guildhall school: spring events guide 2015
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Listings of Guildhall School's major events, spring 2015. Highlights include: Faculty Artist Series with Iain Burnside and Roderick Williams, and Mahan Esfahani; BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion; Roundhouse and Royal Opera’s 'Orfeo'; Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Mike Alfreds and Patsy Rodenburg; and masterclasses from Berlin Philharmonic musicians and Joyce DiDonatoTRANSCRIPT
Events January – April 2015
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ContentsMonthly highlightsJanuary 3February 6March 11 April 23
Reflective Conservatoire 28
Masterclasses 30
Guildhall Young Artists 31
Future Events 32
Contact and information 35
PhotographsROH /AKA, Clive Barda, Morley Von Sternberg, Paul Cochrane, Alexander Newton, Clive Totman, Katie Henfrey, Kaupo Kikkas, Matthew Andrews, Marco Borggreve, Trevor Leighton
Cover photo Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Shanahan (Autumn 2014) ©Paul Cochrane
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Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14, Friday 16, Saturday 17, Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21, Friday 23, Saturday 24 January, 7.30pm Roundhouse
OrfeoMichael Boyd directorTom Piper set designerJean Kalman lighting designer
The Roundhouse and The Royal Opera join forces as Michael Boyd directs a much-anticipated new production of Monteverdi’s masterpiece L’Orfeo, the first great opera. Nine postgraduate singers from Guildhall School’s opera and vocal departments perform in the production, and understudy the principal singers in the cast: Thomas Atkins, Jessica Dandy, John Findon, David Ireland, Johannes Kammler, Bethan Langford, Meili Li, Raphaela Papadakis and Jennie Witton. Orfeo is conducted by early music specialist and Guildhall alumnus Christian Curnyn.
Tickets: £10-£75, available from the Royal Opera House Box Office: 020 7304 4000 roh.org.uk
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Wednesday 14 January, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
FACULTY ARTIST SERIES
Shining Armourby Iain Burnside Roderick Williams baritoneIain Burnside piano (Professor of Collaborative Piano)with Alison Rose sopranoand Victoria Newlyn as Clara Schumann (Movement/Drama Tutor – Opera & Vocal)
Brahms’s Die schöne Magelone is a tale of chivalric love, of knights in shining armour. Alone of the Romantic song cycles, it needs a connecting narrative – to flesh out the story, to make sense. But what if there’s another story going on underneath? And what if Clara Schumann tells it? Iain Burnside casts new light on Brahms’s masterpiece in song, with Guildhall alumni Roderick Williams and Victoria Newlyn, and opera student Alison Rose. The Faculty Artist Series 2014/15 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Monday 19 January, 10am Silk Street Music Hall
Public Composers’ WorkshopThe EXAUDI vocal ensemble reads new pieces by BMus and Doctoral composers.
Admission free
Monday 19 January, 10am Milton Court Concert Hall
Romantic Piano PrizeGuildhall pianists perform one major work or a programme of shorter works from the Romantic period.
Admission free
Thursday 22 January, 6.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Chartered Surveyors’ PrizeSupported by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors
Guildhall singers perform a short programme of contrasting pieces, taking in anything from opera, operetta, lieder, contemporary repertoire, early music, music theatre or folk song.
Admission free
Monday 26 January, 6pm Lecture Recital Room
Jazz Small BandsFrom reworked jazz standards to new compositions, jazz students direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings.
Admission free
Thursday 29 January, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Guildhall Chamber OrchestraBoris Brovtsyn director/violin
Elgar String Serenade in E minor, Op 20Panufnik Violin ConcertoBartók Divertimento
Andrzej Panufnik’s Violin Concerto was written for Yehudi Menuhin at the great violinist’s request, and quickly became one of the Polish composer’s most played and recorded works. In this concert which celebrates repertoire for strings, acclaimed violinist Boris Brovtsyn and the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra bring Panufnik’s work to the Milton Court Concert Hall, a stone’s throw from where it was first premiered by Menuhin in the City of London’s Guildhall in 1972.
Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Tuesday 27 January, 1pm Lecture Recital Room
Guildhall Harpists & FriendsA lunchtime programme of solo works, ranging from Scarlatti to Hindemith and Grandjany.
Admission free
Friday 30 January, 10am Silk Street Music Hall
Public Composers’ WorkshopA day of composition workshops led by cellist Oliver Coates, with a string quartet reading new pieces by third year composers.
Admission free
Friday 30 January, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
String ConcertStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.
Admission free
Saturday 31 January, 2pm LSO St Luke’s
Total Immersion: PercussionGuildhall Percussion Ensemble
Brian Ferneyhough Fanfare for Klaus HuberSteve Reich Music for Pieces of WoodKagel Rrrrrrr...Helmut Lachenmann Guero
From Steve Reich’s masterly Music for Pieces of Wood (1973), borne from a desire to make music with the simplest possible means and ‘one of the loudest pieces I have ever composed’, to Brian Ferneyhough’s tiny but striking tribute to his teacher Klaus Huber, this dynamic programme from the Guildhall Percussion Ensemble forms part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed Total Immersion series.
Tickets: £12, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Monday 2 February, 6pm Tuesday 3 February, 7pm Lecture Recital Room
Jazz Small BandsFrom reworked jazz standards to new compositions, jazz students direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings.
Admission free
Monday 2 February, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Brahms QuintetsCaroline Palmer piano (Professor of Piano)Rachel Roberts viola (Professor of Viola)Pierre Doumenge cello (Professor of Cello)Amarins Wierdsma violinVenetia Jollands violinStephen Williams clarinet
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34
Guildhall staff and students perform Brahms’s melancholic Clarinet Quintet, alongside what is perhaps the composer’s best-known chamber work, the Piano Quintet.
Admission free
Wednesday 4 February, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Clare Hammond CD launchPianist and Guildhall School alumna Clare Hammond launches her second disc for BIS Records, of études by Unsuk Chin, Nikolai Kapustin, Sergei Lyapunov and Karol Szymanowski.
Admission free but booking required. Please email [email protected] to reserve your place.
Wednesday 4 February, 1pm Lecture Recital Room
Scandinavian Song ConcertUndergraduate singers perform a selection of Scandinavian Song, prepared and presented by Theresa Goble. The programme features Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen alongside lesser-known composers Ture Rangström, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, and Gunnar de Frumerie.
Admission free
Thursday 5 February, 7pm Lecture Recital Room
String ConcertStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.
Admission free
A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare
Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12, Friday 13, Saturday 14 February, 7.30pmTuesday 10, Thursday 12 February, 2pm Milton Court Studio Theatre
Patsy Rodenburg directorMark Simmonds designerRory Beaton lighting designer*
A Duke woos a conquered Queen. The King and Queen of Fairies fight over a changeling boy. Four lovers find their love tested. And some amateur actors rehearse a play.
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare
*Neville Billimoria is a student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme
Monday 16, Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18, Thursday 19, Friday 20, Saturday 21 February, 7.30pmTuesday 17, Thursday 19 February, 2pm Milton Court Theatre
Mike Alfreds directorDinah England designerNeville Billimoria lighting designer*
Illyria is a Land of Delusions where the sands are always shifting and no-one is quite what he – or is it she? – seems.
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Thursday 19 February, 6pm Barbican Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsAna Gogava piano
Rachmaninoff Études-Tableaux (selection)Sonata No. 2 in B f lat minor, Op 36
Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with performances of complementary repertoire.
Admission free
Monday 23 February, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
French SongIain Burnside director
Iain Burnside works with undergraduate singers and postgraduate pianists on this evening song recital which features music by Fauré, Chabrier, Debussy and Ravel.
Admission free
Tuesday 17 February, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall ALUMNI RECITAL SERIES
Joan Havill CelebrationWith special guestsSa Chen, Paul Lewis, Serhiy Salov, Chenyin Li, Tom Poster, Stephen de Pledge, Lucy Parham, and Ruya Taner
Former students of Joan Havill – a roll call of esteemed pianists – return to the School to celebrate her 35 years teaching at Guildhall.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Wednesday 25 February, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall
Guildhall Percussion EnsembleDirected by Julian Warburton
Philip Glass Music in Similar MotionJohn Cage Second ConstructionPhilip Glass Music in FifthsPeter Garland Apple BlossomJohn Cage Third Construction
John Cage’s Constructions, scored for unorthodox percussion instruments, are performed alongside two early minimalist works by Philip Glass, and Peter Garland’s meditative Apple Blossom for marimba.
Admission free
Thursday 26 February, 6pm Freestage, Barbican Foyers
Dialogue: People SongsJoin us for Dialogue, a celebration of the creativity and talent of East London. Dialogue sees MMus Leadership students from the Guildhall School work with community groups to create new music around this year’s theme, People Songs.
Admission free
Wednesday 25 February, 5.30pm Milton Court Theatre Tokaido Road: A Journey after HiroshigeMusic by Nicola LeFanu Libretto by Nancy GaffieldCaroline Clegg directorDominic Wheeler conductorOkeanos
Nicola LeFanu’s acclaimed piece of music theatre, composed for Okeanos’s unique blend of Western and Japanese instruments, receives its London premiere. Through art, poetry, mime and music, Tokaido Road tells the story of the artist Hiroshige and his travels on Japan’s ancient Eastern sea road from Edo to Kyoto.
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Donizetti: I pazzi per progetto (UK stage premiere)
Monday 2, Wednesday 4, Friday 6, Monday 9 March, 7pmSilk Street Theatre
Dominic Wheeler conductorMartin Lloyd-Evans directorYannis Thavoris designer
The Guildhall School’s award-winning Opera department presents a double bill of comic opera in which madness, misunderstandings and mistaken identity come to the fore. Sir Malcolm Arnold’s The Dancing Master (1952) with a libretto by Joe Mendoza, receives its long overdue world stage premiere eight years after the composer’s death. Based on Wycherley’s bawdy Restoration comedy, the plot follows the heroine, Miranda, and her two suitors, while the score fizzes with Arnold’s customary wit and flamboyance. Donizetti’s I pazzi per progetto (Madmen by Design) is farce in its purest form - here receiving its UK stage premiere.
Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Sunday 1 March, 6pm Barbican Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsClaire Lees sopranoJessica Dandy mezzo-sopranoDominic Sedgwick baritoneDylan Perez piano
Debussy songs
Admission free
Monday 2 March, 1pm Silk Street Music Hall
Bach MotetsLunchtime concert directed by Susan Waters.
Admission free
Tuesday 3 March, 7pm Lecture Recital Room
Russian SongDevised and presented by Lada Valešová.
Admission free
Thursday 5 March, 6.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Needlemakers’ PrizeSupported by the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers
Wind instrumentalists perform a short programme with piano accompaniment.
Admission free
Thursday 12 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Opera Scenes ConcertSingers from the Vocal Studies department perform opera scenes under the music directorship of Linnhe Robertson, staged by Simon Cole, Dinah Stabb and Shirley Keane.
Admission free
Friday 13 March, 1pm Milton Court Concert Hall
ECHO Rising StarsMichael Petrov cello Ashley Fripp piano
Stravinsky Suite ItalienneChopin BerceuseThree Waltzes, Op 70BarcarolleFranck Sonata in A major
Guildhall graduates Michael Petrov and Ashley Fripp – both winners of the School’s prestigious Gold Medal competition – are the Barbican Centre’s nomination for the Europe-wide ECHO Rising Stars programme. Together, they’ll be flying the flag for London in major concert halls across Europe.
Tickets: £10, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Friday 13 March, 1pm St George’s, Hanover Square
Guildhall Cantata EnsembleDirected by James Johnstone
Charpentier Actéon
The Guildhall Cantata Ensemble continues its exploration of Charpentier’s influence on Handel through the former’s teacher, Giacomo Carissimi. Accompanied by recorders, violins, gamba, cello, theorbo and harpsichord, this lunchtime concert presents what many believe to be Charpentier’s finest piece of musical theatre, a Pastorale in the form of a tragédie en musique depicting the tragic and gory demise of the hunter Actéon.Part of the London Handel Festival.
Tickets: available from the London Handel Festival Box Office: 01460 54660 london-handel-festival.com from 19 January.
Friday 13 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
English SongPostgraduate singers and pianists perform a selection of English song in a programme devised and presented by Richard Jackson.
Admission free
Monday 16 March, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
The Song GuildGraham Johnson directs senior singers and pianists in a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise.
Admission free
Monday 16 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
String ConcertStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.
Admission free
Tuesday 17 March, 2pm Lecture Recital Room
Piano Accompaniment PrizeEach finalist performs a 20 minute programme of instrumental and vocal works.
Admission free
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Wednesday 18 March, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Opera Scenes Concert Postgraduate singers from the Vocal Studies department perform opera scenes under the music directorship of Linnhe Robertson, staged by Simon Cole, Dinah Stabb and Shirley Keane.
Admission free
Thursday 19 March, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Visions de l’Amen James Kreiling and Janneke Brits piano
A virtuosic showpiece for two pianos, Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen is a complex and exhilarating seven-movement work.
Admission free
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Friday 20 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
The Song GuildGraham Johnson curates a programme of both well-known and lesser-known French song cycles. The Paul Hamburger Prize for Voice and Piano will be awarded at the end of this concert.
Admission free
Thursday 19 March, 7.30pm Barbican Hall Guildhall Symphony OrchestraPietari Inkinen conductor
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Stravinsky The Firebird Suite Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Sibelius was a master of the symphonic form. Here his grandiose Second Symphony is performed by the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra under rising young Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen.
Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Saturday 21 March, 5pm
LSO St. Luke’s
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mersion:
Pierre Boulez at 90
David Corkhill conductor
Amarins Wierdsma violin
Rebecca Griffiths flute
James Kreiling piano
Alexander Soares piano
Boulez une page d’éphéméride
Anthèmes 1
Mémoriale (… explosante-fixe … Originel)
Dérive 1
Sonatine for Flute and Piano
Douze notations
Tickets: £12, available from the
Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891
barbican.org.uk
Guildhall School musicians celebrate the
90th birthday of one of the greatest and
most controversial figures in classical
music, as part of the BBC Symphony
Orchestra’s Total Immersion series. Taking
in key works from the French composer’s
chamber oeuvre, the programme spans
Boulez’s first published composition, the
kaleidoscopic Douze notations (1945), to
his most recent, Une page d’éphéméride
(2005), also for solo piano. This early-
evening concert forms part of a wider day
of concerts, talks and events presented by
the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Guildhall Jazz Festival & Improvisation Fringe
From Billie Holiday to Kenny Wheeler, vintage jazz to improvised, Guildhall musicians celebrate the best of jazz over seven performance-packed days. Major visiting artists visit the School to collaborate with exciting up-and-coming talent, offering a rich and varied programme of performances.
Saturday 21 March, 4pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Junior Guildhall Jazz BandDirected by Oliver Weston and Jonathan Taylor
Small group and Big Band jazz from the Guildhall School’s thriving Junior department.
Admission free
Saturday 21 March, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Guildhall Jazz Choir Directed by Malcolm Edmonstone
The ever-popular Guildhall Jazz Choir kicks the festival off in style with an evening performance in the Milton Court Concert Hall. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Sunday 22 March, 7.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Tribute to Billie Holiday Guildhall Jazz Band directed by Ed Puddick
New arrangements of the legendary jazz singer’s signature output.
Admission free
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Guildhall Alumni Jazz Ensemble Directed by Carlos Lopez-Real
Former students return to the School to lead a dynamic evening of music directed by Professor of Saxophone Carlos Lopez-Real.
Admission free
Wednesday 25 March, 7.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Vintage Jazz Night Directed by Martin Hathaway
The much-loved Vintage Jazz Night returns with small group jazz favourites from the 1920s and 30s.
Admission free
Thursday 26 March, 7.30pm Silk Street Music Hall
Improvised Music NightGuildhall Improvised Music Ensemble Directed by Sarah Gail Brand with special guest Mark Sanders percussion
Expect the unexpected at the festival’s Improvised Music Night, which this year pays tribute to visionary British drummer John Stevens and the free improvisation group he co-founded in the mid-60s, the Spontaneous Music Ensemble.
Admission free
Friday 27 March, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Tribute to Kenny WheelerGuildhall Jazz Band & SingersDirected by Scott Stroman
The festival finale pays tribute to the late, great Kenny Wheeler – trumpeter, composer and innovator – with a special programme that includes a performance of his landmark Sweet Time Suite.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Sunday 22 March, 3pm & 4pm Monday 23 March, 3pm & 4pm Tuesday 24 March, 3pm & 4pm Wednesday 25 March, 3pm & 4pm Thursday 26 March, 4.30pm & 5.30pm Silk Street Music Hall Friday 27 March, 1pm & 2pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Jazz Small BandsThroughout the festival Guildhall musicians direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings.
Admission free
Full details of the festival will be available at gsmd.ac.uk/events
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Wednesday 25 March, 7pm Lecture Recital Room
String ConcertStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.
Admission free
Saturday 28 March, 6pm Institut Français du Royaume Uni
Hands of TomorrowGuildhall students Sophia Dee and Marina Koka collaborate with Paris Conservatoire students Justine Leroux and Tanguy de Williencourt in this special concert which forms part of the It’s All About Piano! festival at the Institut Français. The concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for future broadcast.
Tickets: £12 / £10 members / £6 students, available from 020 7871 3515 itsallaboutpiano.co.uk
Wednesday 25, Thursday 26, Tuesday 31 March, 7pmSaturday 28 March, 2.30pmMilton Court Studio Theatre Opera ScenesVictoria Newlyn directorSusanna Stranders musical director An informal performance of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts presented in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall School Opera Course.
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall School staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 25 February.
MachinalSophie Treadwell
Friday 27, Saturday 28, Monday 30, Tuesday 31 March, Wednesday 1 April, 7.30pmMonday 30 March, Wednesday 1 April, 2pmSilk Street Theatre
Ed Dick director
Inspired by the sensational trial of Ruth Snyder, a Long Island housewife who murdered her husband and died in the electric chair in 1927, Machinal is a powerful drama by campaigning journalist and playwright Sophie Treadwell.
Nine actresses share the role of the ‘Young Woman’ in scenes that explore the explosive pressures of American industrial life in this Expressionistic classic.
“This is a play written in anger. In the dead wasteland of male society – it seems to ask – isn’t it necessary for certain women, at least, to resort to murder?” Nicholas Wright
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 2 February.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Monday 30 March, 6.15pm Silk Street Music Hall Susan Longfield PrizeSopranos and mezzo-sopranos perform a short programme taking in a range of musical styles.
Admission free
Monday 30 March, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
EXAUDIJames Weeks director
Vocal ensemble EXAUDI performs new pieces for six voices by composers on the MMus Composition programme.
Admission free
Tuesday 31 March, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Piano and Composition ProjectDirected by Rolf Hind
New works inspired by the extraordinary Nobel-prizewinning Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, a keen musician who lost the use of his right hand after suffering a stroke. A tradition of pieces for left hand has developed in Sweden inspired by his life and works, and in this concert a few more will be added.
Admission free
Tuesday 31 March, 7pm Lecture Recital Room German LiedPostgraduate singers and pianists perform a selection of German song in a programme devised and presented by Eugene Asti.
Admission free
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Vocal Studies Opera ShowcaseSingers on the Masters in Performance programme showcase repertoire from operas including Così fan tutte, La Cenerentola and Eugene Onegin, directed by Simon Cole, with music direction by Elizabeth Marcus.
Admission free
Wednesday 1 April, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Viva Venezia
Pavlo Beznosiuk directs this concert of multi-part Sonatas and Canzonas from Venice’s ‘golden age’, performed by wind and string players from the School’s Historical Performance department. Composers include Giovanni Gabrieli, Dario Castello, Biagio Marini, Giovanni Picchi and Marco Uccellini.
Admission free
Thursday 2 April, 7pm Lecture Recital Room
VoiceworksUndergraduate singers perform new songs written specially by Guildhall School composers alongside more established vocal repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries selected and prepared by Jane Manning.
Admission free
Wednesday 8 April, 6pm Barbican Hall
LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsRicky Gore violin Ionel Manciu violinHenry Tong violinAmarins Wierdsma violinMay Dolan violaChristoph Slenczka violaThomas Marlin celloYoanna Prodanova cello Shostakovich Two Pieces for String OctetString Quartet No. 9
Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with performances of complementary repertoire.
Admission free
True Dare Kiss (Autumn 2014)
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Monday 27 April, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall FACULTY ARTIST SERIES
Mahan Esfahani
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord (Professor of Harpsichord)
Tomkins Barafostus’ DreamGibbons Pavan in GScheidt Also geht’s, also steht’sJ.S. Bach ‘English’ Suite in D minor, BWV 811Patrick Jones Santoor SuiteKalabis Akvarely, Op 53 Daniel Kidane Six Etudes W.F. Bach Sonata in E f lat, Fk. 5
Guildhall School is delighted to welcome world-renowned harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani - praised as ‘his instrument’s leading champion’ – to its professorial staff in spring. His Faculty Artist Series concert marks the inaugural outing of the School’s new harpsichord – a reproduction of an early 18th century Michael Mietke instrument, made by Alan Gotto in 2005 and generously donated to the School by David and Sandra Herbert. The Faculty Artist Series 2014/15 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 January.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsViktor Stenhjem violinOliver Pashley clarinetMihai Ritivoiu pianoKaoru Wada piano Bartók ContrastsViolin Sonata No. 2
Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.
Admission free
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Reflective Conservatoire Conference 2015: ‘Creativity and Changing Cultures’
For more information and to book tickets, visit reflectiveconservatoire.org.uk
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Join performers, teachers and researchers at the Guildhall School’s fourth international Reflective Conservatoire Conference.
Performances, practical workshops, research presentations, keynote speeches, curated sessions, seminars and round-table discussions explore key issues in Higher Education within music and drama.
Themes in 2015:
Creativity, playfulness and improvisation
Interdisciplinary connections
The world in 2020 and beyond
Viewpoints on the developing artist
Keynote speakers include:
Ricardo Castro Pianist, conductor and founder of Brazil’s NEOJIBA youth music training programme.
Liz Lerman Choreographer, dancer, educator, writer and creator of the Critical Response Process, a rigorous feedback system for developing work in progress.
Conference Director Professor Helena Gaunt, Vice-Principal & Director of Academic Affairs
Thursday 26 February – Sunday 1 March 2015
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Friday 30 January, 2pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Felicity Lott
Voice Masterclass
Friday 6 February, 2pm Silk Street Music Hall
Martin Katz
Piano Masterclass
Wednesday 11 – Friday 13 February
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra musicians
Instrumental Masterclasses
See gsmd.ac.uk for further information
Wednesday 18 February, 2pm, Silk Street Music Hall
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Piano Masterclass
Tuesday 3 March, 10am Lecture Recital Room
Ralf Gothóni
Chamber Music Masterclass
Monday 30 March, 10am Lecture Recital Room
Finghin Collins
Piano Masterclass
Thursday 2 April, 2pm Silk Street Music Hall
Gordon Back
Piano Masterclass
All masterclasses are free to attend unless otherwise stated
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Wednesday 15 April, 2pm, Milton Court Concert Hall
Joyce DiDonato
Voice Masterclass
International superstar Joyce DiDonato leads a masterclass with Guildhall singers as part of the Barbican’s Artist Spotlight series.
Tickets: £30 (£10 students) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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Wednesday 7 January, 7.30pm Barbican Hall
London Schools Symphony OrchestraEdward Gardner conductorLouis Schwizgebel piano
Nielsen Helios OvertureGrieg Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Tickets: £8 - £25 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
Saturday 14 February, 4pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Young Orchestra for London Sir Simon Rattle conductor
The Young Orchestra for London is a new ensemble made up of musicians aged 11-21 from across the capital. They will be brought together for 5 days during the Berlin Philharmonic’s London residency, to present new and existing repertoire conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Come and watch their first rehearsal. Admission free but booking required via the Barbican Box Office, in person or by phone: 020 7638 8891
Saturday 14 February, 4pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Julian Clayton conductor Michael Daugherty Route 66Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1Brahms Symphony No. 2 Brahms’s joyous Second Symphony provides the perfect centrepiece for Junior Guildhall’s spring orchestral showcase. Tickets: £15 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk Junior Guildhall presents over 80 events every year. To request a copy of the Junior Guildhall events guide, please contact [email protected]
Tuesday 14 April, 7.30pm Barbican Hall
London Schools Symphony OrchestraAinars Rubikis conductor Maria João Pires and Julien Libeer piano With Equinox Chorus, a Social and Artistic project under the leadership of Maria João Pires
Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos Mendelssohn Incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tickets: £8 - £25 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk
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TSFriday 1, Saturday 2 May, 7.30pm; Saturday 2, Sunday 3 May, 2pm, Milton Court Studio Theatre
Why does the Queen die? A new play written and directed by Iain Burnside
Following its successful premiere at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Why does the Queen die? comes to Milton Court for three performances. Developed by Iain Burnside with the Guildhall School, this music theatre piece explores Schubert’s Viennese connections through Burnside’s trademark combination of music and drama.
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office from 2 February. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Tuesday 5 May, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Series Piano Extravaganza
Martin Roscoe, Noriko Ogawa, Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva, Ronan O’Hora pianowith George English, Pedro Segundo percussion
Mozart Sonata in D major K. 448 Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Ravel La Valse Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op 56b Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 2 February.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Wednesday 13 May, 7pm Barbican Hall
The Gold Medal
The centenary of the Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize for musicians. This year is the turn of the singers, who will sing a short programme with piano accompaniment followed by arias with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office from 2 February.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
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Friday 15 May, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Series
Levon Chilingirian violinChilingirian Quartetwith Matthew Jones viola
Bartók String Quartet No. 4Haydn String Quartet in B f lat major, Op 55 No. 3Mozart String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 2 February.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Sunday 17 May, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Alumni Recital Series Rêverie: The life and loves of Claude Debussy
Lucy Parham pianoSimon Russell Beale narrator
“Lucy Parham’s trailblazing evening concerts in which she fuses music and words with the help of some of our most distinguished thespians, have become one of the must-see events on the musical calendar.” BBC Music Magazine
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office from 2 February.
Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Monday 8, Wednesday 10, Friday 12, Monday 15 June, 7pm Silk Street Theatre
Hans Werner Henze: Phaedra and Ein Landarzt
Timothy Redmond conductor Ashley Dean directorCordelia Chisholm designer The Guildhall School’s Opera department presents a summer double bill of 20th century opera by German composer Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012).
Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 8 April. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.
Monday 29 June, 7.30pm Wigmore Hall
Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: Winner’s Recital
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E f lat minor from The Well-Tempered ClavierDebussy Images, Book 2Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Variations fantômes Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op 52 Schubert Sonata No. 21 in B f lat major, D. 960
Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions) available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office: 020 7935 2141 wigmore-hall.org.uk from 3 February.
Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July, 5.30pm
Summer Gala Evenings
Celebrate the end of the School’s year in style. Guests are invited to a drinks reception and supper, followed by a performance of the summer musical.
Individual tickets or tables of 12 available.
Tickets: £75 Please contact [email protected] or 020 7382 7157 for further details and to book.
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Guildhall School Scholarships Fund
“My scholarship has allowed me to spend more time focusing on developing as a musician.” Vijay Prakash, MMus Jazz Trombone
Help support students like Vijay.
Every year donations to the Scholarships Fund make it possible for over 300 young musicians, actors and theatre technicians to take up their hard-won places or continue their studies at the Guildhall School.
Contact the Development Office on 020 7382 7179, visit our websitegsmd.ac.uk/support or mail [email protected] and find out more about how you can support our talented students.
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The Guildhall School is located in the heart of the City of London, in the midst of an exciting cultural hub which includes the Barbican Centre, LSO St Luke’s and the Museum of London. There is a good selection of restaurants and bars nearby on Whitecross Street, Old Street and in Farringdon and Spitalfields, for those looking for a pre-concert or pre-theatre meal.
The School’s Silk Street and Milton Court buildings both have main entrances on Silk Street. The closest tube stations are Moorgate and Barbican.
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For events that are bookable via the Barbican Box Office:
Online booking: barbican.org.uk
By telephone: 020 7638 8891 (10am–8pm Mon–Sat; 11am–8pm Sun & Bank Holidays)
A transaction fee applies which includes the return of your tickets by first class post if time permits.
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