Playing London (concerts brochure)

Playing London Mar – Aug 2012

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Music in the Marble 9 March, 7.30pm Royal College of Music Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Haydn Symphony No 100 Smail Music in the Marble Oliver Gilmour conductor Crash Bang Wallop!

24 March, 12.00pm Cadogan Hall McNeff The Tale of Peter Rabbit Claire Bloor presenter Michelle Todd narrator/soprano City of London Festival Lunchtime Concert 28 March, 1.05pm St Andrew Holborn Gorecki Three Pieces in Old Style C.P.E. Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Mendelssohn String Symphony No 10 Martin Burgess violin Karen Jones flute CLoSer 25 April, 7.30pm Village Underground Milhaud La Création du Monde Turnage Eulogy Simcock compositions Clark Rundell conductor Gwilym Simcock piano Fiona Bonds viola

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Crash Bang Wallop!

19 May, 12.00pm Cadogan Hall John Falcone The Tortoise and the Hare Vangelis Chariots of Fire Fisher Tull Olympic Fanfare Claire Bloor presenter Pancreatic Cancer UK Charity Gala 24 May, 7.30pm Cadogan Hall Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Mozart Clarinet Concerto Mozart Requiem Stephen Layton conductor Michael Collins clarinet Opera Holland Park 7 June – 4 August Holland Park See page 10 for full details Tutti all’Opera Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House 24 – 25 June, 7.00pm Gluck Il trionfo di Clelia Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio conductor

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Conquering the Antarctic 3 March, 7.30pm Cadogan Hall Vaughan Williams Scott of the Antarctic McDowall Seventy Degrees Below Zero Vaughan Williams Symphony No 7 Stephen Layton conductor

We offer a limited number of £5 tickets to selected concerts for young people aged 16 – 25 years old. FIVER concerts are indicated in the brochure by the symbol above.

With special thanks to the John Ellerman Foundation our core programme supporter 2011/12.

Front cover: Lynda, Principal Bass

With Olympic year now finally upon us, we are celebrating achievement and endurance this spring with our Conquering the Antarctic concert tour, which concludes in London as part of the BBC’s Music Nation weekend. The concert celebrates and retells the story of Captain Scott’s expedition to the South Pole through music, words and photography, and features a stunning new commission

by British composer Cecilia McDowall, Seventy Degrees Below Zero.

We continue the Olympic theme with the return of our hugely popular family concert series Crash Bang Wallop! with two concerts at Cadogan Hall; an Olympic themed brass concert in May, preceded by Beatrix Potter’s much loved Tale of Peter Rabbit in March.

Our informal concert series CLoSer continues in East London’s Village Underground with two concerts celebrating the range of the human voice and pushing the boundaries of experimental jazz. We’re delighted to be joined by the Holst Singers and jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock as guest artists for these concerts.

We return as resident orchestra to the capital’s favourite opera festival, Opera Holland Park, in June, performing a diverse and eclectic range of operas. We are also delighted to join Tutti all’Opera for the UK premiere of German composer Christoph Gluck’s forgotten gem Il trionfo di Clelia at the Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

Whether you are a regular City of London Sinfonia concert attender or joining us for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you warmly to our very special brand of music-making.

Amos, Trombone

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Conquering the Antarctic £30, £25, £18, £15 Children/OAP/Job seekers: 50% off all ticket prices 020 7730 4500 cadoganhall.com

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Saturday 3 March 7.30 – 9.30pm Cadogan Hall

Vaughan Williams Excerpts from Scott of the Antarctic Cecilia McDowall Seventy Degrees Below Zero Vaughan Williams Symphony No 7 Sinfonia Antartica Stephen Layton conductor Robert Murray tenor Katherine Watson soprano Hugh Bonneville narrator Holst Singers This concert retells the inspiring human story behind Captain Scott’s epic expedition to the South Pole through music, words and photography. It features excerpts from Vaughan Williams’ film score Scott of the Antarctic, interwoven with moving readings from Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition diary. The iconic music of Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 7 will also be performed, accompanied by stunning projections of expedition photographs by Herbert Ponting.

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In partnership with Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge Supported by Arts Council England, Colwinston Charitable Trust, The Richard Hickox Fund for New Music, The RVW Trust, Scott Polar Research Institute, The Summerfield Charitable Trust, United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust and The Vaughan Williams Charitable Foundation.

Part of Music Nation a countdown event for the London 2012 Festival

Music in the Marble

Friday 9 March 7.30 – 9.30pm Amaryllis Fleming Hall Royal College of Music £15 Friends of the RCM £12, Students £5 There is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction for online and telephone bookings.

020 7591 4314 boxoffice.rcm.ac.uk Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Haydn Symphony No 100 Tom Smail Music in the Marble world premiere Oliver Gilmour conductor Tonight’s concert bursts with energy and emotion. Mendelssohn’s Hebrides overture inspired by the composer’s youthful infatuation with Scotland, conjures up the legends and the rugged terrain of Scotland, while Haydn’s Symphony No 100 was the greatest of all his successes in England, due to its attractive themes and his captivating use of percussion. Tonight’s world premiere Music in the Marble, weaves a glorious tapestry of emotions, exploring power and darkness; hope and humour, and drawing inspiration from the sculptures chosen by commissioner Daniel Katz.

Crash Bang Wallop!

Saturday 24 March 12 noon – 1.00pm Pre concert activities from 11.00am Cadogan Hall Adult: £8 Child: £6 Family: £24 020 7730 4500 cadoganhall.com Stephen McNeff The Tale of Peter Rabbit Claire Bloor presenter Dominic Wheeler conductor Michelle Todd narrator/soprano Pre concert creative activities include: • Meet the Musicians • Minute Maestro conducting • Musical Crafts • Percussion Zoo Our hugely popular family concert is back! Stephen McNeff’s fun musical retelling of Beatrix Potter’s delightful classic children’s story offers youngsters a fantastic introduction to the world of classical music. Join our presenter as she helps you spot the instruments and meet the music; there’ll be plenty of opportunity for singing and audience participation too.

Concert is suitable for children three to eight years

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…more than just a concert Wednesday 25 April 7.30 – 8.45pm (no interval) Village Underground

“Fantastic venue, great acoustic!”

“Loved being so close to the musicians!” *audience quotes from CLoSer Nov 2011

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Milhaud La CrĂŠation du Monde Mark-Anthony Turnage Eulogy Gwilym Simcock compositions Clark Rundell conductor Gwilym Simcock piano Fiona Bonds viola

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ÂŁ15 (includes a free drink) concessions available 020 7377 1362 spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk

The final concert in our popular informal concert series features an array of talent, from the stunning improvisations of Mercury prize nominated jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock, to the stimulating Eulogy by composer extraordinaire Mark-Anthony Turnage. Stay post concert and chat with some of our musicians as they show off their talents in our informal Encore session. Bar available throughout the concert.

Doors and Bar open 6.45pm

supported by Arts Council England

Michael Collins Principal Conductor & CLS Strings Image: Clare Parker

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Helen, Oboe and Jane, Principal Second Violin

City of London Crash Bang Festival Lunchtime Wallop!

Saturday 19 May Concert 12 noon – 1.00pm Wednesday 28 March 1.05 – 2.05pm St Andrew Holborn

Free, no booking required Gorecki Three Pieces in Old Style C.P.E. Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Mendelssohn String Symphony No 10 Martin Burgess violin Karen Jones flute This concert showcases music for string ensemble by some of Europe’s most prodigious composers. It brings together the precocious talent of Górecki who combines traditional materials with modern effects in his Three Pieces in Old Style, followed by the virtuosic Concerto for Flute in D Minor, written fairly early in the career of CPE Bach. Finally the exceptional talent of Mendelssohn, deconstructed in his String Symphony No 10 in B Minor, shows that, even as a teenager, the composer had a strong understanding and affinity with the string orchestra.

Pre concert activities from 11.00am Cadogan Hall Adult: £8 Child: £6 Family: £24 020 7730 4500 cadoganhall.com John Falcone The Tortoise and the Hare Vangelis Chariots of Fire Fisher Tull Olympic Fanfare Claire Bloor presenter The Purcell School Lower Choir Pre concert creative activities include: • Make your own Olympic torch • Meet the brass instruments • Musical Crafts • Percussion Zoo A special Olympic themed Crash Bang Wallop! introducing young listeners to the brass section of the Orchestra. You’ll meet the noisiest and loudest members of City of London Sinfonia, as we celebrate Olympic style with the iconic film music from Chariots of Fire and Aesop’s well known fable: The Tortoise and the Hare.

As always there will be plenty of opportunity for singing and audience participation too.

Concert is suitable for children three to eight years

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Pancreatic Cancer UK Charity Gala Saturday 24 May 7.30 – 9.30pm Cadogan Hall

£35, £32, £25, £17, £10 Children under 16: £5 when accompanied by an adult with a full price ticket 020 7730 4500 cadoganhall.com Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Mozart Clarinet Concerto Mozart Requiem Stephen Layton conductor Michael Collins clarinet Katherine Watson soprano Louise Poole alto Nicholas Mulroy tenor Derek Welton bass Holst Singers We are delighted and honoured to be performing in this charity Gala in memory of Robert Brown.

Under the baton of our Artistic Director Stephen Layton, we perform Mozart’s ever popular Requiem, and our Principal Conductor Michael Collins, joins us as a soloist to play Mozart’s great masterpiece for clarinet, his Concerto.

Promoted by Hazard Chase Ltd in memory of Robert Brown.

An auction in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK will be held during the evening. You can make advance bids online from February 2012 at: robertbrownconcert.org.uk

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Opera Holland Park

Fri 7 June – Sun 4 August Holland Park Gardens

£65.50, £57.50, £48.50, £12 0300 999 1000 operahollandpark.com Telephone booking will open at 10am on Mon 23 April Online booking will open at 10am on Thur 19 April Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor 7, 9, 12, 15, 19, 23, 27, 30 June at 7.30pm Mozart Così fan tutte 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 28 (matinee 2pm) June; 4, 7 July at 7.15pm Puccini Gianni Schicchi Mascagni Zanetto 22, 26, 29 June; 3, 6, 12, 14 July at 7.30pm Production supported by Winton Capital

Tchaikovsky Yevgeny Onegin 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 31 July; 2, 4 August at 7.30pm Verdi Falstaff 20, 24, 26, 28, 30 July; 1, 3 August at 7.30pm Please note all performances finish between 10.00 – 10.30pm.

We are delighted to be returning as resident orchestra at the capital’s ever popular Opera Holland Park for our ninth season.

This season sees seven operas performed in rep, staged undercover in the beautiful setting of the gardens of Holland Park.

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Tutti all’opera

Sun 24 & Mon 25 June 7.00 – 10.00pm Linbury Studio Theatre Royal Opera House £37.50, £32.50, £25, £12 standing Students: £17.50 020 7304 4000 roh.org.uk Booking opens 10 April Gluck Il Trionfo di Clelia UK premiere Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio conductor Nigel Lowrey director A wonderful opportunity to catch the UK premiere of Gluck’s rarely performed Il trionfo di Clelia in a new production directed by Nigel Lowery. Il trionfo was commissioned for the inauguration of the Teatro Comunale Bologna in 1763 but its complex staging demands were too great for other theatres and sadly it was forgotten. This classic opera seria staged in three acts and sung in Italian, tells the story of Lars Porsena, King of the Etruscans and the young Roman hostage Cloelia.

Sung in Italian; no surtitles Supported by European Union Education and Culture Programme

Orchestral Eucharists St Paul’s Cathedral

The orchestra accompanies the cathedral choir at the morning orchestral Eucharists each Sunday in July.y

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Venues Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ Linbury Studio Theatre Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD Opera Holland Park Holland Park, W14 8AA Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BS St Andrew Holborn St. Andrew Street, EC4A 3AB St Paul’s Cathedral St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M 8AD Village Underground 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ Travel Information can be found at tfl.gov.uk/020 7222 1234

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One of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras, City of London Sinfonia has earned a reputation for strong distinctive programming, outstanding performances and recordings, often with a particular focus on music featuring the voice.

Under the artistic leadership of Stephen Layton (Artistic Director & Principal Conductor) and Michael Collins (Principal Conductor), the Orchestra performs throughout the UK, with regular London appearances at all the major concert halls and venues and has been resident orchestra at the capital’s popular festival Opera Holland Park since 2004, as well as being regular guests at major UK festivals and abroad.

40th Anniversary Season Sept 2011- Aug 2012

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