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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
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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