2015 at the RNCM Concert Hall - Royal Northern College of Music

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Welcome to 2015
at the RNCM
Heralding the official opening of our new stateof-the-art Concert Hall later on this Spring, the
season kicks off with the RNCM Chamber Music
Festival presenting three generations of the
best in chamber music in the Czech Republic,
represented by the Guarneri Trio Prague, the
Talich Quartet and the Pavel Haas Quartet.
Collaborations and partnerships are
strengthened as we co-curate a stunning fourday programme with FutureEverything, featuring
contemporary artists such as Ólafur Arnalds
and an impressive sound sculpture (Nyloid).
New adventures ignite as Park Lane Group
partners up with the RNCM to present a festival
of young artists and British contemporary music.
The music of today becomes stronger still with
Sound and Music supporting ddmmyy featuring
the music of Bryn Harrison, and Third Ear with
Manifesto featuring vocalist Loré Lixenberg,
laptops and wax cylinders; our second season
of Decontamination, responding to Brian
Eno’s Music for Airports; a focus on the music
of Gerald Barry, in partnership with the BBC
Philharmonic, and the Ida Carroll Trust with Sir
Harrison Birtwistle.
There are exquisite classical gems throughout
the season, including Poulenc’s Concerto for
Two Pianos with the RNCM Chamber Orchestra,
Manchester Camerata perform Elgar’s poignant
Cello Concerto, and we transform the RNCM
into Vienna with our Strings Festival. Our Festival
of Brass features the UK’s best brass bands and
their soloists; there is a stellar line-up for Day
of Percussion; and a French Piano Recital Series
launched with Pascal Rogé performing Debussy,
Ravel and Poulenc.
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Concert Hall
A special treat awaits our jazz audiences with
artists including GoGo Penguin, Courtney
Pine and Polar Bear and we are proud to be
welcoming the National Youth Jazz Orchestra
with a programme that should bring the house
down. Making Tracks continues with their
fabulous artists, and we also welcome Megson,
The Old Dance School and the London African
Gospel Choir. RNCM Youth Perform goes to
town with Bernstein’s fantastic score On the
Town and our Day of Song investigates Berlin
and the world of Cabaret.
Spring 2015 reaches its climax with The RNCM
Big Weekender, where we celebrate the
diversity and breadth of our programming.
Highlights include: Britten’s magical opera
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RNCM Big
Band with Nikki Iles and Tina May, rock and
pop gigs in a nightclub setting in the Studio
Theatre, and an exciting Family Day, this time
based on the BBC Ten Pieces. In addition there
are installations, interactive performances
and alumni recitals, all culminating in the
performance of Mahler 2 (Resurrection), with
Jane Irwin and Sarah Connolly, conducted by
Jac van Steen in the now officially-launched
Concert Hall.
Dr Michelle Castelletti – Artistic Director
Front cover photography by Anthony Parr, Life Photography
These are exciting times for the RNCM, in an
environment which is at its most stimulating and
motivating, when the artistic offer in Manchester
is currently changing the cultural landscape of
the North West.
The newly
refurbished RNCM
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Thursday 8 January
1.15pm RNCM Concert Hall
RNCM Concert Orchestra
Bedřich Smetana Vltava and Šárka from
Má vlast
Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dance in G minor
Op 46 No 8*
Matthew Wood, Thiago Santos* conductors
Free admission, no ticket required
Promoted by RNCM
HIGHLIGHTS
Friday 9 January
Talich Quartet
with Jeremy Young
Bedřich Smetana String Quartet No 1 in
E minor ‘From my Life’ Leoš Janáček String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer
Sonata’
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet No 2 in
A major Op 81
Tickets £17
Concessions available
Friday 9 – Sunday 11 January
RNCM Chamber Music
Festival
Saturday 10 January
Má Vlast (My Country)
Guarneri Trio Prague
Featuring some of the finest Czech musicians
performing today including the legendary
Talich Quartet, the Guarneri Trio Prague,
Czech ambassadors for over 25 years,
and the Pavel Haas Quartet, one of the
finest quartets working anywhere in the
world today, the 2015 Festival celebrates
the breadth of Czech chamber music from
the 18th century through to the present day
and, as always, will be brought to life by
performances from students of the RNCM.
Luboš Fišer Piano Trio
Bedřich Smetana Piano Trio in G minor Op 15
Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No 3 in F minor
Op 65
For full details, visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/chamberfestival
with Delia Stevens
Supported by the Albert and Eugenie Frost
Music Trust
Tickets £17
Sunday 11 January
Pavel Haas Quartet
Bedřich Smetana String Quartet No 2 in
D minor Leoš Janáček String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate
Letters’
Pavel Haas String Quartet No 2 ‘From the
Monkey Mountains’ Tickets £17
Full Festival Ticket £135
Friday Day Ticket £55
Saturday Day Ticket £55
Sunday Day Ticket £45
Promoted by RNCM
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Thursday 15 January
Monday Recital Series
Francis Poulenc Oboe Sonata FP 185
Edward Elgar Chanson du Matin Op 15 No 2*
Robert Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor
Op 129
Amy Roberts oboe
Philip Sharp piano
Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in E flat major
Op 55 No 2
Frédéric Chopin Fantasy in F minor Op 49
Ewa Tytman Csiba piano Megson
Monday 12 January
1.15pm Carole Nash Recital Room
Clark Rundell, Carlos Agreda Arango*
conductors
Elena Daunyte cello
Promoted by RNCM
Promoted by RNCM
Monday 19 January
Wednesday 14 January
Alexander Panfilov
Franz Schubert Klavierstücke Nos 2 and 3
D 946
RNCM International Artist
Diploma Piano Recital
J S Bach Partita No 1 in B flat major BWV 825
Robert Schumann Etudes Symphoniques
Op 13
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Alexander Panfilov performs the first of four solo
recitals this term by students on our International
Artist Diploma (IAD) course. The Moscow-born
pianist is the winner of many international
competitions and prizes, including an RNCM
Gold Medal, as well as first place in the Taranto
and Brant International Piano Competitions.
He has also performed at many major venues
across the globe, including Carnegie Hall,
Tonhalle Zürich and Wigmore Hall. Alexander
is generously supported by the Musicians’
Company Carnwath Scholarship and The Helen
Mackaness Award.
Tickets £10
Promoted by RNCM
Sid Ramchander piano
Dominick Argento Casa Guidi; The Italian
Cook and the English Maid; Manners at the
Opera
Jennifer Parker mezzo-soprano
James Hendry piano
Promoted by RNCM
Monday 19 January
Danish String Quartet
Manchester Chamber Concerts
Society
Felix Mendelssohn Capriccio in E minor
Op 81 No 3
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 9 in
E flat major Op 117
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in
C sharp minor Op 131 No 14
Tickets £25 £12.50
www.chamberconcerts.org
Promoted by MCCS
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6.30pm Forman Lecture Theatre
Pre-concert talk: Professor Barry Cooper on Beethoven
Op 131
Free admission to ticket holders
Wednesday 21, Thursday 22, Wednesday 28
January and Tuesday 3 February
6pm RNCM Theatre
RNCM Opera Scenes
RNCM singers perform a range of excerpts
drawn from a wide variety of operas by
composers including Donizetti, Delibes, Mozart,
Gounod, Britten, Smetana and Offenbach.
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 22 January
RNCM Wind Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Paraphrase on Nearer my God
to Thee
Jacob Ter Veldhuis (arr R Mark Rogers)
Tallahatchie Concerto
James MacMillan Sowetan Spring
Mark Heron, Matt Weites conductors
Erin Royer saxophone
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 22 January
7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre
Megson
Stu Hanna and Debbie Hanna are the husband
and wife duo Megson. Three times nominated
in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double
winners of the 2011 Spiral Earth Awards they
draw heavily on their Teesside heritage to
create a unique brand of folk music. Their
infectious sound is a mix of heavenly vocals,
lush harmonies and driving rhythmic guitars
and mandolas. As fRoots magazine puts it ‘if
you don’t like the music here then you have a
problem…’
Tickets £12
www.megsonmusic.co.uk
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 22 January
RNCM Brand New
Orchestra
Adam Kornas, Thiago Santos,
Carlos Agreda Arango conductors
Hear newly composed music for symphony
orchestra, as RNCM composers unveil their
latest work.
Promoted by RNCM
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Spotlight: Get Lost! – Michael Finnissy’s Lost Lands
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Friday 23 – Sunday 25 January
Saturday 24 January
Sunday 25 January
RNCM Festival of Brass
Foden’s Band
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
The Spirit of Celebration will be manifest
throughout this year’s Festival. Some of the
country’s finest brass bands and international
soloists pay tribute to composers who have
made a significant contribution to the brass
band medium; two of whom, Elgar Howarth
and Edward Gregson, celebrate important
anniversaries and are extensively featured
throughout the Festival programme.
Bramwell Tovey Deo Gloria
Bramwell Tovey Trumpet Concerto ‘Songs of
the Paradise Saloon’ (UK première of brass band
version)
Andrew Baker Atrium Phase (world première)
Edward Gregson Connotations
Eric Ball Song of Courage
Tovey, Gregson, Michael Ball, Howarth,
Wilby Variations on a Theme of Michael
Tippett
Andy Scott Forgotten Place
Bramwell Tovey The Night to Sing
Gilbert Vinter Symphony of Marches
Elgar Howarth Concerto for cornet and brass
band
Percy Fletcher Epic Symphony
Imogen Holst The Unfortunate Traveller
Elgar Howarth Cantabile (for John Fletcher)
Edward Gregson Symphony in Two Movements
Spirit of Celebration
With nine bands, world-renowned soloists
and world or UK premières of new works from
Andrew Baker, Martin Ellerby, Gavin Higgins
and Bramwell Tovey, the 2015 RNCM Festival
of Brass will be an important opportunity
to reflect on the wider impact of the brass
band movement and to thank the performers
and composers who have shaped it over so
many years. We’re all looking forward to the
celebration and will be sure to make a joyful
noise!
Bramwell Tovey, Michael Fowles conductors
Mark O’Keefe trumpet
Tickets £16 £14
6pm RNCM Concert Hall
Robert Childs conductor
Iain Culross cornet
Michael Dodd, Phillipe Schwartz euphonium
Tickets £16 £14
Promoted by RNCM
www.rncm.ac.uk/festivalofbrass
HIGHLIGHTS
Friday 23 January
Black Dyke Band
Edward Gregson Variations on Laudate
Dominum
Elgar Howarth Sonatina for cornet and band
Martin Ellerby Malcolm Arnold Variations
arr Elgar Howarth Music from the Elizabethan
Court
Martin Ellerby The Four Elements (Partita for
euphonium and brass band) (world première)
Edward Gregson The Trumpets of the Angels
Nicholas Childs, Elgar Howarth conductors
Richard Marshall cornet
Gary Curtin euphonium
Mark O’Keefe trumpet
Darius Battiwalla organ
Tickets £16 £14
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Tuesday 27 – Wednesday 28 January
Before the Road:
The Music of Gerald Barry
The RNCM and BBC Philharmonic are delighted
to present a festival of the extraordinary Irish
composer Gerald Barry. A musical maverick
and at times even a surrealist, the only thing to
expect from Barry’s music is the unexpected.
Characters are turned on their head, violence is
juxtaposed with poetic beauty and the listener is
invariably taken on an unforgettable journey.
‘Barry’s is a world of sharp edges, of precisely
defined yet utterly unpredictable musical
objects. His music sounds like no one else’s
in its diamond-like hardness, its humour, and
sometimes, its violence.’ Tom Service, The
Guardian
www.rncm.ac.uk/barryfestival
HIGHLIGHTS
Tuesday 27 January
Lunchtime Concert
Gerald Barry Trumpeter
Dan Ryan New work for solo cello
Gerald Barry Triorchic Blues
Alex Symcox New work for solo violin
Gerald Barry Water Parted
RNCM New Ensemble
Monday 26 January
Thursday 29 January
Denis Zhdanov
Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in
G minor L 140
Corey Wickens violin
Charles Vincent Barsaga piano Jean Françaix Three movements from Danses
exotiques
Maurice Ravel Habanera from Sites
Auriculaires
Cécile Chaminade Valse carnavalesque
Op 73
Leif Kaner-Lidstrom, Hayley Parkes piano
Gerald Barry Before the Road
Tom Harrold New work
Gerald Barry Hard D for Volharding ensemble
Gerald Barry Octet
William Marshall New work
Gerald Barry Feldman’s Sixpenny Editions
Clark Rundell, Daniel Parkinson, Matt Weites
conductors
Tickets £8
Benjamin Britten An American Overture Op 38
Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Béla Bartók Dance Suite
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Pre-concert event: Gerald Barry gives an insight into
his life and music with Clark Rundell
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 29 January
RNCM International Artist Diploma
Piano Recital
Franz Schubert (arr F Liszt) Selected Lieder
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in G major D 894
Claude Debussy Images Books 1 and 2
Igor Stravinsky (arr G Agosti) The Firebird
Our second IAD recital features Ukrainian
pianist Denis Zhdanov. Denis made his début
recital in Łódź, Poland in 2007 to great critical
acclaim. Since then, he has gone on to play
in major concert halls including Warsaw
Philharmonic Hall, Salle Cortot, Paris and Palau
de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. He has also
won numerous prestigious international music
competitions including the 56th International
Maria Canals Piano Competition in 2010 and
the 2nd International Piano Competition (CzernyStefańska in Memorium) in Poznań, Poland in
2011.
Tickets £10
www.deniszhdanov.com
Promoted by RNCM
Gergely Madaras, Adam Kornas conductors
Promoted by RNCM
Wednesday 28 January
Lunchtime Concert
Gerald Barry Ø
George Rimmer New work
Gerald Barry Five Chorales from The
Intelligence Park
7.30pm BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK
BBC Philharmonic
Gerald Barry La Jalousie Taciturne; Wiener
Blut for orchestra; Kitty Lie Over Across From
The Wall; Day; Baroness von Ritkart; From The
Intelligence Park
Clark Rundell conductor
Free admission, by ticket only
Once open, ticket applications will be available at bbc.co.uk/
tickets. Tickets are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Promoted by RNCM and BBC Philharmonic
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Friday 30 January
Mark Nightingale
RNCM Chamber Orchestra
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Francis Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos in D
minor FP 61
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor
Op 56 ‘Scottish’
Piero Lombardi Iglesias conductor
Yoon-Jee Kim, Jackie Jaekyung Yoo pianos
The RNCM Chamber Orchestra’s first concert
of the year opens with Ravel’s beautiful tribute
to the fallen of the First World War, followed
by Poulenc’s delightful concerto, in which the
composer’s unashamed eclecticism is given
full rein. The programme is completed by
Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Symphony, inspired by
a visit to Edinburgh’s Holyrood Palace and the
tragic story of Mary Queen of Scots.
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Saturday 31 January
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
RNCM Big Band
Yoon-Jee Kim,
Jackie Jaekyung Yoo
Sunday 1 February
John Wilson Piano
Spectacular III
Manchester Amateur
Choral Competition
Tickets £15
Promoted by RNCM
Late-Night Spotlight: A Nocturnal Journey
– An intimate recital of Chopin Nocturnes
Saturday 31 January
with Mark Nightingale
Mark Nightingale director, trombone
The first RNCM Big Band show of the year
marks the return of a hugely popular previous
guest and one of the country’s finest jazz and
session trombonists, Mark Nightingale. Mark
came under the spotlight at a tender age as
Lead Trombonist in the National Youth Jazz
Orchestra. As well as playing regularly in his
own big band, quintet and a couple of other
ensembles, Mark has also performed with the
likes of Alan Barnes, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler
and Colin Towns to name just a few. Tonight,
he will dazzle us with an evening of his own
arrangements, compositions and virtuosity.
Tickets £18 £15
www.mark-nightingale.co.uk
Promoted by RNCM
Internationally-renowned pianists including
RNCM alumni, join forces to raise funds
for the John Wilson Junior Fellowship in
Accompaniment. With no fewer than eight
grand pianos on stage, John Wilson will be
joined by Peter Donohoe, Julian Evans, John
Gough, Nicholas Rimmer, Martin Roscoe,
Jonathan Scott, Keith Swallow and Andrew
Wilde performing music by Granados, SaintSaëns and Liszt. Also in tonight’s line-up is
improvisation superstar Harry Harris.
Tickets £27.50 £22.50 £17.50
Post-concert drinks and buffet £15
Promoted by RNCM
10.30am RNCM Concert Hall
Adult Choir Category
Tickets £10
www.themacc.org.uk
Promoted by Jon Atkin
Sunday 1 February
3pm and 7pm RNCM Studio Theatre
Trouble in Tahiti
Leonard Bernstein
Stuart Overington musical director
Jonathan Ainscough director
Behind the picture-perfect façade of 1950s
suburbia, two lonely people struggle to save
their crumbling marriage in this 45-minute
opera-in-miniature, performed by RNCM singers
as a prelude to RNCM Youth Perform’s On the
Town in April.
Tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
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9.45pm RNCM Café Bar
Late-Night Spotlight: A Tale of Two Cities –
A celebration of the music of Fela Kuti and Mulatu Astatke
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Thursday 5 February
Piano Duo Prize
Anthony Plog Postcards
Eugène Bozza Caprice
Tonight’s competition for piano duos is
adjudicated by the Japanese pianist Noriko
Ogawa, who performs at the RNCM later
this month, and returns again to give a public
masterclass on 21 April.
Illiam Quane trumpet
Hayley Parkes piano
Jorge Gómez Crespo Norteña
Máximo Diego Pujol Preludio Tristón
Quique Sinesi Cielo Abierto
Matthew Halsall
Monday 2 February
Tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
Yvonne Bloor guitar
Promoted by RNCM
Friday 6 February
Monday 2 February
Friday Chamber Series
with Peter Cropper
The Frederic Cox Award
for Singing
Louis Spohr Octet in E major Op 42
Come and hear the singing stars of tomorrow in
the first of three major RNCM vocal competitions
this year. Previous winners include Simon
Keenlyside, Amanda Roocroft and Kathryn Rudge.
Tickets £10
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 5 February
RNCM Chamber Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky Suites Nos 1 and 2 for small
orchestra
Igor Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
Adam Kornas, Carlos Agreda Arango,
Jan Wierzba conductors
Promoted by RNCM
Promoted by RNCM
Friday 6 February
From 6.30pm Carole Nash Recital Room
Spotlight Triple-Bill
Tonight in our regular series of free, student-led
concerts, we hear an eclectic mix of old and
new repertoire from our brass department.
6.30pm Fewkes Horn Quartet – British
Contemporary Horn Music
7.10pm RNCM Cornets - Original works by
student composers
7.50pm Just a Closer Walk – A Selection of
Sacred Music from Salutation Brass
Promoted by RNCM
Saturday 7 February
From 10.30am Various venues
Junior RNCM Open Day
Saturday 7 February
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
Gondwana Records
presents:
Matthew Halsall &
The Gondwana Orchestra
+ GoGo Penguin
+ Mammal Hands
Manchester-based trumpeter, composer,
arranger, band-leader and record label boss
Matthew Halsall is one of the rising stars of
European Jazz and his Gondwana Records
label is home to some of the UK’s best music.
Tonight’s very special show features Halsall’s
The Gondwana Orchestra, local heroes
GoGo Penguin and new discoveries Mammal
Hands for a brilliant night of the very best in
contemporary music.
Joining Matthew for this show are the irresistible
Manchester-based acoustic-electronica trio GoGo
Penguin, whose skittering break-beats, infectious
piano melodies and powerful and propulsive
basslines all contribute to a sound that is wholly
their own. Their latest album v2.0 was nominated
for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of
the Year 2014. Completing the bill is Mammal
Hands, a trio of like-minded musicians drawing
on influences from Steve Reich to Bonobo and
Pharoah Sanders to Cinematic Orchestra to
produce their own beautiful, inimitable music.
Tickets £16
www.gondwanarecords.com
Promoted by Gondwana Records
Halsall opens this triple-bill with music from Alice
Coltrane alongside his own take on the Spiritual
Jazz legacy of Alice and John Coltrane. He is
joined on stage by The Gondwana Orchestra
featuring: Rachael Gladwin (harp), Jordan
Smart (saxophones), Taz Modi (piano), Gavin
Barras (double bass), Luke Flowers (drums),
and featuring special guest Josephine Oniyama
(vocals).
An opportunity to visit the Junior RNCM, meet
current staff, students and parents, and listen to
the Juniors perform. For full details, contact the
Junior RNCM on 0161 907 5264.
Promoted by RNCM
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HIGHLIGHTS
RNCM Day of Percussion
10am RNCM Theatre
The 2015 RNCM Day of Percussion features an
outstanding line-up of internationally renowned
artists including leading vibraphonist Anthony
Kerr, world music specialist Pete Lockett,
acclaimed drummer Troy Miller and London
Symphony Orchestra Principal Percussionist
Neil Percy with London Philharmonic Orchestra
timpanist Simon Carrington, plus the unique
sound and sight of a marimba orchestra,
directed by Liz Gilliver and Jim Gordon. There
are plenty of participatory events to get involved
with, including workshops and lessons led by
RNCM percussion tutors, as well as an extensive
trade exhibition to browse throughout the day.
www.rncm.ac.uk/dayofpercussion
Opening Concert
RNCM Percussion Ensemble
Manchester Marimba
Masters
with Liz Gilliver and Jim Gordon
A fascinating and informative programme
demonstrating the development of the marimba
orchestra.
2pm RNCM Studio Theatre
Pete Lockett
Indian Rhythmic Systems:
A Western Perspective
A look at the rhythmic systems and drum
techniques from North and South India.
3.20pm RNCM Theatre
Troy Miller
The Musical Drummer
Troy explores the possibilities of becoming a
well-rounded and in-demand drummer.
Neil Percy and
Simon Carrington
Orchestral Artistry
An insight into how closely timpani and
percussion function together, with technical and
musical demonstrations.
Evening Concert
featuring Neil Percy,
Simon Carrington, Pete Lockett,
Anthony Kerr, Troy Miller and
The Marimba Consort
Full Day Ticket £30
Individual session tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
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Hannah Roberts
Sunday 8 February
Monday 9 February
Wednesday 11 February
Manchester Camerata
Judith Weir King Harald’s Saga
Andy Scott Three Letter Word
Esbjörn Svensson (arr McPhilemy) Viaticum
Georges Bizet Symphony in C major
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
Op 85
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony
No 40 in G minor K 550
Emma McPhilemy saxophone
Nick Seymour piano
Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
Hannah Roberts cello
Promoted by RNCM
Tickets £32 £26 £19 £10
www.manchestercamerata.co.uk
Supported by Nigel Hirst
Promoted by Manchester Camerata
Emma Walton soprano
Monday 9 February
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Tom Rose Same amount in fivers
Jack Sheen Hullabaloo and all types of
malarkey
Bryn Harrison Four Cycles ddmmyy returns to the RNCM for the second of
its three ensemble concerts, setting new works
by the series’ curators Tom Rose and Jack Sheen
alongside Bryn Harrison’s epic Four Cycles in a
programme that explores notions of repetition,
stasis, and our perception of time.
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Pre-concert performance: Webster Primary School
reveal their own musical creation
Thursday 12 February
RNCM Chamber Ensemble
Claude Debussy (arr Walter) Prelude à
l’après-midi d’un faune L 86*
Gustav Mahler (arr Schoenberg) Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen**
Tickets £6
www.ddmmyyseries.com
Supported by Sound and Music
Promoted by RNCM
Thiago Santos,* Daniel Parkinson,**
Steffan Morris** conductors
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Promoted by RNCM
6pm Carole Nash Recital Room
Pre-concert talk: Bryn Harrison in conversation
with Jack Sheen
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London African
Gospel Choir
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
London African Gospel
Choir
Ksenija Sidorova
Friday 13 February
With live shows at the O2 Arena and the
Roundhouse in London, the London African
Gospel Choir is a platform of excellence for
African gospel singers, dancers and musicians,
reflecting all African nations as one. One of
their most memorable occasions was performing
for the Nelson Mandela memorial service at
the Great Hall, Westminster. Tonight they aim
to excite and enthral our audiences with a
spectacular show that brings a unique flavour to
performance and presents a colourful night of
cultural excellence.
Tickets £18 £15
www.thelagc.com
Promoted by RNCM
Monday 16 February
Flute Recital
Saturday 14 February
Avi Avital, Ksenija Sidorova
and Itamar Doari
Jonathan Harvey Nataraja
Laurence Tompkins la Kunah Ai Cayanuh
(world première)
Karlheinz Stockhausen Susani’s Echo
Salvatore Sciarrino Hermes
J S Bach Partita in A minor BWV 1013
George Crumb Vox Balaenae for Three
Masked Players
National Youth Jazz
Orchestra
Between Worlds
Society
Chetham’s Symphony
Orchestra
Kathryn Williams
Kathryn Williams flute
Kathleen Tertell cello
Carla Fernàndez Boix piano
Our third IAD solo recital features flautist
Kathryn Williams. Originally from Ohio, Kathryn
moved to the UK in 2007 to study on a full
scholarship at the RNCM where she earned a
BMus with First Class honours and has recently
completed a MMus with Distinction as an
ABRSM Postgraduate Scholar.
Kathryn was the second-prize winner in
the 2012 British Flute Society Young Artist
Competition and is a former winner of the
RNCM Concerto Competition. She is committed
to a busy career of solo and chamber playing,
and has performed at St Martin-in-the-Fields and
Wigmore Hall. As an orchestral player she has
also had engagements with the Hallé, the BBC
Philharmonic, and Sinfonia Cymru.
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
My Funny Valentine
Jazz is grown up music. It expresses the full
depth and breadth of human emotions. From the
most visceral to mundane, angry to comedic, it
articulates the profound. Love and romance are
intrinsic to all great art and the jazz tradition is
rich in odes to amour!
Stories of loss, admiration, joy, betrayal and
lust all feature in the jazz canon, and some
of the greatest moments in the history of the
music have been poured out during renditions
of classic love songs - Miles Davis’ version of
My Funny Valentine, Billie Holiday’s You Don’t
Know What Love is and Ben Webster on Days
of Wine and Roses to name but a few.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, NYJO will don
their red roses and present an evening of
elegant, romantic and swinging love songs,
classic and original.
Tickets £18 £15
www.nyjo.org.uk
Promoted by RNCM
Manuel de Falla Siete canciones populares
españoles
Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango
Ernest Bloch Nigun from Baal Shem
Nikolai Budashkin Concerto for mandolin in
A minor
J S Bach Ciaconna from Partita in D minor
BWV 1004
Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
plus Traditional Balkan folk music
Avi Avital mandolin
Ksenija Sidorova accordion
Itamar Doari percussion
Tickets £25 £12.50
Promoted by MCCS
Family Matinée Concert: A Painted
Pastoral
A special family event introduced by the artist
and illustrator James Mayhew, featuring Ralph
Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No 3 ‘A Pastoral
Symphony’.
Tickets £3
No concessions
Promoted by Chetham’s School of Music
Friday 20 February
Chetham’s Symphony
Orchestra
Images of World War I
George Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3
in C minor Op 37
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 3
‘A Pastoral Symphony’
Tickets £18 £14
Promoted by Chetham’s School of Music
Tickets £10
Promoted by RNCM
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Manifesto
Troyka
Monday 23 February
Monday 23 February
Manifesto
Claude Debussy Ariettes oubliées L 60
Alexandra Lowe soprano
Simon Passmore piano
Claude Debussy Cello Sonata in
D minor L 135
Manuel de Falla (arr Gendron) Spanish
Dance from La Vida Breve
Troyka
Soundscape Chamber
Orchestra
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
Troyka is an explosive jazz-rock trio and multitextured band with a wild and ground-breaking
style, led by Montreux Jazz Festival prizewinner
Chris Montague on guitar and loops, Joshua
Blackmore on drums and featuring Mercury
Music Prize nominee and BBC Award Winner
Kit Downes on keyboards. Recently, they have
chalked up blistering sets at Cheltenham Jazz
Festival, Love Supreme Festival, Latitude Festival,
Elbjazz Festival, Jazzfestival Frankfurt, Nattjazz
Festival, Jazz in Duketown Festival and Jazz à la
Villette, leading The Independent to describe the
trio as: ‘Mingus meets Motorhead... improvised
jazz, metronomic beats and extreme volume…’
Tickets £14 £12
www.troyka.co.uk
Promoted by RNCM
with Noriko Ogawa and Murray
McLachlan in collaboration with KS
Dance Ltd
Aaron Copland Two Pieces for String
Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Two
Pianos and Orchestra in E flat major K 365
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings
Franz Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat major
D 485
Daniel Parkinson conductor
Kate Simmons choreographer
Tickets £15
In aid of HelpMusiciansUK
Promoted by Daniel Parkinson
Sunday 22 February
Manchester Amateur
Choral Competition
Youth Choirs Category
Joshua Salter cello
Yulia Vershinina piano
Promoted by RNCM
Monday 23 February
Doors 7pm RNCM Concert Hall
Scott Matthews
The Wolverhampton singer-songwriter
showcases songs from his recent album Home
(Part One), along with favourites from his
previous releases.
Tickets £16.50
No concessions
www.scottmatthewsmusic.co.uk
Promoted by DHP family
Scott Matthews
Friday 20 February
featuring Loré Lixenberg, Federico
Reuben and Aleks Kolkowski
Artist manifesti were first written and performed
in the early 20th century. Vocalist Loré
Lixenberg, laptop artist Federico Reuben and
Aleks Kolkowski on wax cylinders and horns
bring these texts alive musically, highlighting
their ground-breaking and often astonishing
nature. Initially playful, provocative and radical
reactions to the art establishment of the time,
manifesti in later years often featured anti-war
propaganda. All manifesti and works featured
in Manifesto have had a profound influence on
music as well as art, and can be seen as the
early foundations of the performance art and
sound art forms we are familiar with today.
The texts range from Marinetti’s Futurism
Manifesto (1909) to George Maciunas’ Fluxus
Manifesto (1963) and an exhibition of rarely
seen and exciting artifacts – including original
manifesto tracts, scores and photographs, as
well as artworks by the manifesto authors – will
be staged in our Studio Theatre, accessible
before, during and after the performance.
Tickets £12
Supported by Sound and Music
Promoted by RNCM
Organ Recital Prize
RNCM organists return to the refurbished
Concert Hall to compete for this annual prize,
adjudicated by Kevin Bowyer.
Tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
Tickets £10
www.themacc.org.uk
Promoted by Jon Atkin
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8pm RNCM Theatre
Koreless & Emmanuel Biard:
The Well (New Commission,
UK Première)
Tickets £12
Ólafur Arnalds
Tickets £20
Promoted by Hey! Manchester
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 February
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
Throughout the Festival, the RNCM hosts the
After Hours Hub and the heart of the artistic
programme. This programme is presented
alongside the FutureEverything Conference at
Manchester Town Hall and labs and workshops
along Oxford Road. Taking place on Thu 26
& Fri 27 Feb, speakers include technology and
science fiction writer Warren Ellis, digital artist
Jer Thorp, Director of New Inc. Julia Kaganskiy,
contemporary artist Paolo Cirio and many more.
Cod.Act: ‘Nyloïd’
Full live programme / tickets:
www.rncm.ac.uk/futureeverything
Friday 27 February
Deep Hedonia: ‘Unresolved
Projects’
This programme captures what exists in the
spaces between the organic, the mechanical
and the digital; between the human and the
non-human. We present artists who effortlessly
shift between the spaces of contemporary
classical, sound art, experimental electronica,
club culture and lo-fi DIY aesthetics. They
transcend the language of live performance,
using bespoke musical instruments as fascinating
sculptural devices, collaborating with creative
technologists and reimagining the stage as a
new scenographic language.
Film Programme
Introduced this year, the FutureEverything
Festival film programme features new and
existing works, including Metahaven’s City
Rising exploring the Sounds and Signals from
the New Normal, by filmmakers spanning
documentary and visual arts. The film
programme transforms the stage into a screen
for performance and artistic interpretation,
allowing the audience to immerse themselves
in visions exploring the tensions between the
organic, the mechanical, the analogue and
the digital. Most screenings are free, and
a full programme can be found at
www.futureeverything.org
FILM
Celebrating its 20th year, the FutureEverything
Festival returns to the RNCM, to build on
the artistic partnership between the two
organisations. Bringing the North’s foremost
conservatoire and venue together with an
award-winning leader in digital culture offers
an incredibly exciting opportunity for creative
partnership. This co-curated programme
features installations, performances and new
commissions. One highlight is a UK première of
‘The Well’ by live visual artist Emmanuel Biard
and electronic musician Koreless, which builds
on their collaboration at the RNCM as part of
FutureEverything Festival, 2014. In addition,
and for the first time, we also present a film
programme in the RNCM’s Forman Lecture
Theatre.
Sounds and Signals from
the New Normal
Metahaven: City Rising
FutureEverything Festival
Nyloïd
FEATURING:
INSTALLATION
Wednesday 25 – Saturday 28 February
Renzo Spiteri: Sounds
Unlimited
8pm doors, show starts 8.15pm RNCM Theatre
Ariel Pink
Plus special guest Gazelle Twin
Tickets £15
Full live programme / tickets:
www.rncm.ac.uk/futureeverything
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After Hours Hub: Free Entry
HUB
Ólafur Arnalds
LIVE
Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 6pm-late
Open each evening throughout the Festival, the
RNCM hosts the After Hours Hub at the heart of
the artistic programme - a social space where
visitors can explore the programme and meet
other attendees and friends. A fully licensed
café bar will be open all night, as the Festival
transforms the central concourse space. Each
evening will feature DJ sets, performances and
pop-up ‘secret shows’ from artists across the
Festival programme.
www.futureeverything.org
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and Chamber Choir
Junior RNCM Formal
Concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart God is our
Refuge K20; Ave verum corpus K 618*
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mass in C major
K 317 ‘Coronation Mass’
A showcase performance featuring talented
soloists from Junior RNCM.
Thursday 5 March
Gilad Atzmon
Promoted by RNCM
Roger Hamilton, Stuart Overington*
conductors
Promoted by RNCM
Trio Da Kali
Making Tracks
The three musicians of Trio Da Kali hail from
the Mande culture of Mali, from a heritage
of distinguished griots, the caste of specialist
hereditary musical artisans. Aiming to showcase
neglected repertoires and performance styles
of the griots, they bring a fresh, contemporary,
creative twist to their musical art, breathing
new life back into this ancient tradition. Their
performances offer a rare glimpse into the soul
of the art of the griot, celebrating the African
continent’s finest, most subtle and sublime music.
Trio Da Kali
Tickets £14
www.makingtrackslive.org.uk
Promoted by RNCM
Manchester Welsh Society
St David’s Day Concert
with Côr Godre’r Aran and Piantel
An evening of classical and traditional music
and song in Welsh and English in celebration of
St David’s Day.
Roger Hamilton director
The inspiration for this afternoon’s programme
comes from the private Sunday chamber
concerts given for Louis XIV during the final
months of his life in 1715. The ailing monarch
would call upon his court musicians, led by
François Couperin, to entertain him, and the
music Couperin wrote for these occasions was
later published as a collection of so-called
Concerts Royaux.
Today’s concert features two of these exquisitely
fashioned pieces, alongside music by JeanBaptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau and
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. So enter the
palace of Versailles and enjoy music that is
exuberant and poignant, opulent yet intimate: a
fitting tribute to one of the most important figures
in music history.
Tickets £10
Promoted by RNCM
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Tickets £18
www.gilad.co.uk
Promoted by RNCM
Sunday 1 March
RNCM Baroque Soloists
Maverick, award-winning saxophonist Gilad
Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble are
back in the UK after an extensive world tour. For
the last 14 years, the quartet have been touring
all over the world, stunning audiences with their
firebrand performances packed with drama,
luscious harmonies and wit. ‘A formidable improvisational array...a jazz
giant steadily drawing himself up to his full
height...’ The Guardian
Tickets £17.50
Promoted by Manchester Welsh Society
A Royal Concert for
Louis XIV
Gilad Atzmon and The
Orient House Ensemble
Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble
are still one of the few jazz bands whose
audience is beyond the ‘usual’ jazz audience.
The band are a true example of a group whose
appeal is as strong with fans of hard bop and
be bop as it is with an audience to whom the
message of the music transcends the technical
virtuosity displayed. 7pm RNCM Concert Hall
3pm Carole Nash Recital Room
Monday 2 March
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Spotlight: Doodle Quartet – An Evening of Klezmer
Music
J S Bach Toccata in C minor BWV 911
Emily Hooker piano
C P E Bach Duet for flute and violin H 598 Béla Bartók Selection from 44 Duos for two
violins SZ 98
Thursday 5 March
Pola Kompf flute
Clemence Prudhomme violin
Norman George Violin
Scholarship
Promoted by RNCM
RNCM violinists compete for this prestigous
annual award.
Thursday 5 March
Tickets £7
RNCM Guitars
Friday 6 March
Craig Ogden director
Friday Chamber Series
RNCM guitarists present a mixed programme
for a variety of combinations, including Malcolm
Arnold’s Guitar Concerto and Cumbiamba for
guitar ensemble by Jaime Cordoba.
Promoted by RNCM
Scarlett String Trio
A showcase performance by the winners of the
RNCM Hirsch Prize.
Promoted by RNCM
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The Old Dance School
The Manchester PLG
Young Artists Festival
Tai Murray
Friday 6 – Saturday 7 March
In a new partnership with Park Lane Group, an
organisation which has launched the careers
of outstanding young artists for over 50 years,
the RNCM collaborates to create an exciting
programme focusing on British composers and
the music of our time.
www.rncm.ac.uk/parklanegroup
Anthony Brown saxophone
Leo Nicholson piano
Works by Graham Ross and Alfred Desenclos.
Tickets £7
Works by Philip Grange, Adam Gorb, Thomas
Adès, David Matthews and Mark-Anthony
Turnage.
Tickets £10
Saturday 7 March
Helen Wilson flute
with Elinor Nicholson
and Chloe Roberts harp
Works by George Benjamin, Paul Patterson,
Kenneth Hesketh and David Horne.
Tickets £7
Tai Murray Violin Recital
Silke Avenhaus piano
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F major
Robert Schumann Three Romances Op 94
Felix Mendelssohn (arr F Hermann) Three
Songs Without Words
Robert Schumann Violin Sonata No 2 in
D minor Op 121
Tickets £20 £15 £10
Promoted by Choices Available Ltd
Saturday 7 March
St George’s Singers
with Northern Baroque Orchestra
Maxwell String Quartet
with Elinor Nicholson harp
J S Bach Magnificat in D major BWV 243
Dietrich Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
BuxWV 75
Tickets £10
Festival Ticket £25
Promoted by RNCM and Park Lane Group
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Friday 6 March
Works by Robert Saxton, David Horne, Philip
Grange, Paul Patterson and Adam Gorb.
Monday 9 March
The Old Dance School
The Old Dance School’s expansive landscapes
of ear-bending contemporary folk place them
as true innovators of the music. Duelling
fiddles, soaring brass crescendos, and
irresistible grooves, their live show charts their
remarkable journey from ballet school basement
jam sessions and cowshed rehearsals, to
remote lighthouses, to headline appearances
at international festivals.
Sergei Prokofiev Five Poems of Anna
Akhmatova Op 27
Friday 6 March
Diana Mathews viola
Ariana Kashefi cello
Leanne Cody piano
Saturday 7 March
Conducted by Neil Taylor, the St George’s
Singers are joined by RNCM soloists in this
sacred programme.
Tickets £15
Promoted by St George’s Singers
Championed by BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris, the
septet’s provocative songs and cinematic sound
has received plaudits throughout the country
including Songlines Top Of The World 2010, and
The Scotsman’s Album of the Year. From jazz
festivals to European opera tours, film score
commissions to classical recitals, green festivals
to tattoo conventions, members of the band have
performed with artists such as Martha Wainwright,
Cerys Matthews, Graham Coxon, Zoe Rahman,
Michael McGoldrick and Neil Yates.
Tickets £12
www.theolddanceschool.com
Promoted by RNCM
Sunday 8 March
Sale Choral Society
with The Lindow Singers
and Sale Sinfonia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate
K 165; Overture to The Marriage of Figaro;
Piano Concerto No 17 in G major K 453;
Requiem in D minor K 626
Roderick Barrand performs Mozart’s Piano
Concerto No 17 in celebration of 30 years with
Sale Choral Society.
Tickets £17
Promoted by Sale Choral Society
Anne-Marie Loveday soprano
Elin Rees piano
Leoš Janáček Violin Sonata
Philip Brett violin
Jeremy So piano
Promoted by RNCM
Monday 9 March
Ensemble DeNOTE
Viennese Quartets
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in
G minor K 478
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Clarinet Quartet in
E flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quartet in
B flat major after K 317d
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Quartet in
E flat major Op 16
We’re delighted to welcome chamber ensemble
DeNOTE to the RNCM for an evening of
Viennese quartets. This ensemble’s musical
approach returns to the roots of 18th century
performance style, exploring the soundworld of
period instruments, going beyond the notated
texts into the world of creative improvisation.
Tickets £17 £14
www.ensembledenote.wordpress.com
Promoted by RNCM
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Tuesday 10 March
6pm Forman Lecture Theatre
Mind the Gap: Mozart’s
Keyboard Music in
Notation and Performance
Following last night’s Viennese Quartets
programme and looking ahead to the
weekend’s focus on Vienna, Mozart scholar
John Irving presents this popular lecture with
examples demonstrated from the keyboard.
Tickets £5
Free admission, for Ensemble DeNOTE ticket holders
Promoted by RNCM
Wednesday 11 March
The Elizabeth Harwood
Memorial Award for Singers
This special award was founded in memory of
the much-loved Yorkshire soprano and provides
support for an outstanding final year singer.
Tonight’s adjudicating panel includes Russell
Smythe and Lynne Dawson.
Tickets £10
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 12 March
RNCM Saxophone
Orchestra
Rob Buckland, Andy Scott directors
The RNCM Saxophone Orchestra performs an
engaging programme displaying the incredible
versatility of the saxophone family.
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 12 March
Special Virtuosi Springtime
Music
Friday 13 March
Doors 12pm RNCM Theatre
Manchester Theatre
Awards
Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 March
RNCM Strings Festival
Vienna: From Schubert to
Schoenberg
One of the most eagerly-anticipated events
on Manchester’s arts calendar is the annual
Manchester Theatre Awards, when the nominees
and a starry audience find out who has won
the coveted trophies for the best performances
and productions of the year, as chosen by an
expert panel. Friday 13 March is going to be
lucky for some and you could rub shoulders or
even glittery frocks with the stars of stage and
screen at this gala event, as a limited number of
tickets have been reserved for the theatre-loving
general public.
This year’s celebration of all things strings
explores music from Vienna, in performances,
masterclasses and workshops for string players
and music lovers alike. A weekend packed
full of musical activity, highlights include the
complete Brahms string sonatas, chamber music
by Strauss, Schubert and Brahms, Schoenberg’s
Verklärte Nacht for large string orchestra,
specialist sessions for harps and guitars,
a cello-making marathon, a ‘Kreisler Hour’
with coffee and sachertorte, and a line-up of
world-class guest artists.
Tickets £15
No concessions
Promoted by RNCM and Manchester Theatre Awards
www.rncm.ac.uk/stringsfestival
Friday 13 March
Felix Niël
Flute Recital
Johann Joachim Quantz Sonata No 273
in G major QV 1:109
Walter Gieseking Sonatine for flute and piano
Rudolf Escher Sonata for flute and piano
Oliver Knussen Masks Op 3
Sergei Prokofiev Flute Sonata in D major
Op 94
Felix Niël flute
Carla Fernàndez Boix piano
Our final IAD recital of the term features Dutch
flautist Felix Niël. As a soloist, Felix has won
several awards, including the Dr William Dobie
Award, Pat Barney Award and the RNCM
School of Wind, Brass and Percussion Solo
Competition prize. He has performed across
Europe and Asia, both as a soloist and with
orchestras including the Chamber Orchestra of
Europe, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy
and the Hallé Orchestra.
Tickets £10
Promoted by RNCM
Featured Artists:
Sophia Jaffé, Gina McCormack,
Catherine Yates violin
Lise Berthaud, Henk Guittart,
Thomas Riebl viola
Leonard Elschenbroich, Karine Georgian,
Chris Hoyle cello
Michinori Bunya, Ronan Dunne, Jiří Hudec,
Nabil Shehata double bass
Eira Lynn Jones harp
Craig Ogden guitar
Sunday 15 March
Throughout the day
Double Bass Day
An intense day of activity for double bassists
including workshops and performances with our
special guest artists.
Evening Concert
featuring RNCM String Orchestra
Music to include:
Johannes Brahms String Sextet No 1 in
B flat major Op 18
Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op 4
Henk Guittart conductor
Tickets £12
Promoted by RNCM
HIGHLIGHTS
Saturday 14 March
Evening Concert
Johannes Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor
Op 120 No 1; Cello Sonata in E minor Op 38;
Violin Sonata in A major Op 100; Viola Sonata
in E flat minor Op 120 No 2; Cello Sonata in F
major Op 99; Violin Sonata in D minor Op 108
Sophia Jaffé, Danbi Um violin
Lise Berthaud, Kimi Makino viola
Leonard Elschenbroich, Mikhail Nemtsov
cello
Tickets £17 £14
Special Virtuosi musicians perform orchestral
and solo pieces in this Spring term concert.
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Tickets £7
Promoted by Special Virtuosi CIC
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Monday 16 March
Thursday 19 March, Saturday 21*, Monday 23,
Wednesday 25* and Friday 27 March
Sunday 29 March*
Francis Poulenc Improvisation No 15
‘Hommage à Édith Piaf‘; Mélancolie;
Trois Novelettes
Charles Vincent Barsaga piano
Andy Scott Eighteen
Andy Scott Deep Blue
Fritz Kreisler (arr Butt) Hungarian Rondo
Toby Butt tuba
David Gibson piano
Promoted by RNCM
Wednesday 18 March
Chopin Prize
RNCM pianists and students from Chetham’s
School of Music compete for this prestigious
annual prize, adjudicated this year by Martin
Roscoe.
Tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
7pm RNCM Theatre
3pm RNCM Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
Benjamin Britten
Rebecca Starling, Kieron-Connor Valentine*
Oberon
Rosanna Harris, Joanna Norman* Tytania
Jonathan Stevens, Charlotte Christensen* Puck
Matthew Thistleton, Eugene Dillon-Hooper*
Theseus
Chloe Latchmore, Charlotte Badham*
Hippolyta
Adam Temple-Smith, Alexander Banfield*
Lysander
Aaron O’Hare, Thomas Cameron* Demetrius
Hollie-Anne Bangham, Jessica Eccleston*
Hermia
Alexandra Lowe, Anne-Marie Loveday*
Helena
Aidan Edwards, James Fisher* Bottom
Neil Balfour, Timothy Bagley* Quince
Matthew Palfreyman, Jeffrey Taylor* Flute
Daniel Hayes, Peter Edge* Snug
Brian McNamee, Alexander Grainger* Snout
David Cane, Steven Griffin* Starveling
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash, Alexandra Downie,
Helen Lacey Cobweb
Rhyanne Acott, Georgia Gardiner,
Isla MacEwan Mustardseed
Rachel Maby, Rosie Payne,
Naomi Rogers Peaseblossom
Cally Youdell, Ho Yan Chui,
Leh Lin Thai Moth
enter the wood – and gives each group its
own distinctive musical characteristics. So in a
nutshell, the story remains the same – Oberon,
the fairy king, and Tytania, his queen, are
locked in a conflict which spills over into the
human world…
This opera is completely faithful to the
spirit of the original play and is one of the
most successful operatic adaptations of a
Shakespeare play. It is possibly the most
beguiling and enchanting of all Britten’s operas,
a work with a spell-binding atmosphere that
inhabits a truly unique, dream-like world.
This production will be sung in English.
Tickets £34 £28 £21 (weekdays)
£36 £30 £23 (weekends)
Promoted by RNCM
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Friday 27 March
Spotlight: Khymerikal – Classical Chamber Music
Inspired by Shakespeare
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Harish Shankar assistant conductor
Garth Bardsley director
Michael Holt set and costume designer
Bethan Rhys Wiliam choreographer
Jason Taylor lighting designer
RNCM Opera Orchestra
In August 1959, Benjamin Britten decided to
compose an opera to mark the re-opening of
the refurbished Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh the
following June. As this left no time for the libretto
to be written anew, he chose to adapt with
Peter Pears Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream. While the libretto is a drastically reduced
version of Shakespeare’s play, it retains the
three distinct groups of characters – the fairies,
the mechanicals and the Athenian lovers who
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THE RNCM BIG
WEEKENDER
Thursday 19 March
– Sunday 22 March
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Join us for four fantastic days of live music
in the multiple venues of the RNCM, as
the building comes to life with sound
and visuals. This exciting event is a
celebration of the many genres of music
that we programme and teach - from
jazz to opera, big band to classical,
contemporary to pop. Many events are
FREE so why not explore our building,
check out our re-vamped Concert Hall,
and try something new this Spring?
CONCERT HALL
Thursday 19 March 1.15pm
RNCM Harp Ensemble
plus special guests
A 13 piece harp ensemble of RNCM students
and alumni performs Bill Connor’s Songs of
Love and Remembering.
THEATRE
STUDIO THEATRE
Thursday 19 and Saturday 21 March 7pm
A series of FREE rock, pop, jazz and world
music events. Our Black Box will become our
nightclub for the weekend, with high tables and
a bar, while on the Sunday, the spotlight shines
on a new instrument - the Magnetic Resonator
Piano - and the Studio becomes home to an
installation as well as host to some cutting-edge
contemporary music throughout the day.
RNCM Opera
Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream
See p30/31 for details
Tickets £34 £28 £21 (weekdays)
£36 £30 £23 (weekends)
Friday 20 March 7.30pm
RNCM Big Band with
Tina May and Nikki Iles
Ladies in Mercedes
Pianist Nikki Iles and vocalist Tina May have been
working together as a duo for over 20 years. This
concert features Nikki’s own big band pieces,
featuring Tina in numbers she has commissioned,
plus Steve Swallow’s Ladies in Mercedes, which
inspired the title of tonight’s show.
Tickets £18 £15
FREE admission, no ticket required
Sunday 22 March 8pm
Friday 20 March 11am
Masterclass with Sarah
Connolly and Julius Drake
Sarah Connolly and Julius Drake work with
RNCM students in this public masterclass for
singers and pianists.
FREE admission, by ticket only
Sunday 22 March 5pm
RNCM Symphony
Orchestra and Chorus
Gustav Mahler Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’
Jac van Steen conductor
Jane Irwin soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Trumpet signals, pealing bells, violent bursts,
and lyricism and ethereal floating lines mark the
official opening of our Concert Hall in one of
the most powerful symphonic statements of the
20th century.
Special Event Price £10
Courtney Pine presents
Song (The Ballad Book)
with Zoe Rahman
For his latest project, Courtney Pine plans to
strip everything right back for the most intimate
shows of his long and celebrated career as
he takes to the stage playing bass clarinet
accompanied only by fellow Mercury nominee
and MOBO Award-winning pianist, Zoe
Rahman.
Tickets £20
VARIOUS VENUES
CAROLE NASH
RECITAL ROOM
A rolling programme of FREE performances by
RNCM alumni and current students.
FORMAN LECTURE
THEATRE
A rolling programme of artistic films.
CONCOURSES
More FREE contemporary live music, including
a response to Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, a
fanfare for 20 euphoniums, an art exhibition, DJ
sets and lots of other creative activity across our
concourse spaces, plus an imposing late-night
sonic sculpture transforming the space as we
know it from 8pm onwards every night.
For more information, please visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/bigweekender
Saturday 21 March from 10am
RNCM Family Day
with Junior RNCM
BBC Ten Pieces
A special day of music for all the family to mark
the BBC Ten Pieces initiative. Join musicians from
the RNCM and Junior RNCM as they bring the
building to life in a blaze of sound.
Tickets £5 adults. Admission for children is FREE,
by ticket only, accompanied by an adult.
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E J Moeran Selected Songs
Richard Moore baritone
Simon Passmore piano
Promoted by RNCM
Friday 27 March
Endellion Quartet
Radio 2 Young Brass Award
– The Final
Society
RNCM Composers Concert
Adam Gorb, RNCM Head of Composition,
introduces this concert of new and recently
premièred works, written by RNCM composers
and performed by their fellow students.
Tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
Tuesday 24 March
Cheadle Hulme School
Spring Concert
Tickets £7
Promoted by Cheadle Hulme School
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Oldham Choral Society
Promoted by RNCM
Monday 23 March
Tuesday 24 March
RNCM First Year String and
Wind Orchestras
Mark Heron, Catherine Yates, Matt Weites
conductors
Richard Haslam guitar
Tickets £25 £12.50
Promoted by MCCS
Sunday 29 March
Igor Stravinsky Circus Polka
Paul Hindemith Symphony in B flat major
Dag Wirèn Serenade for Strings Op 11
Leo Brouwer El Decameron Negro
Franz Schubert String Quartet in C minor
D 703 ‘Quartettsatz’
Anton Webern Six Bagatelles Op 9
Béla Bartók String Quartet No 2 Op 17
Franz Schubert String Quartet in D Minor
D 810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
Thursday 26 March
Wednesday 25 March
Pascal Rogé
RNCM Piano Recital Series
Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque L 75
Maurice Ravel Sonatine M 40
Francis Poulenc Les soirées de Nazelles FP 84
Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1 L 117
For the first concert in our RNCM Piano Recital
Series celebrating the masters of French
repertoire, we welcome Pascal Rogé back to the
RNCM. This pianist’s particular strengths lie in
his sensitive and personal interpretations of 20th
century French composers. Tonight’s programme
includes Ravel’s seminal masterpiece for
piano and Debussy’s Preludes Book 1, which
beautifully captures the composer’s love for tonal
colouring.
Buy tickets for all four events in the Piano Recital
Series and save 15%.
Visit www.rncm.ac.uk/pianoseries for details.
Tickets £17 £14
Promoted by RNCM
Featuring The Grimethorpe Colliery Band and
presented by Ken Bruce and Listen to the Band’s
Frank Renton, the exciting nationwide search for
the next brass star ends tonight live on Radio 2
as the finalists play for the title. The Award has
a great track record at spotting talent. Previous
winners include Ben Thompson, Principal Tuba
of The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House;
Lewis Musson, Solo Euphonium at the Central
Band of the Royal Air Force; Katrina Marzella,
now Solo Baritone with Black Dyke Band;
and Matthew White, Solo Euphonium with the
Tredegar Town Band.
Behold The Sea!
Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Edward Elgar Sea Pictures Op 37
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 1
‘A Sea Symphony’
Conducted by Nigel Wilkinson, Oldham Choral
Society are joined by RNCM alumni soloists
Linda Richardson, Kathleen Wilkinson and Dean
Robinson in this feast of British music.
Tickets £14
Promoted by Oldham Choral Society
Laura Wright
Pascal Rogé
Monday 23 March
Free admission, by ticket only (maximum 4 tickets per
person)
Promoted by Radio 2 in association with RNCM
Saturday 28 March
Salford Choral Society
with Manchester Camerata
Luigi Gatti Requiem in C major (UK première)
Joseph Haydn Te Deum for the Empress Marie
Therese
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 48 in C major
Hob I:48 ‘Maria Theresia’
RNCM soloists join Salford Choral Society
in this première performance of Luigi Gatti’s
recently re-discovered Requiem, conducted by
Matthew Hamilton.
Tickets £19
Promoted by Salford Choral Society
Monday 30 March
Laura Wright
Live in Concert
Soprano Laura Wright performs works including
Jerusalem, World In Union, Nessun Dorma, as
well as Invincible, from the Opening Ceremony
of the Invictus Games.
Tickets £20 (£59 VIP tickets also available)
No concessions
Promoted by Senbla Ltd
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Saturday 11 April
Piccadilly Symphony
Orchestra
National Concert Band
Festival
Mark-Anthony Turnage Texan Tenebrae
Alberto Ginastera Harp Concerto Op 25
Gustav Mahler Symphony No 9
We are delighted to welcome the Piccadilly
Symphony Orchestra to the RNCM: an
organisation set up to give aspiring professional
musicians the opportunity to perform, bridging
the gap between a player’s studies and
professional orchestras.
Tickets £12
Promoted by Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 April
From 9am RNCM Theatre and RNCM Concert
Hall
Gretchen Peters
The National Concert Band Festival celebrates
its 30th year with Wind Bands and Big Bands
performing every 30 minutes throughout the
festival. Tickets £7 per day
Family Ticket £15
Sponsored by R Smith & Co, Yamaha UK and Royal Air
Force Promoted by NCBF
Tuesday 14 April
Christian Blackshaw
Piano Recital
For Music in Hospitals and
East Cheshire Hospice
The British pianist performs works by Mozart,
Schubert, Liszt and Chopin.
Gretchen Peters
Recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriters
Hall of Fame, this singer-songwriter has risen
to the top of her craft, writing and recording
songs that explore the deep corners of life with
empathy and integrity.
Tickets £22
Promoted by Edge Street Live
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National Youth Brass Band
Championships of Great
Britain
Over 40 leading youth brass bands compete for
one of the four national titles.
Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs conductor
Simone Rebello percussion
Tickets £6
Sponsored by Yamaha UK and Royal Air Force
Promoted by NCBF
Tickets £18
No concessions
Promoted by Music in Hospitals
Sunday 19 April
From 9am Various venues
RAF Gala Concert Featuring the
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
NCBF National Festival
Thursday 2 April
Polar Bear
Wednesday 1 April
Tickets £10 from www.brassbandsengland.co.uk
Promoted by Brass Bands England
Friday 17 April
Polar Bear
Tuesday 21 April
Polar Bear have once again marked themselves
as one of the most exciting and progressive
bands of their generation with a recent second
nomination for a Mercury Music Prize. The
band, led by three times Mercury nominee
Seb Rochford (Paul McCartney, Brian Eno,
Beck, Yoko Ono) on drums, has continued to
innovate and transcend genres, connecting with
jazz, rock, hip-hop, electronic and mainstream
audiences alike. Saxophonists Pete Wareham
(Acoustic Ladyland) and Mark Lockheart
(Django Bates) together possess a broad
emotional vocabulary, yet here they appear
translucent, elusive. Bassist Tom Herbert is
irresistible when he plays inside the groove, but
does so only occasionally, giving these moments
rare power. All this is combined and melted
together with the magic touch of electronic
wizard Leafcutter John. This Manchester show
anticipates the release of their sixth album in
April 2015.
A Concert to Celebrate the
Opening of the Ida Carroll
Walkway
Tickets £15
www.polarbearmusic.com
Promoted by RNCM
Saturday 18 April
Taiko Meantime
with special guest Chieko Kojima
In a unique collaboration with the world famous
Chieko Kojima of Kodo, Taiko drumming returns
in a show that tells the dramatic Japanese
legend of ‘Dojoji’ through drums, flute and
dance.
Formal Opening by Sir Harrison
Birtwistle
The newly-named Ida Carroll Walkway
recognises the Ida Carroll Trust’s generous
donation to the Concert Hall Campaign and
its longstanding support of the RNCM. In this
celebratory concert, artists including Anthony
Halstead (horn), Thomas Verity (clarinet),
John Wilson and Peter Lawson (piano duo),
John Turner (recorder), Solem Quartet and the
Manchester Chamber Ensemble perform works
by Grieg and Schubert, and new works by a
host of eminent British composers.
Promoted by Ida Carroll Trust and RNCM
Tuesday 21 April
Masterclass
with Noriko Ogawa
Continuing our focus on French piano music,
Noriko Ogawa works with RNCM pianists on
French repertoire ahead of the next recital in the
series with Stephen Hough on 30 April.
Tickets £8
Promoted by RNCM
Tickets £15
Promoted by Rhythmworks Ltd
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On the Town
Mariana Sadovska
Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
RNCM Youth Perform
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and
Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins
Caroline Clegg director
Stuart Overington musical director
Stewart Bartles lighting designer
New York, New York, it’s a helluva town! So
says the most famous song from this awardwinning musical about the adventures of three
sailors in the city that never sleeps. With 24
hours of shore leave they’re eager to experience
all the city has to offer…and hopefully find the
girl of their dreams. Full of sharp dialogue,
electrifying dance and lush music, this
Broadway hit, set against the background of the
war, now drops anchor in Manchester with the
RNCM’s talented Youth Perform.
This amateur production is presented by
arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes Music
Publishers Limited.
Tickets £12
Promoted by RNCM
Thursday 23 April
RNCM Percussion Ensemble
Music to include:
Edgard Varèse Ionisation
John Cage Third Construction
Kenneth Hesketh Polygon Windows
(after Aphex Twin)
Scored for 13 percussionists, Ionisation was the
very first work to be composed for a stand alone
percussion ensemble. Don’t miss the opportunity
to hear this key work, plus a selection of works
that followed it, performed by the RNCM’s
virtuoso players.
Tickets £7
Promoted by RNCM
Friday 24 April 7.30pm RNCM Studio Theatre
Mariana Sadovska
Making Tracks
In her home country she is known as the
‘Ukrainian Björk’: in her furious performances
the singer, actress and composer Mariana
Sadovska crosses all borders: Archaic
midsummer night invocations, wedding songs
and migrant chants from remote villages of rural
Ukraine get a singular turn and transmute into
contemporary sound that spans from folk to
avant-garde. Creating innovative compositions
and arrangements in dialogue with ancient
traditions, Sadovska approaches each piece
with a fresh and uniquely personal vision. With
a voice of impressive power and range her
stage presence is a tour de force that oscillates
between fragility and defiance. For this tour she
has teamed up with German percussionist and
electronica specialist Christian Thomé, creating
an ever-changing collage of ancient Ukrainian
folk songs and contemporary electro-acoustic
sounds.
Tickets £14
www.makingtrackslive.org
Promoted by RNCM
Sunday 26 April
RNCM Day of Song
Life is a Cabaret!
Join us for a day of cabaret-inspired song,
ranging from the revolutionary beginnings of
Le Chat Noir and Kabarett, to Broadway and
beyond. This year’s performances will showcase
final year undergraduate singers and culminate
in a theatrical extravaganza featuring the
RNCM Cabaret Band.
In cabaret-inspired music of more recent times,
this exciting finale to our Day of Song features
a selection of witty Cabaret Songs by William
Bolcom in music for the stage. Highlights include
selections from The Threepenny Opera and the
hit musical Cabaret!
Cabaret!
www.rncm.ac.uk/dayofsong
HIGHLIGHTS
Hommage to Le Chat Noir
A tribute to Paris’ first modern cabaret club,
featuring music by Satie, cabaret-inspired songs
by Francis Poulenc, and a tribute to a heroine of
French Cabaret, Édith Piaf.
Tickets £6
with the RNCM Cabaret Band
Tickets £10
8pm RNCM Café
Post-concert Event –
Cabaret Recreated
Join us at the end of the day for a thrilling real-life
cabaret experience in the RNCM Café and bar!
Day Ticket £25
Promoted by RNCM
The Truth About Love
Themes of infatuation and love’s frustrations
abound in Britten’s Cabaret Songs, cabaretinspired songs by William Walton and new
cabaret songs commissioned from RNCM
composers.
Tickets £6
Saturday 25 April
Berlin, Brecht and Beyond
Andy Irvine
A programme of Brecht-inspired German
Kabarett, with music by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler
and Arnold Schoenberg.
Musician and singer-songwriter Andy Irvine
has been a world music pioneer and icon for
traditional folk music and musicians for over 40
years. He is the founding member of bands such
as Sweeney’s Men, Planxty, Patrick Street and
Mozaik and he has been hailed as ‘a tradition
in himself’ and ‘Woody Guthrie’s representative
on earth’ by the magazine Hot Press.
Tickets £6
Tickets £15
www.andyirvine.com
Promoted by RNCM
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COMING SOON
Thursday 30 April
Stephen Hough
The Cheshire-born pianist brings a programme
of Debussy and Chopin to his alma mater, in the
second recital of our focus on French repertoire.
Friday 1 May
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
In this exciting programme, the award-winning
percussionist Le Yu performs a new arrangement
of Keiko Abe’s Concerto for Marimba, The
Wave, conducted by the renowned German
conductor, Roland Böer.
Thursday 7 May
Magma
Parisian progressive rock band, Magma, are
one of the most musically adventurous and
imaginative groups of the genre and have
garnered a number of high-profile fans. Their
extensive use of a choral format, combined with
influences from John Coltrane help to create
their unique and innovative sound.
Saturday 16 May
Eddi Reader
In a career spanning over 30 years, the eclectic
singer-songwriter Eddi Reader went from
performing at the local folk clubs in her native
Glasgow to harmonising with Annie Lennox and
touring with the Eurythmics, after her time with
successful punk outfit Gang of Four.
Saturday 23 May
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
One of the finest French pianists of our time
and regular soloist with the BBC Philharmonic
performs a recital programme featuring works
by Debussy, Boulez, Ravel and Ohana.
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Saturday 30 May
7.30pm RNCM Theatre
Tango Siempre
Tangomotion
A sensual evening of passion and energy,
featuring world-class dancers and musicians
from the hit show Midnight Tango. Virtuoso
dance and the luscious sounds of the Tango
Siempre quartet transport you to the steamy
salons of Buenos Aires.
RNCM on the Road
Thursday 12 March
RNCM ensembles and soloists perform regularly
at prestigious venues and festivals throughout
the UK. Over recent years, our musicians have
performed at The Bridgewater Hall, Wigmore
Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-theFields, Royal Albert Hall, and at major festivals
including Huddersfield, Deal, Buxton, Chester,
Lichfield, and Salisbury, as well as providing
musicians for ongoing series at Buxton Opera
House and Nottingham Theatre Royal.
RNCM String Orchestra
Here are the highlights of our travels this Spring:
Sunday 8 February
Saturday 13 June
1.10pm The Bridgewater Hall
RNCM Gold Medal
Competition
with The Sixteen
From 10am RNCM Concert Hall
Ten of the RNCM’s star performers compete for
the College’s most coveted accolade, in front of
a distinguished panel from across the industry.
Tuesday 23 – Friday 26 June
Seven Gates: The Music
of Poland Explored
The RNCM is honoured to welcome the Polish
composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki
to Manchester in a festival of music from his
homeland, culminating in the UK première of his
Seventh Symphony, Seven Gates of Jerusalem,
at The Bridgewater Hall performed by the
RNCM Symphony Orchestra and conducted by
the composer.
Supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Thursday 2 July
RNCM Chamber Choir
RNCM singers perform alongside members of
The Sixteen in a programme featuring Britten’s
Hymn to St Cecilia and new works by RNCM
composers.
2.30pm Ambleside Parish Church
A4 Brass Quartet
A4 Brass, recent winners of the RNCM Chamber
Ensemble of the Year, perform for the Lake
District Summer Music Festival’s Patrons concert.
Tuesday 3 March
1.05pm Lincoln Drill Hall
Meridiem Duo
Sarah Miller (flute) and Elinor Nicholson
(harp) give this recital as part of the Lincoln
International Chamber Music Festival, featuring
works by John Rutter, Bernard Andrés and
Adrian Shaposhnikov.
RNCM Chamber Orchestra
Monday 9 March
The final Chamber Orchestra programme of the
year features two of the great orchestral song
cycles – Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été and Vaughan
Williams’ Songs of Travel performed to a
backdrop of newly created visuals.
RNCM Gold Medal Winners
Keep in touch with updates on
www.rncm.ac.uk/whatson
7.30pm Wigmore Hall
Pianist Leanne Cody, soprano Lauren Fielder,
percussionist Delia Stevens and pianist
Alexander Panfilov perform repertoire from their
Gold Medal-winning programmes in this very
special performance at London’s Wigmore Hall.
7.30pm Live at LICA, Lancaster University
Henk Guittart conducts the RNCM String
Orchestra in a programme of sumptuous
Viennese repertoire featuring Schoenberg’s
Verklärte Nacht.
The RNCM also provides musicians for regular
concert series at Emmanuel Church in Didsbury
and St Ann’s Church in Manchester City Centre.
Didsbury Coffee Concerts
Emmanuel Church, Didsbury
Concerts take place on Saturday mornings at 11am
17, 24 January, 7, 21 February
7, 21, 28 March
St Ann’s Piano Recital Series
St Ann’s Church, Manchester
Concerts take place on Saturday afternoons at 3pm
24 January, 28 February, 21 March
St Ann’s Chamber Music Series
St Ann’s Church, Manchester
Concerts take place on Wednesday lunchtimes at 1pm
4, 25 February, 11 March
Looking for
musicians?
The RNCM’s Professional Engagements team
co-ordinates a large number of engagements on
behalf of music societies, clubs, companies and
individuals throughout the year. Performances
range from formal recitals, soloists for choral
societies and for concertos, through to
background music for weddings and events, and
incorporate a wide range of styles from classical
to jazz. Contact the Professional Engagements
Team on 0161 907 5358 or info@rncm.ac.uk for
further details.
Tickets on sale from 1 December at
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
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Support the RNCM RNCM Friends Events
Research Forums
at the RNCM
Thursday 8 January
10.45am RNCM Studio 7
Ma Vlast:
Behind the Scenes with Petr Prause,
Artistic Director of the RNCM
Chamber Music Studio
As our Concert Hall underwent its magnificent
transformation, naming a seat proved to be
an extremely popular way for people to show
their support for the College and commemorate
something personal in their lives.
With 160 seats named to-date, these lasting
dedications have been made to honour musicians,
memories of loved ones, staff, students, family and
friends. Now that the hall is open and we look
forward to filling it with music for many years to
come, there is still time for you to name a seat of
your own.
The refurbished
RNCM Concert Hall
Email development@rncm.ac.uk or telephone
0161 907 5394 for more information
Ahead of this year’s Chamber Music Festival,
watch Petr Prause coach one of our leading RNCM
chamber ensembles, hear him speak about the
music of his homeland, and engage directly with
his ideas behind this year’s Festival programming.
Friends are invited to meet for tea/coffee on the
Carole Nash Mezzanine from 10.45am, and join
the musicians from 11.15am. The event will finish in
time for the lunchtime chamber music performance
in our newly refurbished Concert Hall.
Tickets £4 available from the RNCM Box Office
Admission to lunchtime concert free
Thursday 5 March
Meet Chart-topping
Guitarist Craig Ogden
An exciting and versatile artist, Craig Ogden is one
of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Originally
from Australia, he has performed concertos with all
of the major British orchestras, and recent albums
The Guitarist, Summertime and Summer Guitar
all shot straight to number one in the UK classical
chart. Friends are invited to meet and talk to Craig
about his current projects, ask questions, and hear
him play. This event follows the lunchtime guitar
concert in the RNCM Concert Hall.
Admission to lunchtime concert free
Tuesday 17 March 7pm (Red cast)
Wednesday 18 March 7pm (Blue cast)
Opera Previews
Join RNCM staff, students, and fellow RNCM
Friends to be one of the first to see our Spring
production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.
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RNCM Engage is the Royal Northern College of
Music’s learning and participation programme,
and the training ground for its students, in creative
and professional practice. It provides opportunities
for engagement with music, for people of all ages
and with tastes for all types of music, and supports
the development of the next generation of dynamic
music educators. RNCM Engage brings together
students, professional artists, and community and
business leaders to exchange and develop ideas,
and to reach out to new and increasingly diverse
audiences.
Learning and
Participation
The Learning and Participation team engages with
the RNCM’s wider community through a yearround programme of events including an annual
Children’s Opera Project, Family Days which are
held termly, and RNCM Youth Perform, a musical
theatre group which runs on Wednesday evenings
and is a low-cost, non-audition group for young
people aged 13-21. In addition the Learning and
Participation team designs bespoke projects for a
range of community groups and is always happy to
discuss new ideas.
To find out more about any of our projects contact
Jennie McCusker and Fiona Stuart on 0161 907
5281 or communityoutreach@rncm.ac.uk or visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/communityoutreach. The RNCM
Learning and Participation team is grateful for the
support of the Eric and Margaret Kinder Charitable
Trust.
Come along for some refreshing mental stimulation,
hopefully in an area of musical activity that you
may not be that familiar with yet. Research Forums
are FREE and open to the public; RNCM staff and
guest speakers give presentations on an aspect of
their work - whether it’s musicological, creative,
educational, music-psychological or other kinds of
research. The talks last about 45 minutes and then
the floor is open for questions and discussion.
This Spring, we’ll be exploring:
Professor Rebecca Herrisone
(University of Manchester)
A Complete and Correct Score: Music Printing and
Creativity in Late Seventeenth-Century England Wednesday 4 March
Dr Karen Jensen
(University of Manchester)
Breakthroughs in Singing
Wednesday 11 March
Dr Roddy Hawkins
(University of Manitoba)
Questions of Method: The New Music
Ensemble as Research Object
Wednesday 25 March
Dr Emily Howard (RNCM) and
Dr Matthew Sergeant (RNCM)
M62: From Liverpool to Leeds via Paris
Wednesday 22 April
Dr Michelle Castelletti (RNCM)
Re-discovered = Re-constructed = Re-born:
Mahler’s Tenth Symphony
Tickets: £12.50, free to Silver Members and above
(restrictions apply)
Wednesday 29 April
Membership to the RNCM Friends starts at just
£2.50 a month. Visit www.rncm.ac.uk/friends or
contact the Development team on 0161 907 5394
or email development@rncm.ac.uk to find out
more.
Dr David Vickers (RNCM)
Handel’s Last Prima Donna: Rediscovering and
Exploring the Repertoire of Giulia Frasi
Open to all, free admission, no ticket required.
You can read more about these sessions at
www.rncm.ac.uk/researchforums
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Booking
Information
Booking online
www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on
Booking by phone
0161 907 5555
Booking in person or by post
Box Office, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9RD
Booking Fees
A booking fee of £1 per ticket applies to most
transactions. No booking fee applies to tickets
bought in person at the Box Office.
Payment
Payment can be made by cash, Mastercard, Visa
or Maestro.
Enquiries by email
box.office@rncm.ac.uk
Box Office Opening Hours
September – June
11am - 6pm Monday to Saturday
(later on performance nights)
Sunday 1 hour before performances
(closed on non-performance Sundays)
For full terms and conditions visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on/terms
or contact the Box Office.
Concessions
Concessions are available for events where the
RNCM is the promoter. For all other events please
contact the Box Office for precise details of
concessions as they vary according to the event
promoter. All concessions are subject to availability
and it is advisable to book well in advance to
ensure the seats you require are available. Please
note that proof of concession will be required. For
further details please check with the Box Office or
visit www.rncm.ac.uk/discounts
Ticket Exchange & Refunds
Exchanges may only be made under current
guidelines. Contact the Box Office or visit www.
rncm.ac.uk/exchanges for full details. Refunds are
only made in the case of a cancelled performance.
Group Discounts
Access
Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more
for all events promoted by the RNCM. For more
information contact the Box Office or visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/groups
All public spaces and facilities (with the
exception of the balconies within the
Concert Hall) are accessible to wheelchair
users (via lifts).
Flexible Series
Save 15% or more on your tickets by creating
your own flexible series. Simply choose at least 3
concerts you’d like to attend (marked with
logo)
Sonic Manchester
Sonic Manchester is a free scheme for students
run by the RNCM, The Bridgewater Hall, BBC
Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata. It gives
students the opportunity to buy tickets to a diverse
range of concerts from as little as £3. (NB Tickets
are subject to availability and prices may vary
depending on the event.) For more information
and to sign up for the latest offers, please visit
www.facebook.com/sonicmanchester.
Email & Mailing List
Keep in touch with events at the RNCM by joining
our free mailing list for regular updates. Sign up
at www.rncm.ac.uk/mailinglist or contact the Box
Office for details.
RNCM Historic Instrument
Collection
The RNCM Historic Instrument Collection is
located in the basement of the Library part of the
College building (to the left of the main entrance
on Booth Street West). It can be accessed using
the staircase behind the Box Office or by the lift
situated opposite the RNCM Library. Spring 2015
opening hours can be found at
www.rncm.ac.uk/instrumentcollection
Artists and programmes are correct at the time of
going to press and we reserve the right to change
artists and/or programmes without notice if
necessary.
We aim to deliver a quality events programme
with efficient and courteous service. If you have
any comments please contact Head of Marketing
& Communications, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9RD.
Artistic Proposals
We are always interested to hear your suggestions
for future programming. If you have an artistic
proposal you would like us to consider, please
email Richard Collins, Programming Manager, at
richard.collins@rncm.ac.uk
RNCM Theatre plan
Large print and audio
versions of this brochure
are available from
0161 907 5555 or
box.office@rncm.ac.uk
Guide dogs are welcome, please inform the
Box Office when booking your ticket. The
RNCM Concert Hall and RNCM Theatre
are fitted with hearing assistance systems
and receivers (available from the Front of
House team on request). Receivers can be
used in conjunction with a standard hearing
aid in the ‘T’ position or an earpiece
provided. The RNCM Studio Theatre,
Carole Nash Recital Room and Forman
Lecture Theatre are fitted with induction
loops (hearing aids should be switched to
the ‘T’ position). Free parking is available
for disabled patrons, reserve your space
with reception on 0161 907 5300.
Please contact the Box Office or visit
www.rncm.ac.uk/access for detailed
access information.
STAGE
PIT SEATS
A5
A11
A29
C4
B11
B29
D4
C11
C29
E4
D11
D29
E11
E29
F11
F29
G11
G29
H11
H29
J11
J29
K11
K29
L11
L29
M11
M29
N11
N29
P11
P29
Q11
Q29
R11
R29
S11
S29
B5
F3
G3
H2
J2
K1
L1
M1
N1
P1
Q
R1
S2
T3
U2
T29
U29
Lower Hall
Upper Hall
Balcony
Oglesby Balcony
New RNCM Concert Hall plan
Platform Seats
Stage Seats
N1 M1
STAGE
How to find us
C1 B1
The RNCM is located on the corner of
Oxford Road and Booth Street West.
Oxford Road connects the RNCM by bus
to the City Centre, Piccadilly and Victoria
train stations. Oxford Road station is a 15
minute walk away. Go to www.tfgm.com
for details of public transport in the Greater
Manchester area.
D1
Additional stage seats
E1
F1
G1
A18
A11
D28
D17
E28
E16
F28
F15
Parking
G29
G14
(1) The RNCM car park is located next
to the College in the basement of the Sir
Charles Groves Hall of Residence, off
Rosamund Street West. Open from 5pm
weekday evenings and anytime over
weekends and bank holidays, costing
£3.50 (payable on entry). Closes at
11.30pm.
P1
T1
C24
C15
GG1
U1
B21
B13
H1
H17
I1
I17
J1
J17
K1
K17
L27
L1
Q1
R1
S1
P11
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Q10
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(2) The University of Manchester Booth
Street car park is situated off Booth Street
West. Open 6am - midnight.
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Lower Hall
Upper Hall
Balcony
(3) The Aquatics Centre car park is situated
off Booth Street East. Open 6am - 11pm.
Lower Hall
Oglesby Balcony
Upper Hall
Platform Seats
Balcony
Stage Seats
Oglesby Balcony
Platform Seats
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Looking for a
venue?
The RNCM has a wide selection of excellent
purpose-built spaces to hire for every type of
event, performance or conference. Following a
£7.1 million refurbishment project completed in
November 2014, our largest spaces have now
been revitalised with excellent back of house
facilities and the latest technical set−up including a
new lighting rig and sound equipment.
Our venues:
The RNCM CONCERT HALL has been completely
refurbished with additional seating capacity,
air conditioning, new interior and an updated
technical fit out. The new space has a variety of
flexible options for your event with layouts including
445 capacity seating on Level One, 610 capacity
seating with our new Balcony and Oglesby
Balcony open, or even up to 730 capacity seating
with a reduced stage size for amplified bands and
small ensembles (NB – please speak to our Events
Manager for further details about the 730 layout).
This unique octagonal performance space also
contains a Hradetsky Four Manual Concert Organ,
a variety of dressing room spaces suitable for very
large ensembles and a private soloists’ room, a
separate lighting box area, new discrete multicore
runs and fly motors for ease of rigging equipment,
all with easy access for a flat floor load−in and
parking for buses and trucks.
The CAROLE NASH RECITAL ROOM is a stunning
shoebox venue which has up to 110 seats in
a Theatre Style configuration. The room has
a wonderful acoustic making it a great venue
for small-scale performances as well as being
a beautiful room for conferences and catering
receptions. It is equipped with one private dressing
room, projector, screen and a small lighting rig.
The FORMAN LECTURE THEATRE has a 150
capacity and has been completely updated
following the refurbishment project. It comes
equipped with projector, screen and is ideal for
pre-concert talks, discussions and presentations.
The RNCM also has a wide range of smaller
spaces suitable for social functions, events, dinners,
rehearsals or conferences.
For dates and rates regarding performances,
workshops and public events, please contact
Andy Macauley on 0161 907 5289 or
andrew.macauley@rncm.ac.uk
For conference and catering enquiries, please
contact our Conference and Catering Team on
0161 907 5353 or hospitality@rncm.ac.uk
Eating and
Drinking at the
RNCM
There are refreshment facilities available at the
RNCM with the Café, Brodsky Restaurant and Bar
and the Concert Bar offering a range of fresh,
home cooked and locally sourced food from just a
coffee and a pastry to a three course meal.
During term time, Monday to Friday, the Café is
open from 8am until the interval on performance
nights; Brodsky is open from 11am with last food
orders at 7pm and the Concert Bar is open from
5pm until 11pm.
On Junior School days during term time the Café is
open from 8am until 3.30pm or until the interval of
the evening performance. At other times the Café
is open one hour prior to the performance time
until the interval for events in the Concert Hall or
Theatre.
During vacations the Concert Bar opens one hour
prior to the performance time.
Brodsky
In conjunction with the opening of the refurbished
Concert Hall, Brodsky is delighted to be launching
a new menu with vibrant new dishes sitting
alongside firm favourites. To reserve your table in
Brodsky please call 0161 907 5353 or 5252.
Afternoon Tea
Having enjoyed a lunchtime concert, why not
treat yourself to afternoon tea in Brodsky? Priced
at £9.95 per person, afternoon tea is available
Monday – Friday and must be pre-booked. Please
call 0161 907 5353 or 5252.
Hospitality at the RNCM
The RNCM can also provide catering for social
functions, events, dinners, training events, meetings
and conferences in our venues. Please contact
our Conference and Catering Team on
0161 907 5353 or hospitality@rncm.ac.uk
for further details.
Outside term time and at weekends opening hours
are dependent upon the performance programme.
Please call 0161 907 5353 or 5252 for full details
of menus and opening hours.
Brodsky and the Concert Bar are Cask Marque accredited.
All food items and menus are subject to availability.
The RNCM THEATRE boasts one of the largest
black box stages in Manchester with ample wing
space, orchestra pit, lighting box area and space
for a sound desk in addition to the seated capacity.
Along with these features, it also benefits from the
newly refurbished backstage area including access
to all the new dressing room spaces, technical
equipment and loading area. There are 607 seats
in the Theatre with an option to place additional
audience seating over the orchestra pit, taking the
total maximum capacity to 657 seats.
The RNCM STUDIO THEATRE is a flexible black
box space which has an audience capacity of up
to 140 seats. The space is equipped with projector,
screen and a flexible lighting rig, suitable for a
variety of events from theatre to talks to music
performances. It has two private dressing rooms
attached to the space and can be configured in
a variety of set-ups from Theatre Style, Cabaret or
even In The Round.
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BOX OFFICE 0161 907 5555
Sponsors and Supporters
Albert and Eugenie
Frost Music Trust
Eric and Margaret
Kinder Charitable Trust
Event Partners

2015 at the RNCM Concert Hall - Royal Northern College of Music

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