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8 Aug
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Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9.30pm
Zubin Kanga: Dark Twin
Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom
Zubin Kanga piano / electronics
Australian pianist Zubin Kanga calls it ‘music of mystery and multiplicity’: Dark Twin is a quite literally electrifying programme featuring multiple identities, malevolent doppelgängers and mischievous trickery, with the assistance and interference of electronics, computer interaction and multimedia. Whether playing through an avatar, inserting himself into old films, or creating complex loops of sound, this ‘adept subverter of the piano concert experience’ (Limelight, Australia) pushes the sonic and visual capabilities of the piano to the limit.
Stefan Prins : Piano Hero No 1 for keyboard, live electronics and live video
Julian Day : Dark Twin for piano and electronics
Neil Luck : 2018 for piano and electronics
Adam de la Cour : Transplant the Movie! for piano and video
Michael van der Aa : Transit for piano, electronics and video
Patrick Nunn : Morphosis for piano, 3D sensors and live electronics
Kate Moore : October for piano, digital pedals and live electronics
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8 Aug
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9 Aug
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Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 2pm
Andriessen, Reich & Maric
Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom
Dave Maric piano/electronics
Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Goldfield Ensemble
Alongside Reich’s impressive Nagoya Marimbas and Louis Andriessen’s work ‘for any loud sounding group of instruments’, composer Dave Maric acts as soloist in his new concerto for upright piano and electronics. Tapping into the essence of the upright he grew up with, Vigil sees the piano as both instrument and storyteller – from Maric’s father’s arrival in the UK as a political refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, to Dave’s teenage experiments with electronics and beyond.
Louis Andriessen : Workers Union
Steve Reich : Nagoya Marimbas
Dave Maric : Vigil
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9 Aug
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10 Aug
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Sunday, July 10, 2016 at
Music for Piano and Film
Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom
Clare Hammond piano
A pianist of ‘amazing power and panache’ (The Telegraph), Clare Hammond is renowned for her performances of contemporary music. Her latest project features two new commissions, both featuring film shorts as a backdrop to the music. Ken Hesketh’s score, specially written for Clare, accompanies the expressionist film Hände; while Ed Hughes’s The Nose is a new score to a short film inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s dream-like story of a government official whose nose goes missing.
Ed Hughes : The Nose
Kenneth Hesketh : Notte Oscura
Thomas Ades : 3 Mazurkas
Piers Hellawell : Piani, Latebre
Kenneth Hesketh : Hände
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11 Aug
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Monday, July 11, 2016 at 3.30pm
Nigel Osborne Premiere
Buxton Festival
3 The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AZ
United Kingdom
01298 70395
http://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk/
lee@buxtonfestival.co.uk
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Ensemble 10/10
The contemporary ensemble of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Ensemble 10/10 present a new work by Nigel Osborne written to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Srebrenica, a collection of songs composed by people of all faiths and backgrounds from the town. He arranges songs by rock ‘n’ rollers sent unwillingly to war, by women who were raped and abused, by families of victims, by people missing the solidarity of former Yugoslavia, by Roma passing by, and by children looking for beauty and hope.
Benjamin Britten : Sinfonietta, Op 1
Nigel Osborne : Bosnian Voices
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12 Aug
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9.30pm
A NIGHT FOR CREATION
Festival d'Aix en Provence
United Kingdom
http://www.festival-aix.com/en
Benjamin de la Fuente sets the tone for this one-off evening with a work in an unusual format. Playing on different perceptions of sound, from electronic music to chamber music, this versatile artist is particularly alive to the subtle notions of “gesture” and musical invention. Echoing this world premiere, creations by today’s composers complete the program, highlighting the richness and diversity of the contemporary repertoire. Ever eager to support and promote contemporary creation, the Académie is teaming up with SACEM to commission new works from young composers. In a world premiere, they are interpreted by former Académie artists.
Benjamin de la Fuente : Piece for two string quartets, drums and recorded voice
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15 Aug
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16 Aug
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Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 8pm
Sally Beamish Showcase
Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom
Red Note Ensemble
Crawford Logan actor
Hailing from Scotland, like Sally Beamish herself, the outstanding Red Note Ensemble comes to Cheltenham with a 60th birthday tribute to this ever-distinctive composer. The Sins is a semi-theatrical work for actor and ensemble, taking as its starting point a new translation by Phil Hind of the ‘seven deadly sins’ section from Langland’s 14th century narrative poem Piers Plowman. Modern and medieval allegories merge powerfully with Beamish’s own emotionally vivid language.
Sally Beamish : Commedia
Sally Beamish : Piobaireachd for piano
Sally Beamish : The Sins
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24 Aug
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Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 3.30pm
Howells and Lancaster
Three Choirs Festival
Three Choirs Festival Association 7c College Green Gloucester GL1 2LX
United Kingdom
01452 768928
http://www.3choirs.org
Anna Gillingham soprano
Juliet Curnow contralto
Peter Harris tenor
James Geidt baritone
St Cecilia Singers
The Bristol Ensemble
Jonathan Hope conductor
3.30 pm Cirencester Parish Church
£27, £22
A coach will depart from Lower Westgate Street at 2.15 pm. Ticket £9 return
Philip Lancaster's new War Passion for chamber choir and ensemble is a telling of the Passion story interspersed with words by nine First World War poets, offering both a commentary on the Passion and a parallel narrative recounting the experience and sacrifice of that war. It is paired with the searing Requiem by Herbert Howells, inspired by the death from polio of the composer's nine-year-old son Michael.
Herbert Howells : Requiem
Philip Lancaster : War Passion
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26 Aug
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27 Aug
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 7pm
Michael Berkeley Premiere
Royal Albert Hall, London
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
020 7589 8212
http://www.royalalberthall.com/
boxofficeenquiries@royalalberthall.com
Paul Dukas’s brief, intoxicating ballet La Péri opens tonight’s Prom, before Chloë Hanslip gives the world premiere of a new Violin Concerto by Michael Berkeley.
Jac van Steen conducts excerpts from one of the most dramatic and colourfully scored of all ballets, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, a highlight of our series marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.
Chloë Hanslip violin
Diego Espinosa tabla
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen conductor
Paul Dukas : La Péri – Fanfare
Michael Berkeley : Violin Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet
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28 Aug
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30 Aug
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31 Aug
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Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 3.45pm
Aurora Orchestra – Wolfgang Rihm, Strauss and Mozart
Royal Albert Hall, London
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
020 7589 8212
http://www.royalalberthall.com/
boxofficeenquiries@royalalberthall.com
François Leleux oboe
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor
Tom Service presenter
It’s difficult to imagine how Mozart could have followed his final symphony, the ‘Jupiter’ – a work of such scale, majesty and intensity. Tom Service and Nicholas Collon unpick Mozart’s continuous stream of joy and invention, allowing us to get under the skin of this great work, which the Aurora Orchestra plays from memory.
Before it, one of the world’s leading oboists, François Leleux, plays Strauss’s twisting, singing Oboe Concerto – itself preceded by Wolfgang Rihm’s Hunted Form, whose animal energy suggests a pursuit more physical than a search merely for musical structure.
Wolfgang Rihm : Gejagte Form
Richard Strauss : Oboe Concerto in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Symphony No 41 in C major, 'Jupiter'
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5 Sep
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Friday, August 5, 2016 at 7.30pm
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Broad Street,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B1 2EA
United Kingdom
0121 200 2000
symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk
http://boxoffice.necgroup.co.uk/iccsym.asp
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Edward Gardner conductor
Open your ears to the music of the universe as the world’s greatest orchestra of teenagers embarks on a voyage back through a century of space discovery.
The journey begins with Gravitational Waves by German composer Iris ter Schiphorst. This is music for the here and now, for the beginning of a new era in astronomy. Fasten your seat belts and prepare for a thrilling ride to new musical frontiers as the original sound of the gravitational wave echoes through the orchestra and individual players gradually become one united force.
Next are two of classical music’s must-hear pieces: Strauss’sAlso Sprach Zarathustra, with its glorious, spine-tingling opening fanfare made famous by Stanley Kubrik’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Holst’sThe Planets completed by Colin Matthews’ Pluto:The Renewer. This music never fails to stir the emotions with its huge melodies and luscious harmonies and in the hands of these young musicians, it will fizz with an explosive, barely containable energy.
The countdown is on - join us for a fearless, totally teenage cosmic adventure.
Richard Strauss : Also Sprach Zarathustra
Gustav Holst : The Planets
Iris ter Schiphorst : Gravitational Waves
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5 Sep
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Friday, August 5, 2016 at 1pm
National Youth Orchestra of Wales - Young Composers
St David's Hall
St David's Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH
United Kingdom
029 2087 8444
http://www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk/
sdhreception@cardiff.gov.uk
Chamber ensembles of NYOW players
Young Composers is the latest addition to the National Youth Arts Wales family and features some of Wales' most exciting creative young talent.
In this lunchtime concert the composers present their brand new music, written during the preceding residency specifically for and performed by chamber ensembles of NYOW players.
Contemporary Composers : Various
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5 Sep
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Friday, August 5, 2016 at 7.30pm
National Youth Orchestra of Wales
St David's Hall
Cardiff
United Kingdom
National Youth Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
This year the oldest national youth orchestra in the world celebrates 70 years of first class music making, and returns to St David's Hall for this its final concert of the 2016 tour, once again showcasing the fantastic talent of its members. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Orchestra in a wonderful programme which includes a specially written piece by NYOW Alumnus Gareth Wood in celebration of this incredible milestone anniversary.
Gareth Wood : A Fanfare for Our Youth
Béla Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben
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