Turner Sims Autumn 2019 Brochure Lite

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HOW TO BOOK Online

Join the Turner Sims Friends and enjoy these fantastic benefits as well as helping support the South’s favourite classical, jazz, folk and world music venue:

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Your one-stop guide to Autumn 2019 at Southampton’s concert hall, Turner Sims, is stuffed full of saxophones, pianos, violins, harps, drums, guitars and some of the very best musicians from all over the world - and it still fits in your pocket! Magic, eh?

l  free concert programmes Annual membership costs £40 (£70 Joint Friend, £70 Friend + One, £15 Student Friend, Junior Friend FREE - under 18s). For further information, go to turnersims.co.uk or email info@turnersims.co.uk

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Choose from an incredible selection of classical, jazz, folk and world music, all performed in our intimate auditorium set in the gardens of Highfield Campus at the University of Southampton.

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You can also enjoy silent film from Laurel and Hardy to Salomé as part of Southampton Film Week, dance, wiggle and cheer through some Jingle Bell Jazz as part of a festive season which includes entertainer Joe Stilgoe celebrating Christmas at the Movies, and play alongside our Orchestra in Association SÓN in our first ever Side by Side event.

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Pin your season poster to the wall, get out your pen and fill your diary with inspiring music this Autumn.

Weekdays from 10am – 5pm, Monday – Friday or 10am until 15 minutes after event start time. Weekends from 2 hours before the event start time until 15 minutes after event start time.

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Turner Sims is located in the gardens of the University of Southampton’s Highfield Campus, set back from University Road.

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Film

Thursday 17 October 8pm

DORIC STRING QUARTET Tuesday 24 September 8pm

£24

Programme includes works by Haydn, Britten - his first quartet, and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.

ALINA BZHEZHINSKA’S HIPHARP COLLECTIVE Saturday 28 September 8pm

£20

Renowned harpist brings to life the finest compositions of legendary harpists Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane.

AZIZA BRAHIM £22

A star studded ensemble perform a special reworking of Lockheart’s six movement piece, plus brand new music especially composed for the event.

Sunday 29 September 10.30am £20 Spend a day playing alongside the versatile professional musicians of SÓN, working towards an informal performance with proceeds going to Wessex Cancer Trust.

Sunday 6 October 7.30pm

Including music by Beethoven, Shostakovich and more with pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips.

£26

CARLA BLEY TRIO Tuesday 8 October 8pm

An unmissable opportunity to experience one of the landmark artists in modern jazz history.

Sunday 29 September 4.30pm

A mesmerising blend of incredible clog dancing, vocals, accordion, bass and fiddle from innovative British folk star Hannah James and her ensemble.

Rising star pianist performs music by Clara Schumann in her 200th anniversary year, and Brahms.

£20

ANGELA HEWITT

ISATA KANNEH-MASON Tuesday 1 October 8pm

Friday 11 October 8pm

Tuesday 15 October 8pm £23

Tuesday 22 October 8pm

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Hailed by The Guardian as one of the foremost living interpreters of Bach, the pianist returns to conclude her survey of the composer’s complete English Suites.

£23

Norwegian trumpeter and his celebrated band with music from his recent ECM release Ravensburg.

£20

One of the world’s leading guitar ensembles combine classic Spanish repertoire with arrangements of baroque and classical material.

£20

An evening featuring works by two great exponents of Minimalism: Steve Reich and Philip Glass, in this latest Turning Points event.

£22

Two of Europe’s leading saxophone quartets present their exciting new project, blurring the lines between classical and jazz.

£20

Sunday afternoon with renowned British pianist John Lenehan, as he provides live piano accompaniment to four of the best-loved silent movies.

£21

Opulent, extravagant and decadent - an all too rare screening of the 1923 silent film Salomé, complete with live music composed by Charlie Barber - a riveting blend of music and spectacle unlike anything else.

HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN £21

A joyful blend of traditional Western swing and European hot jazz influences.

£25

The pianist presents a beautifully crafted programme offering a personal consideration of the subject of death.

£25

The voice of Clannad, the first lady of Celtic music, makes her Turner SIms debut with her band.

CHRIS POTTER CIRCUITS TRIO Friday 22 November 8pm

£25

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A British first half, featuring three very different composers, including a new work by John Woolrich. The second half focusses on the last of Shostakovich’s quartets.

£22

Canadian jazz-star sisters present music from their latest release Infinitude with an 18-piece big band including a galaxy of leading US and European talent.

The explorer and filmmaker shares stories of people living where climate change has contributed to the greatest human migration ever witnessed on the planet.

£15

Tuesday 17 December 8pm

£24

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

THE MELLSTOCK BAND CHRISTMAS FROLICS Thursday 19 December 8pm £24

A joyful musical celebration as members of the LMP perform classical masterworks including Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Schubert’s Octet.

£22

The groundbreaking contemporary jazz composers and pianists challenge the boundaries of the piano.

JOE STILGOE CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES £24

Featuring the greatest Christmas music in film, from It’s A Wonderful Life to White Christmas, Home Alone to Elf, performed by the star entertainer and his trio.

JINGLE BELL JAZZ Don your Santa hat and dance, wriggle, clap, cheer and sing your way through this interactive and fun Christmas concert for the whole family! Suitable for ages 2-5: all ages welcome

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£20

Enjoy seasonal songs, tunes and tales from Hardy’s Wessex, performers in period costume, and a mix of early and modern instruments.

BEETHOVEN, WORDSWORTH & THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

NIKKI YEOH AND ZOE RAHMAN DUO

Sunday 15 December 11am & 2pm £9

REZA PAKRAVAN Thursday 28 November 8pm

£20

Fretwork and soprano Helen Charlston journey us back in time for a programme that explores the grandeur, emotion and deep beauty that lay at the heart of Christmas festivities at the court of Elizabeth I.

Saturday 14 December 8pm

QUATUOR BOZZINI

AN ELIZABETHAN CHRISTMAS

USV are joined by the Brazillian singer, whose songs of resistance from her acclaimed album The São Paulo Tapes, have been given new choral arrangements by Choir Director Harvey Brough.

Friday 6 December 8pm

Featuring pianist James Francies and drummer Eric Harland, a world of deep groove from one of the most influential saxophonists on the jazz scene.

Tuesday 26 November 8pm

Friday 29 November 8pm

Thursday 5 December 8pm

MOYA BRENNAN Thursday 21 November 8pm

SALOMÉ (1923)

Friday 15 November 8pm

Sunday 17 November 3pm

USV WITH MÔNICA VASCONCELOS

Tuesday 19 November 8pm

INGRID & CHRISTINE JENSEN WITH THE WHIRLWIND JAZZ ORCHESTRA

APOLLO AND ARTVARK Friday 1 November 8pm

Tuesday 5 November 8pm

TEATIME WITH STAN AND OLLIE

STEPHEN HOUGH

LONDON SINFONIETTA

Tuesday 12 November 8pm

EDEN STELL GUITAR DUO Saturday 26 October 8pm

£23

Acclaimed vocalist performs music from her new Whirlwind release Strange Days, a marriage of jazz and the mystique of Arabic vocals - and special guest, British jazz vocalist Randolph Matthews.

Friday 8 November 8.30pm

MATHIAS EICK QUINTET Friday 25 October 8pm

£28

JIGDOLL ENSEMBLE

£10

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Raised in a refugee camp, now an eloquent musical spokesperson for her people, a voyage to the Sahara with the Sahrawi singer and her band.

LAWRENCE POWER

SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH SÓN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE An informal performance with our Orchestra in Association and participants of their Orchestra Experience Day.

Saturday 19 October 8pm

BORODIN QUARTET WITH BARRY DOUGLAS The legendary ensemble is joined by the celebrated pianist to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet and works by Tchaikovsky and Schubert.

SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH SÓN

Saturday 2 November 8pm £23

Virtuoso Indian guitarist is joined by talented vocalist Anandi Bhattacharya for his pioneering fusion of classical Indian ragas and bluesy Western music.

MARK LOCKHEART’S DAYS ON EARTH Friday 4 October 8pm

NATACHA ATLAS

Isata Kanneh-Mason

Thursday 9 January 8pm

£20

Pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris leads The Jupiter Ensemble in an evening exploration of two major figures of music and literature in their 250th anniversary years.

JOANNA MACGREGOR Thursday 16 January 8pm

CANDLEMAS: GREGORIAN CHANT REINVENTED Saturday 25 January 8pm

£20

The immersive sounds of ancient Gregorian chant are the centrepiece of this remarkable new programme from leading vocal group Opus Anglicanum and pianist extraordinaire Jason Rebello.

CATRIN FINCH AND CIMARRÓN Thursday 30 January 8pm

£24

Harp star joins forces with Colombian band for impetuous singing, amazing stomp dancing and fierce instrumental virtuosity of strings and percussion.

UTE LEMPER RENDEZVOUS WITH MARLENE Friday 31 January 8pm

£28

The Olivier Award-winning artist tells us Marlene Dietrich’s story, along with singing her wonderful songs from all the chapters of her life, from the Berlin cabaret years to her fabulous Burt Bacharach collaborations.

£25

The distinguished pianist performs Schubert’s Piano Sonata in B flat, D960 - his last - alongside works by Ligeti, Wagner and Liszt.

KAIROS 4TET Saturday 18 January 8pm

£20

MOBO Award-winning jazz quartet led by saxophonist Adam Waldmann are joined by vocalist Emilia Mårtensson to present music from their highly anticipated new album.

Concessions are available for most events, visit turnersims.co.uk for further details. Turner Sims reserves the right to change or cancel the advertised programme. Details are correct at time of publication.


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