Music, Drama, Opera, Jazz
Events
Jan – Apr 2016
Contents Monthly highlights January February
March April
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Masterclasses 26 Guildhall Young Artists
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Research Works
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Future Events
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Contact and information
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Photographs Jeff Goldberg / Esto; courtesy of Carnegie Hall, Paul Cochrane, Morley Von Sternberg, Robin Savage, Matthew Andrews, Matthew Ferguson, Clive Barda, Decca / Andrew Eccles, Anne Van Aerschot, Clive Totman, LSO / Alastair Muir Cover photo Milan Siljanov as Arlecchino in Le donne curiose (Autumn 2015) Š Clive Barda
GUILDHALL TIC KE T E D E VE NT ALUMNI RE CITAL S E R I E S
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January ’16
Thursday 14 January, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Guildhall Chamber Orchestra Debbie Wiseman conductor
Friday 8 January, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall Wednesday 20 January, 8pm Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
Guildhall Artists at Carnegie Hall Savitri Grier violin Stephen Williams clarinet Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
Debussy La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Debussy Première Rhapsodie Stravinsky Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo Ravel Violin Sonata Janácˇek In the Mists Bartók Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano The Guildhall School returns to Carnegie Hall, New York, to present three outstanding artists. Their programme takes in stand-out solo works for each instrument, including Stravinsky’s jazz-inspired Three Pieces for clarinet, and piano works by Debussy, before culminating in Bartók’s virtuosic Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano. London audiences can hear the concert performed in Milton Court a few weeks before. Admission free for Milton Court concert Tickets for Carnegie Hall: $20 ($10 concessions), available from carnegiehall.org
Guildhall School alumna Debbie Wiseman is one of the UK’s most in-demand composers, whose film and TV scores have won many accolades. She is currently Classic FM’s Composer in Residence, and her soundtrack to the recent BBC TV series Wolf Hall went straight to the top of the classical music charts. Here she makes a special return to the School to conduct the Guildhall Chamber Orchestra in a programme of her music. Debbie Wiseman Wilde West (Wilde), Tom’s Midnight Garden, Wilde, Wolf Hall, The Truth About Love, Flood, Lesbian Vampire Killers, A Poet in New York, Father Brown, Haunted, The Whale, Arsène Lupin – suite, Jubilee Gigue Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Sunday 17 January, 5.30pm Barbican Hall
Monday 18 January, 10am Silk Street Music Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists
Public Composers’ Workshop
Amarins Wierdsma violin Yoanna Prodanova cello Mihai Ritivoiu piano
Final-year undergraduate composers work on new pieces for eight voices with EXAUDI vocal ensemble directed by James Weeks.
Dvorˇ ák Piano Trio in E minor Op 90, “Dumky”
Admission free
Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.
Monday 18 January, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Admission free
Songs at Six: Angels, Demons & Visionaries Russian songs and arias exploring contrasting themes in Russian poetry exemplified by two poems: Pushkin’s The Angel and Lermontov’s The Demon. Performed by postgraduate singers and pianists, devised and directed by Lada Valešová. Admission free
Jazz Small Bands From reworked jazz standards to new compositions, jazz students direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings. Admission free
Monday 25 January, 6pm Lecture Recital Room Tuesday 26 January, 6.30pm Lecture Recital Room
Jazz Small Bands From reworked jazz standards to new compositions, jazz students direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings.
January ’16
Monday 18 January, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Admission free Thursday 21 January, 7pm Lecture Recital Room
String Concert
Tuesday 26 January, 1.05pm Lecture Recital Room
Postgraduate students showcase their talents in this free evening concert.
Guildhall Harpists & Friends
Admission free Friday 22 January, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Students from the School’s Harp department present a programme of French chamber music by Ravel, Debussy and Massenet. Admission free
Scenes at Six Opera scenes performed by postgraduate singers in the Vocal department.
Wednesday 27 January, 6.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Admission free
Chartered Surveyors’ Prize
Sunday 24 January, 6pm Barbican Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Stephen Williams clarinet Yundu Wang piano
Berg Piano Sonata Op. 1 Four pieces for clarinet and piano Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire. Admission free
Supported by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors Finalists present mixed programmes of songs and arias. Admission free
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January ’16
Thursday 28 January, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Friday 29 January, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Dramatised Song & Poetry
Guildhall Consort
Iain Burnside curates and coaches a programme around the theme of Night.
Directed by Eamonn Dougan
Admission free Friday 29 January, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall
Strings at Six A performance snapshot from the Strings and Chamber Music departments. Admission free
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Stravinsky Fanfare for a New Theatre Mozart Missa Brevis in F major, KV192 Stravinsky Pater Noster, Ave Maria and Mass The Guildhall Consort performs a programme of sacred works culminating in Stravinsky’s neoclassical Mass for chorus and wind instruments, directed by The Sixteen’s Associate Conductor and Guildhall alumnus Eamonn Dougan. Admission free
Friday 29, Saturday 30 January, Wednesday 3, Thursday 4, Monday 8, Tuesday 9 February, 7.30pm Saturday 30 January, Thursday 4, Tuesday 9 February, 2pm Milton Court Studio Theatre
Mountain Language One for the Road A New World Order
Harold Pinter Jo McInnes director Amelia Jane Hankin designer Rory Beaton lighting designer* Rosie Stroud sound designer*
Power. Politics. Paranoia. Pinter. Location: Anywhere and Everywhere. “...packs a visceral, ripped-from-theheadlines punch.” Charles Isherwood, Variety, on Mountain Language Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 15 December. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
*Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme
Monday 1, Tuesday 2, Friday 5, Saturday 6, Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 February, 7.30pm Tuesday 2, Saturday 6, Thursday 11 February, 2pm Milton Court Studio Theatre
Dealer’s Choice
Patrick Marber
Mike Alfreds director Amelia Jane Hankin designer Rory Beaton lighting designer*
The hopes, dreams and failings of a group of men unfold during a game of poker. Marber’s enthralling debut success won the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Writers’ Guild for Best West End Play. Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 15 December. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members. *Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme
Total Immersion: The Music of Louis Andriessen Guildhall New Music Ensemble
Louis Andriessen Hout Zilver De Volharding
Friday 5 February, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Songs at Six: Robert & Clara Schumann Postgraduate singers and pianists perform a programme of songs by the Schumanns devised and directed by Stephan Loges.
February ’16
Saturday 13 February, 1pm Barbican Hall
Hear the doyen of Dutch minimalism Louis Andriessen in conversation about his life and music before Guildhall musicians perform a selection of his dynamic, jazz-influenced work as part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion day. Admission free
Admission free Thursday 11 February, 6.15pm Silk Street Music Hall
Susan Longfield Prize Sopranos and mezzo-sopranos perform short programmes in a range of musical styles. Admission free Friday 12 February, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Scenes at Six A showing of opera scenes performed by postgraduate singers. Admission free
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Monday 8, Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10, Thursday 11, Friday 12, Saturday 13 February, 7.30pm Wednesday 10, Friday 12 February, 2pm Milton Court Theatre
Top Girls
Caryl Churchill
Joseph Blatchley director Dora Schweitzer designer Dom Baker lighting designer* Rosie Stroud sound designer*
Written in 1982 during the rise of Thatcherism, Caryl Churchill’s groundbreaking play explores an individualist society in which the few survive at the expense of the many. Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 15 December. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members. *Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme
Thursday 18 February, 1.05pm Lecture Recital Room
Romantic Piano Prize
Song Project
Guildhall pianists perform one major work or a programme of shorter works from the Romantic period.
Second year undergraduate singers present a selection of songs prepared and presented by Theresa Goble.
Admission free
Admission free
Monday 15 February, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Thursday 18 February, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Songs at Six: Settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Strings at Six
February ’16
Monday 15 February, 10am Silk Street Music Hall
A performance snapshot from the Pianist Eugene Asti and acclaimed scholar Strings and Chamber Music departments. Susan Youens (University of Notre Dame, Admission free USA) lead postgraduate singers and pianists in a programme of songs, setting texts from the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Pre-concert talk (see page 30). Admission free Wednesday 17 February, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Guildhall Brass Ensemble Richard Bissill conductor Emiko Edwards piano
Guildhall professor Richard Bissill leads the brass band through a sparkling programme of music, including Korngold’s The Sea Hawk (composed for the film of the same name), Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue, and one of Bissill’s own compositions: his 75th Anniversary Fanfare for the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Admission free
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Friday 19 February, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Monday 22 February, 6.15pm Silk Street Music Hall
G U I L DH A L L T I CK ET ED E VE NT
Vocal Studies Opera Scenes
Guildhall String Ensemble Roberto González-Monjas director
Vasks Musica Dolorosa Hartmann Concerto Fùnebre, for violin and strings Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Schoenberg’s richly expressive Verklärte Nacht lies at the heart of this string ensemble programme directed by one of the Guildhall School’s youngest professors, acclaimed violinist Roberto González-Monjas. The concert opens with Latvian composer Pe¯teris Vasks’s 1983 requiem, Musica Dolorosa, and Karl Hartmann’s most famous work, written during the first months of the Second World War. Tickets: £15 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
A selection of opera scenes performed by postgraduate singers, as a curtain-raiser to the evening opera, The Rape of Lucretia. Admission free Thursday 25 February, 6pm Broadway Theatre, Barking & Dagenham
Dialogue: Outside In Dialogue is an annual event which celebrates the diversity and creative talent of East London. Working with a wide range of East London communities, Guildhall students and staff bring together musicians, poets and visual artists to produce and create new work inspired by Martin Parr’s exhibition in the Barbican Art Gallery, Strange and Familiar. Admission free
Monday 22, Wednesday 24, Friday 26, Monday 29 February, 7pm Silk Street Theatre
The Rape of Lucretia Music by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Ronald Duncan, after the play by André Obey Dominic Wheeler conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans director Jamie Vartan designer Mark Jonathan lighting designer
Written as a post-war statement about moral injustice, suffering and the abuse of power, Britten’s 1946 chamber opera has lost none of its power to shock, anger and cause controversy over the 70 years since its premiere, particularly in its ambiguous refraction of its harrowing story through a Christian “lens”. Its themes resonate as powerfully as ever and present singers and instrumentalists with a technically and emotionally exacting challenge. Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
February ’16
Thursday 25 February, 7.30pm Lecture Recital Room
Friday 26 February, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Richard Campbell 60th birthday celebration
Songs at Six: Unsung Loves
To honour the life and legacy of viola da gamba virtuoso and Guildhall School alumnus Richard Campbell, his friends, family, former pupils and colleagues have assembled a programme as varied as Richard’s own musical interests. This concert includes music by Bach, William Lawes, and the premiere of a new work for viola da gamba. It also marks the foundation of a trust created in his memory, which will make two of Richard’s more exotic instruments, the lirone and bandora, available to Guildhall students and the broader London early music community. Admission free
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Friday 26 February, 10am Silk Street Music Hall
Piano Accompaniment Prize Each finalist performs a 20 minute programme of instrumental and vocal works. Admission free
Spanish song and Zarzuela excerpts commemorating the centenary of Enrique Granados’ untimely death. Performed by postgraduate singers and pianists, the programme is devised and directed by Ricardo Gosalbo. Admission free Sunday 28 February, 5.30pm Barbican Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Capucine Daumas, Sarah Gouzy, Alison Langer sopranos Lawrence Thackeray tenor Ljubica Stojanovic, Nathan Tinker piano
Songs based on Shakespeare texts, including: Korngold Nine Shakespeare Songs, Op. 29 and Op. 31 R. Strauss Drei Ophelia Lieder, Op. 67 Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire. Admission free
Monday 29 February, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
The Song Guild Graham Johnson directs Guildhall singers in a programme of Schubert songs. Admission free
February ’16 Monday 29 February, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall G U I L DH A LL T I CK ET ED EVEN T
Leap-Day Jazz Spectacular with Liane Carroll Liane Carroll voice and piano Guildhall Jazz Bands Guildhall Jazz Choir Malcolm Edmonstone arranger and
musical director Scott Stroman conductor
The jazz department comes out in force for a special concert in collaboration with the award-winning singer-pianist Liane Carroll, whose soulful, emotive artistry was most recently heard on the critically-acclaimed album Seaside, released in September 2015.
This concert includes songs from Seaside with arrangements by Malcolm Edmonstone. Tickets: £15 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Mephisto
(Autumn 2015)
March ’16
Thursday 3 March, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Friday 11 March, 1pm St George’s, Hanover Square
Franz-Schubert-Institut Lieder Competition
Heroes and Heroines
Finalists of this new competition present short programmes of Lieder, competing for scholarships to study at the FranzSchubert-Institut in Baden, Austria. Admission free Friday 4 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Guildhall Cantata Ensemble Directed by James Johnstone
The Guildhall Cantata Ensemble performs arias by Handel as part of the London Handel Festival. Tickets: £10 (free to students), available from the London Handel Festival Box Office: 01460 54660 london-handel-festival.com from 19 January.
Guildhall Baroque Orchestra Directed by Pavlo Beznosiuk Soloists from the Historical Performance department perform a programme of Bach’s Easter Cantatas. Admission free 18
Friday 4 March, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Friday 11 March, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Songs at Six: The Impressionist Years A recital of French song devised and directed by Gordon Stewart, performed by postgraduate singers and pianists. Admission free
The Song Guild Graham Johnson directs Guildhall singers in a programme of Britten songs. The Paul Hamburger Prize for Voice and Piano will be awarded at the end of this concert. Admission free Monday 7 March, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Scenes at Six A showing of opera scenes performed by postgraduate singers. Admission free
Friday 11 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
String Concert Postgraduate students from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert. Admission free
Tom Fool’s Wooing EXAUDI
Guildhall New Music Ensemble Janneke Brits, James Kreiling piano James Weeks director
March ’16
Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Michael Finnissy Orfeo (world premiere) Cipriano Wild Flowers Tom Fool’s Wooing (world premiere)
Finnissy Weekend A weekend of events in celebration of Michael Finnissy’s 70th birthday, presented by the Guildhall School in conjunction with EXAUDI.
Finnissy has been one of the most dynamic presences on the British new music scene for nearly half a century, as pianist, composer, teacher and animateur. His voluminous, restless oeuvre includes major contributions in every genre. This weekend focuses on two of these: his work for piano and his work for vocal ensemble. Supported by a generous grant from The Hinrichsen Foundation, EXAUDI takes on two of his most ardent and challenging scores from the 1970s, including the world premiere of Tom Fool’s Wooing. The Guildhall New Music Ensemble premieres another recently-revised work from the 1970s, Orfeo, and on Sunday virtuoso British pianist Jonathan Powell performs the complete Verdi Transcriptions for solo piano, written over a 30-year period and comprising more than three hours of music. The weekend includes a symposium exploring the context of these and other Finnissy works, with contributions from leading interpreters, scholars and the composer himself.
Admission free Sunday 13 March, 10.30am Lecture Recital Room
Symposium Discussions and roundtable on various aspects of Finnissy’s work, with contributions from James Weeks, Jonathan Powell and Michael Finnissy. Admission free Sunday 13 March, 2pm Silk Street Music Hall
Verdi Transcriptions Jonathan Powell piano
Michael Finnissy Verdi Transcriptions (complete) Admission free
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March ’16
Sunday 13 March, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Berio Folk Songs Elim Chan conductor
Saturday 12, Sunday 13 March, 7.30pm, Milton Court Theatre G U IL DH A L L T I CK ET ED E V E NT
Drums and Guns Devised by Iain Burnside Iain Burnside, Conor Hanratty directors Victoria Newlyn movement director Sunny Smith designer
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Italian composer Luciano Berio wrote Folk Songs in 1964 in tribute to the artistry of his wife, singer Cathy Berberian. The songs are richly varied in their origins, from Appalachia to Azerbaijan, and are subtly accompanied by an ensemble of seven instruments. This performance from Guildhall School musicians – many of whom are training on the School’s Orchestral Artistry specialism with the London Symphony Orchestra – acts as a prelude to the LSO’s evening concert at the Barbican featuring Berio’s Sinfonia. Admission free
The powerful combination of music and literature and the collective talents of three institutions are the foundation stones for an exciting collaborative project led by renowned pianist and Guildhall professor Wednesday 16 March, 7pm Iain Burnside. Bringing together artists Milton Court Concert Hall from the Guildhall School, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin and the Juilliard EXAUDI and Guildhall Composers School, New York, Drums and Guns is a devised piece which explores conflict A diverse range of new work by in war and the impact it has on families postgraduate composers written for the left behind. This fresh and engaging EXAUDI ensemble, led and directed by production commemorates both World James Weeks. War I and the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Admission free Drums and Guns is also performed at The Lir, Dublin (9 & 10 March) and the Juilliard School, New York (28 April). Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 January. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members. Supported by Culture Ireland
February ’16
Friday 18, Saturday 19, Monday 21, Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 March, 7.30pm Monday 21 March, Wednesday 23 March, 2pm Silk Street Theatre
Go, make you ready Patsy Rodenburg director Mark Simmonds designer Sue Lefton movement director Rory Beaton lighting designer* Sean Mortimer sound designer* William Shakespeare’s work changed our theatre, language and even, some say, the perceptions we have of ourselves. His 154 sonnets published in 1609 document his passions, both intellectual and personal. They inform and merge with many of his plays. Using the sonnets as springboards into his creative and personal life, this new devised piece explores the theatre, acting, passions and politics of Shakespeare’s life. Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 January. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members This production will tour to Shanghai Grand Theatre on 1 & 2 April: shgtheatre.com *Student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme
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March ’16
Thursday 17 March, 1pm Lecture Recital Room Sunday 20 March, 3pm Courtauld Gallery, The Strand
Vocal Ensemble David Vinden directs second year undergraduate singers performing in consort, at the Guildhall School and one of London’s most beautiful art galleries. Admission free Thursday 17 March, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Voiceworks Songs of the 20th and 21st centuries, performed by final year undergraduate singers directed by soprano Jane Manning.
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Wednesday 16, Thursday 17, Tuesday 22 March, 7pm Saturday 19 March, 2.30pm Milton Court Studio Theatre G U IL DH A L L T I CK ET ED E V E NT
Opera Scenes
Admission free Thursday 17 March, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Songs at Six: Russian Song
A recital of Russian song to complement the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra’s evening performance of Prokofiev’s Fifth An informal performance of classical and Symphony. contemporary operatic excerpts presented Admission free in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall School Opera Course. Kelly Robinson director Elizabeth Rowe musical director
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Songs at Six: Composizioni Da Camera Emanuele Moris leads postgraduate singers and pianists in a recital of Composizioni da Camera by Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi.
March ’16
Friday 18 March, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall
Admission free Thursday 17 March, 7.30pm Barbican Hall G U I L D H A L L T I CK ET ED EVEN T
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Monday 21 March, 6.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Needlemakers’ Prize Supported by the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers
Takuo Yuasa conductor
Wind instrumentalists perform a short programme with piano accompaniment. Webern Passacaglia Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite Admission free Prokofiev Symphony No.5 in B flat, Op. 100 Prokofiev described his Fifth Symphony as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit”, and it remains one of his most popular works. Takuo Yuasa makes a welcome return to conduct the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, with Webern and Strauss completing the programme. Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Wednesday 23 March, 6pm Milton Court Studio Theatre
Scenes at Six A showing of opera scenes performed by postgraduate singers. Admission free Thursday 24 March, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall
Scenes at Six A showing of opera scenes performed by Year 4 undergraduate and Graduate Certificate singers. Admission free
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April ’16
Sunday 3 April, 5.30pm Barbican Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists Alexandra Griffiths flute Laura Campbell oboe Rachel Coe clarinet Sian Collins horn Antonia Lazenby bassoon
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Anorak Iain Ballamy tenor saxophone Gareth Williams piano Steve Watts double bass Martin France drums
Admission free
An intimate performance from Iain Ballamy’s renowned Anorak quartet, known for playing original material that retains strong points of reference to the legacy of jazz from the second half of the 20th century.
Guildhall Jazz Showcase
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 January. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Nielsen Wind Quintet
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Thursday 28 April, 8pm Milton Court Studio Theatre
Join students and professors as the Milton Court Studio Theatre is transformed into a jazz club for this two-day showcase on Wednesday 27 & Thursday 28 April. A packed schedule Saturday 30 April, 5pm will offer a wide variety of music, Milton Court Concert Hall and provide an opportunity to meet recently appointed Guildhall professors, Total Immersion: including Iain Ballamy, Gareth Williams Henri Dutilleux and Martin France. Free student Dutilleux Sonatine for Flute and Piano performances throughout the day. Wednesday 27 April, 8pm Milton Court Studio Theatre G U IL DH A L L T I CK ET ED E V E NT
Bobo Stenson & Martin Speake Bobo Stenson piano Martin Speake alto saxophone
An exclusive duo set from the influential Swedish jazz pianist Bobo Stenson and acclaimed saxophonist Martin Speake. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 January. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Three Preludes for Solo Piano Les citations Ainsi la nuit Guildhall School musicians present some of Dutilleux’s intricate chamber music. Tickets: £12, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Wednesday 20 January, 3pm Silk Street Music Hall
Saturday 6 February, 2pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Jerome Rose
Renée Fleming
Piano Masterclass
Vocal Masterclass
Monday 25 January, 1pm Silk Street Music Hall
In this masterclass as part of the Barbican’s Artist Spotlight series, soprano Renée Fleming shares a lifetime’s artistry and insight with Guildhall School singers.
Cecilia String Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass
Tickets: £30 (£10 students), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Friday 29 January, 10am Milton Court Concert Hall
Richard Egarr Historical Performance Masterclass
Monday 15 February, 10am Milton Court Concert Hall
Sylvain Blassel Harp Masterclass
Faculty Masterclasses
Edward Higginbottom
A series of masterclasses with distinguished professors from the Guildhall School’s Vocal Studies department.
Historical Performance Masterclass
Wednesday 16 March, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Peter Rose Vocal Masterclass Monday 21 March, 10am Lecture Recital Room
Bruce Brubaker Piano Masterclass Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 March
Wednesday 6 January, 4pm Lecture Recital Room
MASTERCLASSES
Monday 22 February, 10am Milton Court Concert Hall
Susan McCulloch Thursday 14, Thursday 21, Thursday 28 January, 4pm Lecture Recital Room
Amanda Roocroft Thursday 11 February, 4pm Lecture Recital Room
Rudolf Piernay
Los Angeles Philharmonic Barbican International Associates Instrumental Masterclasses Please check gsmd.ac.uk/events from early March for further information. Wednesday 23 March, 3pm Silk Street Music Hall
Gordon Back Piano Accompaniment Masterclass Thursday 24 March, 10am Lecture Recital Room
Hie-Yon Choi Piano Masterclass
All masterclasses are free to attend unless otherwise stated
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GUILDHALL YOUNG ARTISTS
Monday 11 January, 7.30pm Barbican Hall
Saturday 5 March, 5.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Romantic Splendour
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
London Schools Symphony Orchestra Arvo Volmer conductor Roberto González-Monjas violin Louise Hopkins cello
Beethoven Leonore No. 3 Brahms Double Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 5 The London Schools Symphony Orchestra tackles some of the mightiest works in the orchestral repertoire, joined by two of London’s finest soloists, Roberto González-Monjas and Louise Hopkins (both Guildhall professors). Brahms’ elegiac concerto is contrasted with one of Sibelius’s most epic symphonies. Tickets: £9–£26 available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Junior Guildhall String Ensemble with members of the Junior Guildhall Drama Department Julian Clayton conductor Rowan Jones clarinet
Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet (excerpts) Arensky Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky Derek Rodgers Clarinet Concerto (world premiere) Few pieces of music can rival the sheer drama of Prokofiev’s ballet score for Romeo and Juliet. The Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra performs excerpts from this master work, interspersed with scenes from the Shakespeare play enacted by Junior Guildhall drama students. This
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk Saturday 19 March, 5.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Junior Guildhall End-of-Term concert This end-of-term showcase features performances from the Junior Guildhall Brass Band, Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble. Admission free
Tuesday 12 April, 7.30pm Barbican Hall
Elfin Exoticism London Schools Symphony Orchestra with singers from the Guildhall School Dominic Wheeler conductor
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concert also includes the world premiere of a four-movement concerto for clarinet and strings composed by Head of Junior Guildhall, Derek Rodgers.
Weber Oberon (concert performance sung in English) Saturday 19 March, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Centre for Young Musicians Annual Showcase Concert CYM Chamber Orchestra & Choir CYM Gamelan Group CYM Brass & Percussion Ensembles Peter Ash, Stephen Dagg conductors Aneirin Hughes-Watts, Joshua Venables piano
A rare performance of Weber’s exhilarating Oberon. This opera sung in English was first presented in London in 1826. Sadly Weber died just before its premiere, so never heard his mischievous fairy extravaganza performed. Tickets: £9–26, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos Handel Zadok the Priest Showcase concert from the London Centre for Young Musicians, a division of the Guildhall School which provides high quality progressive music training for thousands of children from all of London’s boroughs and beyond. Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Junior Guildhall presents over 80 events every year. To request a copy of the Junior Guildhall events guide, please contact junior@gsmd.ac.uk
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RESEARCH WORKS
Monday 18 January, 6.30pm Milton Court
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Venetian Cornett: ad imitar piu la voce humana This lecture explores the use of modern technologies – CT-scanning, CAD modelling and 3D printing – to understand the tuning and fingering systems of Venetian cornetts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, revealing aspects of the instrument’s design and performing practices that made it particularly adept at imitating the human voice. The presentation includes live demonstrations of 3D-printed and hand-carved replica instruments based on historical originals. Presented by Dr Jamie Savan, Senior Lecturer and Head of Performance at Newcastle University, and a member of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
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Admission free please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk Monday 15 February, 5pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Susan Youens in conversation Susan Youens, Professor of Musicology at the University of Notre Dame, is joined in conversation by Guildhall School professors Graham Johnson, Iain Burnside and Eugene Asti, to explore the endlessly fascinating world of art song and text-music relations. The Guildhall School’s Head of Vocal Studies, Armin Zanner, chairs this event which precedes the Songs at Six concert on settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (see page 11). Admission free (no Eventbrite registration required)
Monday 7 March, 6.30pm Lecture Recital Room
Phantom Phenomena This talk grows out of Dr Cormac Newark’s three-year Leverhulme Trust-funded project on the screen adaptations of the 1909-10 novel The Phantom of the Opera. Drawing on examples from crossover, mash-ups and internet fandom, it asks what the global ‘Phantom on Film’ phenomenon tells us about the changing nature of cultural consumption since the first phantom film 100 years ago. Presented by Dr Cormac Newark, Head of Research at the Guildhall School. Admission free please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk
Monday 21 March, 6.30pm Milton Court
Getting it Right? 2016: New Music and Dance
Feelings, Findings and Trying not to Lie
The third in a series of Guildhall ResearchWorks and London Symphony Orchestra Getting it Right? conferences brings together leading figures and emerging artists from the worlds of new music and dance to explore the dynamic relationship between the two disciplines. An exciting day of talks, debates and seminars convened by Professor of Composition Julian Anderson. Celebrated choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (pictured below) gives the keynote address.
What is meant by writing oneself into research findings and narrative reports, and what happens when one goes further and becomes both research subject and researcher? Drifting from a focus on performance to the demands of written thesis, this paper explores the vagaries of memory and the illusion of truth. Presented by Professor John Freeman, Professor of Theatre and Dean of Culture & Languages at the University of St Mark and St John.
RESEARCH WORKS
Wednesday 9 March, 10am-6pm LSO St Luke’s
Admission free please visit Tickets: £20 (£15 concessions) available from researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk Friday 8 April, 7pm Milton Court Studio Theatre
Shakespeare’s Songlines The transformative power of Shakespeare’s poetry is of a piece with its music. And Shakespeare created music throughout his career, even though we have nearly lost the ability to hear it. Join the actors, musicians, singers, composers, and scholars of Montreal’s Conversions Project and the Guildhall School for an evening of listening with new ears to the songs in Shakespeare, the music that Shakespeare has inspired, and the music that animates his poetry. Admission free please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk
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FUTURE EVENTS
Friday 6 May, 7pm Barbican Hall
Monday 30 May, 7.30pm Wigmore Hall
The Gold Medal
Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: Winner’s Recital
The Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize for musicians. This year is the turn of the instrumentalists, who will perform a concerto with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Leaper. Previous winners of the Gold Medal include Jacqueline du Pré (1960), Tasmin Little (1986) and Bryn Terfel (1989). Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 15 February. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Marina Koka piano
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 Brahms Klavierstücke, Op. 118 Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 27 Nos. 1 & 2 Ballade No. 3, Op. 47 Ravel La Valse The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Award-winning Japanese pianist Marina Koka is this year’s recipient, and her recital promises to be a special occasion. Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions), available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office: 020 7935 2141 wigmore-hall.org.uk from 5 February.
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On the Twentieth Century Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Music by Cy Coleman
FUTURE EVENTS
Tuesday 28, Thursday 30 June, Saturday 2, Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6 July, 7.30pm Friday 1, Monday 4 July, 2pm Silk Street Theatre
Martin Connor director Adam Wiltshire designer Tim Deiling lighting designer
Guildhall actors take on the Broadway musical On the Twentieth Century, a classic 1930s-era screwball comedy set on a train traveling from Chicago to New York.
Sunday 26 June, 7pm Barbican Hall
The Hogboon London Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle conductor LSO Discovery Choirs London Symphony Chorus Simon Halsey choral director Guildhall School musicians
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies The Hogboon (world premiere) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Guildhall musicians join forces with the LSO under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle to premiere a new children’s opera, The Hogboon by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Tickets: £10–£29, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from April. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members. Wednesday 29 June, Friday 1 July, 5.30pm
Summer Gala Evenings Celebrate the end of the School’s year in style. Guests are invited to a drinks reception and supper, followed by a performance of the summer musical, On the Twentieth Century. Individual tickets or tables of 12 available. Tickets: £75 Please visit gsmd.ac.uk/summergala to book or contact rachel.davis@gsmd.ac.uk or 020 7382 7157 for further details. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Guildhall School and its students.
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Guildhall School Scholarships Fund
“Studying here is the best, the lecturers are so supportive and I’ve had such fantastic opportunities.” Hellen Bassett, BA Technical Theatre Arts Help support students like Hellen. Every year donations to the Scholarships Fund make it possible for over 400 young musicians, actors and theatre technicians to take up their hard-won places or continue their studies at the Guildhall School. Contact the Development Office on 020 7382 7179, visit our website gsmd.ac.uk/support or email development@gsmd.ac.uk and find out more about how you can support our talented students. The Guildhall School Trust is a Registered Charity No. 1082472
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