Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop w/Carrington, O'Connell and Falinska
SARTEANO CHAMBER CHORAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOP, ITALY ( TUSCANY )
1-8 August 2008, with Simon Carrington, Brian O'Connell and Bronislawa Falinska
This intensive and intimate conducting workshop is geared for music educators and choral conductors with strong vocal ability who are interested in rehearsing and performing chamber choral music. We heartily welcome qualified singers who are interested in attending the workshop in a non-conducting capacity; who love to sing in a chamber group environment and/or are very specifically looking to learn rehearsal and conducting techniques. You will be part of a twenty-two to twenty-four member ensemble that will prepare and perform a cappella choral music from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Up to two graduate credits are available through The Boston Conservatory.
There are three possible tiers of participation:Full Conductor, Conducting Auditor, Singer.
Each Full Conductor will conduct every day.
They will be assigned a piece for their daily podium time in the master class; they will
also conduct this piece in the final concert.
You may also choose to participate as either a Conducting Auditor or Singer. Included in the price of participating as a Conducting Auditor will be a private half-hour conducting session with Simon Carrington. Conducting Auditors will also have the opportunity to conduct the ensemble in the morning sessions if so desired.
The Master Class uses the Workshop ensemble as its laboratory, so everyone receives the benefits of each master class.
The two-part morning session will consist of Vocal Pedagogy and clinics on developing a vital chamber choir.
Broni Falinska, our visiting artist in Vocal Pedagogy, will again be joining us for daily ateliers using the Rohmert Method of Functional Voicetraining. This approach guides the singer towards an awareness of the voice not usually addressed by most conventional singing methods. Get ready for a sensorial exploration of the voice, and to explore how self-perception works in the combination of "hearing-feeling-seeing."
Brian O'Connell will be leading clinics on exploring connections between movement and musical/textual concepts and strategies for building cohesive chamber choirs
The afternoon sessions will consist solely of conducting Master Classes with Simon Carrington. This year we are again delighted to offer a Q&A/Dialogue session with Simon.
For a detailed description of the workshop, tuition costs (Farewell Dinner included), and an online application please visit http://www.sarteanochoralworkshop.com
Contact: Gail Leicher Tel: + 1 781.652.0158, or Email sarteanochoral@rcn.com
Sunday, July 27, 2008 | Posted by:rcicw
2008 Rose City International Conductor's Workshop
Fourth Annual Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop, Portland, Oregon. The musicians of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra are proud to announce the 2008 RCICW, which will take place on the campus of Warner Pacific College from July 21-27th, 2008.
Returning faculty include RCICW Director Kenneth Woods, conductor of the Oregon East Symphony and Avie Records recording artist, Christopher Zimmerman, Director of Orchestras and Orchestral Conducting at the Hartt School of Music and David Hoose, Director of Orchestral Activities at Boston University and conductor of Collage New Music of Boston.
The workshop offers all students the opportunity to work with the faculty and the musicians of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra as well as professional guest soloists including pianist Rick Rowley and singers Alexis Hamilton, Brennen Guillory and Esther Mae Moses. The Emerging Artist Program is geared towards highly advanced students completing their formal studies and preparing for a professional career and experienced conductors looking for advanced training at the highest level. 2008 EA repertoire includes Brahms- Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor with Rick Rowley, excerpts from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and Ponchielli’s La Gioconda with full orchestra and professional soloists, Dvorak’s Serenade for Winds, the 13 Instrument version of Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Mahler’s orchestration of Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Minor op 95 “Serioso.” The EA Program culminates in a Sunday Conductor Showcase, which offers participants the opportunity to get a video of themselves in a concert situation. The Discovery Program offers younger conductors, music educators and instrumentalists who are serious about conducting a chance to work with the orchestra and faculty in the Stravinsky Octet for Winds, Beethoven’s Symphony no 2 (piano reduction with Rick Rowley) and Haydn’s Symphony no. 86. The workshop also offers several seminars during the week and all sessions are attended by all students in both programs.
All sessions are professionally videotaped in CD-quality audio. Tuition for Emerging Artist Program is $790, Discovery Program $560, payable in instalments. Application deadline for guaranteed full consideration is March 22nd, after which applications may be considered on a space available basis. Information and application on the workshop website- www.rosecityworkshop.org . Dormitory housing on campus is available.Enquiries via email to admin@rosecityworkshop.org
Saturday, May 10, 2008 | Posted by:Rod Corkin
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Concert in Petit-Palais, Paris
Last thursday, we had an enormous chance to hear two wonderful young artists - cellist Maja Bogdanovic and pianist Sanja Bizjak, in the Auditorium of Petit-Palais in Paris.
They gave a recital with works of Rachmaninov and Paganini. The concert was extremely visited, that the little hall that recieves about 200 people, had to refuse many of friends, family, professionals, or just curious tourists that were passing by Avenue Champs-Elysees.
The success was granted. The concert started with solo piano and Etudes-Tableaux, that Sanja Bizjak performed remarkably. Only 19 years old, she succeded to perform these deep musical thoughts, very demanding and challenging for all of pianists.
Concert continued with amazing Rachmaninov sonata for cello and piano op.19. Maja Bogdanovic made her cello sing, her phrasing was perfect, variety of moods in this piece extremely well presented. Both artists showed amazing technical skills, nuances, different atmospheres of this master-piece.
The concert finished with Paganini Variations on one string, transcription for cello and piano of original violin version. Tricky piece, but not enough to fool our beautiful musicians. Very theatral, very singing in the begining, very demanding till the end, and finally very funny piece...
As an encore, Maja Bogdanovic and Sanja Bizjak, gave us a little present, the marvelous "Sentimental Valse" by Tchaikovsky. Whole concert was recorded by France Musique, and will be broadcasted on 24th of may, at 13h.
Despite very dry acoustics of the Petit Palais, and maybe not the best piano in the city, this concert was absolutely worth of going.
Saturday, April 12, 2008 | Posted by:sacha
Bournemouth Philharmonic Society Charity Concert
Held at the Chiropractic College in Bournemouth (13-15 Parkwood Road, Boscombe, BH5 2DF) and featuring works by Weber, Herold, Mascagni, Arutunian, Aliven, Grieg and Sibelius. Tickets cost £10.00 and are bookable by phoning 01202 436337.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
New Internet Radio Station from Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes, the world-renowned music publishers, have launched a new, free, classical music internet radio station. At www.booseyradio.com the listener is in control. You can select stations by musical mood, or by composer or period, or you can build your own bespoke station by selecting from a tag cloud of adjectives such as "Invigorating", "Contemplative" or "Playful". The music is uninterrupted by adverts or DJs, and the service is free of charge.
Saturday, March 08, 2008 | Posted by:Cadenza_Music
rarescale - a concert of music for flute, viola and harp
rarescale will be performing a concert of works for flute(s), viola and harp at St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch High Street, London. E1 6JN @ 7:30pm including:
Tom Ingoldsby - Long Drift Sleep (world premiere)
Geoffrey Gordon - Bright White Smooth (UK premiere) and
Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola and harp.
Tickets are priced at £10.00 (£8.00 concessions)
For more information visit
http://www.concert-diary.com/home/concert_details.asp?id=84709
For further information on the music of Tom Ingoldsby visit the Cadenza Music website at:
www.cadenza-music.com
Thursday, March 06, 2008 | Posted by:ikon arts
Stile Antico launch new CD at Eaton Square Concerts
"...the singing is staggeringly beautiful" - Sunday Times.
GRAMMY award nominees Stile Antico present their new CD 'Heavenly Harmonies' in a concert at Eaton Square Concerts on 6th March. Featuring Tallis' beautifully simple psalm settings interspersed with some of Byrd's most powerful insurgent Catholic motets.
Go to www.eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk for more information, or call 020 8144 3656.
Sunday, January 20, 2008 | Posted by:YvonneSchwartz
Belsize Baroque Orchestra (London) plays Bach and Vivaldi
The Belsize Baroque Orchestra plays Bach Orchestral Suite No4, Bach Sinfonia to Cantata 42 and Vivaldi Violin Concerto conducted by Laurence Cummings.
Sunday, 20/01/08 in St. Silas Church, Penton Street, N1 9UL, London. The concert begins at 6:30 pm and admission is £10.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Elizabeth Watts sings Brahms: Requiem - in Sandbach
Elizabeth Watts, winner of Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize for 2007, is singing Brahms Requiem with Sandbach Voices and Orchestra at 7:30 pm on Saturday 15th March 2008 in St. Mary's Church, Sandbach, Cheshire.
Tickets are available at £10 from 01244 540511 or 01270 841727
Friday, January 04, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
The Dmitri Ensemble announces PASSIONTIDE tour, March 2008
The Dmitri Ensemble announces its PASSIONTIDE 2008 project: a four-concert tour and commercial recording for the Naxos label, to be released in 2009.
The disc of works by James MacMillan, to include two première recordings, is the culmination of a UK tour of Passiontide music by MacMillan and Giles Swayne. The Dmitri Ensemble has worked closely with both composers in the past, and looks forwards to renewing these collaborations in this challenging and eagerly-anticipated project.
Performing in four of England’s most prestigious venues in the run up to Easter, The Dmitri Ensemble’s project features James MacMillan’s celebrated Seven Last Words from the Cross alongside Giles Swayne’s striking Stabat Mater for solo quartet and choir. Interspersing the Latin stanzas with texts from the Muslim and Jewish burial services, Swayne creates a collective mourning of grief in a remarkable, powerfully relevant new setting. MacMillan draws on his devout Catholicism in both the rarely-heard chorus version of his …here in hiding… and in his hauntingly beautiful Seven Last Words from the Cross for choir and string orchestra.
Full concert details can be found at www.dmitriensemble.co.uk
The Dmitri Ensemble
PASSIONTIDE tour 2008
Graham Ross, conductor
Jamie Campbell, leader
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy, mezzo-soprano
Ben Alden, tenor
George Humphreys, bass
James MacMillan: ...here in hiding...
Giles Swayne: Stabat Mater
James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Friday 14 March 2008, 8pm
Trinity College Chapel, CAMBRIDGE, UK
£15, £12, £9 (concessions £2 discount each price band)
Box Office: Cambridge Corn Exchange, City Centre Box Office, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB
tel. +44 (0)1223 457562 | email boxoffice@cambridge.gov.uk
Monday 17 March 2008, 7.30pm
FREE pre-concert talk, 6.30pm
James MacMillan and Giles Swayne talk with Anthony Burton
St. John's, Smith Square, London, UK
£20, £15, £12, £9 (concessions 10% discount each price band)
Box Office: St. John’s Smith, Square, London, SW1P 3HA
tel. +44 (0)20 7222 1061 | fax +44 (0)20 7233 1618
online booking www.sjss.org.uk
Tuesday 18 March 2008, 6.30pm
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (performed liturgically as part of St. Paul's Meditation services for Holy Week)
Free admission
(c) The Dmitri Ensemble 2008
www.dmitriensemble.co.uk
Thursday, December 13, 2007 | Posted by:Ikon Arts
'O Magnum Mysterium' - Chandos Chamber Choir Christmas Concert
Chandos Chamber Choir presents: 'O Magnum mysterium' - Christmas music from the 16th and 20th Centuries. Thursday 13th December, 7.45pm, All Saints Church, Margaret St.
Chandos Chamber Choir, under the direction of Andrew Arthur, presents a delightful programme of Christmas music, performed in the heart of London. Featuring well-known motets and more obscure carols by Byrd, Victoria, Leighton, Pierce, Rodney Bennett, Todd, & Walton, as well as audience carols.
Wine and mince pies will also be available in the interval.
Details:
Date: Thursday 13th December
Time: 7.45pm
Venue: All Saints Church, Margaret St, London W1W 8JG
Nearest tube: Oxford Circus/Tottenham Court Road/Bond Street
Tickets : £10
tickets@chandoschamberchoir.org.uk
Phone: 07941 085486
More information from www.chandoschamberchoir.org.uk
Sunday, November 25, 2007 | Posted by:rogers_kp
New Release from the Baltimore Consort and a recent Spanish concert
New Release from the Baltimore Consort appeals to Old fans and New!
If you were a Baltimore Consort fan during the ensemble's long run of recordings for Dorian during the 1980s and '90s, you will recognize many of the tracks offered in this new compilation, drawn from such discs as On the Banks of Helicon, A Trip to Killburn, and Tunes from the Attic.
But now that the Dorian label has returned to life, its proprietors are not just simply reissuing the catalog but are making new recordings as well -- and among this disc's 36 tracks are two from lutenist/composer Ronn McFarlane's brand new CD, Indigo Road, along with 11 other "new, unreleased" selections, all of which feature Mindy Rosenfeld, a founding member of the Consort whose flute and fife playing is a highlight of the disc.
The ensemble's popular longtime, now former flutist Chris Norman is also present, but his contributions--16 tracks--are all from earlier, albeit uniformly excellent recordings.
BALTIMORE CONSORT ENCHANTS WITH SPANISH CONCERT
Alumni Recital Hall, Keene State College, Keene, NH
November 14, 2007, Keene, NH
The Baltimore Consort, whose last appearance at this venue was in December, 1999, received a warm welcome back from an enthusiastic audience at this evening’s concert, an all-Spanish program featuring young, golden-voiced Brazilian countertenor José Lemos along with this revered ensemble’s trademark instrumental virtuosity and clever, artful arrangements. The arrangements of the songs and dances—in this case, repertoire drawn from various Spanish sources during the time of Columbus’ voyages to the New World—are certainly designed to entertain, but they also highlight the beauty of melodies and texts as well as the individual character and timbre of the Consort’s fascinating array of instruments, from all manner of flutes and the reedy, nasally crumhorns, to viols, guitars, lute, recorder, and percussion. Most of the ensemble members play several instruments, and it’s a treat to watch the well-choreographed switches from vihuela to viol to recorder to percussion while the music flows from song to dance to song without a hitch. Mark Cudek is especially interesting to keep an eye on, whether plucking a viol guitar-style or making a simple tambourine do things that you’d swear required at least two pairs of hands.
Besides all the impressive performances, it was the sheer loveliness of the songs that most deeply moved the audience—and in this regard, countertenor Lemos was nothing less than a joy, both to hear and to watch. His performances were infectious and musically flawless, his presence immediately engaging, his command of the music total and natural. He was aided by partners who both supported and inspired him, whether encouraging an extra-playful turn of phrase or an exceptionally heartfelt romantic expression. This was concertizing as it’s meant to be—a group of charismatic performers bringing their well-practiced, well-chosen program to an eager audience.
And any experienced observer would have to say that few if any early-music/period-instrument groups have anywhere near this much fun on stage while delivering such high-class performances. These people obviously like each other and the physical interaction as they play—the intense eye contact, the back-and-forth, playful “sparring”, the smiles, the occasional funny comment while one person is trying to tune, the unerring communication as the players move seamlessly from piece to piece—this is the rare and magical result of long hours, days, and years of working together.
For the audience this concert had it all: the highest standard of performance, instantly appealing repertoire, spontaneity, humor, and the joy of watching seasoned artists (you know, they have the music in front of them but never look at it) do what they absolutely love doing. If you have the chance to join the Baltimore Consort on their current tour, by all means, don’t miss it. Sure, there are lots of other things you could be doing, but none of them will seem quite so urgent or important after you hear this! —David Vernier
Saturday, November 24, 2007 | Posted by:baudolino
Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and John Rutter's Requiem
Charlton Kings Choral Society will be performing Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and John Rutter's Requiem in the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, on Saturday 24th November at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from the Cheltenham Town Hall Box Office, priced £12 (call 01242 227979).
Sunday, October 21, 2007 | Posted by:Chalky Bank
Chamber Music and Song in Oxted
The Robert Bouffler Music Trust celebrates its 20th Birthday with a concert at the URC, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted at 7 pm on 21st October.
Artists include Sarah Moule (soprano), Christopher Adams (baritone), Karen Hobbs (clarinet), Nadine André (piano). Come and join us! Free entry - donations welcome; refreshments in interval.
Saturday, October 13, 2007 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Invitation To Join 2nd Wind Ensemble
New Page 1
Calling all Wind Players
in Leicestershire & surrounding areas!
2nd Wind is the fast growing wind ensemble for
adults of all ages & abilities who wish to rediscover the fun of playing their
instruments again or maybe wish to start learning.
Who? Players of all woodwind & brass
instruments, percussion and bass players are welcome regardless of current
ability & age who wish to develop their playing skills in a friendly
environment under the guidance of the highly respected musician Brian Humpherson.Many of us used to enjoying playing in instruments in our school or
college days only to find that work, family or lack of opportunities to play in
a group, band or orchestra prevented us going any further. Other members have
always wished to learn to play and are discovering that playing as part of a
larger group is a great way to develop their skills and is much more fun than
sitting alone at home practicing.
Our current members represent a very wide age
range from their early twenties through to those enjoying their retirement
years, all with a common love of music and the desire to develop their playing
abilities.
Where? Rehersals take place at the Richard
Attenborough Centre (part of Leicester University Campus) situated on Lancaster
Road opposite Regent College, a short walk away from De Montfort Hall and 10
minutes' walk from Leicester railway station. We are near to London Road (A6)
and Welford Road (A50), the main road routes through Leicester. Please note the
location postcode is LE1 7HA.
When? Wednesday evenings: Time: 7.00p.m.
to 9.00p.m.
What Do We Play? A wide range of works for
wind & brass ensembles from traditional band & classical pieces to jazz &
popular music tailored to suit all abilities. So
if those more demanding twiddly bits are a bit daunting at first - don't worry -
just play what your capable of and you'll soon get the hang of it.A series of concerts are currently being put into place.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Emerging London choral ensemble Consortium featured at Eaton Square
Recently formed and critically-acclaimed British choral ensemble Consortium premieres its latest programme of music at Eaton Square Concerts this October.
Consortium is recognised for its historically-accurate performances of choral music from the 16th to 20th centuries. Founded in 2006 by conductor Andrew-John Smith, the ensemble’s repertoire ranges from Palestrina to Brahms, and Guerrero to Schütz, all with highly imaginative programming ideas behind them. The group’s latest programme, “Soirée Musicale”, features the choral works of Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and accompanied by Christopher Glynn at the piano. The programme will be given its first performance at Eaton Square Concerts on 11th October.
Currently working on its debut CD recording of Brahms’ choral music, Consortium is already making a name for itself on the UK choral scene. Music critic Robert Matthew Walker recently commented: “I have been particularly impressed by this choir who possess, under their conductor Andrew-John Smith, admirable qualities of true intonation, a splendid sense of inner balance and a command of various musical styles which adds a welcome aura to their fine performances of a wide spectrum of choral music.”
For further details please visit www.consortium-choir.co.uk
Thursday, October 04, 2007 | Posted by:Eaton Square Concerts
Allegri Quartet opens 2nd series at Eaton Square Concerts
...a really welcome addition to London concert halls - Musical Opinion.
After a succesful and critically acclaimed opening season in the Spring, Eaton Square Concerts will launch its second series of concerts on 4th October 2007 with a performance by the internationally-acclaimed Allegri Quartet. The programme will include quartets by Haydn, Szymanowski and Beethoven.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concs) available from 020 7871 4019. Concert starts at 7.30pm. St Peters Eaton Square (corner of Hobart Place), Belgravia, SW1W 9AL: nearest tube is Victoria
For more information please contact Eaton Square Concerts: 020 7871 4019 / info@eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk / www.eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 | Posted by:swingle singers
The Swingle Singers new album launch
The Swingle Singers present Beauty and the Beatbox - a very special performance to launch their brand new album, released in September. They will be joined by special guest Shlomo, one of the world's leading beatboxers, as they da-va-da-va-da, hip-hop, do-wap and beatbox their way through the music of Beethoven ('A Fifth of Beethoven'), Ravel ('Bolero'), Starksy and Hutch ('Gotcha'), Chick Corea ('Spain'), Purcell ('Dido's Lament'), Bach ('Badinerie - revisited'), and a whole lot more!
"the Swingle Singers were never less than dazzling" - Washington Post
The Swingle Singers are an international 'a cappella' phenomenon. Originally formed by American Ward Swingle in the 1960s’ heyday of swung Baroque (their groundbreaking debut album 'Jazz Sebastien Bach' in 1963 won the first of the group's Grammy Awards), the current group has transformed into a contemporary vocal ensemble whose repertoire and influences encompass classical, jazz, latin, pop, rock, and most recently, beatboxing. 'Swingle Singing' has now come to represent the Swingle Singers' unmistakable sound; incredible vocal virtuosity, blend and agility; the intimate, close-microphone technique; the quasi-instrumental sound; and the high-level of entertainment the shows always bring to their audiences across the globe. This year the group celebrate the 80th birthday of their founder, Ward Swingle, who may also be popping into tonight's concert...
The world's first 'Vocal Orchestra' (the Swingle Singers & 5 beatboxers) premiered at the 2007 Human Beatbox Convention at London's Southbank Centre, and have since also performed together at the Big Chill.
Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street
London
WC1H 0AH
Oxford Chamber Music Festival – 26th-29th September 2007
The number seven is a powerful and magical one: imbued with the spirit of creation and sanctity, it is the number of virtues and equally of sins. To celebrate this lucky year of 2007, the Oxford Chamber Music Festival has announced its theme as Seven: A Musical Exploration of the Mystical Number. It will weave its way through each of the programmes, sometimes in the most explicit ways such as septets by Berwald and Beethoven or Haydn’s Seven Last words of Christ, and then more subtly in Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time in which the Seventh Angel appears, for example. The theme will culminate in the world premiere of a new work – a septet - by the Festival’s Composer in Residence for 2007, Michael Berkeley.
The OCMF was established in 2000 by violinist Priya Mitchell whose idea was, and still is, to gather together international musicians for a week of music-making: three days of intensive rehearsals followed by four days of concerts. One of the really special elements of the OCMF is the sense of camaraderie which permeates it: the fact that Priya is not only bringing together wonderful musicians, but a group of friends who will spend this time working together on the chosen music and then performing it for the joy of the audience. More often found on the continent, this is a truly rare arrangement in the UK and one of the reasons Michael Berkeley was inspired to become involved.
When asked about his forthcoming participation in OCMF ’07, Berkeley’s excitement is palpable: “Composing is essentially a solitary business,” he said, “so the opportunity to get together with a group of truly inspiring musicians, such as this one, is a real treat. As the individual players get to know the language so that wonderful interplay that you expect in chamber music by Mozart or Beethoven begins to infuse the contemporary work.” This year’s illustrious group of artists includes violinists Ivry Gitlis and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, cellist Adrian Brendel and pianist Julius Drake. “Several of these players have worked with me before,” Berkeley continues, “so it should be a doubly rewarding association and one from which I invariably learn and also find the seeds for new ideas. That is indeed how several of these pieces of mine came into being in the first place.” The full list of Festival artists can be found below.
In its sixth year, OCMF continues to break new boundaries with its innovative programming and with its aim to encourage an ever-wider audience. Most of the performances will take place in the beautiful Sheldonian Theatre or Holywell Music Room in Oxford, but for the first time this year OCMF will use a brand new venue, the North Wall Arts Centre. Attached to St. Edward’s School, this inspirational new building boasts cutting edge technical facilities which have allowed for an exciting programme including a film about the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis, followed by a conversation with him. Another new addition to OCMF ‘07 is two free afternoon outdoor performances by Festival artists in Castleyard, next to the Oxford Castle visitor centre. A further free performance will be the now-legendary late night ‘jam’ session at Freud’s with eclectic band, the 747s, and Festival artists.
In keeping with its wish to reach as wide an audience as possible, OCMF is delighted to be working in partnership with Cavatina Chamber Music Trust to offer free Festival tickets to schoolchildren and students from 8 - 22 years of age. Further details of this scheme can be obtained from the OCMF office or Cavatina (020 7435 8479 or www.cavatina.net).
BBC Radio 3 will be recording four of the concerts from the Festival for future broadcast: the opening concert on 26th September, The Seventh Angel on 27th September, The Grand Septet on 28th September and the final concert at Holywell on 29th September. Transmission dates to be confirmed closer to the date.
The Artists
Composer in Residence
Cello
Oboe
Michael Berkeley
Adrian Brendel
Nicholas Daniel
Pieter Wispelwey
Violin
Jan-Erik Gustafsson
Clarinet
Ivry Gitlis
Philippe Berrod
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Double Bass
Laurent Korcia
Zoran Markovic
Bassoon
Henning Kraggerud
Laurent Lefèvre
Priya Mitchell
Piano
Julius Drake
Horn
Viola
Christian Hadland
Olivier Darballay
Henning Kraggerud
Vladimir Mendelssohn
Flute
Harp
Lars Anders Tomter
Janne Thomsen
Jana Bouskova
The Concerts
Wednesday
26th September
1.30
pm Sheldonian Theatre Schools
Event Special
musical event for schools, with Chamber Music Festival musicians.
7.30
pm Sheldonian Theatre BEETHOVEN
AND SEVEN Beethoven String Quartet
op. 59 no 1 ‘Rasumovsky’ Berkeley Touch Light Kodaly Serenade for 2
Violins and Viola op. 12 Beethoven Septet in E flat
op. 20 Kopatchinskaja
Korcia Kraggerud Mitchell Mendelssohn Tomter Brendel Gustafsson Markovic
Thomsen Berrod Lefèvre Darballay
Thursday
27th September
1
pm Holywell Music Room SEVEN
LAST WORDS Berrod Seven short
improvisations on ‘Seven Last Words’ Haydn The Seven Last
Words of Christ from the Cross op. 51 Kopatchinskaja
Mitchell Tomter Brendel Berrod
7.00
pm Holywell Music Room THE
SEVENTH ANGEL Strauss Metamorphosen
for string septet Berkeley Inner Space (UK
premiere) Messiaen Quartet for the
End of Time Kopatchinskaja
Kraggerud Mitchell Mendelssohn Tomter Brendel Gustafsson Markovic Hadland
Thomsen Berrod
from
9.30 pm Freud’s JAMMY
SEVEN An
informal lively ‘jam’ session with eclectic band, the 747s, and Festival
artists. No
ticket required, but turn up early for a seat.
Friday
28th September
1
pm Holywell Music Room GRAND
SEPTET Ravel Introduction and
Allegro for Flute, Clarinet, Harp and String Quartet Berwald Grand Septet in
B flat major Berkeley Last Breath (UK
premiere) Elgar Violin sonata in
E minor op. 82 Kopatchinskaja
Korcia Mitchell Mendelssohn Tomter Gustafsson Wispelwey Markovic Drake Thomsen
Berrod Lefèvre Darballay Bouskova
THE
VIOLIN SEDUCES – DOUBLE BILL A
two-part concert of music, discussion and film. 7.00
pm AN EVENING WITH IVRY GITLIS The North Wall A
rare chance to hear one of the world’s legendary violinists in recital. The
programme also includes a film about his work, and conversation with him. Ca.
8.15 pm Supper break:
Meet-the-artists supper (optional) A
chance to meet musicians from the Festival over a 2-course buffet and coffee. A
bar will be available for wine and soft drinks (not included in ticket price).
9.30
pm CRAZY SEVEN St. Edward’s School Chapel Ysaÿe Six sonatas for
violin solo Ysaÿe Duo sonata for
two violins Kraggerud
Korcia (Duo sonata)
Saturday
29th September
SIETE
CANCIONES Jacqueline
du Pré Music Building
10.30
am A
brunch buffet will be served in the foyer (included in the ticket price). Korcia
Mitchell Mendelssohn Gustafsson Hadland Daniel
11.30
am de
Falla Siete Canciones / Seven Spanish Folksongs
arrangement for violin and piano Berkeley Fierce Tears Franck Piano Quintet in
F minor
7.30
pm Holywell Music Room ‘SEVEN’
WORLD PREMIERE Bartok String Quartet
no. 1 op. 7 Berkeley Seven (World
premiere) Schönberg Verklärte Nacht
/ Transfigured Night op. 4 Kopatchinskaja
Korcia Mitchell Kraggerud Mendelssohn Tomter Brendel Gustafsson Thomsen Berrod
Saturday, August 04, 2007 | Posted by:BrianOC
Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop w/Carrington, O'Connell and Falinska
SARTEANO CHAMBER CHORAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOP, ITALY ( TUSCANY )
4-12 August 2007 with Carrington, O'Connell and Falinska
This intensive and interpersonal conducting workshop is geared for music educators and choral conductors with strong vocal ability who are interested in rehearsing and performing chamber choral music.
We heartily welcome qualified singers who are interested in attending the workshop in a non-conducting capacity; who love to sing in a chamber group environment and/or are very specifically looking to learn rehearsal and conducting techniques. You will be part of a twenty-two to twenty-four member ensemble that will prepare and perform a cappella choral music from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Up to two graduate credits are available through The Boston Conservatory.
There are three possible tiers of participation:Full Conductor, Conducting Auditor, Singer.
Each Full Conductor will be assigned a piece for their daily podium time in the master class; they will
also conduct this piece in the final concert.
You may also choose to participate as either a Conducting Auditor or Singer. Included in the price of participating as a Conducting Auditor will be a private half-hour conducting session with Simon Carrington. The Master Class uses the Workshop ensemble as its laboratory, so everyone receives the benefits of each master class.
The two-part morning session will consist of Vocal Pedagogy and clinics on developing a vital chamber choir.
Broni Falinska, our visiting artist in Vocal Pedagogy, will again be joining us for daily ateliers using the Rohmert Method of Functional Voicetraining. This approach guides the singer towards an awareness of the voice not usually addressed by most conventional singing methods. Get ready for a sensorial exploration of the voice, and to explore how self-perception works in the combination of "hearing-feeling-seeing."
Brian O'Connell will be leading clinics on exploring connections between movement and musical/textual concepts and strategies for building cohesive chamber choirs.
The afternoon sessions will consist solely of conducting Master Classes with Simon Carrington. This year we are also delighted to offer a Q&A/Dialogue session with Simon.
For a detailed description of the workshop, tuition costs (Farewell Dinner included), and an online application please visit Visit Our Site http://www.sarteanochoralworkshop.com
Contact: Gail Leicher Tel: + 1 781-652-0158, or Email sarteanochoral@rcn.com
Monday, July 16, 2007 | Posted by:swingle singers
Swingle Singers live at the BBC Proms
International a cappella phenomenon the Swingle Singers will be performing at the BBC Proms on 16th July, in a very special performance of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia, with the Acadamia di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano.
Sinfonia was originally written for the Swingle Singers in the 60s, and was premiered by the group at the Proms in 1969. The Swingle Singers are thrilled to have been invited back specifically to perform in this anniversary concert.
For details see the Proms website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/1607.shtml or visit the Swingle Singers' site: www.swinglesingers.com
Monday, June 11, 2007 | Posted by:Linn
Buy 10 Classical CDs for £49.99 in Linn Records Summer Promotion
Linn Records announces a new 10 disc Classical collection, priced at only £49.99 – over 50% discount.
This is a great opportunity to try some new albums for a fantastic price. This is a collection that will broaden your CD collection or provide a great starting point for new collectors.
SACD Classic Albums Collection – Classical features terrific classical SACDs specially chosen from Linn's award-winning classical catalogue, featuring bestselling artists and critically acclaimed albums of popular and specialist repertoire. Discover the silvery tone of recorder virtuoso Pamela Thorby, the passion and technical mastery of pianist Artur Pizarro, the thrilling splendour of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and much, much more. Enjoy diverse repertoire such as Brahms, Geminiani, Nielsen and Faure by esteemed performers such as conductor Sir Charles Mackerras and soprano Emma Bell.
All of Linn's SACDs are hybrid discs meaning that if you do not yet have a surround sound system you can still benefit from the best sound on any CD player.
This offer is only available at www.linnrecords.com from 1st June - 30th June 2007, while stocks last.
Sunday, April 08, 2007 | Posted by:LSCAdmin
London Symphony Chorus perform in aid of Care International UK
On Easter Sunday, the London Symphony Chorus will perform the St Matthew Passion at the Barbican to raise money for Care International UK and its own outreach work. The concert will be conducted by Joseph Cullen, with the City of London Sinfonia and soloists Christopher Purves, Richard Edgar-Wilson, Joanne Lunn, Frances Bourne, Daniel Norman and Neal Davies, with members of the LSO St Luke's Youth Choir. www.lsc.org.uk for more info, www.barbican.co.uk to book tickets.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 | Posted by:urbanangel
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Thursday, March 15, 2007 | Posted by:Eaton Square Concerts
Gould Piano Trio opens new London concert series 'Eaton Square Concerts'
'A new venue for chamber music in the heart of London'.
Eaton Square Concerts is a new concert series based at St Peter's Church in Belgravia, London, and will launch its first series of concerts on 15th March 2007 with a performance by the internationally-acclaimed Gould Piano Trio. The programme will include trios by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concs) available from 020 7871 4019 or on the door. Concert starts at 7.30pm.
St Peters Eaton Square (corner of Hobart Place), Belgravia, SW1W 9AL: nearest tube is Victoria
For more information please contact Eaton Square Concerts: 020 7871 4019 / info@eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk / www.eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk
Thursday, December 14, 2006 | Posted by:Holly
Bethlehem Carol Concert - London Finzi Consort, Garth Hewitt, Shadia Mansour
Bethlehem Carol Concert - in aid of Action for Bethlehem Children with Disability (ABCD) and Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).
London Finzi Consort performs beautiful music for the festive season, including works by Sheppard, Poulenc, and Lauridsen, plus traditional carols for the audience. The concert will also feature a very special appearance by the internationally acclaimed Roots singer-songwriter Garth Hewitt, and Palestinian singer Shadia Mansour.
Set in the intimate sourroundings of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, this annual concert has become a firm feature of London's festive events, made all the more relevant today due to its association with these major charities flighting for justice in the Middle East.
Concert starts at 19.30. Tickets £10/£7 available on the door or on 020 7700 6192.
www.londonfinziconsort.org.uk
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 | Posted by:musiceditor
JosÈ Carreras & 250 Voices come together to celebrate Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall
JosÈ Carreras & 250 Voices come together to celebrate Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by David Gimenez. Together with some very special guests they will be performing Christmas carols, favourite songs and arias. Carreras' special guests include the London boys choir, Libera, and the lucky winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year competition.
http://tickets.royalalberthall.com/season/production.aspx?id=8077&src=t
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 | Posted by:ZestPR
Libera
The all boy choral group 'Libera' have released their new album 'Angel Voices'. Major new tracks include the sublime ‘Far Away’, ‘Going Home’ and for Christmas a stunning arrangement of the universally adored ‘Silent Night’-A perfect present this Christmas!
http://www.libera.org.uk
Friday, October 13, 2006 | Posted by:chris
Dancers on a Tightrope: Beyond Shostakovich (13-15 October)
Friday 13 October ñ Sunday 15 October 2006
Queen Elizabeth Hall & Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
The Dancers on a Tightrope: Beyond Shostakovich weekend (13-15 October) celebrates this yearís Shostakovich centenary. It sheds a fascinating light on two crucial but neglected areas of his output: songs and film music. Roger Vignoles is joined by Joan Rodgers, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Philip Langridge, Semyon Skigin and the Nash Ensemble on the Saturday in a rare outing for four of Shostakovichís song-cycles. The ambitious closing concert is a unique narrated overview of Shostakovichís career as a film composer. Actor Simon Russell Beale joins conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald as he leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a programme devised by John Riley, the UKís leading expert in Russian and Soviet cinema.
The weekend also offers the chance to explore music by the talented generation of younger composers that followed him, free from the constraints of Stalinist policy. Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Silvestrov, Ustvolskaya and Kancheli are featured. Some of the finest musicians in this repertoire, the Arditti String Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Gidon Kremer with Kremerata Musica, and Sergei Leiferkus perform. Concerts are complimented by interviews, film, cartoon and documentary screenings.
The first half of the weekend looks exclusively at these post-Shostakovich composers, concentrating in particular on the Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov (b.1937). Silvestrov's music is rarely heard in Britain but he has long been regarded in Russia and Eastern Europe as one of the most original of living composers. In the first concert the Arditti String Quartet show the richness of the Soviet string quartet in the post-Shostakovich age, from Silvestrovís early Quartetto Piccolo and his later style String Quartet No.1, via Schnittkeís String Quartet No.2 and the ësound-musicí of Tatar composer Sofia Gubaidulina, inspired by the poetry of T S Eliot.
Later on the Friday evening, the London Sinfonietta perform the UK premiere of Silvestrovís modernist Second Symphony from 1965 and contrast it with his very different Ode to a Nightingale, which sets Keatsí famous poem in a strikingly off-centre, neo-romantic manner. The concert opens with Gubaidulinaís virtuosic Dancer on a Tightrope for violin and piano, and ends with Galina Ustvolskayaís austere and ritualistic Three Compositions. The evening concludes with a post-concert interview with Silvestrov, Georgian composer Giya Kancheli and violinist Gidon Kremer, lead by the weekendís artistic director Gerard McBurney.
The events on Saturday 14 October start with a screening of A Cry in the Universe, a documentary film about the Russian composer Ustvolskaya, who studied with Shostakovich at the Leningrad Conservatory (1939 ñ 1947). The accompanying film of her Symphony No.2 will also be shown.
Gidon Kremer has passionately championed many works by the great Soviet composers: the Estonian Arvo P‰rt, the Ukranian Silvestrov, the Moscow-based Schnittke and Gubaidulina, and the Georgian Kancheli. Together their pieces, several written especially for Kremer, speak eloquently of a post-Soviet ñ and post-Shostakovich ñ musical vision. The concert on Saturday afternoon with Kremerata Musica includes works such as P‰rtís Fratres, Silvestrovís Sonata Post Scriptum and Schnittkeís String Trio.
Shostakovich composed songs throughout his life, exploring every idiom from parody and satire, kitsch pop numbers, folk arrangements and stylisations, haunting modernism and strange revivals of Glinka and Mussorgsky, through to his final songs which are of penetrating sparsity and bleakness. On Saturday evening, bass Sergei Leiferkus introduces the audience to an entertainingly varied selection such as those settings from the absurd satire of Dostoyevskyís Captain Lebyadkin poems, to the classical purity of Pushkin. He is joined by Joan Rodgers, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Philip Langridge, Semyon Skigin and the Nash Ensemble. The concert ends with the composerís searing cycle for three voices and piano From Jewish Folk Poetry, written in the dark closing years of Stalinís rule.
The final dayís events begin with a screening of the documentary film Family Album, which features rare footage of Dmitri Shostakovich and his family. Afterwards, a round-table discussion will be held with experts such as Soviet film expert John Riley and Gerard McBurney. This will be chaired by Dennis Marks.
Shostakovichís long career in cinema stretched from boyhood to old age - from accompaniments to silent films, early Stalinist epics, comedies and animations, propaganda films and, finally his late Shakespearean scores. He composed nearly 40 film scores in total. The ambitious closing concert celebrates this great diversity and richness when Mark Fitz-Gerald leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a fascinating journey through the composerís life and career as one of the great film composers of his age. The programme devised by John Riley ñ author of the recent book Shostakovich: A Life in Film ñ uses actor Simon Russell Beale and excerpts of films to take the audience through Shostakovichís life and career. This includes the youthful silent-movie fun and games of The New Babylon and Alone, through the1930ís optimism of The Counterplan, the unexpected comedy of The Adventures of Korzinkina and the kitsch of The Gadfly, to his late scores for Grigory Kozintsevís Hamlet and King Lear.
To finish in suitably exuberant style, a party will be held in the newly-refurbished QEH foyer for audience and participants with free vodka shots and cocktails, supplied by Ivan the Terrible vodka.
Throughout the weekend there will also be the opportunity to watch screenings of short Soviet cartoons, including classics by Yuri Norstein, and cartoons featuring the music of Schnittke, Gubaidulina and others in the QEH foyer.
The number seven is a powerful and magical one: imbued with the spirit of creation and sanctity, it is the number of virtues and equally of sins. To celebrate this lucky year of 2007, the Oxford Chamber Music Festival has announced its theme as Seven: A Musical Exploration of the Mystical Number. It will weave its way through each of the programmes, sometimes in the most explicit ways such as septets by Berwald and Beethoven or Haydn’s Seven Last words of Christ, and then more subtly in Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time in which the Seventh Angel appears, for example. The theme will culminate in the world premiere of a new work – a septet - by the Festival’s Composer in Residence for 2007, Michael Berkeley.
The OCMF was established in 2000 by violinist Priya Mitchell whose idea was, and still is, to gather together international musicians for a week of music-making: three days of intensive rehearsals followed by four days of concerts. One of the really special elements of the OCMF is the sense of camaraderie which permeates it: the fact that Priya is not only bringing together wonderful musicians, but a group of friends who will spend this time working together on the chosen music and then performing it for the joy of the audience. More often found on the continent, this is a truly rare arrangement in the UK and one of the reasons Michael Berkeley was inspired to become involved.