Royal College of Music Summer Events 2014

SUMMER

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Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars Special Events Masterclasses & Workshops Chamber Music Series

020 7591 4314 www.rcm.ac.uk

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Events Guide Summer Season 2014 Listings for April – July Diary Out and About Ticket & Booking Information Visiting Us Supporting Us In Brief

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Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars Special Events Masterclasses & Workshops Chamber Music Series Box Office – Ticketed event See page 30 for details or call 020 7591 4314.

Junior Department events. Please call the Junior Department on 020 7591 4345 for more details.

RCM Sparks and the Royal Albert Hall work in partnership to deliver innovative learning and participation opportunities for all ages. This unique combination of education expertise and diverse concert programming offers exciting and engaging activities for all and gives access to two iconic institutions.

See www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks for further details.

Events streamed via our website at www.rcm.ac.uk/live

The RCM is grateful to the Royal Garden Hotel for its generous support of the RCM’s visiting International Conductors Programme.

All public performances in the RCM Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre operate under rules of management for places of entertainment issued by Westminster City Council.

All information in this publication was correct at time of going to print.

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020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk

WELCOME tO a GLORiOUS SUMMER SEaSOn at tHE RCM! A journey from night into day – Mahler’s remarkable Seventh Symphony is one of the highlights of our summer performances, and we are delighted to welcome Bernard Haitink back to the Royal College of Music for two performances of this work.

A darker side of London will be represented in Hogarth’s Stages – five brand new chamber operas created by RCM composers in an exciting collaboration with Tête à Tête opera and the RCM International Opera School. As some lighter relief, we present Rossini’s La gazzetta – the comic tale written for the opera in Naples, telling the story of a pompous father hoping to marry off his daughter by advertising her in the local newspapers. True love, as always, triumphs in the end, but not before some unlikely suitors are disposed of along the way.

We are pleased to welcome distinguished string players Alina Ibragimova and Johannes Goritzki for residencies this summer, including not-to-be-missed performances and masterclasses. Strings are also highlighted in Super String Sunday – a rapid journey of music from around the globe – and at the Wigmore Hall in Passione amorosa, which culminates in a performance of Mendelssohn’s youthful masterpiece, the Octet.

Our musicians also make a welcome return to the Cadogan Hall stage for our Rising Stars series, which this year includes an American theme, with works by Reich, Bernstein and Rorem, and a performance of Dvořák’s attractive Serenade. In addition to our three concerts, we’re also delighted to be taking part in two masterclasses with legendary violinist Pinchas Zukerman.

New music features in a concert of miniature piano concertos by Kurtág, Messiaen and Gaudibert given by our New Perspectives ensemble. We also see multi-genre experimental performances with Great Exhibitionists and From the Soundhouse – both melding live performance and electronics for a remarkable soundworld.

With many uplifting performances including Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and Respighi’s exuberant Pines of Rome, chamber concerts, talks, masterclasses and showcases, there is something for everyone to enjoy this summer.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Stephen Johns | Artistic Director

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The Modern Germans in Georgian London RCM Museum of Music

From the early 18th century, London audiences were captivated by German-speaking musicians and their compositions.

Using contemporary manuscripts, scores, programmes, portraits and diaries, this exhibition examines the rapturous reception of their romantic music and its influence on a generation of young English composers, including John Barnett, William Sterndale Bennett and S S Wesley.

The RCM Museum of Music is open Tuesday to Friday (11.30am – 4.30pm) and is free to visit. www.rcm.ac.uk/museum

SatURDay 26 aPRiL

SUnDay 27 aPRiL

tUESDay 29 aPRiL

International Russian Song Festival: Sergey Zakharov

International Russian Song Festival Finale

Piano Masterclass with Peter Jablonski

7.00pm

6.00pm

10.00am

Britten theatre

Featuring legendary Russian baritone Sergey Zakharov and pianist Alexander Kagan.

An independent promotion by the Eurolog UK Association Tickets: £40 (or £35 for concessions and groups of 10+) available from 0844 477 1000, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk or at the door (subject to availability)

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Recital Hall

In this finale of the 8th International UK Russian Song Festival, star guest performers and international finalists sing more than 30 much-loved songs, arias, romances by famous Russian and British composers.

Belle Shenkman International Masterclass

An independent promotion by the Eurolog UK Association

6.00pm

Tickets: £30 (or £25 for concessions and groups of 10+) available from 0844 477 1000, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk or at the door (subject to availability)

Free but tickets required

CS Contemporary Music in Action Durrington Room

All year RCM composers have been working closely with RCM performers to create brand new works. This concert gives you the chance to hear the fruits of these collaborations.

Free but tickets required

Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars Special Events Masterclasses & Workshops Chamber Music Series RCM Box Office 020 7591 4314

MOnDay 28 aPRiL RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk alina ibragimova

WEDnESDay 30 aPRiL Music Talks: New Directions in the 20th Century 10.00am

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5Pn

From modernism to brutalism, futurism to factory-ism, William Mival guides us through the many ‘isms’ of 20th century music.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £135 for Summer Term Lecture Series

Open Day 11.00am

various

Our annual Open Day gives prospective students, parents and teachers a chance to ‘access all areas’ of the RCM. Visitors can see a wide range of rehearsals, open lessons and workshops, explore every corner of the RCM including the renowned Library and Studios and find out from current students what life at the RCM is truly like.

The day begins at 11.00am and we strongly encourage you to come from the start. See www.rcm.ac.uk/openday for details and to reserve your place.

Alina Ibragimova in Residence We’re delighted to welcome celebrated violinist and RCM alumna Alina Ibragimova for a two day residency at the RCM. As well as working with talented RCM string players in an afternoon masterclass, Alina will be exploring the solo violin sonatas of Belgian violinist, composer and conductor Eugène Ysaÿe in two evening recitals.

For further details visit wwwrcm.ac.uk/alina.

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required

tHURSDay 1 May

WEDnESDay 7 May

tHURSDay 8 May

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova

Alina Ibragimova in Concert: Ysaÿe Sonatas 4–6

10.00am

2.00pm

6.00pm

Durrington Room

Britten theatre

Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Alina Ibragimova in Concert: Ysaÿe Sonatas 1–3 6.00pm

Britten theatre

Ysaÿe Violin Sonata op 27 no 1 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata op 27 no 2 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata op 27 no 3

Recital Hall

Ysaÿe Violin Sonata op 27 no 4 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata op 27 no 5 Ysaÿe Violin Sonata op 27 no 6

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tUESDay 6 May

WEDnESDay 7 May

Performer-Composer Collaboration within the Conservatoire

Tuba Masterclass with Oren Marshall

10.00am

5.15pm

East Parry Room

Mark Doffman University of Oxford Jean-Philippe Calvin RCM Mark Doffman and Jean-Philippe Calvin look at the experiences of students on the RCM’s Contemporary Music in Action course and discuss what collaboration brings to the development and experience of composers and performers.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

10.00am

East Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Double Bass Masterclass with Paul Ellison 10.00am

Durrington Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required

Contemporary Music in Action 6.00pm

Music Talks: Where Next?

inner Parry Room

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5Pn

Composer William Mival considers the future of composition and what might happen as composers grapple with a new and unprecedented imaginative landscape.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £135 for Summer Term Lecture Series

Contemporary Music in Creation 1.05pm

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

FRiDay 2 May

Free but tickets required Recital Hall

All year RCM undergraduate composers have been working closely with RCM performers to create brand new works. This concert gives you the chance to hear the fruits of these collaborations.

Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova 2.00pm

Free but tickets required

Harp Masterclass with Marisa Robles East Parry Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required

Britten theatre

See page 5 for details

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

2.00pm

Recital Hall

All year RCM undergraduate composers have been working closely with RCM performers to create brand new works. This concert gives you the chance to hear the fruits of these collaborations.

Free but tickets required

Contemporary Music in Creation 1.05pm

All year RCM postgraduate composers have been working closely with RCM performers to create brand new works. This concert gives you the chance to hear the fruits of these collaborations.

West Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Alina Ibragimova in Concert Ysaÿe Sonatas 1–3 6.00pm

See page 5 for details

Britten theatre

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk tHURSDay 8 May RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools 1.05pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Key Stage 2 School parties only Hannah Conway and the RCM Philharmonic offer a vibrant guide to Respighi’s popular symphonic poem Pines of Rome. Join us for a whirlwind tour of some of the most beautiful areas of Rome. All schools booking receive a specially written teacher resource pack and song recording to accompany this concert.

Supported by the RCM Director's Circle

Hallé’s other project, or why Sir George Grove was not amused East Parry Room

Geoff Thomason RNCM Charles Hallé’s founding of the Royal Manchester College of Music was not without its problems – not least that posed by George Grove himself, as Geoff Thomason explains.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

Alina Ibragimova in Concert Ysaÿe Sonatas 4–6 6.00pm

See page 5 for details

In the South 7.30pm

Free but tickets required

5.15pm

FRiDay 9 May

Recital Hall

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Stephen Bell conductor James Murray conductor* Rowan Baker conductor** Daniel Curzon horn RCM Philharmonic Elgar R Strauss Dallapiccola Respighi

In the South* Horn Concerto in E flat major op 11 Piccola musica notturna** Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)

In this concert the RCM Philharmonic offers up a three-course Italian feast for the ears: Elgar’s In the South, inspired by the composer’s holiday on the Riviera, Dallapiccola’s atmospheric “Little Night Music”, and the sublime second instalment of Respighi’s "Roman trilogy" for orchestra. The programme also features outstanding RCM horn player Daniel Curzon, who takes to the stage to perform Richard Strauss’s exquisite early masterpiece.

This event will be streamed live via the RCM website at www.rcm.ac.uk/live Tickets: £8, £10

Pre-concert talk with Katy Hamilton 6.15pm amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Free to concert ticket holders

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FRiDay 9 May Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop 10.30am

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Contemporary Music in Creation 1.05pm

All year RCM undergraduate composers have been working closely with RCM performers to create brand new works. This concert gives you the chance to hear the fruits of these collaborations.

tHURSDay 15 May

RCM New Perspectives 6.00pm

Recital Hall

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Free but tickets required

Music in the Museum

Timothy Lines director Victoria Royce piano Valentin Barray piano Gwenaëlle Rouger piano

1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Joanne Sy György Kurtág Messiaen Gaudibert

Violin Masterclass with Peter Schumayer

Free but tickets required

Miniatures of the Whisperer (world premiere) …quasi una fantasia…

Oiseaux exotiques Gong (UK premiere)

Exotic influences and even more exotic soundworlds permeate these three miniature piano concertos by three great composer-pianists of recent times: the eccentric Hungarian genius György Kurtág, his one-time teacher Olivier Messiaen, and doyen of Swiss music Eric Gaudibert, who died in 2012. Completing the programme is a new work

by RCM Concerto Competition winner Joanne Sy.

2.00pm

Free but tickets required

In the South 7.30pm

Tickets: £5

Durrington Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 7 for details

Pre-concert talk 5.00pm amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

SatURDay 10 May

Jean-Philippe Calvin discusses Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotiques.

RCM Junior Department Baroque Ensembles Concert

Free to concert ticket holders

5.30pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk WEDnESDay 14 May Music Talks: Fresh Eyes 10.00am

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5Pn

BBC Proms favourite John Wilson explores how four centuries of music have shaped his own musical passions.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £135 for Summer Term Lecture Series

tHURSDay 15 May

FRiDay 16 May & SatURDay 17 May

RCM New Perspectives 6.00pm

See page 8 for details

7.30pm

Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

Britten theatre

See right panel for details

SatURDay 17 May RCM Junior Department Piano Concert amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Lewis Murphy / Laura Attridge Now While violent social protest rages around them, five characters try to find their own voice…

Josephine Stephenson / Benjamin Osborne On False Perspective It’s important to keep a sense of perspective, particularly when it comes to matters of the heart…

Hunter Coblentz / Jordan O’Connor Hogarth’s Bastards Where can you find intolerance and cruelty? During a rehearsal of Don Giovanni, of course…

Algirdas Kraunaitis The Bet Humanity is basically good. Or perhaps it’s bad. What’s your money on?

Tickets: £5

Hogarth’s Stages 7.30pm

Now RCM composers and singers join forces to celebrate Hogarth’s life, work and legacy by creating five brand new 15 minute operas.

Each opera responds to Hogarth’s witty and bitingly acute social commentaries by offering its own unique take on modern society.

To lead this project, we are thrilled to welcome back once again contemporary opera director Bill Bankes-Jones.

Hogarth’s Stages 7.30pm

Britten theatre

250 years after his death, the brilliantly vivid paintings and etchings of William Hogarth continue to resonate with modern viewers.

FRiDay 16 May

5.30pm

Hogarth’s Stages

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Britten theatre

Edwin Hillier / Ned Allen Serpentine or The Analysis of Beauty For Ida and Will, love is a lifeline. Love is pressure. Love is kind. Love is serpentine...

See right panel for details Produced by the Royal College of Music in association with Tête à Tête. www.rcm.ac.uk/hogarth Tickets: £8

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Super String Sunday Part 1: Crossing Continents 11.00am

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The Royal College of Music flings open the doors for its annual Super String Sunday which this year takes us on a journey through every continent of the world.

Our journey starts in Europe at 11.00am, but by lunchtime we are crossing Africa and into Asia. We swing by Australia and Antarctica before warming up in the steamy heat and rhythms of the Americas. Then a dash across the Atlantic in time for tea, and a grand finale back in Europe.

The event is free, and no ticket required. Our doors will be open all day, so drop in for ten minutes or stay for hours!

Free no ticket is required

Part 2: Sacconi Quartet & Friends 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Sacconi Quartet Son Quartet Vasara Quartet R Strauss Metamorphosen Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major op 20 The RCM’s Ensemble in Association joins forces with awardwinning RCM quartets for a celebration of string music, featuring two contrasting masterpieces from the great German music tradition: the youthful exuberance of Mendelssohn’s dazzling Octet, written when he was just 16 years old, and the nostalgia of old age in the shape of Richard Strauss’s postwar eulogy to Germanic culture.

Tickets: £8, £10

Part 1 will be streamed live via the RCM website at www.rcm.ac.uk/live

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Joanne Sy

SUnDay 18 May Super String Sunday: Part 1 Crossing Continents 11.00am

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 10 for details

Super String Sunday: Part 2 Sacconi Quartet & Friends 7.30am

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 10 for details

MOnDay 19 May #GreatExhibitionists various

Recital Hall

See right panel for details

MOnDay 19 May

#GreatExhibitionists

tUESDay 20 May Horn Masterclass with Katy Woolley 10.00am

East Parry Room

Supported by The Leche Trust

various

Recital Hall

Taking up the spirit of the 1851 Great Exhibition, this cutting-edge series is curated entirely by students. For more information, see www.rcm.ac.uk/greatexhibitionists

Free but tickets required All events are free but tickets required

tUESDay 27 May William Lawes: Concord is Conquer’d 6.00pm

RCM Museum of Music

Pia Pircher viol Guillermo Martinez viol Richard Boothby viol William Lawes’ instrumental music is surprisingly modern for the 17th century, and his six surviving pieces for three lyra viols contain his most exuberantly idiosyncratic work.

Come and hear this remarkable music played on three of the best-preserved viols from the 17th century.

Free but tickets required

Alexandra Zlatior Playing with Chance

Maria Setiadi Regarding Messiaen

Whatever your age or musical knowledge, Playing with Chance lets you – the audience – become the composer…

Experiencing piano music in sound, in colours, in motion…

Joanne Sy Is here, is here A saxophonist and a percussionist narrate a musical metamorphosis of ‘life beginning from nothing’ in this startlingly original multimedia collaboration between composer and performers.

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FRiDay 30 May

RCM Sparks Springboard film music course: Star Trek

1.15pm

various

FRiDay 13 JUnE

Music in the Museum RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

2.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

Royal albert Hall

SatURDay 7 JUnE

Ages 13–18 Discover exciting new ways of approaching composition and experience the thrill of Michael Giacchino’s score to Star Trek into Darkness performed live at the Royal Albert Hall. During the course you will have the chance to learn from inspiring professionals and work with young RCM film composers, all of whom will help bring your ideas to life.

Run in partnership with the Royal Albert Hall.

Tickets: £50 (includes a ticket for each participant to a screening of Star Trek into Darkness at the Royal Albert Hall). Free tickets available subject to eligibility.

RCM Junior Department Ensembles Concert 5.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets: £5

tHURSDay 29 May Stranger Than Fiction: The World of Henry Cowell

Juilliard historian Joel Sachs discusses his recent biography of Henry Cowell, American composerrebel par excellence, and performs with RCM violinist Madeleine Mitchell.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

2.00pm

Durrington Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required

Historical Performance Concert 6.00pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

SatURDay 14 JUnE – SUnDay 15 JUnE RCM Sparks Family Discovery: Romeo & Juliet

tHURSDay 12 JUnE

10.30am

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

Age 6 upwards

10.00am

Take part in this family weekend and experience Romeo & Juliet like never before. Through dance, movement and music workshops you will explore the plot, romance and tragedy of this famous story before seeing English National Ballet’s in-the-round production at the Royal Albert Hall. Then bring the characters and music to life in your own mini-production at the RCM, working with professionals from, English National Ballet, RCM and Royal Albert Hall.

Durrington Room

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Britten theatre

Joel Sachs The Juilliard School Madeleine Mitchell RCM

Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm

WEDnESDay 11 JUnE

Free but tickets required

7.00pm

Trombone Masterclass with Gordon Campbell

Contemporary Consort Presentation Class 7.30pm

Durrington Room

Royal albert Hall, English national Ballet & RCM

Free but tickets required

Run in partnership with the Royal Albert Hall and English National Ballet.

Tickets: £40 for 1 adult & 1 child (£15 for extra tickets). Includes a ticket for each participant to Romeo & Juliet in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall. Free tickets available subject to eligibility.

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Bernard Haitink

MOnDay 16 JUnE

MOnDay 16 JUnE & tUESDay 17 JUnE

Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler 7 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Bernard Haitink RCM Symphony Orchestra Mahler Symphony no 7 “In a fortnight that has brought five-star performances to London by Maurizio Pollini, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Berlin Philharmoniker… perhaps the most mind-blowing concert of them all was this one at the Royal College of Music” – Classical Source on Bernard Haitink and the RCM Symphony Orchestra

Pre-concert talk with Paul Banks 6.15pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Professor Paul Banks explores Mahler’s Symphony no 7.

Free but tickets required

tUESDay 17 JUnE Live Stream Watch the concert live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live.

Offering up a compelling blend of experience, youth, and all-round worldclass music-making, Bernard Haitink’s concerts with the RCM Symphony Orchestra have become must-see events in the London concert calendar.

These two special concerts promise a real treat in the shape of Mahler’s enigmatic seventh symphony. Opening with a slow funereal introduction, the work gives way to the serene Nachtmusik (night music) middle movements and a ghostly scherzo before culminating in a feverishly joyful finale.

Bernard Haitink’s RCM appearances are always extremely popular events, so secure your seat early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets: £10, £15

The RCM is grateful to the Royal Garden Hotel for its generous support of the RCM’s visiting International Conductors Programme.

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Johannes Goritzki in Residence Join us for a four-day residency with international performing star and acclaimed teacher Johannes Goritzki.

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation

MOnDay 16 JUnE

tHURSDay 19 JUnE

Cello Masterclass

Johannes Goritzki in Recital

2.00pm

7.30pm amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

inner Parry Room

tUESDay 17 JUnE Cello Masterclass 10.00am

Recital Hall

WEDnESDay 18 JUnE Cello Masterclass 10.00am

Johannes Goritzki cello Alison Rhind piano Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata no 1 in C minor op 32 Beethoven Cello Sonata no 3 in A major op 69 R Strauss Cello Sonata in F major op 6 Tickets: £5, £8

East Parry Room

All masterclasses are free, but tickets required Johannes Goritzki

WEDnESDay 18 JUnE

RCM Saxophone Ensemble 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Kyle Horch director Donizetti Vaughan Williams Paul Evernden Steve Reich Andy Jackson Ian Stewart Andy Scott

(arr Frankton) Sinfonia for Winds (arr Bricault) Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus New work (world premiere) New York Counterpoint Songs and Dances Concerto Grosso (world premiere) Pacquito

Under the direction of Kyle Horch the RCM Saxophone Ensemble presents a diverse programme of arrangements and world premieres.

Tickets: £5

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk SatURDay 14 JUnE RCM Junior Department Composers Concert 5.30pm

Rising Stars 7.30pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

MOnDay 16 JUnE

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane terrace, London SW1X 9DQ

For the seventh year in a row, RCM soloists and chamber groups are heading to Cadogan Hall for this series of spectacular concerts.

Tickets: £10

RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

tHURSDay 19 JUnE

Free but tickets required

Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki 2.00pm

inner Parry Room

See page 14 for details

Ned Rorem Bernstein Steve Reich Cage Steve Reich Barber

Picnic on the Marne Dance Suite for brass Clapping Music Construction no 3 New York Counterpoint Piano Sonata in E flat minor op 26

Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler 7

MOnDay 23 JUnE

7.30pm

Liszt Janáček Peter Longworth Dvořák

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 13 for details

Dante Sonata Violin Sonata New Work Serenade for wind instruments op 44

tUESDay 17 JUnE Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki

FRiDay 27 JUnE

10.00am

Mozart Schubert

Recital Hall

See page 14 for details

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

This concert is preceded at 3.30pm by a chamber music masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman. See page 20 for details.

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required Cadogan Hall

Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler 7 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 13 for details

String Quintet no 4 in G minor K 516 Piano Quintet in A major D 667 ‘Die Forelle’ (Trout)

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Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Peter Stark conductor Yuki Ito cello RCM Philharmonic Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor op 104 Under the expert direction of Peter Stark, the RCM Philharmonic offers up an audience favourite in the form of Dvoˇrák’s perennially popular Cello Concerto in B minor – the last solo concerto the composer ever wrote. As soloist we feature impressive young talent Yuki Ito, a multi award-winning Japanese cellist described as “sensational” by The Strad magazine.

Pre-concert talk

Tickets: £5, £8

5.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Fiona Gibbs discusses Dvoˇrák’s Cello Concerto ahead of the evening concert.

Free to concert ticket holders

WEDnESDay 18 JUnE

tHURSDay 19 JUnE

Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki

1.05pm

10.00am

East Parry Room

See page 14 for details

Baroque Violin Masterclass with Ingrid Seifert 10.00am & 2.00pm

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

tHURSDay 19 JUnE

Music for Tape Recital Hall

Daniel Teruggi

Tempo di basso for saxophone, bassoon, contrabass and tape Jacob Ter Veldhuis The Garden of Love for oboe and tape Michał Talma-Sutt Notturni di sogni for recorder, transverse flute and tape Wayne Siegel Jackdaw for bass clarinet and tape Free but tickets required

RCM Saxophone Ensemble 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 14 for details

‘Interest, individuality and an endless pleasantness’: revealing the chalumeau 5.15pm

East Parry Room

Ingrid Pearson Royal College of Music Pioneering studies from the 1970s and 1980s, including work across theory and practice by RCM Director Colin Lawson, brought the chalumeau to wider audiences. This presentation contextualises and explores some of the lesser-known 18th-century obbligato repertoire for soprano chalumeau, written in the Viennese style.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

RCM Rising Stars 7.30pm

Cadogan Hall, SW1

See page 15 for details

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Salvatore Sciarrino

MOnDay 23 JUnE

explorensemble: Lo spazio inverso 7.30pm

inner Parry Room

Nicholas Moroz and Arne Gieshoff directors Salvatore Sciarrino Beat Furrer Salvatore Sciarrino Edwin Hillier Salvatore Sciarrino Romitelli

Lo spazio inverso Presto con fuoco Omaggio a Burri New Work (world premiere) Trio no 2 Domeniche alla periferia dell'impero

Throughout 2014, the student-led explorensemble is celebrating the works of Italian composer Fausto Romitelli, who died 10 years ago at the age of 41 following a long battle with cancer. Setting the scene for Romitelli's kaleidoscopic and surreal mixed quartet work Domeniche alla periferia dell'impero are three works by fellow Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, plus a world premiere by RCM composer Edwin Hillier.

Free but tickets required

tHURSDay 19 JUnE Johannes Goritzki in Recital 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 14 for details

MOnDay 23 JUnE

WEDnESDay 25 JUnE

Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys

1.05pm

10.30am

inner Parry Room

Supported by The Leche Trust

FRiDay 20 JUnE

Free but tickets required

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop 10.30am

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

RCM Rising Stars 7.30pm

Cadogan Hall, SW1

RCM Horn Octet inner Parry Room

Beethoven

Egmont Overture (arr Alan Civil) Humperdinck Evening Prayer from 'Hansel and Gretel’ (arr Jeffry Kirschen) Richard Bissill Three Portraits Free no tickets required

See page 15 for details

RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

6.00pm

explorensemble: Lo spazio inverso 7.30pm

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

See panel above for details

Rossini La gazzetta 7.00pm

Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 16 for details

See page 18 for details

tUESDay 24 JUnE Rossini La gazzetta 7.00pm

See page 18 for details

Britten theatre

Britten theatre

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Rossini La gazzetta or Il matrimonio per concorso 7.00pm

Britten theatre

Donald Maxwell director Nigel Hook designer Michael Rosewell conductor Following on from last summer’s hit production of Offenbach’s La vie parisienne, the RCM International Opera School once again offers up an entertaining and tuneful comic rarity.

Rossini’s La gazzetta or Il matrimonio per concorso (“The Newspaper” or “The Marriage Contest”) centres on Don Pomponio’s desperate search for a suitable husband for his flirtatious daughter. Is a newspaper advertisement really the best way to do that? Surely it can only lead to confusion – and to some wonderful singing, of course…

To direct, we’re absolutely delighted to be working once again with Donald Maxwell, one of Britain’s best-loved comic singers, who created our hugely acclaimed production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris in 2012.

Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40 Available from Thursday 8 May. Benefactors, Patron Circle and Opera Circle Patrons have priority booking from Thursday 24 April and RCM Friends from Thursday 1 May.

Bradley travis and Filipa van Eck in the RCM’s 2012 production of Le nozze di Figaro

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk tHURSDay 26 JUnE

Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Graeme Jenkins conductor RCM Philharmonic Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol op 34 Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 in F minor op 36 To round off our orchestral summer season, the RCM Philharmonic and alumnus Graeme Jenkins present two contrasting orchestral works from Russian masters. We start with the glorious Mediterranean colours of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol and conclude with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s turbulent yet unfailingly melodious Fourth Symphony.

Tickets: £8, £5

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FRiDay 27 JUnE

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

Echoes of China: Piano Music by Chen Yi, Doming Lam and Zhou Long

1.15pm

10.00am

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Violin Masterclass with Carolin Widmann 11.00am

Recital Hall

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Free but tickets required

5.15pm

Music in the Museum RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

East Parry Room

Susan Chan Portland State University Susan Chan introduces contemporary Chinese works by three internationally-recognised composers. These pieces embrace a blend of Chinese and western traditions as well as transcending cultural and musical boundaries.

Part of the Grove Forum series

Rising Stars Chamber Music Masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman 3.30pm

Cadogan Hall, SW1X 9DQ

See page 20 for details

From the Soundhouse 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 20 for details

Free but tickets required

Rossini La gazzetta Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

7.00pm

Britten theatre

See page 18 for details

See panel above for details

RCM Rising Stars 7.30pm

Cadogan Hall, SW1

See page 15 for details

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Pinchas Zukerman For more than four decades, Pinchas Zukerman has been delighting critics and audiences with his virtuosity and unwavering artistic standards. He is devoted to inspiring the next generation of musicians, and so we’re thrilled that these two masterclasses will give London audiences the chance to observe him working with some of today’s most talented young performers.

FRiDay 27 JUnE

MOnDay 30 JUnE

Rising Stars Chamber Music Masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman

Rising Stars String Masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman

3.30pm

6.30pm

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane terrace, London SW1X 9DQ

Alongside his glittering solo career, Pinchas Zukerman has performed chamber music with some of the world’s most outstanding musicians. In this masterclass, which focuses on Mozart’s String Quintet no 4 in G minor K 516, he shares his skills and experiences with the next generation of talented RCM chamber musicians.

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane terrace, London SW1X 9DQ

For this second masterclass, Pinchas Zukerman will work with four leading RCM string players on a variety of repertoire.

Tickets: £5

This masterclass is followed by a Rising Stars concert performance, attended by Pinchas Zukerman as guest of honour. See page 15 for details.

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Tickets: £5

These Rising Stars Masterclasses with Pinchas Zukerman form part of the Pinchas Zukerman Summer Music Festival, promoted by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Kaija Saariaho

FRiDay 27 JUnE

From the Soundhouse 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Michael Oliva electronics Guastalla Quartet Gwenaëlle Rouger piano Kaija Saariaho Michael Beil Luc Ferrari Ruaidhri Mannion

Nymphéa for string quartet and electronics Doppel Presque Rien no 3 New work (world premiere)

From the Soundhouse is the RCM’s cutting-edge series mixing live performance and electronics. The centrepiece of their latest concert is Kaija Saariaho’s magical evocation of “a water lily, yielding as it floats on the water, transforming”.

Tickets: £5

SatURDay 28 JUnE

MOnDay 30 JUnE

MOnDay 30 JUnE

RCM Junior Department Choral Concert

Rising Stars String Masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman

7.30pm

6.15pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

6.30pm

Tickets: £5

RCM Percussion Showcase amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 23 for details

Cadogan Hall, SW1X 9DQ

See page 20 for details

Rossini La gazzetta 7.00pm

Britten theatre

See page 18 for details

Trumpet Masterclass with Matthias Höfs 3.00pm

Recital Hall

See page 22 for details

SUnDay 29 JUnE Passione amorosa 7.30pm

Wigmore Hall, W1U

See page 21 for details

RCM Baroque Ensemble 6.00pm

inner Parry Room

Ashley Solomon director Locatelli

Concerto grosso in G minor op 1 no 12 Pergolesi Stabat Mater Geminiani Concerto grosso no 12 'La Follia' in D minor (after op 5 Sonatas by Corelli) Free but tickets required

Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars Special Events Masterclasses & Workshops Chamber Music Series RCM Box Office 020 7591 4314

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Passione amorosa 7.30pm

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Cecilia Sultana de Maria harp Rodrigo Moro Martin & Jim Vanderspar double bass, Min Bae piano Trio Incendia Sean Riley violin & Cassandra Mathews guitar Son Quartet & Vasara Quartet Parish Alvars Bottesini Shostakovich Laura Snowden Mendelssohn

Introduction, Cadenza and Rondo Passione amorosa Piano trio no 2 in E minor op 67 Five Impressions Octet in E flat major op 20

Our annual summer concert at the Wigmore Hall showcases some of the RCM’s brightest string stars.

Featuring virtuoso harp and double bass playing, magical soundscapes for guitar and violin, Shostakovich’s elemental second piano trio, and Mendelssohn’s effervescent string octet, this delightful selection of chamber pieces is brought to life by some of today’s most brilliantly talented young performers.

Tickets: £10, £14, £17, £20

Matthias Höfs

Matthias Höfs in Residence Renowned as both a soloist and a member of legendary ensemble German Brass, trumpeter Matthias Höfs has performed in concert halls all over the world. He visits the RCM for an exclusive masterclass, before heading across the road to Holy Trinity Church for a special lunchtime concert of favourite baroque music.

MOnDay 30 JUnE

tUESDay 1 JULy

Trumpet Masterclass with Matthias Höfs

Trumpet and Organ Recital

3.00pm

1.00pm Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

Holy trinity Church

Matthias Höfs trumpet Christian Schmitt organ Programme to include music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi Tickets: £5

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk tUESDay 1 JULy

WEDnESDay 2 JULy

Trumpet and Organ Recital 1.00pm

Holy trinity Church

See page 22 for details

Women in Music: Female Composers of the RCM 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

See page 24 for details

RCM Recorder Festival various

Durrington Room

RCM Recorder Consort Professor Maria Ayerza leads a day of lectures, masterclasses, open rehearsals and performances celebrating the Renaissance recorder. For further details see www.rcm.ac.uk/flautodolce Free but tickets required

RCM Wind Ensemble 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 25 for details

Women in Music: Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

See page 24 for details

WEDnESDay 2 JULy Women in Music: Music and Words 6.00pm

inner Parry Room

See page 24 for details

RCM Students’ Film Orchestra 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The RCM Students’ Film Orchestra performs popular hits by legendary composer Michael Kamen, including The Three Musketeers and What Dreams May Come as well as two world premieres by RCM Composition for Screen composers. The concert will feature artwork from the Royal College of Art and some scores will be performed live to film, projected above the players in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.

Presented by the RCM Students’ Association Free but tickets required

MOnDay 30 JUnE

RCM Percussion Showcase 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The RCM Percussion Showcase returns with an entertaining concert that includes Fau´ re’s Après un rêve arranged for voice and percussion, a new commission from RCM composer Danielle Howard as well as performances from a Hungarian cimbalom band and the RCM’s in-house percussion ensembles: PERC’M and Red Hocks.

Supported by the Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Tickets: £5, £8

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Durrington Room

RCM professor Julien Feltrin leads a day of lectures, masterclasses, open rehearsals and performances celebrating the contemporary recorder. For further details see www.rcm.ac.uk/flautodolce Free but tickets required

‘A delicate amalgam’: poetic and musical rhythm in the songs of Britten and Poulenc 5.15pm

Women in Music

East Parry Room

Carola Darwin & Simon Lepper RCM Soprano Carola Darwin and pianist Simon Lepper explore how poetic rhythm is reflected and refracted by the musical rhythms of two great 20th-century song composers.

Gemma Sharples violin Verity Evanson cello Pippa Harrison piano This mini festival, curated by RCM Junior Fellows the Albany Piano Trio celibrates female composers through the ages.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/womeninmusic for further details.

Free but tickets required

RCM Brass Ensemble 6.00pm

tUESDay 1 JULy

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 25 for details

Women in Music: Female Composers of the RCM 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

A programme of music by female composers who studied at the RCM, including Rebecca Clarke, Josephine Stephenson, Pamela Harrison and Charlotte Bray.

SatURDay 5 JULy RCM Junior Department Orchestra Concert 5.30pm

WEDnESDay 2 JULy Women in Music: Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel 1.05pm

inner Parry Room

Through readings and music, this fascinating event explores the extraordinary lives and music of Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.

Women in Music: Music and Words 6.00pm

inner Parry Room

This richly varied programme includes songs by Sally Beamish and other leading female composers.

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Programme to include: Dvořák The Noon Witch Bernstein Overture: Candide Gershwin Overture: Girl Crazy Eric Whitacre Sleep Anthony Bailey And There Was Beauty Tickets: £5

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk tUESDay 1 JULy

RCM Wind Ensemble 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Simon Channing director Programme to include: Dvořák Serenade for wind instruments op 44 Join the RCM Wind Ensemble and Head of Woodwind Simon Channing for a delightful summer evening concert.

The RCM’s talented young woodwind stars offer up a programme including Dvoˇrák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, a favourite of the wind ensemble repertoire. Graceful and stirring in equal measure, the 1878 work takes inspiration from the Classical style as well as the bohemian soundworld of the Czech composer’s home country.

Tickets: £5

tHURSDay 3 JULy

RCM Brass Ensemble 6.00pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Nigel Black director Richard Bissill conductor* RCM Brass Ensemble R Strauss Richard Bissill Bernstein Danielle Howard Bruce Broughton

Also sprach Zarathustra (arr Christopher Mowat) The Magnificent Seventh* Dance Suite for brass quintet New work (world premiere) Fanfares, Marches, Hymns & Finale

Richard Strauss’s tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, famously featured in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, provides a rousing opening to this concert from the ever-impressive RCM Brass Ensemble.

Under the direction of RCM Head of Brass Nigel Black, the ensemble will also treat audiences to Richard Bissill’s The Magnificent Seventh for eight horns as well as a new work by RCM composer Danielle Howard. A short symphony for brass and percussion by multi-award winning composer Bruce Broughton rounds off the evening in dramatic style.

Tickets: £5

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RCM Festival of Percussion 11.00am - 7.30pm

various

The fourth instalment of the RCM Festival of Percussion promises the usual stellar line-up, and a rich blend of entertaining and educational events.

As well as enjoying performances and talks from some of today’s leading jazz, rock and orchestral drummers and percussionists, you can benefit from free “how to” lessons with RCM professors and attend the RCM Trade Fair – featuring some of the UK’s leading instrument manufacturers.

New for 2014: In celebration of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, we are running special Brazilian drumming workshops for all the family. Places are limited, so make sure you book early.

For full details see www.rcm.ac.uk/percfest Day tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) Evening tickets £8 (£4 concessions) All-festival tickets: £14 (£7 concession)

SUnDay 6 JULy

SUnDay 13 JULy

RCM Festival of Percussion 11.00am - 7.30pm

various

See above panel for details

RCM Junior Department Chamber and Symphony Orchestras 7.30pm

Friends Summer Party 6.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Every year the RCM Friends Summer Party gives us the chance to say thank you to supporters of the RCM in person. Guests will enjoy a drinks reception in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall followed by a buffet supper interspersed with performances from some of the finest RCM musicians.

Tickets: £50

St John’s, Smith Square

Michael Collins clarinet Chris Hirons & Richard Dickins conductors Britten Weber

Welcome Ode op 95 Clarinet Concerto no 2 in E flat major Shostakovich Symphony no 5 in D minor op 47 Dedicated to the memory of Barbara Boissard, Director of the RCM Junior Department (1975–1982).

Tickets: £20 (£10 concessions) from www.sjss.org.uk

tHURSDay 24 JULy, FRiDay 25 JULy & SatURDay 26 JULy Pincher Martin 7.00pm

Britten theatre

Oliver Rudland director Mark Austin conductor Faust Ensemble A world premiere of a new film-opera

by Oliver Rudland based on the novel by William Golding. This production by RCM alumnus Oliver Rudland brings Nobel laureate William Golding’s most tantalising and original novel to fresh life on the operatic stage. Includes an openingnight talk by renowned public intellectual Roger Scruton.

An independent promotion

SatURDay 12 JULy RCM Junior Department End of Year Concert and Prize Giving 2.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets: £5

Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk

Coming Soon WEDnESDay 10 SEPtEMBER 2014

Symposium: Recent Advances in the Science of Singing, Wellbeing and Health 10.00am

Britten theatre

Can singing with others improve your health?

Contributors from leading research institutions across the UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany and Australia – including the RCM’s own Professor of Performance Science Aaron Williamon – gather together to discuss findings from recent scientific and applied research on the value of group singing for wellbeing and health.

During the day there will be contributions from choir with no name (a singing group for homeless people) and members of singing for breathing groups from across the UK. This symposium is jointly organised by the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University, and the RCM’s Centre for Performance Science.

Tickets: £125 (£75 students)

tHURSDay 26 FEBRUaRy 2015

Royal Festival Hall 7.30pm

amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Jac van Steen conductor RCM Symphony Orchestra RCM Chorus Lili Boulanger Koechlin Ravel Stravinsky

Marche gaie (world premiere) Selections from Les heures persanes (The Persian Hours) Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no 2 The Rite of Spring

The world premiere of a vivacious march that was lost for almost a century, an exotic evocation of a journey through 19th-century Persia, and Ravel’s and Stravinsky’s most celebrated ballet scores: this colourful concert offers the perfect showcase for the astonishing virtuoso talents of the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, which brings together brilliantly talented young musicians from around the globe.

Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Paris, City of Light Festival Tickets: £5, £10, £15, £20, £25

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When visiting the Proms, why not pop across the road to the Royal College of Music?

Whether it’s playing, composing or discovering musical treasures, RCM Sparks – the RCM’s Learning and Participation programme – is providing opportunities for young people and families to engage in inspiring musical activities this summer.

For more information on all events, visit www.rcm.ac.uk/summermusic.

Ticketing information: All RCM Sparks events music must be booked in advance through the RCM Box Office on 020 7591 4314. Free tickets are available subject to eligibility.

25 JULy, 5, 13 aUGUSt RCM Sparks Family Discovery Families (various ages, see website Jean-Philippe Calvin for details)

From storytelling and music-making in the RCM Museum of Music to Mini Sparks sessions for the youngest members of the family, discover our musical treasures in these fun hands-on sessions.

Tickets: £10 for 1 adult and 1 child. £3.75 for each extra participant.

MOnDay 28 JULy – WEDnESDay 30 JULy RCM Sparks Explorers 3 day course Ages 10 – 12 Unleash creativity and uncover the magical world of myths in music.

Take inspiration from music at the Proms and have fun writing and performing brand new pieces of music as an eclectic new ensemble.

Tickets: £75 (includes 2 tickets to the Prom on Monday 28 July for course participants and an accompanying adult)

tHURSDay 7 aUGUSt – MOnDay 11 aUGUSt

tHURSDay 13 aUGUSt & FRiDay 14 aUGUSt

RCM Sparks Springboard Composition Course

RCM Igniting Sparks

5 day course Ages 13 – 18 Discover exciting new ways of approaching composition. Learn from inspiring professionals, and work and perform with young RCM composers to bring your creative ideas to life.

Tickets: £125 (includes 2 tickets to the Prom on Sunday 10 August for course participants and an accompanying adult)

Workshops Ages 6 – 9 Delve deeper into music featured at the Proms with the help of RCM musicians. Play as an exciting ensemble and create a masterpiece in a day. You can also hear the music come alive in concert with a special £5 Proms ticket offer for families.

Tickets: £12 (plus a special £5 Prom ticket offer for course participants and their families).

Please note: due to the limited number of spaces it is only possible to book one workshop per person.

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OUt anD aBOUt In addition to concerts at the RCM itself, RCM performers regularly appear at a number of venues across London and beyond.

Unless stated otherwise, all concerts are free of charge and no ticket is required. Just turn up on the day to see some of the world’s brightest young classical stars in action.

Royal albert Hall Elgar Room, London SW7 2aP Classical Coffee Mornings Sundays at 11.00am

6 April: Brigid Coleridge (violin) 20 April: Cataleya Quintet 27 April: Yuki Ito (cello) 11 May: Eun Cho (cello) 18 May: Junior Classical Coffee 25 May: Hin-Yat Tsang (piano) 1 June: Batera Duo 8 June: Joana Valentinaviciute (violin) & Jennifer Hughes (piano) 29 June: Dinara Klinton (piano) 6 July: London Chamber Collective 13 July: Giverny Duo 20 July: Junior Classical Coffee 27 July: Joo Yeon Sir (violin) Tickets: £11, including coffee and cake

St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Stephen’s Church Gloucester Road, London SW7 4aL Mondays at 6.30pm

28 April & 12, 19 May 9, 16, 23, 30 June St Stephen’s Festival 2, 3, 5, 6 June at 1.00pm

Chappell of Bond Street 152–160 Wardour Street, London W1F 8ya Yamaha London Lunchtime Conservatoire Concert Series

Thursday 1 May at 1.00pm

St Mary abbots Kensington Church Street, London W8 4La

national Gallery trafalgar Square, London WC2n 5Dn Belle Shenkman Chamber Concert Series Fridays at 6.00pm

9, 23 May 6, 20 June Supported by Dasha Shenkman in memory of Belle Shenkman

Kings Place 90 york Way, London n1 9aG Sunday 11 May at 5.45pm

Hatchlands Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Surrey GU4 7Rt

Fridays at 1.05pm

Wednesday 28 May at 12.00pm

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 May 6, 13, 20, 27 June & 4 July

Tickets available from www.cobbecollection.co.uk

victoria and albert Museum

the Queen’s Gallery

trafalgar Square, London WC2n 4JJ Tuesdays at 1.00pm

1 April & 10 June

Steinway Hall 44 Marylebone Lane, London, W1U 2DB Wednesdays at 6.00pm

Exhibition Road, London SW7 2RL

Wednesdays at 12.00pm

2, 9, 16, 23 May 6, 13, 20 June & 4 July

23 April 7, 21 May 4, 18 June 2, 16 & 30 July

Supported by the Friends of the V&A

16 April & 28 May

Sounds and Sweet Airs Sunday 4 May at 3.00pm

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Tickets: £5 from the V&A

369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9nH

St James’s Piccadilly 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Thursdays at 1.00pm

24 April, 29 May, 26 June

Buckingham Palace, London SW1a 1aa

Fridays at 6.30pm

1.10pm, 1.10pm, 1.10pm, 1.10pm, 1.10pm,

Wednesday 7 May Monday 2 June Friday 27 June Friday 4 July Wednesday 9 July

15-minute recitals on period instruments, performed against the backdrop of The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714 – 1760.

Tickets: Recitals are free with your exhibition ticket. www.royalcollection.org.uk/ exhibitions or +44 (0)20 7766 7301

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tiCKEt & BOOKinG inFORMatiOn Entry to the Royal College of Music is free, however charges apply for some of our events, performances and exhibitions. All income from ticket sales goes directly to support training and performance opportunities for our students.

To book tickets or for more information contact the RCM Box Office on 020 7591 4314, weekdays 10.00am – 4.00pm, or visit us online at www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice Please note, there is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction for online and telephone bookings.

This fee covers administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income to support training and performance opportunities for our students.

BOOKING FOR THE SUMMER SEASON opens on Wednesday 9 April. RCM Friends and Patrons have priority booking from Wednesday 2 April.

Group bookings of 10 or more receive a 10% discount where applicable. Maximum group booking size is 33.

School parties must be chaperoned at all times by school staff.

Refunds Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance is cancelled; when an event is sold out refunds may be possible, at the discretion of Box Office staff.

Tickets on the door Tickets are available on the door for many RCM events. However, we recommend that tickets are purchased well in advance and cannot guarantee availability on the day.

For more information on booking tickets, terms and conditions please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/ticketing Late Arrivals To avoid disturbing fellow audience members, latecomers will be asked to wait for a suitable break in the performance before entering the auditorium; occasionally it may not be possible to enter once a performance has started.

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Access

By tube The nearest underground station is South Kensington, which is about 10 minutes' walk from the RCM. South Kensington is on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations are both approximately 15 minutes' walk from the RCM.

The Royal College of Music has easy access to most areas and is fully accessible via lifts and ramps. Guide and companion dogs may be taken anywhere on site. The main entrance to the RCM has eight steps up from the pavement and two inside the main doors.

By rail The nearest mainline railway stations are Paddington and Victoria.

By bus Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal Albert Hall, whilst 9a runs from Palace Gate and 70 along Queen's Gate. The number 360 stops very close to the RCM on Prince Consort Road.

Many other services run to South Kensington, Kensington High Street or Knightsbridge from surrounding areas.

By road There is metered parking on Prince Consort Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3 per hour for a maximum of three hours and is free after 6.30pm and on Sundays. There are a limited number of disabled parking spaces and designated motorbike bays in the surrounding area.

Food and Drink Lunch and Snacks The RCM Restaurant offers a great range of hot and cold snacks and beverages each weekday between 9.00am and 4.00pm as well as delicious full lunch options between 12.00pm and 2.00pm.

Evening Performance Drinks and Light Snacks The RCM offers a range of pre-performance and interval refreshments, and a selection of light snacks for those attending evening events in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre. These are served between 6.00pm and 9.00pm (5.00pm for early evening performances) in the Britten Theatre Bar or the RCM Foyer Bar.

Photography and Recordings Photographs may be taken during the applause at the end of a work. Photography before and during a performance is forbidden. Private sound or video recordings of College concerts and recitals are prohibited without prior written permission from the College and the agreement of all performers.

Your co-operation is appreciated.

The East Entrance, 20 metres to the left of the main entrance, is solely for the use of patrons with limited mobility and is opened by contacting reception staff via intercom. The main entrance to the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall contains 10 steps. A step-free entrance is available.

The main entrance to the Britten Theatre contains 33 steps. An alternative step-free entrance is available for all patrons. There are spaces for wheelchair users and seats for their companions in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and Britten Theatre.

Please contact the Box Office in advance for directions.

To request an alternative format of publicity on forthcoming events, please contact the Box Office on 020 7591 4314. Large print programmes are available on request.

Enhancing your Visit RCM Museum of Music Exhibition: The Modern Germans in Georgian London Open until Friday 5 September The RCM Museum of Music houses highlights from the RCM’s Special Collections. Our latest exhibition examines the rapturous reception and influence of German-speaking musicians on a generation of young English composers, including John Barnett, William Sterndale Bennett and S S Wesley.

The RCM Museum of Music is open Tuesday to Friday (11.30am – 4.30pm) and is free to visit. If you would like to book a guided tour (£5 per head or £4 concessions) please call 020 7591 4842.

Groups and research access by appointment. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/museum

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SUPPORt tHE FUtURE OF MUSiC – SUPPORt tHE RCM The RCM is one of the world’s leading conservatoires. Generations of gifted students from around the world have been guided and inspired to develop their musical potential within the RCM’s stimulating creative environment. In order to sustain the provision of the highest levels of training and performance opportunities to our students – whatever their financial means – we rely heavily on the support of individuals, companies and charitable trusts. There are many ways you can get involved and support our work, including the RCM Patron Scheme, Scholarship Fund and donations towards our learning and participation programme RCM Sparks.

Every gift to the RCM helps to transform the lives of talented young musicians, and all supporters are invited to see at first hand what a difference their support makes. Please join us.

For more information visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus or call 020 7591 4862.

JOin tHE RCM FRiEnDS GEt CLOSER tO tHE MUSiC Becoming an RCM Friend is an ideal way to support and enjoy this world of great music. You can join for only £40 or choose a higher level of involvement.

RCM Friends receive up-to-date information on all events taking place in College, priority booking for RCM concerts and opera performances, invitations to special events and other opportunities to become involved in College life.

Your support is vital in helping us to continue to inspire musicians of the future.

For more information visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/friends, email friends@rcm.ac.uk or call 020 7591 4331.

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Wed 2 July Wed 2 July Thu 3 July Thu 3 July Sat 5 July Sun 6 July Sat 12 July Sun 13 July Thu 24th July – Sat 26th July

6.00pm 7.30pm Various 6.00pm 5.30pm 11.00am 2.30pm 7.30pm 7.00pm

PaGE International Russian Song Festival: Sergey Zakharov International Russian Song Festival Finale Alina Ibragimova in Concert: Ysaÿe Sonatas 1–3 Alina Ibragimova in Concert: Ysaÿe Sonatas 4–6 In the South RCM Junior Department Baroque Ensembles Concert RCM New Perspectives Hogarth’s Stages RCM Junior Department Piano Concert Hogarth’s Stages Super String Sunday: Part 1 Super String Sunday: Part 2 #GreatExhibitionists RCM Junior Department Ensembles Concert RCM Junior Department Composers Concert Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler 7 Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler 7 RCM Saxophone Ensemble RCM Rising Stars Johannes Goritzki in Recital Dvořák Cello Concerto RCM Rising Stars explorensemble: Lo spazio inverso Rossini La gazzetta Horn Octet Rossini La gazzetta Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 From the Soundhouse Rising Stars Chamber Music Masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman Rossini La gazzetta RCM Rising Stars RCM Junior Department Choral Concert Rossini La gazzetta Passione amorosa RCM Baroque Ensemble Rising Stars String Masterclass with Pinchas Zukerman RCM Percussion Showcase Trumpet and Organ Recital Women in Music: Female Composers of the RCM RCM Wind Ensemble RCM Recorder Festival Women in Music: Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Women in Music: Music and Words RCM Students’ Film Orchestra RCM Recorder Festival RCM Brass Ensemble RCM Junior Department Orchestra Concert RCM Festival of Percussion RCM Junior Department End of Year Concert and Prize Giving RCM Junior Department Chamber and Symphony Orchestras Pincher Martin

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CHaMBER MUSiC SERiES Mon 28 April Tues 29 April Thu 1 May Thu 1 May Fri 2 May Tue 6 May Wed 7 May Wed 7 May Thu 8 May Fri 9 May Fri 9 May Fri 16 May Tue 27 May Fri 30 May Wed 11 June Thu 12 June Mon 16 June Tue 17 June Wed 18 June Thu 19 June Fri 20 June Wed 25 June Fri 27 June

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RCM Chamber Music Contemporary Music in Action RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Contemporary Music in Creation Contemporary Music in Action Contemporary Music in Creation RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Contemporary Music in Creation Music in the Museum Music in the Museum William Lawes: Concord is Conquer’d Music in the Museum Historical Performance Concert RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Music for Tape Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum

MaStERCLaSSES anD WORKSHOPS Tue 29 April Thu 1 May Fri 2 May Tue 6 May Tue 6 May Wed 7 May Fri 9 May Fri 9 May Tue 20 May Thu 12 June Thu 12 June Fri 13 June Fri 13 June Mon 16 June Tue 17 June Wed 18 June Wed 18 June Wed 18 June Fri 20 June Mon 23 June Thu 26 June Thu 26 June Mon 30 June

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Piano Masterclass with Peter Jablonski Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Harp Masterclass with Marisa Robles Tuba Masterclass with Oren Marshall Double Bass Masterclass with Paul Ellison Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Violin Masterclass with Peter Schumayer Horn Masterclass with Katy Woolley Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Contemporary Consort Presentation Class Trombone Masterclass with Gordon Campbell Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Baroque Violin Masterclass with Ingrid Seifert Baroque Violin Masterclass with Ingrid Seifert Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Violin Masterclass with Carolin Widmann Trumpet Masterclass with Matthias Höfs

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LECtURES anD SEMinaRS Wed 30 April Thu 1 May Wed 7 May Thu 8 May Wed 14 May Thu 29 May Thu 19 June

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Thu 26 June

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Thu 3 July

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Music Talks: New Directions in the 20th Century Performer-Composer Collaboration within the Conservatoire Music Talks: Where Next?

Hallé’s other project, or why Sir George Grove was not amused Music Talks: Fresh Eyes Stranger Than Fiction: The World of Henry Cowell ‘Interest, individuality and an endless pleasantness’: revealing the chalumeau Echoes of China: Piano Music by Chen Li, Doming Lam and Zhou Long ‘A delicate amalgam’: poetic and musical rhythm in the songs of Britten and Poulenc

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11.00am Open Day

PaRtiCiPatORy EvEntS Thu 8 May Thu 29 May – Fri 30 May Sat 14 June – Sun 15 June Fri 25 July, Tue 5 Aug, Wed 13 Aug Mon 28 July – Wed 30 July Thu 7 Aug – Mon 11 Aug Thu 13 Aug – Fri 14 Aug

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RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools RCM Sparks Springboard film music course: Star Trek

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RCM Sparks Family Discovery: Romeo & Juliet

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Various

RCM Sparks Family Discovery

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Various

RCM Sparks Explorers

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RCM Sparks Springboard Composition Course

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Various

RCM Igniting Sparks

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