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AUTUMN
EVENTS 2015
Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars Masterclasses & Workshops Special Events Chamber Music Series
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CONTENTS Events Guide Autumn Season 2015 Listings for September – December
Diary 4 Out and About 29 Ticket & Booking Information 30 Visiting Us 31 Supporting Us 32 In Brief 33
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Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars Masterclasses & Workshops Special Events Chamber Music Series Independent Promotions Box Office – Ticketed event See page 30 for details or call 020 7591 4314. Junior Department events. Please call the Junior Department on 020 7591 4345 for more details. RCM Sparks and the Royal Albert Hall work in partnership to deliver innovative learning and participation opportunities for all ages. This unique combination of education expertise and diverse concert programming offers exciting and engaging activities for all and gives access to two iconic institutions. See www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks for further details. The RCM is grateful to the Royal Garden Hotel for its generous support of the RCM’s visiting International Conductors Programme. All public performances in the RCM Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre operate under rules of management for places of entertainment issued by Westminster City Council. All information in this publication was correct at time of going to print. The Royal College of Music is a registered charity. No. 309268
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WELCOME TO A NEW AUTUMN SEASON AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC This autumn, we celebrate the unequalled tradition of composition at the RCM with RCM Composers Week. Works by RCM professors Mark-Anthony Turnage, Dai Fujikura, Simon Holt, William Mival and Jonathan Cole are featured in performances by the New Perspectives ensemble, our long-running From the Soundhouse series and a special lunchtime concert. You can also hear works from earlier generations, including Stanford, Tippett and Vaughan Williams, as well as from current students. Our new orchestral series – Orchestral Masterworks – is launched in September. With the emphasis on the most important works of the repertoire, there are chances to hear Brahms’ Symphony no 1, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Nutcracker Suite. We are also delighted to welcome the dynamic conductor Juraj Valcˇuha for Mahler’s final completed symphony, no 9, while the RCM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra visit the world of Italian opera in a programme of Rossini and Verdi, with Puccini’s youthful and exuberant Messa di Gloria. We are pleased to welcome back English Touring Opera for a residency featuring three classics of the opera repertory – Pelléas et Mélisande, Werther, and The Tales of Hoffmann. A new partnership opens, too, as members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe work alongside our students in a study and performance of Beethoven’s Symphony no 2. There are masterclasses from John Lill, Sarah Connolly, Maxim Rysanov and Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr; the ninth International Festival of Viols with guest Christophe Coin; and the RCM Big Band pays tribute to Eddie Harvey and Will Michael. Our Chamber Essentials series continues with classics by Haydn and Mozart, and, beyond the concert stage, we launch a new series of talks, Music and Ideas. To complete the season, we present two unmissable events – a performance of William Walton’s Façade with Sir Thomas Allen and Sally Burgess, and Johann Strauss’ hilarious musical comedy, Die Fledermaus. We look forward to welcoming you. Stephen Johns | Artistic Director
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Vocal Faculty Open Door
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11.00am
Trio Apaches
Professors’ Concerts Join us for a series of free concerts featuring performances by RCM professors and ensembles in association.
Our annual Vocal Faculty Open Door gives prospective students the ideal opportunity to sing in front of RCM vocal professors and receive invaluable feedback and advice in a supportive environment. See www.rcm.ac.uk/opendoor for more information. Tickets: £25
WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Professors’ Concerts: Florilegium 8.30pm
Free but tickets required
Various locations
Britten Theatre
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WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
Florilegium 8.30pm
Britten Theatre
Florilegium RCM Ensemble in Association Telemann Quartet in G major TWV 43:G2 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor RV 107 J C Bach Quintet in D major op 22 no 1 Telemann Concerto in A minor TWV 43:a3
5.30pm
THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER RCM String Professors 1.05pm
Britten Theatre
Sam Brown leader James Wallace staged readings director John Pitcher and Yasmin Arshad producers
Part of the COST conference at the RCM, 9-10 September. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/costconference for further details.
Britten Theatre
Gabrielle Lester violin Mark Messenger violin Jonathan Barritt viola Simon Rowland-Jones viola Thomas Carroll cello
John Danyel was among the first rank of Elizabethan composers, his brother Samuel Daniel a considerable poet. This is the first performance looking at the brothers’ work collaboratively. Readings are in association with Globe Education, and by the Dolphin’s Back Company. Part of the Samuel Daniel, Poet and Historian conference
Mozart String Quintet in G minor K 516
An independent promotion
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER Trio Apaches 1.05pm
IP John Danyel and Samuel Daniel: An Evening of Music and Poetry
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Trio Apaches RCM Piano Trio in Association Allegretto in B flat major WoO 39 Beethoven Beethoven (arr Hummel) Symphony no 7 in A major op 92
Tickets: £15, £8 (UCL, Oxford, & RCM students)
TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
Horn Masterclass with Stefan Dohr 10.00am
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
We’re delighted to welcome Principal Horn with the Berlin Philharmonic Stefan Dohr, one of the most sought-after brass performers in the world. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to hear our new Visiting Professor work with talented RCM horn players. Free but tickets required Stefan Dohr
WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
Vocal Masterclass with Sarah Connolly
Horn Masterclass with Stefan Dohr
1.05pm
2.00pm
10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Britten Theatre
Renowned mezzo soprano and RCM alumna Sarah Connolly returns to the Britten Theatre to work with some of the very best RCM singers.
Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm 10.00am
Tickets: £5
THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Professors’ Concerts: RCM String Professors 1.05pm
See panel above for details
Britten Theatre
See page 4 for details
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
RCM Prize Winners Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER Orchestral Masterworks: Beethoven and Wagner 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 18 for details
MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER RCM Prize Winners 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
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THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER Trumpet Masterclass with Gareth Small 2.00pm
East Parry Room
Free but tickets required
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FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER
explorensemble 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Nicholas Moroz and Arne Gieshoff directors explorensemble Feldman piano violin viola cello Join members of explorensemble for a rare opportunity to hear Morton Feldman’s last composition piano violin viola cello. Completed a few months before his death in 1987, the captivating piece is a masterwork of the composer’s late period, with slowly unfurling tapestries of intimate sounds. Tickets: £5
Morton Feldman
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER
FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER
Music and Ideas: Ownership – Whose Score is it Anyway?
1.15pm
5.15pm
Recital Hall
Is the published score the final version? Leading practitioner Professor Peter Wiegold (Institute of Composing & Brunel University London) discusses this conundrum through his own work including live performances with his ‘notes inégales’ colleagues: Hyelim Kim (Korean taeguˇm transverse flute) and Joel Bell (electric guitar).
Music in the Museum RCM Museum of Music
Free but tickets required
English Touring Opera: Werther 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
See page 7 for details
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Free but tickets required
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English Touring Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER
7.30pm
English Touring Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande
Britten Theatre
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7.30pm
RCM Students’ Film Orchestra 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
The RCM Students’ Film Orchestra performs music from film classics such as The Sea Hawk and Back to the Future, as well as paying tribute to James Horner. Presented by the RCM Students’ Union Free but tickets required
See page 7 for details
RCM Prize Winners 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
explorensemble 7.30pm
MONDAY 5 OCTOBER
Britten Theatre
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
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English Touring Opera 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
After successful Baroque productions in 2009, 2011 and 2013, English Touring Opera returns to the RCM’s Britten Theatre with a new and exciting proposition – three of the very best French operas, with compelling dramas and all told on an intimate scale. Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40 Students/Under 26: £5, £10, £15, £40 ETO Box Office: 020 3761 7069 or visit www.englishtouringopera.org.uk Book for more than one performance and get 25% off (not available online). Please note, tickets are not available from the RCM Box Office Pre-concert talks will be held before each performance in the Corelli Room at 6.30pm
THURSDAY 1 & SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER
FRIDAY 2 & THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER
Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande
Massenet Werther
Jonathan Berman conductor James Conway director Annelies Van Parys arranger Oliver Townsend designer Mark Howland lighting designer
Iain Farrington conductor and arranger Oliver Platt director Oliver Townsend designer Mark Howland lighting designer
Debussy found the perfect drama in Maurice Maeterlinck’s compelling play and the resulting marriage of music and drama is sensuous, mysterious and utterly captivating. Belgian composer Annelies Van Parys’ sensitive arrangement receives its UK premiere in this production featuring RCM alumna Susanna Hurrell as Mélisande.
Based on Goethe’s classic novel, Werther is a tragic story of forbidden love – and rarely in opera is its destructive power felt so close to the bone. The title role will be sung by emerging talent Ed Ballard in a special version for baritone prepared by Massenet. Carolyn Dobbin plays Charlotte, the object of his unrequited love, with RCM alumnus Simon Wallfisch as Albert.
Sung in French with English surtitles
Sung in English
FRIDAY 9 & SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann Philip Sunderland conductor James Bonas director Oliver Townsend designer Mark Howland lighting designer From the master of French operetta, Offenbach’s work of genius, studded with famous melodies, is as dark a comedy as you can get. This new production by James Bonas matches the virtuoso talents of young tenor Sam Furness in the title role with RCM alumna Ilona Domnich as his three heroines and fellow RCM alumni Louise Mott and Tim Dawkins. Sung in English
Carolyn Dobbin in ETO’s 2009 production of Flavio at the Royal College of Music
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DIARY TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Residence Various times and locations
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RCM Chamber Music Clara Andrada de la Calle
Mats Zetterqvist
John Chimes
6.00pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Residence
THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe is renowned for its enthusiastic performances and shared love of music-making between its members from various cultural backgrounds. This week, members of the COE take up residency at the RCM to share that inspirational spirit with some of our most talented musicians.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Residence: Beethoven Symphony no 2 6.00pm
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER
THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER
Chamber Music Masterclass with Mats Zetterqvist
Beethoven Symphony no 2
10.00am
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Free but tickets required
6.00pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Mats Zetterqvist director RCM Chamber Orchestra Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Flute Masterclass with Clara Andrada de la Calle
Beethoven Symphony no 2 in D major op 36
10.00am
COE principal second violin Mats Zetterqvist will direct the RCM Chamber Orchestra in an evening performance of Beethoven’s Second Symphony.
West Parry Room
Free but tickets required
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Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
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English Touring Opera: Werther 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
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FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER English Touring Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER English Touring Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann 7.30pm
See page 7 for details
Britten Theatre
TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER
Piano Masterclass with John Lill 10.00am
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Heralded as ‘awesome, fabulous, revelatory, quite overwhelming’ by Pianist magazine, John Lill is one of today’s most eminent pianists, renowned for his critically acclaimed interpretations of Beethoven. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the piano virtuoso share his invaluable knowledge with some of the RCM’s most talented pianists. Belle Shenkman International Masterclass Tickets: £5 John Lill
SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER Bassoon Day Various times
Inner Parry Room
Calling all bassoonists! We’re delighted to announce our first ever day dedicated to the ‘grandfather’ of the woodwind family. In the morning, witness some of the world’s brightest young bassoon players in action. In the afternoon, attend two fun and interactive sessions with Laurence Perkins, principal bassoon at Manchester Camerata, as he explores and encourages the joy of bassoon playing for everyone. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/bassoonday for further details. Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER
TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER
Viola Masterclass with Maxim Rysanov
6.00pm
10.00am
Recital Hall
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys 10.00am
East Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Piano Masterclass with John Lill
RCM Composers Week: Cole and Fujikura 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 11 for details
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Johannes Goritzki Recital Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Johannes Goritzki cello Alison Rhind piano Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in D major op 58 Rossini Une larme: thème et variations RCM Visiting Professor Johannes Goritzki returns for a charming recital marking the beginning of his three-day residency. Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Tickets: £5
10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
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MONDAY 12 OCTOBER
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Chamber Essentials: Music for String Quartet 7.30pm
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Recital Hall
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WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER IP
The Choice
7.00pm
Britten Theatre
The English Concert Suzi Digby conductor Jamie Hayes director Will Bowen designer Handel The Choice of Hercules Toby Young New Work Handel Selected arias from Solomon Vocal Futures’ new production with The English Concert presents Handel’s rarely performed The Choice of Hercules. The evening also includes a new work by Toby Young and a selection of rousing arias from Handel’s Solomon. For full details please visit www.vocalfutures.org. An independent promotion Tickets: £5 (students), £15, £25, £35
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER
Music and Ideas: Community Music and Music Education
Cully Classique Festival Concert
5.15pm
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Professor Lee Higgins (Boston University) and Dr Jennie Henley (RCM) investigate parallels between community music and music education. Join them for a discussion about the nature of community and how it can foster musical freedom, as well as the implications for music education. Free but tickets required
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
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IP
The Choice
7.00pm
Britten Theatre
See 14 October for details
RCM Composers Week: From the Soundhouse 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki 10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki 2.00pm
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
Hear exciting contemporary pieces by RCM musicians written as part of the Cully Classique Student Crossroads project in France. Free but tickets required
SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER Der Musensohn Various times
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RCM Composers Week: RCM New Perspectives
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
Music in the Museum 1.15pm
RCM Museum of Music
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Britten Theatre
Free but tickets required
Britten Theatre
Celebrate the 70th birthday of RCM professor and distinguished piano accompanist Roger Vignoles in a day of workshops and performances exploring Schubert’s setting of Goethe texts for voice and piano. The day culminates in a Schubertiade in the magical setting of the Britten Theatre with both audience and performers seated on the stage. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/musensohn for further details. Free but tickets required
Benjamin Britten
Bertram Wee
Mark-Anthony Turnage
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Dai Fujikura
Wynton Guess
RCM Composers Week Join us as we celebrate some of the greatest compositional voices to have passed through the Royal College of Music over the last 80 years.
MONDAY 12 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER
Cole and Fujikura
RCM New Perspectives
From the Soundhouse
1.05pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.30pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.30pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Dai Fujikura Wondrous Steps Dai Fujikura Halcyon Jonathan Cole Ash Relics
Timothy Lines conductor RCM New Perspectives
Cary I am here Hunter Coblentz New Work (world premiere) Wynton Guess New Work (world premiere)
This lunchtime concert features chamber works by highly acclaimed composers and Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize winners, professors Jonathan Cole and Dai Fujikura. Free but tickets required
William Mival Correntandamente (world premiere) Mark-Anthony Kai Turnage Simon Holt Sparrow Night Britten Sinfonietta op 1 Bertram Wee New Work (world premiere) Benjamin Britten wrote his opus 1 whilst studying at the RCM in the 1930s. Tonight the New Perspectives ensemble performs it alongside world premieres by professor William Mival and student Bertram Wee.
The RCM’s cutting-edge From the Soundhouse series presents the world premieres of works by current RCM composers Hunter Coblentz and Wynton Guess. Tickets: £5
6.30pm: RCM Head of Composition William Mival discusses the music ahead of tonight’s concert. Free to concert ticket holders. Tickets: £5
TICKET OFFER Book for both RCM New Perspectives and From the Soundhouse and receive a 20% discount
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WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER
SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
RCM Prize Winners
Clarinet Masterclass with Maximiliano Martín
IP RVW Society 21st Anniversary Concert
10.00am
7.30pm
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Britten Theatre
Free but tickets required
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm
Harp Masterclass with Sivan Magen 10.00am
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER Orchestral Masterworks: Verdi and Tchaikovsky 6.00pm
TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER
West Parry Room
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 18 for details
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Britten Theatre
Free but tickets required
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Mark Messenger conductor RCM string players Members of the RCMJD* Vaughan Williams Concerto Grosso* Walton Two Pieces from Henry V Suite Holst St Paul’s Suite Warlock Capriol Suite Elgar Serenade for Strings Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis* To celebrate the RVW Society’s 21st Anniversary, RCM string players are joined by members of the RCMJD to perform two contrasting compositions by Vaughan Williams. Famous string works by his friends and contemporaries complete the concert. Supported by the VW Charitable Trust and the RVW Society
Free but tickets required
Guitar Showcase 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
Programme to include: Boccherini Quintet no 4 in D major G 448 ‘Fandango’ Searle Five op 61 Aaron Jay Kernis 100 Greatest Dance Hits Leo Brouwer Cuban Landscape with Rain The very best RCM guitarists take to the Britten Theatre stage to perform an exciting programme of music ranging from Boccherini’s Fandango to Humphrey Searle’s Five in this, the 100th anniversary year of the composer’s birth. Free but tickets required
SATURDAY 24 – SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER Listening to Music: People, Practices and Experiences Various times and locations
Professor Simon Frith keynote speaker How have people responded to listening to music in their everyday lives? This two-day conference examines the insights offered by the observations and feelings of ordinary listeners. The conference is part of the Listening Experience Database Project, a collaboration between the Open University and RCM. ay Ticket: £35 D (£28 concessions) Full Conference Ticket: £65 (£50 concessions) Book before 24 September and receive an early-bird discount
An independent promotion Tickets: £10, £15
MONDAY 26 OCTOBER RCM Prize Winners 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Britten Theatre
Free but tickets required
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER Chamber Essentials: Music for Woodwind Ensemble 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
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Chamber Essentials
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER South American Baroque Music Lecture 10.00am
Recital Hall
Dr Piotr Nawrot and Professor Ashley Solomon discuss their work on recently discovered music from the indigenous tribes of Bolivia. Free but tickets required
South American Baroque Masterclass and Workshop 2.00pm
Recital Hall
Professor Ashley Solomon leads a workshop and masterclass with students from the Historical Performance department. Free but tickets required
South American Baroque Music Recital 6.00pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
This season our Chamber Essentials series explores works by the Classical masters Haydn and Mozart. Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER Music for String Quartet 7.30pm
Recital Hall
Haydn String Quartet in B flat major op 33 no 4 Hob III:40 Mozart String Quartet in C major K 465 ‘Dissonance’ Beethoven String Quartet in C major op 59 no 3 ‘Rasumovsky’
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER Music for Woodwind Ensemble 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
Haydn ( arr David Walter) Quintet in B flat major Mozart Divertimento in B flat major K 439b no 3 Mozart Flute Quartet in C major K 285b Mozart (arr David Walter) Quintet in B flat major 6.30pm: RCM Director and renowned Mozart scholar Professor Colin Lawson introduces this evening’s programme in the Corelli Room. Free to concert ticket holders.
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER Music in the Round 1.05pm
RCM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 15 for details
Recital Hall
Haydn String Quartet in G major op 76 no 1 Hob III:75 Mozart String Quintet in E flat major K 614
MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER Music for Piano and Strings 7.30pm
Haydn Quartet in C major op 20 no 2 Hob III:32 Mozart Piano Quartet no 1 in G minor K 478 Mozart String Quintet no 3 in C major K 515
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TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER
Music in the Museum: Family Workshop
Double Bass Masterclass with Rick Stotijn
Dorothee Oberlinger in Concert
1.15pm
10.00am
6.00pm
RCM Museum of Music
Free but tickets required
RCM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 15 for details
Corelli Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
Piano Masterclass with Leslie Howard 10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER André Tchaikowsky Day 3.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Celebrate the 80th anniversary of André Tchaikowsky’s birth with Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson as she introduces the man and his music in an afternoon of talks, film screenings and performances. Free but tickets required
Free but tickets required
RCM Festival of Viols Various times and locations
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Soundings Open Rehearsal Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER RCM Festival of Viols
Recorder Masterclass with Dorothee Oberlinger
Various times and locations
10.30am
See page 16 for details
Belle Shenkman International Masterclass
RCM Prize Winners 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Flute Composition Masterclass with Molly Barth 2.00pm
East Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Recorder Masterclass with Dorothee Oberlinger 2.30pm
Dorothee Oberlinger recorder Programme to include: Anon. Pauls Steeple from ‘The Division Flute’ Telemann Fantaisie in A major no 1 Castello Sonata Prima International recorder player and professor at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Dorothee Oberlinger, performs a varied programme by Baroque masters. Free but tickets required
Exploring the Archives: Vaughan Williams and his Pupils
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 10.00am
Corelli Room
Corelli Room
Belle Shenkman International Masterclass Free but tickets required
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Programme to include: Vaughan Williams Two pieces for violin and piano (Romance and Pastorale) Vaughan Williams ‘Scherzo’ from Symphony no 6 in E minor for solo piano Maconchy A Meditation for his Mistress; All the Flowers and the Showers Blow Away; In Fountain Court P Hadley The Chase C A Gibbs Miniature Suite op 93 Delve into the RCM’s archives and join us for an evening of music by composers connected to the RCM. Some of the original manuscripts will also be on display. Free but tickets required
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THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER & FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER
RCM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Michael Rosewell conductor RCM Symphony Orchestra RCM Chorus Rossini William Tell Overture Verdi Prelude and Ballet from Aida Puccini Intermezzo from Suor Angelica Mascagni Prelude to Iris Puccini Messa a quattro (Messa di Gloria) Be transported to Italy by the epic forces of the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus as they celebrate the greats of Italian opera and choral music. The highlight of the evening promises to be Puccini’s Messa di Gloria – the composer’s only mass, written when he was just 22 years old. Don’t miss the chance to hear this beautiful, operatically influenced work, featuring outstanding soloists from the RCM’s vocal department. This concert also showcases the RCM’s superb orchestral performers in Rossini’s famous overture to William Tell, the passionate and playful music of Verdi’s Aida and the dreamlike Intermezzo from Puccini’s one-act opera Suor Angelica, before the orchestra is joined by the RCM Chorus for the uplifting prelude to one of Pietro Mascagni’s rarely-performed operas. The performance on Friday 30 October will be streamed live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live Tickets: £10, £15
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER Pre-concert talk 6.30pm
Corelli Room
Free to concert ticket holders
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Fretwork
RCM Festival of Viols Now in its ninth year, the RCM’s International Festival of Viols is firmly established as one of the leading events in the musical calendar. With lectures, masterclasses from special guest Christophe Coin and concerts from Christophe and Fretwork, this year’s festival is one not to be missed. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/viols for more information. Supported by Linda and Tony Hill
Recital Hall
Fusing an improvisational state of mind with chamber music performance? Join RCM Head of Strings Mark Messenger and Dr David Dolan (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) as they work with one of the piano trios performing in the following concert to explore active listening and shared improvisation techniques as a key to unlocking spontaneous performance. Free but tickets required
Beethoven Piano Trios 6.30pm
TICKET OFFER Book for both Fretwork in Concert and Christophe Coin in Concert to receive 20% discount
MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER
Masterclass with Christophe Coin
Masterclass with Christophe Coin
10.00am
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
Masterclass with Christophe Coin 2.30pm
Free but tickets required
Recital Hall
Dr Lucy Robinson & Pia Pircher speakers Free but tickets required
Fretwork in Concert Recital Hall
Fretwork Sam Stadlen viol Lawes Consort setts in 5 parts Jenkins Fantazies in 4 parts Tickets: £5
Soundings Recital Hall
2.30pm Recital Hall
Christophe Coin in Concert 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Christophe Coin viol Willem Jansen harpsichord Christophe Coin performs a programme of works for viol by J S Bach, C P E Bach, Abel and Schenck. Tickets: £5
Free but tickets required
7.30pm
Lecture
Free but tickets required
6.00pm
10.00am
Recital Hall
Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat major op 1 no 1 Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor op 1 no 3
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Now in its 12th year, Soundings is a unique platform for contemporary music, bringing together young composers from the UK and Austria for workshops, open rehearsals, discussions and concerts. This final concert of the 2015 programme will see RCM musicians perform alongside outstanding international performers. Presented in association with the Austrian Cultural Forum 6.15pm: There will be a pre-concert discussion in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall which is free to concert ticket holders. Free but tickets required
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Mark Messenger
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER
RCM String Band 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Mark Messenger conductor Sarah Hayashi soprano RCM String Band Mozart Symphony no 29 in A major K 201 Mozart Exsultate, jubilate K 165 Sibelius Andante festivo Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht op 4 Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night is one of the finest examples of late Austrian Romanticism. Tonight the RCM String Band, conducted by Mark Messenger, performs the masterpiece alongside Mozart’s dazzling Symphony no 29. They will also be joined by RCM competition winner Sarah Hayashi for Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate. Tickets: £8, £10 This programme will also be performed Bishopsgate Institute on Fri 30 Oct, 1.05pm & Burford School on Wed 4 Nov, 7.30pm
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Professors’ Concerts: Trio Apaches
7.30pm
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM String Band Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See panel above for details
See page 4 for details
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
Saxophone Masterclass with Jean-Charles Richard 2.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova 10.00am
Recital Hall
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation
Violin Masterclass with Peter Herresthal 2.00pm
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Free but tickets required
RCM Prize Winners 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
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Orchestral Masterworks Twelve orchestral masterworks, four distinguished conductors and two RCM award-winning soloists. Join us this autumn for our new series featuring the RCM Philharmonic as they take audiences on a symphonic journey of classical hits.
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER
Beethoven and Wagner
Brahms and Dukas
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Peter Stark conductor RCM Philharmonic
Michael Seal conductor RCM Philharmonic
Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV 96 Beethoven Symphony no 6 in F major op 68 ‘Pastoral’
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Brahms Symphony no 1 in C minor op 68
Beethoven’s towering presence was to influence many of his predecessors, not least Wagner, so it is fitting to pair these two musical giants together for our opening concert of the series.
Tickets: £5, £8
Tickets: £5, £8
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER Verdi and Tchaikovsky 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Ben Palmer conductor RCM Philharmonic Overture: La forza del destino Verdi Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 in F minor op 36 Both works featured in tonight’s programme open with striking ‘Fate’ motifs: Verdi’s poignant tune first heard in the strings opens his well-known overture while Tchaikovsky’s commanding trumpet fanfare sets the scene for his emotionally charged Fourth Symphony. Tickets: £5, £8
Celebrating 150 years since the birth of French composer Paul Dukas, the RCM Philharmonic performs one of his most well-known works made famous by the 1940 Walt Disney animated film Fantasia, coupled with Brahms’ monumental First Symphony.
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS TICKET OFFER Book 2 concerts and receive 10% discount Book 3 concerts and receive 20% discount Book 4 or more concerts and receive 30% discount
WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER
Mozart and Martinu˚ů
Tchaikovsky, Webern and Searle
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Robin O’Neill conductor André Martins Machado oboe RCM Philharmonic Martinů Concerto for oboe and small orchestra H 353 Mozart Symphony no 41 in C major K 551 Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony was to be his last, but also his most complex and dazzling. Here it’s presented alongside Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu˚’s oboe concerto performed by RCM competition winner André Martins Machado. Tickets: £5, £8
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Peter Stark conductor Asier Puga conductor* Mark Biggins conductor+ Jamal Aliyev cello RCM Philharmonic Liszt/Searle La lugubre gondola from Marguerite et Armand+ Webern Five Orchestral Pieces* Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme op 33 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite op 71a For this full-length concert, the RCM Philharmonic looks forward to the Christmas festivities with Tchaikovsky’s charming Nutcracker Suite while award-winning cellist Jamal Aliyev takes to the stage to perform the composer’s daringly spectacular variations. This performance will also be streamed live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live. 6.30pm: Concert ticket holders can also enjoy a free pre-concert talk with Ivan Hewett in the Corelli Room. Tickets: £8, £10 This programme is also performed at All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1JP, at 7.30pm on Thursday 10 December. Tickets: £8
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WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER Orchestral Masterworks: Brahms and Dukas 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 18 for details
THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER Chamber Essentials: Music in the Round 1.05pm
Recital Hall
See page 13 for details
FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER Music in the Museum 1.15pm
RCM Museum of Music
Free but tickets required
MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER
RCM Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm
Violin Masterclass with Charlie Siem 2.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Juraj Valčuha conductor RCM Symphony Orchestra
Recital Hall
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
Mahler Symphony no 9 Juraj Valcˇuha has been Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI since 2009 and has conducted, amongst others, the Orchestre National de France, Philharmonia, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Tonight, he leads the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s unforgettable Ninth Symphony – the last completed by the composer. The hymn-like final movement of this epic work has gone down in history as one of the most moving and atmospheric endings to any symphony, with an eerie stillness which many believe reflects Mahler’s awareness that he had not long to live. This performance will be streamed live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live Tickets: £10, £15
Pre-concert talk 6.30pm
Corelli Room
RCM Head of Woodwind Simon Channing discusses Mahler’s music. Free to concert ticket holders
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER RCM Junior Department Chamber Music Concert 5.30pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER
RCM Prize Winners
Guitar Masterclass with Antigoni Goni
Music and Ideas: Music Education and Social Justice
2.00pm
5.15pm
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
RCM Symphony Orchestra 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 20 for details
Corelli Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER RCM Swing Band 7.30pm
Recital Hall
See page 26 for details
RCM Chamber Music Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER
RCM Chamber Choir 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Stephen Johns director RCM Chamber Choir Stanford Irish Folksongs op 78 Vaughan Williams Five English Folksongs Joseph Horovitz Endymion Tippett Four Songs from the British Isles Explore the enchanting world of folk song through spell-binding collections by former RCM composition professors Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by the RCM Chamber Choir. Also on the programme is a rare performance of current composition professor Joseph Horovitz’s Endymion, which was commissioned in 1982 for the centenary of the RCM. Tickets: £5
Join Dr Gary Spruce (Open University) for a lively debate on the benefits of music education for disadvantaged children and communities. Discussing the connections between music, music education and social justice, Gary examines the effectiveness of different systems of music education, such as the iconic Venezuelan programme El Sistema. Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 1.05pm
RCM Museum of Music
RCM Chamber Choir 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See panel below for details
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Raphael Wallfisch
SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER
Back to Back Bach Explore the cello music of J S Bach in this day of talks, masterclasses and performances. Presented in association with the London Cello Society and supported by Tarisio Auction House
Lecture: Speaking Bach 1.30pm
Inner Parry Room
Explore the meaning behind Bach’s musical rhetoric and bowing articulations.
Masterclass with Roel Dieltiens, Raphael Wallfisch and David Watkin 4.00pm
Inner Parry Room
RCM cellists perform selected Solo Suites.
Free but tickets required Free but tickets required
Lecture: Playing Bach 2.30pm
Inner Parry Room
Discover the difference between historical and modern practices. © Benjamin Ealovega
Free but tickets required
Back to Back Bach in Concert 7.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
International renowned cellists Roel Dieltiens, Charles Medlam and Raphael Wallfisch perform a selection of works before and by Bach. Standard tickets: £10 (£6) LCS member ticket: £8 (£5)
THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER
MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER
Woodwind Showcase
Cello Masterclass with Nicholas Jones
1.05pm
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Piazzolla Histoire du tango (movements 2 and 3) Musorgsky (arr Dag Jensen) Pictures at an Exhibition for bassoon quartet Graham Fitkin Vent for clarinet quartet Searle Gondoliera for cor anglais and piano Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin for wind quintet Boris Mersson Odyssée à quatre Françaix Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon Free but tickets required
2.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required
SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER Back to Back Bach Various times and locations
See panel above for details
RCM Prize Winners Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
J Strauss Die Fledermaus 7.00pm
Britten Theatre
See page 23 for details
Chamber Essentials: Music for Piano and Strings 7.30pm
Inner Parry Room
See page 13 for details
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk MONDAY 23, WEDNESDAY 25, FRIDAY 27 & SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER
J Strauss Die Fledermaus 7.00pm
Britten Theatre
Michael Rosewell conductor Johann Strauss Jr’s hilarious and extraordinary musical romp Die Fledermaus leads us through the misunderstandings and mishaps of an extravagant cast of characters brought to life by talented RCM singers and conductor Michael Rosewell. Still embarrassed after being left drunk in the street dressed as a bat, Dr Falke wants revenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein, but with everyone in disguise at a masked ball where the champagne flows freely, anything could happen! Sung in English Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50 Available from Wednesday 30 September. Benefactors and Patrons have priority booking from Wednesday 16 September and RCM Friends from Wednesday 23 September.
Vasili Karpiac and Filipa van Eck in the RCM’s 2013 production of La vie parisienne
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RCM Wind Ensemble 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Simon Channing conductor Lucinda Dunne alto saxophone RCM Wind Ensemble Charlotte Harding Bright Lights Ravel (arr D Walter) Mother Goose Suite Benson Aeolian Song from Concertino for alto saxophone and wind ensemble Leo Loebenberg ARABARA (world premiere) Beethoven Octet in E flat major op 103 RCM Head of Woodwind Simon Channing conducts the RCM Wind Ensemble in an entertaining programme which includes an arrangement of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and Beethoven’s Octet in E flat major. The rich sound of the saxophone is featured in Warren Benson’s Aeolian Song and the music of talended young composer and RCM alumna Charlotte Harding is explored in her piece for wind ensemble, Bright Lights. Tickets: £5
TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER Sacconi Quartet 7.30pm
SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER J Strauss Die Fledermaus
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.00pm
Britten Theatre
See page 25 for details
See page 23 for details
WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER
MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER
Orchestral Masterworks: Mozart and Martinu˚ů
1.15pm
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Music in the Museum RCM Museum of Music
Free but tickets required
See page 19 for details
J Strauss Die Fledermaus 7.00pm
Britten Theatre
RCM Brass 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 25 for details
See page 23 for details
RCM Wind Ensemble 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See panel above for details
RCM Prize Winners 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
This lunchtime concert series showcases the best of the best: winners of the RCM’s major prizes in a number of solo recitals. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ bestofthebest. Free no tickets required
J Strauss Die Fledermaus 7.00pm
See page 23 for details
Britten Theatre
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER
Sacconi Quartet 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Sacconi Quartet RCM Quartet in Association Schubert Quartettsatz D 703 Graham Fitkin Pawn Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor op 131 The RCM’s Quartet in Association, the Sacconi Quartet, returns with a dramatic programme featuring Schubert’s spirited Quartettsatz, Beethoven’s String Quartet op 131 – reportedly played to Schubert on his deathbed – and Graham Fitkin’s intense string quartet Pawn. Tickets: £5
Sacconi Quartet
FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER
RCM Brass 6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Nigel Black conductor RCM brass ensembles Programme to include: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mahler (arr Roger Harvey) Bernstein (arr J Lynsale-Nock) Overture to Candide for 12 horns Anthony Plog 4 Sketches Wagner (arr Eric Carlson) Siegfried’s Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung for 12 trombones Speer Sonata a 4 for sackbut ensemble The RCM Brass Ensembles will knock your socks off in this exhilarating concert in the spectacular Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. The rousing programme will include Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn and a selection of works for brass ensembles, including Bernstein’s Overture to Candide for 12 horns. Tickets: £5
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Britten Theatre
See left panel for details
WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER Walton’s Façade 7.30pm
Swing with the RCM
Britten Theatre
See page 27 for details
Experience the infectious energy of jazz and swing music with the RCM’s popular Swing Band and Big Band concerts, directed by Mark Armstrong.
THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER Percussion Showcase 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
The RCM Percussion Showcase returns with a showstopping concert featuring a wide range of ensembles.
TICKET OFFER Book for both RCM Swing Band and RCM Big Band and receive 20% discount
Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER
RCM Swing Band 7.30pm
Recital Hall
Music in the Museum 1.15pm
Mark Armstrong director RCM Swing Band
RCM Museum of Music
Free but tickets required
The RCM Swing Band explores classics from the 1930s and 1940s that gave the Swing Era its characteristic sound and energy. Tickets: £5
Trombone Masterclass with Håkan Björkman 2.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER RCM Big Band – Tribute to Eddie Harvey and Will Michael 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
Mark Armstrong director RCM Big Band The RCM Big Band celebrates the achievements of Eddie Harvey and Will Michael, two distinguished educators who were dedicated not only to jazz music but also to encouraging and supporting the teaching of the art form. This concert will also include the presentation of the Jazz Services’ 2015 Will Michael Jazz Education Awards, which recognises UK music services and music hubs which have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to jazz education. Tickets: £10
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER RCM Junior Department Contemporary Music Concert 5.30pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
RCM Junior Department Symphony and Chamber Orchestras 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Gonzalo Acosta and Christopher Hirons conductors Programme to include: Rachmaninov Symphony no 2 in E minor op 27
Sir Thomas Allen
Tickets: £5
WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools: RCM Philharmonic 1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Key Stage 2 parties only Join the RCM Philharmonic on an enchanting festive journey to explore Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Rachel Leach will introduce you to Clara and all of the magic of Christmas Eve, with the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Prince and all their friends! All schools booking receive a teacher resource pack and song recording to accompany this concert. Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER
Walton’s Façade 7.30pm
Britten Theatre
Tim Murray conductor Sir Thomas Allen narrator Sally Burgess narrator Searle Cat Variations Berio Opus Number Zoo Saint-Saëns Le carnival des animaux Walton Façade William Walton set to music the poems of his dear friend Edith Sitwell in the entertaining Façade and we are delighted to welcome a trio of RCM alumni for this intriguing work: narrators Sir Thomas Allen and Sally Burgess and conductor Tim Murray. This captivating programme also features music from the animal kingdom with Humphrey Searle’s Cat Variations, in the composer’s centenary year, as well as the ever-popular Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns. Tickets: £8, £10
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SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER
Orchestral Masterworks: Tchaikovsky, Webern and Searle
RCM Junior Department End of Term Concert
7.30pm All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1JP
2.30pm
See page 19 for details
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER Orchestral Masterworks: Tchaikovsky, Webern and Searle 7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Join the RCM Junior Department for their end of term concert featuring the Sinfonia, Brass Dectet, Wind Dectet, Senior Choir, Girls’ Choir and Parry Voices. Tickets: £5
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 19 for details
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MUSIC TALKS Music Talks are designed for people who love music and want to know more. Held on Wednesdays at 10.00am between 7 October 2015 and 9 March 2016, Music Talks take place at 49 Queen’s Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PN, by kind invitation of Sir Vernon and Lady Ellis, and feature noted musicians discussing the relationship between words and music. Visit www.musictalks.org.uk for more information.
RCM SPARKS
Whether you are introducing young people or your family to classical music for the first time, or looking for inspiring ways to delve deeper, take a look at the special partnership events run by RCM Sparks and the Royal Albert Hall this autumn. Families can experience the unforgettable thrill of live performances at the Royal Albert Hall preceded by inspiring workshops at the RCM including Ratatouille in Concert, Classical Spectacular and Nicola Benedetti. See www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks for more details. Free tickets are available subject to eligibility Run in partnership with the Royal Albert Hall
OUT AND ABOUT
OUT AND ABOUT In addition to concerts at the Royal College of Music itself, RCM performers regularly appear at a number of venues across London and beyond. Unless stated otherwise, all concerts are free of charge and no ticket is required. Just turn up on the day to see some of the world’s brightest young classical stars in action.
St Mary Abbots Kensington High Street, London W8 4LA
Fridays at 1.05pm 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 October 6, 13, 20, 27 November 4 December
Kings Place
The Queen’s Gallery
90 York Way, London N1 9AG
18 October, 5.45pm 8 November, 5.45pm
Lincoln’s Inn London WC2A 3TL
St James’s Piccadilly 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
16 September, 1.10pm 23 October, 1.10pm 2 November, 1.10pm
20 October, 1.05pm 17 November, 1.05pm
Forty Hall Forty Hall & Estate, Forty Hill, Enfield EN2 9HA
Steinway Hall 44 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2DB
23 September, 1.10pm 11 November, 1.10pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ
5 October, 1.05pm 23 November, 1.05pm
24 October, 7.30pm 22 November, 3.00pm
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH
29 October, 1.00pm 26 November, 1.00pm
Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA
Wednesdays at 12.00pm 2, 16, 30 September 7 October Free with exhibition ticket or The Queen’s Gallery 1-Year Pass. See www.royalcollection.org.uk
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
Classical Coffee Mornings, Elgar Room Sundays at 11.00am 20, 27 September 11, 18, 25 October 8*, 15, 29* November (* RCMJD) Tickets: £11, including coffee and cake Free Friday Music, Verdi Restaurant 2 October, 12.30pm
St Stephen’s Church Gloucester Road, London SW7 4RL
Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
Mondays at 6.30pm
2 October, 5.30pm featuring RCM pianists
12, 19, 26 October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November
30 October, 1.00pm featuring RCM guitarists
Free no tickets required
Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition Road, London SW7 2RL
Fridays at 6.30pm 2, 9, 16, 23 October 6, 13, 20 November 4 December Supported by the Friends of the V&A T ickets are free but required. Available from www.vam.ac.uk
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TICKET & BOOKING INFORMATION
TICKET & BOOKING INFORMATION Entry to the Royal College of Music is free, however, charges apply for some of our events, performances and exhibitions. All income from ticket sales goes directly to support training and performance opportunities for our students. To book tickets or for more information contact the RCM Box Office on 020 7591 4314, weekdays 10.00am – 4.00pm, or visit us online at www.rcm.ac.uk/events Please note, there is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction for online and telephone bookings. This fee covers administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income to support training and performance opportunities for our students. BOOKING FOR THE AUTUMN SEASON opens on Wednesday 19 August. RCM Friends and Patrons have priority booking from Wednesday 12 August. BOOKING FOR RCM JUNIOR DEPARTMENT EVENTS opens on Saturday 17 October. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for J Strauss Die Fledermaus, 23, 25, 27 and 28 November, will be available from Wednesday 30 September. RCM Benefactors have priority booking from Wednesday 16 September and RCM Friends on Wednesday 23 September.
Group bookings of 10 or more receive a 10% discount where applicable. Maximum group booking size is 33. School parties must be chaperoned at all times by school staff. Refunds Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance is cancelled; when an event is sold out refunds may be possible, at the discretion of Box Office staff. Tickets on the door Tickets are available on the door for many RCM events. However, we recommend that tickets are purchased well in advance and cannot guarantee availability on the day. For more information on booking tickets, terms and conditions please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/ticketing Late Arrivals To avoid disturbing fellow audience members, latecomers will be asked to wait for a suitable break in the performance before entering the auditorium; occasionally it may not be possible to enter once a performance has started. Security Please note that all visitors to the RCM may be required to sign in on entry.
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VISITING US
V ISITING US Transport
Access
By Tube The nearest underground station is South Kensington, which is about 10 minutes’ walk from the RCM. South Kensington is on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations are both approximately 15 minutes’ walk from the RCM.
The Royal College of Music has easy access to most areas and is fully accessible via lifts and ramps. Guide and companion dogs may be taken anywhere on site. The main entrance to the RCM has eight steps up from the pavement and two inside the main doors.
By Rail The nearest mainline railway stations are Paddington and Victoria.
The East Entrance, 20 metres to the left of the main entrance, is solely for the use of patrons with limited mobility and is opened by contacting reception staff via intercom. The main entrance to the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall contains 10 steps. A step-free entrance is available.
By Bus Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal Albert Hall, whilst 9a runs from Palace Gate and 70 along Queen’s Gate. The number 360 stops very close to the RCM on Prince Consort Road. Many other services run to South Kensington, Kensington High Street or Knightsbridge from surrounding areas. By Road There is metered parking on Prince Consort Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3 per hour for a maximum of three hours and is free after 6.30pm and on Sundays. There are a limited number of disabled parking spaces and designated motorbike bays in the surrounding area.
Food and Drink Lunch and Snacks The RCM Restaurant offers a great range of hot and cold snacks and beverages each weekday between 9.00am and 4.00pm as well as delicious full lunch options between 12.00pm and 2.00pm. Evening Performance Drinks and Light Snacks The RCM offers a range of pre-performance and interval refreshments, and a selection of light snacks for those attending evening events in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre. These are served between 6.00pm and 9.00pm (5.00pm for early evening performances) in the Britten Theatre Bar or the RCM Foyer Bar.
Photography and Recordings Photographs may be taken during the applause at the end of a work. Photography before and during a performance is forbidden. Private sound or video recordings of RCM concerts and recitals are prohibited without prior written permission from the RCM and the agreement of all performers. Your co-operation is appreciated.
The main entrance to the Britten Theatre contains 33 steps. An alternative step-free entrance is available for all patrons. There are spaces for wheelchair users and seats for their companions in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and Britten Theatre. Please contact the Box Office in advance for directions. To request an alternative format of publicity on forthcoming events, please contact the Box Office on 020 7591 4314. Large print programmes are available on request.
Enhancing your Visit The RCM Museum of Music preserves and displays an internationally renowned collection of more than 1,500 items including musical instruments, portraits, sculptures, photographs and engravings related to music. Many of the instruments in the collection are in playing condition and can be heard during museum events or during guided tours. The RCM Museum of Music is open Tuesday to Friday, 11.30am to 4.30pm, and is free to visit. If you would like to book a guided tour (£5 per head or £4 concessions) please call 020 7591 4842. Groups and research access by appointment. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/museum
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SUPPORTING US
SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF MUSIC – SUPPORT THE RCM The RCM is one of the world’s leading conservatoires. Generations of gifted students from around the world have been guided and inspired to develop their musical potential within the RCM’s stimulating creative environment. In order to sustain the provision of the highest levels of training and performance opportunities to our students – whatever their financial means – we rely heavily on the support of individuals, companies and charitable trusts. There are many ways you can get involved and support our work, including the RCM Patron Scheme, Scholarship Fund and donations towards our learning and participation programme RCM Sparks. Every gift to the RCM helps to transform the lives of talented young musicians, and all supporters are invited to see at first hand what a difference their support makes. Please join us.
For more information visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus or call 020 7591 4862.
JOIN THE RCM FRIENDS GET CLOSER TO THE MUSIC
Becoming an RCM Friend is an ideal way to support and enjoy this world of great music. You can join for only £40 or choose a higher level of involvement. RCM Friends receive up-to-date information on all events taking place at the RCM, priority booking for RCM concerts and opera performances, invitations to special events and other opportunities to become involved in life at the RCM. Your support is vital in helping us to continue to inspire musicians of the future.
For more information visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/friends, email friends@rcm.ac.uk or call 020 7591 4331.
IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS Wed 9 Sep Thu 17 Sep Mon 21 Sep Tue 22 Sep Mon 28 Sep Wed 30 Sep
8.30pm 1.05pm 1.05pm 10.00am 1.05pm 6.00pm
Professors’ Concerts: Florilegium Professors’ Concerts: RCM String Professors RCM Prize Winners Horn Masterclass with Stefan Dohr RCM Prize Winners Orchestral Masterworks: Beethoven and Wagner
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Thu 1 Oct 7.30pm Thu 1 Oct 7.30pm Fri 2 Oct 7.30pm Fri 2 Oct 7.30pm Sat 3 Oct 7.30pm Mon 5 Oct 1.05pm Tue 6 Oct 10.00am Tue 6 Oct 10.00am Thu 8 Oct 6.00pm Thu 8 Oct 7.30pm Fri 9 Oct 7.30pm Sat 10 Oct 7.30pm Sun 11 Oct Various Mon 12 Oct 1.05pm Tue 13 Oct 10.00am Tue 13 Oct 6.00pm Tue 13 Oct 7.30pm Wed 14 Oct 7.30pm Thu 15 Oct 7.30pm Fri 16 Oct 7.30pm Mon 19 Oct 1.05pm Tue 20 Oct 7.30pm Thu 22 Oct 6.00pm Mon 26 Oct 1.05pm Wed 28 Oct 7.30pm Thu 29 Oct 7.30pm Fri 30 Oct 7.30pm
English Touring Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande RCM Students’ Film Orchestra English Touring Opera: Werther explorensemble English Touring Opera: Pelléas et Mélisande RCM Prize Winners Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Residence: Chamber Music Masterclass with Mats Zetterqvist Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Residence: Flute Masterclass with Clara Andrada de la Calle Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Residence: Beethoven Symphony no 2 English Touring Opera: Werther English Touring Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann English Touring Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann Bassoon Day RCM Composers Week: Cole and Fujikura Piano Masterclass with John Lill Johannes Goritzki Recital Chamber Essentials: Music for String Quartet RCM Composers Week: RCM New Perspectives RCM Composers Week: From the Soundhouse Cully Classique Festival Concert RCM Prize Winners Guitar Showcase Orchestral Masterworks: Verdi and Tchaikovsky RCM Prize Winners Chamber Essentials: Music for Woodwind Ensemble RCM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra RCM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
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Sun 1 Nov Mon 2 Nov Mon 2 Nov Mon 2 Nov Mon 2 Nov Tue 3 Nov Tue 3 Nov Tue 3 Nov Wed 4 Nov Wed 4 Nov Thu 5 Nov Fri 6 Nov Fri 6 Nov Mon 9 Nov Wed 11 Nov Thu 12 Nov Sat 14 Nov Mon 16 Nov Mon 16 Nov Wed 18 Nov Thu 19 Nov Thu 19 Nov Sun 22 Nov
André Tchaikowsky Day RCM Festival of Viols: Masterclass with Christophe Coin RCM Prize Winners RCM Festival of Viols: Masterclass with Christophe Coin RCM Festival of Viols: Fretwork in Concert RCM Festival of Viols: Masterclass with Christophe Coin RCM Festival of Viols: Lecture RCM Festival of Viols: Christophe Coin in Concert Soundings Open Rehearsal Exploring the Archives: Vaughan Williams and his Pupils Soundings Professors’ Concerts: Trio Apaches RCM String Band RCM Prize Winners Orchestral Masterworks: Brahms and Dukas Chamber Essentials: Music in the Round RCM Junior Department Chamber Music Concert RCM Prize Winners RCM Symphony Orchestra RCM Swing Band RCM Chamber Choir Woodwind Showcase Back to Back Bach Lecture: Speaking Bach
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3.00pm 10.00am 1.05pm 2.30pm 6.00pm 10.00am 2.30pm 6.00pm 10.00am 7.30pm 7.30pm 1.05pm 7.30pm 1.05pm 6.00pm 1.05pm 5.30pm 1.05pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 1.30pm
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Sun 22 Nov 2.30pm Sun 22 Nov 4.00pm Sun 22 Nov 7.00pm Mon 23 Nov 1.05pm Mon 23 Nov 7.00pm Mon 23 Nov 7.30pm Wed 25 Nov 1.05pm Wed 25 Nov 7.00pm Wed 25 Nov 7.30pm Thu 26 Nov 7.30pm Fri 27 Nov 6.00pm Fri 27 Nov 7.00pm Sat 28 Nov 7.00pm Mon 30 Nov 1.05pm
Back to Back Bach Lecture: Playing Bach Back to Back Bach Masterclass with Roel Dieltiens, Raphael Wallfisch and David Watkin Back to Back Bach in Concert RCM Prize Winners J Strauss Die Fledermaus Chamber Essentials: Music for Piano and Strings Orchestral Masterworks: Mozart and Martinu˚ů J Strauss Die Fledermaus RCM Wind Ensemble Sacconi Quartet RCM Brass J Strauss Die Fledermaus J Strauss Die Fledermaus RCM Prize Winners
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Tue 1 Dec Wed 2 Dec Thu 3 Dec Sat 5 Dec Sat 5 Dec Thu 10 Dec Fri 11 Dec Sat 12 Dec
RCM Big Band – Tribute to Eddie Harvey and Will Michael Walton’s Façade Percussion Showcase RCM Junior Department Contemporary Music Concert RCM Junior Department Symphony and Chamber Orchestras Orchestral Masterworks: Tchaikovsky, Webern and Searle Orchestral Masterworks: Tchaikovsky, Webern and Searle RCM Junior Department End of Term Concert
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7.30pm 7.30pm 1.05pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
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Thu 1 Oct 5.15pm Thu 15 Oct 5.15pm Sat 24 – Sun 25 Oct Thu 29 Oct 10.00am
Music and Ideas: Ownership – Whose Score is it Anyway? Music and Ideas: Community Music and Music Education Listening to Music: People, Practices and Experiences South American Baroque Music Lecture
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Thu 5 Nov Thu 19 Nov
Music and Ideas: Combining Business and Pleasure Music and Ideas: Music Education and Social Justice
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MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
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Wed 16 Sep Tue 22 Sep
2.00pm 10.00am
Vocal Masterclass with Sarah Connolly Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm
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Thu 1 Oct Tue 13 Oct Tue 13 Oct Thu 15 Oct Fri 16 Oct Sun 18 Oct Tue 20 Oct Wed 21 Oct Thu 29 Oct
2.00pm 10.00am 10.00am 2.00pm 10.00am Various 10.00am 10.00am 2.00pm
Trumpet Masterclass with Gareth Small Viola Masterclass with Maxim Rysanov Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Der Musensohn Harp Masterclass with Sivan Magen Clarinet Masterclass with Maximiliano Martín South American Baroque Masterclass and Workshop
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Tue 3 Nov Tue 3 Nov Wed 4 Nov Wed 4 Nov Wed 4 Nov Fri 6 Nov Fri 6 Nov Tue 10 Nov Fri 13 Nov Tue 17 Nov Fri 20 Nov
10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 10.00am 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm
Double Bass Masterclass with Rick Stotijn Piano Masterclass with Leslie Howard Recorder Masterclass with Dorothee Oberlinger Flute Composition Masterclass with Molly Barth Recorder Masterclass with Dorothee Oberlinger Violin Masterclass with Peter Herresthal Saxophone Masterclass with Jean-Charles Richard Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova Violin Masterclass with Charlie Siem Guitar Masterclass with Antigoni Goni Cello Masterclass with Nicholas Jones
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Fri 4 Dec
2.00pm
Trombone Masterclass with Håkan Björkman
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1.15pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 1.05pm 6.00pm 1.15pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 1.05pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm
Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music South American Baroque Music Recital RCM Chamber Music
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Wed 4 Nov Thu 5 Nov Fri 6 Nov Mon 9 Nov Tue 10 Nov Fri 13 Nov Fri 13 Nov Mon 16 Nov Thu 19 Nov Tue 24 Nov Fri 27 Nov
6.00pm 6.30pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 1.15pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 1.05pm 6.00pm 1.15pm
Dorothee Oberlinger in Concert Beethoven Piano Trios RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum
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Fri 4 Dec
1.15pm
Music in the Museum
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SPECIAL EVENTS Sun 6 Sep
11.00am
Vocal Faculty Open Door
PARTICIPATORY EVENTS
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Fri 30 Oct
1.15pm
Music in the Museum: Family Workshop
Wed 9 Dec
1.05pm
RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools: RCM Philharmonic page 27
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EVENTS 2015
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