RCM Autumn 2021 Events Guide: 28 October-6 December

AUTUMN

EVENTS

2021

28 OCTOBER–6 DECEMBER 2021

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WELCOME TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC’S AUTUMN SEASON Between now and early December you can experience a wealth of performances at the RCM. Join us for music in our newly unveiled, state-of-the-art Performance Hall, and hear RCM performers together with renowned musicians. Cornerstones of the repertoire – Brahms’s moving choral masterpiece, the German Requiem, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony – are just two of the highlights in our wide-ranging artistic programme.

We continue our popular Orchestral Masterworks series with conductor Jac van Steen, exploring the many forms of the waltz, and the RCM Junior Department Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovich’s dramatic Fifth Symphony. In November, the RCM Opera Studio lead us through a world of imagination and discovery with their new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Our Chamber Music series continues this autumn, highlighting the quartet and the quintet, and you can experience some of the first performances in the recently opened Royal College of Music Museum. While you’re there, stay on to explore the Museum’s permanent collection and first special exhibition, Musical Portraits in Bohemian London (1870–1930). You can book your Museum visit at rcm.ac.uk/explore.

This season also sees the return of our prestigious masterclass series, where you can witness great artists working with our students. We are proud to welcome Maxim Vengerov, RCM Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin, violist Isabel Villanueva, violinist Alina Ibragimova and former royal harpist Claire Jones.

We hope you enjoy the season!

Stephen Johns, Artistic Director

Keeping you safe Our autumn season performances will follow strict safety measures, to ensure a secure and comfortable visit for you. Please see www.rcm.ac.uk/visit/safety for the latest information on audience capacities in our venues.

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EVENTS 28 OCTOBER–6 DECEMBER 2021

OCTOBER

EXHIBITION

TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER–SUNDAY 9 JANUARY

RCM MUSEUM

THURSDAY 28 OCTOBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Hall

Performers from across the RCM unite to present a programme of chamber works in the College’s new Performance Hall.

Tickets: Free, booking required THURSDAY 28 OCTOBER

RCM STRING BAND

1.05pm | St Bartholomew the Great, Barbican, London EC1A 7JQ Mark Messenger director Haim Choi violin Ana Dunne-Sequi viola RCM String Band

MUSICAL PORTRAITS IN BOHEMIAN LONDON (1870–1930) Kensington was once home to a lively social circle of famous artists and musicians, including Edward Burne-Jones, John Singer Sargent, and George Henschel – and the Royal College of Music was at the heart of mutual inspiration in this community. Get up close to original artworks and manuscripts and experience the spirit of bohemia with the RCM Museum’s brand-new temporary exhibition.

Special thanks to Her Serene Highness Princess Heidi von Hohenzollern and to the National Portrait Gallery/Understanding British Portraits for their generous support.

The Ayoub Sisters Night Train (world premiere) Elgar Elegy op 58 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K364 The RCM String Band performs in the City of London in a concert featuring Mozart’s delightful and virtuosic Sinfonia Concertante, along with works by Elgar and a world premiere by The Ayoub Sisters.

Tickets: Free, booking required

THURSDAY 28 & FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER

RCM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER

Thomas Zehetmair conductor RCM Symphony Orchestra RCM Chorus Mark Biggins chorus director

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 12.30pm | RCM Museum

Brahms Tragic Overture op 81 Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

RCM musicians fill our new Museum space with music this season, as part of our series of chamber concerts. Visit us to enjoy performances amongst a beautiful collection of historic artifacts and instruments.

Our annual chorus concert features Brahms’s personal and moving masterpiece, the German Requiem. Written, it is thought, in memory of his mother, this beautiful work extols the vision of the heavenly life that awaits.

Tickets: Free, no ticket required

Tickets: Free, booking required

Tickets: £10, £15

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NOVEMBER TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Studio

RCM musicians give an intimate chamber performance in our new Performance Studio.

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS

TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER

VIOLA MASTERCLASS WITH ISABEL VILLANUEVA 6pm | Performance Studio

The RCM welcomes back internationally acclaimed violist Isabel Villanueva for a masterclass with talented viola players.

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne

MASTERCLASS

TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER

DOUBLE BASS MASTERCLASS WITH XAVIER FOLEY 6pm | East Parry Room

The RCM welcomes bassist Xavier Foley, who was first prize winner of the Sphinx Competition 2014, the Young Concert Artists Auditions 2016, and a winner of the Astral Artists National Auditions 2014.

Tickets: Free, booking required

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WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER

CHAMBER ESSENTIALS: THE QUARTET 6pm | Performance Hall

Smetana String Quartet no 1 ‘From My Life’ Janáček String Quartet no 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Continuing our Chamber Essentials series, RCM musicians explore the medium of the string quartet with contrasting works by two Czech composers. Smetana’s programmatic first string quartet is paired with Janáček’s second quartet, which reflects on the hundreds of letters he wrote to his muse Kamila Stösslová.

Tickets: £5 In memory of Jag Mohan Arora WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER

RCM STRING BAND

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Mark Messenger director Haim Choi violin Ana Dunne-Sequi viola RCM String Band The Ayoub Sisters Night Train Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K364 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence op 70 RCM musicians present Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, notable for its virtuosic and highly melodic solo writing. The programme also features a new work by the inspirational Ayoub Sisters.

Tickets: £5

FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER

LECTURE

THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER

MUSIC AND IDEAS: THE ART AND CRAFT OF ARRANGING 5.15pm | Performance Hall

Iain Farrington, Arranger-in-Residence for Aurora Orchestra, discusses his life in music.

He is joined by RCM professors Peter Sparks and Kyle Horch – fellow members of the Art Deco Trio – to perform his recent arrangements of Gershwin songs.

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 12.30pm | RCM Museum

RCM musicians bring our brand-new Museum space to life with a series of chamber performances. Why not stay on to explore the Museum’s collection?

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS

FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER

Tickets: Free, booking required

VIOLIN MASTERCLASS WITH PETER HERRESTHAL 2pm | Performance Hall

Known for his brilliant interpretations of contemporary violin music, Peter Herresthal works with some of the RCM’s exceptional string players in this masterclass.

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS

THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER

ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS 6pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER

DOUBLE BASS MASTERCLASS WITH LAURÈNE DURANTEL

2pm | East Parry Room

Jac van Steen conductor RCM Philharmonic Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Prokofiev Grand Waltz from Cinderella Suite no 2 op 108 Debussy La plus que lente R Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, waltz sequence for orchestra no 1 op 139 The RCM Philharmonic is joined by regular visitor to the RCM, Jac van Steen, in an exciting programme displaying the waltz in all its forms.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Laurène Durantel has performed around Europe and with a host of internationally renowned musicians. She visits the RCM to impart wisdom to the next generation of double bassists.

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne

Tickets: £8, £5 (Orchestral Masterworks Series Discounts: 20% off when buying tickets to 2 concerts.)

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MONDAY 8 NOVEMBER

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SONG PLUS: TAKE A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE 6pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

An exploration of the bizarre character Black Max and the darker side of the song repertoire, highlighting shady deeds, sadistic snippets, secrets and neurosis, and some dark laughter.

Including songs by Bolcom, Richard Rodney Bennett, Loewe, Tchaikovsky, Frances-Hoad and Weill.

Tickets: Free, booking required TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER

SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER

RCMJD SOLOISTS’ CONCERT

5.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Leading soloists from the RCM Junior Department take centre stage for a varied concert of instrumental music.

Tickets: £5 MONDAY 8 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Hall

Enjoy a lunchtime chamber concert with RCM musicians in our newly opened Performance Hall.

Tickets: Free, booking required MONDAY 8 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 6pm | Inner Parry Room

RCM musicians perform a diverse selection of chamber works in this intimate early evening concert.

Tickets: Free, booking required

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EVENTS 28 OCTOBER–6 DECEMBER 2021

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Studio

Venture into our newly unveiled Performance Studio for a concert featuring captivating works of chamber music.

Tickets: Free, booking required WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER

JUNIOR FELLOW SHOWCASE 6pm | Performance Hall

Roelof Temmingh piano (Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow 21/22) Hindemith Scherzo for Viola and Cello Hindemith Des Todes Tod op 23a Hindemith Drei Stücke für fünf Instrumente Hindemith Ouvertüre zum ‘Fliegenden Holländer’ In this special evening concert, Roelof Temmingh and RCM musicians explore the wide range of chamber music by Hindemith, including a musical parody based on Wagner’s overture to The Flying Dutchman.

Tickets: Free, booking required

WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER

FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

6pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM WIND ENSEMBLE Simon Channing director RCM Wind Ensemble

Beethoven (arr Nick Reader) Symphony no 2 Arrieu Dixtuor pour instruments à vent Chelsea Becker Intermission for Wind Quintet Mussorgsky (arr Samuel Huston) Pictures at an Exhibition Arrangements of popular works by Beethoven and Mussorgsky appear alongside music by the prolific French composer Louise-Marie Simon – who wrote under the pseudonym Claude Arrieu – and former RCM Junior Department composer Chelsea Becker.

Tickets: £5 THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Studio

Enjoy a programme of lunchtime chamber music performed by RCM musicians.

Tickets: Free, booking required FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 12.30pm | RCM Museum

RCM musicians perform amongst a beautiful collection of historic artifacts and instruments.

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS

FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

CELLO MASTERCLASS WITH NICHOLAS JONES 2pm | East Parry Room

Nicholas Jones has been Head of Strings at Chetham’s since 1997 and is also a cello tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music.

ORGAN INTERLUDES

RCM musicians perform in the final Organ Interludes series of the season with a variety of works showcasing the Flentrop Orgelbouw organ.

Tickets: Free, booking required SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER

RCMJD SINFONIA CONCERT

5.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Robert Hodge conductor Carwithen Overture: Bishop Rock William Grant Still Poem for Orchestra Experience the unpredictable sea and vastness of the Atlantic Ocean with Doreen Corwithen’s Bishop Rock, paired with the unique lyrical style of African American composer William Grant Still.

Tickets: £5 MONDAY 15 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Hall

Venture into our new Performance Hall for a performance featuring varied works of chamber music.

Tickets: Free, booking required MONDAY 15 NOVEMBER

BRASS CHAMBER SHOWCASE 6pm | Performance Hall

Showcasing the best of brass, this chamber concert features a range of brass ensembles at the RCM. Tickets: £5

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne

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MASTERCLASS

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

PIANO MASTERCLASS AND LECTURE RECITAL WITH BOAZ SHARON 10am | Performance Hall Boaz Sharon is Professor of Piano at Boston University and Artistic Director of the Sichuan International Piano Festival, China. He brings his vast experience to the RCM for this masterclass, followed by a lecture recital Harlem Stride Piano: The Piano Music of Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller.

MASTERCLASS

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

VIOLIN MASTERCLASS WITH ALINA IBRAGIMOVA 6pm | Performance Hall One of the most accomplished and inspiring violinists of her generation, RCM alumna Alina Ibragimova returns to guide student violinists in a fascinating masterclass.

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS MASTERCLASS

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

HARP MASTERCLASS WITH CLAIRE JONES 11am | East Parry Room Official Harpist to the RCM’s President, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, from 2007–11, Britain’s best-selling classical harpist and RCM alumna Claire Jones brings her expertise back to the College in this special masterclass.

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Studio Music for your lunch break – enjoy a chamber concert in our newly opened Performance Studio.

Tickets: Free, booking required

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EVENTS 28 OCTOBER–6 DECEMBER 2021

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

TRUMPET MASTERCLASS WITH GUSTAV MELANDER 6pm | Recital Hall

RCM trumpeters receive expert guidance from Gustav Melander, Co-Principal Trumpet of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | West Parry Room

Enjoy a lunchtime performance by RCM musicians in this chamber concert.

Tickets: Free, booking required

THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER

MASTERCLASS

ARTIST DIPLOMA SHOWCASE

WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER

BAROQUE VIOLIN MASTERCLASS WITH SIMON JONES 5.30pm | Performance Studio Simon Jones is Head of the String Department at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and a regular performer with the UK’s leading period instrument ensembles. He shares his insights with RCM musicians in this masterclass.

6pm | Performance Hall

Musicians from the Artist Diploma in Performance programme showcase their skills with a range of impressive solo performances.

The Artist Diploma in Performance is designed for advanced students who wish to work intensively on solo performance as a prelude to entering the music profession.

Tickets: Free, booking required

Tickets: Free, booking required WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER

CHAMBER ESSENTIALS: THE QUINTET 6pm | Performance Hall

Howells Rhapsodic Quintet op 31 I Holst String Quintet Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major K581 We present the last of the fascinating Chamber Essentials concerts, this time focusing on the quintet. This programme features a string quintet by one of the most significant figures in 20thcentury British music, Imogen Holst, alongside music by her teacher at the RCM, Herbert Howells.

Tickets: £5 MASTERCLASS

THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER

VIOLA DA GAMBA AND HISTORICAL CELLO MASTERCLASS WITH JONATHAN MANSON 1pm & 5pm | Performance Studio

Jonathan Manson frequently appears as a principal and continuo player with leading early music groups, including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He shares his vast experience with musicians at the RCM.

THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER

RCM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Joana Carneiro conductor Ava Dodd soprano RCM Symphony Orchestra Anna Clyne <<rewind<< Mahler Symphony no 4 in G major Mahler’s fourth symphony begins with sleigh bells and birdsong and ends with a child’s innocent view of the ‘heavenly life’, traversing a universe of emotion and drama. Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro opens the concert with Anna Clyne’s <<rewind<<, inspired by a rapidly rewinding video tape.

Tickets: £5

Tickets: Free, booking required Belle Shenkman International Masterclass

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FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 12.30pm | RCM Museum

SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER

Enjoy chamber music performed by RCM musicians amongst a beautiful collection of historic artifacts and instruments.

THE MAGIC FLUTE

Tickets: Free, booking required

Michael Rosewell conductor Polly Graham director Louise Bakker associate director Rosie Elnile designer Hazel Low co-designer Tim Mitchell lighting designer

FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER

PERCUSSION SHOWCASE

6pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Anders Åstrand guest soloist

7pm | Britten Theatre

Mozart The Magic Flute K620

RCMJD PETER MORRISON CONCERTO COMPETITION FINAL

Set between the worlds of a secondary school and a subconscious dreamscape, this production looks at a group of teenagers who are navigating friendship, loneliness, competition, desire and love.

Driven by the incantatory and inspirational force of the Queen of the Night, Pamina fights hard to understand a girl’s right to equality and respect within Sarastro’s school, where inherited gender norms and latent, insidious misogyny are writ large.

There are no bird people or princes in this production, only one egg.

Join us for the culmination of this year’s RCMJD Concerto Competition, the winner of which will perform with the RCMJD Symphony Orchestra in the spring.

This special production is directed by Polly Graham, Artistic Director of Longborough Festival Opera and two-time winner of Best Opera productions at the Welsh Theatre Awards.

Tickets: £5

Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40 and £50

Hear show-stopping arrangements of popular tunes and virtuosic works performed by our versatile and talented RCM percussionists.

This showcase led by Anders Åstrand features his own works and the RCM’s percussion quartet PERC’M. Tickets: £5 SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER

3pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER

RCMJD CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT 5.30pm | Performance Hall

RCM Junior Department chamber ensembles showcase their talents in a programme of piano trios, string quartets and wind quintets.

Tickets: £5

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This production is made possible with the assistance of the Basil Coleman bequest

SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER

BEYOND BOUNDARIES: BRIGHT FUTURE 7pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Jacky Zhang, Nikita Burzanitsa, JunLin Wu, Thomas Kelly and Daniil Kharitonov piano Professor Dmitri Alexeev presents a concert dedicated to the memory of his former teacher, the distinguished Russian pianist, professor and remarkable pedagogue, Dmitri Bashkirov.

MASTERCLASS

TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER

VIOLA MASTERCLASS WITH MAXIM RYSANOV 6pm | West Parry Room

Award-winning Ukrainian-British violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov returns to the RCM to lead an evening masterclass.

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS

Tickets: £5

TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER

MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Hall Experience the beautiful setting of our new Performance Hall as RCM musicians perform an attractive chamber programme.

Tickets: Free, booking required

VIOLIN MASTERCLASS WITH MAXIM VENGEROV 6pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The RCM is delighted to welcome back the RCM Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin, Maxim Vengerov, who once again shares his deep experience and distinctive style, finesse and talent with our musicians.

Tickets: Free, booking required

MASTERCLASS

WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER

TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER

RCM BRASS ENSEMBLE

PIANO MASTERCLASS WITH DINA YOFFE

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

10am | Performance Hall

Dina Yoffe is a pianist, pedagogue, and winner of many musical competitions. She brings her skill and knowledge to work with RCM pianists.

Tickets: Free, booking required Supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | West Parry Room

Nigel Black director RCM Brass Ensemble Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Bruce Broughton Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale Eric Ewazen Symphony in Brass The RCM Brass Ensemble presents pieces

by American composers Copland, Bruce Broughton and Eric Ewazen in a thrilling concert.

Tickets: £5

Enjoy a musical lunch break as RCM musicians take to the stage in this intimate chamber concert.

Tickets: Free, booking required

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THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 1.05pm | Performance Studio

Enjoy the intimate feel of the RCM’s Performance Studio, as chamber musicians perform diverse musical works in this new concert arena.

Tickets: Free, booking required LECTURE

THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER

MUSIC AND IDEAS: THE ART OF PRACTICE FOR STRING PLAYERS 5.15pm | Performance Hall

Led by violinists and recent RCM graduates Maxime Morise and Christopher Cohen, this practical session explores techniques and strategies for effective practice. Maxime and Christopher will also interview an established colleague about their particular approach.

Tickets: Free, booking required FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 12.30pm | RCM Museum

See RCM musicians performing up-close as they bring our new Museum space to life with a chamber concert. Why not stay on to explore the Museum’s collection?

Tickets: Free, booking required

MASTERCLASS

FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER

VIOLIN CONCERTO MASTERCLASS WITH MAXIM VENGEROV

6pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall John-Paul Jennings and Ondřej Soukup conductors RCM Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Violin Concerto no 1 in A minor op 77 Maxim Vengerov, the RCM’s Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin, has appeared with the world’s finest orchestras and given solo recitals around the globe. In this masterclass, uniquely led from the conductor’s podium, he works with talented RCM musicians in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto.

Tickets: £5

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EVENTS 28 OCTOBER–6 DECEMBER 2021

SATURDAY 27 NOVEMBER

RCMJD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CONCERT 5.15pm | Performance Hall

Join us for a vibrant programme of contemporary music featuring works by RCM Junior Department composers.

Tickets: £5 SATURDAY 27 NOVEMBER

RCMJD SYMPHONY & CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS CONCERT 7pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Jacques Cohen conductor, Symphony Orchestra Christopher Hirons director, Chamber Orchestra

MONDAY 29 NOVEMBER

NEW PERSPECTIVES

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Timothy Lines director RCM New Perspectives Steve Reich New York Counterpoint Cage Variations Feldman Straits of Magellan Jon Nelson New work (world premiere) Luis Torresjarquin New work (world premiere) Kenneth Hesketh The Circling Canopy of Night RCM contemporary music ensemble New Perspectives conjure the sounds of the American capital city in Steve Reich’s popular New York Counterpoint. The group also showcases the work of one of the College’s composition professors, Kenneth Hesketh.

Tickets: £5

Perry A Short Piece for Large Orchestra Herbert Serenade for Strings op 12 Shostakovich Symphony no 5 in D Minor op 47

TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER

The RCMJD Symphony Orchestra performs music by African American composer Julia Perry and Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, a work that gained praise from both the establishment and artistic rebels of 20th-century Russia. Alongside this the RCMJD Chamber Orchestra presents a work for smaller ensemble.

RCM composers create new works inspired by a selection of amazing and evocative images from the 2021 Head On Portrait Awards. This unique concert features a series of short works for solo, duo and trio ensembles alongside the striking images that inspired them.

HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL 7.30pm | Performance Hall

Tickets: Free, booking required

Tickets: £5

LEAVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC By remembering the RCM in your Will, or making a gift to celebrate the memory of a loved one, you can play a significant role in helping the College continue to inspire and educate musicians of the future. For more information on leaving the gift of music, please contact Emma McCormack, Supporter Engagement Manager (Legacies), on 020 7591 4761 or emma.mccormack@rcm.ac.uk.

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DECEMBER FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER

RCM CHAMBER MUSIC 12.30pm | RCM Museum

Our brand-new Museum space is brought to life with performances by RCM musicians.

Tickets: Free, booking required MASTERCLASS

FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER

DOUBLE BASS MASTERCLASS WITH RODRIGO MORO MARTIN 2pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM alumnus and Tagore Gold Medal winner Rodrigo Moro Martin is Principal Double Bass of the Orquesta Nacional de España and a member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He returns to the College to work with RCM bassists.

Tickets: Free, booking required SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER

RCMJD SOLOISTS CONCERT 11am | Performance Hall

Leading soloists from the RCM Junior Department take centre stage for a varied concert of instrumental music.

Tickets: £5

SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER

RCMJD END OF TERM CONCERT 2.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Brass Dectet Wind Octet String Orchestra Chamber Choir Parry Voices This concert promises a rousing end to the autumn term with a packed programme to include brass and wind ensembles, alongside the RCMJD’s choirs.

Tickets: £5 SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER

THE ATOMIC BIG BAND

7.30pm | Britten Theatre

Mark Armstrong director RCM Big Band The RCM Big Band explores the post-war big band tradition using the forward-looking album The Atomic Basie as its starting point.

Tickets: £10 MONDAY 6 DECEMBER

CONDUCTORS’ PODIUM

7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Alvin Arumugam, Daniel Hogan, John-Paul Jennings and Ondřej Soukup conductors Sophia Elger saxophone Siping Guo bassoon Programme to include: Ibert Concertino da Camera Weber Bassoon Concerto A programme of orchestral works and concerti conducted by four Masters conducting students.

Tickets: Free, booking required

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