Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
St Martin in the Fields
25 November 2014

Booking has now opened for our next two London concerts, please see details below:

‘Walking in the Air – An Evening of Music Composed by Howard Blake’
Tuesday 25 November, 7.30pm

Blake The Snowman Fantasia arranged for string orchestra
Blake Flute Concerto Op.493a
Blake Clarinet Concerto Op.329
Blake Serenade for Wind Octet Op.419

This glorious concert sees a much anticipated reuniting of the Academy and the music of Howard Blake. This follows the release of ‘The Barber of Neville’ on Pentatone Classics last year. The album features the melodic and expressive Flute and Clarinet Concertos performed this evening by the Academy’s own Principal Flautist Michael Cox and Principal Clarinettist James Burke. No tribute to Howard Blake, especially one at winter time, would be complete without a performance of the beloved score to The Snowman. This concert sees the very first performance of the score in a new arrangement for String Orchestra, commissioned from Howard Blake by Sir Neville Marriner who conducts this evening’s concert.

Booking now from St Martin in the Fields’ Box Office on 0207 766 1100 or online from their website.
Don’t forget that the Academy Chamber Ensemble are also playing their second concert of the 14-15 season soon! Tickets are selling fast so book now to avoid disappointment!

‘Chamber Classics Unwrapped’
Saturday 13 December, 7.30pm

Dvořák String Sextet in A major Op. 48
Schubert String Quintet in C major D.956

In their second appearance in this series, the Chamber Ensemble performs a pair of classics from the chamber music repertoire. The concert opens with Dvořák’s vigorous yet melodious String Sextet which the Chamber Ensemble has performed across the world. The Sextet is followed by Schubert’s String Quintet, which unconventionally includes an additional cello rather than viola, creating a depth of tone in the lower register. Considered to be Schubert’s greatest chamber work, it is no surprise to see it voted No.1 Chamber Classic by readers of BBC Music Magazine and Kings Place audiences.

Booking now from the Kings Place Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or online from their website.

We hope to see you at a concert soon!

DISCOVER ELGAR’S SEA PICTURES

SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Tuesday 4 November 2014, 6.30PM

Let conductor and educator Richard Gill be your guide to discover Elgar’s evocative Sea Pictures song cycle. It’s impossible not to imagine yourself on the brooding English coastline when you hear this poetry set to music, and Richard Gill will show us how the cycle holds the key to Elgar’s unique voice.

City Recital Hall – OTTOMAN BAROQUE AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA
22 – 31 October

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra invites you on a journey presented with Whirling Dervishes, revered musicians from Turkey and musicians of the Greek meyhané tradition.

Tracing the journey of a mystical and imaginary traveller throughout Europe, Ottoman Baroque is a musical journey reflecting the riches, mysteriousness, influences and exotic sound of the faraway Orient.

Our traveller begins in France with the music of Lully and Marais, then passes through Germany (Telemann), Italy (Allegri) and Spain (Boccherini) before arriving in the eastern Mediterranean with the music of the meyhané tradition of Greece and Eastern Anatolia. Our traveller’s final destination is Turkey, where revered Turkish musicians and the Whirling Dervishes mesmerise, entrance and inspire.

artists
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Brandenburg Choir
Traditional Turkish musicians
Paul Dyer AO – Director

instrumentation
The Ottoman Baroque series will feature some of Turkey’s finest exponents of the kudün (drum), qanun (a plucked string instrument), tambur (a fretted string instrument) and ney (a reed flute) and will culminate with the arrival of the spellbinding Whirling Dervishes.

story behind the music

Paul Dyer’s concept for the Ottoman Baroque series began with a conversation with a long time friend and supporter of the Brandenburg and culminated in his attendance at a ceremony of the famous Whirling Dervishes in Konya, Turkey. Here there was a fortuitous meeting between Paul and Esin Çelebi Bayru, Vice President of the International Mevlana Foundation. This meeting led to an invitation from Paul to Esin to travel to Sydney for these very special concerts.

Monday 29 September, 7pm Saturday 11 October, 2pm

Musica Viva presents the Borodin Quartet

The legendary Borodin Quartet is living history. The printed music used by the group bears markings in Shostakovich’s own hand. Just as importantly, the Quartet’s unwritten traditions carry a unique impact that makes every concert glow with the authenticity of experience and knowledge.

Approaching their 70th concert season, the Borodins return to Australia with music of great depth and emotional resonance. Shostakovich, of course: his powerful Quartet no 8 and its dark sister, no 11, contrast sharply with the Classical beauty of cornerstone repertoire from Beethoven. These lend balance to the evocative drama of Schubert’s great ‘Death and the Maiden’, and to the emotive Russian sensibility that underpins every work by Tchaikovsky.

Artists
Ruben Aharonian – violin
Sergei Lomovsky – violin
Igor Naidin – viola
Vladimir Balshin – cello

7pm Program
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, Op.18 No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.11 in
F minor, Op.122
SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 in
D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

2pm Program
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G major, Op.18 No.2
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.8 in
C minor, Op.110
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No.2 in
F major, Op.22

purchase tickets
online at cityrecitalhall.com
by phone (02) 8256 2222
in person at City Recital Hall Angel Place
tickets $42 – $107, concession available
(additional fees may apply)

“Impressive was the seamlessness with which the four players shared musical ideas… Most remarkable was the oneness and the inner fire of each interpretation”
Musical Toronto

Often referred to as the “poet of the violin”, JOSHUA BELL is one of the world’s most celebrated violinists. Now in his fourth season as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, he joins the orchestra for an outstanding concert at Cadogan Hall.

Watch Joshua’s introduction to the Academy’s season of concerts here

‘Dark Destinations’
Tuesday 7 October, 7.30pm

Mendelssohn The Hebrides, Op.26 ‘Fingal’s Cave’
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64
Schubert String Quartet No.14, D180 ‘Death and the Maiden’
Arranged by Mahler for string orchestra

Inspired by a visit to Scotland, and completed upon his return to Germany, Mendelssohn’s ‘Fingal’s Cave’ brilliantly evokes the power and wild beauty of the sea. His final large-scale orchestral work, the Violin Concerto in E minor, is a cornerstone of the classical repertoire and is regarded as one of the greatest and most popular. The concert concludes with Schubert’s Quartet in D minor which is based in part on his earlier song with words by German poet Matthias Claudius and gives this piece its common title, Death and the Maiden.

Tickets: £40 / £33 / £27 / £15
Booking fees may apply

Booking now from Cadogan Hall’s Box Office on 0207 730 4500 or online from their website.