Sheffield Autumn Concert Series 2010

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Autumn 2010

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Welcome!

Although I have retired from Music in the Round as Artistic Director, I had already programmed the Autumn and Spring series, as we have to engage our performers a long time in advance.

Now that we are safely back in the Studio the concerts this autumn are designed to continue our journey of exploration, by discovering new repertoire as well as visiting old favourites.

Perhaps the highlight of this Autumn is the weekend of Chopin and Schumann.

There is so much of their music to discover as well as the most famous and familiar works. We also welcome first time guests as well as inviting back some of our most revered friends. In fact you could say we are back to normal having weathered the storm, but I hope we don’t quite have a ‘normal’.

Thank you all, once again, for your wonderful support.

Artistic Director

Please note that Peter Cropper will leave Music in the Round as Artistic Director at the end of July after twenty-five years. He will be back to perform in October (see page 6) and he has programmed the upcoming Autumn and Spring series. Angus Smith becomes the new Artistic Director of Music in the Round on the 1st August 2010 and his first programme will be the Autumn Series 2011.

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Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 is Music in the Round’s resident ensemble. It brings together eleven world-class musicians to form one versatile group; five string players, five wind players and a pianist.

The enthusiasm, drive and musicality of each of the performers has proved a success with audiences across the UK as they find themselves drawn into the performances both through the communicative and engrossing nature of their playing.

Ensemble 360 is a strong team and a group of friends who share a passion for the music; a passion which radiates through each performance.

Latest News

Claudia Ajmone-Marsan Naomi Atherton Laurène Durantel Amy Harman Tim Horton Matthew Hunt Marie Macleod Benjamin Nabarro Adrian Wilson

Bassoonist Amy Harman is Ensemble 360’s newest member!

Hear her throughout the season and at our lunchtime concert on Saturday 11 December (page 26).

Visit www.musicintheround.co.uk/news for more information.

VIOLIN HORN DOUBLE BASS BASSOON PIANO CLARINET CELLO VIOLIN OBOE

Thursday 7 October, 7.45pm

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 opens the Autumn Series with Haydn’s unjustly neglected Piano Trio in D minor, followed by the serene, almost dream-like Bassoon Sonata by Saint-Saëns.

The group returns to the music of Huw Watkins with his dramatic Trio, a piece Benjamin Nabarro premièred last year with the Nash Ensemble.

Brahms’s Piano Quintet opens with restraint and tenderness but soon erupts into an energetic piece full of vitality, and features what is considered to be one of the most exciting conclusions ever written in chamber music.

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

Pre-Concert Talk, 6.45pm New Artistic Director Angus Smith talks about his musical passions in conversation with departing Artistic Director Peter Cropper.

Talk lasts half an hour.

FREE with your evening concert ticket

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HAYDN Piano Trio No. 23 in D minor SAINT-SAËNS Sonata for Bassoon & Piano in G Op.168 WATKINS Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano BRAHMS Quintet for Piano & Strings in F minor Op.34

Saturday 9 October, 12.45pm

Helen Sherman and Malcolm Forbes-Peckham Australian mezzo-soprano Helen Sherman has had huge success in her home country and is fast making her mark on the international HAHN scene, performing in many prestigious venues.

A Chloris / Paysage Schubert’s Ständchen is a setting of Quand Je fus Pris au Pavillon text from Shakespeare’s play SCHUBERT Cymbeliene. This sprightly song depicts a Ständchen / An die Musik scene in which a character enters another’s bedroom hoping to woo her with song.

BRAHMS Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs) Percy Grainger is best-known for his settings of British folk music, four of GRAINGER which are heard here. Brahms’s Died for Love The Pretty Maid Milkin’ Zigeunerlieder is also inspired by folk her Cow music, and is full of the passion and The Sprig of Thyme drama that is typical of his music.

The British Waterside

Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

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DUPARC L’invitation au Voyage Chanson Triste Au Pays ou se Fait la Guerre

Helen Sherman MEZZO-SOPRANO Malcolm Forbes-Peckham PIANO

Saturday 9 October, 7.45pm

Cropper/ Welsh/ Roscoe Trio Volcanic ash prevented Peter Cropper from performing at this year’s May Festival so he returns, alongside his world-class companions, for this concert that marks his departure as Artistic Director.

The trio performs Haydn’s lively and spirited Piano Trio in A and Mozart’s Trio in E, a gentle piece of simple beauty, alongside Tchaikovsky’s emotive HAYDN Piano Trio in A minor. Tchaikovsky Piano Trio No.18 dedicated this piece to his teacher and in A close friend, pianist and composer Nikolai Rubinstein.

MOZART

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Piano Trio in E K.542 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in A minor Op.50 In Memory of a Great Artist

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Roscoe remains one of the most reassuring voices, bringing mastery and sheer musical quality to bear on everything he plays”

Peter Cropper VIOLIN Moray Welsh CELLO Martin Roscoe PIANO

Gramophone

Photographer: Hanya Chlala

Saturday 6 November, 10am & 11.15am

Music Box Workshops Ideal for 3 – 6 year olds Join Polly Ives alongside Matt, Tim and Amy from Ensemble 360 for another hugely popular Music Box workshop. These 45 minute sessions are ideal for 3 to 6 year olds as they can listen to professional musicians perform and join in games with singing and percussion.

Music Box workshops always fill up quickly so book early to avoid disappointment. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets: participating children £5 from Chloe Miller Smith at Music in the Round on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk Accompanying adults FREE on the door

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Saturday 6 November, 7pm*

4-MALITY

Percussion quartet - Ideal for all the family In a visually spectacular, flamboyant and exhilarating performance, 4-MALITY, formed by Adrian Spillett, the first percussionist to win BBC’s Young Musician of the Year award, plays over eighty drums, gongs, cymbals and tuned percussion.

JAN BRADLEY Prague The concert features virtuosic and thrilling pieces drawing on inspirations NIGEL WESTLAKE from West Africa, Cuba, the treacherous Kalabash reefs of Bermuda, the power and JULIE COOPER devastation of tornadoes, as well as Spirit of the Sound from visual art.

Watch and hear them at www.4-mality.com

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

Encore!

SOPHIE HASTINGS Justo Pelloditto NIGEL WESTLAKE Omphalo Centric Lecture

After the concert stay for a chance to chat to the musicians, ask questions, learn more about percussion and even have a go on the instruments yourself.

Entry is FREE with your concert ticket.

*Please note earlier start time

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STEVE REICH Drumming Part I

MARK NORMAN Twister Adrian Spillett Jan Bradley Sophie Hastings Mark Norman

Thrilling display of pulse-quickening virtuosity The Evening Standard

Tuesday 9 November, 10.30am & 1.30pm: Schools’ Concerts 6.30pm: Family Concert

Little Red Riding Hood Ideal for 5 - 11 year olds

Roald Dahl understood what made children tick, so I reckon he would have approved of this stunning adaptation of his Little Red Riding Hood...Unmissable” Daily Mail

“The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.

She whips a pistol from her knickers”.

Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives are back, this time to perform Paul Patterson’s brilliant musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood. Taken from Revolting Rhymes this is ideal for Key Stages 1 and 2 but is also a witty and inspiring treat for adults.

After the concert, meet the musicians in the foyer for more musical mischief!

Tickets: £3 Teachers’ resource packs are available - contact Chloe Miller Smith at Music in the Round on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk Ensemble 360 & narrator Polly Ives

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Thursday 11 November, 7pm*

Rising Stars

HAYDN Scena di Berenice HobXXIVa:10

STRAUSS Die Nacht (from Eight Poems) Op. 10 Du meines Herzens Performers from The Countess Krönelein (from Schlichte of Munster Musical Trust Weisen) Op. 21 Für fünfzehn Pfennige The Munster Trust gives support to young musicians that show exceptional talent, and helps them (from Four Songs) O.Op.150 to achieve their full potential through financial support and performance opportunities. Previous bursary POULENC Sonata for Clarinet & recipients include members of Ensemble 360.

Piano Here they perform well-loved pieces such as: Strauss’ SCHUMANN rapturous Die Nacht, Brahms’s pensive and Adagio and Allegro in A yearning Trio and Schumann’s Adagio and flat Op.70 Allegro, which can be heard in its original form for for cello and piano horn and piano on Saturday 13 November as part of BRAY the Ensemble 360’s Chopin and Schumann weekend.

New Work As a Trustee, Peter Cropper presents this group of WORLD PREMIÈRE outstanding emerging artists chosen for the BRITTEN Trust’s Recital Scheme, which also provides On this Island Op.11 regular performances at the Wigmore Hall. for soprano and piano BRAHMS

There are today, more than ever, very f ine young players, but I am interested in those that really communicate and take risks.

Tonight is an example of four such outstanding performers.

Tickets: £9 / £3 Under 26s & Students Peter Cropper Trio for Piano, Clarinet Music in the Round would like to thank the and Cello in A minor Op.114 Countess of Munster Trust for providing a subsidy enabling us to reduce the ticket price Eleanor Dennis SOPRANO for this concert. *Please note earlier start time

Tim Lowe CELLO Gary Matthewman PIANO William Stafford CLARINET

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Exploring Chopin and Schumann Ensemble 360 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of two great composers: Chopin and Schumann with a weekend of concerts. Although perhaps best known for their piano music, and in Schumann’s case, songs, both wrote well-loved chamber music. This weekend revisit these celebrated pieces and discover some lesser-known gems.

The Weekend at a Glance...

Pre-concert Talk with Nigel Simeone Friday 12 November, 6.45pm Ensemble 360 Friday 12 November, 7.45pm Saturday 13 November, 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Sheffield Music Academy Saturday 13 November, 6.30pm Ensemble 360 Saturday 13 November, 7.45pm Ensemble 360 Sunday 14 November, 2.30pm

Weekend Ticket: £43 / £30 Disabled & Unemployed / £10 Students and Under 18s Also to come later in the Autumn Series...

Wednesday 8 December, 7.45pm - Benjamin Frith: Chopin Piano Music Complete your journey into the music of Chopin by adding this concert to your weekend pass ticket. See page 23 for more information about this concert.

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Weekend Ticket & Benjamin Frith concert: £53 / £36 Disabled & Unemployed

Friday 12 November, 7.45pm

Exploring Chopin and Schumann’

Ensemble 360 performs Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces, or Fantasiestucke, for piano trio and for clarinet and piano. Both explore contrasting moods; tender and expressive, light and playful, fiery and passionate.

Chopin wrote this, his only piano trio before he was twenty years old, infusing the piece with a sense of youthful exuberance.

The tone of Schumann’s Piano Trio in D minor greatly contrasts that of its companion trio, which can be heard on Saturday evening; where the D minor is expressive and somewhat tragic, the Trio in F is sunny and joyful. page 12

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / SCHUMANN Fantasy Pieces for Piano £3 Students & Under 18s / Trio Op.88 Weekend Ticket: £43 / £30 / £10

Pre-concert Talk, 6.45pm Musicologist Nigel Simeone discusses the inspirations and influences of Chopin and Schumann, and how they in turn influenced those to come. Talk lasts half an hour. FREE with your evening concert ticket

A Little Night Music, After the concert The University of Sheffield Chamber Choir performs while you enjoy a drink at the Crucible Bar. FREE event.

CHOPIN Piano Trio in G minor Op.8 SCHUMANN Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet & Piano Op.73 SCHUMANN Piano Trio in D minor Op.63

Saturday 13 November, 12.45pm

Exploring Chopin and Schumann

The Märchenerzählungenor ‘Fairytales’, a cycle of miniatures with a nostalgic and introspective feel, was written when Schumann befriended Brahms, a creative and happy time for him despite poor health.

Chopin’s last major works, including this Cello Sonata and the Barcarolle (which can be heard on Sunday afternoon) showed a development of his usual style; the Cello Sonata is a passionate and strikingly original piece. It took him an unusually long time to write, discarding many attempts at the piece, and his frustration is reflected in its anguished tone.

Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s Weekend Ticket: £43 / £30 / £10

SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola & Piano Op.132

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CHOPIN Sonata for Cello & Piano in G minor Op.65

Saturday 13 November, 7.45pm

Exploring Chopin and Schumann

Schumann’s Violin Sonata is considered to be one of his greatest late works.

It opens with restlessness and passion before moving on to the serenity of the second movement and the energetic and agitated third.

Chopin’s waltzes are known for their encapsulation of grace SCHUMANN and charm. The exuberant Minute Waltz, the Sonata for Violin & Piano first of the Op.64 set, is one of the most famous in A minor Op.105 pieces in the piano repertoire.

Schumann’s Piano Trio in F was written as a companion piece to Schumann’s Op.63, which can be heard on Friday evening. It is a piece full of youthfulness, joy and passion.

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s / Weekend Ticket: £43 / £30 / £10

Sheffield Music Academy, 6.30pm Talented young musicians from Sheffield Music Academy perform music by Schumann and Chopin including Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood).

Tickets: £3 / FREE with your evening concert ticket

SCHUMANN Adagio & Allegro for Horn & Piano in E flat Op.70 CHOPIN 2 Waltzes Op.64 SCHUMANN Romances for Oboe & Piano Op.94 CHOPIN Polonaise for Piano in F sharp minor Op.44 SCHUMANN Piano Trio in F Op.80

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Sunday 14 November, 2.30pm

Exploring Chopin and Schumann’

Schumann’s songs are reminiscent of his Romances, (which can be heard on Saturday evening), especially in this incarnation for oboe and piano.

When most people think of a barcarolle, this one by Chopin immediately springs to mind. The lyrical theme is heard over a lilting rhythm, as if sailing on water, evoking songs sung by Venetian gondaliers.

The Piano Quintet was the crowning work of Schumann’s so-called ‘chamber music year’. The piece, which became a model for future composers, enjoyed immediate success and was SCHUMANN performed often by his Songs for Oboe & Piano wife Clara.

CHOPIN Please note this is a Barcarolle for Piano in F full-length concert with sharp minor Op.60 an interval.

SCHUMANN String Quartet in A Tickets: £14 / £9.50 minor Op.41 No.1 Disabled & Unemployed /

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SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44

Friday 19 November, 12.45pm

Ensemble 360

Schumann’s Kinderszenen was his first piano cycle to achieve commercial success. It is not a piece for children as the title suggests but is instead “reflections of an adult for other adults”, a nostalgic look at childhood.

Hindemith wrote a sonata for nearly every orchestral instrument, including this Horn Sonata and a Bassoon Sonata, which can be heard on Saturday 11 December. Each is carefully written to suit the character and qualities of the instrument. In the case of the Horn Sonata this writing features broad, soaring melodies.

The Thun Sonata is so nicknamed because Brahms wrote it whilst in the town of the same name in Switzerland. He wrote that Thun was “so full of melodies that one has to be careful not to step on any”. It is indeed a piece full of passionate and expressive tunes.

Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

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SCHUMANN Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) Op.15 HINDEMITH Sonata for Horn & Piano BRAHMS Sonata for Violin & Piano in A Op.100 Thun

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Friday 19 November, 7.45pm

The hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet Irish Voice

` Lunasa

Multi award-winning band Lúnasa received instant critical acclaim with its debut CD in 1997, and has had massive success ever since. One of the most sought after bands on the international Celtic music scene, Lúnasa has headlined top folk festival Celtic Connections, performed on TV and radio, and was last year invited to perform at The White House.

Lúnasa has redefined Irish music by going right into the heart of its rhythms. Though distinctly Irish in flavour, the group’s innovative music incorporates elements of jazz and other influences.

This concert features old favourites alongside material from their latest CD Lá Nua, which was inspired by the surroundings in which the recording was made: the beautiful Cooley Mountains in north east Ireland, an area rich in the history and culture of ancient Ireland.

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s Sponsored by Hawsons Chartered Accountants

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Seán Smith Kevin Crawford Trevor Hutchinson Paul Meehan Cillian Vallely

FIDDLE FLUTE BASS GUITAR UILLEAN PIPES / WHISTLES

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 November

Middlewood Sessions Presents Studio Strings Saturday, 10am – 5pm Workshops Sunday, 11am – 5pm Workshops Sunday, 5pm FREE performance open to the public Are you a string player (age 15+ of approximately Grade 5+ standard)? Or are you into music technology and production?

Find out what it’s like to play in a string section for a recording session and live performance. Or be part of the sound engineering team running, recording and producing the session.

In this weekend of workshops you will explore composition, improvisation, performance and studio recording techniques, featuring music from Middlewood Sessions’ debut album which combines driving energetic rhythms and luscious cinematic strings.

To participate: £25 (bursaries are available from The Lindsay Foundation). Limited spaces available.

Contact Polly Ives for more information on 0114 281 4660 or polly@musicintheround.co.uk.

Concert: FREE on the door

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Photographer: Andy Brown

Saturday 20 November, 7.45pm

In Stan Tracey’s hands the octet has all the power and vitality of a much bigger band Jazzwise

Sheff ield Jazz: Stan Tracey Octet An outstanding figure of British jazz, Stan Tracey’s hugely influential career has spanned five decades. As house pianist at Ronnie Scott’s in the ’60s he played with all the visiting American greats – Sonny Rollins said “Does anybody here know how good he really is?” His brilliantly idiosyncratic piano style combines the percussive melody of Monk with the robust lyricism of Ellington. Tonight’s concert sees his fantastic new octet perform The Hong Kong Suite - commissioned

by Governor Lord Pattern to mark the British handover back to China in 1997 and the Amandla Suite commissioned in 1993 by the unions that merged to form UNISON - “Amandla” is a Zulu word that became associated with the anti-apartheid movement. This latest Octet line-up have just released a new double CD recording of the two suites, titled “Later Works” to rave critical reviews.

Tickets: £15 / £12 Concessions / £5 Under 16s

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Stan Tracey Andy Cleyndert Clark Tracey Guy Barker Mornington Locket

PIANO BASS DRUMS Please note: for Sheffield TRUMPET Jazz, concession prices TENOR shown apply for unwaged, & SOPRANO SAX students, senior citizens & Simon Allen TENOR SAX MU members.

Sammy Mayne ALTO SAX Mark Nightingale TROMBONE

Wednesday 1 December, 7.45pm

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Prazak Quartet

The Prazák Quartet is one of today’s leading international string quartets and has performed worldwide for over thirty years. Here they perform two works from their Czech homeland alongside Haydn’s Emperor Quartet, one of his most popular string quartets. The theme is a touching hymn written for Haydn’s Emperor, hence the work’s nickname.

Considered to be one of the great string quartets of the º twentieth century, Martinu’s sixth quartet has a rhythmic vitality and drive, yet is also incredibly expressive.

When Dvorák came to write his Quartet in E flat he had recently written his popular Slavonic Dances, and was under pressure to write something similarly lively and overtly nationalistic. Although this quartet has a HAYDN Slavonic feel and features Quartet in C Op.76 No.3 Czech dance rhythms, it also Emperor has a deep sonority and richness in texture.

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

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MARTINU Quartet No.6 DVORÁK Quartet in E Flat Op.51 Vaclav Remes Vlastimil Holek Josef Kluson Michal Kanka

VIOLIN VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO

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Photographer: Guy Vivien

Saturday 4 December, 7.45pm

The f inest recent original contribution to the tradition of English music The Guardian

The Alistair Anderson Band

Alistair Anderson is joined by a group of young musicians to rediscover his influential and evocative piece Steel Skies alongside some of the traditional music from Northumberland and beyond that inspired the piece itself.

Although most of the melodies remain close to traditional dance forms, Steel Skies broke new ground: classical composers have used folk music as inspiration for many years, but this was the first extended composition written by a British folk musician for folk musicians to play.

Tickets: £14 / £9.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

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Alistair Anderson ENGLISH CONCERTINA & NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES Emily Ball FIDDLE Sophy Ball FIDDLE Lillias Kinsman Blake FLUTE Andy Watt MANDOLIN

Wednesday 8 December, 12.45pm

Ensemble 360

Referred to as his Sun Quartets, Haydn’s Op.20 was a milestone in the composer’s career, the point at which he showed full maturity in string quartet writing. His compelling Quartet in D is forward-looking, with clear influences from gypsy music.

Written in the year of his death, Intimate Letters was Janácek’s last chamber work. It depicts the close bond he shared with Kamila Stösslová, to whom he wrote numerous letters, in one of which he declared that Intimate Letters was written in fire, where previous pieces had been “written only in hot ash”. Indeed the piece is full of fiery passion and drama, contrasted by moments of tender intimacy.

HAYDN Quartet in D Op.20 No.4

Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

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JANÁCEK Quartet No.2 Intimate Letters

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Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery, 6-7pm Ensemble 360 and Paul Allen discuss Herbert Howells and his Rhapsodic Quintet for Clarinet & Strings Op.31 (1919), as part of the Great British Art Debate. There will be the chance to see the exhibition Restless Times: Art in Britain 1914-45 before and after the performance.

Tickets: £4 / £3.60 concs Book in advance on 0114 278 2655 or learning@museums-sheffield.org.uk

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Wednesday 8 December, 7.45pm

Exploring Chopin and Schumann: Benjamin Frith Continuing our celebration of the music of Chopin on the 200th anniversary of his birth, Benjamin Frith performs some of the music that Chopin was loved for above all else: piano music. Although this was his best-known genre, Chopin only wrote four piano sonatas. The majority of his output for piano was miniatures such as preludes, mazurkas, and polonaises, some favourite examples of which are heard here.

Dances from his Polish homeland influenced many of Chopin’s compositions: both the mazurka and the polonaise are Polish dances.

His famous Op.53 Polonaise is a virtuosic and heroic piece, hence its nickname.

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Prelude in C sharp minor Op.45 Fantasy Impromptu Op.66 Sonata in B minor Op.58 Scherzo No.2 Op.31 Nocturne in C minor Op.48 No.1 3 Mazurkas Op.63 Waltz in A flat Op.42 Grand Valse Polonaise in A flat Op.53 Heroic Benjamin Frith PIANO

Thursday 9 December, 9.30am - 2.30pm

Brass Masterclass with Naomi Atherton Ensemble 360 horn player Naomi Atherton leads this masterclass for young musicians who play any brass instrument at approximately Grade 5 or above. Participants perform a piece and receive encouragement and advice on their playing.

Naomi is a member of Ensemble 360 and has also been principal horn of Manchester Camerata and Northern Chamber Orchestra for many years as well as playing guest principal in many other leading orchestras and ensembles.

Take part!

To apply or for more information contact Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk

Come and listen!

This is a great opportunity to support ShefďŹ eld’s talented young musicians and hear a wide variety of brass music.

Claim your FREE ticket on the door.

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Thursday 9 December, 7.45pm

Ensemble 360 Desert Island Concert: Matthew Hunt “I have chosen to start my Desert Island Concert with two of my favourite composers from childhood: Howells and Mozart. Howells’s Quintet, while starting with an outburst of passionate despair, ends with one of the most serenely beautiful passages of music ever written.

HOWELLS Rhapsodic Quintet for Thomas Adès’s Catch is a hugely entertaining and Clarinet & Strings theatrical work for piano trio and clarinet. I have Op.31 played this piece often with Thomas, and am really MOZART looking forward to performing his extremely beautiful Duo for Bassoon & music with the Ensemble in Sheffield.”

Cello in B flat K.292 Matthew Hunt

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Pre-concert Talk, 6.45pm Matthew chats to fellow Ensemble 360 member Benjamin Nabarro about this evening’s programme. Talk lasts half an hour.

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CHOPIN Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor Op. 39 ADÈS Catch Op.4 for clarinet, violin, cello and piano BEETHOVEN Septet in E flat Op.20 for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass

Saturday 11 December, 12.45pm

Ensemble 360

An opportunity to hear Amy Harman, Ensemble 360’s newest member, perform a variety of pieces. The programme includes Debussy’s Première Rapsodie, a classic of the clarinet repertoire with moments of expressive lyricism as well as sparkling virtuosity.

Hindemith wrote sonatas for many instruments, including the Horn Sonata, which can be heard on Friday 19 November. His short Bassoon Sonata journeys through different moods, opening jovially, and moving on in turn to solemn, playful, and concluding contemplatively.

Despite its title and the fact that Glinka wrote on the score that he had “known love only by the pain it brings”, the Trio Pathétique is in fact a cheerful and heroic piece.

Tickets: £9 / £6.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Students & Under 18s

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BEETHOVEN Duo for Clarinet & Bassoon in B flat DEBUSSY Première Rapsodie for Clarinet & Piano HINDEMITH Sonata for Bassoon & Piano GLINKA Trio Pathétique for Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano in D minor

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Saturday 11 December, 7.45pm

Playing of constant variety, a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose The Strad

Carducci Quartet

The Carducci Quartet is widely recognised as one of today’s most talented young string quartets. Here the group performs Mozart’s Hunt Quartet, so named because of the opening theme that suggests a huntsman’s horn. It is one of a series of six quartets that Mozart dedicated to Haydn whose musical influence is apparent.

E J Moeran’s Irish roots greatly influenced his music, as did landscape and folk song. These influences are apparent in this pastoral piece which is thought to have been written early in his career, though it was not found until after his death.

MOZART Philip Glass is one of the most Quartet in B flat commercially successful composers alive K.458 The Hunt today. Inspired by Samual Beckett’s bleak poem of the same name, his Company MOERAN Quartet is a melancholy and sombre Quartet in E flat piece full of a sense of yearning GLASS and nostalgia.

Quartet No.2 Company

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Chamber music by talented young musicians.

BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor Op.95 Serioso Matthew Denton Michelle Fleming Eoin Schmidt-Martin Emma Denton

VIOLIN VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO

Sunday 19 December, 3pm

Family Concert Christmas Animal Carnival Ensemble 360 & Paul Rissmann.

With young string players from Sheffield Music Service

If you like the Carnival of the Animals you’ll love this!

Presented by the dynamic composer and animateur Paul Rissmann, this concert boasts a menagerie of meerkats, mice, hippos, lions, turkeys and tortoises. With audience participation, image projections and lots of musical laughs, this concert is set to sell fast!

Programme includes: SAINT SAËNS PAUL RISSMANN HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS MICHAEL GIACCHINO PAUL RISSMANN

Rissmann is an extremely skilled musician... at the centre of every one of his projects is real music.

Carnival of the Animals Carnival - The Sequel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Music from Ratatouille The Three Tiny Turkeys

Ideal for age 5+ Foyer activities from 1pm

Tickets: £10 / £3 Students & Under 18s Family groups of four can save 10% on tickets.

In advance only.

The Scotsman

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Venue Information

Sheffield Theatres Studio | Norfolk Street | Sheffield S1 1DA Seating Areas: All seats are unreserved, but please specify which area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level, tier one or tier two.

Latecomers: The auditorium will open 30 minutes before the advertised start time. Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

Access: The Studio offers easy access for wheelchair users although spaces are limited; please inform the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space. For blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park and NCP car park.

Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park car park on Arundel Gate for which ticket-buyers can receive a discount voucher, and a 24-hour NCP car park that can be accessed from Norfolk Street or Arundel Gate.

A Sheffield Theatres Production

The Aristocratic Hareford family are looking for an heir. Enter Bill Snibson - a barrow boy, a heartbreaker, a rogue - the long lost son of the Earl of Hareford!

Everything is about to change…

Featuring a live 12 piece orchestra and packed with joyful (Tony Award-nominated) musical classics, including The Sun Has Got His Hat On, Leaning on a Lamp Post and The Lambeth Walk, Me and My Girl is an effervescent show full of music and dancing for all the family.

Join us for this exhilarating and distinctly English celebration of life, love and happiness.

Tickets £12.00 - £24.00 Discounts available

Thu 2 December 2010 - Sat 29 January 2011 Crucible Theatre

Box Office 0114 249 6000 sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Booking Your Tickets 0114 249 6000 www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk In person at the Crucible box office Box Office

Booking info venue

Re-Sales

By Phone: Monday - Saturday, 9.30am - 8pm In Person: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 8pm On non-performance days the box office closes at 6pm

We endeavour to re-sell your tickets on your behalf at a charge of 50p per ticket if the event is sold out.

All telephone and online bookings are subject to a 75p handling fee.

Booking for Friends of Music in the Round opens on Saturday 24 July. During this priority period use the booking form on page 32. Tickets are limited to two per Friend per event.

By Post

Booking Dates

You can book your tickets by post using the form on page 30. Please include one SAE per six tickets ordered to allow General booking opens on Saturday 31 July. your tickets to be posted back. It is usual for telephone and personal bookings to be given priority.

Ticket Offers

Concessions Concessions are available upon proof of status for people with disabilities, those registered unemployed, students and under 18s. Prices are indicated on each concert page.

Family Tickets Family groups of four (to include at least two under 18s) can save 10% on tickets. In advance only.

Lunchtime concerts: Book 4 concerts for the price of 3 Exploring Chopin and Schumann weekend ticket: £43 / £30 Disabled & Unemployed / £10 Students and Under 18s With Benjamin Frith concert: £53 / £36 First Timers: Get two tickets for £5 each on your first booking

Booking Form

PLEASE COMPLETE ALL DETAILS IN BLOCK CAPITALS Name Address

There are two ways to pay (tick where applicable) q I have enclosed a cheque made payable to ShefďŹ eld Theatres q Please debit my Visa / Mastercard / Maestro / Visa Delta / Mastercard Debit (delete as appropriate)

Postcode

Number on card:

Tel Number (daytime)

Expiry Date:

Tel Number (evening)

Maestro issue number:

Email

CVV Number:

q I am a Friend of Music in the Round

This is the three digit number at the end of the signature strip on your card

q I am not a Friend of Music in the Round Cardholder’s Signature (tick where applicable)

q Please add me to the Music in the Round mailing list

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Please enclose a photocopy of your proof of status if concessionary tickets are required

Booking Form

PLEASE RETURN WITH ONE SAE PER SIX TICKETS TO: Sheffield Theatres Box Office | Norfolk Street | Sheffield S1 1DA Tickets Required

Quantity x Price

Seating Area

Date

Time

Standard

Stage Level / Tier 1 / Tier 2

Example: 7 Oct

7.45pm

1x

£14

Disabled / Student / Unemployed Under 18 2x

£9.50

1x

£3

LUNCHTIME CONCERT OFFER

x £27

x £19.50

x £9

EXPLORING C&S WEEKEND TICKET

x £43

x £30

x £10

C&S WEEKEND & BENJAMIN FRITH

x £53

x £36

Stage Level

Grand Total

Continue on separate paper if necessary

Total

£36

The 2011 Kirker Music Cruise Festival at Sea

A Cruise to the Baltic Capitals & St. Petersburg on Board Fred. Olsen’s Black Watch 19 June - 1 July 2011 Kiel (Lübeck) - Stockholm - Tallinn - St. Petersburg Helsinki - Copenhagen Join a distinguished selection of musicians on Fred.Olsen’s Black Watch on this cruise through the Baltic to St. Petersburg.

Featuring: Members of Ensemble 360 including Benjamin Nabarro, violin; Matthew Hunt, clarinet & Tim Horton, piano Also Joan Rodgers, soprano; Duncan Rock, baritone & Simon Rowland-Jones, viola

Talks, interviews with the musicians and special optional shore excursions complete this wonderful musical experience.

Prices from £1,995 per person including comprehensive music, concert and lecture programme and full board throughout.

To make a booking or request a brochure, please call us on

020 7593 2284 please quote source code GMR

www.kirkerholidays.com

. . . e c n a l g a t a n o s Sea

Join our email list before October and you could win tickets for every concert in our Spring Series 2011! Sign up at www.musicintheround.co.uk Thursday 7 October 6.45pm Thursday 7 October 7.45pm Saturday 9 October 12.45pm

Pre-Concert Talk Ensemble 360 Helen Sherman and Malcolm Forbes-Peckham Saturday 9 October 7.45pm Cropper / Welsh / Roscoe Trio Saturday 6 November 10am & 11.15am Music Box Workshops Saturday 6 November 7pm 4-MALITY Tuesday 9 November 10am & 1.30pm Little Red Riding Hood Schools’ Concerts Tuesday 9 November 6.30pm Little Red Riding Hood Family Concert Thursday 11 November 7pm Rising Stars: Performers from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Friday 12 November 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk Friday 12 November 7.45pm Ensemble 360: Exploring Chopin and Schumann Saturday 13 November 12.45pm Ensemble 360: Exploring Chopin and Schumann Saturday 13 November 6.30pm Sheffield Music Academy Saturday 13 November 7.45pm Ensemble 360: Exploring Chopin and Schumann Sunday 14 November 2.30pm Ensemble 360: Exploring Chopin and Schumann Friday 19 November 12.45pm Ensemble 360

Friday 19 November 7.45pm Saturday 20 November 10am - 5pm

Lúnasa Middlewood Sessions Workshops Saturday 20 November 7.45pm Sheffield Jazz: Stan Tracey Octet Sunday 21 November 11am – 5pm Middlewood Sessions Workshops Sunday 21 November 5pm Middlewood Sessions Present Studio Strings FREE Wednesday 1 December 7.45pm Prazák Quartet Saturday 4 December 7.45pm The Alistair Anderson Band Wednesday 8 December 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Wednesday 8 December 7.45pm Benjamin Frith: Exploring Chopin and Schumann Thursday 9 December 9.30am – 2.30pm Brass Masterclass with Naomi Atherton Thursday 9 December 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk Thursday 9 December 7.45pm Ensemble 360 Desert Island Concert: Matthew Hunt Saturday 11 December 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Saturday 11 December 7.45pm Carducci Quartet Sunday 19 December 3pm Family Concert: Christmas Animal Carnival

Do you know someone who hasn’t been to a Music in the Round concert before? First timers can now get two tickets for £5 each on their first booking through the Sheffield Theatres box office. For more information please visit www.musicintheround.co.uk