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29 May 2009
University of Sheffield Spring Concert Season
The University of Sheffield Concert Series hosts around 60 concerts a year, on Tuesdays and Thursdays of term time.
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Friday 05 - Saturday 06 June Drama Studio SOUND JUNCTION
Cinema for the ear-the latest and greatest in acousmatic music, featuring composer Francois Bayle.
For a full programme of concerts in this mini series:
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Saturday 06 June, 19:00 Sheffield Cathedral OPENING FESTIVAL CONCERT
This musical extravaganza will officially denote the Department of
Music's move to the new Jessop site for Arts and Humanitites. To
celebrate, students and members of staff from the department will
perform a programme representing all aspects of the department's work.
HAYDN: OCTET NO.1 IN F
HAYDN: ARR. DEREK SMITH: SERENADE NO.3 IN C (from Hob II:32)
INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
JENNY JACKSON: HOT FLUSH
MENDELSSOHN: MOTETS FOR FEMALE VOICES AND ORGAN (Op. 39)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: THE LARK ASCENDING
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Monday 08 June, 19:30 Sheffield Cathedral MOZART REQUIEM: CONCERT + TALK
Sheffield University Chamber Choir
Nigel Simeone (conductor)
Professor Simon Keefe (speaker)
Sheffield University Chamber Choir and Orchestra perform Mozart's
devastatingly sublime requiem, up there with the greatest choral works
of all time. This will be accompanied by a talk with leading Mozart
scholar, Professor Simon Keefe.
Mozart´s Requiem, left incomplete at the composer´s death in December
1791, has always held an extremely prominent place in our collective
musical consciousness. This talk will focus not only on Mozart´s
contributions, but also on Franz Xaver Suessmayr's completion of the
work in early 1792. Long subjected to serious criticism, Suessmayr´s
completion was positively received in the early decades of the
nineteenth century (after first publication in 1800), thus inviting
modern-day re-evaluation of it in light of historically-based aesthetic
criteria.
Tickets: £8, £5 (concessions) £3 (students/unwaged)
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Wednesday 10 June, 20:15 Sheffield Cathedral MUSIC FROM THE STAGE & SCREEN
Sheffield University Wind Orchestra
Anthony Houghton (conductor)
Join Sheffield University Wind Orchestra for an entertaining themed
evening of music from the stage and screen. The orchestra will perform
songs from legendary Hollywood blockbusters and some West End classics.
The concert will also feature the dulcet tones of the UK's top Alphorn
players - the Alphorn if you didn't know, is a twelve foot long wooden
instrument, used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland. A sight to behold
if nothing more!
Music to include West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, the Wizard of Oz + More.
Tickets: £8, £5 (concessions) £3 (students)
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Saturday 13 June, 19:30 Sheffield Cathedral INDIAN MUSIC AND JAZZ
Indus is a new music group that brings together four creative & virtuoso
musicians from diverse musical traditions including Indian Classical,
Western Classical and Jazz. Indus's original compositions cross the
spectrum from chilled out & relaxing to fast, driving & rhythmic.
Characterised by complex tabla beats, exquisite flute phrases, rhythmic
santoor patterns and lyrical sitar tones, Indus create an intricate
kaleidoscope of sound and emotion. On stage, the musical communication
between the group as well as their use of improvisation never fails to
enthral audiences.
Tickets:£8, £5 (concessions) £3 (students/unwaged)
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Thursday 18 June, 19:30 Sheffield Cathedral ANGELA BROWNRIDGE (PIANO)
Haydn: Sonata no. 62 in E flat
Liszt: Un Sospiro
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses Op. 54
Leighton: Sonatina no. 1 (1946)
Scriabin: Prelude and nocturne for the LH
Chopin: Fantasy in F minor Op. 49
'True genius. Her performances were passionate, rhapsodic and totally
compelling. Angela Brownridge is a marvellously exciting artist and a
powerfully assertive pianist, with a strong sense of musical structure.'
(The Guardian)
'One of the world's finest pianists'
(New York Times)
Tickets: £10, £8 (concessions), £5(students)
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Thursday 19 June, 19:30 Sheffield Cathedral JAMES MACMILLAN CBE
Discussions with leading British composer James MacMillan CBE,
interspersed with performances of his choral works by the Choir of
Sheffield Cathedral.
James MacMillan CBE is one of today's most successful living composers
and is also internationally active as a conductor. His musical language
is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, his Roman
Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk
music, blended together with influences from Far Eastern, Scandinavian
and Eastern European music.
First becoming internationally recognised after the extraordinary
success of 'The Confession of Isobel', his prolific output has since
been performed and broadcast around the world, placing him in the front
rank of today's composers.
Sheffield Cathedral Choir are the city's only professional choir, with a
reputation as being one of the finest cathedral choirs in the land. As
well as providing music for worship at the cathedral, they often
undertake concert engagements. regularly broadcast live on BBC Radio 3,
and have made a number of commercial recordings, all to critical acclaim.
..an extremely accomplished group of singers, nine voices of individual
strength with a fine unison sound that is powerful with rich sonority..."
(SHEFFIELD TELEGRAPH)
This event will be followed by a short reception.
Tickets: £10, £8 (concessions) £5 (students/unwaged)
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FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
These concerts are free and tickets are not required, although donations
will be gratefully received. These informal events provide an
alternative way to spend part of a lunch hour, and members of the
audience may arrive and leave as and when they please. All concerts at
13:15 at Sheffield Cathedral.
Monday 08 June: Sheffield University Vocal Consort
Tuesday 09 June: Manor Lodge and Pipworth Primary Schools Concert
Wednesday 10 June: New Music
Thursday 11 June: Chinese Music
Friday 12 June: Alice Ko (piano) Maria Shephard (piano)
Monday 15 June: Jeremy Dawson (tenor)
Tuesday 16 June: Pupils of Meadowhead School
Wednesday 17 June: 'Come Again' Music of the Renaissance, Sam Hiller
(Counter-tenor)
Thursday 18 June: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Friday 19 June: Nigel Russell (baritone)
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For more information on all concerts and information on how to purchase tickets please contact us on:
0114 222 0499
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