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Music | University Concerts

January - April 2010
University and Other Concerts

Saturday 27 February · 7.30 pm
 University Music Society

Wind Band and Brass Band

These popular student ensembles present a vibrant, eclectic programme of original works and well-loved arrangements.

Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Tickets: £6, £4 concessions, £2 students from the Barber Institute or on the door

Friday 5 March · 7.30 pm
University Music Society

Chamber Choir

The Chamber Choir presents a mixed programme of sacred and secular music in the beautiful setting of St George’s Church.

St George’s Church, Edgbaston
Tickets: £6, £4 concessions, £2 students, available on the door only

Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 March Sonic Fingerprints: 20 years of empreintes DIGITALes BEAST presents a weekend of sonic delight on its spectacular multi-channel sound diffusion system. The two-day event celebrates 20 years of empreintes DIGITALes, the Montreal-based CD and DVD label that specialises in acousmatic electroacoustic music and on which many BEAST, British and UK-based composers appear. Saturday 6 March · 6 pm – 10 pm Featured composers: Mathew Adkins, Natasha Barrett, David Berezan, Darren Copeland, Jonty Harrison, Andrew Lewis, Adrian Moore, Denis Smalley, Pete Stollery, Pierre-Alexandre Tremblay, Hans Tutschku and John Young; plus miniatures from Javier Alvarez, Christian Calon, Yves Daoust, Jean-François Denis, Francis Dhomont, Gilles Gobeil, Elainie Lillios, Robert Normandeau, Stéphane Roy and Hildegard Westerkamp. Sunday 7 March · 2 pm – 3.30 pm with Luciane Careassi piano and Eric Bumstead percussion BEAST whets the appetite for the University’s performances of Stockhausen’s Carré (1959–60) later in the month with a performance of his Kontakte, composed at the same time, featuring Canadian duo Luciane Careassi and Eric Bumstead. Plus recent work from BEAST composers. Stockhausen Kontakte (version for piano, percussion and four-track tape) CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham Tickets: Saturday: £14 (£8 concessions; £5 under 16s; £4 students); Sunday: £7 (£5 concessions; £3 under 16s; £3 students). To reserve your tickets in advance for collection on the door, please telephone BCMG on 0121 616 2616 or email: info@bcmg.org.uk

Saturday 6 March · 8 pm

University Chamber Orchestra

Daniele Rosina conductor

Dvořák The Noon Witch
Ravel Ma mère l’oye
Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major

Join us for a night of French and Bohemian folk fantasy. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of fairy tales and forest legends from the scary witches of Slavic mythology to the friendly characters of Mother Goose (Ma mère l’oye), via the celebratory dances of the former Czechoslovakia.

Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Tickets: £10, £7 concessions, £4 students from the Barber Institute or on the door

Sunday 7 March · 3 pm
University Music Society

Saxophone Ensemble

Dan Avery conductor

A rare opportunity to hear works celebrating this colourful combination of instruments.

Tickets: £6, £4 concessions, £2 students, available on the door only

Sunday 14 March · 6 pm
University Music Society

University Choir and Symphony Orchestra

‘Time and Tide’
 Wendy Dawn Thompson mezzo soprano
Colin Timms conductor

Verdi Overture to La forza del destino
Elgar The Music Makers
Elgar Sea Pictures
Verdi Te Deum

Since winning the Kathleen Ferrier Prize, in 2003, Wendy Dawn Thompson has become one of the world’s leading mezzos, appearing at the Edinburgh Festival and BBC Proms and with the New Zealand, Australia, English National and Birmingham Opera. At the end of this concert Colin Timms will step down after thirty years as a conductor of the University Choir.

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Tickets: £12, £8 concessions, £5 students from THSH (0121 780 3333) or on the door

Thursday 18 March ∙ 7 pm Friday 19 March ∙ 7 pm Department of Music and University Music Society Squares — Circles — Labyrinths spatial music in a central space Karlheinz Stockhausen Carré Alessandro Striggio Ecce beatam lucem Thomas Tallis Spem in alium Luciano Berio Laborintus II Directed by Jonty Harrison, Vic Hoyland, Lee Differ, Scott Wilson and Mary O’Neill COMPASS (Centre for Composition and Associated Studies) and CEMPR (the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research) from the Department of Music at the University of Birmingham bring together the Birmingham University Singers, the New Music Ensemble, BEAST and the Music Theatre group in a two-night spectacular in the Q Club (Methodist Central Hall) in the City Centre, featuring pieces, both old and new, that exploit the spatial deployment of performers.  In Carré (1959–60, so celebrating its 50th anniversary), Stockhausen (1928–2007) transfers to live musicians some of the spatial experiments he was then concurrently exploring in the studio. The audience is surrounded by four groups of instrumentalists and singers who explore subtle timbral changes, reportedly inspired by Stockhausen’s observation of clouds through a plane window over North America. With support from The Tippett Foundation, BCMG and Birmingham Opera Company.  The performance of Laborintus II (1965) by Luciano Berio (1925–2003) is staged, making explicit in the arena the implicit groupings of narrator, singers and instrumental ensemble, not to mention an unruly chorus of actors.  Linking the two 20th-century works are two 40-part Renaissance choral masterpieces in which the singers are placed to dramatic effect and exploit the flexibility of the venue.  Come along and — literally — be moved! Q Club, Methodist Central Hall, 212 Corporation Street, Birmingham B4 6QB (opposite Law Courts) Tickets: £14, £9 concessions, £5 students, available from the Barber Institute or on the door

Thursday 25 March · 7.30 pm
University Music Society

Jazz Orchestra

Ben Illingsworth conductor

An informal night of big band favourites, including such classics as Far East Suite by Duke Ellington and It’s Just Talk by Pat Metheny.

Deb Hall, Guild of Students
Tickets: £6, £4 concessions, £2 students, available on the door only

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