WELCOME
2015/16 DIARY
Season Launch Concert
Become a supporter and receive the following benefits: Save up to £6 on every concert ticket Save up to £4 on every theatre/dance ticket Save up to £2 on every Lancaster Arts concert programme
Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Nuffield Theatre Great Hall Great Hall
7.30pm. 22 October 7.30pm. 29 October 7.30pm. 12 November 7.30pm. 19 November 7.30pm. 26 November 7.30pm. 4 February 7.30pm. 18 February 7.30pm. 25 February 7.30pm. 3 March 7.30pm. 17 March
Sunwook Kim Piano
Plus save an additional 10% at our café bar. Exclusive talks, receptions with artists and visiting companies. Discounts and offers at partner arts organisations. Plus a free warm fuzzy feeling for supporting the arts in Lancaster and our shared cultural ecology.
MOZART Fantasy in d minor, K397 SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G minor, D894 BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
Don’t like booking online? Once you become a Supporter you’ll receive the lowest possible adult price whether you book online or via our box office.
*In-the-Round When the 18-year-old South Korean pianist Sunwook Kim won the Leeds International Piano competition in 2006, joining the likes of Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu and Artur Pizarro, he became the youngest ever player to do so. He has since carved an enviable reputation for his mature performances of the great composers, and we will enjoy an evening of great pianistic indulgence with him, ending in Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. 6.45pm Foyer Music
Direct Debits You can pay via Direct Debits for the year or pay just £3 a month. To receive a Direct Debit form call Lindsay on 01524 594151 or visit lancasterarts.co.uk/supporters Lancaster University Staff Member? Our Supporters scheme is now included as an option within the University Flexible Benefits scheme. Select the Combined Arts Offer and your monthly £3 can be deducted direct from your salary. Under 26/Mature Student? Become a Supporter and be eligible for free tickets to certain events throughout our 2015/16 season.
COMMUNITY & STUDENT EVENTS Haffner Orchestra Haffner Orchestra University of Lancaster Music Society MESSY NOISY GALLERY NOISY: Stanley's Stick MESSY: Creepy Crafts NOISY: Bear Hunt MESSY: Festive Fun MESSY: New Year Messy Play NOISY: The Gingerbread Man MESSY: Bunny Bonanza
TO BOOK TICKETS VISIT: www.lancasterarts.co.uk EMAIL: info@lancasterarts.co.uk CALL: 01524 594151 (Tue-Fri from 1 Sept 2015)
ClAssICAl COnCeRts
The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.co.uk.
Receive a FREE daily tea or coffee in the Lancaster Arts café/bar until 8pm.
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Great Hall
Join us at the Great Hall, Lancaster University, for a season of great classical music by epic composers played by outstanding artists.
Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall
Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room Jack Hylton Room Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room
7.30pm. 28 November 7.30pm. 27 February 7.30pm. 19-20 March
10 & 11.15am. 19 September 10am. 31 October 10 & 11.15am. 28 November 10am. 12 December 10am. 30 January 10am & 11.15am. 27 February 10am. 19 March
Purchasing tickets in person? Please be advised our box office is staffed only on performance days between 12noon - 2pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.
At tHe GReAt HAll
We are delighted to open and close the season with two Leeds International Piano Competition finalists, the Korean-born Sunwook Kim and Lancashire-born Kathryn Stott. The New York-based Escher Quartet will visit us on their next UK tour with an unmissable programme. Household names of the classical world, Emma Johnson and John Lill, will perform their favourite Brahms and Schumann pieces, and the engaging virtuoso violinists Jack Liebeck and Giovanni Guzzo also feature, as does percussion-genius, Joby Burgess. The uniquely talented Venezuelan pianist-improviser, Gabriela Montero, returns by very popular demand with Manchester Camerata. We celebrate a generation of young talent with the RNCM and Chethams, who both bring breathtaking programmes with enormous symphony orchestras to the hall. There are concerts to lift the soul, some to lose yourself completely and others that will provoke deep thought. But be sure that the experience of hearing great music performed live will enrich and enliven your Thursday evenings! I warmly welcome you to join us for a concert soon. Fiona Sinclair Associate Director
www.anonymousdesign.net
Over 300 are already enjoying the benefits of being a Supporter. Join now from just £3 a month
Sunwook Kim (Piano) RNCM Symphony Orchestra Johnson & Lill (Clarinet & Piano) Montero & Manchester Camerata Organ Recital Escher String Quartet Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Pioneers of Percussion Liebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Box Office: 01524 594151 www.lancasterarts.co.uk
tICKet PRICes 2015 /16 Standard Adults: £19.75 Under 26s & Students: £11
Web Saver Adults: £17.75 Under 26s & Students: £9
Supporters Adults & Concessions: £13 Under 26s Supporter: FREE
Concert Programmes £3 per copy. Friends of the Concerts Series: £2 Supporters: £1
PURCHAsInG YOUR tICKets You will always get the cheapest tickets online at lancasterarts.co.uk –
COnCessIOns
Supporters receive the same supporter price through all booking methods. Tickets can be purchased by calling 01524 594151 between 12noon and 5pm, Tuesday to Friday (from Tuesday 1st September). Our Box Office (in the Peter Scott Gallery) is staffed only on performance days between 12noon -2pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.
PRIORtY BOOKInG Is available to all current Live at LICA / Lancaster Arts Supporters from 18 – 28 August online or by calling 01524 594151.
WeB sAVeR This pricing is only available via lancasterarts.co.uk until midnight on the day before the performance.
A 10% discount apply (on Box Office and Web Saver rates only) to seniors (over 60s), the unemployed, disabled people and their essential companions. We have separate rates for students (full time education) and under 26s. Where appropriate, ID will be required on collection of tickets. Advance concession tickets must be collected in person.
lAte ADMIssIOn Unless stated, the time stated on all our publicity refers to the performance start time. The admittance of latecomers is decided by the visiting artists/company and it is not always possible to admit latecomers. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time.
HOW tO fInD Us By Car Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster. Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Great Hall Complex. Our postcode for your 'Sat Nav' is LA1 4YW. Parking Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces. See map for nearest locations for parking. For weekday parking there are pay and display machines. Alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge. Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm. By Bus Buses run every 5-20 minutes from Lancaster City centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. For bus information call 'Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.
WELCOME
2015/16 DIARY
Season Launch Concert
Become a supporter and receive the following benefits: Save up to £6 on every concert ticket Save up to £4 on every theatre/dance ticket Save up to £2 on every Lancaster Arts concert programme
Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Nuffield Theatre Great Hall Great Hall
7.30pm. 22 October 7.30pm. 29 October 7.30pm. 12 November 7.30pm. 19 November 7.30pm. 26 November 7.30pm. 4 February 7.30pm. 18 February 7.30pm. 25 February 7.30pm. 3 March 7.30pm. 17 March
Sunwook Kim Piano
Plus save an additional 10% at our café bar. Exclusive talks, receptions with artists and visiting companies. Discounts and offers at partner arts organisations. Plus a free warm fuzzy feeling for supporting the arts in Lancaster and our shared cultural ecology.
MOZART Fantasy in d minor, K397 SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G minor, D894 BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
Don’t like booking online? Once you become a Supporter you’ll receive the lowest possible adult price whether you book online or via our box office.
*In-the-Round When the 18-year-old South Korean pianist Sunwook Kim won the Leeds International Piano competition in 2006, joining the likes of Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu and Artur Pizarro, he became the youngest ever player to do so. He has since carved an enviable reputation for his mature performances of the great composers, and we will enjoy an evening of great pianistic indulgence with him, ending in Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. 6.45pm Foyer Music
Direct Debits You can pay via Direct Debits for the year or pay just £3 a month. To receive a Direct Debit form call Lindsay on 01524 594151 or visit lancasterarts.co.uk/supporters Lancaster University Staff Member? Our Supporters scheme is now included as an option within the University Flexible Benefits scheme. Select the Combined Arts Offer and your monthly £3 can be deducted direct from your salary. Under 26/Mature Student? Become a Supporter and be eligible for free tickets to certain events throughout our 2015/16 season.
COMMUNITY & STUDENT EVENTS Haffner Orchestra Haffner Orchestra University of Lancaster Music Society MESSY NOISY GALLERY NOISY: Stanley's Stick MESSY: Creepy Crafts NOISY: Bear Hunt MESSY: Festive Fun MESSY: New Year Messy Play NOISY: The Gingerbread Man MESSY: Bunny Bonanza
TO BOOK TICKETS VISIT: www.lancasterarts.co.uk EMAIL: info@lancasterarts.co.uk CALL: 01524 594151 (Tue-Fri from 1 Sept 2015)
ClAssICAl COnCeRts
The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.co.uk.
Receive a FREE daily tea or coffee in the Lancaster Arts café/bar until 8pm.
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Great Hall
Join us at the Great Hall, Lancaster University, for a season of great classical music by epic composers played by outstanding artists.
Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall
Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room Jack Hylton Room Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room
7.30pm. 28 November 7.30pm. 27 February 7.30pm. 19-20 March
10 & 11.15am. 19 September 10am. 31 October 10 & 11.15am. 28 November 10am. 12 December 10am. 30 January 10am & 11.15am. 27 February 10am. 19 March
Purchasing tickets in person? Please be advised our box office is staffed only on performance days between 12noon - 2pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.
At tHe GReAt HAll
We are delighted to open and close the season with two Leeds International Piano Competition finalists, the Korean-born Sunwook Kim and Lancashire-born Kathryn Stott. The New York-based Escher Quartet will visit us on their next UK tour with an unmissable programme. Household names of the classical world, Emma Johnson and John Lill, will perform their favourite Brahms and Schumann pieces, and the engaging virtuoso violinists Jack Liebeck and Giovanni Guzzo also feature, as does percussion-genius, Joby Burgess. The uniquely talented Venezuelan pianist-improviser, Gabriela Montero, returns by very popular demand with Manchester Camerata. We celebrate a generation of young talent with the RNCM and Chethams, who both bring breathtaking programmes with enormous symphony orchestras to the hall. There are concerts to lift the soul, some to lose yourself completely and others that will provoke deep thought. But be sure that the experience of hearing great music performed live will enrich and enliven your Thursday evenings! I warmly welcome you to join us for a concert soon. Fiona Sinclair Associate Director
www.anonymousdesign.net
Over 300 are already enjoying the benefits of being a Supporter. Join now from just £3 a month
Sunwook Kim (Piano) RNCM Symphony Orchestra Johnson & Lill (Clarinet & Piano) Montero & Manchester Camerata Organ Recital Escher String Quartet Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Pioneers of Percussion Liebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Box Office: 01524 594151 www.lancasterarts.co.uk
tICKet PRICes 2015 /16 Standard Adults: £19.75 Under 26s & Students: £11
Web Saver Adults: £17.75 Under 26s & Students: £9
Supporters Adults & Concessions: £13 Under 26s Supporter: FREE
Concert Programmes £3 per copy. Friends of the Concerts Series: £2 Supporters: £1
PURCHAsInG YOUR tICKets You will always get the cheapest tickets online at lancasterarts.co.uk –
COnCessIOns
Supporters receive the same supporter price through all booking methods. Tickets can be purchased by calling 01524 594151 between 12noon and 5pm, Tuesday to Friday (from Tuesday 1st September). Our Box Office (in the Peter Scott Gallery) is staffed only on performance days between 12noon -2pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.
PRIORtY BOOKInG Is available to all current Live at LICA / Lancaster Arts Supporters from 18 – 28 August online or by calling 01524 594151.
WeB sAVeR This pricing is only available via lancasterarts.co.uk until midnight on the day before the performance.
A 10% discount apply (on Box Office and Web Saver rates only) to seniors (over 60s), the unemployed, disabled people and their essential companions. We have separate rates for students (full time education) and under 26s. Where appropriate, ID will be required on collection of tickets. Advance concession tickets must be collected in person.
lAte ADMIssIOn Unless stated, the time stated on all our publicity refers to the performance start time. The admittance of latecomers is decided by the visiting artists/company and it is not always possible to admit latecomers. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time.
HOW tO fInD Us By Car Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster. Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Great Hall Complex. Our postcode for your 'Sat Nav' is LA1 4YW. Parking Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces. See map for nearest locations for parking. For weekday parking there are pay and display machines. Alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge. Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm. By Bus Buses run every 5-20 minutes from Lancaster City centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. For bus information call 'Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.
WELCOME
2015/16 DIARY
Season Launch Concert
Become a supporter and receive the following benefits: Save up to £6 on every concert ticket Save up to £4 on every theatre/dance ticket Save up to £2 on every Lancaster Arts concert programme
Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall Nuffield Theatre Great Hall Great Hall
7.30pm. 22 October 7.30pm. 29 October 7.30pm. 12 November 7.30pm. 19 November 7.30pm. 26 November 7.30pm. 4 February 7.30pm. 18 February 7.30pm. 25 February 7.30pm. 3 March 7.30pm. 17 March
Sunwook Kim Piano
Plus save an additional 10% at our café bar. Exclusive talks, receptions with artists and visiting companies. Discounts and offers at partner arts organisations. Plus a free warm fuzzy feeling for supporting the arts in Lancaster and our shared cultural ecology.
MOZART Fantasy in d minor, K397 SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G minor, D894 BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
Don’t like booking online? Once you become a Supporter you’ll receive the lowest possible adult price whether you book online or via our box office.
*In-the-Round When the 18-year-old South Korean pianist Sunwook Kim won the Leeds International Piano competition in 2006, joining the likes of Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu and Artur Pizarro, he became the youngest ever player to do so. He has since carved an enviable reputation for his mature performances of the great composers, and we will enjoy an evening of great pianistic indulgence with him, ending in Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. 6.45pm Foyer Music
Direct Debits You can pay via Direct Debits for the year or pay just £3 a month. To receive a Direct Debit form call Lindsay on 01524 594151 or visit lancasterarts.co.uk/supporters Lancaster University Staff Member? Our Supporters scheme is now included as an option within the University Flexible Benefits scheme. Select the Combined Arts Offer and your monthly £3 can be deducted direct from your salary. Under 26/Mature Student? Become a Supporter and be eligible for free tickets to certain events throughout our 2015/16 season.
COMMUNITY & STUDENT EVENTS Haffner Orchestra Haffner Orchestra University of Lancaster Music Society MESSY NOISY GALLERY NOISY: Stanley's Stick MESSY: Creepy Crafts NOISY: Bear Hunt MESSY: Festive Fun MESSY: New Year Messy Play NOISY: The Gingerbread Man MESSY: Bunny Bonanza
TO BOOK TICKETS VISIT: www.lancasterarts.co.uk EMAIL: info@lancasterarts.co.uk CALL: 01524 594151 (Tue-Fri from 1 Sept 2015)
ClAssICAl COnCeRts
The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.co.uk.
Receive a FREE daily tea or coffee in the Lancaster Arts café/bar until 8pm.
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Great Hall
Join us at the Great Hall, Lancaster University, for a season of great classical music by epic composers played by outstanding artists.
Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall
Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room Jack Hylton Room Peter Scott Gallery Jack Hylton Room
7.30pm. 28 November 7.30pm. 27 February 7.30pm. 19-20 March
10 & 11.15am. 19 September 10am. 31 October 10 & 11.15am. 28 November 10am. 12 December 10am. 30 January 10am & 11.15am. 27 February 10am. 19 March
Purchasing tickets in person? Please be advised our box office is staffed only on performance days between 12noon - 2pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.
At tHe GReAt HAll
We are delighted to open and close the season with two Leeds International Piano Competition finalists, the Korean-born Sunwook Kim and Lancashire-born Kathryn Stott. The New York-based Escher Quartet will visit us on their next UK tour with an unmissable programme. Household names of the classical world, Emma Johnson and John Lill, will perform their favourite Brahms and Schumann pieces, and the engaging virtuoso violinists Jack Liebeck and Giovanni Guzzo also feature, as does percussion-genius, Joby Burgess. The uniquely talented Venezuelan pianist-improviser, Gabriela Montero, returns by very popular demand with Manchester Camerata. We celebrate a generation of young talent with the RNCM and Chethams, who both bring breathtaking programmes with enormous symphony orchestras to the hall. There are concerts to lift the soul, some to lose yourself completely and others that will provoke deep thought. But be sure that the experience of hearing great music performed live will enrich and enliven your Thursday evenings! I warmly welcome you to join us for a concert soon. Fiona Sinclair Associate Director
www.anonymousdesign.net
Over 300 are already enjoying the benefits of being a Supporter. Join now from just £3 a month
Sunwook Kim (Piano) RNCM Symphony Orchestra Johnson & Lill (Clarinet & Piano) Montero & Manchester Camerata Organ Recital Escher String Quartet Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Pioneers of Percussion Liebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Box Office: 01524 594151 www.lancasterarts.co.uk
tICKet PRICes 2015 /16 Standard Adults: £19.75 Under 26s & Students: £11
Web Saver Adults: £17.75 Under 26s & Students: £9
Supporters Adults & Concessions: £13 Under 26s Supporter: FREE
Concert Programmes £3 per copy. Friends of the Concerts Series: £2 Supporters: £1
PURCHAsInG YOUR tICKets You will always get the cheapest tickets online at lancasterarts.co.uk –
COnCessIOns
Supporters receive the same supporter price through all booking methods. Tickets can be purchased by calling 01524 594151 between 12noon and 5pm, Tuesday to Friday (from Tuesday 1st September). Our Box Office (in the Peter Scott Gallery) is staffed only on performance days between 12noon -2pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.
PRIORtY BOOKInG Is available to all current Live at LICA / Lancaster Arts Supporters from 18 – 28 August online or by calling 01524 594151.
WeB sAVeR This pricing is only available via lancasterarts.co.uk until midnight on the day before the performance.
A 10% discount apply (on Box Office and Web Saver rates only) to seniors (over 60s), the unemployed, disabled people and their essential companions. We have separate rates for students (full time education) and under 26s. Where appropriate, ID will be required on collection of tickets. Advance concession tickets must be collected in person.
lAte ADMIssIOn Unless stated, the time stated on all our publicity refers to the performance start time. The admittance of latecomers is decided by the visiting artists/company and it is not always possible to admit latecomers. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time.
HOW tO fInD Us By Car Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster. Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Great Hall Complex. Our postcode for your 'Sat Nav' is LA1 4YW. Parking Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces. See map for nearest locations for parking. For weekday parking there are pay and display machines. Alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge. Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm. By Bus Buses run every 5-20 minutes from Lancaster City centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. For bus information call 'Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Johnson & Lill
Organ Recital
Escher String Quartet
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
Liebeck & Apekisheva
Messy Noisy Gallery For families with children aged 0-5 years. Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at Lancaster University.
Manchester Camerata
Pioneers of Percussion
Season Finale
2015
2016
Sat. 19 September
Sat. 30 January
Stanley’s Stick - a musical fiesta of sticky fun. *Sticks provided!
New Year Messy Play sticky, glittery, painty, gluey, crafty fun!
Sat. 31 October
Sat. 27 February
Creepy crafts - Create your own scary mask and firework display.
The Gingerbread Man ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’… take part in our minimusical drama.
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 12 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 19 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 26 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 4 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 18 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 25 February 2016, 7.30pm | Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 3 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Sat. 28 November
En Shao Conductor Manjo Kamps *Conductor David Gibson Piano
Emma Johnson Clarinet John Lill Piano
Giovanni Guzzo Director/ Violin Gabriela Montero Piano
Michael Wynne Organ
Escher String Quartet
Stephen Threlfall Conductor Coco Inman Violin
Joby Burgess Percussion & Electronics
Jack Liebeck Violin Katya Apekisheva Piano
Kathryn Stott Piano
We’re going on a Bear Hunt – a classic favourite comes to musical life.
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major DEBUSSY *Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Op.54
The magnificent RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs in all its glory under the baton of the eminent maestro, En Shao. Returning by overwhelming demand, this exceptional orchestra presents a rich and evocative programme featuring three milestones of the French impressionists, followed by the completely other-worldly masterpiece, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy - be prepared to lose yourself in musical heaven! 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op.73 BRAHMS Two Rhapsodies Op.79 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.1 in f minor SCHUMANN Romanzen Op.94 BRAHMS Three Intermezzi Op.117 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.2 in E Flat major
Upon winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Emma Johnson transformed the profile of her instrument overnight, inspiring generations of young clarinetists who followed her. She performs a beguiling evening of works by Schumann and Brahms with her chamber music partner (and titan of the piano) John Lill, who will also perform Brahms’ effervescent Intermezzi and Rhapsodies for solo piano. 6.45pm Foyer Music
PÄRT Fratres DESENNE The Two Seasons of the Caribbean Tropics BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449 MONTERO Improvisations on audience requests This dynamic programme features Venezuelan-born musicians Gabriela Montero and Giovanni Guzzo, artists
whose music brims with energy and colour. Montero who is famed for her extraordinary improvisatory talents, returns by very popular demand to play Mozart’s mighty Piano Concerto No.14 followed by some audienceinspired improvisations. The concert also includes the mesmerising Fratres by Arvo Pärt, Paul Desenne’s exotic Two Seasons, performed by the superlative Manchester Camerata. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
M.BERGMANN Magnificat II toni SWEELINCK Ricercar del nono tono J.S.BACH Komm, heiliger Geist PURCELL A Voluntary ‘for ye double organ’ BÖHM Partita: Freu dich sehr meine Seele KREBS Toccata and Fugue in E major
It is a great delight to present Lancaster University’s newly appointed University Organist, Michael Wynne. Michael will lead us through a fascinating musical exploration of our instrument, in a selection of works designed to help us hear it at its finest. Michael also offers the audience a chance to inspect and try the instrument during a unique hands-on pre-concert talk. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 Prussian No.1 BARTÓK Quartet No.1 SCHUBERT Quartet in D Minor Death and the Maiden *In-the-Round We’re very excited to welcome the incredible New York-based Escher String Quartet to Lancaster. They perform a concert which concludes with the incomparable Death and the Maiden quartet - one of
the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. The centerpiece is Bartók’s exquisite and dramatic 1st string quartet, preceded by the pure perfection of Mozart’s Prussian. The Eschers will perform in the round, giving every member of the audience an intimate opportunity to experience chamber music at its best. 6.45pm Foyer Music
ROSSINI Thieving Magpie Overture SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 RESPIGHI Pines and Fountains of Rome The exceptional talent of Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra is displayed in a virtuoso programme which opens with Rossini's irresistible operatic overture. One of ‘Chet’s’ most promising young
soloists, Coco Inman, performs Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. The crestfallen composer had fallen out of favour with Stalin and was intensely paranoid by now. Upon completion, he locked the concerto away and was unable to write a note for two years. The grand finale of the evening is Respighi’s extraordinary portrait of Italy – a vibrant and instantly lovable masterpiece. 6.45pm Foyer Music
NICOLE LIZÉE New Work (world premiere) TORU TAKEMITSU Seasons MORTON FELDMAN King of Denmark IANNIS XENAKIS Psappha Pioneers of Percussion brings together pioneering solo works from the most innovative and creative composers of the 20th Century. Takemitsu’s Seasons explores our changing ecology through a delicate metallic landscape,
whilst Psappha explodes with muscular and abrasive rhythm taken from ancient Greek text. Feldman's great antipercussion composition twinkles like stars in the night and we hear a world premiere by ‘brilliant musical scientist’ Nicole Lizée, inspired by the glitches of outmoded and wellworn technology. Joby Burgess supplies the ‘Wow factor – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’ 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 BRIDGE Violin Sonata H183 DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor CORIGLIANO Violin Sonata Since Jack Liebeck made his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra aged 15, he has gone on to perform all over Europe, Asia and the USA and is fast becoming a national treasure. He pairs two
extremely well-loved violin sonatas by Brahms and Debussy with two far too rarely heard ones. However, it is always rewarding to get to know works by English composer Frank Bridge and the grand Corigliano sonata is a tour de force for the violin which promises an immensely enjoyable end to this concert. 6.45pm Foyer Music
BACH Prelude and Fugue No.1 GRIEG Holberg Suite RACHMANINOV Variations on theme of Corelli RAVEL Tombeau de Couperin SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue no.24 *In-the-Round Kathryn Stott is one of the UK’s most creative, imaginative and versatile pianists. Her concert is flanked by Bach’s first and Shostakovich’s last Prelude
and Fugue, two sets of some of the most inventive music ever written for the piano. Kathryn will also perform the ever popular Holberg Suite in its original version for piano solo, the dazzling Corelli Variations ‘La Folia’ and Ravel’s enchanting and virtuosic Tombeau de Couperin. We promise you an uplifting finale concert which will make your heart sing!
Sat. 12 December
Sat. 19 March Bunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easter egg hunt!
Festive fun - Make your own festive hat, handprint trees and play with our fake snow!
Details
*Supported by the Friends of the Lancaster Concerts
Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15am Tickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free) Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pm Tickets: FREE but reservation essential
6.45pm Foyer Music
Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.co.uk
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Johnson & Lill
Organ Recital
Escher String Quartet
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
Liebeck & Apekisheva
Messy Noisy Gallery For families with children aged 0-5 years. Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at Lancaster University.
Manchester Camerata
Pioneers of Percussion
Season Finale
2015
2016
Sat. 19 September
Sat. 30 January
Stanley’s Stick - a musical fiesta of sticky fun. *Sticks provided!
New Year Messy Play sticky, glittery, painty, gluey, crafty fun!
Sat. 31 October
Sat. 27 February
Creepy crafts - Create your own scary mask and firework display.
The Gingerbread Man ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’… take part in our minimusical drama.
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 12 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 19 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 26 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 4 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 18 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 25 February 2016, 7.30pm | Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 3 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Sat. 28 November
En Shao Conductor Manjo Kamps *Conductor David Gibson Piano
Emma Johnson Clarinet John Lill Piano
Giovanni Guzzo Director/ Violin Gabriela Montero Piano
Michael Wynne Organ
Escher String Quartet
Stephen Threlfall Conductor Coco Inman Violin
Joby Burgess Percussion & Electronics
Jack Liebeck Violin Katya Apekisheva Piano
Kathryn Stott Piano
We’re going on a Bear Hunt – a classic favourite comes to musical life.
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major DEBUSSY *Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Op.54
The magnificent RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs in all its glory under the baton of the eminent maestro, En Shao. Returning by overwhelming demand, this exceptional orchestra presents a rich and evocative programme featuring three milestones of the French impressionists, followed by the completely other-worldly masterpiece, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy - be prepared to lose yourself in musical heaven! 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op.73 BRAHMS Two Rhapsodies Op.79 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.1 in f minor SCHUMANN Romanzen Op.94 BRAHMS Three Intermezzi Op.117 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.2 in E Flat major
Upon winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Emma Johnson transformed the profile of her instrument overnight, inspiring generations of young clarinetists who followed her. She performs a beguiling evening of works by Schumann and Brahms with her chamber music partner (and titan of the piano) John Lill, who will also perform Brahms’ effervescent Intermezzi and Rhapsodies for solo piano. 6.45pm Foyer Music
PÄRT Fratres DESENNE The Two Seasons of the Caribbean Tropics BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449 MONTERO Improvisations on audience requests This dynamic programme features Venezuelan-born musicians Gabriela Montero and Giovanni Guzzo, artists
whose music brims with energy and colour. Montero who is famed for her extraordinary improvisatory talents, returns by very popular demand to play Mozart’s mighty Piano Concerto No.14 followed by some audienceinspired improvisations. The concert also includes the mesmerising Fratres by Arvo Pärt, Paul Desenne’s exotic Two Seasons, performed by the superlative Manchester Camerata. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
M.BERGMANN Magnificat II toni SWEELINCK Ricercar del nono tono J.S.BACH Komm, heiliger Geist PURCELL A Voluntary ‘for ye double organ’ BÖHM Partita: Freu dich sehr meine Seele KREBS Toccata and Fugue in E major
It is a great delight to present Lancaster University’s newly appointed University Organist, Michael Wynne. Michael will lead us through a fascinating musical exploration of our instrument, in a selection of works designed to help us hear it at its finest. Michael also offers the audience a chance to inspect and try the instrument during a unique hands-on pre-concert talk. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 Prussian No.1 BARTÓK Quartet No.1 SCHUBERT Quartet in D Minor Death and the Maiden *In-the-Round We’re very excited to welcome the incredible New York-based Escher String Quartet to Lancaster. They perform a concert which concludes with the incomparable Death and the Maiden quartet - one of
the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. The centerpiece is Bartók’s exquisite and dramatic 1st string quartet, preceded by the pure perfection of Mozart’s Prussian. The Eschers will perform in the round, giving every member of the audience an intimate opportunity to experience chamber music at its best. 6.45pm Foyer Music
ROSSINI Thieving Magpie Overture SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 RESPIGHI Pines and Fountains of Rome The exceptional talent of Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra is displayed in a virtuoso programme which opens with Rossini's irresistible operatic overture. One of ‘Chet’s’ most promising young
soloists, Coco Inman, performs Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. The crestfallen composer had fallen out of favour with Stalin and was intensely paranoid by now. Upon completion, he locked the concerto away and was unable to write a note for two years. The grand finale of the evening is Respighi’s extraordinary portrait of Italy – a vibrant and instantly lovable masterpiece. 6.45pm Foyer Music
NICOLE LIZÉE New Work (world premiere) TORU TAKEMITSU Seasons MORTON FELDMAN King of Denmark IANNIS XENAKIS Psappha Pioneers of Percussion brings together pioneering solo works from the most innovative and creative composers of the 20th Century. Takemitsu’s Seasons explores our changing ecology through a delicate metallic landscape,
whilst Psappha explodes with muscular and abrasive rhythm taken from ancient Greek text. Feldman's great antipercussion composition twinkles like stars in the night and we hear a world premiere by ‘brilliant musical scientist’ Nicole Lizée, inspired by the glitches of outmoded and wellworn technology. Joby Burgess supplies the ‘Wow factor – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’ 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 BRIDGE Violin Sonata H183 DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor CORIGLIANO Violin Sonata Since Jack Liebeck made his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra aged 15, he has gone on to perform all over Europe, Asia and the USA and is fast becoming a national treasure. He pairs two
extremely well-loved violin sonatas by Brahms and Debussy with two far too rarely heard ones. However, it is always rewarding to get to know works by English composer Frank Bridge and the grand Corigliano sonata is a tour de force for the violin which promises an immensely enjoyable end to this concert. 6.45pm Foyer Music
BACH Prelude and Fugue No.1 GRIEG Holberg Suite RACHMANINOV Variations on theme of Corelli RAVEL Tombeau de Couperin SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue no.24 *In-the-Round Kathryn Stott is one of the UK’s most creative, imaginative and versatile pianists. Her concert is flanked by Bach’s first and Shostakovich’s last Prelude
and Fugue, two sets of some of the most inventive music ever written for the piano. Kathryn will also perform the ever popular Holberg Suite in its original version for piano solo, the dazzling Corelli Variations ‘La Folia’ and Ravel’s enchanting and virtuosic Tombeau de Couperin. We promise you an uplifting finale concert which will make your heart sing!
Sat. 12 December
Sat. 19 March Bunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easter egg hunt!
Festive fun - Make your own festive hat, handprint trees and play with our fake snow!
Details
*Supported by the Friends of the Lancaster Concerts
Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15am Tickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free) Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pm Tickets: FREE but reservation essential
6.45pm Foyer Music
Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.co.uk
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Johnson & Lill
Organ Recital
Escher String Quartet
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
Liebeck & Apekisheva
Messy Noisy Gallery For families with children aged 0-5 years. Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at Lancaster University.
Manchester Camerata
Pioneers of Percussion
Season Finale
2015
2016
Sat. 19 September
Sat. 30 January
Stanley’s Stick - a musical fiesta of sticky fun. *Sticks provided!
New Year Messy Play sticky, glittery, painty, gluey, crafty fun!
Sat. 31 October
Sat. 27 February
Creepy crafts - Create your own scary mask and firework display.
The Gingerbread Man ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’… take part in our minimusical drama.
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 12 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 19 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 26 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 4 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 18 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 25 February 2016, 7.30pm | Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 3 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Sat. 28 November
En Shao Conductor Manjo Kamps *Conductor David Gibson Piano
Emma Johnson Clarinet John Lill Piano
Giovanni Guzzo Director/ Violin Gabriela Montero Piano
Michael Wynne Organ
Escher String Quartet
Stephen Threlfall Conductor Coco Inman Violin
Joby Burgess Percussion & Electronics
Jack Liebeck Violin Katya Apekisheva Piano
Kathryn Stott Piano
We’re going on a Bear Hunt – a classic favourite comes to musical life.
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major DEBUSSY *Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Op.54
The magnificent RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs in all its glory under the baton of the eminent maestro, En Shao. Returning by overwhelming demand, this exceptional orchestra presents a rich and evocative programme featuring three milestones of the French impressionists, followed by the completely other-worldly masterpiece, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy - be prepared to lose yourself in musical heaven! 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op.73 BRAHMS Two Rhapsodies Op.79 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.1 in f minor SCHUMANN Romanzen Op.94 BRAHMS Three Intermezzi Op.117 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.2 in E Flat major
Upon winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Emma Johnson transformed the profile of her instrument overnight, inspiring generations of young clarinetists who followed her. She performs a beguiling evening of works by Schumann and Brahms with her chamber music partner (and titan of the piano) John Lill, who will also perform Brahms’ effervescent Intermezzi and Rhapsodies for solo piano. 6.45pm Foyer Music
PÄRT Fratres DESENNE The Two Seasons of the Caribbean Tropics BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449 MONTERO Improvisations on audience requests This dynamic programme features Venezuelan-born musicians Gabriela Montero and Giovanni Guzzo, artists
whose music brims with energy and colour. Montero who is famed for her extraordinary improvisatory talents, returns by very popular demand to play Mozart’s mighty Piano Concerto No.14 followed by some audienceinspired improvisations. The concert also includes the mesmerising Fratres by Arvo Pärt, Paul Desenne’s exotic Two Seasons, performed by the superlative Manchester Camerata. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
M.BERGMANN Magnificat II toni SWEELINCK Ricercar del nono tono J.S.BACH Komm, heiliger Geist PURCELL A Voluntary ‘for ye double organ’ BÖHM Partita: Freu dich sehr meine Seele KREBS Toccata and Fugue in E major
It is a great delight to present Lancaster University’s newly appointed University Organist, Michael Wynne. Michael will lead us through a fascinating musical exploration of our instrument, in a selection of works designed to help us hear it at its finest. Michael also offers the audience a chance to inspect and try the instrument during a unique hands-on pre-concert talk. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 Prussian No.1 BARTÓK Quartet No.1 SCHUBERT Quartet in D Minor Death and the Maiden *In-the-Round We’re very excited to welcome the incredible New York-based Escher String Quartet to Lancaster. They perform a concert which concludes with the incomparable Death and the Maiden quartet - one of
the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. The centerpiece is Bartók’s exquisite and dramatic 1st string quartet, preceded by the pure perfection of Mozart’s Prussian. The Eschers will perform in the round, giving every member of the audience an intimate opportunity to experience chamber music at its best. 6.45pm Foyer Music
ROSSINI Thieving Magpie Overture SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 RESPIGHI Pines and Fountains of Rome The exceptional talent of Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra is displayed in a virtuoso programme which opens with Rossini's irresistible operatic overture. One of ‘Chet’s’ most promising young
soloists, Coco Inman, performs Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. The crestfallen composer had fallen out of favour with Stalin and was intensely paranoid by now. Upon completion, he locked the concerto away and was unable to write a note for two years. The grand finale of the evening is Respighi’s extraordinary portrait of Italy – a vibrant and instantly lovable masterpiece. 6.45pm Foyer Music
NICOLE LIZÉE New Work (world premiere) TORU TAKEMITSU Seasons MORTON FELDMAN King of Denmark IANNIS XENAKIS Psappha Pioneers of Percussion brings together pioneering solo works from the most innovative and creative composers of the 20th Century. Takemitsu’s Seasons explores our changing ecology through a delicate metallic landscape,
whilst Psappha explodes with muscular and abrasive rhythm taken from ancient Greek text. Feldman's great antipercussion composition twinkles like stars in the night and we hear a world premiere by ‘brilliant musical scientist’ Nicole Lizée, inspired by the glitches of outmoded and wellworn technology. Joby Burgess supplies the ‘Wow factor – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’ 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 BRIDGE Violin Sonata H183 DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor CORIGLIANO Violin Sonata Since Jack Liebeck made his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra aged 15, he has gone on to perform all over Europe, Asia and the USA and is fast becoming a national treasure. He pairs two
extremely well-loved violin sonatas by Brahms and Debussy with two far too rarely heard ones. However, it is always rewarding to get to know works by English composer Frank Bridge and the grand Corigliano sonata is a tour de force for the violin which promises an immensely enjoyable end to this concert. 6.45pm Foyer Music
BACH Prelude and Fugue No.1 GRIEG Holberg Suite RACHMANINOV Variations on theme of Corelli RAVEL Tombeau de Couperin SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue no.24 *In-the-Round Kathryn Stott is one of the UK’s most creative, imaginative and versatile pianists. Her concert is flanked by Bach’s first and Shostakovich’s last Prelude
and Fugue, two sets of some of the most inventive music ever written for the piano. Kathryn will also perform the ever popular Holberg Suite in its original version for piano solo, the dazzling Corelli Variations ‘La Folia’ and Ravel’s enchanting and virtuosic Tombeau de Couperin. We promise you an uplifting finale concert which will make your heart sing!
Sat. 12 December
Sat. 19 March Bunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easter egg hunt!
Festive fun - Make your own festive hat, handprint trees and play with our fake snow!
Details
*Supported by the Friends of the Lancaster Concerts
Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15am Tickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free) Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pm Tickets: FREE but reservation essential
6.45pm Foyer Music
Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.co.uk
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Johnson & Lill
Organ Recital
Escher String Quartet
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
Liebeck & Apekisheva
Messy Noisy Gallery For families with children aged 0-5 years. Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at Lancaster University.
Manchester Camerata
Pioneers of Percussion
Season Finale
2015
2016
Sat. 19 September
Sat. 30 January
Stanley’s Stick - a musical fiesta of sticky fun. *Sticks provided!
New Year Messy Play sticky, glittery, painty, gluey, crafty fun!
Sat. 31 October
Sat. 27 February
Creepy crafts - Create your own scary mask and firework display.
The Gingerbread Man ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’… take part in our minimusical drama.
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 12 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 19 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 26 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 4 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 18 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 25 February 2016, 7.30pm | Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 3 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Sat. 28 November
En Shao Conductor Manjo Kamps *Conductor David Gibson Piano
Emma Johnson Clarinet John Lill Piano
Giovanni Guzzo Director/ Violin Gabriela Montero Piano
Michael Wynne Organ
Escher String Quartet
Stephen Threlfall Conductor Coco Inman Violin
Joby Burgess Percussion & Electronics
Jack Liebeck Violin Katya Apekisheva Piano
Kathryn Stott Piano
We’re going on a Bear Hunt – a classic favourite comes to musical life.
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major DEBUSSY *Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Op.54
The magnificent RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs in all its glory under the baton of the eminent maestro, En Shao. Returning by overwhelming demand, this exceptional orchestra presents a rich and evocative programme featuring three milestones of the French impressionists, followed by the completely other-worldly masterpiece, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy - be prepared to lose yourself in musical heaven! 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op.73 BRAHMS Two Rhapsodies Op.79 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.1 in f minor SCHUMANN Romanzen Op.94 BRAHMS Three Intermezzi Op.117 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.2 in E Flat major
Upon winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Emma Johnson transformed the profile of her instrument overnight, inspiring generations of young clarinetists who followed her. She performs a beguiling evening of works by Schumann and Brahms with her chamber music partner (and titan of the piano) John Lill, who will also perform Brahms’ effervescent Intermezzi and Rhapsodies for solo piano. 6.45pm Foyer Music
PÄRT Fratres DESENNE The Two Seasons of the Caribbean Tropics BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449 MONTERO Improvisations on audience requests This dynamic programme features Venezuelan-born musicians Gabriela Montero and Giovanni Guzzo, artists
whose music brims with energy and colour. Montero who is famed for her extraordinary improvisatory talents, returns by very popular demand to play Mozart’s mighty Piano Concerto No.14 followed by some audienceinspired improvisations. The concert also includes the mesmerising Fratres by Arvo Pärt, Paul Desenne’s exotic Two Seasons, performed by the superlative Manchester Camerata. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
M.BERGMANN Magnificat II toni SWEELINCK Ricercar del nono tono J.S.BACH Komm, heiliger Geist PURCELL A Voluntary ‘for ye double organ’ BÖHM Partita: Freu dich sehr meine Seele KREBS Toccata and Fugue in E major
It is a great delight to present Lancaster University’s newly appointed University Organist, Michael Wynne. Michael will lead us through a fascinating musical exploration of our instrument, in a selection of works designed to help us hear it at its finest. Michael also offers the audience a chance to inspect and try the instrument during a unique hands-on pre-concert talk. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 Prussian No.1 BARTÓK Quartet No.1 SCHUBERT Quartet in D Minor Death and the Maiden *In-the-Round We’re very excited to welcome the incredible New York-based Escher String Quartet to Lancaster. They perform a concert which concludes with the incomparable Death and the Maiden quartet - one of
the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. The centerpiece is Bartók’s exquisite and dramatic 1st string quartet, preceded by the pure perfection of Mozart’s Prussian. The Eschers will perform in the round, giving every member of the audience an intimate opportunity to experience chamber music at its best. 6.45pm Foyer Music
ROSSINI Thieving Magpie Overture SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 RESPIGHI Pines and Fountains of Rome The exceptional talent of Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra is displayed in a virtuoso programme which opens with Rossini's irresistible operatic overture. One of ‘Chet’s’ most promising young
soloists, Coco Inman, performs Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. The crestfallen composer had fallen out of favour with Stalin and was intensely paranoid by now. Upon completion, he locked the concerto away and was unable to write a note for two years. The grand finale of the evening is Respighi’s extraordinary portrait of Italy – a vibrant and instantly lovable masterpiece. 6.45pm Foyer Music
NICOLE LIZÉE New Work (world premiere) TORU TAKEMITSU Seasons MORTON FELDMAN King of Denmark IANNIS XENAKIS Psappha Pioneers of Percussion brings together pioneering solo works from the most innovative and creative composers of the 20th Century. Takemitsu’s Seasons explores our changing ecology through a delicate metallic landscape,
whilst Psappha explodes with muscular and abrasive rhythm taken from ancient Greek text. Feldman's great antipercussion composition twinkles like stars in the night and we hear a world premiere by ‘brilliant musical scientist’ Nicole Lizée, inspired by the glitches of outmoded and wellworn technology. Joby Burgess supplies the ‘Wow factor – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’ 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 BRIDGE Violin Sonata H183 DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor CORIGLIANO Violin Sonata Since Jack Liebeck made his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra aged 15, he has gone on to perform all over Europe, Asia and the USA and is fast becoming a national treasure. He pairs two
extremely well-loved violin sonatas by Brahms and Debussy with two far too rarely heard ones. However, it is always rewarding to get to know works by English composer Frank Bridge and the grand Corigliano sonata is a tour de force for the violin which promises an immensely enjoyable end to this concert. 6.45pm Foyer Music
BACH Prelude and Fugue No.1 GRIEG Holberg Suite RACHMANINOV Variations on theme of Corelli RAVEL Tombeau de Couperin SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue no.24 *In-the-Round Kathryn Stott is one of the UK’s most creative, imaginative and versatile pianists. Her concert is flanked by Bach’s first and Shostakovich’s last Prelude
and Fugue, two sets of some of the most inventive music ever written for the piano. Kathryn will also perform the ever popular Holberg Suite in its original version for piano solo, the dazzling Corelli Variations ‘La Folia’ and Ravel’s enchanting and virtuosic Tombeau de Couperin. We promise you an uplifting finale concert which will make your heart sing!
Sat. 12 December
Sat. 19 March Bunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easter egg hunt!
Festive fun - Make your own festive hat, handprint trees and play with our fake snow!
Details
*Supported by the Friends of the Lancaster Concerts
Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15am Tickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free) Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pm Tickets: FREE but reservation essential
6.45pm Foyer Music
Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.co.uk
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Johnson & Lill
Organ Recital
Escher String Quartet
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
Liebeck & Apekisheva
Messy Noisy Gallery For families with children aged 0-5 years. Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at Lancaster University.
Manchester Camerata
Pioneers of Percussion
Season Finale
2015
2016
Sat. 19 September
Sat. 30 January
Stanley’s Stick - a musical fiesta of sticky fun. *Sticks provided!
New Year Messy Play sticky, glittery, painty, gluey, crafty fun!
Sat. 31 October
Sat. 27 February
Creepy crafts - Create your own scary mask and firework display.
The Gingerbread Man ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’… take part in our minimusical drama.
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 12 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 19 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 26 November 2015, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 4 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 18 February 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 25 February 2016, 7.30pm | Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 3 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30pm | Great Hall
Sat. 28 November
En Shao Conductor Manjo Kamps *Conductor David Gibson Piano
Emma Johnson Clarinet John Lill Piano
Giovanni Guzzo Director/ Violin Gabriela Montero Piano
Michael Wynne Organ
Escher String Quartet
Stephen Threlfall Conductor Coco Inman Violin
Joby Burgess Percussion & Electronics
Jack Liebeck Violin Katya Apekisheva Piano
Kathryn Stott Piano
We’re going on a Bear Hunt – a classic favourite comes to musical life.
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major DEBUSSY *Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Op.54
The magnificent RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs in all its glory under the baton of the eminent maestro, En Shao. Returning by overwhelming demand, this exceptional orchestra presents a rich and evocative programme featuring three milestones of the French impressionists, followed by the completely other-worldly masterpiece, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy - be prepared to lose yourself in musical heaven! 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op.73 BRAHMS Two Rhapsodies Op.79 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.1 in f minor SCHUMANN Romanzen Op.94 BRAHMS Three Intermezzi Op.117 BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata Op.120 No.2 in E Flat major
Upon winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Emma Johnson transformed the profile of her instrument overnight, inspiring generations of young clarinetists who followed her. She performs a beguiling evening of works by Schumann and Brahms with her chamber music partner (and titan of the piano) John Lill, who will also perform Brahms’ effervescent Intermezzi and Rhapsodies for solo piano. 6.45pm Foyer Music
PÄRT Fratres DESENNE The Two Seasons of the Caribbean Tropics BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449 MONTERO Improvisations on audience requests This dynamic programme features Venezuelan-born musicians Gabriela Montero and Giovanni Guzzo, artists
whose music brims with energy and colour. Montero who is famed for her extraordinary improvisatory talents, returns by very popular demand to play Mozart’s mighty Piano Concerto No.14 followed by some audienceinspired improvisations. The concert also includes the mesmerising Fratres by Arvo Pärt, Paul Desenne’s exotic Two Seasons, performed by the superlative Manchester Camerata. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
M.BERGMANN Magnificat II toni SWEELINCK Ricercar del nono tono J.S.BACH Komm, heiliger Geist PURCELL A Voluntary ‘for ye double organ’ BÖHM Partita: Freu dich sehr meine Seele KREBS Toccata and Fugue in E major
It is a great delight to present Lancaster University’s newly appointed University Organist, Michael Wynne. Michael will lead us through a fascinating musical exploration of our instrument, in a selection of works designed to help us hear it at its finest. Michael also offers the audience a chance to inspect and try the instrument during a unique hands-on pre-concert talk. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
MOZART String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575 Prussian No.1 BARTÓK Quartet No.1 SCHUBERT Quartet in D Minor Death and the Maiden *In-the-Round We’re very excited to welcome the incredible New York-based Escher String Quartet to Lancaster. They perform a concert which concludes with the incomparable Death and the Maiden quartet - one of
the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. The centerpiece is Bartók’s exquisite and dramatic 1st string quartet, preceded by the pure perfection of Mozart’s Prussian. The Eschers will perform in the round, giving every member of the audience an intimate opportunity to experience chamber music at its best. 6.45pm Foyer Music
ROSSINI Thieving Magpie Overture SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 RESPIGHI Pines and Fountains of Rome The exceptional talent of Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra is displayed in a virtuoso programme which opens with Rossini's irresistible operatic overture. One of ‘Chet’s’ most promising young
soloists, Coco Inman, performs Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. The crestfallen composer had fallen out of favour with Stalin and was intensely paranoid by now. Upon completion, he locked the concerto away and was unable to write a note for two years. The grand finale of the evening is Respighi’s extraordinary portrait of Italy – a vibrant and instantly lovable masterpiece. 6.45pm Foyer Music
NICOLE LIZÉE New Work (world premiere) TORU TAKEMITSU Seasons MORTON FELDMAN King of Denmark IANNIS XENAKIS Psappha Pioneers of Percussion brings together pioneering solo works from the most innovative and creative composers of the 20th Century. Takemitsu’s Seasons explores our changing ecology through a delicate metallic landscape,
whilst Psappha explodes with muscular and abrasive rhythm taken from ancient Greek text. Feldman's great antipercussion composition twinkles like stars in the night and we hear a world premiere by ‘brilliant musical scientist’ Nicole Lizée, inspired by the glitches of outmoded and wellworn technology. Joby Burgess supplies the ‘Wow factor – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’ 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 BRIDGE Violin Sonata H183 DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor CORIGLIANO Violin Sonata Since Jack Liebeck made his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra aged 15, he has gone on to perform all over Europe, Asia and the USA and is fast becoming a national treasure. He pairs two
extremely well-loved violin sonatas by Brahms and Debussy with two far too rarely heard ones. However, it is always rewarding to get to know works by English composer Frank Bridge and the grand Corigliano sonata is a tour de force for the violin which promises an immensely enjoyable end to this concert. 6.45pm Foyer Music
BACH Prelude and Fugue No.1 GRIEG Holberg Suite RACHMANINOV Variations on theme of Corelli RAVEL Tombeau de Couperin SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue no.24 *In-the-Round Kathryn Stott is one of the UK’s most creative, imaginative and versatile pianists. Her concert is flanked by Bach’s first and Shostakovich’s last Prelude
and Fugue, two sets of some of the most inventive music ever written for the piano. Kathryn will also perform the ever popular Holberg Suite in its original version for piano solo, the dazzling Corelli Variations ‘La Folia’ and Ravel’s enchanting and virtuosic Tombeau de Couperin. We promise you an uplifting finale concert which will make your heart sing!
Sat. 12 December
Sat. 19 March Bunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easter egg hunt!
Festive fun - Make your own festive hat, handprint trees and play with our fake snow!
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Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15am Tickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free) Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pm Tickets: FREE but reservation essential
6.45pm Foyer Music
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MOZART Fantasy in d minor, K397 SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in G minor, D894 BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
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*In-the-Round When the 18-year-old South Korean pianist Sunwook Kim won the Leeds International Piano competition in 2006, joining the likes of Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu and Artur Pizarro, he became the youngest ever player to do so. He has since carved an enviable reputation for his mature performances of the great composers, and we will enjoy an evening of great pianistic indulgence with him, ending in Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations. 6.45pm Foyer Music
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Thursday 22 October 2015 | Great Hall
Join us at the Great Hall, Lancaster University, for a season of great classical music by epic composers played by outstanding artists.
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7.30pm. 28 November 7.30pm. 27 February 7.30pm. 19-20 March
10 & 11.15am. 19 September 10am. 31 October 10 & 11.15am. 28 November 10am. 12 December 10am. 30 January 10am & 11.15am. 27 February 10am. 19 March
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At tHe GReAt HAll
We are delighted to open and close the season with two Leeds International Piano Competition finalists, the Korean-born Sunwook Kim and Lancashire-born Kathryn Stott. The New York-based Escher Quartet will visit us on their next UK tour with an unmissable programme. Household names of the classical world, Emma Johnson and John Lill, will perform their favourite Brahms and Schumann pieces, and the engaging virtuoso violinists Jack Liebeck and Giovanni Guzzo also feature, as does percussion-genius, Joby Burgess. The uniquely talented Venezuelan pianist-improviser, Gabriela Montero, returns by very popular demand with Manchester Camerata. We celebrate a generation of young talent with the RNCM and Chethams, who both bring breathtaking programmes with enormous symphony orchestras to the hall. There are concerts to lift the soul, some to lose yourself completely and others that will provoke deep thought. But be sure that the experience of hearing great music performed live will enrich and enliven your Thursday evenings! I warmly welcome you to join us for a concert soon. Fiona Sinclair Associate Director
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Sunwook Kim (Piano) RNCM Symphony Orchestra Johnson & Lill (Clarinet & Piano) Montero & Manchester Camerata Organ Recital Escher String Quartet Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Pioneers of Percussion Liebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Kathryn Stott (Piano)
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HOW tO fInD Us By Car Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster. Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Great Hall Complex. Our postcode for your 'Sat Nav' is LA1 4YW. Parking Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces. See map for nearest locations for parking. For weekday parking there are pay and display machines. Alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge. Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm. By Bus Buses run every 5-20 minutes from Lancaster City centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. For bus information call 'Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.