Diary Dates
Dartington International Summer School
26 Jul 2008 - 30 Aug 2008Held at Dartington Hall, Summer School returns with inspirational courses and concerts, from some of the world's most renowned artists.
For full concert listings please see dartington.org/arts or the Summer School 2008 concerts brochure.
Tickets: concerts are individually priced and tickets are available from the Dartington box office from 16th June.
Dartington Summer Youth Program
3 Aug 2008 - 23 Aug 2008Held at Dartington Hall & The Ariel Centre, Totnes, DSYP is a festival of creative courses in music and the arts especially for young people. Each week culminates in a public performance or showing of the week's work.
For details see dartington.org/arts or call 01803 847066
Tickets: Performance tickets are available from the Dartington box office on 01803 847070
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Romsey
9 Aug 2008Romsey Broadlands
09/08/2008 20:00
Borodin : Prince Igor Overture
Herold : Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardee
De Curtis : Torno a Surriento
Di Capua : O Sole Mio
Tchaikovsky : Sleeping Beauty Rose Adagio & Waltz
Rodgers : Soliloquy from Carousel
Suppe : Light Cavalry March Overture
Strauss : Thunder & Lightning Polka
Badelt / Zimmer : Pirates of the Caribbean
Mozart : The Magic Flute: The Birdcatcher Am I
Grieg : In the Hall of the Mountain King
Elgar : Pomp & Circumstance March No.4
Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on Greesleeves
Sullivan : The Mikado's Song
Walton : Crown Imperial March
Parry : Jerusalem
Wood : Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Elgar : Pomp & Circumstance March No.1
Performers
Conductor: Matthew Wood
Soloist:Earl Carpenter (Presenter)
Box office: 01202 669925
Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9ZD
City of London Sinfonia
20 Sep 20087.30pm
Nick Ward, director and violin, and the City of London Sinfonia welcomes soloist Michael Collins, clarinet, for a concert of:
Mozart: Divertimento, K138
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Piazolla: Summer from Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in E flat Mercury
Tickets £22/Concessions & Students £21/Under 18s £10
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
The Bollywood Brass Band at Wiltshire Music Centre
26 Sep 20088pm
A line up of funky drummers and a hot horn section playing saxophones, trumpets, trombones and the mighty sousaphone, driven by the beat of the dhol, the loud and exciting Punjabi drum played in Bhangra music. Influenced by Jazz, dance and world music, these ten musicians play hits from Indian films new and old, accompanied by video clips and a live Bollywood dancer! With striking costumes and full of energy, this band, celebrated for their performances at the London Mela, WOMAD and the Olympic Stadium Sydney, really are something special.
Tickets £16/Concessions & Savers £15/Under 18s £8
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
5 Oct 20087.30pm
The Band of Violins:
Adventures in English Music 1609 - 1692
Elizabeth Kenny and Alison Bury, leaders.
Locke: Music from the tempest
Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre Suite from Addelazar, Music from King Arthur and The Fairy Queen
Plus Music by William Brade, John Adson and Thomas Baltzar.
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders
Tickets £22/Concessions & Savers £21/Under 18s £10
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Michael McGoldrick and Friends
8 Oct 20088pm
Michael McGoldrick: wooden flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle
Ed Boyd: guitar
John Joe Kelly: bodhran
Traditional Irish Music at the cutting edge of folk that simply bursts with energy.
Tickets £16/Concessions £15/Savers £14/Under 18s £8
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Stonking Steel Pans
12 Oct 20083pm
Sizzling steel pan music in an exciting assortment of moods and styles - ranging from reggae, calypso, samba and pop to 'bomb tunes' - classical favourities in brilliant, prize-winning arrangements. Now firmly established as one of Europe's top youth steel bands, this dynamic young group are superb. Hear the physical thrill of their hammers on steel - a great sound, nothing beats it!
(With an interval this will end approx. 4.20pm)
great for adults and kids aged 7+
Tickets £10/Under 18s £6
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Doric String Quartet
17 Oct 20087.30pm
Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 50 No. 2 Prussian
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2, Intimate letters
Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op 51 No 1
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders
Tickets £15/Concessions £14/Savers £13/Under 18s from £1
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Nonet and the Wiltshire Youth Jazz Orchestra
19 Oct 20083pm
Nonet and the incredible Wiltshire Youth Jazz Orchestra are back with a great afternoon of jazz. Featuring Mike Daniels, Nick Sorensen, Ray D'Inverno and Tony Roberts, Nonet brings a mix of specially commissioned compositions and those recorded by Miles Davis' 'Birth of the Cool' band. And in the second half, WYJO premieres Suite for Jazz Orchestra. Composed by Mike Mower in celebration of our 10th anniversary, it crafts WYJO's own ideas while leaving plenty of opportunities for improvisation so that the Orchestra can make it their own.
Tickets £12/Under 18s £8
(£1 discount for WYJO members)
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Baring-Gould Folk Song School
24 Oct 2008 - 31 Oct 2008Baring-Gould Folk Song School
Monday 27th to Friday 31st October 2008
Take a week out in beautiful rural West Devon working on your voice and song development for an experience you will never forget!
Devon’s folk arts development organisation Wren Music offers all who love singing the opportunity to explore a unique treasury of songs at the Baring-Gould Folk Song School, set in the picturesque village of Bridestowe, ten miles west of Okehampton. You will never forget the experience of being part of a passionate singing community and meeting like-minded people from across the country.
Full information and a booking form is attached
Baring-Gould Festival
Friday 24 to Sunday 26 October 2008
Participation in the Baring-Gould Folk Song School also offers you a half price Weekend pass for the Baring-Gould Folk Festival, 24 - 26th October 2008, featuring over 25 events in a range of comfortable venues in the centre of the delightful Devon town of Okehampton, nestling under Dartmoor’s northern hills. Alongside Wren's home team of the best of Devon artists, including Marilyn Tucker & Paul Wilson, piping wizard David Faulkner, mandolin ace Matt Norman, delightful young vocalists Jackie Oates and Sarah Owen, and the fiery fiddles of Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll, this year's headliners include Sandra Kerr, ceilidh monsters Tickled Pink, melodeon maestro Simon Care, Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre, Oristal (from Brittany), Moor Music, Roger Watson, Martin & Shan Graebe, Bill Murray, Brian Holland, Malcolm Woods, and Mike Bond.
Alongside the programme of concerts, the popular Saturday Festival Feast at the Pickled Walnut (and of course the conker competition), there will be a ceilidh (folk dance), morris dancing, sessions, Festival Orchestra, Festival Choir, Young Folks Choir, a visit from the Minehead Traditional Sailors Horse, and dance and morris workshops for all ages, and more.
Full details of the Baring-Gould Folk Festival will be posted on www.wrenmusic.co.uk
Weekend Ticket standard £45 (if purchased before 1 September 2008) £50 afterwards
“ “ concession £30 “ “ “ £35 afterwards
Saturday Festival Feast £18 (no discounts or concessions)
Birdsongs - Okeanos Ensemble
24 Oct 20088pm
karina Lucas: mezzo-soprano
Melissa Holding: koto
Sally Pryce: harp
Jinny Shaw: oboe/oboe d'amore
Bridget Carey: viola
There is something very compelling and wonderfully expressive about Beth Wiseman's music. In this tribute to the composer, who spent her final years here in Wiltshire and died tragically young last year, several of her finest pieces are set against a broad range of music she loved. Included are works by her husband Geoffrey Poole, lovely Elizabethan songs by John Dowland, haunting medieval ballads and some highly colourful Japanese koto music.
Pre-concert talk at 7pm free to ticket holders
Tickets £14/Concessions £12/Savers £10/Under 18s from £1
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
SWMS Residential
31 Oct 2008 - 2 Nov 2008Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford-on-Avon
a residential for SWMS students based on a theme of improvisation directed by Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts
Couple in Spirit
31 Oct 20088pm
Keith Tippet: piano
Julie Tippetts: voice & percussion
A musical magic is created through this husband and wife duo's longstanding artistic chemistry. In this improvised performance, Julie is likely to play thumb piano, wind chimes, recorder or recite poetry as the mood suits!
Tickets £14/Concessions £12/Savers £10/Under 18s from £1
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Kathryn Tickell Band
1 Nov 20088pm
Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
Julian Sutton: melodeon
Peter Tickell: fiddle, guitar
Joss Clapp: guitar, bass
Hear this captivating mix of traditional tunes from Northumberland and The Borders and the Kathryn Tickell Band's own exciting composition.
Tickets £16/Concessions £15/Savers £14/Under 18s £8
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
South West Music School Showcase
2 Nov 20085pm
Fifteen outstanding musicians joined South West Music School last year, a new virtual school for highly talented young musicians aged between eight and eighteen. Another fifteen have been lucky enough to join this year. Hear the results of an intensive weekend of workshops under Keith Tippett's creative direction and experience the work of these exceptionally gifted young musicians.
The performance will last about 1 hour with no interval.
Tickets: Free (and unreserved) but must be booked
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Belcea Quartet
5 Nov 20087.30pm
Haydn: Quartet in D, Op 50 No 6
Britten: Quartet No. 3 Op 94
Beethoven: Quartet in C, Op59 No 3 Razumovsky
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders
Tickets £15/Concessions £14/Savers £13/Under 18s from £1
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Northern Harmony
7 Nov 20088pm
Travel on a powerful journey through the world's singing traditions with this American a cappella group hailed for their 'sheer agility, vitality and power'. Hear sweet-sounding South African folksongs alongside the darker, deeper sounds of village songs and sacred and secular harmonies from Easter Europe and America.
Tickets £14/Concessions £12/Savers £10/Under 18s from £1
Join Northern Harmony at 7.30pm on Thurs 6 Nov for a singing workshop. Everyone welcome!
Tickets £12. Combined concert and workshop ticket £20.
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Sinfonia Viva
9 Nov 20087.30pm
Andre de Ridder: conductor
Colin Currie: percussion
Mozart: German Dances
Steven Mackey: Time Release
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A
For their first concert here, sinfonia viva, one of the Uk's most exciting professional orchestras, also bring the fabulous percussionist Colin Currie, with a concerto specially written for him, plus some very appealing dances by Mozart.
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders.
Tickets £22/Concessions & Savers £21/Under 18s £10
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
John Etheridge's 'Sweet Chorus'
12 Nov 20088pm
...A tribute to Stephane Grappelli...
Christian Garrick: violin
John Etheridge: guitar
Dave Kelbie: guitar
Andy Crowdy: bass
The dazzling playing of celebrated guitarist John etheridge (last here with John Williams), is joined tonight by Chris garrick's sparkling violin and backed up by the driving rhythms of guitar and bass. they'll be venturing through repertoire both new and old, taking inspiration from Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's legendary Hot Club of France. A fantastic evening of tuneful, swinging acaoustic jazz.
Tickets £16/Concessions £15/Savers £14/Under 18s £8
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Ensemble 360
15 Nov 20087.30pm
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op 70 No. 1 The Ghost
Huw Watkins: Broken Consort
Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders
Tickets £15/Concessions £14/Savers £13/Under 18s from £1
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
The Boyan Ensemble of Kiev
16 Nov 20087.30pm
Sacred Chants and Songs of Ukraine
Bohdan Antkiv: music director
Yuri and Volodymyr Kuratch: conductors
Valentina Ivanenko: soprano soloist
A truly sensational male voice choir. Bringing music from the gloriously rich Eastern Orthodox tradition plus equally rewarding Ukrainian folk songs, their purity of sound, standard of musicianship and intensity of performance. Ranging from the most extraordinary bass notes to the lovliest high solo soprano melodies, and delivered with such a thrilling precision of attack, it's the most compelling gamut of sound you're ever likely to hear. The only downside is the fight for tickets...
Tickets £18/Concessions & Savers £17/Under 18s £9
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Imogen Cooper plays Schubert's Piano Music
19 Nov 20087.30pm
Sonata in A minor, D845
3 Klavierstucke, D946
Sonata in D major, D850
Schubert's matchless gift for song and a profoundly personal quality infuse many of his later piano pieces. One of the finest interpreters of the classical repertoire, Imogen Cooper is recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity, poetic poise and lyricism - qualities she uses to illuminate these glorious works with a rare degree of musical insight.
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders.
Tickets £22/Concessions & Savers £21/Under 18s £10
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Joby Burgess-Family Concert of Amazing Percussion
23 Nov 20083pm
Bits of old cars, flowerpots, desk bells and scrap metal sit alongside an impressive collection of drums and tuned percussion. join Joby Burgess, one of Britain's most imaginative and brilliant young percussionists, for a gripping afternoon full of the most exciting and energetic music. After the concert go onstage and have a closer look!
With an interval - ends approx. 4.20pm
Great for adults and kids aged 7+
Tickets £10 / Under 18s £6
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
All About Trumpets
26 Nov 20088pm
Crispian Steele-Perkins: trumpet
Steven Hollas: piano
Crispian Steele-Perkins, one of the world's best known trumpet soloists, delivers his illustrated talks with infectious enthusiasm. Full of musical excerpts, anecdotes and the mysteries about brass instruments over the past 500 years, he gives these talks throughout the world, entertaining and inspiring all. We are delighted to welcome to give this year's annual event in memory of our late friend and founding trustee Richard Aylwin.
Tickets £7.50/Friends of the Wiltshire Music Centre and Under 18s £5
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Bones Apart
29 Nov 20087.30pm
Becky Smith, Jayne Murrill, Helen Vollam and Lorna McDonald: trombones
Includes:
Gounod: Overture to Romeo and Juliet
Debussy: Music for King Lear
Mendelssohn: Suite from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bernstein: A selection from West Side Story
Plus jazz classics by Duke Ellington and Cole Porter
Tickets £15/Concessions £14/Savers £13/Under 18s from £1
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Cantamus Chamber Choir and Jazz Ensemble
30 Nov 20087.30pm
Mike Dabiels: conductor
Travel on an evocative musical journey through European countries old and new with newly commissioned pieces reflecting the changing boundaries of our continent. Matt Finch's choral writing includes joyous gospel-inspired jazz grooves and sublime settings of simple songs that give renewed life to familiar and unfamiliar folk tunes. Hear new music that will both intrigue and satisfy by the composer of last year's smash hit 'Silent Night'. A lush blend of rich choral textures with intuitive jazz ensemble playing by GBH musicians.
Tickets £15 / Under 18s £10
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Jazz Factory
1 Dec 20087.30pm
10th Anniversary Gala Concert
For ten wonderful years, Jazz Factory has been welcoming musicians of all ages and abilities every Monday evening and filling the Wiltshire Music Centre with the most fabulous music. Tonight, join us in celebrating their fantastic achievements with this special tenth anniversary concert. Current players and jazz professionals mix with previous factory members who have gone on to greater things - expect some surprise guests too! It will be a great evening of jazz - come and join the feast!
Tickets: free but must be booked (retiring collection)
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Black Voices
5 Dec 20088pm
never failing to energise and uplift, the rich and powerful harmonies of the UK's leading female a capella quintet create performances of great feeling and understanding. Tonight, hear these impressive voices in their Freedom Suite, a compelling mix of new songs and dynamic arrangements of those you're bound to know. Listen out for 'Something inside so strong', 'Moving On', 'The most important thing' and 'Serelem'. Black voices caused a storm on their first visit here last year, and we simply can't wait to have them back.
Tickets £17/Concessions £16/Savers £15/Under 18s £8
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Christmas in Rio
13 Dec 20087.30pm
Festive Music from Bolivia, Brail, Mexico and Peru.
Paragon Singers with Bradford Baroque Band and Faye Newton, soprano, Keith Bennett, conductor.
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm free to ticket holders.
Tickets £16/Concessions £15/Savers £14
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Orchestra
3 Jan 2009 - 4 Jan 2009Saturday - 7.30pm
Sunday - 3pm
with the Longford Brown piano duo
Gerald Cornelius: conductor
Faye Cullen: leader
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette Romeo seul et Grande Fetes des Capulets
Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
Tickets £13 / Under 18s £8
(£1 discount for orchestra members)
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Miles Remembered
10 Jan 20097.30pm
The tenth January Jazz Concert: Dedicated to the memory of Miles Kington, humourist and jazz critic (1941 - 2008)
Celebrate a decade of our great January jazz gigs where local musicians and young stars of the future join with renowned professional musicians. Hear trumpeter Mike Daniels, saxophonist Nick Sorensen, pianist and composer John Law, and the extraordinary talents of the Wiltshire Youth Jazz Orchestra to name just a few - there's sure to be some very special guests too! Proceeds will be donated to Dorothy House and Julian House, Miles Kington's favourite charities.
This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio Wiltshire.
Tickets £12 / Concessions £8
Wiltshire Music Centre - Bradford on Avon
Book now: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
SWMS Residential
20 Feb 2009 - 22 Feb 2009Dartington Hall - Devon
SWMS student residential looking that the theme of Music and Film directed by Miguel Mera
Excellent!
7 Mar 2009Excellent! is a vibrant celebration of the achievement of the country's most talented young dancers and musicians.
On 15th July over 350 performers from schools and schemes supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families' Music and Dance Scheme will come together at Sadlers Wells in London, for the first time ever, to perform work that has been created especially for the event.
Among them are five South West Music School students joining with members of Swindon Dance to perform the official premiere of 'Fish-Tale'.
'Fish-Tale' is a music and dance piece commissioned from Keith Tippett and Henri Oguike especially to showcase the extraordinary talents of South West Music School and Swindon Dance students.
For tickets please contact Sadlers Wells direct on:
0844 412 4300
www.sadlerswells.com
Tickets: £10 - £35
SWMS Residential
24 Jul 2009 - 27 Jul 2009South West Music School residential at Wells Cathedral School, Somerset. Theme to be confirmed.
William Shakespeare's King John
6 Aug 2009 - 6 Apr 2010The Playgoers Society of Dartington Hall presents King John
7.30 in the private garden of Dartington Hall.
A wonderful black comedy set in the dog-eat-dog world of high politics. power and cynical self-interest are all motivating themes in this surprising and fast moving play.
The show will take place in the Great Hall if wet.
Tickets: £10, £9
Concessions: £9, £8
Young People & Students: £5