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Guildhall School eventsSeptember – December 2013 Music • Drama • Opera • Jazz
Including the inaugural season in Milton Court
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ContentsSeason series 3
Monthly highlights 6
September 6
October 6
November 10
December 15
Guildhall ResearchWorks 18
Masterclasses 19
Guildhall Young Artists 20
Events at a glance 22
Future events 26
What they say 28
Welcome...
Photographs: Clive Barda, Clive Totman, Nina Large, Alexander Newton, Brian Voice, Ewa-Marie Rundquist, David Crookes, Trevor Leighton, Grzegorz Monkiewicz, Mykel Nicolaou, Rachel Otterway, Mat Hennek, Jordi Avellà, Mark Allan, Lisa Marie Mazzucco, Sim Canetty-Clarke, Sasha Gusov, Ascherman, Jeff Goldberg / Esto.
Levitan I.I. Vladimirka Road. 1892, canvas, oil, 79 x 123 cm. Inv.1485 (The Three Sisters)
Cover photo: Samantha Crawford and Lucy Hall in Le nozze di Figaro (2013) ⓒ Clive Barda
to the autumn 2013 season of events at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, one of Europe’s leading conservatoires, based in the heart of the City of London.
This season marks an exciting milestone for us as we open three world-class performance venues in our new building, Milton Court, to add to our existing facilities just across the road on Silk Street, allowing our musicians, actors and theatre technicians more scope than ever to present extraordinary performances.
The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus open our stunning state-of-the-art 600-seat Milton Court Concert Hall before we welcome back some of our most highly-acclaimed music alumni for our first ever Alumni Recital Series, and our talented actors raise the curtain in the Milton Court Theatre and intimate Studio Theatre in style with a Chekhov double bill.
Add to this a British theatre premiere, opera, jazz, contemporary and chamber music, masterclasses with guest musicians and collaborations with the LSO, Barbican, Academy of Ancient Music, London Jazz Festival and more – many of which are free to attend – and there are more opportunities than ever to see the Guildhall School’s stars of tomorrow.
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The Guildhall School welcomes back some of its most highly-acclaimed alumni to perform in the new Milton Court Concert Hall during its inaugural season.
Tuesday 5 November 2013 • 7.30pm
Thomas Adès & FriendsThomas Adès pianoAnthony Marwood violinMatthew Hunt clarinetLouise Hopkins cello
Britten Suite for Violin and Piano
Gerald Barry Low
Adès Lieux retrouvés
Stravinsky Suite from The Soldier’s Tale
Adès CatchCourt Studies
Saturday 23 November 2013 • 7.30pm
Anne Sofie von Otter & FriendsAnne Sofie von Otter mezzo-sopranoBengt Forsberg pianoBengan Janson accordion
Douce France: French mélodies and chansons including works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns.
Wednesday 26 February 2014 • 7.30pm
Tasmin Little & Martin RoscoeTasmin Little violin Martin Roscoe piano
Mozart Sonata No 21 in E minor K 304
Fauré Sonata No 1 in A major Op 13
Ravel Sonate posthume
Franck Sonata in A major
Friday 2 May 2014 • 7.30pm
Toby Spence & FriendsToby Spence tenor Julian Milford piano
Beethoven An Die Ferne Geliebte
Schubert Abendbilder Im Abendrot Bei dir allein Des Fischers Liebesglück Am Fenster
Schumann Dichterliebe
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available now from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
Milton Court ConCert Hall
Alumni Recital Series
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Guildhall Artists at the BarbicanSenior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.
Thursday 3 October • 6pm
Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky Songs
Thursday 31 October • 6pm
Franck Piano Quintet
Friday 1 November • 6pm
Royal Philharmonic Society Guildhall Student Composer CommissionsPremiere of new works by Guildhall School alumni Benjamin Graves, Ella Jarman-Pinto and Joshua Kaye.
Sunday 3 November • 6pm
Chabrier Chabrier Pièces pittoresques and a selection of Chabrier songs
Wednesday 20 November • 6pm
Schubert Piano Sonata Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat D960
Thursday 5 December • 6pm
Dvořák and Janáček Songs
Full repertoire and performers will be available at www.gsmd.ac.uk/events in September.
Admission free
BarBiCan Hall
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The School’s series of exclusive performances by senior professors and their
colleagues gives public, staff and students the opportunity to see some of the
country’s finest musicians perform in the stunning new Milton Court Concert Hall.
Thursday 7 November • 7.30pm
Graham Johnson & FriendsGraham Johnson piano Senior Professor in Vocal Accompaniment
Dame Felicity Lott soprano
Adrian Thompson tenor Professor of Vocal Studies
Stephen Varcoe baritone
Part of the Poulenc Festival (see page 7).
Faculty Artist Series
The Faculty Artist Series 2013/14 is generously supported by
Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 4 September.
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Graham Johnson Rolf Hind
Stephen Varcoe
Adrian Thom
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Thursday 5 December • 7.30pm
Rolf HindRolf Hind piano Professor of Piano
Per Nørgård Turn
Hind a single hair, a jasmine petal, seven mattresses, a pea
John Adams Phrygian Gates
Mark Simpson Barkham Fantasy
Helmut Lachenmann Serynade
Milton Court ConCert Hall
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SeptemberFriday 13 September • 10.15pm
The Stamp Collective
From the heart of London comes a group of inspired young musicians who love folk music and reflect the diverse styles of the big city. This 20-strong band, made up primarily of Guildhall School musicians, includes everything from virtuoso fiddlers to master drummers, monster bass riffs and beautiful voices.
Tickets: www.kingsplace.co.uk
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OctoberTuesday 1 October
Season PreviewGuildhall Circle members are invited behind-the-scenes for an exclusive preview of the new season and future artistic plans with staff and students over a glass of wine. The evening will include excerpts from our forthcoming productions of Chekhov’s The Seagull and The Three Sisters, and our opera double bill of Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue and Donizetti’s Francesca di Foix as well as a sneak preview of the set designs for our autumn term productions.
Booking Required: For further details or to reserve your place, contact Jennifer Slater in the Development office on 020 7382 7179 or jennifer.slater@gsmd.ac.uk
GC Guildhall Circle Exclusive See page 21 for details of Guildhall Circle membership.
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
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Friday 4 October • 7.30pm
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & ChorusJames Gaffigan conductor Katherine Broderick soprano Cátia Moreso mezzo-soprano Timothy Robinson tenor David Stout baritone
Julian Philips Come forth to play Elgar Cockaigne Overture Beethoven Symphony No 9
To celebrate the opening of the School’s new Milton Court Concert Hall, American conductor James Gaffigan joins the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for one of the most famous and enduring works of classical music ever written, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, featuring soloists who are alumni of the School. The programme is completed with Elgar’s colourful homage to London life and the world premiere of a new catch for brass, organ and percussion by Head of Composition Julian Philips.
Milton Court ConCert Hall
Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available now from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
James Gaffigan
First event in the new Milton Court Concert Hall
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Tuesday 8 October • 1pm
Guildhall Cantata ProjectJames Johnstone director
Musicians from the Historical Performance Department perform cantatas and instrumental works by Buxtehude and his contemporaries.Admission free
St Martin-in-tHe-FielDS
Thursday 10 October • 1.05pm
Guildhall Trombone and Horn Ensembles Chris Houlding conductor
Scheidt arr. Houlding Battle Suite
Wagner arr. Sweedy Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music
James Horner arr. Bissill Titanic Fantasy
John Williams arr. McKinney Star Wars Main TitleAdmission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Friday 18 October • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Band and the London Jazz Orchestra: A Tribute to Pete SabertonScott Stroman director
The Guildhall Jazz Band and London Jazz Orchestra join forces to celebrate the big band music of the late Pete Saberton, former Professor of Jazz Piano at the Guildhall School and one of the most respected pianists and composers of his generation. The performance will be recorded for a future CD release.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Tuesday 29 October • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Singers and EnsembleScott Stroman director
The jazz department’s close-harmony group performs new compositions and arrangements of favourite jazz standards.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Friday 18 October – Tuesday 12 November
Poulenc FestivalThe mélodies of Francis Poulenc were the last great flowering of the French song tradition. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the composer’s death, Graham Johnson, together with senior singers and pianists at the Guildhall School, presents a series of recitals to celebrate this wonderful repertoire. The series begins with a lecture on Poulenc and his Poets (see page 18), and includes a Faculty Artist Series performance by Graham Johnson & Friends in Milton Court (see page 5). Full details of Poulenc Festival events will be announced in September at www.gsmd.ac.uk/events
Friday 18 October • 6pm Tuesday 29 October • 1.05pm Wednesday 6 November • 7pm Thursday 7 November • 7.30pm Tuesday 12 November • 7pm
Admission free
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theseagull
BY AnTON CHeKHOVin a version by Peter Gill
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Christian Burgess director
Agnes Treplin designer
Johanna Town lighting designer
Thursday 17, Friday 18, Saturday 19, Monday 21, Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 October • 7.30pm
Friday 18, Tuesday 22, Thursday 24 October • 2pm
Milton Court StuDio tHeatre
Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 10 September. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members
First productions in the new Milton Court theatres
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Reserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 10 September. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
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On the threshold of the twentieth century, a family find themselves exiled from home, in the last stop to nowhere.
The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
adapted by David Mamet
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Wyn Jones director
Libby Watson designer
Paul Colwell lighting designer
James Garner composer
Saturday 19, Monday 21, Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, Friday 25, Saturday 26 October • 7.30pm
Monday 21, Thursday 24 October • 2pm
Milton Court tHeatre
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The Guildhall School is delighted to be a part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise festival, which explores how war, race, sex and politics shaped the most important music of the 20th century. Throughout
the autumn, Guildhall musicians perform four programmes of key works from the second half of the 20th century, with selected performances previewed in the School’s Silk Street Music Hall.
Guildhall Percussion EnsembleFriday 4 October • 1.05pmAdmission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Sunday 6 October • 1pm & 3pm Admission free
tHe Clore BallrooM at royal FeStival Hall
Julian Warburton director George Barton solo percussion Siwan Rhys piano
Xenakis Psappha
Cage Second Construction
Xenakis Okho
Cage Credo in US
Ubu EnsembleFriday 1 November • 1.05pm
Simon Wills conductor
Louis Andriessen De Staat
Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Sunday 3 November • 5pm
Simon Wills conductor
Louis Andriessen De Staat
Excerpts from Henze’s Voices performed by students from the Royal College of Music
Queen elizaBetH Hall*
Guildhall Singers Sunday 3 November • 12pm
James Weeks director John Tilbury presenter
Cardew Extracts from The Great Learning: Paragraph 5
tHe WeSton rooF Pavilion at royal FeStival Hall *
Works for SopranoSaturday 7 December • 5pm
Weir King Harald’s Saga
Knussen Whitman Settings
Payne Evening Land
Payne Adlestrop
PurCell rooM at Queen elizaBetH Hall*
Inspired by Alex Ross’ book The Rest Is Noise
* Exclusive concerts for Day or Weekend Pass holders. For more information on The Rest Is Noise passes visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk/therestisnoise
Debussy
L’enfant prodigue Donizetti
Francesca di Foix Dominic Wheeler conductor
Stephen Barlow director
Yannis Thavoris designer
David Howe lighting designer
Based on the Bible story of The Prodigal Son, Debussy’s tender examination of family love, a ‘lyric scene’, met with great acclaim upon its premiere in 1884 and won the composer the coveted Prix de Rome. Here it is paired with Donizetti’s neglected comic gem, Francesca di Foix, a cautionary tale about the perils of being an overprotective husband, which influenced much of the composer’s later work. The current cohort of singers on the Guildhall School’s Opera Course have shown a particular feeling for French and Italian repertoire, making this double bill of contrasting rarities an ideal showcase.
Reserved tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 4 September.
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members
SILK STREET THEATRE
Monday 4, Wednesday 6, Friday 8, Monday 11 November • 7pm
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Friday 8 November – Sunday 10 November
Barbican Britten: Illuminating BrittenIlluminating Britten is a three day celebration featuring film screenings, talks, panel discussions and performances by Guildhall School musicians. Curated by John Bridcut.
For a full schedule and ticketing information visit www.barbican.org.uk
Friday 8, Saturday 9 November • 7.30pm Sunday 10 November • 2pm
Benjamin Britten’s song cycle Les Illuminations sets poems by the 19th century French bad-boy poet Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud wrote his prose poems in London, while Britten finished his cycle in America. Taking as his starting point both songs and journeys, Iain Burnside explores two very different creative personalities, working at key moments in their lives. This new play spans two centuries and three continents. Following the success of A Soldier and a Maker Burnside again fuses text, music and movement in a new genre of music theatre he has made his own. Journeying Boys has been developed in association with the Royal College of Music and forms part of Illuminating Britten.
Milton Court tHeatre
Iain Burnside director Giuseppe Belli designer Susannah Wood costume Stephen Pelton movement
by Iain Burnside
Reserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 4 September.
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NovemberMonday 4 November • 2pm
Beethoven Piano PrizeFor performance of a complete Beethoven Sonata.Admission free
leCture reCital rooM
Tuesday 5 November • 1.30pm
English Song Prize For performance of a short recital of songs with English text.Admission free
leCture reCital rooM
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Thursday 14 November • 7.30pm
The Dankworth Family with Guildhall Jazz BandAlec Dankworth director & double bass
British Jazz Awards winner Alec Dankworth makes a special visit to the School to direct a concert of small group jazz and big band music composed by his father, the late Sir John Dankworth. The concert will include some surprise special guests and celebrates the donation of a double bass to the School’s jazz department from the Wavendon Foundation.
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 4 September.
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members
Milton Court ConCert Hall
Monday 11 November • 7pm
PassacagliaJames Willshire piano
Ronald Stevenson Passacaglia on DSCH
Acclaimed pianist and Guildhall School alumnus James Willshire performs this extraordinary single-movement work for solo piano, a virtuosic showpiece written by Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson in the 1960s.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Thursday 21 November • 1.05pm
Double Reed Ensembles Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mozart The Queen of the Night
David Gordon The Queen’s Farewell Stomp
Richard Bissill Triangulation for 8 bassoonsAdmission free
leCture reCital rooM
Tuesday 5 November • 6pm
Adès Piano WorksJames Kreiling piano Ashley Fripp piano
Adès Darkness Visible
Traced Overhead
Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face
A programme of solo piano works before Adès himself takes to the stage for his Alumni Recital Series performance later this evening (see page 3).Admission free
Milton Court ConCert Hall
James Willshire
Alec Dankworth
Thursday 28, Friday 29 November, Monday 2, Tuesday 3 December • 7pm
Opera ScenesMartin Lloyd-Evans director
An informal performance of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts presented in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.
Friday 22 November • 7.30pm
Geoff Gascoyne 50th birthday concertGuildhall School professor Geoff Gascoyne, one of Britain’s pre-eminent jazz bass players, celebrates his 50th birthday with Guildhall musicians and special guests, including Jim Mullen (guitar), Tom Cawley (piano), Martin Hathaway (alto sax), Trudy Kerr (voice) and Ian Shaw (voice), in a variety of settings from large ensemble to small groups.
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 from 4 September.
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members
Milton Court ConCert Hall
Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 14 October.
Milton Court StuDio tHeatre
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Sunday 24 November • 5pm
East London Creative Jazz OrchestraThe East London Creative Jazz Orchestra is made up of musicians aged 18 and under mentored by students from the Guildhall School’s Leadership and Jazz programmes. This highlight performance is the culmination of an exciting collaboration with jazz trailblazers Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings on saxophone/clarinet, Oren Marshall on tuba, and Seb Rochford and Tom Skinner on drums), under the direction of Paul Griffiths. Admission free
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Friday 29 November • 7.30pm
Guildhall Symphony OrchestraTakuo Yuasa conductor
Schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande Strauss Ein Heldenleben
In the second of two Guildhall Symphony Orchestra autumn concerts, Japanese conductor Takuo Yuasa returns to the School to conduct two late-Romantic masterpieces: Schoenberg’s sensuous and haunting Pelleas und Melisande, and Strauss’ tone poem, ‘A Hero’s Life’, a dramatic rollercoaster of a work which places the composer as the ‘hero’ at the centre.
Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available now from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
BarBiCan Hall
DecemberTuesday 3 December • 1.05pm
Guildhall ConsortEamonn Dougan director
Eamonn Dougan, Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, leads a programme of works by Britten, Rubbra and James MacMillan.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Tuesday 3 December • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Choir and Ensemble Malcolm Edmonstone director
The ever-popular Jazz Choir raises the roof once again with a selection of jazz, pop and soul classics specially arranged for this evening’s performance.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Wednesday 4 December • 1.05pm
Academy of Ancient Music Side-by-SidePavlo Beznosiuk director
Rebel Les Caractères de la Danse
Handel Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 3
Purcell Theatre Music
Telemann Don Quixote Suite
As part of a new partnership with the Academy of Ancient Music, musicians from the School’s Historical Performance department perform alongside principal players.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
NOVEmbEr/DEcEmbEr 2013
Academy of Ancient Music
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MARATHON ’33Rachel Grunwald director
1933: the height of the Great Depression. A savage contest is about to kick off. This is a Dance Marathon, an endurance test in which couples must dance perpetually, until one by one they succumb to exhaustion and madness, in a spectacle of cruelty rigged to keep audience members hooked and spending.
Eighty years on, in an era of reality TV and ‘poverty porn’, the Guildhall School presents the British premiere of this extraordinary, visceral show.
Friday 29, Saturday 30 November, Monday 2, Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4 December • 7.30pm
Monday 2, Wednesday 4 December • 2pm
by June Havoc
Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 28 October. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members
SilK Street tHeatre
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Thursday 5 December • 1.05pm
Guildhall Brass BandChris Houlding conductor
Celebrating the 200th anniversaries of Wagner and Verdi, and the 150th anniversary of Mascagni, with excerpts from classic operas arranged for brass band.
Wagner arr. Lorriman Rienzi, Overture
Verdi arr. Houlding Don Carlo, Dio che nell’alma infondere
Mascagni arr. Wright Cavalleria rusticana, Grand Selection
Verdi arr. Wright La Forza del Destino, Overture
Wagner arr. Snell Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into ValhallaAdmission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
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Sunday 8 December • 4pm
Silent Film Project
Guildhall musicians on the Jazz, Composition and Music Therapy programmes perform new
music and improvisations live to classic silent films in this annual collaboration with the Barbican, directed by Guildhall professors
Martin Hathaway, Gail Brand, Ann Sloboda and Julian Philips.
Tickets: £10.50 online / £11.50 on the door (£9.50 online / £10.50 on the door for
concessions; under 18s £6), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891
(www.barbican.org.uk).
BarBiCan CineMa 1
Thursday 5 December • 2.30pm
Max and Peggy Morgan Prize for ViolinFor the performance of a concerto with piano accompaniment.Admission free
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Thursday 10 October • 6.30pm
Vaughan Williams Song and the Idea of Englishness
Masters student Ceri Owen presents and interprets new archival material which enables scholars to trace Vaughan Williams’ conversion to the power of folk in English national music. This lecture-recital includes a performance by Guildhall musicians.
leCture reCital rooM
Friday 18 October • 6pm
Poulenc and his PoetsSenior Professor in Vocal Accompaniment Graham Johnson introduces the Poulenc Festival (see page 7) in this early evening lecture, which highlights the recent launch of his new 4-CD box set of the complete Poulenc songs released on Hyperion.
leCture reCital rooM
Friday 15 November • 5.30pm
Spreading Activation: creativity at the interface of composition and performanceProfessor Eric Clarke, Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, examines some of the fascinating ways in which creativity is distributed between composers and performers in the making of new music.
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Wednesday 27 – Thursday 28 November
Between Extemporisation and Repertoire Performance – The Performer as CreatorCentre for Creative Performance & Classical Improvisation in collaboration with ResearchWorks
Classical Improvisaton used to be a part of the norm of art-music making until the 20th century. Pianist and scholar, Professor Robert Levin (Harvard University), is one of the world’s leading authorities on Mozart, classical improvisation and its integration in repertoire performance. He will lead workshops and masterclasses (see page 19) and two lecture-recitals:
Wednesday 27 November • 6pmLecture-recital on the revival of classical improvisationSilK Street MuSiC Hall
Thursday 28 November • 6pmLecture-recital on the integration of improvisational approaches to repertoire performance, followed by a reception
SilK Street MuSiC Hall
ResearchWorks is a dynamic programme of events centred around the School’s key research strands, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing.
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Wednesday 13 November
Schoenberg Study DayIn advance of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande (see page 15), this Study Day explores the diversity of Schoenberg’s output, from the early tonal works to the expressionist and serial pieces, and asks how performers can best approach this notorious composer. Speakers will include performers, musicologists and Guildhall School professors. Please check www.gsmd.ac.uk/research for details closer to the time.SilK Street MuSiC Hall
All ResearchWorks events are free to attend but booking is required. Please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk to book your place.
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MasterclassesrESEArcHWOrKS/mAStErcLASSES
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Richard Goode
Gerald Finley
Robert Levin
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Friday 20 September • 6pm
Richard GoodePiano MasterclassSilK Street MuSiC Hall
Monday 7 October • 9am & 2pm
Tong Wei Dong Violin MasterclassleCture reCital rooM
Wednesday 9 October • 3pm
Emanuel AxCentre for Orchestra Piano Masterclass
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Wednesday 16 October • 2.30pm
Gerald FinleyVoice MasterclassSilK Street MuSiC Hall
Monday 21 October • 10am & 2pm Tuesday 22 October • 10am & 2pm
Emanuel KrasovskyPiano MasterclassleCture reCital rooM/ SilK Street MuSiC Hall
Wednesday 23 October – Wednesday 30 October
Leipzig Gewandhaus musiciansInstrumental Masterclasses
See www.gsmd.ac.uk for further information.
Tuesday 29 October • 2.30pm
Ralf GothóniChamber Music Masterclass
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Thursday 28 November • 10am
Robert LevinPiano Masterclass
See page 18 for details of Robert Levin’s lecture-recitals.
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Monday 4 November • 10am
Thomas AdèsRenowned composer and Guildhall alumnus Thomas Adès leads a masterclass with pianists James Kreiling and Ashley Fripp in preparation for their early evening concert on 5 November (see page 13).
Milton Court ConCert Hall
All masterclasses are free to attend. Free tickets are required for the Emanuel Ax Centre for Orchestra masterclass only, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891.
Guildhall Young Artists
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Tuesday 24 September • 7.30pm
London Schools Symphony OrchestraPeter Ash conductor Emily Hindrichs soprano
Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov A Night on the Bare Mountain
Glière Concerto for Coloratura Soprano
Strauss Alpine Symphony
Tickets: £8 – £24, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk)
BarBiCan Hall
For more information about Centre for Young Musicians events see www.cym.org.uk
Saturday 7 December • 6pm
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & ChorusYoung musicians from Junior Guildhall team up with their drama counterparts for an eclectic end-of-year orchestral showcase.
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 4 September.
Milton Court ConCert Hall
For more information about Junior Guildhall events email junior@gsmd.ac.uk
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Events at a glance
SeptemberFri 13 10.15pm Kings Place The Stamp Collective
Fri 20 6pm Silk St MH Richard Goode Piano Masterclass
Tue 24 Open Evening: Music Therapy • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Tue 24 7.30pm BH London Schools Symphony Orchestra
OctoberTue 1 Silk St MH Season Preview
Thu 3 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Tchaikovsky & Mussorgsky
Fri 4 1.05pm Silk St MH Guildhall Percussion Ensemble
Fri 4 7.30pm MCCH Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Sun 6 1pm Southbank The Rest is Noise: Guildhall Percussion Ensemble
Sun 6 3pm Southbank The Rest is Noise: Guildhall Percussion Ensemble
Mon 7 9am LRR Tong Wei Dong Violin Masterclass
Mon 7 2pm LRR Tong Wei Dong Violin Masterclass
Mon 7 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Tue 8 1pm SMIF Guildhall Cantata Project
Wed 9 3pm St Luke’s Emanuel Ax Piano Masterclass
Thu 10 1.05pm Silk St MH Guildhall Trombone and Horn Ensembles
Thu 10 6.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: Vaughan Williams Song and the Idea of Englishness
Fri 11 7pm LRR Strings Concert
Mon 14 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Wed 16 2.30pm Silk St MH Gerald Finley Voice Masterclass
Thu 17 7.30pm MC Studio The Seagull
Fri 18 2pm MC Studio The Seagull
Fri 18 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Poulenc and his Poets
Fri 18 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Band and the London Jazz Orchestra
Fri 18 7.30pm MC Studio The Seagull
Sat 19 7.30pm MC Studio The Seagull
Sat 19 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Mon 21 10am LRR Emanuel Krasovsky Piano Masterclass
Key to venues:BCinema = Barbican Cinema, BH = Barbican Hall, BTheatre = Barbican Theatre, KP = Kings Place, LRR = Lecture Recital Room, MCCH = Milton Court Concert Hall, MC Studio = Milton Court Studio Theatre, MC Th = Milton Court Theatre, Silk St MH = Silk Street Music Hall, Silk St Th = Silk Street Theatre, SMIF = St Martin-in-the-Fields, Southbank = Southbank Centre, St Luke’s = LSO St Luke’s
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Mon 21 2pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Mon 21 2pm Silk St MH Emanuel Krasovsky Piano Masterclass
Mon 21 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Mon 21 7.30pm MC Studio The Seagull
Mon 21 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Tue 22 10am LRR Emanuel Krasovsky Piano Masterclass
Tue 22 2pm MC Studio The Seagull
Tue 22 2pm LRR Emanuel Krasovsky Piano Masterclass
Tue 22 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Wed 23 7.30pm MC Studio The Seagull
Wed 23 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Thu 24 2pm MC Studio The Seagull
Thu 24 2pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Thu 24 7.30pm MC Studio The Seagull
Thu 24 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Fri 25 7pm LRR Strings Concert
Fri 25 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Sat 26 7.30pm MC Th The Three Sisters
Tue 29 1.05pm LRR Poulenc Festival
Tue 29 2.30pm LRR Ralf Gothóni Chamber Music Masterclass
Tue 29 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Singers and Ensemble
Wed 30 Open Day: Music Therapy • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Thu 31 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Franck
NovemberFri 1 1.05pm Silk St MH Ubu Ensemble
Fri 1 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: RPS Commissions
Fri 1 7pm Silk St MH Postgraduate Piano Concert
Sun 3 12pm Southbank The Rest is Noise: Guildhall Singers
Sun 3 5pm Southbank The Rest is Noise: Ubu Ensemble
Sun 3 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Chabrier
Mon 4 10am MCCH Thomas Adès Piano Masterclass
Mon 4 2pm LRR Beethoven Piano Prize
Mon 4 7pm Silk St Th Debussy and Donizetti Opera Double Bill
Tue 5 1.30pm LRR English Song Prize
Tue 5 6pm MCCH Adès Piano Works
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November (continued)Tue 5 7.30pm MCCH Alumni Recital Series: Thomas Adès & Friends
Wed 6 7pm Silk St MH Poulenc Festival
Wed 6 7pm Silk St Th Debussy and Donizetti Opera Double Bill
Thu 7 Open Day: Viola • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Thu 7 7.30pm MCCH Faculty Artist Series: Graham Johnson & Friends
Fri 8 7pm Silk St MH Strings Concert
Fri 8 7pm Silk St Th Debussy and Donizetti Opera Double Bill
Fri 8 7.30pm MC Th Journeying Boys
Fri 8 Barbican Britten: Illuminating Britten • www.barbican.org.uk
Sat 9 Barbican Britten: Illuminating Britten • www.barbican.org.uk
Sat 9 7.30pm MC Th Journeying Boys
Sun 10 Barbican Britten: Illuminating Britten • www.barbican.org.uk
Sun 10 2pm MC Th Journeying Boys
Mon 11 7pm Silk St MH Passacaglia
Mon 11 7pm Silk St Th Debussy and Donizetti Opera Double Bill
Tue 12 7pm LRR Poulenc Festival
Wed 13 Silk St MH Schoenberg Study Day
Thu 14 Open Day: Jazz • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Thu 14 7.30pm MCCH The Dankworth Family with Guildhall Jazz Band
Fri 15 5.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: Spreading activation
Sat 16 5.10pm MCCH Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Mon 18 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Wed 20 4.30pm LRR Recorder Consort
Wed 20 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Schubert
Thu 21 1.05pm LRR Double Reed Ensembles
Fri 22 7pm Silk St MH Postgraduate Piano Concert
Fri 22 7.30pm MCCH London Jazz Festival: Geoff Gascoyne 50th birthday concert
Sat 23 2pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 23 3pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 23 5.10pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 23 7.30pm MCCH Alumni Recital Series: Anne Sofie von Otter & Friends
Sun 24 5pm Barbican Freestage London Jazz Festival: East London Creative Jazz Orchestra
Mon 25 Open Day: Composition & Electronic Music • Booking form www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Mon 25 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
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Wed 27 6pm Silk St MH ResearchWorks: Robert Levin lecture-recital
Thu 28 10am LRR Robert Levin Piano Masterclass
Thu 28 6pm Silk St MH ResearchWorks: Robert Levin lecture-recital
Thu 28 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Fri 29 Open Day: Wind, Brass & Percussion / Leadership • Booking form www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Fri 29 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Fri 29 7.30pm BH Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Fri 29 7.30pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
Sat 30 7.30pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
DecemberMon 2 2pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
Mon 2 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Mon 2 7pm Silk St MH Strings Concert
Mon 2 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Mon 2 7.30pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
Tue 3 1.05pm Silk St MH Guildhall Consort
Tue 3 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Tue 3 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Choir and Ensemble
Tue 3 7.30pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
Wed 4 Open Day: Historical Performance • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Wed 4 1.05pm Silk St MH Academy of Ancient Music Side-by-Side
Wed 4 2pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
Wed 4 7.30pm Silk St Th Marathon ‘33
Thu 5 1.05pm Silk St MH Guildhall Brass Band
Thu 5 2.30pm Silk St MH Max and Peggy Morgan Prize
Thu 5 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Dvorák & Janácek
Thu 5 7.30pm MCCH Faculty Artist Series: Rolf Hind
Sat 7 2pm LRR Junior Guildhall Vocal Concert
Sat 7 6pm MCCH Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Sat 7 5pm Southbank The Rest is Noise: Works for Soprano
Sun 8 4pm BCinema Silent Film Project
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future events 2013/14
Thursday 23 January • 7.30pm GC
Guildhall Chamber OrchestraAlexander Janiczek director & violin
Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat D485
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra K364
Stravinsky Concertino for 12 instruments
Dvořák Serenade in E major Op 22 for strings
Tickets: on sale 4 November
Milton Court ConCert Hall
Tuesday 4, Thursday 6, Saturday 8, Monday 10 March • 7pm GC
Jonathan Dove: The Adventures of PinocchioOne of the most acclaimed contemporary operas to hit the stage in recent years, this version of the classic fairytale promises a veritable feast for the senses.
Tickets: on sale 6 January
SilK Street tHeatre
Thursday 20 March • 7.30pm GC
Guildhall Symphony OrchestraJaime Martin conductor
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Brahms Symphony No 4
Tickets: on sale 4 November
BarBiCan Hall
Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 March, Tuesday 1 April • 7pm
Saturday 29 March • 2.30pm
Opera ScenesTickets: on sale in February
Milton Court StuDio tHeatre
Monday 12 May • 7pm GC
The Gold MedalThe School’s most prestigious award for musicians, this year for instrumentalists.
Tickets: on sale in February
BarBiCan Hall
Guildhall Artists at the BarbicanSunday 12 January • 6pmHaydn Piano Trios
Sunday 2 February • 6pmMaxwell Davies Hymnos and Ave Maris Stella
Wednesday 5 February • 6pmDvořák Sextet in A Op 48
Sunday 23 February • 6pmHugo Wolf Songs
Admission free
BarBiCan Hall
Thursday 23 January • 8pm
Guildhall Artists at Carnegie HallTickets: on sale 25 November from www.carnegiehall.org
Weill reCital Hall, CarneGie Hall, neW yorK
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Take Your Seat
Further information:
www.gsmd.ac.uk/takeyourseat or contact Jennifer Slater in the Development Office: jennifer.slater@gsmd.ac.uk / 020 7382 7179
An exceptional opportunity to put your name on a world-class performance venue
Be a part of our exciting new building at Milton Court and take
a leading role by naming a seat in the Concert Hall or Theatre.
Your donation will help provide the very best facilities
for future generations of young artists.
Seats are available from £500 with engraved plaque.
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What they say…“The most powerful sense I had throughout the evening was of the strength and infectiousness and verse of the pulse of the music, that beat in the room… At some time between now and the start of the Guildhall’s seventh festival next March, the secret of how good it is needs to get out.”
LondonJazz, March 2013, on the closing night of the Guildhall Jazz Festival (Guildhall Jazz Singers and Ensemble with Ian Shaw)
“[The] Guildhall Opera Department continues to mount excellent productions which can hold their own with any British opera house.”
Classical Source, June 2013, on Owen Wingrave
“…the chorus, recruited from Opera North and the Guildhall School and combining their unmiked live voices with pre-recordings, was hard to fault.”
The Guardian, June 2013, on Peter Grimes on the Beach at Aldeburgh Festival
“With the local area accommodating long-standing arts organisations – the London Symphony Orchestra, LSO St Luke’s and Museum of London as well as the Barbican Centre and Guildhall School – Milton Court will, when it opens, reinvigorate the City’s impressive culture infrastructure.”
The Londonist, April 2013, on the Guildhall School’s new building, Milton Court
“Being a student at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama is a very prestigious thing indeed. The seemingly endless roll-call of talent that has graduated from Silk Street and gone on to make their mark on theatre, film or television is testament enough for this. After witnessing the Guildhall’s latest batch perform The Laramie Project, it is clear that they are still churning out talent.”
A Younger Theatre, April 2013, on The Laramie Project
“Quite frankly there was never anything to suggest that this was a ‘student orchestra’; the innocent ear would have easily been led to thinking that this was the LSO itself.”
Classical Source, March 2013, on the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda
On TwitterWhat an amazing concert @guildhallschool. That rep was so powerful! And cellist in first half blew my mind. 100% inspired.
Brilliant vintage jazz night @guildhallschool so worth the trip for such an authentic sound!
May ’08 @guildhallschool was brilliant! Very funny and the talent was outstanding! Well done!
Open-hearted, rapturous performances win Polish soprano Magdalena Molendowska the @guildhallschool #GoldMedal at the Barbican. Deserved.
Looking forward to today’s big event: @guildhallschool Final Year showcase. Hugely talented group, fantastic training.
@guildhallschool’s The Laramie Project punched me in the gut and made me question myself tonight #whyIlovetheatre
Powerfully moved by #TheLaramieProject @guildhallschool . The heartfelt emotional performances from your amazing students left me in tears
The @guildhallschool production of #thelaramieproject is a shattering, uplifting and very, very beautiful experience – go see it!!!
Congratulations to 3rd Year @guildhallschool #graduates for an excellent #showcase this week!
Fantastic performances from all at @guildhallschool this evening. Congratulations to all of you.
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How to find us
The Guildhall School is located in the heart of the City of London, in the midst of an exciting cultural hub which includes the Barbican Centre, LSO St Luke’s and the Museum of London. There is a good selection of restaurants and bars nearby on Whitecross Street, Old Street and in Farringdon and Spitalfields, for those looking for a pre-concert or pre-theatre meal.
The School’s Silk Street and Milton Court buildings both have main entrances on Silk Street.
The closest tube stations are Moorgate and Barbican.
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