RNCM Live Spring 2014 Brochure

Welcome to the Spring season at the RNCM An exciting outward-facing term where RNCM Live takes to the road far more than ever before, and where partnerships and collaborations foster, grow and thrive.

We are Chamber Music

Our Chamber Music Festival goes to the city centre (10-12 Jan) using Manchester Cathedral as our hub, and featuring the Academy of Ancient Music, the Talich Quartet and The Band of Instruments together with our staff and students, to explore ‘The Art of Bach’.

Our faithful lunchtime concert followers need not worry about the temporary closure of our Concert Hall. These concerts will be as frequent, diverse and delightful as ever, in fantastic venues such as the Holden Art Gallery, St Ann’s Church and the Martin Harris Centre, featuring the RNCM Chamber Ensemble with Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, as well as a feast of other ensembles: Harp, Saxophone, Percussion and Guitar, and our String and Wind Orchestras.

Exquisite Manchester Chamber Concerts Society programming runs across the Spring (27 Jan, 24 Feb, 31 Mar) and Spotlights spice up our programme, giving everyone a glimpse into what our students are up to, this year, for the first time, experimenting with triple-bill shows (17 Jan).

Again in Manchester Cathedral, we will be taking the magic and mystery of Orpheus with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice (28 Mar), which will also be performed alongside his witty The Drunkard Cured (L’ivrogne corrigé) in our exclusive double-bill in the intimacy of our Studio Theatre (18, 20, 22 and 27 Mar). Opera Scenes are back (21, 24, 28 and 31 Jan), as entertaining as ever. Yet another exciting venture is the one with the Royal Exchange Theatre for an extra-indulgent Day of Song (27 Apr) where we will be taking you with us through the lush atmosphere of the Secession and travelling from country to country by song throughout the day.

We are also thrilled to welcome YCAT again for an evening of Lieder (10 Mar).

We are Jazz and Big Band

Our ever popular Festival of Brass (26 Jan) kicks off at The Bridgewater Hall, celebrating the golden age for brass band music featuring our own RNCM students (both Senior as well as Junior) and our guest bands: Fairey, Brighouse and Rastrick, Black Dyke and Foden’s.

Our ever-growing partnership with Serious shows exciting collaborations coming up with the fabulous Penguin Cafe (21 Feb) and the astonishing Naturally 7 (28 Feb) just coming out of their tour with Michael Bublé.

Tord Gustavsen Ensemble return (15 Mar) showcasing their new ECM release Extended Circle. Our very own Big Band takes to the stage, this time featuring Tim Garland and the music of Chick Corea (22 Mar).

We are Classical Music

We are Contemporary

We are Brass

Back at The Bridgewater Hall (26 Mar), we perform two monumental works: Messiaen’s blistering Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum and Tippett’s masterpiece in its brand new edition: A Child of Our Time. Manchester Cathedral’s beautiful setting hosts our delicate yet exuberant concert given by the RNCM Chamber Orchestra (30 Jan). A rich array of recitals by our RNCM International Artist Diploma students across the coming months includes the Zelkova Quartet (14 Jan), pianist Yasmin Rowe (24 Jan), bassoonist Alejandra Rojas (31 Jan), cellist Mikhail Nemtsov (7 Feb) and flautist Helen Wilson (14 Feb). The Holy Name Church will also be home to two of our performances this year, including a superb programme with our Chamber Choir (26 Feb).

No RNCM Live programme is complete without our extraordinary Masterclass series: John Harle (28 Jan), Frans Helmerson (7 Feb) and Olaf Bär (11 Feb).

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We are Opera and Song

We are thrilled to be collaborating with Icebreaker again, this year featuring the spectacle that is Kraftwerk (6 Feb). For the first time ever, FutureEverything and RNCM team up to create the most exciting sonic art festival to date to come to the RNCM, with live installations, mirrors, structures, choral performances, lasers, optics, animation, screens, illusions and anything that would trigger anyone’s imagination (29 Mar–1 Apr). Our student composers and conductors are, as ever, crucial to our remit, with Brand New Orchestra (23 Jan) and our Composers Concert at the end of term (27 Mar).

We also welcome Manchester Camerata for a Composers Project (21 Jan). A highlight of the Spring programme is the John McCabe festival (15 and 16 Feb), featuring his entire oeuvres for piano, alongside a significant overview of his chamber music, culminating in the special Sunday evening concert with the Kreutzer Quartet, Aaron Shorr and Linda Merrick.

We are Popular Music Following its success at the Royal Albert Hall and here at the RNCM last term, the RNCM Session Orchestra returns with an exciting eclectic programme (25 Apr). Staff-led Vulgar Display give us their take on extreme metal (12 Feb).

We are Folk and World Fusing Latin American and traditional Celtic folk, Salsa Celtica appear on the RNCM stage (7 Mar), followed by loud, proud acoustic Bellowhead–founding members, Spiers & Boden on their last tour as a duo (20 Mar), while the award-winning folk band Melrose Quartet perform in the Carole Nash Recital Room (28 Mar).

Junior RNCM takes pride of place in an Open Day (8 Feb) as well as in its eagerly awaited Formal Concert (1 Mar). We reach out to more young people with our Youth Perform project, this time with the biggest musical hit in Berlin of the 1920s with the Brecht/Weill collaboration, The Threepenny Opera (23–26 Apr).

I must thank my Performance and Programming team, all the Heads of Schools and Course Leaders and Directors as well as our partners and funders for their invaluable input and support to create this colourful programme, always ensuring the student experience is at the heart of everything we do.

We are RNCM. We are MUSIC.

Dr Michelle Castelletti – Artistic Director

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We are transforming your Concert Hall The RNCM Concert Hall is being transformed into a bigger, better and more comfortable venue, providing Manchester with an exciting new space for performers and audiences alike.

‘Your RNCM’ is all about preserving your muchloved Concert Hall and bringing it into the 21st century, to ensure that we can continue to bring fantastic concerts to the City and provide an exceptional performance space for our students.

Join our ‘Your RNCM’ Campaign Champions – who include Professor Brian Cox, Lang Lang, Alison Balsom and Sarah Connolly – to help us raise the £2 million needed to complete the Concert Hall transformation.

There are many ways that you can support the campaign and we really need your help.

• Name a seat in the Concert Hall for yourself or a music loving friend • Sponsor a bar, or two, of music from the Opening Gala in the new Concert Hall • Become a Friend or Benefactor of the RNCM and get closer to the work of the College in the process (see page 34) • Donate in person, online at rncm.ac.uk/yourrncm, or by texting 'RNCM01 £5' to 70070 To find out about the latest campaign news and events, and more about how you can help, visit rncm.ac.uk/yourrncm or call 0161 907 5338.

RNCM on the road…

As the redevelopment of the RNCM Concert Hall begins we will lose the use of the space until October 2014. So, we’ve been exploring Manchester to locate interesting alternative venues for some of our programmed events. We are committed to providing our students with playing opportunities and aim to provide the same level and diversity of performances for our audiences. Events that are happening away from the RNCM are listed below and there’s a map on the inside back cover to indicate the locations.

10-12 January

Manchester Cathedral, St Ann’s Church, Chetham’s School of Music (details p6)

RNCM Chamber Music Festival 26 January

The Bridgewater Hall (details p9)

RNCM Festival of Brass 30 January

Manchester Cathedral (details p10)

RNCM Chamber Orchestra

THURSDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS 23 January RNCM Guitars The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

6 February RNCM Chamber Ensemble The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

13 February RNCM Chamber Ensemble The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

27 February RNCM Harp Ensemble The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

13 March RNCM Percussion Ensemble The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

20 March RNCM String & Wind Orchestras The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

27 March RNCM Saxophone Ensemble The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

MONDAY RECITAL SERIES 27 January Monday Recital Series Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

3 February Monday Recital Series Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

10 February Monday Recital Series Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

24 February Monday Recital Series Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

26 February

3 March Monday Recital Series

RNCM Chamber Choir

10 March Monday Recital Series

Holy Name Church, Oxford Road (details p17)

21 March

Holy Name Church, Oxford Road (details p25)

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

17 March Monday Recital Series

RNCM Organ Recital Prize

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

26 March

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

The Bridgewater Hall (details p26)

24 March Monday Recital Series

RNCM Symphony Orchestra, Chorus & Chamber Choir

FRIDAY CHAMBER SERIES

28 March

14 March Friday Chamber Series

Manchester Cathedral (details p23)

Orfeo ed Euridice (concert performance) 27 April

Royal Exchange Theatre (details p32)

RNCM Day of Song 4

FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

7 March Friday Chamber Series St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Street St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Street

21 March Friday Chamber Series St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Street

Full details can be found in this brochure and at www.rncm.ac.uk. We’ll list the Summer season events that are taking place elsewhere in the next events brochure.

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Manchester Cathedral, St Ann’s Church, Chetham’s School of Music

THE ART OF BACH

RNCM CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL This year’s RNCM Chamber Music Festival is devoted to the music of one of the most influential composers of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach. For the first time ever, we bring the Festival to the centre of Manchester, with concerts taking place in Manchester Cathedral and St Ann’s Church, religious buildings akin to those in which Bach’s music itself would have first been heard. The Art of Fugue is at the very heart of this year’s Festival and we present all six Brandenburg Concertos as well as featuring music by Bach’s extraordinary extended family. Special guest performers include the Academy of Ancient Music, the Talich Quartet, Roger Hamilton’s The Band of Instruments, the Gould and Sitkovetsky Piano Trios, Manchester Cathedral Choir and tutors from the RNCM and Chetham’s School of Music.

Full details and a downloadable leaflet are available at www.rncm.ac.uk/chamberfestival

HIGHLIGHTS Friday 10 January

7.30pm Manchester Cathedral

The Band of Instruments featuring Roger Hamilton and Lynne Dawson

Music to include: J S Bach Trio Sonata in C major BWV 529 C P E Bach Trio Sonata in C minor H 579 ‘Sanguineus et Melancholicus’ J S Bach Trio Sonata in D minor BWV 527 J S Bach Wedding Cantata BWV 202 ‘Weichet nur betrübte Schatten’ Roger Hamilton director, harpsichord, organ Lynne Dawson soprano Tickets £17 Concessions available

Monday 13 January

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series Ludwig van Beethoven Duo in E flat major WoO 32 ‘Eyeglass’ Christina Bean viola Lorna Davis cello Claude Debussy Musique; Romance-Silence ineffable; Aimons-nous et dormons Richard Strauss Du meines Herzens Krönelein; Ich schwebe; Die erwachte Rose; Junghexenlied Catriona Hewitson soprano Tim Kennedy piano Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Tuesday 14 January Saturday 11 January

7.30pm Manchester Cathedral

Academy of Ancient Music The Musical Offering

J S Bach Sonata in F minor for violin and harpsichord BWV 1018 J C F Bach Sonata for flute and harpsichord No 3 in F major C P E Bach Quartet in A minor H 537 J S Bach The Musical Offering Mahan Esfahani director, harpsichord Tickets £17 Concessions available

Sunday 12 January

7.30pm Manchester Cathedral

Talich Quartet The Art of Fugue

J S Bach The Art of Fugue Jan Talich, Roman Patočka violin Vladimír Bukač viola Petr Prause cello

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Zelkova Quartet

RNCM International Artist Diploma Chamber Music Recital Frank Bridge Three Idylls Benjamin Britten String Quartet No 2 in C major Op 36 Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E flat major Op 20 No1 The Zelkova Quartet has many international awards under its belt and has recently gained entry into the European Chamber Music Academy, allowing its members the opportunity to study at conservatoires around Europe with some of the world’s finest chamber musicians.

Recent performances include recitals at St Martin -in-the-Fields and St John’s Smith Square. It has also played at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and is a regular at the RNCM Chamber Music Festival.

Friday 17 January

From 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Spotlight Triple-Bill An exciting evening of free concerts, all devised and performed by RNCM students.

6.30pm Fields Quartet – Barber, Britten, Brand New 7.15pm Changing Landscapes – Music for Chamber Choir Inspired by Nature 8pm Ensemble 124 – Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Tuesday 21 and Friday 31 January 7pm RNCM Theatre

Friday 24 and Tuesday 28 January 7pm RNCM Studio Theatre

RNCM Opera Scenes RNCM students from the School of Vocal Studies and Opera perform selected excerpts drawn from a wide variety of operas.

Free admission, by ticket only Promoted by RNCM

Zelkova Quartet

Friday 10 – Sunday 12 January

Tickets £10 Concessions available www.zelkovaquartet.co.uk Promoted by RNCM

Tickets £17 Concessions available Festival Ticket £102 Friday Ticket £30 Saturday Ticket £45 Sunday Ticket £38

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Supported by The Albert and Eugenie Frost Trust Promoted by RNCM in association with Manchester Cathedral, St Ann's Church and Chetham's School of Music

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3.45pm The Bridgewater Hall

Sunday 26 January

Manchester Camerata

Brighouse and Rastrick RNCM FESTIVAL OF BRASS Band

10am – 5pm RNCM Studio 7

Composers’ Project Workshop

Yasmin Rowe

Tuesday 21 January

Clark Rundell conductor Tansy Davies composer, mentor

Thursday 23 January

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

RNCM Guitars Craig Ogden director RNCM guitarists present an eclectic programme of solo and chamber music highlighting the wonderful versatility of the guitar and the diversity of its repertoire.

Full details and a downloadable leaflet are available at www.rncm.ac.uk/festivalofbrass

HIGHLIGHTS Friday 24 January

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Thursday 23 January 8pm RNCM Theatre

RNCM Brand New Orchestra Piero Lombardi Iglesias, Daniel Parkinson, Jan Wierzba conductors An opportunity to hear new works for symphony orchestra by RNCM composition students in this workshop performance.

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Classics for Brass: A Century of Creativity

Our 2014 RNCM Festival of Brass takes place in the grand setting of The Bridgewater Hall, and celebrates the period between the two World Wars that has often been called a golden age for brass band music. The Festival’s featured guest bands – Fairey, Brighouse and Rastrick, Black Dyke and Foden’s – all played a major role in establishing the core repertoire through their legendary performances and recordings.

We also welcome a line-up of spectacular soloists in Roger Webster, David Childs, Richard Marshall and David Thornton.

Free admission, by ticket only www.manchestercamerata.co.uk Promoted by Manchester Camerata

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

The Bridgewater Hall

11am The Bridgewater Hall

The Fairey Band

Yasmin Rowe

Arthur Bliss Kenilworth Ernest Tomlinson Cornet Concerto Elgar Howarth In Memorian RK Eric Ball Journey into Freedom

Joseph Haydn Variations in F minor Hob XVII:6 Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No 6 in A major Op 82 Leoš Janáček Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ‘From the Street’ Alexander Scriabin Nocturne for the left hand Op 9 No 2 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No 1 Frédéric Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52

Garry Cutt conductor Roger Webster cornet

RNCM International Artist Diploma Piano Recital

Yasmin Rowe performs the first of four solo recitals this term by students on our International Artist Diploma (IAD) course. Yasmin is the winner of many competitions including the EPTA UK and Moray International Piano Competitions.

She also performs regularly at venues such as St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Wigmore Hall and The Bridgewater Hall. Yasmin is The Oglesby Charitable Trust Scholar.

Tickets £15 Concessions available

1.30pm The Bridgewater Hall

RNCM Brass Band Gustav Holst A Moorside Suite Joseph Horovitz Euphonium Concerto Philip Wilby Shadow Songs John McCabe Cloudcatcher Fells

Wilfred Heaton Glory! Glory!

Dean Goffin Rhapsody in Brass Paul McGhee Kjeden (UK première) Edward Elgar Severn Suite Ian Porthouse conductor David Thornton euphonium Tickets £15 Concessions available

7.30pm The Bridgewater Hall

Black Dyke Band, Foden’s Band and RNCM Brass Ensemble Music to include: Richard Strauss Festmusik der Stadt Wien Arthur Butterworth Passacaglia on a Theme by Brahms Simon Dobson Journey of the Lone Wolf (world première) Eric Ball Kensington Concerto Pablo de Sarasate (arr Howard Snell) Zigeunerweisen Op 20 Howard Snell Oration Nicholas Childs, Howard Snell conductors Richard Marshall cornet David Childs euphonium Tickets £20 £15 Concessions available Day Ticket £50 Supported by Besson and Antoine Courtois, Paris Promoted by RNCM

David Childs euphonium Tickets £15 Concessions available

Tickets £10 Concessions available www.y-squared.com Promoted by RNCM

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Monday Recital Series Henri Tomasi Evocations for solo oboe Helen Clinton oboe Jacob Ter Veldhuis May This Bliss Never End Jacob Ter Veldhuis The Garden of Love Gillian Blair saxophone Zofia Jakubiel-Smith piano Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Monday 27 January

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Isabelle van Keulen (violin/ viola) and Kathryn Stott (piano) Manchester Chamber Concerts Society

Graham Fitkin Bolt Ottorino Respighi Sonata for violin and piano Arvo Pärt Fratres Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for viola and piano Op 147 Tickets £22 £11 Concessions available www.chamberconcerts.org Promoted by MCCS

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Pre-concert talk: Kathryn Stott in conversation with composer Graham Fitkin about his virtuoso violin work Bolt Free admission to ticket holders

Tuesday 28 January

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Masterclass with John Harle The internationally acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and record producer, with performances taking him to the Last Night of the BBC Proms and film/TV credits including Silent Witness, works with RNCM saxophone students and opens the floor to questions from the audience.

Tickets £9 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

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Thursday 30 January

Friday 31 January

Monday 3 February

RNCM Chamber Orchestra

Alejandra Rojas

Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber

7.30pm Manchester Cathedral

Jacques Ibert Hommage à Mozart George Gershwin Lullaby for Strings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No 31 in D major K 297/300a ‘Paris’ Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto Maurice Ravel Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose Suite) Matthew Wood conductor Amy Yule flute Tonight, the RNCM Chamber Orchestra performs in the beautiful surroundings of Manchester Cathedral. The programme includes Mozart’s so-called ‘Paris’ Symphony, written when the 22-year-old composer was unsuccessfully job hunting in the city. Also featured is Ibert’s lighthearted but technically challenging Flute Concerto, a piece that evokes the sights and sounds of a bustling Summer evening in the French capital as well as one of Ravel's most exqusite creations.

Tickets £15 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

John Harle

Monday 27 January

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

RNCM International Artist Diploma Bassoon Recital

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata Op 168 Roger Boutry Interferences I Giuseppe Verdi Overture I Masnadieri Antonio Vivaldi La Notte (The Night) Antonio Torriani Divertimento on Lucia di Lammermoor

Cellists Julian Lloyd Webber and his wife Jiaxin, accompanied by pianist Pam Chowhan, present A Tale of Two Cellos, a concert featuring new performances of duets for two cellos with piano, as well as music by Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Dvořák, Bach, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns and Schumann.

Alejandra Rojas bassoon Benjamin Powell piano Harvey Davies harpsichord

Tickets £25 No concessions Promoted by Senbla

Our second IAD recital features Venezuelan bassoonist Alejandro Rojas. Alejandra was born in Caracas and from an early age was involved in El Sistema, going on to attend the Simón Bolívar Conservatory. In 2008, she was part of the bassoon section for the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra European Tour conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. After meeting Stefano Canuti at a woodwind festival in Caracas, Alejandra decided to move to Spain to study with him, winning a scholarship to the Aragón Superior Conservatory in Zaragoza. She also regularly plays First Bassoon with the Goya Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Monday 3 February

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series J S Bach Excerpts from Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 Henri Wieniawski Legende Op 17 Adriana Lucia Cristea violin Greta Gasser piano Sergei Prokofiev Excerpts from Piano Sonata No 6 in A major Op 82 Jeremy So piano Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Northern Cello Quartet Free admission, no ticket required

Tuesday 4 February

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

The Frederic Cox Award for Singing This is the first of three major RNCM vocal competitions this Spring, offering an opportunity to spot the stars of tomorrow. Previous winners include Simon Keenlyside, Amanda Roocroft and Kathryn Rudge. This evening’s adjudicator is the celebrated singer, Rosalind Plowright.

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: The Gaius Ensemble – An Evening with William Byrd Free admission, no ticket required

Thursday 6 February

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

RNCM Chamber Ensemble Igor Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures Anthony Gilbert Dark Singing Dancing Light Anthony Gilbert Beastly Jingles Steffan Morris, Daniel Parkinson, Jan Wierzba conductors Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

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Icebreaker

Friday 7 February

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Mikhail Nemtsov

RNCM International Artist Diploma Cello Recital Gaspar Cassadó Suite for solo cello Benjamin Britten Sonata in C major Op 65 Alexander Glazunov Chant du ménestrel (Minstrel’s Song) Op 71 Alexander Glazunov Sérénade Espagnole Op 20 No 2 Sergei Rachmaninov Sonata in G minor Op 19 Mikhail Nemtsov cello Elena Nemtsova piano

Icebreaker performs a reworking of Kraftwerk’s music by J Peter Schwalm, with film by Sophie Clements and Toby Cornish Following their highly successful Apollo tour that visited the RNCM in 2010, Icebreaker are turning their focus on another contemporary icon - Kraftwerk. Since their formation in 1970 the German group’s output has revolutionised music and influenced scores of musicians.

For this project, composer, producer and soundscapist J Peter Schwalm re-imagines tracks from a range of Kraftwerk albums to show off the group’s many different sounds - from early acoustic tracks to the by now iconic synthesised tunes.

Visual artists Sophie Clements and Toby Cornish create a new video work for this piece. A purposeful departure from the hightech graphics of the current Kraftwerk shows, Clements and Cornish re-present Kraftwerk’s vision in the language of an earlier era of avant garde film that wondered in the new aesthetics of technological and industrial innovation. A nostalgic vision of a ‘future’ now passed, and a modern reworking of a lost utopian dream.

Tickets £18 £15 Concessions available www.icebreakerkraftwerk.co.uk Promoted by RNCM in association with Third Ear

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Thursday 6 February

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Piano Duo Prize Daniel Herscovitch adjudicates this evening’s competition featuring selected piano duos who each perform a varied 30 minute programme.

Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Saturday 8 February

From 10.30am Various venues

Friday 7 February

Junior RNCM Open Day

Chamber Music Masterclass with Frans Helmerson

An opportunity to visit the Junior RNCM, meet current staff, students and parents and listen to the Juniors perform. For full details contact the Junior RNCM on 0161 907 5264.

5.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Christopher Rowland International Masterclass The RNCM International Chair in Chamber Music and cellist with the world famous Michelangelo Quartet works with RNCM chamber groups in this masterclass.

Tickets £5 Concessions available Supported by Christopher Rowland International Masterclass Fund Promoted by RNCM

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Olaf Bär

Thursday 6 February

8pm RNCM Theatre

Our third IAD solo recital features St Petersburgborn cellist Mikhail Nemtsov. RNCM Gold Medal winner Mikhail has enjoyed great success in several international competitions and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the London Philharmonia and European Union Chamber Orchestra. Mikhail is The Haworth Trust Scholar.

Monday 10 February

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series Joaquín Rodrigo Fandango from Tres Piezas Españolas Pierre Petit Toccata James Girling, Bradley Johnson guitars Frank Bridge Three Songs Benjamin Britten Selected songs from A Charm of Lullabies Michaela Parry mezzo-soprano James Hendry piano Emily Pond viola Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Tuesday 11 February

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

The Helen Porthouse Paganini Prize RNCM violinists and viola players compete for this prestigious annual prize, which tonight is adjudicated by RNCM alumna Adi Brett whose positions include Joint Leader of Manchester Camerata and violinist of the Manchester Piano Trio.

Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Spotlight: Nouveau and Strings – Vivaldi Guitar Concerti Free admission, no ticket required

Tuesday 11 February

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Masterclass with Olaf Bär The German baritone Olaf Bär, one of the world’s foremost interpreters of Lieder whose career has spanned performances in the greatest recital halls and opera houses, works with RNCM singers in tonight’s masterclass.

Tickets £9 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

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Wednesday 12 February

Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 February Helen Wilson

7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Vulgar Display Part 2: You Suffer

Following 2012’s Tournament Roadkill RNCM appearance, new music-cum-extreme metal ensemble Vulgar Display returns for a further bout of musical transgression. The perceived gentility and sophistication of a classical piano trio is once again pitted against the brutality of heavily distorted, down-tuned electric guitar and percussion battery with a view to emphasising their incompatibility and not overcoming it.

Several of the North West’s leading composers have written new works especially for the event, including Gary Carpenter, Larry Goves, Mauricio Pauly and Nina Whiteman.

A two-day festival celebrating the 75th birthday of one of Britain’s most respected composers.

John McCabe’s life is a musical journey which is vibrant, optimistic, explosive; his orchestrations a vivid and vast palette of colours and timbres; and his rhythms exciting, restless and striking.

His paintbrush then portrays beautiful broad melodies, lyricism and a distinct harmonic language. All concerts will be introduced by Professor George Odam, the author of the book Landscapes of the Mind, and we are lucky that this festival takes place in the presence of the composer himself.

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Booth St Brass – Dances of the New World Free admission, no ticket required

Thursday 13 February

Full details and a downloadable leaflet are available from www.rncm.ac.uk/mccabefestival

Friday 14 February

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Helen Wilson

RNCM International Artist Diploma Flute Recital

Libretto by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Thea Musgrave Orfeo I Franz Schubert Variations on ‘Trockne Blumen’ André Jolivet Chant de Linos Paul Taffanel Fantaisie sur le Freischutz Kenneth Hesketh Entanglements (world première) Sergei Prokofiev Sonata in D major Op 94

Alpesh Chauhan, Yoon-Jee Kim, Wilbur Lin conductors

Helen Wilson flute Jonathan Scott piano

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Our final IAD recital of the term features flautist Helen Wilson. Back in 2006, Helen was woodwind finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition and since then, she has gone on to win many more awards and competitions. This year, she has been shortlisted for the Park Lane Group Concert Series and continues to perform as a soloist, orchestral player and chamber musician with the Tempest Flute Trio.

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

RNCM Chamber Ensemble Igor Stravinsky The Solidier’s Tale

Tickets £10 Concessions available www.helenwilsonflute.moonfruit.com Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre Spotlight: Françaix and Poulenc Trios – Music for oboe, bassoon and piano Free admission, no ticket required

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LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND: THE MUSIC OF JOHN McCABE

HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 15 February

2pm and 6pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Sunday 16 February

11am and 3pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Piano Marathon A series of four concerts featuring McCabe’s entire catalogue of works for piano, performed by tutors and students from the RNCM, The University of Manchester and Chetham’s School of Music.

Free admission, no ticket required

Saturday 15 February

8pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Sansho Dayu A screening of the 1954 Japanese film Sansho Dayu, directed by the renowned Kenji Mizoguch. This film is the source of inspiration for McCabe’s quintet The Woman by the Sea. Free admission, no ticket required

Sunday 16 February

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Kreutzer Quartet

with Linda Merrick and Aaron Shorr John McCabe Maze Dances; Caravan; The Woman by the Sea; Fauvel’s Rondeaux; La Donna Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski violin Morgan Goff viola Neil Heyde cello Linda Merrick clarinet Aaron Shorr piano A portrait of John McCabe’s chamber music, featuring La Donna, a work which was commissioned by Linda Merrick and the Kreutzer Quartet, to whom it is also dedicated. Professor George Odam will give a pre-concert talk at 7pm with insights into John McCabe and his music.

Tickets £17 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Saturday 15 February

4.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Sunday 16 February

1.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Chamber Music Concerts Two concerts featuring Rounds for Brass Quintet, Oboe Quartet, Pueblo for solo double bass and the evocative Silver Nocturnes for baritone and string quartet. RNCM student composers also write new works inspired by The Woman by the Sea. Free admission, no ticket required

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Penguin Cafe

Monday 24 February

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro assai from Violin Sonata in G major Op 30 No 3 Ernest Bloch Nigun (Improvisation) Corey Wickens violin Charles Barsaga piano Richard Wagner Excerpts from Wesendonck Lieder Lauren Lea Fielder soprano James Hendry piano

Thursday 20 February

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Friday 21 February

8pm RNCM Theatre

European Chamber Music Penguin Cafe Academy (ECMA) Showcase Penguin Cafe will release their new album The The RNCM is the sole UK member of the ECMA and each year hosts a session of lectures, masterclasses and lessons for the very best of Europe’s young chamber ensembles. This is your chance to hear the finest young talent in Europe during this intensive period of study.

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Thursday 20 February

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

The Lock In

Featuring live music by The Demon Barbers The Lock In is a clash of dance cultures set in an old English pub with live music by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning powerhouse The Demon Barbers. Fast-paced and innovative, the show brings together some of the UK’s top clog, sword and morris dancers with their counterparts from the worlds of B-boying, popping and krump.

Tickets £16.50 Concessions available www.thelockindanceshow.co.uk Promoted by Breaking Tradition Ltd

Red Book in mid-February. The second release from the freshly re-imagined Penguin Cafe is the culmination of two years’ work that has seen Arthur Jeffes - son of original composer and Penguin Cafe Orchestra founder Simon Jeffes - investigate whole new areas of sound and vibrancy, alongside his eclectic collection of musicians and characters, marking an ambitious extension from their début A Matter of Life.

‘Penguin Cafe continues to occupy a unique place in music: nothing else has ever sounded quite like it. Eccentric, charming, accommodating, surprising, seductive, warm, reliable, modest and unforgettable: it’s a true friend…’ (Brian Eno) Tickets £19.50 Concessions available www.penguincafe.com Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Monday 24 February

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Auryn Quartet and Julian Bliss (clarinet)

Manchester Chamber Concerts Society

Wednesday 26 February

5pm Holy Name Church, Oxford Road

RNCM Chamber Choir Thomas Tallis Lamentations Part I James MacMillan Tenebrae Responsories Thomas Tallis Lamentations Part II James Burton conductor For this late afternoon performance by the RNCM Chamber Choir, we visit another striking Manchester location for the first time. The majestic setting of the Holy Name Church will form the backdrop for an evening of glorious sacred music, based on Holy Week texts.

James MacMillan’s deeply moving Tenebrae Responsories will be framed by Thomas Tallis’s most celebrated works, the melancholy and heartfelt Lamentations of Jeremiah. The RNCM Chamber Choir gave its début performance at the 2011 RNCM Day of Song and has since appeared with Manchester Camerata and the Hallé.

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartet No 3 ‘Leaves of an unwritten diary’ Joseph Haydn String Quartet in F major Op 77 No 2 Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 Tickets £22 £11 Concessions available www.chamberconcerts.org Promoted by MCCS

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Moravian Quartet – Folk and Czech String Quartets Free admission, no ticket required

Thursday 27 February

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

RNCM Harp Ensemble Andres Izmaylov Toward the Sun Gareth Glyn Cwlwm Can Catherine Kontz Flyways Trad A Celtic Connection Lecuona (arr Sparnon) Malaguena Eira Lynn Jones director Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

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Salsa Celtica

Naturally 7

Friday 28 February

Saturday 1 March

Wednesday 5 March

Friday 7 March

Naturally 7

Junior RNCM Formal Concert

The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss

Salsa Celtica

8pm RNCM Theatre

Manchester-born founding brothers Roger and Warren Thomas bring their internationally successful group on tour. Naturally 7 take classic close-harmony style to stratospheric new heights, mixing beatboxing with rap, soul, pop and jazz.

Building on the heritage of gospel with a style described as 'vocal play', the group performs its own original material as well as its inventive arrangements - which incorporate scratching, drum kit, harmonica, brass, electric guitars and bass all produced, naturally, with the human voice.

This is a vocal group in a league of its own, and their fresh use of the voice and astonishingly versatile talent have garnered diverse fans including Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Jay Leno and Brian Eno. Tickets £19.50 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious

+ 7pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: From Monk to Funk – Music for Barbershop Sextet Free admission, no ticket required

12.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

A varied and exciting programme featuring students of the Junior RNCM. Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Monday 3 March

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series Nikolai Kapustin Concert Etude Op 40 No 8 Maurice Ravel Une barque sur l’océan from Miroirs Rachel Fok piano Giovanni Bottesini Grand Duo Concertante for violin and double bass You Zou violin Mengjiao Zhang double bass Feixue Li piano Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Senior students from the RNCM School of Vocal Studies and Opera compete in the finals of The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss, singing Lieder or arias by Richard Strauss. This year’s adjudicating panel is chaired by the celebrated soprano, Dame Josephine Barstow.

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Holst’s Savitri – A Simple Tale of Death and Love Free admission, no ticket required

Friday 7 March

1.15pm St Ann’s Church, St Ann's Street

8pm RNCM Theatre

Combining some of Scotland and Ireland’s leading Celtic musicians with a stellar group of international salsa musicians, Salsa Celtica is a stunning combination of virtuosity and energy. The group’s unique synthesis has been rapturously received around the globe, from the village halls of Scotland to the world’s greatest music festivals.

With their long awaited new studio album to be released at the start of the year, 2014 is going to be a huge year for Salsa Celtica - there has never been a better time to catch one of the world’s most exciting groups perform live.

Tickets £17.50 Concessions available www.salsaceltica.com Promoted by RNCM

+ 10pm RNCM Café Bar Spotlight: Candela Salsa Band – A Night of Cuban Dance Music Free admission, no ticket required

Friday Chamber Series

RNCM Chamber Ensemble with Pavel Fischer Antonín Dvořák Terzetto in C major for two violins and viola Op 74 Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

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7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Anna Huntley, Morgan Pearse and James Baillieu

Tord Gustavsen Ensemble

Anna Huntley

Monday 10 March

YCAT Series Concert 2

Programme to include: Robert Schumann 5 Lieder Op 40; Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op 135

Sunday 9 March

11am – 5pm Various venues

Piano Trio Day Piano Trios from specialist music schools, UK conservatoires and local schools spend a day immersed in the art of the piano trio with masterclasses, talks and performances, presented by the Piano Trio Society. Featured artists include Peter Cropper, who gives an afternoon masterclass. For the full schedule, visit the RNCM website.

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by the Piano Trio Society in association with RNCM

Monday 10 March

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series Leigh Howard Stevens Rhythmic Caprice for marimba Compagnie Kahlua Ceci n’est pas une balle

Wednesday 12 March

Saturday 15 March

Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano Morgan Pearse baritone James Baillieu piano

Norman George Violin Scholarship

Tord Gustavsen Ensemble

Three of the Young Classical Artists Trust’s rising stars join forces for the second in our 2013/4 series of YCAT concerts. The trio will perform Schumann’s Five Lieder, songs set to poems

by Hans Christian Andersen which Schumann dedicated to the poet, plus the composer’s last ever work for solo voice, some of the most poignant music based on the subject of Mary Queen of Scots.

This competitive award, open to all RNCM violinists, sees finalists present a movement from a classical sonata, two pieces by Fritz Kreisler and an orchestral solo. This reflects the repertoire performed by violinist Norman George, whose friends have donated this prize in his memory. This evening’s adjudicator is the eminent recitalist, chamber musician and Permanent Guest Leader with the Hallé, violinist Paul Barritt.

Tickets £12 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM and YCAT

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Tuesday 11 March

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

The Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers The Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award was founded in memory of the much-loved Yorkshire soprano and provides support for an outstanding final year singer. Tonight’s adjudicating panel includes the celebrated soprano, Susan Bullock.

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Thursday 13 March

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

RNCM Percussion Ensemble Aurel Hollo Jose/beFORe JOHN 5 John Cage/Lou Harrison Double Music William Kraft Percussion Quartet (UK première) Stephen Whibley Kora Song Simone Rebello director Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Tord Gustavsen piano Tore Brunborg saxophones Mats Eilertsen double bass Jarle Vespestad drums We’re delighted to welcome Tord Gustavsen back to the RNCM to showcase his new ECM release Extended Circle. This time playing in a quartet format, Tord’s new material is pointing forwards in musical openness and creativity, while at the same time clearly picking up the quietness and grounded sensuality of the hugely successful trio albums. It includes several pure trio pieces, and is embracing anew the almost minimalistic simplicity and striking NordicCaribbean-Gospel-Impressionist-Bluesy touch that so many people came to love in Gustavsen’s début album.

‘A trilogy [that] could be the most essential jazz document of the last ten years. Sublime.’

(The Independent) Tickets £18 £16 £14 Concessions available www.tordgustavsen.com Promoted by RNCM

+ 7pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Gravity Percussion Duo – Looking into Skylight Free admission, no ticket required

1.15pm St Ann’s Church, St Ann's Street

Friday Chamber Series

Chick Corea (arr Jackson) Children’s Songs Andy Scott Three Letter Word

RNCM Chamber Ensemble with Peter Cropper

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

8pm RNCM Theatre

Friday 14 March

Delia Stevens percussion

Michael Jackson saxophone Chris Illingworth piano

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And songs by Frank Bridge, Charles Stanford, Rebecca Clarke, Benjamin Britten, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Noel Coward

Johannes Brahms Horn Trio in E flat major Op 40 Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

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Sunday 16 March

3pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Tuesday 18*, Thursday 20, Saturday 22*^ and Thursday 27* March 7pm RNCM Studio Theatre

The Drunkard Cured (L’ivrogne corrigé) and Orfeo ed Euridice Christoph Willibald Gluck The Drunkard Cured Richard Moore, James Fisher* Lucas Seamus Begg, Michael Jones* Mathurin Lauren Lea Fielder, Elizabeth Humphries* Mathurine Catrin Woodruff, Meinir Wyn Roberts* Colette Adam Temple-Smith, Timothy Langston* Cléon (Pluto) Orfeo ed Euridice Heather Lowe, Sophie Dicks* Orfeo Joanna Norman, Sarah Foubert* Euridice Catriona Hewitson, Linda Harvey* Amore Roger Hamilton conductor Marco Bellasi^ assistant conductor Stefan Janski director David Cockayne set and costume designer Paul Botham lighting designer Kevin Thraves chorus master Bethan Rhys Wiliam choreographer Antonio Tilli Italian language coach RNCM Opera Orchestra RNCM Chorus

is lost – but then touched by his lament, Amore restores Euridice to life and the opera ends in celebration.

The theme of the underworld, gods, demons and furies is also prevalent in The Drunkard Cured (L’ivrogne corrigé) which completes this Gluck double-bill. The drunkard Mathurin wants his niece Colette to marry his drinking partner Lucas. But Colette is in love with Cléon and together with Mathurin’s wife Mathurine, they devise a plot to scupper these plans. They disguise themselves as Pluto and two furies (wearing masks), so that when Mathurin and Lucas awaken from their drunken stupor, they believe they are in hell. Cléon, in the role of Pluto, offers Mathurin clemency if he

gives up the drink and allows his niece to marry Cléon. When Mathurin has signed the marriage contract, they remove their masks. Lucas on the other hand, has made no promises and resumes his habitual ways. This comedy was written just two years before the advent of Orfeo and despite its light-hearted tone, the work includes strong intimations of the masterpiece that was to follow.

Orfeo ed Euridice will be sung in Italian with English surtitles. The Drunkard Cured will be performed in Roger Hamilton's brand new English translation.

Tickets £20 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Friday 28 March

7.30pm Manchester Cathedral

Orfeo ed Euridice

Christoph Willibald Gluck Concert Performance Heather Lowe Orfeo Joanna Norman Euridice Catriona Hewitson Amore Roger Hamilton conductor RNCM Opera Orchestra RNCM Chorus As we have a very limited number of seats available for our Gluck opera double-bill in the RNCM Studio Theatre, we are delighted to present an additional concert performance of Orfeo ed Euridice in the dramatic surroundings of Manchester Cathedral.

Tickets £20 Concessions available www.manchestercathedral.org Promoted by RNCM

+ 6pm Manchester Cathedral Pre-performance talk: Roger Hamilton gives an insight into Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, with musical illustrations performed by RNCM students.

Free admission for ticket holders only

Our Spring opera promises a very different experience when we present a fully-staged Gluck double-bill in the intimate setting of the RNCM Studio Theatre.

Orfeo ed Euridice is probably the composer’s most exhilarating work, with eruptions of emotion that gain potency from the poise with which they are expressed. Orfeo is mourning the death of his wife Euridice. Zeus is so struck by his grief that he allows him to reclaim her from Hades. If, through the power of music, he can persuade Pluto to release her, he may guide her back to Earth, but he must not look upon her until they have crossed back into the land of the living. Orfeo succeeds in his task until Euridice, unable to understand his strange behaviour, claims she would rather be dead than be so spurned by him. He turns to look at her and she

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Thursday 20 March

Monday Recital Series Felix Mendelssohn Zweistimmige Lieder Op 63

RNCM String and Wind Orchestras

Sarah Foubert soprano Richard Moore baritone Tim Kennedy piano

Arnold Schoenberg Theme and Variations Op 43 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite

Franz Schubert Fantasie in F minor D 940

Mark Heron, Chris Hoyle conductors

Chiahu Lee, Shaun Motiani piano

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

Tim Garland

Monday 17 March

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Doors 7pm RNCM Theatre

Andy McKee Andy McKee is one of the world’s finest acoustic guitar soloists. He gives his music life through altered tunings, syncopated rhythm and guitar taps. Andy’s textural use of polyphonic tones and his unique multi-layering approach means whilst he alone plucks, strums, taps the strings and body, he creates the illusion of a full band accompaniment.

Tim Garland director, saxophones

Tickets £18.50 in advance, or £21 on the door Concessions available www.andymckee.com Promoted by Midnight Mango

Wednesday 19 March

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

RNCM Chopin Prize RNCM pianists and pupils from Chetham’s School of Music compete for this prestigious prize dedicated to the playing of Chopin, which is adjudicated tonight by Anthony Hewitt.

Spiers & Boden

Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

8pm RNCM Theatre

Spiers & Boden Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’ and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo, Spiers & Boden have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground. Loud, proud, and with just a few acoustic instruments, they create a multitude of textures upon which they present traditional stories and dance music, and this has propelled them onto the main stages of major events including WOMAD and Cambridge Folk Festival.

You may also know John (Spiers) and Jon (Boden) as founding members of the big band folk phenomenon Bellowhead, or through their long-term collaboration with Eliza Carthy as The Rat Catchers – they performed on her Nationwide Mercury Prize nominated album Anglicana.

Tickets £17 Concessions available www.spiersandboden.com Promoted by RNCM

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

RNCM Big Band with Tim Garland

Thursday 20 March Wednesday 19 March

Saturday 22 March

Thursday 20 March

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Special Virtuosi This evening’s concert includes orchestral and chamber pieces as well as solo performances from the Special Virtuosi students.

Tickets £6 Concessions available Promoted by Special Virtuosi CIC

Friday 21 March

1.15pm St Ann’s Church, St Ann's Street

Friday Chamber Series

RNCM Chamber Ensemble with Chris Swann Frantisek Skroup Clarinet Trio in E flat major Op 27

The first RNCM Big Band show of the year features Grammy Award-winning composer, globe-trotting saxophonist and RNCM Fellow Tim Garland. Tim is the creative nucleus behind Lighthouse, Storms/Nocturnes and Acoustic Triangle but he first forged an international reputation working with Chick Corea and Bill Bruford and he is a core member of Chick’s latest band, The Vigil. Tonight’s gig features some of Corea’s recent big band arrangements as well as a celebration of Tim’s own writing skills as he fronts our Big Band for the evening.

Expect some surprises, including a decidedly gospel twist ending!

Tickets £18 £16 £14 Concessions available www.timgarland.com Promoted by RNCM

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Spotlight: Apes Grapes Trio – Chromatographic explorations for guitar, bass, percussion and electronics Free admission, no ticket required

Monday 24 March

1.15pm Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

Monday Recital Series Béla Bartók Piano Sonata BB 88 Ryan Drucker piano

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Richard Rodney Bennett Excerpts from Soprano Saxophone Sonata Béla Bartók Selection of Romanian Folk Dances

Friday 21 March

Melina Zeleniuc saxophone James Vaughan piano

7.30pm Holy Name Church, Oxford Road

RNCM Organ Recital Prize

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

RNCM student organists each present a 30 minute recital encompassing a wide range of styles and repertoire in the finals of this prestigious prize which tonight is adjudicated by international organist and Head of Keyboard at Eton College, David Goode.

Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

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7.30pm The Bridgewater Hall

RNCM Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Chamber Choir Olivier Messiaen Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum* Michael Tippett A Child of Our Time (first performance of new edition) Clark Rundell conductor Mark Heron* conductor Joseph Cullen chorus master Crashing gongs, ringing tubular bells and explosive brass together with birdsong bring us to our second Bridgewater Hall concert this year with one of Messiaen’s most monumental works, commissioned to commemorate the dead of two World Wars, however, written by Messiaen not to focus on the horrors of combat, but on the transcendence of death through the Resurrection.

Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (I Await the Resurrection of the Dead) has an overriding feeling of mystery with its dramatic bursts of sound and silence being applied in both abstract blocks and delicate touches of colour.

Following the interval, we enter Tippett’s powerful message of hope and optimism against war and oppression with his ‘oratorio of contemplation’, A Child of Our Time.

As Europe slipped towards fascism, Michael Tippett felt the urge to protest in music – to show solidarity with those downtrodden by poverty and prejudice. A Child of Our Time was the composer’s response to the infamous Kristallnacht pogrom against the Jews in 1938 and was his first major statement as an artist.

Melrose Quartet

Wednesday 26 March

Taking Bach’s Passions and Handel’s Messiah as his models, Tippett ended each of his sections with his own arrangements of African American spirituals, heightening the intensity of the piece, tonight performed by the RNCM Symphony Chorus and soloists.

‘The world turns on its dark side’ proclaims the opening movement of Tippett’s masterpiece, but it remains a work of hope and optimism.

The new edition of A Child of Our Time is performed by permission of Schott Music Ltd. Tickets £17 £14 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

+ 5.30pm Barbirolli Room

In conversation with: Professor Richard Wistriech

discusses Tippett and his works in more detail with writer, broadcaster and filmmaker Dennis Marks, musicologist Professor David Clarke and contributions by Tippett's own Artistic and Personal Manager, Meirion Bowen.

Free admission, no ticket required

+ 6.30pm Stalls Foyer

Pre-concert performance: This performance brings together singers from across the region and sees the culmination of a choral project run by RNCM Outreach which focuses on A Child of Our Time

Thursday 27 March

1.15pm The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

RNCM Saxophone Orchestra Rob Buckland, Andy Scott directors The popular and innovative RNCM Saxophone Orchestra, featuring all 20 of the RNCM’s saxophone students, performs a wide range of engaging, accessible and sometimes unexpected repertoire, directed by Rob Buckland and Andy Scott.

Free admission, no ticket required Promoted by RNCM

Free admission, no ticket required

Thursday 27 March

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

RNCM Composers Concert Adam Gorb, RNCM Head of Composition, introduces this concert of new and recently premièred works written by RNCM composers, performed by their fellow students.

Friday 28 March

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Melrose Quartet Multi-award-winning folk duo Nancy Kerr and James Fagan join highly accomplished English folk duo Richard and Jess Arrowsmith to form the Melrose Quartet. Nominated for Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, their material ranges from rousing traditional English folk songs and their own instrumental arrangements, to complex interwoven vocal harmony. With Nancy and Jess on fiddles, Richard on melodeons and James on his trademark guitar-shaped bouzouki they let fly with hair-raising sets of jigs, polkas and hornpipes.

‘Splendidly balanced. Life-affirming energy.

An absolutely magnificent achievement.’ Living Tradition Magazine Tickets £12 Concessions available www.melrosequartet.co.uk Promoted by RNCM

Tickets £7 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

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Saturday 29 March – Tuesday 1 April

FutureEverything Festival Tools for Unknown Futures

We are thrilled to be partnering up with FutureEverything Festival to create one of the most exciting live programmes to date to come to the RNCM, with live installations, mirrors, structures, choral performances, lasers, optics, animation, screens and illusions. A feast for the imagination, FutureEverything has been hailed

by The Guardian as one of the top ten ideas festivals in the world.

4 – 8pm throughout the festival RNCM Studio Theatre

Emmanuel Biard and David Leonard The Hall

Lighting designer and live visual artist Emmanuel Biard (EMN) and engineer David Leonard première an installation piece commissioned

by FutureEverything and the RNCM, built specifically for the RNCM Studio Theatre.

Free admission, no ticket required Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

Saturday 29 March

Sunday 30 March

Longplayer: Choral Performance and Listening Post Installation

Miwa Matrayek ‘This World Made Itself’

7pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Longplayer is a 1,000 year-long musical composition which will continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999. We invite you to take part in a discussion with composer Jem Finer. Sections of the work will be performed by voices from The Joyful Company of Singers and Manchester Chamber Choir.

Free admission, by ticket only Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Presented by Evian Christ (Live) This theatre performance will see Evian Christ present his work live for the first time in a more formal concert setting, alongside a line-up of specially invited international guests and collaborators.

Tickets £12.50 Concessions available Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

2pm RNCM Theatre

Plus Zoomwooz Live Cinema

Miwa Matrayek's work blurs the line between the real and unreal through live works that integrate animation, performance, and video installation. Zoomwooz is a live cinema performance which presents the memories, dreams, frustrations and weaknesses that exist within and shape human society, using livecamera and hundreds of small hand painted paper models and live acting. The performance invites a live audience to view the making of a film, while simultaneously witnessing the performance itself.

Tickets £9.50 Concessions available (under 16s free) Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

Martin Messier: Projectors (world première) Martin Messier’s work constantly redefines the frontiers of Musique Concrète by creating sounds with everyday objects, such as alarm clocks, pens, self-conceived machines and sewing machines. At the very centre of this dialogue between sounds and objects is the desire to push the everyday imaginary a little further, to magnify these entities by giving them a voice and by reinventing their function.

Tickets £12.50 Concessions available Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

Tuesday 1 April

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Tim Hecker (Live)

Plus special guest Julianna Barwick 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

The Hall (Live)

Featuring Evian Christ and special guests The piece features mirrors, mechanics, lasers, vacuum pumps, optics and new structures. The Hall is an investigation into the sensation of how scale and distance are perceived and judged by the human brain. It invites the audience to place themselves into the path of the light beams, into the void of this collimated reflection loop, framed by a thin wall of light.

Free admission, by ticket only Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

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7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Taking heavily processed sounds of pianos, synthesisers, woodwind instruments and church organs, Hecker and Julianna create dense soundscapes, conjuring images of tectonic plates shifting and crashing beneath turbulent weather systems, complete with storms, aurora borealis, and towering clouds.

Tickets £14.50 Concessions available Presented by FutureEverything and RNCM. Supported by ECAS, a European Commission Culture Fund project.

Full FutureEverything festival programme: www.futureeverything.org

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Pacifica Quartet

Agnes Obel

Friday 25 April

Tuesday 15 April

Pacifica Quartet

Brasy

7.30pm RNCM Theatre

Manchester Chamber Concerts Society Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B flat major Op 76 No 4 ‘Sunrise’ Benjamin Britten String Quartet No 2 in C major Op 36 Johannes Brahms String Quartet in C minor Op 51 No 1

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by Brasy

Tickets £22 £11 Concessions available www.chamberconcerts.org Promoted by MCCS

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

Thursday 17 April

Doors 7pm RNCM Theatre

Agnes Obel Widely hailed for her poignant lyrics and haunting melodies, Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel presents songs from her repertoire.

Tickets £17.50 No concessions Promoted by Metropolis Music

+ 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room Pre-concert talk: David Horne discusses the ideas surrounding tonight’s programme Free admission to ticket holders

Andy Stott director After sell-out shows at the Liverpool Echo Arena, Birmingham 02 Academy, the Duke of Edinburgh World Fellowship Ball and the Royal Albert Hall, the RNCM Session Orchestra returns for an evening of high energy popular music.

The 40-piece orchestra and vocalists perform an eclectic mix of music conceived for the larger symphonic palette, including hits by Stevie Wonder, U2, Paloma Faith, Jocelyn Brown, Michael McDonald and Toto.

7.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Five man Brasy have thrilled audiences across Europe over the last three years with their spellbinding arrangements of songs and sea shanties, performed in both English and their native Polish.

RNCM Session Orchestra

RNCM Session Orchestra

Monday 31 March

8pm RNCM Theatre

Wednesday 23 – Saturday 26 April 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Saturday 26 April 8pm RNCM Theatre

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham World-renowned Shetland fiddler and musical director of the BBC Transatlantic Sessions Aly Bain and accordion virtuoso Phil Cunningham are considered two of the great names in Scottish traditional music. Their authenticity and panache, exquisite precision and style has taken the vibrant music of the Highlands and Islands around the world.

Tickets £16 Concessions available Promoted by SaltaireLive

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2pm RNCM Studio Theatre Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Saturday 12 April

The Threepenny Opera RNCM Youth Perform

Music by Kurt Weill Text by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein Caroline Clegg director Daniel Parkinson musical director Stuart Bartles lighting design A departure from the typical music drama, this intense work irresistibly erodes the self-deluding niceties of capitalist society.

Tickets £10 Concessions available Promoted by RNCM

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Sunday 27 April

Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square

RNCM DAY OF SONG

Fin de Siècle: The Voice of Europe at the end of the 19th century Walk through the streets of La Belle Époque and join us to discover Parisian lifestyle, Viennese Waltzes, Germanic and Austro-Hungarian Secession, Italian Verismo and Drawing Room and Salon music in Victorian England through Art Song and the world of the chanson, Lieder, and Neapolitan songs and arias of the 1890s, performed by RNCM singers in the unique surroundings of the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Between concerts, the foyers will resound with sounds from across the Atlantic, from the early years of Tin Pan Alley to songs from the ‘King of Ragtime’, Scott Joplin. Dr Francis Toase introduces each concert by setting the political scene, and the closing concert of the day draws together the finest repertoire from this gloriously rich period of music-making.

Full details and a downloadable leaflet are available at www.rncm.ac.uk/dayofsong

11.30am – 12.15pm Theatre

Victorian England A wonderful mixture of both old and new filled the Concert Halls in Victorian England. This concert features songs by Edward Elgar, Charles Villiers Stanford and Lisa Lehman, together with sounds of the emerging new society, in music portrayed by Edward German and Arthur Somervell.

Tickets £7.50 Concessions available

12.30 – 1.15pm The Studio

Junge Lieder Towards the end of the 19th century, German politics became progressively more chaotic.

Meanwhile, Wagner had changed the course of opera, while German song composers mixed the Classical and the Romantic. This concert includes the four songs of Opus 27 by Richard Strauss, written for his wife on the occasion of their marriage, the Junge Lieder by Humperdinck and songs by Wolf and Mahler.

Tickets £7.50 Concessions available

2 – 2.45pm The Front Room

6 – 7.30pm Theatre

La Belle Époque

Fin de Siècle

France was in the midst of the Dreyfus affair and many artists became involved politically. ‘Enfant prodigue’ Debussy was inspired by Liszt and Wagner, and this concert includes some of his more capricious pieces, Les Fêtes Galantes and Melodies, together with songs with Ravel and his great teacher, Fauré.

Programme to include: Edward Elgar Sea Pictures Gustav Mahler Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Hugo Wolf Songs from Italienisches Liederbuch

Tickets £7.50 Concessions available

3 – 3.45pm The Studio

Austria-Hungary and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown Austria-Hungary was one of the world’s great powers with Vienna as the centre for an enormously talented group of artists, composers, poets and philosophers. Following in the wake of such giants as Schubert, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, this concert features the songs of Mahler, Wolf and Zemlinsky.

Tickets £7.50 Concessions available

4.30 – 5.15pm The Front Room

Risorgimento: The Rise of the New 19th century Italy saw the birth of both Puccini and Verdi and such operas as Otello, La Bohème, Aida, and La Traviata, while the salons resounded to the strains of Neapolitan song. With unification only recent in the memory, old loyalities remained while new movements surfaced. This concert explores the songs of Tosti, Verdi and Mascagni.

Tickets £7.50 Concessions available

The final concert of the day brings together the cream of song from the 1890s from across Europe, from the distinctive, passionate voice of Elgar in Sea Pictures to Mahler’s charming settings of German folk poetry known as Des Knaben Wunderhorn and much more, all brought to life by RNCM singers on the set of the Royal Exchange Theatre’s new production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing.

Tickets £15 Day Ticket £40 Promoted by RNCM in association with Royal Exchange Theatre

Coming Soon Friday 16 May RNCM Theatre

RNCM Symphony Orchestra Programme to include: Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 19 Jean Sibelius Symphony No 2 in D major Op 43

Saturday 14 June

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre

RNCM Gold Medal Competition A chance to hear the next generation of star performers as RNCM students compete for the much-coveted RNCM Gold Medal.

Wednesday 25 June – Friday 4 July

Capitol Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University

Company

Stephen Sondheim A run of eight of performances of Sondheim’s brilliant musical comedy Company, centred around the life of Bobby, a bachelor in his 30s who’s reluctant to settle down.

Friday 27 June

The Bridgewater Hall

RNCM Symphony Orchestra Programme to include: Piotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor Op 23

Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 July Imperial War Museum North

IWMN Project Joining The First World War Centenary Partnership network, the RNCM collaborates with Imperial War Museum North to create a poignant, moving experience of live music, drama, visuals and more, together with a celebration of peace, as well as snippets of social life and of the role dance halls played in keeping morale up.

On sale April 2014

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Give the gift of music and support Your RNCM Whether someone is a regular or occasional visitor, a fan of opera or jazz, make them more than just a member of the audience.

Friends Membership makes an excellent gift for music lovers of all ages and over the next year membership subscriptions will help support Your RNCM in transforming the RNCM Concert Hall.

For more information on this £2 million project see page 4.

From just £2.50 a month RNCM Friends can receive these great benefits: • Save money with ticket and dining discounts at the Box Office and in Brodsky restaurant • Get closer to RNCM life with invitations to exclusive events and opportunities to attend opera dress rehearsals • Keep up to date with RNCM News and season events guide ‘Receiving RNCM Friends membership was a wonderful surprise as a Christmas present!

We have attended many of the events at the RNCM over the years and have always been extremely impressed with the very high quality of performance by such talented students. Friends membership is an ideal way of giving something more by way of appreciation to the College and its faculty. What was originally a gift will certainly become an annual renewal.’

Barry & Yolanta Buxton, RNCM Friends Membership starts from as little as £2.50 a month and you can join as an Individual, Joint or Corporate member.

For more information on purchasing a membership for yourself or as a gift please contact Kate Findlay, Friends Administrator on 0161 907 5338, e-mail friends@rncm.ac.uk or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/friends

Become a Benefactor There are opportunities to support through the RNCM Benefactors scheme and philanthropic gifts at these levels may support an individual student with a bursary or a specific area of academic or capital need.

For more information please call 0161 907 5392, email development@rncm.ac.uk or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/benefactors

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Upcoming Friends’ Events

RNCM Outreach

Looking for a venue?

Friday 10 January 12pm Molton Brown, St Ann’s Square, M2 7EF

The Outreach team engages with the RNCM’s wider community through a yearround programme of events. In addition we also design bespoke projects for a range of community groups and are always happy to discuss new ideas. Our Youth Perform musical theatre group runs on Wednesday evening and is a low-cost, non-audition group for all young people of secondary school age.

The RNCM offers excellent purpose-built spaces to hire for all aspects of performances and conferencing.

Molton Brown Pamper Session Start the RNCM Chamber Music Festival with a little relaxation at Molton Brown’s store in St Ann’s Square. Friends can enjoy a free treatment such as a hand and arm massage, a glass of bubbly and cupcakes, a goodie bag worth £20 and a £10 voucher to spend in store during your visit.

Tickets £15 To book tickets contact the Box Office on 0161 907 5555 (please book before Thursday 2 January)

Sunday 16 February 5pm Carole Nash Mezzanine

Meet the Artistic Director and her team Dr Michelle Castelletti joined the RNCM in July 2013. As the RNCM’s new Artistic Director, Michelle and her team ensure the RNCM programmes diverse events that appeal to audiences across the North West. This is your chance to find out more about how events are programmed, hear a bit more about Michelle and her team and ask any questions.

Tickets £4 To book tickets contact the Box Office on 0161 907 5555

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March 7pm

Opera Previews Christoph Willibald Gluck The Drunkard Cured, (l’ivrogne corrigé) and Orfeo ed Euridice Roger Hamilton conductor Be one of the first to see the RNCM’s latest opera production. This term we present Gluck’s beautiful Orfeo ed Euridice and The Drunkard Cured in the intimate settings of our Studio Theatre.

Tickets £12.50 for Bronze members, free to Silver members and above To book tickets contact the Box Office on 0161 907 5555

To find out about any of our projects contact Holly Marland or Fiona Stuart on 0161 907 5281 or communityoutreach@rncm.ac.uk, or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/communityoutreach.

RNCM Outreach is grateful for the support of the Eric and Margaret Kinder Charitable Trust, Backstage Trust and the BBC Performing Arts Fund.

External Performances RNCM ensembles and soloists regularly perform at venues and in high-profile concert series throughout the UK and for a wide range of promoters from music societies and clubs to orchestras, opera companies and individuals.

Look out for regular concert series in St Ann’s Church in the city centre, Emmanuel Church in Didsbury and, as part of our association with Music for Health, in the Central Manchester Hospitals concert series.

Looking for musicians?

The RNCM’s Professional Engagements team co-ordinates a large number of engagements on behalf of music societies, clubs, companies and individuals throughout the year. Performances range from formal recitals, soloists for choral societies and for concertos, through to background music for weddings and events, and incorporate a wide range of styles from classical to jazz. Contact Abi Collins on 0161 907 5352 or abigail.collins@rncm.ac.uk for further details.

The RNCM Theatre seats up to 657 and boasts one of the largest stages in Manchester.

The RNCM Concert Hall offers various layout options, giving a flexible seating capacity of between 450 and 750. It is a unique octagonal performance space and contains a Hradetsky Four Manual Concert Organ.

The RNCM Studio Theatre seats up to 120 and flexible seating offers a variety of set ups including theatre-style and in the round.

The Carole Nash Recital Room seats up to 100 and is suitable for small-scale performances, conferences and catering receptions.

The Lecture Theatre seats 150 and is ideal for pre-concert talks, discussions and presentations.

The Lecture Theatre and Concert Hall are closed for refurbishment from January – October 2014, however, all other spaces are still available for hire. For further details please contact our Events Manager Tom Besford on 0161 907 5289 or tom.besford@rncm.ac.uk RNCM can also provide catering for social functions, events, dinners or conferences in these venues and a range of smaller spaces.

Contact Jonathan Whittle on 0161 907 5258 or jonathan.whittle@rncm.ac.uk for further details.

Artistic Proposals We are always interested to hear your suggestions for future programming.

If you have an artistic proposal you would like us to consider, please email Richard Collins, Programming Manager, at richard.collins@rncm.ac.uk

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Eating and Drinking at the RNCM

Opera Pre-Event Dining In conjunction with our Gluck opera double-bill in March (March 16 at 3pm and March 18/20/22/27 at 7pm), we are offering a delicious 3-course pre-event dinner/lunch for just £20. Menu choices are listed below. Table are available from 5pm for evening performances (12.30pm for lunch). To book, please call 0161 907 5353/5252 or email brodsky@rncm.ac.uk

Starters There are refreshment facilities available at the RNCM with the Café, Brodsky Restaurant and the Concert Bar offering a range of fresh, home cooked and locally sourced food from just a coffee and a pastry to a threecourse meal.

During the refurbishment of the Concert Hall, opening times will vary, so it is advisable to double check our website for opening times on a particular day.

During term time Monday to Friday, the Café is open from 8am until 6.30pm and Brodsky is open from 11am until 3pm for food and drinks. On performance nights, Brodsky is open between 5pm and 7.30pm for dining. The Concert Bar is open from 6pm until 11pm.

Please call 0161 907 5353 or 5252 for full details of menus and opening hours, particularly for performance nights.

All food items and menus are subject to availability.

Booking Information Booking online

www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on

Booking by phone

Cream of Porcini Mushroom Soup

0161 907 5555

Prawn, Crayfish and Cucumber Salad

Booking in person or by post

With a hint of tarragon

With a sweet mango mayo

Parisienne of Chilled Melon

Box Office, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD

Steeped with port and cranberry syrup

Booking Fees

A Rich Duck Liver Pate

A booking fee of £1 per ticket applies to most transactions. No booking fee applies to tickets bought in person at the Box Office using cash or a debit card.

Scented with brandy with toasted Brioche and homemade fruit chutney

Main Courses Breast of Chicken

With cranberries and apricot stuffing and a red wine gravy

Roast Topside of Beef

With Yorkshire pudding and a creamy peppercorn gravy

Poached Scottish Salmon

On a bed of asparagus and green beans in a chardonnay and dill sauce

Payment Payment can be made by cash, Mastercard, Visa or Maestro.

Enquiries by email box.office@rncm.ac.uk

Seating Plans RNCM Theatre PIT SEATS

With a mushroom and white wine cream sauce

Puddings Served in the Interval Rich Chocolate Torte

With raspberries and fresh cream With Chantilly cream and fruit coulis

Fresh Fruit Salad Lancashire, Mature Cheddar and Stilton Cheese

Served with a caramelised onion confit and rustic bloomer bread

Coffee and chocolates

Concessions are available for events where the RNCM is the promoter. For all other events please contact the Box Office for precise details of concessions as they vary according to the event promoter. All concessions are subject to availability and it is advisable to book well in advance to ensure the seats you require are available. Please note that proof of concession will be required. For further details please check with the Box Office or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/discounts

Ticket Exchange & Refunds

Exchanges may only be made under current guidelines. Contact the Box Office or visit www.rncm. ac.uk/exchanges for full details. Refunds are only made in the case of a cancelled performance.

Group Discounts

Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more for all events promoted by the RNCM. For more information contact the Box Office or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/groups

Flexible Series

Save 15% or more on your tickets by creating your own flexible series. Simply choose at least 3 concerts you’d like to attend (marked with ).

Sonic Card Student Discounts Buy tickets for events marked for just £3. Sign up at the Sonic Card desk from 1 hour before any featured concert or at www.soniccard.co.uk

Email & Mailing List

Keep in touch with events at the RNCM by joining our free mailing list for regular updates. Sign up at www. rncm.ac.uk/mailinglist or contact the Box Office for details.

RNCM Historic Instrument Collection

The RNCM Historic Instrument Collection is located in the basement of the Library part of the College building (to the left of the main entrance on Booth Street West). It can be accessed using the staircase behind the Box Office or by the lift situated opposite the RNCM Library. Spring 2014 opening hours are 12 - 1pm before every lunchtime concert and 6 - 7.15pm where the symbol appears.

Stilton and Leek Lattice

A Trio of Mini Tarts

Concessions

Box Office opening hours September - June

Artists and programmes are correct at the time of going to press and we reserve the right to change artists and/or programmes without notice if necessary.

We aim to deliver a quality events programme with efficient and courteous service. If you have any comments please contact Head of Marketing & Communications, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD.

11am - 6pm Monday to Saturday (later on performance nights) Sunday 1 hour before performances (closed on non-performance Sundays) For full terms and conditions visit www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on/terms or contact the Box Office.

£20 per head

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Access

External Venues Spring 2014

All public spaces and facilities are accessible to wheelchair users (via lifts).

As the redevelopment of the RNCM Concert Hall begins we will lose the use of the space until October 2014. So, we’ve been exploring Manchester to locate interesting alternative venues for some of our programmed events. Here’s a list of our host venues and on the facing page, a map to indicate their locations.

Large print and audio versions of this brochure are available from 0161 907 5555 or box.office@rncm.ac.uk

The Bridgewater Hall

Guide dogs are welcome, please inform the Box Office when booking your ticket. The RNCM Concert Hall and RNCM Theatre are fitted with hearing assistance systems and receivers (available from the Front of House team on request). Receivers can be used in conjunction with a standard hearing aid in the ‘T’ position or an earpiece provided. The RNCM Studio Theatre, Carole Nash Recital Room and RNCM Lecture Theatre are fitted with induction loops (hearing aids should be switched to the ‘T’ position). Free parking is available for disabled patrons, reserve your space with reception on 0161 907 5300. Please contact the Box Office or visit www.rncm.ac.uk/access for detailed access information.

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street, Manchester, M13 9PL Phone: 0161 275 8951 www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/cosmo

(NB disabled access to the Holden Gallery is limited. There is no level access to the Gallery within the Grosvenor Building directly. There is however a lift in the new Art School building, which is connected via the flying tunnel to the Grosvenor Building.)

Parking (1) The RNCM car park is located next to the College in the basement of the Sir Charles Groves Hall of Residence, off Rosamund Street West. Open from 5pm weekday evenings and anytime over weekends and bank holidays, costing £3 (payable on entry). Closes at 11.30pm.

Holy Name Church

(2) The University of Manchester Booth Street car park is situated off Booth Street West. Open 6am - midnight.

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The RNCM is located on the corner of Oxford Road and Booth Street West. Oxford Road connects the RNCM by bus to the City Centre, Piccadilly and Victoria train stations. Oxford Road station is a 10 minute walk away. Go to www.tfgm.com for details of public transport in the Greater Manchester area.

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Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust

Eric and Margaret Kinder Charitable Trust

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