Arts programme
February – June 2012
Events for everyone
Music Concerts Literary events Performances Talks and workshops
Information
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 and travel Hull Campus Free parking is available on campus after 18:00. On-street parking can be found on Salmon Grove and Cottingham Road (where there is a limit of two hours). A pay-and-display car park is situated in F2 on the campus map, available to view at www.hull.ac.uk. The campus is 10 minutes by taxi from Hull Paragon Interchange. Bus service 105 (from stand 20) stops at the University’s main entrance. Scarborough Campus Free parking is available after 17:15. If you arrive for an event starting before 17:15, please report to reception for a permit.
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.
Drama productions All productions are performed by students of the Department of Drama and Music unless otherwise stated. Ticket holders consent to inclusion in official photographic, visual and audio promotion of the event. Please contact somebody at reception should you wish to be excluded.
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In this season full of many highlights, we are delighted to welcome Sarah Bakewell, Author of How to Live: The Life of Montaigne, who will be talking to novelist Ray French about her prize winning biography, while the Middleton Hall acts as backdrop to a collaboration between the Hull University Music Society Opera Group and Early Music Ensemble, presenting us with a modern take on The coronation of Poppea and Scarborough becomes the stage for Mission, a tale of spies and espionage.
Introduction
Welcome to the Spring/Summer edition of the Arts programme – Events for everyone.
The Drama Department is organising some amazing productions as well, details of which can be found on our arts & events website www.ihull.org/events from the beginning of February. But please come and see for yourself and while you are on campus, why not visit both the Art Gallery, one of East Yorkshire’s hidden gems, and the South-East Asia Museum, and have a refreshing coffee and a bite to eat in one of our cafes. Yours sincerely, Marianne Lewsley-Stier Faculty Events Co-ordinator Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Hull tickets@hull.ac.uk or 01482 462045
About the Arts programme: The Arts programme is produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Hull and aims to reach out beyond the campus boundaries into the community. Inviting everybody to enjoy and participate in the wide-ranging events on offer. Events include talks by visiting world-class authors, stimulating lunchtime concerts performed by students as well as leading musicians, wonderful drama productions and insightful exhibitions.
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Michael Janisch and the New York Standards Quartet, see page 20 for details
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At a glance | 4
June | 27 Our sponsors | 29
Key Music concerts and workshops Literary events Performances Lectures and talks 3
At a glance
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Date
Event
1 Feb
On the Edge: The End by Michael Pinchbeck
3 Feb
Music for Mezzo
4 Feb
Hull Chamber Music: Vanbrugh String Quartet
10 Feb
Asaf Sirkis Trio
10 Feb
Our Famous Five
11 Feb
On the Edge: Stacy Makishi: The Making of Bull: The True Story
17 Feb
Music from the Berlin Court
18 Feb
Hull Chamber Music Society: Min-Jin Kym (violin) and Ian Brown (piano)
21 Feb
Adam Roberts: The Best of British Science Fiction
24 Feb
Student Showcase III
29 Feb
IPC Cluster: RE-playable: Remixing, Referencing, Reaction, Reworking and Recreation in Media Art
2 March
Reger and the Second Viennese School
3 & 4 March
Mission
8 March
Sarah Bakewell on How to Live: The Life of Montaigne
9 March
Student Showcase IV
9 March
Hull Chamber Music: Piano Masterclass
10 March
Hull Chamber Music: Benjamin Frith (piano)
16 March
The Dreaming Boys – a musical melodrama
20 March
Rick Holland: Writing with Brian Eno
23 March
Russian Orchestral Spectacular
18 April
Michael Janisch Workshop
18 April
Michael Janisch and the New York Standards Quartet
19 April
David Mark: Top Crime from Hull
20 April
Music for Arpeggione, Cello and Piano
25 April
A Cat of Nine Tales
25 April
Hull University Music Society
27 April
Jazz Standards
4 May
Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea (abridged matinee for schools)
4 & 5 May
Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea
11 May
Guitar Workshop – Kathy Dyson
11 May
Orchestral Conducting Workshop – Adrian Brown
17 May
Writing Hull
9 June
Merge: Beethoven’s Choral Symphony
tickets@hull.ac.uk Venue
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Enquiries
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PS1, Scarborough Campus
19:30
01723 357334
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:45
01482 465631
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP
19:30
01482 345104
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PS1, Scarborough Campus
16:00
01723 357334
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:45
01482 465631
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Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
18:30
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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PS1 & PS3, Scarborough Campus
15:30
01723 357222
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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In the town of Scarborough
All day
01723 357334
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Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
18:30
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
14:30
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:45
01482 465631
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Lyndsey Suite, Sta House, Hull Campus
16:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
14:30
01482 462045
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Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU5 4AT
20:30
01482 346239
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Art Gallery, Hull Campus
18:30
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP
19:00
01482 345104
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:30
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
13:15
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
19:30
01482 462045
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L201, Larkin Building East, Hull Campus
10:00
01482 462045
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Middleton Hall, Hull Campus
12:00
01482 462045
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Tranby Room, Sta House, Hull Campus
18:30
01482 462045
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Hull City Hall
20:00
01482 226655
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Asaf Sirkis Trio, see page 9 for details
The End by Michael Pinchbeck Wednesday 1 February 2012 Scarborough Campus, Performance Studio 1, 19:30 Inspired by a stage direction from The Winter’s Tale, ‘Exit pursued by a bear’, The End explores endings and exits and asks why we perform and how we will know when to stop. Developed at The Junction (Cambridge), Brighton Dome and Festival, New Art Exchange and Lakeside Arts Centre (Nottingham). Commissioned by Chester Performs. Selected for the British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase 2011. Michael Pinchbeck is a writer, live artist and performance maker based in Nottingham. He co-founded Metro-Boulot-Dodo in 1997 and now works with numerous artists and companies as a performer, deviser and dramaturg. In 2005 he was commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse to write The White Album. He is currently working on a second commissioned play – The Ashes. In 2008 he was selected by Arts Council England to represent the UK at the Biennale for Young Artists. In 2009 and 2011, his work was selected for the British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase.
Events listings – February
On the Edge presents:
Michael studied Theatre and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. He has a Masters in Performance and Live Art from Nottingham Trent University and is currently studying for a PhD at Loughborough University; his research explores the role of the dramaturg. He is a co-director of Nottingham’s performance platform – Hatch. Tickets £5 / concessions £4 Enquiries: 01723 357334 or m.chatzi@hull.ac.uk Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Invited by the University’s School of Arts and New Media as part of On the Edge.
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Events listings – February
Music for Mezzo Friday 3 February 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Margaret MacDonald (mezzo-soprano) Jan Swynnoe (piano) The renowned international singer and voice coach Margaret McDonald returns to Hull for a solo recital of music by Michael Head, Mahler, Lennox Berkeley, Perrin, Falla and Gershwin. Active in opera and oratorio as well as recital repertoire, Margaret has performed for Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera, ENO, Opera North, CBTO, Chelsea Opera Group, Scottish Opera and Scottish Opera Go Round and has recorded a variety of works for Nimbus, Marco Polo and the BBC. As a vocal coach she has worked with the Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus and Huddersfield Choral Society as well as on various musicals, including Amadeus (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Mama Mia (Palace Theatre, Manchester) and most recently Ghost (Opera House, Manchester). For more information, go to www.maggiemcdonald.co.uk). The recital will be followed by a vocal masterclass for students at 14:30. Observers are welcome. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull Chamber Music: Vanbrugh String Quartet Saturday 4 February 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 This celebrated Irish ensemble, ranking among Europe’s finest string quartets, has for 25 years been resident quartet for RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcasting service, and its members founded the internationally acclaimed West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Beethoven Shostakovich Arvo Pärt Schubert
Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No 4 Quartet No 9 in E flat, Op. 117 Summa Quartet in D minor, D 810 Death and the Maiden
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Friday 10 February 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Asaf Sirkis (drums) Tassos Spiliotopoulos (guitar) Yaron Stavi (bass) ‘Asaf Sirkis, the world-class drum phenomenon ... [has] taken the British scene by storm’ – Renaissance Man ‘Sirkis is not only an inventive drummer but also a composer of rigour, wit and surprising delicacy’ – Mojo Magazine In his long and playful partnership with the saxophonist Gilad Atzmon, a recent and more delicate one with the piano virtuoso John Law, the guitar maestro Larry Coryell, the Brit sax player Tim Garland, and in many other settings from improv to fusion, the Israeli expatriate Asaf Sirkis keeps confirming that he is one of the British jazz scene’s most creative drummers. The way Sirkis just touches a cymbal is an inspiration, long before he has played a beat. North African as well as Middle Eastern music played a big part in his early listening, and he was a bass guitarist as well as a drummer in his teens, so rock and fusion music from the Police to Weather Report and the Mahavishnu Orchestra went deep with him. This trio generates a compelling intensity, and the leader’s percussion responses to their ideas are dazzling eruptions of drum mastery. For more information, go to www.asafsirkis.co.uk.
Events listings – February
Asaf Sirkis Trio
The performance will be followed by a rhythm workshop for students at 14:30. 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 – February
Our Famous Five Friday 10 February 2012 Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP, 19:30 Celebrating LGBT History Month, members of the LGBT Staff Network come out for their favourite writers. Meet the lives and works of five lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans writers, and see why these great artists powered their way into their readers’ hearts. This is a showcase of wisdom, wit, pictures, words and wine. Come along for an alternative evening to make you glad. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 345104www.artlink.uk.net Sponsored by the University of Hull LGBT Staff Network. On the Edge and Scarborough Literature Festival present:
The Making of Bull: The True Story by Stacy Makishi Saturday 11 February 2012 PS1, Scarborough Campus, 16:00 Here lies a true story about lies, Fargo, maps, doughnut holes, murder, secrets, kidnaps and how to get lucky. It’s a tall tale and a love story that goes anywhere but straight. Part mystery, part satire, part How To Make A Performance … it’s about partings and the absence that defines us. The Making of Bull: The True Story is a fusion of physical theatre, music, film and text. The stage is a battleground between truth and lies; what’s spoken and what’s omitted; what’s fiction and what is documentary. Stacy Makishi finally comes out and tells the whole truth as she brings forth an elliptical tale trying hard not to tell itself. Just what is she hiding? You’ll have to see it to believe it. Workshop: 14:00 – 17:00. Tickets £5 (£7 for performance and workshop) Enquiries: 01723 357334 or m.chatzichristodoulou@hull.ac.uk
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Friday 17 February 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Sarah McNulty (baroque flute) Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord) C P E Bach
J F Agricola J J Quantz
Fantasia in D major for harpsichord Wq. 117/14 Fantasia in G minor for harpsichord Wq. 117/13 Sonata in A minor for flute and basso continuo Wq. 128 Sonata in A major for flute and basso continuo Sonata in E minor for flute and harpsichord obbligato
Repertoire from Frederick the Great’s court, including works by C P E Bach, Quantz, and Agricola – masters of ‘mixed taste’ with German, Italian and French influences. Flautist Sarah McNulty has recently been awarded a PhD in rhetoric and baroque performance practice at the University of York. She performs regularly with period instrument orchestras such as Newcastle Baroque and the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists and has presented baroque performance practice seminars and workshops at the University of York.
Events listings – February
Music from the Berlin Court
Masumi Yamamoto studied music at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Australia, and at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music, London. She is currently studying for a PhD at the University of York and performs across the UK and abroad as a soloist and continuo player. The performance will be followed at 14:30 by a masterclass on 18th-century performance practice. 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 – February
Hull Chamber Music: Min-Jin Kym (violin) and Ian Brown (piano) Saturday 18 February 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 Born in South Korea and raised in the UK, Min-Jin Kym became at 16 the youngest student to be awarded a Foundation Scholarship at the Royal College of Music, and in 2005 she became the first recipient of the Heifetz Prize awarded by the Jascha Heifetz Foundation in Los Angeles. Ian Brown is one of this country’s finest pianists, admired in particular as the pianist of the Nash Ensemble. Debussy Prokofiev Fauré
Sonata in G minor Sonata No 2 in D, Op. 94b Sonata No 1 in A, Op. 13
Tickets £15 / senior citizens £13/ students £7 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
Adam Roberts: The Best of British Science Fiction Tuesday 21 February 2012 Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 As the Larkin Centre boldly goes into sci-fi territory, we are delighted to host an evening with Adam Roberts. The Times put him ‘in the tradition of Swift, Orwell and Atwood’. For the Morning Star his is ‘perhaps the most untrammelled imagination in current British science fiction’. By day he is Professor of 19th-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, but at night … Come and hear about his new novel, By Light Alone, and find out what makes him the ‘enfant terrible of British SF’. He will be in conversation with Martin Goodman. Book signing to follow. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Portland Hotel.
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Friday 24 February 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 A concert by advanced students specialising in performance and composition. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
RE-playable: Remixing, Referencing, Reaction, Reworking and Recreation as Strategies in Media Art Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Scarborough Campus, PS1 & PS3, 15:30 – 19:00 Paidia Institute: Professor Zilvinas Lilas, Tincuta Heinzel, Lasse Scherffig, Susanna Schoenberg, Björn Theis Remixing, referencing, reaction, reworking and recreation are important strategies in media art; also and especially for working with the game medium. Paidia Institute uses these strategies in projects yielding art and artistic research, focusing on diverse forms of play – from deconstructions of the dispositive of computer gaming to performances and site-specific interventions. In their talk, strategies and art projects from Paidia’s past will be shown and the concept for a future event will be presented and put up for discussion. This future event will consist of a workshop-like setting / interactive laboratory in developing formats for the site-specific use of ‘embedded technologies’.
Events listings – February
Student Showcase III
Paidia Institute is a collective of media artists and scientists from Cologne, Germany, who examine, expose and transform aesthetic and cultural interrelations of art and technology. The institute works as an evolving structure, providing a flexible framework for artistic, academic and administrative activities in a field of playable systems, addressing them as both a distinctive technique and a significant social and cultural phenomenon. Free admission Enquiries: 01723 357222 or a.albacan@hull.ac.uk
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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.
Friday 2 March 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Janet Hilton (clarinet) Jakob Fichert (piano) ‘Rare lightness and grace, shaped with the quiet freedom of a great singer’ – Financial Times ‘It was the sort of playing that makes you want to get up and dance’ – The Guardian ‘So perfect a blend of emotion and experience that she inspired her colleagues to a performance of quite unusual musical intensity and pathos’ – Sunday Telegraph Alban Berg Arnold Schoenberg Max Reger
Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 Six little piano pieces, Op. 19 Sonata in B flat, Op. 107
Events listing – March
Reger and the Second Viennese School
The clarinettist Janet Hilton enjoys worldwide recognition through her extensive series of recordings for Chandos, ASV, EMI, BBC Classics, Clarinet Classics and Naxos and her appearances in many countries. She is in demand for masterclasses at the Paris Conservatoire, the Cleveland Institute and the University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA, among many other prestigious institutions, and as a member of international competition juries in Canada, Italy and Ireland. The performance will be followed by a woodwind masterclass at 14:30. Observers are welcome. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Events listing – March
Mission Saturday 3 March & Sunday 4 March 2012 In the town of Scarborough: for tips on where to find the performance, email m.chatzi@hull.ac.uk Mission is the outcome of the School of Arts and New Media’s Artist in Working Residence scheme for the academic year 2011/12. It is a tale of spies and espionage, a story of covert operations and of enemies locked in a constant battle of wits. But don’t expect to sit cosily back and watch the action unfold before you. It is you who must solve the clues and look out for the forces of good ... that is, if you are sharp enough to know who is on your side and who wants to drag you under. Be part of the adventure, and explore the dark underworld which haunts the streets and alleys of a once-familiar coastal town. Mission is created by students from the School of Arts and New Media in collaboration with Bread & Goose. Free admission Enquiries: 01723 357334 or m.chatzi@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the School of Arts and New Media. Mission is a Coastival event.
Sarah Bakewell on How to Live: The Life of Montaigne Thursday 8 March 2012 Art Gallery, Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 18:30 The New York Times called Sarah Bakewell’s unorthodox biography of Michel de Montaigne ‘a delightful conversation across the centuries’. Sarah believes that this quirky 16th-century nobleman was the grandfather of all bloggers, considers his Essays the grandmother of all blogs, and suggests that his philosophy can be summarized as ‘Read a lot, forget most of what you read and be slow-witted.’ How to Live won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography in the United States and the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction in Britain. Sarah will be in conversation with Ray French and taking questions from the audience. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Portland Hotel and the English Department, University of Hull. 16
Friday 9 March 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 A concert by students specialising in jazz and popular music. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Hull Chamber Music: Piano Masterclass Friday 9 March 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 14:30 In anticipation of tomorrow evening’s piano recital, the internationally renowned pianist Benjamin Frith instructs Hull students at this special masterclass event. Free admission Enquiries 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Events listing – March
Student Showcase IV
Hull Chamber Music: Benjamin Frith (piano) Saturday 10 March 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:45 (with a pre-concert talk on Beethoven by Professor Brian Newbould at 18:30) An all-Beethoven programme from a master pianist whose playing never fails to impress. The Eroica Variations are on the same theme as the variations in the last movement of the Eroica Symphony, and the colossal Hammerklavier Sonata is one of the mightiest peaks in the entire piano literature. Beethoven
Six Bagatelles, Op 126 Variations in E flat, Op 35 Eroica Sonata in B flat, Op 106 Hammerklavier
Tickets £15/ senior citizens £13 / students £7 Enquiries: 01482 465631 or j.p.sproston@hull.ac.uk
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The Dreaming Boys – a musical melodrama Friday 16 March 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15
The Dreaming Boys a melodrama based on the text by Oskar Kokoschka
Music: Torsten Rasch Translation: Lee Tsang Portumnus Ensemble Lee Tsang (voice, director) Torsten Rasch, famous for setting text by the controversial punk/heavy-metal band Rammstein, came to the attention of UK audiences when his The Duchess of Malfi (2010) won an RPSaward for English National Opera. Written for voice and an instrumental quintet redolent of Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, his Die Träumenden Knaben (‘The Dreaming Boys’) (2009) anticipates the spirit of Malfi: ‘[Malfi]... a collision of worlds old and new, the fractured narrative, the haphazard whole. His style seems predictable at first – Berg-inflected modern music of the old school – but its true colours emerge layer by layer, shards from an aural prism...’ – Mark Valencia In this performance by the Portumnus Ensemble, Rasch’s music will be presented in its final version, following revisions in December 2011. It will also be presented for the first time in English translation and alongside projections of Kokoschka’s beautiful images. Hull Sinfonietta’s Portumnus Ensemble is a spin-off chamber group that is dedicated to introducing audiences to new music. Named after the Roman god of gates, doors and harbours, it aims to open up routes to new experiences and understanding by offering Janus-like dual perspectives on the past and the future. 14:30 Composition Workshop featuring works by student composers led by Dr Tsang and the Portumnus Ensemble. Observers welcome. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk In association with Hull Sinfonietta
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Tuesday 20 March 2012 Lyndsey Suite, Staff House, Hull Campus, 16:15 – 18:00 Rick Holland breaks the mould of poets on the reading circuit. He feeds words into collaboration with other art forms, so you will find his lines on gallery walls or in art installations. In 2011, years of working with Brian Eno came to fruition with the release of the album Drums Between the Bells and the EP Panic of Looking. The latest work is collaboration with the band Diode. Encounter the dynamic world of Rick Holland in music, images and readings. He will be in conversation with Martin Goodman and with you, the audience. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Portland Hotel.
Events listing – March
Rick Holland: Writing with Brian Eno
Russian Orchestral Spectacular Friday 23 March 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 HUMS (Hull University Music Society) Orchestra Peter Kench, Matthew Ryan (conductors) Shostakovich Festival Overture Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade Popular Russian repertoire conducted by a student and a graduate from the University of Hull. The performance will be followed at 14:30 by an ‘Introduction to Conducting’ workshop – an opportunity for volunteers from the audience to conduct the orchestra. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Department of Drama and Music.
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Events listing – April
Michael Janisch Workshop Wednesday 18 April 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 14:30 – 16:30 Michael Janisch and his band work with Hull students in advance of tonight’s gig at Hulljazz. Observers welcome by invitation. Please contact us in advance if you are interested in attending. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Department of Drama and Music.
Michael Janisch and the New York Standards Quartet Wednesday 18 April 2012 The Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU5 4AT, 20:30 ‘These artists clearly relish the opportunity to stretch out, with the knowledge that they are among highly accomplished peers... showing how “the standards” can serve as a foundation for exploration, not just as museum pieces’ – Louisville Music News The New York Standards Quartet, spearheaded by the saxophonist Tim Armacost, came together in the autumn of 2006. Its members, four jazz musicians based in New York, have developed a near-telepathic relationship playing together in a variety of settings, including some of the top bands in their home city. Conceptually, the NYSQ strives to develop its own language by radically reinterpreting great songs in the tradition of the standard jazz repertoire. The special guest on this tour is Michael Janisch on acoustic bass. He is one of the most creative musical forces in the UK. Originally from the US, he exploded onto the UK jazz scene in 2005 and has been at the forefront of the international jazz scene as well, playing with the likes of Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Mark Turner, Phil Robson, John Taylor and Greg Osby. Tickets £12 / students £3 (purchase on the door) Enquiries: 01482 346239 (Ken) Sponsored by Hulljazz.
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Thursday 19 April 2012 Art Gallery, Hull Campus, 18:30 The Larkin Centre is delighted to launch a major new crime writer with a brand new series. The Dark Winter introduces Highlandsborn DS Actor McAvoy. As he works the streets of Hull, out to solve tough crime cases, McAvoy is obsessed with a need to understand the true nature of people and be the ‘good’ man his family deserves. David Mark walked the scenes of his novel as the Hull crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post. The Dark Winter saw publishers pitched into an international bidding war. Come and learn of the journey from Hull’s streets to success. David Mark will be in conversation with Martin Goodman. Book signing to follow.
Events listing – April
David Mark: Top Crime from Hull
Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Music for Arpeggione, Cello and Piano Friday 20 April 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Nicolas Deletaille (cello/arpeggione) Jean-Michel Dayez (piano) Borthwick Debussy Janáček
New commission for arpeggione Lacuna Lullaby for cello and piano Sonata Pohádka
This concert combines some early-20th-century classics with works by the University of Hull’s Head of Composition, Alastair Borthwick. It includes a new commission that explores the unique qualities of the arpeggione, a six-string fretted instrument that enjoyed fleeting popularity in the early 19th century. The critically acclaimed Delataille–Dayez duo regularly perform repertoire from Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann to Martinů, Piazzolla, Messiaen and Pousseur. They recorded five Cello Sonatas by Beethoven for the Contréclisse label in 2005.
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Events listing – April
Deletaille, a graduate from the Juilliard School, is also a specialist arpeggione player. In 2006 he recorded the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata on an original instrument with fortepianist Paul BaduraSkoda. The performance will be followed by a composition masterclass at 14:30. Observers are welcome. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
A Cat of Nine Tales Wednesday, 25 April 2012 Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP, 19:00 To celebrate National Pet Month, Artlink is holding a gallery showing of the photographs of Dennis Low. From a specially commissioned journey to Morocco, Dennis has brought back portraits of stray cats and kittens. ‘Take Me to the Kittens’ runs from 7 April to 12 May. To honour the event, the Larkin Centre hosts an evening of short readings from brand-new writing in poetry and prose. This is work with the mystique of cats at its very heart. Enjoy Dennis Low’s exhibition as you feel the writer’s words. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 345104 or www.artlink.uk.net
Hull University Music Society ‘Proms’ Concert Wednesday 25 April 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:30 A diverse selection of student-run ensembles perform music with a ‘Proms’ theme, including favourites such as ‘Jerusalem’ and Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No 1. Tickets £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Department of Drama and Music.
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Friday 27 April 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 13:15 Sally Doherty (vocals) Piero Tucci (piano) ‘Faultless intonation ... very beautiful … will appeal to a wide spectrum of listeners beyond the usual jazz fans’ – Alan Barnes ‘Mercurial talent’ – Wigan International Jazz Festival ‘Blessed with a voice that is … sensuous and melodic, Sally is one of the brightest talents on the current music scene’ – Jazz and Bossa Nova FM, Rio de Janeiro Sally Doherty has toured extensively around the world and has released 10 albums to date. She has shared the stage with Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth, Alan Barnes, Peter King, Neil Yates and Alex Wilson. She has also collaborated with many renowned artists from different genres, including the Mercury Music Prize nominee Richard Hawley and the electro artist Scanner.
Events listing – April
Jazz Standards
The performance will be followed at 14:30 by a masterclass in popular singing styles – ‘Interpreting a Jazz Standard’. Observers are welcome. Tickets: £5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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Events listing – May
The Department of Drama and Music presents: The Coronation of Poppea Friday 4 May 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19.30 at 13:15 there will be an abridged matinee performance for schools
Saturday 5 May 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 19:30 Music by Claudio Monteverdi (arr. Matthew Moore) HUMS Opera Group and Early Music Ensemble Dale Christmas (conductor) Directed by Jake Smith This new and exciting production of The Coronation of Poppea accentuates the sensual and the fatalistic in a story of lust, immorality, ambition, love and death. Displaced from its conventional Roman setting and influenced by a 1920s aesthetic, the opera centres on the beautiful mistress of Nerone and her yearning desire to seize the Empress’s throne. It is set on the brink of an era when power is everything, but things are about to change because of love ... This production will be performed in English. Some scenes may be inappropriate for children under the age of 12. Tickets for evening performances: £8 / senior citizens £7 / students £4 Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk Sponsored by the Department of Drama and Music.
About the HUMS Opera Group: Each year the Opera Group puts on a major Opera or Music Theatre production that is entirely run by students from the Department of Drama and Music with the assistance of staff and visiting tutors. If you have a suggestion for a future production, please contact the Chair of the Performance Committee, Dr Lee Tsang: l.tsang@hull.ac.uk
Friday 11 May 2012 L201, Larkin Building East (2nd floor), Hull Campus, 10:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:00 Kathy Dyson is a jazz guitarist, researcher and teacher based in Manchester. As well as playing guitar professionally and teaching, she is known for her research and is an active and enthusiastic member of the Musicians’ Union. She was named Jazz Educator of the Year at the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. The workshop will be followed at 16:30 by a 30-minute talk on the Musicians’ Union for students wishing to enter the music profession. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Events listing – May
Guitar Workshop – Kathy Dyson
Orchestral Conducting Workshop – Adrian Brown Friday 11 May 2012 Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, 12:00 – 16:15 Adrian Brown studied and then worked with Sir Adrian Boult. A finalist in the Karajan Conductors’ Competition, he has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Camerata Salzburg, as well as many leading British orchestras. The workshop will feature student conductors. Observers are welcome. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
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The Making of Bull: The True Story by Stacy Makishi, see page 10 for details
Thursday 17 May 2012 Tranby Room, Staff House, Hull Campus, 18:30 • • • •
High Drama on the Humber Growing Up in Barton The True Story of Madame Clapham The Passions and History of Hull Fair
Encounter these and other great true-life tales of the region in an evening of high-class readings from top new writers. This annual presentation from the University’s MA programme in Creative Writing is backed by film and photo representations of our area. Free admission Enquiries: 01482 462045 or tickets@hull.ac.uk
Merge: Beethoven’s Choral Symphony Saturday 9 June 2012 Hull City Hall, 20:00 Humberside folk songs Beethoven – Symphony No 9 in D Minor Conducted by Matthew Ryan
Events listing – May / June
Writing Hull
The Merge2012 arts festival – a celebration of Hull’s heritage – promises a not-to-be-missed choral night in the beautiful venue of City Hall. Having been inspired by the Hull History Centre archives, the evening’s entertainment of Humberside folk songs will treat the audience to a trip down memory lane. Continuing the night with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the second half of the performance will be a stunning 200-strong orchestra and choir comprising talented musicians and singers from Hull and the surrounding area. Encompassing brotherly love and harmony in Beethoven’s great work, the group showcases its talents and creates a merging of communities. This event is the culmination of Merge2012. The archives at Hull History Centre have been central to Merge2012: Our City, Our Story. Many of the evening’s songs can be found there. To find out more about the Merge Arts Festival, please visit our website at www.mergearts.org.uk. Tickets £6.50 – £12 Enquiries: City Hall Box Office 27
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. 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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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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