Live Music at
the University
of Huddersfield
Classic and contemporary.
Daytime and evening.
Live music performances at
the University of Huddersfield.
December
Thursday 1 December
Mike Walker and Stuart McCallum
1.15pm – Phipps Hall
Two of the UK’s best-known guitarists
combine their astounding techniques
in a musical journey that is warmhearted
and selfless.
University Symphonic Wind Orchestra
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Directors: Mike O’Farrell and Jonathan Beatty
•Holst - Hammersmith Prelude
and Scherzo Op. 52
•Arnold, arr. Paynter - Four Scottish Dances
•Sparke - Symphonic Metamorphosis
on themes from Saint-Saëns
Thursday 8 December
Featured events (see opposite)
Monday 12 December
The University Big Band and Friends
7.30pm – Phipps Hall
The University’s ever-popular Big Band
is joined by smaller ensembles for a night
of jazz classics.
Director: Sean Miller
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Classical
Jazz, Rock, Folk
CeReNeM
Wednesday 14 December
Organ Recital
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Thomas Moore: University Organist
Thursday 15 December
Anton Lyakhovsky: piano
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Russian masterpieces of the
19th and 20th centuries
The University Choir
Joys and Sorrows
6.00pm – St Paul’s Hall
The University Choir welcomes in Christmas
with a programme of vocal works from
the 15th to 17th centuries. Followed by
a festive mince pie reception.
Featured in December
Thursday 8 December
Early Music Day
The Goldfinch Ensemble
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Multi-award-winning early music
groups The Goldfinch Ensemble present
a programme of works for flute, violin,
viola da gamba and harpsichord.
Supported by the EEEmerging programme.
•F Couperin - Sonade ‘la Pucelle’
from la Française (1726)
•JS Bach - Flute sonata in C
•Couperin - Quatrième concert royal
•Bach - Prélude
•Bach - Trio sonata in G BWV 1068
The University Chamber Choir,
String Orchestra and Orchestra
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
Join University ensembles on a journey
from Restoration London to 18th century
Vienna. Featuring music for Chapel,
Theatre and Concert by Blow, Purcell
and Mozart.
Directors: John Bryan and David Milsom
Conductor: Lisa Colton
Accompanist: Naomi Longhurst
•Thomas Tallis (c.1505–85) - O Ye Tender Babes
•Jo Kennedy - Westerley
•Hayne van Ghizeghem (b.c.1445) - Alles regretz
•Ludwig Senfl (c.1490–c.1556) - Da Jakob
nu das Kleid ansah
•John Amner (1579–1641) - Woe is me
•Anonymous carol (1415) - Deo gracias, Anglia
•Henry Purcell (1659–95) - Sound the trumpet
•Juan de Encina (c.1468–1529) - Triste España
sin ventura
•Juan Ponce (f.1500) - Ave, color vini clari
•Leonard Cohen - Halleluiah
•Jamie Hall - Sleep, My Jesu
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January
Monday 16 January
Garth Knox: solo viola
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
•Jane O’Leary - Number 19 2015 (7 mins)
•Salvatore Sciarrino - Tre notturni brillanti
1975 (10 mins)
•Garth Knox - Cinq Petites Entropies for
viola d’amore 2016 (12 mins)
•Fred Frith - Woulda Coulda Shoulda 2016 (5 mins)
•And works by University of Huddersfield
composition students
Wednesday 18 January
Organ recital
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Dominic Cheung: final year organ student
Thomas Moore: University Organist
Thursday 19 January
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Classical
Jazz, Rock, Folk
CeReNeM
Thursday 26 January
Primitive London
Planet Savage
1.15pm – Phipps Hall
Primitive London pays a tribute to
the marvels of British “library music”
and its forgotten treasures from the
20th century.
This Anglo-French
quartet winks at these psychedelic
pieces, shady atmospheric ambiances
and peplum-worthy melodies
that were used as radio interludes,
TV programme trailers and other
sonic backdrops.
TWO: Aisha Orazbayeva: violin
and Joe Houston: piano
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
The work of John Cabe, Morton Feldman
and Christian Wolff is celebrated in
a programme spanning over 60 years
of music, from Cage’s 6 melodies (1950)
to Wolff’s Wade in the Water (2015),
plus works by CeReNeM postgraduate
composition students.
Staff of the University of Huddersfield
perform Messaien’s iconic and intense
Quatuor. Inspired by a passage from
the Book of Revelation, the work was
composed and premiered in 1941
in a German prisoner-of-war camp.
Emily Worthington: clarinet
David Milsom: violin
George Kennaway: cello
Philip Thomas: piano
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February
Wednesday 8 February
Organ Recital
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
David Ratnanayagam: Assistant Organist,
Durham Cathedral
Classical
Jazz, Rock, Folk
CeReNeM
Thursday 9 February
Toby Martin: guitar, piano, voice
1.15pm – Phipps Hall
Toby plays songs from across his albums
in stripped-back solo style. Including
songs from his most recent album Songs
from Northam Avenue – a musical portrait
of the Sydney suburb of Bankstown.
Juliet Fraser: voice
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
A new programme for solo voice
inspired by non-classical traditions
of transmission and transcription.
The programme features a brand-new
work by Cassandra Miller and compositions
written for Juliet by postgraduate
students at the University of Huddersfield.
Featured in February
Thursday 16 February
Boxwood, Brass and
Battles: Wind Music in
the Shadow of Napoleon
University staff and students join leading
period-instrument ensemble Boxwood
& Brass for a day exploring how music
by Beethoven was heard during his life
in post-Napoleonic Vienna.
Pre-concert talk
12:30pm – St Paul’s Hall
Harmoniemusik and
Historically-Informed Performance
Boxwood & Brass: Beethoven arr. anon:
Symphony No. 7
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
A rare chance to hear Beethoven’s
much-loved symphony performed
on period instruments in the epic
harmoniemusik version issued by
his own publisher in 1816.
Pre-concert talk
5:30pm – St Paul’s Hall
Wind Music on and off the Battlefield
Boxwood, Brass and Battles:
Wind Music in the Shadow of Napoleon
6.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Boxwood & Brass join University musicians
in Beethoven’s amazing ‘Battle Symphony’
Wellington’s Victory, depicting the 1813
Battle of Victoria.
The University Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Directors: Mike O’Farrell and Jonathan Beatty
www.boxwoodandbrass.co.uk
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Part of the School of Music, Humanities and Media Sound.Vision.Place series.
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Featured in February
Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 February
Electric Spring
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Free admission to all concerts
The 21st edition of Electric Spring is
a five-day sonic exploration of label-defying
electronic music. Featured artists include
Alex McLean (UK), Beatriz Ferreyra (AR/FR),
Dave Smith (UK), and Richard Scott (UK)
with nightly installations by Stewart
Worthy and a screening of Mirror Lands,
a film by Mark Lyken and Emma Dove.
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Find out more at www.electricspring.co.uk
Hosted in collaboration with the Sound and
Music in Documentary Film Symposium
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March
Thursday 2 March
Snake Davis, John Thirkell and friends
1.15pm – Phipps Hall
Snake Davis is widely regarded as one
of the most talented saxophonists in the
music business today. He is in demand
with the biggest names in the British
and overseas pop music scene, and
can be heard on the tracks of Westlife,
Jamiroquai and Amy Winehouse,
amongst others.
“Snake Davis has one of the most passionate Sax
styles and simple bluesy approaches à-la Sanborn
heard in these Isles for a while.” Time Out
“A virtuoso saxophonist” Daily Telegraph
Wednesday 8 March
Organ Recital
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
David Humphreys: Assistant Director of Music,
Peterborough Cathedral
Thursday 9 March
Featured events (see opposite)
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Classical
Jazz, Rock, Folk
CeReNeM
Thursday 9 March
Line upon Line Percussion
7.30pm – Phipps Hall
Programme includes works by
Andrew Greenwald, Thomas Meadowcroft
and postgraduate students of the
University of Huddersfield.
Adam Bedell, Cullen Faulk and Matthew Teodori
Featured in March
Thursday 9 March
Saxophone Day
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Recital. Claude Delangle: saxophone,
Odile Catelin-Delangle: piano
2.30pm – 4.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
Masterclass: Claude Delangle
6.00pm – St Paul’s Hall
The University Saxophone Ensemble
Thursday 16 March
Martyn Shaw: flute
Brenda Blewett: piano
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
A recital of 19th century works for
flute and piano performed on original
instruments. The ‘Nicholson’s “Improved”
flute’ gives a unique window on the
performance practices of Charles Nicholson
(1795-1837), one of England’s greatest
flautists and the inspiration behind
Theobold Böhm’s design of the modern
flute. The programme includes a Fantasia
by Nicholson and Böhm’s 19th century
adaptation of Schubert’s Lieder, performed
on an original Thomas Prowse (Junior)
flute c.1839.
The Fourth University of Huddersfield
Saxophone Day, directed by Sarah
Markham, welcomes one of the masters
of the contemporary saxophone,
international soloist, researcher and
pedagogue Claude Delangle as special
guest. Join us in this celebration of the
saxophone, with concerts, workshops,
masterclass and a trade exhibition.
This event is generously supported
by Selmer, Yamaha, Vandoren, D’Addario
Woodwind, and Yanagisawa.
Part of the School of Music, Humanities
and Media Sound.Vision.Place series.
Featured in March
Thursday 23 March
Brass Day
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Guards Brass Recital
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
University Brass Band and Guards Brass
Following last year’s popular day, the
10-piece Guards Brass Ensemble of the
Household Division return to perform
an eclectic mix of modern and traditional
classics from the brass repertoire
and beyond.
March
Classical
Jazz, Rock, Folk
CeReNeM
Thursday 23 March
Featured events (see opposite)
Thursday 30 March
Ensemble 360
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Martinu’s nostalgic Nonet for wind and
strings is contrasted with Spohr’s highspirited work for the same combination.
•Martinu - Nonet
•Spohr - Nonet Op. 31
The University Chamber Choir
and Early Music Ensemble
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
Ein feste Burg: a programme reflecting
the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s
95 Theses that began the Reformation,
with elegant settings of Lutheran
chorales by his contemporaries, dances
and sonatas by later German composers
and organ chorale preludes on Lutheran
themes by J.S. Bach.
Director: John Bryan
with Four’s Company (Amanda Babington
and David Milsom: violins, John Bryan: bass viol,
Graham Cummings: harpsichord) and John Scott
Whiteley: Organist Emeritus, York Minster
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April
Monday 3 April
Quasar Saxophone Quartet
7.30pm – Phipps Hall
The Montreal-based Quasar Saxophone
Quartet offers an immersive sonic
experience where the universes of
electronic and acoustic music converge.
The four impassioned saxophonists present
these bold and innovative explorations
into the world of sound in the digital era.
Including the English premiere of Pierre Alexandre
Tremblay’s Jules Leger Award-winning Les pâleurs
de la lune, alongside works of CeReNeM
postgraduate composers.
Thursday 6 April
Stef Conner – Early Words to Late Music
1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall
Royal Philharmonic Society Prize-winning
composer and former member of the
Unthanks Stef Conner presents an
imaginative contemporary vocal
soundscape coloured by the music
and poetry of the ancient world.
Classical
Jazz, Rock, Folk
CeReNeM
Thursday 6 April
The University Choir, String Orchestra
and Orchestra
7.30pm – St Paul’s Hall
Bringing the curtain down on this
year’s concert series, we present a varied
mixture of genres, styles, and approaches.
The University Orchestra, under the baton
of Robert Guy, continues to explore the
‘classical’ symphony, with a performance
of Beethoven’s first symphony. The wind
section performs Finnish composer
Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Octet, whilst
the University String Orchestra, under
David Milsom’s direction, moves from
northern to eastern Europe, with a short
programme of Baltic music, including
material by Arvo Pärt.
The University Choir, directed by
David Milsom and accompanied by
the magnificent organ of St Paul’s,
presents a programme, leading on
from themes of mysticism and the
religious embodied in Rautavaara’s
and Pärt’s music, with music themed
around Eastertide, as we approach
the start of Holy Week in the
Christian calendar.
Conductors: Robert Guy and David Milsom
•Beethoven - Symphony No 1
•Rautavaara - Wind Octet
•Music by Arvo Pärt
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General information
For more information about these events,
visit www.hud.ac.uk/concerts
The University reserves the right to change
or cancel events by artists without notice.
Getting here
Huddersfield is located between Leeds
and Manchester and is accessible by road,
rail or bus.
Our events take place in two venues:
St Paul’s Hall and the Phipps Concert Hall
(located in the Creative Arts Building).
Accessibility
The University of Huddersfield and
all its venues are fully accessible for
disabled patrons.
Book tickets:
Email: Tel: Online: [email protected]
01484 471873
www.store.hud.ac.uk
Ticket prices:
Daytime
Adult:
£3.00
Senior:
£2.00
Student:Free
Evening
Adult:
£7.50
Senior:
£5.00
Student:Free
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