired by a postcard from de Falla.

The Debussy Festival has been made possible through the generous support of Barry and Frances Kirkham, Jerry Sykes and HSBC.

£10 (£6) Songs and piano pieces with themes of the evening and night. To include the Debussy Nocturne for the piano and some of his most enticing songs.

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CATEGORY FINALS

Five performers per category give a recital programme in their bid to become BBC Young Musician Category Winner.

Fri 16 Mar, 7pm Strings Sat 17 Mar, 7pm Percussion Sun 18 Mar, 7pm Woodwind Mon 19 Mar, 7pm Brass Tue 20 Mar, 7pm Keyboard

SEMI-FINAL

FRI 16 - FRI 23 MAR

BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN 2018 CATEGORY FINALS & SEMI-FINAL

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by Christopher Morley.

You can buy it from the Events Office for £20, £10 less than the RRP, or if you can’t stop by you can order online from Amazon with free delivery.

FRI 16 MAR

ALL STAR BRASS FOR AFRICA BAND

LUNCHTIMES AT BMAG

7.30pm St Paul’s Church, Jewellery Quarter

12.30pm The Round Room, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Featuring Richard Marshall, Les Neish, Owen Farr, Matthew White, Nick Hudson performing brass band classics such as Shine as the Light, Horizons, MacArthur Park, Virtuosity and Czardas.

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Fri 23 Mar, 7pm Semi-Final

Tickets for each performance: £8 (students / U18s £5)

These performances will be filmed for broadcast on BBC television. There will be cameras in the hall.

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Concert Hall

More details available at www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician

SAT 17 MAR

SAT 31 MAR

JUNIOR ARTISTS CHAMBER CONCERT

CHAMBER MUSIC SATURDAYS

7.30pm Recital Hall

12pm Library of Birmingham

£8 (£6)

Free admission

Musicians from the Junior Conservatoire join together in a fitting finale to the end of term.

WED 14 MAR

£10 (£8)

The five category winners have one more chance to impress as they each play for a place in the BBC Young Musician Grand Final.

Free admission

SAT 24 MAR

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

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BIRMINGH A M CONSERVAT OIRE THANKS ITS SPONSORS, FUNDERS, PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS SUPPORTERS

Avid John Avins Trust Birmingham Conservatoire Association Birmingham Conservatoire Trust Birmingham School of Music Centenary Appeal Fund Classical Guitar Centre Denis Matthews Memorial Trust DfE (Music & Dance Scheme) DMC McDonald Foundation European Culture Programme EMI Music Sound Foundation Ernest Cook Trust Florian Leonhard Fine Violins Hammerson plc Leverhulme Trust Mark Hopton Rowlands Trust Steve Elliott The Michael Bishop Foundation The Schubert Ensemble of London The Tillett Trust Thomas Riebl Tony Brookes Enriching Encounters Fund Tony Davis and Darren Qualls The Wolfson Foundation

EVENT FUNDERS

Britten Pears Foundation Hinrichsen Foundation Holst Foundation Kingdom of the Netherlands PRS Foundation for New Music RVW Trust

MEMBERSHIP

Association of European Conservatoires Conservatoires UK Incorporated Society of Musicians

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PARTNERS

Armonico Consort Aston Performing Arts Academy Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Birmingham Royal Ballet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Coventry Music Dudley Performing Arts Dudley International Piano Competition Ex Cathedra Gloucestershire Music In Telford and Stoke Jazzlines Leamington Music mac Birmingham Music Education Council Music for Youth Musicians’ Union Orchestra of the Swan Perry Beeches II Quench Arts Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Partnership Schools Centre for Young Musicians, London Royal College of Organists Royal Shakespeare Company sampad Second Cup Coffee Services for Education, Music Service Sheffield Music Hub Sound Futures South Birmingham College Stan’s Cafe The Rowlands Trust Town Hall Symphony Hall Tredegar Town Band Welsh National Opera Wolverhampton Music Hub

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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 and 66 all go from Priory Queensway (Argos) 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 welcoem at all Royal Birmingham Conservatorie venues. If you wish to bring a Guide Dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

BIRMINGH A M CONSERVAT OIRE ASSOCIATION Registered Charity No 1067676 Support the Musicians of Tomorrow - Join us Today Birmingham Conservatoire Association is a voluntary organisation supporting the work of the students at Birmingham Conservatoire. Our international membership consists of alumni, current and former members of staff, distinguished Honorary Members including the President of Birmingham Conservatoire, Sir Simon Rattle OM CBE DUniv, parents, friends and all those wishing to support our objectives. We are a Registered Charity which is independent from the Conservatoire. Our work includes the joint production with the Conservatoire of a twiceyearly promotional magazine Fanfare, financial support for the CBSO Learning and Participation Programme and to individual students for a variety of needs (such as instrumental purchase and repair, travelling & living expenses, and masterclasses), the annual Undergraduate Welcome and biennial Alumni and Staff Reunions.

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Membership is open to everyone who wishes to support the work of the students at 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 BCA Members and join us online or by requesting an application form from BCA Hon Secretary John Smith 0121 476 4741 / smith@hrs359.fsnet.co.uk.

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BEGINS M A RCH 2018

Details announced soon at www.bcu.ac.uk/concerts

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