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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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We warmly welcome you to the Music in the Round Spring Series 2012.

Welcome!

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.

Last winter an intrepid audience member arrived for a concert on skis.

We hope our Spring 2012 programme may just inspire you to resort to toboggans, snowmobiles and even huskies if that is what it takes to hear the exceptional music and musicians we have lined up.

It is a particular delight to present artists at opposite ends of the career spectrum. The brilliant Wu Quartet and the Lawson Trio have outstanding futures ahead of them and their programmes reflect their passionate advocacy of repertoire classics and recent music. Steven Isserlis is one of the world’s foremost cellists and it will be an electrifying experience to hear him play at close quarters.

Tim Horton continues his journey through the complete Beethoven piano sonatas – after the ecstatic reception

for the first concert in September, this series is set to become a classic event.

Tim and the full Ensemble 360 also feature in our very special Beethoven Weekend alongside the wonderful Navarra Quartet (see page 12).

We also warmly invite you to join us on a “day out” to hear the remarkable multiple award-winning young vocal group Stile Antico. The setting for the glorious English Renaissance music is Sheffield Cathedral, and be in no doubt: this is music of the most profound beauty, passion and intimacy.

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Watch highlights from our last children’s concert, The Chimpanzees of Happytown, on your smartphone.

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Tuesday 24 January Family Concert: 6.30pm Schools’ Concerts: 10.30am & 1.30pm Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing

Tim Horton PIANO / Richard Russell CLARINET Polly Ives NARRATOR

Tickets: Family Concert: £6 / £3 Under 18s Schools’ Concerts: £3 Under 18s / Accompanying Teachers Free

JS BACH Sonata from Musical Offering for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano BERKELEY Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano Op.44 BRAHMS Piano Quintet

Ensemble 360 starts the year with the Sonata from Bach’s masterpiece Musical Offering that, along with the Art of Fugue, is the summit of his works for keyboard.

Sir Lennox Berkeley was a twentieth-century English composer who, because of his French ancestry, followed the typically “French” expressive traditions of Ravel, Poulenc and Fauré.

Brahms’s energetic Quintet builds in excitement throughout, concluding with a thrilling display of arguably some of the best music he has ever written.

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

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For 2 - 11 year-olds (Key Stage 1 - 2)

Spring has arrived and Igor can’t wait to express his joy through singing. But when he joins in the Dawn Chorus, the other birds fall about laughing. He reluctantly decides to give up singing and flies off to a deserted plain where he sets about nest-building. However, one evening Igor is so struck by the beauty of the sunset that he breaks out in song once more, and this time his unique style has magical results...

We are thrilled to be giving the second performance of this piece, which was commissioned by the Wigmore Hall. Written

by Luke Bedford, it is based on the book by Satoshi Kitamura, published by Andersen Press.

Books will be on sale at the family concert.

Schools: Contact Chloe on chloe@musicintheround.co.uk for your teachers’ resource pack and free copy of the book.

Wednesday 25 January, 7.45pm Ensemble 360

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Join Polly Ives and Ensemble 360’s Matthew Hunt and Naomi Atherton for a morning of sharing ideas, training and exploring methods for engaging more children in music-making.

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Aimed at nursery staff, teachers, parents and carers, the session includes activities to stimulate the imagination, encourage creativity and develop confidence and communication.

Tickets: £15 from Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk

Saturday 28 January, 7.45pm Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih

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BRITTEN Suite No.3 Op.87 SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata in D minor Op.40 RAVEL Deux Mélodies Hébraïques BEETHOVEN Sonata in A Op.69 We are thrilled to welcome internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis, along with Canadian pianist Connie Shih. Steven is perhaps the best-known cellist performing today, and has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic and at the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall. He has an award-winning discography and was presented with a CBE in recognition of services to music in 1998.

Britten’s emotionally charged Suite is a response to Bach’s own suites for cello. It incorporates Russian themes, including folksongs arranged by Tchaikovsky.

Although Shostakovich’s Sonata is traditional and Classical in style, his trademark sense of drama and torment is never far from the surface.

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

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Tuesday 31 January, 12.45pm Ensemble 360

The Lawson Trio will be giving performances in Sheffield junior schools. For more information about professional musicians visiting your school contact Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk

Friday 3 February, 7.45pm Lawson Trio

JS BACH Viola da Gamba Sonata No.3 in G minor SCHUMANN Three Romances for Oboe & Piano Op.94 KLUGHARDT Schilflieder Op.28 For oboe, viola and piano

MOZART Piano Trio in G K.564 DEBUSSY Piano Trio No.1 in G DAVID KNOTTS The Long Way Home BRAHMS Piano Trio in B Op.8 (revised version)

The viola da gamba was one of the most popular of all Renaissance and Baroque instruments. This Sonata shows off its velvety tone, as well as that of the viola on which it is played here.

We’re delighted that Concordia Foundation Young Artists 2010 the Lawson Trio is able to come to Sheffield as part of its tour with Music in the Round. The Trio is recommended by ChamberStudio, which, led by Richard Ireland, offers high-level coaching and performance opportunities to some of the most exciting artists emerging in the UK.

Schumann’s moving Romances are considered to be some of the greatest music written for oboe. There is a sense of simple beauty in them, and indeed Schumann’s directions for the performers are “simply, with great feeling”.

August Klughardt was a German composer in the late nineteenth century, and a pioneer of the “New German School”, which was primarily concerned with opera and programme music (music that depicts something). So too is Schilflieder, or Songs for the Reeds; it is a dreamy illustration of poems by Nikolaus Lenau which depict a grieving man amid pastoral scenes.

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

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, the Lawson Trio pairs his youthful trio with a work commissioned by the group for its Southbank debut in 2010. Inspired by a poem of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s about the poignancy of time passing, The Long Way Home is a musical illustration of nature’s elusive beauty. These pieces are framed by Mozart’s final Fenella Humphreys VIOLIN / Rebecca Knight CELLO piano trio and Brahms’s epic trio in B; the simple “joie de vivre” Annabelle Lawson PIANO of the former perfectly complementing the intense passion and yearning of Brahms’s masterpiece.

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

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“ What a fantastic set of musicians, they all show that they really enjoy playing together and can have a bit of fun on stage too”

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Saturday 4 February, 1.45pm & 3pm Music Box Workshops For 3 - 6 year-olds Join workshop leader Polly Ives alongside Charley and Hattie from The Webb Sisters for a forty-fiveminute workshop exploring music about the night, bedtime stories and lullabies. Feel free to bring your teddy bear and slippers!

Charley and Hattie demonstrate their instruments, including the harp, guitar and mandolin, and sing some of their songs influenced by the folk and pop traditions of Britain and the United States.

The Webb Sisters have performed in many schools and children’s hospitals and have written an album of children’s songs.

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Tickets: £6 Participating Children / Accompanying Adults Free To book contact Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk Book early to avoid disappointment.

Saturday 4 February, 7.45pm The Webb Sisters

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Originally from Kent, sisters Charley and Hattie draw from both folk and pop traditions of Britain and the United States. They are known for the haunting beauty of their songs and the ethereal sound of their voices. The Webb Sisters have performed with Leonard Cohen, Jamie Cullum, Rufus Wainwright, James Morrison and Katie Melua among others.

Here they play songs from their enthralling new album, Savages, from which their single Baroque Thoughts won the International Award for Best Contemporary Adult Song.

Please note this concert is ninety minutes in duration with no interval.

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“It is a joy to hear chamber music played by first class musicians in such an intimate environment.”

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The Webb Sisters will be in the foyer after the concert to chat to the audience and sign CDs. Tickets: £15 / £10 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students

Charley Webb VOCALS / GUITAR / HARP Hattie Webb VOCALS / HARP

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Tuesday 7 February 12.45pm Wu Quartet

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MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in D Op.44 No.1 LIGETI String Quartet No.1 Métamorphoses Nocturnes We’re delighted to welcome the Wu Quartet, recommended by ChamberStudio. The group studied with Peter Cropper, and in 2008/9 became only the second British-based quartet to be selected for the European Chamber Music Academy. The quartet has collaborated with Mark Padmore, Roger Vignoles, Guy Johnston and Richard Harwood, and made its Wigmore Hall debut in June last year.

Mendelssohn’s Quartet in D was written in his first year of marriage. In his set of Op.44 quartets he developed a truly individual voice, forging a perfect union between elegant Classical structure and emotive Romantic expression.

Written before he fled Hungary because of its Stalinist rule, Ligeti’s Quartet is dramatic and highly individual; a thrilling piece to listen to.

Qian Wu VIOLIN / Edward Brenton VIOLIN Matthew Kettle VIOLA / Joe Zeitlin CELLO

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

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Friday 17 - Sunday 19 February

We think we know Beethoven, the man and the musician, but do we?

One way to find out is to experience total immersion in a feast of his music and we are delighted to be working in partnership with the University of Sheffield to provide an opportunity not only to do this, but also to hear the very personal insights of a diverse range of experts, including performers, a musicologist, a historian and an audiology specialist. Whether you dip in and out of the weekend, or attend the opening notes of the music and stay to the very final bar, all are equally welcome.

Angus Smith , Artistic Director

In partnership with The University of Sheffield Concert Series Supported by Lifelong Patrons David Megginson & Viv Whitaker

Weekend Concert Pass

See all five concerts for £50 / £35 Disabled & Unemployed / £10 Students Please note that the Symposium and Lecture-Recital are not included and must be bought separately.

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Friday 17 February, 7.45pm Navarra String Quartet

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Magnus Johnston VIOLIN / Marije Ploemacher VIOLIN Simone van der Giessen VIOLA / Nathaniel Boyd CELLO

BEETHOVEN Quartet in B flat Op.18 No.6 Quartet in E flat Op.74 The Harp Quartet in E minor Op.59 No.2

The Navarra String Quartet returns to the Studio following its tour of the Netherlands including a concert at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. The group opens our Beethoven mini-festival with a fascinating quartet that seems to explore the agonising time at which Beethoven was first struggling with deafness.

It features extreme contrasts, from exuberance and Talkmomentum to despair and, ultimately, joy. dizzying

The Harp Quartet is so called because of the pizzicato Q&Aof strings) in the first movement. It was (plucking unusual at the time for this technique to have such prominence, and created a new palette for string writing.

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Saturday 18 February, 12 noon* Ensemble 360

BEETHOVEN Duo for Viola and Cello in E flat With Two Eyeglasses Piano Trio in B flat Op.97 Archduke

Beethoven’s playful and charming Duo With Two Eyeglasses was so-nicknamed by the composer himself; he was making a joke about his friend and cellist’s poor eyesight!

The majestic Archduke Trio is the summit of Beethoven’s piano trio writing. Looking forward to Romanticism, it possesses a sense of grandeur that had never before been heard in chamber music.

Tickets: £10 / £7 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students * Please note earlier start time

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Would you like to spread the cost of your concert tickets across the season? Sign up to our simple, safe and convenient Direct Debit scheme and split the total cost of your tickets into three monthly payments between January and March. For more details see page 30.

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Saturday 18 February, 2pm Symposium Adelphi Room

Tim Horton PIANO Benjamin Nabarro VIOLIN BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in G Op.96

Tickets: £5 / £3 Under 18s & Students

Beethoven’s deeply expressive final violin sonata is the chosen subject for a session designed to allow an audience a close-up experience of how leading musicians set about achieveing an understanding of a masterpiece, devise their own interpretation, and develop this in readiness for public performance. This is not simply an examination of a composer, or an insight into the working practice of members of Ensemble 360.

This forty-minute lecture-recital also promises to be a revealing portrait of the crucial relationship that exists between composers – whose music originates inside their own minds – and performing musicians, who have the responsibilty of delivering the message to the world.

In partnership with The University of Sheffield Concert Series

Please note, in view of the nature of this event, the Sonata will not be performed in its entirety.

Tickets: £5 / £3 Under 18s & Students

Saturday 18 February, 7.45pm Ensemble 360 BEETHOVEN Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D Op.25 Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano in G Sonata for Horn and Piano in F Op.17 String Quartet in F Op.18 No.1 The Serenade was composed at a time of personal crisis for Beethoven, when the tragic discovery was made that he was going deaf. Nevertheless this piece is full of beauty and vivacity.

Written the year before, his virtuosic Horn Sonata marked the start of writing increasingly experimental works.

Beethoven’s first quartet is lively and spirited, with a heartrending slow movement that is thought to have been inspired by the tomb scene from Romeo and Juliet.

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

Saturday 18 February, 6.15pm Sheffield Music Academy

Talented young pianists from Sheffield Music Academy perform bagatelles, sonatinas and variations by Beethoven.

Tickets: £3 / FREE to Friends of Music in the Round

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We are thrilled to welcome lecturer in nationalism in history Dr Timothy Baycroft, musicologist and Beethoven specialist Dr William Drabkin, audiologist Dr Harriet Crook of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, and violinist and co-founder of Music in the Round Peter Cropper for this twohour discussion panel. Each speaker will propose a single hypothesis borne of their own personal experience as to why Beethoven and his music are quite so extraordinary before offering up the topic open for general discussion. Chaired by Music in the Round’s Artistic Director Angus Smith, this session is set to give a fascinating insight into Beethoven and the world around him.

Saturday 18 February, 4.30pm Lecture-Recital

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Sunday 19 February, 11am Ensemble 360

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BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor Op.95 Serioso Piano Trio in E flat Op.70 No.2 Arguably one of the greatest of Beethoven’s string quartets, the Serioso is full of tension and was radical at the time, looking ahead to the style and mood of his later quartets.

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Unjustly neglected, his Piano Trio Op.70 No.2 is often overshadowed by its more famous sister piece, the Ghost Trio (which can be heard in the afternoon concert). It is full of excitement and energy, and its subtle innovations are just as compelling as those in the Ghost Trio.

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Sunday 19 February, 3pm Ensemble 360

“ With the great composers there is always something new to be discovered in their music.

In Sheffield we have musicians who can do that.”

BEETHOVEN Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Op.102 No.2 Sextet in E flat Op.81b For two horns, two violins, viola and cello Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni for Oboe, Viola and Cello in C Piano Trio in D Op.70 No.1 Ghost

Beethoven’s cello sonatas took the form in new directions, and his fifth and final sonata is no exception. Its affecting slow movement could be thought of as the expressive summit of his music for cello.

This Sextet, almost like a concerto for horns, features virtuosic parts for the instruments, full of hunting calls and fanfares.

Beethoven was the master of variations, and this charming early example cleverly plays with Mozart’s famous aria, one of opera’s great seductions.

One of Beethoven’s most celebrated piano trios, the Ghost Trio is so-named because of its dark and atmospheric slow movement.

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

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Tuesday 21 February, 7pm Crucible Studio Theatre Tuesday 13 March, 7pm Upper Chapel PowerPlus

with Ensemble 360 and Chris Bradley PowerPlus stimulates and enhances the composing skills of young music students in Sheffield schools, directed by Sheffield Music Advanced Skills Teacher Robin McEwan. Since the beginning of the autumn term students have been writing music in response to a number of different stimuli for performance by Ensemble 360 and marimba player Chris Bradley.

The players have been working in schools with the students to help them expand their knowledge of instrumental techniques as well as to inspire and enthuse. The performance on 21 February showcases music for string quartet, piano and marimba, and the concert on 13 March features music for wind quintet, piano and marimba.

Tickets: FREE on the door Led in partnership with Tapton School, Sheffield Music Services and The University of Sheffield.

“An ensemble of young British singers, pure of voice, their texture thick and sweet as pudding” LA Times

Friday 2 March, 7.45pm Stile Antico: Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart Sheffield Cathedral*

Saturday 3 March, 10am - 1pm Stile Antico Vocal Workshop Domino Hall, Sheffield Cathedral

Stile Antico is an ensemble of young British singers, now established as one of the most original and exciting new vocal groups. The group’s most recent release, Song of Songs, won the 2009 Gramophone Award for Early Music and reached the top of the US Classical Chart.

Following the success of last year’s vocal workshop with I Fagiolini, we are pleased to include a three-hour vocal workshop open to adult choral singers led by three members of Stile Antico exploring repertoire including Campion’s Never Weather-beaten Sail and Ramsey’s How are the Mighty Fall’n’.

Here Stile Antico embarks on a fascinating exploration of stunning yet neglected music; the wealth of Tudor and Jacobean sacred music written for private performance.

Not only does this music chart a course through a period of remarkable historical and religious events, but it also gets to the very heart of the original concept of chamber music - the intimate act of making music with a small of group of people. We invite audiences to eavesdrop on this most profound and genuinely moving musical experience, presented in the round as this music was meant to be heard: in the unique setting of a cathedral.

Tickets: £15 / £10 Disabled & Unemployed / £3 Under 18s & Students *Please note alternative venue In partnership with Sheffield Cathedral

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Participants: £15 To apply or for more information contact Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk As part of Alight Alight – part of the Music Nation, a countdown event for the London 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural Olympiad.

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Helen Ashby / Kate Ashby / Rebecca Hickey SOPRANOS Emma Ashby / Eleanor Harries / Carris Jones ALTOS Jim Clements / Andrew Griffiths / Benedict Hymas TENORS Will Dawes / Oliver Hunt / Matthew O’Donovan BASSES

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Thursday 8 March, 7.45pm Donald Grant, Karen Matheson, Donald Shaw, Anna Massie & Friends The Octagon*

Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 January Scottish Folk String Weekend Sharrow Performing Arts Space

Karen Matheson and Donald Shaw have been at the forefront of the Celtic music scene since forming the groundbreaking band Capercaillie in the 1980s. Widely regarded as “the finest Gaelic singer alive today” (Billboard Magazine), Karen has continuously mesmerised audiences throughout the world with her voice, appearing in Hollywood film Rob Roy, TV series Transatlantic Sessions, and gaining a top forty hit with a 400-year-old Gaelic song. Here Karen and Donald perform Gaelic and English songs old and new and are joined by Donald Grant, Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2003 Anna Massie, and the Red Skies String Ensemble.

Well-loved Scottish folk fiddler Donald Grant and guitarist Anna Massie lead a weekend of folk music workshops and rehearsals for talented young string players.

Tonight’s concert will also feature new music by Donald Grant, including a premiere written especially for young string players who took part in the Scottish Folk String Weekend with Donald in January.

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

Karen Matheson VOCALS / Donald Shaw PIANO / ACCORDION Donald Grant FIDDLE / Anna Massie GUITAR / Red Skies String Ensemble With the participants of the Scottish Folk String Weekend

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For 11 - 21 year-olds, Grade 5 +

Explore music from his album The Way Home as well as folk techniques, improvisation and composition. Learn string parts for a new commission written by Donald especially for this event and record the piece in an informal performance. Then join Donald and other top musicians onstage at their concert at The Octagon on Thursday 8 March.

Participation: £25 Bursaries are available from the Lindsay Foundation To apply or for more information contact Chloe Miller Smith on 0114 281 4660 or chloe@musicintheround.co.uk

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Dates for your Diary

The May Festival 2012 takes place on Friday 11 – Saturday 19 May. Visit www.musicintheround.co.uk and sign up to our postal or email list to get programme information as soon as it is available.

Thursday 12 April, 7.45pm Tim Horton PIANO

Friday 13 April, 7.45pm Gwylim Simcock & Klaus Gesing

JS BACH Sonata for Oboe and Piano in G minor JANÁČEK String Quartet No.1 The Kreutzer Sonata SCHUMANN Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano in E flat Op.47

BEETHOVEN Sonata in E Op.14 No.1 Sonata in G Op.14 No.2 Sonata in C minor Op.13 Pathétique Sonata in E flat Op.7

Gwylim Simcock PIANO Klaus Gesing SAXOPHONES & BASS CLARINET

This Sonata by Bach, which features an elaborate keyboard part unusual for the time, was reworked for flute, and was heard at the Crucible Theatre on 9 October.

Tim continues his Beethoven piano cycle with the most famous of all the composer’s piano sonatas, the highly individual Pathétique, alongside another that deserves equal fame, the monumental Op.7.

Based on Tolstoy’s tale of jealousy, passion, adultery and murder, The Kreutzer Sonata is full of contrasting moods, tempos and melodies set against one another.

The two short Op.14 sonatas were written when Beethoven was asserting his individual style, and his sights were set on an even wider audience.

Written in his so-called “chamber music year”, Schumann’s quartet has an infectious youthful energy.

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

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

We are thrilled to welcome Gwylim Simcock and Klaus Gesing following their hugely successful concert at Wigmore Hall last year.

The first ever BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist, Gwilym Simcock moves effortlessly between jazz and classical music. His magnificent piece Progressions premiered to an enthralled sell-out audience at the BBC Proms in 2008.

Klaus Gesing’s long-standing partnership with Italian pianist Glauco Venier led to a stunning trio with Norma Winstone, a Grammy nomination and the prestigious Académie du Jazz award for their CD Distances.

Tickets: £15 / £12 Senior Citizens, Unemployed & Students / £3 Under 16s

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All pre-concert talks are free to concert ticket holders but you need a separate ticket. Please request a talk ticket Talkpurchasing your concert ticket. A separate ticket is when not required for post-concert Q&As.

Q&A 28 January, after the concert Saturday Post-concert Q&A: Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih A chance to ask Steven and Connie questions about their programme and their lives as performers.

Friday 3 February, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: Music & Identity The Lawson Trio introduces the pieces in the evening’s concert, and discusses how each composer’s own personality, and historical and personal circumstances, came to bear on their musical creativity.

Friday 17 February, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: The Quartets Professor William Drabkin from The University of Southampton takes a closer look at the music being performed tonight.

Sunday 19 February, 2pm Pre-concert Talk: Beethoven and Me Angus chats to Ensemble 360 members Judith and Adrian about their personal experiences of playing Beethoven and the challenges faced in performing his music.

Friday 2 March, 6.45pm Pre-concert Talk: Beyond the Words Members of Stile Antico give us an insight into their approach to rehearsing and performing this spellbinding repertoire.

Venue Information

Our home venue is the Crucible Studio Theatre.

All events are here unless otherwise stated.

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.

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 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).

Sheffield Cathedral Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HA Seating Areas: Please note that seating is unreserved, however there may be some restricted views due to the pillars.

Access: Sheffield Cathedral is wheelchair accessible through the level entrance on the south side of the building. If you require a wheelchair space please notify the box office at time of booking.

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

Public Transport: Sheffield Cathedral tram stop (at which all trams stop) is situated in front of the Cathedral and just a few minutes’ walk from most major bus services. Sheffield train station is just a ten-minute walk or a five-minute tram ride away (blue route to Malin Bridge from train station).

Sheffield Theatres presents

The Michael Frayn Season

The Octagon The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TQ Seating Areas: All seats are unreserved.

Access: The Octagon is wheelchair accessible with a ramp to the right-hand side of the main steps and a lift to the hall level. If you require a wheelchair space please notify the box office at time of booking.

Copenhagen Wed 29 February – Sat 10 March In 1941, two friends and scientists meet for the last time. On opposing sides, one German and one half Jewish, these two men have the ability to change the course of history.

This Tony Award-winning play is an intriguing and powerful exploration of the uncertainty of the past and the inevitability of the future told through a story based on actual historic events.

Benefactors Thu 1 – Sat 24 March When David dreams of improving the lives of those living in an inner city slum, his idealistic view of the world leads him to reach for the skies. But life isn’t easy when your neighbour is the town’s most cynical journalist, your wife has principles and your secretary falls in love with you.

An award-winning comedy about idealism, realism and the tangled nature of human relationships.

Parking: The University car park on Durham Road, just behind The Octagon, is available and free after 6pm. There is one disabled parking place in the small car park just below The Octagon but this is not bookable.

Public Transport: The Octagon is just a minute’s walk from The University of Sheffield tram stop (yellow and blue routes) and bus stops for the 10, 30, 51, 51A, 52, 80, 94, 95, 100, 120, 123, 201, 273, 274, 505 and 659.

Democracy Thu 8 – Sat 31 March The leader of a new coalition government must keep his friends close and his enemies closer. The problem is knowing who to trust. Left, right and centre all regard each other with suspicion. And as for the Russians…

Democracy is a witty and compelling Olivier Award-winning play about an inspirational man.

General Information

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.

Tickets £10.00 - £24.00, discounts available Box Office 0114 249 6000 sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

0114 249 6000 | sheffieldtheatres.co.uk In person at The Crucible Box Office

Opening Hours

By Phone: Monday – Saturday, 9.30am – 8pm As of Tuesday 3rd January 2012 the phone lines will be open from 10am instead of 9.30am.

In Person: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 8pm On non-performance days the box office closes at 6pm Booking Fees All telephone bookings are subject to a £1.50 booking fee.

All online bookings are subject to a £1 booking fee.

All bookings for concerts at another venue are subject to a 10% booking fee.

By Post You can book your tickets by post using the form on page 28. Please include one SAE per six tickets ordered to allow your tickets to be posted back. It is usual for telephone and personnel bookings to be given priority.

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.

Re-Sales We endeavour to re-sell your tickets on your behalf at a charge of £1 per ticket if the event is sold out.

External Venue Tickets

Please note that two of our concerts are at external venues: Stile Antico at Sheffield Cathedral on Friday 2 March and Donald Grant at The Octagon on Thursday 8 March. Tickets can be booked via Sheffield Theatres subject to a 10% booking fee. Alternatively, tickets are available in advance or on the door at the venues.

Tickets for Stile Antico are available via the Sheffield Cathedral website and from the Cathedral Reception (Monday- Friday) cash only. Telephone booking is unavailable.

Tickets for Donald Grant are available from the Sheffield Students’ Union Box Office rather than from the Octagon Booking Dates itself. Please visit www.shef.ac.uk/union/tickets or visit Booking for Friends opens on Saturday 26 November.

Sheffield Students’ Union, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TG. During this period please use the booking form on page 28.

Telephone booking is unavailable but ticket enquires can be Tickets at this time are limited to two per Friend per event. directed to the box office on 0114 222 8777.

General booking opens on Saturday 3 December.

Booking Form Please complete all details in block capitals Name Address

Postcode

There are two ways to pay (tick where applicable) q I have enclosed a cheque made payable to Sheffield Theatres Trust

q Please debit my Visa / Mastercard

/ Maestro / Visa Delta / Mastercard Debit

(delete as appropriate)

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 q I am not a Friend of Music in the Round (tick where applicable) q Please add me to the Music in the

Round mailing list

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Booking Your Tickets

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

Cardholder’s Signature

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

Save money by buying one of our subscriptions: 10 concerts: £100 / £70 Disabled & Unemployed 8 concerts: £88 / £60 Disabled & Unemployed 5 concerts: £65 / £45 Disabled & Unemployed

Please return with one SAE per six tickets to: Sheffield Theatres Box Office | 55 Norfolk Street | Sheffield S1 1DA Subscription Offers: Please note that the Stile Antico, Donald Grant and Sheffield Jazz concerts can’t be included in the subscription offers.

Pre-concert Talks: If you wish to attend any pre-concert talks (see page 25) please request these when ordering your concert tickets.

EXTERNAL VENUE TICKETS: If you wish to purchase tickets for the Stile Antico and Donald Grant external concerts please add 10% to the ticket cost to cover the booking fee.

Tickets Required

Quantity x Price

Date Time Standard

Example: 25 Jan

7.45pm

1x

£15

Seating Area

Disabled / Student / Unemployed Under 18 2x

£10

1x

£3

Total

Stage Level / Tier 1 / Tier 2 Stage Level

£38

All tickets within a subscription must be purchased in one transaction and you must state which concerts you wish to attend.

Please note that the Stile Antico, Donald Grant and Sheffield Jazz concerts can’t be included in the subscription offers.

Beethoven Weekend Concert Pass See all five concerts for £50 / £35 Disabled & Unemployed / £10 Students Please note that the Symposium and LectureRecital are not included and must be bought separately.

Pay by Direct Debit

Spread the cost of your concert tickets into three monthly payments between January and March.

For more information please contact Marty at Music in the Round on 0114 281 4660 or marty@musicintheround.co.uk before the 6 January. Direct Debit requests made after this date cannot be processed.

Ticket Offers

£5 Tickets for First Time Attendees If you’ve never been to one of our concerts then you can enjoy your first performance for just £5 (subject to an additional 10% booking fee for the Stile Antico and Donald Grant concerts). A maximum of two tickets can be purchased per household. Offer only available in person or by phone through Sheffield Theatres box office.

Please note that no £5 First Time Attendees tickets are available for the Sheffield Jazz concert.

£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 Stile Antico and Donald Grant concerts). Visit www.musicintheround.co.uk/u35 for more details.

Please note that no £5 U35 tickets are available for the Sheffield Jazz concert.

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

Encore! New Audiences Scheme

If you don’t know your Beethoven from your Bach but are interested in learning more about classical music then Encore!, our new informal learning programme, is for you! Aimed at people who have never been to one of our concerts, Encore! provides opportunities to attend free concerts, talks and workshops during the Spring concert series.

For more information about the scheme email info@musicintheround.co.uk or call 0114 281 4660.

Grand Total

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Booking Form

Subscription Offers

This project has been funded by the Skills Funding Agency.

Diary

Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 January Tuesday 24 January, 10.30am, 1.30pm, 6.30pm Wednesday 25 January, 7.45pm Saturday 28 January, 10.30am Talk Talk Saturday 28 January, 7.45pm Q&A Q&A Tuesday 31 January, 12.45pm Friday 3 February, 7.45pm Talk Talk Saturday 4 February, 1.45pm & 3pm Q&A Q&A Saturday 4 February, 7.45pm Tuesday 7 February, 12.45pm Friday 17 February, 7.45pm Talk Talk Saturday 18 February, 12 noon Q&A Q&A Saturday 18 February, 2pm Saturday 18 February, 4.30pm Saturday 18 February, 6.15pm Saturday 18 February, 7.45pm Sunday 19 February, 11am Sunday 19 February, 3pm Talk Talk Tuesday 21 February, 7pm Q&A Q&A Friday 2 March, 7.45pm Talk Talk Saturday 3 March, 10am Q&A Q&A Thursday 8 March, 7.45pm

Tuesday 13 March, 7pm Thursday 5 April, 7.45pm Thursday 12 April, 7.45pm Friday 13 April, 7.45pm

Scottish Folk String Weekend page 22 Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing page 3 Ensemble 360 page 4 How to Share Music with Under 5s page 5 Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih page 5 Ensemble 360 page 7 Lawson Trio page 8 Music Box Workshops page 9 The Webb Sisters page 9 Wu Quartet page 11 Navarra String Quartet page 13 Ensemble 360 page 14 Symposium page 15 Lecture-Recital page 15 Sheffield Music Academy page 16 Ensemble 360 page 16 Ensemble 360 page 17 Ensemble 360 page 18 PowerPlus page 19 Stile Antico: Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart page 19 Stile Antico Vocal Workshop page 20 Donald Grant, Karen Matheson, Donald Shaw, Anna Massie & Friends page 22 PowerPlus page 19 Ensemble 360 page 23 Tim Horton page 24 Gwylim Simcock & Klaus Gesing page 24

For pre-concert talk / post-concert 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 Key Fund Yorkshire Sheffield City Council The Lindsay Foundation Lifelong Patrons: John Cowling | Kate Dugdale Maurice & Sheila Millward David Megginson & Viv Whitaker