Arts programme
Spring 2011
Events for everyone
Concerts Lectures Museums Performances
Information
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Disabled visitors Most areas of the University’s Hull campus are accessible. Reserved parking bays and/or individual guides may be arranged. Please call us in advance on 01482 462045.
Parking Parking on the Hull campus is free after 18:00. Free parking can be found on Salmon Grove and Cottingham Road (where there is a limit of 2 hours). A pay and display car park is situated in F2 on the campus map on page 39.
Travel The campus is 10 minutes by taxi from Hull Interchange Station. Bus Service 105 (from stand 20) stops at the University’s main entrance.
Cancellation policy Tickets can be refunded up to 24 hours before a performance.
House rules Admission may be restricted after the published start time. For performances in the Donald Roy Theatre, latecomers are not admitted.
Mailing list To receive information about forthcoming events please email tickets@hull.ac.uk.
Disclaimer The information in this brochure is subject to change and review. Every effort is made to ensure details are accurate at time of publication. The University of Hull cannot accept liability for errors or omissions.
Scarborough Campus events During Spring 2011 the Scarborough Campus will host a series of arts events and public lectures. The events will be open to everyone and are free of charge. Details are available online at www.hull.ac.uk/scarborough
Drama productions All performances are performed by students of the Department of Drama and Music unless otherwise stated.
Introduction
Happy New Year, and welcome to our latest Arts programme, which is full of exciting events to cheer us through the winter and spring. The Larkin Toads may have gone, along with Larkin 25, but we can look forward to Stephen Sondheim, Shakespeare, Mahler, Natalie Clein, Gilbert and Sullivan, Kate Mosse, and The Telephone, a miniature opera by Menotti, – entertainment worthy of the best London venues, but all at Hull prices, and easily accessible on and around the University campus. Don’t miss our wonderful series of Student Showcases, or the second half of our world class chamber music series, but if you prefer Jazz and Pop there are more informal, relaxed events for you too. A version of the Venice carnival comes to the city in May, and if you’re feeling political, come to our evening of ‘Fighting Back: An Arts and Humanities Response to the Government Cuts.’ There really is something here for everyone (and if you’re missing the Toads, we still have one, secreted away in the Business School...). Professor Valerie Sanders, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
The Arts Programme is produced by iHull: Institute for Creativity and Innovation (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Hull). iHull was established in September 2009 to coordinate and professionalise the creative and cultural offering of the University. The institute is committed to working in partnership with the creative sector in the Yorkshire and Humber region to support, nurture and develop the region's digital and cultural industries. iHull wish to thank everyone who has participated in putting the Arts programme together and in providing the content for this publication. 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. www.ihull.org ihull@hull.ac.uk 01482 462045
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Campus map | 28
Key Drama Music concerts Philip Larkin Centre for Creative Writing Lectures and workshops 3
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Event
4 Feb
The Guitarist
5 Feb
Hull Chamber Music: Sally Pryce Ensemble
8 Feb
Timbre in (popular) music
11 Feb
Student Showcase III – Menotti’s The Telephone
16–19 Feb
One More Time
18 Feb
Music of the Night
19 Feb
Hull Chamber Music: Tippett String Quartet
22 Feb
Jazz in Paris
23 Feb
A Trip in Rhythm
23 Feb
Asaf Sirkis Trio
23, 25, 26 Feb
Gilbert and Sullivan Society: The Sorcerer
25 Feb
Student Showcase IV – Classical
1 March
Irene Sabatini – Winner of the Orange Award for New Writers
4 March
Mahler’s ‘World’
4 March
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in Performance
9–12 March
The Winter’s Tale
10 March
Writing Hull
11 March
Early Musick Ensemble
12 March
Hull Chamber Music: Natalie Clein (cello) and Julius Drake (piano)
18 March
Student Showcase V – Pop Bands
March – April
Making Performance Festival
24 March
Maurice Rutherford – An East Yorkshire Great
25–26 March
Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Light Music
1 April
Got Lost
2 April
Hull Chamber Music: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
5 April
Into the Labyrinth with Kate Mosse
6 April
The Jazz Aesthetic at Hulljazz
8 April
University Orchestra and Choir
3 May
Conducting Masterclass with Ronald Corp
3 May
Fighting Back – An Arts and Humanities Response to Government Cuts
6 May
Trio Saxopiano
11 May
Hull University Music Society
11–13 & 18–20 May
Theatre Practice
12–13 May
Venetian Carnevale in Hull
13 May
Jazz/Pop Vocal Day
13 May
Practising Research in Beethoven’s Chamber Music
19 May
Meet David Almond – Author of Skellig
24 May
Steven Saylor and the Thrills of Ancient Rome
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Hull Marist Church, Cottingham Road
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Myton Suite, Sta House, Hull Campus
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
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University Chapel, Hull Campus
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Allam Lecture Theatre, Hull Campus
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Friday 4 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Craig Ogden (guitar) ‘A worthy successor to Julian Bream’ BBC Music Magazine ‘... superb, agile technique, the range of tonal shading he brings to his playing is of rare richness and subtlety’ The Telegraph ‘flawless’ Gramophone ‘as a performer in the specialised realm of the classical guitar, he has opened our ears to the instrument's breadth of repertory and to its expressive potential.’ The Daily Telegraph Programme to include works by Gary Ryan, Callum Dewar, Miroslav Tadic, Fernando Sor and Agustin Barrios. Ogden’s Classic FM disc (The Guitarist) spent six weeks at the top of the classical chart in the summer of 2010. In this lunchtime event he will perform an entertaining mixture of core repertoire and accessible contemporary material.
Events listings – February
The Guitarist
14:30: Guitar masterclass for Hull students. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull Chamber Music: Sally Pryce Ensemble Saturday 5 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 Distinguished harpist Sally Pryce has brought together some of today’s finest young musicians to showcase familiar and unfamiliar works in the harp chamber music repertoire. The programme also includes Mozart's much-loved Clarinet Quintet. Huw Watkins Debussy Jolivet Mozart Ravel
Gig Danse sacrée et danse profane Chant de Linos Clarinet Quintet (soloist Sarah Williamson) Introduction and Allegro
Tickets: £15 / senior citizens £13 / students £7 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
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Timbre in (popular) music Tuesday 8 February 2011 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 16:15 Music Research Seminar Dr Mark Slater, University of Hull Free entrance Enquiries: Dr Alexander Binns (a.binns@hull.ac.uk)
Student Showcase III – Menotti’s The Telephone Friday 11 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Ying-Ying Chang (soprano) Edyta Prajsnar (soprano) Fatma Cavus (soprano) Lynette Le Riche (recorder) Music Theatre Group University Orchestra conducted by James Frewer Menotti – The Telephone Menotti’s appealing miniature opera features in this varied showcase for postgraduate performers. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
One More Time Wed 16, Thurs 17, Friday 18, Sat 19 February 2011 Donald Roy Theatre, Gulbenkian Centre, Hull Campus, 19:30 Risetime directed by Campbell Edinborough and Mark Slater Steve Reich Philip Glass
Clapping Music Music for Pieces of Wood Music in Fifths
Eight actors and eight musicians throw themselves into a series of physical tasks involving dance, juggling, and acrobatics. This will be a new piece of theatre, created by Risetime – a group of students and staff from the Department of Drama and Music.
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Tickets: £5 / all concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Music of the Night Friday 18 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Sally Ann Triplett (soprano) James Church (piano) Sally Ann Triplett has West End credits such as Rizzo in Grease, Ruby (opposite Brian Conley) in Jolson, Grizabell in Cats, Mrs Big in Villain’s Opera for RSC, and more recently in Reno Sweeney in the Trevor Nunn/RSC revival of Anything Goes!, Roxie in Chicago and Miss Berta in Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques. She performs cabaret at venues such as the Savoy, and will be giving a special cabaret at The Pheasantry, Kings Road for the Sondheim Society. 2.30pm Vocal masterclass for Hull students. Observers welcome. Tickets:£5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull Chamber Music: Tippett String Quartet Saturday 19 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 A programme based on concert music by American and European composers who had a thorough classical training before going on to achieve widespread fame as Hollywood film composers. Miklós Rózsa Bernard Herrmann Astor Piazzolla Erich Korngold Bernard Herrmann
Quartet No 2, Op 38 Echoes, for string quartet Four for tango Quartet No 3, Op 34 Suite from Psycho
18:15: Pre-concert talk by Professor Neil Sinyard Tickets: £15 / senior citizens £13 / students £7 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
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Jazz in Paris Tuesday 22 February 2011 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 16:15 Music Research Seminar Dr Andy Fry, King’s College, London Free entrance Enquiries: Dr Alexander Binns a.binns@hull.ac.uk
A Trip in Rhythm Wednesday 23 February 2011 Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, 14:00 – 17:00 Rhythm workshop for Hull students led by Asaf Sirkis of the Asaf Sirkis Trio. Observers welcome. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 346239 or 07510274222 In conjunction with Hulljazz
Asaf Sirkis Trio Wednesday 23 February 2011 Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, 20:30 Asaf Sirkis (drums/compositions) Tassos Spiliotopoulos (guitar) Yaron Stavi (bass) The return of the world class drum phenomenon Asaf Sirkis, who has taken the British scene by storm. Tickets: £12 available on the door Enquiries: 01482 346239 or 07510274222 In conjunction with Hulljazz
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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 Entrance 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. 12
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer Wed 23 February, Friday 25 February and Sat 26 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:30 Hull University Gilbert and Sullivan Society The University’s longest running society presents its latest production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer Tickets: £6 / senior citizens £5 / other concessions £4 Enquiries: hugss@hotmail.co.uk Sponsored by: Hull University Music Department and East Yorkshire Motor Services
Student Showcase IV – Classical Friday 25 February 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Nuno Duarte (clarinet) and Peter Sproston (piano) Faidonas Prokopiou (piano) Matthew Moore (cello) and Rachel Mathieson (piano) New Music Ensembles Programme to include: Scarlatti Sonata in D minor Debussy Clair de Lune Messenger Solo de Concour Fauré Elégie A varied programme of music performed by students majoring in performance studies and composition. 14:30: ‘Playing with Minimalism’ reachout workshop. The event will explore the rhythmic intricacies of works by American minimalist composers. Open to all. Please bring along an instrument. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Events listings – March
Irene Sabatini – Winner of the Orange Award for New Writers Tuesday 1 March 2011 The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 International Women’s Day Event The Zimbabwean writer Irene Sabatini won the Orange Award for New Writers 2010 for The Boy Next Door, ‘one of the most engaging novels about inter-racial love to be published this century. Entertaining, ambitious and packed with news from elsewhere, leavened by the precious optimism of youth. Don't miss it’ – The Independent. Irene flies in from Geneva for a special writer’s event to mark the global centenary of International Women’s Day. Tickets: £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by: The Portland Hotel
Mahler’s ‘World’ Friday 4 March 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Sarah Leonard (soprano) Hull Sinfonietta conducted by Lee Tsang Mahler (arr Stein) – Symphony No. 4 Mahler sought to express ‘the world’ in his symphonies. Performed in a chamber ensemble arrangement written for Schoenberg’s elite Verein, his Fourth is characterised by classical wit, a dance of death, lyrical warmth, and a child’s view of heaven. 15:00: L201 (free entrance) Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in Performance by Dr Paul Banks. All welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by: Arts Council England (Yorkshire)
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Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in Performance Friday 4 March 2011 Larkin Building, L201, Hull Campus, 15:00 Music Research Seminar Professor Paul Banks, Royal College of Music Free entrance Enquiries: Dr Alexander Binns a.binns@hull.ac.uk
The Winter’s Tale Wed 9 March to Sat 12 March 2011 Donald Roy Theatre, Gulbenkian Centre, Hull Campus, 19:30 ‘I have seen the Spider’ The Department of Drama and Music present Shakespeare’s classic tale of jealousy, separation and reconciliation. Tickets: £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 466141 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Writing Hull Thursday 10 March 2011 The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 Nowhere has better stories to tell than Hull and East Yorkshire. Local writers on our Creative Writing MA programme present a vivid range of true-life tales. From the building of the Humber Bridge, adventures at sea, pub tales to murder stories, come and be moved, thrilled and informed. With special short film premiers from our student film unit. A presentation of Hull’s Creative Writing Programmes. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by The Portland Hotel
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Early Musick Ensemble Friday 11 March 2011 Hull Marist Church, Cottingham Road, 13:15 Early Musick Ensemble directed by Christopher R Wilson Programme to include: Michael Haydn – Victimae Paschali A work for choir and orchestra complemented by vocal and instrumental chamber music from the baroque. 15:00: Middleton Hall. Cello Masterclass with Natalie Clein. Observers welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull Chamber Music: Natalie Clein (cello) and Julius Drake (piano) Saturday 12 March 2011 Middleton Hall. Hull Campus, 19:45 One of the country’s favourite and most talented cellists joins forces with one of today’s leading accompanists presents a wideranging programme in a concert that promises to be one of the highlights of music in Hull this season. Liszt Schubert Kodály Beethoven
Two Elegies Arpeggione Sonata Sonata for solo cello, Op 8 Sonata in A, Op 69
18:15: Pre-concert talk by Professor Brian Newbould Tickets: £15 / senior citizens £13 / students £7 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
Student Showcase V – Pop bands Friday 18 March 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 A selection of music performed by students specialising in Jazz and Popular Music. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk 16
Making Performance Festival Wednesday 23 March – Friday 25 March 2011 Wednesday 30 March – Friday 1 April 2011 Wednesday 6 April – Friday 8 April 2011 Donald Roy Theatre, Gulbenkian Centre, Hull Campus, at various times Please see our Making Performance guide in nearer the time This year’s Making Performance Festival will feature a busy and eclectic season of exciting and innovative productions which will take place over three weeks. The Festival will present the work of our final year students on the BA Hons Degree in Drama and Theatre Practice at the University of Hull. Incorporating different styles, genres, spaces and skills, it is guaranteed to be theatre which will invigorate the mind and confound the senses! Making Performance is a chance for our graduating students to show you what they can do. Come to watch, engage and respond to their new ideas. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 466141 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Maurice Rutherford – An East Yorkshire Great Thursday 24 March 2011 The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 A near-contemporary of Philip Larkin, we are delighted to host Maurice Rutherford for the launch of his New & Selected Poems And Saturday Was Christmas. Introduced by Carol Rumens, who celebrates him as a ‘master craftsman’, Maurice will read a selection of work and tell the tales behind a truly venerable writing career. With special guest readings from local poets Sarah Stutt and Mary Aherne. Tickets £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by: The Portland Hotel
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Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music Friday 25 & Saturday 26 March 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:30 Music Theatre Group University Orchestra directed by Marc Henderson Music directed by James Frewer ‘Graced with some of Sondheim’s most charming lyrics and richest melodies as well as Hugh Wheeler’s cool and witty book, it’s got real heart without gushing sentiment.’ The Daily Telegraph ‘a vibrant musical score’ The British Theatre Guide A Little Night Music is a musical inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, a lightly comic drama about the romantic lives of several couples. The music is set almost entirely in waltz time and includes some of Sondheim’s most popular numbers, including ‘Send in the Clowns’, ‘The Millers Son’, and ‘Everyday a Little Death’. Please note there will be a matinee performance for schools at 13:15 on Friday 25 March. Free entry for children accompanied by teachers. Tickets: £8 / senior citizens £7 / other concessions £4 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Friday 1 April 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Sarah Leonard (soprano) Rolf Hind (piano) ‘more startling and refreshing than you'd think possible... thoroughly convincing’ (5 stars) Musical Criticism.com Messiaen Lachenmann
Chants de Terre et de Ciel Got Lost
A rare chance to hear groundbreaking works performed by two of contemporary music’s leading exponents. Lachenmann’s Got Lost, an offshoot from the opera Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (The Little Match Girl) was specially written for Leonard and Hind. Its unconventional soundworld has been astounding audiences at major venues and festivals in the UK and Europe.
Event listings – April
Got Lost
14:30: Composition workshop. All welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk In association with Hull Sinfonietta
Hull Chamber Music: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Saturday 2 April 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 This remarkable pianist shot to public attention in 2004, when at the age of 11 he won the piano section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Now, all of 18, he brings a programme that will display to the full his remarkable technical and musical gifts. Gershwin Chopin Albéniz Mompou Liszt
Rhapsody in Blue Barcarolle; Scherzos Nos 1 and 3; two Mazurkas Iberia, Book 1 Cancio y Danza Nos 1, 3 and 6 Rhapsodie espagnole
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Into the Labyrinth with Kate Mosse Tuesday 5 April 2011 The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 Kate Mosse takes us deep inside the world of her No 1 Bestseller Labyrinth, an astounding mystery that slips between the present and the Cathar world of 13thcentury France. A co-founder of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and a supreme storyteller, Kate comes fresh from delivering the third part of the Labyrinth trilogy to talk about writing, ghost stories and the particular magic of the Pyrenees. Tickets ÂŁ5 / concessions ÂŁ3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by The Portland Hotel
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The Jazz Aesthetic at Hulljazz Wednesday 6 April 2011 Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, 20:30 The Jazz Aesthetic directed by Peter Elsdon A staff-led ensemble of Jazz and Popular Music students from the University. Tickets: TBA (available on the door) Enquiries: 01482 346239 or 07510274222 In conjunction with Hulljazz
University Orchestra and Choir Friday 8 April 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 University Orchestra and Choir conducted by Matthew Ryan and Holly Kenvin Berlioz Berlioz Tchaikovsky Borodin
Roman Carnival Overture Benvenuto Cellini Choral Suite Capriccio Italien Polovtsian Dances
Italianate and operatic repertoire from 19th-century France and Russia directed by student conductors. 14:30: Introduction to conducting workshop. An opportunity for selected school pupils to experience conducting an orchestra. Interested participants should contact Dr Lee Tsang in advance: 01482 465019 or l.tsang@hull.ac.uk. All observers are welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Events listings – May
Conducting Masterclass with Ronald Corp Tuesday 3 May 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:00 – 21:15 Hull University Orchestra One of the UK’s leading professional conductors coaches students in front of a live orchestra. Please note that additional string players are welcome to participate in this event. Observers are also welcome. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Fighting Back – An Arts and Humanities Response to Government Cuts Tuesday 3 May 2011 Staff House, Hull Campus, 18:30 We’re proud to launch the new book of Simon Lee and Matt Beech, from the Centre for British Politics here in Hull. The Cameron-Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity is the first university-inspired accounting of the effects of government cuts. How does this fit inside an Arts programme? The Arts, alongside our companions Humanities and Social Sciences, are being sidelined in a fundamental shift in educational priorities. What is our value, internationally and in our region? What is under attack? How do we best respond and come out fighting? Come and admire the quality of some pungent essay-writing, sharpen your understanding, and join in the debate. Free event Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Trio Saxopiano Friday 6 May 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Hayley Lambert (saxophone) Naomi Sullivan (saxophone) Alistair Watson (piano) Programme to include: Karlins Introduction and Passacaglia (1990) Debussy Piano Trio in G A recital for two saxophones and piano featuring an unusual, tense and very exciting work by M William Karlins and a transcribed early work by Debussy. 14:30: Masterclass (saxophone/clarinet) Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull University Music Society Wednesday 11 May 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:30 A diverse selection of student-run ensembles. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by: University of Hull
Theatre Practice Wed 11 – Fri 13 May 2011 & Wed 18 – Fri 20 May 2011 Donald Roy Theatre, Gulbenkian Centre, Hull Campus, 19:30 In addition to Venetian Carnevale, there will be three-year-long projects which will culminate in performances held in the Donald Roy Theatre and in a site-specific venue in the centre of Hull. The projects will be the work of staff and students undertaking the second year Theatre Practice module. Expect to be bedazzled and amazed at the variety of performances with new and original ideas expressed and a thrilling exploration of the theatrical medium. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 466141 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk 23
Venetian Carnevale in Hull Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May 2011 Venue and time to be decided This year-long, site-specific project will culminate in an evening extravaganza of music, performance, street theatre, lavish costume and mask. Audience members are warmly invited to participate and enjoy the party. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 466141 or gulbenkian@hull.ac.uk
Jazz/Pop Vocal Day Friday 13 May 2011 Middleton Hall, Hull campus, 11:00 – 16:00 Louise Gibbs of Leeds College of Music coaches singers specialising in jazz and popular music. Observers welcome. Free entrance Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Practising Research in Beethoven's Chamber Music Friday 13 May 2011 University Chapel, Hull Campus, 13:15 Jane Booth (clarinet) Jennifer Morsches (cello) John Irving (fortepiano) Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Fortepiano, Op 38 Professor John Irving, Director of the Institute for Musical Research, presents Beethoven’s own arrangement of the Septet, Op 20. 14:30: Workshop presentation and masterclass. An exploration of performance practice issues relating to the use of period instruments and first editions. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by: Institute for Musical Research and the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Performance Practice (DeNOTE) 24
Meet David Almond – Author of Skellig Our Annual Children’s Writing event Thursday 19 May 2011, 17:00 Allam Lecture Theatre, Hull Campus David Almond is one of the most magical writers in the world. His novel Skellig is an all-time favourite, and he has written many other wonderful books for people of all ages. Come and explore the dark and beautiful world of his imagination If you’re a child, this is YOUR event. Think up your questions for David, and bring them along. He’s looking forward to meeting and talking with you. Tickets £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by The Portland Hotel
Steven Saylor and the Thrills of Ancient Rome Tuesday 24 May 2011 The Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 We are honoured to welcome Steven Saylor, direct from San Francisco. ‘A modern master of historical fiction’ – USA Today, Steven uses profound knowledge of Ancient Rome to conjure a series of bestselling mystery novels. A great evening for anyone with a passion for the ancient history, and any who love the power of terrific storytelling. ‘Saylor evokes the ancient world more convincingly than any other writer of his generation’ The Sunday Times. Tickets £5 / concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by The Portland Hotel
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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 entrance 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. Also shown are the two Thompson collections of Chinese ceramics.
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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