SUMMER FESTIVAL 2-16 June 2015 spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk #SMSF15
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WELCOME This year, our 39th, we welcome three brilliant Associate Artists to lead our Summer Festival programme: early music ensemble La Nuova Musica, composer Emily Hall, and saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings. Through their differing sound-worlds they present a vibrant, refreshing and enticing series of events. Alongside we present the very best of music old and new, unusual explorations between artforms, music for ears of all ages and ways to delve deeper into the programme with talks and informal opportunities to meet the artists. Come and join us for an adventure in Spitalfields this June.
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SMALL BITE TO EAT? A QUICK DRINK AFTER THE SHOW?
For further details about our events as well as exclusive videos, playlists and interviews, head to our website: spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk You can also follow Shabaka Hutchings’s Spitalfields Re-Sounded blog (spitalfieldsresounded.com) and help us ask questions about our shared future in our What Next? talk series.
We’ve teamed up with restaurants, bars and eateries around the area to give exclusive offers to festival goers. From fine dining to street food favourites, there are plenty of tasty opportunities to start or round off your evening. See page 27 for a small selection and head to the Your Visit section on spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk for more ideas.
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PROUD TO BE TOWER HAMLETS Spitalfields Music is born and bred in Tower Hamlets. We’re proud to be a part of the area’s rich cultural make-up, and work with the astounding local talent and creativity. This year we’ve been exploring even more of the borough than ever, and throughout this brochure we show unexpected horizons from Tower Hamlets. We’d now love to hear from you – send us your shots of Tower Hamlets that make you proud using #ProudTH 3
THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL SHABAKA HUTCHINGS: SPITALFIELDS RE-SOUNDED BLOG spitalfieldsresounded.com Throughout the year, Associate Artist saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings is exploring the Spitalfields area recording the sounds he hears to construct an online sound archive of the area and to form the basis of his compositions. Follow his progress through his blog, and uncover the sounds he captures. In partnership with Resonance 104.4fm Supported by Arts Council England
TUESDAY 2 JUNE SPITALFIELDS SALON WITH IAN BOSTRIDGE 7.00pm-9.00pm Privately owned Spitalfields house (confirmed on booking) £60 including a glass of wine Ian Bostridge tenor Harry Bicket harpsichord/curator Step back in time and enjoy an exclusive, intimate evening in one of Spitalfields’s beautifully restored Georgian houses. Renowned early music conductor Harry Bicket (director of previous Associate Artists The English Concert) is joined by one of Britain’s most celebrated tenors, Ian Bostridge. Alongside colourful arias, discover more about the music in conversation with the performers.
Spitalfields Salon Series Ticket Book all three Spitalfields Salon events for £165. (Terms and conditions apply, see page 24)
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WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE POETRY READING
EXAUDI
Michael Pennington actor
EXAUDI Hortus Ensemble James Weeks conductor
6.00pm / 9.00pm [45min] Privately owned Spitalfields house (confirmed on booking) £9 unreserved
Eminent stage actor and director Michael Pennington presents a selection of English poetry inspired by The Sixteen’s concert programme. A rare opportunity to hear these works performed in one of Spitalfields’s 18th-century Huguenot houses and a perfect accompaniment to the evening’s concert.
THE SIXTEEN
7.00pm-8.40pm Christ Church Spitalfields a £35 b £28 c £20 d £10 e £5
9.30pm-10.30pm Christ Church Spitalfields a £18 b £12 c £5
James Weeks Mala punica with instrumental interludes (world premiere) A cycle of musical canons, James Weeks’s Mala punica (Pomegranates) draws from the biblical Song of Songs, a poem of divine love. Natural images from the text – curling vines, fruiting figs and pomegranates, intoxicating wine – are transformed into musical ideas. Framing this are instrumental interludes constructing a sonic garden pictured at dawn, afternoon and dusk.
The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor Poetry in music: music from across six centuries including works by Tomkins, Pearsall, Britten and Tippett Vocal ensemble The Sixteen return to Hawksmoor’s glorious Christ Church Spitalfields to explore the intimate relationship between poetry and music in a programme of a cappella English works from across the centuries. Resounding harmonies are matched with powerful texts including works of John Donne, Christopher Fry and WH Auden. A delicate and beautiful summer’s evening of music.
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Supported by Alan Moses & Dinah Casson in memory of Eric & Pearl Moses
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THURSDAY 4 JUNE IN DEPTH: THE FORTUNES OF FRANCIS BARBER
LA NUOVA MUSICA: ISRAEL IN EGYPT
6.30pm-7.15pm Bishopsgate Institute £7 unreserved
7.30pm-9.40pm Christ Church Spitalfields a £35 b £28 c £20 d £10 e £5
Exploring behind the music, inspired by our festival concerts.
La Nuova Musica David Bates director
Building on themes raised in Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Michael Bundock, director of Dr Johnson’s House Trust examines the life of Samuel Johnson’s servant Francis Barber, opening a window onto a London when slaves had yet to win their freedom.
Handel Israel in Egypt
In partnership with Bishopsgate Institute
Opening their Associate Artist series, rising stars of early music La Nuova Musica bring Handel’s intriguing masterpiece Israel in Egypt to fill every corner of Hawksmoor’s stunning Christ Church Spitalfields. Full of operatic flourishes and fascinating effects for choir and orchestra, the piece paints the story of the biblical ten plagues and the release of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. A compelling and dramatic work.
“La Nuova Musica… As lively a collection of instrumentalists and singers as the world offers” The Times, 2012
Post-concert meet the artists
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With director David Bates and members of the ensemble.
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FRIDAY 5 JUNE STILE ANTICO
7.30pm-9.30pm Christ Church Spitalfields a £35 b £28 c £20 d £10 e £5 Stile Antico Music for Compline: works by Tallis, Byrd and Sheppard Marking ten years together, we welcome vocal consort Stile Antico to the sonorous setting of Christ Church Spitalfields. With an outstanding reputation for renaissance music, they perform a collection of English music for the Christian service of compline, exquisite works of contemplation by some of the finest composers of the day, including William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard.
“The singing is staggeringly beautiful” The Sunday Times on Stile Antico’s Music for Compline
A BAROQUE SUPPER
9.30pm-10.30pm The English Restaurant £20 including a one plate meal (meat or vegetarian) Elicia Silverstein violin Purcell Prelude in G minor Telemann Fantasia for solo violin No. 1 Biber Passacaglia for solo violin in G minor JS Bach Violin Partita No.3 in E major BWV1006 Baroque violinist and Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artist Elicia Silverstein presents a selection of solo works by Purcell, JS Bach and Biber. Glittering virtuosity and sumptuous melodies are accompanied by a tasty meal courtesy of family-run The English Restaurant. A delicate late-evening treat.
Pre-concert Insight
6.30pm, free to concert ticket holders Members of Stile Antico discuss the evening’s programme.
Supported by Spitalfields Music Members, Patrons & Champions
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SATURDAY 6 JUNE – SUNDAY 7 JUNE EMILY HALL: FOLIE À DEUX
Saturday: 6.00pm / 8.00pm Sunday: 4.00pm / 6.00pm Rich Mix £15 unreserved / £20 with Sound Among Sounds Mahogany Opera Group Sofia Jernberg voice artist Finnur Bjarnason tenor Emily Hall composer Sjón libretto Frederic Wake-Walker director Following a preview performance during our Winter Festival, we present the fully-staged version of Emily Hall’s new opera. A woman is struggling to connect with her lover. His belief that a pylon has a special power passes on to her and, as sparks fly, their madness takes hold. Insanity, electricity and love collide in a sonic voyage into the shared psychosis known as ‘folie à deux’, where a delusion is transmitted from one person to another. An opera and a concept album, Folie à Deux is a lyrical and intense investigation into love and loneliness within a relationship. Supported by Arts Council England, Britten–Pears Foundation, The Golsoncott Foundation, The Hinrichsen Foundation, The Holst Foundation, J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, The Leche Trust, Nordic Culture Point, PRS for Music Foundation, The RVW Trust, Sound and Music and Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement.
Emily Hall Day Pass Enjoy all events on Saturday or Sunday (Folie à Deux and Sound Among Sounds) for just £20 (Terms and conditions apply, see page 24)
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EMILY HALL: SOUND AMONG SOUNDS
Saturday: from 4.00pm Sunday: from 2.00pm Rich Mix £20 day pass (includes Folie à Deux) See spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk for full timings Emily Hall curates at Rich Mix Liam Byrne Mara Carlyle Oliver Coates Dr Lisa Conlan Toby Litt James McVinnie Puzzle Muteson As part of a weekend curation at Rich Mix, Associate Artist Emily Hall is joined by friends and collaborators for two days of performances and installations sparked by her new opera Folie à Deux and her other recent work. The line up includes some of the most exciting contemporary artists working across classical and alternative classical music.
ASSOCIATE ARTIST: EMILY HALL Composer Emily Hall’s music is acclaimed for clarity and directness, taking as much from classical music as it does from folk. Having delighted audiences at past festivals with inventive soundworlds, we’re thrilled to welcome her this June. Much of Emily’s work is forged through close relationships with singers and writers, and this series is no exception. This festival two new works see her collaborate with Icelandic writer Sjón to explore love and madness (Folie à Deux) and visual artist Caroline Bergvall in a new work for choir (Women sing East). Emily also welcomes a number of artists and friends to Rich Mix in Sound Among Sounds. Find out more from Emily in our online videos
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SUNDAY 7 JUNE
MONDAY 8 JUNE
IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST…
WOMEN SING EAST
TROUPE
Women sing East / Laka D director Lips Choir / Jessie Maryon Davies director
12.30pm-1.40pm Rich Mix £8 children, £2 one accompanying adult, £5 additional adults
An interactive family adventure featuring dance, poetry and music by Bach, Cage and Weill Join musicians TROUPE for an hour of Nordic tales of in-between worlds, white nights and restless beasts. Weaving together new poetry, movement and music from across the centuries, they present an exciting performance of humour, colour and invention. Suitable for ages 7+
7.00pm-8.30pm Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) £10 unreserved
A new work by Emily Hall with a medley of jazz classics and pop arrangements Our all-ladies chorus Women sing East and their brilliant director Laka D are joined by lively pop choir Lips. Alongside an enticing mix of reimagined jazz classics, soulful harmonies and fizzing pop medleys, they present a new work by Associate Artist Emily Hall which uses texts devised by French-Norwegian visual artist Caroline Bergvall. Supported by Britten–Pears Foundation
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TUESDAY 9 JUNE LA NUOVA MUSICA: LEÇONS DES TÉNÈBRES 8.30pm-9.30pm Village Underground £15 unreserved
Lucy Crowe soprano Elizabeth Watts soprano La Nuova Musica David Bates conductor Couperin Leçons des ténèbres Originally presented in a Parisian abbey by the operatic stars of the day, Couperin’s Leçons des ténèbres (Lessons from Tenebrae) fused the dramatic and the devotional. Wild and emotive biblical texts mingled with sumptuous harmonies, while the abbey was gradually submerged into darkness. In this late-evening performance Associate Artists La Nuova Musica are joined by renowned sopranos Lucy Crowe and Elizabeth Watts for a sensitive and intimate performance in a candlelit Village Underground.
“If anyone can be relied on to make baroque music sound newly hatched, it’s the aptly named ensemble La Nuova Musica.” The Times
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
6.30pm-8.30pm Geffrye Museum £16 promenade performance Musicians from the Royal Academy of Music In the Geffrye Museum’s urban oasis, enjoy histories and performances in a private exploration of one of East London’s most treasured buildings. Celebrating just over 300 years of history, we present three musical reflections (including three new compositions) inspired by the museum’s intricately curated interiors, bridging the past and the present. Supported by The Fenton Arts Trust
DIDO & AENEAS 7.00pm / 9.00pm [50min] Village Underground £15 unreserved Elin Manahan Thomas soprano Rachael Lloyd mezzo-soprano Robert Davies baritone Armonico Consort Christopher Monks conductor Purcell Dido & Aeneas
Post-concert meet the artists
Free to concert ticket holders
With David Bates, Lucy Crowe and Elizabeth Watts.
Supported by a syndicate of individual donors, Geoffrey Collens, Arts Council England, Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation and Fidelio Charitable Trust
Henry Purcell’s only complete opera, Dido & Aeneas, is one of his most alluring works with an enduring appeal. Taking inspiration from classical mythology, it tells a story of love and abandonment, embodied in the climatic and heart-wrenching Dido’s Lament. Spitalfields Music newcomers, the Armonico Consort are joined by soprano Elin Manahan Thomas for their festival debut in this semi-staged performance.
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WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE PLATFORM: SIDE BY SIDE
HEARTFELT
Tower Hamlets Arts & Music Education Service Students from the Royal Academy of Music
Sacconi Quartet
6.30pm-7.30pm Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) Free, booking required
Talented young musicians from across Tower Hamlets take to the stage in Platform: Side by Side. Showcasing music from some of THAMES’s younger ensembles, alongside students from the Royal Academy of Music, expect a roof-raising musical feast featuring excerpts from Saint-Saëns ‘Organ’ Symphony No.3, Mars from Holst’s The Planets and a newly commissioned work by John Webb. In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music and Tower Hamlets Arts & Music Education Service
6.30pm-7.30pm Village Underground £15 unreserved
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op.132 What if you could experience a piece of music beyond hearing the notes? In this multi-sensory, interactive performance, the Sacconi Quartet takes an iconic composition by Beethoven and offers a new direct and physical experience. Through responsive lighting design and a handheld digital connection to the performers’ heartbeats, find yourself immersed in the piece through sound, light and touch.
SHABAKA HUTCHINGS: SPITALFIELDS RE-SOUNDED 8.30pm-11.30pm Village Underground £15 unreserved
ASSOCIATE ARTIST: SHABAKA HUTCHINGS Saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings is a former BBC New Generation Artist known for his imaginative ways of blending music from across the globe into a unique sound. In his Associate Artist series he investigates how we listen to the world around us and transforms our natural environments into music. Throughout the year he is collecting sounds from the local area to form an online sound archive (Spitalfields Re-Sounded Blog), which he turns into a new composition (Spitalfields Re-Sounded). He then unwraps elements of this piece on a journey through the places where the sounds were found (Spitalfields Re-Sounded Tour). F ind out more from Shabaka in our online videos
Shabaka Hutchings clarinet/saxophone The Comet is Coming Jason Singh beatboxer/sound artist Micachu Taking inspiration from sounds he’s collected around Spitalfields, Associate Artist, composer and saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings crafts a new piece of music for his band The Comet is Coming and guest artist Jason Singh. Finding music in the sounds of our environment, he subverts the traditional ideas of how we give meaning to sound. Following the performance, previous Associate Artist Micachu (Mica Levi) rounds off the night with her own DJ set. In partnership with Resonance 104.4fm Supported by Arts Council England
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THURSDAY 11 JUNE THE CARNIVAL BAND
BRIDIE JACKSON AND THE ARBOUR
Vivien Ellis voice The Carnival Band
Bridie Jackson and the Arbour
6.30pm-7.45pm Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) a £20 b £15 c £10 d £5
A collection of 17th-century English ballads Ballads were the popular songs of the 17th century. Printed on one sheet and sold for a penny in marketplaces, they told tales of murder, sex, revenge, true love and the supernatural to familiar (and often recycled) melodies. The Carnival Band brings to life a colourful cast of characters through some of the most imaginative and memorable songs and dance tunes of the age.
8.30pm-10.00pm Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) £12 unreserved
Newcastle-based quartet Bridie Jackson and the Arbour present a late-evening performance of their folk-influenced original music. Blending traditional melodies and songs from the North East of England with more contemporary sounds, this is essential summer evening listening.
Supported by Arts & Humanities Research Council
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Spitalfields Music’s Trainee Music Leaders Naomi, Beth, Fran, Amy and Raphael. To find out more about the annual scheme head to spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
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ASSOCIATE ARTIST: LA NUOVA MUSICA Led by charismatic conductor and keyboardist David Bates, ensemble La Nuova Musica has fast built a reputation for their compelling approach to baroque music. Their thoughtful programming and energetic performances have enraptured audience members at past festivals, and we’re delighted that they’re joining us as Associate Artists this year. In their series they present a range of experiences from bold and theatrical choral harmonies (Israel in Egypt) to the delicate and intimate with Couperin’s Leçons des ténèbres, as well as showcasing performers both internationally renowned and from the latest generation (Baroque Horn Concertos). F ind out more from David in our online videos
FRIDAY 12 JUNE MUSICAL RUMPUS: A FAIRY QUEEN IN THE FOREST
LA NUOVA MUSICA: BAROQUE HORN CONCERTOS
10.30am / 12.30pm [50min] Rich Mix £5 per child, accompanying adults free
7.30pm-9.30pm Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) a £25 b £18 c £10 d £5
Zoë Palmer libretto/director Purcell arr. Sam Glazer music Sophia Lovell Smith designer Musicians from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Julia Riley mezzo-soprano Alec Frank-Gemmill horn La Nuova Musica David Bates director
Enter a world of fairies and fantastic animals in a magical forest, full of sounds and colours to explore. Musical Rumpus, our award-winning interactive, multi-sensory opera for babies and toddlers returns with new a production of A Fairy Queen in the Forest, bringing the music of Henry Purcell to the youngest of ears. Suitable for ages 0-2½ Supported by Arts Council England, Garfield Weston Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation
SPITALFIELDS SALON WITH ALICE COOTE 7.00pm-9.00pm Privately owned Spitalfields house (confirmed on booking) £60 including a glass of wine
Arias and concertos by Handel and Vivaldi Following an astounding performance in our Winter Festival 2013, Associate Arists La Nuova Musica are again joined by virtuoso horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill. Together they present a collection of baroque arias and concertos for multiple horns, including works from Handel’s Serse and Giulio Cesare that demonstrate the sensitivity and versatility of this technically fiendish instrument.
“... Alec Frank-Gemill, a player of rare composure and subtlety...” The Guardian Supported by a syndicate of individual donors, Geoffrey Collens, Arts Council England, Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation and Fidelio Charitable Trust
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Harry Bicket harpsichord/curator Internationally renowned operatic mezzosoprano Alice Coote and The English Concert’s Harry Bicket host an intimate evening of music and conversation. In one of Spitalfields’s privately owned Huguenot houses enjoy luscious arias and find out more about the music from the performers.
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SATURDAY 13 JUNE MUSICAL RUMPUS: A FAIRY QUEEN IN THE FOREST 10.30am / 12.30pm [50min] Rich Mix ÂŁ5 per child, accompanying adults free
WEAVING DAY A day of events inspired by the history of Spitalfields and its links to the weaving and textiles industries.
This event is also being presented on Friday 12 June. Head to page 17 for further details.
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WEAVING WORKSHOP WITH CODASIGN Shoreditch Church Creative technology company Codasign celebrate the weaving past and technology future of Spitalfields. In this workshop learn how to weave textiles by hand on a loom, the technique used by the Huguenots. Bringing the craft into the modern day, you will weave with conductive fibres to create an interactive artwork that plays sounds when touched. Suitable for ages 16+
SHABAKA HUTCHINGS: SPITALFIELDS RE-SOUNDED TOUR Meet at Bishopsgate Institute Shabaka Hutchings composer/guide In Spitalfields Re-Sounded (10 June), Associate Artist Shabaka Hutchings presents a new piece of music crafted from sounds collected through his year-long East London sound archive project. He offers you the chance to hear elements from this piece on walking tour of the places in which the sounds were found. Part performance, part walking tour, and full of insight and ingenuity. In partnership with Resonance 104.4fm Supported by Arts Council England
Meet the artist With Shabaka Hutchings
THE LITTLE WEAVING OPERA Privately owned Spitalfields house (confirmed on booking) Lisa Hansson voice Stefan Klaverdal computer The Little Weaving Opera is a poetic music drama that draws from the sound, feel, rhythm and stories of weaving. Finding similarities with the creation of music, the piece incorporates history, personal accounts, video and live weaving, mixing together the old and the new.
FIELD NOTES Bishopsgate Institute Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Howard Skempton composer Matthew Harris visual artist Oliver Knussen Cantata Betsy Jolas Music to Go Judith Weir The Bagpiper’s String Trio Cardew Excerpts from Treatise Howard Skempton Field Notes Performed alongside Matthew Harris’s The New Peeces and Pittcroft Whip Ha Field Notes is a collaboration between composer Howard Skempton and visual and textile artist Matthew Harris. Taking inspiration from old maps of Shropshire and Herefordshire and the graphic scores of Cornelius Cardew, they have crafted aural and visual works that explore common ideas of colour, texture and pattern in independent yet interrelated ways.
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MONDAY 15 JUNE
TUESDAY 16 JUNE
WEARY, GUILTLESS GHOSTS
SPITALFIELDS SALON WITH ELIZABETH WATTS
7.15pm-8.30pm Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula a £25 b £18 Odyssean Ensemble Colm Carey director Readings and a cappella music by Taverner, Tallis, Cornysh and Byrd The Tower of London remains one of Britain’s most iconic buildings, intimately linked to the history of the nation. The small Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, in the shadow of the White Tower, is resting place to some of the most important figures of the 16th century, including three queens and Thomas More and John Fisher. Through a sequence of words and music, the Odyssean Ensemble explores the tumultuous religious and political landscape of the time.
7.00pm-9.00pm Privately owned Spitalfields house (confirmed on booking) £60 including a glass of wine Elizabeth Watts soprano Harry Bicket harpsichord/curator Enjoy an intimate salon-style evening of music and conversation in one of Spitalfields’s Georgian drawing rooms. Director of The English Concert (Associate Artists 2011) Harry Bicket and soprano Elizabeth Watts share arias and music for keyboard alongside experiences and insight into the music.
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Sam Glazer and Zoë Palmer, lead artists of Musical Rumpus
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TUESDAY 16 JUNE IN DEPTH: GEORGIAN LONDON
CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA
Exploring behind the music, inspired by our festival concerts.
Ashley Riches baritone City of London Sinfonia Polyphony Stephen Layton conductor
6.30pm-7.00pm Bishopsgate Institute £7 unreserved
Following the themes of City of London Sinfonia’s performance, Professor Jerry White explores the striking similarities between Georgian and contemporary London. In partnership with Bishopsgate Institute
7.30pm-9.30pm Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) a £25 b £18 c £10 d £5
Haydn Symphony No.101 ‘The Clock’ JC Bach Sinfonia Concertante Mozart Symphony No.4 Handel Dettingen Te Deum Georgian London draws many parallels to the contemporary city we know today, not least with its reputation as a hub of global commerce and culture. In the closing concert of our Summer Festival, City of London Sinfonia with choir Polyphony perform four sensational works from four composers who came to the city to find fame and fortune.
Post-concert Q&A
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Richard Scott and Matthew Swann discuss the evening’s programme.
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City of London Sinfonia, partner in CLOSER series and festival artists
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BOOKING INFORMATION HOW TO BOOK
OFFERS *
Online: spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
Children (under 16): 50% discount Under 26: 25% discount Jobseekers: 25% discount Students: £5 best available Disabled and limited mobility: free companion ticket where required Groups (10+): 10% discount
Phone: 020 7377 1362 (Mon-Fri, 10.00am-6.00pm) On the door: 30 minutes before the start of each event (subject to availability)
WHEN TO BOOK Priority booking for Spitalfields Music supporters opens Monday 2 February. Become a Member for just £35, and get access to the best seats and enjoy great benefits. General booking opens Monday 16 February
* Applicable to full-price adult tickets only. Excludes £5 tickets and not valid in conjunction with other offers/discounts. Excludes events: Dinner & Music, Emily Hall: Folie à Deux when purchased with Sound Among Sounds, If a tree falls in the forest..., Musical Rumpus, Night at the Museum, Spitalfields Salons, Weaving Workshop with Codasign.
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Emily Hall Day Pass For full terms and conditions of booking please visit spitalfieldsmusic.org/your-visit Please note that running times shown are for use as an approximate guide only. Please note that for health and safety reasons you will be required to vacate the venue’s main space between any consecutive events in the same venue.
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Enjoy all events on Saturday or Sunday (Folie à Deux and Sound Among Sounds) for just £20 * Offer not valid in conjunction with other offers. Customers must specify which performance of Folie à Deux they wish to attend when booking.
Spitalfields Salon Series Ticket
Book all three Spitalfields Salon events for £165. * Tickets must be purchased in the same transaction. Offer not valid in conjunction with other offers.
BUY ONE, DONATE ONE When buying your tickets, why not consider donating the value of another ticket? We give all donated tickets to local residents who would like to experience our concerts for the first time. Please help us share our festival with even more people.
FREE TICKETS FOR TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS If you live in Tower Hamlets and have never been to one of our events before, we’d like to offer you a pair of free tickets through our No Strings Attached scheme. To find out more give us a call on 020 7377 1362 or email nostringsattached@spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
ACCESS There is wheelchair access in most of our venues and hearing loops at most box offices. If you require a large print version of this brochure or special assistance, please call the box office on 020 7377 1362 or email access@spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
VENUES & SEATING Bishopsgate Institute 230 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula Tower of London, EC3N 4AB (Entrance via Main Gate) Christ Church Spitalfields Commercial Street, E1 6LY The English Restaurant 52 Brushfield Street, E1 6AG Geffrye Museum 126 Kingsland Road, E2 8EA
Christ Church Spitalfields a, b, c : Nave / Organ Galleries (A) d: Side Aisles – unreserved and restricted view e : Gallery North & South – unreserved and unsighted Please note there is an alternative seating layout for EXAUDI on Wednesday 3 June and that in some instances gallery tickets may not be available.
Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s)
a , b: Nave / Organ Galleries (B) c : Side Aisles – unreserved and restricted view d: Gallery North & South – unreserved and unsighted
Please note that in some instances gallery tickets may not be available.
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Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s) Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JN Village Underground 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ
TRAVEL INFORMATION Visit spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/your-visit Contact Transport for London on 020 7222 1234 / tfl.gov.uk
FOOD & DRINK
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Complement your summer evenings with us in Spitalfields with light bites and drinks, or begin or round off your evening with a light supper.
Cover/Page 9 Emily Hall at Millwall Dock
At The English Restaurant a two-course ÂŁ18 contemporary British menu is available from 5.30pm and 9.30pm Monday-Saturday during the festival. Reservations: theenglishrestaurant.com / 020 7247 4110 At Boundary Restaurant enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne with your meal, available Monday-Saturday evening and Sunday daytime during the festival. Reservations: theboundary.co.uk / 020 7729 1051 Just present your tickets on arrival and mention Spitalfields Music Summer Festival when reserving your table. For more food and drink suggestions, explore the Spitalfields Music Recommends section at spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/your-visit
Page 2-3 Columbia Road Flower Market Page 12 Shabaka Hutchings at the Cable Street Mural Page 14 Trainee Music Leaders in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Page 16 David Bates (La Nuova Musica) in Cabot Square, Canary Wharf Page 18-19 Brick Lane E1 Page 21 Sam Glazer and ZoĂŤ Palmer by Shadwell Basin Page 22 City of London Sinfonia in Victoria Park Page 25 White Post Lane, E9 Page 27 Columbia Road, E2
Imagist graphic design imagistlondon.com Alys Tomlinson photography alystomlinson.co.uk James Berry photography mrnovemberphotography.co.uk Programme details are correct at the time of going to press. In unavoidable circumstances Spitalfields Music reserves the right to alter the artists of programme. Spitalfields Festival Ltd trading as Spitalfields Music is a registered charity no. 1052043. 61 Brushfield Street, London, E1 6AA
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CHANGING LIVES & ASPIRATIONS THROUGH MUSIC
As well as presenting our two acclaimed music festivals each year (three in 2015!) we also run a pioneering Learning & Participation programme of music projects in our home borough of Tower Hamlets and increasingly, further into East London. Each year we-reach over 10,000 people aged from 6 months to 90+ with activities in schools, hospitals, parks, children’s centres, libraries and even Spitalfields City farm. We believe in the power of music to change lives and build communities. By unleashing the boundless creativity of people within our local
community, weaving participatory activities into our festival programming – and by sharing our approach through training schemes and with a host of partner organisations – we simply aim to delight, inspire and connect people through exceptional music. A recognised innovator within our field our Learning & Participation work has won five national awards and, as well as serving East London, is in demand across the UK and Europe. We focus our activity on three key areas: Children & Young People Through a series of bespoke and groundbreaking music projects within schools, nurseries and children’s centres we create inspiring and fun musical opportunities for children and young people to develop their confidence, creativity and life skills. In the community Using our expertise as a creative hub within the borough, we deliver a range of community projects, exploring and celebrating Tower Hamlets while developing ways to support cross-cultural and inter-generational collaboration. Training for the future Through courses and training schemes, we provide first-hand experience of music education in community settings, helping young people develop the practical and professional skills needed to establish successful careers, and supporting the development of the next generation of pioneering creative leaders. Find out more about our Learning & Participation programme at spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
Takeover at Kobi Nazrul Primary School
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TAKEOVER SPRING FESTIVAL #SMTAKEOVER
24-27 MARCH A three day multi-arts festival programmed and produced by 7 & 8 year-olds This spring, pupils from three of our local schools programme and produce their own day-long, in-school, multi-arts festivals. Working with music leaders, their teachers and their parents, they take over their entire school for a whole day with installations, spontaneous performances, and interactive music-making. You can come and enjoy what the young people have dreamed up at Osmani Primary School on Wednesday 25 March. Discover even more of what they get up to online. Head to spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk to find out more.
Tuesday 24 March Stewart Headlam Primary School ** Wednesday 25 March Osmani Primary School * Friday 27 March The Cherry Trees School **
BOOKING OPENS IN FEBRUARY
Tickets Free, booking required Box office 020 7377 1362 / spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk * Tickets available to members of the public ** Available to parents and supporters only
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SPITALFIELDS MUSIC ON TOUR
#MUSICALRUMPUS
MUSICAL RUMPUS: A FAIRY QUEEN IN THE FOREST Our award-winning opera for babies and toddlers takes to the road again with a magical world of fairies and creatures. Hear Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen transformed into an interactive, multisensory opera for 0-2½ year-olds. Follow the Fairy Queen and the Green Man into a world of colours, sounds and objects for you and your baby to enjoy and explore. Performances Friday 15 May Hayesdown First School, Frome Saturday 16 May Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon Friday 29 May The Spark Festival at Embrace Arts, Leicester Also touring to libraries and community centres in Newham and Barking & Dagenham Directed and libretto by Zoë Palmer Music by Henry Purcell arranged by Sam Glazer Design by Sophia Lovell Smith Musicians from Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement Suitable for ages 0-2½ 31
HELP MAKE OUR FESTIVALS “It’s been an amazing experience and I’ve met so many great people Each year the support and generous time-giving because of it.” If you enjoy live music, meeting people and are happy to give us a few hours of your time, we’d love you to join us and work alongside us this June or December. by our volunteers helps make our festivals possible; from welcoming our audience members to selling programme books and creating safe spaces for children. To find out more email volunteers@spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk or speak to us on 020 7377 0287 32
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THANK YOU Spitalfields Music is immensely grateful to the organisations and individuals who make our Festival and Learning & Participation programmes happen throughout the year, including our Members, Patrons, in-kind supporters and all those who wish to remain anonymous. Public Funders Arts Council England City of London London Borough of Barking & Dagenham London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets Arts & Music Education Service Youth Music Corporate Supporters Clifford Chance M&G Investments Macfarlanes Simmons & Simmons Spitalfields E1
Trusts & Foundations 29th May 1961 Charity Ambache Charitable Trust Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation Britten–Pears Foundation Chapman Charitable Trust Childhood Trust Derek Shuttleworth Educational Trust Diaphonique D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Fenton Arts Trust Fidelio Charitable Trust Garfield Weston Foundation Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust John and Susan Bowers Fund Loveday Charitable Trust The Mercers’ Company Michael Tippett Musical Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation Polish Cultural Institute PRS for Music Foundation RVW Trust Spirit of 2012 Trust Thistle Trust Wessex Youth Trust Worshipful Company of Barbers Worshipful Company of Basketmakers Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors
Major Donors & Champions Mark Anderson Andrew Blankfield & Bernadette Hillman Katie Bradford Chris Carter & Stuart Donachie Geoffrey Collens Spencer & Lucy de Grey Alex & Susan de Mont Albert & Rowan Edwards Helen Fraser CBE Keith & Sarah Jane Haydon Colleen Keck Peter & Sarah King George & Anne Law Catarina Leigh-Pemberton Nick Macrae Simon Martin Stephen Massil Jasmine Mathews Alan Moses & Dinah Casson Helen Payne Richard Syred & Brian Parsons Susie Thomson Judith Weir Hedley Wright The late Peter Lerwill The late Christopher Vaughan
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CALENDAR
spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk 020 7377 1362
Tuesday 2 June
7.00pm Spitalfields Salon with Ian Bostridge
Wednesday 3 June 6.00pm Poetry Reading 7.00pm The Sixteen 9.00pm Poetry Reading 9.30pm EXAUDI Thursday 4 June
6.30pm In Depth: The Fortunes of Francis Barber 7.30pm La Nuova Musica: Israel in Egypt
Friday 5 June
7.30pm Stile Antico 9.30pm Dinner & Music
Saturday 6 June
from 4.00pm Emily Hall: Sound Among Sounds 6.00pm Emily Hall: Folie à Deux 8.00pm Emily Hall: Folie à Deux
Sunday 7 June
1.00pm If a tree falls in the forest... (TROUPE) from 2.00pm Emily Hall: Sound Among Sounds 4.00pm Emily Hall: Folie à Deux 6.00pm Emily Hall: Folie à Deux
Monday 8 June
7.00pm Women sing East 8.30pm La Nuova Musica: Leçons des ténèbres
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Tuesday 9 June 6.30pm Night at the Museum 7.00pm Dido & Aeneas (Armonico Consort) 9.00pm Dido & Aeneas (Armonico Consort)
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* Includes a pre- or post-concert event Wednesday 10 June Thursday 11 June
6.30pm Platform: Side by Side 6.30pm Heartfelt (Sacconi Quartet) 8.30pm Shabaka Hutchings: Spitalfields Re-Sounded
Friday 12 June
10.30am Musical Rumpus: A Fairy Queen in the Forest 12.30pm Musical Rumpus: A Fairy Queen in the Forest 7.00pm Spitalfields Salon with Alice Coote 7.30pm La Nuova Musica: Double Horns
Saturday 13 June
10.30am Musical Rumpus: A Fairy Queen in the Forest 11.00am Weaving Workshop with Codasign 11.30am Shabaka Hutchings: Spitalfields Re-Sounded Tour 12.30pm Musical Rumpus: A Fairy Queen in the Forest 12.30pm The Little Weaving Opera 2.00pm The Little Weaving Opera 2.00pm Shabaka Hutchings: Spitalfields Re-Sounded Tour 3.30pm The Little Weaving Opera 3.30pm Weaving Workshop with Codasign 6.30pm Field Notes (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group)
Monday 15 June
7.15pm Weary, Guiltless Ghosts
Tuesday 16 June
6.30pm In Depth: Georgian London 7.00pm Spitalfields Salon with Elizabeth Watts 7.30pm City of London Sinfonia
6.30pm The Carnival Band 8.30pm Bridie Jackson and the Arbour
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