Music in the Round autumn brochure 2015

SEPT-DEC 2015

CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC, FOLKoJAZZ IN SHEFFIELD

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EVERYONE IS WELCOME at a Music in the Round concert. There is no dress code, no big stage to keep the performers at a distance, nothing you need to know about the music in advance. Just outstanding musicians in the centre of the room, surrounded by the audience, introducing and performing a rich variety of exciting, moving and thought-provoking music. What Sheffield audiences tell us they value most about hearing music ‘in the round’ is the uniquely intimate, informal and inspiring musical experiences it provides. We hope you will join us.

“Music in the Round’s Studio probably ranks as the finest chamber music venue in the UK”

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Our Artistic Director, Angus Smith, introduces the Autumn season: I am really proud to present our Autumn programme in Sheffield, embracing as it does an incredible range of talent and exciting music.

As ever, the music on offer includes acknowledged masterpieces by many of the greatest composers of classical music set beside less familiar pieces that also demand to be heard. We are especially delighted to host the 10th birthday concert of our resident group, Ensemble 360.

As a tribute to our founding Artistic Director, the violinist Peter Cropper, who died very suddenly in May, we’re presenting two concerts devised by him in anticipation of his 70th birthday. We are deeply saddened at his passing, but feel sure that he would approve of us continuing to offer this wonderful music in celebration of a life well-lived.

Many of this season’s musicians, including the members of Ensemble 360, regularly feature on the grandest international stages and I am looking forward with immense anticipation to hearing them close up in performances that I believe will be the match of anything that can be heard around the world.

All of us at Music in the Round and in Ensemble 360 regard our audience as an essential part of what we do; it is you who give our concerts life. I hope to see you soon.

Angus Smith, Artistic Director

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MORE MUSIC FOR LESS MONEY!

We aim to make our concerts as affordable as possible. Ticket prices are listed on each page and we offer the following special discounts and season subscriptions which offer BIG savings:

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NEW TO MUSIC IN THE ROUND?

If you’re completely new to our classical concerts*, then our first-time deal offers you your first pair of tickets for just £5** each. Please make yourself known at the Sheffield Theatres box office, in person or on the phone (Offer not available online.

A maximum of two tickets can be purchased per household.)

UNDER 35?

If you’re under 35, then you can see any* of our concerts for only £5**. Just show some form of ID at the Sheffield Theatres box office when booking your tickets. We also offer an Under 35 card for free, which enables us to keep in touch with you about forthcoming concerts, special offers and news. For more details, visit www.musicintheround.co.uk/U35

COMING AS A FAMILY?

Family groups of four (to include at least 2 under18s) can save 10%** on tickets for most concerts*; this offer is only available in advance. Family concert on 28th October has its own Family ticket.

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BUY SOME, GET MORE COMPLETELY FREE

Pay for 8 concerts and get the rest for FREE! 14 concerts* subscription £140** (full price £225.50) A discounted 14 concert subscription is also available for the unemployed and disabled for £98**, and for under-35s and students for £56** Or choose any seven concerts* from the series and still make BIG savings 7 concerts subscription £77** (full price £122.50), Unemployed and Disabled £56**, Under 35s and students £31.50** * PLEASE NOTE that these offers and subscriptions do not include the two Ensemble 360 concerts during the Classical Sheffield Festival of Music (24 October), the two Sheffield Jazz concerts, the Family Onyx Brass concert or any schools concerts and workshops. Tickets for these must be purchased additionally, at the stated prices. All tickets within a 14 or 7 ticket 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 ** 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 being taking place at Sheffield Theatres, and is instead of the £1.50 (£1.00 online) fee outlined above.

ensemble 360 Celebrating 10 years since their formation in 2005

Resident in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, Ensemble 360 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 / Ruth Gibson VIOLA / Amy Harman BASSOON / Matthew Hunt CLARINET / Tim Horton PIANO / Benjamin Nabarro VIOLIN / Gemma Rosefield CELLO / Adrian Wilson OBOE / Here pianist Tim Horton looks back at the Ensemble’s first 10 years:

“Looking back, the last decade seems to have passed extraordinarily quickly. I feel immensely proud to have been part of Ensemble 360 for these years. It was a characteristically brave decision by Peter Cropper to install an 11-member “protoorchestra” as Ensemble-in-Residence at Music in the Round and we like to feel that decision has paid off!

He was so proud of how we had grown over the years as individual musicians and as an ensemble and we owe him more than we could ever tell him. Players who have since left have all gone on to great things and we are delighted to have a complete Ensemble again with the appointment of violist Ruth Gibson. We feel that this is one of the richest programmes we have ever put together, with various threads that will be followed in subsequent years. We hope that you will be as engrossed by listening to this extraordinary music as we will be by playing it”

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Tuesday 22 September, 4.30-6pm Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre BBC Ten Pieces Secondary Creative Composition INSET

Saturday 26 September, 6.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 in conversation

This year, the BBC extends its incredibly successful Ten Pieces project to secondary schools. Today’s INSET session is for teachers and practitioners to gather inspiration and ideas as they begin exploring these ten great works.

Composer and animateur Andrew Smith (who’s been commissioned by the BBC to arrange the Ten Pieces for diverse instruments) will dissect compositional techniques within the repertoire and demonstrate how they can be used as a starting point for students’ own creative responses.

Resources will be available on the day and from www.bbc. co.uk/tenpieces throughout the project, while Music in the Round and our partners will continue to support schools as they develop their individual Ten Pieces projects.

FREE to attend. Groups are welcome. Anyone who plays an instrument is invited to bring it! Book with fraser@ musicintheround.co.uk / 0114 281 4660 In partnership with South Yorkshire Music Hubs

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Join us as members of Ensemble 360 talk about their first decade together.

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Saturday 26 September, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 10th Birthday Concert

“Every instrumentalist here is firstclass.”

Gramophone Magazine

BEETHOVEN Quintet in E flat for Piano and Winds Op.16 MARTINU Nonet ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84

We are delighted to launch our Autumn season with music specially chosen by our resident musicians, Ensemble 360, to celebrate their first 10 years.

The players’ supreme musicianship and their love of working in a chamber music environment have produced many wonderful concerts over the years.

The Ensemble’s first flautist, Guy Eshed, returns for this concert.

This birthday programme takes Ensemble 360 back to their first tour of Music in the Round’s partner venues around England. Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds and Elgar’s Piano Quintet both featured, while Martinu’s sparkling Nonet, which so vividly displays the flexible instrumental combinations Ensemble 360 can achieve, has become a regular favourite with audiences.

Tickets* £17.50 / £12 Disabled and Unemployed / £5 Under 35s and Students

This concert is generously supported by David Megginson and Vivien Whittaker

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Johannes Marmen, violin Ricky Gore, violin Joshua Hayward, viola Anton Crayton, cello

Friday 2 October, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Marmen Quartet

“He is the master of the notes. They must do as he wills.”

Martin Luther, writing about Josquin Desprez

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Talk

HAYDN Quartet in D minor Op.103 BEETHOVEN Quartet in F Op.18 No.1 JOSQUIN DESPREZ Two Chansons BARTÓK Quartet No.4 in C

The Marmen Quartet were appointed to Music in the Round’s ‘Bridge’ development scheme , to support a young quartet with particular promise through the early stages of their career, in Spring this year, and this concert is their first full-length programme in the Studio.

The Quartet write: ‘This programme presents remarkable individual pieces, and explores their connections. Haydn’s influence on Beethoven is known, but what about Beethoven’s influence on Haydn in his last years? And how are old and new music linked? Josquin Desprez, a master of the early Renaissance, has often been likened to Beethoven for his ingenuity, creativity and artistic personality. We feel his music will create a potent atmosphere for Bartók’s 4th string quartet, which draws strongly on 16th century techniques. Bartók marries these with his trademark folk music influences, and we believe the work that emerges is one of the great string quartets of the 20th century.’

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Talk ‘In Conversation’ with the Marmen Quartet 6.15pm Pre-concert

Tuesday 6 October, 12.45pm Upper Chapel Ensemble 360

CHOPIN Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Op.3 TCHAIKOVSKY Nocturne Op.19 No.4 GRIEG Cello Sonata in A Minor Op.36

Gemma Rosefield and Tim Horton present a captivating programme of 19th century works written for, or adapted for cello and piano.

Chopin’s Introduction and Polonaise Brillante was composed in 1829 and 1830 and although it was dedicated to the influential Austrian cellist Joseph Merk, the composer indicated that it had been designed for the young Princess Wanda Radziwill, the daughter of his patron Prince Antione Radziwill.

Tchaikovsky’s Nocturne is the composer’s own arrangement of a short lyrical piano piece, but Grieg’s Cello Sonata is written on a grand scale that places this work at the pinnacle of Romantic sonatas written for the instrument. A Norwegian heritage is readily apparent – the piece quotes incidental music Grieg had composed for a play about King Sigurd Jorsalfar and the final movement features lively local folk music.

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“‘The playing and engagement of the…musicians was astonishing” Scarborough News

Generously supported by a Friend of Music in the Round

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Friday 16 October, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Escher Quartet

MENDELSSOHN Quartet in E minor Op.44 No.2 ZEMLINSKY Quartet No.3 Op.19 BRAHMS Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2

We welcome the Escher Quartet from the USA, a young group that has already made a dynamic impression in Europe. As well as appearing in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris, the Quartet has performed at King’s Place and Wigmore Hall in London and was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2010-12. In its home city, New York, the Quartet serves as Artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Old Adam

“This is quite spectacularly beautiful.”

Mark Radcliffe, The Folk Show

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UK concert première. CD Release January 2016

Following the success of the BBC Radio 2 award-winning The Full English, Fay Hield moves forward as a leading proponent of traditional songs as she prepares to release a new album, “Old Adam”.

This fresh and original exploration of how we use songs, stories and music to understand what it means to be human combines vision, inspiration, dedication and outstanding musicianship to make this an evening of tender poignancy.

Her longstanding band, The Hurricane Party, expands to include members of The Full English, bringing new arrangements to old songs including fiddle, melodeon, concertina, guitars, percussion and bass. At times sparse and contemplative, at times with a festival stomp, the music is captivating and engaging with plenty of choruses and vibrant interaction with the audience.

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Alexander Zemlinsky was championed as a young composer by both Mahler and Brahms, and his early works especially owe an allegiance to the latter’s influence. The third quartet was written immediately after Zemlinsky’s magnum opus, The Lyric Symphony, and explores playful themes with extensive rhythmic invention.

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Photography: SOPHIE ZHAI

Thursday 15 October, 7.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party

“They hold the listener spellbound from first to last”

BBC Music Magazine

Adam Barnett-Hart, violin Aaron Boyd, violin Pierre Lapointe, viola Brook Speltz, cello

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Saturday 17 October, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Jean Toussaint’s Blakey Project

Monday 19 October, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

Drawing on his experience as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the ’80s, Jean Toussaint’s project commemorates The Messengers’ massive contribution to modern jazz. An all-star line-up of musicians explores the music of the legendary bandleader and some of the amazing players who emerged from the Messenger ranks over four decades.

“Art was one of the most inspirational band leaders rated amongst some of the greatest. Names like Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davis come to mind… Through the music, Art encouraged us to strive and reach beyond ourselves and work as one to create excitement while never losing sight of the audience” Jean Toussaint Tickets* £15 full / £12 senior citizens & unemployed / £7 students with NUS card / £3 under 16s

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Jean Toussaint, saxophones Byron Wallen, trumpet Dennis Rollins, trombone Julian Joseph, piano Daniel Casimir, bass Troy Miller, drums

MOZART String Quartet in D K.499 Hoffmeister BERG Adagio from Chamber Concerto for violin, clarinet and piano BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115

The Clarinet Quintet is one of Brahms’ last works and is considered by some to be his most profound chamber composition. It has an air of melancholy, but is punctuated by moments of wild frenzy, not least in the extraordinary “gypsy” outburst in the slow movement.

The emotional exuberance and technical craftsmanship of Brahms’ Quintet forms a perfect partnership with Berg’s Adagio. . This owes much to both the structural integrity of Brahms’ writing and the harmonic extremes of Wagner, with all three composers believing that formal rigour is essential to revealing the emotional truth of a piece. As Berg wrote in his dedicatory letter to Schoenberg, “I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love, and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into the Chamber Concerto, the adherents of programme music would go mad with joy.”

sheffield urban design week Sheffield Urban Design Week is an annual series of events bringing together built environment practitioners, students, local residents and anyone with an interest in the shape of the city.

This concert during Urban Design Week is generously supported by Jefferson Sheard in memory of Bryan Jefferson, CB CBE PPRIBA (1928-2014) architect behind some of Sheffield’s most famous post-war buildings, later the President of the RIBA and Director General of Design Services at the Property Services Agency.

A Sheffield Jazz concert

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CLASSICAL SHEFFIELD

FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 23 – 25 October 2015 This October, Sheffield’s choirs, ensembles, orchestras and instrumentalists come together to create the first Classical Sheffield Festival of Music. With more than six hundred performers, thirty concerts and six city centre venues, the weekend will be the biggest and most varied celebration of classical music Sheffield has ever seen.

FESTIVAL PASSES Save money and immerse yourself in the festival with a choice of Festival Passes: Full weekend pass £20* Saturday only pass £15 Sunday only pass £10

Saturday 24 October, 10.15am and 11.30am Crucible Theatre, Studio Open Music Box Workshops

WATKINS Piano Trio KURTAG Signs, Games and Messages (excerpts) BOULEZ Notations for Piano BARTÓK String Quartet No.3 in C sharp

For children aged 3-5 and their grown-ups Presented by Polly Ives and Ensemble 360 Inspirational hands-on musical workshops in which young children can move, sing, play instruments, and explore music!

Workshop leader Polly Ives and her friends from Ensemble 360 Laurène Durantel (double bass) and Claudia Ajmone-Marsan (violin) introduce classical pieces and activities that everyone will enjoy. We’ll do a spider dance with Glière’s Tarantella and discover a magic-wand song by Mozart. Grown-ups can join in the fun, too, making music with their children – an enjoyable morning of musical discovery for everyone.

In their 10-year history, Ensemble 360 have consistently championed modern music and this programme features two of Hungary’s greatest composers, Béla Bartók and György Kurtág. The Third Quartet is one of Bartók’s most significant pieces, revealing an extraordinary mix of effects in a short time-span. It is a natural partner for the music of Kurtág, a composer whose fragmentary writing contains, in the words of Tom Service, “music of unflinching emotional and existential rawness.”

Density and beauty are to be found in one of pianist Tim Horton’s favourite 20th century works, Notations by Pierre Boulez – who is 90 this year – and the Ensemble are also delighted to include Huw Watkins’ Piano Trio (2009) in this concert of contemporary masterpieces.

Tickets: £6 per child; accompanying grown-ups are free (and don’t need a ticket)

3.30pm John Suchet - The Last Waltz: the story of the Strauss dynasty

* does not include Friday 23 October Hallé concert

The Classic FM presenter tells the intriguing story of the Viennese family that gave us some of the best loved music of the nineteenth century.

Available at www.classicalweekend.com and on 0114 2233777

In association with Off The Shelf Festival of Words

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7.20pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360 DVOŘÁK String Quintet in G Op.77 “One of the most entrancing movements in the whole of Dvořák’s chamber music creation.” This is the judgement of Otakar Sourek, a passionate amateur musician who was the founding father of research into the composer’s life and works, of the third movement of this wonderful quintet. It was written in 1875 for a chamber music competition in Prague at which it was praised for its “distinction in theme, technical skill in polyphonic composition, and mastery of form”. Even though it won first prize, Dvořák subsequently made some revisions, most notably omitting an entire movement entitled Andante religioso.

“Contemporary music, especially, is created to wake you up, not put you to sleep. It is meant to stir and excite you, to move you--it may even exhaust you. But isn’t that the kind of stimulation you go to the theater for or read a book for? Why make an exception for music?”

Aaron Copland TICKETS FOR EACH CONCERT: £10 / Disabled, Unemployed & Students £5 / children under 18 free. Please note that these concerts are also included in the weekend and one-day festival passes (separate purchase; see info on left)

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Wednesday 28 October, 11am Sheffield City Hall, Ballroom Onyx Brass Family Concert

“easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain” Photography: BENJAMIN EALOVEGA

BBC Music Magazine

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Teachers’ INSET: Wednesday 23 September, 4.30-6pm

Everyone loves brass instruments! We are delighted to welcome Onyx Brass, one of the finest brass quintets in the world, for our Autumn half term family concert. These superb players are particularly popular with young and new audiences and have given workshops, masterclasses and performances in schools ranging from primaries to the Juilliard!

CONCERTS: Wednesday 4 November, 10.45am and 1.30pm Crucible Theatre Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives lead a schools’ project based on our latest commission from award-winning Children’s Composer in Residence Paul Rissmann. It promises to engage children and their grown-ups in high-quality musical activity over the autumn term, inspired by the new Sir Scallywag book written by Giles Andreae* and illustrated by Korky Paul (Penguin, 2015).

They present a lively (and occasionally silly!) introduction to brass music and brass playing in this entertaining concert, which is suitable for all ages. There will be high-quality playing to listen to, with repertoire by Mozart, Scheidt, Maynard, and Puccini, plus audience participation – so bring your best raspberry-blowing shoes with you!

The INSET session, led by Polly Ives, provides hands-on training and inspiration, and shows how to link the project with the EYFS and KS1 national curriculum. Free resources and a copy of the book are included.

The concerts bring together schools and nurseries from across the city and beyond and are packed full of highly engaging live classical music, storytelling, illustrations from the book and lots of audience participation. If you enjoyed Crazy Creatures, Stan and Mabel and the rest, you will love this one!

Tickets*: £8 Adults / £4 Children and students / £18 Family ticket (max 4 people, including at least 1 adult)

From early September, everyone can download all the resources, and watch the Learn the Songs video, at www.musicintheround.co.uk.

SIR SCALLYWAGoTHE BATTLE OF STINKY BOTTOM

Schools’ Project Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives

Recommended for Early Years and KS1

Sir Scallywag illustration c Korky Paul

Niall, trumpet Alan, trumpet Andrew, horn Amos, trombone David, tuba

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INSET places: £18 each Concert tickets: £3 per child; accompanying teachers free.

No booking fees.

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DvoŘÁk, on seeing the Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota

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Saturday 14 November, 7.15pm Upper Chapel Chiaroscuro Quartet

COPLAND Duo for flute and piano BARBER Canzone for flute and piano CHOPIN Ballade in A flat No.3 Op.47 for piano DVOŘÁK Sonatina in G Op.100 for flute and piano

Flautist Juliette Bausor’s engaging programme has a distinctively American character. Dvořák’s Sonatina, presented here in an arrangement for flute and piano that the composer made himself, is a work of many influences, including Czech folksong, American Indian song and Negro

spirituals, and the slow movement was directly inspired

by Dvořák’s visit to the Minnehaha Falls near St Paul, Minnesota. Dedicated to his children, Dvořák wrote of this attractive piece that “adults should (also) amuse themselves as best they can.” The American flavour continues with flute pieces by Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. Copland described his work as intended to be “direct in expression and grateful for the performer”, fitting the instrument’s “songful nature”, while Barber’s Canzone is a lyrical ‘song without words’.

MOZART Divertimento in F K.138 Salzburg Symphony HAYDN Quartet in A Op.20 No.6 BEETHOVEN Quartet in E flat Op.74 Harp

As part of her portfolio of musical appearances on stages worldwide, renowned violinist Alina Ibragimova champions the presentation of Classical-period chamber music played on gut (as opposed to modern metal) strings with her ensemble, the Chiaroscuro Quartet. Their lithe and gracious playing has been met with audience and critical acclaim around the world.

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The Quartet presents a programme of exuberance and invention, characterised by the imaginative range of Haydn’s final Sun quartet and the pizzicato writing that gave rise to the title of Harp to Beethoven’s Op.74 quartet. £17.50 / £12 Disabled and Unemployed / TalkTickets*Talk £5 Under 35s and Students

Q&A

Post-concert Q&A Q&A with members of the quartet

Photography: AGNESE BLAUBARDE

“Quick, lend me paper and pencil!”

Tuesday 10 November, 12.45pm Upper Chapel Ensemble 360

“It’s not often you hear playing of such consummate and seemingly effortless virtuosity.”

BBC Music Magazine

Alina Ibragimova, violin Pablo Hernan Benedi, violin Emilie Hörnlund, viola Claire Thirion, cello

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“The equal of any ensemble in the world.”

The Grove Dictionary of Music on the Lindsay Quartet

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A CELEBRATION OF PETER CROPPER 1945-2015

We are proud to present two concerts and a Bring and Play Day marking what would have been the 70th birthday of Music in the Round’s founder, Peter Cropper, who died suddenly in May 2015.

The programmes Peter chose reflect his love of playing with friends and the importance of family, and we have left his introductory words to these concerts as he gave them to us. But this is now an opportunity to reflect on the immense impression he made on chamber music worldwide, both as a brilliant performer and as an endlessly passionate advocate for the glorious repertoire that he championed throughout his exceptionally distinguished career.

Sunday 15 November, 11.15am to 3.45pm Millennium Gallery Cadman Room Bring & Play Day Martin Cropper and the Marmen Quartet

BACH Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV 1043 BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV 1048 (Please note this programme is subject to change)

An informal, fun and challenging day of string playing for young people and adults (of approximately Grade 5+ standard). There will be a short, informal performance for friends and family at 3.15pm. Please bring your own lunch; parts will be provided on the day.

Tickets*: £10/ £8 Disabled and Unemployed/ £6 Under 18s and Students *

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Wednesday 18 November, 7.15pm Upper Chapel

Martin Cropper, violin Hazel Cropper, oboe Adrian Wilson, oboe Leon Bosch, double bass Marmen Quartet Cassia Quartet Members of Ensemble 360 and ‘Family’

HANDEL Solomon HWV67 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba BACH Double Concerto in C minor BWV1060R for oboe and violin VIVALDI Double Concerto in A minor RV522 for two violins MOZART Oboe Quartet in F K.370 BACH Double Concerto in D minor BWV1043 for two violins VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending (Programme correct at time of going to press)

“I was delighted when MitR invited me to celebrate my 70th birthday with two concerts and immediately thought the first should be a family event. I invited Haze, Mart, and Adrian to join me in various instrumental combinations for concertos and chamber pieces by Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart and I chose The Lark Ascending because it was the first solo piece I played in Sheffield over 40 years ago. The rest of the extended family is made up of members of Ensemble 360 and two young quartets I have been tutoring; the Cassia Quartet and the Marmen Quartet.” Peter Cropper

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Elliott Carter, composer

Monday 23 November, 12.45pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

Thursday 26 November, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Leonore Piano Trio

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A minor D.385 Sonatina BRAHMS Violin Sonata in G Op.78

Violinist Benjamin Nabarro and pianist Tim Horton present two of the most compelling violin works of the 19th century.

Brahms’ first violin sonata was written shortly after the death of his 24-year old godson, the violinist and poet Felix Schumann. It is a tenderly written piece and it reportedly prompted Clara Schumann to say “I could not help bursting into tears of joy over it…I wish the last movement could accompany me to the next world.”

Schubert’s Sonata is an early work with a fullness of grace and charm that disguises the complexity of the harmonic structure.

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Photography: ERIC RICHMOND

“That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realised how good Brahms is, and how bad you are.”

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A CYCLE OF THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN VIOLIN SONATAS, CELLO SONATAS AND PIANO TRIOS Concert 1 (of 8)

BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in F Op.5 No.1 Violin Sonata in D Op.12 No.1 Piano Trio in E flat Op.1 No.1

We are delighted to launch a new Beethoven cycle featuring the Leonore Trio. Some of you will know the players as members of Ensemble 360, and in this trio line-up they are already emerging as a force on the national and international chamber music platform. As well as presenting concert series at King’s Place in London, they are attracting outstanding reviews for their performances of Russian piano trios recorded for Hyperion records.

Appropriately, this concert features the earliest pieces Beethoven wrote for the instrumental combinations being featured in this new series. Benjamin Nabarro writes: “After Beethoven cycles from both the Elias String Quartet and Tim Horton, we are extremely excited to be continuing the theme with Beethoven’s complete works for piano trio, violin and piano, and cello and piano. These span his whole life, from the three trios he deemed his Op.1 set (the last of which Haydn suggested he shouldn’t publish, saying it was too daring! ), to the cello sonatas Op.102 which mark the start of Beethoven’s ‘late period’, as he struggled with increasing deafness and ailing health. During our journey we will also encounter the Op.70 Ghost Trio that pushes the boundaries of classical style and form, and the Op.47 Kreutzer Sonata, a one-off, dazzling explosion of a piece.”

Tickets* £17.50 / £12 Disabled and Unemployed / £5 Under 35s and Students

“The Leonores play with truly glorious affection and security, and it is hard to imagine playing of a greater empathy.”

Gramophone Magazine

Benjamin Nabarro, violin Gemma Rosefield, cello Tim Horton, piano

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Friday 27 November, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Maria João Pires, piano Ashot Khachatourian, piano

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“Maria João Pires is a pianist who seems incapable of producing an ugly sound or fashioning a phrase that is not perfectly moulded. Her playing is wonderfully selfless.” the guardian

HAYDN Piano Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:23 (MJP) BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in A major, Op.101 (AK) HAYDN Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI:52 (AK) BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.111 (MJP)

Maria João Pires is recognised worldwide as one of the finest pianists performing today, renowned especially for the integrity, eloquence, and vitality of her playing. Her concerto partners include numerous leading conductors and orchestras including the LPO, the Concertgebouw, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra this season, but she is also a regular and committed performer of chamber repertoire.

This is a very rare chance to hear her perform at such close quarters.

Since 1970 Maria João has dedicated herself to reflecting on the influence of art on life, community and education, and the mentorship of emerging pianists that forms the Partitura project is one aspect of her her engagement with young musicians. We are therefore delighted to welcome the brilliant Armenian pianist Ashot Khachatourian, who will share this recital of wonderful Beethoven and Haydn sonatas.

Tickets* £17.50 / £12 Disabled and Unemployed / Talk£5 Under Talk 35s and Students

Presented in association with PARTITURA and MUSIC CHAPEL

Q&A

Post-concert Q&A Q&A with Maria & Ashot

A Kurzman Piano recital. funded from a legacy payment from Miss D R Kurzman, awarded by Arts Council England

Wednesday 2 December, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Ensemble 360

HAYDN Piano Trio in G Hob.XV:25 Gypsy Rondo LIGETI Trio for horn, violin and piano Hommage à Brahms BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor Op.25

Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G is one of the grandest and most innovative of all his pieces. The first movement alone contains five thematic groups, while the tempestuous finale ‘alla Zingarese’ is the first movement written in the Hungarian style that Brahms was to return to so often in his career. It is therefore a natural pairing with György Ligeti’s monumental Horn Trio, written in homage to Brahms. Some allusions are made to the folk music of Hungary and the Balkans, but the use of clever devices – for example the natural harmonics of the French Horn to ‘bend’ the tuning – brings a fresh and arresting perspective to a work that has its roots in traditional Romantic structures.

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“After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms differently.”

Esa-Pekka Salonen, composeroconductor

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Friday 4 December, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio Mingus Profiles Sextet

Chris Biscoe has brought together these top-class players to pay tribute to the genius of Charles Mingus and his music.

Formed in 2011 for the Southbank Meltdown Festival, the Sextet concentrates on Mingus’s musical portraits of friends, lovers, political enemies, musicians and one cat, with pieces from the classic ‘Ah Um’ at the core of the repertoire.

“Biscoe’s sparkling arrangements and splendid playing vividly capture Mingus’s sprawling, rumbustious energy, while giving the music a fresh twist” Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman

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Chris Biscoe, alto saxoalto clarinet Tony Kofi, altootenor saxophones Henry Lowther, trumpet, flugelhorn Kate Williams, piano Larry Bartley, bass Stu Butterfield, drums

Tickets*: £15 full / £12 senior citizens & unemployed / £7 students with NUS card / £3 under 16s

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Saturday 5 December, 6.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio John Suchet – Pre-concert talk on Beethoven and the Archduke Trio FREE

Saturday 5 December, 7.15pm Crucible Theatre, Studio

HAYDN Piano Trio in C HobXV No.27 MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A K.581 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B flat Op.97 Archduke

Extraordinary musicians gather for our second concert in memory of Peter Cropper.

“After 40 years of incredible music making with the Lindsays, I have spent the last ten years (since my 60th) playing and teaching and of course spending more time with the family. Being a grandparent is really amazing. For my second celebratory concert, I have chosen Haydn and Beethoven trios as Martin Roscoe and Moray Welsh have shared the most significant part of my present performing life.

Those two composers have also been crucial to the history of Music in the Round and my passion for chamber music. I also wanted to reminisce, so I decided to invite Janet and Louise, who were always so supportive to the Quartet, to share with my son Mart and Moray the Mozart Clarinet Quintet which Janet and I first played together 45 years ago.” Peter Cropper

Tickets* £17.50 / £12 Disabled and Unemployed / £5 Under 35s and Students

“The finest string quartet leader this country has ever produced”

John Suchet on peter cropper, 2014

Benjamin Nabarro, violin Martin Cropper, violin Louise Williams, viola Moray Welsh, cello Janet Hilton, clarinet Martin Roscoe, piano

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Crucible Theatre Studio & Adelphi Room 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA Seating Areas: All seats in the Studio are unreserved, but please specify which area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level, tier one or tier two. All seats in the main house are reserved at the time of booking.

Talks and Q&As: All pre-concert talks are free to concert ticket holders but please request a separate ticket for talks at the box office. A separate ticket is not required for post-concert Q&As. Drinks: You may take drinks purchased from the Crucible bars into our concerts in plastic glasses which can be provided by Sheffield Theatres staff.

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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.

Cadman Room, Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PP Transport information for Sheffield Theatres, Upper Chapel and the Cadman Room: Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park on Charles Street, which offers discounted parking for concertgoers.

Present your concert ticket to the Sheffield Theatres box office to obtain a car park voucher. For Upper Chapel concerts, present your NCP Arundel Gate car-park ticket to a member of staff at the Chapel, and receive a carpark discount voucher that reduces the charge to £4.70. For blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park, NCP car park, and outside the theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

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 (both 400m).

either in person or over the phone on 0114 223 3740. Blue Badge Holders There are limited car parking areas for blue badge holders on streets close to the City Hall. These can not be reserved and are on a first come first served basis.

Public Transport: Sheffield City Hall has its own tram stop on both Yellow (Meadowhall to Middlewood) and Blue (Halfway to Malin Bridge) routes.

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Booking Dates: Advanced booking for Friends opens on Saturday 11 July in person or by phone.

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City Hall Ballroom , Barkers Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA

Concessions: Concessions are available for people with disabilities, those registered unemployed, students and under 35s. Prices are indicated on each concert page.

Seating areas: all seats are on the same level and are unreserved.

Re-Sales: If the event is sold out Sheffield Theatres will endeavour to re-sell your tickets on your behalf at a charge of £2.00 per ticket.

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Hear Ensemble 360 players and guest performers at the BBC Proms this summer just before they come to Sheffield! Every concert is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and some are televised as well.

Alina Ibragimova (violin)

Prom 19: Bach Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas (1).

Friday 31st July Prom 21: Bach Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas (2).

Saturday 1st August Proms Saturday Matinee: Vivaldi and Bach concertos.

Saturday 15th August Prom 56: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Litton. Thursday 27th August

Juliette Bausor (flute), Royal Northern Sinfonia

Winds. Proms Chamber Music 2: Nielsen and Mozart.

Monday 27th July

Amy Harman (bassoon), Philharmonia Orchestra.

Prom 53: Bartók, Mozart and Shostakovich.

Monday 24th August.

Maria João Pires (piano) with Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Haitink. Prom 57: Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 in A major K.488. Friday 28th August

Adrian Wilson (oboe), Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Prom 63: Messiaen, Mozart and Bruckner.

Wednesday 2nd September

DISCOVERING

A Sheffield Theatres Production

MOZART

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 The Lindsay Foundation The Andrew McEwan Fund With additional funding from a legacy payment by Miss D R Kurzman, awarded by Arts Council England

AT CAST, DONCASTER

Sponsors: Jefferson Sheard

Fri 9 - Sat 10 October Exploring Mozart festival with Ensemble 360 and guests at Cast, Doncaster Join us for Music in the Round’s first festival in Doncaster as the players of Ensemble 360 explore the many facets of Mozart’s chamber music in their Doncaster ‘home’, CAST. Concerts, a masterclass, sessions for young people and much more.

Booking via www.castindoncaster.com or on 01302 303959

Lifelong Patrons: John Cowling | Kate Dugdale James & Angela Kellie David Megginson & Vivien Whitaker | Maurice & Sheila Millward | Alan & Ellen Reid All images of Ensemble 360 in this brochure were taken during live concerts in the May 2015 festival by David Shapiro, who has donated their use to Music in the Round. We are very grateful to him. www.davidshapirophotography.com Image of the Crucible Theatre Studio on page 1, by Andy Brown Design by Susannah Swift Ltd 01306 731343 info@susannahswift.co.uk Printed by Axis Printing 01484 722 732

Be swept away by one of the most romantic musicals of all time in this lavish new production.

Thu 10 December – Sat 16 January Box Office 0114 249 6000 sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

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AUTUMN 2015 SHEFFIELD SEASON AT A GLANCE

Talk Q&A

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Music in the Round, 2013 winner of the RPS Music Award for Chamber Music and Song

Saturday 26 September 6.15pm In Conversation with Ensemble 360 Crucible Studio

7.15pm Ensemble 360 10th birthday concert Crucible Studio Friday 2 October 6.15pm In Conversation with Marmen Quartet Crucible Studio

7.15pm Marmen Quartet Crucible Studio Tuesday 6 October 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Upper Chapel Thursday 15 October 7.45pm Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party Crucible Studio Friday 16 October 7.15pm Escher Quartet Crucible Studio Saturday 17 October 7.15pm Sheffield Jazz: Jean Toussaint’s Blakey Project Crucible Studio Monday 19 October 7.15pm Ensemble 360 Crucible Studio Saturday 24 October 10.15am & 11.30am Workshop: Music Box Crucible Studio

3.30pm John Suchet talk Crucible Studio

6pm & 7.20pm Ensemble 360 Crucible Studio Wednesday 28 October 11am Family Concert: Onyx Brass City Hall Ballroom Wednesday 4 November 10.45am & 1.30pm Schools’ Concert: Sir Scallywag & the Battle of Stinky Bottom Crucible Main House Talk Tuesday 10 November 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Upper Chapel Q&A Saturday 14 November 7.15pm Chiaroscuro Quartet Upper Chapel Sunday 15 November 11.15am Bring & Play: Martin Cropper and the Marmen String Quartet Millennium Gallery Wednesday 18 November 7.15pm Martin & Hazel Cropper, Adrian Wilson,

Marmen Quartet, Cassia Quartet and more Upper Chapel Monday 23 November 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Upper Chapel Talk Thursday 26 November 7.15pm Leonore Trio Crucible Studio Q&A Friday 27 November 7.15pm Maria João Pires and Ashot Khachatourian Crucible Studio Wednesday 2 December 7.15pm Ensemble 360 Crucible Studio Friday 4 December 7.15pm Sheffield Jazz: Mingus Profiles Sextet Crucible Studio Saturday 5 December 6.15pm John Suchet –pre-concert talk Crucible Studio

7.15pm Nabarro, Cropper, Roscoe, Welsh and more Crucible Studio