University of York Concerts

orkest de ereprijs
Wednesday 8 February 2012 - 7.30pm
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University Of York
The Dutch ensemble return to York with a programme created especially for them by British composers and collaborators including Marsh, Cutler, Dennehy, Pritchard, Caswell, and Ayers. With their distinctive sound – wind, brass, electric guitars and percussion – and the informality of their concerts, an exhilarating evening is promised.

£12 (£10); students £3

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Lieder Day
11 February 2012
National Centre For Early Music
Peter Harvey, baritone soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Peter Seymour, piano

10.30am
Masterclass on dialogues in early Lieder with Richard Jackson
£3

1.00pm
Solos by Zelter, Mozart, Haydn, Hensel and Mendelssohn with duets by
Reichardt, Schumann and Mendelssohn
£14 (£12); students £3

3.30pm
An Early Liederabend – dialogues and partsongs by Haydn, Zelter,
Reichardt and Schubert performed by students of University of York
£12 (£10); students £3

7.00pm
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
and solo songs by Schubert and Beethoven
£16 (£14); students £5
Two of the world’s top Lieder singers take part in this year’s song day, now established as a regular event in York’s musical calendar; celebrated tenor James Gilchrist turns to Die schöne Müllerin, a work that he recorded in 2009 to critical acclaim.
Day ticket: £38 (£33)

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Roy Howat, piano
Wednesday 15 February 2012, 7.30pm
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University Of York
Internationally renowned as both pianist and scholar, Roy Howat is specially known for his lively lectures and masterclasses, which he has given worldwide. He presents a programme of music by the two of composers with whom he is closest associated Debussy and Chabrier.

£16 (£14); students £5

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[rout]
Friday 17 February 2012
Rymer Auditorium, University Of York
In Lost & Found, amplified ensemble [rout] explores found and discarded sounds. The group has worked with composers Paul Newland, Andrew Poppy, James Saunders and Michael Wolters to create new performances from salvaged, revealed and rediscovered materials: texts, sounds, scores, images, objects, instruments and contexts. The performance also features a new collaborative work by Stephen Cornford and Paul Whitty, it pays my way and it corrodes my soul. This is the second of our new Rymer Nights series showcasing new work in the perfect acoustic of the Rymer Auditorium.

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University Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 22 February 7.30pm
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University Of York
Beethoven's effervescent Symphony no. 8 in F op. 98 is well known, but this concert includes two not-to-be-missed rarities: Elgar's poetic Romance for solo bassoon, and Martinu's irresistible Double Concerto for flute and violin.

£11 (£9); students £3

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University Jazz Orchestra
Wednesday 29 February 7.30pm
National Centre For Early Music
Home Is Where The Music Is – The sounds of Hugh Masekela

The Jazz Orchestra is delighted to present a selection from the career of one of the giants of world music – South African trumpeter, composer, singer, and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela.

£14 (£12); students £3

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Chimera
Friday 02 March 7.30pm
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University Of York
‘The Twilight Zone’

The department’s contemporary ensemble explores music bridging the borders of night and day, featuring music by Ligeti, Xenakis, Boulez, and Royal Philharmonic Society Award-winning composer, Christian Mason.

£6 (£4); students £3

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Guest Suites
Saturday 3 March, 7.30pm
Chapter House, York Minster
Chapter House, York Minster
(by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter]

Guest Suites is a new work by choreographer/director Jacky Lansley with composer Jonathan Eato for six dancers and solo cellist Audrey Riley; it explores the aesthetic of the Bach Cello Suites, using their structure as a choreographic template.

Tickets: £15 (£13) available from the Minster Box Office, 0844 9390015, www.boxoffice.yorkminster.org

A limited number of £5 student tickets are available from the University Box Office

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University Choir & Northern Sinfonia
Wednesday 7 March, 7.30pm
York Minster
(by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter)

Continuing the University’s association with the Northern Sinfonia, this programme frames Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K.364 for violin and viola with two ecstatic choral works by Haydn: his Te Deum and the Harmoniemesse.

Front nave: £21 (£19)
Rear nave: £16 (£15)
Unreserved side aisles: £10 (£8); students £5

Sponsored by Denison Till, O’Neill Associates and the University Partnerships programme

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University Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 10 March, 7.30pm
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University Of York
The Prelude und Liebestod that frames Wagner’s expansive music-drama Tristan and Isolde, pave the way for Mahler’s Symphony no. 4 in G, an epic depiction of heavenly visions.

£15 (£13); students £5

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University Chamber Choir & Baroque Ensemble
Wednesday 14 March, 7.30pm
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University Of York
Handel Israel in Egypt

Handel’s great oratorio is a vivid and dramatic telling of Exodus with some of his best-known music, including the graphic setting of the ten plagues, and culminating in one of Handel’s most joyful choruses.

£13 (£11); students £3

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