www.bcu.ac.uk/concerts Isaac Collier
TUE 1 NOV PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
THE PHILIP BATES COMPOSITION PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £4 Join us for our annual celebration of new compositions for small instrumental ensemble and voice. Young composers between the ages of 16 and 25 are invited to submit works in any style as long as they are for one or two singers/vocalists and between two and five players.
Ronald Woodley
TUE 1 NOV PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
PROFESSOR RONALD WOODLEY (PIANO) AND JAMES GEER (TENOR) LECTURE-RECITAL: EXPLORING SCHUMANN’S DICHTERLIEBE ON THE WIECK PIANO 3.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4 Earlier this year the Conservatoire was privileged to acquire on loan a remarkable piano, dating from the mid-19th century and made by Clara Schumann’s cousin, Wilhelm Wieck, in Dresden. The instrument, still in a good state of preservation, provides a wonderful opportunity to investigate how the performance of lieder from this period might be influenced by the characteristics of sound, articulation and colour of this kind of piano, along with other documentary evidence of historical keyboard and vocal performance practice. Ronald Woodley, Professor in the Conservatoire’s Research Department, with his long-standing duo partner, the tenor James Geer, explore these issues through extracts from Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe, in the company of this unique instrument, which may have belonged to Clara Schumann herself.
WED 2 NOV THE LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST
Domonkos Csabay
THU 3 NOV THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
THE PIANO SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE SHOWCASE 7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) A mixed evening drawing upon the extraordinary talents of student pianists and their colleagues in other departments. The concert will include both solo piano and chamber music works.
MON 7 NOV
BROADCAST III
MONDAY SHOWCASE
MAHLER, BUSONI, RUBBRA
1.05pm Recital Hall £5 (£3)
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
Enjoy a lunchtime live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.
Isaac Collier cello Stephan Elvin piano Rubbra Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.60
WED 2 NOV
Richard James baritone Jonathan French piano
PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
THE CECIL DREW ORATORIO PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £4 Performing two contrasting arias, the Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize sees vocal students who have completed their first year of study compete for this highly-esteemed prize. Demonstrating vocal prowess and impressive talent, our students are sure to provide you with an evening full of emotion and passion.
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
FRI 4 NOV
Chun-Chieh Yen cello Yuting Guo piano
FRONTIERS AT DIGBETH FIRST FRIDAYS
Busoni Variations on a Finnish Folk Song
6.30pm Eastside Projects Free admission For the first time Frontiers is presenting a programme as part of Digbeth First Fridays, which has become a key event in Birmingham’s arts calendar over the last three years. In collaboration with Eastside Projects, tonight’s concert has been curated by Andy Ingamells, Paul Norman and Maya Verlaak, three of our PhD students.
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