RCM Spring Events 2014

SPRING eveNtS 2014

Highlights Participatory events Lectures & Seminars Masterclasses & Workshops Chamber Music Series

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Highlights Participatory Events Lectures & Seminars 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.

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WeLCOMe tO A NeW SPRING SeASON At tHe RCM! Our sparkling spring season offers the chance to make new discoveries, or to enjoy fresh interpretations of familiar works.

As always, we welcome a number of distinguished guests. Alumnus Sir Roger Norrington conducts a concert in memory of much-loved RCM Director Michael Gough Matthews, who died last year. French music was his greatest joy, and the programme celebrates this with glorious Fauré and Berlioz. Also visiting the RCM to give masterclasses are two outstanding violinists – Nicola Benedetti and Alina Ibragimova – and two of the greatest Wagner singers of our time: Sir John Tomlinson and Dame Anne Evans. And great actor Edward Fox joins RCM musicians for a unique performance of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.

Two festivals this season offer new treats. The keyboard festival Kalinka! takes us to Russia – and promises some surprising new takes on the music of Rachmaninov and Scriabin – and there is a chance to discover the remarkable music of the Italian composer Ivan Fedele during the first ever UK festival devoted to his works.

A number of important composer anniversaries are marked this year, including three in one programme by our RCM Classical Orchestra, who perform CPE Bach, Rameau and Gluck with historical techniques on modern instruments. And Richard Strauss is represented by his epic tone poem Death and Transfiguration and his beautiful Serenade, which features in our Chamber Spotlight in the Britten Theatre.

We are marking another anniversary – the centenary of the outbreak of World War I – with a series of chamber music written between 1914 and 1918. And we are also exploring the musical legacy of World War II in our long-term collaborative project Singing a Song in a Foreign Land, offering a rare chance to hear some stunning music by composers displaced by the conflict.

Other highlights include Bach Cantatas, another spectacular programme from Tim Reynish and the RCM Wind Orchestra, a chance to hear Varèse’s incredible percussion masterpiece Ionisation, and last but certainly not least, four performances of the opera Arianna in Crete, Handel’s sumptuous re-telling of the Greek myth of Ariadne, Theseus and the minotaur.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Stephen Johns | Artistic Director

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tUeSDAY 7 JANUARY – FRIDAY 17 JUNe

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.

WeDNeSDAY 15 JANUARY The Influence of Spohr & Weber 6.00pm

RCM Museum of Music

To celebrate the opening of the exhibition Dr Peter Horton explores the influence of these modern Germans on English composers in a lecture-recital.

Free but tickets required

tUeSDAY 7 JANUARY RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

WeDNeSDAY 8 JANUARY Vocal Masterclass with Edith Wiens 2.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tHURSDAY 9 JANUARY

tUeSDAY 14 JANUARY

RCM Students’ Film Orchestra

Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet

7.30pm

10.00am & 2.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The RCM Students’ Film Orchestra performs popular hits from the film industry including Hans Zimmer’s The Last Samurai.

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Presented by the RCM Students’ Association Free but tickets required

FRIDAY 10 JANUARY RCM Brass Ensemble: From Egmont to Siegfried 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 5 for details

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk FRIDAY 10 JANUARY

RCM Brass Ensemble: From Egmont to Siegfried 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Nigel Black & Richard Ward conductors RCM Brass Ensemble Zone One Brass* Beethoven (arr Eric Ball) Egmont Overture op 84 * Schumann (arr Alexander Wagendristel) Concertstück op 86 for 12 horns Mendelssohn (arr Roger Harvey) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (selected movements) Brahms (trans Elwood Williams) How lovely is thy dwelling place Wagner (trans Eric Carlson) Siegfried’s Funeral March from Götterdämmerung Brahms (arr Eric Crees) Variations on a Theme by Haydn op 56 Schumann’s spectacular Concertstück forms the centrepiece of this brass concert, celebrating the great icons of 19th-century German music.

Tickets: £5

WeDNeSDAY 15 JANUARY

Seven Decades of Swing!

7.30pm

Britten theatre

RCM Big Band RCM Swing Band Peter Long saxophone & clarinet Mark Armstrong director Since graduating from the RCM, dynamic saxophonist and clarinettist Peter Long – bandleader of the acclaimed Echoes of Ellington – has worked with them all, from Jools Holland to Dizzie Gillespie. Now he returns to the RCM to join forces with the brilliant RCM Big Band and Swing Band, offering up a colourful evening that takes in seven decades of swing.

Tickets: £10

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Ionisation 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

PERC’M Percussion Quartet of Basel Conservatoire Varèse Steve Wibberley Stephen Montague Daniel Weissberg Salvatore Sciarrino

Ionisation Monsoon Rim Fire Character pieces for marimba Un fruscìo lungo trent'anni

For this special concert, virtuoso performers from Basel Conservatoire join forces with RCM percussionists for Varèse’s iconic work Ionisation plus other modern classics.

Tickets: £5

WeDNeSDAY 15 JANUARY RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tHURSDAY 16 JANUARY

FRIDAY 17 JANUARY

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

Tuba Masterclass with Patrick Harrild

5.30pm

2.00pm

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

The influence of Spohr & Weber 6.00pm

Schubert Octet

RCM Museum of Music

See page 4 for details Free but tickets required

Seven Decades of Swing!

7.30pm

See page 5 for details

Britten theatre

6.00pm

Recital Hall

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

Flute Masterclass with Robert Winn

Elaine Ruby clarinet Sophie Robertshaw bassoon Finlay Bain horn Rodrigo Moro Martin double bass Ruisi Quartet

2.00pm

Schubert Octet in F major D 803

7.30pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Ionisation Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See above panel for details Free but tickets required

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk vitaly Pisarenko

tHURSDAY 23 JANUARY

RCM Philharmonic 6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Martin André conductor Vitaly Pisarenko piano RCM Philharmonic R Strauss Death and Transfiguration op 24 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no 1 in B flat minor op 23 For the first orchestral concert of the season, the RCM Philharmonic presents two great works of the late 19th century: Richard Strauss’s expressive tone poem, depicting the final thoughts of a dying hero; plus one of the world’s best-known piano concertos performed by RCM Concerto Competition winner Vitaly Pisarenko – described by the New York Times as an “immensely gifted pianist... with prodigious technique, myriad shadings and scrupulous accuracy”.

Tickets: £5, £8

MONDAY 20 JANUARY RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

WeDNeSDAY 22 JANUARY

tHURSDAY 23 JANUARY

Vocal Masterclass with Dame Anne Evans

5.15pm

2.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

tUeSDAY 21 JANUARY Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm 10.00am

Recital Hall

Supported by the Georg and Emily Opel Foundation

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

Concert Hall Acoustic Design RCM Museum of Music

Ian Knowles (Arup Acoustics) discusses how concert hall acoustic design can optimise the performer and audience experience with examples from Arup’s new UK concert halls.

Part of the Grove Forum mini-series – Oscillations: Between Music, Science and Acoustics Free but tickets required

Free but tickets required

RCM Philharmonic RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See above panel for details

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Sacconi Quartet & Friends 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Mozart String Quartet in E flat major K 428 R Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio op 85 Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major op 44 The Sacconi’s thrilling performances are eagerly anticipated highlights of the RCM concert calendar. For this attractive programme of string ensemble music, the RCM Quartet in Association joins forces with special guests to perform Richard Strauss’ extended movement for string sextet, taken from the opening scene of his last opera Capriccio, Mozart’s third ‘Haydn’ Quartet and Schumann’s exuberant Piano Quintet.

Tickets: £8, £10 Sacconi Quartet

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

7.30pm

10.30am

See panel above for details

Durrington Room

Sacconi Quartet & Friends Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

WeDNeSDAY 29 JANUARY Music Talks: From Bel Canto to La bohème 10.00am

Free but tickets required

Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

MONDAY 27 JANUARY RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Cello Masterclass with Nicholas Jones 2.00pm

Durrington Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily Opel Foundation

tUeSDAY 28 JANUARY Historical Performance Concert 6.00pm

Free but tickets required

Opera Scenes 5.30pm

Britten theatre

John Copley director A selection of favourite operatic scenes – intimately staged with piano accompaniment – featuring singers from the RCM International Opera School.

Tickets: £5

Inner Parry Room

RCM musicians present a programme of 18th-century masterpieces including works by Telemann, Handel and Leclair.

Free but tickets required

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5PN

Karl Lutchmayer lectures on Italian opera; from the hedonism of Bellini to the realistic verismo of Puccini.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £185 for Spring Term Lecture Series

RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Vocal Masterclass with Sir John Tomlinson 2.00pm

See page 9 for details

Britten theatre

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk WeDNeSDAY 29 JANUARY

Vocal Masterclass with Sir John Tomlinson 2.00pm

Britten theatre

We are delighted to welcome to the RCM one of Britain’s most admired operatic basses, Sir John Tomlinson CBE – a national treasure who has delighted audiences at the world’s greatest opera houses for more than 40 years. Don’t miss the chance to witness him inspiring the stars of the future in this masterclass with outstanding RCM singers.

This masterclass is supported by Dasha Shenkman in memory of her mother, Belle Shenkman, who was a great supporter of the arts.

Tickets: £5 Sir John tomlinson

WeDNeSDAY 29 JANUARY RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tHURSDAY 30 JANUARY explorensemble 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Arne Gieshoff & Nicholas Moroz directors Rebecca Saunders Xenakis George Crumb Elizabeth Ogonek

Molly's Song 3 Charisma Four Nocturnes New work (world premiere) Helmut Lachenmann Guero George Crumb Vox balaenae

tHURSDAY 30 JANUARY Albany Piano Trio 7.30pm

FRIDAY 31 JANUARY Opera Scenes

Recital Hall

Debussy Copland

Piano Trio in G major Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme L Boulanger D'un soir triste & D'un matin de printemps Bacewicz Piano Quintet no 1 An exploration of the legacy of inspirational composer, conductor and teacher Nadia Boulanger, featuring works by some of her famous students, including her own sister Lili.

Free but tickets required

5.30pm

Britten theatre

This selection of favourite operatic scenes – intimately staged with piano accompaniment – offers a fascinating glimpse of singers at the early stage of their musical development.

Tickets: £5

A Memorial Concert for Michael Gough Matthews 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 10 for details

Student-led explorensemble presents

another exciting programme, featuring collaborations between RCM composers and performers.

Free but tickets required

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MONDAY 3 FeBRUARY RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tUeSDAY 4 FeBRUARY Violin Masterclass with Nicola Benedetti 10.00am

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 11 for details

Double Bass Masterclass with Gabriele Ragghianti 10.00am

Durrington Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily Opel Foundation

FRIDAY 31 JANUARY

A Memorial Concert for Michael Gough Matthews 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Sir Roger Norrington conductor Rowan Baker conductor* Andrea Amat flute RCM Symphony Orchestra

Free but tickets required

Piano Masterclass with Boaz Sharon 10.00am

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

Europe in Music I: Germany 6.00pm

Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Ibert Flute Concerto* Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Inner Parry Room

See page 13 for details

For this special tribute concert to former RCM Director Michael Gough Matthews, we’re delighted to welcome back RCM alumnus Sir Roger Norrington.

On the bill are Fauré’s enchanting incidental music for Maeterlinck’s play, Ibert’s jazz-inspired Flute Concerto – brought to life by outstanding young Spanish flautist Andrea Amat, winner of the RCM Concerto Competition – and Berlioz’s astounding symphonic representation of five “episodes in the life of an artist”.

Tickets: £10, £15

Pre-concert talk 6.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Join the RCM’s resident French expert Richard Langham Smith for an introduction to the evening’s programme.

Free to concert ticket holders

WeDNeSDAY 5 FeBRUARY Music Talks: Great Symphonists 10.00am

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5PN

Karl Lutchmayer introduces the great symphonic works against the backdrop of contemporaneous social expectations.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £185 for Spring Term Lecture Series

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Nicola Benedetti

tUeSDAY 4 FeBRUARY

Violin Masterclass with Nicola Benedetti 10.00am

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Since her triumph at the 2004 BBC Young Musician competition, Nicola Benedetti’s enthralling performances have made her one of the world’s most sought-after violinists. We’re thrilled to welcome her back to the RCM for another of her engaging masterclasses with top RCM string players.

This event will be live streamed via the RCM website at www.rcm.ac.uk/live.

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

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WeDNeSDAY 5 FeBRUARY

Chamber Spotlight 7.30pm

Britten theatre

Emre Engin violin Nikita Abrosimov piano Cataleya Quintet and friends Joseph Richards & Larisa Sceadei percussion J S Bach Wieniawski Stravinsky Berio R Strauss Minoru Miki Adi Morag Bruno Mantovani

Sonata for solo violin no 2 in A minor BWV 1002 Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod’s Faust op 20 Three movements from Petrushka Opus Number Zoo Serenade for 13 winds in E flat major op 7 Time for Marimba Octabones Moi, jeu

Our chamber music showcase gives some of our best performers the chance to shine in the stunning surroundings of the Britten Theatre.

Tickets: £5, £8

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tHURSDAY 6 FeBRUARY

FRIDAY 7 FeBRUARY

Vocal Masterclass with Susan Bullock

Sound and Hypnosis from Mesmer to Backmasking

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

2.00pm

5.15pm

10.30am

Recital Hall

RCM Museum of Music

See page 11 for details

Fears that music can brainwash listeners have cropped up from Mesmer, Charcot and Pavlov to Ozzy Osbourne. James Kennaway (Newcastle University) explores their origins.

tHURSDAY 6 FeBRUARY

Part of the Grove Forum mini-series – Oscillations: Between Music, Science and Acoustics

Free but tickets required

Chamber Spotlight 7.30pm

Britten theatre

Stylus Phantasticus presentation with Terence Charlston 12.00pm

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

Trumpet Masterclass with Anthony Plog

Free but tickets required

2.00pm

RCM Wind Orchestra

This masterclass is supported by Dasha Shenkman in memory of her mother, Belle Shenkman, who was a great supporter of the arts.

6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Recital Hall

See panel below for details Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

Recital Hall

Saxophone Masterclass with Lars Mlekusch

Free but tickets required

2.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tHURSDAY 6 FeBRUARY

RCM Wind Orchestra 6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tim Reynish conductor Adam Gorb Schoenberg Stanisław Skrowaczewski Kenneth Hesketh

Love Transforming Fanfare on themes from Gurre-Lieder Music for Winds Vranjanka

No one who witnessed Tim Reynish’s visit to the RCM a year ago will want to miss this follow-up event, once again exploring exotic repertoire for winds. The concert’s finale is provided by RCM composer Kenneth Hesketh and his colourful 2005 work Vranjanka, a set of variations on a haunting Serbian folksong.

Tickets: £5

Pre-concert talk 5.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Kenneth Hesketh in conversation with Tim Reynish.

Free to concert ticket holders

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Europe in Music 1914–1918 In commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this concert series draws in music written during the four years of hostilities.

Four chamber concerts take us on a tour around Europe, each focusing on one of the major powers involved in the conflict. Then for the final concert, we’re joined by some very special guests for a fully staged performance of Stravinsky’s powerful wartime description of the encounter between a soldier and the devil himself.

All chamber concerts free but tickets required

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tUeSDAY 4 MARCH

Europe in Music I: Germany

Europe in Music III: Britain

The Soldier’s Tale

6.00pm

6.00pm

6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Brigid Coleridge violin Anna Rajah soprano Walmsley Quartet & Lisa Bucknell viola Hindemith Violin Sonata in E flat major op 11 no 1 R Strauss Fünf kleine Lieder Bruch String Quintet in E flat major

Inner Parry Room

Hamish Dustagheer & Catherine Cheung piano Maria Setiadi piano John Fisher piano Procella Quartet Programme includes: Holst ‘Mars’ and ‘Venus’ from the Planets (2 piano version), Bliss Piano Quartet in A minor op 18 plus songs by Gurney, and Bridge arranged for string quartet

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Edward Fox narrator James Murray conductor Simon Butteriss director/actor Estelle Bovay principal dancer Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale In collaboration with the Royal Ballet School Tickets: £5

tUeSDAY 11 FeBRUARY Europe in Music II: France 6.00pm

Una Cho cello Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy piano Ilya Maximov piano Debussy Debussy Ravel

tUeSDAY 25 FeBRUARY

Inner Parry Room

Cello Sonata En blanc et noir Le tombeau de Couperin

Europe in Music IV: Austria-Hungary 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Marie Schreer & Johannes Marmen violin, Felicity Matthews viola Pedro Gomes piano Tarley Quartet Marmen Quartet Programme includes: Bartók String Quartet no 2 op 17 plus works by Webern, Schoenberg, Toch and Kreisler

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Music for Marimbas 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Jasmin Kolberg marimba PERC’M Minoru Miki Jasmin Kolberg Piazzolla Eric Sammut Debussy

Marimba Spiritual Kalimbob (arr Eric Sammut) Libertango Caméléon Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

RCM percussionists join forces with young marimba virtuoso Jasmin Kolberg for an eclectic programme of original works and arrangements.

Jasmin is rapidly establishing herself as a marimbist on the international concert scene and her musical sensitivity, expressive phrasing and technical brilliance make this an unmissable event.

Tickets: £5

Jasmin Kolberg

SAtURDAY 8 FeBRUARY

tUeSDAY 11 FeBRUARY

WeDNeSDAY 12 FeBRUARY

RCM Junior Department Keyboard ‘Shorts’

Horn Masterclass with Martin Owen

10.00am

5.30pm

10.00am

Recital Hall

Under the direction of Head of Composition William Mival and Junior Department teacher Thalia Myers, JD pianists perform miniatures written by RCM composers.

Free but tickets required

MONDAY 10 FeBRUARY RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

east Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Harp Masterclass with Jana Boušková 10.00am

Music Talks: Virtuosity!

Durrington Room

Supported by the Georg and Emily Opel Foundation

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5PN

Karl Lutchmayer explores the world of Paganini, Liszt and their contemporaries.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £185 for Spring Term Lecture Series

Free but tickets required

Europe in Music II: France 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

See page 13 for details

Recorder Masterclass with Walter van Hauwe 11.00am

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Vocal Masterclass with Peter Harvey 2.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk tHURSDAY 13 FeBRUARY

Music for Harps 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Jana Boušková & Ieuan Jones harp RCM Harp Ensemble J S Bach (arr Ieuan Jones) Concerto BWV 1060 J S Bach Concerto for four cembalo BWV 1065 Paul Hurst Fête chrysanthème As one of the most distinctive and in demand harpists of today, Jana Boušková enjoys performing with the world’s top orchestras and is a frequent guest of the likes of Maxim Vengerov, Christian Tetzlaff and Yuri Bashmet. So we’re thrilled to welcome her to the RCM for what promises to be a charming evening of arrangements and original works for harp ensemble.

Tickets: £5

Jana Boušková

WeDNeSDAY 12 FeBRUARY

tHURSDAY 13 FeBRUARY

FRIDAY 14 FeBRUARY

Recorder Masterclass with Walter van Hauwe

Romanticism and the Legacy of the Russian Piano School

Violin Masterclass with Leonid Kerbel

3.00pm

5.15pm

2.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Music for Marimbas 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 14 for details

Recital Hall

This inaugural lecture by Dmitri Alexeev, the RCM’s new Professor of Advanced Piano, features a discussion of Russian keyboard pedagogy and a performance of Schumann’s Piano Sonata in F sharp minor op 11.

Part of the Grove Forum series

tHURSDAY 13 FeBRUARY Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys 2.00pm

east Parry Room

Durrington Room

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

Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys 2.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music

SAtURDAY 15 FeBRUARY

6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required Free but tickets required

Students’ Association Musical Theatre Gala 7.30pm

Music for Harps 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See panel above for details

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

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MONDAY 17 FeBRUARY Crees Lecture: Reconstructing Historical Singing – Reality or Fantasy?

5.30pm

Inner Parry Room

Can we ever know what music sounded like to its original listeners if it was created before the age of recording? Professor Richard Wistreich (RNCM) examines the evidence available to reconstruct the sounds and techniques of lost singing.

Free but tickets required

Introducing Ivan Fedele!

Brighten up your February and discover with us the sun-drenched spectralism of charismatic Italian composer Ivan Fedele.

Director of the famous Venice Biennale, Ivan Fedele is a well-known and influential figure across Europe, however his music has rarely crossed the channel. We’re putting that right with the first ever UK festival dedicated to his music: a 3-day celebration that includes UK premieres of works large and small, masterclasses and an interview with the man himself.

tUeSDAY 18 FeBRUARY Introducing Ivan Fedele: Piano & Electronics 1.05pm

east Parry Room

See left panel for details

Europe in Music III: Britain 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

See page 13 for details Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/introducingivan Free but tickets required

WeDNeSDAY 19 FeBRUARY Introducing Ivan Fedele: Chamber Music

tUeSDAY 18 FeBRUARY

tHURSDAY 20 FeBRUARY

Piano & Electronics

Orchestral Music

6.00pm

1.05pm

7.30pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See left panel for details

RCM Symphony Orchestra Marco Angius conductor Adrian Somogyi clarinet

tHURSDAY 20 FeBRUARY

east Parry Room

Gwen Rouger piano Michael Oliva electronics Due notturni con figura

WeDNeSDAY 19 FeBRUARY

Syntax 0.1 Arco di Vento Lexikon

Chamber Music 6.00pm

Recital Hall

Vasara Quartet Jane Lindsay cello Levante for cello, string quartet & piano Magic for 4 saxophones Études boréales Windex for clarinet Donax for flute

Classical and Romantic Repertoire Presentation with Geoffrey Govier 12.00pm

Pre-concert talk 6.15pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Ivan Fedele in conversation with William Mival.

Recital Hall

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

String Quartet Collective Composition Workshop 2.00pm

Durrington Room

See page 19 for details

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk SAtURDAY 22 FeBRUARY & SUNDAY 23 FeBRUARY PE

Pixar in Concert

All day

RCM & Royal Albert Hall

RCM Sparks present two, fun creative courses for families and young composers. All participants attend Pixar in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, which features a compilation of the studio’s much-loved feature films and visually stunning film clips on the big screen, while the scores are performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Run in partnership with the Royal Albert Hall For full details see www.rcm.ac.uk/pixar

Family Discovery for Families Ages 6+ A fun weekend workshop allowing families to work together to create a group film soundtrack.

Tickets: £40 for one adult and one child. £15 for extra tickets.

Free tickets available subject to eligibility

Springboard Film Music Composition Course Ages 13–18 A chance for budding film composers to learn from experienced RCM film composers, and to work in teams to create their own unique pieces.

Tickets: £50 Free tickets available subject to eligibility

tHURSDAY 20 FeBRUARY

tHURSDAY 20 FeBRUARY

FRIDAY 21 FeBRUARY

Pianists’ touch under the magnifier

Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop

1.15pm

5.15pm

5.30pm

east Parry Room

Werner Goebl University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna Acoustical, perceptual, and motioncapture studies on how pianists touch the piano and whether we can hear the difference.

Durrington Room

Music in the Museum RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

Free but tickets required

Introducing Ivan Fedele: Orchestral Music 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

String Quartet Collective Performance Class 2.00pm

Durrington Room

See page 19 for details

See page 16 for details Part of the Grove Forum series

RCM Brass Concert Free but tickets required

FRIDAY 21 FeBRUARY

6.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

Clarinet Masterclass with Andrew Marriner 10.00am

Recital Hall

Émigré Salon 7.30pm

Free but tickets required

See page 18 for details

Parry Rooms

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RCM & Royal Albert Hall

See page 17 for details

Singing a Song in a Foreign Land

SAtURDAY 22 FeBRUARY – SUNDAY 23 FeBRUARY Springboard Film Music Composition Course: Pixar in Concert 10.45am

In the 1930s, countless composers across Europe were persecuted by the Nazis and forced to flee their homelands. How did they react to relocating to another country? Did they embrace their new home, or were they overcome with nostalgia for the land of their birth?

That is the focus of the RCM’s two-year project Singing a Song in a Foreign Land, led by RCM performer-researcher Norbert Meyn. Now that project comes to a climax with a concert series and three-day symposium that promise to explore these issues, and to entertain audiences by presenting some rarely heard repertoire.

RCM & Royal Albert Hall

See page 17 for details

SAtURDAY 22 FeBRUARY The Watchman’s Report 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See left panel for details

Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/singingasong

SUNDAY 23 FeBRUARY 21, 22, 23 FeBRUARY

SAtURDAY 22 FeBRUARY

Symposium

The Watchman’s Report

3.00pm

7.30pm Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 19 for details

10.00am

various venues

Lectures, interviews and panel discussions with a wide range of speakers, including the RCM’s very own Joseph Horovitz, shed light on the life and music of a number of European émigré composers.

Day tickets: £10 (Friday & Saturday tickets include entry to the evening concerts)

R Kahn Trio in G minor op 45 Joseph Horovitz String Quartet no 5 Gál Britische Volkslieder K Weigl The Refugee K Weigl The Watchman’s Report Toch Valse for chorus & percussion Eisler Little Woodbury Songbook Tickets: £5

String Quartet Collective Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

MONDAY 24 FeBRUARY Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki 12.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

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

FRIDAY 21 FeBRUARY Émigré Salon 7.30pm

Parry Rooms

Programme includes: Reizenstein’s Sonatina for oboe & piano plus works by Wellesz, R Kahn and Joseph Horovitz.

Free but tickets required

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

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk thomas Gould

SUNDAY 23 FeBRUARY

String Quartet Collective 3.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Thomas Gould, Bogdan Bozovic violins, Garth Knox viola & Francesco Dillon cello Haydn String Quartet in C major op 54 no 2 Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit Beethoven String Quartet in A minor op 132 For the second instalment of the RCM String Quartet Collective project we welcome members of the Artea, Arditti and Prometeo quartets and Vienna Piano Trio for a series of events which bring together these world-class performers for the first time. Audiences can witness the group working with RCM musicians in a Composition Workshop and Performance Class on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 February before the project culminates in this Sunday afternoon programme of exquisite chamber music.

Free but tickets required

tUeSDAY 25 FeBRUARY

WeDNeSDAY 26 FeBRUARY

tHURSDAY 27 FeBRUARY

Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova

Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki

Fortepiano Masterclass with Melvyn Tan

10.00am

10.00am

10.00am

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

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

Inner Parry Room

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

Piano Masterclass with Barry Douglas

Vocal Masterclass with Barry Banks

10.00am

2.00pm

Recital Hall

Supported by an anonymous donor

Recital Hall

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Early 18th-century French Baroque Presentation with Lisa Beznosiuk 12.00pm

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

Free but tickets required

Can you Read Music?

Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Europe in Music IV: Austria-Hungary 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

Inner Parry Room

See page 13 for details

Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova 6.00pm

Recital Hall

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

5.15pm

east Parry Room

Kevin Satizabal and Jackie Clifton (RCM) discuss, with demonstrations, the importance of notation in learning and teaching music with particular reference to visually impaired musicians.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

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RCM Philharmonic 6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Michael Seal conductor Catherine Knight trumpet RCM Philharmonic Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Ludmila Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto Shostakovich Symphony no 1 in F minor op 10 Few composers could claim to produce an orchestral staple when they were only 19 years old, however Shostakovich’s first symphony, bursting with the composer’s youthful exuberance, is just that. The RCM Philharmonic presents this exhilarating work alongside the rousing Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila by fellow Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, and Arutiunian’s virtuosic Trumpet Concerto performed by Catherine Knight, winner of the RCM Concerto Competition.

Tickets: £5, £8

tHURSDAY 27 FeBRUARY RCM Philharmonic 6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See above panel for details

FRIDAY 28 FeBRUARY Kalinka! various times

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

FRIDAY 28 FeBRUARY Nomen est omen 6.00pm

RCM Museum of Music

RCM alumni ensemble Les Nations Réunies present a selection of pieces by 17th and 18th century composers including Couperin’s collections Les nations and Les goûts-réünis.

Inner Parry Room

See page 21 for details

Handel Arianna in Creta 7.00pm

Britten theatre

See page 23 for details

tUeSDAY 4 MARCH SAtURDAY 1 MARCH

1.05pm

Kalinka! various times and venues

Free but tickets required

See page 21 for details

Bassoon Recital with Giorgio Mandolesi

MONDAY 3 MARCH

Kalinka!

7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Kalinka!

10.00am

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 21 for details

See page 21 for details Free but tickets required

The Soldier's Tale 6.00pm

Bassoon Masterclass with Giorgio Mandolesi 2.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

SUNDAY 2 MARCH

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 13 for details

Kalinka!

12.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 21 for details

Handel Arianna in Creta 7.00pm

See page 23 for details

Britten theatre

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk

Kalinka!

Our ever popular keyboard festival is back, and this time we’re looking east to the land of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. Across five days, we’ll be exploring the very best of Russian keyboard music through a series of concerts, masterclasses and lectures. For further information see www.rcm.ac.uk/kalinka All events free but tickets required Supported by John Ward

FRIDAY 28 FeBRUARY

Rediscovering Rachmaninov There’s so much more to the piano music of Rachmaninov than the concertos and preludes. Across three events, virtuoso pianist Konstantin Lapshin sheds new light on the work of this Russian master.

SAtURDAY 1 MARCH

MONDAY 3 MARCH

Russian Miniatures

Russian Song

7.30pm

1.05pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM singers and pianists present a lunchtime recital of song by celebrated Russian composers.

SUNDAY 2 MARCH

Russia: a land without organ music?

6.00pm

Intonation in Piano Playing

Clavier à lumières

1.00pm

12.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Why should a pianist learn to sing?

In this lecture-recital, Konstantin Lapshin explains – and demonstrates – how intoning Rachmaninov’s melodic lines can bring his piano music to life.

Rachmaninov Rarities 4.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Konstantin Lapshin introduces and performs some lesser-known but still gloriously rich Rachmaninov piano works, including fragments and transcriptions.

Rachmaninov 1-2-3 6.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Konstantin Lapshin is joined by violinist Dunya Lavrova and cellist Yuki Ito for a programme of familiar and unfamiliar Rachmaninov solos, duos and trios, including his Trio élégiaque no 1.

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Students from the RCM’s Junior Department present an entertaining programme of short piano works.

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The centrepiece of our festival promises a dazzling showcase of light and colour. Famously, the eccentric composer-pianist Alexander Scriabin reported that he experienced extreme synaesthesia: he associated each musical chord with a particular colour (for example, D major was golden brown). To demonstrate this to audiences, he developed his “colour-organ” – the Clavier à lumières – which projected coloured light into the concert hall.

To pay tribute to this visionary composer, star RCM pianists present a unique musical marathon: all ten of Scriabin’s Piano Sonatas, interspersed with colour-inspired piano music from around the globe.

West Parry Room

This short recital gives a rare chance to hear unusual music for organ by Russian composers from the 19th and 20th centuries.

tUeSDAY 4 MARCH Piano Masterclass with Andrey Pisarev 10.00am

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Our festival comes to a grand conclusion with a visit from star soloist Andrey Pisarev, winner of the Rachmaninov International Piano Competition and Head of Keyboard at the Moscow Conservatory.

This masterclass is supported by Dasha Shenkman in memory of her mother, Belle Shenkman, who was a great supporter of the arts.

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RCM Classical Orchestra 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Matthew Truscott director Rameau C P E Bach Gluck Mozart

Suite from Les fêtes d'Hébé Cello Concerto in A minor H 432 Suite d’Orphée et Eurydice Symphony no 31 in D major K 297/300a 'Paris'

For the 2014 Rod Williams Memorial Concert, the RCM Classical Orchestra makes a welcome return to the stage under the expert direction of Matthew Truscott, a leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Delightful works by Rameau, C P E Bach and Gluck feature in an evening which culminates in Mozart’s well-known ‘Paris’ Symphony, written during the composer’s stay in the city as a 22-year-old.

Tickets: £8, £10

Pre-concert talk 6.15pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Join Ingrid Pearson for an introduction to the evening’s programme.

Free to concert ticket holders

WeDNeSDAY 5 MARCH

WeDNeSDAY 5 MARCH

WeDNeSDAY 5 MARCH

Music Talks: The French way – revolution, intimacy and exoticism?

RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools

7.00pm

10.00am

1.05pm

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5PN

Richard Langham Smith explores works by Debussy, Ravel, Satie and many others.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £185 for Spring Term Lecture Series

Handel Arianna in Creta

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Rachel Leach and RCM musicians offer a vibrant guide to Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale. All schools booking receive a specially written teacher resource pack and song recording to accompany this concert. Suitable for Key Stage 2.

Supported by Guy Dawson & Sam Horscroft Free but tickets required

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Britten theatre

See page 23 for details

Recital Hall

tHURSDAY 6 MARCH The Tuning Fork, the Metronome, and the Siren 5.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Myles Jackson (New York University) analyses the way 19th-century acoustical instruments, which used to standardise musical performance and measure pitch and beat, were put to use as musical instruments themselves a century later.

Part of the Grove Forum mini-series – Oscillations: Between Music, Science and Acoustics

Free but tickets required Free but tickets required

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk MONDAY 3 MARCH, tUeSDAY 4 MARCH, WeDNeSDAY 5 MARCH, tHURSDAY 6 MARCH

Handel Arianna in Creta HWV 32 7.00pm

Britten theatre

Selina Cadell director Laurence Cummings conductor “Studded with arias of transcendent beauty” – Michael Church in The Independent on Arianna in Creta This year’s collaboration between the RCM and the London Handel Festival offers a rare chance to hear Handel’s stunning reinterpretation of the famous Greek myth of Ariadne, Theseus and the minotaur.

Written after the highly experimental Orlando, Arianna is more conventional but no less musically thrilling, offering audiences the chance to discover a series of heroic arias and expressive duets.

As ever, Laurence Cummings directs a line-up of outstanding young singers in one of the highlights of the operatic year.

Tickets: £20, £25, £30, £45, £50, £55, £60 Tickets only available from the London Handel Festival Box Office Online booking from Tuesday 14 January 2014 Telephone booking from Monday 20 January 2014 London Handel Festival Box Office: 01460 54660 www.london-handel-festival.com Please note tickets are not available from the RCM Box Office

timothy Nelson and eleanor Dennis in the RCM’s production of Riccardo Primo (2012)

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Britten theatre

See page 23 for details

FRIDAY 7 MARCH

SUNDAY 9 MARCH

Trombone Masterclass with Matthew Gee

Igniting Creativity: Opera-in-a-Day

2.00pm

9.15am

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

RCM Classical Orchestra 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 22 for details

Harp Masterclass with Marisa Robles 2.00pm

Supported by the Georg and Emily Opel Foundation

FRIDAY 7 MARCH Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop 10.30am

Durrington Room

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

Free but tickets required

RCM Wind Ensemble 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See panel below for details

RCM & Royal Albert Hall

Ages 6–12 Come and create your own mini opera in a day with the help of professional workshop leaders and musicians. Delve into the world of discovery, mystery, and drama before attending the matinee performance of La bohème at the Royal Albert Hall. Run in partnership with the Royal Albert Hall.

Tickets: £20 (includes two tickets to La bohème at the Royal Albert Hall, for participant and accompanying adult). Free tickets available subject to eligibility

Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

SAtURDAY 8 MARCH

Free but tickets required

RCM Junior Department Chamber Music Concert 5.30pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

MONDAY 10 MARCH RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

FRIDAY 7 MARCH

RCM Wind Ensemble 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Simon Channing director David Kechley Music for Saxophones Joanne Sy Rebuilding the Walls of Sand against Fiery Attacks (world premiere) Na’ama Zisser New work (world premiere) Pierné Preludio & fughetta op 40 no 1 Beethoven (arr Robin O’Neill ) Sonata in C minor op 13 ‘Pathétique’ The RCM Wind Ensemble presents a characteristically eclectic concert, offering the rare chance to hear Beethoven’s famous ‘Pathétique’ Sonata arranged for wind orchestra. Also on the programme is music by lateromantic French composer Gabriel Pierné and a new work from up and coming RCM composer Na’ama Zisser.

Tickets: £5

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk Kate Simko

tUeSDAY 11 MARCH #GreatExhibitionists various times & venues

See page 25 for details

Cello Masterclass with Ernst Reijseger 10.00am

Durrington Room

Free but tickets required

WeDNeSDAY 12 MARCH #GreatExhibitionists various times & venues

See page 25 for details

tUeSDAY 11 MARCH & WeDNeSDAY 12 MARCH Music Talks: The Breakdown of Tonality 10.00am

49 Queen's Gate terrace, SW7 5PN

William Mival explores the way that musical language was stretched to breaking point and beyond by the emotional needs of its composers.

Presented by Music Talks in association with the Vernon Ellis Foundation and the RCM. Tickets: £185 for Spring Term Lecture Series

Vocal Masterclass with Patricia Bardon 2.00pm

Recital Hall

Free but tickets required

#GreatExhibitionists various times & venues

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 All events free but tickets required

Alban Coombs Piano in Three Acts Piano Theatre with clown, a 1983 Dec Talk DTC 01 Speech Synthesiser and Oscar Wilde.

Emily Hale Catch it While you Can Exploring differences between live and recorded performance through music and art from the 17th century and today.

Milo Harries Fragments Writing, art and song combine in this performance, which attempts to fill out memories of those marked by the First World War.

Ruaidhri Mannion & Gwen Rouger London 1:14 ~422000 An unorthodox audio-visual work for piano and electronics exploring our modern surveillance culture.

Cassandra Mathews Desvalidas (Music + Poetry)∞ Exponential Artistic Inspiration.

Kate Simko Live Electronic Orchestra A world-travelled electronic music artist, Kate Simko debuts a new audio-visual live set alongside her electronic orchestra project.

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Composition for Screen Showcase 7.30pm

Britten theatre

Jude Obermüller conductor This annual showcase is one of the most popular events at the RCM, as some of today’s most talented young film composers see their works performed live to film, projected above the players in the RCM’s atmospheric Britten Theatre.

Past students have gone on to win some of the world’s biggest prizes. The question is: can you spot tomorrow’s Oscar winners?

Tickets: £10

tHURSDAY 13 MARCH

FRIDAY 14 MARCH

The Musical Life of William Herschel

7.00pm

5.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Although best-known as a distinguished astronomer, William Herschel spent the first 35 years of his life as a professional musician.

In this presentation David Shuker and the Herschel Ensemble explore his musical career with performances of his compositions.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

From the Soundhouse 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Programme to include: Michael Maierhof Splitting 16 Edwin Hillier Schlaflied Elis Czerniak Rust (ii) Berio Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) Michael Beil Doppel From the Soundhouse is the RCM’s acclaimed series of concerts featuring works for live instruments and electronics.

Tickets: £5

Interwoven Classics Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Jens Lynen artistic director Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor op 50 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D 810 ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’ R Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet In this fascinating concert, RCM Junior Fellow Jens Lynen tickles our imaginations by interspersing performances of famous chamber music works with readings of closely linked literature – Tchaikovsky with Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina; Schubert with Renaissance plays; Strauss with Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. He poses the intriguing question: how will hearing these interwoven classics influence what we hear in the music?

Tickets: £5

FRIDAY 14 MARCH Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

Viola Masterclass with Maxim Rysanov 2.00pm

Durrington Room

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

SAtURDAY 15 MARCH RCM Junior Department Concert Platform 5.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Tickets: £5

020 7591 4314 – www.rcm.ac.uk tHURSDAY 20 MARCH

Bach Cantatas 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Ashley Solomon conductor RCM Baroque Orchestra RCM Baroque Chamber Choir Programme to include: J S Bach Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret BWV 31 J S Bach Zerreißet, Zerspringet, zertrümmert die Gruft BWV 205 Now in its seventh year, the RCM Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir continue their series of Bach Cantata concerts directed by Head of Historical Performance Ashley Solomon.

This concert will be repeated on Friday 21 March at 7.30pm at St Clement Danes.

Tickets: £8, £10

MONDAY 17 MARCH

tHURSDAY 20 MARCH

RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tUeSDAY 18 MARCH RCM Big Band 7.30pm

Recital Hall

RCM Big Band Mark Armstrong director Free but tickets required

Brahms and his Poets 5.15pm

How did Brahms choose poetry for his songs? Natasha Loges (RCM) explores the implications of Brahms's often obscure choices, illustrated by performances of selected works.

RCM Chamber Music 1.05pm

Inner Parry Room

Music in the Museum 1.15pm

RCM Museum of Music

Free but tickets required

Variable Geometry 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See page 28 for details

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

SAtURDAY 22 MARCH

Bach Cantatas

RCM Junior Department Symphony Orchestra

7.30pm

WeDNeSDAY 19 MARCH

east Parry Room

FRIDAY 21 MARCH

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

See panel above for details

7.00pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Richard Dickins conductor Berlioz Bernstein

Free but tickets required

Composition for Screen Showcase 7.30pm

See page 26 for details

Britten theatre

Tickets: £5

Overture: Le carnival romain Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Variable Geometry 7.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Jean-Philippe Calvin director Harrison Birtwistle Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum Kenneth Hesketh Ein Lichtspiel with film (London premiere) Pierre Boulez Dérive II The always entertaining Variable Geometry ensemble offers up a threecourse treat: Birtwistle’s playful piece of music theatre, Kenneth Hesketh’s atmospheric miniature – performed live to the famous 1930 silent film by seminal film-maker Laszlo Moholy-Nagy – and Boulez’s enchanting modern classic, described by Guardian critic Tom Service as “like looking through a kaleidoscope… seductive, hypnotic…”.

Tickets: £5 Jean-Philippe Calvin

MONDAY 24 MARCH RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

tUeSDAY 25 MARCH RCM Chamber Music 6.00pm

Inner Parry Room

Free but tickets required

WeDNeSDAY 26 MARCH Symphonic Piano 6.30pm

tHURSDAY 27 MARCH Reviewing critical practice

Recital Hall

Presented by Maksim Štšura and Peter Stark If you’re a budding great conductor, chances are you won’t get much time in front of a real orchestra, so you’d better make friends with some talented pianists! This unique concert not only celebrates the thrilling soundworld of great 19thcentury symphonic repertoire in piano transcriptions, but also sheds light on the fascinating unknown world of collaboration between brilliantly talented young pianists and conductors.

5.15pm

east Parry Room

Elena Alessandri (RCM) discusses the relevance of music performance criticism for understanding processes behind expert performance evaluation and its role in the classical music market.

Part of the Grove Forum series Free but tickets required

SAtURDAY 29 MARCH RCM Junior Department End of Term Concert 2.30pm

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Free but tickets required Tickets: £5

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

OUt AND ABOUt

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

26 January: Junior Classical Coffee Morning 2 February: Elaine Ruby clarinet 9 February: Kausikan Rajeshkumar solo piano 16 February: Jens Lynen chamber ensemble 16 March: Laefer Saxophone Quartet 23 March: Junior Classical Coffee Morning 30 March: Walmsley String Quartet 6 April: Brigid Coleridge violin 20 April: Cataleya Quintet 27 April: Yuki Ito cello Tickets: £11, including coffee and cake

St Mary Abbots

Chappell of Bond Street

Kensington Church Street, London W8 4LA

152–160 Wardour Street, London W1F 8YA

Fridays at 1.05pm

Yamaha London Lunchtime Conservatoire Concert Series

10, 17, 24, 31 January 7, 14, 21, 28 February 7, 14, 21, 28 March

Lincoln’s Inn Chapel v&A Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Fridays at 6.30pm

10, 17, 24 January 7, 14, 21 February 7, 14, 21 March Supported by the Friends of the V&A

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

the Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, London NW1 7NL

Piano Showcase 7.00pm, 9 March Tickets: £12/£10 available from www.forgevenue.org or on the door

St Martin-in-the-Fields trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ

27 January 3, 10, 17, 24 February 3, 10, 17, 24 March

National Gallery trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN Belle Shenkman Chamber Concert Series

21 January, 18 February & 18 March

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

5 February & 12 March

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH

30 January, 27 February & 27 March

Kings Place 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

Fridays at 6.00pm Sundays at 5.45pm

10, 24 January 7, 21 February 7, 21 March

St James’s Piccadilly

Supported by Dasha Shenkman in memory of Belle Shenkman

1.10pm, Friday 31 January 1.10pm, Friday 28 February 1.10pm, Monday 24 March

Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3tL Tuesdays at 1.05pm

Thursdays at 1.00pm

1.00pm, Monday 13 January 1.00pm, Tuesday 1 April

197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

1.00pm, Thursday 9 January

12 January & 2 February

St John’s, Smith Square Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Sir John Tavener

6.00pm, 25 January

Royal Albert Hall

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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 Tuesday 7 January – Friday 17 June 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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SUPPORtING US

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 College’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 Opera Circle, 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 4320.

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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7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 5.30pm 7.30pm

RCM Students’ Film Orchestra RCM Brass Ensemble: From Egmont to Siegfried Seven Decades of Swing!

Ionisation RCM Philharmonic Opera Scenes Sacconi Quartet & Friends explorensemble Opera Scenes A Memorial Concert for Michael Gough Matthews

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Violin Masterclass with Nicola Benedetti Europe in Music I: Germany Chamber Spotlight RCM Wind Orchestra RCM Junior Department Keyboard ‘Shorts’ Europe in Music II: France Music for Marimbas Music for Harps Students’ Association Musical Theatre Gala Introducing Ivan Fedele: Piano & Electronics Europe in Music III: Britain Introducing Ivan Fedele: Chamber Music Introducing Ivan Fedele: Orchestral Music Émigré Salon The Watchman’s Report String Quartet Collective Europe in Music IV: Austria-Hungry RCM Philharmonic Kalinka!

Bassoon Recital with Giorgio Mandolesi

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The Soldier’s Tale Arianna in Creta Arianna in Creta Arianna in Creta RCM Classical Orchestra RCM Wind Ensemble #GreatExhibitionists #GreatExhibitionists From the Soundhouse Interwoven Classics RCM Junior Department Concert Platform RCM Big Band Composition for Screen Showcase Bach Cantatas Variable Geometry RCM Junior Department Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Piano RCM Junior Department End of Term Concert

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RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Schubert Octet RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music Historical Performance Concert RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Albany Piano Trio

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RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum RCM Junior Department Chamber Music Concert RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music Music in the Museum RCM Chamber Music RCM Chamber Music

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MASteRCLASSeS AND WORKSHOPS Wed 8 Jan Tue 14 Jan Tue 14 Jan Thu 16 Jan Fri 17 Jan Fri 17 Jan Tues 21 Jan Wed 22 Jan Fri 24 Jan Fri 24 Jan Wed 29 Jan

2.00pm 10.00am 2.00pm 5.30pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 10.00am 2.00pm 10.30am 2.00pm 2.00pm

Vocal Masterclass with Edith Wiens Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet Baroque Flute Masterclass with Wilbert Hazelzet Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Tuba Masterclass with Patrick Harrild Flute Masterclass with Robert Winn Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm Vocal Masterclass with Dame Anne Evans Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Cello Masterclass with Nicholas Jones Vocal Masterclass with Sir John Tomlinson

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Double Bass Masterclass with Gabriele Ragghianti Piano Masterclass with Boaz Sharon Vocal Masterclass with Susan Bullock Stylus Phantasticus presentation with Terence Charlston Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Trumpet Masterclass with Anthony Plog Saxophone Masterclass with Lars Mlekusch Horn Masterclass with Martin Owen Harp Masterclass with Jana Boušková

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Recorder Masterclass with Walter van Hauwe Vocal Masterclass with Peter Harvey Recorder Masterclass with Walter van Hauwe Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys Violin Masterclass with Leonid Kerbel Oboe Masterclass with Jacques Tys Classical and Romantic Repertoire Presentation with Geoffrey Govier String Quartet Collective Composition Workshop Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Clarinet Masterclass with Andrew Marriner String Quartet Collective Performance Class Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova Piano Masterclass with Barry Douglas Cello Masterclass with Johannes Goritzki Vocal Masterclass with Barry Banks Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova Fortepiano Masterclass with Melvyn Tan Early 18th-Century French Baroque Presentation with Lisa Beznosiuk Bassoon Recital with Giorgio Mandolesi

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Florilegium Chamber Music Workshop Trombone Masterclass with Mathew Gee Harp Masterclass with Marisa Robles Cello Masterclass with Ernst Reijseger Vocal Masterclass with Patricia Bardon Viola Masterclass with Maxim Rysanov

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LeCtUReS AND SeMINARS Wed 15 Jan Thu 23 Jan Wed 29 Jan Wed 5 Feb Thu 6 Feb Wed 12 Feb Thu 13 Feb Mon 17 Feb

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The influence of Spohr & Weber Concert Hall Acoustic Design Music Talks: From Bel Canto to La bohème Music Talks: Great Symphonists Sound and Hypnosis from Mesmer to Backmasking Music Talks: Virtuosity!

Romanticism and the Legacy of the Russian Piano School Crees Lecture: Reconstructing Historical Singing – Reality or Fantasy?

Pianists’ touch under the magnifier Can you Read Music?

Music Talks: The French way – revolution, intimacy and exoticism?

The Tuning Fork, the Metronome, and the Siren Music Talks: The Breakdown of Tonality The Musical Life of William Herschel Brahms and his Poets Reviewing critical practice

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Family Discovery: Pixar in Concert

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Springboard Film Music Composition: Pixar in Concert

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RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools Igniting Creativity: Opera-in-a-Day

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