Frontiers @ Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

CONTEMPORARY AND NEW MUSIC

Tue 20 Feb Xenia Pestova

JA N - FEB 2018

0121 331 5909 | BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS /RoyalBirmCons

@BirmCons

Supported by

Birmingham City University

Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion

“

I T W A S C E R T A I N LY O N E O F THE FUNNIEST AND MOST INGENIOUS DANCES SEEN IN NEW YORK IN A LONG TIME. T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S O N J O N AT H A N B U R R OW S & M AT T E O FA R G I O N

MON 15 JAN

JONATHAN BURROWS & MATTEO FARGION BOTH SITTING DUET AND BODY NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

” Millennial Percussion

7pm The Lab £10 (£8) The work of Burrows and Fargion radiates delight even as it makes the audience think. Over the past twelve years the two artists have built a body of duets which mix the formality of classical music composition with an open and often anarchic approach to performance and audiences, bringing them a worldwide following.

“

I EMERGED FROM THE FRENCH PREMIÈRE OF BOTH SITTING D U E T I N A V E R I TA B L E G L O W, MY WORLD EXPANDED, ITS WALLS TUMBLING DOWN. THE DANCEINSIDER.COM

”

WED 17 JAN

MICS AND LIGHTS: MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION AND MICROPHONES 8pm Centrala, 158 Fazeley St, Digbeth £5 (includes free drink) Directors Serge Vuille and Adrian Spillett Millennial Percussion Myles Payne guitar Programme to include: Stockhausen’s Zyklus and Microphonie, Reich’s Pendulum Music and Electric Counterpoint and a UK première of Potato Fanfare by Hanna Hartman.

Enjoy an evening of eclectic music in the heart of urban Birmingham, featuring monumental works by Stockhausen and Reich.

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

Arno Bornkamp

FRI 26 JAN

KALEIDOSCOPE: COLOURS, SHAPES, STRUCTURES THU 18 JAN

ARNO BORNKAMP (SAXOPHONE) INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASS AND RECITAL 8pm Recital Hall £8 (£6)

7pm The Lab

EMERGING DIRECTORS

£10 (£8) students £5 Join us in a celebration of the colourful mixture of ever-evolving ideas, breaking the boundaries between composers and performers, folk and classical music, the old and the modern. Inspiration here is drawn from traditional and folk music from all around the world, deconstructed in the creative process to form new shapes and structures within a contemporary music context.

Arno Bornkamp saxophone Charles Matthews piano Claude Debussy Rapsodie Astor Piazzola Adios Nonino JacobTV Billie John Williams Escapades Arno Bornkamp is the archetype of the modern virtuoso, equally at home in traditional and contemporary repertoire. Hailed as a lyrical musician with a great sense of performance, he is also a renowned teacher, leading the international saxophone class at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, Arno is true figurehead in the saxophone world.

MON 29 JAN

COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM 7pm The Lab £2 Frontiers presents the first concert of the year dedicated to new music by our Conservatoire composers. Expect another evening of eclectic music, experimentation and a wide range of styles.

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

Cobalt Duo

Yu Tzu Kung

THU 1 FEB

TRANSITIONAL METAL ALBUM LAUNCH WITH COBALT DUO 6pm The Lab £5 Fumiko Miyachi piano Kate Halsall piano Fumiko Miyachi’s Transitional Metal album launch tour with Cobalt Duo reaches Birmingham after successes in Manchester and London. This album has been generously supported by PRSF Women Make Music, Hinrichsen Foundation and The Ambache Trust. Transitional Metal features Au79(Gold) for brass band which was shortlisted for BASCA British Composer Awards in 2016.

FRI 16 FEB

YU-TZU KUNG (PERCUSSION) 12.30pm The Round Room, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free admission Yu-Tzu Kung percussion Gloria Yehilevsky percussion

MON 12 FEB

COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM 7pm The Lab £2 Expect a concert full of surprises and brand new pieces, a wide range of styles, wild experimentation and music you won’t find anywhere else as we showcase the creative talent of our composers.

BOOK NOW AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

Campion Losing Touch Stockhausen No.9 Zyklus Maki Ishii Hiten Seido III for solo Marimba Op.75 Andy Akiho Stop Speaking for Snare Drum and Tape JS Bach French Suite No.5 in G major BWV816

TUE 20 FEB

MIDDAY MUSIC: XENIA PESTOVA (PIANO WITH MAGNETIC RESONATOR PIANO MECHANISM) 12.10pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) Xenia Pestova New Work (première) Alvin Lucier Music for Piano with Magnetic Strings John Young Magnetic Resonance (première) Imagine being able to hold a note forever, shape the resonance and grow it out of nothing – on an ordinary piano.

The innovative pianist Xenia Pestova returns to Birmingham to present a programme of music for the Magnetic Resonator Piano, an exciting augmented instrument that gives the concert grand we all know and love super powers.

TUE 20 FEB

PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR XENIA PESTOVA (UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM) 3.30pm Workshop 1 £5 (or free entry with a ticket for the 12.10pm recital) Xenia Pestova (University of Nottingham) - Approaches to notation in music for piano and live electronics: the performer’s perspective.

WED 21 FEB

MICS AND LIGHTS: MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION AND LIGHTING 8pm Centrala, 158 Fazeley St, Digbeth £5 (includes free drink) An eclectic evening of music featuring Takemitsu’s Rain Tree, Schubert’s Sensate Focus, Varèse’s Ionisation, Berio’s Sequenza VII and the UK première of Caïnabeladamève by Ezko Kikouchi.

THU 22 FEB

TUE 27 FEB

PERFORMING WITH TECHNOLOGY

THE AMBACHE PRIZE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS

7pm The Lab £8 (£6)

7pm Recital Hall £8 (£6) The Ambache Prize celebrates the importance of music by female composers. Open to both undergraduates and postgraduates, students can perform as a soloist or small ensemble. This special prize always promises wonderful variety in both its competitors and their repertoire.

SUPPORTERS & EVENT FUNDERS Britten Pears Foundation Hinrichsen Foundation Holst Foundation Kingdom of the Netherlands PRS Foundation for New Music RVW Trust Please note all listings correct at time of going to press.

HOW TO FIND US Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is situated at 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham B4 7XR, opposite Aston University and behind Millennium Point.

PARKING

There is a multi-storey car park owned and managed by Birmingham City Council situated adjacent to Millennium Point.

The car park entrance is on Howe Street off Jennens Road.

If you are using a sat nav please use the postcode B4 7AP.

BUS ROUTES

The 14, 55, 66 and 94 all go from Priory Queensway (Argos) and stop on Jennens Road. There is a stop almost opposite Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with a pedestrian crossing nearby.

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat. Guide dogs are welcome at all Royal Birmingham Conservatorie venues. If you wish to bring a Guide Dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

BOOK NOW AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS