Guildhall School Events Guide | Summer 2015

Events April - July 2015

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PhotographsClive Barda, Marco Borggreve, Paul Cochrane, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Mat Hennek (EMI Classics), Lebrecht Music & Arts, Alexander Newton, Clive Totman, Amy T. Zielinski

Cover photo Emma Kerr as Prue in The Dancing Master (Spring 2015) © Clive Barda

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Saturday 25 April, 7.30pm St Andrews Parish Church, Farnham

Guildhall Cantata EnsembleEmily Owen soprano Jenni Harper sopranoDirected by Pavlo Beznosiuk

J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 82: Ich habe genugSonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in C minor BWV 1017Trio Sonata in G major BWV 1038Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major BWV 998 Wedding Cantata BWV 202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten

The Guildhall Cantata Ensemble presents some of J.S. Bach’s chamber masterpieces and two of his best-loved cantatas.

Tickets: £13.50 in advance, £15 on the door: tilbach.org.uk

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5Monday 27 April, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall FACULTY ARTIST SERIES

Mahan EsfahaniMahan Esfahani harpsichord (Professor of Harpsichord)

Tomkins Barafostus’ DreamGibbons Pavan in GScheidt Also geht’s, also steht’sJ.S. Bach ‘English’ Suite in D minor, BWV 811Patrick Jones Santoor SuiteKalabis Akvarely, Op 53 Daniel Kidane Six Etudes W.F. Bach Sonata in E f lat, Fk. 5

Guildhall School is delighted to welcome world-renowned harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani - praised as ‘his instrument’s leading champion’ – to its professorial staff in spring. His Faculty Artist Series concert marks the inaugural outing of the School’s new harpsichord – a reproduction of an early 18th century Michael Mietke instrument, made by Alan Gotto in 2005 and generously donated to the School by David and Sandra Herbert. The Faculty Artist Series 2014/15 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

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Wednesday 29 April, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Armourers and Brasiers’ Brass PrizeSupported by The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers

Finalists perform a programme of brass repertoire with piano accompaniment.

Admission free

Thursday 30 April, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsViktor Stenhjem violinOliver Pashley clarinetMihai Ritivoiu pianoKaoru Wada piano Bartók ContrastsViolin Sonata No. 2

Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.

Admission free

Friday 1, Saturday 2 May, 7.30pm Saturday 2, Sunday 3 May, 2pm Milton Court Studio Theatre A new play written and directed by Iain Burnside, featuring Guildhall School singers and pianists

Aaron Marsden, Catherine Morgan designVictoria Newlyn movementCharlie Jones lighting

This music theatre piece is the latest in a series of experimental shows developed by Iain Burnside with the Guildhall School, and comes to Milton Court following its successful premiere at the Oxford Lieder Festival.

Schubert’s circle of friends in Vienna included more writers and artists than musicians. His songs are inextricably connected both to these friendships and the city where they flourished. In Why does the Queen die? Iain Burnside unravels some of these connections through his trademark combination of music and drama.

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

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5 Friday 1 May, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Unknown SymphoniesGuildhall Baroque OrchestraDirected by Pavlo Beznosiuk

In the anniversary year of Johan Agrell (died 1765) and Georg Christoph Wagenseil (born 1715), the Guildhall Baroque Orchestra presents works by these two important early symphonists.

Admission free

Saturday 2 May, 7.30pm Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall Big BandDirected by Martin Hathaway

The jazz department continues its close association with the Duke Ellington Society UK. This concert celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ellington’s close collaborator, Billy Strayhorn.

Admission free

Monday 4 May, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Russian Piano DuosNoriko Ogawa curates this recital of Russian piano duos. The programme includes works by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Stravinsky, providing an introduction to the Faculty Artist Series: Piano Extravaganza concert the following evening.

Admission free

Tuesday 5 May, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES Piano ExtravaganzaMartin Roscoe, Noriko Ogawa, Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva, Ronan O’Hora pianowith George English, Pedro Segundo percussion

Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos in D major K. 448 Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Ravel La Valse (for two pianos) Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op 56b Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

From the playful to the percussive, Guildhall piano professors join forces to perform some of the most memorable music written for four hands. Beginning with Mozart’s only sonata for two pianos, the programme includes Ravel’s great ‘dance macabre’ and Bartók’s exhilarating and inventive Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, with Guildhall alumni George English and Pedro Segundo. The Faculty Artist Series 2014/15 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.


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Wednesday 6 May, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall Percussion EnsembleRichard Benjafield and Chris Brannick with Canada Connected: Daniel Tones, Russell Hartenberger, Owen Underhill

Russell Hartenberger The Invisible Proverb (UK premiere) Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood John Cage Third Construction Russell Hartenberger Raghavan Owen Underhill Cloud over Water Stephen Montague Philup GlassWest African Drumming arr. Ensemble Bash

Russell Hartenberger (Nexus, Steve Reich and Musicians) and soloist Daniel Tones join the Guildhall Percussion Ensemble for a one-off performance. Inspired by the rhythms of West Africa, the programme includes Canadian music new to London, classics of the genre by Reich and Cage, and two flamboyant pieces of West African drumming.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

Thursday 7 May, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsRose Hsien violinGaelle-Anne Michel violinEdward Liddall pianoKristiina Rokaševitš piano Brahms Violin sonata in G majorScherzo


Admission free

Thursday 7 May, 7pm Lecture Recital Room

French SongPostgraduate singers and pianists perform a programme of French song devised and presented by Gordon Stewart.

Admission free

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5 Sunday 10 May, 3pm New Malden Methodist Church Monday 11 May, 1pm Blackheath Halls

Guildhall Cantata EnsembleDirected by James Johnstone

Charpentier Actéon changé en biche

Possibly Charpentier’s finest piece of musical theatre, this Pastorale in the form of a tragédie en musique depicts the gory demise of the hunter Actéon.

Admission free


Italian Song

Postgraduate singers perform a programme of Italian repertoire devised and presented by Emanuele Moris.

Admission free

Tuesday 12 May, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsEliza Safjan sopranoSally Dodds mezzo-sopranoAaron Burrows pianoKaoru Wada piano

Songs by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich


Admission free

Wednesday 13 May, 2pm Silk Street Music Hall

Dialogues of the CarmelitesThird year undergraduate singers present a reduced version of Poulenc’s opera, directed by Sally Burgess with music preparation by Linnhe Robertson and Clive Timms.

Admission free

Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 May, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

String ConcertsStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in these free evening concerts.

Admission free

The Gold Medal

Wednesday 13 May, 7pm Barbican Hall

The centenary of the Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize for musicians. This year is the turn of the singers, who will sing a short programme with piano accompaniment followed by arias with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra.

The Gold Medal was founded and endowed by Sir Dixon Kimber in 1915. Since 1950 it has been open to singers and instrumentalists in alternate years. Previous winners include William Primrose (1922), Jacqueline du Pré (1960), Tasmin Little (1986) and Bryn Terfel (1989).

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

The Finalists

Milan Siljanov bass-baritoneSongs and arias by Schubert, Handel, Rachmaninoff and Wagner

Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo sopranoSongs and arias by Britten, Mozart, Bellini and Rossini

Thomas Atkins tenorSongs and arias by Strauss, Britten, Gounod and Giordano

Jennifer Witton sopranoSongs and arias by Debussy, Poulenc, Massenet and Berg

Guildhall Symphony OrchestraDominic Wheeler conductor

The Jury

Sally Matthews Soprano and alumna (Opera 2000)

Sara Mohr-PietschPresenter, BBC Radio 3

Alan Opie OBE Baritone and alumnus (Opera 1969)

David SyrusHead of Music, Royal Opera House

Jonathan VaughanDirector of Music, Guildhall School

Dominic WheelerConductor, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and Head of Opera, Guildhall School

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*Neville Billimoria is a student on the BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme

Friday 15 May

Vocal Showcase A day of performances by undergraduate vocal students, showcasing their work in drama, movement, opera and music theatre.

Admission free

1pm, Lecture Recital Room

Channel HoppingFirst year undergraduate singers present lighter repertoire in a piece specially devised by Ian Kennedy and Simon Cole.

5.30pm, Silk Street Music Hall

Movement showcaseFirst and second year undergraduate singers demonstrate their work in an open Movement class, led by Bryony Williams.

6pm, Silk Street Music Hall

The StreetSecond year undergraduate singers present the culmination of their music and theatre performance project, directed and devised by Shirley Keane, Linda Hutchinson and Erika Gundesen.

7.15pm, Silk Street Music Hall

Dialogues of the CarmelitesThird year undergraduate singers present a reduced version of Poulenc’s opera, directed by Sally Burgess with music preparation by Linnhe Robertson and Clive Timms.

Friday 15 May, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES Levon Chilingirian & FriendsLevon Chilingirian violin (Professor of Violin)Chilingirian Quartetwith Matthew Jones viola (Professor of Viola)

Bartók String Quartet No. 4Haydn String Quartet in B f lat major, Op 55 No. 3Mozart String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516

The Chilingirian Quartet is one of the world’s most celebrated and widely-travelled ensembles, renowned for its thrilling interpretations of the great quartets and commanding performances of contemporary repertoire. Described by The Times as “indispensable pillars of British musical life”, the Quartet is composed of Levon Chilingirian (violin), Stephen Orton (cello), Ronald Birks (violin), and Susie Mészáros (viola). For this concert they are joined on stage by Guildhall professor and acclaimed violist Matthew Jones for Mozart’s melancholic

‘viola quintet’. The Faculty Artist Series 2014/15 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.


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Piano and String Composition ProjectPremieres of new works by postgraduate composers in a project directed by Marcus Barcham-Stevens and Mark Knoop.

Admission free

Wednesday 20 May, 7pm Lecture Recital Room

String ConcertStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.

Admission free

Thursday 21 May, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall GuitarsDirected by David MillerRoberta Diamond, Antonia Gentile, Joana Gil sopranosSimon Williams flute

Guildhall guitarists perform a concert of 20th and 21st century chamber music, in memory of Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013).

The programme includes quartets and trios by Dodgson alongside works by Roberto Gerhard, Paul Meranger and Joaquín Rodrigo.

Admission free

Sunday 17 May, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

ALUMNI RECITAL SERIES

Rêverie: The life and loves of Claude DebussyLucy Parham pianoSimon Russell Beale narrator

“Lucy Parham’s trailblazing evening concerts in which she fuses music and words with the help of some of our most distinguished thespians, have become one of the must-see events on the musical calendar.” BBC Music Magazine

Lucy Parham’s composer portrait ‘Rêverie’ evokes Debussy’s complex emotional life through a personal and revealing journal, illuminated by a sequence of his most famous and atmospheric works for piano. For this special performance, Lucy is joined on stage by fellow Guildhall alumnus and acclaimed actor Simon Russell Beale. The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund.


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5 Friday 22 May, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

The Ivan Sutton AwardSupported by the City Music Society in commemoration of Ivan Sutton’s lifetime work for music in the City.

Finalists perform a chamber work with piano.

Admission free

Sunday 24 May, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists

Venetia Jollands violinChristoph Slenczka violaPeteris Sokolovskis celloIurii Gavryliuk double bassJamie Louise White bassoonAlejandro José Villanueva Cánovas clarinetJonathan Quaintrell-Evans horn

Beethoven Septet in E f lat, Op 20


Admission free


Guildhall Harpists & Friends20th century repertoire for solo harp and harp with voice, including works by Caplet, Hindemith and Philip Cannon.

Admission free

Tuesday 26 May, 5.30pm Wigmore Hall

VoiceworksA programme of new vocal works, the culmination of an annual collaboration between composers and singers from the Guildhall School and poets from Birkbeck, brought together by Wigmore Hall Learning.

Admission free

Tuesday 26 May, 7pm Lecture Recital Room

String ConcertStudents from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.

Admission free

Burnt by the Sunby Nikita Mikhalkov & Rustam Ibragimbekovadapted by Peter Flannery

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Thursday 28, Friday 29,

Saturday 30 May, 7.30pm

Wednesday 27, Friday 29 May, 2pm

Milton Court Theatre

Joseph Blatchley director

Dora Schweitzer designer

Jack Weir lighting designer*

Erin Witton sound designer*

*Jack Weir and Erin Witton are students

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Russia, 1936: hero of the revolution,

Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic

summer in his dacha with his family.

But when cousin Dimitri arrives

unexpectedly from Moscow after a

13-year absence, Kotov is uneasy: this is

the time of Stalin’s great purges, not the

time for a social call…

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall

staff and students, Equity) available

from the Barbican Box Office:

020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from

20 April. Priority booking for Guildhall

Circle members

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5 Tuesday 26 May, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Homage to Pavel Haas

Anita Watson sopranoAnna Starushkevych mezzo-sopranoNicky Spence tenorJames Platt bassLada Valešová piano (Professor of Russian Vocal Repertoire)Jubilee Quartet

Haas Fata Morgana, Op 6 (UK premiere)Seven Songs in Folk Style, Op 18Chinese Songs for alto and piano, Op 4Four songs on Chinese Poetry

Pavel Haas (1899–1944) was a Czech-Jewish composer, pupil of Leoš Janácek, who perished in Auschwitz after spending nearly three years of detention in the Terezín concentration camp. Directed by pianist and Guildhall School professor Lada Valešová, this concert celebrates the music and life of this witty, life-affirming and original composer. The programme includes the UK premiere of Haas’s Fata Morgana, inspired by the love poems of Rabindranath Tagore, and song cycles performed by acclaimed young singers including Guildhall alumni Nicky Spence, James Platt and Anna Starushkevych.

Admission free

Thursday 28 May, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Two QuintetsKrysia Osostowicz violin (Professor of Violin)Luba Tunnicliffe violaPeteris Sokolovskis celloIurii Gavryliuk double bassCharles Owen piano (Professor of Piano)Edward Liddall piano

Vaughan Williams Quintet in C minorSchubert Quintet in A, D.667 ‘The Trout’

Guildhall staff and students perform two quintets scored for the unusual combination of piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

Admission free

Friday 29 May, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Double Bass Concert

Guildhall double bassists perform a varied programme in this evening concert directed by Luis Cabrera.

Admission free

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Wednesday 3 June, 12pm Hatchlands Park, Guildford

Guildhall Cantata EnsembleDirected by James Johnstone

‘A la Fuentes!’: a colourful programme of 18th-century Latin American vocal gems taken from manuscripts in Sucre, Lima, Bogota, Quito and Puebla. Performed by voice, violins, recorders, guitar, harpsichord and percussion.

Tickets: £14, available from cobbecollection.co.uk

Sunday 7 June, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsPablo Hernán Benedi violinMichael Petrov celloErdem Misirlioglu piano

Korngold Piano Trio


Admission free

Monday 8 June, 7.30pm Lecture Recital Room

Double Bass ConcertLuis Cabrera double bass (Professor of Double Bass)Justyna Maj pianoElvina Oh violin

Haydn Violin Concerto in G, H.VIIa No. 4, arr. for double bassFranck Sonata in A arr. for double bass and pianoBottesini Gran Duo Concertante for double bass and violin

Luis Cabrera leads this evening chamber concert which culminates in a work by 19th century Italian composer Giovanni Bottesini, known as the ‘Paganini of the Double Bass’.

Admission free

Monday 1 June – Tuesday 14 July

Public Final RecitalsAll final recitals for undergraduate and postgraduate musicians are open to the public with free admission. A great way to spot the stars of the future!

Recitals take place on weekdays, 1 June –14 July. Visit gsmd.ac.uk/events for further details.

Hans Werner Henze: Phaedra and Ein Landarzt

A double bill of contrasting works by one of the towering and most prolific figures in late 20th and early 21st century opera, German composer Hans Werner Henze. Ein Landarzt (1951) is an early work based on a Kafka short story, originally written as a radio opera before Henze adapted the piece as a monodrama for the great German baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. This version is presented as a curtain raiser to the strikingly different opera, Phaedra (2007), written for the Berlin State Opera five years before the composer’s death. Both works testify to Henze’s extraordinary dramatic imagination and promise an exciting evening in the theatre.

Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 8 April. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Monday 8, Wednesday 10, Friday 12, Monday 15 June, 7pm Silk Street Theatre

Timothy Redmond conductorAshley Dean directorCordelia Chisholm designerMark Doubleday lighting designerVictoria Newlyn movement director

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Wednesday 10 – Thursday 11 June, 11am–5pm Milton Court Studio Theatre & foyers

Technical Theatre Graduate Exhibition 2015This end-of-year showcase presents some of the outstanding work of final year students on the Guildhall School’s Technical Theatre Arts programme. It’s a chance to see up close a range of props, scenery, costumes, light and projection displays created for the School’s public operas, dramas and musicals, as well as for students’ own personal projects.

Now in its third year, the exhibition promises to be bigger than ever, and many of the students will be present to talk about their work.

Admission free

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Friday 26 June, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Composition Ensemble ProjectThe Plus Minus ensemble presents new works by postgraduate Guildhall composers.

Admission free

Summer Harp Festival

Wednesday 17 June, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

In the Footsteps of a Châtelaine: A Musical Portrait of Micheline Kahn Alexander Rider harp

Harpist Micheline Kahn’s (1889-1987) commitment to new scores helped to build a stunning literature for the harp. Yet her early retirement from the stage made her an enigmatic figure, whose importance has somewhat fallen into shadow. Using letters, reviews and contemporary accounts as well as music by composers who admired her, Harp Fellow Alexander Rider paints a portrait of Fauré’s Châtelaine. The recital also includes the premiere of Robert Saxton’s Toccata, Passacaglia Canonica and Dance for solo harp.

Admission free

Thursday 18 June, 1pm Silk Street Music Hall

Chantal Mathieu in Recital Chantal Mathieu harp

Internationally-acclaimed harpist Chantal Mathieu gives a lunchtime recital in addition to two masterclasses (see page 30) as part of the Summer Harp festival.

Admission free

Monday 29 June, 7.30pm Wigmore Hall Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: Winner’s RecitalJean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano

J. S. Bach Prelude and fugue No. 8 in E flat minor from The Well-Tempered ClavierDebussy Images, Book 2Abdelmoula Variations fantômes Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op 52 Schubert Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960

The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Award-winning Swiss pianist and composer Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula is this year’s recipient, and his recital promises to be a special occasion.

Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions) available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office: 020 7935 2141 wigmore-hall.org.uk

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Thursday 2 July, 7.45pm St Mary’s Church, Walmer

The Spirit of Venice Academy of Ancient MusicChoir of Canterbury CathedralGuildhall School musicians

Part of the Deal Festival, this concert celebrates sixteenth and seventeenth century Venice at the height of its powers with the music of Giovanni Gabrieli and his contemporaries. The Guildhall School’s cornetts, sackbuts, and Woodwork Recorder Consort perform alongside the Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of Canterbury Cathedral.

Tickets: £20 (£6 students) available from dealfestival.co.uk

Monday 6 – Tuesday 7 July The Rag Factory

Curious Curious is an annual celebration of the experimental multi-artform work by current students and graduates of the Guildhall Masters in Leadership programme and design students from Central Saint Martins, working alongside professional guest artists.

Curated by Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning, performances include live music, visuals and dance from established artists as well as installations, discussions and open workshops.

Details will be published at gsmd.ac.uk/curious from May 2015

Sunday 5 July, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

The Monster in the Maze

London Symphony OrchestraGuildhall Symphony OrchestraLSO Discovery Junior and Senior ChoirsLSO Community ChoirSir Simon Rattle conductor

Jonathan Dove The Monster in the Maze (UK premiere) Walton Symphony No. 1

The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra joins the LSO under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle for a new children’s opera, The Monster in the Maze by Jonathan Dove. Following this, Guildhall School musicians play side-by-side with LSO musicians in Walton’s tempestuous First Symphony.

Tickets: £10 - £38, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8, Thursday 9, Friday 10, Saturday 11, Wednesday 15 July, 7.30pmFriday 10, Monday 13 July, 2pmSilk Street Theatre

Music and Lyrics by Frank LoesserBook by Jo Swerling and Abe BurrowsMartin Connor directorBill Deamer choreographerMichael Haslam musical directorAdam Wiltshire designerTim Lutkin lighting designerGareth Owen sound designerLéon Charles assistant musical director

Written in 1950 and sometimes called “A Musical Fable of Broadway”, Guys and Dolls is unquestionably one of the major milestones of American Musical Theatre. Guys and Dolls is an adaptation of Damon Runyon’s short stories about the New York underworld, written in the 1920s and 30s. Songs include such standards as ‘If I Were a Bell’, ‘I’ve Never Been in Love Before’, ‘Luck Be a Lady’,

‘Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat’ and many more.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 20 April. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members

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25Wednesday 8, Thursday 9, Monday 13 July, 7pmSaturday 11 July, 2.30pmMilton Court Studio Theatre Opera Scenes

Martin Lloyd-Evans directorDominic Wheeler musical directorLouis Carver designerCassie Mitchell lighting designer

Performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course, this term’s Scenes feature three exciting new works written by composers and librettists on the School’s MA in Opera Making & Writing programme. This innovative programme delivered in association with the Royal Opera House enables writers and composers to write specifically for the singers, and to develop the pieces with them. The operas will be performed with a small orchestral ensemble, and will be linked by scenes from existing opera repertoire performed with piano accompaniment.

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 8 June.

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Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July, 5.30pm

Summer Gala EveningsCelebrate the end of the School’s year in style. Guests are invited to a drinks reception and supper, followed by a performance of the summer musical, Guys and Dolls.

Individual tickets or tables of 12 available.

Tickets: £75 Please contact [email protected] or 020 7382 7157 for further details and to book.

Monday 13 July, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Vocal Summer Project

The culmination of undergraduate singers’ summer performance project combining music and movement devised and directed by Andrew Watts and Bryony Williams.

Admission free

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Wednesday 15 July, 6pm Milton Court foyers

Excerpts from StaatstheaterMezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg directs Guildhall students in excerpts from Mauricio Kagel’s 1971 work, Staatstheater, before the Guildhall New Music Ensemble evening concert.

Admission free

Wednesday 15 July, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall New Music EnsembleOliver Pashley clarinet and directorJames Weeks director

John Adams Gnarly ButtonsNew works by Guildhall School composers

John Adams’s clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons (1996) draws on influences as varied as a Protestant shape-note hymn and a Western hoedown. In this concert it is paired with new compositions by postgraduate Guildhall School composers, written in response to the music of medieval French poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut.

Admission free

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Wednesday 15 July, 7pm Milton Court Studio Theatre

Vocal Studies Opera ShowcaseSingers on the Masters in Performance programme showcase opera scenes, directed by Dafydd Hall Williams with music direction by Elizabeth Marcus.

Admission free

Thursday 16 July, 1pm Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall Wind Ensemble & Choir

Eric Crees conductorDavid Vinden chorus master

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

A lunchtime performance of Stravinsky’s choral symphony, his best-known religious work.

Admission free

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LASSES Wednesday 29 April, 6.30pm

Lecture Recital Room

Midori Violin MasterclassPart of the LSO International Violin Festival

Admission free but booking required via the Barbican Box Office, in person or by phone: 020 7638 8891

Thursday 30 April, 10am Lecture Recital Room

Roger BoboBrass Ensembles Masterclass

Thursday 7 May, 1pm Lecture Recital Room

Sherban LupuViolin Masterclass

Monday 11 May, 2pm Lecture Recital Room

Peter FranklPiano Masterclass

Monday 11 May, 10am, Lecture Recital Room; Monday 11 May, 2pm, Milton Court Concert Hall; Tuesday 12 May, 2pm Lecture Recital Room

Robert Levin Creative Performance & Classical Improvisation Masterclass

Monday 18 May, 10am and 3pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Richard GoodePiano Masterclass

Wednesday 20 May, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall

Julian MilfordPiano Accompaniment Masterclass

Thursday 21 May, 6.30pm Lecture Recital Room

Stephen Kovacevich Piano Masterclass

Friday 22 May, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Edith WiensVocal Masterclass

Wednesday 17 June, 1.30pm Thursday 18 June, 3.30pm Silk Street Music Hall

Chantal MathieuHarp MasterclassPart of the Summer Harp Festival (see page 20)

*All masterclasses are free to attendunless otherwise stated

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Junior Guildhall presents over 80 events every year. To request a copy of the Junior Guildhall events guide, please contact [email protected]

Saturday 30 May, 2pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Lutine Prize FinalThe Lutine Prize is Junior Guildhall’s most prestigious award. Six finalists compete for a cash prize and a chance to perform a concerto with a Junior Guildhall ensemble.

Admission free

Friday 3 July, 1pm Regent Hall, Oxford Street

Junior Guildhall Brass Band

Spencer Down conductor

Junior Guildhall’s flagship brass band gives a free lunchtime performance in Regent Hall as part of its ongoing performance series.

Admission free

Saturday 4 July, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Prize Giving Concert Verity Lloyd percussionJulian Clayton conductor

Tchaikovsky Extracts from Swan LakeEmmanuel Séjourné Concerto for Marimba and StringsRavel La Valse

A colourful programme featuring French composer Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba and Strings (2006) performed by Verity Lloyd, winner of the Lutine Prize 2014. This concert will also include Junior Guildhall’s end-of-year prize giving.


Saturday 11 July, 4pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Junior Guildhall End of Year Concert Junior Guildhall String Ensemble Julian Clayton conductor

Junior Guildhall Chamber Choir Peter Asprey conductor

Junior Guildhall Wind Orchestra Matthew Down conductor

Junior Guildhall Jazz Ensembles

Junior Guildhall ensembles present a vibrant end-of-term showcase.

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Wednesday 27 May, 5.30pm Silk Street Music Hall

Repeating a piece on a concert programmePart of the Understanding Audiences research strand

Repeating a work within a live concert is an established tradition within contemporary classical performance, but the effects on audiences are not well understood.

John Sloboda and Andrea Halpern, in collaboration with Richard Benjafield, James Weeks, and Julian Anderson, collected audience data on liking and perceived understanding during two different live performances. In this event, they discuss the findings from both scientific and performer perspectives.

Admission free please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk

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Robert Levin Lecture-Recital: Creative RepetitionsRobert Levin (Harvard University, and International Chair of the Centre for Creative Performance & Classical Improvisation, Guildhall School), gives a lecture recital focusing on how to approach repeats creatively. His performance will include piano sonatas by Mozart (K. 330 and K. 333) with improvised repeats.

Robert Levin will also give three public masterclasses with Guildhall School students (see page 30).

Admission free

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Friday 25 September, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & ChorusElgar The Music Makers, Op 69Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

Guildhall musicians take on one of the most renowned choral works of the 20th century, Prokofiev’s dramatic soundtrack to the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film, Alexander Nevsky, which he later rearranged for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office from July 2015.

Monday 2, Wednesday 4, Friday 6, Monday 9 November Silk Street Theatre

Wolf-Ferrari: Le donne curiose Mark Shanahan conductorStephen Barlow director

The Guildhall School’s award-winning Opera department presents Wolf-Ferrari’s Le donne curiose (The Inquisitive Women), a witty and intricate ensemble piece set in 18th-century Venice.

Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office from September 2015. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Wednesday 25 November, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Michail Jurowski conductor

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Written in 1953 following the death of Stalin and considered as a commentary on the Soviet dictator’s rule, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony has been described as ‘forty-eight minutes of tragedy, despair and terror, followed by two minutes of triumph’. The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra welcomes esteemed conductor Michail Jurowski to the podium to conduct this powerful work.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office from July 2015.

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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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Guildhall School of Music & Drama

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Milton Court 1 Milton Street, London EC2Y 9BH

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Ticketing Information

For events that are bookable via the Barbican Box Office:

Online booking: barbican.org.uk

By telephone: 020 7638 8891 (10am–8pm Mon–Sat; 11am–8pm Sun & Bank Holidays)

A transaction fee applies which includes the return of your tickets by first class post if time permits.

Transaction Fees: £3 per online transaction, £4 by phone. No fee when tickets are booked in person. Mastercard, Visa and American Express accepted. Calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance and training purposes.

In person: Advance Box Office at Silk Street entrance open 10am–9pm Mon–Sat / Sun & Bank Holidays 12 noon–9pm.

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