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‘Profoundly radical and inventive approach to playing contemporary classical violin…’ January –– June 2015
Music at Kettle’s Yard
‘There is something about spaces that lead you to think about music in a different way, I think, and certainly the light in Kettle’s Yard does allow me to find more light in my playing’ Tom Poster, pianist
The Kettle’s Yard Music Programme is supported by: The Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, The RVW Trust, The Radcliffe Trust, The Holst Foundation, Dr Shirley Ellis. The Michael Harrison Concert is supported by the Friends of Kettle’s Yard.
Cover image: Aisha Orazbayeva Photograph: Phil Sharp Quote: The Sound Projector about Aisha Orazbayeva, Thursday 19 February
Please join us for performances within the beautiful setting of the Kettle’s Yard house, amongst great works of 20th century modern art. New for 2015 will be concerts which respond to gallery exhibitions; Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and New Rhythms: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Art, Dance and Movement in London 1911–1915. This year we welcome a new programmer for our New Music series, Kate Whitley who is a composer, musician and creator of the extraordinary ‘Multi-Story Orchestra’. Her programme features premieres of new commissions, dance, and DJ sets. Justin Lee, in his second year as programmer of the Chamber series, has created another distinctive series featuring some of the stars of chamber music. Our free lunchtime concert series also continues with performances by talented Cambridge University students.
All concerts begin at 8pm unless otherwise stated. Doors open at 7.30pm. kettlesyard.co.uk/music
New Music Nash Ensemble Sunday 18 January 12.15pm, doors open 11.45am “The Nash are chamber music royalty”, The Sunday Times. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Slide Stride for piano and string quartet, Stravinsky: Three Pieces for string quartet, Richard Causton: Piano Quintet (Kettle’s Yard Commission), Shostakovich: Piano Quintet.
Shiva Feshareki portrait concert Thursday 22 January A new commission by Shiva Feshareki, whose music has been described as “exuberantly irreverent”, The Times, in response to The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay, as well as a showcase of her works for ensemble and turntables.
Kafka Fragments Aisha Orazbayeva, violin & Lore Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano Thursday 19 February “profoundly radical and inventive”, The Sound Projector. The duo of internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lore Lixenberg and upcoming violinist Aisha Orazbayeva perform György Kurtág’s masterpiece Kafka Fragments – 40 tiny pieces based on writings by Franz Kafka.
New Rhythms Thursday 12 March The premiere of a newly commissioned dance and music work by choreographer Malgorzata Dzierzon and composer Kate Whitley, in response to New Rhythms: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
Shiva Feshareki, Image Courtesy Fiorucci Art Trust
The Multi-Story Orchestra The Michael Harrison Concert Thursday 23 April “forget fusty concert halls, the future of music is emerging in a municipal car park”, The Times. Works including Grisey’s seminal Periodes from Les Espaces Acoustiques performed by The Multi-Story Orchestra, who are based in a disused car park in Peckham, conducted by Christopher Stark.
Ghosts and Mirrors Thursday 28 May Recital by up and coming star of contemporary piano Richard Uttley, including Lindberg’s Piano Jubilees, Thomas Adès’ Mazurkas, a new work by Matthew Kaner, and Day Break Shadows Flee by the recently appointed Master of the Queens’ Music Judith Weir.
Lucy Landymore recital Thursday 11 June Solo percussion recital by Cambridge born Lucy Landymore, winner of 2010 BBC Young Musician of the Year Percussion section, including the notorious ‘The Black Page’ by Frank Zappa.
Chamber Music Laura van der Heijden, cello & Tom Poster, piano Thursday 29 January
Mark Padmore, tenor & James Baillieu, piano Thursday 12 February
Beethoven, Schubert, Graham Fitkin, Poulenc
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Jonathan Plowright, piano Thursday 5 February Bach / Busoni: Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’ BWV659, Bach / Busoni: Chorale Prelude ‘Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’ BWV639, Brahms: Six pieces, Op.118, Liszt: Funerailles S173 / 7, Brahms: Variations on a Hungarian Melody, Op.21 No.2, Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
Heath String Quartet Thursday 26 February Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op.76 No.6, Tippett: String Quartet No.1, Dvorˇák: S tring Quartet in G major, Op.106
Orbis Piano Trio The Jim and Helen Ede concert Thursday 5 March Kettle’s Yard ensemble in residence, 2014 – 15. Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1, ‘Ghost Trio’, Rachmaninov: Trio Elegiaque No.1, Dvorˇák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op.65
Heath String Quartet. Photograph: Sussie Ahlburg
Chamber Music
Richard Uttley. Photograph: Kaupo Kikkas
This season of concerts are inspired by New Rhythms: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Art, Dance and Movement in London 1911–1915. Orbis Piano Trio Thursday 30 April Kettle’s Yard ensemble in residence, 2014 – 15. Martinu˚: Bergerettes H275, Kaprálová: April Preludes, Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Alexander Ullman, piano Thursday 7 May Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op.10 No.1, Schumann: Fantasie Op.17, Chopin: Ballade No.4 Op.52, Chopin: Mazurkas Op.24, Stravinsky: Three movements from Petrushka
Lawrence Power, viola & Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano Thursday 14 May Brahms: Three song transcriptions, Koechlin: Viola Sonata (1915), Prokofiev: Eight pieces from ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Krysia Osostowicz, violin / viola, Julian Jacobson, piano & Chris Richards, clarinet Thursday 21 May Mozart: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, K 498 ‘Kegelstatt’, Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major, Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale – suite for clarinet, violin and piano
Ticket Information
Kafka Fragments, Aisha Orazbayeva & Lore Lixenberg. Photograph: Simon Fernandez
Booking Tickets
Friday Lunchtime Concerts
To book tickets for any of these events, phone +44 (0)1223 748 100 or visit kettlesyard.co.uk/music
Most Fridays in term time there are free lunchtime concerts performed by students from the University of Cambridge, offering a great opportunity to see some of the rising stars of music in Cambridge.
New Music Season Ticket Season Ticket to all 7 New Music concerts £50 (£30 full time students). Special offer for Chamber Music annual season ticket holders £45 (£25 full time students).
Fridays 16 January – 13 March and Fridays 24 April – 12 June Concerts begin at 12.15pm, doors open at 12pm.
Individual Tickets Chamber Music Concerts: £16 (£8 full time students) New Music Concerts: £8 (£5 full time students) All concerts begin at 8pm unless otherwise stated. Doors open at 7.30pm.
If you would like to support Music at Kettle’s Yard please visit kettlesyard.co.uk/musicsupport
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Exhibitions Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay Until Sunday 1 March 2015 “The most original Scottish artist of the second half of the 20th century”, Financial Times.
New Rhythms: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Art, Dance and Movement in London 1911–1915 Tuesday 17 March – Sunday 21 June 2015 Exploring the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s engagement with dance, the exhibition will also include work by Wyndham Lewis, William Roberts, David Bomberg and Auguste Rodin.
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Getting here There are regular buses from the train station into the town centre and Kettle’s Yard is a short walk from the centre, just over Magdalene Bridge and next to the Museum of Cambridge. By road: from South, M11 exit at junction 13. From North, from A14 take the A1307 to Castle Street. Parking is limited, we recommend the Park & Ride service. The nearest car park is Park Street car park.
Access If you need to reserve a wheelchair space for a concert please call +44 (0)1223 748 100
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Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street Cambridge CB3 0AQ +44 (0)1223 748 100 mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk Admission Free kettlesyard.co.uk
Design: A Practice for Everyday Life
Kettle’s Yard is a beautiful house containing a remarkable collection of modern art, and a gallery presenting modern and contemporary art exhibitions. You can listen to some of the best musicians around in the house at Kettle’s Yard through our New Music, Chamber and Student Lunchtime concert series.