University of Birmingham Music Spring 2014

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March Monday 17 March 12.30pm Department of Music

Friday 21 March 1.10pm Barber Lunchtime Concert

Friday 21 March 7.30pm Department of Music

Sunday 23 March 6pm University Music Society

Monday 24 March 12.30pm Department of Music

Final Year Recitalists

Alexander Panfilov piano

Binchois Consort, Birmingham University Singers & University Women’s Choir

Symphony Orchestra

Final Year Recitalists

Andrew Kirkman conductor Joshua Rohde cello

Merrick Lloyd voice Jessie Tang piano Joanna Goldspink voice

Holly Radford voice Ruth Sanderson violin Li Hsing Tan piano Final year music students perform a selection of works from their end of year recital programmes. The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building Admission: Free

Thursday 20 March 10am-1pm Department of Music

Postgraduate Lecture Recitals 10am: Lauren Gregory piano 11am: Luying He piano 12noon: Charlotte Rice flute

Debussy From Estampes: Pagodes La soiree dans Grenade Jardins sous la pluie Rachmaninoff Sonata No.2 (second edition)

Simon Halsey conductor Andrew Kirkman conductor Joshua Rohde conductor Jan Wilke conductor

Winner of the 2013 Brant International Pianoforte Competition, Alexander Panfilov performs a selection from Debussy’s Estampes, along with the second edition of Rachmaninoff’s Sonata No. 2. Hailing from Moscow, Alexander studied in his home city before winning a scholarship in 2012 to study to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. Alexander has won numerous prizes and was also awarded first prize at the Arcangelo Speranza competition in Taranto (Italy) in 2013.

Programme includes: A selection of Renaissance motets David Lang The Little Match Girl Passion

Barber Concert Hall Admission: Free

Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 24

Masters students give informative, lecture recitals as part of their studies at the University.

Simeon Liley Edgbaston in the Rain Elgar Cello Concerto Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8

Final year music students perform a selection of works from their end of year recital programmes. The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building Admission: Free

The University Symphony Orchestra performs the eighth of Vaughan Williams's nine symphonies, in which the composer shows a new desire for experimentation with tone and colour. This work includes a march-style movement solely for the wind section, followed by a movement for strings, and features a wider variety of percussion instruments than utilised in the previous seven symphonies. Recent graduate Simeon Liley’s new work, Edgbaston in the Rain, was the winning entry for the 2013 UMS Composition Competition, written specifically to feature in a concert with the Vaughan Williams, whilst Joshua Rohde gives a performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto following his success in the UMS Concerto Competition. Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building Admission: £10, £8 concessions, £3 students

The Dome, 3rd Floor, Bramall Music Building Admission: Free

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Members of Birmingham University Singers and the University Women’s Choir are joined by the award winning Binchois Consort for a performance of Renaissance motets by composers including Isaac, Mouton, Brumel and Obrecht under the direction of Andrew Kirkman. Simon Halsey the leads a performance of David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion a setting of Hans Christian Andersen’s fable, scored for voices and percussion, in the format of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Lang elevates the suffering of the little match girl with poignant, evocative music, reflecting the comparison between Andersen’s original fable and the suffering of Jesus.

Tickets may be purchased on the door or by using the booking form on page 24 The Little Match Girl ©Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone

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