What's on

This season we explore links between music, disability and health and wellbeing – how historically disability has affected the compositional output of certain composers, how music and creativity can improve wellbeing and how music has raised awareness for health related causes. We’re pleased to collaborate with our friends at Music in the Round where Beethoven’s hearing impairment will be examined in a concert performance and symposium session with a panel consisting of experts from contrasting disciplines. We welcome the Department of Music’s new Director of Performance, pianist Mary Dullea, who brings the Fidelio Trio to perform music by Robert Schumann when BBC Radio 3 presenter Stephen Johnson will also share his experiences with bipolar disorder and Schumann’s music. Fresh from a recording of the complete piano works, acclaimed pianist Steven Osborne performs an incredible all Ravel programme – a composer who experienced dementia.

Over the past year the world has witnessed increasing political unrest across the Arab nations.  A year on from the start of the Egyptian revolution, singer, musicologist and broadcaster Reem Kelani, who witnessed the protests in Tahrir Square first hand last January will perform a concert of music by Egyptian composer Sayyid Darwish.

We’re delighted to be able to collaborate for the first time with the Sensoria Music Film and Digital Festival. The Tippett Quartet makes a welcome return to the series performing music by prolific film composer Nino Rota. An outdoor showing of Rota’s collaborator, Federico Fellini’s inspirational La Dolce Vita will take place too, as will silent films The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) with improvised piano accompaniment; and sci-fi spectacular Metropolis – with the original soundtrack performed by University of Sheffield students.

In addition to evening concerts we encourage you to look at our free lunchtime, gallery and rush-hour concerts which include a wide range of music performed by our incredibly talented students.

We look forward to welcoming you to one of our concerts this Spring.

Stewart Campbell

All details of programmes are accurate at the time of going to press, but are subject to change.