Guildhall School eventsJanuary – April 2014 Music • Drama • Opera • Jazz
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ContentsSeason series 3
Monthly highlights 6
January 6
February 7
March 10
April 16
Masterclasses 17
Guildhall ResearchWorks 18
Guildhall Young Artists 20
Events at a glance 21
Future events 26
What they say 28
Photographs: Clive Totman, Jack Liebeck, Alexander Newton, Simon Way, Morley von Sternberg, Melanie Winning, Clive Barda, Camilla Greenwell, Anne-Marie Le Blé, Marco Borggreve, Keith Saunders, Sussie Ahlburg, Paul Henderson, Benjamin Ealovega, Richard Olivier.
Cover photo: Edward Gardner conducting the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra at the opening of Milton Court (September 2013) © Clive Totman.
Our partnerships The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is proud to work in partnership with the following organisations:
Guildhall Artists at the Barbican
Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.
Sunday 12 January • 6pm
Haydn Piano Trios
Gabriel Ng violin
Leander Kippenberg cello
Anna Gogava piano
Viktor Stenhjem violin
Alejandra Diaz Perez cello
Edward Liddall piano
Sunday 2 February • 6pm
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Works Maxwell Davies Hymnos
and Ave Maris Stella
David Ruff flute / alto flute
Oliver Pashley clarinet
George Barton marimba
Moira Bette viola
Arthur Boutillier cello
Siwan Rhys piano
Wednesday 5 February • 6pm
String Sextets Panufnik Song to the Virgin Mary Dvořák Sextet in A major Op 48
Filip Jeska violin
Igor Michalski viola
Luba Tunnicliffe viola
Marta Lagoda cello
Toby White cello
Sunday 23 February • 6pm
Hugo Wolf Songs Excerpts from Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch
Jennie Witton soprano
Chloë Treharne mezzo-soprano
Adam Sullivan tenor
Dominic Walsh tenor
Lana Bode piano
Admission free
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Thursday 13 February • 7.30pm
Charles OwenCharles Owen piano Professor of Piano
JS Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Described by Gramophone as ‘one of the finest British pianists of his generation’, Charles Owen performs JS Bach’s landmark Goldberg Variations in its entirety.
Friday 21 February • 7.30pm
James Gibb memorial concertAn evening celebrating the life of James Gibb (1918 – 2013), former Head of Keyboard Studies at the Guildhall School and a much-loved figure.
Staff and student performers include:
Adrian Thompson tenor, Professor of Vocal Studies
Krzysztof Smietana violin, Assistant Deputy Head of Strings
Peter Bithell piano, Professor of Piano
Ronan O’Hora piano, Head of Keyboard Studies
Caroline Palmer piano, Professor of Piano
Laura Roberts piano, Professor of Piano
Ashley Fripp piano
Anna Gogava piano
The programme includes Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt, Albéniz, Alan Bush and Constant Lambert.
Tuesday 25 March • 7.30pm
Ronan O’Hora, Alexander Janiczek & Louise HopkinsRonan O’Hora piano Head of Keyboard Studies
Alexander Janiczek violin Professor of Violin
Louise Hopkins cello Head of Strings
Dvořák Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65
Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat major Op 97, ‘Archduke’
Beethoven’s final and most celebrated piano trio, the lyrical ‘Archduke’, is the last work the composer himself performed in public. Here it is paired with Dvořák’s tragic and impassioned Piano Trio No 3.
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The School’s series of exclusive performances by senior professors and
their colleagues gives the public, staff and students the opportunity to see some of the country’s finest musicians perform in
the Milton Court Concert Hall.
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The Faculty Artist Series 2013/14 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.
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Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
SEASON SERIES
Tickets: £12 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
Full details of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion Days are available at www.bbc.co.uk/symphonyorchestra
Total Immersion The Guildhall School is delighted to join the BBC Symphony Orchestra in exploring the work of two exciting composers this spring as part of the Orchestra’s acclaimed Total Immersion series.
Saturday 15 February • 1pm
Total Immersion: Thea MusgraveA day of music, talks and films celebrating the work of Scottish composer Thea Musgrave in her 85th year. Here Guildhall musicians perform a selection of Musgrave’s extraordinary chamber music.
Programme to include:
Thea Musgrave
Chamber Concerto No 2 Pierrot From Spring to Spring Impromptu No 1 Cantilena
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Saturday 8 March • 1pm
Total Immersion: Villa-LobosBrazil’s most famous composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959) was an iconoclast whose raw, zestful music gave expression to a vibrant new polyglot culture. Guildhall musicians perform two of his quintets, and his playful work for flute and cello, Assobio a Jato (‘The Jet Whistle’).
Programme to include:
Villa-Lobos
Quinteto em forma de chôros Quinteto Instrumental Assobio a Jato
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Thursday 9 January • 6pm MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Thursday 23 January • 8pm WEILL RECITAL HALL, CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK
Artists from the Guildhall SchoolRaphaela Papadakis soprano
Benjamin Appl baritone
James Sherlock piano
Following the success of its first visit in 2012, the Guildhall School is delighted to return to the Weill Recital Hall in New York to present three highly-acclaimed artists: soprano Raphaela Papadakis, baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Sherlock. Their programme is rich in variety, taking in works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Poulenc, Schoenberg, Britten and the Guildhall School’s Head of Composition, Julian Philips.
London audiences can hear the programme performed in the Milton Court Concert Hall a few weeks before.
Mendelssohn Gruß (Eichendorff) Op 63 No 3 Abendlied (Heine)
Schumann Dichterliebe (Heine) Op 24
Poulenc Fiançailles pour rire (de Vilmorin)
Julian Philips Selections from An Amherst Bestiary (Dickinson)
Schoenberg Selections from Brettl-Lieder
Britten Selected songs from Folksong Arrangements
The Milton Court Concert Hall performance is free.
Tickets for the Weill Recital Hall are $20 ($10 concessions) via www.carnegiehall.org
JanuaryMonday 20 January • 10am & 2pm
Public Composers’ WorkshopThe EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and director James Weeks (Associate Head of Composition) workshop pieces for eight voices by Guildhall composers.Admission free
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Monday 27 January • 10am & 2pm
Public Composers’ WorkshopA string quartet from the Aurora Orchestra workshops pieces by third year Guildhall composers.Admission free
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Tuesday 28 January • 1.05pm
Guildhall Harpists & FriendsThe School’s Harp department presents a lunchtime concert including works by Fauré, Roussel and Couperin.Admission free
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Friday 31 January • 6pm
Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble‘Pulse Fiction’
Curated and directed by the dynamic British composer Fraser Trainer, this early-evening concert features two of Trainer’s key works, Pulse Fiction and Landguard Fort, alongside material created from Bartók’s Mikrokosmos which has been re-imagined and reworked.Admission free
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FebruaryMonday 3 February • 7pm
Aisslinn Nosky & John IrvingAisslinn Nosky violin John Irving fortepiano
Mozart Piano Trio in C K548 Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K454 Beethoven Piano Quartet in E flat Op 16
Rising star Aisslinn Nosky is one of the leading North American period instrument violinists of her generation. Her residency at the School culminates in a ResearchWorks collaboration with fortepianist John Irving and Guildhall musicians exploring the hidden language of musical topics in chamber music by Mozart and Beethoven. Preceding this evening concert is a ResearchWorks lecture at 6pm (see page 18).Admission free
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Tuesday 18 February • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz SingersScott Stroman director
The jazz department’s close-harmony group performs arrangements of favourite jazz standards and original music by Scott Stroman.Admission free
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Thursday 23 January • 7.30pm
Guildhall Chamber OrchestraAlexander Janiczek director and violin Luba Tunnicliffe viola
Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat D485
Mozart Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra K364
Stravinsky Concertino for 12 instruments
Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major Op 22
Acclaimed violinist and Guildhall professor Alexander Janiczek leads Guildhall musicians through a richly-textured programme of chamber works culminating in Dvořák’s appealing Serenade for Strings in E major.
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
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Tickets for each production: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members
Monday 10, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, Thursday 13, Friday 14, Saturday 15 February • 7.30pm
Tuesday 11, Thursday 13 February • 2pm
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Monday 17, Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19, Thursday 20, Friday 21, Saturday 22 February • 7.30pm
Tuesday 18, Thursday 20 February • 2pm
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HAMLETby William Shakespeare Jo McInnes director
Anna Bliss Scully designer
henry Vby William Shakespeare Martin Hutson director
Tom Oldham designer
Chris Warner composerDeveloped at The Other Place at the RSC
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HAMLET
henry VMartin Hutson director
Tom Oldham designer
Chris Warner composer
Wednesday 26 February • 7.30pm
Alumni Recital Series: Tasmin Little & Martin RoscoeTasmin Little violin Martin Roscoe piano
Mozart Sonata No 21 in E minor K304
Fauré Sonata No 1 in A major Op 13
Ravel Sonate posthume
Franck Sonata in A major
The Alumni Recital Series sees the Guildhall School welcome back some of its most highly-acclaimed alumni to perform in the Milton Court Concert Hall. Tasmin Little returns to the School for this special performance, accompanied by Guildhall professor Martin Roscoe.
The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
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Thursday 20 – Friday 28 February
Dialogue 2014 Compass Rose (Two courts and a palace)Dialogue celebrates the talent, creativity and diversity of the people of East London and the next generation of artists. Facilitated by the Guildhall School and Barbican’s joint Creative Learning division, this annual event sees Guildhall Masters in Leadership students work in a variety of community settings, leading projects that culminate in a dynamic programme of performances.
Tuesday 25 February • 7pm
Big Band Showcase: ‘Compass Rose’The Dialogue headliner will lift the roof of the Milton Court Concert Hall, with bands and collectives including (Im)Possibilities, The Messengers and Future Band.
Tickets: £5 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Friday 28 February • 7.30pm
Chats Palace FinaleThe audience will be encouraged to explore site specific sound installations and hear original music by new creative collectives.
Admission free but booking required. Please e-mail: [email protected]
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Thursday 27 February • 7pm
Guildhall Percussion EnsembleJulian Warburton director Taylor Irelan flute
Varèse Ionisation Jolivet Suite en Concert Traditional West African Drumming
A programme combining 20th century works with traditional music, beginning with Varèse’s influential Ionisation. Admission free
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Friday 28 February • 7.30pm
Guildhall Big BandScott Stroman director
Featuring The Musicians’ Company Dankworth Jazz Composition Awards.
The Guildhall Jazz Band gives the much-anticipated premiere performances of the two winning works – one for small ensemble and one for big band – in The Musicians’ Company Dankworth Jazz Composition Awards, which is open to composers aged 28 and younger. The Awards will be presented by members of the Dankworth family.Admission free
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MarchSunday 2 March • 3pm
DecodaThe Barbican Weekender returns to explore image and identity through arts and technology. How have these shaped how we see ourselves?
As part of a free programme of events, the vibrant New York Chamber Collective Decoda and musicians from the Guildhall School present a family concert featuring Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet.
Full details of the Barbican Weekender are available at www.barbican.org.uk
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Monday 3 March • 7pm
Mörike Lieder Iain Burnside director
Undergraduate singers and postgraduate pianists perform excerpts from Hugo Wolf’s Mörike Lieder under the direction of Iain Burnside.Admission free
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Friday 7 March • 7pm
German LiederPostgraduate singers and pianists perform a selection of German Song in a programme devised and presented by Eugene Asti. Admission free
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Monday 10 March • 1.10pm BLACKHEATH HALLS
Wednesday 12 March • 1pm ST GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE
Guildhall Cantata Project‘Les Plaisirs de Versailles’
James Johnstone director
This intriguing programme of French baroque music contrasts Charpentier’s entertaining cantata with Couperin’s Lamentation setting for the Tenebrae service.
Blackheath Halls: Admission free. St George’s: £10 (free to students) from london-handel-festival.com from 14 January.
Tuesday 11 March • 7pm
Brass SpectacularGuildhall Brass Band Chris Houlding conductor
Cundell Blackfriars Symphonic Prelude
Orr Concerto for Trumpet and Brass Band
Guildhall Brass Ensemble Eric Crees conductor
Gabrieli ed. Crees Sonata XVIII (1615)
Gilson ed. Crees La Fanfare Wagnerienne
Gabrieli Sonata XXAdmission free
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Thursday 13 March • 1.05pm
Guildhall ConsortEamonn Dougan, Associate Conductor of The Sixteen, directs the Historical Performance department’s advanced vocal ensemble.Admission free
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The performance on 4 March will be preceded by Opera in the Foyer, a selection of opera scenes performed by senior Guildhall School singers at 6.15pm.
The performances on 4 and 6 March will be streamed live on the Euroclassical website at classicalplanet.com/euroclassical
Tuesday 4, Thursday 6, Saturday 8, Monday 10 March • 7pm
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Pinocch ioThe Adventures of
Dominic Wheeler conductorMartin Lloyd-Evans directorDick Bird designerSusannah Henry associate designerColin Grenfell lighting designer
Reserved tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January.
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With its huge orchestral and choral resources, framing an ensemble of dazzlingly virtuosic principal roles and combined with theatrical demands including a puppet show, a funfair where unsuspecting boys are turned into circus donkeys, and a touching reunion in the belly of a whale, Jonathan Dove and librettist Alasdair Middleton’s spectacular version of Collodi’s classic fairy tale represents one of the largest and most ambitious productions at the Guildhall School in recent years.
by Jonathan Dove
Thursday 20 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Symphony OrchestraJaime Martín conductor
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98
Jaime Martín makes his debut with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, conducting Bartók’s virtuosic orchestral showpiece, the Concerto for Orchestra, and Brahms’s final symphony, the monumental Fourth.
BARBICAN HALL
Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk)
Friday 14 March • 7pm
Italian Vocal MusicItalian song and opera repertoire performed by postgraduate singers and pianists, devised and presented by Emanuele Moris.Admission free
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Monday 17 March • 7pm
Russian SongRussian song and opera arias performed by postgraduate singers, devised and presented by Lada Valešová.
Admission free
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Monday 17 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall GuitarsDavid Miller director Rachel Wolseley soprano Rhodri Jones tenor Michael Solomon Williams tenor
English song and chamber music featuring works by Dowland, Berkeley, Britten and Walton. Admission free
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Friday 21 March • 7pm
Opera Scenes ConcertSingers from the Vocal Studies department perform opera scenes under the music directorship of Linnhe Robertson, staged by Victoria Newlyn, Dinah Stabb and Shirley Keane.Admission free
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 March, Tuesday 1 April • 7pm Saturday 29 March • 2.30pm
Opera ScenesIan Rutherford director Liz Rowe musical director
An informal performance of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts presented in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.
Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 10 February.
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Monday 31 March • 7pm
An Evening with Frederick and CarlPavlo Beznosiuk directs musicians from the Historical Performance department in a programme featuring the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to mark his 300th anniversary. Admission free
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The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Sue Lefton director
Agnes Treplin designer
Friday 28, Saturday 29, Monday 31 March, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2 April • 7.30pm
Monday 31 March, Wednesday 2 April • 2pm
by Peter Handke
translated by Gitta Honegger
A a one-act play without words
Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 28 February. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).
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…I spent the entire day on the terrace of a café in a little square watching life pass by; the hustle and bustle, the milling of tourists, natives and workers. And none of the people knew anything of each other…
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Saturday 22 – Friday 28 March
Guildhall Jazz Festival & Improvisation FringeThe Guildhall Jazz Festival is back and bigger than ever. Major visiting artists collaborate with exciting up-and-coming talent to showcase the best of British jazz and improvised music across seven performance-packed days.
Sunday 23 March • 1.05pm
Junior Guildhall Jazz Ensembles directed by Ollie Weston and Jonathan Taylor
Small group and Big Band jazz from the Guildhall School’s thriving Junior department.
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Sunday 23 March • 4pm
Guildhall Jazz Faculty ConcertGuildhall professors perform an eclectic mix of jazz favourites, improvised music and original material.
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Sunday 23 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Alumni EnsembleFormer students return to the School to lead a dynamic evening of music.
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Monday 24 March • 1.05pm
Guildhall Jazz Composers Ensemble directed by Ed Puddick
Showcasing new music by Guildhall students studying jazz composition and arranging.
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Tuesday 25 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemblewith special guests
Paul Dunmall saxophone Dave Kane double bass Mark Sanders percussion
Guildhall musicians perform with three of the most respected names in European improvised music.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Wednesday 26 March • 1.05pm
Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble directed by Christian Forshaw with special guest composer Mike Westbrook
A lunchtime concert featuring the music of Mike Westbrook, one of the most respected and original composers in the jazz and new music spectrum.
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Saturday 22 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Band directed by Scott Stroman with special guest Julian Siegel
The festival kicks off in style with the Guildhall Jazz Band joining forces with internationally-acclaimed saxophonist Julian Siegel to perform new music and arrangements.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January.
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JAZZ FESTIVAL & IMPROVISATION FRINGE
Wednesday 26 March • 7.30pm
Vintage Jazz Night directed by Martin Hathaway
The much-loved Vintage Jazz Night returns with small group jazz favourties from the 1920s and 30s.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Thursday 27 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Ensemble directed by special guests
Mike Westbrook composer/piano
Kate Westbrook voice
Two legends of British jazz join forces with Guildhall jazz musicians for a memorable evening.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Friday 28 March • 7.30pm
Guildhall Jazz Singers & Ensemble directed by Malcolm Edmonstone featuring special guest Claire Martin
A remarkable festival finale with Malcolm Edmonstone directing the Guildhall Jazz Singers joined by award-winning British jazz singer and popular broadcaster, Claire Martin.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January.
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Admission free unless otherwise indicated. Full details of the festival will be available at www.gsmd.ac.uk/events
Small BandsThroughout the festival Guildhall musicians direct their own ensembles in a variety of different settings.
Monday 24 March • 3pm & 4pmMILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Tuesday 25 March • 4pm & 5pmSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Wednesday 26 March • 3pm & 4pmSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Thursday 27 March • 3pm & 4pmSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Friday 28 March • 3pm & 4pmMILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
AprilWednesday 2 April • 1.05pm
Jazz Composers EnsembleEd Puddick director
In association with the City of London Festival.Admission free
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Thursday 3 April • 6pm
Vocal Studies Opera ShowcaseSingers on the Masters in Performance course showcase repertoire from operas including Così fan tutte, Faust and Flight. Directed by Victoria Newlyn with music direction by Elizabeth Marcus.Admission free
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Thursday 3 April • 7.30pm
VoiceworksSenior singers, pianists and instrumentalists perform new songs by Guildhall composers alongside established vocal repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries.Admission free
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Sunday 13, Monday 14 April • 7.30pm
Snapshot SongsSnapshot Songs is a new song cycle based on London’s zeitgeist,
led by composer Stuart Hancock. The performance will feature singers and spoken-word artists of all ages and backgrounds who have taken
part in workshops and taster sessions across London, sharing the Milton Court stage with DrumHeads, Barbican Young Poets and
the London Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash. Snapshot Songs is a Creative Learning project.
Reserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions and East London residents) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Thursday 3 April • 6pm
Guildhall New Music EnsembleJames Weeks conductor
Aldo Clementi Settimino and Veni, Creator... Salvatore Sciarrino Due smarrimenti Edmund Finnis in situ (UK premiere) Thomas Fournil Concerto for Recorder (world premiere)
A programme of sonic sensuality and lyricism, interleaving exquisite works by two Italian masters with premieres from two Guildhall composers, recent DMus graduate Edmund Finnis and current BMus composer Thomas Fournil.
The Guildhall New Music Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of music from the last 30 years, with each project curated by a different member of staff or guest curator. This is the launch of the ensemble’s regular performance series at the School.
Admission free
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The next concert takes place on Friday 11 July when Diego Masson conducts Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles in the Milton Court Concert Hall.
APRIL/MASTERCLASSES
Takács QuartetJulius DrakeSusan Bullock
Masterclasses
Thursday 16 January • 9.30am
Petra van der HeideOrchestral Auditions Workshopwith the Royal Academy of Music
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 31 January • 2pm
Susan BullockVoice MasterclassMILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Monday 3 February • 10am
Richard GoodePiano MasterclassSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Wednesday 5 February •
10am & 2pm
Bernard d’AscoliPiano MasterclassMILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Monday 24 February • 10am
Takács QuartetChamber Music MasterclassSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Thursday 27 February • 10am
Ralf GothóniChamber Music MasterclassSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Tuesday 4 March • 2.30pm
Janina FialkowskaPiano MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Wednesday 12 March • 2pm
Benjamin LuxonVoice MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 21 March • 10am
Thomas RieblViola MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 21 March • 2pm
Wil OffermansFlute MasterclassSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Friday 21 March • 6pm
Julius DrakeAccompaniment MasterclassSILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Tuesday 1 April – Sunday 6 AprilRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra musiciansInstrumental MasterclassesSee www.gsmd.ac.uk for further information.
Monday 24 February • 10am
Richard TognettiHistorical Performance Masterclass
As part of the School’s new partnership with the Academy of Ancient Music, violinist, conductor and composer Richard Tognetti leads a masterclass with Historical Performance students.
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All masterclasses are free to attend and tickets are not required.
Orchestral Artistry MasterclassesSaturday 8 February • 7.30pm
Paul Silverthorne Viola Masterclass
Thursday 13 February • 3pm
Adam WalkerFlute Masterclass
Principal players from the London Symphony Orchestra coach musicians studying on the School’s unique Orchestral Artistry specialism delivered in association with the LSO.
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Monday 6 January • 5pm
Learning to sing in adulthood: From ‘non-singer’ to nightingale Chaired by Dr Karen Wise, this seminar explores different perspectives on the journey of overcoming singing difficulties in adulthood. The speakers are Professor Graham Welch, William Leigh Knight and Margaret Frood.
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 17 January, Friday 28 March • 5pm
French Song Workshop: the Songs of Gabriel Fauré
Soprano Mhairi Lawson and pianist Marc Verter discuss the Mélodie at the turn of the century and the songs of Fauré in particular. Following an open rehearsal, they will work with singer and pianist duos from the Guildhall School.
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Monday 20 January • 6pm
Three Women Concert Artists of Early Twentieth Century BritainA critical study of Myra Hess (1890-1965), Harriet Cohen (1895-1967) and Moura Lympany (1916-2005), led by Lemy Lim.
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Monday 24 February • 7.30pm
CD launch: Rolf HindAn event to mark the launch of Rolf Hind’s new CD of chamber and orchestral music (funded by the Guildhall School and released by Neos), including a presentation and performance of The City of Love for piano, violin and voice.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
ResearchWorks is a dynamic programme of events centred around the School’s key research strands, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing.
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Monday 3 February • 6pm
Performing Topics in Mozart’s Chamber MusicJohn Irving investigates the issue of 18th-century Topic Theory as applied in the performance of Mozart’s chamber music with piano. Irving recently authored a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Musical Topic Theory which focuses on performance narratives created by dance topics, uncovering an aspect of Mozart’s compositional craft that is frequently overlooked. The lecture will be supported by live illustrations of the Trio K548 and the Sonata K454, which Irving will perform in an evening concert with Aisslinn Nosky (see page 7).
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RESEARCHWORKS
Thursday 13 March • 6.30pm
Missions and visions for higher music education institutionsBased on a study of a selection of European conservatoires, Harald Jorgensen, Professor of Education, Emeritus at the Norwegian Academy of Music asks: What are the missions and visions for these institutions? What do they regard as their primary tasks and responsibilities? This event will include a panel discussion.
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
Friday 21 March • 6pm
Communication in Music Performance and its Teaching and Learning at the Guildhall SchoolCommunication is a much-cited criterion of successful performance, but little research has been conducted into the ways in which communication skills can be, and are, taught within institutions. Led by Helen Reid, this presentation and panel discussion draws on the results of a new research project at the Guildhall School to explore how communication finds its place in teaching and learning at the School as seen through the eyes of students and teaching staff.
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Friday 4 April • 7pm
Liszt and Literature
Paul Roberts and postgraduate students explore the literary sources behind many of Liszt’s greatest piano works. The presentation will include pieces from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses and readings from Lamartine.
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Saturday 1 March • 10.30am – 4.30pm
Composers, Performers and their Audiences: exploring dialogue and interaction
A day conference exploring innovations in composer-performer-audience relations. It includes findings from the audience engagement project based around two Britten Sinfonia concerts at Milton Court, from both artist and audience perspective, plus presentations on relevant artistic and research initiatives from the Guildhall School and elsewhere.
A collaboration between the Guildhall School, the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP), the Barbican Centre and Britten Sinfonia.
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
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All ResearchWorks events are free to attend but booking is required. Please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk to book your place.
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Guildhall Young ArtistsTuesday 7 January • 7.30pm
London Schools Symphony OrchestraCarlos Izcaray conductor Pacho Flores trumpet
Barber Second Essay for Orchestra
Efrain Oscher Trumpet concerto “Mestizo” (UK premiere)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
Tickets: £8 – 24, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
BARBICAN HALL
Sunday 23 February • 2.30pm
Junior Guildhall Symphony OrchestraJulian Clayton conductor
Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde
Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Op 19
Delius A Song of Summer
Debussy La Mer
Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 6 January.
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Tuesday 29 April • 7.30pm
London Schools Symphony OrchestraDominic Wheeler conductor
Soloists from the Guildhall School’s Opera Course
Programme to include: Ravel L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Tickets: £8 – 24, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).
BARBICAN HALL
Monday 27 January • 10am
Romantic Piano Prizefor performance of a piano recital from the Romantic repertoire.
Admission free
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Wednesday 5 March • 7pm
Aria PrizeFor performance of opera arias with piano accompaniment, open to singers in the Vocal Studies department.
Admission free
SILK STREET MUSIC HALL
Tuesday 1 April • 2.30pm
Piano Accompaniment PrizeFeaturing both instrumental and vocal works.
Admission free
LECTURE RECITAL ROOM
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Events at a glance
JanuaryMon 6 5pm LRR ResearchWorks: Learning to sing in adulthood
Tue 7 7.30pm BH London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Thu 9 6pm MCCH Artists from the Guildhall School
Sun 12 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Haydn Piano Trios
Thu 16 9.30am LRR Petra van der Heide Orchestral Auditions Workshop
Fri 17 5pm LRR ResearchWorks: French Song Workshop
Mon 20 10am Silk St MH Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 20 2pm Silk St MH Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 20 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Three Women Concert Artists
Thu 23 7.30pm MCCH Guildhall Chamber Orchestra
Thu 23 8pm Carnegie Artists from the Guildhall School
Fri 24 7pm LRR Strings Concert
Mon 27 10am Silk St MH Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 27 10am MCCH Romantic Piano Prize
Mon 27 2pm Silk St MH Public Composers’ Workshop
Mon 27 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Tue 28 1.05pm LRR Guildhall Harpists & Friends
Thu 30 7pm LRR Strings Concert
Fri 31 2pm MCCH Susan Bullock Voice Masterclass
Fri 31 6pm Silk St MH Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble
FebruarySun 2 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Works
Mon 3 10am Silk St MH Richard Goode Piano Masterclass
Mon 3 6pm LRR Jazz Small Bands
Key to venues:BH = Barbican Hall, Blackheath = Blackheath Halls, Carnegie = Carnegie Hall NY, Chats Palace = Chats Palace, E9, LRR = Lecture Recital Room, MCCH = Milton Court Concert Hall, MC Studio = Milton Court Studio Theatre, MC Th = Milton Court Theatre, Silk St MH = Silk Street Music Hall, Silk St Th = Silk Street Theatre, St George’s = St George’s, Hanover Square, St Luke’s = LSO St Luke’s, St Stephen’s = St Stephen’s Walbrook, EC4N.
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February (cont’d)Mon 3 6pm Silk St MH ResearchWorks: Performing Topics in Mozart’s Chamber Music
Mon 3 7pm Silk St MH Aisslinn Nosky & John Irving
Tue 4 7pm Silk St MH Jazz Small Bands
Wed 5 10am MCCH Bernard d’Ascoli Piano Masterclass
Wed 5 2pm MCCH Bernard d’Ascoli Piano Masterclass
Wed 5 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: String Sextets
Sat 8 7.30pm St Luke’s Paul Silverthorne Orchestral Artistry Masterclass
Mon 10 7.30pm MC Studio Henry V
Tue 11 2pm MC Studio Henry V
Tue 11 7.30pm MC Studio Henry V
Wed 12 7.30pm MC Studio Henry V
Thu 13 2pm MC Studio Henry V
Thu 13 3pm St Luke’s Adam Walker Orchestral Artistry Masterclass
Thu 13 7.30pm MC Studio Henry V
Thu 13 7.30pm MCCH Faculty Artist Series: Charles Owen
Fri 14 7.30pm MC Studio Henry V
Sat 15 1pm BH Total Immersion: Thea Musgrave
Sat 15 7.30pm MC Studio Henry V
Mon 17 7pm Silk St MH Strings Concert
Mon 17 7.30pm MC Th Hamlet
Tue 18 2pm MC Th Hamlet
Tue 18 7.30pm MC Th Hamlet
Tue 18 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Singers
Wed 19 7.30pm MC Th Hamlet
Thu 20 1.05pm Silk St MH Fellows Concert
Thu 20 2pm MC Th Hamlet
Thu 20 7.30pm MC Th Hamlet
Fri 21 1pm Charlton House Junior Guildhall Scholars Concert
Fri 21 7.30pm MC Th Hamlet
Fri 21 7.30pm MCCH Faculty Artist Series: James Gibb memorial concert
Sat 22 11am MCCH Junior Guildhall String Ensemble Concert
Sat 22 7.30pm MC Th Hamlet
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Sun 23 2.30pm MCCH Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Sun 23 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Hugo Wolf Songs
Mon 24 10am LRR Richard Tognetti Historical Performance Masterclass
Mon 24 10am Silk St MH Takács Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass
Mon 24 7.30pm Silk St MH ResearchWorks: Rolf Hind CD launch
Tue 25 7pm MCCH Dialogue Big Band Showcase: ‘Compass Rose’
Wed 26 7.30pm MCCH Alumni Recital Series: Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe
Thu 27 10am Silk St MH Ralf Gothóni Chamber Music Masterclass
Thu 27 7pm Silk St MH Guildhall Percussion Ensemble
Fri 28 Open Day: Vocal Studies / Opera • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Fri 28 7.30pm Silk St MH Fellows Concert
Fri 28 7.30pm Chats Palace Dialogue Finale
Fri 28 7.30pm MCCH Guildhall Big Band
MarchSat 1 10.30am MC Studio ResearchWorks: Composers, Performers and their Audiences
Sun 2 3pm MCCH Decoda
Mon 3 7pm Silk St MH Mörike Lieder
Tue 4 2.30pm LRR Janina Fialkowska Piano Masterclass
Tue 4 6.15pm Silk St Foyer Pre-opera foyer performance
Tue 4 7pm Silk St Th The Adventures of Pinocchio
Wed 5 7pm Silk St MH Aria Prize
Thu 6 7pm Silk St Th The Adventures of Pinocchio
Fri 7 1.05pm Silk St MH Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Concert
Fri 7 7pm LRR German Lieder
Sat 8 1pm MCCH Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos
Sat 8 5.05pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 8 7pm Silk St Th The Adventures of Pinocchio
Mon 10 1.10pm Blackheath Guildhall Cantata Project
Mon 10 7pm Silk St Th The Adventures of Pinocchio
Tue 11 7pm MCCH Brass Band Spectacular
Wed 12 1pm St George’s Guildhall Cantata Project
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March (cont’d)Wed 12 2pm LRR Benjamin Luxon Voice Masterclass
Thu 13 1.05pm LRR Guildhall Consort
Thu 13 6.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: Missions and visions for higher music education institutions
Fri 14 7pm Silk St MH Italian Vocal Music
Sat 15 2.25pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 15 3.25pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Sat 15 5.05pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert
Mon 17 7pm LRR Russian Song
Mon 17 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Guitars
Thu 20 Open Day: Strings / Keyboard • Booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays
Thu 20 7.30pm BH Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Fri 21 10am LRR Thomas Riebl Viola Masterclass
Fri 21 2pm Silk St MH Wil Offermans Flute Masterclass
Fri 21 6pm Silk St MH Julius Drake Accompaniment Masterclass
Fri 21 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Communication in Music Performance
Fri 21 7pm MCCH Opera Scenes Concert
Sat 22 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Band
Sun 23 1.05pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Junior Guildhall Jazz Ensembles
Sun 23 4pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Faculty Concert
Sun 23 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble
Mon 24 1.05pm MCCH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Composers Ensemble
Mon 24 3pm MCCH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Mon 24 4pm MCCH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Tue 25 4pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Tue 25 5pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Tue 25 7.30pm MCCH Faculty Artist Series: O’Hora, Janiczek & Hopkins
Tue 25 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemble
Wed 26 1.05pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble
Wed 26 3pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Wed 26 4pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Wed 26 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Wed 26 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Vintage Jazz Night
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Thu 27 1.05pm LRR Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Concert
Thu 27 3pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Thu 27 4pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Thu 27 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Thu 27 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Ensemble
Fri 28 3pm MCCH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Fri 28 4pm MCCH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands
Fri 28 5pm LRR ResearchWorks: French Song Workshop
Fri 28 7pm Silk St MH Strings Concert
Fri 28 7.30pm MCCH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Singers & Ensemble
Fri 28 7.30pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Sat 29 2.30pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Sat 29 7.30pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Mon 31 2pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Mon 31 7pm Silk St MH An Evening with Frederick and Carl
Mon 31 7.30pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
AprilTue 1 2.30pm LRR Piano Accompaniment Prize
Tue 1 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes
Tue 1 7.30pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Wed 2 1.05pm St Stephen’s Jazz Composers Ensemble
Wed 2 2pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Wed 2 7.30pm Silk St Th The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Thu 3 6pm Silk St MH Guildhall New Music Ensemble
Thu 3 6pm MC Studio Vocal Studies Opera Showcase
Thu 3 7.30pm LRR Voiceworks
Fri 4 7pm Silk St MH ResearchWorks: Liszt and Literature
Sat 5 2pm LRR Junior Guildhall Vocal Concert
Sat 5 4pm MCCH Junior Guildhall End of Term Concert
Sun 13 7.30pm MCCH Snapshot Songs
Mon 14 7.30pm MCCH Snapshot Songs
Tue 29 7.30pm BH London Schools Symphony Orchestra
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Friday 2 May • 7.30pm
Alumni Recital Series: Toby Spence & FriendsToby Spence tenor Julian Milford piano
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) from the Barbican Box Office.
MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL
Monday 12 May • 7pm
The Gold MedalThe School’s most prestigious award for musicians, this year for instrumentalists.
Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) from the Barbican Box Office from 10 February.
BARBICAN HALL
Friday 23, Saturday 24, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 May • 7.30pm
Tuesday 27, Thursday 29 May • 2pm
Napoli Milionaria by Eduardo de Filippo
Tickets: on sale in April.
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Monday 26 May • 7.30pm
Guildhall Wigmore Recital PrizeJoshua Owen Mills tenor Rodrigo de Vera piano
Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concessions) from the Wigmore Hall Box Office 020 7935 2141 (www.wigmore-hall.org.uk) from 4 February.
WIGMORE HALL
Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 June
Technical Theatre Arts Graduate ExhibitionAdmission free
MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE
Wednesday 11, Friday 13, Monday 16, Wednesday 18, Friday 20, Saturday 21 June • 7pm
Opera double bill
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
Arne: The CooperTickets: on sale in April.
MILTON COURT THEATRE
Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, Thursday 10, Friday 11, Saturday 12, Wednesday 16 July • 7.30pm
Friday 11, Monday 14 July • 2pm
Grand Hotel Book by Luther Davis Music & Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest Additional Lyrics and Music by Maury Yeston
Guildhall School final year actors present the annual musical.
Tickets: on sale in May.
SILK STREET THEATRE
Summer Gala performances: Monday 14, Tuesday 15 July • 7.30pm
For further details of the Summer Gala please contact Rachel Davis on 020 7382 7157 or [email protected]
Guildhall Artists at the BarbicanThursday 1 May • 6pmBrahms Piano Works
Thursday 8 May • 6pmR. Strauss Chamber Works
Thursday 12 June • 6pmDvořák Piano Quartet in E flat
Sunday 22 June • 6pmBeethoven Chamber Works
Sunday 29 June • 6pmFrançaix and Milhaud
Admission free
BARBICAN HALL
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What they say…“Make no mistake, in Milton Court London has a hall to rival the finest anywhere in the world.”
BBC Music Magazine online, September 2013, on the opening of Milton Court
“London has suddenly gained a new concert hall and two theatres. More specifically, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama has acquired the sort of facilities… that catapult it into the ranks of the world’s best-equipped arts conservatoires... Oh to be a student again.”
The Times, September 2013, on the opening of Milton Court
“For the [Guildhall School] and its students, Milton Court is already a winner; if its potential is realised, a much bigger London public will have reason to celebrate as well.”
The Guardian, Tom Service’s blog, September 2013, on the opening of Milton Court
“One of the most prestigious music and drama schools in the UK and a play from one of the most influential playwrights from the nineteenth century: Final year actors at Guildhall School of Music & Drama have presented a version of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull of the highest quality.”
A Younger Theatre, October 2013, on The Seagull
“The future of opera looks safe in the hands of these young singers.”
What’s On Stage, November 2013, on Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue and Donizetti’s Francesca di Foix
“The concert was greeted with cheers and whistles of a magnitude you don’t expect at a contemporary music recital – this more-than-welcome change of convention was proof of various things, including the youth of the audience and the huge popularity of Adès… if this is the future of classical music, it’s actually pretty exciting. And if Milton Court can keep its standards high, then this will be the place to be.”
Bachtrack, November 2013, on Thomas Adès & Friends (Alumni Recital Series)
On TwitterAnother extraordinary experience @guildhallschool tonight. #beethoven 9 in the new #miltoncourt concert hall. Blooming marvellous!
Extraordinary evening last night in @guildhallschool Milton Court. Adès & Friends – unbelievable music and playing.
The Chekhov was brilliant, bold and moving @guildhallschool
Double whammy day of Chekhov @guildhallschool. Excellent, excellent stuff from the appallingly talented 3rd years. Building not bad either.
Delighted to discover the beautiful #MiltonCourtTheatre @guildhallschool Bravo to cast & crew of #JourneyingBoys
Two outstanding #Chekhov plays in the top class theatres #MiltonCourt @guildhallschool A privilege to witness superb acting debuts all round.
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous Donizetti opera @guildhallschool tonight. Amazing singing matched by witty, delightful production. Bravo all!
@guildhallschool A wonderful opera double-bill of Debussy & Donizetti, the latter a comic gem with inspired staging & beautiful singing
It was a joy to see the fabulous Dame Cleo Laine and the Dankworth family perform with the @guildhallschool big band tonight!
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Be a part of our exciting new building at Milton Court and take
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Your donation will help provide the very best facilities for future
generations of young artists.
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How to find us
The Guildhall School is located in the heart of the City of London, in the midst of an exciting cultural hub which includes the Barbican Centre, LSO St Luke’s and the Museum of London. There is a good selection of restaurants and bars nearby on Whitecross Street, Old Street and in Farringdon and Spitalfields, for those looking for a pre-concert or pre-theatre meal.
The School’s Silk Street and Milton Court buildings both have main entrances on Silk Street.
The closest tube stations are Moorgate and Barbican.
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