Performer(s): UPROAR Wales New Music Ensemble; Michael Rafferty (cond.)

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Following our Scenes from a Street and Professor Bad Trip tours in 2022 our talented and accomplished ensemble will be performing a brand new programme to five venues in Wales between February and March. 

UPROAR – Wales’ New Music Ensemble returns with its latest project for 17 musicians, championing some of the most exciting voices in Welsh classical music today alongside multi-award-winning international composers. Three new bold pieces of classical music that will take you on a journey, inspired by, and responding to contemporary life in Wales.    

UPROAR will also be performing music from well-known international composers, Olga Neuwirth’s dynamic soundtrack complements the playful abstract film of Viking Eggeling in her piece ‘Symphonie Diagonale’. And in ‘Son of Chamber Symphony’ by John Adams, the world’s most popular living composer, the last movement was described in the Los Angeles Times as ‘..one of those Adams bucking-bronco blastoffs, riveting and full of surprises."   

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Performer(s): UPROAR Wales New Music Ensemble; Michael Rafferty (cond.)

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Following our Scenes from a Street and Professor Bad Trip tours in 2022 our talented and accomplished ensemble will be performing a brand new programme to five venues in Wales between February and March. 

UPROAR – Wales’ New Music Ensemble returns with its latest project for 17 musicians, championing some of the most exciting voices in Welsh classical music today alongside multi-award-winning international composers. Three new bold pieces of classical music that will take you on a journey, inspired by, and responding to contemporary life in Wales.    

UPROAR will also be performing music from well-known international composers, Olga Neuwirth’s dynamic soundtrack complements the playful abstract film of Viking Eggeling in her piece ‘Symphonie Diagonale’. And in ‘Son of Chamber Symphony’ by John Adams, the world’s most popular living composer, the last movement was described in the Los Angeles Times as ‘..one of those Adams bucking-bronco blastoffs, riveting and full of surprises."   

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Performer(s): New Music Collective

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The music of the past has long inspired new sounds composed by living composers, shining a new light of old traditions, music which bridges the sonic gap between the new and the old, the profane and the spiritual. Join the New Music Collective and New Voices Consort, Under the direction of composer-conductor Nathan James Dearden, for an evening of transcendent music by Arvo Pärt, Knut Nystedt, Missy Mazzoli, and Meredith Monk. 

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Performer(s): Choir of Royal Holloway; Andrej Ivanovitch (organ); Rupert Gough (cond.)

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Join the Choir of Royal Holloway for this special Choral Evensong in the wonderful setting of our Chapel, celebrating contemporary service settings including Nathan James Dearden's First Service. Please note that this is a liturgical service. 

For further event information and to watch online, please visit the choir's dedicated page: www.chapelchoir.co.uk 

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Performer(s): Tippett Quartet

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We are excited to launch our New Sounds 2024 Festival with an intimate performance given by our outgoing Quartet-in-Residence, the Tippett Quartet, of music that marries the old with the new. For this up-close and relaxed performance in the beautiful surroundings of our Herringham Room for music by Franz Schubert, Caroline Shaw, and Nathan James Dearden.

Audience guests will also have the opportunity to meet and chat with the Tippett Quartet following their performance. 

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Performer(s): UPROAR Wales New Music Ensemble; Michael Rafferty (cond.)

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Following our Scenes from a Street and Professor Bad Trip tours in 2022 our talented and accomplished ensemble will be performing a brand new programme to five venues in Wales between February and March. 

UPROAR – Wales’ New Music Ensemble returns with its latest project for 17 musicians, championing some of the most exciting voices in Welsh classical music today alongside multi-award-winning international composers. Three new bold pieces of classical music that will take you on a journey, inspired by, and responding to contemporary life in Wales.    

UPROAR will also be performing music from well-known international composers, Olga Neuwirth’s dynamic soundtrack complements the playful abstract film of Viking Eggeling in her piece ‘Symphonie Diagonale’. And in ‘Son of Chamber Symphony’ by John Adams, the world’s most popular living composer, the last movement was described in the Los Angeles Times as ‘..one of those Adams bucking-bronco blastoffs, riveting and full of surprises."   

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Performer(s): Cardiff Polyphonic Choir; Philip Aspden (organ); Thomas Blunt (cond.)

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Performer(s): UPROAR Wales New Music Ensemble; Michael Rafferty (cond.)

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Following our Scenes from a Street and Professor Bad Trip tours in 2022 our talented and accomplished ensemble will be performing a brand new programme to five venues in Wales between February and March. 

UPROAR – Wales’ New Music Ensemble returns with its latest project for 17 musicians, championing some of the most exciting voices in Welsh classical music today alongside multi-award-winning international composers. Three new bold pieces of classical music that will take you on a journey, inspired by, and responding to contemporary life in Wales.    

UPROAR will also be performing music from well-known international composers, Olga Neuwirth’s dynamic soundtrack complements the playful abstract film of Viking Eggeling in her piece ‘Symphonie Diagonale’. And in ‘Son of Chamber Symphony’ by John Adams, the world’s most popular living composer, the last movement was described in the Los Angeles Times as ‘..one of those Adams bucking-bronco blastoffs, riveting and full of surprises."   

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Performer(s): CBSO Children’s Chorus; Julian Wilkins (cond.)

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GLITZ, GLAMOUR, AND A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE YOUR SUPPORT!

Our Annual Circles' Dinner sees Circle Members, staff and players getting dressed up for a spectacular evening at Birmingham's beautiful Hyatt Regency. For more information, please visit this website (link embedded)

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Performer(s): UPROAR Wales New Music Ensemble; Michael Rafferty (cond.)

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Following our Scenes from a Street and Professor Bad Trip tours in 2022 our talented and accomplished ensemble will be performing a brand new programme to five venues in Wales between February and March. 

UPROAR – Wales’ New Music Ensemble returns with its latest project for 17 musicians, championing some of the most exciting voices in Welsh classical music today alongside multi-award-winning international composers. Three new bold pieces of classical music that will take you on a journey, inspired by, and responding to contemporary life in Wales.    

UPROAR will also be performing music from well-known international composers, Olga Neuwirth’s dynamic soundtrack complements the playful abstract film of Viking Eggeling in her piece ‘Symphonie Diagonale’. And in ‘Son of Chamber Symphony’ by John Adams, the world’s most popular living composer, the last movement was described in the Los Angeles Times as ‘..one of those Adams bucking-bronco blastoffs, riveting and full of surprises."   

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Performer(s): Trio Anima

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The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) and Royal Musical Association (RMA) Research Students’ Conference will be hosted by Cardiff University’s School of Music, on 10–12 January 2024.

Their performance will feature works from their debut album, ‘Between Earth and Sea’, alongside student works from the BFE / RMA Composition Workshop call.

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Performer(s): Cape Town Camerata; Leon Starker (cond.)

About World Music Days

The Artistic Director of the World New Music Days 2023, composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti, says: “The festival’s program will have three areas of focus. First, there will be the aforementioned contributions from the network’s member organizations. Second will be a look back at 100 years of history of the ISCM and, specifically, the WNMD, presenting some of the most important works of concert-music composed during the last century. Finally, and most importantly, we will provide a multifaceted survey of the lively creative activity in experimental and innovative music in Africa.”

The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) is the premier forum for the advancement, dissemination and interchange of new music from around the world. Through ISCM, members promote contemporary music in all its varied forms, strengthening musical life in their local contexts and making their music and its creators known to world.

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Performer(s): Hemiola Octet; Harvey Lok (cond.)

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Performer(s): Helen Charlston (mezzo soprano), Joseph Middleton piano)

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BBC New Generation Artist, Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) and pianist Joseph Middleton perform a programme of music by Fanny Hensel, John Ireland and Mahler in this lunchtime recital at the Wesley Centre in Harrogate.

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Performer(s): Choir of Royal Holloway; Harvey Lok (cond.)

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Join our Welcome Week Chorus for a concert showcasing the very best vocal and choral music Royal Holloway has on offer. We will be joined by the Choir of Royal Holloway, new and returning students, alumni, and our Director of Choral Music, Rupert Gough, for an afternoon of beautiful music to kickstart our year including Jake Runestad's The Hope of Loving. 

For further event information and to book your ticket, please visit the dedicated page: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/music/events/wild-forces-welcome-week-choral-showcase-2023/

Performer(s): Trio Anima

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Acclaimed flute, viola and harp ensemble Trio Anima returns to Cowbridge for the second time, following their debut here in 2016.

Their performance will feature works from their debut album, ‘Between Earth and Sea’, alongside Debussy’s timeless and evocative Sonate.

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Performer(s): Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough (cond.)

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The Choir of Royal Holloway's popular lunchtime concert series returns and runs all term both in-person and online here. Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the college’s gilded chapel.

This week's Midweek Music sees the return of our singers and audiences alike for a new academic year. This concert will share some musical postcards from our summer vacation: music from the four corners of Great Britain and Ireland. 

For further event information and to watch live, please visit the choir's dedicated page: www.chapelchoir.co.uk 

Performer(s): Whiddon Festival String Quartet

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Our Festival comes to a contemplative close with a magical choral Compline service by candlelight in Gidleigh Church.

Compline is a beautiful church service for the end of the day, characterised by meditative threads of medieval plainchant and prayers for a peaceful night. As well as singing the chant, Corvus Consort also performs choral motets by Jean Mouton, William Byrd and Gabriel Jackson.

The service will open with an instrumental prelude composed specially for the service by 2023 Composer-in-Residece Nathan James Dearden, performed by our very own Festival String Quartet.

Compline is a church service, so it is free to attend. Donations will be collected on exit, and will be split equally between Gidleigh Church and WAF.

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Performer(s): Whiddon Festival String Quartet

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Join us to celebrate the timeless influence of J. S. Bach, one of classical music's most renowned figures, as we juxtapose his own vocal mastery with some of the finest contemporary reimaginings of his music.

Experience a glimpse of how Bach's exquisite music looks through other musicians' eyes, from Knut Nystedt's stunningly simple take on a Bach chorale in Immortal Bachand Harry Baker's chorale-inspired I Call To You, through to Caroline Shaw's Punctum, which takes a mere seed of an idea from Bach and stretches it out into a wonderful tapestry for string quartet.

In a programme punctuated with Bach-inspired music from our Come&Sing choir, Harry Baker also presents an improvised piano sequence based on the sixth Cello Suite, and Corvus Consort performs one of the composer's most towering vocal works in its original untouched form.

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Performer(s): Corvus Consort; Freddie Crowley (cond.)

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Festival Director Freddie Crowley conducts Ensemble-in-Residence the Corvus Consort in a fascinating exploration of composers' responses to the poetry of 17th-century English metaphysical poet George Herbert (1593-1633).

Through a sumptuous selection of choral music by Judith Weir, Alec Roth, Roxanna Panufnik and James MacMillan, the musicians reveal how George Herbert's words have provided inspiration to a whole generation of composers.

Finally, the Corvus Consort is joined by baritone soloist George Clark, Harry Baker (piano), Louise Thomson (harp) and the Festival String Quartet, to perform perhaps the most famous setting of Herbert's poetry: Ralph Vaughan Williams's magnificent Five Mystical Songs.

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Performer(s): Whiddon Festival String Quartet

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Join our very own resident string players on a journey through lyricism in the intimate chamber music setting of Providence Chapel.

The Festival String Quartet will lead us through masterfully-crafted and often introspective string writing by Barber, Dvo?ák, Sibelius, Bartók and Clarke, and will also present the premiere performance of a brand new work for string quartet by our 2023 Composer-in-Residence Nathan James Dearden.

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Performer(s): Whiddon Autumn Festival Children’s Choir; Corvus Consort; Harry Baker (piano); Freddie Crowley (cond.)

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Rising star vocalists Ellie Stamp and George Clark are joined by pianist Harry Baker and the Festival String Quartet to perform lyrical songs celebrating flora, fauna and landscape, centred around the hauntingly-beautiful Tree Carols by Sally Beamish. Punctuated with a selection of gorgeous partsongs sung by members of the Corvus Consort, the programme also features a very special guest appearance...

In the middle of the programme we welcome the very special WAF Children's Choir, made up of pupils from four local primary schools who have participated in our schools singing programme. The Children's Choir will sing reimagined versions of local folksongs, created specially for this performance by our 2023 Composer-in-Residence Nathan James Dearden.

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Performer(s): Nicky Spence (tenor); Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano)

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Robert Schumann’s iconic song cycle on a woman’s life and love, Frauenliebe und-Leben, sung by Claire Booth (“an epoch-making performance – a real tour de force." Guardian) is interwoven with Nathan James Dearden’s specially commissioned responses of a beloved friend, Nicky Spence (“one of the most engaging and communicative singers around” Guardian). The concert, curated by pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen (“an immaculate accompanist” BBC Music magazine), also features songs by LGBTQ+ composers and poets, including Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Jonathan Dove, Nikita Gill, Jennifer Higdon, Francis Poulenc, and Ned Rorem.

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Performer(s): Nicky Spence (tenor); Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano)

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Robert Schumann’s iconic song cycle on a woman’s life and love, Frauenliebe und-Leben, sung by Lucy Crowe (“soprano artistry beyond compare” Independent) is interwoven with Nathan James Dearden’s specially commissioned responses of a beloved friend, Nicky Spence (“one of the most engaging and communicative singers around” Guardian). The concert, curated by pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen (“an immaculate accompanist” BBC Music magazine), also features songs by LGBTQ+ composers and poets, including Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Jonathan Dove, Nikita Gill, Jennifer Higdon, Francis Poulenc, and Ned Rorem.

Life, love and loss are explored and celebrated through a special friendship and some of the greatest songs ever written.

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Performer(s): Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough (cond.)

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For the second concert of our European Tour, the choir is joined by our composer-in-residence, Nathan James Dearden, to perform his setting of 'Let all the world', alongside music by Elgar, Miškinis, Locklair and Bach. 

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Performer(s): Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough (cond.)

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For the second concert of our European Tour, the choir is joined by our composer-in-residence, Nathan James Dearden, to perform his setting of 'Let all the world', alongside music by Elgar, Miškinis, Locklair and Bach. 

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Performer(s): Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone); George Ireland (piano)

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K. J. Nakao: He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead (W.B. Yeats)

Delyth Naya: Blossoms and Shadows (Hisajo Sugita & Hilary Tann) 

Hilary Tann: Light from the Cliffs 

Nathan James Dearden: I sleep alone (Kakinomoto no Hitomaro) 

Shinji Inagi: Journey Through the Heart of Hitomaro (Kakinomoto no Hitomaro) 

Fascinating songs by composers from Japan and Wales. For full information, please visit the festival webpage: https://www.beaumarisfestival.org

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Performer(s): City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Clark Rundell (cond.)

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Come and discover the new voices of the next generation, as we give the world premiere of 20 short works for orchestra. Commissioned as part of our centenary celebrations, we’re excited to introduce these brand-new pieces to the world. Go on, try something new – we dare you!

This concert is supported by The John Feeney Charitable Trust.

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Performer(s): Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone); Paula Fan (piano)

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