Arts programme Events for everyone Autumn/Winter 2012
Music Concerts Performances Film Philip Larkin Centre for Creative Writing Exhibitions
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Contents
At a glance | 6 September | 10 October | 12 November | 21 December | 31 Our sponsors | 35
Key Music Concerts Performances Film Philip Larkin Centre for Creative Writing Exhibitions 4
Welcome to the Autumn/Winter edition of the Arts programme. This season you have the opportunity to listen to Ruth Padel talk about her latest book ‘The Mara Crossing’, watch ‘Flowers for Algernon’ by the Drama department or enjoy our weekly Lunchtime Music Concert series every Friday. A special threenight performance celebrating 50 years of The Samaritans is taking place in October and in November a singer from English Touring Opera will present songs by Viktor Ullmann. This is just a small sample of the wide range of events on offer - there is something for everyone to experience here at the University. And from October to December the University is hosting a season of events inspired by the people, traditions and culture of Poland. For more information, please visit www.culturenet.co.uk.
Introduction
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Should you have any comments on the Arts Programme or any suggestions on how we might be able to improve the programme in the future, please do not hesitate to contact us. E: fass-events@hull.ac.uk T: 01482 462045
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At a glance
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Date
Type
Event
28 Sep
Music
Eleventh Grace Black Piano Recital
05 Oct
Music
Flauto Dolce ed Il Flauto Nuovo
Oct–Dec
Exhibition
Odyssey by Robert Koenig
06 Oct– 10 Nov
Exhibition
Social Scribbler: Drawing conclusions about social life and society
11 Oct
Literature
Ruth Padel on Migration
11–13 Oct
Drama
A special three-night performance celebrating 50 years of The Samaritans
12 Oct
Music
DeNOTE
18 Oct
Drama
My Name is Bill
19 Oct
Music
Threads Orchestra
24 Oct
Drama
The Well-Established World (before, during, and after it falls)
26 Oct
Music
Mouthpiece of the Gods
27 Oct
Music
Hull Chamber Music Society: Benjamin Grosvenor
31 Oct
Drama
Flowers for Algernon
02 Nov
Music
Piano and Vocal Day
05–09 Nov
Exhibition
Meanings of security in our everyday lives
06 Nov
Music
Chopin with Adam Zamoyski
07 Nov
Film
The Labyrinth
tickets@hull.ac.uk Venue (All at Hull Campus unless indicated otherwise)
Start time Enquiries
Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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Larkin Plaza, Hull Campus
All day
01482 462045
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Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, HULL, HU5 3QP
10:00
esrcfestival@ hull.ac.uk
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The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall
19:00
01482 462045
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
19:30
01482 466607/466141
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
19:00
01482 466607/466141
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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Performance Studio 2, Scarborough Campus
19:30
01723 357339
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:45
01482 465631
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
19:30
01482 466414/466141
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01482 465998
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Willow Women’s Centre & Route One 9:30-15:00 01482 462045 Youth Club, Hall Road Primary School, 13:00Hall Road, Hull, HU6 8PP 20:00
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
18:00
01482 462045
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Wilberforce LT 15, Hull Campus
18:30
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall and L201, Hull Campus 10:00
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Date
Type
Event
09 Nov
Music
Poles Apart: Chopin Transformed
10 Nov
Exhibition
21st Century Lives: Local and Global Stories
10 Nov
Music
Hull Chamber Music Society: Atrium String Quartet
14–17 Nov Drama
Double bill: Two and Escurial
16 Nov
Music
Student Showcase I
19 Nov
Music
English Touring Opera presents: On Some Threshold of the Air – Songs of Viktor Ullmann
23 Nov
Music
Student Showcase II
28 Nov
Music
Hull University Music Society Concert
30 Nov
Music
Instrumental Day
05–08 Dec
Drama
In the Club
07 Dec
Music
Echoes of the Baroque
13–15 Dec Drama
Whale Music
14 Dec
Music
University Orchestra – Polish Programme
Until Aug 2013
Exhibition
Scarborough’s Lost Dinosaurs
Venue (All at Hull Campus unless indicated otherwise)
Start time Enquiries
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
16:00
01482 465998
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Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, HU1 3RA
10:00
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:45
01482 465631
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
19:30
01482 466414/ 466141
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
20:00
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:30
01482 465998
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
10:00
01482 465998
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The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre
19:30
01482 466607/466141
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University Chapel, Hull Campus
16:00
01482 465998
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Hull Truck Theatre (Studio)
20:00
01482 323638
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 465998
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The Rotunda, Scarborough
10:00
01723 353665
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Event listing – September
Eleventh Grace Black Piano Recital Friday 28 September 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Ravel Michael Finnissy Gershwin
Mother Goose Suite Wild Flowers An American in Paris
Richard Casey and Ian Buckle (pianos) Two of the UK’s finest pianists join forces for this appealing programme of 20th-century music. Richard Casey, winner of the British Contemporary Piano Competition 1997, is founder-member of the Manchester-based contemporary music ensemble, Psappha. He has performed for Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta and Ensemble 10/10. Ian Buckle has appeared as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and gives recitals regularly at festivals throughout the UK. 14:30 Eleventh Grace Black Masterclass led by Richard Casey. A 90-minute public masterclass featuring three pianists currently studying at Hull. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by: Grace Black Fund
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Multi-award winning star recorder player Chris Orton presents a programme of medieval and contemporary music for solo recorder. 11
Event listing – October
Flauto Dolce ed Il Flauto Nuovo Friday 5 October 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Orton/14th Century Italian Emanuele Casale
Improvisation: Istampitta Ghaetta Studio 2a for bass recorder and tape (2002) Orton/12th Century Sephardi Una matica de Ruda Thomas Simaku Soliloquy V: ‘Flauto Acerbo’ (2008) Anon 14th Century Italian Lamento di Tristano Fausto Romitelli Seascape for contrabass recorder and reverb Giorgio Tedde Austo (1994) for recorder and reverb Luciano Berio Gesti (1966) for tenor recorder Chris Orton
(recorder)
Multi-award winning star recorder player Chris Orton presents a programme of medieval and contemporary music for solo recorder. In addition to holding a John Hoiser Trust scholarship and a BBC Performing Arts Fund bursary, Chris won 1st prize in the 2007 Moeck/SRP International Solo Recorder Competition; 2nd prize, Prix de Jury and Gaudeamus Prize at the International Competition of Contemporary Music ‘Krzysztof Penderecki’ in Poland; Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians; and 1st prize in the Birmingham Conservatoire/Symphony Hall Recital Competition. He has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC TV, including live broadcasts and interviews on the BBC Radio 3 programme, ‘In Tune’. As a teacher and ensemble director, he is involved with numerous youth organisations, including the National Youth Recorder Orchestra. He also teaches improvisation, chamber music and recorder at Chetham’s School of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire. www.chrisorton.com 14:30 Masterclass/Workshop. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk 12
Saturday 6 October – Saturday 10 November 2012 – 10:00–16:00, Mondays to Saturdays. Closed Sundays. ArtLink, 87 Princes Avenue, HULL, HU5 3QP The ESRC Festival of Social Sciences gets together with The Big Draw at Artlink to invite local adults and children to draw their everyday lives. Art workshops and exhibitions on different social themes each week offer the chance to think about how our world looks through a social science lens. Free admission Enquiries: esrcfestival@hull.ac.uk
Ruth Padel on Migration Thursday 11 October 2012 The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, 18:00
Event listing – October
Drawing conclusions about social life and society
What forces of nature, instinct and survival drive species to migrate? Why do people leave family and friends for foreign lands? In her new collection, The Mara Crossing, Ruth Padel tackles the issue of migration with a ‘thoughtful and often really quite magical mix of prose and poetry’. ‘There are wonders of nature in this collection, which will give pause to sensitive readers.’ – The Economist Join this leading poet and nature writer for a reading and discussion. Book signing to follow. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Event listing – October
A special three-night performance celebrating 50 years of The Samaritans Thursday 11 – Saturday 13 October 2012 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 19:30 prompt (latecomers not admitted) The Department of Drama and Music is delighted to be able to stage this special performance event celebrating 50 years of the Samaritans. Written, directed and performed by staff and students of the department, this is a must-see and unique event. Tickets are free to the Friends of the Donald Roy Theatre. Tickets: £5 / £3 concessions / free to Friends of the Donald Roy Theatre Enquiries: Telephone bookings (01482) 466607/(01482) 466141
DeNOTE Friday 12 October 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Jane Booth (clarinet) Peter Collyer (viola) John Irving (fortepiano) Programme to include: Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio, K.498 Classic period music performed on historical instruments. DeNOTE was established at the Institute of Musical Research in 2009 to unite scholarship with the highest levels of historical performance. This concert features three of the group’s principal performers. John Irving is presently Professor of Music and Head of Music and Performing Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University. Jane Booth is Head of Historical Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Peter Collyer is principal viola in La Serennissima, The London Handel Players and the London Handel Orchestra; he teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban Conservatoire. 14:30 Masterclass. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 14
Thursday 18 October 2012 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 19:00 prompt (latecomers not admitted) In a life and death struggle, Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, reveals the cause and progression of his alcoholism and his search for a way out. Set in 1920s New York, it is gripping and darkly funny, entertaining and educative. The evening is presented by The Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust in association with The University of Hull. Tickets: ÂŁ15 Enquiries: Telephone bookings (01482) 466607/(01482) 466141
Event listing – October
My Name is Bill
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Event listing – October
Threads Orchestra Friday 19 October 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 ‘Threads Orchestra finds a way to be experimental, theatrical and cohesive. Fans of chamber jazz, Bill Frisell's Americana, Guillermo Klein’s modern Latin jazz and any number of Indie rock/pop subdivisions should find something here to like. An outstanding album.’ – Dave Sumner, eMusic.com The award-winning Threads Orchestra combines some of the UK’s most dynamic jazz and classical players to play unusual music in unusual venues. Having released two critically acclaimed albums, the Threads Orchestra continues to develop its sound and unique way of working. www.threadsorchestra.com 14:30 Workshop/Masterclass. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Wednesday 24 October 2012 Performance Studio 2, Scarborough Campus, 19:30 Christophe Alix (lecturer in theatre and performance studies at the University of Hull) presents the new collaborative theatre piece he has facilitated with his interdisciplinary live art company Concrete. It includes, for this project, the participation of artists and performers Isabelle Bats, Madely Schott and Julie Gilbert. As a free adaptation of The Spurt of Blood by Antonin Artaud, The Well-Established World exposes the progressive or abrupt upheaval of social norms after the media disclosure of a double incestuous relationship in a family. Please note that the show contains nudity.
Event listing – October
The Well-Established World (before, during, and after it falls)
There will be a chance to talk with members of the company after the evening show. More information on Concrete: http://concrete.mezklador.com/ Tickets: £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01723 357339
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Event listing – October
Mouthpiece of the Gods Friday 26 October 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 A solo lecture recital by John Kenny, illustrating related instruments from all over the ancient world including didgeridoo, Polynesian conch horn, Bronze Age Irish horns, the carnyx, Tibetan trumpet, Alphorn, sackbuts and trombones. Lip reed instruments are often thought of primarily as instruments of war but they have also been used in sacred ritual – to communicate with the ‘otherworld’, to instil awe and reverence, and to represent the voice of the gods – a super voice. To illustrate his presentation, John Kenny presents music of many cultures and epochs, including Byzantine, Ambrosian and Gregorian Chant, items from the Inchcolm Antifer, Palestrina, Gabrielli, Schutz, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler, Berio and Xenakis, as well as his own music. This is an exploration not only of the sounds and techniques of playing and writing for lip reed instruments from the earliest cultural echoes to the present day; it is also an attempt to trace common threads of inspiration in the use of those instruments from the dawn of time to the culture of the 20th century. www.carnyxscotland.co.uk 14:30 Masterclass/Workshop. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Saturday 27 October 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 Since he first played here two seasons ago, Benjamin Grosvenor has become the youngest-ever soloist at the First Night of the Proms, and has signed a recording contract with Decca. We are delighted to welcome him back, and look forward to a programme which will undoubtedly showcase his amazing technical and musical abilities. Bach
Partita No 4 in D, BWV 828
Chopin
Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44; Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 22
Scriabin
Selection of Mazurkas, Op 3; Valse, Op 38
Granados
Valses Poéticos
Event listing – October
Hull Chamber Music Society: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Johann Strauss The Blue Danube (arr Schulz-Evler) ‘... his attention to tone, phrasing and nuance were the evidence not just of fabulous fingers, but also of a first-rate and original mind’ – International Piano, July/August 2012 Tickets: £17 / senior citizens £15 / students, disabled, unwaged £9 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
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Event listing – October
Flowers for Algernon Wednesday 31 October – Saturday 3 November 2012 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 19:30 Charlie desperately wants to be able to read and write. He undergoes a brain operation, which increases his intelligence. Yet such an operation begs many questions – can Charlie’s emotional development keep pace with the intellectual? How do the psychiatrists and psychologists view Charlie – as a man or as the subject of an experiment like the mouse, Algernon? And the biggest question of all – will the operation be successful? Adapted from Daniel Keyes’ perceptive novel. Tickets: £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 466414 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Piano and Vocal Day Friday 2 November 2012 Middleton Hall and L201, Hull Campus, 10:00–17:00 Students receive professional training in sessions led by Josephine Peach (piano) and Margaret McDonald (voice). In keeping with the Faculty’s Polish theme this semester, pianists will be presenting the work of Chopin and other Polish composers. Josephine Peach is currently the pianist in The Fairfax Ensemble. In association with ABCD, she has worked with Andrew Carter, John Rutter and Bob Chilcot. Margaret McDonald is a renowned international singer and voice coach. As a voice coach, she has worked with the Hallé Choir, the Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and the Huddersfield Choral Society as well as on various musicals for the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and the Opera House, Manchester. For more information, go to www.maggiemcdonald.co.uk. Observers welcome. Please call to register your interest. Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk 20
Monday 5 – Friday 9 November 2012 Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30–15:00 (Women only), Tues, Thurs, 13:00–20:00 (All welcome). Willow Women’s Centre & Route One Youth Club, Hall Road Primary School, Hall Road, Hull, HU6 8PP This roadshow invites the public to think about what security means in our everyday lives. Exhibits will tell the story of security in the context of family, environment, crime and war. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the interactive exhibition and tell us about what security means to them. Enquiries to same address
Event listing – November
Meanings of security in our everyday lives
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Events listings – November
Chopin with Adam Zamoyski Tuesday 6 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:00 We are delighted to welcome the acclaimed author Adam Zamoyski, who speaks about his recent book, Chopin Prince of the Romantics (Harper Press, 2011). Drawn to Poland by his powerful family lineage and a fascination with its history, Adam Zamoyski’s insights into Chopin take us to the heart of Polish culture. In conversation with Dr Alexander Binns and you, the audience, interspersed with live musical performances of Chopin by music students at the University of Hull. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or a.binns@hull.ac.uk
The Labyrinth – introduced by Martin Goodman Wednesday 7 November 2012 Wilberforce LT 15, Hull Campus, 18:30 A Polish Catholic, Marian Kolodziej was prisoner number 432 in Auschwitz. 50 years later he captured his experiences of those death camp years in an astounding series of drawings that now fill the cellars of a nearby monastery. This award-winning film takes the viewers on a tour of The Labyrinth with the artist’s testimony as a guide. Introduced by Martin Goodman, who experienced the exhibition as part of a week-long retreat in the concentration camp. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045
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Friday 9 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 16:00 Rehearsal Orchestra Lee Tsang (conductor) Chopin-Stokowski
Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 4 and 24 ‘Funeral March’ from Op. 35 Mazurka in A minor, Op.17, No. 4 Mazurka in B flat minor, Op.24, No.4
Epic, idiosyncratically sentimental and powerful transformations of Chopin’s music by Leopold Stokowski, the pioneering master orchestrator of the famous Philadelphia Orchestra. This performance, introduced by Dr Lee Tsang and led by members of Hull Sinfonietta, will feature school pupils, members of the University Orchestra, teachers and local amateurs. External players who are interested in participating on the day (9:45–17:00) should contact Dr Tsang as soon as possible on 01482 465019, l.tsang@hull.ac.uk.
Events listings – November
Poles Apart: Chopin Transformed
Free admission Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Supported by: Department of Drama and Music, Hull Sinfonietta, Longcroft College, Doncaster Music Service, Kingston upon Hull Music Service
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Event listing – November
21st Century Lives: Local and Global Stories Saturday 10 November 2012 Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, HU1 3RA, 10:00–16:00 The event is an interactive exhibition of Social Science research activities recently carried out at the University of Hull. This exhibition, which is the first of its kind in the city, will focus on 21st Century Lives: Local and Global Stories. These projects include the social impact of CCTV on young people, family lives in hotels, the experiences of female migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, analysing the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) and the effectiveness of teenage sexual education. The events will show how relevant social sciences research is to current lives, both in the local and the global context and the impact such research can have on the policy and decisions that are made which impact on everyday living. Free admission
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University of Hull South-East Asia Museum 1st Floor West, Wilberforce Building, Hull Campus Open Monday to Friday 9:15 to 13:00 Closed on public holidays Free admission The University ethnography collections are from Assam, Burma, China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Museum explores central themes in South East Asian culture, from livelihood to belief systems, with strengths in arts and crafts, puppet theatre, costume and textiles. 25
Event listing – November
Hull Chamber Music Society: Atrium String Quartet Saturday 10 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 Pre-concert talk by Graham Saunders on Arensky at 18:30 Founded in 2000 in St Petersburg and now resident in Germany, this prize-winning Russian quartet returns with a programme containing one of Schubert’s greatest quartets. It also contains one of Haydn’s best-known quartets and Arensky’s passionate A minor quartet of 1895, which contains a set of variations on the theme by Tchaikovsky known in this country as the carol, ‘The Crown of Roses’. Haydn Arensky Schubert
Quartet in C, Op 33 No 3 (Bird) Quartet in A minor, Op 35a Quartet in G, D 887
‘.. distinguished performances, intelligent, moving, mature’– Sunday Times Tickets: £17 / senior citizens £15 / students, disabled, unwaged £9 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
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Wednesday 14 November – Saturday 17 November 2012 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 19:30 Two Let us take a trip down to the local pub 1980s style; we are greeted by a place full of relationships gone sour, failed aspirations and unfulfilled lives. We see ill-fated couples, single people clinging onto the hope of finding happiness with another as well as customers complaining about their other halves. At the heart of the play are the Landlord and Landlady whose story holds a secret threatening to tear them apart. Two allows us to peek into their lives, and their complicated situation which mirrors the experience of the working class in Thatcher’s Britain. There is more here than first meets the eye. Escurial Set in the palace which gives the play its name, Escurial is a dance of death played out by a decadent king and his fool while, elsewhere in the palace, the queen lies dying. Packed into the play’s short length is all of de Ghelderode’s preoccupation with the ‘understains’ of human nature, revealed with disturbing and searing intensity.
Event listing – November
Double bill: Two and Escurial
Performed in a new translation by Robert Cheesmond. Tickets: £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 466414 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Student Showcase I Friday 16 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 A selection of repertoire performed by students taking the advanced performance module as well as new works by our student composers. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Event listing – November
English Touring Opera presents: On Some Threshold of the Air – Songs of Viktor Ullmann Monday 19 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 20:00 Paula Sides (soprano) Jonathan Gale (piano) This season English Touring Opera’s national tour presents an exciting new production of Viktor Ullmann’s brilliant work, The Emperor of Atlantis, which was composed and rehearsed at Terezín concentration camp in 1944 before the composer was sent to his death at Auschwitz. As part of a wider exploration of music from this time, Paula Sides (soprano) and Jonathan Gale (piano) celebrate the life and lesser-known works of this extraordinary composer. This recital is a study of Ullmann’s life and work, as reflected in a selection of the many songs he wrote throughout his tragically short career. Originally from Tennessee, Paula Sides studied opera at the Royal College of Music, where she received the Tagore Gold Medal. Jonathan Gale studied music at Cambridge University before studying as a conductor at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and as a repetiteur at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Together they have been finalists in the Young Concert Artists Trust competition at the Wigmore Hall. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion about Ullmann, the historical context of his works and the art of Terezín. www.englishtouringopera.org.uk Tickets: £10 / senior citizens £7 / students £3 Enquiries: 01482 465998 or music@hull.ac.uk
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English Touring Opera presents: On Some Threshold of the Air – Songs of Viktor Ullmann, Monday 19 November 2012
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Event listing – November
Student Showcase II Friday 23 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Performances and compositions by students specialising in Jazz and Popular Music. 14:30 Vocal demonstration workshop with trio Juice and beatboxer, producer and songwriter MaJiKer. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull University Music Society Concert Wednesday 28 November 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:30 Student-run ensembles present a varied programme. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Instrumental Day Friday 30 November 2012 Middleton Hall, University Chapel, L201, MHMR, Hull Campus, 10:00–17:00 Students receive professional training in sessions led by Hull Sinfonietta players. Observers welcome. Please call to register your interest. Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Wednesday 5 December – Saturday 8 December 2012 The Donald Roy Theatre, The Gulbenkian Centre, 19:30 Before One Man Two Guvnors there was the classic The Servant Of Two Masters. Directed by Louise Peacock and performed by students of the Department Of Drama and music. Tickets: £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 466414 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Echoes of the Baroque Friday 7 December 2012 University Chapel, Hull Campus, 16:00 University Early Music Ensemble led by Žak Ozmo Students perform Italian music of the seventeenth century under the tutelage of our new Director of Early Music.
Event listing – December
The Servant Of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Free admission Enquiries: 01482 465998 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Event listing – December
Whale Music Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 December 2012 Hull Truck Theatre (Studio), 20:00 ‘Just because it’s always been that way, doesn’t make it wrong’. Caroline is pregnant. And she has a choice. More than one choice. Caroline returns to her hometown, to both face and escape from her dilemma. There she is surrounded by a group of very different women, with very different ideas about what she should do. They struggle with their own views and Caroline’s decisions. They laugh, they love and they live. An emotionally rich drama about roots, motherhood and relationships. Oscar award-winner Anthony Minghella wrote this play in 1981 for the female drama students of the University of Hull. Now performed by the current crop of drama students, this is a special collaboration between Hull Truck Theatre and the University of Hull, to celebrate Anthony Minghella’s impact on Hull’s theatrical life. Tickets: £10 Enquiries: (01482) 323638
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Friday 14 December 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 University Orchestra Eva Budniak (piano) Lee Tsang (conductor) Wagner Rózycki Szpilman
Polonia Lady Walewska, the scene at the ball (1944) Paraphrase on an original theme Concertino Ballet Scene Waltz in the Olden Style
This very special Polish-themed concert features the music of Wladyslaw Szpilman, the pianist-composer whose memoires of Nazi-occupied Warsaw were fashioned by Roman Polanski into the multi-award-winning film, The Pianist.
Event listing – December
University Orchestra – Polish Perspective
Szpilman’s style encompasses both the ‘popular’ and the ‘serious’. His indisputably varied, exuberant and sumptuous music has such an appeal that he has sometimes been described as a ‘Polish Gershwin’. In this programme, his music is performed alongside an early Wagner work written to commemorate the 19th-century Polish uprising against the Russians, as well as a forgotten opera fragment about Napoleon’s mistress. 14:30 Introduction to Conducting workshop with live orchestra. An opportunity for members of the audience to conduct the orchestra. Observers welcome. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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University of Hull Art Collection Middleton Hall, Cottingham Road, Hull Campus Open Monday to Friday 10:00 – 16:00 Closed on public holidays Free admission The University’s Art Collection is a small but outstanding collection specialising in paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints produced in Britain 1890–1940. The Camden Town Group and Bloomsbury artists are particularly well represented.
artcafé The artcafé is open in the basement of Middleton Hall, serving drinks and light refreshments from 9:30 to 16:00 and hot food between 12:00 and 14:00 on weekdays.
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Thanks to our sponsors and partners For details of individual sponsors of the music concerts, please see the Concerts & Events section of the music website www.hull.ac.uk/music.
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