Orchestras Live Spring 2010

TURNER SIMS Southampton SPRING 2010

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Welcome to the new season of Orchestras Live concerts at Turner Sims. From Purcell to John Adams via Mozart, Debussy and Varèse, this year’s series offers music from five centuries, courtesy of some of the country’s finest orchestras. Guest artists include Mark Padmore, pianist Howard Shelley, and David Atherton.

We hope that you can join us for what promises to be an inspiring, uplifting and thrilling season.

With best wishes

Henry Little Chief Executive Orchestras Live

Kevin Appleby Concert Hall Manager Turner Sims

Thursday 11 February - 8pm

Britten Sinfonia Mark Padmore tenor/director Pekka Kuusisto violin/director Jacqueline Shave violin/leader Purcell Fantasia VII in C minor Purcell arr Muhly Let the Night Perish (Job’s Curse) Purcell Fantasia XIII in F Upon one Note Tippett A Lament, from Divertimento on Sellinger’s Round Britten Les Illuminations, Op 18 Steve Reich Duet Nico Muhly Impossible Things (World première tour) John Adams Shaker Loops A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. Celebrated tenor Mark Padmore follows his performance of Britten’s Nocturne here in 2008 with the composer’s exhilarating setting of poems by Rimbaud. The concert also offers a rare opportunity to hear the singer paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work

by Nico Muhly. A protégé of Philip Glass, Nico Muhly is gaining a reputation as being one of the most impressive innovators of new music, effortlessly crossing the boundaries between classical and pop.

7pm Mark Padmore in conversation £26, concessions £25, Friends £24, students £13

Tuesday 2 March - 8pm

London Mozart Players Howard Shelley director/ piano Haydn Symphony No 85 in B flat La Reine Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459 Turina La Oración del Torero Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550

Howard Shelley has been associated with the LMP for over 30 years. As a former Associate Conductor he has performed a huge number of concerts with the orchestra, including many here at Turner Sims.

Tonight’s concert marks Shelley’s 60th birthday and is an opportunity to see this celebrated artist in the role of both conductor and soloist. £26, concessions £25, Friends £24, students £13

Tuesday 20 April – 8pm

London Sinfonietta David Atherton conductor Professor David Nicholls speaker Debussy Syrinx Varèse Poème électronique (with film by Le Corbusier) Varèse Density 21.5 Stravinsky Octet Varèse Octandre Sciarrino Quintettino No 2 Stravinsky Three pieces for clarinet Varèse Intégrales Described by Henry Miller as 'the stratospheric colossus of sound', Edgard Varèse was writing music 50 years ahead of his time. In an event specially created for Turner Sims, the London Sinfonietta presents some of his key works alongside music by composers who influenced him. They are joined by American music expert Professor David Nicholls who will introduce a programme which includes Density 21.5, in which a solo flute seems to call out to the universe, and Octandre and Intégrales, works which pack a huge world of expression and vast sonic spaces into just a few minutes. £20, concessions £19, Friends £18, students £10

Experience an evening of great music, live at Turner Sims...

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Turner Sims is provided by Univerisity of Southampton and gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England and Southampton City Council Turner Sims reserves the right to change or cancel the advertised programme. Details are correct at time of publication