FACULTY OF MUSIC. 2016/7 Michaelmas & Hilary Terms. Bach project: A beginning Saturday 8 October

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1 FACULTY OF MUSIC Autumn/Winter Events 2016/7 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 Bach project: A beginning Saturday 8 October NEW! Lunchtime Student Recitals Thursdays 1pm Faculty of Music, St Aldates s Free Entry

2 EVENT CALENDAR Welcome to a new year of musical events at the Faculty of Music and the. This term we are delighted to launch Director of Performance Natalie Clein's Bach Project, which will span the next 3 years. The exploration begins early in October with distinguished guest performers giving talks, masterclasses, and shared conversations, followed by a concert of Bach's chamber music works. We also welcome back the Villiers Quartet for the new year, and offer the first Oxford performance given by the Prince Regent's Band. An exceptional opportunity is offered by The Impossible Gentlemen and Gwilym Simcock; they will give a public masterclass for our jazz performers. Natalie Clein will also be working with her Oxford students, and new music features high on the agenda once more, with guest composers Robin Holloway and Rachel Portman. As always, academic work is at the heart of what we do. So join the Tuesday research colloquia, the ethnomusicology lectures, the Medieval and Renaissance seminars or the Composer Speaks series to explore music of all times and places in the company of the Faculty's renowned staff or visiting international scholars. The Faculty's numerous research projects are all offering public events in the next few months from the Balzan workshop and concert given by Trio Khimaira to the Transforming 19th-century Historically Informed Performance wind concert in 2017; there is also the Spectralisms conference, the first of its kind featuring the London Sinfonietta in concert. Finally the newest addition to this programme is the free lunchtime recitals held during term time in the Faculty on Thursdays, showcasing our students' talents to the public of Oxford. We hope you join us to one or more of these events. Michael Burden, Chair, Board of the Faculty of Music 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 Director of Performance: Natalie Clein s and Events Manager: Aloïse Fiala-Murphy Events Office: Liz Green and Neta Rudich Design and production: white space Cover: Portrait of J S Bach, aged 61, by E. G. Haussmann, 1748 Other Photography: Peter Mays, Thomas Bowles, Charlie Troman, The weeks indicated next to the dates relate to the University term. OxfordMusicFaculty If you would like to be added to our mailing list please events@music.ox.ac.uk with your details. CONCERTS NEW MUSIC STUDENT AND COLLEGE MUSIC WORKHOPS & MASTERCLASSES BATE SEMINARS OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT: A BEGINNING 4 NOVEMBER 5 BALZAN: TRIO KHIMAIRA CONCERT 21 NOVEMBER 13 BATE CONCERT: IMPROVISO CONCERT 17 NOVEMBER 20 VILLIERS QUARTET EVENING CONCERT 6 NOVEMBER 23 VILLIERS QUARTET LUNCHTIME CONCERT 6 NOVEMBER 29 BATE CONCERT: PRINCE REGENT S BAND 8 OCTOBER 10 NEW COLLEGE: ROBERT QUINNEY ORGAN RECITAL 10 OCTOBER 16 ST HUGH'S COLLEGE: ENSEMBLE PEREGRINA CONCERT 10 OCTOBER 21 SJE ARTS: IMOGEN COOPER CONCERT 11 OCTOBER 22 ST PETER S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT 13 OCTOBER 20 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 OCTOBER 24 NEW COLLEGE: ROBERT QUINNEY ORGAN RECITAL 10 OCTOBER 27 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 OCTOBER 29 MERTON COLLEGE CHOIR OXFORD LIEDER CONCERT 11 NOVEMBER 3 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 NOVEMBER 3 WADHAM COLLEGE: MADELEINE RIDD AND MELANIE JONES CONCERT 10 NOVEMBER 6 OXFORD UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT 12 NOVEMBER 9-12 LINCOLN COLLEGE MUSICAL REVUE 11 NOVEMBER 10 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 NOVEMBER 12 MERTON COLLEGE: OLIVIER LATRY ORGAN RECITAL 11 NOVEMBER 17 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 NOVEMBER 19 ST PETER S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT 13 NOVEMBER 19 OXFORD PHILHARMONIC YOUNG ARTISTS' PLATFORM EMMA LISNEY 13 NOVEMBER 19 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES WIND ORCHESTRAS 12 NOVEMBER 21 NEW COLLEGE: ROBERT QUINNEY ORGAN RECITAL 11 NOVEMBER 21 SJE ARTS: JAVIER PERIANES CONCERT 11 NOVEMBER NEW COLLEGE: NEW CHAMBER OPERA 10 NOVEMBER 23 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIA CONCERT 12 NOVEMBER 24 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 NOVEMBER 24 WADHAM COLLEGE: PETER SHEPPARD SKÆRVED AND DANIEL-BEN PIENAAR CONCERT 10 NOVEMBER 25 OXFORD UNIVERSITY STRING ENSEMBLE CONCERT 12 NOVEMBER 30 OXFORD UNIVERSITY SINFONIETTA CONCERT 12 DECEMBER 1 OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHORUS CONCERT 12 DECEMBER 1 MUSIC FACULTY FREE STUDENT RECITAL 13 DECEMBER 7 OXFORD PHILHARMONIC YOUNG ARTISTS' PLATFORM 13 JANUARY 21 ST STEPHEN S HOUSE: SEAN SHIBE CLASICAL GUITAR 11 FEBRUARY 2 WADHAM COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY 10 FEBRUARY 18 ST PETER'S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT 13 MARCH 5 ST STEPHEN S HOUSE: SAVITRI GRIER (VIOLIN) AND RICHARD UTTLEY (PIANO) 11 MARCH 6 ORIEL COLLEGE: SARAH CONNOLLY CONCERT 11 OCTOBER 27 ENSEMBLE ISIS CONCERT: ROBIN HOLLOWAY - TWO COMPOSER HOMAGES 14 OCTOBER 28 ENSEMBLE ISIS OXFORD LIEDER CONCERT 14 NOVEMBER 10 OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA EUGENE BIRMAN PREMIERE 14 NOVEMBER 21 VILLIERS QUARTET: STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14 NOVEMBER 24 VILLIERS QUARTET: STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14 NOVEMBER 28 RICHARD CASEY SOLO PIANO COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14 NOVEMBER 30 ENSEMBLE ISIS SOLO WITH ELECTRONICS COMPOSITION WORKSHOP 14 OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT CELLO MASTERCLASS: DAVID WATKIN 5 OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT MASTERCLASS: MAGGIE COLE AND KATI DEBRETZENI 5 OCTOBER 13 JAZZ MASTERCLASS: THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN AND GWILYM SIMCOCK 15 OCTOBER 29 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP: OCI JOHN TRAILL & CAYENNA PONCHIONE 15 NOVEMBER 1 PERFORMANCE MASTERCLASS: NATALIE CLEIN 15 NOVEMBER 21 ORIEL COLLEGE VISITING MUSICIAN: SARAH CONNOLLY MASTERCLASS 10 FEBRUARY 28 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP 15 MARCH 4 CONDUCTING WORKSHOP 15 MARCH 7 ORIEL COLLEGE VISITING MUSICIAN: SARAH CONNOLLY MASTERCLASS 11 OCTOBER 18 GALLERY RECITAL: MIKE BARDSLEY ON THE GOERMANS HARPSICHORD 16 OCTOBER HALF TERM ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN 16 NOVEMBER 13 BATE CONCERT: IMPROVISO, DIRECTED BY FATIMA LAHHAM 17 NOVEMBER 15 GALLERY RECITAL: MIKE BARDSLEY ON THE TISSERAN HARPSICHORD 16 NOVEMBER 19 THEREMIN WORKSHOP: LYDIA KAVINA 16 NOVEMBER 19 FAMILY FUN DAY 16 NOVEMBER 29 BATE CONCERT: PRINCE REGENT S BAND 8 OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT: DAVID WATKIN 4 OCTOBER 8 BACH PROJECT: KATI DEBRETZENI 4 OCTOBER 11 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: LAUREN REDHEAD 24 OCTOBER 18 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: MARTYN HARRY 24 OCTOBER 19 SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND SOUND STUDIES: INGRID MONSON 23 OCTOBER 20 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: MARGARET BENT 22 OCTOBER 24 SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND SOUND STUDIES: TIMOTHY TAYLOR 23 OCTOBER 25 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: JULIAN HORTON 24 OCTOBER 27 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: PEDRO MEMELSDORFF 22 OCTOBER 31 COMPOSER SPEAKS: RACHEL PORTMAN 18 NOVEMBER 1 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: URMILA BHIRDIKAR 24 NOVEMBER 4-6 BALZAN MUSICOLOGY WORKSHOP 20 NOVEMBER 8 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: HELEN DEEMING 24 NOVEMBER 10 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: BONNIE BLACKBURN 22 NOVEMBER 15 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: SEBASTIAN WEDLER 24 NOVEMBER 17 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: FELIX DIERGARTEN 22 NOVEMBER 22 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: DEREK B. SCOTT 24 NOVEMBER 29 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM: CAYENNA PONCHIONE 24 DECEMBER 1 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC: DAVID CATALUNYA 22 page

3 CONCERTS Bach Project Bach Project: A beginning Saturday 8 October (0th Week) Director of Performance Natalie Clein gathers her expert friends to begin exploring the music of JS Bach. She introduces the Bach Project in her words: I have long wished to have an open and in-depth exploration of some of the issues that continually come up when performing Bach as I feel there are no easy answers and multiple approaches. I am bringing in several musicians David Watkin, Maggie Cole and Kati Debretzeni and hope to engage both students and the general public in the debate. One of the joys of a life in music is the continual searching and wish for a deeper understanding of a score and its context and this day is a chance to do such deep sea diving! 11am 12pm Lecture recital by Violinist Kati Debretzeni The question of speed in dance movements of J.S.Bach's unaccompanied works for violin a performer's approach pm Chamber Music Masterclass with Harpsichordist Maggie Cole and Violinist Kati Debretzeni pm Cello masterclass with Cellist David Watkin pm Talk Bach and the cello; a talk on the iconic Suites for solo cello by cellist David Watkin pm In Conversation Natalie Clein, David Watkin, Maggie Cole, Kati Debretzeni Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major B WV Natalie Clein, cello Sonata in G major BWV Kati Debretzeni, violin Maggie Cole, harpsichord Art of Fugue BWV 1080 Contrapunctus 18 8 Instruments of Time and Truth Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free tickets Harpsichord o No.4 in A major, BWV Maggie Cole, harpsichord solo with Instruments of Time and Truth Tickets alone 15/ 10 Students 5 Individual event 6 Whole day pass 40 concessions 25 students In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door HILARY TERM 2017 Bach Project: Three minds in counterpoint The Goldberg variations arranged for string trio Friday 27 January (2nd Week) Bach Goldberg variations (Arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky) Henning Kraggerud, violin Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola Natalie Clein, cello Tickets 15/ 10 Students In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door 4 B A C H P R O J E C T B A C H P R O J E C T 5

4 CONCERTS Villiers Quartet Radcliffe Chamber Music Residency The Villiers Quartet are in their second year of the Radcliffe chamber music residency at the Faculty of Music presented in association with Music at Oxford. Following a successful couple of residencies in the fabulous last year, they offer a rich variety of music in their four public performances over the season. They also work with students at the Faculty in composition workshops and coaching sessions. Sunday 20 November (7th Week) Henry Purcell Fantasias Carl Nielsen At the Bier of a Young Artist Robert Saxton Fantazia for String Quartet Jean Sibelius Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 "Voces Intimae" Tickets 15 (students 5) Lunchtime Wednesday 23 November (7th Week) 1pm Jean Sibelius Adagio in D minor Kui Dong Spring Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 HILARY TERM 2017 Lunchtime Wednesday 1 February (3rd Week) 1pm Finn Shields Neuvoton Dmitri Shostakovich Quartet no. 3 in F major, Op. 73 Tickets 10 (students 5) Friday 3 February (3rd Week) Schubert Quartettsatz Schoenberg Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 with Music Alumna Julia Sitkovetsky, soprano Webern Langsamer Satz Brahms Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 Tickets 15 (students 5) Tickets 10 (students 5) Tickets for all events on this page On the door Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free tickets 6 V I L L I E R S Q U A R T E T V I L L I E R S Q U A R T E T 7

5 CONCERTS Prince Regent s Band Bate Tuesday 29 November (8th Week) Richard Fomison: contralto saxhorn and cornets Richard Thomas: contralto and tenor saxhorns and cornets Anneke Scott: tenor saxhorn and ventil horn Phil Dale: baritone saxhorn Jeff Miller: contrabass saxhorn The Celebrated Distin Family The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments has invited the Prince Regent s Band for a concert celebrating the Distin Family and exploring nineteenth century music for brass instruments. The Distin Family was one of the earliest and most famous of brass ensembles. After travelling to Paris in 1844 where they discovered a new valved brass instrument by Adolphe Sax in a concert organised by Hector Berlioz, the family quickly acquired a full set of five of the new instruments which they claimed to be the first to call "sax horns". These instruments are today the instruments that make up the modern brass band. The Distins were resourceful arranging and rearranging popular works of the time, including many works from the genres of opera, ballad and folk song. Their programmes often advertised works by composers such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Meyerbeer, Handel and Beethoven. Programme to include works by Verdi, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Grétry, Fauconnier, Berlioz, Arne, Kent, Handel and compositions by the Distin Family The virtuosity of The Prince Regent s Band is there for all to hear. In The Celebrated Distin Family PRB have successfully achieved a harmonious soundscape on historical cornets and saxhorns eloquently demonstrating the beauty and versatility of the smooth, mellow tones of these original instruments. (Andrew Lamb, The Bate Collection, Oxford) Tickets 12/ In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door 8 P R I N C E R E G E N T S B A N D P R I N C E R E G E N T S B A N D 9

6 WORKSHOPS COLLEGE MUSIC & MASTERCLASSES Wadham College Thursday 3 November (4th Week) Wadham College Music Society Music for cello and piano Madeleine Ridd and Melanie Jones Free admission with retiring collection Thursday 24 November (7th Week) of Mozart Violin Sonatas by Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) and Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) Tickets 12/ 8 on the door Thursday 2 February Wadham College Music Society Music for percussion and piano George Barton and Siwan Rhys Free admission with retiring collection New College 17, 18, and 19 November (6th Week) 8.30pm New College Antechapel New Chamber Opera Henry Purcell Dido and Aneas Conductor: James Orrell Director: Michael Burden Tickets 12/ 7 concessions Mondays 10 & 24 October, 21 November (Weeks 1, 3, 7) 9pm New College Chapel Robert Quinney (Organist, New College) Recital series Free admission open to the public Thursday 15 December J S Bach, Christmas Oratorio, Pts 1-3 Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra The Choir of New College, Oxford Robert Quinney conductor Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist Tickets St Hugh's College Sunday 16 October (2nd Week) 6.30pm Ensemble Peregrina Beginning with the visionary 'Sybil of the Rhine', Hildegard of Bingen, the singers of Ensemble Peregrina will present an innovative tour, ranging across Europe, of medieval music from women's monasteries for women saints. This event is supported by Barden and Flavia Gale in honour of Eloise Susanna Gale Tickets 10 contact development@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk Students free Merton College Saturday 29 October (3rd Week) 4.30pm Oxford Lieder Festival Requiem: Mozart and Schumann Rosalind Coad (Soprano) Rozanna Madylus (Mezzo-Soprano) Josep-Ramon Olivé (Baritone) Benjamin Nicholas (Conductor) Merton College Chapel Tickets 12 (Nave), 5 (restricted view) or Merton College Saturday 12 November (5th Week) Organ by Olivier Latry Liszt Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' Widor Andante sostenuto (from the Symphonie gothique) Vierne Organ Symphony No. 4 in G minor - final movement Debussy La Cathédrale engloutie (transcription: Léon Roques) Dupré Prelude and fugue in G minor, op. 7 Latry Improvisation Merton College Chapel Tickets 15, 10 (students) from the Oxford Playhouse St Stephen s House Friday 21 October (2nd Week) SJE Arts International Piano Series 2016 Imogen Cooper (piano) Janácek, Schumann and Albéniz St Stephen s House, accessed via SJE Arts Admission from the Oxford Playhouse Monday 21 November (7th Week) SJE Arts International Piano Series 2016 Javier Perianes (piano) Schubert, Debussy and De Falla St Stephen s House, accessed via SJE Arts Admission from the Oxford Playhouse ^ HILARY TERM 2017 Saturday 21 January (1st Week) BBC New Generation Artist Sean Shibe (classical guitar) Dowland, Arnold, Berkeley, Walton, Britten St Stephen s House, accessed via SJE Arts Admission Open to the public Sunday 5 March (8th Week) 5pm Savitri Grier (violin) and Richard Uttley (piano) Enesco and Brahms St Stephen s House, accessed via SJE Arts Admission 15 Open to the public 9-12 November (5th Week) Oakshott Room, Lincoln College 'I love you, you're perfect, now change' - a musical revue performed by Lincoln College Free admission Open to the public Oriel College Monday 21 November (7th Week) Start time tbc Sarah Connolly Singing Masterclass Oriel College Free Admission - Open to the public Monday 6 March (8th Week) 7pm Sarah Connolly (Oriel College Visiting Musician) More information to follow Tuesday 7 March (8th Week) Start time tbc Oriel College Sarah Connolly Singing Masterclass See Oriel College website for details nearer the time Free Admission - Open to the public 10 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 1

7 STUDENT MUSIC Oxford University Music Society exists to support and develop the performance and appreciation of music within the University. Details of other performances in Oxford, by OUMS ensembles and other ensembles, can be found at and on the individual ensembles websites, listed at Oxford University Orchestra Sunday 6 November (5th Week) Mendelssohn Violin o Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Violin: Carolin Widmann Conductor: Daniel Harding Tickets: 30/ 15 (floor, semi-circle, lower gallery, behind orchestra), 15/ 7 (upper gallery) advance only / ouo.oums.org Oxford University Wind Orchestra Varsity with Cambridge University Wind Orchestra Saturday 19 November (6th Week) University Church of St Mary the Virgin Hart Cartoon Bate A Hymn to the Beauty that was Williams arr. De Meij Star Wars Saga Ellerby Paris Sketches Williams arr. Smith Harry Potter Symphonic Suite Conductor: Chloe Rooke Tickets: 10/ 5 on the door, 8/ 4 advance / ouwo.oums.org Oxford University Philharmonia Wednesday 23 November (7th Week) Sibelius The Oceanides Hanson Symphony No.2, Romantic Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major Conductor: Matthew Reese Tickets: 12/ 6 on the door, 10/ 5 advance / ouphil.oums.org Oxford University String Ensemble Friday 25 November (7th Week) University Church of St Mary the Virgin Hermann Psycho Suite Debussy Danses Sacrée et Profane Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No.5 Williams Munich: A prayer for peace Leighton o for strings Harp: Imogen Emmett Conductor: Aaron King Tickets: 10/ 5 on the door and advance / ouse.oums.org Oxford University Sinfonietta Wednesday 30 November (8th Week) Haydn Symphony No.31 Barber Violin o Poulenc Sinfonietta Violin: Emma Lisney Conductor: Freddie Meyers Tickets: 12/ 6 on the door, 10/ 5 advance / ousinf.oums.org Oxford University Chorus Thursday 1 December (8th Week) Haydn The Creation Conductor: Joe Davies Tickets: 8/ 5 students on the door and advance / ouchorus.oums.org St Peter's Chamber Orchestra Conductor: John Warner Saturday 22 October (2nd Week) St Peter's College Chapel Shostakovich Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a Elgar Sospiri R. Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings Morgen! Saturday 19 November (6th Week) St Peter's College Chapel Butterworth Two English Idylls Copland Clarinet o Dvorak Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' Saturday 18 February Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk for 5/ 10 (student/adult) or on the door for 6/12 john.warner@spc.ox.ac.uk facebook.com/spchamberorchestra/ Young Artist Platform Saturday 19 November (6th Week) 6.30pm Pre-concert Recital Violin: Emma Lisney A chance to hear Music student and 2016 Oxfordshire o Competition winner ahead of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra evening concert. Free admission. Beethoven Leonora Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Mendelssohn Piano o No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish Peter Donohoe piano, Marios Papadopoulos conductor, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Tickets (students from 5) Student Recital Series Thursday lunchtimes pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music We are delighted to introduce our new recital series, given by our students, and free for all to attend. The students will mainly be performing pieces for their upcoming examinations. Come and join us on 20, 27 October, 3, 10, 17, 24 November and 1 December Each recital will last no longer than 30 minutes. Feel free to bring your lunch! Information nearer the time from or office@music.ox.ac.uk Free admission Wednesday 7 December (9th Week) 6.30pm Pre-concert Recital A chance to hear talented young musicians in recital (name to be announced). Free admission. Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Lidstrom Rigoletto Fantasy for Cello Brahms and Orchestra Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Mats Lidström cello, Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Tickets (students from 5) 12 S T U D E N T M U S I C S T U D E N T M U S I C 13

8 NEW MUSIC The Composer Speaks: Robin Holloway Two Composer Homages Thursday 27 October (3rd Week) 5.15pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Ensemble ISIS, Conductor John Traill Soloist Maki Sekyia, piano Guest Composer Robin Holloway In this lecture-recital, Robin Holloway discusses with Robert Saxton the significance of 'composer homages' for his work with reference to two contrasting works. Ensemble ISIS will perform Holloway's Five Haydn Miniatures (1999), and the composer will analyse his seminal work, Fantasy-Pieces (on the Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann) Op. 16 (1971), in advance of the work's complete performance under the auspices of the Oxford Lieder Festival's Schumann Project the following day. Free entry Thursday 10 November Maxim Vengerov violin Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Marios Papadopoulos conductor The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Artist in Residence, Maxim Vengerov performs the premiere of DPhil composer Eugene Birman's Violin o which was chosen during the 2015 Composers' Workshop. Beethoven's Violin o and his Eighth Symphony also feature in the evening s programme. Tickets: (students from 5) Co-convenors: Professor Martyn Harry and Professor Saxton. Musical Director: Dr John Traill. All events are open to the public and free to attend. Most take place in the Faculty of Music unless otherwise stated Oxford Lieder Festival : The Schumann Project Late Style & Legacy study day Friday 28 October, 3.15pm Laura Tunbridge leads a fascinating study day on Schumann's later works and on his legacy. Ensemble ISIS perform Robin Holloway's Fantasy-Pieces on the Heine Liederkreis of Schumann, with pianist Maki Sekiya, which incorporates a performance of the Op. 24 Liederkreis with tenor James Gilchrist. Introduced by the composer. Tickets for the study day 20/ 5 (under 35 s) Composition Workshops Ensemble Room Free entry Monday 21 (7th Week) pm Thursday 24 November (7th Week) 11.30am-1.30pm String Quartet with the Villiers Quartet Monday 28 November (8th Week) 2-5pm Solo Piano with Richard Casey Wednesday 30 November (8th Week) pm Solo Instrument with Piano with Ensemble ISIS players Solo Instrument with electronics WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES Conducting Workshops with the Oxford Conducting Institute Director: Dr John Traill Conducting Associate: Cayenna Ponchione The Oxford Conducting Institute provide a series of workshops and short courses for conductors. Events range in focus, from professional training, work in education and with non-professional orchestras, to outreach, enterprise, and career development. Led by Dr John Traill and Cayenna Ponchione, these workshops are tailored to the participants and suitable for all conductors (beginner to advanced). Michaelmas Term Seminar: Tuesday 25 October (3rd Week) 2-4pm Workshop: Saturday 29 October (3rd Week) 2-5pm Repertoire: Mendelssohn String Symphony no.10 in B minor Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Hilary Term Seminar: Tuesday 28 February (7th Week) 2-4pm Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Workshop: Saturday 4 March (7th Week) 9.30am-12.30pm Centre for Music, Bayards Hill, Waynflete Road, Oxford, OX3 8GA Workshop with the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra Repertoire: Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture Admission 5 (students free) Jazz Masterclass with The Impossible Gentlemen featuring Gwilym Simcock Wednesday 13 October (1st Week) pm Denis Arnold Hall A rare and fabulous group of talents. The Times The group is comprised of world-leading musicians, featuring a USA based rhythm section of Adam Nussbaum and Steve Rodby plus three British musicians Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker and Iain Dixon. This is a rare opportunity for students to develop their improvisation skills and playing with others. Open to all, but there will be limited spaces for students wishing to perform. Admission 5 (students free) Natalie Clein Performance Masterclass Tuesday 1 November (4th Week) 11-1pm Denis Arnold Hall The Faculty's Director of Performance and internationally loved cellist Natalie Clein offers her insights and works with the most talented student performers. Admission 5 (students free) Music students events@music.ox.ac.uk to sign-up for the masterclasses 14 N E W M U S I C 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 15

9 THE BATE COLLECTION Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Faculty of Music, St Aldate s, Oxford OX1 1DB 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). GALLERY RECITALS Bate Collection Gallery Free of charge no advance booking necessary Tuesday 18 October (2nd Week) 2pm Mike Bardsley of the Friends of the Bate performs on the Goermans harpsichord, Paris 1750 Tuesday 15 November (6th Week) 2pm Mike Bardsley performs on the newly restored Tisseran harpsichord, London 1700 WORKSHOPS Theremin Workshop Saturday 19 November (7th Week) 10am-5pm Lecture Room A, Faculty of Music With Lydia Kavina Bookings in Advance via Bate Collection EVENING CLASSES Learn Gamelan with the Oxford Gamelan Society Wednesday Evenings pm Commencing 12 October Oxford Gamelan Society 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 FRIENDLY EVENTS October (half term week) and February (half term week) 2-5 pm Gallery activities including trails, colouring and word-searches Free of charge, no advance booking necessary FAMILY FUN DAYS Saturday 19 November and Saturday 4 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 BATE CONCERTS Improviso, directed by Fatima Lahham presents European Connection Sunday 13 November (6th Week) 6pm Chamber ensemble Improviso presents an evening of music centred around European composers, instrument makers, and performers in eighteenth-century London. Programme to include Corelli, Sammartini, Handel, and Telemann's o for recorder and bassoon. Tickets 10/ 6 available on the door Prince Regent s Band Tuesday 29 November (8th Week) See page 8 for full details. Tickets 12 (concs 6) 16 T H E B A T E C O L L E C T I O N T H E B A T E C O L L E C T I O N 17

10 SEMINARS Composer Speaks CONCERTS Spectralisms / The Harmonie in Beethoven s Vienna Composer Speaks Series Convenor: Prof Robert Saxton Rachel Portman Monday 31 October (4th Week) pm Lecture Room A, Faculty of Music Distinguished media composer and Oxford alumna Rachel Portman will discuss and engage students in discussion about her work in film and TV. After the talk, students are invited to attend a performance of one of Rachel s liturgical works by the Worcester College Chapel Choir during Evensong. Free entry HILARY TERM Judith Bingham Monday 6 February (4th Week) pm Lecture Room A, Faculty of Music Judith Bingham is one of the UK's leading composers, having had works commissioned by many leading organisations and festivals across the UK, including the BBC Proms and the Three Choirs Festival. She was, for several years, Composer-in-Association with the BBC Singers. She will present her work and ideas about writing for voices, to be followed by the performance of one of her works in Worcester College Chapel during Evensong. Free entry Spectralisms Conference March 2017 Faculty of Music Wednesday 15 March 2017, JdP Music Building, St Hilda s College, Oxford Spectralism. Spectral music. One of the most significant developments of the past 50 years. A music made from the spectrum of sound, from the very substance of sound itself, a music that opens new vistas of colour and time. The Faculty of Music celebrates this exciting music with distinguished visitor Tristan Murail (pioneer of French spectralism in the 1970s) and celebrated new music specialists, the London Sinfonietta. A programme of music by Murail, Grisey, Saariaho and others also features introductions from Murail and the players. The concert is a part of the international conference hosted by the Faculty (15 16 March), the first in the UK devoted to an exploration of spectral music. Friday 17 February (5th Week) Pre concert talk 6.45pm Claire Holden, Principal Investigator of the AHRC funded Transforming 19th-Century Historically Informed Performance project at the Faculty of Music discusses approaches to performing early 19th-century arrangements with members of Boxwood and Brass. The Harmonie in Beethoven s Vienna A rare chance to hear this extraordinary harmonie version of Beethoven s symphony on instruments of the early 19th century, exactly 200 years after it was issued by the composer s publisher. Leading specialists Boxwood & Brass place this tour-de-force in context alongside contemporary works for wind ensemble. Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free tickets Boxwood & Brass: Rachel Chaplin, Nicola Barbagli, classical oboe Emily Worthington, Fiona Mitchell, classical clarinet Anneke Scott, Kate Goldsmith, natural horn Robert Percival, Takako Kunugi, classical bassoon Jacqueline Dossor, Double Bass Boieldieu Tickets Gallery 13, Stalls 10, Students 10/ 5, LIVESTREAM In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door arr. anon: Overture Jean de Paris (1812/1816) Triebensee Partita in Eb (c. 1805) Beethoven arr. anon: Symphony No. 7 (1812/1816) Tickets 15 / 10 (students 5) In person on the door 1 8 C O M P O S E R S P E A K S S E R I E S S P E C T R A L I S M S / T H E H A R M O N I E I N B E E T H O V E N S V I E N N A 1 9

11 SEMINARS Balzan Musicology Workshop CONCERTS Balzan : Trio Khimaira Bridging Musical Cultures? The Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asian Regions in the History of Music Workshop 4-6 November 2016 Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music Convenors (and Research Visitors of the Balzan Musicology Project, 2016): Gabriela Currie (University of Minnesota) Lisa Nielson (Case Western Reserve University) Avra Xepapadakou (University of Crete) Speakers include: John Franklin (University of Vermont), Andrew Hicks (Cornell University), Kostas Kardamis (Ionian University), Ciro Lo Muzio (Instituto Italiano di Studi Orientali), Pernilla Myrne (Gothenburg University), Walter Puchner (University of Athens), Donatella Restani (University of Bologna), Dwight Reynolds (University of Santa Barbara), Owen Wright (SOAS University of London) The Balzan Programme in Musicology Towards A Global History of Music directed by Prof Reinhard Strohm For more information contact Marie-Alice Frappat, coordinator: marie-alice.frappat@music.ox.ac.uk Friday 4 November pm Session A Early Transcultural Musical Legacies from the Mediterranean to the Indus pm Keynote 1 Owen Wright (SOAS) Bridging the Ottoman-Safavid divide pm Session B Music aesthetics in the medieval Islamicate world Saturday 5 November 10 11am Keynote 2 Walter Puchner (University of Athens) A typology of western music and theatre activity in Southeast Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea region in premodern times (16th-19th centuries) 11am 1.30pm Session C Greece: a cultural crossroads between East and West 3 4pm Keynote 3 Kevin Dawe (University of Kent) Musical Instruments in the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asian Region: A Case Study of the Guitar in Turkey pm Round table and general discussion. 6pm Trio Khimaira - see opposite Music students! events@music.ox.ac.uk to claim your free ticket Saturday 5 November (4th Week) 6pm Trio Khimaira A concert offered on the occasion of the Balzan Musicology Workshop Trio Khimaira is made up of three extraordinary musicians Ziad Ben Youssef (oud), Luis Velasco-Pufleau (guitar) and Yanal Staiti (percussion). The trio bring an exhilarating range of influences to bear on their playing together, and have developed a musical language that lies at the boundary of written and oral, composed and improvised forms. Drawing on their different backgrounds, the group blend traditional Arabic genres, Latin American music, and flamenco, producing an astonishing soundworld. For this concert, Trio Khimaira focuses on eastern Mediterranean music. Immigration and exile are at the heart of our creativity: we came from nowhere and we became from everywhere. We do not deny our heritage, we transform it. In doing so, we break down boundaries and choose our own path. Ziad Ben Youssef oud Luis Velasco-Pufleau guitar Yanal Staiti percussion Special guest: Éric Duboscq bass Tickets 10 / 8 concessions In person at the Oxford Playhouse or on the door 20 B A L Z A N M U S I C O L O G Y W O R K S H O P T R I O K H I M A I R A 21

12 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 20 October (2nd Week) Margaret Bent (University of Oxford) Motets in England in and around the Old Hall manuscript Thursday 27 October (3rd Week) Pedro Memelsdorff (Utrecht University, Fondazione Giorgio Cini) En remirant oy chanter: Intermediality in late-medieval song Thursday 10 November (5th Week) Bonnie Blackburn (University of Oxford) A Fifteenth-Century Rock Star: Pietrobono dal Chitarino and his Repertory Thursday 17 November (6th Week) Felix Diergarten (Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg) Je ne fais toujours que penser: Analyzing Binchois songs Thursday 1 December (8th Week) David Catalunya (University of Würzburg) Polyphonic Music and Royal Liturgy in Thirteenth-Century Castile SEMINARS Seminar in Ethnomusicology and Sound Studies Professor Jason Stanyek, Convenor St John s College Barn (near where St Giles meets Banbury Rd), pm, Free. Open to the public, drinks afterwards. Wednesday 19 October (2nd Week) Ingrid Monson (Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music, Harvard University) Jazz Utopias, Then and Now My paper addresses, freedom, liberation, and the creation of sound worlds and communities through music, in short the ethical imagination of the jazz tradition. I follow visions of freedom through the works of Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Carla Bley, Robert Glasper, Terence Blanchard and Kendrick Lamar. If mid-twentieth century jazz liberation was conceived in trialogue with the American Civil Rights Black Power, and Anti-Vietnam War Movements, today s visions of freedom are emerging against the backdrop of Black Lives Matter, gender and sexuality, immigration, economic inequality, and global fear of Islam. The utopian thrust of the jazz imagination, as always, is tempered by the injustice of the world in which we live. How musicians draw on the icons and symbols of past, how they link domestic and international issues, and the future of aesthetic collaborations between Europe, the U.S. and the global south seem especially important right now. Monday 24 October (3rd Week) Timothy Taylor (Professor, Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles) Taking the Gift Out and Putting It Back In: From Cultural Goods to Commodities This presentation considers how musicians and others create or increase the economic value of cultural commodities in the capitalist marketplace. There are two means: the first is supply-chain capitalism as theorized by Anna Tsing, in which value is created at various nodes of a supply chain through processes of translation and purification that appear to strip away the noncapitalist social relations and noneconomic forms of value that went into the production of a particular cultural good. I argue that these capitalist supply chains that create what Tsing calls inventory frequently necessitate this other means of the creation of value, processes of consecration and/or promotion (broadly understood as advertising, marketing, and branding) that reanimate cultural commodities with values that masquerade as noneconomic forms of value. In essence, this paper argues that, through supplychain capitalism and processes of translation, capitalism appears to takes the gift out of the commodity by alienating labor and masking social relations, but through advertising, marketing, and branding inserts representations of unalienated labor and social relations to make the commodity seem like a gift again. 22 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 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 23

13 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, William Drummond and Emily X. X. Tan).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 11 October (1st Week) Lauren Redhead (Canterbury Christ Church University) Atonality and Beauty Tuesday 18 October (2nd Week) Martyn Harry (University of Oxford) My music within and without, and what exercises me Tuesday 25 October (3rd Week) Julian Horton (Durham University) The Finale of Bruckner s Seventh Symphony and the Problem of the Reversed Recapitulation Tuesday 1 November (4th Week) Urmila Bhirdikar (Shiv Nadar University) Gender and Performance University of Oxford Faculty of Music St Aldate s Oxford OX1 1DB Tuesday 8 November (5th Week) Helen Deeming (Royal Holloway) The Lives and Afterlives of a Medieval Song Manuscript Tuesday 15 November (6th Week) Sebastian Wedler (University of Oxford) Anton Webern's Tonally Moving Moods Tuesday 22 November (7th Week) Derek B. Scott (University of Leeds) Cosmopolitan Musicology Tuesday 29 November (8th Week) Cayenna Ponchione (University of Oxford) Who's the boss?: Tracking influence and action in the authorship of orchestral performance 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.