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2019
AUTUMNMONTH
WORLD-CLASS YOUNG MUSICIANS WORKING WITH:
HANS ABRAHAMSEN DORIC STRING QUARTET STEPHEN HOUGH
LORENZA BORRANI JAMES EHNES SIMON KEENLYSIDE
DENIS BOURIAKOV SIR MARK ELDER JONATHAN KELLY
JOHN BUTT EDWARD GARDNER JOANNA MACGREGOR
LUCY CROWE TIM GARLAND ROBERT TREVINO
STEVEN DOANE GARETH HANCOCK RYAN WIGGLESWORTH
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AUTUMN 2019 THE PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME
Autumn is always an exciting time of year, with a fresh intake of
talented students finding their feet in their new home. We kick
off this term’s schedule with a series of Open Days to welcome
prospective students and give them a flavour of Academy life, and
we conclude on 1 December with the final concert of 2019 in our
‘Bach the European’ series.
Reflecting the extraordinary variety on offer, the Academy Big Band
treats us to a concert featuring celebrated bassist and composer
Laurence Cottle, and also performs with Tim Garland as part of the
EFG London Jazz Festival. Royal Academy Opera takes on Mozart’s
delightful Die Zauberflöte, and our Musical Theatre students’ first term
of hard work culminates in their show in the Susie Sainsbury Theatre.
Students work with some of the best performers and conductors in
the business, including Lorenza Borrani, who will direct the Academy
Chamber Orchestra. The Academy Symphony Orchestra’s programme
features Bartók, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev conducted by Edward
Gardner; Stravinsky and Elgar with Robert Trevino; and a Berlioz
extravaganza with Sir Mark Elder. Among those giving masterclasses
are Simon Keenlyside, James Ehnes, Pascal Devoyon, Stephen Hough
and Lucy Crowe, and for three days in November our new Oliver
Knussen Chair of Composition, Hans Abrahamsen, will be in residence.
Joanna MacGregor, Head of Piano, presents the second Autumn
Piano Festival, this year entitled ‘Politics and Protest’, and the Academy
Museum holds several half-term Children’s Events as part of its
temporary exhibition, ‘What a Song and Dance’, which traces the
development of musical theatre.
We round off the term with the ever-popular annual Carol Service,
which never fails to get us into the festive spirit!
I look forward to welcoming you to the Academy over the
coming months.
Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood CBE
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ACADEMY EVENT SERIES SEPTEMBER
Tuesday and
Thursday Series
TUES
series
THURS
series
4 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 1-2pm 17 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm 18 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 7pm
Our popular series of lunchtime concerts
Drop-In 10 out of 10: Hermes Trio
of music for soloists and small ensembles
Lunchtime Tour Beethoven’s Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required
Friday Series FRI
series
Venue Museum Violin Sonatas TUES
series
Large-scale performances in the Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required. Karen Jones flute
Maximum 20 people; places on a Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Paul Silverthorne viola
Bach the European first-come, first-served basis Tickets Free, no tickets required Hugh Webb harp
In collaboration with the Kohn Foundation
Join this free tour of the museum, which Ana-Lavinia Vlad and Alim Beisembayev Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp
and Fondation Meyer
takes you around all three galleries. Meet Sangbin Jung and Kira Frolu Takemitsu And then I knew ’twas wind
in the Ground Floor Gallery. Bennett Sonata after Syrinx
Strings at Home Beethoven Violin Sonata No 3 in E flat, Ravel arr Paul Silverthorne/Hugh Webb
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Events with our distinguished professors of strings Op 12 No 3 Le tombeau de Couperin
SEPTEMBER Beethoven Violin Sonata No 1 in D,
SUNDAY, 4pm Op 12 No 1 This concert launches a collaboration
between the Hermes Trio and the
Academy at The first concert in a series presenting Composition Department. Six Master’s
Beethoven’s complete sonatas for violin students will be writing new works for
Neresheim and piano, exploring the development the ensemble, to be performed later in
of his style from the early compositions the academic year.
Venue Neresheim Abbey, Germany of 1797-8, when he made his living as a
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Tickets €15-€35 available from virtuoso pianist, to the monumental final
neresheim.de sonata of 1812, as he struggled to come SEPTEMBER
to terms with his deafness. THURSDAY, 1.05pm
Patrick Russill conductor
10 out of 10:
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Academy Chamber Choir
Michael Butterfield, James Orford, SEPTEMBER
Jamie Rogers and Joshua Simoes organ TUESDAY, from 2pm Beethoven’s Violin
The concluding highlight of the Historical Sonatas THURS
series
28th annual collaboration between
Neresheim Abbey and the Academy – Performance Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
a week-long residency, during which Tickets Free, no tickets required
students participate in the daily liturgies Open Day
of this historic Benedictine monastery Magdalina Vutova and Mateusz Duda
with its stunning 18th-century Baroque Venue Henry Wood Room Jure Smirnov Oštir and Dian Wu
church and 1792 Holzhey organ. Tickets Free, no tickets required.
This concert presents English choral For further information please email Beethoven Violin Sonata No 6 in A,
masterpieces ranging from Byrd to historical@ram.ac.uk Op 30 No 1
Jonathan Dove and organ works Beethoven Violin Sonata No 9 in A,
by Muffat. Margaret Faultless, Head of Historical Op 47, ‘Kreutzer’
Performance, welcomes prospective
students to observe and participate in
a variety of classes and events, giving a
real taste of life at the Academy.
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SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER
23 SEPTEMBER
MONDAY, 6pm 24 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm 25 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY, from 10am 26 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY, from 10am 26 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY, from 10am
Sir Henry Wood 10 out of 10: Jazz Open Day Vocal Faculty and Strings Open Day
at 150: A Proms Beethoven’s Violin Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Royal Academy Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall and various venues around the Academy
Tickets Free, no tickets required. Tickets Free, no tickets required. For further information please email
Legacy Sonatas TUES
For further information please email
series Opera Open Day strings@ram.ac.uk
jazz@ram.ac.uk
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall A day in the life of the Strings Department, including interviews with current
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required The Jazz Department welcomes you and various venues around the Academy students, a lunchtime concert and lesson observation. An afternoon of
to the 2019 Open Day. Come and Tickets Free, no tickets required masterclasses is hosted by distinguished strings professors including the Doric
For more than 120 years the Proms have Madeleine Pickering and Mihály Berecz hear about the BMus and Master’s String Quartet, Teaching Quartet in Association at the Academy.
been at the heart of British musical life. Jack Greed and Hanzhi Zhang programmes, meet some of the teaching Those thinking of studying with the
To celebrate and discuss its enduring staff and students and hear them in Vocal Faculty and Royal Academy Opera
legacy, Professor Raymond Holden Beethoven Violin Sonata No 8 in G, action. The Academy’s renowned Jazz are invited to attend a typical teaching
is joined by Leanne Langley and Op 30 No 3 Department provides a welcoming Thursday, with classes open to potential
David Wright. Beethoven Violin Sonata No 7 in C environment that trains jazz musicians students as observers. An introductory
minor, Op 30 No 2 to the highest professional levels. session with Kate Paterson, Head of
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By nurturing both performance and Vocal Studies, opens the day at 10am in
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SEPTEMBER composition, the course focuses on the Angela Burgess Recital Hall.
TUESDAY, from 10am SEPTEMBER the students’ artistic and professional
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TUESDAY, 3pm development, while balancing musical
Piano Open Day traditions alongside the contemporary SEPTEMBER
Piano influences embraced by jazz and THURSDAY, from 10am
George Garnier
Venue Duke’s Hall commercial music today. The day
Tickets Free, no tickets required. Accompaniment concludes with Head of Jazz Nick Composition
For further information please email Smart leading an open rehearsal for the
piano@ram.ac.uk Open Day Academy Big Band concert on Friday 27 Open Day
September (see page 8).
Professor Joanna MacGregor, Head Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue Duke’s Hall
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of Piano, gives a masterclass followed Tickets Free, no tickets required. Tickets Free, no tickets required.
by a discussion about piano studies at For further information please email SEPTEMBER For further information please email SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER
the Academy. piano@ram.ac.uk WEDNESDAY, 2-5pm composition@ram.ac.uk THURSDAY, 12.30-2pm FRIDAY, 5.30pm
Horn Masterclass Soundbox Pavarotti Prize
Frances Marshall
A recital by piano accompaniment 10am Open workshop of new pieces
students and their collaborative partners, for symphony orchestra by MMus
introduced by Professor Michael Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall composition students. Venue Museum Strings Gallery Venue Duke’s Hall
Dussek, Head of Piano Accompaniment. Tickets Free, no tickets required 1pm Introduction to the department by Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required
Philip Cashian, Head of Composition,
With Christian Lampert, international followed by a short tour of the Academy. Soundbox is a series of events Final-year Royal Academy Opera
soloist and professor of horn at the inspired by the Academy’s museum students sing contrasting pieces from
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und and collections. Presented by Peter mainstream operatic repertoire. This
Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart. Sheppard Skærved, violinist and prize is generously supported by Joseph
Viotti Lecturer, each event explores and Jill Karaviotis.
the historical and contemporary
relationships between performers,
composers, instruments and
instrument makers.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
27 SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY, 8pm 30 SEPTEMBER
MONDAY, 2-5pm
Academy Big Band Flute Masterclass
Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available Tickets Free, no tickets required
from the Box Office; see page 42 for
full details With Emily Beynon, Visiting Professor
of Flute at the Academy and Principal
Nick Smart director Flute of the Royal Concertgebouw
Laurence Cottle bass guitar Orchestra, Amsterdam.
The Academy’s Jazz Department is
delighted to present the musical world
of bass legend Laurence Cottle. As well
as being one of the most in-demand
jazz and session players in the country,
Laurence is a celebrated composer and
has led his own big band for more than
20 years, garnering an international
reputation for groovy melodicism and
Eduardus Lee
selling out such venues as Ronnie Scott’s
and The Jazz Cafe.
This event presents a snapshot of
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Laurence’s varied catalogue, including
tributes to Jaco Pastorius and Tower of OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER
Power, and music from his collaboration TUESDAY, 11.45am-1pm TUESDAY, 1.05pm WEDNESDAY, 1-2pm
with prog rock drummer Gavin Harrison.
Expect some surprise guest soloists. Musical Tour: Gestillte Drop-In
Development of Sehnsucht TUES
series Lunchtime Tour
the Piano Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue Museum
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required.
Venue Museum Piano Gallery Maximum 20 people; places on a
Tickets Free, no tickets required. Wenhan Jiang viola first-come, first-served basis
Maximum 20 people; places on a Dian Wu piano
first-come, first-served basis Yuki Akimoto mezzo-soprano Join this free tour of the museum, which
takes you around all three galleries. Meet
Honorary Research Fellow Elena Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor, Op 120 in the Ground Floor Gallery.
Vorotko gives a guided tour of the No 1; Viola Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2;
museum’s historic keyboard collection, Zwei Gesänge, Op 91
providing an insight into how the
instrument has developed over 300
years. Enjoy a rare chance to both hear
and see inside our historical keyboards.
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OCTOBER
6 OCTOBER
SUNDAY, 12 noon
Bach the
European:
Bach and the
Creation of
Modern Europe –
Germany
Venue Duke’s Hall
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Tickets £20 (concessions £15) available
OCTOBER from the Box Office; see page 42 for
FRIDAY, 7.30pm full details
Edward Gardner conducts John Butt director
the Academy Symphony Orchestra JS Bach Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Schütz Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391;
Venue Duke’s Hall Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 494
Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available from the Box Office; see page 42 for full details Scheidt Komm heiliger Geist, Herre
Gott, SSWV 463
Edward Gardner conductor JC Bach (elder) Fürchte dich nicht
Junyan Chen piano JS Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues
Lied, BWV 225
Bartók Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op 19
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor, Op 40 It is perhaps in his motets that JS Bach’s
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op 64 (excerpts from Suites Nos 1 and 2) German musical heritage finds its purest
expression. In this concert two of his
Edward Gardner, Sir Charles Mackerras Chair of Conducting at the Academy and Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic masterpieces, the funeral motet Jesu,
Orchestra, conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra in a programme opening with the suite from Bartók’s pantomime ballet meine Freude and the joyful Singet dem
The Miraculous Mandarin, premiered in Cologne in 1926 and subsequently banned on moral grounds. Completed in its original Herrn ein neues Lied are placed side by
version in the same year, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 4 was revised in 1928 and then in 1941. The final version of the side with some of the choicest German
work is performed in this concert by Academy student Junyan Chen. Excerpts from Suites Nos 1 and 2 of Prokofiev’s Romeo devotional music of the 17th century:
and Juliet, extracted from the original ballet for concert performance, complete the programme. Schütz’s German Magnificat and his
delicate Selig sind die Toten, Scheidt’s
Pentecost motet and Johann Christoph
Bach’s Fürchte dich nicht, whose text
was later set by his younger cousin
Johann Sebastian.
Benjamin Ealovega
Performed on historical instruments.
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OCTOBER
7 OCTOBER
MONDAY, 7pm 8 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 3pm 8 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 7-8.30pm
Nosferatu: English Song Turning Joan
A Symphony Prizes Littlewood’s Life
of Horrors Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall into a Musical
Tickets Free, no tickets required
Venue Duke’s Hall Venue Museum Piano Gallery
Tickets Free, no tickets required Comprising the Major van Someren- Tickets Free tickets available from the
Godfery and Michael Head prizes, Box Office; see page 42 for full details
One of the great black and white movie students give an English song recital.
classics by FW Murnau, based on Bram This prize will continue at 10am on Academy alumnus Sam Kenyon
Stoker’s Dracula. The culmination of a Wednesday 9 October (see below). discusses the inspiration and process
course directed by Visiting Professor of writing the musical Miss Littlewood,
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Franz Danksagmüller, in which premiered by the Royal Shakespeare
Academy organists create organ and OCTOBER Company in 2018, and gives a
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live electronic improvisations to this TUESDAY, 6pm fascinating insight into his varied career
‘symphony of horrors’. in musical theatre. OCTOBER
Guitar Lecture- WEDNESDAY, 2-5pm
8 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm
Recital
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Vocal Masterclass
Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Echéa Quartet TUES
series Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Andrea Dieci presents a lecture-recital With Simon Keenlyside, international
Tickets Free, no tickets required on Henze’s Royal Winter Music: First operatic baritone. This is a Sterndale
Sonata on Shakespearean Characters, Bennett masterclass.
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes and Emily Earl focusing on performance issues and
violin the relationship between music and
Clara Loeb viola characters from Shakespeare’s plays.
Eliza Millett cello
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4
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R Murray Schafer String Quartet No 4
OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY, 10am
English Song
Prizes
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required Robert Workman
See above.
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OCTOBER OCTOBER
9 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY, 2-5pm 10 OCTOBER
THURSDAY, 12.30-2pm 10 OCTOBER
THURSDAY, 2-3.30pm 11 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, from 10am 11 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, 2.30-4pm
Trumpet Soundbox World Sight Day: Brass Open Day Listening to
Masterclass Venue Museum Strings Gallery Audio Description Venue Duke’s Hall Recordings:
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required.
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tour For further information please email Mahler
Tickets Free, no tickets required Soundbox is a series of events brass@ram.ac.uk
inspired by the Academy’s museum Venue Museum Venue Museum Piano Gallery
With Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet and collections. Presented by Peter Tickets Free tickets available from the The Brass Department presents an Tickets Free tickets available from the
professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Sheppard Skærved, violinist and Box Office; see page 42 for full details. insight into studying at the Academy for Box Office; see page 42 for full details
Theater und Medien Hannover, who also Viotti Lecturer, each event explores Maximum 10 people prospective students, beginning with
directs an Academy Symphonic Brass the historical and contemporary an introduction from Mark David, Head Using Mahler’s 1905 piano roll of
concert in the Duke’s Hall on Friday 11 relationships between performers, Discover some of the highlights of the of Brass. The day centres around the the last movement of the Fourth
October (see page 15). composers, instruments and museum’s collections in this audio- Symphonic Brass lunchtime concert Symphony and Willem Mengelberg’s
instrument makers. described tour designed for blind and (see below), with a chance to observe 1926 recording of the Adagietto from
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partially sighted visitors. Experience the the rehearsal, take a tour of the building the Fifth Symphony as starting points,
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OCTOBER shapes and textures of our handling and participate in a question-and- Professor Raymond Holden charts the
THURSDAY, 10am-1pm OCTOBER collection and listen to our talented answer session. shifting trends in style, in discussion
THURSDAY, 1.05pm students playing historical instruments. with Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
Bassoon Meet in the Ground Floor Gallery.
Guitar Concertos
Masterclass
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Peter Kallo
THURS
series OCTOBER OCTOBER
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall THURSDAY, 6pm FRIDAY, 1.05pm
Tickets Free, no tickets required Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required Jazz Ensembles Academy
With Meyrick Alexander, Principal Bassoon
of the London Chamber Orchestra. Bradley Johnson and Dimitrios Venue Concert Room Symphonic
Soukaras guitar Tickets Free, no tickets required
Brass
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FRI
series
OCTOBER Ponce Concierto del sur Academy jazz students mark the
THURSDAY, from 11.30am Arnold Guitar Concerto, Op 67 culmination of their small-ensemble Venue Duke’s Hall
projects, performing music on which Tickets Free, no tickets required
Guitar Open Day they have been working with a variety of
distinguished visiting musicians. Jeroen Berwaerts director
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required. Programme to include:
For further information please email Henze Sonatina for solo trumpet;
guitar@ram.ac.uk Sonata per otto ottoni
Strauss Festmusik der Stadt Wien
11.30am Introductory talk with Head of
Guitar Michael Lewin International soloist Jeroen Berwaerts
12.30pm Lunch break directs Academy Symphonic Brass
1.05pm Student concert (see right) in a varied programme culminating
2.15-4.15pm Masterclass with an in Strauss’ Festmusik der Stadt Wien,
Academy professor dedicated to Vienna’s town council.
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OCTOBER
14 OCTOBER
MONDAY, 11am-1pm 15 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 11am-12.30pm 15 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 2.30-6pm 17 OCTOBER
THURSDAY, 6pm
Violin Dementia- Flute Masterclass Jazz Ensembles
Masterclass Friendly Tour Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Venue Concert Room
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Venue Museum
Tickets £5 (concessions £4) available Tickets Free tickets available from the With William Bennett, international Academy jazz students mark the
from the Box Office; see page 42 for Box Office; see page 42 for full details. soloist and Academy professor. culmination of their small-ensemble
full details Maximum 15 people projects, performing music on which
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they have been working with a variety of
With Visiting Professor of Violin James Join this specialist guided tour of the OCTOBER distinguished visiting musicians.
Ehnes, who guides students through a museum, which explores all three THURSDAY, 1.05pm
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variety of repertoire with his inspiring galleries. Feel the shapes and textures
and practical teaching style. of our handling collection and listen to Italienisches OCTOBER
our talented students playing historical FRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am
instruments. Suitable for those living with Liederbuch THURS
Academy Tots
series
dementia and their families and carers.
Meet in the Ground Floor Gallery. Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required Venue Museum Strings Gallery
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Tickets Child £5, adult £3 available
OCTOBER Anna Mengel soprano from the Box Office; see page 42 for full
TUESDAY, 1.05pm Jacob Feldman baritone details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults
Michel Xie piano per booking
Song Recital TUES
series
Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch (excerpts) A musical workshop aimed at children
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall aged 2 to 4 and their parents and carers.
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Tickets Free, no tickets required Hear live music performed by Academy
OCTOBER musicians and join in with percussion-
Samantha Quillish soprano THURSDAY, 3-6pm based play. A different theme each time.
Amy Shaw mezzo-soprano
Michael Ronan baritone Harp Open Day
Michelle Chow piano
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Programme to include: Tickets Free, no tickets required.
Shostakovich Spanish Songs, Op 100 For further information please email
Plus a selection of songs by Chopin, harp@ram.ac.uk
Janáček and Szymanowski
This day for prospective students,
hosted by Head of Harp Karen Vaughan,
includes discussion with harp tutors
and a maintenance workshop by ‘The
Harp Doctor’, Billy Hornby. There will
be an opportunity to talk to current
Benjamin Ealovega
students and an exhibition of music and
accessories by the department’s main
sponsor, Salvi Music London.
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OCTOBER
18 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, 1.05pm 18 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, 2.30-3.30pm 18 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, 7pm 22 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 11.30am-1pm
Academy Chamber Orchestra FRI
series Salon Soirée Ibex Brass: From Children’s Event:
Venue Duke’s Hall Venue Museum Piano Gallery the Americas Musical Theatre
Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 42 for Tickets Free tickets available from the
full details Box Office; see page 42 for full details Venue Duke’s Hall Venue Museum Ground Floor Gallery
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Child £5 (adults free) available
Lorenza Borrani director In this lecture-recital Dorothea Seel from the Box Office; see page 42 for full
from the University of Graz opens up Oliver Davis horn details. Maximum 3 children per adult
Haydn Overture to L’isola disabitata, Hob XXVIII:9 a new perspective on music of the Aaron Akugbo, Bradley Jones,
Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 19th century. Taking a representative Katie Lodge and Illiam Quane trumpet Our current temporary exhibition is
selection of solo, chamber and William Foster, Christian Traute and a celebration of musical theatre. This
Eminent violinist Lorenza Borrani leads the Academy Chamber Orchestra in orchestral literature, she discusses Jamie Tweed trombone event, aimed at children aged 5 to 8,
a Classical programme. The overture to Haydn’s lesser-known opera L’isola specific conditions in the music centres Angus Butt bass trombone encourages singing, craft activities and
disabitata precedes a performance of Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony. She is joined of Europe, including instruments, Pete Cowlishaw tuba exploration of some of the key songs
by members of her ensemble, Spira mirabilis, who will coach and play with the interpreters and sound aesthetics. Based from famous musicals.
students for this project. on a meticulous analysis of historical Revueltas arr William Foster Alcancías
sources she plays several original flutes, Grofé arr Bradley Jones Grand Canyon
exploring an unfamiliar, sensual and Suite
richly differentiated soundworld.
18 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, from 3pm
21 OCTOBER
MONDAY, 6pm
Henry Wood
Musical Theatre
Open Day
Lecture: 22 OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm
Documenting Handel’s Royal
Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre and
various venues around the Academy Strauss Academy of
Tickets To book your free place please
email mth@ram.ac.uk Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Music TUES
series
Tickets Free, no tickets required
A chance for prospective students to Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
visit the Musical Theatre Department, To mark the 70th anniversary of the Tickets Free, no tickets required
observe classes and participate in a death of Richard Strauss, Professor
question-and-answer session with Raymond Holden surveys the recorded A performance of ensemble music by
current students and staff, including legacy of his works from 1905 to the Handel by the Historical Performance
Daniel Bowling, Head of Musical present day. Department, celebrating 300 years since
Theatre. Please note that this is an the composer founded his own Royal
organised programme rather than a Academy of Music and wrote some of
drop-in session and places need to be his best-loved operas and chamber
Piera Mungiguerra
booked in advance. music. Featuring soprano Danni O’Neill
and countertenor Subin Mathai.
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Josep Molina
OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER
TUESDAY, 6-7.30pm WEDNESDAY, 10.30am-1.30pm THURSDAY, 11.30am-1pm THURSDAY, 6pm
Émile Sauret: Viola Masterclass Children’s Event: Jazz Ensembles
Transcendental Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Musical Theatre Venue Concert Room
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required
Virtuosity Venue Museum Ground Floor Gallery
With Hartmut Rohde, Visiting Tickets Child £5 (adults free) available Academy jazz students mark the
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Professor of Viola at the Academy. from the Box Office; see page 42 for full culmination of their small-ensemble
Tickets Free, no tickets required details. Maximum 3 children per adult projects, performing music on which
they have been working with a variety
Nazrin Rashidova presents a lecture- This event, aimed at children aged 8 to of distinguished visiting musicians.
recital on her research project, which 12, encourages singing, craft activities
explores the life of violin virtuoso Sauret and exploration of some of the key
and his 24 Études-Caprices, Op 64. songs from famous musicals.
Composed during Sauret’s professorial
tenure at the Academy, these works
are testament to his technical finesse.
This event reveals some of the artistic
and critical discoveries and challenges
encountered in the process of making
the first recording series for Naxos.
23 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY, 10am 23 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY, 11.30am-1pm 23 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY, 7pm
25 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, 2-3pm 25 OCTOBER
FRIDAY, from 2pm
Children’s Tour: Timpani and
Lilian Davies Prize Children’s Event: Academy Flute
Development of Percussion
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Sir Henry Wood Ensemble
the Piano Open Day
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Tickets Free, no tickets required
and the Art of Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall OCTOBER
Competitors perform any Beethoven Tickets Free, no tickets required THURSDAY, 1.05pm Venue Museum Piano Gallery Venue Duke’s Hall and various venues
piano sonata or set of variations. Conducting Tickets Free tickets available from the around the Academy
Programme to include: Elgar and Enescu Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Tickets Free, no tickets required.
Venue Museum Ground Floor Gallery Matthew King Una Piccolo Sinfonia Maximum 20 people. Please note that For further information please email
THURS
Tickets Child £5 (adults free) available Cecilia McDowall Crossing the Bridge series both children and accompanying adults percussion@ram.ac.uk
from the Box Office; see page 42 for full Bernstein arr Mel Orriss Overture to require tickets
details. Maximum 3 children per adult Candide Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Prospective students are invited to
Butterworth arr Mel Orriss The Banks of Tickets Free, no tickets required Come and look into a treasure chest of attend this day, beginning with an
This year we are commemorating the Green Willow musical sounds. Younger visitors aged introduction from Head of Timpani and
150th anniversary of Sir Henry Wood’s Hoover Peace is the Way Maria Ismini Anastasiadou violin 4 to 8 are invited for this special tour Percussion Neil Percy. There will also be
birth. Children aged 8 to 12 are invited to Gabrielė Bekerytė piano of the museum’s historical keyboard a tour of the building, a question-and-
make their own baton and try their hand Kate Hill conducts Academy students collection, presented by Honorary answer session and a group class with
at the art of conducting. in a programme of British and American Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82 Research Fellow Elena Vorotko. current students.
original works and arrangements for Enescu Violin Sonata in A minor, Op 25
flute ensemble.
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25 28 29 31
11am-12.15pm
POLITICS
alacatr
OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER
FRIDAY, 7.30pm MONDAY, 12.30-1.30pm TUESDAY, 7pm Politics and THURSDAY, from 11am
Nuevo Tango From Cremona to Songs of the the People Autumn Piano
Quintet London: Specialist 20th Century Mihály Berecz, Julian Chan, Festival
Harry Rylance and Jonas Stark piano
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Curator Tour Venue Duke’s Hall Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) Tickets Free tickets available from the Fazıl Say Night Tickets Free, no tickets required
available from the Box Office; see page Venue Museum Strings Gallery Box Office; see page 42 for full details Frederic Rzewski The People United Will
42 for full details Tickets Free tickets available from the Never Be Defeated! Head of Piano Professor Joanna
Box Office; see page 42 for full details. Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello MacGregor presents the Autumn Piano
Rebecca Bell violin Maximum 15 people Harry Baker piano Fazıl Say’s brilliantly conceived Night, Festival, a day examining political
Rhys Lovell double bass inspired by the foiled coup d’état in revolution in music. Performances
Plinio Fernandes guitar In this specialist guided tour the Nigel Kennedy arr Harry Baker/ Turkey in 2016, and a rare performance include a soul-searching work by
Qianyu Zhang accordion museum’s Curator of Instruments, Sheku Kanneh-Mason Lullaby for Kamila of Frederic Rzewski’s variations on the Shostakovich, pieces by contemporary
Gus Tredwell piano Barbara Meyer, explores the wonders Arthur Hamilton Cry Me a River Chilean revolutionary song ¡El pueblo pianist-composers Frederic Rzewski
of the Academy’s stringed instrument (improvisation) unido, jamás será vencido!. and Fazıl Say, and radical music by
PROTEST
Piazzolla Libertango; Decarisimo; collection, including the magnificent Boulanger Three Pieces for cello Liszt, Beethoven and Janáček.
Milonga del Ángel; Concierto para 1709 ‘Viotti ex-Bruce’ Stradivari violin. and piano The final event features Messiaen’s
quinteto; Contrabajisimo; Tanguedia; Gershwin arr Harry Baker I Got Rhythm Quartet for the End of Time, written in
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Gran Tango; Invierno Porteño; Rachmaninov Fourteen Romances, AND a prisoner-of-war camp in 1941.
Michelangelo ‘70; Mumuki; Adiós OCTOBER Op 34 (excerpts)
Nonino; Escualo; Nuestro Tiempo; TUESDAY, 1.05pm Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
Soledad; Oblivion arr Harry Baker My Funny Valentine
Viola Recital TUES
series Legrand arr Harry Baker Once Upon
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a Summertime
OCTOBER Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Aretha Franklin I Say a Little Prayer
MONDAY, 10am Tickets Free, no tickets required 1.05-2pm 3-4pm 5-6pm
J & J Brough
Flute Prize
Kim Becker, Martha Evans, Yiwen Jiao,
Edward Keenan, Julie Park and Bo Teng
viola
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THURSDAY, 6.30pm
Uprising/Exile
Kira Frolu, Ashkan Layegh,
THURS
series Protest
Andrei Iliushkin, Nil Mladin, Xiaowen
Transfiguration
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Ronald William Anastasia Matkovskaia, Shang and Amiran Zenaishvili piano
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Dale Introduction and Andante for six Kevin Suherman and Bella Tang piano Plus actors from Drama Centre London Premiered at the Nazi Stalag VIII-A camp,
Tickets Free, no tickets required violas, Op 5 White Prize Messiaen’s work touches the very edges
Bridge Lament for two violas, H 117 Liszt Funérailles Shostakovich Six Poems of Marina of human experience.
Competitors present a programme of Rubbra Meditations on a Byzantine Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Janáček Sonata 1.X.1905 Tsvetaeva, Op 143a; Preludes and
their own choice for flute. Hymn, Op 117a Tickets Free, no tickets required Silvestri Chants nostalgiques, Op 27 No 1 Fugues, Op 87 (excerpts)
Handel arr Halvorsen Passacaglia from Fazıl Say Black Earth
Suite in G minor, HWV 432 For the performance of a musical theatre Beethoven arr Liszt Symphony No 3 in Brecht’s poetry interspersed with
song with dramatic content. E flat, Op 55, ‘Eroica’ (first movement) Shostakovich’s settings of poems by
the great Russian revolutionary Marina
Liszt’s response to the Hungarian 1848 Tsvetaeva, written in a fragmented,
uprising and Janáček’s tribute to a fallen post-war Europe.
protester in the Czech demonstrations
of 1905 preceed Liszt’s transcription of
Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’, which embodies
the ideals of the French Revolution.
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1 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am 4 NOVEMBER
MONDAY, 6-9pm
Academy Tots Guitar Masterclass
Venue Museum Strings Gallery Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Child £5, adult £3 available Tickets Free, no tickets required
from the Box Office; see page 42 for
full details. Maximum 3 children and With Fabio Zanon, Visiting Professor of
2 adults per booking Guitar at the Academy.
A musical workshop aimed at children
1
aged 2 to 4 and their parents and
NOVEMBER carers. Hear live music performed by
FRIDAY, 1.05pm Academy musicians and join in with
percussion-based play. A different
Robert Trevino theme each time.
conducts
the Academy
Symphony 3 NOVEMBER
SUNDAY, 12 noon
Orchestra FRI
series Bach the European:
Venue Duke’s Hall Bach and the Creation of
Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50)
available from the Box Office; see page Modern Europe – France
42 for full details
Venue Duke’s Hall
Robert Trevino conductor Tickets £20 (concessions £15) available from the Box Office;
see page 42 for full details
Stravinsky Agon
Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations, Op 36 John Butt director
Following his debut performance with JS Bach Fantasia in G, BWV 572
the Academy Symphony Orchestra last Delalande De profundis
year, we are delighted to welcome back JS Bach Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78
Robert Trevino, Music Director of the
Basque National Orchestra and Principal For internationally engaged German musicians of the early 18th century,
Conductor of the Malmö Symphony the cultural pull of the French court was as strong as the influence of
Orchestra. Stravinsky’s compact Italy, and Bach showed a lively interest in the work of his best French
neoclassical ballet Agon is paired with contemporaries. In this concert we will hear him responding to the
Elgar’s beloved ‘Enigma’ Variations. virtuosity and sensual sonic qualities of French organ music and
Based on a palindromic opening theme, beginning a cantata with an opulent French court dance. Delalande’s
Håkan Röjder
each variation is a personal sketch De profundis is one of the most eloquent examples of the grand motet,
dedicated to a friend or family member. as developed at Louis XIV’s court. Performed on historical instruments.
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5 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 11.45am-1pm 5 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 2-5pm 6 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 3pm
COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE:
HANS
Musical Tour: Double Bass In Conversation
Development of Masterclass Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
ABRAHAMSEN
Tickets Free, no tickets required
the Piano Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required Writer and broadcaster Paul Morley
Venue Museum Piano Gallery interviews the Academy’s Oliver
Tickets Free, no tickets required. With Senior Professor of Double Bass Knussen Chair of Composition,
Maximum 20 people; places on a Graham Mitchell, who demonstrates Hans Abrahamsen.
first-come, first-served basis the international calibre of teaching in
Lars Skaaning
our double bass faculty.
Honorary Research Fellow Elena
Vorotko gives a specialist guided tour
of the museum’s historic keyboard
collection, providing an insight into how
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the instrument has developed over 300
years. Enjoy a rare chance to both hear NOVEMBER
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and see inside our historical keyboards. FRIDAY, 7pm
NOVEMBER NOVEMBER
Academy Manson
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TUESDAY, 3pm WEDNESDAY, 1-2pm
NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm John Solomon Drop-In Ensemble
Guitar Recital TUES
series Brass Prize Lunchtime Tour Venue Duke’s Hall
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Tickets Free, no tickets required
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue Museum NOVEMBER
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required. THURSDAY, 1.05pm Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Maximum 20 people; places on a Academy Manson Ensemble
Bradley Johnson, Saki Kato and Competitors present a programme first-come, first-served basis Wind Chamber
Dimitrios Soukaras guitar of their own choice for solo brass. Hans Abrahamsen Winternacht;
Sponsored by Antoine Courtois Paris Join this free tour of the museum, which Music THURS
series Märchenbilder
Regondi Introduction and Caprice, Op 23 (Buffet Crampon). takes you around all three galleries. Meet Joseph Howard new work (world
José Sonata in the Ground Floor Gallery. Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall premiere)
Walton Five Bagatelles Tickets Free, no tickets required Hans Abrahamsen Wald
Simon Bainbridge Music for nine flutes Ryan Wigglesworth, founding member
and three voices of the recently formed Knussen
Hans Abrahamsen Walden; Flowersongs Chamber Orchestra and Richard
Student composer new work (world Rodney Bennett Professor of Music at
premiere) the Academy, conducts the Manson
John Woolrich A Book of Studies, Set 2 Ensemble in a programme of works by
Danish contemporary composer Hans
Academy students present modern Abrahamsen. The concert also features
music for wind, including two pieces the world premiere of a new work by
by our Composer in Residence, Academy PhD composition student
Hans Abrahamsen. Joseph Howard.
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10 NOVEMBER
SUNDAY, 10.30am-5.30pm 12 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 10am-1pm 12 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm 12 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 6pm 13 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 1-1.45pm
Conducting Piano Masterclass Daphnis Wind Jazz Ensembles What a Song
Open Day Venue Duke’s Hall Quintet TUES
series Venue Concert Room and Dance:
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required
Venue Duke’s Hall Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Celebrating
Tickets Free, no tickets required. With Pascal Devoyon, international soloist, chamber musician and Broadwood Tickets Free, no tickets required Academy jazz students mark the
For further information please email Visiting Chair of Piano at the Academy. This is a Suzanne Skelton masterclass. culmination of their small-ensemble Musical Theatre
conducting@ram.ac.uk Frederico Paixão flute projects, performing music on which
Hannah Condliffe oboe they have been working with a variety of Venue Museum Ground Floor Gallery
10.30am-1.30pm Two-Piano Workshop Matt Glendening clarinet distinguished visiting musicians. Tickets Free tickets available from the
2.30-5.30pm Orchestral Workshop William Gough bassoon Box Office; see page 42 for full details.
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Elliott Howley horn Maximum 15 people
A chance for prospective students NOVEMBER
and anyone interested in the art of Barber Summer Music, Op 31 WEDNESDAY, 10am-1pm Join our Museum Curator, Gabrielle
conducting to come and see how the Nielsen Wind Quintet Gale, for an insight into the current
Academy trains postgraduate students Lalo Schifrin La Nouvelle Orleans Trumpet temporary exhibition. Celebrating
to meet the many and varied challenges 25 years of the Academy’s Musical
Masterclass
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of a conducting career. Following an Theatre Programme, the exhibition
introduction by Head of Conducting NOVEMBER deconstructs the genre of the musical
Sian Edwards, Academy conducting TUESDAY, 2-5pm Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall and looks to the future of this popular
students demonstrate how they prepare Tickets Free, no tickets required art form. See original programmes
scores and develop their skills. The Steven Doane: and posters from the early days of
music featured will include Beethoven’s With Reinhold Friedrich, international musical theatre, as well as modern
Symphony No 3, ‘Eroica’, and Fluency and trumpet soloist, professor of trumpet set designs and costumes from West
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. There will at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik End productions, and hear how the
be an opportunity to conduct the first Freedom Karlsruhe and Visiting Professor of exhibition was put together.
or second movement of the Beethoven Trumpet at the Academy.
piece at the end of the morning session; Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Rosa Frank
email the address above if you want to Tickets Free, no tickets required
take part. Slots are limited and are on a
first-come, first-served basis. Currently on sabbatical from the
Eastman School of Music, Visiting
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Professor of Cello Steven Doane makes
NOVEMBER the first of several visits to the Academy.
MONDAY, 7pm
Composers’
Platform
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required
A programme of brand-new works by
student composers.
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13 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 2.30-4.30pm 13 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 6pm 15 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am
Your Body and Wilfrid Parry Academy Tots
your Instrument
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Prize: Final
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Venue Museum Strings Gallery
Tickets Child £5, adult £3 available
from the Box Office; see page 42 for full
13-16 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, 7pm
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults Royal Academy Opera:
per booking
David Leisner, author of Playing with Finalists perform their choice of a Die Zauberflöte
Ease: A Healthy Approach to Guitar complete sonata by Brahms for strings A musical workshop aimed at children
Technique, discusses the principles of and piano. aged 2 to 4 and their parents and carers. Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre
human anatomy and how to play an Hear live music performed by Academy Tickets £15-£30 (concessions £5 off)
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instrument with ease, in such a way as musicians and join in with percussion- available from the Box Office; see page
to prevent or cure injury. Students of NOVEMBER based play. A different theme each time. 42 for full details
all instruments are invited to the stage THURSDAY, 1.05pm
15
for an in-depth discussion of issues of Gareth Hancock conductor
physical tension. Kirkman NOVEMBER Andrew Sinclair director
FRIDAY, 2-5pm Laura Jane Stanfield designer
Quartet
13
THURS
Doctoral Open
series
NOVEMBER Mozart Die Zauberflöte, K 620
WEDNESDAY, 6-8pm Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required Day and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte is the greatest example
Guitar of Singspiel (a play with songs), but his rival
Jack Greed and Anthony Poon violin Symposium Salieri called it an operone (a great opera) when
Masterclass Kim Becker viola it was premiered in Vienna in 1791. The libretto
Yurie Lee cello Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall is by Emanuel Schikaneder, a successful
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required. actor and theatre manager, who also
Tickets Free, no tickets required Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1 For further information please email played the role of Papageno in the
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 research@ram.ac.uk original cast.
With David Leisner from the
Manhattan School of Music, who gives The Doctoral Programme provides a Schikaneder and Mozart were
a masterclass following his lecture on collaborative environment for musicians members of the same Masonic
playing with ease (see above). to share and critique working practices, lodge, and the strong Masonic
and a framework for developing long- elements and misogynistic
term projects that will drive distinctive undercurrent pose interesting
careers. It also offers a research and challenges for directors
development engine for the Academy’s in today’s sexual-political
taught programmes. This event climate. However, the
showcases a small selection of current overriding themes of the
and recently completed projects, opera are good versus evil,
encompassing aspects of artistry and the search for wisdom and the
professional development, engagement power of reason. The sublime
with tradition and exploration of creative range of musical ideas and
processes. The symposium will begin inventiveness has led to
with an introduction to the programme the work becoming one of the
and concludes with an open discussion. most performed in the
operatic repertoire.
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18 NOVEMBER
MONDAY, 2.30-4.30pm 18 NOVEMBER
MONDAY, 6pm 19 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm 19-20 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Piano Masterclass Sir Henry Wood Trio Opal TUES
series Denis Bouriakov in Residence
Venue Duke’s Hall at 150: Wood and Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets £5 (concessions £4) for each event available from the Box Office;
the Voice see page 42 for full details
With celebrated British pianist and Visiting Professor of Piano Stephen Hough, Yi-Shing Cheng piano
who gives a masterclass on his two recent sonatas, Trinitas and Vida Breve. Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Eriko Nagayama violin Tuesday 19 November, 2-5pm Flute Masterclass
Tickets Free, no tickets required Joel Siepmann cello Wednesday 20 November, 3pm Flute Recital
Sim Canetty-Clarke
Throughout his entire career Sir Henry Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97, With Denis Bouriakov, Academy alumnus, international soloist and Principal Flute
Wood taught singing and was a great ‘Archduke’ of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
champion of vocal music. To discuss Takemitsu Between Tides
that legacy, Professor Raymond Holden
is joined by Professor Mark Wildman. This lunchtime concert is part of our
This event is dedicated to the late Rae annual Piano Trio Day, which takes place
Woodland (1922-2013), international in the David Josefowitz Recital Hall all
opera singer and Academy teacher, day from 10am, featuring performances
whose career spanned over 30 years. by student and fellowship groups.
19 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 11.45am-1pm 19 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 7pm
Ancestral Voices: Academy String
The Shudi Orchestra
Broadwood Venue Duke’s Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required
Harpsichord
Jo Cole conductor
Venue Museum Piano Gallery
Tickets Free tickets available from the Head of Strings Jo Cole conducts the
Box Office; see page 42 for full details Academy String Orchestra – formed
of new first-year undergraduate string
In celebration of the return of the Shudi students – in a programme exploring
Broadwood double-manual harpsichord the rich resource of string orchestration
to the Piano Gallery, Honorary Research in both familiar repertoire and more
Fellow Elena Vorotko explores its history, recent curiosities.
sound qualities and legacy through
music by JS Bach, Scarlatti, Handel and
JC Bach.
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20 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 10am 21 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY, 10.30am-1.30pm 21 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY, 1.05pm 22 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 1.05pm
Isabel Jay Vocal Masterclass Accordion Academy
Memorial Prize Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Chamber Music THURS
series Symphonic
Tickets £5 (concessions £4) available from the Box Office; see page 42 for
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall full details Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Wind FRI
series
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets Free, no tickets required
With alumna Lucy Crowe, one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation and Venue Duke’s Hall
A prize for sopranos and mezzo- a member of the Academy’s Governing Body. A concert of chamber music with Tickets Free, no tickets required
sopranos. Students are asked to prepare classical accordion.
Marco Borggreve
an operatic scena or other dramatic aria Keith Bragg conductor
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of their own choice. Roberts Balanas violin
NOVEMBER
20
THURSDAY, 6pm Weill Concerto for violin and
NOVEMBER wind orchestra, Op 12
WEDNESDAY, 2.30-5.30pm Jazz Ensembles Mozart arr Timothy Jones
Il dissoluto abbreviato
Viola Venue Concert Room (excerpts from Don Giovanni)
Tickets Free, no tickets required
Masterclass Head of Woodwind Keith Bragg
Academy jazz students mark the conducts Academy students in an
Venue Henry Wood Room culmination of their small-ensemble arrangement of excerpts from Don
Tickets Free, no tickets required projects, performing music on which Giovanni by Professor Timothy Jones,
they have been working with a variety of Deputy Principal (Programmes and
Visiting Professor of Viola Garth Knox distinguished visiting musicians. Research). Bicentenary Scholar Roberts
returns to the Academy for another Balanas appears as soloist in Kurt Weill’s
engaging and motivating class. Concerto for violin and wind orchestra.
Aiga Ozo
Daniel Vass
22 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, from 10am 22 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 7pm
Woodwind Open Day Bell Quartet THURS
series
Venue Patrons’ Room and various venues around the Academy Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Tickets Free, no tickets required. For further information please email Tickets Free, no tickets required
woodwind@ram.ac.uk
Rebecca Bell and Hannah Bell violin
This introduction to the Woodwind Department gives prospective students the Erik Fauss viola
opportunity to see current students in action. The day begins with a presentation Joseph Keenan cello
by Keith Bragg, Head of Woodwind, followed by a tour of the building, an open
rehearsal and a question-and-answer session. The Academy Symphonic Wind Bartók String Quartet in A minor, Op 7
concert provides the centrepiece to the day’s events (see above). Osvaldo Golijov Tenebrae
Britten Three Divertimenti
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Stefan Booth
23 NOVEMBER
SATURDAY, 6pm
Academy Big Band
at the EFG London
Jazz Festival
Gregory Dubus
Venue Clore Ballroom,
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road,
London SE1 8XX
Tickets Free, no tickets required
The Academy is proud to collaborate
with Tim Garland, one of the UK’s most
formidable saxophonists and composers.
We are celebrating Tim’s releases on
Edition Records with special big band
versions of featured tracks from various
albums, particularly One, his 2016
release and Jazzwise Album of the Year.
Some of Garland’s heavier influences
from jazz rock give the rhythm section
a chance to flex plenty of muscle. Other
pieces include the title track from his
Weather Walker album, and ‘Abiding
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Love’, the opening track from
Return to the Fire. NOVEMBER
SUNDAY, 1.30pm and 6pm
Musical Theatre
Company Show
Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available
from the Box Office; see page 42 for
full details
The Academy’s Musical Theatre
Company and Orchestra present a
programme of musical theatre repertoire.
You may also be interested in our
current exhibition in the museum, which
celebrates the 25th anniversary of the
Academy’s Musical Theatre Programme.
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26 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 1.05pm 28 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY, 10am-1pm 28 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY, 1.05pm 28-29 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, 6pm 29 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 6.30-9.30pm
10 out of 10: Oboe Masterclass 10 out of 10: Royal Academy Opera Scenes Musical Theatre
Beethoven’s Violin Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Beethoven’s Violin Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Masterclass
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 42 for
Sonatas TUES
series Sonatas THURS
series full details Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall
With Jonathan Kelly, Principal Oboe Tickets Free, no tickets required
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Sebastian Harcombe director
Tickets Free, no tickets required and Visiting Professor of Oboe at Tickets Free, no tickets required Students from the Musical Theatre
the Academy. Under the musical guidance of Director of Opera Gareth Hancock and the Company work with a guest on a
Preston Yeo and Dian Wu Muriel Oberhofer and Julian Chan Repetiteur Fellows, Opera Scenes are a focal point of Royal Academy Opera’s selection of musical theatre repertoire.
Elizabeth Jiřičková and Hanzhi Zhang Naori Takahashi and Michelle Chow training, where skills acquired in singing, acting and movement are combined in
a staged setting.
Beethoven Violin Sonata No 4 in A Beethoven Violin Sonata No 2 in A,
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minor, Op 23 Op 12 No 2
29
Beethoven Violin Sonata No 5 in F, Beethoven Violin Sonata No 10 in G, NOVEMBER
Op 24, ‘Spring’ Op 96 THURSDAY, 7pm NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 6pm
Guitar Chamber
27 NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY, 10am 28 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY, 2-5pm Music
Carol Service
Venue St Marylebone Parish Church,
Sterndale Harp Masterclass Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LT
Tickets Free, no tickets required Tickets £5 available from the Box
Bennett Prize Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Office; see page 42 for full details
Tickets Free, no tickets required Academy guitarists collaborate with
Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall instrumentalists from other departments Celebrate the musical majesty
Tickets Free, no tickets required With Catrin Finch, Visiting Professor of to present a varied programme of of Christmas with the entire
Harp at the Academy, former harpist chamber music with guitar. Academy family at this
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Competitors present recitals of piano to HRH The Prince of Wales and annual festive event.
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music composed between 1830 and NOVEMBER international recording artist.
1860 of their choice. THURSDAY, 12.30-2pm NOVEMBER
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FRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am
Soundbox
27
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER THURSDAY, 6pm Academy Tots
WEDNESDAY, 10am-1pm Venue Museum Strings Gallery
Tickets Free, no tickets required Jazz Ensembles Venue Museum Strings Gallery
Flute Masterclass Tickets Child £5, adult £3 available
Soundbox is a series of events Venue Concert Room from the Box Office; see page 42 for full
Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall inspired by the Academy’s museum Tickets Free, no tickets required details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults
Tickets Free, no tickets required and collections. Presented by Peter per booking
Sheppard Skærved, violinist and Academy jazz students mark the
With William Bennett, international Viotti Lecturer, each event explores culmination of their small-ensemble A musical workshop aimed at children
soloist and Academy professor. the historical and contemporary projects, performing music on which aged 2 to 4 and their parents and carers.
relationships between performers, they have been working with a variety of Hear live music performed by Academy
sankai
composers, instruments and distinguished visiting musicians. musicians and join in with percussion-
instrument makers. based play. A different theme each time.
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