FACULTY OF MUSIC. 2014/5 Michaelmas & Hilary Terms.

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1 FACULTY OF MUSIC Autumn/Winter Events 2014/5 Michaelmas & Hilary Terms I N C L U D E S H O L Y W E L L M U S I C R O O M C O N C E R T L I S T I N G S

2 EVENT CALENDAR Welcome to the latest season of concerts and events organised and hosted by the Oxford Faculty of Music. This autumn we are delighted to welcome two very special musicians to give recitals in the : Alexandre Tharaud, one of France s best loved pianists, and violinist and Music alumna Jennifer Pike. You may have heard both of them at the Proms this summer. A particular highlight for us in the Music Faculty is the celebrations to mark the 50th birthday of one of our colleagues, Martyn Harry. You will have the chance to hear his music played by young Oxford musicians, as well as His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Also, the first edition of OSEMP, the Oxford/Sennheiser Electronic Music Prize, will no doubt be an important event in the national electronic music calendar. In addition, the Humanitas programme welcomes tenor Ian Bostridge; Oxford Lieder is working with our students, composers and singers; Oxford Philomusica is collaborating with the Bodleian Libraries to bring to life the music of Adolf Von Henselt, and presenting masterclasses with international stars Anne-Sophie Mutter and Angela Hewitt, in addition to orchestral and string quartet composition workshops; and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment continues its transformative student side-by-side project. All events are open to the public. The New Year will see a concert by resident ensemble Contrapunctus, the New Music Forum features distinguished visiting composer Rebecca Saunders and, appearing for the first time in Oxford, the Marmara Trio gives a concert and workshop. And all are welcome to attend the Faculty s regular series of academic seminars, the fixed point on the weekly Oxford musicological landscape details inside! Do join us! The Denis Arnold Hall and the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments are situated within the Faculty of Music, on St Aldate s, Oxford, OX1 1DB. These premises are accessible to those with mobility difficulties, visual impairments, and hearing impairments. The is in Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3SB. Further information about the Faculty of Music is available on our website: Find us on our Facebook page Music Faculty Events, University of Oxford Chairman of Performance Committee: Dr Mine Dogantan-Dack Concerts and Events Manager: Aloïse Fiala-Murphy Events Office: Arabella Pratt, Marie-Alice Frappat and Cayenna Ponchione Design and production: white space Cover: Masters student practising on the grand piano (Photo: John Cairns) Other Photography: Peter Mays, John Cairns, Marco Borggrave, Sim Canetty-Clarke, Tom Barnes, Katrin Schander, Aiga Photography, Tina Takit/DG, Anne Deniau, Joel Baldwin and Hugo Glendinning. The weeks indicated next to the dates relate to the University term. ˆ Professor Jonathan Cross, Chair, Music Faculty Board If you would like to be added to our mailing list please events@music.ox.ac.uk with your details. CONCERTS NEW MUSIC OTHER EVENTS COLLEGE & STUDENT MUSIC WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES BATE SEMINARS page NOVEMBER 3 ALEXANDRE THARAUD RECITAL 4 NOVEMBER 23 HENSELT ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 7 NOVEMBER 29 JENNIFER PIKE RECITAL 8 MARCH 7 CONTRAPUNCTUS CONCERT 10 OCTOBER 31 SCHUBERT S LEGACY CONCERT 14 NOVEMBER 8 OSEMP: OXFORD/SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRIZE FINAL 12 NOVEMBER 12 ENSEMBLE ISIS CONCERT: THE MUSIC OF ADAM GORB 14 NOVEMBER 30 HARRYFEST I CONCERT 13 DECEMBER 1 HARRYFEST II CONCERT 13 DECEMBER 3 OXFORD PHILOMUSICA: STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14 FEBRUARY 3 OXFORD PHILOMUSICA: STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14 FEBRUARY 9 MIXED ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP: JOE CUTLER 14 FEBRUARY 21 OXFORD PHILOMUSICA: ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION WORKSHOP AND CONCERT 15 FEBRUARY 21 OXFORD LIEDER: VOICE AND PIANO WORKSHOP 15 FEBRUARY 23 RICHARD CASEY AND ED HUGHES CONCERT 15 FEBRUARY 24 SOLO PIANO AND ELECTRONICS COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 15 FEBRUARY 24 ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION WORKSHOP: TREVOR WISHART 15 FEBRUARY 25 COMPOSER TALKS 15 FEBRUARY 26 SOLO INSTRUMENT AND PIANO COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 15 FEBRUARY 26 ENSEMBLE ISIS CONCERT: THE MUSIC OF REBECCA SAUNDERS 15 FEBRUARY 27 NEW MUSIC PLAYERS COMPOSITION WORKSHOP: REBECCA SAUNDERS 15 NOVEMBER 14 LECTURE: GRAHAM VICK 25 NOVEMBER 15 OPERA MASTERCLASS: GRAHAM VICK 25 NOVEMBER 18 HUMANITAS LECTURE: IAN BOSTRIDGE 6 NOVEMBER 19 HUMANITAS RECITAL: IAN BOSTRIDGE 6 NOVEMBER 21 HUMANITAS SYMPOSIUM 6 NOVEMBER 23 HUMANITAS OPEN REHEARSAL/MASTERCLASS 6 NOVEMBER 29 CLAVICHORD RECITAL: DAVID GERRARD 25 NOVEMBER 30 FORTEPIANO RECITAL: JOHN IRVING 25 OCTOBER 25 OXFORD PHILOMUSICA YOUNG ARTISTS PLATFORM: DANIEL SHAO 18 NOVEMBER 2 BALLIOL COLLEGE: THE SMETANA TRIO CONCERT 16 NOVEMBER 6 OXFORD UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA 18 NOVEMBER 15 KEBLE COLLEGE: ORGAN RECITAL 16 NOVEMBER 16 OXFORD PHILOMUSICA THE QUEEN S COLLEGE: CHORAL VESPERS 17 NOVEMBER 21/22 NEW COLLEGE: NEW CHAMBER OPERA 17 NOVEMBER 22 MERTON COLLEGE 750TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 17 NOVEMBER 26 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIA 18 DECEMBER 1 OXFORD UNIVERSITY SINFONIETTA 18 DECEMBER 3 OXFORD UNIVERSITY WIND ORCHESTRA 18 JANUARY 24 ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT SIDE BY SIDE CONCERT 19 JANUARY 30/31 NEW COLLEGE: NEW CHAMBER OPERA 17 FEBRUARY 21 OXFORD PHILOMUSICA CONCERT 18 OCTOBER 13 VIOLIN MASTERCLASS: ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER 21 OCTOBER 20 SCHUBERT SONGS MASTERCLASS: SUSAN YOUENS 21 OCTOBER 27 CONDUCTING SEMINAR: JOHN TRAILL 21 NOVEMBER 1 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP: JOHN TRAILL 21 FEBRUARY 6 WORKSHOP AND CONCERT: MARMARA PIANO TRIO 20 MARCH 6 WORKSHOP: CONTRAPUNCTUS 11 MARCH 13 PIANO MASTERCLASS: ANGELA HEWITT 21 OCTOBER HALF TERM: FAMILY EVENTS 23 NOVEMBER 22 FAMILY FUN DAY 23 NOVEMBER 26 BATE CONCERT 23 FEBRUARY 14 FAMILY FUN DAY 23 FEBRUARY HALF TERM: FAMILY EVENTS 23 OCTOBER 14 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: DANIEL GRIMLEY 28 OCTOBER 21 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: RAFFAELE POZZI 28 OCTOBER 23 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: SEAN CURRAN 27 OCTOBER 28 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: LAURA TUNBRIDGE 28 OCTOBER 30 SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND SOUND STUDIES: ELIOT BATES 26 OCTOBER 30 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: SUSAN RANKIN 27 NOVEMBER 4 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: ANNE HYLAND 28 NOVEMBER 11 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: STEVEN CONNOR 28 NOVEMBER 18 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: DANIEL GRIMLEY AND STEPHANUS MULLER 28 NOVEMBER 20 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: KATE VAN ORDEN 27 NOVEMBER 25 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: JULIE BROWN 28 NOVEMBER 27 SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND SOUND STUDIES: ELENI IKONIADOU 26 DECEMBER 2 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: HENRY HOPE 28 DECEMBER 4 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: MAGNUS WILLIAMSON 27 JANUARY 29 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: REINHARD STROHM 27 FEBRUARY 12 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: SUSANA ZAPKE 27 FEBRUARY BALZAN WORKSHOP-CONFERENCE: MELANIE PLESCH 24 FEBRUARY 26 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: EMMA DILLON 27 MARCH 12 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: ANNA ZAYARUZNAYA 27

3 CONCERTS Alexandre Tharaud Monday 3 November (4th week) 8pm Piano recital Alexandre Tharaud Following his Prom s appearance with the BBC Philharmonic in July and earlier this year at the Wigmore Hall, acclaimed French pianist Alexandre Tharaud brings his trademark versatile performance and programmes for the first time to Oxford. Tharaud reached an increasingly large fan base when he appeared in Michael Haneke's Oscar winning film Amour in His recital in the features some of Schubert's best-loved piano pieces, Tharaud's own arrangement of the iconic Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony No.5 and music by French composers from both extremes of the piano music spectrum, Couperin and Ravel. Book early to avoid disappointment. His range of touch and colour, and his sheer enthusiasm, shine through every jewel-like piece. (The Guardian) Schubert Six Moments Musicaux D.780 Op.94 Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No.5 (transc. for piano Tharaud) Couperin Extracts from Pièces de clavecin : La Logivière, Les Rozeaux, Les Baricades mistérieuses, Le Carillon de Cithère, Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins Ravel Miroirs Tickets 14/ In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free ticket 4 A L E X A N D R E T H A R A U D A L E X A N D R E T H A R A U D 5

4 OTHER EVENTS Humanitas CONCERTS Henselt Anniversary Concert Ian Bostridge Humanitas Visiting Professor in Classical Music and Music Education November (6th Week) Tuesday 18 November pm Auditorium, St John s College Lecture: Why Winterreise? Schubert's Song Cycle, Then and Now Drinks reception follows the lecture Wednesday 19 November 5-7pm Recital Ian Bostridge, tenor Julius Drake, piano Schumann s Dichterliebe and songs by Lizst and Strauss. Friday 21 November 9am-7pm Ertegun House, 37A St Giles Symposium: Voice, Memory, Song Sunday 23 November pm Sheldonian Theatre Open Rehearsal/Masterclass: Mahler Orchestral Songs with the Oxford University Orchestra and guest singers The events are free and open to all, but admittance is strictly by ticket only. To register for your free ticket: Humanitas Visiting Professorship at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Created by Lord Weidenfield, the Humanitas programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in collaboration with the Humanities Division of the University of Oxford. The Professorships in Music at Oxford are in association with St John s College (Professor Jason Stanyek, Academic Director) and New College (Professor Michael Burden, Academic Director). Sunday 23 November (7th week) 7pm Henselt Anniversary Concert Richard Beattie Davis Collection Dmitri Shostakovich Aleksandr Borodin Adolf von Henselt* Two Pieces for string quartet String Quartet No. 2, in D major Piano Concerto, Op. 16bis (chamber version) The Soloists of Oxford Philomusica, Resident Ensemble at The Queen s College Daniel Grimwood, piano Cayenna Ponchione, conductor* Adolf von Henselt is regarded by many as the father of the Russian school of piano playing and this year marks both the bicentenary of his birth and the 125th anniversary of his death. The composer's Piano Concerto will be performed in its chamber version by renowned pianist Daniel Grimwood (pictured) and The Soloists Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free ticket of Oxford Philomusica in this special concert to mark the Bodleian Library s acquisition of the substantial Richard Beattie Davis collection of Russian music donated to the library by his widow Mrs Gillian Davis. The first half of the concert will feature Borodin s wonderfully lyrical String Quartet No. 2 as well as the Two Pieces for String Quartet by Shostakovich, whose teacher, Glazunov, is a prominent figure in the collection. Promoted by Oxford Philomusica in association with the Bodleian Libraries and the Faculty of Music. Tickets 20 Students H U M A N I T A S H E N S E L T A N N I V E R S A R Y C O N C E R T 7

5 CONCERTS Jennifer Pike Saturday 29 November (7th week) 7pm In Conversation Q&A between violinist and Music alumna Jennifer Pike, composer and Music alumnus Thomas Hyde, composer and Music Faculty lecturer Robert Saxton. 7.30pm Recital Jennifer Pike, violin Peter Limonov, piano Oxford Music alumna and outstanding violinist Jennifer Pike pays a rare visit to Oxford. In the intimate setting of the Holywell Music Room she plays a programme of chamber music with talented pianist Peter Limonov, mixing new and classic pieces for the violin. The youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year and the youngest major prizewinner in the Menuhin International Violin Competition, Jennifer is highly in demand as a soloist with top orchestras worldwide, having recently released to great acclaim the Sibelius Concerto with the Bergen Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis. Thomas Hyde Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano, Op.14 (2014) Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major Op. 12, no. 3 A tremendous juxtaposition of artistic flair and humility (The Herald) Tickets 15/ In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free ticket 8 J E N N I F E R P I K E J E N N I F E R P I K E 9

6 CONCERTS Contrapunctus Saturday 7 March (7th Week) 7.30pm Chapel of The Queen s College, Oxford Contrapunctus Owen Rees, director In the Midst of Life: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks The Baldwin partbooks in the library of Christ Church are the richest single source of Tudor music copied during Elizabeth I's reign. This concert presents motets from the partbooks on the theme of mortality by Byrd, Parsons, Mundy, Taverner, and Tallis, with the centrepiece being Sheppard s epic Media vita. The Tenor partbook of the set is missing, and Contrapunctus here present new reconstructions of several works. Contrapunctus is Vocal Consort in Residence at the University of Oxford. Their debut disc Libera nos: The Cry of the Oppressed on Signum Classics was shortlisted for the Gramophone Early Music Award Tickets 15/ In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free ticket Friday 6 March (7th Week) pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Workshop: Editing the Baldwin Partbooks An opportunity to develop skills in editing Tudor polyphony and completing missing parts. The workshop will be led by Prof. Owen Rees and Dr Magnus Williamson, and forms part of the AHRC Tudor Partbooks research project. Five singers from Contrapunctus will participate, giving the opportunity for editorial solutions to be tried out during the session, and to seek the singers perspective. Free admission open to the public 1 0 C O N T R A P U N C T U S C O N T R A P U N C T U S 1 1

7 NEW MUSIC OSEMP NEW MUSIC HarryFest OSEMP Oxford/Sennheiser Electronic Music Prize Saturday 8 November (4th week) Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda s College 7pm 10pm OSEMP Final The Music Faculty and leading audio specialist Sennheiser UK have this year organized the very first Oxford/Sennheiser Electronic Music Prize [OSEMP]: an annual competition and event to help promote innovative and communicative electronic music composition in the UK. The jury panel members include notable electroacoustic composers, Natasha Barrett, Martyn Harry and Trevor Wishart. On 8 November, finalists will be invited to take part in the OSEMP showcase event. There will be a mixed bag of multi-channel electroacoustic diffusion plus some live electronics performance sets. The finalists will all perform their pieces and the three winners will be announced. Trevor Wishart is set to preview a movement of his latest 8 channel electroacoustic work, Natasha Barrett will perform a multi-channel piece, and Manchester s Slip Discs record label will showcase artists from its roster. All this plus OxLOrk, Oxford s own laptop orchestra will be performing in the atrium during intervals throughout the evening. Free admission, limited numbers HarryFest Celebrating the 50th Birthday of Professor Martyn Harry Sunday 30 November (8th week) Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda s College 6.15pm Pre-concert talk 7pm Concert Jonathan Powell, piano Cavaleri Quartet Harry Chamber Intimacy (2005) Bletchley Bedford Sandy (2014) Beltway Series (2014) Wild Boar Quartet (2014) Tickets: from 3 st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp/tickets Music Faculty members free Monday 1 December (8th week) 7.15pm Interview with the composer 8pm Concert His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Ensemble Isis conducted by John Traill Harry Fantasy Unbuttoned (1998) Eingestellt (2007) At his Majesty s Pleasure (2012) Free Admission These two concerts mark the 50th birthday of composer Martyn Harry, who is based at St Anne s and St Hilda s colleges. HarryFest features a programme of chamber and instrumental music at the JdP (with guest soprano Lore Lixenberg), and a concert of ensemble works including the UK premiere of Eingestellt (played by members of the Cavaleri Quartet and bassist Deborah Pritchard) and a selection of movements from At His Majesty s Pleasure, performed by His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. OSEMP 1 2 O S E M P H A R R Y F E S T 1 3

8 NEW MUSIC Co-convenors: Professor Martyn Harry and Professor Saxton. Musical Director: Dr John Traill. Concert Schubert s Legacy: New Aspects Friday 31 October (3rd week) 1.10pm A collaboration with the Oxford Lieder Festival and Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation centre. Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free ticket Postgraduate composition students work with Oxford writers on new versions of Schubert s Goethe texts in English. The new pieces are presented along with Schubert s original songs. Post-concert discussion of the creative process led by Prof. Robert Saxton. Tickets Concert Ensemble ISIS Wednesday 12 November (5th week) 1pm Oxford University s elite New Music ensemble, Ensemble ISIS performs the music of Adam Gorb, Head of the School of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music. John Traill, conductor. Admission is free. String Quartet Composition Workshop The Soloists of Oxford Philomusica Wednesday 3 December (8th week) Tuesday 3 February (3rd week) 2-5pm Admission is free. Mixed Ensemble Composition Workshop Monday 9 February (4th week) pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Composer Joe Cutler responds to student compositions performed by Ensemble ISIS, conducted by John Traill. Admission is free. New Music Forum February (6th week) This week-long festival of new music features performances, talks and intimate workshops by visiting performers and composers and Oxford s composition faculty and students. Admission is free unless otherwise stated. The Forum s composer in residence, Rebecca Saunders (pictured), joins us from Berlin from February. Orchestral Composition Workshop and Concert Saturday 21 February Sheldonian Theatre Oxford Philomusica, John Traill, conductor 10am-12pm Workshop 7.30pm Concert including world premiere of Nahash by Huw Belling (selected from the 2013/14 Composers Workshop). Workshop admission free. For concert tickets see page 18. Voice and Piano Composition Workshop In association with Oxford Lieder Festival Saturday 21 February 2-5pm Concert for Piano and Electronics Monday 23 February 8pm Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda s College Richard Casey, piano and Ed Hughes, electronics Music by Hughes, Harry and Harvey. Tickets: 5, music students free Solo Piano and Electronics Composition Workshop Tuesday 24 February 10am-1pm Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Trevor Wishart Electroacoustic Composition Workshop Tuesday 24 February 2-5pm Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Composer Talks Wednesday 25 February 9.30am-12pm Committee Room, Faculty of Music Current Oxford postgraduates speak about their creative processes. Refreshments served. Solo Instrument and Piano Composition Workshop Wednesday 26 February 3-6pm Ensemble Room Ensemble ISIS Concert: The Music of Rebecca Saunders Thursday 26 February 1pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music ISIS performs new music by students and visiting composer, Rebecca Saunders. John Traill, conductor. New Music Players Composition Workshop Friday 27 February 10.30am-1.30pm pm Denis Arnold Hall Guest composer Rebecca Saunders responds to student compositions for clarinet, cello, harp and percussion in this workshop convened by Prof. Martyn Harry. 14 N E W M U S I C N E W M U S I C 1 5

9 WORKSHOPS COLLEGE MUSIC & MASTERCLASSES Merton College Thursdays at 1.15pm Michaelmas Term 16, 23, 30 October; 6, 20, 27 November; 4 December. Hilary Term , 29 January; 5, 12, 26 February; 5, 12 March. Daniel Hyde, organist of Magdalen College, plays the complete organ works of J S Bach to celebrate the new Dobson organ at Merton College, in their 750th year. It is some years since the complete works have been played in Oxford, especially by a single performer. Admission free with retiring collection. Balliol College Sunday 2 November (4th week) 8.30pm Balliol College Hall The Ernest Walker Concert (1845th concert) by the Smetana Trio Josef Suk Trio in C Minor, op. 2 Bedrich Smetana Trio in G Minor, op. 15 Antonin Dvorak Trio, op. 90, "Dumky" Free admission - open to the public Keble College Saturday 15 November (5th week) 8.30pm Keble College Chapel David Bednall improvises to the film Nosferatu on the Tickell organ. Admission free with retiring collection. New College Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November (6th week) 8.30pm New College Ante-chapel Tomaso Albinoni The Domineering Chambermaid New Chamber Opera Musical director: Michael Pandya Director: Michael Burden Tickets 12/ 6 from Merton College Saturday 22 November (6th week) 7.30pm Merton College 750th Anniversary Concert Merton College Choir performs a programme to include the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle s Chorale-Prelude, set to a poem by Geoffrey Hill, Stravinsky s Mass, and music by William Byrd. Tickets 20 from New College Friday 30 and Saturday 31 January (2nd week) 8.30pm New College Ante-chapel Michael Nyman The man who mistook his wife for a hat New Chamber Opera Musical director: Michael Pandya Director: Michael Burden Tickets 12/ 6 from Oxford Philomusica Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford The Queen s College Sunday 16 November (6th week) 6.15pm The Queen s College Chapel Queen s Choral Vespers The Choir of The Queen s College, Oxford Philomusica, Owen Rees conductor. Echoing the Leipzig tradition of sacred worship, Oxford Philomusica join the Choir of The Queen s College for a Choral Vespers service of reflection, featuring Bach s bestloved cantata Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake) and music from Monteverdi s great choral masterpiece, the achingly beautiful 1610 Vespers of the Blessed Virgin. Admission free. 16 C O L L E G E M U S I C C O L L E G E M U S I C 1 7

10 STUDENT MUSIC Oxford University Music Society exists to support, develop and improve the performance and appreciation of music within the University. Members receive a weekly newsletter summarising upcoming musical events throughout the city, as well as discounts to a plethora of performances throughout Oxford. For more information visit Oxford University Orchestra Thursday 6 November (4th week) 8pm Sheldonian Theatre Strauss Don Juan Brahms Symphony no.4 Hugh Brunt, conductor Sean Dunn, leader Tickets: Oxford University Philharmonia Wednesday 26 November (7th week) 8pm Sheldonian Theatre Tickets 10/5 Oxford University Sinfonietta Monday 1 December (8th week) 8pm Chapel, St Peter's College Byrd Pavan and Galliard a 6 Haydn London" Symphony Maxwell-Davies Symphony no. 4 Isabel Stoppani de Berrié, conductor Tickets 10/ 5 Oxford University Wind Orchestra Wednesday 3 December (8th week) 7.30pm Chapel, St Peter's College Programme to be announced Tickets 8/4 in advance, 10/5 on the door Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra in association with the Faculty of Music Saturday 24 January (2nd week) 3pm Concert Director: Alison Bury Flute: Lisa Beznosiuk Keyboard: Robert Howarth Music Faculty students After a successful first year running their student programme in Oxford, principal players of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are back this year working with Music students, giving them an insight into historical performance and playing side by side in what promises to be a special occasion for performers and audience alike. They will present an exciting programme of core baroque repertoire music featuring French music by Lully and Rameau, Handel s Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.1 in G and Purcell s Chaconne from Fairy Queen. A unique opportunity not to be missed. Open to the public Admission free Oxford Philomusica Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford Saturday 21 February (5th week) 7.30pm Sheldonian Theatre Saturday 25 October (2nd week) 6.30pm Sheldonian Theatre Young Artists Platform Music by Roussel, Carter and Jolivet Daniel Shao Flute Joshua Hagley Piano Free admission Huw Belling Nahash (world première) Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 Oxford Philomusica Makoto Nakata violin Marios Papadopoulos conductor Following her success in the 2014 Oxfordshire Youth Concerto Competition, undergraduate Music student Makoto Nakata takes to the stage to perform with Oxford Philomusica. The orchestra will also give the world première of DPhil student Huw Belling s Nahash, a work selected from the Philomusica s 2013/14 Composers Workshop. Finally, Sibelius s great Symphony No. 2 brings this fascinating programme pairing youthful talent and profound wisdom to a close. Tickets: 42-5 Box office: S T U D E N T M U S I C S T U D E N T M U S I C 19

11 WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES Workshop by Marmara Piano Trio Mine Dogantan-Dack, piano; Mona Kodama, violin; Sarah Butcher, cello Friday 6 February (3rd week) pm The Marmara Piano Trio will conduct an interactive workshop on Beethoven s infrequently performed trio in E Flat major, Op. 70 No.2. The workshop will familiarize the audience with this piano trio work by introducing the structural and thematic components of each movement, and the larger-scale tonal narrative that unfolds. The workshop will be followed by an evening concert by the Marmara Trio. Concert by Marmara Piano Trio Friday 6 February (3rd week) 6.30pm Marmara Piano Trio was established in 2009, and has won a major award from the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council of the UK) for their research on classical chamber ensemble practice. The trio has emerged as an innovative ensemble through their practice of open-rehearsals and workshops reflecting on music-making. Haydn Piano Trio in E major Hob.XV/28 Brahms Piano Trio in C minor Op.101 (1886) Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 in E Flat major Free admission - Open to the public. In 2002 Oxford Philomusica was appointed the Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford. This Residency offers training, tuition and performing opportunities to students, as well as a prestigious season of concerts for students and academics alike. Violin Masterclass with Anne-Sophie Mutter Monday 13 October (1st week) All students kirsten@ oxfordphil.com to reserve your free ticket 10-11am Sheldonian Theatre A fantastic opportunity to witness a masterclass with the celebrated virtuoso violinist. To apply to participate, please contact rebeccah@oxfordphil.com Tickets 5. Piano Masterclass with Angela Hewitt Friday 13 March (8th week) 11am-12.30pm One of the world's leading solo artists gives a masterclass to student pianists. To apply to participate, contact rebeccah@oxfordphil.com Tickets 5, to book. Schubert Songs Masterclass Monday 20 October (2nd week) 2.30pm-5pm Harris Manchester College Chapel Renowned Schubert scholar and inspiring teacher, Susan Youens (University of Notre Dame) will work with Music students on Schubert songs. This masterclass is offered by the Oxford Lieder Festival as part of their 2014 Schubert Project. Tickets 3 on the door, free to Music students. Music students events@music.ox.ac.uk to sign-up for the masterclass for free Conducting Workshops with John Traill (Oxford Conducting Institute) Monday 27 October 2-4pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Seminar for participants. Free admission - open to the public. Saturday 1 November (3rd week) 9.30am-12.30pm Music Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music students Workshop with orchestra provided by OUMS. Repertoire: Mendelssohn String Symphony No.10 in b minor. events@music.ox.ac.uk to sign-up for the A second workshop will take in May with the Oxfordshire workshop County Youth Orchestra. Outstanding participants will be selected for a third workshop, with the Oxford Philomusica, on 19 June 2015 at the Sheldonian Theatre. The Oxford Conducting Institute events range in focus from professional training, work in education and with non-professional orchestras, to outreach, enterprise, and career development. 20 W O R K S H O P S A N D M A S T E R C L A S S E S W O R K S H O P S A N D M A S T E R C L A S S E S 21

12 THE BATE COLLECTION Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Faculty of Music, St Aldate s, Oxford OX1 1DB SUPPORT MUSIC The Bate Collection The Bate Collection celebrates the history and development of musical instruments of the Western Classical tradition from the medieval period until the present day. The Collection is made available for study and judicious use by scholars, students, makers, and players, so as to enhance and increase the knowledge of the history of music as well as the enjoyment of historical performance. The Bate Collection Shop A veritable Aladdin s cave of musical toys, beautiful cards, gifts and delights. Visiting The Bate Free admission. Open 2-5pm weekdays throughout the year. Weekend openings: Saturday mornings (OU full term). BATE CONCERT Viol Concert Wednesday 26 November (5th Week) 8pm Tickets 6/ 12 Enquiries to: Bate Collection andrew.lamb@music.ox.ac.uk SPECIAL EXHIBITION Music of the Tudors Until November 2014 Free admission Open to the public Music at Oxford University has a long and distinguished history. We offer a wide-ranging undergraduate and postgraduate education in music, with possibilities for specialising in performance and composition among many other options. We also play an important part in enriching the cultural life of the wider University and the community at large, and house the internationally important Bate Collection of Musical Instruments. But Oxford has to shape its future in a world of unprecedented change. The challenge is considerable, and we need help with the investment required to secure the future for the next generation, and many more to come. No institution can survive and prosper over more than 800 years without being adaptable. The Faculty of Music is seeking funding for artist residencies, concerts and masterclasses, student chamber music ensembles, performance tuition, conducting, and scholarships. We want to secure the future of academic posts with endowments, and provide scholarships for the highly qualified graduates who apply to study here. We are also ambitious in our aim to move to new, purposebuilt premises providing the space and facilities including performance, practice, and research facilities that will benefit future generations. Please help us to realise those ambitions in whatever way you can. To make a gift, please visit You can make a regular gift by credit card or by direct debit. A single gift can also be made by credit card or by sending a cheque to the Faculty of Music. You will be taken to our approved payment provider for secure processing of your gift. If you wish to discuss your preferred giving designation, please contact the Humanities Development team on EVENING CLASSES Learn Gamelan with the Oxford Gamelan Society Wednesday Evenings pm commencing 15 October OGS meet at the Faculty of Music on Wednesday evenings during the University Term. This is a chance to learn to play on the Javanese Gamelan with other members of the group. FAMILY EVENTS October (half term week) 2 5pm February (half term week) 2-5pm Gallery activities including trails, colouring and word-searches. Free of charge, no advance booking necessary FAMILY FUN DAYS Saturday 22 November 10am-2pm Saturday 14 February 10am-2pm A day of family events featuring: A treasure trail, live musical performances and demonstrations. Plus a chance to play some of the instruments in the handling collection. Free of charge, no advance booking necessary 22 T H E B A T E C O L L E C T I O N S U P P O R T M U S I C 23

13 SEMINARS Balzan workshop-conference OTHER EVENTS Visiting Chair in Opera Studies / Bach Conference Balzan Programme in Musicology Towards a Global History of Music WORKSHOP-CONFERENCE Friday 13 - Sunday 15 February Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Topical encounters and rhetorics of identity in Latin American art music Convenor: Dr Melanie Plesch (The University of Melbourne) In this workshop-conference, convened by Dr Melanie Plesch (The University of Melbourne), an international panel of musicologists explores how the theory of topics can help elucidate the complex webs of identity in Latin American art music. Led by Reinhard Strohm, Emeritus Professor of Music at Oxford University in collaboration with an international committee of musicologists from Humboldt University, Berlin, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, King's College London, University of Oxford, University of Vienna and the University of Zurich, this two-day event is part of a new research programme in musicology, Towards a Global History of Music. Open to the public Admission free marie-alice.frappat@music.ox.ac.uk for more information Supported by the Balzan Foundation VISITING CHAIR IN OPERA STUDIES : GRAHAM VICK Friday 14 November (5th week) 5pm T. S. Eliot Lecture Theatre, Merton College Lecture: Opera and the socially responsible artist Saturday 15 November (5th week) Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Opera Masterclass Free admission but tickets are required from Graham Vick is the Artistic Director of Birmingham Opera Company and works in the world s major opera houses with the world s leading conductors: Muti, Levine, Haitink, Gergiev, Runnicles Ozawa, Mehta. He was Director of Productions at Scottish Opera ( ) and at Glyndebourne ( ). His many awards include Italy s Premio Abbiati five times and Britain s South Bank Show Award for Opera in both 1999 and The University's statutory Visiting Chair in Opera Studies, funded by the Clore-Duffield Foundation, is hosted by New College. C.P.E. BACH TERCENTENARY CONFERENCE Organisers: Susan Wollenberg, Joe Davies, and Andy Lamb C.P.E. Bach and Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Culture November 2014 Faculty of Music Annette Richards and Matthew Head will provide the keynote addresses in this two-day conference. Other invited speakers will include: Keith Chapin, Tom Irvine, Joshua Walden, Hans-Günter Ottenberg, Estelle Joubert, Sheila Guymer, John McKean, Yonatan Bar-Yoshafat, and Susan Wollenberg. The conference will feature two keyboard recitals. For further details and information about registration see: Clavichord recital by David Gerrard Saturday 29 November (7th week) 9.15pm St Cross College Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Tickets on the door: 12/ 6 Fortepiano recital by John Irving Sunday 30 November (8th week) 3pm Sonatas by Joseph Haydn Tickets on the door: 14/ 7 24 B A L Z A N W O R K S H O P - C O N F E R E N C E V I S I T I N G C H A I R I N O P E R A S T U D I E S / B A C H C O N F E R E N C E 25

14 SEMINARS Seminars in Ethnomusicology and Sound Studies Convened by Professor Jason Stanyek Thursdays 5-6:30pm, Ertegun House (37A St Giles) Free admission Open to the public Michaelmas term Thursday 30 October (3rd week) Eliot Bates Lecturer in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies at the University of Birmingham Village - Environment - Studio: Doga için Çal and the Cartographies of Modern Turkey Doga için Çal, literally play for nature, is a video series featuring hundreds of amateur and professional musicians ostensibly playing or singing for environmentalism. This highly acclaimed, corporatesponsored series quickly went viral after its initial segment aired online in But the specific political valences of the project are unclear, and in many regards Doga için Çal, with its uncontroversial folksong repertoire and absence of any ethnic language songs, is quite conservative. I argue that the series is perfectly natural with regards to Turkey's nearly ninety-year history of state-driven national folklore projects. Rather than a radical departure, Doga için Çal serves to remap both Turkish nationalized folklore and the practices and spaces of the recording studio onto the Turkish Republic and Turkish diaspora and in doing so heralds the 'death of the village' and underscores the asymmetrical economic development of different regions. My talk uses these videos to explore the audible aspects of how maps and mapping practices come to make space more sensible. ˆ SEMINARS Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music Thursdays 5-7pm Wharton Room, All Souls College Free admission Open to all Convenor: Margaret Bent The speaker s presentation is followed by a full hour of discussion during which wine is served. Thursday 27 November (7th week) Eleni Ikoniadou Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Kingston University The Virtual Dimension of Sound In the age of computational media, sound and its subcultures can offer dynamic ways of accounting for bodies, events, and their perceptions. Particularly in the last decade, an emerging audio culture, crossing both theory and the arts, echoes an attempt to resist the tyranny of ocularcentrism and enable the consideration of new modes of thought. This talk explores the traces and potentialities prompted by the sonic and the engagement that it affords with the speculative and potential aspects of the event. It proposes that a notion of rhythm detached from the idea of counting and regularity can unlock the virtual dimension of sound, coexisting with but not exhausted by what is actually heard, sensed, and consciously perceived. Michaelmas term Thursday 23 October (2nd week) Sean Curran (Trinity College, Cambridge) The hocket as a musicopoetic device in some thirteenth-century motets Thursday 30 October (3rd week) Susan Rankin (Cambridge University) Capturing Sound: Designing notation Thursday 20 November (6th week) Kate van Orden (Harvard University) Musica Transalpina: French Music, musicians, and identity in 16th-century Italy Thursday 4 December (8th week) Magnus Williamson (Newcastle University) Praying for a safe delivery: Mary Tudor, Thomas Tallis and the chronology of Tudor Music Hilary term Thursday 29 January (2nd week) Reinhard Strohm (Oxford University) 600 years of origins: Polyphonic practices in Europe in- and outside the historiographical canon Thursday 12 February (4th week) Susana Zapke (Konservatorium Wien) Urban music in Vienna in the 14th-15th century: public spaces and musical practices Thursday 26 February (6th week) Emma Dillon (King s College, London) Song and the Old French Romance tradition Thursday 12 March (8th week) Anna Zayaruznaya (Yale University) The late works of Philippe de Vitry 26 S E M I N A R S I N E T H N O M U S I C O L O G Y A N D S O U N D S T U D I E S S E M I N A R S I N M E D I E V A L A N D R E N A I S S A N C E M U S I C 27

15 SEMINARS Research Colloquia Tuesdays 5.15pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Free admission open to all The Music Research Colloquia series is organised by graduate students (this year, Christopher May and Alexi Vellianitis).The Colloquia feature leading figures as well as younger scholars presenting their research in papers on all kinds of music-related topics. The speakers come from Oxford and many different universities around the world. Presentations are followed by discussion and a drinks reception. Students, staff and the general public are warmly encouraged to attend. Tuesday 14 October (1st week) Daniel Grimley (Merton College, Oxford) In the Mood : The Affective Landscapes of Edvard Grieg's Stemninger Tuesday 21 October (2nd week) Raffaele Pozzi (Universita di Roma) Le Maître du temps : Robert Cahen and Pierre Boulez Tuesday 28 October (3rd week) Laura Tunbridge (St Catherine's College, Oxford) Listening to Lieder Between the Wars Tuesday 4 November (4th week) Anne Hyland (The University of Manchester) Convergent Evolution in the Nineteenth-Century Piano Trio: Schubert and Hummel as Case Study Tuesday 11 November (5th week) Steven Connor (Peterhouse, Cambridge) To the Ear a Great Compassion: Listening, Counting and Number Tuesday 18 November (6th week) Daniel Grimley (Merton College, Oxford) and Stephanus Muller (Stellenbosch) Film screening and discussion: Night is Coming: a Threnody for the Victims of Marikana Tuesday 25 November (7th week) Julie Brown (Royal Holloway, University of London) Title to be announced Tuesday 2 December (8th week) Henry Hope (Magdalen College, Oxford) Barbarossa's Hoffest of 1184: a Case Study in the Historiography of Minnesang University of Oxford Faculty of Music St Aldate s Oxford OX1 1DB Telephone: (01865) events@music.ox.ac.uk All prices, artists and event details are correct at the time of publication; we reserve the right to make any necessary changes should circumstances demand.