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SPRING
EVENTS
2016
Highlights
Participatory Events
Lectures & Seminars
Masterclasses & Workshops
Chamber Music Series
Prizes & Competitions
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Events Guide Spring Season 2016
Listings for January – April
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Out and About
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Ticket & Booking Information 30
Visiting Us
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Supporting Us
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In Brief
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Diary events are colour coded for easy referencing
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Highlights
Participatory Events
Lectures & Seminars
Masterclasses & Workshops
Chamber Music Series
Prizes and Competitions
Box Office – Ticketed event
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Junior Department events. Please call the Junior Department on
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RCM Sparks and the Royal Albert Hall work in partnership to deliver innovative
learning and participation opportunities for all ages. This unique combination
of education expertise and diverse concert programming offers exciting and
engaging activities for all and gives access to two iconic institutions.
See www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks for further details.
The RCM is grateful to the Royal Garden Hotel for its generous support of the
RCM’s visiting International Conductors Programme.
All public performances in the RCM Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the
Britten Theatre operate under rules of management for places of entertainment
issued by Westminster City Council.
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WELCOME TO A NEW
SPRING SEASON AT THE
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
We have a rich and varied programme of events this spring, with opportunities
to experience the depth and variety of the talents of our performers. We
are also joined by some exceptional musicians to lead us through exciting
repertoire.
Steve Reich joins us for a concert that showcases both his chamber and
his orchestral works, before an open masterclass with RCM composers. To
complement his visit, our Exploring Minimalism series includes seminal works
from both sides of the Atlantic, including pieces by John Adams, Philip Glass
and Michael Nyman.
Håkan Hardenberger will lead a masterclass on three modern trumpet
concertos. We also welcome John Wilson to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of Henri Dutilleux with the gargantuan Symphony no 2 and a late-night
performance of the extraordinary Les Citations.
Our ever-popular and successful keyboard festival this year takes us through
the colours of Spain, in Hispania. Focused around the music of two anniversary
composers, Ginastera and Granados, the programmes also include song and
the unusual Tientos for organ. A further festival features the harp in many
guises, with Ginastera’s harp concerto, masterclasses and the spectacular
RCM Harp Ensemble in Harp Week.
International Women’s Day is marked by a series of events,
with masterclasses and concerts, including a world premiere
by Judith Bingham. Our students show their creative and
collaborative workings in the return of the Great Exhibitionists
and our Music and Ideas series continues with talks on
opera, music education and the foundation of the Royal
Philharmonic Society.
We round off the Spring Season with the two masters of the
Baroque, with a performance of J S Bach’s Missa brevis by the
RCM Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, and, in conjunction
with the London Handel Festival, RCM singers perform Handel’s
famous opera Ariodante, with its tale of deceit and intrigue.
We look forward to welcoming you here.
Stephen Johns | Artistic Director
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WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY
explorensemble
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Michael Finnissy
Banumbirr
Josephine Stephenson
Movement Still
Scelsi Ko-Lho
Agricola (arr Nicholas Moroz) De tous biens plaine LV 81 & LV 82
Oliver Christophe Leith Blue-sky Sprites
Georges Aperghis La nuit en tête
Josephine Stephenson
Explorensemble celebrates the 70th birthday of RCM alumnus Michael
Finnissy with a performance of his spellbinding Banumbirr. Also on the bill
are two works by rising star composers RCM alumna Josephine Stephenson
and Oliver Christophe Leith.
Tickets: £5
Michael Finnissy
MONDAY 11 JANUARY
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY
WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY
Baroque Flute Masterclass
with Wilbert Hazelzet
Vocal Masterclass with
Jonathan Lemalu
10.00am
2.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 12 JANUARY
Horn Masterclass with
Stefan Dohr
10.00am
Recital Hall
Tickets: £5
Baroque Flute Masterclass
with Wilbert Hazelzet
10.00am
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Baroque Flute Masterclass
with Wilbert Hazelzet
2.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Music Talks: Let There Be
Light – Haydn’s Creation
10.15am
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Katy Hamilton discusses the
development of Haydn’s Creation
and its enduring legacy as a work
beloved of choirs around the world.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
Britten Theatre
RCM alumnus and Grammy awardwinning bass baritone Jonathan
Lemalu works with star RCM singers
in this afternoon masterclass.
Tickets: £5
Baroque Flute Masterclass
with Wilbert Hazelzet
2.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
explorensemble
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See panel above for details
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THURSDAY 14 JANUARY
RCM Chamber Music
1.05pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
East Parry Room
Daniel Snowman looks at opera in
its widest historical perspective.
He explores the world of opera
houses, impresarios, monarchs,
money makers, artists, audiences
and the impact of changing laws
and technologies, from the origins
of opera in Renaissance Italy to our
own times.
Free but tickets required
Oboe Masterclass with
Olivier Stankiewicz
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Orchestral Masterworks:
Elgar’s Enigma Variations
6.00pm
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 19 JANUARY
Music and Ideas:
The Gilded Stage
5.15pm
MONDAY 18 JANUARY
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 10 for details
Harp Masterclass with
Catherine Michel
10.00am
Corelli Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
Frank Bridge Symposium
10.00am
Inner Parry Room
The RCM presents a symposium
on the early chamber works of
alumnus Frank Bridge to celebrate
the publication of three of the
composer’s manuscripts held in the
RCM collections.
Tickets include access to three
conference sessions and a
workshop with pianist, broadcaster
and composer David Owen Norris,
as well as refreshments.
For more information visit
www.rcm.ac.uk/frankbridge
Free but tickets required
FRIDAY 15 JANUARY
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
SATURDAY 16 JANUARY
RCM Junior Department
Soloists’ Concert
5.30pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
A Celebration of Bridge’s
Chamber Music
7.00pm
Inner Parry Room
BridgeRomance for violin and piano
String Quartet in B flat major
Phantasie Piano Trio in C minor
Three Idylls
String Quartet no 3
RCM musicians present wonderful
chamber music by the English
composer, violist, conductor
and RCM alumnus Frank Bridge,
including his previously unpublished
String Quartet in B flat major.
Part of the Frank Bridge Symposium
Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY
Music Talks: Consuming
Passion – Wagner’s Tristan und
Isolde
10.15am
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Karl Lutchmayer explains how
Wagner’s remarkable harmonic
experiments in Tristan und Isolde
led to the total emancipation of
music from the strictures of the
tonal system.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
RCM Chamber Music
1.05pm
Inner Parry Room
Bottesini Gran duo concertante
for violin and double
bass
MendelssohnString Octet in E flat
major op 20
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
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Håkan Hardenberger
Håkan Hardenberger at the RCM
Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound’ series featuring Håkan Hardenberger.
www.philharmonia.co.uk/hakanhardenberger
THURSDAY 21 JANUARY
FRIDAY 22 JANUARY
Trumpet Masterclass
2.00pm
RCM Symphony Orchestra: From the Wreckage
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Timothy Lines conductor
Christopher Hart (RAM), Illiam Quane (RNCM)
and Jack Wilson (RCM) trumpet
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Lines conductor
Håkan Hardenberger conductor*
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Jack Wilson trumpet
Harrison Birtwistle
Endless Parade
Peter Maxwell Davies Trumpet Concerto
Mark-Anthony Turnage From the Wreckage
Mark-Anthony Turnage From the Wreckage
Janáček Sinfonietta*
Top trumpeters from the Royal College of Music, Royal
Academy of Music and Royal Northern College of Music
tackle three virtuosic contemporary concertos written by
composers connected with their conservatoire, under
the inspirational direction of Håkan Hardenberger.
This event will be streamed live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live
Both works featured in tonight’s programme showcase
the extraordinary might of the trumpet. RCM brass
students take centre stage to perform Janáček’s
Sinfonietta, conducted by Håkan Hardenberger, while
Jack Wilson performs professor Mark-Anthony Turnage’s
trumpet concerto From the Wreckage.
Tickets: £5, £8
Tickets: £5
Pre-concert talk with Jonathan Cole
5.15pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Free to concert-ticket holders
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TUESDAY 26 JANUARY
RCM Wind Ensemble
7.30pm Recital Hall
RCM Wind Ensemble
Simon Channing director
Mládí JWVII/10
Janáček Beethoven (arr Robin O’Neill) Sonata no 8 in C minor op 13 ‘Pathétique’
R Strauss Serenade in E flat major op 7
Mozart Serenade in C minor K 388
Royal College of Music Head of Woodwind Simon Channing directs the RCM
Wind Ensemble in a stirring programme which includes Janáček’s Mladi and
serenades by Mozart and Richard Strauss, as well as an arrangement of
Beethoven’s Sonata no 8 in C minor op 13 ‘Pathétique’.
Tickets: £5
This programme will also be performed at Brighton Dome on Sunday 24
January, 11.00am.
THURSDAY 21 JANUARY
MONDAY 25 JANUARY
TUESDAY 26 JANUARY
Håkan Hardenberger at the
RCM: Trumpet Masterclass
Professors’ Concerts:
Christian Garrick Jazz Strings
RCM Students’ Film
Orchestra
2.00pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 6 for details
FRIDAY 22 JANUARY
Violin Masterclass with
Peter Schuhmayer
2.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM jazz violin professor Christian
Garrick and his quintet are joined
by Britain’s foremost improvising
cellist Ben Davis for an exploration
of classic jazz pieces from Duke
Ellington and George Gershwin,
as well as a selection of original
tunes by pianist David Gordon and
Christian himself.
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 6 for details
The RCM Students’ Film Orchestra
performs music from the movies
including Gone with the Wind, How
to Train Your Dragon and the Harry
Potter franchise.
Presented by the
RCM Students’ Union
Free but tickets required
Free but tickets required
RCM Wind Ensemble
Free but tickets required
Håkan Hardenberger
at the RCM:
RCM Symphony Orchestra:
From the Wreckage
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Violin Masterclass with
Vasko Vassilev
3.00pm
Recital Hall
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
7.30pm
Recital Hall
See panel above for details
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WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY
Music Talks: Magical
Tenderness – Purcell’s Dido
and Aeneas
10.15am
Ruth Gibson
Bogdan Božovic
Sini Simonen
Francesco Dillon
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Katy Hamilton investigates the
musical world of late 17th-century
England and the curious tale of two
lovers divided by fate and sorcery.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
String Quartet Collective
Open Rehearsal
2.00pm
Inner Parry Room
See left panel for details
WEDNESDAY 27 & THURSDAY 28 JANUARY
String Quartet Collective
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
The Royal College of Music’s String Quartet Collective returns with four
exceptional musicians from different string ensembles coming together
to form a brand new quartet. In addition to a lunchtime recital, there will
also be an opportunity to experience the creative process of the quartet
in an open rehearsal.
This year we are delighted to welcome violinists Sini Simonen (Castalian
String Quartet) and Bogdan Božovic (formerly Vienna Piano Trio), violist
Ruth Gibson (Ensemble 360) and cellist Francesco Dillon (Quartetto
Prometeo) to form this year’s String Quartet Collective.
WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY
Open Rehearsal
2.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Recital
Schnittke String Quartet no 3
Tchaikovsky String Quartet no 3 in E flat minor op 30
Free but tickets required
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Eric Sammut percussion
Debussy (arr Gérard Lecointe)
Suite bergamasque
Bizet (arr Eric Sammut) Carmen
Eric Sammut Blue Somewhere
Eric Sammut Hombre d’Août
Dani Howard Remonte
Eric Sammut Sugaria
The RCM Percussion Showcase
returns with a showstopping
concert featuring percussionist and
composer Eric Sammut.
Tickets: £5
THURSDAY 28 JANUARY
1.05pm
Percussion Showcase
7.30pm
Recital Hall
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THURSDAY 28 JANUARY
SATURDAY 30 JANUARY
String Quartet Collective
Recital
7.30pm
1.05pm
Recital Hall
See page 8 for details
Piano Masterclass with
Dmitri Alexeev
2.30pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
FRIDAY 29 JANUARY
Derek Jones Flute Recital
1.05pm
Inner Parry Room
Debussy (arr Platanov) Prélude à
l’après-midi d’un faune
Anne BoydGoldfish Through
Summer Rain
Sculthorpe Songs of Sea and Sky
Derek Jones Stillness
Mark Pollard Under Simple Stars
Brian Brown Lily’s Garden
Messiaen
Le merle noir
Medtner Chamber Music
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM pianists and string players
perform with pianists specialising
in Medtner. Guests include Caspar
Vos performing Medtner’s Sonata in
E minor op 25 no 2 ‘Night-Wind’ and
Jonathan Powell playing Sonata in
A minor op 30.
WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY
Orchestral Masterworks:
Rachmaninov’s Piano
Concerto no 3
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 10 for details
THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY
RCM Chamber Music
Tickets: £5
1.05pm
Recital Hall
Alan Shellard conductor
MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Free but tickets required
Mozart
Serenade in E flat major
K 375
Handel Music for the Royal
Fireworks HWV 351
Free but tickets required
Opera Scenes
5.30pm
Britten Theatre
RCM singers present a selection of
favourite operatic scenes, intimately
staged with piano accompaniment.
Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY
Flute Masterclass with
Derek Jones
2.30pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Opera Scenes
5.30pm
Britten Theatre
RCM singers present a selection of
favourite operatic scenes, intimately
staged with piano accompaniment.
Free but tickets required
Music Talks: The Final Years
– Chopin’s Late Piano Works
10.15am
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Karl Lutchmayer considers the
startling harmonies of Chopin’s
Barcarolle, Fourth Ballade and
op 63 Mazurkas.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
Saxophone Recital with
Marcus Weiss
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Milhaud Scaramouche
Carter Inner Song
Debussy Recueillement and
La mort des amants from Cinq
poèmes de Baudelaire
Giorgio Netti Affrettandosi verso il
centro della luce risonante
J S Bach Adagio after Organ
Sonata no 1 BWV 525
Schulhoff Hot-Sonate
One of today’s most respected
saxophonists, Marcus Weiss
performs a varied programme ahead
of a masterclass on 5 February.
Free but tickets required
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Orchestral Masterworks
The RCM Philharmonic presents four spectacular rush-hour concerts featuring popular symphonic hits and
well-known concertos that promise to entertain and inspire.
Tickets: £5, £8
THURSDAY 14 JANUARY
WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY
Elgar’s Enigma Variations
6.00pm
Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no 3
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Peter Stark conductor
RCM Philharmonic
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme op 36 ‘Enigma’
For the opening night of the RCM’s Orchestral
Masterworks spring series, the RCM Philharmonic
presents an orchestral classic. Dedicated ‘to my friends
pictured within’, Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations offers up
a series of marvellously crafted and entertaining
musical portraits of some of the composer’s closest
family and friends.
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Martin André conductor
Vitaly Pisarenko piano
RCM Philharmonic
Dani Howard Velvet Spires (world premiere)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor op 30
Following his recent performance of Rachmaninov’s
Third Piano Concerto with the Hallé Orchestra,
we’re pleased to welcome superb RCM pianist Vitaly
Pisarenko to the stage to perform this most technically
challenging work with the RCM Philharmonic. Also on
the programme is the world premiere of Velvet Spires by
rising star composer and concerto competition winner
Dani Howard.
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ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS TICKET OFFER
Book 2 concerts and receive 10% discount
Book 3 concerts and receive 20% discount
Book 4 concerts and receive 30% discount
WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
Mendelssohn’s Symphony no 4
Dvořák’s Symphony no 9
6.00pm
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Alexander Polishchuk conductor
Juliana Myslov harp
RCM Phiharmonic
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Martin André conductor
RCM Philharmonic
Harp Concerto op 25
Ginastera
Mendelssohn Symphony no 4 in A major op 90 ‘Italian’
Mozart Overture: Don Giovanni
Dvořák Symphony no 9 in E minor op 95
‘From the New World’
Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Argentinian
composer Ginastera, concerto competition winner
Juliana Myslov performs his ravishing Harp Concerto.
Audiences are also treated to Mendelssohn’s popular
Fourth Symphony, bursting with the colour, sounds and
exuberance of Italy.
For the final concert of the season, the RCM
Philharmonic presents two great masterworks:
Dvořák’s popular ‘New World’ symphony, with its
famous and evocative second movement, coupled
with the dramatic overture from one of Mozart’s bestloved operas, Don Giovanni.
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FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY
TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY
Saxophone Masterclass
with Marcus Weiss
Trumpet Masterclass
with Matthias Höfs
7.30pm
2.00pm
10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Recital Hall
Belle Shenkman International
Masterclass
Free but tickets required
Viola Masterclass with
Jennifer Stumm
2.00pm
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Opera Scenes
5.30pm
Britten Theatre
RCM singers present a selection of
favourite operatic scenes, intimately
staged with piano accompaniment.
Free but tickets required
RCM Visiting Professor and virtuoso
trumpeter Matthias Höfs returns
to work with members of he RCM
Brass Faculty.
Tickets: £5
Music of Vauxhall Pleasure
Gardens
7.30pm
Inner Parry Room
Join RCM musicians, including
Junior Fellow Magdalena
Loth-Hill, for an evening of vocal
and instrumental works inspired by
the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
Free but tickets required
WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY
Music Talks: Life’s
Consolation – Brahms’ Ein
deutsches Requiem
10.15am
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Katy Hamilton examines Brahms’
landmark work Ein deutsches
Requiem as well as the composer’s
views on the Requiem form.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
Viola Masterclass with
Maxim Rysanov
RCM Chamber Music
10.00am
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
1.05pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Maxim Rysanov Recital
Recital Hall
Maxim Rysanov viola
Ashley Wass piano
Programme to include
Schubert (arr Maxim Rysanov)
Sonatina in G minor D 408
Leonid Desyatnikov
Wie der alte Leiermann
Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Jazz Style
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
Jack McCaw
Memorial Concert
7.30pm
Britten Theatre
The RCM celebrates the life of
clarinettist Jack McCaw, one of
the most distinguished woodwind
performers and teachers of his
generation. The concert will include
recordings of his playing, as well as
reflections on his life and career,
and performances of pieces by
Beethoven, Mozart and Poulenc.
Tickets: £5
THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY
Dutilleux Day:
Piano Concert
1.05pm
Recital Hall
See page 13 for details
Dutilleux Day: John Wilson
Conducts the RCM Symphony
Orchestra
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 13 for details
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
Dutilleux Day: Les Citations
9.35pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 13 for details
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John Wilson
THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY
Dutilleux Day
The RCM presents a day of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henri Dutilleux, one of the
greatest French composers of the 20th century.
Piano Concert
1.05pm
Recital Hall
Outstanding RCM keyboard players
perform a selection of works,
including Dutilleux’s Piano Sonata.
Free but tickets required
John Wilson Conducts the
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Pre-concert talk: Dutilleux’s
Stylistic Journey
7.30pm
6.15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
John Wilson conductor
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Dutilleux Symphony no 2 ‘Le double’
RCM alumnus John Wilson, one
of the UK’s most in-demand
conductors, makes a welcome
return to the RCM stage to conduct
Dutilleux’s ‘Le double’ symphony.
This captivating work showcases
Dutilleux’s skills as a composer
who was intensely attuned to the
sensual and profound. Also on
the bill is Ravel’s famous and
evocative Rapsodie espagnole,
highlighting the mutual inspiration
and the differences between these
masterful French composers.
Following his two sell-out BBC Proms
performances in 2015, don’t miss
this opportunity to see John Wilson
conduct this exciting programme.
Supported by the RCM
Patrons’ Circle
Tickets: £10, £15
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Kenneth Hesketh discusses
Dutilleux’s life and work with
Caroline Potter and Caroline Rae.
F
ree to concert-ticket holders
Les Citations
9.35pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Dutilleux
Les Citations
Maurice Ohana Miroir de Célestine
Dutilleux (arr Kenneth Hesketh)
Blackbird
This late-night concert offers
the chance to hear Dutilleux’s
rarely-performed chamber music
masterpiece Les Citations played in
its most recent, 2010, revision by
RCM musicians.
T
ickets: £5 (or free with John
Wilson ticket)
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Harp Week
The harp takes centre stage this week in an exciting series of events. The versatile instrument is paired with
electronics in From the Soundhouse and takes the role of soloist in our Orchestral Masterworks series. French
harpist Sylvain Blassel also joins us for a concert with the RCM Harp Ensemble and for a masterclass with star
RCM harpists.
HARP WEEK SPECIAL OFFER
Buy tickets to more than one Harp Week event and get 10% off
MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY
TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY
From the Soundhouse
RCM Harp Ensemble
7.30pm
7.30pm
Masterclass with
Sylvain Blassel
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Michael Oliva electronics
Asier Puga conductor*
Anna Quiroga harp
Nono Omaggio a György Kurtág*
Lillie Harris Chrysalis
Tal Concerto for harp and
electronic music
Nicholas Moroz Semantron
From the Soundhouse starts Harp
Week at the Royal College of Music
with Josef Tal’s Concerto for harp
and electronic music, performed
by RCM harpist Anna Quiroga and
professor Michael Oliva.
The programme also contains works
by current RCM composers Lillie
Harris and Nicholas Moroz, as well
as Luigi Nono’s homage to György
Kurtág, conducted by Asier Puga.
Tickets: £5
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM Harp Ensemble
Sylvain Blassel harp
Contemporary harpist Sylvain
Blassel and the RCM Harp
Ensemble present an eclectic
programme of music for this
incredibly diverse instrument, The
programme includes Shostakovich’s
Jazz Suite Valse no 2 and Poulenc’s
L’embarquement pour Cythère,
arranged by Ieuan Jones.
Tickets: £5
2.00pm
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
Orchestral Masterworks:
Mendelssohn’s Symphony no 4
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM harpist and concerto
competition winner Juliana
Myslov performs Ginastera’s
Harp Concerto with the RCM
Philharmonic.
See page 11 for details
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
FRIDAY 12 –
SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY
German Song Onstage
(1770-1914) Conference
1.05pm
This collaborative conference explores
the history of the public musical
concert as an artistic, cultural and
social phenomenon, specifically
through the role of German song.
The three days include public talks,
workshops and concerts at both the
RCM and Wigmore Hall.
For more information visit
www.rcm.ac.uk/germansongonstage
RCM Chamber Music
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Harp Week: From the
Soundhouse
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 14 for details
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM singers
Varvara Tarasova piano
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
East Parry Room
See page 14 for details
Experimental Music
7.30pm
2.00pm
Recital Hall
RCM composers present a
programme of works encompassing
conceptual, theatrical, multimedia
and collaborative dimensions.
Free but tickets required
Orchestral Masterworks:
Mendelssohn’s Symphony no 4
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 11 for details
THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY
RCM Chamber Music
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
Brass Chamber Showcase
7.30pm
Focusing on the second suite from
Ravel’s masterwork Daphnis et
Chloé, Karl Lutchmayer explores
the possibilities offered by the early
20th-century symphony orchestra.
6.00pm
Tickets: £5
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Harp Week: Masterclass
with Sylvain Blassel
Harp Week:
RCM Harp Ensemble
See page 14 for details
Part of German Song Onstage
(1770-1914) Conference
10.15am
TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY
7.30pm
Clara Schumann’s recital of 5
January 1870 is explored as part
of the German Song Onstage
(1770-1914) Conference taking
place at the Royal College of Music.
The programme includes music by
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and, of
course, Schumann.
Music Talks: The Artist’s
Palette – Ravel’s Daphnis et
Chloé
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY
Clara Schumann as Song
Accompanist
WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY
Recital Hall
Biagio Marini Canzona
Sweelinck (arr Steven Verhelst) Mein
junges Leben hat ein End
Bozza
Sonatine for brass
quintet
MendelssohnIncidental Music from
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
Poulenc
Sonata for trumpet,
horn, trombone
Ewald
Quintet no 2 in E flat
major op 6
Anthony Plog 4 Sketches
Free but tickets required
RCM Wind Orchestra
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 16 for details
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THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY
RCM Wind Orchestra
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Ben Gernon conductor
Yaroslava Trofymchuk cello
RCM Wind Orchestra
Asphalt Cocktail
John Mackey
Gulda
Concerto for cello and wind orchestra
Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
Rising star British conductor Ben Gernon is making a name for himself
across the globe. Following a year as a Dudamel Fellow with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic and his Proms debut in 2014, we're delighted to
welcome him to the stage to conduct the RCM Wind Orchestra. The thrilling
programme includes Gulda's Concerto for cello and wind orchestra and
RCM alumnus Ralph Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite.
Tickets: £5
FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY
FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY
Conducting Masterclass with
Alexander Polishchuk
7.30pm
10.00am
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
Hispania: Spanish Rhapsody
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 17 for details
Hispania: Music and Ideas:
Albéniz Beyond Iberia
5.15pm
Corelli Room
See page 17 for details
Exploring the Archives
Recital Hall
Programme to include
L Berkeley Violin Sonata no 1
(UK premiere)
BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc
Trelawny introduces an evening
of music by composers connected
to the RCM which includes the UK
premiere of Lennox Berkeley’s Violin
Sonata no 1. Some of the original
manuscripts will also be on display.
In association with the Lennox
Berkeley Society
Free but tickets required
Hispania: Spectral Flamenco
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 17 for details
SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY
RCM Junior Department
Chamber Music Concert
5.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: £5
SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY
Hispania: Goyescas
11.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 17 for details
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
Keyboard Festival: Hispania
Our ever-popular keyboard festival is back! This year we mark the centenaries of two celebrated composers:
Enrique Granados and Alberto Ginastera alongside other greats of the Spanish tradition.
For more information see www.rcm.ac.uk/hispania
All events free but tickets required, except Goyescas, which is free, no tickets required
Supported by John Ward
FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY
SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY
Spanish Rhapsody
Goyescas
Canciones Populares
1.05pm
11.00am–7.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Join Head of Keyboard Professor
Vanessa Latarche and Deputy
Head of Keyboard Ian Jones for a
lunchtime concert of piano duo
music including Ravel’s characterful
and evocative Rapsodie espagnole.
Music and Ideas:
Albéniz Beyond Iberia
5.15pm
Corelli Room
RCM pianist Juan Barahona
explores Albéniz’ La Vega and his
last composition Azulejos through
collaborations with pedagogues,
pianists and institutions, as well as
his own interaction with this music
in performance.
Amaryllis Fleming
Concert Hall
Join us for our all day keyboard
marathon. This year RCM pianists
perform Enrique Granados’ most
famous suite for piano – Goyescas
– a set of six pieces based on
paintings by Francisco Goya,
alongside other popular Spanishinspired works. Our doors will be
open all day so drop in for ten
minutes or stay for hours.
This event will be streamed live at
www.rcm.ac.uk/live
Free, no tickets reqiured
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Explore the folk stories that
inspired the music of the Iberian
peninsula. In this lunchtime
concert, RCM accompanists and
singers join forces to perform a
colourful mix of songs by Falla,
Ginastera, Granados, Rodrigo and
Montsalvatge.
Reeds, Mixtures and Tientos
6.00pm
West Parry Room
Join RCM organists for this short
recital exploring the sound world
of Iberian organ music with works
by Cabezón, Cabanilles, Soler and
Langlais.
In conjunction with the British
Spanish Society / Telefonica
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
Spectral Flamenco
Piano Masterclass with
Joaquín Soriano
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Discover the music of contemporary
Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo.
RCM pianists present a selection of
his eclectic works alongside sonatas
by Baroque composer and adopted
Spaniard Domenico Scarlatti,
whose music abounds with the
sounds and rhythms of the
Iberian peninsula.
10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Respected pianist and professor
at the Madrid Royal Conservatory,
Joaquín Soriano shares his
experience with star RCM
pianists.
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Raphael Wallfisch
Exploring Minimalism
Explore the hypnotic rhythms and harmonic patterns of Minimalism as the talented musicians of the
Royal College of Music present works by some of the greatest names in the field, including Philip Glass,
Michael Nyman and John Adams.
EXPLORING MINIMALISM & STEVE REICH TICKET OFFER
Book 2 concerts and receive 10% discount
Book 3 concerts and receive 20% discount
Book 4 or more concerts and receive 30% discount
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
TUESDAY 1 MARCH
Phasing
7.30pm
Looping
Recital Hall
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Philip Glass Saxophone Quartet
Steve Reich New York Counterpoint
John Adams Hallelujah Junction
Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood
Steve Reich Drumming
Steve Reich Mallet Quartet
Philip Glass String Quartet no 2 ‘Company’
Michael TorkeMay
John Adams China Gates
Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint
John Adams Shaker Loops
Fred Rzewski Coming Together
The series begins with music for percussion by Steve
Reich, piano music by John Adams and Philip Glass’
animated Saxophone Quartet in this celebration of
American Minimalism.
Frederic Rzewski’s Coming Together pairs repetitive
sequences with a narrator reciting the words of Sam
Melville, one of the leaders of the 1971 Attica prison
riots. This poignant work is preceded by music for a
variety of instrumental ensembles.
Tickets: £5
Tickets: £5
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY
TUESDAY 8 MARCH
Electronics
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Michael Oliva director
Steve Reich Pendulum Music
Alvin Lucier Music on a Long Thin Wire
Electronic music is examined in this Exploring
Minimalism concert featuring Alvin Lucier’s Music
on a Long Thin Wire, as well as Steve Reich’s
Pendulum Music which creates music with suspended
microphones over speakers.
Tickets: £5
Shaping
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Michael Nyman Poczatek
Gavin BryarsString Quartet no 1 ‘Between the
National and the Bristol’
Michael Nyman Shaping the Curve
Michael Nyman Songs for Tony
Graham Fitkin Cusp
British Minimalism is explored in the fourth concert of
the series with music by Michael Nyman, Graham Fitkin
and Gavin Bryars, whose hypnotic String Quartet no 1
will leave you breathless.
Tickets: £5
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
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Steve Reich in Residence
As part of our Exploring Minmalism series, we are thrilled to announce that Steve Reich will join us for a residency
to close the series. In a special celebration of his distinguished career in his 80th birthday year, Steve will share
his considerable knowledge and enthusiasm with RCM composers in a masterclass and join RCM musicians for a
concert of some of his most popular works.
During the concert, Steve will be awarded the rare and prestigious accolade of an honorary doctorate from the
RCM, recognising his outstanding contribution to international musical life. He will also perform his iconic Clapping
Music with Head of Percussion David Hockings.
THURSDAY 10 MARCH
FRIDAY 11 MARCH
Steve Reich Concert
7.30pm
Steve Reich Composition Masterclass
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Timothy Lines conductor
RCM Symphony Orchestra
RCM New Perspectives
2.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Steve Reich shares his invaluable knowledge and
enthusiasm with RCM composers in this afternoon
masterclass.
Steve Reich Clapping Music
Conferment
Double Sextet
Quartet
Three Movements
Tickets: £5
Steve Reich is one of the greatest composers of our
time. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear his music
performed by the RCM Symphony Orchestra and New
Perspectives ensemble.
Tickets: £10, £15
Pre-concert talk
6.30pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Timothy Lines discusses the music of Steve Reich.
Free to concert-ticket holders
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MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Hispania: Canciones
Populares
Recorder Masterclass with
Walter van Hauwe
1.05pm
1.05pm
10.30am
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Corelli Room
Hispania: Reeds, Mixtures
and Tientos
Recorder Masterclass with
Walter van Hauwe
6.00pm
2.30pm
West Parry Room
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
See page 17 for details
RCM Chamber Music
Corelli Room
Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
Hispania: Piano Masterclass
with Joaquín Soriano
10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
2016 Crees Lecture:
The Power of Music in a
Changing World
5.30pm
Inner Parry Room
Roger Wright OBE delivers this
year’s Crees Lecture.
This event will be streamed live at
www.rcm.ac.uk/live
Tickets: £5
See page 17 for details
Music and Ideas: In Search
of Good Music Education
5.15pm
East Parry Room
John Finney (University of
Cambridge) and Felicity Laurence
(University of Newcastle) discuss
what constitutes the purpose
of music education in an age
of measurement, and how this
understanding informs our view of
the relationship between teacher
and child and what is being learnt.
Free but tickets required
RCM Brass Ensemble
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 21 for details
Exploring Minimalism:
Phasing
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
Free but tickets required
See page 17 for details
6.00pm
RCM Chamber Music
Recital Hall
See page 18 for details
Orchestral Masterworks:
Dvořák’s Symphony no 9
6.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 11 for details
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY
Double Bass Masterclass
with Dan Styffe
2.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
Exploring Minimalism:
Electronics
7.30pm
See page 18 for details
PC
Highlights
Participatory Events
Lectures & Seminars
Masterclasses & Workshops
Prizes & Competitions
Chamber Music Series
RCM Box Office 020 7591 4314
Recital Hall
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY
RCM Junior Department
Spring Choral Concert
5.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Featuring the Girls’ Choir, Training
Choir, Treble Choir, Concert Choir
and Senior Choir.
Tickets: £5
MONDAY 29 FEBRUARY
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Free but tickets required
TUESDAY 1 MARCH
RCM Chamber Music
6.00pm RCM Brass Ensemble
Inner Parry Room
Steve ReichCello Counterpoint for
8 cellos
Villa-Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras
no 1 for 8 cellos
Free but tickets required
Exploring Minimalism:
Looping
7.30pm
Recital Hall
See page 18 for details
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH
Music Talks:
Out of the Blue – Gershwin’s
Rhapsody in Blue
10.15am
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Karl Lutchmayer examines the
impact of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in
Blue, which changed the musical
world’s perception of what could be
called ‘classical’ music.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Nigel Black director
RCM Brass Ensemble
Programme to include:
J S Bach (arr Eric Crees)Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Liszt (arr Eric Crees)
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
J S Bach (arr Eric Crees)Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
Renowned trombonist Eric Crees has been described by The Brass
Herald as having a ‘sublime talent for transcribing music for brass’.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear his exciting arrangements of
polyphonic music by J S Bach and Liszt in this concert, performed by
outstanding RCM brass players directed by the RCM’s Head of Brass
Nigel Black.
Tickets: £5
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THURSDAY 3 MARCH
RCM Baroque Ensemble
and Chamber Choir
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Ashley Solomon director
RCM Baroque Ensemble
RCM Chamber Choir
J S Bach Ouverture from Suite no 3 in D major BWV 1068
J S Bach Concerto for 2 violins in D minor BWV 1043
J S Bach Missa brevis in A major BWV 234
In this all-Bach programme, talented RCM musicians perform his popular
double violin concerto and majestic Ouverture from his third orchestral
suite. Expertly directed by Professor Ashley Solomon, the programme
culminates in a performance of Bach’s joyful Missa brevis featuring
outstanding singers of the RCM Chamber Choir.
Tickets: £8, £10
Pre-concert talk
6.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Professor Ashley Solomon introduces
this evening’s concert.
Free to concert-ticket holders
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH
Masters Ensemble
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
A chance to hear brand new works
by talented RCM composers
performed by leading contemporary
music specialists.
Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 3 MARCH
FRIDAY 4 MARCH
Music and Ideas: Music,
Emotions and Institutions
PC Chappell Medal Piano
Competition Final
5.15pm
10.00am Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
East Parry Room
Dr Wiebke Thormählen (RCM) draws
on materials in the RCM collections
to illuminate two key moments in
19th-century London: the founding
of the Royal Philharmonic Society
in 1813 and the formation of the
Sacred Harmonic Society in 1832.
Expect exposing tales of social
status, charitable sentiment, body
politics and religious dissent.
Free but tickets required
RCM Baroque Ensemble
and Chamber Choir
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See panel above for details
Free but tickets required
Winds of Heaven
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
Julien Feltrin director
Chiel MeijeringCybergirls go
extreme
Chiel Meijering Examania
Chiel Meijering A day in the life of a
Wookie-Wookie
Chiel Meijering Nocturnal residents
Free but tickets required
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
MONDAY 7 MARCH
Alke Quartet
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Alke Quartet
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor op 95 ‘Serioso’
György Kurtág 12 Microludes for string quartet
Bartók String Quartet no 5 BB 110
Described as ‘exuberant and energetic’, the Alke Quartet is one of the
most dynamic chamber music ensembles around, bringing together four
outstanding string players from across the globe. In this programme they
pair together two impressive works by Hungarian composers – the haunting
12 Microludes by György Kurtág and Béla Bartók’s gripping String Quartet
no 5, generally regarded as one of the most significant chamber works of
the 20th century.
The Alke Quartet is supported by a legacy from the late
Albert and Eugenie Frost
Tickets: £5
Alke Quartet
SATURDAY 5 MARCH
TUESDAY 8 MARCH
TUESDAY 8 MARCH
RCM Junior Department
Spring Concert
Violin Masterclass with
Lewis Kaplan
Women in Music at the RCM:
Albany Trio
5.30pm
10.00am
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Featuring String Orchestra, Sinfonia,
Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Clarinet
Choir and Brass Ensembles.
East Parry Room
Supported by the Georg and Emily
von Opel Foundation
Free but tickets required
Tickets: £5
Women in Music at the
RCM: Piano Masterclass
with Imogen Cooper
MONDAY 7 MARCH
10.00am
Alke Quartet
7.30pm
Recital Hall
See panel above for details
See page 24 for details
Recital Hall
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 24 for details
Women in Music at the RCM:
Women and the Saxophone
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
See page 24 for details
Handel’s Ariodante
7.00pm
Britten Theatre
See page 25 for details
Exploring Minimalism:
Shaping
7.30pm
See page 18 for details
Recital Hall
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Imogen Cooper
TUESDAY 8 MARCH
Women in Music
at the RCM
To mark International Women’s Day we have an exciting series of events
highlighting the wide-ranging exceptional female talent in music today.
Free but tickets required
Albany Trio
Piano Masterclass with Imogen Cooper
10.00am
Recital Hall
Described as ‘one of the finest pianists now playing’ by the Daily Telegraph,
renowned pianist Imogen Cooper will work with some of the RCM’s most
talented pianists.
Albany Trio
1.05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Albany Trio
Sadie HarrisonThe Bride’s Journey in Three Songs and a Memory
Judith BinghamNew Work (world premiere)
Judith Weir O Virdissima
Chaminade Piano Trio no 2 in A minor op 34
Charlotte Harding
Former RCM Junior Fellows, the Albany Trio is a dynamic ensemble
committed to bringing new audiences to works by female composers. In this
exciting lunchtime concert, they perform music by Master of the Queen’s
Music Judith Weir and a new work by Judith Bingham.
Women and the Saxophone
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
RCM alumnae, saxophonist Amy Green and composer/saxophonist
Charlotte Harding present their latest collaboration ‘Over 100 years of
Women and the Saxophone’. The project celebrates pioneering female
saxophonists, composers and bandleaders who were integral to pioneering
and promoting the saxophone.
Amy Green
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
TUESDAY 8, WEDNESDAY 9, SATURDAY 12
& MONDAY 14 MARCH
Handel’s Ariodante
7.00pm
Britten Theatre
Laurence Cummings conductor
James Bonas director
This year’s collaboration between the Royal College of Music and the
London Handel Festival offers the opportunity to see Handel’s only opera
set in the United Kingdom, Ariodante.
The first of Handel’s operas to be performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent
Garden, in 1735, it follows the budding romance of Prince Ariodante and
Princess Ginevra of Scotland. A happy ending is put in jeopardy, however,
when Polinesso decides he wants Ginevra, and the crown, for himself.
Laurence Cummings and James Bonas return to conduct and direct a lineup of outstanding young singers in one of the highlights of the operatic year.
Promoted by the London Handel Festival
Tickets: £20, £25, £30, £45, £50, £55, £60
ickets only available from the London Handel Festival
T
Box Office Online booking opens Tuesday 19 January.
Telephone booking opens Thursday 21 January.
London Handel Festival Box Office 01460 54660
www.london-handel-festival.com
Please note tickets are not available from the RCM Box Office
Soraya Mafi and Tai Oney in the London Handel Festival’s 2014 production of Arianna in Creta
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FRIDAY 11 MARCH
RCM Big Band
7.30pm
Recital Hall
Mike Lovatt guest director
RCM Big Band
We welcome RCM professor Mike Lovatt – one of the world’s most
impressive jazz trumpet players, who played a starring role in the 2015 BBC
Proms – to direct the superb players of the RCM Big Band in this concert of
feel-good music. Seats are sure to go fast, so secure yours soon!
Tickets: £5
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH
Music Talks: Song of the
Earth – Mahler’s Das Lied von
der Erde
Steve Reich: RCM
Sparks Lunchtime
Concert for Schools
7.00pm
10.15am
1.05pm
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace,
SW7 5PN
Katy Hamilton discusses the
Chinese origins of the poetic texts
for Das Lied von der Erde as well as
Mahler’s extraordinary approach to
orchestral sonority.
Presented by Music Talks in
association with the Vernon Ellis
Foundation and the RCM
Tickets: £300 for Spring Term
Lecture Series
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Handel’s Ariodante
Britten Theatre
See page 25 for details
Key Stage 2 parties only
Delve into the world of Minimalism
with Timothy Lines and RCM New
Perspectives. Join us for an exciting
concert presented by Fraser Trainer
and RCM musicians with guaranteed
audience participation!
All schools booking receive a
teacher resource pack and song
recording to accompany this concert
Free but tickets required
Masters Ensemble
6.00pm
Inner Parry Room
A chance to hear brand new works
by talented RCM composers
performed by leading contemporary
music specialists.
Free but tickets required
THURSDAY 10 MARCH
Exploring Minimalism:
Steve Reich Concert
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 19 for details
FRIDAY 11 MARCH
Quartet for the End of Time
1.05pm
Recital Hall
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay violin
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
Alexander Chaushian cello
Min-Jung Kym piano
uatuor pour la fin du
Messiaen Q
temps
Free but tickets required
020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk
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SUNDAY 10 APRIL
Piano Masterclass with
Sir András Schiff
3.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
We are delighted to announce the return of Sir András Schiff, who will
work with exceptional RCM pianists in this special Sunday afternoon
masterclass.
Renowned for his interpretations of Beethoven and receiving wide critical
acclaim for his ‘spellbinding account of the Goldberg Variations’ (The
Guardian) at the 2015 BBC Proms, Sir András is one of today’s greatest
pianists. Don’t miss the opportunity to see him share his enthusiasm and
knowledge with young musicians at the Royal College of Music.
Tickets: £5
Sir András Schiff
András Schiff
FRIDAY 11 MARCH
SATURDAY 12 MARCH
Harp Masterclass with
Marisa Robles
7.00pm
2.00pm
East Parry Room
Handel’s Ariodante
Britten Theatre
2.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See page 19 for details
Various times and venues
RCM Junior Department
Symphony Orchestra
Taking up the spirit of the 1851
Great Exhibition, this cuttingedge series is curated entirely by
students. For more information see
www.rcm.ac.uk/greatexhibitionists
7.30pm
7.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Featuring the winner of the
2015 Peter Morrison Concerto
Competition.
Recital Hall
MONDAY 14 MARCH
See page 26 for details
Handel’s Ariodante
SATURDAY 12 MARCH
RCM Junior Department
Contemporary Music Concert
5.30pm
7.00pm
See page 25 for details
Free but tickets required
SATURDAY 19 MARCH
Tickets: £5
RCM Big Band
Great Exhibitionists
See page 25 for details
Free but tickets required
Exploring Minimalism:
Steve Reich Composition
Masterclass
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH–
FRIDAY 18 MARCH
Britten Theatre
RCM Junior Department
End of Term Concert
2.30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Featuring the Chamber Orchestra,
Brass Dectet, Saxophone Ensemble,
Octet and Percussion Ensemble.
Tickets: £5
Recital Hall
Free but tickets required
SUNDAY 10 APRIL
Piano Masterclass with
Sir András Schiff
3.00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
See panel above for details
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COMING SOON
Samson Tsoy
Royal Festival Hall
SUNDAY 26 JUNE
RCM Symphony Orchestra at
the Royal Festival Hall
7.30pm Royal Festival Hall
Diego Masson conductor
Samson Tsoy piano
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements
StravinskyCapriccio
StravinskySong of the Nightingale
Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1911)
The RCM Symphony Orchestra returns to London’s Royal Festival Hall to perform a
thrilling all-Stravinsky programme exploring the myths and rituals behind his works.
Expect to be captivated by the orchestral wizardry of The Firebird Suite; charmed
by a bird of a different feather in a Song of the Nightingale; impressed by the
technical feats of award-winning RCM pianist Samson Tsoy in the virtuosic
Capriccio; and entertained by Stravinsky’s final cinematic-inspired Symphony.
To conduct, we’re delighted to welcome French conductor Diego Masson, one of
the world’s leading exponents of the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.
This concert is part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Myths and Rituals series
supported by Vincent Meyer. www.philharmonia.co.uk/stravinsky
Tickets: £5, £10, £15, £20, £25
OUT AND ABOUT
OUT AND ABOUT
In addition to concerts at the Royal College of Music itself, RCM performers regularly appear at a number of venues
across London and beyond.
Unless stated otherwise, all concerts are free of charge and no ticket is required. Just turn up on the day to see
some of the world’s brightest young classical stars in action.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2DB
Fridays at 6.30pm
Wednesdays at 1.00pm
15, 22 January
5, 12, 19 February
4, 11, 18 March
10 February
9 March
Supported by the Friends of the V&A
Kings Place
90 York Way, London N1 9AG
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ
Friday 4 March, 1.00pm
St James’s Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Wednesday 20 January, 1.10pm
Monday 22 February, 1.10pm
Wednesday 16 March, 1.10pm
St Stephen’s Church
Gloucester Road, London SW7 4RL
Mondays at 6.30pm
25 January
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 February
7, 14 March
Chelsea and Westminster
Hospital
Fulham Rd, London SW10 9NH
Thursdays at 1.00pm
28 January
25 February
17 March
St George’s Hanover Square
St George Street, London, W1S 1FX
Thursday 11 February, 1.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
Classical Coffee Mornings
Sundays at 11.00am
Sundays at 5.45pm
Elgar Room
31 January
7 February
13 March
31* January
14, 21, 28 February
13, 20* March
*RCMJD students
Royal Academy of Art
Burlington House, Piccadilly,
London W1J 0BD
Friday 15 April, 6.30pm
With kind support from Dasha
Shenkman
St Mary Abbots
Kensington High Street, London W8 4LA
Fridays at 1.05pm
15, 22, 29 January
5, 12, 19, 26 February
4, 11 March
Tickets: £11, including coffee
and a pastry
Verdi Restaurant
Friday 1 April, 12.00pm
Free no tickets required
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TICKET & BOOKING INFORMATION
TICKET & BOOKING INFORMATION
Entry to the Royal College of Music is free, however,
charges apply for some of our events, performances
and exhibitions. All income from ticket sales
goes directly to support training and performance
opportunities for our students.
To book tickets or for more information contact
the RCM Box Office on 020 7591 4314, weekdays
10.00am – 4.00pm, or visit us online at
www.rcm.ac.uk/events
Please note, there is a £1.95 booking fee per
transaction for online and telephone bookings. This
fee covers administration and handling costs, allowing
ticket income to support training and performance
opportunities for our students.
BOOKING FOR THE SPRING SEASON opens on
Wednesday 9 December. RCM Friends and Patrons
have priority booking from Wednesday 2 December.
BOOKING FOR RCM JUNIOR DEPARTMENT EVENTS
opens on Saturday 30 January.
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for the London Handel Festival
production of Handel’s Ariodante on 8, 9, 12 and
14 March are only available from the London Handel
Festival Box Office: 01460 54660. Online booking
opens 19 January and telephone bookings open
21 January. See www.london-handel-festival.com
for more information.
Group bookings of 10 or more receive a 10% discount
where applicable. Maximum group booking size is 33.
School parties must be chaperoned at all times by
school staff.
Refunds Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded
unless a performance is cancelled; when an event is
sold out refunds may be possible, at the discretion of
Box Office staff.
Tickets on the door Tickets are available on the door
for many RCM events. However, we recommend that
tickets are purchased well in advance and cannot
guarantee availability on the day.
For more information on booking tickets, terms and
conditions please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/ticketing
Late Arrivals To avoid disturbing fellow audience
members, latecomers will be asked to wait for a
suitable break in the performance before entering
the auditorium; occasionally it may not be possible
to enter once a performance has started.
Security Please note that all visitors to the RCM may
be required to sign in on entry.
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Transport
Photography and Recordings
By Tube The nearest underground station is South
Kensington, which is about 10 minutes’ walk from
the RCM. South Kensington is on the District, Circle
and Piccadilly lines. Gloucester Road and High
Street Kensington stations are both approximately
15 minutes’ walk from the RCM.
Photographs may be taken during the applause at
the end of a work. Photography before and during
a performance is forbidden. Private sound or
video recordings of RCM concerts and recitals are
prohibited without prior written permission from the
RCM and the agreement of all performers.
Your co-operation is appreciated.
By Rail The nearest mainline railway stations are
Paddington and Victoria.
By Bus Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal
Albert Hall, whilst 9a runs from Palace Gate and 70
along Queen’s Gate. The number 360 stops very
close to the RCM on Prince Consort Road. Many
other services run to South Kensington, Kensington
High Street or Knightsbridge from surrounding areas.
By Road There is metered parking on Prince Consort
Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3 per
hour for a maximum of three hours and is free
after 6.30pm and on Sundays. There are a limited
number of disabled parking spaces and designated
motorbike bays in the surrounding area.
Food and Drink
Lunch and Snacks The RCM Restaurant offers a
great range of hot and cold snacks and beverages
each weekday between 9.00am and 4.00pm as well
as delicious full lunch options between 12.00pm
and 2.00pm.
Evening Performance Drinks and Light Snacks
The RCM offers a range of pre-performance and
interval refreshments, and a selection of light
snacks for those attending evening events in the
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten
Theatre. These are served between 6.00pm and
9.00pm (5.00pm for early evening performances) in
the Britten Theatre Bar or the RCM Foyer Bar.
Access
The Royal College of Music has easy access to most
areas and is fully accessible via lifts and ramps.
Guide and companion dogs may be taken anywhere
on site. The main entrance to the RCM has eight
steps up from the pavement and two inside the
main doors.
The East Entrance, 20 metres to the left of the main
entrance, is solely for the use of patrons with limited
mobility and is opened by contacting reception staff
via intercom. The main entrance to the Amaryllis
Fleming Concert Hall contains 10 steps. A step-free
entrance is available.
The main entrance to the Britten Theatre
contains 33 steps. An alternative step-free
entrance is available for all patrons. There are
spaces for wheelchair users and seats for their
companions in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
and Britten Theatre.
Please contact the Box Office in advance for
directions.
To request an alternative format of publicity
on forthcoming events, please contact the
Box Office on 020 7591 4314. Large print
programmes are available on request.
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SUPPORTING US
SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF
MUSIC – SUPPORT THE RCM
The RCM is one of the world’s leading conservatoires. Generations of gifted
students from around the world have been guided and inspired to develop
their musical potential within the RCM’s stimulating creative environment. In
order to sustain the provision of the highest levels of training and performance
opportunities to our students – whatever their financial means – we rely heavily
on the support of individuals, companies and charitable trusts. There are many
ways you can get involved and support our work, including the RCM Patron
Scheme, Scholarship Fund and donations towards our learning and participation
programme RCM Sparks.
Every gift to the RCM helps to transform the lives of talented young musicians,
and all supporters are invited to see at first hand what a difference their support
makes. Please join us.
For more information visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus
or call 020 7591 4862.
JOIN THE RCM FRIENDS
GET CLOSER TO THE MUSIC
Becoming an RCM Friend is an ideal way to support and enjoy this world of
great music. You can join for only £40 or choose a higher level of involvement.
RCM Friends receive up-to-date information on all events taking place at the
RCM, priority booking for RCM concerts and opera performances, invitations to
special events and other opportunities to become involved in life at the RCM.
Your support is vital in helping us to continue to inspire musicians of the future.
For more information visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/friends,
email [email protected] or call 020 7591 4331.
IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
HIGHLIGHTS
PAGE
Wed 13 Jan
7.30pm
Thu 14 Jan
6.00pm
Sat 16 Jan
5.30pm
Thu 21 Jan
2.00pm
Fri 22 Jan
6.00pm
Mon 25 Jan
1.05pm
Tue 26 Jan
6.00pm
Tue 26 Jan
7.30pm
Wed 27 Jan
2.00pm
Wed 27 Jan
7.30pm
Thu 28 Jan
1.05pm
Fri 29 Jan
5.30pm
Sat 30 Jan
7.30pm
explorensemble
Orchestral Masterworks: Elgar’s Enigma Variations
RCM Junior Department Soloists’ Concert
Håkan Hardenberger at the RCM: Trumpet Masterclass
Håkan Hardenberger at the RCM: RCM Symphony Orchestra: From the Wreckage
Professors’ Concerts: Christian Garrick Jazz Strings
RCM Students’ Film Orchestra
RCM Wind Ensemble
String Quartet Collective Open Rehearsal
Percussion Showcase
String Quartet Collective Recital
Opera Scenes
Medtner Chamber Music
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Wed 3 Feb
Thu 4 Feb
Mon 8 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Thu 11 Feb
Thu 11 Feb
Thu 11 Feb
Fri 12 Feb
Mon 15 Feb
Tue 16 Feb
Wed 17 Feb
Wed 17 Feb
Thu 18 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
Sat 20 Feb
Sun 21 Feb
Mon 22 Feb
Mon 22 Feb
Tue 23 Feb
Tue 23 Feb
Wed 24 Feb
Thu 25 Feb
Fri 26 Feb
Sat 27 Feb
6.00pm
5.30pm
5.30pm
7.30pm
1.05pm
7.30pm
9.35pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
2.00pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
1.05pm
5.15pm
6.00pm
7.30pm
5.30pm
11.00am
1.05pm
6.00pm
10.00am
7.30pm
6.00pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
5.30pm
Orchestral Masterworks: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no 3
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Opera Scenes
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Opera Scenes
12
Jack McCaw Memorial Concert
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Dutilleux Day: Piano Concert
13
Dutilleux Day: John Wilson Conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra
13
Dutilleux Day: Les Citations
13
Clara Schumann as Song Accompanist
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Harp Week: From the Soundhouse
14
Harp Week: RCM Harp Ensemble
14
Harp Week: Masterclass with Sylvain Blassel
14
Orchestral Masterworks: Mendelssohn’s Symphony no 4
11
RCM Wind Orchestra
16
Hispania: Spanish Rhapsody
17
Hispania: Music and Ideas: Albéniz Beyond Iberia17
Hispania: Spectral Flamenco
17
Exploring the Archives 16
RCM Junior Department Chamber Music Concert
16
Hispania: Goyescas
17
Hispania: Canciones Populares
17
Hispania: Reeds, Mixtures and Tientos
17
Hispania: Piano Masterclass with Joaquín Soriano
17
Exploring Minimalism: Phasing
18
Orchestral Masterworks: Dvořák’s Symphony no 9
11
RCM Brass Ensemble
21
Exploring Minimalism: Electronics
18
RCM Junior Department Spring Choral Concert
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Tue 1 Mar
Thu 3 Mar
Sat 5 Mar
Mon 7 Mar
Tue 8 Mar
Tue 8 Mar
Tue 8 Mar
Tue 8 Mar
Tue 8 Mar
Wed 9 Mar
Thu 10 Mar
Fri 11 Mar
Fri 11 Mar
Sat 12 Mar
7.30pm
7.30pm
5.30pm
7.30pm
10.00am
1.05pm
6.00pm
7.00pm
7.30pm
7.00pm
7.30pm
2.00pm
7.30pm
5.30pm
Exploring Minimalism: Looping
18
RCM Baroque Ensemble and Chamber Choir
22
RCM Junior Department Spring Concert
23
Alke Quartet
23
Women in Music at the RCM: Piano Masterclass with Imogen Cooper 24
Women in Music at the RCM: Albany Trio
24
Women in Music at the RCM: Women and the Saxophone
24
Handel’s Ariodante25
Exploring Minimalism: Shaping
18
Handel’s Ariodante 25
Exploring Minimalism: Steve Reich Concert
19
Exploring Minimalism: Steve Reich Composition Masterclass
19
RCM Big Band
26
RCM Junior Department Contemporary Music Concert
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Sat 12 Mar
Sat 12 Mar
Mon 14 Mar
Wed 16–
Fri 18 Mar
Sat 19 Mar
7.00pm
7.30pm
7.00pm
Various Handel’s Ariodante RCM Junior Department Symphony Orchestra
Handel’s Ariodante Great Exhibitionists
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2.30pm
RCM Junior Department End of Term Concert
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Sun 10 Apr
3.00pm
Piano Masterclass with Sir András Schiff
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CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
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Mon 11 Jan
Thu 14 Jan
Fri 15 Jan
Mon 18 Jan
Tue 19 Jan
Wed 20 Jan
Wed 20 Jan
Mon 25 Jan
Wed 27 Jan
Fri 29 Jan
6.00pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
7.00pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
1.05pm
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
A Celebration of Bridge’s Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
Derek Jones Flute Recital
Mon 1 Feb
Tue 2 Feb
Thu 4 Feb
Thu 4 Feb
Fri 5 Feb
Mon 8 Feb
Tue 9 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Fri 12 Feb
Mon 15 Feb
Mon 15 Feb
Tue 16 Feb
Thu 18 Feb
Mon 22 Feb
Thu 25 Feb
Mon 29 Feb
6.00pm
6.00pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
7.30pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
7.30pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
1.05pm
6.00pm
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
Saxophone Recital with Marcus Weiss
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
Music of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
Maxim Rysanov Recital
Brass Chamber Showcase
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
Experimental Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
RCM Chamber Music
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Tue 1 Mar
Wed 2 Mar
Fri 4 Mar
Wed 9 Mar
Fri 11 Mar
6.00pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
1.05pm
RCM Chamber Music
Masters Ensemble
Winds of Heaven
Masters Ensemble
Quartet for the End of Time
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MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Tue 12 Jan
Tue 12 Jan
Tue 12 Jan
Wed 13 Jan
Wed 13 Jan
Wed 13 Jan
Thu 14 Jan
Tue 19 Jan
Fri 22 Jan
Mon 25 Jan
Thu 28 Jan
Fri 29 Jan
10.00am
10.00am
2.00pm
10.00am
2.00pm
2.00pm
6.00pm
10.00am
2.00pm
3.00pm
2.30pm
2.30pm
Horn Masterclass with Stefan Dohr
Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet
Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet
Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet
Vocal Masterclass with Jonathan Lemalu
Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet
Oboe Masterclass with Olivier Stankiewicz
Harp Masterclass with Catherine Michel
Violin Masterclass with Peter Schuhmayer
Violin Masterclass with Vasko Vassilev
Piano Masterclass with Dmitri Alexeev
Flute Masterclass with Derek Jones
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MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
2.00pm
2.00pm
10.00am
10.00am
10.00am
10.30am
2.30pm
2.00pm
Saxophone Masterclass with Marcus Weiss
Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm
Viola Masterclass with Maxim Rysanov
Trumpet Masterclass with Matthias Höfs
Conducting Masterclass with Alexander Polishchuck
Recorder Masterclass with Walter van Hauwe
Recorder Masterclass with Walter van Hauwe
Double Bass Masterclass with Dan Styffe
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Tue 8 Mar
Fri 11 Mar
10.00am
2.00pm
Violin Masterclass with Lewis Kaplan
Harp Masterclass with Marisa Robles
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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
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Fri 5 Feb
Fri 5 Feb
Tue 9 Feb
Tue 9 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
Wed 24 Feb
Wed 24 Feb
Fri 26 Feb
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Wed 13 Jan
Thu 14 Jan
Tue 19 Jan
Wed 20 Jan
Wed 27 Jan
10.15am
5.15pm
10.00am
10.15am
10.15am
Music Talks: Let There Be Light – Haydn’s Creation 4
Music and Ideas: The Gilded Stage
5
Frank Bridge Symposium
5
Music Talks: Consuming Passion – Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde5
Music Talks: Magical Tenderness – Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas8
Wed 3 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Fri 12–
Sun 14 Feb
Wed 17 Feb
Wed 24 Feb
Thu 25 Feb
10.15am
10.15am
Various
Music Talks: The Final Years – Chopin’s Late Piano Works
9
Music Talks: Life’s Consolation – Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem12
German Song Onstage (1770–1914) Conference
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10.15am
5.30pm
5.15pm
Music Talks: The Artist’s Palette – Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé 2016 Crees Lecture: The Power of Music in a Changing World
Music and Ideas: In Search of Good Music Education
Wed 2 Mar
Thu 3 Mar
Wed 9 Mar
10.15am
5.15pm
10.15am
Music Talks: Out of the Blue – Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue21
Music and Ideas: Music, Emotions and Institutions
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Music Talks: Song of the Earth – Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde26
PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
Fri 4 Mar
10.00am
Chappell Medal Piano Competition Final
PARTICIPATORY EVENTS
Wed 9 Mar
1.05pm
Steve Reich: RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools
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