Barber Institute Music Autumn 2013

BARBER CONCERTS UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

September

MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

The University of Birmingham has a lively and varied musicmaking scene based in the Bramall Music Building, alongside the professional concerts held in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.

The following University Music Society and Music Department ensembles rehearse regularly and perform throughout the year both on campus and further afield: Big Band Saxophone Ensemble Philharmonic Orchestra* Chamber Orchestra* Symphony Orchestra* New Music Ensemble* Wind Band Early Music Ensembles Brass Band Birmingham University Singers* University Women’s Choir* University Chorus Early Modern Vocal Ensemble* Chamber Choirs BEAST & BEER *Auditioned ensembles

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED Auditions will be held during week 1 (30th September). To sign up for an audition please visit the UMS stall in the Bramall Music Building during Welcome Week.

For all unauditioned ensembles just turn up for the first rehearsal. For details of first rehearsal dates please contact us.

Membership of the UMS is just £20 per year (or £15 if you sign up before the end of week 3). All UMS and Departmental ensembles are open to everyone: staff, students and the wider community.

Further information: www.birmingham.ac.uk/music www.ums.org.uk @UoBUMS www.facebook.com/UoBUMS Christina Holmes University Music Administrator c.holmes@bham.ac.uk Charlie-Rose Terry Choral Music Administrator c.terry@bham.ac.uk Rosie O’Callaghan UMS Student President president@ums.org.uk

Sunday 29 September 10.00am-5.00pm Department of Music

Music in the making!

Come along for a day of fun music-making in the Elgar Concert Hall and find out about the many University ensembles and choirs that you can join!

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PLAY SIBELIUS AND SMETANA!

10.30am - 1.30pm Come and Play Sibelius and Smetana!

Daniele Rosina, Director of Orchestral Studies, conducts a special, one-off performance of Sibelius’ Finlandia and Smetana’s Vltava. Bring your instrument, and experience these two spectacular classics for yourself!

2.30pm - 5.00pm

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SING HAYDN!

Come and Sing Haydn!

All singers are welcome to join us in this singalong of excerpts from Haydn’s The Creation, led by Professor Simon Halsey, Director of Choral Studies.

There will also be an opportunity to find out about our Early Music activities throughout the day, plus performances by BEASTdome during the afternoon (2.30pm onwards).

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: Free - registration required; please email c.holmes@bham.ac.uk by Tuesday 24 September to register.

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13 September - 10 November Sound Installation

SONIC VISIONS: New Electroacoustic Music Inspired by Art

THREE OF THE BARBER INSTITUTE’S BEST-LOVED PAINTINGS AS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD THEM BEFORE...

For this exciting sound installation, a collaboration with The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, three postgraduate composers were commissioned to create new, short, electroacoustic pieces, inspired by works in the Barber collection. They chose three very different pictures Daubigny’s brooding 18th century French Seascape, c.1867, Renoir’s charming Impressionist work Young Woman Seated, c.1876, and Magritte’s surrealist conundrum The Flavour of Tears, 1948. Sonic Visions offers the opportunity to re-experience these pictures, accompanied by the very different sound worlds that they inspired, performed in 8-channel surround sound.

All three composers - Constantinos Kontos (Greece), Julien Guillamat (France) and Chris Tarren (UK) are regular performers with BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre), the performance wing of the University’s Electroacoustic Music Studios.

BEAST’s aim is to bring a dramatic and immersive sonic experience to its audience - space, movement and the evocation of place are key aspects of its approach, all of which feature in these exciting new works.

The Lady Barber Gallery, 1st Floor, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts See website for Gallery opening times Admission: Free

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September/October Thursday 3 October 5.00pm Jazzlines presents...

Tuesday 8 October 1.10pm Department of Music

Friday 11 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Dave Stapleton piano Neil Yates trumpet

Strings Masterclass: Dancing with Bach

Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton piano

A duo of two great British jazz musicians, Dave Stapleton, pianist, composer and label boss of Edition Records, and trumpet player Neil Yates, perform original compositions in the first Jazzlines foyer gig of the academic year.

Bramall Music Building Foyer Admission: Free

Jazzlines

Audrey Ng cello Hope Wagstaffe viola Anthea Ma violin Cellist Ulrich Heinen gives a masterclass with undergraduate string players from the Department of Music focusing on the dance movements of the unaccompanied works of J. S. Bach.

The Dome, Bramall Music Building Admission: Free

Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award 2011 and the 59th Royal Overseas League Award for Singers, and a member of the prestigious Verbier Festival Academy, British mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately is joined

by University Alumnus, Joseph Middleton. Joseph performs with some of the world’s leading singers and will also return to the Barber in Autumn 2014 with Sir Thomas Allen.

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Tuesday 8 October 5.00pm Department of Music

Lecture-recital: Dancing with Bach Ulrich Heinen presents an informative lecture-recital from his own extensive research into the interaction between music and dance in Bach’s Partitas and Suites. This event will also include a short solo cello performance by Ulrich.

The Dome, Bramall Music Building Admission: £5, £4 concessions, free to students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

Photography: Natalie Watts

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October/November Wednesday 16 October 7.30pm Barber Evening Concert

Friday 18 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Friday 25 October 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Sunday 27 October Department of Music

The Sixteen: An Immortal Legacy

Presteigne Festival Soloist

University Women’s Choir

Harry Christophers conductor

Clare Hammond piano

Ulrich Heinen cello Malcolm Wilson piano Beethoven Sonata, Op. 102, No. 2, in D Webern Three little pieces, Op. 11

10.30am Eucharist 4.00pm Evensong

World-renowned choir The Sixteen perform one of their most popular concert programmes to the Barber, celebrating the lasting legacy of sixteenth century composers and their influence on 20th and 21st century composers.

This concert features some of the best-loved works of Tudor and Jacobean church music together with madrigals by Tallis, Byrd and Gibbons, alongside pieces

by Britten, Tippett and MacMillan including the ‘Five Spirituals’ from A Child of Our Time and the

‘Choral Dances’ from Gloriana. Birmingham University Singers will feature, alongside The Sixteen, in a performance of Chilcott’s arrangement of Tallis’ Canon.

Barber Concert Hall Admission: £15, £12 concessions, £8 Friends, £5 students To reserve tickets call 0121 414 7333 or purchase using the booking form on page 20

Programme includes: Britten Dances from Gloriana Byrd Laudibus in sanctis Gibbons The Silver Swan James MacMillan Sedebit Dominum Rex Mitte manum tuam

Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter Salvator mundi Tippett Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time

Mozart Variations in C on a Minuet

by J C Fischer, K179 James Francis Brown David Matthews Robin Walker Aquarelles

Robert Peate New work Schubert Piano Sonata in A, D664

As part of an ongoing partnership with the Presteigne Festival, we are delighted to welcome this year’s soloist Clare Hammond to the Barber. This programme includes a new work by Robert Peate, the 2013 Presteigne Festival commission, in association with the Royal Philharmonic Society, and three movements from Aquarelles, a collaborative project to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Debussy for which five composers were asked to contribute a personal musical response to one of the seminal masters of twentieth century piano music.

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Ulrich Heinen, former Principal Cello of the CBSO and co-founder of BCMG, returns to the University following his Bach lecture-recital earlier in the month and is joined by esteemed pianist and fellow BCMG member Malcolm Wilson in this lunchtime recital.

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Britten Missa Brevis Brahms O bone Jesu Adoramus te, Christe

Harris Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in D Whitbourn Alleluia jubilate

Worcester Cathedral, WR1 2LA Admission: Free

Friday 1 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Njabulo Madlala baritone William Vann piano Winner of the 2010 Kathleen Ferrier Competition and numerous other awards including the Singer Sections Final at the 2012 Royal Overseas League Competition, South African baritone Njabulo Madlala is quickly making a name for himself on the opera stage as well as in concert halls. We welcome Njabulo for the first time in what promises to be an engaging performance.

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Colin Matthews Five Duos (1985) Debussy Sonata in D minor

Paul Rodmell conductor

Barber Concert Hall. Admission: Free

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November Tine Thing Helseth trumpet Kathryn Stott piano Celebrated Norwegian trumpet player Tine Thing Helseth is joined by pianist Kathryn Stott for a recital featuring 20th century trumpet works by Bull, Enescu and Hindemith, song transcriptions by Sibelius, de Falla and Weill, and a new commission for the duo

by Graham Fitkin Helical Strake. Tine performed as a soloist in the BBC Proms 2013 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Tveitt Velkomne med aera from Hundrad Hardingtonar Bull Perpetuum Mobile Enescu Legende Graham Fitkin Helical Strake Hindemith Sonata

Ravel Kaddisch Melodie Hebraiques Sibelius Songs, Op. 37 Falla Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas Weill Nanna’s Lied Youkali Je ne t’aime pas

Barber Concert Hall Admission: £15, £12 concessions, £8 Friends, £5 students.

To reserve tickets call 0121 414 7333 or purchase using the booking form on page 20

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‘Formidable technique and stamina... beautiful variations of vibrato, and an appealing, open timbre.’

The Times Photography: Colin Bell

Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm Barber Evening Concert

Thursday 7th November 5.00pm Jazzlines presents...

Friday 8 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Friday 8 November 7.30pm Department of Music

Toby Boalch Sextet

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BEASTdome

Toby Boalch piano Chris Maddock saxophone John Fleming saxophone Richard Foote trombone Nick Jurd bass Jonathan Silk drums

Carla Rees flute Xenia Pestova piano

Birmingham-based young pianist and composer Toby Boalch performs a selection of his own compositions and pieces commissioned by Jazzlines, alongside emerging Birmingham musicians Chris Maddock and John Fleming on saxophones, Richard Foote on trombone, Jonathan Silk on drums and Nick Jurd on bass.

Bramall Music Building foyer Admission: Free

Jazzlines

Carla Rees is the UK’s leading low flute specialist, having developed an international reputation for her innovative work. She is Artistic Director of rarescale, an ensemble which celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2013, and Programme Director for the British Flute Society. Carla is joined by pianist Xenia Pestova, who has commissioned, premiered, recorded and broadcast numerous new works, and is a frequent collaborator with Carla and the University of Birmingham. The duo performs the premiere of a work by Department of Music composer Daria Kwiatkovska in this concert.

Daria Kwiatkovska New work (premiere) Bartók Three Hungarian Folk Songs J. S. Bach, arr. Rees Adagio from Sonata No. 1 Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Michael Oliva Les heures bleues Ligeti Two Etudes Andrew McBirnie The Sun by Day

The Department of Music launch their new sound system, BEASTdome, consisting of more than 30 loudspeakers, semi-permanently installed in the Dome Room of the Bramall Music Building. The system is a cutting edge tool for creating 3D immersive sound, and an exciting addition to BEAST’s capabilities.

This concert includes the world premiere of a work by graduating PhD student Chris Tarren, plus a new work for flute d’amour and electroacoustics by the Music Department’s Scott Wilson. Also featuring notable guests: Kees Tazelaar from the Institute of Sonology in the Hague, virtuoso pianist Xenia Pestova and flautist Carla Rees.

Barry Truax The Shaman Ascending Katharine Norman Fuga Interna (begin)* Chris Tarren New work Scott Wilson Desiderata** Kees Tazelaar Rayons de son

* with Xenia Pestova piano ** with Carla Rees flute d’amour

The Dome, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

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Friday 15th November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Sunday 17th November 6pm Department of Music

Friday 22 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Florin Ensemble

Onyx Brass

Di Xiao piano

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013, Onyx Brass are a leading light in the world of brass instrument chamber music. Following workshops with brass players and percussionists from the University and Birmingham Conservatoire, this concert features mass brass and percussion ensembles and Onyx Brass.

International prize-winning classical pianist and Birmingham Conservatoire piano tutor, Di Xiao returns to the Barber with a programme consisting of popular piano classics alongside contemporary works by Scottish composer Kris Lennox.

Charles Mutter violin Alistair Scahill viola Catherine Rimer cello J. S. Bach arr. Mozart Preludes and Fugues Françaix String Trio Beethoven String Trio, Op. 9, No. 1 in G Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

‘With its scrupulous attention to balance, timbre and nuance of phrasing, Onyx is reminiscent of the Philip Jones quintet in its prime.’ BBC Music Magazine

Programme includes: Schubert Impromptus D. 899, No. 2, 3, 4 Kris Lennox Kaleidoscope Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 Debussy L’isle joyeuse

BRAMALL 1ST ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND

November

We celebrate a year since the Bramall was officially opened with a weekend of choir and choral music featuring uplifting performances by the University Chorus, the University Music Society Chamber Choirs , Birmingham University Singers and University Women’s Choir.

Weekend ticket: £17, £13 concessions, £5 students

Saturday 23 November 7.30pm Department of Music

Sunday 24 November 6.00pm University Music Society

Birmingham University Singers & University Women’s Choir

University Chorus & Chamber Choirs

Simon Halsey director Joshua Rohde conductor Jan Peter Wilke conductor Cathy White harp Britten A Ceremony of Carols A Hymn to St. Cecilia Friday Afternoons (excerpts) Purcell Hear my prayer John Rutter Three Birthday Madrigals

Tomkins When David Heard Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs Weelkes When David Heard Wilbye Weep, weep mine eyes

Simon Halsey, Director of Choral Studies, and the MA Choral Conducting students lead the University’s finest voices in this programme celebrating English choral composers and the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth.

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Weekend or individual concert tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

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Julian Wilkins chorus director Anthea Ma chamber choir conductor George Taylor chamber choir conductor David Quigley & Jon French piano Bethany Higham-Edwards percussion Candida Bowtell percussion Chamber Choirs Mascagni Anthem for Spring Holst Summer from Two Eastern Pictures Beck Autumn Elgar The Snow

Purcell I Was Glad University Chorus Byrd Sing Joyfully Brahms Liebeslieder-Walzer Lambert The Rio Grande

The University Music Society’s 200-strong University Chorus make their Elgar Concert Hall debut under the direction of CBSO Chorus Associate Conductor, Julian Wilkins. They perform the jazz and latin American influenced The Rio Grande, which features two pianists and percussion. The UMS Chamber Choirs present a selection of popular music, including a suite of songs representing the seasons by Mascagni, Holst, Beck and Elgar.

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students

November/December Friday 29 November 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Friday 29 November 7.30pm University Music Society

Saturday 30 November 7.30pm University Music Society

Sunday 1 December 6.00pm University Music Society

Department of Music Postgraduates

Big Band

Brass in Space!

Philharmonic Orchestra

Lluis Mather director

University Brass Band & SPAL Automotive Sovereign Brass

Daniele Rosina conductor

Lauren Morris soprano Philippa Althaus soprano Lauren Gregory piano Three postgraduate students from the Department of Music perform a programme of vocal solos and duets by composers including Fauré, Mozart, Rossini, Wolf, Britten and Barber.

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

The UMS Big Band return for the new academic year with a new director, Lluis Mather. Lluis, a graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire, recipient of a 2013 Jazzlines Fellowship award and local freelance saxophonist and composer, will be sharing his experience and enthusiasm with the band as they move forward and build on their recent success winning Platinum at the National Concert Festival finals in April.

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

David Maplestone, Christopher Sheldrake and George Taylor conductors In a concert featuring music inspired by the solar system SPAL Automotive Sovereign Brass (who are in residency at the University for the 2013/14 academic year) perform movements from The Planets, whilst the University Brass Band perform a selection of stellar music.

Programme to include: Paul Lovatt-Cooper Dark side of the Moon Holst, arr. Stephen Roberts Suite from The Planets Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey) Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students

Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor Smetana The Prague Carnival Sarka from Ma Vlast

Stravinsky Circus Polka

Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the University’s Director of Orchestra Studies Daniele Rosina, present a rare opportunity to hear two lesser known, novel works

by Stravinsky and Smetana along with Symphony No. 1 by Sibelius. The Prague Carnival is one of Smetana’s final works while Stravinsky’s Circus Polka was originally a ballet score commissioned and performed in 1942 by famed choreographer George Balanchine and the Barnum & Bailey Circus for fifty elephants and fifty human dancers.

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

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December Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm Barber Evening Concert

Thursday 5 December 5.00pm Jazzlines presents...

Friday 6 December 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Friday 6 December 7.30pm University Music Society

Simón Bolívar String Quartet

Blink

Bartosz Woroch violin

Alejandro Carreño violin Boris Suaréz violin Ismel Campos viola Aimon Mata cello

Alcyona Mick piano Josephine Davies saxophone Paul Clarvis percussion

Wind Band & Saxophone Ensemble

Bramall Music Building foyer Admission: Free

The Simón Bolívar String Quartet has performed across Venezuela, throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia, giving recitals as well as taking part in educational and community projects. In 2010, the Quartet undertook a major tour of the United Kingdom, appearing at the Edinburgh International Festival and at the Southbank Centre in London.

Jazzlines

Barber Concert Hall Admission: £15, £12 concessions, £8 Friends, £5 students

Mendelssohn Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 in A m inor

To reserve tickets call 0121 414 7333 or purchase using the booking form on page 20

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Brahms No. 2, Quartet A minor Op. 51 in

Ginastera Quartet No. 1

‘The performance of Brahms’s A minor Quartet ... had real Brahmsian rigour behind its expressiveness, with darkly shimmering tone in the stern .’ quasi-minuet of the third movement The Glasgow Herald

One of the largest UMS ensembles perform Woolfenden’s Gallimaufry, a long standing favourite in the wind band repertory, along with Cartoon, a lively work inspired by the soundtracks from classic cartoons of the studies of Warner Bros and Hanna-Barbera.

The smaller, yet equally engaging Saxophone Ensemble, join them with a programme including arrangements of Putting on the Ritz, Bolero and Fantasia on the Dargason.

Young Classical Artist Trust violinist Bartosz Woroch presents a rare opportunity to hear an entire recital of works for solo violin, with additional focus on the relationships between composers. Both stylistically inspired by Bach, the featured works by Kreisler and Ysaye, both renowned virtuosos, are dedicated to each other.

Programme includes: Carroll Winter Dances Hazo Enchanted Spaces

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

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Pianist and film composer Alcyona Mick, who has composed music for 7inch Cinema, Channel 4 and the BBC, leads her acclaimed group Blink in a selection of her original compositions. This performance will feature guest saxophonist Josephine Davies and Blink’s percussionist, Paul Clarvis.

The string principals of the vibrant Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela perform Romantic works by Mendelssohn and Brahms alongside the Argentinean folk music-inspired Quartet No. 1 by Ginastera.

J. S. Bach Partita No.1 in D minor, BWV 1002 Kreisler Recitativo et Scherzo, Op. 6 Ysaye Sonata No. 4, E minor, Op. 27, ‘Fritz Kreisler’

Woolfenden Gallimaufry Hart Cartoon

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

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December Sunday 8 December 6.00pm University Music Society

Monday 9 December 6.15pm Chaplaincy / Department of Music

Friday 13 December 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 December Department of Music

Of Myth and Legend: Tales from Russia

University Carol Service

Trio Isimsiz

Birmingham University Singers

Symphony Orchestra

A traditional service of carols and readings, plus seasonal music performed by University Women’s Choir conducted by Andrew Kirkman, Head of Music, and Simon Halsey, Director of Choral Studies.

Daniele Rosina conductor The University Music Society’s Symphony Orchestra present a celebration of Russian orchestral music, including two works inspired by myths and legends and Borodin’s vibrant Symphony No. 2.

Mussorgsky Prelude to Khovanshchina Night on Bald Mountain Lyadov Kikimora Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 20

The Great Hall, Aston Webb Building Admission: Free

Pablo Hernán Benedí violin Michael Petrov cello Erdem Misirlioglu piano Trio Isimsiz was formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has participated in masterclasses with the Belcea, Endellion and Takács Quartets. Over the last year the Trio has undertaken a winter residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts working with Henk Guittart and given recitals at the Barbican and Royal Festival Hall.

Haydn Piano Trio No.38 in D, Hob.XV:24 Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1 in C minor, Op. 8 Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1, No. 3

Paul Rodmell conductor Saturday: 6.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols Sunday: 10.00am Choral Eucharist Sunday: 3.00pm Choral Evensong St Michael’s Church, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8TG

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

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How to find us

We reserve the right to substitute artists or vary programmes if necessary in unavoidable circumstances.

On days when there is an evening performance the Barber box office remains open until the performance begins.

Students Student rates include children aged 16 and under unless otherwise stated.

Disabled patrons Limited blue badge holder parking is available: please speak to staff when booking your tickets.

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By Bus There are frequent buses (61, 63 and X64) operated by National Express West Midlands from the city centre to the bottom of Edgbaston Park Road, where you should alight.

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A Friend’s Subscription entitles you to a range of benefits, including reduced rate Barber Evening Concert tickets.

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By Train Local trains operated by London Midland run from Birmingham New Street to University Station, a ten-minute walk from the Barber Institute and the Bramall Music Building. Check train times at www.londonmidland.com

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Please note: We reserve the right to halt ticket sales five minutes before performances begin in order to ensure a prompt start. Late-comers will be admitted at a suitable point in the programme at the Venue Manager’s discretion.

Barber reception desk opening hours Monday to Friday: 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday: 11am-5pm

Friends Friends of The Barber are entitled to purchase tickets for Barber Evening Concerts at specially discounted Friends rates.

By Car South Car Park (off Edgbaston Park Road) is five minutes walk away. Charges apply MondayFriday, 8.30am-4.30pm. Outside these times FREE parking is available on campus around The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.

The University of Birmingham is located in southwest Birmingham, approximately 3 miles from the city centre.

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Collecting your tickets Tickets purchased via the booking form on page 20 will be available for collection at the appropriate venue from one hour before the performance starts unless you have requested to have your tickets posted to you.

Barber Concerts You can purchase tickets for Barber Evening Concerts at the reception desk in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts during normal opening hours or via the booking form. You can also reserve tickets for these concerts by calling 0121 414 7333 and make payment on the night of the performance.

Concessions Concessionary rates are offered to the disabled, the unwaged, and patrons aged sixty years and above.

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UMS and Department of Music Concerts You can purchase tickets for these concerts using the form on page 20 or on the night of the performance at the box office in the Bramall Music Building.

Barber Reservations Line: 0121 414 7333

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Tickets are available for all ticketed concerts via the booking form in the foldout section at the back of this brochure.

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General Ticket Information

If you require any more information or have any queries, you can email us at: musicboxoffice@contacts.bham.ac.uk or by telephone: 0121 414 3280 Please note that unless postage is requested your tickets will be available for collection from one hour before the start time of the concert.

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Bach Lecture-Recital

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The Sixteen

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Tine Thing Helseth

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BEASTdome

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Onyx Brass

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BUS and UWC

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Chorus and Chamber Choirs

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Choir Festival Weekend Pass

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Big Band

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Brass in Space!

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Philharmonic Orchestra

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Simón Bolivar String Quartet

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Wind Band and Sax Ensemble

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Of Myth and Legend

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AUTUMN 2013 WHAT’S ON September 13* 29

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October 3 8 8 11 16 18 25 27

5.00pm 1.10pm 5.00pm 1.10pm 7.30pm 1.10pm 1.10pm see p7

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1.10pm 7.30pm 5.00pm 1.10pm 7.30pm 1.10pm 6.00pm 1.10pm see p11 1.10pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

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Sonic Visions/BEAST Music in the Making day

Barber Institute Bramall Music Building

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David Stapleton and Neil Yates Strings Masterclass Dancing with Bach Kitty Whately, Joseph Middleton The Sixteen: An Immortal Legacy Presteigne Festival Soloist Ulrich Heinen, Malcolm Wilson University Women’s Choir

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Njabulo Madlala Tine Thing Helseth, Kathryn Stott Toby Boalch Sextet rarescale BEASTdome Florin Ensemble Onyx Brass Di Xiao Bramall 1st Anniversary Weekend Department of Music Postgraduates Big Band Brass in Space!

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December

For December listings please see the foldout section below * This event runs from September 13th - November 10th.

Please see page 4 for further details.

AUTUMN 2013 WHAT’S ON continued December

6.00pm 7.30pm 5.00pm 1.10pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 6.15pm 1.10pm see p17

Philharmonic Orchestra Simón Bolívar String Quartet Alcyona Mick’s Blink Bartosz Woroch Wind Band and Saxophone Ensemble Symphony Orchestra University Carol Service Trio Isimsiz Birmingham University Singers

Bramall Music Building Barber Institute Bramall Music Building Barber Institute Bramall Music Building Bramall Music Building Aston Webb Building Barber Institute St. Mich. Ch. Tenbury Wells

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BRAMALL 1ST ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND

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www.barber.org.uk www.birmingham.ac.uk/bramall Brochure Design: Antony Antoniou at www.designbyantony.com Cover lettering detail: ‘Solar System’ illustration by Sam Tickner for www.firecatcher.co.uk

We celebrate a year since the Bramall was officially opened with a weekend of choir and choral music featuring uplifting performances by the University Chorus, the University Music Society Chamber Choirs , Birmingham University Singers and University Women’s Choir.

23 & 24 November - see page 11