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Kevin Appleby Concert Hall Manager Celebrating the past and creating for the future are the strands for a Spring series which offers an array of new talent and musical treats. 2013 sees anniversaries for classical heavyweights Verdi and Wagner. Towering over them for Turner Sims and many others though, is the centenary of Benjamin Britten. Our Britten focus, which launched with cellist Matthew Barley’s extraordinary solo recital in January, continues through the year with Spring explorations of chamber and orchestral music. Composers John Woolrich and Sally Beamish will be with us in April and May respectively to offer their own thoughts on the Britten year (and in Sally’s case to introduce the world premiere of her new work). Another notable anniversary is the 60th of the first ascent of Everest. Mountaineer Stephen Venables is here in June to mark the occasion. Enjoy other ‘Everests’ too in the form of the complete Bach Orchestral Suites from the Academy of Ancient Music and our on-going complete Beethoven quartets series with Associate Artists the Elias Quartet. Burt Bacharach, Charlie Parker, and Duke Ellington have no major anniversaries to mark in 2013 but are the inspiration for new projects with vocalist Ian Shaw, pianist Django Bates’ trio and saxophonist Mark Lockheart’s all-star band which form part of our Jazz@Turner Sims season. Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor have taken the classical world by storm and I’m delighted that we can welcome them for debut performances this season. Folk performers Sam Lee and Lau are newcomers too, both having been omnipresent in end of year best album polls. With MOBO Award winner Zoe Rahman, American minimalism from the London Sinfonietta, jazz from New York in the form of The Bad Plus and down under from Trichotomy, plus pianist John Lill in his 70th birthday year, I hope you find much to excite and intrigue you over the coming months.
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ORCHESTRAS LIVE From Bach and Vivaldi to Reich, Riley and Glass the Spring orchestral series, presented in association with Orchestras Live, spans four centuries of music. Bach’s Orchestral Suites, performed by the Academy of Ancient Music showcase grand and graceful dances whilst La Serenissima’s new programme celebrates two years in Vivaldi’s life when his focus was on theatrical endeavours. Creative endeavours of a different kind can be found in the London Sinfonietta’s latest Landmarks programme. Explore the origins of American minimalism and experience classic works including Steve Reich’s Clapping Music and Terry Riley’s In C live. Live performance was an integral part of Benjamin Britten’s life as a performer and conductor. Turner Sims’ contribution to the composer’s centenary year features not only his music but that of composers he knew and admired as well as contemporary reflections. The orchestral highlight is the world premiere of Sally Beamish’s new work which the Academy of St Martin in the Fields present in May. Another eminent British composer, John Woolrich, presents a specially curated programme in April.
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BACH’S ORCHESTRAL SUITES Friday 8 February
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LONDON SINFONIETTA
LANDMARKS Thursday 28 February
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LA SERENISSIMA
ANTONIO VIVALDI: A TALE OF TWO SEASONS Tuesday 12 March Page 15 BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP
BRITTEN AT TEATIME Sunday 21 April
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ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
Thursday 9 May
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Stephen Hough
PIANO SERIES A trio of celebrated British artists comprise the Spring season. Winner of a 2012 Gramophone Award and the Critics Choice Award at the Classic Brits Benjamin Grosvenor makes a much anticipated first visit. In contrast the visit of John Lill marks the return of a Turner Sims favourite. John’s recital, which closes the series, includes Liszt’s B minor sonata and Beethoven’s Appassionata. Completing the trio is Stephen Hough whose own second sonata features.
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Friday 8 March
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STEPHEN HOUGH
Tuesday 16 April
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JOHN LILL
Thursday 16 May
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Zoe Rahman
JAZZ @ TURNERSIMS The Spring jazz series looks across continents for its inspiration with British, European, American and Australian names. A quartet of legendary names are the inspiration for part of the season. Duke Ellington, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and Charlie Parker are the starting point for new projects from saxophonist Mark Lockheart, vocalist Ian Shaw with SYJO, and pianist Django Bates respectively. And Django Bates’ European trio contrasts with two others on view in the Spring: Trichotomy make a welcome return to offer their antipodean perspective on jazz while America’s The Bad Plus bring their distinctive brand of trio jazz to us in May. A strong UK offering features three pianists: MOBO Award winner Zoe Rahman; Robert Mitchell premiering his left-hand project; and Ivo Neame whose Quintet forms part of a double-bill with trumpeter Neil Yates’ trio to celebrate Edition Records’ fifth birthday. Finally Get the Blessing are joined by their Portishead bandmate Adrian Utley for an evening guaranteed to blow away the cobwebs.
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TRICHOTOMY
Saturday 9 February
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EDITION DOUBLE BILL
Friday 15 February
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ELLINGTON IN ANTICIPATION Tuesday 5 March
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ROBERT MITCHELL Friday 15 March
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BACHARACH, DAVID, SHAW AND SYJO Sunday 14 April
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ZOE RAHMAN
Saturday 20 April
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GET THE BLESSING WITH ADRIAN UTLEY
Friday 26 April
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THE BAD PLUS
Tuesday 14 May
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DJANGO BATES BELOVED
Tuesday 11 June
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Etran Finatawa
GLOBAL VOYAGES There are few better visual or aural treats than experiencing the captivating musicians from Niger, Etran Finatawa. Their return visit to Turner Sims coincides with the release of a much-awaited new album. Fado singer Ana Moura also returns to perform from her latest release Desfado. Closer to home albums by singer Sam Lee and trio Lau were many critics choices in 2012 and their Spring visits bring the music to life. Stephen Venables brings tales of his exploits climbing Everest as part of our lecture series which also includes photographer Steve Bloom, whose stunning images of Africa bring fresh insights into the countries and people of this diverse continent. And diversity is at the heart of the Grand Union Orchestra, whose 10 members bring to the group sounds from across the world. A truly global voyage for performers and audiences alike.
SAM LEE AND FRIENDS
Sunday 3 March
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STEVE BLOOM – LIVING AFRICA
Thursday 21 March
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ANA MOURA
Friday 19 April
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LAU
Tuesday 23 April
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GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA
Tuesday 7 May
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ETRAN FINATAWA
Friday 7 June
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STEPHEN VENABLES – THE EVEREST STORY Page 29
Thursday 13 June
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FEBRUARY
BACH’S ORCHESTRAL SUITES Following the huge success of the AAM’s acclaimed Brandenburg Concertos project which Turner Sims presented in 2010, Richard Egarr and his musicians now turn their attention to another pinnacle of JS Bach’s instrumental music. The Orchestral Suites are a series of grand and graceful dances, paying homage to the French baroque style, as championed by the ballet-obsessed King Louis XIV. Written during Bach’s years in Leipzig, where he had a wider range of instruments at his disposal than ever before, the Suites revel in new sonorous possibilities and employ varied combinations of wind, brass, stringed instruments and timpani.
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Richard Egarr conductor
Friday 8 February – 8pm
JS BACH Orchestral Suite No 3, BWV1068 JS BACH Orchestral Suite No 1, BWV1066
£26, concessions £25, Friends £23.40, students £13
JS BACH Orchestral Suite No 2, BWV1067 JS BACH Orchestral Suite No 4, BWV1069
TRICHOTOMY Trichotomy’s compelling, hugely dynamic trio music draws on the post-rock of Radiohead, ECM minimalism and their love of improvisation in an entrancing Australian echo of the European jazz innovations of the likes of EST or Tord Gustavsen. Truly captivating, they skilfully blend dense, exciting improvisations and delicate atmospherics, conjuring up sounds of modern jazz, ambient music, avant-garde rock, free improvisation and contemporary classical music.
Saturday 9 February – 8pm Sean Foran piano
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John Parker drums Pat Marchisella acoustic bass
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PATRICK WOLF
Wednesday 13 February – 7.30pm Patrick Wolf takes to the stage playing grand piano, Celtic harp, dulcimer and more with a string accompaniment. This year Wolf celebrates an impressive decade in the industry. Over his illustrious career Wolf has ventured into a number of diverse fields and exhibited countless talents, but it is as a performer and songwriter that he truly shines.
£16 Promoted by Advance Music Promotions Ltd
Throughout his songwriting process, Wolf picks up everything from the ukulele to the viola to create the lush and beautifully orchestrated compositions evident in The City and Accident & Emergency. Wolf’s masterpieces translate beautifully onto the live stage. His powerful voice and emotive songwriting captivate audiences as they witness the dynamic energy of his performance. Don’t miss the sheer brilliance of Wolf’s impeccable musicianship when he visits Turner Sims for the first time.
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JAZZ DOUBLE BILL: NEIL YATES FIVE COUNTRIES TRIO & IVO NEAME QUINTET Neil Yates
Ivo Neame
An exclusive double bill in celebration of Edition Records’ fifth birthday. Trumpeter Neil Yates leads his Five Countries ensemble, whose innovative Celtic-jazz fusions are embodied in this intimate but powerful trio. With a Romanian guitarist and an Irish percussionist, Five Countries features a set of compositions that crosses national and musical boundaries with consummate ease and confidence. This is music of quality borne of passion by three musicians each with their own personally crafted and uniquely honed sound. Top jazz pianist, Ivo Neame’s recent album Yatra was released to huge critical acclaim and described by BBC Music, as an album that ‘burns with an extremely organised energy, and seethes with cerebral passion. It marks Neame’s ascent to a stratospheric level as composer, arranger and bandleader’. Expect superb skill and high energy as Neame displays his expert command of small ensemble composition and improvisation with a line-up that includes some of London’s finest jazz musicians.
NEIL YATES FIVE COUNTRIES TRIO
Friday 15 February – 8pm
Neil Yates trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor horn, whistle, voice, loops Zsolt Bende classical guitar
IVO NEAME QUINTET Ivo Neame piano
Cormac Byrne bodhran, cajón, pandhera, cymbals, additional percussion
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£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9 Ticket includes free Edition Records CD by one of tonight’s featured artists
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CHLOE HANSLIP
Tuesday 19 February – 8pm Popular violinist Chloë Hanslip makes a welcome return to Turner Sims with a diverse programme of music for the instrument. Heifetz was a good friend of Gershwin and his affection for the material is evident in his arrangements of songs from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. They retain all the character of the original songs, but with the addition of virtuosic elements such as doublestopping and jazzy flourishes to showcase Heifetz’s performing style. Whilst Beethoven’s sonata is one of the most well-known, Delius’ 1892 work went unpublished during his lifetime but has found an enthusiastic following since its rediscovery in the 1950s. Bloch described his First Violin Sonata, written soon after the First World War, as representing ‘the world as it is: the frantic struggle of blind and primordial forces’.
Chloë Hanslip violin Danny Driver piano
elections from Gershwin’s S Porgy and Bess, arr for violin and piano
Bloch
Violin Sonata No 1
Delius
Violin Sonata in B, Op posthumous
Heifetz
Beethoven Violin Sonata No 5 in F Spring
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ASSOCIATE ARTISTS
ELIAS QUARTET THE BEETHOVEN PROJECT II
Tuesday 26 February – 8pm The Elias Quartet continue their presentation of all of Beethoven’s quartets at Turner Sims. The programme opens with the Op 18 quartet which in spite of being placed number 3, was in fact the first quartet which the composer wrote. Op 95 was described by the composer as ‘written for a small circle of connoisseurs and is never to be performed in public’, whilst Op 130 ends the evening in its original version with the huge Grosse Fuge finale. The Elias Quartet’s Beethoven Quartets cycle is supported by the Friends of Turner Sims
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Beethoven Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3 Quartet in F minor, Op 95 Quartet in B flat, Op 130 (original finale)
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LONDON SINFONIETTA LANDMARKS
Thursday 28 February – 8pm London Sinfonietta continue their Landmarks series with an introduction to the world of minimalism, tracing its origins in 1960s New York loft apartments and art-galleries to a cult musical movement in the ‘70s and beyond. With a video and audio narrative created by Netia Jones / Lightmap the evening promises a vivid evocation of the downtown scene in New York in the early 1960s, exploring the background and creative temperature of the movement surrounding La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Landmarks is a series created by the London Sinfonietta in association with Netia Jones/Lightmap
London Sinfonietta Sound Intermedia Netia Jones/Lightmap video projection Repeating Patterns: the start of U.S. minimalism Terry Riley
In C
Steve Reich
I t’s Gonna Rain; Clapping Music; Violin Phase
Philip Glass
1+1; Knee Play 2
£15, concessions £14, Friends £13.50, students £8 Ticket price includes a complimentary drink after the performance
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MARCH
SAM LEE AND FRIENDS Sam Lee is fast becoming recognised as a new pioneer in folk, defining the sound, sight and texture of a contemporary folksong instilled with ancient roots. Possessing a wonderfully expressive baritone voice that harks back to both Richard Thompson and Martin Carthy, Sam Lee visits Turner Sims performing from his Mercury Music Award nominated debut album Ground Of Its Own which takes ancient and traditional folk songs and reworks, reinterprets and reinvents for the 21st century to stunning effect. Sam performs this evening with his fine band and special guest vocalist Thomas McCarthy.
In association with the Fo’c’sle Folk Club
Sunday 3 March – 7.30pm
£15, concessions £14,Friends and Fo’c’sle Folk Club members £13.50, students £8
ELLINGTON IN ANTICIPATION
Tuesday 5 March – 8pm Mark Lockheart saxophone
Tom Herbert bass
Seb Rochford drums
James Allsop clarinets
Liam Noble piano
Emma Smith violin
A brand-new project led by saxophonist Mark Lockheart and inspired by the music of Duke Ellington. Taking many of Ellington’s most revered compositions such as Satin Doll, Mood Indigo, Take The A Train, It Don’t Mean A Thing and Creole Love Call, Lockheart has deconstructed and arranged these characterful melodies into a fascinating set of new music, rich in orchestration and concept but entirely respectful to the beauty of Ellington’s original creations. Featuring some of the most exciting and original musicians in the UK, this is a unique and radical project which beautifully combines the old with the new.
Finn Peters alto sax
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MARCH
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Bach-Kempff S iciliano in G minor from Flute Sonata No 2, BWV1031 Bach-Rummel Ertödt’ uns durch dein’ Güte, BWV22 Bach-Siloti Prelude in E Minor BWV555 Bach-Saint- Saëns
Largo from Violin Sonata No 3, BWV1005; Sinfonia from Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV29
Chopin
olonaise, Op 44; Andante P Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op 22
Friday 8 March – 8pm One of the hottest names in classical music, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor makes his Turner Sims debut fresh from success at the 2012 Gramophone Awards where he became the youngest ever double-award winner and at the Classic Brits where he won the Critics’ Choice Award.
Scriabin Selection of Mazurkas, Op 3; Valse, Op 38 Granados
£20, concessions £19, Friends £18, students £10
Valses Poeticos
Strauss/ Blue Danube Schulz-Evler
ANTONIO VIVALDI: A TALE OF TWO SEASONS La Serenissima and their director Adrian Chandler return with a new two-part programme looking at how Vivaldi’s career from the mid-1710s became more and more focused on his theatrical endeavours. As well as composing operas, he played specially written entr’acte concertos and often acted as impresario.
Tuesday 12 March – 8pm La Serenissima Adrian Chandler director/violin Sally Bruce-Payne mezzo soprano
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ROBERT MITCHELL A unique two part evening concert from award winning jazz pianist Robert Mitchell. The first half features material from his new solo piano album The Glimpse, including his new compositions for left hand only, as well as material from his previous albums. This is part of his first solo piano UK tour supported by Jazz Services, Arts Council England and the PRS Foundation. The second half will feature a very special project involving his group, Robert Mitchell’s Panacea, and a chorus of vocal students from the University of Southampton. This larger ensemble will present new, and specially arranged music. This is the culmination of a project supported by the Department Of Music at the University and with sponsorship from the Ordnance Survey.
Promoted by the University of Southampton’s Music Department Robert Mitchell piano PANACEA Deborah Jordan vocals Tom Mason bass Laurie Lowe drums
Friday 15 March – 8pm
Singers from the University of Southampton
£10
DISCOVER BEETHOVEN To complement the Elias Quartet’s Beethoven cycle Turner Sims offers an opportunity to discover more about Beethoven’s quartets and the contexts in which they were written. The afternoon includes the Elias Quartet in conversation and performing and insights into the works from guest speakers.
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MARCH
STEVE BLOOM LIVING AFRICA
Thursday 21 March – 8pm Join international photographer Steve Bloom as he journeys through the essence and diversity of Africa. Capturing colours and cultures, enjoy a visual feast as he explores this extraordinary continent; through landscapes from desert to jungle, wildlife from insect to great game, and human life from remote villages to teeming metropolis. In this, the bi-centenary of explorer David Livingstone’s birth, join Steve as he articulates the challenges faced by Africa’s people and environment in the 21st century.
£14, concessions £13, Friends £12.60, RGS members £12, students £7
In association with the Royal Geographical Society with IBG
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MARCH
TEATIME TRUMPET SPECIAL TINE THING HELSETH
Sunday 24 March – 3pm A special Sunday afternoon in the company of a magical instrumental duo.
Tine Thing Helseth trumpet
Norweigian Tine Thing Helseth started to play trumpet at the age of 7 and is already one of the leading soloists of her generation, having appeared in concert with many orchestras in Europe and Asia. An exclusive EMI recording artist she is known for her melodic tone and virtuosity which has stunned audiences around the world. She is joined by distinguished pianist Kathryn Stott to perform music from their latest CD release.
Kathryn Stott piano
A new star in the classical music sky… She plays with radiance strong enough to light up the entire hall. Zürcher Landzeitung
Graham Fitkin New commission
Tveitt
elkomne med æra from V Hundrad Hardingtonar
Edvard Hagerup Bull
Perpetuum Mobile
Enescu
Legende
Hindemith
Ravel Kaddisch from Deux Mélodie Hébraïques Sibelius
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9 Ticket price includes cup of tea and slice of cake
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Sonata
5 songs, Op 37
De Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas Weill
anna’s Lied, Youkali, and N Je ne t’aime pas
MARCH
RECORDER REBELS with i FLAUTISTI
Wednesday 27 March – 7pm Join celebrated recorder quartet i Flautisti and young people from schools across the city for Recorder Rebels, an evening of music for instruments of all shapes and sizes. The concert features solo items from the quartet and Southampton recorder ensemble Consort as well as pieces for massed recorder ensemble. In association with Southampton Music Services and Southampton Music Hub
i Flautisti Danielle Jalowiecka recorders Jitka Konecna recorders Doris Lindner recorders Ilona Veselovska recorders with Nathan Theodoulou piano plus
£10, £5 children under 16
Consort and young recorder players from Southampton schools
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APRIL
BACHARACH, DAVID, SHAW & SYJO One of Britain’s most inventive jazz vocalists, Ian Shaw’s remarkable vocal range and mesmerising style has seen him breathe life into pop tunes and standards, reinventing even the most maudlin show tunes with sparkling wit. Time Out This evening Ian joins Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra for a specially created concert, performing big band arrangements of his own music and paying homage to composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David. The concert opens with a SYJO set featuring new material and some big band classics.
In association with Southampton Music Services and Southampton Music Hub Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra Dan Mar-Molinero director Ian Shaw vocals
Sunday 14 April – 7.30pm
£15, concessions £14, Friends £13.50, students £8
STEPHEN HOUGH
Tuesday 16 April – 8pm Chopin
2 Nocturnes, Op 27
Brahms
Sonata No 3 in F minor
Stephen Hough
Sonata No 2 notturno luminoso
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In the writings of Paul Richter, Robert Schumann discovered a world of humanity turned inside out. Richter’s varying images of human nature inspired Schumann’s Carnaval, a series of kaleidoscopic pianistic portraits shaped by characters real, mythological and both. Stephen Hough negotiates their almost orchestral sonorities here alongside Brahms’ majestic Third Piano Sonata and two of Chopin’s most spellbinding Nocturnes. But the centrepiece is a sonata by Hough himself, who in composing mode ‘speaks with substance, fluent ease, confidence and communicative immediacy’ according to Gramophone magazine.
The most perfect piano playing conceivable. The Guardian
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ANA MOURA
Friday 19 April – 8pm An outstanding voice in the new generation of fado singers, Portugal’s Ana Moura transcends her youth with a maturity that speaks of the pain of separation, unrequited love and longing. Her gorgeous contralto voice and her soulful and riveting interpretations have won her fans across Europe and America, including high profile endorsements from pop icons The Rolling Stones and Prince. Ana’s stunning fifth album DesFado sees her working with Herbie Hancock and producer Larry Klein on new material written for her by songwriters from outside the Fado genre. This is an unmissable opportunity to catch the artist Billboard magazine called soul-stirring... superb.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
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ZOE RAHMAN QUARTET
Saturday 20 April – 8pm Fresh from her success of winning Best Jazz Act in the prestigious 2012 MOBO awards, pianist Zoe Rahman, known for her individual style, powerful technique and exuberant performance, brings her stunning quartet to Turner Sims for the first time. Her 2006 album, Melting Pot, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and her latest album, Kindred Spirits, draws on all her many influences. The music is a powerful and fresh portrait of her combined English, Irish and Bengali heritage and features her brother Idris Rahman on clarinet and her regular jazz trio partners.
Rahman is a total star. Independent on Sunday
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Zoe Rahman piano Idris Rahman clarinet Alec Dankworth double bass Gene Calderazzo drums
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BRITTEN AT TEATIME As part of Turner Sims’ Britten Series BCMG presents a programme of beautifully crafted early works, framing them with similarly small-scale pieces from composers with close connections to him. Throughout his life Britten enjoyed writing for specific performers and composed his Phantasy Quartet, when just 19, for the leading English oboist of the day, Leon Goossens. His Suite, for violin and piano from 1935 shows that at 21 the young composer had started to find his voice. The afternoon, which is introduced by celebrated composer John Woolrich, also includes music inspired by Henze and Copland inspired by the East Anglian homeland.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) John Woolrich curator/presenter Britten
legy; Going downhill on a E bicycle; Suite; Phantasy Quartet
Berg
Four Pieces, Op 5; Adagio
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
Copland
Nocturne and Ukulele Serenade
Ticket price includes cup of tea and slice of cake
Henze
Sunday 21 April – 3pm
Oliver Knussen Cantata Olly on the Shore
LAU Lau are modern folk music’s most innovative band. Brilliant musicians, thrilling performers and free-thinking visionaries. The guitar, violin and accordion (plus vocals) trio of Kris Drever, Aidan O’Rourke and Martin Green, tonight perform from their new album Race The Loser featuring heartfelt originals displaying the band’s virtuosity.
Lau has injected a freshness, vitality, vigour into the UK folk scene. BBC In association with the Fo’c’sle Folk Club
Tuesday 23 April – 8pm
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APRIL
GET THE BLESSING WITH ADRIAN UTLEY Rarely has a band taken the jazz scene by the scruff of the neck and given it such a good shaking as Get the Blessing. Formed in 2000 when bassist Jim Barr and drummer Clive Deamer from Portishead joined forces with the twin horns and electronics of saxophonist Jake McMurchie and trumpeter Pete Judge, GTB have forged a unique signature sound that defies easy classification, yet never loses sight of thumping tunes, monstrously infectious beats, or joyous collective spontaneity. Tonight GTB will be joined by fellow Bristolian and guitarist Adrian Utley, widely known for his work with Portishead, who performed on Get The Blessing’s latest release OC:DC. With influences ranging from Ornette Coleman and Tortoise, to Blondie and Samuel Beckett, GTB consistently confound expectation.
Friday 26 April – 8pm
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IUVENTUS ENSEMBLE WITH THOMAS HULL Two celebrated and linked chamber works are at the heart of the Iuventus Ensemble’s programme. Brahms was inspired to write his Clarinet Quintet of 1891 having heard a performance of Mozart’s work for the same forces. Today they are regarded as the two finest examples of works for clarinet and string quartet. The programme is completed by two works for string quartet.
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Haydn
String Quartet in C, Op 74 No 1
Brahms
uintet for Clarinet and Strings Q in B minor, Op 115
James Memento for string quartet MacMillan Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A, K581
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GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA There is no other musical organisation quite like the Grand Union Orchestra, with its fluid and multi-talented cast of world-class musicians from across the jazz and world music spectrums. Now well past its quarter century, it has performed all over the world with its repertoire of over fifteen original shows, and its musical ambitions and inspirations continue to evolve.
…a truly syncretic blend in which it is impossible to say where one culture stops and another starts. All About Jazz
Tuesday 7 May – 8pm
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ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Lawrence Power viola
Thursday 9 May – 8pm The Turner Sims Britten series continues with a programme from one of the country’s leading orchestras and a soloist well known from his visits with the Leopold String Trio. Celebrated British composer Sally Beamish’s last major orchestral work, Spinal Chords, was premiered at Turner Sims in February 2012. Her new work, which receives its premiere tonight, takes a Britten theme as its inspiration. Britten himself is represented by his variations on a theme from his only teacher Frank Bridge, and the work he wrote based on a song by John Dowland. Acclaimed violist Lawrence Power is the soloist for Lachrymae. 7pm Pre-concert talk by Sally Beamish
Elgar
I ntroduction and Allegro, Op 47
Britten
Lachrymae, Op 48a
Sally Beamish Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten (world premiere) Pärt
antus in C Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten
ariations on a V Theme of Frank Bridge, Op 10
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THE BAD PLUS The Bad Plus has spent more than a decade redefining what a piano-bass-drum trio can and should be. They’ve reached audiences of all demographics with an uncompromising body of original music (plus some ingenious, genre-straddling covers) and dedicated touring around the globe. On their eighth studio album, Made Possible, they take their distinctive musical voice to captivating new heights, proving once again that the rules of musical convention are made to be broken.
Tuesday 14 May – 8pm
Ethan Iverson piano Dave King drums
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
Reid Anderson bass
JOHN LILL
Thursday 16 May – 8pm Haydn
Arguably Britain’s most well-known pianist first came to international attention when he won the coveted Tchaikovsky award in Moscow in 1970. Known for his aristocratic interpretations of Beethoven and the great composers of the nineteenth and twentieth century piano repertoire, John Lill closes the Piano Series with a programme of great masterpieces.
Sonata No 52 in E flat, Hob XVI/52
Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op 57 Appassionata Chopin
Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52
Liszt
Sonata in B minor
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£22, concessions £21, Friends £19.80, students £11
JUNE
ETRAN FINATAWA
Friday 7 June – 8pm Among the grasslands of the Sahel and the shifting sand dunes of the Sahara desert, two legendary nomadic peoples, the Wodaabe and Tuareg, are joined together through the raunchy guitars, camel-gait percussion and haunting voices of Etran Finatawa. Reflecting on their roots and with a nostalgia and warmth that mirrors the majesty of their desert home, these musicians have toured constantly all over the world since the release of their BBC Award-nominated first album in 2006. Many of the group’s songs reflect their longing to return to their roots – the nomadic lifestyle which relies on cattle, the great expanse of the Sahelian grasslands and never-ending dunes of the Sahara. Never before have the clear, piercing vocals of the Wodaabe been heard in a contemporary context, infused with swirling Touareg guitars and hypnotic, driving, calabash rhythms.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
Wailing, twisting songs as gritty as the desert wind. SONGLINES
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JUNE
DJANGO BATES BELOVED “Bird Lives” was the prophetic graffiti seen on a New York wall soon after jazz legend Charlie Parker’s death and it continues to testify to the remarkable time-capsule from the future that was bebop. In tonight’s concert, pianist and composer Django Bates and his Belovèd trio present the compositions of Parker and Bates’ own from their new album Confirmation. Django’s originals stand in their own right but also serve to recontextualise Parker’s lines, using the same rhythmic and harmonic signature that is brought to bear in his astonishing reworkings of Donna Lee, Confirmation, et al.
Bates now has one of jazz’s great piano trios on his hands. His restless questing after new experiences probably won’t keep it there for long . The Guardian
Django Bates piano Petter Eldh double bass Peter Bruun drums
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
Tuesday 11 June – 8pm
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JUNE
STEPHEN VENABLES THE EVEREST STORY Stephen Venables is one of the world’s greatest mountaineers who has done innumerable climbs from the Eiger to Everest. He is perhaps most famous for achieving the first ascent of Everest by the huge Kangshung Face from the Chinese side, which he made without oxygen, reaching the summit alone. Because it was by then afternoon, he had to spend the night alone, just below the summit without a tent, then the highest ever bivouac, followed by an epic 3-day descent without food. Tonight’s talk coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. 2013 is also 25 years since Stephen’s own first successful ascent to the mountain’s summit. He will discuss Mount Everest, the lives of those who have attempted to climb her, the geography of the region and more. In association with the Royal Geographical Society with IBG
Thursday 13 June – 8pm
£14, concessions £13, Friends £12.60, RGS members £12, students £7
ASSOCIATE ARTISTS
ELIAS QUARTET THE BEETHOVEN PROJECT III The Elias Quartet continue their presentation of all of Beethoven’s quartets with a programme which includes the first of the ‘late’ quartets, Op 127. The Op 18 work contains many humorous touches whilst the musicians at the premiere of the first Rasumovksy quartet in 1807 felt that Beethoven was playing a joke on them. In response he declared that the music was ‘not for them but for a later age’. The Elias Quartet’s Beethoven Quartets cycle is supported by the Friends of Turner Sims
Friday 14 June – 8pm £18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
Beethoven Quartet in G, Op 18 No 2
Quartet in E flat, Op 127
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OTHER EVENTS AT TURNER SIMS
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LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES Programmed by the University of Southampton’s Music Department, this term-time series features professional musicians on Mondays and the Department’s own students on Fridays. A perfect opportunity to enjoy the work of professional musicians from all over the world and the talents of musical stars in the making – and all for free. Lunchtime Concerts run term-time Mondays and Fridays at 1pm. For full information on the Spring Lunchtime Concert programme, contact Box Office on 023 8059 5151 or visit turnersims.co.uk or southampton.ac.uk/music
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Sunday 10, 7pm
Saturday 2, 9am
CHINESE NEW YEAR GALA CSSA has lined up fascinating entertainment to celebrate the Year of the Snake. From dances, music and amusing shows to XiaoPins, this event promises you a brilliant night to begin the New Year. You will also have the opportunity to win prizes by participating in our games. FREE (TICKET REQUIRED)
HEAD AND NECK CONFERENCE The Southampton Surgical Society hosts the first international Head and Neck conference including presentations from world renowned surgeons, poster session and advanced surgical skills course. Please visit www.surgicalsoc.com for full details. £15 for full day (including advanced surgical skills course) £5 for half day PLACES AVAILABLE
Friday 22, 7pm Saturday 23, 1pm & 7pm Sunday 24 1pm & 7pm PURE DANCE SUSUPA Dance’s annual dance show, bringing together 10 different dance societies: Ballet, Ballroom & Latin, Bellydance, Bhangra, Breakdance, Contemporary, Jazz, Salsa, Street and Tap. With over 30 unique acts ranging from beginners to advanced, it is always a sell-out. £10, senior citizen £7, under 16s £7, students £7, Performing Arts members £6
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Saturday 16, 7.30pm
SOLD OUT
Saturday 9, 7.30pm DHAAMAL Talent showcase presented by the Asian Cultural Society. £8, concessions £5
SOUTHAMPTON CONCERT ORCHESTRA The SCO returns to Turner Sims to play a programme of thoughtprovoking, serious classical music including the Brahms Academic Festival Overture, the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 (with soloist Philip Handy) and Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony. The SCO last visited Turner Sims in 2010 with a performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist Steven Walford) and this concert continues its concerto/ symphony form with another powerful rendition of important works from the 19th and 20th century repertoire. £12, concessions £10, students and under 16s £5
SINFONIETTA
Tuesday 19, 7.30pm SIMON CLARKSON MEMORIAL CONCERT A chance to hear a selection of music-making from the music department at Peter Symonds College, including Symonds Orchestra, College Choir, Jazz Band and a range of ensembles. Programme includes the Concerto for Trombone by Gordon Jacob. £7, £5 concessions Saturday 23, 7pm BARTON COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND A celebration of world music, featuring the Barton Community Concert Band, directed by the unique and inspiring musician Scott Stroman. They will be joined on the evening by the exciting steel pan band Panatical. £6, £20 family groups of four
APRIL Sunday 7, 3.00pm A MUSICAL HISTORY OF THE FRENCH WARS, 1789-1815 Early nineteenth-century music related to the Napoleonic Wars performed by Professor David Owen Norris and Amanda Pitt. In association with the Fifth Wellington Congress, 5-7 April 2013. £8, concessions £4 Wednesday 24, 6.30pm GIFT OF SIGHT Bi-annual lecture giving updates of eye research undertaken at the University of Southampton for academics, clinicians, professionals and patients. FREE
Saturday 27, 7.30pm SOUTHAMPTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA Hamish MacCunn, Sibelius and Mendelssohn. £10, concessions £7, children and under 16s £2
MAY Friday 10, 7.30pm SINFONIETTA SUMMER CONCERT The University of Southampton’s elite chamber orchestra performs in its last concert of the season, principally conducted by professional conductor Jonathan Lo and featuring the university’s best musicians. £10, concessions £8, students and under 18s £4
SOUTHAMPTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA
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OTHER EVENTS AT TURNER SIMS
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Saturday 15, 7pm SOUTHAMPTON WIND BAND Junior Pyramid Concert featuring: Pulse 8 wind band, good vibrations, air play and flutes & clarinets. £6, concessions £3, students & siblings of performers £1 Thursday 20, 6.30pm
JAZZMANIX SUMMER CONCERT
MAY (continued) Saturday 11, 7.30pm JAZZMANIX SUMMER CONCERT Jazzmanix is the University’s largest choir and performs a great mix of Pop and Gospel songs that everyone will love. £8, concessions £5, Performing Arts members £4 Saturday 18, 7.30pm VERY BEST OF BRASS – FODENS BAND Very Best of Brass are delighted to present Fodens Band, officially the best brass band in the world following its historic ‘double’ win of both the British Open and National Titles last autumn. The concert is being staged in aid of Help for Heroes. £19
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FODENS BAND
JUNE Saturday 8, 7.30pm Sunday 9, 3.30pm
SUSO SUMMER CONCERT The University of Southampton’s only Symphony Orchestra perform an exciting programme of symphonic repertoire, including music by Benjamin Britten, commemorating the centenary of his birth. £10, concessions £6, students and under 16s £4
The Medical Research Council: Celebrating 100 years of discovery In the centenary year of the UK Medical Research Council, the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit will review and celebrate major research discoveries, both in Southampton and nationwide, and host a ‘Question Time’ debate on hot topics in medicine. Free entry – ticket required
JULY Sunday 7, 3pm SOUTHAMPTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA Summer afternoon concert with a sunny Spanish flavour. £10, concessions £7, under 16s £2
HIRE US Make your event stand out from the crowd Turner Sims is one of the finest music venues in the country and currently hosts over 150 events per year, ranging from classical, jazz, folk and world music, to talks and seminars from world renowned speakers. With an outstanding auditorium, access to box office facilities, a licensed bar and a range of technical facilities, Turner Sims is a flexible and distinctive venue for your next concert, event, meeting or conference.
Weddings, civil partnerships and celebrations Turner Sims Southampton is licensed for civil ceremonies, providing a truly unique space for your special occasion. The bar is available for reception drinks and our beautiful garden setting is ideal for those all-important photos. If you are looking for a reception venue nearby, the University of Southampton offers a range of facilities, catering and a dedicated team to help you with your special day.
For full details, contact us on 023 8059 2223 or email info@turnersims.co.uk
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Free tickets for 8 – 25 year-olds to selected Chamber Music concerts Through the generous support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust we are now able to offer young people aged 8 – 25 the fantastic opportunity to experience selected concerts absolutely free. CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust was formed in 1998 with the aim of developing young audiences for chamber music. It is the only organisation which concentrates solely on increasing awareness of chamber music amongst young people.
To get your free ticket, look out for the Cavatina logo on selected events, fill in the Cavatina form (available online or from the box office) with your name, school or student ID number. Then exchange your completed form at the box office for your free ticket at the event. Students under 15 must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. Proof of age may be required. Terms and conditions apply.
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Kevin Appleby (Ross Young), Chloë Hanslip/Elias Quartet (Benjamin Ealovega), Benjamin Grosvenor (Sussie Ahlburg), Steve Bloom (Karo tribesmen dancing, wearing white chalk body paint, Omo Delta, Ethiopia © Steve Bloom stevebloom.com), Tine Thing Helseth & Kathryn Stott (Paul Marc Mitchell), Stephen Hough (Sim Canetty-Clarke), Ana Moura (Isabel Pinto), Lau (Douglas Coulter), Grand Union Orchestra (Graham Wynne), Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Chris Christodoulou), The Bad Plus (Cameron Wittig), Stephen Venables (Stephen Venables with ice axe © Webster)
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Access There are spaces for wheelchair users in the auditorium and if you bring a companion along, their ticket is free. Parking spaces for blue badge holders are available close to the building and there is good access to Box Office, bar and toilet facilities. Though it is not essential, we recommend you book in advance so that we can readily provide any assistance.
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There is an induction loop for those with impaired hearing. If you require a headset, please reserve one from the Box Office in advance. Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas of the building. Please advise the Box Office when booking so that appropriate space is provided.
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FINDING TURNER SIMS
Turner Sims is located in the gardens of the University of Southampton’s Highfield Campus, set back from University Road between the Nuffield Theatre and the John Hansard Gallery.
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Turner Sims is served by both Uni-link (023 8059 5974) and First Southampton (023 8022 4854).
Free parking is available in all University car parks after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends.
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For details of trains to Southampton Parkway and Southampton Central stations, call 08457 484950.
Our address is
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By bicycle Bicycle racks are located at the rear of Turner Sims next to the John Hansard Gallery. Box Office can store helmets on request.
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GREAT MUSIC LIVE SPRING SEASON 2013 Amplified performance
February Page Friday 8 Bach’s Orchestral Suites 8 8 Saturday 9 Trichotomy Wednesday 13 Patrick Wolf 9 Friday
15 Jazz Double Bill: Neil Yates Five Countries Trio + Ivo Neame Quintet Tuesday 19 Chloë Hanslip Tuesday 26 Elias Quartet: The Beethoven Project II Thursday 28 London Sinfonietta: Landmarks March Sunday 3 Sam Lee & Friends Tuesday 5 Ellington In Anticipation Friday 8 Benjamin Grosvenor Tuesday 12 Antonio Vivaldi: A Tale of Two Seasons Friday 15 Robert Mitchell Sunday 17 Discover Beethoven Thursday 21 Steve Bloom: Living Africa Sunday 24 Teatime Trumpet Special: Tine Thing Helseth Wednesday 27 Recorder Rebels with i Flautisti April Sunday 14 Bacharach, David, Shaw & SYJO Tuesday 16 Stephen Hough Friday 19 Ana Moura Saturday 20 Zoe Rahman Quartet Sunday 21 Britten at Teatime Tuesday 23 Lau Friday 26 Get the Blessing with Adrian Utley Tuesday 30 Iuventus Ensemble with Thomas Hull May Tuesday 7 Grand Union Orchestra Thursday 9 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Tuesday 14 The Bad Plus Thursday June Friday Tuesday
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Etran Finatawa Django Bates Belovéd
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Stephen Venables: The Everest Story Elias Quartet: The Beethoven Project III
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