Arts programme
Events for everyone Autumn/winter 2013
Music Concerts/Lectures Performances The Philip Larkin Centre for Creative Writing Exhibitions
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Hull Campus
How to get there The campus is 10 minutes by taxi from Hull’s bus and train station. The number 105 bus (from stand 20) stops at the University’s main entrance. Parking and travel Parking is free after 6 pm. Free parking can be found on Salmon Grove and Cottingham Road (where there is a two-hour limit). Disabled visitors Most areas of the campus are accessible. Reserved parking bays and/or individual guides may be arranged: please call in advance on 01482 462045. Cancellation policy Tickets can be refunded up to 24 hours before a performance. House rules Admission may be restricted after the published start time. For performances in the Donald Roy Theatre, latecomers are not admitted. Mailing list To receive information about forthcoming events, email fassevents@hull.ac.uk or ring our events office on 01482 462045. Disclaimer The information in this brochure is subject to change and review. Every effort is made to ensure details are accurate at time of publication. The University of Hull cannot accept liability for errors or omissions. Website For up-to-date information on all of our events, visit www.culturenet.co.uk.
Scarborough Campus
During Autumn and Winter 2013, the Scarborough Campus will host a series of arts events and public lectures. These are open to everyone and are free of charge. Details are available at www.hull.ac.uk/scarborough. Drama productions All performances are by students of the Department of Drama and Music unless otherwise stated. Ticket holders consent to inclusion in official photographic, visual and audio promotion of the event. Please inform somebody on reception should you wish to be excluded.
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At a glance Key Music Concerts/Lectures Performances Exhibition The Philip Larkin Centre for Creative Writing
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Date
Type
Event
4 Oct
Music
Dancing Bones
5 Oct
Drama
The History of Water
9 Oct
Literature
C K Stead and Michael Hulse – The Very Best of World Poetry
11 Oct
Music
Latin American Music for Flute and Guitar
12 Oct
Music
Hull Chamber Music Concert: Gould Piano Trio
12 and 13 Oct
Drama
The History of Water
18 Oct
Music
Twelfth Grace Black Piano Recital and Masterclass
22 Oct
Music Lecture
Newland Music Lectures: ‘Where Composition and Musicology Meet: Finishing Schubert’
25 Oct
Music
Back to the Future – 20th century American Song
31 Oct
Music
Stuart McCallum featuring Rioghnach Connolly
1 Nov
Music
Eyes Shut Tight
2 Nov
Music
Hull Chamber Music Concert: L’Avventura London
5 Nov
Music Lecture
Newland Music Lectures: ‘Seeing and Singing: Interpreting Visual Decoration in Italian Music Manuscripts c.1500’
6–9 Nov
Drama
Gammer Gurton’s Needle
8 Nov
Music
Student Showcase I
9 Nov
Music
Music and Empathy Conference
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tickets@hull.ac.uk
Venue
Start time
Enquiries
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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Beverley Road Baths, Hull
Five shows each evening between 6 pm and 8.30 pm
01482 466141
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The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall
6.30 pm
01482 465620
7
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
7
Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus
7.45 pm (pre-concert talk 6.30 pm)
01482 465998
8
Five shows each evening between 6 pm and 8.30 pm
01482 466141
8
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
10
Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
01482 465884
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus
7.45 pm
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
01482 465884
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
7.30 pm
01482 466141
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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L201 (Recital Room), Larkin Building
9.30 am
01482 465627
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East Hull Pools, 88 Holderness Road, Hull
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Date
Type
Event
11 Nov
Literature
Man Booker Prize Event – Julian Barnes
15 Nov
Music
‘The Tempestuous Noise’
16 Nov
Music
Hull Chamber Music Concert: Escher String Quartet
19 Nov
Music Lecture
Newland Music Lectures: How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)
20–23 Nov
Drama
Laughing Wild
20–23 Nov
Drama
The Yellow Wallpaper
22 Nov
Music
Introduction to Early Music
29 Nov
Music
Joby Burgess’ Powerplant
2 and 3 Dec
Drama
A Sense of Anatomy
3 Dec
Music Lecture
Newland Music Lectures: ‘Positioning Gideon Klein (1919–45)’
4 Dec
Music
Hull University Music Society Concert
5 Dec
Literature
Larkin Centre Book Launch: John Wedgwood Clarke and Poems o the North Yorkshire Coast
6 Dec
Music
Student Showcase II
7 Dec
Music
Opera North Children’s Chorus
11–14 Dec
Drama
Alice
13 Dec
Music
Student Showcase III
20 Dec
Music
University Orchestra: ‘International Maritime’
Until Dec 2013 Exhibition
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A Better Seaward Peep
Venue
Start time
Enquiries
Page
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
6.30 pm
01482 465620
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
4.00 pm
01482 462045
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Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus
7.45 pm
01482 465998
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Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
01482 465884
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
7.30 pm or 9.15 pm
01482 466141
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
7.30 pm or 9.15 pm
01482 466141
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Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chapel, Cottingham Road, Hull
4.00 pm
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
7.30 pm
01482 466141
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Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus
4.15 pm
01482 465884
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
7.30 pm
01482 462045
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Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus
6.30 pm
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
28
Holy Trinity Church, Market Place, Hull
7.00 pm
01482 465620
28
The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
7.30 pm
01482 466141
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
1.15 pm
01482 462045
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Larkin Plaza, Hull Campus
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Event listing – October
Dancing Bones
Friday 4 October 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm Barrie Webb (trombone) Nika Shirocorad (piano) Barrie Webb launches the new season of lunchtime recitals with a varied selection of music from Europe, America, Japan and Australia, including miniatures by Wolf, Rachmaninov and Debussy, Ernst Krenek’s hugely entertaining Five Pieces for Trombone and Piano, and Takashi Fujii’s manic Dancing Bones. Don’t miss this! Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
The History of Water
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October 2013 Beverley Road Baths, 250 Beverley Road, Hull HU5 1AN Five performances each evening between 6 pm and 8.30 pm This immersive performance invites audiences of seven for a swim in two of Hull’s historic public swimming pools. Beverley Road Baths will be radically transformed through light, sound and performance, as participants explore the pleasure of swimming through stories, music and the act of swimming itself. Bring your swimming costume, a towel and 20p for the locker! Tickets: £10 Enquiries: 01482 466141 or Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
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Wednesday 9 October 2013 Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6.30 pm
As part of the International Maritime Season, we are delighted to host one of New Zealand’s most distinguished authors, C K Stead. Stead received his country’s highest honour, the Order of New Zealand, in 2007 for a lifetime of award-winning novels, poetry and criticism. The poems in his new collection, Yellow Buoy, offer compelling journeys across the world and through history. Michael Hulse’s vivid new collection, Half-Life, takes us to Mexico, Greece, New York ... and Staffordshire. Hulse has won the UK National Poetry Competition and the Bridport Poetry prize (twice), as well as the Eric Gregory and Cholmondeley Awards. A leading translator from German, Hulse’s work is rich in cultural awareness. Grab this opportunity to meet two of the world’s finest poets reading from their latest work and participating in a public question-andanswer session.
Events listings – October
C K Stead and Michael Hulse – The Very Best of World Poetry
Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: m.lewsleystier@hull.ac.uk or 01482 465620 In association with the Beverley Literature Festival.
Latin American Music for Flute and Guitar
Friday 11 October 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm Jessica Quiñones (flute) Hans Michael Anselmo Hess (guitar)
American flautist Jessica Quiñones and Brazilian guitarist Hans Michael Anselmo Hess are specialists in Latin American musical styles from tango and bossa nova to samba and maxixe. The programme includes works by Piazzolla, Machado, Jobim and Bellinati, and there will be masterclasses after the performance (2.30 pm approximately). Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
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Hull Chamber Music Concert: Gould Piano Trio Saturday 12 October 2013 Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus, 7.45 pm Lucy Gould (violin) Alice Neary (cello) Benjamin Frith (piano) Trios by Mozart (in E, K.542), Charles Ives and Schubert (in E flat, D.929) Pre-concert talk by Professor Brian Newbould at 6.30 pm. The University welcomes back the Gould Piano Trio, now firmly established as one of the foremost groups on the chamber music scene. Their programme contains two of the greatest classical piano trios, together with Ives’ astonishing – and at times uproarious – trio of 1911. “… trio playing at its best.” The Strad “… the highest commitment and deepest artistic insight.” Los Angeles Times Tickets: £17 (senior Citizens £15 / other concessions £9) Enquiries: 01482 465998 or k.manasse@hull.ac.uk www.hullchambermusic.org.uk
The History of Water
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2013 East Hull Pools, 88 Holderness Rd, Hull HU9 1EA Five performances each evening between 6 pm and 8.30 pm This immersive performance invites audiences of seven for a swim in two of Hull’s historic public swimming pools. East Hull Pools will be radically transformed through light, sound and performance, as participants explore the pleasure of swimming through stories, music and the act of swimming itself. Bring your swimming costume, a towel and 20p for the locker! Tickets: £10 Enquiries: 01482 466141 or Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
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Twelfth Grace Black Piano Recital and Masterclass Friday 18 October 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm
Barbican Piano Trio featuring James Kirby Mozart Trio in G, K.564 Ravel Piano Trio in A Minor James Kirby is in considerable demand as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He has performed with the English, Scottish and Belorussian Chamber Orchestras and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, as well as working with other leading musicians including Lydia Mordkovitch, the Vanbrugh String Quartet and the BBC Singers. He studied with Jean Anderson and Hamish Milne at the Royal Academy of Music and won second prize in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. In 1987, James was awarded a British Council Scholarship to study at the Moscow Conservatoire with Tatiana Nikolaeva and Eliso Virsaladze, reaching the semi-finals of the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. In 1992, he won the Citta di Marsala International Piano Competition. Subsequently, James has developed a busy recital schedule in the UK and has frequently appeared at the Southbank Centre and the Wigmore Hall, as well as in Holland, Belgium, Italy, Russia, Romania and Greece. www.barbicanpianotrio.com There will be parallel masterclasses for pianists and string players after the recital, at 2.30 pm approximately. Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Grace Black Fund.
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Tuesday 22 October 2013 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm
Given by Professor Brian Newbould (University of Hull) It goes without saying that the finishing of musical fragments from a past age raises questions of morality and purpose. Once these are resolved, the techniques and aesthetic of the time have to be absorbed. As the task itself proceeds, all manner of strategic dilemmas loom – requiring decisions based on the harmonic and structural practice of the composer and, in the case of symphonies by Schubert, the peculiarities of the early 19th-century orchestra and this composer’s habits in its use. Such work can lead us into a deeper understanding of the creative workings of the composer’s mind, but also demands resolution of such broader issues as the extent to which the completer should be musicologist on the one hand and composer on the other. Free entrance – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 465884 or Dr Alexander Binns at a.binns@hull.ac.uk
Events listings – October
Newland Music Lectures: ‘Where Composition and Musicology Meet: Finishing Schubert’
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Events listings – October
Back to the Future – 20th-Century American Song
Friday 25 October 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm Sarah Leonard (soprano) Stephen Gutman (piano)
A varied song programme to mark the 50th anniversary of the Department of American Studies at the University, with songs by Ives, Barber, Cage, Babbitt, Sondheim and Bolcom. Sarah Leonard is one of Britain’s most respected and versatile sopranos. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has a wide repertoire, with a particular interest in contemporary music. She has appeared throughout the world in major concert halls, opera houses and festivals and has worked closely with composers including Birtwistle, Boulez, Dusapin, Ferneyhough, Harle, Harvey, Lachenmann, Ligeti and Nyman. Stephen Gutman’s pianistic skill and interpretive insight have led to invitations to perform in the Royal Festival Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Weill Hall in New York, Bunka Keikan in Tokyo, and throughout Europe. Born and based in London, he studied at the Royal College of Music and with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris and was awarded first prizes in the Brant Competition and the British Contemporary Piano Competition. There will be a vocal masterclass after the performance, at 2.30 pm approximately. ‘One of the most rewarding and stimulating concerts of the entire concert year.’ The Times Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
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Events listings – October
Stuart McCallum featuring Rioghnach Connolly Thursday 31 October 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Rioghnach Connolly – vocals Stuart McCallum – acoustic and electric guitars, laptop Phil France – electric bass Luke Flowers – drums Guitarist Stuart McCallum has teamed up with fellow Cinematic Orchestra bandmates Phil France (on bass) and Luke Flowers (on drums) to write and record a new album with celebrated Irish vocalist Rioghnach Connolly. The music is a subtle blend of folk-tinged electronica, with Rioghnach’s heart-wrenching vocals, Stuart’s trademark soundscapes and Luke’s epic beats. Tickets: £12 (senior citizens £10 / other concessions £6) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
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Events listings – October 14
Eyes Shut Tight
Friday 1 November 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm Johnny Tomlinson (piano) Kristoffer Wright (drums) Paul Baxter (double bass, compositions) Over the last year, Eyes Shut Tight have been featured on BBC Radio’s Jazz On 3, The Cutting Edge on Jazz FM and The Gilles Peterson Show on BBC 6 Music. They also were selected to perform on the BBC Introducing Stage at last year’s Manchester Jazz Festival, which was also broadcast on Jazz on 3. There will be a masterclass/workshop after the concert, at 2.30 pm. “One of the best gigs I have ever seen!” JATP Jazz@Bradford Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
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Saturday 2 November 2013 Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus, 7.45 pm `
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Žak Ozmo (director, archlute, baroque guitar, mandoline) Huw Daniel and Ivana Cetkovic (violins) Malgosia Ziemkiewicz (viola) Natasha Kraemer (cello) David Gordon (harpsichord) An Italian rant; Corelli’s bequest – music by Vivaldi, Corelli, Cervetto, Carbonelli, Geminiani, Domenico Scarlatti and Boni. To mark the 300th anniversary of Corelli’s death, Žak Ozmo (Director of Early Music at Hull University) brings members of his acclaimed London-based group with a programme of music by Corelli and his contemporaries. A workshop by members of L’Avventura London will take place on Friday 1 November 2013 in the Department of Drama and Music (exact time TBC).
Event listing – November
Hull Chamber Music Concert: L’Avventura London
“Utterly captivating.” Early Music “Terrifically animated, wonderful energy … gorgeous!” BBC Radio 3 Tickets: £17 (senior citizens £15 / other concessions £9) Enquiries: 01482 465998 or k.manasse@hull.ac.uk www.hullchambermusic.org.uk
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Events listings – November 16
Newland Music Lectures: ‘Seeing and Singing: Interpreting Visual Decoration in Italian Music Manuscripts c.1500’ Tuesday 5 November 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm
Given by Dr Timothy Shephard (University of Sheffield) Some level of decoration adorns many Italian music manuscripts surviving from the period c.1460–1530. Such decoration has often proved helpful in connecting manuscripts to particular patrons and institutions, and in suggesting the ways in which a manuscript may have been used. In this lecture, Dr Shephard suggests that, by reconstructing some of the visual habits and assumptions that musicians in Renaissance Italy would have shared, it is possible to address a different kind of question: the relationship between visual decoration and the act of reading music from a manuscript. With the help of case studies, he argues that visual decoration had the capacity to intervene in musical performances undertaken from a manuscript, shaping aspects of their character and quality. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 465884 or Dr Alexander Binns at a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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6–9 November 2013 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 7.30 pm While mending the breeches of her servant, Gammer Gurton loses her precious needle and chaos erupts in the village. Diccon the Bedlam, a wandering fool, decides to make some sport when he hears of the lost needle by catalysing a series of events which leads to a destructive mash-up in the quest for the lost needle. Lying at the centre of this preShakespearean comedy is the overriding question: where on earth could Gammer Gurton’s needle be? Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) Box Office open 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Monday 4 – Friday 8 November 2013 Telephone bookings: 01482 466141 Enquiries: Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Event listing – November
Gammer Gurton’s Needle
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Student Showcase I
Friday 8 November 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm A varied programme, performed by postgraduate students including: Caroline Waddington (clarinet) Pam Waddington Muse (soprano) Evgenia Roussou (piano) Graziana Presicce (piano) The programme includes Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie and Alison Bauld’s Banquo’s Buried. Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
Music and Empathy Conference
Saturday 9 November 2013 L201 (Recital Room), Larkin Building, Hull Campus – registration from 9.30 am This one-day SEMPRE (the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research) music conference will include invited presentations, a specialist workshop and selected submissions from researchers on the theme of music and empathy. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in empathy in the fields of music psychology and education: research in music and empathy now spans a variety of contexts, including education and development, emotion, expressiveness, and performance. This conference draws together current research from a range of areas, encouraging and stimulating discussion on research in music and empathy. Tickets: day registration rate TBA. Enquiries: Caroline Waddington at c.e.waddington@2011.hull.ac.uk and Elaine King at e.c.king@hull.ac.uk or on 01482 465627. Sponsored by the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research.
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Monday 11 November 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 6.30 pm
Julian Barnes discusses his 2011 Man Booker Prize-winning The Sense of an Ending. Since his breakthrough novel, Flaubert’s Parrot, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984, Julian has won many of the world’s top writing awards. It is a great honour to welcome him to Hull for a rare public appearance to discuss The Sense of an Ending as part of the Booker Prize Trust University Initiative. All of the University’s first-year students have been given a copy of the novel, and will cap their reading experiences with this public ‘meet the author’ event. Tickets: £8 (students free of charge) Enquiries: m.lewsleystier@hull.ac.uk or 01482 465620
Event listing – November
Man Booker Prize Event – Julian Barnes
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‘The Tempestuous Noise’
Friday 15 November 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 4 pm – 5 pm Rehearsal Orchestra Lee Tsang (conductor) Tchaikovsky The Tempest, Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18 Part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ International Maritime season, this performance of Tchaikovsky’s dramatic and alluring orchestral work will be led by members of Hull Sinfonietta and will feature school pupils, members of the University Orchestra, teachers and local amateurs. External players who are interested in participating on the day (9.45 am – 5 pm) should contact Dr Tsang as soon as possible on 01482 465019 or at l.tsang@hull.ac.uk. The performance will be preceded by an introductory talk by Professor Christopher Wilson of the University’s Department of Drama and Music. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk Supported by the Department of Drama and Music, Hull Sinfonietta, Doncaster Music Service, East Riding Music Service and Hull Music Hub.
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Saturday 16 November 2013 Lindsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus, 7.45 pm
Purcell Chacony in G minor; Britten Quartet No 2 in C, Op. 36; Beethoven Quartet in B flat, Op 130 (with the Große Fuge, Op. 133, as finale) Founded in 2005, this New York quartet is rapidly gaining a major international reputation, and we are proud to be able to present them in Hull. “The Escher Quartet is excellent ... the group was polished and rhythmically vibrant; lively without being rough.” New York Times “Put simply, this group has all the qualities necessary to be the next Emerson or Juilliard Quartet: total focus, unflagging energy, bottomless technique and, perhaps most important, rare musical insight and a profound level of cohesion.” Denver Post Tickets: £17 (senior citizens £15 / other concessions £9) Enquiries: 01482 465998 or k.manasse@hull.ac.uk
Events listings – November
Hull Chamber Music Concert: Escher String Quartet
www.hullchambermusic.org.uk
Newland Music Lectures: How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) Tuesday 19 November 2013 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm
Given by Professor Ross Duffin (Case Western Reserve University) Ross Duffin’s 2008 book How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) was judged by The Guardian as ‘enjoyably pugnacious’, the Wall Street Journal as ‘delightfully informative and provocative’, and Fanfare as ‘the most subversive book on a musical subject’. Judge for yourself as Professor Duffin introduces elegantly argued ideas from his work. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 465884 or Dr Alexander Binns a.binns@hull.ac.uk
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Event listing – November 22
Laughing Wild
Wednesday 20 November 2013, 9.15 pm Thursday 21 November 2013, 7.30 pm Friday 22 November 2013, 9.15 pm Saturday 23 November 2013, 7.30 pm The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre A provocative comedy, which hilariously explores the taxing nature of modern urban life. Through a unique structure the two individuals, Man and Woman, comment on and satirise modern affairs: jobs; politics; sexuality; the price of food; even television presenters. Despite their clashing encounter in the supermarket, will Man and Woman come to an understanding? Will they ever live a ‘normal’ life? Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) Box Office open 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Monday 18 – Friday 22 November 2013 Telephone bookings: 01482 466141 Enquiries: Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
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Wednesday 20 November 2013, 7.30 pm Thursday 21 November 2013, 9.15 pm Friday 22 November 2013, 7.30 pm Saturday 23 November 2013, 9.15 pm The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre When her husband enforces a move to a desolate mansion in the countryside, Kathy begins to keep a journal of her thoughts. Why can’t she help focusing on the hideous wallpaper in her bedroom and wondering why it deteriorates so? And who is that figure hiding within the pattern of such a distasteful colour? There is something haunting about this house, but what can it be? Narrated through the mediums of theatre, dance and music, this piece delicately explores the deterioration of the mind and of relationships. Original short story by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman. Screenplay adaptation by Tony Romain. Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) Box Office open 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Monday 18 – 22 November 2013 Telephone bookings: 01482 466141 Enquiries: Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Events listings – November
The Yellow Wallpaper
Introduction to Early Music
Friday 22 November 2013 Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chapel, Cottingham Road, Hull, 4 pm University Early Music Ensemble led by Žak Ozmo An opportunity to hear some of the University’s historical instruments performed by students and staff. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
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Joby Burgess’ Powerplant
Friday 29 November 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm Joby Burgess (percussion, xylosynth and electronics) The programme includes: Conlon Nancarrow Piece for Tape (for percussion) Gabriel Prokofiev ‘Fanta®’ from Import/Export Graham Fitkin Chain of Command Javier Alvarez Temazcal Max de Wardener Until My Blood Is Pure Internationally acclaimed percussionist Joby Burgess performs a solo set from his Powerplant project, where the worlds of minimalism and electronica collide. Music by Graham Fitkin, Conlon Nancarrow and Max de Wardener is taken from Powerplant’s current album 24 Lies Per Second – heavy on live sampling, with traces of ex-presidents – alongside modern classics for maracas and soda bottles. There will be a composition workshop after the concert, at 2.30 pm approximately. ‘… the insanely talented British percussionist’ ChicagoClassicalMusic.org ‘Powerplant – an inspiring collaboration … – gives electronic music a multimedia makeover.’ The Scotsman Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk www.jobyburgess.com
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University of Hull Art Collection Middleton Hall, Cottingham Road, Hull Campus Open Monday to Friday 10 am – 4 pm Closed on public holidays Free admission The University’s Art Collection is a small but outstanding collection specialising in paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints produced in Britain between 1890 and 1940. The Camden Town Group and Bloomsbury artists are particularly well represented.
artcafé The artcafé is open in the basement of Middleton Hall, serving drinks and light refreshments from 9.30 am to 4 pm and hot food between 12 noon and 2 pm on weekdays.
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Event listing – November A Sense of Anatomy
Friday 29 November 2013 Saturday 3o November 2013 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 7.30 pm The body is the fabric of self experience. It is the substance by which we sense and feel. It is also an alien object made up of pulleys and levers, tissues and organs. It is both the most intimate aspect of self and the most distant. This piece of dance theatre explores what it means to possess, move and be a body. The work results from a collaboration between staff and students from the University of Hull, Hull York Medical School and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) Enquiries: 01482 466141 or Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
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Tuesday 3 December 2013 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 4.15 pm
Given by Dr David Fligg (Leeds College of Music) Composer and pianist Gideon Klein was just 22 when he was deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto. Along with many other artists there, he has been almost totally referenced by his internment (where he made a significant impact on the camp’s cultural activities) and by his eventual murder in Auschwitz. This is perhaps inevitable and understandable. However, Klein now needs referencing in a more nuanced way, not as a victim of a warped ideology but as a remarkable musician in his own right. Using and analysing the final work that Klein composed, the String Trio, this seminar explores how we might begin this process. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 465884 or Dr Alexander Binns at a.binns@hull.ac.uk
Hull University Music Society Concert
Events listings – December
Newland Music Lectures: ‘Positioning Gideon Klein (1919–45)’
Wednesday 4 December 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 7.30 pm
Student-run ensembles present a varied programme. Tickets: £6 (£5 senior citizens, £3 other concessions) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
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Larkin Centre Book Launch: John Wedgwood Clarke and Poems of the North Yorkshire Coast Thursday 5 December 2013 Tranby Room, Staff House, Hull Campus, 6.30 pm
Rich in minerals, marine life and the cries of people and gulls, John Wedgwood Clarke’s debut collection, Ghost Pot, charts the ever-changing terrain and history of the North Yorkshire Coast between Flamborough and Saltburn. Described as ‘a masterpiece that rewards continual rereading’ by Bernard O’Donoghue, the poems in this collection are as many layered as the places they investigate. John has recently completed a prestigious Leverhulme Artists’ Residency with the Centre for Environmental and Marine Science at the University, and will discuss the enduring influence of the sea on his writing. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
Student Showcase II
Friday 6 December 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm Performances by students specialising in jazz and popular music. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
Opera North Children’s Chorus
Saturday 7 December 2013 Holy Trinity Church, Market Place, Hull, 7 pm Jennifer Rust (soprano) A performance of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols by Opera North’s Children’s Chorus, plus solo works by rising opera star Jennifer Rust. www.jenniferrustsoprano.com www.operanorth.co.uk/education/young-people/opera-north-childrenschorus Tickets: (prices to be confirmed) Enquiries: 01482 465620
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Alice
Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 December 2013 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 7.30 pm Twelve-year-old Alice hasn’t left the house since her brother died. We first meet the grief-stricken girl at his wake attended by friends and family. However, the prying eyes of invasive outsiders cause Alice to slip from the reality of her Sheffield home and enter into the backwards world of Wonderland. How will she ever get out? The University of Hull’s Department Drama and Music presents adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s much-loved classic by Laura Wade (writer of the acclaimed drama Posh). This production is suitable for children aged 12 or older. Tickets: £5 (£3 concessions) Box Office open 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Monday 9 – Friday 13 December 2013 Telephone bookings: 01482 466141 Enquiries: Emma Wales at gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk Arts Programme
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University of Hull South-East Asia Museum First Floor West, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus Open Monday to Friday 9.15 am to 1 pm Closed on public holidays Free admission The University ethnography collections are from Assam, Burma, China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. The museum explores central themes in South-East Asian culture, from livelihood to belief systems – with strengths in arts and crafts, puppet theatre, costume and textiles.
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Friday 13 December 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm A performance from the repertoire of students who are taking the advanced performance module, plus new works by our student composers. Free admission – all welcome Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk
University Orchestra: ‘International Maritime’ Friday 20 December 2013 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 1.15 pm University Orchestra Theodoros Papadimitriou (conductor) The performance includes: Mackenzie Britannia New work by Gawthorpe Britten ‘Dawn’ and ‘Sunday Morning’ from Four Sea Interludes Korngold The Sea Hawk suite
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Student Showcase III
A concert filled with music drawing on international maritime themes. The programme features an inventive sea-faring overture; a musical response by David Gawthorpe to the attempted assassination of a 19thcentury British Prince and naval officer abroad; haunting and thrilling ‘sea interludes’ from Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes; and film music relating to a privateer’s defence of Britain. The concert will be followed by a screening of The Sea Hawk. Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Oscar-nominated score drives the action as Errol Flynn fights for Queen and country when the Spanish Armada attacks England. Released in 1940, The Sea Hawk encouraged isolationist Americans to root for plucky Britain at a time when, once again, “the ruthless ambition of a man threatens to engulf the world”. The screening will be introduced by Dr David Eldridge, Senior Lecturer in American Studies and author of Hollywood’s History Films. Refreshments will be available between 2 pm and 2.15 pm. Tickets: £6 (senior citizens £5 / other concessions £3) Enquiries: 01482 462045 or fass-events@hull.ac.uk Arts Programme
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A Better Seaward Peep From September until December 2013 Larkin Plaza, Hull Campus For opening times, please contact FASS events on 01482 462045 or email fass-events@hull.ac.uk Hondartza Fraga is a professional visual artist whose work constantly references the marine environment. Her recent work has focused on whales, whale carcasses, whale products and the place of these great mammals in the human imagination. She is developing these themes during a 10-month artist in residence position which affords particular attention to the leading international role in whaling undertaken by the port of Hull – both afloat and ashore – between 1770 and 1850. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the residency is based at the University’s Blaydes House and will connect with relevant localities across the city including the Hull Maritime Museum and Hull History Centre. Hondartza is working closely with research staff from the University’s Department of History during the project: an interdisciplinary approach that will yield, as Herman Melville wrote in Moby Dick, ‘… a still better seaward peep’. Work produced by Hondartza during the residency is being exhibited at the University campus: for further information, see the residency blog at http://seawardpeep.wordpress.com/the-residency. Sponsored by Leverhulme Trust and Finnlines
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