 Rush-Hour ConcertsBeat the traffic, avoid the public transport rush and unwind before going home after a hard day’s work. These informal concerts provide great affordable music for all people, including those with busy lifestyles who cannot make our evening and lunchtime concerts. All concerts take place at Firth Court (Firth Hall) at 17:30. Doors open at 17:00 Duration: 1 hour Tickets: £2.50 (only available on the door)
Monday 14 OctoberSheffield University Rep Orchestra, Stewart Campbell (tenor), Tom James (horn), George Morton (conductor)
Monday 21 OctoberMary Dullea (piano) Pianist Mary Dullea (Director of Performance at the Department of Music) has collaborated with Northern Irish composer, Simon Mawhinney, on a number of projects, several of which were previously released by Altarus Records. Their most recent project has resulted in a lengthy one-movement work, ‘Marlacoo’. This complex composition is a study of musical memory. Rather austere and trancelike in nature, the work explores a combination of ‘time concepts’ in music, attempting to find a synthesis between directional time (that is, goal-oriented logic) and circular time, where the ecstatic moment is sustained almost indefinitely. Mary Dullea’s recording of ‘Marlacoo’ is released by Altarus Records in October 2013. Simon Mawhinney was born in co. Down in 1976 and was educated at the universities of Oxford, York and Queen’s, Belfast. He was appointed lecturer in Music at Queen’s in 2006. Recent compositions have been written for Ensemble Recherche (Germany), Ensemble caput (Iceland) and Garth Knox with Quatuor Béla (France.) He is currently writing a cycle of string quartets.
Monday 18 NovemberJessop Voices - 1st year undergraduate choir
Monday 25 NovemberSheffield University Big Band
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