The RNCM Big Weekender - Programme by Tizer Studio

Days–1 and | Thursday| 19 and Friday 20 March 2015 | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender #rncmweekender 19 22 2March www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

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THE RNCM BUILDING Backstage Area (No public access)

STUDIO THEATRE

BRODSKY RESTAURANT AND BAR

BASEMENT LEVEL

Box O

Concert Bar

ffice

CONCERT HALL

RNCM LIBRARY

Reception Access to Studio Theatre

GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

Café Counter

RNCM THEATRE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL

CONCERT BAR AND CAFÉ Access to Forman Lecture Theatre

Main Entrance

CAROLE NASH RECITAL ROOM GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE BASEMENT LEVEL

Access to Forman Lecture Theatre

(BELOW THE CONCOURSE)

UPPER CONCOURSE

SECOND FLOOR LEVEL (LOWER CONCOURSE ABOVE THE FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE)

Booth Street West Bus Stop

19 – 22 March | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

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THURSDAY 19 and FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 ‘It should be one’s sole endeavour to see everything afresh and create it anew.’ Gustav Mahler How does one portray everything that happens at the RNCM in just four days? Starting with our harp ensemble, we base everything on the concept of the phoenix. A commissioned installation, Shift, takes over our iconic staircase and transforms it with moving colour, pattern and light, abrupt connections and dynamic interactions of motion. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings magic, excitement comes with the RNCM Big Band with Tina May and Nikki Iles, and our Studio Theatre becomes a nightclub for the RNCM Introduces series. The Library is decontaminated by violin, double bass and flutes and the Reception houses a sonic structure which moves through the walkway to the Studio Theatre for a quasi-extemporisation of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, designed to diffuse and morph the atmosphere of an airport terminal into ‘a space to think’. A piano’s sound is transformed by electromagnets and we are taken on yet another journey, this time of the Zodiac, with Stockhausen’s Terkreis. More journeys unfold as several of our alumni return to perform throughout the weekend. The Carole Nash Mezzanine becomes our private art gallery with Painting Music; and the concourses come to life with Junior RNCM performances, our Family Day inspired by BBC Ten Pieces and the vortex of sound created by 25 euphoniums across the balconies! Intimacy returns with kora, voice and double bass and a totally stripped down performance by Courtney Pine and Zoe Rahman with what can only be described as unassuming virtuosity. All this culminates in the performance of Mahler 2 ‘Resurrection’ with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soprano Jane Irwin and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, conducted by Jac van Steen. Dr Michelle Castelletti Artistic Director

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

LADIES IN MERCEDES RNCM BIG BAND

THURSDAY 19 MARCH 7pm – 10pm RNCM Theatre

FRIDAY 20 MARCH

Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

RNCM Big Band with Tina May and Nikki Iles Ladies in Mercedes

Benjamin Britten’s spell-binding adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the composer’s most beguiling and enchanting operas. Enter this unique, dream-like world, as Oberon and Tytania’s conflict spills over into the human world…

Pianist Nikki Iles and vocalist Tina May have been working together as a duo for over 20 years. This concert features Nikki’s own big band pieces, featuring Tina in numbers she has commissioned, plus Steve Swallow’s Ladies in Mercedes, which inspired the title of tonight’s show.

For full details, please see separate programme available on the night of the performance. Tickets from £21

7.30pm – 9.30pm RNCM Theatre

Tickets from £15

DAYS 1 and 2: THURSDAY 19 and FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015

19 – 22 March | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2015

FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015

1.15pm – 2pm RNCM Concert Hall

Doors 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

11am – 1.30pm RNCM Concert Hall

7pm – late Lower Concourse

RNCM Harp Ensemble with special guests

RNCM Introduces… Part One

Masterclass with Sarah Connolly and Julius Drake

Projection Mapping Installation by Urban Projections

7pm

MOONLIGHT LIT

8pm

KALAKUTA

Lara Harvey mezzo-soprano with Simon Passmore piano

Moving colour, light and sound fuse with lines and structure of the RNCM’s iconic staircase, playing on its industrial quality.

9pm

WHITE SUGAR

Bill Connor Songs for Love and Remembering Bill Connor conductor Ciorstaidh Beaton, Steaphanie Chaimbeul, Rhiain Dyer, Stephanie Halsey, Mary Ann Kennedy, Manon Llwyd, Kathryn Mason, Rebecca Mills, Elinor Nicholson, Sarah Paterson, Chloe Roberts, Sophie Rocks, Eleni Tsaousaki harps An ensemble of 13 harpists made up of RNCM students and alumni perform this moving work, originally inspired by the story of a young girl who scribbled ‘Me, one day…’ next to a poster of a young harpist, but was never able to realise her dream. Songs for Love and Remembering was first performed at the RNCM on 18 March 1994, 21 years ago plus one day! FREE, no ticket required 4pm – 4.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Jon Gjylaci Alumni Recital Mauro Giuliani Grand Overture Op 61 Heitor Villa-Lobos Prelude No 3 and No 1 W419 Roland Dyens Libra Sonatine Django Reinhardt (arr R Dyens) Nuages Vinicius de Moraes/Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr R Dyens) Felicidade

10pm ARTIZANS 11pm THE ZOE STIRLING BAND The RNCM showcases five up and coming bands, each performing a 45-minute set on the hour from 7pm, in the first of two ‘RNCM Introduces…’ gigs in the Studio Theatre (also Saturday). The venue will be majority standing, with a bottle bar. FREE, no ticket required

FREE, no ticket required 5pm – 5.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Eblana String Trio Alumni Recital

Jonathan Martindale violin Lucy Nolan viola Peggy Nolan cello

Chloe Latchmore mezzo-soprano with Aaron Chen piano Ahead of her performance of Mahler’s Symphony No 2 on Sunday, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly is joined by pianist Julius Drake as they work with RNCM singers and pianists on a variety of song repertoire. There will be a short interval.

FREE, no ticket required 7.30pm – 9.30pm RNCM Theatre

RNCM Big Band with Tina May and Nikki Iles Ladies in Mercedes Pianist Nikki Iles and vocalist Tina May have been working together as a duo for over 20 years. This concert features Nikki’s own big band pieces, featuring Tina in numbers she has commissioned, plus Steve Swallow’s Ladies in Mercedes, which inspired the title of tonight’s show.

FREE, by ticket only

Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

5pm – 5.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Tickets from £15

RNCM Opera Andrew Greenwood conductor

Michael Jackson and Leanne Cody Alumni Recital

7.30pm – 9.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Graham Fitkin Gate Tom Harrold Sonata Paule Maurice Excerpts from Tableaux de Provence Andy Scott Three Letter Word Abdullah Ibrahim (arr M Jackson) The Wedding Michael Jackson saxophone Leanne Cody piano FREE, no ticket required

Tickets from £21 6pm – 6.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room All day Carole Nash Mezzanine

Painting Music

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in E flat major K 563

Jennifer Parker mezzo-soprano with James Hendry piano

7pm – 10pm RNCM Theatre

For full details, please see separate programme available on the night of the performance.

Jon Gjylaci guitar

Jessica Eccleston mezzo-soprano with Dominic Degavino piano

An exhibition of work by the artist Andrew Aarons on the Carole Nash Mezzanine. FREE, no ticket required

Y-Squared Alumni Recital

Holly Marland kora, voice Michael Cretu double bass Stringboxes is a distinctive kora/voice and double bass duo performing an exciting mix of folk, world, gypsy and contemporary classical music. Tonight’s programme celebrates A migration of melodies - from North Africa and Constantinople to Romania - from West Africa and France to the British Isles and back again. FREE, by ticket only

Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 4 in C major Op 102 No 1 Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No 2 in D major Op 58 Yelian He cello Yasmin Rowe piano

FREE, no ticket required

Stringboxes A Migration of Melodies

All day Carole Nash Mezzanine

Painting Music An exhibition of work by the artist Andrew Aarons on the Carole Nash Mezzanine. FREE, no ticket required

FREE, no ticket required

2 BIG DAYS TO GO FEATURING: RNCM FAMILY DAY, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, COURTNEY PINE, and RNCM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

visit www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender for details Polite notice

Days 1 and 2: Catering Information There are refreshment facilities available at the RNCM – the Café, Brodsky and Concert Bar, offering a range of fresh, home-cooked and locally sourced food from just a coffee and cake to our full restaurant menu. The Café is open from 8am until the evening interval for drinks and snacks. Hot food is served

8am – 10.30am for breakfast, 12pm – 2pm for lunch and 5pm – 7pm for dinner service.

To enhance everyone’s experience of this event please try to stifle coughs and sneezes, avoid unwrapping sweets during the performance and switch off mobile phones, pagers and digital alarms. Please do not take photographs or video in the venue. Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the programme, or at the first interval, whichever is the more appropriate.

Brodsky, our restaurant and bar, is open from 12pm – 7.30pm with last orders for food at 7pm. (Table bookings required in advance, please call 0161 907 5252). The Concert Bar is open from 5pm – 11pm.

The RNCM reserves the right to change artists and/or programmes as necessary. The RNCM reserves the right of admission. Patron Her Majesty The Queen

President Sir Willard White CBE, OM (Jamaica)

Principal Professor Linda Merrick

Chairman Nick Prettejohn

THE RNCM BUILDING Backstage Area (No public access)

STUDIO THEATRE BASEMENT LEVEL

BRODSKY RESTAURANT AND BAR

STUDIO 2

CONCERT HALL Box O

Concert Bar

ffice

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

RNCM LIBRARY

Reception Access to Studio 2 and Studio Theatre

GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

Café Counter

RNCM THEATRE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL

CONCERT BAR AND CAFÉ Access to Forman Lecture Theatre

Main Entrance

CAROLE NASH RECITAL ROOM GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE BASEMENT LEVEL

Access to Forman Lecture Theatre

(BELOW THE CONCOURSE)

UPPER CONCOURSE

SECOND FLOOR LEVEL (LOWER CONCOURSE ABOVE THE FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE)

Booth Street West Bus Stop

19 – 22 March | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

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DAY 3: SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2015 ‘It should be one’s sole endeavour to see everything afresh and create it anew.’ Gustav Mahler How does one portray everything that happens at the RNCM in just four days? Starting with our harp ensemble, we base everything on the concept of the phoenix. A commissioned installation, Shift, takes over our iconic staircase and transforms it with moving colour, pattern and light, abrupt connections and dynamic interactions of motion. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings magic, excitement comes with the RNCM Big Band with Tina May and Nikki Iles, and our Studio Theatre becomes a nightclub for the RNCM Introduces series. The Library is decontaminated by violin, double bass and flutes and the Reception houses a sonic structure which moves through the walkway to the Studio Theatre for a quasi-extemporisation of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, designed to diffuse and morph the atmosphere of an airport terminal into ‘a space to think’. A piano’s sound is transformed by electromagnets and we are taken on yet another journey, this time of the Zodiac, with Stockhausen’s Terkreis. More journeys unfold as several of our alumni return to perform throughout the weekend. The Carole Nash Mezzanine becomes our private art gallery with Painting Music; and the concourses come to life with Junior RNCM performances, our Family Day inspired by BBC Ten Pieces and the vortex of sound created by 25 euphoniums across the balconies! Intimacy returns with kora, voice and double bass and a totally stripped down performance by Courtney Pine and Zoe Rahman with what can only be described as unassuming virtuosity. All this culminates in the performance of Mahler 2 ‘Resurrection’ with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soprano Jane Irwin and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, conducted by Jac van Steen. Dr Michelle Castelletti Artistic Director

RNCM FAMILY DAY

11am – 4pm All venues

RNCM Family Day with Junior RNCM BBC Ten Pieces A special day of music for all the family based around the BBC’s Ten Pieces. Please see overleaf for full details. Tickets £5 adults. FREE for children, by ticket only. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Suitable for ages 7+

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

THURSDAY 19 MARCH 7pm – 10pm RNCM Theatre

Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten’s spell-binding adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the composer’s most beguiling and enchanting operas. Enter this unique, dream-like world, as Oberon and Tytania’s conflict spills over into the human world… For full details, please see separate programme available on the night of the performance. Tickets from £23

DAY 3: SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2015

19 – 22 March | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2015

RNCM FAMILY DAY

4.30pm – 6.15pm Forman Lecture Theatre

Doors 6.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

11am – 4pm All venues

Film Screening Benjamin Britten Peace and Conflict (UK 2013) directed by Tony Britten

RNCM Introduces… Part Two

RNCM Family Day BBC Ten Pieces Get Creative with Classical Music

A moving documentary-drama telling the story of the pacifism that was at the core of Britten’s life and work. FREE, no ticket required

11pm THE JAMES VEZER BAND

7pm

JAMES GIRLING QUINTET

8pm

DIVING STATION

9pm

YOUNG MONARCH

10pm BRUNELLE

12am LIZARD’S WEAVE 5pm – 5.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Hanna-Liisa Kirchin and Hannah Quinn Alumni Recital Enrique Granados La maja dolorosa Emmanuel Chabrier L’île heureuse; Les cigales; Lied George Enescu Languir me fais; Aux damoyselles paresseuses Lennox Berkeley Rondeau; Tombeau d’un fleuve; Tombeau de Don Juan Roger Quilter 3 Shakespeare Songs Op 6 Sergei Rachmaninov Selections from 12 Romances Op 14 Hanna-Liisa Kirchin mezzo-soprano Hannah Quinn piano FREE, no ticket required 6pm – 6.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

The RNCM showcases six more bands, each performing a 45 minute set on the hour from 7pm, in the second ‘RNCM Introduces…’ gigs in the Studio Theatre. The venue will be majority standing, with a bottle bar. FREE, no ticket required

RNCM Opera Andrew Greenwood conductor Benjamin Britten’s spell-binding adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the composer’s most beguiling and enchanting operas. Enter this unique, dream-like world, as Oberon and Tytania’s conflict spills over into the human world… For full details, please see separate programme available on the night of the performance.

J S Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Tickets from £23

FREE, no ticket required

Tickets £5 adults FREE for children, by ticket only. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Suitable for ages 7+

Beatboxing with Jason Singh This workshop is inspired by In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg. FREE, bookable activity Places are limited, please book at reception when you arrive 11:15am, 11:55am, 12:30pm, 2:15pm, 2:55pm and 15:30pm Studio 2

Percussion Workshop With Andrea Vogler and RNCM students. This workshop is inspired by Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams. FREE, bookable activity Places are limited, please book at reception when you arrive

7pm – 10pm RNCM Theatre

Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Joanne Camilleri Alumni Recital Joanne Camilleri piano

RNCM Engage joins forces with BBC Music for this exciting day of activities around the BBC’s Ten Pieces, an initiative which aims to inspire a generation of young people to get creative with classical music. This special day for all the family includes beatboxing with Jason Singh, dance and body popping with Benji Reid, creative activities, workshops and live music performed by students from Junior RNCM.

11.15am – 12.45pm and 2.15pm – 3.45pm Upper Concourse

7pm – late Lower Concourse

Projection Mapping Installation by Urban Projections Moving colour, light and sound fuse with lines and structure of the RNCM’s iconic staircase, playing on its industrial quality. FREE, no ticket required

1 BIG DAY TO GO FEATURING: COURTNEY PINE and RNCM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

Throughout the morning Forman Lecture Theatre

Film Screening Ten Pieces (UK 2014) FREE, drop-in activity, no ticket required Throughout the day Lower Concourse

Create Your Own Musical Instruments FREE, drop-in activity, no ticket required Throughout the day RNCM Café

Live Music Live music in the Café performed by musicians from the RNCM and Junior RNCM.

11:15am and 11:55am Carole Nash Recital Room

Vocal Workshop This workshop is inspired by a selection of the Ten Pieces FREE, bookable activity Places are limited, please book at reception when you arrive 12:30pm, 2:15pm, 14:55pm and 3:30pm Forman Lecture Theatre

Vocal Workshop This workshop is inspired by a selection of the Ten Pieces FREE, bookable activity Places are limited, please book at reception when you arrive

FREE, drop-in activity, no ticket required 1pm – 2pm RNCM Concert Hall 11.15am, 11.55am, 12.30pm, 2.15pm, 2.55pm and 3.30pm RNCM Theatre

Dance and Body Popping with Benji Reid This workshop is inspired by Connect It! by Anna Meredith. FREE, bookable activity Places are limited, please book at reception when you arrive

Junior RNCM George Frideric Handel Zadok the Priest Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals 2.30pm – 3.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Junior RNCM RNCM Brass Players Edvard Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King arr for 2 pianists Igor Stravinsky The Firebird - suite (1911) (Finale) arr for 2 pianists Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 (3rd movement) arr for Horn and Piano Gustav Holst Mars from The Planets arr for brass quintet

visit www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender for details

Polite notice

Days 3: Catering Information There are refreshment facilities available at the RNCM – the Café, Brodsky and Concert Bar, offering a range of fresh, home-cooked and locally sourced food from just a coffee and cake to our full restaurant menu. The Café is open from 8am until the evening interval for drinks and snacks. Hot food is served

8am – 10.30am for breakfast, 12pm – 2pm for lunch.

Brodsky, our restaurant and bar, is open from 5pm – 7.30pm with last orders for food at 7pm. (Table bookings required in advance, please call 0161 907 5252). The Concert Bar is open from 5pm – 11pm.

The RNCM reserves the right to change artists and/or programmes as necessary. The RNCM reserves the right of admission. Patron Her Majesty The Queen

President Sir Willard White CBE, OM (Jamaica)

Principal Professor Linda Merrick

Chairman Nick Prettejohn

THE RNCM BUILDING Backstage Area (No public access)

STUDIO THEATRE

BRODSKY RESTAURANT AND BAR

BASEMENT LEVEL

Box O

Concert Bar

ffice

CONCERT HALL

RNCM LIBRARY

Reception Access to Studio Theatre

GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

Café Counter

RNCM THEATRE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL

CONCERT BAR AND CAFÉ Access to Forman Lecture Theatre

Main Entrance

CAROLE NASH RECITAL ROOM GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE BASEMENT LEVEL

Access to Forman Lecture Theatre

(BELOW THE CONCOURSE)

UPPER CONCOURSE

SECOND FLOOR LEVEL (LOWER CONCOURSE ABOVE THE FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE)

Booth Street West Bus Stop

19 – 22 March | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

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DAY 4: SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2015 ‘It should be one’s sole endeavour to see everything afresh and create it anew.’ Gustav Mahler How does one portray everything that happens at the RNCM in just four days? Starting with our harp ensemble, we base everything on the concept of the phoenix. A commissioned installation, Shift, takes over our iconic staircase and transforms it with moving colour, pattern and light, abrupt connections and dynamic interactions of motion. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings magic, excitement comes with the RNCM Big Band with Tina May and Nikki Iles, and our Studio Theatre becomes a nightclub for the RNCM Introduces series. The Library is decontaminated by violin, double bass and flutes and the Reception houses a sonic structure which moves through the walkway to the Studio Theatre for a quasi-extemporisation of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, designed to diffuse and morph the atmosphere of an airport terminal into ‘a space to think’. A piano’s sound is transformed by electromagnets and we are taken on yet another journey, this time of the Zodiac, with Stockhausen’s Terkreis. More journeys unfold as several of our alumni return to perform throughout the weekend. The Carole Nash Mezzanine becomes our private art gallery with Painting Music; and the concourses come to life with Junior RNCM performances, our Family Day inspired by BBC Ten Pieces and the vortex of sound created by 25 euphoniums across the balconies! Intimacy returns with kora, voice and double bass and a totally stripped down performance by Courtney Pine and Zoe Rahman with what can only be described as unassuming virtuosity. All this culminates in the performance of Mahler 2 ‘Resurrection’ with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soprano Jane Irwin and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, conducted by Jac van Steen. Dr Michelle Castelletti Artistic Director

RESURRECTION by MAHLER

COURTNEY PINE

5pm RNCM Concert Hall

8pm RNCM Theatre

RNCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Courtney Pine presents Song (The Ballad Book) with Zoe Rahman

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ Jac van Steen conductor Jane Irwin soprano Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Trumpet signals, pealing bells, violent bursts, lyricism and ethereal floating lines mark the official opening of our Concert Hall in one of the most powerful symphonic statements of the 19th century. Tickets £10

For his latest project, Courtney Pine plans to strip everything right back for one of the most intimate shows of his long and celebrated career as he takes to the stage playing bass clarinet accompanied only by fellow Mercury nominee and MOBO award-winning pianist, Zoe Rahman. Tickets £20

DAY 4: SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2015

19 – 22 March | www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender | #rncmweekender

SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2015 11am – 11.40am RNCM Library

1pm – 2pm RNCM Studio Theatre

3pm – 3.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

5pm RNCM Concert Hall

Decontamination 3 (Part 1)

Introducing the… Magnetic Resonator Piano

Verity-Passmore Duo Alumni Recital

RNCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Music to include: Sergio Cote New work Ben Parker New work Daniel Fox Intermezzo Tony Solitro Spectra of Morning Richard Peat You leave it with me

John Ireland Fantasy-Sonata Alexander Goehr Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal ‘Il Clorinda’ Thomas B Pitfield Conversations Simon Parkin March 1st March 3rd/March 2nd (world première)

Leanne Cody, Ben Powell magnetic resonator piano

Thomas Verity clarinet Simon Passmore piano

The magnetic resonator piano (MRP) is an electronically-augmented acoustic piano capable of eliciting new sounds acoustically from the piano strings, without speakers. Electromagnets induce vibrations in the strings independently of the hammers, creating infinite sustain, crescendos, harmonics, pitch bends and new timbres, all controlled from the piano keyboard. Today’s concert features new and previously-written works for this astonishing new instrument.

FREE, no ticket required

Otto Willberg New work Eric Satie Harmonies Michael Perrett Two works Morton Feldman For Aaron Copland Karlheinz Stockhausen Susani’s Echo Interspersed with short responses to Satie’s Furniture Music by Sergio Cote, Ben Parker, Aaron Breeze and David Curington. Musicians to include: Emily Mowbray violin Otto Willberg double bass Kathryn Williams flutes Decontamination is the RNCM’s series of cuttingedge new music, exploring new sounds in new settings. Today’s adventure starts off in the RNCM Library, moving later on into the Studio Theatre for the second part. The whole programme (Parts 1 and 2) will be repeated again at 3pm. FREE, no ticket required

11.50am – 12.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre

This performance will be followed by a Q&A with Andrew McPherson, the inventor of the magnetic resonator piano. FREE, no ticket required

Decontamination 3 (Part 2) Aaron Parker Extract from Warehouse for electronics Tom Rose Sul for viola and electronics Michael Brailey New work for electronics overlapping with Richard Evans New work (in response to Brian Eno’s Ambient 1) for piano, harp and percussion overlapping with Extracts from Ambient 1: Music for airports (Brian Eno), Accidents Harmoniques (Bernard Parmegiani) and El Tren Fantasma (Chis Watson) (electronics mix) Jack Sheen New work for solo saxophone with viola, piano, harp and percussion Musicians to include: Jack Sheen conductor Harry Fausing-Smith saxophone Alexander Mitchell viola FREE, no ticket required

2pm – 2.45pm Carole Nash Recital Room

Darian Duo Alumni Recital Gillian Menichino New work Keith Jarrett Sonata for violin and piano Dorin Tuca violin Daria Bitsiuk piano FREE, no ticket required 2pm – 3.55pm Forman Lecture Theatre

Film Screening Mahler (UK 1974) directer by Ken Russell Robert Powell stars in Ken Russell’s dreamlike biopic, which combines flamboyant visuals with recordings by Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Decontamination 3 (Parts 1 and 2) See above for the full programme. You are invited to join in Parts 1 and 2 as you choose.

Trumpet signals, pealing bells, violent bursts, lyricism and ethereal floating lines mark the official opening of our Concert Hall in one of the most powerful symphonic statements of the 19th century.

7pm – late Lower Concourse

Projection Mapping Installation by Urban Projections

FREE, no ticket required

Moving colour, light and sound fuse with lines and structure of the RNCM’s iconic staircase, playing on its industrial quality.

4pm – 4.40pm Carole Nash Mezzanine

FREE, no ticket required

Roulette Guitar Quartet Andrew York Bantu Gary Carpenter Go-Slow Patrick Roux Carnaval Sérgio Assad Uarekena Emma Smith, Sam Rodwell, James Girling, Bradley Johnson guitars The Roulette Quartet performs in the elegant surroundings of Painting Music, the Weekender’s exhibition, featuring the work of Andrew Aarons. FREE, no ticket required 4.40pm – 4.50pm Concourses

Stratum Stratus RNCM Euphoniums and Baritones

8pm RNCM Theatre

Courtney Pine presents Song (The Ballad Book) with Zoe Rahman For his latest project, Courtney Pine plans to strip everything right back for one of the most intimate shows of his long and celebrated career as he takes to the stage playing bass clarinet accompanied only by fellow Mercury nominee and MOBO awardwinning pianist, Zoe Rahman. Tickets £20 8pm – 11.30pm RNCM Bar

Weekender Party

Lucy Pankhurst Stratum Stratus

Background jazz kicks off proceedings at 8pm, with a noticeable shift in gear after 10pm, with sets from RNCM students.

Steven Mead conductor

FREE, no ticket required

Tierkreis Karlheinz Stockhausen Tierkreis

FREE, no ticket required

2.15pm – 2.45pm RNCM Studio Theatre

Jac van Steen conductor Jane Irwin soprano Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano

Tickets £10 3pm and 3.50pm RNCM Library and Studio Theatre

The entire cohort of RNCM euphonium and baritone players perform this extraordinary work by Luck Pankhurst, receiving its second performance today. The instruments are divided into four groups (earth, fire, water and wind) with a single soloist. Expect thrilling spatial effects and a true visual spectacle as the music swoops across the balconies of the RNCM concourses from one group to the next.

FREE, no ticket required

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’

Maria Chybowska flute Marcus Norman clarinet Patrick Hoff trumpet

All day RNCM Library/Studio Theatre

Erik Satie-Brian Eno Installation A sound installation connects the walkway between the RNCM Library and Studio Theatre reflecting on the music of Erik Satie and Brian Eno, with new material by Larry Goves. FREE, no ticket required All day Carole Nash Mezzanine

Painting Music An exhibition of work by the artist Andrew Aarons on the Carole Nash Mezzanine.

Stockhausen’s Tierkreis, meaning Zodiac, is built around twelve melodies, each centred on a different pitch and each representing a different sign of the zodiac.

FREE, no ticket required

FREE, no ticket required Polite notice

Days 4: Catering Information There are refreshment facilities available at the RNCM – the Café, Brodsky and Concert Bar, offering a range of fresh, home cooked and locally sourced food from just a coffee and cake to our full restaurant menu.

The Café is open from 11am until the evening interval for drinks and snacks.

Brodsky, our restaurant and bar, is open from 3pm – 8pm with last orders for food at 7.30pm. (Table bookings required in advance, please call 0161 907 5252). The Concert Bar is open from 4pm – 11.30pm.

The RNCM reserves the right to change artists and/or programmes as necessary. The RNCM reserves the right of admission. Patron Her Majesty The Queen

President Sir Willard White CBE, OM (Jamaica)

Principal Professor Linda Merrick

Chairman Nick Prettejohn