Music in the Round May Festival brochure 2015

8 – 16 May 2015

Sheffield’s festival of world-class chamber music

“…one of the most innovative chamber music festivals in the country.”

Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3, December 2014

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WELCOME

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This year the planning for our May Festival started with a single word: Youth. It has opened up so many exciting ideas for concerts, not least with pieces written by composers when they were young and works written for the young (and not so young) inspired by nursery rhymes and folk tales.

For contrast we also include wonderful pieces by composers writing towards the end of their lives, in some instances reflecting on their own youth. The clear conclusion is that inspiration and genius applies to musicians of all ages.

See the centre pages (15-18) for details of the participatory programme in the Adelphi Room. A Powerplus student composition (see page 15) features in each of our mid-week lunchtime concerts

Music in the Round takes pride in providing opportunities for participation and engagement for musicians of all ages through the Music in the Community programme. You can experience this first-hand by joining us for our Singing Day with John Rutter, coming on our ‘Away Day’ to the Peak District, bringing your children (or somebody else’s!) to Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants, dropping in on one of the activities taking place during the week in the Adelphi Room, and in many more ways.

Photography by Nick Rutter

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Much loved composer and conductor John Rutter leads a special ‘extra’ Festival event, a singing day on Bank Holiday Monday, 4th May. See page 3

We are also delighted to feature brilliant young professional musicians. Ensemble 360 will play a world premiere commission from Elizabeth Ogonek while the Marmen String Quartet, recently appointed to our ‘Bridge’ development scheme, feature on the opening night of the festival in Mendelssohn’s wonderful Octet with Ensemble 360. Two outstanding young singers appear on stage with Sir Thomas Allen, himself a legend in the singing world, and the enchanting Mischa Macpherson Trio, winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, provide captivating late-night music.

And we look forward with great anticipation to Simon Callow taking us on a grand cultural tour around Europe with young Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wilson narrating Peter and the Wolf.

“thank you for making chamber music so special for so many people”

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Festival Subscription Offers all 17 concerts in the Crucible Studio £170 / £119 Unemployed and Disabled

£5 Tickets for First Time Bookers

NEW! A special Festival Pass for registered students and Under 18s, 17 studio concerts for just £68 Any 8 of the above concerts £96 / £72 Unemployed and Disabled Any 5 of the above concerts £70 / £50 Unemployed and Disabled

£5 Tickets for Under 35s

(8 evening, 1 late evening, 1 morning (9 May), 1 afternoon (11 May) and 6 lunchtime concerts)

PLEASE NOTE that these subscriptions do not include the John Rutter Singing Day, the Bach Walk, the Thomas Allen open rehearsal or the events in the Adelphi Room and Millennium Gallery. Tickets for these must be purchased additionally to your subscription.

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Ticket Offers

PLEASE NOTE that all tickets within a subscription must be purchased in one transaction and you must state which concerts you wish to attend. Subscriptions cannot include more than one ticket for each concert.

If you’ve never been to one of our concerts before, then you can enjoy your first performance for just £5. A maximum of two tickets can be purchased per household. Offer only available in person or by phone through the Sheffield Theatres box office.

If you’re under 35, then you’re eligible for a FREE U35 card, which enables you to see Music in the Round concerts for just £5. For more details visit www.musicintheround.co.uk/U35.

Family Tickets

Family groups of four (to include at least 2 under-18s) can save 10% on tickets; in advance only.

PLEASE NOTE that the First Time, Under 35s and Family Ticket offers are not available for events in the Adelphi Room.

PLEASE NOTE A transaction fee of £1.50 (£1.00 online) applies to all bookings (excluding cash) for events at Sheffield Theatres. The fee remains the same irrespective of the number of tickets you purchase.

Any booking that includes events not taking place at Sheffield Theatres are instead subject to an alternative transaction fee of 10%; this % fee is only applied to the cost of tickets for events not taking place at Sheffield Theatres, and is instead of the £1.50 (£1.00 online) fee outlined above.

Monday 4 May, Forge Valley School, Sheffield 10.30 - 5.00pm

Singing Day with John Rutter

We are delighted that internationally-renowned composer and choir director John Rutter will be leading a relaxing and informal vocal workshop day designed to introduce singing enthusiasts of all ages to some of John’s favourite choral pieces from across the centuries. These will be interspersed with a selection of his own works, including Birthday Madrigals, Feel the Spirit, and a few surprises!

Photography by John Rutter/Collegium Records

There are many ways to enjoy the Festival with huge savings

Special BANK HOLIDAY FESTIVAL EVENT

Winning tunes, sumptuous harmonies and an unmatched sense of how to write invitingly for the voice are characteristic hallmarks of John’s compositional style and his easy manner and engaging personality readily translate into inspirational choral directing.

The day is open to singers of all ages and, although we recommend that participants have basic sight reading skills, we welcome both experienced choir singers and those interested in giving choral singing a go for the first time. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available throughout the day. Please bring your own lunch. Please note that music will be provided on the day.

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Friday 8 May, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 Marmen Quartet

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MENDELSSOHN Piano Quartet in B minor Op.3 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words) Op.19b Sinfonia No.1 in C Octet in E flat Op.20

Irresistible energy, verve, panache and, not least, skill – what better way to launch a music festival? And, remarkably, all the works in this concert were written by the composer before he had reached the age of 17. Great composers’ early works often hint at remarkable pieces that lie in the future, but they can be betrayed as youthful efforts by moments of naivety.

Not so with Mendelssohn. These pieces are extraordinary for their technical maturity and, above all, for their zest and beauty.

“Everything is new and strange, yet at the same time utterly persuasive and enchanting.

One feels very near to the world of spirits, lifted into the air, half inclined to snatch up a broomstick and follow the aerial procession.” hear music from this concert at Fanny Mendelssohn writing about the Octet www.musicintheround.co.uk

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The stand-out piece is the Octet, an unqualified masterpiece and one of the greatest chamber music works of the 19th century. As befits a festival with such a firm emphasis on youth, we are delighted that Ensemble 360 are joined by the Marmen Quartet in their first public performance in the Studio since their appointment to Music in the Round’s ‘Bridge’ development scheme.

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Saturday 9 May, 11.30am Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives

Saturday 9 May, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 and Simon Callow

SIR SCALLYWAGOTHE GOLDEN UNDERPANTS

‘PROSPEROUS VOYAGE’: MENDELSSOHN’S GRAND TOUR

FAMILY CONCERT

When King Colin’s golden underpants go missing, it’s Sir Scallywag to the rescue! Brave and bold, courageous and true, he’s the perfect knight for the job… even if he is only six years old!

Our family concerts have become firm favourites with audiences around the UK. With wonderfully dynamic and engaging performances by Ensemble 360 and Polly, this concert brings together audience-participation songs written by our Children’s Composer in Residence Paul Rissmann, high-action drama in the story by Giles Andreae, and vivid projected illustrations by Korky Paul. Today’s performance also includes Rossini’s Overture from William Tell and Mozart’s Sonata K.2.

Recommended for children age 3+

SIR SCALLYWAG AND THE GOLDEN UNDERPANTS by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Korky Paul (Puffin Books, 2012). Reproduced with permission from Penguin Books Ltd

Download the YouTube video and participation pack at www.musicintheround.co.uk to learn the songs before the day!

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MENDELSSOHN Sinfonia No.4 in C minor for strings MENDELSSOHN Rondo capriccioso in E Op.14 for piano Simon Callow MENDELSSOHN Lieder ohne Worte (Song without Words) in F sharp minor Op.30 No.6 Venetianisches Gondellied for piano CHOPIN Tarantelle in A flat Op.43 for piano see centre pages DONIZETTI Introduzione for string quintet forparticipation GLINKA Divertimento brillante on themes from Bellini's La Sonnambula activities all week for string quintet and piano MOZART String Quartet No.2 in D K.155 MENDELSSOHN Intermezzo from String Quintet Op.18 Talk Talk

Modern perception of the ‘Grand Tour’ is often that it was nothing more than an excuse Pre-concert talk, for rich, aristocratic young men to enjoy a sustained period of luxurious living in the 6.15pm FREE to concert cultural centres of Europe.Yet for many artists, the tour was genuinely an education and an Q&A Q&A ticket holders unparalleled opportunity to meet and learn from like-minded people. Following in the trail Professor Rachel of Handel, Mozart, Berlioz and many others, Mendelssohn set out in May 1830 on a two-year Cowgill of Huddersfield journey through Germany, Austria, Italy and France which had a significant influence on his University talks about compositional development.

the Grand Tour in Commentary on the encounters he made – mostly musical, occasionally literary and, not relation to music and infrequently, amorous – is provided by Hans Gutmis who, as manservant to Mendelssohn, was musicians. perfectly positioned to report back to Mendelssohn’s father on this romantic young man’s * Please be aware that, although progress.* Mendelssohn would undoubtedly

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Sunday 10 May, 1.30pm Ensemble 360

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The inspiration for our event lies in the willingness of the 20-year old J.S. Bach to walk some 250 miles in 1705 to hear Buxtehude play the organ. Our plan is more modest as we invite you to walk between two beautiful churches to hear supreme examples of solo instrumental music. Or if you prefer, you may join us for just the final performance of the afternoon featuring sections of Bach’s monumental Art of Fugue and solo violin music in the glorious setting of Edensor Church.

1.30pm St Peter’s Church, Edensor

JS BACH Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor BWV1004 1.45pm Walk to Beeley (Distance approx. 3 miles - moderate)

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3.30pm St Anne’s Church, Beeley

JS BACH Cello Suite in C No.3 BWV1009

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Walk to Edensor (Distance approx. 1.8 miles - easy)

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4.45pm Tea and cake

5.30pm St Peter’s Church, Edensor

JS BACH Two-part inventions, Violin Sonata in G minor BWV1001 and sections from The Art of Fugue

The Bach Walk

6.30pm Ends

Please ensure that you have adequate footwear and note that this is an all-weather event!

Further practical information about the walk will be available on the Music in the Round website closer to the event date.

Join Ensemble 360 for a trip to the Chatsworth Estate in the Peak District to celebrate the music of a musical genius and the magnificence of the local countryside, churches…and tea!

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Tickets are for the complete event, but there are also a limited number available for the 5.30pm St Peter's Church, Edensor concert only. Places are limited and early booking is advisable.

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Monday 11 May, 12.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 & Katherine Lacy BASS CLARINET

Monday 11 May, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 & Katherine Lacy BASS CLARINET

FROM MY LIFE

YOUTH, GOLDEN YOUTH

LIZZY COOPER Killarny Jig for string quartet (Powerplus – see page 15) BRITTEN Movement for wind sextet ELGAR Andante and Allegro for oboe quartet ELGAR Soliloquy for oboe and piano SMETANA String Quartet No.1 in E minor From my Life

A life contained in a string quartet. This was Bedřich Smetana’s ambition when writing his first string quartet in 1876, at a time when most composers would have chosen an orchestral canvas for this representation. Instead, the work was “purposely written for four instruments which, as in a small circle of friends, talk among themselves about what has oppressed me so significantly.” There are moments of joy and exuberance, in part expressing Smetana’s youthful love of dancing. Yet overshadowing the work is the haunting spectre of his suffering from tinnitus and his impending deafness.

Elgar’s charming oboe quartet and Britten’s wind sextet offer contrasting perspectives: works of youthful optimism written by a 21-year-old and a 16-year-old respectively.

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Monday 11 May, 5.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio

Sheffield Music Academy Talented string players aged 11-18, directed by Martin Cropper, perform music including Mendelssohn’s Sinfonia No.2 in D, written at the tender age of 13.

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JANÁČEK Mladi (Youth) for wind ensemble IVES Violin Sonata No.4 Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting EISLER Septet No.1 Variations on American Children’s Songs JANÁČEK Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for cello and piano SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen Op.132 for clarinet, viola and piano RAVEL Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) arr. Walter for wind quintet

Composers writing for children, and composers perhaps reflecting on their own youth with more than a hint of nostalgia: Mladi (Youth) is a musical reflection of Janáček’s days as a schoolboy at an Augustinian monastery in Brno, while Pohadka evokes the spirit of fairytales through visions of enchanted birds, a captive princess, a lovelorn prince and an infernal demon. More fairytales and children’s stories reveal the most lyrical and beguiling aspects of Schumann and Ravel’s writing, and Ensemble 360 also cross the Atlantic for captivating images of growing up in America.

The émigré composer Hanns Eisler’s effervescent Septet was originally written as the soundtrack to Joseph Losey’s documentary film A Child Went Forth, while Ives’ fourth sonata recalls the hymns sung at children’s church services and which Ives remembered first hearing as a 4-year old boy in his home town of Danbury, Connecticut.

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“In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in the back of my mind."

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Tuesday 12 May, 12.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

Presented in Tuesday 12 May, 7.15pm partnership with Samling Crucible Theatre, Studio Sir Thomas Allen BARITONE Louise Alder SOPRANO David Butt Philip TENOR James Baillieu PIANO

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FRANCESCA J.M. KLEMPNER Waltz in G for piano (Powerplus – see page 15) NIELSEN Two Fantasy Pieces Op.2 for oboe and piano SCHUMANN Kinderscenen (Scenes from Childhood) Op.15 for piano BOULEZ Notations for piano MOZART Trio in E flat K.498 Kegelstatt

Mozart’s Trio, for clarinet, viola and piano, was dedicated to the composer’s 17-year-old piano pupil, Franziska von Jaquin. Mozart enjoyed “discussions, games and music-making” with the whole Jaquin family and the Kegelstatt (bowling alley) trio was, according to anecdote, composed during a game of skittles. Schumann’s Kinderscenen (Scenes from Childhood) are an adult’s recollection of childhood, yet the composer also admitted to his wife Clara that they Sir Thomas Allen were a response to her comment that he often seemed to her to be like a child. In contrast, Boulez’s Notations – miniatures that on average each last less than a minute - might be described as the work of an angry young man. In this concert pianist Tim Horton presents a case for this being one of the most important piano compositions of the 20th century.

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Open Rehearsal, 5pm to 6pm Crucible Theatre, Studio

What is seen on the concert stage rarely conveys the full extent of the preparation and dedication that goes into perfecting a performance. We are thrilled that Samling and Music in the Round are able to open the doors to the final hour of the rehearsal for this song recital as Sir Thomas Allen helps to prepare Louise Alder and David Butt Philip for the concert, as well as practising his own songs with James Baillieu. This promises to be an exceptional ‘behind the scenes’ experience and essential viewing for all singers of all ages.

keep turning to see about our audience We would like to thank Samling for their all help andmini-fest participation for all ages support in presenting today’s events. To read more about their activities and programme, please visit www.samling.org.uk

Programme includes: SCHUBERT songs from Schwanengesang D744 BRITTEN Folksong arrangements ‘SONGS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME’ Kashmiri Love Song; I’ll walk beside you, The Lost Chord and more!

We are delighted to welcome Sir Thomas Allen, an established star of the great opera houses of the world, to the Studio. He is equally at home in the recital hall and his concert appearances and recordings set the benchmark for much of the classical song repertoire.

Sir Thomas is passionate about passing on his experience and skills and he is patron of Samling, an organisation described as ‘the gold standard’ in working with young singers and accompanists through masterclasses and residencies to help prepare them for professional careers. In this concert he shares the platform with three young Samling Artists who are already making an impressive impact with audiences and critics nationally and internationally. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear one of the great singers of our time in partnership with great artists of the future.

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Post-concert Q&A FREE to concert ticket holders with Sir Thomas Allen, members of the Samling Academy and Angus Smith

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Wednesday 13 May, 12.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

ALLEGRO TRISTEMENT

“I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naïve candour of a child”

FINLAY TEATHER Voyage Valse for string quartet (Powerplus – see page 15) DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor POULENC Oboe Sonata DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minor POULENC Clarinet Sonata

Final chamber works they may be, but these sonatas by two great French masters are highly animated and passionate works. Poulenc commented that these pieces were “simmering in the same pan, the sonata for oboe and the clarinet one”, with the latter dedicated to the memory of Arthur Honegger and first performed at Carnegie Hall, New York, by Benny Goodman and Leonard Bernstein in April 1963, four months after Poulenc’s own death. Debussy’s violin and cello sonatas were intended to be a part of an extended series of instrumental works, but Debussy’s terminal illness frustrated that aspiration and his performance of the Violin Sonata with Gaston Poulet at St Jean-de-Luz in September 1917 was to be his final concert appearance.

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Adelphi Room

Pop-in sessions

Throughout the week, there will be Pop-In sessions where the Adelphi Room will be open for anyone to watch film screenings, play the piano, engage with an interactive memory wall, and explore displays of our work and maps pointing you to what’s on in Sheffield for amateur and young musicians.

See www.musicintheround.co.uk for a schedule of Pop-In times

Music in the Community, our learning and participation programme, is at the heart of this year’s festival. There are concerts, workshops, performances, Q&A and ‘Meet the Musicians’ sessions, taster rehearsals, a filming day and social events for people of all ages and musical abilities. Do drop in and why not bring a new person or a young person with you? You will find details across these four centre pages.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK

Crucible Theatre Studio Ensemble 360 and Powerplus Students The festival features five Powerplus pieces, one being performed in each of the weekday lunchtime concerts by Ensemble 360, lasting between 2 – 4 minutes each.

Monday 11 May

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Wednesday 13 May Thursday 14 May

Friday 15 May

Killarny Jig Lizzy Cooper (King Edward VII Secondary School ) Waltz in G Francesca J.M. Klempner (All Saints Catholic High School ) Voyage Valse Finlay Teather (High Storrs School) Through the Winding Wheel Callum Holyer (Ecclesfield Secondary School) Russian Nightmare Ndumiso Ndlovu (Fir Vale School)

POWERPLUS is a groundbreaking annual composition project, led in partnership with Sheffield Music Hub, that inspires and engages GCSE students from schools across Sheffield led by Robin McEwan and Ensemble 360. Since the project’s formation in 2002, around 1,400 world premieres of students’ compositions have been performed to students, their parents and music teachers alongside music by John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Ligeti, Steve Reich and Schoenberg. The project has included in-school workshops, rehearsals directed by the students, and live recordings that are submitted as part of students’ GCSE portfolios.

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Saturday 9 May 12.30 – 1.45pm Adelphi Room

Little Scallywags post-concert activities After the Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants family concert (see page 6), join Polly Ives and musicians from The University of Sheffield’s Music in the City scheme for free creative activities in the Adelphi Room.

Free. No need to book.

Sunday 10 May 12.30 – 4pm Cadman Room, Millennium Gallery

String Day: The Boy Made of Bread A fantastic opportunity to join with young string players from across the city and beyond to learn, discover, and perform great music in the heart of Sheffield city centre!

Daniel Saleeb's The Boy Made of Bread, written for narrator and double string orchestra, is a fun piece about the absurd circularity of our day.

A boy awakes to find he's made of bread, baked in bed, and that life is a string of meals on repeat; his only solace is in an unexpected music that drifts like a dream into his consciousness.

For this project, you’ll join with lots of other players under the direction of Martin Cropper (Sheffield Music Academy, and Head of Strings at Oakham School) to prepare in an afternoon of fun, lively workshops (Saturday 25th April 1.45 – 4.45pm at Sheffield Music Academy) and then a rehearsal and performance day (which culminates in a free informal performance for parents, friends, family and the general public at 3.30pm) in the distinctive setting of the Cadman Room, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield.

If you are aged between 8 and 18 and play the violin, viola, cello, or double bass to approximately Grade 1 to 8+ standard, this event will be brilliant.

Cost of participating in both afternoons and the performance is £6 per player. Informal performance for audience is free.

To register, go to www.musicintheround.co.uk where you can find the booking form and payment details.

Monday 11 May, 10.15 – 11.15 and 11.30 – 12.30 Adelphi Room

Tuesday 12 May, 10.15 – 11.15 and 11.30 – 12.30 Adelphi Room

Classical Babies

Songbuds Music Workshops

A classical concert for mums, dads & babies in a relaxed, friendly environment! Hosted by Londonbased Classical Babies and Sheffield string quartet Silver Strings, this includes a 40-minute concert of music by Mozart, Mendelssohn & Gershwin and 20 minutes of freeplay exploring percussion instruments and mini-violins. Soft mats and toys are provided. The Crucible café opens at 10am so grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy!

Tickets: £6 per adult (babies free) Book on 0114 249 6000 Limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment

for 2 – 3 year olds

Led by Vanessa Johnson from Sheffield’s Songbuds and guitarist Suzie Tooze, these workshops will get little ones playing percussion instruments, singing and moving about to live music! Each session also includes 15 minutes of freeplay where children can create their own sounds and hear music up close.

Tickets: £6 per child (accompanying adults free) Book on 0114 249 6000 Limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment

Wednesday 13 May, 10.15 – 11.15 and 11.30 – 12.30 Adelphi Room

Music Box Workshops for 3 – 5 year olds

Led by Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 horn player Naomi Atherton, these workshops get little ones playing percussion instruments, singing and moving about to live music! Each session also includes 15 minutes of freeplay where children can create their own sounds and hear music up close.

Tickets: £6 per child (accompanying adults free) Book on 0114 249 6000 Limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment

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Thursday 14 May, 4 – 5pm (Sheffield Junior Singers Year 3 – 6) and 5 – 6pm (Sheffield Young Singers Year 7 – 13) Adelphi Room Thursday 14 May, 10 – 3pm Adelphi Room

BBC Ten Pieces Filming Day

Five primary schools perform and film their own versions of well-known classical repertoire including Britten’s Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes, Holst’s Mars from The Planets and Stravinsky’s Finale from The Firebird Suite as part of the pioneering BBC Ten Pieces project.

Throughout the day there will be opportunities to watch these young performers (times will be posted on www.musicintheround.co.uk and displayed during the week); the films will later be posted online.

Music in the Round kickstarted South Yorkshire’s BBC Ten Pieces Project, in partnership with the four Music Hubs, with a teachers’ INSET session, in-school workshops with Ensemble 360, and continuing support with junior and special schools.

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Sheffield Young Singers was formed in 2007 by Helen Cowen and Tracey Shibli to provide high-quality singing workshops for children aged 7 – 18. Join Sheffield Junior Singers (Year 3 – 6) for a taster rehearsal singing songs including an African call & response and You’ve Got a Friend in Me, and join Sheffield Young Singers (Year 7 – 13) for songs including Babethandaza, While the Tanks Roll On and On my Own.

Friday 15 May, 1.50 – 2.45pm Adelphi Room

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Join this adult community group for a 45 minute taster session.

Suitable for all adults whatever their singing experience (note-reading is not essential) this will be very informal and inspiring. They meet in term time on Fridays between 1.30 - 2.30pm. Further information can be found at www.sheffieldyoungsingers.org.uk To participate: Contact Fraser on 0114 281 4660 / fraser@musicintheround.co.uk to reserve your free place More information at www.sheffieldyoungsingers.org.uk

Wednesday 13 May, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

IS IT TRUE?

SIBELIUS Andante festivo for string quartet WEBERN Langsamer Satz for string quartet MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in A minor Op.13 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor Op.132

Composed in 1827 when Mendelssohn was just 18, the remarkably energetic and passionate Quartet in A minor Op.13 is a young man’s homage to a supreme master and draws direct inspiration from Beethoven’s Op.132 quartet. Both are created around open-ended questions. Beethoven’s is marked in the original manuscript – the enigmatic words “Musst es sein?” (“Must it be?”). Mendelssohn’s work is based on a theme from the young composer’s early song “Ist es Wahr?” (“Is it true?”).

The programme features two other remarkable works. Sibelius’ late Andante festivo is a beautiful short piece founded on broad chords that the composer simply asked should be played ‘with humanity’. Webern’s emotionally charged and supremely romantic Langsamer Satz, written when, at the age of 22, the composer was still a student, has been described as being “like Tristan und Isolde compressed into 11 minutes.”

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“There is a sort of heavenly gaiety about some of his later things which one imagines might come to oneself as the fruits of reconciliation and relief after immense suffering."

Poet T.S. Eliot, on hearing Beethoven’s String Quartet Op.132

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Thursday 14 May, 12.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

Thursday 14 May, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

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CALLUM HOLYER Through the Winding Wheel for oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon (Powerplus – see page 15) BRAHMS – SCHUMANN – DIETRICH F-A-E Sonata for violin and piano BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A Op.114

This concert celebrates two influential and virtuoso instrumentalists of the 19th century. At the age of 13, Joseph Joachim made his debut in London in a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – for which Joachim composed his own cadenzas – after which the Illustrated London News hailed him as “perhaps the first violin player, not only of his age but of his century.” Just nine years later, in 1853, Joachim was befriended by Schumann, Albert Dietrich (Schumann’s pupil) and an unknown 20-year old composer, Johannes Brahms, who presented Joachim with a ‘compilation’ sonata based on Joachim’s private motto: Frei Aber Einsam (Free But Lonely).

Decades later, at the end of his life, all of Brahms’ final chamber works were written for a close friend, the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, who was renowned as a dramatic and moving interpreter of chamber music.

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Elizabeth Ogonek RAVEL Violin Sonata in G ELIZABETH OGONEK New Work WORLD PREMIERE SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No.1 in C minor Op.8 Talk Talk BRUCH Septet in E flat

Three composers writing in their youth, and an older man embracing the brave new world of Q&A Q&A jazz feature in this concert. In ‘ascending order’, Max Bruch composed his charming and skilful Septet at the age of 11, while Shostakovich’s first piano trio, written at the age of 16, was first Post-concert Q&A rehearsed in a cinema and played as an accompaniment to a silent film.

with Elizabeth Ogonek Elizabeth Ogonek was born in 1989 and grew up in New York; she received degrees from Indiana University and the University of Southern California, and is currently a doctoral student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Already the winner of numerous awards, her work has been performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and by the London Symphony Orchestra. Elizabeth’s new piece is based on a poem of Rimbaud from Les Illuminations that casts a backward look at childhood and youth. The Royal Philharmonic Society selected Elizabeth Ogonek as a winner of their 2014 Composition Prize and have commissioned her to write this new work for Music in the Round.

Of his late violin sonata, Maurice Ravel said “How did I come to write the “blues”? I venture to say that it is French music, Ravel’s music, that I have written.”

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NDUMISO NDLOVU Russian Nightmare for string quartet (Powerplus – see page 15) SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen D802 for flute and piano BEETHOVEN Variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni for oboe, violin and viola WEBER Trio Op.63 for flute, cello and piano

This is a programme of delightful music for lunchtime relaxation and an opportunity to hear two rarities by Beethoven and Schubert together with a wonderful showcase for the flute by a composer much more frequently associated with operatic music.

Schubert’s Introduction and Variations are based on the song Trockne Blumen, the antepenultimate song in the cycle Die Schöne Müllerin. It is possibly a surprising choice of melody – the poem calls for flowers to be put on the singer’s grave – but it may have reflected the composer’s gloomy outlook at the time of its composition. Weber’s grandlyconceived trio feels like a continual struggle between the composer’s desire to restrain emotional extremes and to allow operatic bravura to run wild. At the end of the work it appears that the latter has finally won out.

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For the 2015 festival, our Friday night double-bill has a distinctly Scottish tint with music and musicians from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ music and career has been based on his commitment to presenting pioneering work that communicates directly and powerfully, allied to an unflinching commitment to music education.

He has endearingly and fondly been described as a 'geriatric terrible'.

The Gaelic tradition that pervades Maxwell Davies’ music comes even more to the fore in the searing beauty of Mischa Macpherson’s voice.

There is a special excitement in hearing musicians who are so young performing music whose roots are so old.

MOZART String Quintet in B flat K.174 MAXWELL DAVIES Stormwatch, Stormfall for horn, violin and piano UK PREMIERE MOZART String Quintet in E flat K.614

Two wonderful string quintets by Mozart, written at the opposite ends of his composing career, form the pillars of Ensemble 360’s concert.

The model Mozart used for writing his earliest quintet may well have been the instrumentation used by Michael Haydn in his quintets, while the last of his quintets, K.614, bears the influence of Michael Haydn’s older and more famous brother, Joseph, with deft, light touches and richly elaborate counterpoint.

Peter Maxwell Davies’ Stormwatch, Stormfall was written at the composer’s home on the island of Sanday during particularly violent winter weather. A single folk melody runs through the work, but in responding to the ferocity of the storms there are extreme demands made on the virtuosity of the players before calm once more descends.

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THE AMOROUS FLUTE

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Friday 15 May, 7pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 and Peter Cropper VIOLA

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Friday 15 May, 9.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio The Mischa Macpherson Trio

LEANABH AN OIR (GOLDEN CHILD) A singer, native Gaelic speaker and clarsach player from Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Mischa is joined by Conal McDonagh on Scottish border-pipes & whistles and guitarist Innes White. At 21-years-old she has already performed to audiences around the globe as well as to leading UK folk festivals. In 2014 the Trio were winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Artist award.

Having grown up immersed in the distinctive culture, music, language and landscape of the Western Isles, Mischa discovered an enjoyment in creating music at a very early age, and it is these influences that the Trio now presents with clarity and tenderness.

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Saturday 16 May, 12.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 and Richard Wilson NARRATOR

Saturday 16 May, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

PETEROTHE WOLF

A FAIRY TALE

BERIO Opus Number Zoo for wind quintet RIDOUT Ferdinand the Bull for solo violin PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

Whether you are enjoying your first or your second childhood, you will enjoy this high-spirited concert. Peter and the Wolf has served as an introduction to classical music for millions of people since its composition in 1936, at a time when Prokofiev had been welcomed back into the fold of the Russian communist state. Its genius, which it shares with Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, lies in the fact that this is a wonderful score and story, irrespective of the age-group for which the piece was originally intended.

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Ensemble 360 also takes great pleasure in presenting Berio’s Opus Number Zoo and Alan Ridout’s Ferdinand the Bull. All that needs to be said is that you will see a side to the players that you may not even have imagined existed!

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BARTÓK Piano Quintet in C SIBELIUS En Saga Op.9 for septet SPOHR Nonet in F Op.31

Sit back and relax to a festival finale that brings exuberance, romance, and fantasy in the course of three works written by composers taking their first steps in their composing careers.

If you think that you know Bartók’s music but have not heard his early Piano Quintet then this piece will be a revelation for you. This lush and exuberantly romantic work was begun when the composer was 22 and took him a year to write, during which time he attended numerous performances of music by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. The influence is clear.

En Saga was Sibelius’ breakthrough orchestral work, conducted by the 28-year-old composer at the première in Helsinki in 1893. However, this wonderful piece, born of “a number of painful experiences”, had originally been written as a septet and it is this version that will be heard in this concert.

The extraordinary spirit of Louis Spohr’s Nonet is best summed up by a conversation overheard at an early performance: Madame Vogel (Lille Amateur Society): “Am I addressing the composer of the Nonet?”

Louis Spohr: “Yes, Madame” Madame Vogel (hugging Spohr): “Oh! How pleased my husband will be…...your Nonet is insane!”

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“International musicians, brimming with body and soul, with passion, vitality and virtuosity, whose performances never cease to amaze” independent

Our annual May festival showcases the brilliant players of Ensemble 360. Resident with Music in the Round in South Yorkshire, the Ensemble brings together world-class musicians to form one versatile group. They are: Claudia Ajmone-Marsan VIOLIN / Naomi Atherton HORN / Juliette Bausor FLUTE / Laurène Durantel DOUBLE BASS / Amy Harman BASSOON / Matthew Hunt CLARINET / Tim Horton PIANO / Benjamin Nabarro VIOLIN / Gemma Rosefield CELLO / Adrian Wilson OBOE

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CLASSICAL SHEFFIELD

A Sheffield Theatres Production

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The 2015 Festival at a glance Monday 4th May

10.30am Singing Day with John Rutter Forge Valley School

Friday 8th May

Saturday 9th May

11.30am Sir Scallywag & the Golden Underpants FAMILY CONCERT Crucible Studio 12.30pm Little Scallywags post-concert session Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre

Sunday 10th MayQ&A

7.15pm Talk Talk Songs of Youth and Experience Q&A Crucible Studio Q&A

7.15pm Enfance Crucible Studio

Monday 11th May

Wednesday 13th May

Friday 15th May

12.45pm From My Life Crucible Studio

12.45pm Allegro Tristement Crucible Studio

1.50pm Come and Sing Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre

5.45pm Sheffield Music Academy Crucible Studio

7.15pm Is It True?

Crucible Studio

7.15pm Youth, Golden Youth Crucible Studio

7pm Stormwatch, Stormfall Crucible Studio

Thursday 14th May

10.15am & 11.30am Classical Babies Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre

7.15pm The Prodigy Crucible Studio

7.15pm Prosperous Voyage Crucible Studio Talk

1.30pm The Bach Walk Chatsworth Estate

Talk Q&A

12.30pm String Day: The Boy Made of Bread Cadman Room, Millennium Gallery

Tuesday 12th May

10.15 & 11.30am Songbuds Music workshops Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre 12.45pm Fantasy & Games Crucible Studio 5pm Open rehearsal Crucible Studio

10.15 & 11.30am Music Box Workshops Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre

10am BBC Ten Pieces filming day Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre 12.45pm Free But Lonely Crucible Studio

Talk

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12.45pm The Amorous Flute Crucible Studio

9.15pm Leanabh An Oir (Golden Child) Crucible Studio

Saturday 16th May 12.45pm Peter & The Wolf Crucible Studio

4pm & 5pm Come and Sing Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre

7.15pm A Fairy Tale Crucible Studio

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