AAM 2007-8 London & Cambridge season brochure

London & Cambridge 2007–2008 Season

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London and Cambridge2007–2008 Season

WELCOME to the AAM’s 2007-08 season, my second asMusic Director. It has been an exciting and rewarding firstyear for me in this position, our Carnegie Hall debuttogether and the phenomenal critical reaction to ourHandel Op.3 disc having been especially memorable. This new season promises many more such highlights.

At the heart of our London and Cambridge season arethe six pairs of concerts we are giving in Wigmore Hall and

West Road Concert Hall. We begin with a feast of Handel chamber music,focussing on the wonderful sonatas from the Opus 1 & 2 sets, before movingon to welcome return visits by Masaaki Suzuki and Carolyn Sampson. In thenew year I will direct a programme of string music from Marini to Mozart, and Iam particularly pleased that we will be repeating it in a Family Concert atWigmore Hall – a new venture for the AAM.

The second half of our Wigmore/West Road season starts withperformances of the complete Bach Brandenburg concertos, a realopportunity to show off the virtuosity and excellence of the orchestra. In Junewe welcome back another AAM favourite, the violinist Giuliano Carmignola,who will play concertos by brothers Joseph and Michael Haydn. The seasonends with special fundraising recitals of Book I of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavierwhich I am giving in aid of the AAM’s orchestral series.

In addition to these venues, we are also regular visitors to London’sBarbican and St. John’s, Smith Square, where the AAM will be givingperformances of major works by Bach and Handel. Our series of Handel operascontinues with Flavio, conducted by the AAM’s founder and Emeritus DirectorChristopher Hogwood, and we perform four landmark choral works: Handel’sMessiah and Israel in Egypt and Bach’s St John Passion and Mass in B minor.

In Cambridge, I will conduct Messiah for the first time with the AAM in theCorn Exchange at Christmas, and the AAM once again joins forces with theChoir of King’s College, Cambridge, for Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Easter.

But the season starts in an intimate manner with a week-long residency atthe wonderful Handel House Museum in London. Find out about these and allour other performances in the following pages, and do join us for whatpromises to be a world-class season of music-making!

Richard Egarr Music Director

‘The AAM is on glorious form: the strings have a bite, precision and vibrancy anyorchestra would envy and its oboes, bassoons and flute make the most of some ofHandel’s most gorgeous woodwind writing. Egarr’s direction is spirited, delightfullyaccented and highly articulated. This magnificent recording is an unfailing delight.’INTERNATIONAL RECORD RE VIE W, MARCH 2007

‘The Academy of Ancient Music is in world-beating form once morewith this magnificent Handel disc. Egarr and the musicians playwith dynamism and warmth which suggests that Egarr’s tenurewith the band is going to be a rewarding one. Long may it last.’GRAMOPHONE, APRIL 2007


Contents

Concerts in London page

Wigmore Hall17 September 07 Handel Sonatas 131 October 07 Suzuki & Sampson 210 January 08 Marini to Mozart 35 May 08 Bach Brandenburgs 418 June 08 Giuliano Carmignola 59 July 08 Well-Tempered Clavier 6

Barbican14 March 08 St John Passion 717 April 08 Handel Flavio 8

St. John’s, Smith Square17 November 07 Israel in Egypt 923 December 07 Messiah 921 March 08 Mass in B minor 10

Handel House Museum10-14 September 07 Handel Opus 1 11

Concerts in CambridgeWest Road Concert Hall8 October 07 Handel Sonatas 129 October 07 Suzuki & Sampson 29 January 08 Marini to Mozart 38 May 08 Bach Brandenburgs 416 June 08 Giuliano Carmignola 58 July 08 Well-Tempered Clavier 6

Corn Exchange11 December 07 Messiah 12


Wigmore Hall & West Road Concert Hall1

WIGMORE HALLMonday 17 September 2007 7.30pm

WEST ROAD CONCERT HALLMonday 8 October 2007 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talks by Richard Egarr at6.30pm in each venue

Handel SonatasRICHARD EGARR director & harpsichordPAVLO BEZNOSIUK violinRODOLFO RICHTER violinRACHEL BROWN flute & recorderJOSEPH CROUCH cello

HANDEL Sonatas for flute, recorder,violin from Op.1, Nos 1, 3, 4 & 12HANDEL Trio sonatas from Op.2, Nos 1, 2, 4 & 5 (London)Nos 3, 4, 5 & 6 (Cambridge)

A feast of Handel to launch our 2007-08 season. With Handel opera andoratorio to follow later in the year, westart on a more intimate scale withthese wonderful works whichhighlight some of the world-classsoloists within the AAM. Althoughthese sonatas are more intimate, theyare no less dramatic, with all thecontrast one would expect fromHandel.

These performances follow a week-longresidency at the Handel House Museum inLondon — see page 11 for further details.

‘Special mention must be made of violinistPavlo Beznosiuk’s dazzling contribution to thedynamic finale of the Handel Sonata a cinque’.GRAMOPHONE


WIGMORE HALL Box office 020 7935 2141WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL Box office 01223 503333Turn to pages 5 & 6 for ticket prices and booking information

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WEST ROAD CONCERT HALLMonday 29 October 2007 7.30pm

WIGMORE HALLWednesday 31 October 2007 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talks by Masaaki Suzuki at 6.30pm in each venue

Suzuki & SampsonMASAAKI SUZUKI director & harpsichordCAROLYN SAMPSON soprano

HANDEL Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6 No.6JS BACH Cantata ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’HANDEL GloriaJS BACH Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major

A welcome return for twovery special artists. MasaakiSuzuki has carved out areputation for performancesof Bach of the highest quality,and Carolyn Sampson neverfails to delight audiences withher fluent singing andengaging stage presence. This programme is the idealshowcase for their talents,and also features virtuosicroles for the AAM itself. ‘her voice is a rainbow of colours, and she brought her

operatic skills to bear. Rising to every occasion, investingevery coloratura run with a lovely sense of line, this singerlit up the night.’THE INDEPENDENT

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Marini to MozartRICHARD EGARR director & harpsichord

CASTELLO Sonatas per stromenti d’arcoMARINI Passacaglia from Op.22BIBER BattaliaCORELLI Concerto Grosso in C minor Op.6 No.3MUFFAT Sonata No.3 in A major from Armonico Tributo VIVALDI Sinfonia in B minor ‘Al Santo Sepolcro’ RV169VIVALDI Sonata in E flat major ‘Al Santo Sepolcro’ RV130MOZAR T Serenade ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’

WEST ROAD CONCERT HALLWednesday 9 January 2008 7.30pm

WIGMORE HALLThursday 10 January 2008 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talks by Richard Egarr at 6.30pm in each venue

FAMILY CONCERTWIGMORE HALLSaturday 12 January 2008 11am

A special 1-hour version of this programmewill be given on Saturday morning for families.With lively presentation from Richard Egarr,this is an excellent opportunity to introducechildren to some wonderful music.

Ring the Wigmore Hall box office for further details on 020 7935 2141

‘with Richard Egarr’sbrilliance as its musicdirector, this orchestra isplaying better than ever.’PIT TSBURGH POST- GAZE T TE

A panoramic view of stringmusic from the 17th and18th centuries. Discoverthe beautiful sound-worlds of Marini andMuffatt and marvel atBiber’s depiction of battleand its aftermath, beforemoving into the realms ofVivaldi and Mozart.

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WIGMORE HALL Box office 020 7935 2141WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL Box office 01223 503333Turn to pages 5 & 6 for ticket prices and booking information

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WIGMORE HALLMonday 5 May 2008 7.00pm (note early start)

WEST ROAD CONCERT HALLThursday 8 May 2008 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talks by Richard Egarr at 6.00pm (Wigmore) and 6.30pm (West Road)

Bach BrandenburgsRICHARD EGARR director & harpsichord

BACH Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-6

A rare opportunity to hear allsix of Bach’s landmarkBrandenburg Concertos. Notwo concertos are the same,either in style orinstrumentation, and soperformances of the completeset provide a whole eveningof variety. From the horns inNo.1 and the dazzling trumpetsolo in No.2, to the virtuosicharpsichord part in No.5 andthe dark, violin-less, texture ofNo.6, there is more contrastpacked into this one set ofworks than you could imagine.

‘The Academy showed off a vibrant personality on thisstop on its first US tour under the gifted keyboard playerRichard Egarr. Rife with small and wonderful detail, theconcert demonstrated anew that the secret of makingclassical music accessible lies ... simply in presenting itwith a point of view, and very well.’ NE W YORK T IMES



WEST ROAD CONCERT HALLMonday 16 June 2008 7.30pm

WIGMORE HALLWednesday 18 June 2008 7.30pm

Free pre-concert talks at 6.30pm in each venue

Giuliano CarmignolaGIULIANO CARMIGNOLA director & violin

MOZAR T Symphony No.14 in A major K114J HAYDN Violin concerto in C major M HAYDN Violin concerto in A major J HAYDN Symphony No.49 in F minor ‘La Passione’

Audience favourite Giuliano Carmignola returns with apair of violin concertos by brothers Joseph and MichaelHaydn. Carmignola has forged a strong relationship withthe AAM over the past few years, and this has beencommented on by audiences and critics alike. The concert endswith a popular symphony by Joseph Haydn, generally reckonedto be the father of the symphonic form, and begins with ayouthful example of the genre by his younger compatriot Mozart.

WIGMORE HALL36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BPBox office 020 7935 2141Online bookings www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Tickets £18, £24, £28, £32 including free programmeEntry to the pre-concert talks is free, but a separate ticket is required

Booking is open now for the concerts on 17 September and 31 October 2007. Booking for the concert on 10 January 2008 openson 1 November 2007, and booking for the remaining three concertsopens on 1 February 2008.

Call the box office for details of standby tickets, concessions andfacilities for disabled people.

Wigmore Hall box office hours7 days a week, 10am - 7pmDays without an evening concert, 10am - 5pm

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WIGMORE HALL Box office 020 7935 2141WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL Box office 01223 503333 6

Well-Tempered ClavierRICHARD EGARR solo harpsichord

JS BACH Well-Tempered Clavier Book I

WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DPBox office 01223 503333 (Cambridge Arts Theatre)

Tickets £14, £20, £27 including free programme

Subscription 6: book tickets to all six concerts and get a 15% reduction on the first fiveconcerts (ie subscription packages are £73.50, £105, £141.75)

Subscription 5: book tickets to the first five concerts and get a 10% reduction (iesubscription packages are £63, £90, £121.50)

Subscription discounts do not apply to the special fundraising concert on 8 July 2008.Booking is open for subscriptions only until 1 July 2007, and for single concerts andsubscriptions thereafter. For single concerts, there is a £2 discount for those in full-time education, OAPs andunemployed people. People with disabilities (including wheelchair users) may bring onecompanion free of charge. Wheelchair spaces are in the £20 price band. Please informthe box office of any special requirements when making your booking.

Box office hoursMonday – Saturday, 12 noon – 8pm

Following the sell-out success of his solo recitals of Bach’s GoldbergVariations last season, the AAM’s Music Director Richard Egarr takes onanother peak of the harpsichord repertoire, the first part of the Well-Tempered Clavier. These are special fundraising recitals to support theAAM’s orchestral concert series in London and Cambridge.

WEST ROAD CONCERT HALLTuesday 8 July 2008 7.30pm

WIGMORE HALLWednesday 9 July 2008 7.00pm (note early start)

Free pre-concert talks by Richard Egarr at 6.30pm (West Road) and 6.00pm (Wigmore)

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BARBICANFriday 14 March 2008 7.30pm

St John PassionIAN BOSTRIDGE Evangelist & ariasJAMES RUTHERFORD ChristCAROLYN SAMPSON sopranoRODERICK WILLIAMS Pilate & arias

STEPHEN LAY TON conductorPOLYPHONY

JS BACH St John Passion

The annual Easter performance of Bach’s St John Passion by the combined forces ofthe AAM, Polyphony and Stephen Laytonis one of the ‘must see’ dates in the Londonmusical calendar. Together in the Barbicanfor the first time, they are joined this yearby the leading English tenor Ian Bostridgeand a team of soloists that suggest this willbe a special occasion indeed.

“James Rutherford’s noble basswas wonderfully expressive,accompanied by a pair ofplangent viole d’amore — theAcademy of Ancient Music wasexcellent throughout.”E VENING STANDARD

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BARBICAN Box office 020 7638 8891 8

BARBICANThursday 17 April 2008 7.00pm (note early start)

Handel FlavioSANDRINE PIAU EmiliaMAITE BEAUMONT VitigeROBIN BLAZE GuidoIEST YN DAVIES FlavioRENATA POKUPIC TeodataJAMES GILCHRIST UgoneJAMES RUTHERFORD Lotario

CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD conductor

HANDEL Flavio, Re de’Longobardi

Christopher Hogwood, founder andEmeritus Director of the AAM, continuesour survey of Handel operas with the 1723masterpiece Flavio. A tale of love andbetrayal, Flavio is set in the Dark Ageswhen Britain was subject to Lombard rule.With a strong line-up of soloists, and theAAM’s unsurpassed reputation for Handelperformances, this is set to be one of thehighlights of the season.

BARBICAN Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DSBox office 020 7638 8891 (£2 booking fee per transaction)www.barbican.org.uk (reduced booking fee)

St John Passion: £9, £12, £16.50, £21, £28, £35Flavio: £11, £15, £21, £27.50, £37, £45

These concerts are part of the Barbican’s Great Performers series.

Call the box office for details of concessions and facilities for disabled people.

Box office hoursBy phone: 9am – 8pm dailyIn person at the Advance Box Office, Silk Street:Monday – Saturday, 10am – 8pm; Sundays and Bank holidays, 12 noon – 8pm

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St. John’s, Smith Square9

ST. JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARESaturday 17 November 2007 7.00pm (note early start)

HANDEL Israel in EgyptELIN MANAHAN THOMAS sopranoJULIA DOYLE sopranoDAVID ALLSOPP countertenorSIMON WALL tenorCOLIN CAMPBELL bassGILES UNDER WOOD bass

STEPHEN LAYTON conductorHOLST SINGERS

ST. JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARESunday 23 December 2007 7.30pm

HANDEL MessiahEMMA KIRKBY sopranoIEST YN DAVIES countertenorANDRE W KENNEDY tenorNEAL DAVIES bass

STEPHEN LAY TON conductorPOLYPHONY

The AAM’s Handel focus continues withIsrael in Egypt, a favourite among thecomposer’s biblical oratorios. Join StephenLayton and the Holst Singers as theyexplore this rich choral narrative of slavery,pestilence and deliverance, complete withfrogs, locusts, flies and lice.

Stephen Layton’s traditionalperformance of Handel’s Messiahwith Polyphony is an annualhighlight of the festive season. Bookearly for this wonderful opportunityto revisit Handel’s masterpiece as youget into the Christmas spirit!


ST. JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARE Box office 020 7222 1061 10

ST. JOHN’S, SMITH SQUAREFriday 21 March 2008 2.30pm (note time)

JS BACH Mass in B minorELIN MANAHAN THOMAS sopranoIEST YN DAVIES countertenorANDRE W KENNEDY tenorRODERICK WILLIAMS bass

STEPHEN LAY TON conductorHOLST S INGERS

A chance to enjoy another landmark choralwork as the AAM joins forces with the HolstSingers for a Good Friday performance of theMass in B minor. Written in the final years ofBach’s life, this monumental mass settingbrings some of the composer’s finest musictogether into a single masterpiece ofprofound emotion.

‘It was a programme of vaultingambition from the HolstSingers… a rare instance ofsublime music-making openingthe door to a profundity thatwas more than musical.’ THE DAILY TELEGR APH

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ST. JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARESt. John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HABox office 020 7222 1061 (£2 booking fee per transaction)www.sjss.org.uk (£1.50 booking fee per transaction)

Israel in Egypt: £15, £28, £37, £45 (booking opens 3.09.07)Messiah: £18, £36, £42, £48 (booking opens 1.10.07)Mass in B minor: £15, £28, £37, £45 (booking opens 2.01.08)

Call the box office for details of concessions and facilities for disabled people.

Box office hoursAdvance bookings: Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm(and to 6pm on concert days, Monday to Friday)St John’s, Smith Square Charitable Trust, Registered in England. Company no 3028678 Registered charity no 1045390


Handel House MuseumBox office 020 7399 195311

HANDEL HOUSE MUSEUMMonday 10 to Friday 14 September 2007Concerts (1 hour) at 6.00pm and 7.30pm

HANDEL HOUSE MUSEUM 25 Brook Street London W1K 4HBBox office 020 7399 1953www.handelhouse.org

Tickets £20 (£18 concessions)

Call the box office for details of facilities for disabled people.

Box office hoursMonday – Saturday, 9.30am – 6pm Sunday, 12 noon – 5.30pmBooking opens 2 July 2007

Handel Opus 1RICHARD EGARR harpsichordRACHEL BROWN flute & recorderPAVLO BEZNOSIUK violin(10-13 September)FRANK DE BRUINE oboe (14 September)

Handel’s Opus 1 is a set of sonatas for solo instrumentand harpsichord, featuring flute, recorder, violin andoboe. Over the course of five evenings, principal playersfrom the AAM will perform the complete set of Opus 1sonatas. There will be a different programme eachevening, which will be given two performances.

The music room at the Handel House Museum holdsonly 28 in the audience, so make sure to book early forthis special event. There will also be a performance inthe Wigmore Hall on Monday 17 September featuringsome of these Opus 1 solo sonatas alongside some ofthe Opus 2 trio sonatas — see page 1 for details.

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Cambridge Corn ExchangeBox office 01223 357851 12

CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGETuesday 11 December 2007 7.30pm

MessiahHANDEL Messiah

SUSAN GRIT TON sopranoWILKE TE BRUMMELSTROE TE mezzo sopranoANDRE W TOR TISE tenorCHRISTOPHER PUR VES bass

RICHARD EGARR conductorCHOIR OF THE AAM

The AAM’s long association withHandel has been built around awide range of the composer’swork. But if there is one piece inparticular that the public thinksof in relation to the AAM it isHandel’s Messiah. With twohighly acclaimed recordingsand countless performancesthroughout the world, an AAMconcert of this masterpiece isone to catch.

CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGEWheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QBBox office 01223 357851www.cornex.co.uk

Tickets £9, £21, £25, £29

This concert is part of the Cambridge International ConcertSeries at the Corn Exchange. Booking is open for seriessubscriptions only from 11 June, for subscription to 3 concerts from 16 July, and for single concerts from 6 August.

Call the box office for details of concessions and facilities fordisabled people.

Box office hoursMonday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm (extended until half an hourafter event start time if there is an evening performance)

EASTER AT KING’S 2008JS BACH St Matthew Passion

CHOIR OF KING’SCOLLEGE,CAMBRIDGE

STEPHENCLEOBURY conductor

In Holy Week 2008(commencing 17March), the AAM will beperforming Bach’s StMatthew Passion aspart of the Easter atKing’s festival. Checkthe AAM’s websitewww.aam.co.uk fromDecember for fulldetails.

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Academy of Ancient MusicMusic Director Richard EgarrEmeritus Director Christopher HogwoodAssociate Conductor Paul GoodwinEmail: [email protected]: www.aam.co.ukRegistered charity no.1085485Email [email protected] to receive our monthly email news bulletin

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