Music in the Round May Festival 2012

eld Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffi y Ma Friday 11 – Saturday 19

May Festival 2012

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Presented in association with Sheffield Theatres, the home of Music in the Round | Box Office: 0114 249 6000

Ensemble 360

Resident with Music in the Round, Ensemble 360 brings together eleven world-class musicians to form one versatile group; five string players, five wind players and a pianist.

Claudia Ajmone-Marsan VIOLIN / Naomi Atherton HORN / Juliette Bausor FLUTE Judith Busbridge VIOLA / Laurène Durantel DOUBLE BASS / Amy Harman BASSOON Tim Horton PIANO / Matthew Hunt CLARINET / Benjamin Nabarro VIOLIN Gemma Rosefield CELLO / Adrian Wilson OBOE

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Les Nations: The Extraordinary Musical Life of Paris

Welcome to the May Festival 2012.

This year our focus is on Paris, a home to generations of outstanding French composers and an irresistible lure throughout the ages to musicians, artists and writers from all around the world. Style, sophistication, and innovation are the trademark characteristics of our musical selection and the composers represented this week have all obeyed the cardinal Parisian rule: whatever you do, never, ever be dull.

Sitting alongside many exquisitely beautiful pieces there are some surprising composer combinations – Debussy and Smyth, Ravel and Gershwin, Farrenc and de Falla, Poulenc and Copland, to name just a few. These remarkable men and women from diverse backgrounds all nevertheless inhabited the same Parisian world.

We also aim to capture the spirit of the ages in a number of events that reflect great Parisian passions including food, wine, high society, dance and jazz. Feature programmes, such as Maggie Steed’s portrayal of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac, and our café day at Sheffield City Hall Ballroom, are designed to turn Sheffield – temporarily – into Paris’ twenty-first arrondissement.

The Festival’s title is borrowed from Francois Couperin’s 1726 Trio Sonata collection, Les Nations. The inspiration, though, is aptly summed up by the sentiments of a famous eighteenth-century American visitor, Thomas Jefferson: “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.” Bon appétit!

Angus Smith Artistic Director

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“ Whoever does not visit Paris regularly wi never reay be elegant."

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Off You Go to Paris!

Family Concert: The Magic of Paris

Ensemble 360 Friday 11 May, 7.45pm

POULENC Sonata for clarinet and bassoon FRANÇAIX Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon and strings MOZART Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor K304 BERLIOZ Harold en Italie Op.16: Allegro Assai (Serenade of an Abruzzi Mountain-Dweller to his Mistress) Arr. Liszt for viola and piano FAURÉ Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor Op.15

Ensemble 360 opens this year’s May Festival with arguably the most quintessential Parisian composer of all, Francis Poulenc. This sonata contains all of his usual wit and vivacity.

Ensemble 360 & Polly Ives Saturday 12 May, 12.45pm

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Ensemble 360 (two violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon) and narrator Polly Ives have gained an enviable reputation across the UK for their concerts for children. With lots of fun and audience participation, this is an ideal concert for children.

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Hear the well-loved story of Babar the Elephant by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns’ Elephant from Carnival of the Animals, Debussy’s Golliwog’s Cake Walk, an extract from Ravel’s String Quartet in F and Bizet’s Chanson Bohémienne from Carmen. Join in with Ravel’s Bolero and Herold’s Clog Dance. Bring along a magic wand or make one in the foyer (from 12 noon) as we conjure up a magic spell in Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice, made famous by the Disney film Fantasia.

Fauré’s passionate Quartet in C minor, infused with luscious harmony, memorable melodies and infectious humour, is a perfect example of his early style.

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This family-friendly concert includes some of the most popular music to have come from Paris.

“Off you go to Paris! … I want to see you in the company of truly great people”, wrote Mozart’s father in a letter to the composer in 1778. The popular Sonata in E minor, written on Mozart’s arrival in Paris, possesses a sense of tragedy which is perhaps a reflection of his grief following his mother’s recent death.

Tickets: £15 / £10 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

“Ensemble 360 perform 4. for [children] wi� as much relish and panache as �ey show for any grander opus.”

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Music Box Workshops

Adelphi Suite Saturday 12 May, 3.30pm & 4.45pm For 3 – 6 year-olds

Workshop leader Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 musicians Claudia (violin), Judith (viola), Juliette (flute) and Laurène (double bass) lead a forty-fiveminute workshop.

Join in with percussion and action games, learn songs and hear professional musicians playing music including the French nursery rhyme Frère Jacques, Debussy’s Syrinx, Mozart’s variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman, Debussy’s Golliwog’s Cakewalk and Saint-Saëns’ Elephant from Carnival of the Animals.

To book contact Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk These events sell out quickly so book early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets: £6 Participating Children / Accompanying Adults Free

“ Paris is always a good idea." n Audrey Hepbur

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In Princesse de Polignac’s Salon Ensemble 360 & Maggie Steed as Princesse de Polignac Saturday 12 May, 7.45pm SATIE Gymnopedie No.1 for piano FAURÉ Elégie in C minor Op.24 For cello and piano RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Arr. for horn and piano by Wolfgang Birtel CHOPIN Nocturne in E flat Op.9 No.2 For piano DEBUSSY Première Rapsodie For clarinet and piano POULENC Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano STRAVINSKY Suite Italienne (excerpts) For violin and piano SCHUBERT Piano Trio in B flat D898: Rondo

Princesse Edmond de Polignac requests the pleasure of your company…

The Paris salon was a centre of hedonistic social and artistic life and none was finer than the one run by Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune and a grand patron of the arts. Yet this formidable and enigmatic woman, who was a talented musician and artist, did not merely host performances

for entertainment and kudos. Her energies transformed the salon into a crucial creative force that became the birthplace of pioneering music

by Fauré, Debussy, Stravinsky and many others.

We are delighted to welcome actress Maggie Steed who will, in the guise of Winnaretta, introduce this exclusive world inhabited by Proust, Diaghilev, Isadora Duncan, Jean Cocteau, Virginia Woolf, Colette and many others.

Music in the Round is very grateful to Sheffield Theatres for providing the set and costume for this performance.

Tickets: £15 / £10 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

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Sunday on the Boulevard du Montparnasse: The ience per Ex fé Ca ris Pa oom Ballr Hall Sheffield City ay 13 May Sund

Join us for a very special day of music, food, wine-tasting and dance at the Sheffield City Hall Ballroom as we celebrate the bon vivant lifestyle of Paris in the early 1900s.

Café

The Ballroom area opens as a café from 11am and will be serving a selection of breads, pastries, tea and coffee all day. At 12.30pm and 1.30pm a two-course traditional Parisian menu will be served, with traditional Parisian café music from accordionist Phuong Nguyen. View the menu at www.musicintheround.co.uk. Price: £8.45.

To book your table contact Music in the Round on 0114 281 4660 or info@musicintheround.co.uk.

In partnership with Sheffield City Hall

French F lair, Italian Fashion Sheffield City Hall Ballroom Ensemble 360 Sunday 13 May , 11.30am

DONIZETTI String Quartet No.7 ROSSINI Fantasie in E flat For clarinet and piano RAMEAU Pièces de Clavecin en Concert: Premier Concert for two violins and piano OFFENBACH Danse Bohémienne Op.28 For cello and piano

Our day gets off to a spirited start with music by two composers who were the height of fashion in mid-nineteenth-century Paris, when Italian opera ruled supreme. This concert features Donizetti and Rossini in unfamiliar guise, presents the exquisitely refined baroque violin music of Rameau, and concludes with a fiendish composition by a great French cello virtuoso – none other than Jacques Offenbach.

Tickets: £10 / £7 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

Workshops

We are delighted to offer you an opportunity to take part in those quintessential Parisian activities: dancing and drinking!

Both workshops last approximately one hour.

Workshops must be booked in advance at Sheffield City Hall or Sheffield Theatres (subject to an additional 10% booking fee).

Obsession

Sunday 13 May, 1.30pm

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In 1912, tango took Paris by storm, brought to the French capital by the sons of wealthy Argentinean families. Frowned upon in Buenos Aires for its highly charged association with the world of prostitution, the dance was enthusiastically seized upon by the cream of Paris society.

Learn the basics of this fiery dance with dance instructor Bill Newby, former UK Amateur Tango Champion and founder of Sheffield Tango Argentino, and his partner Agi Banas, with live music from accordionist Phuong Nguyen. Bring a partner if you can, but this is not essential. All ages and abilities welcome.

Vin Supérieure Sunday 13 May, 1.30pm

Tickets: £15

For all the success of new wine territories in recent years, it is French wine that still sets the benchmark for taste and quality. We invite you to join leading expert Joe Fattorini from the famous independent wine merchant Bibendum as he leads us through a tasting of five French wines specially selected for this occasion.

Over 18s only.

, “Lunch kis half of Paris su�er �e o�er half .”

Charles de Montes�ieu

Café Life

Sheffield City Hall Ballroom Ensemble 360 & Phuong Nguyen (accordion) Sunday 13 May, 3pm

BIZET Chanson Bohémienne Arr. Walter for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano MILHAUD La Cheminée du Roi René for wind quintet POULENC Suite Française Tango music DEBUSSY Children’s Corner for piano FRANÇAIX L’heure du Berger For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and piano

As the crowning glory of the day, Ensemble 360 and accordionist Phuong Nguyen perform music that evokes Parisian café culture: Milhaud’s lively film score has a surprising connection with wine, while Françaix’s L’heure du Berger comprises three witty sketches of Parisian café life.

We hope that the passion of tango music will inspire you to take to the dance floor before the interval, or you may prefer to sit back and enjoy a short performance by UK Amateur Tango Champion Bill Newby and his partner Agi Banas.

Tickets: £10 / £7 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

An Englishwoman in Paris

10. no “As an artist, a man has P aris.” home in Europe save in Nietzsche Friedrich

Ensemble 360 Monday 14 May, 12.45pm

DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor SMYTH Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in A

Ethel Smyth was an impassioned and determined composer who wrote music on the grandest scale. A regular visitor to Paris and a close friend of Winnaretta Singer (who we’re celebrating on Saturday 12 May), Smyth was also an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage. Her music is heavily influenced by Brahms and Wagner, and this Trio is her own reduction of her concerto for violin, horn and symphony orchestra.

Debussy’s expressive and passionate Cello Sonata was one of the last pieces he completed. This sonata, as well as the Violin Sonata which can be heard at Tuesday’s lunchtime concert, is one of a series which shows a more patriotic Debussy following World War I. Tickets: £10 / £7 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

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“ Music expresses �at which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent ”

Victor Hugo

Exile

The End of Time

CHOPIN Introduction and Polonaise Op.3 for cello and piano MOZART Flute Quartet in D K285 COUPERIN Les Nations: Deuxième Ordre - L’Espagnole (excerpts) for two violins, cello and piano STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring for piano four hands

Chopin and Stravinsky, both of whom spent a lot of time in Paris, left their homelands uncertain as to whether they would return, and Chopin never did. His dramatic and passionate Introduction is followed by an energetic and entertaining Polish dance: the Polonaise.

Stravinsky left Russia in 1910 and, apart from a brief visit in 1914, was not to return for over fifty years. The Rite of Spring is one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, and its première in Paris sparked a famous riot amongst the audience, who were astonished by the composer’s daring innovation.

So strong was the vogue for foreign music in early eighteenthcentury Paris that Couperin adopted an Italianate pen-name to secure performances for his suite based on various European styles.

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MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time was written whilst he was imprisoned during World War II. The instrumentation was dictated by the musicians available to him, and it was first performed in the prisoner-of-war camp on instruments that had somehow been salvaged.

Inspired by the Book of Revelation, the effect of this piece is unique; a forty-five-minute journey through horror, joy, religious devotion and ecstasy.

Ensemble 360 & Peter Hill (piano) Monday 14 May, 7pm*

This concert is generously supported by James and Angela Kellie *Please note earlier start time

Ensemble 360 Monday 14 May, 9.30pm

“The laboratory of ideas in �e arts.”

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Ezra Pound

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The French Spirit

Romantic Excess

And So the Night

POULENC Élégie for horn and piano DUTILLEUX Sarabande et Cortège For bassoon and piano FAURÉ Fantaisie Op.79 for flute and piano LISZT Orpheus Arr. Saint-Saëns for violin, cello and piano DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor

Dutilleux’s Sarabande et Cortège and Fauré’s Fantaisie are part of an extensive and illustrious group of works commissioned to put students at the Paris Conservatoire through their paces.

Poulenc’s Élégie was written as a homage to the great horn player Dennis Brain, who was tragically killed in a car crash. It is the most uncompromisingly anguished piece in Poulenc’s output.

Debussy’s statement that “war will not break the French spirit” is perfectly embodied in the Sonata in G Minor. His references to Rameau and Couperin are embellished with modern colours that cast the sonata form in a free and rhapsodic light.

CHAUSSON Concert in D Op.21 For violin, piano and string quartet ENESCU Octet in C Op.7 For two string quartets

We are delighted to welcome back old friends the Elias String Quartet in this programme of unadulterated late Romantic excess. The influences of Wagner and Franck are never far from the surface in Chausson’s Concert, yet his own harmonic and melodic invention is ingenious.

Enescu wrote his octet at the age of nineteen. It has to rank as one of the most precocious and audacious statements in music. A comparison with the early achievements of Mendelssohn would not be out of place here; where Mendelssohn had assimilated the music of Beethoven, so Enescu had the music of Strauss and Wagner. However his own voice was already so strong that one could not mistake this piece for any of those of his predecessors.

DUTILLEUX Ainsi la Nuit DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op.10

Ainsi la Nuit (And So the Night) reveals the influence on Dutilleux of Marcel Proust’s writings on memory: throughout the piece he foreshadows and recalls different musical ideas. As the composer himself described it, Ainsi la Nuit is “a sort of nocturnal vision … a series of “states” with a somewhat impressionist side to them”.

Debussy’s string quartet is one of the most important quartets of the Impressionist movement, along with Ravel’s, which can be heard on Wednesday evening.

Its lush harmonies are typical of the expressive sensuality of late nineteenth-century French music.

Ensemble 360 Tuesday 15 May, 12.45pm

Tickets: £10 / £7 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

Ensemble 360 & Elias String Quartet Tuesday 15 May, 7.45pm

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Elias String Quartet Wednesday 16 May, 12.45pm

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“To err is human .

To loaf is Parisiango.”

Victor Hu

Paris Conservatoire

Women in Paris

Talented musicians aged eleven to eighteen from Sheffield Music School perform works by Debussy, Ravel and Saint-Saëns, who all entered the Paris Conservatoire in their teenage years. For almost forty years, Sheffield Music School has been committed to providing the highest quality music coaching for young people from Sheffield and the surrounding area.

FARRENC Piano Quintet No.1 For violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano RAVEL String Quartet in F DUTILLEUX Sonatine for Flute and Piano SAINT-SAËNS Piano Quartet in B flat Op.41

Continuing our theme of celebrating women composers, Ensemble 360 performs a piece by Louise Farrenc, a prodigious pianist who learned with Hummel, whose influence is clear in her music.

Now established as a cornerstone of the repertoire, Ravel’s Quartet polarised opinion on first hearing.

Fauré declared the final movement “stunted, badly balanced, in fact a failure” while Debussy countered with the advice, “In the name of the gods, do not touch a single note!”

The Sonatine by Dutilleux was a test piece for the Paris Conservatoire and demands both lyricism and virtuosity from the soloist.

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Sheffield Music School Wednesday 16 May, 6.15pm

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Ensemble 360 Wednesday 16 May, 7.45pm

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Ensemble 360 Thursday 17 May, 12.45pm

SATIE Embarquement pour Cythère for violin and piano ROSSINI Duetto for Cello and Double Bass in D MESSIAEN Le Merle Noir for flute and piano DEBUSSY L’Isle Joyeuse for piano DUTILLEUX Sonata for Oboe and Piano

Paris Conservatoire test pieces are once more to the fore in this concert. Both Messiaen’s miniature masterpiece and Dutilleux’s beautiful early Oboe Sonata were written to challenge students at the prestigious institution.

Debussy’s L’Isle Joyeuse shares its influence with the Satie piece that starts this concert: French Rococo artist Jean-Antoine Watteau’s Embarquement pour Cythère (The Embarkation for Cythera). Chopin’s influence on Debussy was immense and the structure of this piece owes much to the sonata forms of the earlier composer.

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Inspiring Women

Across the Pyrenees

FRANÇAIX Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings LILI BOULANGER Nocturne for flute and piano BERKELEY Petite Suite for oboe and cello COPLAND Movement for String Quartet FAURÉ Nocturne in C sharp Op.74 MADDISON Piano Quintet

Women played a remarkably prominent role in French musical society in the early twentieth century. Aspiring composers from across the globe travelled to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger, described by Ned Rorem as “the most influential teacher since Socrates”. Adela Maddison left her family in England to study with Fauré, and the two were very close. Her music is both lyrical and superbly crafted.

We celebrate these two women with a programme inspired by them: a nocturne written by Nadia’s sister, pieces written by Nadia’s students, a Fauré nocturne dedicated to Adela, concluding with a sadly little-known piece by Adela herself.

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DE FALLA Concerto for Harpsichord (or Piano), Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello FARRENC Nonet in E flat Op.38 For violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn

De Falla’s concerto is far removed from the typical sultry world that we normally associate with him. The neoclassical world of Stravinsky is to the fore here, along with a clear homage to past harpsichord masters Scarlatti and Soler (it was originally written for harpsichord).

The version with piano, which is performed here, was sanctioned by the composer.

The second piece in the Festival by Louise Farrenc is her Nonet. The influence of Classical composers is clear, including that of her mentor Hummel as well as Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. She had these composers’ works played alongside her own at Parisian salons.

Ensemble 360 Thursday 17 May, 7.45pm

This concert is generously supported by Maurice and Sheila Millward

Ensemble 360 Friday 18 May, 12.45pm

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“ Music is �e silence between �e notes.”

Claude Debussy

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T he Ox on the Roof

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T he Creation of the World Ensemble 360 Friday 18 May, 7pm*

RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Piano in G KOSMA Divertissement for flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano STRAVINSKY Piano-Rag-Music GERSHWIN Three Preludes Arr. Heifetz for violin and piano MILHAUD La Création du Monde Op.81 Arr. for two violins, viola, cello and piano

Ensemble 360 demonstrates the powerful impact the arrival of the jazz-age had on the music of Ravel, Stravinsky and Milhaud, and celebrates the arrival in Paris of a new kind of classical composer: George Gershwin.

Each movement of Ravel’s Violin Sonata is bursting with character, and the influence of jazz is strong, especially in its central movement, Blues.

Milhaud became fascinated with jazz after he heard an American big band in London, and had the idea of applying its rhythms to classical music. Written a year before Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, La Création du Monde truly fuses jazz and classical.

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Americans in Paris

“America is my country wn.” 20. and Paris is my hometo Gertrude Stein

The Tina May Band Friday 18 May, 9pm

Tina May VOICE Nikki Iles PIANO Julie Walkington DOUBLE BASS Karen Street ACCORDION

And: Tim Horton PIANO Matthew Hunt CLARINET

The scene switches to the club itself and the exhilarating mix of music and musicians. The Tina May Band picks up the baton to perform a trademark Boeuf sur le Toit mix of Gershwin, Porter, and Bach as well as a celebration of édith Piaf.

Tina, who lives half of her time in Paris, presents a personal take on the songs made famous by the great singer, sung in a gently “jazz” style but in keeping with the essence of Piaf. A sparkling entertainer, Tina May’s astonishing vocal ability and hypnotic stage presence has won her worldwide acclaim.

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“ In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in F lorence you learn poise.” Virgil Thomson

The Ita�ian Connection

Au Revoir!

BOCCHERINI Quintet in D minor Op.55 No.6 For oboe and strings FAURÉ Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in D minor Op.120 COUPERIN Les Nations: Quatrième Ordre La Piemontoise for violin, oboe, bassoon and piano

Boccherini was known as much for his cello playing as his compositions and it was in his performing capacity that he became hugely popular in Paris. His music is indebted to Haydn as much in volume of output as style. The cello features prominently in his music and his quintets with two cellos provided the model for Schubert’s later masterpiece for string quintet.

Although more often heard in its incarnation with violin, Fauré’s masterpiece Trio in D minor was originally conceived for clarinet. It is a lyrical and serene piece, autumnal in mood.

HONEGGER Pastorale d’Été for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass ANON. Piece for Clarinet and Piano * RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine Op.11 With Bring and Sing choir DEBUSSY Syrinx for flute ONSLOW Nonet in A Op.77 for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass

Ravel’s sparkling piano trio is certainly one of his greatest masterpieces, a view posited by the composer himself! He draws on some fascinating sources for his inspiration, such as a zortziko (a Basque folk dance) and a pantoum, a Malaysian verse form.

The Festival is brought to a rousing finish with George Onslow’s Nonet, a work dedicated to Prince Albert. Onslow had English and French blood in him but was steeped in the Germanic tradition; a truly cosmopolitan character to end a cosmopolitan May Festival.

Ensemble 360 Saturday 19 May, 12.45pm

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Ensemble 360 Saturday 19 May, 7.45pm

Bring & Sing!

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A choir, open to any singers, performs Fa uré’s Cantique de Je Racine alongside En an semble 360, conducted

by Matthew Hunt.

Music is provided an d there is a rehearsa l on the day at 6.15p m.

To sign up, or for mo re information, cont act Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 46 60 or chloe@musicint heround.co.uk before you buy your concert ticket.

www.musicintheround.co.uk * You are invited to guess the composer of the anonymous piece. Place your vote in the interval, and a winning name will be drawn from all the correct entries in the second half. The winner will receive a special prize!

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This concert is generously supported by Kate Dugdale

Talks and Q&As

All pre-concert talks and post-concert Q&As are free Talk to concert ticket holders but you need a separate ticket. Please request a pre-concert talk ticket when purchasing your concert ticket. A separate ticket is not Q&A for post-concert Q&As. required Friday 11 May, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: Bienvenue à Paris!

Music in the Round Artistic Director Angus Smith discusses this year’s Festival programme with members of Ensemble 360, including French double bassist Laurène Durantel.

Saturday 12 May, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: Paris in the 20th Century Professor Deborah Mawer from Lancaster University discusses the multi-faceted early twentieth-century Parisian music scene and its salon culture.

Tuesday 15 May, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: A Walk in Paris Nigel Simeone takes a virtual “walk” through Parisian districts and their associations with composers. He looks at some of the features of Parisian musical life that make it unique, and at the intriguing and surprising musical links that resulted from the geography of the city.

Thursday 17 May, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: Nadia Professor Jeanice Brooks of Southampton University and author of the forthcoming The Musical Work of Nadia Boulanger: Performing Past and Future Between the Wars discusses Nadia Boulanger’s extraordinary influence on the shaping of twentieth-century composition and performance.

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Thursday 17 May Post-Concert Q&A: Women in Paris

All tickets within a subscription must be purchased in one transaction and you must state which concerts you wish to attend. Subscriptions can’t include more than one ticket for each concert.

Angus Smith chats to Adela Maddison’s great-greatgranddaughter Chloe Miller Smith and Nadia Boulanger expert Professor Jeanice Brooks, and offers you the chance to ask questions.

Please note that the Sunday on the Boulevard du Montparnasse: The Paris Café Experience concerts and workshops at Sheffield City Hall on Sunday 13 May cannot be included in any of the subscriptions.

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The Ox on the Roof Combined Ticket See the 7pm and 9pm concerts on Friday 18 May for a combined ticket price of £20 / £15 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Students

Pay by Direct Debit

Spread the cost of your subscription into three monthly payments between April and June.

For more information please contact Marty at Music in the Round on 0114 281 4660 or marty@musicintheround.co.uk before the 30 March.

Ticket Offers

£5 Tickets for First Time Bookers If you’ve never been to one of our concerts before then you can enjoy your first performance for just £5 (subject to an additional 10% booking fee for the Sunday on the Boulevard du Montparnasse: The Paris Café Experience concerts). A maximum of two tickets can be purchased per household. Offer only available in person or by phone through Sheffield Theatres box office. £5 Tickets For Under 35s If you’re under 35 then you can apply for a FREE U35 card, giving you the opportunity to see Music in the Round concerts for £5 (subject to an additional 10% booking fee for the Sunday on the Boulevard du Montparnasse: The Paris Café Experience concerts).

Visit www.musicintheround.co.uk/u35 for more details.

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

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Venue & Booking Information

Venue Information Our home venue is the Crucible Studio Theatre.

Crucible Studio Theatre 55 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.

Drinks: You may take drinks purchased from the Crucible bars into our concerts in plastic glasses which can be provided by Sheffield Theatres staff.

Access: The Crucible 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, NCP car park, and outside the theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park car park on Charles Street, which offers discounted parking for theatre-goers.

Ask at the box office for a voucher.

Public Transport: The nearest bus stops are on Arundel Gate (50m) and High Street (300m). There are two Supertram stops in close proximity to the theatres: Castle Square and Cathedral (400m).

Latecomers: The auditorium will open 30 minutes before the advertised start time (15 minutes for pre-concert talks). Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

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All events are here unless otherwise stated.

Booking Your Tickets Crucible Studio Theatre 0114 249 6000 | sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA In person at The Crucible box office Seating Areas: All seats are unreserved, but please specify which Opening Hours area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level, tier one or Monday tier two. – Saturday, 10am – 8pm On non-performance days the box officefrom closes 6pm. bars Drinks: You may take drinks purchased theatCrucible into our concerts.

Booking Fees Access: The Crucible Studio easy wheelchair All telephone bookings are offers subject to aaccess £1.50for booking fee. users although spacesare aresubject limited; inform the All online bookings toplease a £1 booking fee.Box Office at the time of booking if youatrequire a venue wheelchair space. to For All bookings for concerts another are subject a blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park, NCP car park, 10% booking fee. and outside the Theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

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Tickets at this time are limited to two per Friend per event.

Public Transport: The nearest bus stops are on Arundel Gate (50m) General booking opensThere on Saturday 3 March. stops in close and High Street (300m). are two Supertram proximity to the Theatres: Castle Square and Cathedral (400m).

Concessions ConcessionsCathedral are available upon proof of status for people Sheffield with disabilities, those registered unemployed, students and Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HA under 18s. Prices are indicated on each concert page.

Seating Areas: Please note that seating is unreserved, however Re-Sales there may be some restricted views due to the pillars.

If the event is sold out we will endeavouraccessible to re-sell through your Access: Sheffield Cathedral is wheelchair the tickets on your behalf at a charge of £1 per ticket. level entrance on the south side of the building. If you require a wheelchair space please notify the box office at time of booking.

Sheffield Theatres presents Sheffield City Hall Ballroom Barkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA Seating Areas: All seats are unreserved.

Access: Please enter via Balm Green for the Ballroom.

Disabled access is available.

Parking: NCP car parks are located at either end of Campo Lane and there is metered on-street parking nearby.

Disabled parking is available on Campo Lane to blue badge holders. Campo Lane car park offers a £3 rate for any events until 11.59pm. Please validate your token at the City Hall box office.

Public Transport: The City Hall tram stop is on both Yellow (Meadowhall to Middlewood) and Blue (Halfway to Malin Bridge) routes. The tram stops at the rear of the building.

Latecomers: The auditorium will open 30 minutes before the advertised start time (15 minutes for pre-concert talks).

Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

The Sunday on the Boulevard du Montparnasse: The Paris Café Experience concerts and workshops on Sunday 13 May take place at Sheffield City Hall Ballroom. Tickets can be booked via Sheffield Theatres subject to a 10% booking fee. Alternatively, tickets are available in advance or on the door at Sheffield City Hall. Please visit www. sheffieldcityhall.co.uk, call 0114 278 9789 or buy in person at the City Hall box office.

Betrayal Thu 17 May – Sat 9 June

When Jerry and Emma embark on a seven-year affair, their infidelity affects the whole of their lives.

John Simm returns to the Crucible stage to play Jerry in Harold Pinter’s heartbreaking comment on love and relationships.

Tickets £10.00 – £23.00, discounts available

LeanerFasterStronger Wed 23 May – Sat 2 June

In this brave new world of designer babies, bioengineered athletes and genetically-improved human beings - how far would you go to be the best?

Written by Kaite O’Reilly, LeanerFasterStronger is the world première of a darkly-humorous and provocative theatre experience.

Tickets £10.00 - £15.00, discounts available

Parking: NCP car parks are located at either end of Campo Lane Box Office 0114 249 6000 | sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Diary

Friday 11 May, 7.45pm Talk Talk Q&A Q&A Saturday 12 May, 12.45pm Saturday 12 May, 3.30pm & 4.45pm Saturday 12 May, 7.45pm Talk Talk Sunday 13 May, 11.30am Q&A Q&A Sunday 13 May, 1.30pm Sunday 13 May, 3pm Monday 14 May, 12.45pm Monday 14 May, 7pm Monday 14 May, 9.30pm Tuesday 15 May, 12.45pm Tuesday 15 May, 7.45pm Talk Talk Q&A Q&A Wednesday 16 May, 12.45pm Wednesday 16 May, 6.15pm Wednesday 16 May, 7.45pm Talk Talk Thursday 17 May, 12.45pm Talk Q&A Thursday 17 May, 7.45pm Talk Q&A Friday 18 May, 12.45pm Q&A Q&A Friday 18 May, 7pm Friday 18 May, 9pm Saturday 19 May, 12.45pm Saturday 19 May, 7.45pm

“ We' always have Paris.”

Rick to Ilse, Casablanca

Off You Go to Paris!

Family Concert: The Magic of Paris Music Box Workshops In Princesse de Polignac’s Salon French Flair, Italian Fashion Workshops Café Life An Englishwoman in Paris Exile The End of Time The French Spirit Romantic Excess And So the Night Paris Conservatoire Women in Paris Études Inspiring Women Across the Pyrenees The Creation of the World Americans in Paris The Italian Connection Au Revoir!

For pre- and post-concert talk and Q&A information see page

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Music in the Round is enormously grateful to all its funders, sponsors, supporters and Friends, without whom these concerts would not be possible.

Funders: Arts Council England Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Sheffield City Council The Lindsay Foundation Sponsors: Hawsons Chartered Accountants PwC Supporters: James and Angela Kellie Lifelong Patrons: John Cowling | Kate Dugdale Maurice & Sheila Millward David Megginson & Vivien Whitaker