Guildhall School events January – April 2014 Music • Drama • Opera • Jazz
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Contents Season series
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Monthly highlights
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January February March April
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Masterclasses
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Guildhall ResearchWorks
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Guildhall Young Artists
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Events at a glance
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Future events
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What they say
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Our partnerships The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is proud to work in partnership with the following organisations:
Photographs: Clive Totman, Jack Liebeck, Alexander Newton, Simon Way, Morley von Sternberg, Melanie Winning, Clive Barda, Camilla Greenwell, Anne-Marie Le BlÊ, Marco Borggreve, Keith Saunders, Sussie Ahlburg, Paul Henderson, Benjamin Ealovega, Richard Olivier. Cover photo: Edward Gardner conducting the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra at the opening of Milton Court (September 2013) Š Clive Totman.
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Guildhall Artists at the Barbican Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire. Sunday 12 January • 6pm
Wednesday 5 February • 6pm
Haydn Piano Trios
String Sextets
Gabriel Ng violin Leander Kippenberg cello Anna Gogava piano
Panufnik Song to the Virgin Mary Dvořák Sextet in A major Op 48
Viktor Stenhjem violin Alejandra Diaz Perez cello Edward Liddall piano Sunday 2 February • 6pm
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Works Maxwell Davies Hymnos and Ave Maris Stella David Ruff flute / alto flute Oliver Pashley clarinet George Barton marimba Moira Bette viola Arthur Boutillier cello Siwan Rhys piano
Filip Jeska violin Igor Michalski viola Luba Tunnicliffe viola Marta Lagoda cello Toby White cello Sunday 23 February • 6pm
Hugo Wolf Songs Excerpts from Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch Jennie Witton soprano Chloë Treharne mezzo-soprano Adam Sullivan tenor Dominic Walsh tenor Lana Bode piano
Admission free BARBICAN HALL
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Faculty Artist Series
The School’s series of exclusive performances by senior professors and their colleagues gives the public, staff and students the opportunity to see some of the country’s finest musicians perform in the Milton Court Concert Hall.
Thursday 13 February • 7.30pm
Described by Gramophone as ‘one of the finest British pianists of his generation’, Charles Owen performs JS Bach’s landmark Goldberg Variations in its entirety.
Friday 21 February • 7.30pm
James Gibb memorial concert An evening celebrating the life of James Gibb (1918 – 2013), former Head of Keyboard Studies at the Guildhall School and a much-loved figure. Staff and student performers include: Adrian Thompson tenor, Professor of Vocal Studies Krzysztof Smietana violin, Assistant Deputy Head of Strings Peter Bithell piano, Professor of Piano Ronan O’Hora piano, Head of Keyboard Studies Caroline Palmer piano, Professor of Piano Laura Roberts piano, Professor of Piano Ashley Fripp piano Anna Gogava piano The programme includes Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt, Albéniz, Alan Bush and Constant Lambert.
Louise Hopkins
Alexander Janiczek
JS Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Ronan O’Hora
Charles Owen piano Professor of Piano
Charles Owen
Charles Owen
Tuesday 25 March • 7.30pm
Ronan O’Hora, Alexander Janiczek & Louise Hopkins Ronan O’Hora piano Head of Keyboard Studies Alexander Janiczek violin Professor of Violin Louise Hopkins cello Head of Strings Dvořák Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat major Op 97, ‘Archduke’ Beethoven’s final and most celebrated piano trio, the lyrical ‘Archduke’, is the last work the composer himself performed in public. Here it is paired with Dvořák’s tragic and impassioned Piano Trio No 3.
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
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SEASON SERIES
Total Immersion The Guildhall School is delighted to join the BBC Symphony Orchestra in exploring the work of two exciting composers this spring as part of the Orchestra’s acclaimed Total Immersion series. Saturday 15 February • 1pm
Saturday 8 March • 1pm
Total Immersion: Thea Musgrave
Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos
A day of music, talks and films celebrating the work of Scottish composer Thea Musgrave in her 85th year. Here Guildhall musicians perform a selection of Musgrave’s extraordinary chamber music.
Brazil’s most famous composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959) was an iconoclast whose raw, zestful music gave expression to a vibrant new polyglot culture. Guildhall musicians perform two of his quintets, and his playful work for flute and cello, Assobio a Jato (‘The Jet Whistle’).
Programme to include: Thea Musgrave Chamber Concerto No 2 Pierrot From Spring to Spring Impromptu No 1 Cantilena BARBICAN HALL
Programme to include: Villa-Lobos Quinteto em forma de chôros Quinteto Instrumental Assobio a Jato MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Tickets: £12 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). Full details of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion Days are available at www.bbc.co.uk/symphonyorchestra 5
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January Monday 20 January • 10am & 2pm
Public Composers’ Workshop The EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and director James Weeks (Associate Head of Composition) workshop pieces for eight voices by Guildhall composers. Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Thursday 9 January • 6pm MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL Thursday 23 January • 8pm WEILL RECITAL HALL, CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK
Artists from the Guildhall School Raphaela Papadakis soprano Benjamin Appl baritone James Sherlock piano Following the success of its first visit in 2012, the Guildhall School is delighted to return to the Weill Recital Hall in New York to present three highly-acclaimed artists: soprano Raphaela Papadakis, baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Sherlock. Their programme is rich in variety, taking in works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Poulenc, Schoenberg, Britten and the Guildhall School’s Head of Composition, Julian Philips.
Monday 27 January • 10am & 2pm
Public Composers’ Workshop A string quartet from the Aurora Orchestra workshops pieces by third year Guildhall composers. Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Tuesday 28 January • 1.05pm
Guildhall Harpists & Friends The School’s Harp department presents a lunchtime concert including works by Fauré, Roussel and Couperin. Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
London audiences can hear the programme performed in the Milton Court Concert Hall a few weeks before.
Friday 31 January • 6pm
Mendelssohn Gruß (Eichendorff) Op 63 No 3 Abendlied (Heine)
Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble
Schumann
Dichterliebe (Heine) Op 24
‘Pulse Fiction’
Poulenc
Fiançailles pour rire (de Vilmorin)
Curated and directed by the dynamic British composer Fraser Trainer, this early-evening concert features two of Trainer’s key works, Pulse Fiction and Landguard Fort, alongside material created from Bartók’s Mikrokosmos which has been re-imagined and reworked.
Julian Philips Selections from An Amherst Bestiary (Dickinson) Schoenberg
Selections from Brettl-Lieder
Britten
Selected songs from Folksong Arrangements
The Milton Court Concert Hall performance is free. Tickets for the Weill Recital Hall are $20 ($10 concessions) via www.carnegiehall.org
Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL 6
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014
Thursday 23 January • 7.30pm
Guildhall Chamber Orchestra Alexander Janiczek director and violin Luba Tunnicliffe viola Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat D485 Mozart Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra K364 Stravinsky Concertino for 12 instruments Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major Op 22 Acclaimed violinist and Guildhall professor Alexander Janiczek leads Guildhall musicians through a richly-textured programme of chamber works culminating in Dvořák’s appealing Serenade for Strings in E major. MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
February Monday 3 February • 7pm
Aisslinn Nosky & John Irving Aisslinn Nosky violin John Irving fortepiano Mozart Piano Trio in C K548 Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Beethoven Piano Quartet in E flat Op 16 Rising star Aisslinn Nosky is one of the leading North American period instrument violinists of her generation. Her residency at the School culminates in a ResearchWorks collaboration with fortepianist John Irving and Guildhall musicians exploring the hidden language of musical topics in chamber music by Mozart and Beethoven. Preceding this evening concert is a ResearchWorks lecture at 6pm (see page 18).
Tuesday 18 February • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Singers Scott Stroman director The jazz department’s close-harmony group performs arrangements of favourite jazz standards and original music by Scott Stroman. Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
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Monday 10, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, Thursday 13, Friday 14, Saturday 15 February • 7.30pm Tuesday 11, Thursday 13 February • 2pm MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
henry V by William Shakespeare Developed at The Other Place at the RSC
Martin Hutson director Tom Oldham designer
Chris Warner composer
Monday 17, Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19, Thursday 20, Friday 21, Saturday 22 February • 7.30pm Tuesday 18, Thursday 20 February • 2pm MILTON COURT THEATRE
HAMLET by William Shakespeare
Jo McInnes director
Anna Bliss Scully designer
Tickets for each production: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
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FEBRUARY 2014
Thursday 20 – Friday 28 February
Dialogue 2014 Compass Rose (Two courts and a palace) Dialogue celebrates the talent, creativity and diversity of the people of East London and the next generation of artists. Facilitated by the Guildhall School and Barbican’s joint Creative Learning division, this annual event sees Guildhall Masters in Leadership students work in a variety of community settings, leading projects that culminate in a dynamic programme of performances. Tuesday 25 February • 7pm
Friday 28 February • 7.30pm
Big Band Showcase: ‘Compass Rose’
Chats Palace Finale
The Dialogue headliner will lift the roof of the Milton Court Concert Hall, with bands and collectives including (Im)Possibilities, The Messengers and Future Band.
The audience will be encouraged to explore site specific sound installations and hear original music by new creative collectives.
Tickets: £5 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Admission free but booking required. Please e-mail: creative.learning@barbican.org.uk CHATS PALACE, BROOKSBY’S WALK, E9
Wednesday 26 February • 7.30pm
Alumni Recital Series:
Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe Tasmin Little violin Martin Roscoe piano Mozart Sonata No 21 in E minor K304 Fauré Sonata No 1 in A major Op 13 Ravel Sonate posthume Franck Sonata in A major The Alumni Recital Series sees the Guildhall School welcome back some of its most highly-acclaimed alumni to perform in the Milton Court Concert Hall. Tasmin Little returns to the School for this special performance, accompanied by Guildhall professor Martin Roscoe.
The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL 9
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Thursday 27 February • 7pm
Guildhall Percussion Ensemble Julian Warburton director Taylor Irelan flute Varèse Ionisation Jolivet Suite en Concert Traditional West African Drumming A programme combining 20th century works with traditional music, beginning with Varèse’s influential Ionisation. Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
March
Monday 10 March • 1.10pm
Sunday 2 March • 3pm
ST GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE
Decoda
Guildhall Cantata Project
The Barbican Weekender returns to explore image and identity through arts and technology. How have these shaped how we see ourselves?
‘Les Plaisirs de Versailles’
As part of a free programme of events, the vibrant New York Chamber Collective Decoda and musicians from the Guildhall School present a family concert featuring Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet. Full details of the Barbican Weekender are available at www.barbican.org.uk MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Monday 3 March • 7pm
Mörike Lieder Iain Burnside director
Guildhall Big Band
Undergraduate singers and postgraduate pianists perform excerpts from Hugo Wolf’s Mörike Lieder under the direction of Iain Burnside.
Scott Stroman director
Admission free
Featuring The Musicians’ Company Dankworth Jazz Composition Awards.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
The Guildhall Jazz Band gives the much-anticipated premiere performances of the two winning works – one for small ensemble and one for big band – in The Musicians’ Company Dankworth Jazz Composition Awards, which is open to composers aged 28 and younger. The Awards will be presented by members of the Dankworth family.
German Lieder
Friday 28 February • 7.30pm
Admission free MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
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Friday 7 March • 7pm Postgraduate singers and pianists perform a selection of German Song in a programme devised and presented by Eugene Asti. Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
BLACKHEATH HALLS
Wednesday 12 March • 1pm
James Johnstone director This intriguing programme of French baroque music contrasts Charpentier’s entertaining cantata with Couperin’s Lamentation setting for the Tenebrae service. Blackheath Halls: Admission free. St George’s: £10 (free to students) from london-handel-festival.com from 14 January. Tuesday 11 March • 7pm
Brass Spectacular Guildhall Brass Band Chris Houlding conductor Cundell Blackfriars Symphonic Prelude Orr Concerto for Trumpet and Brass Band Guildhall Brass Ensemble Eric Crees conductor Gabrieli ed. Crees Sonata XVIII (1615) Gilson ed. Crees La Fanfare Wagnerienne Gabrieli Sonata XX Admission free MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Thursday 13 March • 1.05pm
Guildhall Consort Eamonn Dougan, Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, directs the Historical Performance department’s advanced vocal ensemble. Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2014
Dominic Wheeler conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans director Dick Bird designer Susannah Henry associate designer Colin Grenfell lighting designer
Tuesday 4, Thursday 6, Saturday 8, Monday 10 March • 7pm SILK STREET THEATRE
o i h c c o n i P The Adventures of
by Jonathan Dove
With its huge orchestral and choral resources, framing an ensemble of dazzlingly virtuosic principal roles and combined with theatrical demands including a puppet show, a funfair where unsuspecting boys are turned into circus donkeys, and a touching reunion in the belly of a whale, Jonathan Dove and librettist Alasdair Middleton’s spectacular version of Collodi’s classic fairy tale represents one of the largest and most ambitious productions at the Guildhall School in recent years. Reserved tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January.
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members The performance on 4 March will be preceded by Opera in the Foyer, a selection of opera scenes performed by senior Guildhall School singers at 6.15pm. The performances on 4 and 6 March will be streamed live on the Euroclassical website at classicalplanet.com/euroclassical 11
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Monday 31 March • 7pm Thursday 20 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Jaime Martín conductor Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 Jaime Martín makes his debut with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, conducting Bartók’s virtuosic orchestral showpiece, the Concerto for Orchestra, and Brahms’s final symphony, the monumental Fourth.
An Evening with Frederick and Carl Pavlo Beznosiuk directs musicians from the Historical Performance department in a programme featuring the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to mark his 300th anniversary. Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
BARBICAN HALL
Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk)
Friday 14 March • 7pm
Monday 17 March • 7.30pm
Italian Vocal Music
Guildhall Guitars
Italian song and opera repertoire performed by postgraduate singers and pianists, devised and presented by Emanuele Moris.
David Miller director Rachel Wolseley soprano Rhodri Jones tenor Michael Solomon Williams tenor
Admission free
English song and chamber music featuring works by Dowland, Berkeley, Britten and Walton.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Monday 17 March • 7pm
Russian Song Russian song and opera arias performed by postgraduate singers, devised and presented by Lada Valešová. Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Friday 21 March • 7pm
Opera Scenes Concert Singers from the Vocal Studies department perform opera scenes under the music directorship of Linnhe Robertson, staged by Victoria Newlyn, Dinah Stabb and Shirley Keane. Admission free MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
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Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 March, Tuesday 1 April • 7pm Saturday 29 March • 2.30pm
Opera Scenes Ian Rutherford director Liz Rowe musical director An informal performance of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts presented in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course. Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 10 February. MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
MARCH 2014
Friday 28, Saturday 29, Monday 31 March, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2 April • 7.30pm Monday 31 March, Wednesday 2 April • 2pm
SILK STREET THEATRE
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other A a one-act play without words …I spent the entire day on the terrace of a café in a little square watching life pass by; the hustle and bustle, the milling of tourists, natives and workers. And none of the people knew anything of each other…
by Peter Handke translated by Gitta Honegger Sue Lefton director Agnes Treplin designer
Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 28 February. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
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Saturday 22 – Friday 28 March
Guildhall Jazz Festival & Improvisation Fringe The Guildhall Jazz Festival is back and bigger than ever. Major visiting artists collaborate with exciting up-and-coming talent to showcase the best of British jazz and improvised music across seven performance-packed days. Saturday 22 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Band directed by Scott Stroman with special guest Julian Siegel The festival kicks off in style with the Guildhall Jazz Band joining forces with internationallyacclaimed saxophonist Julian Siegel to perform new music and arrangements. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Sunday 23 March • 1.05pm
Sunday 23 March • 4pm
Junior Guildhall Jazz Ensembles
Guildhall Jazz Faculty Concert
directed by Ollie Weston and Jonathan Taylor
Guildhall professors perform an eclectic mix of jazz favourites, improvised music and original material.
Small group and Big Band jazz from the Guildhall School’s thriving Junior department. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
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Sunday 23 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble Former students return to the School to lead a dynamic evening of music. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL 14
Monday 24 March • 1.05pm
Guildhall Jazz Composers Ensemble directed by Ed Puddick Showcasing new music by Guildhall students studying jazz composition and arranging. MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Tuesday 25 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemble with special guests Paul Dunmall saxophone Dave Kane double bass Mark Sanders percussion Guildhall musicians perform with three of the most respected names in European improvised music. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Wednesday 26 March • 1.05pm
Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble directed by Christian Forshaw with special guest composer Mike Westbrook A lunchtime concert featuring the music of Mike Westbrook, one of the most respected and original composers in the jazz and new music spectrum. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
JAZZ FESTIVAL & IMPROVISATION FRINGE
Wednesday 26 March • 7.30pm
Vintage Jazz Night
Friday 28 March • 7.30pm
directed by Martin Hathaway
Guildhall Jazz Singers & Ensemble
The much-loved Vintage Jazz Night returns with small group jazz favourties from the 1920s and 30s. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Thursday 27 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Ensemble directed by special guests Mike Westbrook composer/piano Kate Westbrook voice Two legends of British jazz join forces with Guildhall jazz musicians for a memorable evening.
directed by Malcolm Edmonstone featuring special guest Claire Martin A remarkable festival finale with Malcolm Edmonstone directing the Guildhall Jazz Singers joined by award-winning British jazz singer and popular broadcaster, Claire Martin. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January. MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
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Small Bands Throughout the festival Guildhall musicians direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings. Monday 24 March • 3pm & 4pm
Thursday 27 March • 3pm & 4pm
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Tuesday 25 March • 4pm & 5pm
Friday 28 March • 3pm & 4pm
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Wednesday 26 March • 3pm & 4pm SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Admission free unless otherwise indicated. Full details of the festival will be available at www.gsmd.ac.uk/events
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April Wednesday 2 April • 1.05pm
Jazz Composers Ensemble Ed Puddick director In association with the City of London Festival. Admission free
Thursday 3 April • 6pm
Thursday 3 April • 7.30pm
Vocal Studies Opera Showcase
Voiceworks
Singers on the Masters in Performance course showcase repertoire from operas including Così fan tutte, Faust and Flight. Directed by Victoria Newlyn with music direction by Elizabeth Marcus.
Senior singers, pianists and instrumentalists perform new songs by Guildhall composers alongside established vocal repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Admission free
ST STEPHEN’S WALBROOK
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Thursday 3 April • 6pm
Guildhall New Music Ensemble James Weeks conductor Aldo Clementi Settimino and Veni, Creator... Salvatore Sciarrino Due smarrimenti Edmund Finnis in situ (UK premiere) Thomas Fournil Concerto for Recorder (world premiere)
The Guildhall New Music Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of music from the last 30 years, with each project curated by a different member of staff or guest curator. This is the launch of the ensemble’s regular performance series at the School.
A programme of sonic sensuality and lyricism, interleaving exquisite works by two Italian masters with premieres from two Guildhall composers, recent DMus graduate Edmund Finnis and current BMus composer Thomas Fournil.
Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
The next concert takes place on Friday 11 July when Diego Masson conducts Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles in the Milton Court Concert Hall.
Sunday 13, Monday 14 April • 7.30pm
Snapshot Songs Snapshot Songs is a new song cycle based on London’s zeitgeist, led by composer Stuart Hancock. The performance will feature singers and spoken-word artists of all ages and backgrounds who have taken part in workshops and taster sessions across London, sharing the Milton Court stage with DrumHeads, Barbican Young Poets and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash. Snapshot Songs is a Creative Learning project.
Reserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions and East London residents) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL 16
APRIL/MASTERCLASSES
Masterclasses Susan Bullock
Julius Drake
All masterclasses are free to attend and tickets are not required.
Takács Quartet
Thursday 16 January • 9.30am
Monday 24 February • 10am
Friday 21 March • 10am
Petra van der Heide
Takács Quartet
Thomas Riebl
Orchestral Auditions Workshop
Chamber Music Masterclass
Viola Masterclass
with the Royal Academy of Music
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LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Thursday 27 February • 10am
Friday 21 March • 2pm
Ralf Gothóni
Wil Offermans
Chamber Music Masterclass
Flute Masterclass
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Tuesday 4 March • 2.30pm
Friday 21 March • 6pm
Janina Fialkowska
Julius Drake
Piano Masterclass
Accompaniment Masterclass
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Wednesday 12 March • 2pm
Tuesday 1 April – Sunday 6 April
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 31 January • 2pm
Susan Bullock Voice Masterclass MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Monday 3 February • 10am
Richard Goode Piano Masterclass SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Wednesday 5 February • 10am & 2pm
Benjamin Luxon
Bernard d’Ascoli
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Voice Masterclass
Piano Masterclass MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Orchestral Artistry Masterclasses
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians Instrumental Masterclasses See www.gsmd.ac.uk for further information.
Monday 24 February • 10am
Saturday 8 February • 7.30pm
Richard Tognetti
Paul Silverthorne
Historical Performance Masterclass
Viola Masterclass Thursday 13 February • 3pm
Adam Walker Flute Masterclass Principal players from the London Symphony Orchestra coach musicians studying on the School’s unique Orchestral Artistry specialism delivered in association with the LSO.
As part of the School’s new partnership with the Academy of Ancient Music, violinist, conductor and composer Richard Tognetti leads a masterclass with Historical Performance students. LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
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ResearchWorks is a dynamic programme of events centred around the School’s key research strands, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing.
Monday 6 January • 5pm
Learning to sing in adulthood: From ‘non-singer’ to nightingale Chaired by Dr Karen Wise, this seminar explores different perspectives on the journey of overcoming singing difficulties in adulthood. The speakers are Professor Graham Welch, William Leigh Knight and Margaret Frood. LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 17 January, Friday 28 March • 5pm
French Song Workshop: the Songs of Gabriel Fauré
Soprano Mhairi Lawson and pianist Marc Verter discuss the Mélodie at the turn of the century and the songs of Fauré in particular. Following an open rehearsal, they will work with singer and pianist duos from the Guildhall School. LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
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Monday 3 February • 6pm
Performing Topics in Mozart’s Chamber Music John Irving investigates the issue of 18th-century Topic Theory as applied in the performance of Mozart’s chamber music with piano. Irving recently authored a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Musical Topic Theory which focuses on performance narratives created by dance topics, uncovering an aspect of Mozart’s compositional craft that is frequently overlooked. The lecture will be supported by live illustrations of the Trio K548 and the Sonata K454, which Irving will perform in an evening concert with Aisslinn Nosky (see page 7). SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Monday 20 January • 6pm
Monday 24 February • 7.30pm
Three Women Concert Artists of Early Twentieth Century Britain
CD launch: Rolf Hind
A critical study of Myra Hess (18901965), Harriet Cohen (1895-1967) and Moura Lympany (1916-2005), led by Lemy Lim. LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
An event to mark the launch of Rolf Hind’s new CD of chamber and orchestral music (funded by the Guildhall School and released by Neos), including a presentation and performance of The City of Love for piano, violin and voice. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
RESEARCHWORKS
Saturday 1 March • 10.30am – 4.30pm
Composers, Performers and their Audiences: exploring dialogue and interaction
understanding
understanding
A day conference exploring innovations in composer-performeraudience relations. It includes findings from the audience engagement project based around two Britten Sinfonia concerts at Milton Court, from both artist and audience perspective, plus presentations on relevant artistic and research initiatives from the Guildhall School and elsewhere. A collaboration between the Guildhall School, the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP), the Barbican Centre and Britten Sinfonia. MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Thursday 13 March • 6.30pm
Friday 21 March • 6pm
Friday 4 April • 7pm
Missions and visions for higher music education institutions
Communication in Music Performance and its Teaching and Learning at the Guildhall School
Liszt and Literature
Based on a study of a selection of European conservatoires, Harald Jorgensen, Professor of Education, Emeritus at the Norwegian Academy of Music asks: What are the missions and visions for these institutions? What do they regard as their primary tasks and responsibilities? This event will include a panel discussion. LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Communication is a much-cited criterion of successful performance, but little research has been conducted into the ways in which communication skills can be, and are, taught within institutions. Led by Helen Reid, this presentation and panel discussion draws on the results of a new research project at the Guildhall School to explore how communication finds its place in teaching and learning at the School as seen through the eyes of students and teaching staff. LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Paul Roberts and postgraduate students explore the literary sources behind many of Liszt’s greatest piano works. The presentation will include pieces from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses and readings from Lamartine. SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
All ResearchWorks events are free to attend but booking is required. Please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk to book your place.
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Prizes Monday 27 January • 10am
Wednesday 5 March • 7pm
Tuesday 1 April • 2.30pm
Romantic Piano Prize
Aria Prize
Piano Accompaniment Prize
for performance of a piano recital from the Romantic repertoire. Admission free MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
For performance of opera arias with piano accompaniment, open to singers in the Vocal Studies department. Admission free SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Featuring both instrumental and vocal works. Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Guildhall Young Artists Tuesday 7 January • 7.30pm
Sunday 23 February • 2.30pm
Tuesday 29 April • 7.30pm
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Izcaray conductor Pacho Flores trumpet
Julian Clayton conductor
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde
Soloists from the Guildhall School’s Opera Course
Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Op 19
Programme to include: Ravel L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Delius A Song of Summer
Tickets: £8 – 24, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
Barber Second Essay for Orchestra Efrain Oscher Trumpet concerto “Mestizo” (UK premiere) Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
Debussy La Mer
Tickets: £8 – 24, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January.
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Events at a glance Key to venues: BH = Barbican Hall, Blackheath = Blackheath Halls, Carnegie = Carnegie Hall NY, Chats Palace = Chats Palace, E9, LRR = Lecture Recital Room, MCCH = Milton Court Concert Hall, MC Studio = Milton Court Studio Theatre, MC Th = Milton Court Theatre, Silk St MH = Silk Street Music Hall, Silk St Th = Silk Street Theatre, St George’s = St George’s, Hanover Square, St Luke’s = LSO St Luke’s, St Stephen’s = St Stephen’s Walbrook, EC4N.
January Mon 6
5pm
LRR
ResearchWorks: Learning to sing in adulthood
Tue 7
7.30pm
BH
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Thu 9
6pm
MCCH
Artists from the Guildhall School
Sun 12
6pm
BH
Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Haydn Piano Trios
Thu 16
9.30am
LRR
Petra van der Heide Orchestral Auditions Workshop
Fri 17
5pm
LRR
ResearchWorks: French Song Workshop
Mon 20
10am
Silk St MH
Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 20
2pm
Silk St MH
Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 20
6pm
LRR
ResearchWorks: Three Women Concert Artists
Thu 23
7.30pm
MCCH
Guildhall Chamber Orchestra
Thu 23
8pm
Carnegie
Artists from the Guildhall School
Fri 24
7pm
LRR
Strings Concert
Mon 27
10am
Silk St MH
Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 27
10am
MCCH
Romantic Piano Prize
Mon 27
2pm
Silk St MH
Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 27
6pm
LRR
Jazz Small Bands
Tue 28
1.05pm
LRR
Guildhall Harpists & Friends
Thu 30
7pm
LRR
Strings Concert
Fri 31
2pm
MCCH
Susan Bullock Voice Masterclass
Fri 31
6pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble
February Sun 2
6pm
BH
Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Works
Mon 3
10am
Silk St MH
Richard Goode Piano Masterclass
Mon 3
6pm
LRR
Jazz Small Bands
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Mon 3
6pm
Silk St MH
ResearchWorks: Performing Topics in Mozart’s Chamber Music
Mon 3
7pm
Silk St MH
Aisslinn Nosky & John Irving
Tue 4
7pm
Silk St MH
Jazz Small Bands
Wed 5
10am
MCCH
Bernard d’Ascoli Piano Masterclass
Wed 5
2pm
MCCH
Bernard d’Ascoli Piano Masterclass
Wed 5
6pm
BH
Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: String Sextets
Sat 8
7.30pm
St Luke’s
Paul Silverthorne Orchestral Artistry Masterclass
Mon 10
7.30pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Tue 11
2pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Tue 11
7.30pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Wed 12
7.30pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Thu 13
2pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Thu 13
3pm
St Luke’s
Adam Walker Orchestral Artistry Masterclass
Thu 13
7.30pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Thu 13
7.30pm
MCCH
Faculty Artist Series: Charles Owen
Fri 14
7.30pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Sat 15
1pm
BH
Total Immersion: Thea Musgrave
Sat 15
7.30pm
MC Studio
Henry V
Mon 17
7pm
Silk St MH
Strings Concert
Mon 17
7.30pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Tue 18
2pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Tue 18
7.30pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Tue 18
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Singers
Wed 19
7.30pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Thu 20
1.05pm
Silk St MH
Fellows Concert
Thu 20
2pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Thu 20
7.30pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Fri 21
1pm
Charlton House
Junior Guildhall Scholars Concert
Fri 21
7.30pm
MC Th
Hamlet
Fri 21
7.30pm
MCCH
Faculty Artist Series: James Gibb memorial concert
Sat 22
11am
MCCH
Junior Guildhall String Ensemble Concert
Sat 22
7.30pm
MC Th
Hamlet
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Sun 23
2.30pm
MCCH
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Sun 23
6pm
BH
Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Hugo Wolf Songs
Mon 24
10am
LRR
Richard Tognetti Historical Performance Masterclass
Mon 24
10am
Silk St MH
Takács Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass
Mon 24
7.30pm
Silk St MH
ResearchWorks: Rolf Hind CD launch
Tue 25
7pm
MCCH
Dialogue Big Band Showcase: ‘Compass Rose’
Wed 26
7.30pm
MCCH
Alumni Recital Series: Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe
Thu 27
10am
Silk St MH
Ralf Gothóni Chamber Music Masterclass
Thu 27
7pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Percussion Ensemble
Fri 28
Open Day: Vocal Studies / Opera • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Fri 28
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Fellows Concert
Fri 28
7.30pm
Chats Palace
Dialogue Finale
Fri 28
7.30pm
MCCH
Guildhall Big Band
March Sat 1
10.30am
MC Studio
ResearchWorks: Composers, Performers and their Audiences
Sun 2
3pm
MCCH
Decoda
Mon 3
7pm
Silk St MH
Mörike Lieder
Tue 4
2.30pm
LRR
Janina Fialkowska Piano Masterclass
Tue 4
6.15pm
Silk St Foyer
Pre-opera foyer performance
Tue 4
7pm
Silk St Th
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Wed 5
7pm
Silk St MH
Aria Prize
Thu 6
7pm
Silk St Th
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Fri 7
1.05pm
Silk St MH
Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Concert
Fri 7
7pm
LRR
German Lieder
Sat 8
1pm
MCCH
Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos
Sat 8
5.05pm
LRR
Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 8
7pm
Silk St Th
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Mon 10
1.10pm
Blackheath
Guildhall Cantata Project
Mon 10
7pm
Silk St Th
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Tue 11
7pm
MCCH
Brass Band Spectacular
Wed 12
1pm
St George’s
Guildhall Cantata Project
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Wed 12
2pm
LRR
Benjamin Luxon Voice Masterclass
Thu 13
1.05pm
LRR
Guildhall Consort
Thu 13
6.30pm
LRR
ResearchWorks: Missions and visions for higher music education institutions
Fri 14
7pm
Silk St MH
Italian Vocal Music
Sat 15
2.25pm
LRR
Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 15
3.25pm
LRR
Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 15
5.05pm
LRR
Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Mon 17
7pm
LRR
Russian Song
Mon 17
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Guitars
Thu 20
Open Day: Strings / Keyboard • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Thu 20
7.30pm
BH
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Fri 21
10am
LRR
Thomas Riebl Viola Masterclass
Fri 21
2pm
Silk St MH
Wil Offermans Flute Masterclass
Fri 21
6pm
Silk St MH
Julius Drake Accompaniment Masterclass
Fri 21
6pm
LRR
ResearchWorks: Communication in Music Performance
Fri 21
7pm
MCCH
Opera Scenes Concert
Sat 22
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Band
Sun 23
1.05pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Junior Guildhall Jazz Ensembles
Sun 23
4pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Faculty Concert
Sun 23
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble
Mon 24
1.05pm
MCCH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Composers Ensemble
Mon 24
3pm
MCCH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Mon 24
4pm
MCCH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Tue 25
4pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Tue 25
5pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Tue 25
7.30pm
MCCH
Faculty Artist Series: O’Hora, Janiczek & Hopkins
Tue 25
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemble
Wed 26
1.05pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble
Wed 26
3pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Wed 26
4pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Wed 26
7pm
MC Studio
Opera Scenes
Wed 26
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Vintage Jazz Night
EVENT LISTINGS
Thu 27
1.05pm
LRR
Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Concert
Thu 27
3pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Thu 27
4pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Thu 27
7pm
MC Studio
Opera Scenes
Thu 27
7.30pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Ensemble
Fri 28
3pm
MCCH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Fri 28
4pm
MCCH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Fri 28
5pm
LRR
ResearchWorks: French Song Workshop
Fri 28
7pm
Silk St MH
Strings Concert
Fri 28
7.30pm
MCCH
Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Singers & Ensemble
Fri 28
7.30pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Sat 29
2.30pm
MC Studio
Opera Scenes
Sat 29
7.30pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Mon 31
2pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Mon 31
7pm
Silk St MH
An Evening with Frederick and Carl
Mon 31
7.30pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Tue 1
2.30pm
LRR
Piano Accompaniment Prize
Tue 1
7pm
MC Studio
Opera Scenes
Tue 1
7.30pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Wed 2
1.05pm
St Stephen’s
Jazz Composers Ensemble
Wed 2
2pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Wed 2
7.30pm
Silk St Th
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Thu 3
6pm
Silk St MH
Guildhall New Music Ensemble
Thu 3
6pm
MC Studio
Vocal Studies Opera Showcase
Thu 3
7.30pm
LRR
Voiceworks
Fri 4
7pm
Silk St MH
ResearchWorks: Liszt and Literature
Sat 5
2pm
LRR
Junior Guildhall Vocal Concert
Sat 5
4pm
MCCH
Junior Guildhall End of Term Concert
Sun 13
7.30pm
MCCH
Snapshot Songs
Mon 14
7.30pm
MCCH
Snapshot Songs
Tue 29
7.30pm
BH
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
April
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future events 2014 Guildhall Artists at the Barbican Thursday 1 May • 6pm Brahms Piano Works Thursday 8 May • 6pm R. Strauss Chamber Works Thursday 12 June • 6pm Dvořák Piano Quartet in E flat Sunday 22 June • 6pm Beethoven Chamber Works
Wednesday 11, Friday 13, Monday 16, Wednesday 18, Friday 20, Saturday 21 June • 7pm
Tuesday 27, Thursday 29 May • 2pm
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
Napoli Milionaria by Eduardo de Filippo Tickets: on sale in April.
Opera double bill
Arne: The Cooper Tickets: on sale in April. MILTON COURT THEATRE
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Monday 26 May • 7.30pm
Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, Thursday 10, Friday 11, Saturday 12, Wednesday 16 July • 7.30pm
Sunday 29 June • 6pm Françaix and Milhaud
Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize
Admission free
Joshua Owen Mills tenor Rodrigo de Vera piano
Friday 11, Monday 14 July • 2pm
Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concessions) from the Wigmore Hall Box Office 020 7935 2141 (www.wigmore-hall.org.uk) from 4 February.
Book by Luther Davis Music & Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest Additional Lyrics and Music by Maury Yeston
Toby Spence tenor Julian Milford piano
WIGMORE HALL
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) from the Barbican Box Office.
Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 June
Guildhall School final year actors present the annual musical.
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Technical Theatre Arts Graduate Exhibition
Monday 12 May • 7pm
Admission free
The Gold Medal
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
BARBICAN HALL
Friday 2 May • 7.30pm
Alumni Recital Series: Toby Spence & Friends
The School’s most prestigious award for musicians, this year for instrumentalists. Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) from the Barbican Box Office from 10 February. BARBICAN HALL
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Friday 23, Saturday 24, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 May • 7.30pm
Grand Hotel
Tickets: on sale in May. SILK STREET THEATRE
Summer Gala performances: Monday 14, Tuesday 15 July • 7.30pm For further details of the Summer Gala please contact Rachel Davis on 020 7382 7157 or rachel.davis@gsmd.ac.uk
September 2009
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What they say… “Make no mistake, in Milton Court London has a hall to rival the finest anywhere in the world.” BBC Music Magazine online, September 2013, on the opening of Milton Court
“London has suddenly gained a new concert hall and two theatres. More specifically, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama has acquired the sort of facilities… that catapult it into the ranks of the world’s bestequipped arts conservatoires... Oh to be a student again.” The Times, September 2013, on the opening of Milton Court
“For the [Guildhall School] and its students, Milton Court is already a winner; if its potential is realised, a much bigger London public will have reason to celebrate as well.” The Guardian, Tom Service’s blog, September 2013, on the opening of Milton Court
“One of the most prestigious music and drama schools in the UK and a play from one of the most influential playwrights from the nineteenth century: Final year actors at Guildhall School of Music & Drama have presented a version of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull of the highest quality.” A Younger Theatre, October 2013, on The Seagull
On Twitter Another extraordinary experience @guildhallschool tonight. #beethoven 9 in the new #miltoncourt concert hall. Blooming marvellous!
Two outstanding #Chekhov plays in the top class theatres #MiltonCourt @guildhallschool A privilege to witness superb acting debuts all round.
Extraordinary evening last night in @guildhallschool Milton Court. Adès & Friends – unbelievable music and playing.
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous Donizetti opera @guildhallschool tonight. Amazing singing matched by witty, delightful production. Bravo all!
The Chekhov was brilliant, bold and moving @guildhallschool Double whammy day of Chekhov @guildhallschool. Excellent, excellent stuff from the appallingly talented 3rd years. Building not bad either. Delighted to discover the beautiful #MiltonCourtTheatre @guildhallschool Bravo to cast & crew of #JourneyingBoys
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@guildhallschool A wonderful opera double-bill of Debussy & Donizetti, the latter a comic gem with inspired staging & beautiful singing It was a joy to see the fabulous Dame Cleo Laine and the Dankworth family perform with the @guildhallschool big band tonight!
“The future of opera looks safe in the hands of these young singers.” What’s On Stage, November 2013, on Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue and Donizetti’s Francesca di Foix
“The concert was greeted with cheers and whistles of a magnitude you don’t expect at a contemporary music recital – this more-than-welcome change of convention was proof of various things, including the youth of the audience and the huge popularity of Adès… if this is the future of classical music, it’s actually pretty exciting. And if Milton Court can keep its standards high, then this will be the place to be.” Bachtrack, November 2013, on Thomas Adès & Friends (Alumni Recital Series)
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