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AUTUMN 2018 EVENTS 0 2 0 7 5 9 1 4 3 1 4 | w w w. r c m . a c . u k
WELCOME TO THE
WELCOME
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC’S
AUTUMN SEASON
This season, in the anniversary year of the Armistice, John
Wilson conducts Vaughan Williams’ poignantly reflective Pastoral
Symphony as part of our moving Passing Youth series. We also
remember former RCM Director Sir Hubert Parry in a concert which
brings together choristers from the schools – Eton and Twyford –
that he attended. Elsewhere, the music of Lili Boulanger, who
died tragically 100 years ago, features alongside Fauré’s masterpiece, Requiem,
led by Jac van Steen.
Our Orchestral Masterworks series continues with performances of Shostakovich,
Berlioz and Elgar, and we also see the return of members of the Chamber Orchestra of
Europe, who will perform Brahms side-by-side with RCM performers. There are many
treats for chamber music fans too including a new feature on Haydn’s opus 33 quartets
throughout the year. And we continue to celebrate our glorious Flentrop Organ with a
new rush-hour series, Bach Bites.
This autumn we're also delighted to welcome back our Quartet in Residence, the
Harlem Quartet, who will contrast Haydn with more of their inimitable arrangements
from the jazz world. And there are further jazz delights on offer in November with the
return of Mike Lovatt and the Big Fat Brass project.
Our festival programme, meanwhile, includes the highly popular International Festival
of Viols, featuring Vittorio Ghielmi, while our Guitar Festival promises an international
line up including John Williams and Xue Fei Yang. We also look forward to visits from
Maxim Vengerov, Alina Ibragimova, Steven Osborne, Thomas Trotter, Sir James Galway
and more to lead our autumn masterclasses.
Finally, we round off the year with a very special and truly unmissable event – Mozart’s
Marriage of Figaro, directed by Sir Thomas Allen. The combination of Mozart’s
perfectly sublime and witty opera, seen through the eyes of RCM alumnus and one of
the greatest opera performers of our time, promises to be a truly unforgettable occasion.
We look forward to welcoming you here.
Stephen Johns, Artistic Director
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SEASON EVENTS
Wednesday 26 September
SEPTEMBER ESSENTIAL HAYDN
7.30pm | Britten Theatre
Friday 21 September Osvaldo Golijov Tenebrae (Version II)
ENSEMBLE PRIZEWINNERS Piazzolla (arr Voirpy) Histoire du Tango
1.05pm | Britten Theatre Dan Potter New work (world premiere)
Haydn String Quartet in B minor op 33 no 1
Prince Consort Trombone Quartet
Artha Quartet Often referred to as the 'father of the string quartet',
it was with opus 33 that Haydn truly mastered the form.
Come along to our Ensemble Prizewinners concert to This new concert series explores a different string quartet
hear the very best of RCM talent in string quartet, wind each evening. In the first quartet of the set, hear the
quintet and brass ensemble form. music move from a brief Scherzo to a slow, stately dance
Tickets: Free but required before climaxing in a breathless Presto that demands
technical brilliance from the first violin.
Tickets: £5
Friday 21 September
BACH BITES
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Xiaoting Chang organ OCTOBER
Our new Bach Bites series offers an exciting menu of
30-minute rush hour concerts where you can hear the best Wednesday 3 October
of Bach’s toccatas and fugues performed on our Flentrop
Orgelbouw organ.
THE GIFT OF MUSIC:
The RCM organ is in recognition of James Zheng Huang
UNCOVERING THE RCM
HonRCM COLLECTION
6.15pm | Inner Parry Room
Tickets: Free but required
Locatelli Trio Sonata in G major
Jacobs Three Inventions
Sunday 23 September Leigh Trio
Quantz Sonata in C minor
VOCAL & OPERA OPEN DOOR Britten Insect Pieces
10.30am | Parry Rooms Dring Trio
Are you an aspiring singer? This is an unmissable We continue our Gift of Music series with a celebration
opportunity to sing to a panel of RCM Vocal & Opera of some of the most striking donations received by the
professors and receive immediate feedback within a RCM in recent years, including the manuscript for Britten’s
supportive and friendly environment. Two Insect Pieces, which was written for Sylvia Spencer,
To find out more please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/opendoor oboist of the Sylvan Trio.
Tickets: £30 Tickets: £5
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SEASON EVENTS
Thursday 4 October Thursday 4 October
SONG PLUS SCHUBERTIADE: RCM BIG BAND: BRITISH BEBOP
MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS AND AND BEYOND
STREAMS 7.30pm | Britten Theatre
7.30pm | Inner Parry Room Mark Armstrong director
A fantastic opportunity for Schubert aficionados to come RCM Big Band
together in an informal setting to celebrate the work Programme to include:
of Austria’s musical genius, complete with full period Heath Skin Deep
costume and introduced by RCM Head of Costume Hayes Suddenly Last Tuesday
Jools Osborne. Wheeler Sweet Time Suite (selected pieces)
Tickets: Free but required Explore the exciting sound of British Big Band from the
1950s and beyond. The unique style hints at American
bebop trends with influences of great composers like
Johnny Dankworth, Tubby Hayes and Stan Tracey.
Join the RCM Big Band as they put on a colourful
and varied programme that’s guaranteed to delight
and entertain.
Tickets: £10
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Friday 5 October Thursday 11 October
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS:
EUROPE DISCOVERY WORKSHOP
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Mats Zetterqvist violin and director Martyn Brabbins, Christopher McMullen Laird,
Romain Guyot clarinet Vicente Chavarria and Avi Taler conductors
Nicholas Thompson trumpet RCM Philharmonic
RCM Chamber Orchestra Shostakovich Symphony no 10 in E minor op 93
Brahms Symphony no 2 in D major op 73
Visiting conductor Martyn Brabbins takes some time
The talented RCM Chamber Orchestra is joined by out from the English National Opera to introduce and
three celebrated musicians from the Chamber Orchestra direct this sweeping symphonic work. Making the most
of Europe – violinist Mats Zetterqvist, trumpet player of the full orchestral sound of the RCM Philharmonic,
Nicholas Thompson and Principal Clarinet discover Shostakovich’s dark and brooding symphonic
Romain Guyot – in a performance of Brahms' richly masterpiece, composed in the wake of Stalin’s death
textured Symphony no 2. and still every bit as compelling 65 years later.
Tickets: £5 Tickets: £5, £8
HEAR MORE: Mats Zetterqvist, Nicholas Thompson ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS TICKET OFFER
and Romain Guyot lead RCM musicians in Book two or more concerts in the series
three masterclasses on 2 and 3 October. and save up to 20%.
See page 26 for more details.
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Friday 12 October Monday 15 October
SEASON EVENTS
BACH BITES ESSENTIAL HAYDN
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 7.30pm | Inner Parry Room
Graham Thorpe organ Haydn String Quartet in E flat major op 33 no 2 The Joke
Missy Mazzoli Harp and Altar
Our bite-sized Bach series continues with a 30-minute
Nathanael Gubler Allegro for string quartet & flute
programme of toccatas and fugues, performed on our
(UK premiere)
new organ.
Farrenc Sextet for piano and winds in C minor op 40
Tickets: Free but required Barber Summer Music
Appropriately nicknamed The Joke, the second instalment
in our Haydn series promises lots of surprising twists,
Friday 12 October
disconcerting silences and playful dynamics – and listen
SACCONI QUARTET carefully for the punch line at the end.
7.30pm | Inner Parry Room
Tickets: £5
Sacconi Quartet RCM Quartet in Association
Haydn String Quartet in C major op 76 no 3 LISTEN AGAIN: This concert will be repeated at
Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Conway Hall on 28 October. To find out more,
Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat major K407 and for ticket details, visit www.conwayhall.org.uk
Debussy String Quartet in G minor op 10
The Sacconi Quartet returns to the RCM for an evening of
stirring string playing. Marking 100 years since the death
of Debussy, the award-winning alumni will display the full
breadth of their technical brilliance with a performance of
the composer’s one and only string quartet.
Tickets: £5
Sacconi Quartet © David Merewether
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Wednesday 17 October Wednesday 17 October
CAPRICCIO STRAVAGANTE SAXOPHONE RECITAL
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall WITH NIKITA ZIMIN
Bojan Čičić director 6.15pm | East Parry Room
RCM Baroque Orchestra We welcome internationally acclaimed saxophonist
Farina Capriccio Stravagante Nikita Zimin, current President of the All-Russian
Schmelzer The Fencing School Association of Saxophonists, for an early evening recital.
Biber Battalia à 10
Tickets: Free but required
Muffat Concerto no 12 Propitia Sydera
In this evening of early music, newly appointed leader HEAR MORE: Saxophone Masterclass with
of the Academy of Ancient Music Bojan Čičić directs Nikita Zimin. See page 26 for more details.
the RCM Baroque Orchestra from the violin. Farina’s
Capriccio Stravagante is the highlight of the programme
– an extraordinarily clever composition that uses the
string instruments to mimic other instruments, such as the
trumpet and organ.
Tickets: £5
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Friday 19 October Friday 19 October
SEASON EVENTS
RECITAL WITH BACH BITES
MAXIMILIANO MARTÍN 6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
1.05pm | West Parry Room Samuel Ali organ
Spanish soloist Maximiliano Martín, Principal Clarinet Our bite-sized Bach series continues with a 30-minute
of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, joins RCM programme of toccatas and fugues, performed on our
woodwind musicians for a lunchtime of charismatic new organ.
clarinet performances in the intimate setting of the
West Parry Room. Tickets: Free but required
Tickets: Free but required
Friday 19 October
HEAR MORE: Clarinet Masterclass with Maximiliano
Martín. See page 26 for more details.
RCM CHAMBER CHOIR
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Michael Rosewell conductor
Rossini Petite messe solennelle
Conductor Michael Rosewell leads the RCM Chamber
Choir in this special performance of Rossini's sombre
mass, Petite messe solennelle.
Tickets: £5
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Thursday 25 October
JOHN WILSON
CONDUCTS RAVEL AND
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
John Wilson conductor
Nikola Avramovic piano
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Ravel Piano Concerto for the left hand
Ravel La valse
Vaughan Williams Symphony no 3 'A Pastoral Symphony'
We welcome BBC Proms favourite and alumnus John Wilson to John Wilson is a
the conductor’s podium to direct the RCM Symphony Orchestra
in an unmissable evening of celebrated concert works. Revered
stylish showman, but
for his original arrangements with the John Wilson Orchestra, contained, precise,
the esteemed conductor will bring three very different classical and has the air of
compositions to life.
a conjuror, eager
Nikola Avramovic opens the programme with Ravel’s powerfully
imaginative Piano Concerto, composed for a concert pianist who to enthral with the
lost his right arm in WW1. Next, find out why Ravel's tribute waltz unexpected.
to Johann Strauss, La valse, became one of his most popular works.
Finally, we finish with Vaughan Williams’ Symphony no 3, a richly
orchestrated work that promises to provide an exhilarating Radio Times,
ending to an enjoyable evening. August 2016
Part of the Passing Youth series, commemorating 100 years
since the end of WW1.
Tickets: £10, £15
ONLINE: watch the concert live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live
John Wilson © Sim Canetty-Clarke
10 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018SEASON EVENTS
Friday 26 October
ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS: FOLLOW THE STORY: Enjoy enhanced
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE listening with real-time digital programme
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall notes during this performance.
Timothy Lines conductor HEAR MORE: Enjoy the incredible full
RCM Philharmonic orchestral sound of Berlioz’s Symphonie
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique fantastique at our RCM Sparks Family
Concert on 27 October. See page 28
A lovesick Berlioz composed his epic programme symphony for more details.
in 1830 after becoming infatuated with the charismatic Irish
actress Harriet Smithson, and the quintessentially romantic Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/fantastique for
masterpiece has delighted concert audiences ever since. further details.
An increasingly hallucinatory piece of musical melodrama,
the unique work is renowned for its psychedelic depiction
of unrequited love and delivers a concert experience quite
unlike any other.
Tickets: £5, £8
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 11Sunday 28 October
SIR HUBERT PARRY:
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
NOVEMBER
5pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall Thursday 1 November
Richard Farnes, David Hall, Tim Johnson RCM WIND ENSEMBLE:
and Mark Messenger conductors THE HAPPY WORKSHOP
David Goode organ 7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM String Band
Eton College Chapel Choirs Simon Channing director
Twyford School Senior Choir RCM Wind Ensemble
Programme to include: Stravinsky Octet
Parry Ode to Music Lara Poe Contradanse
Parry I was Glad Zoë Darbyshire Amduat The Coming Forth by Day
Parry Lady Radnor's Suite (world premiere)
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens R Strauss Symphony for Winds Fröhliche Werkstatt
Parry Jerusalem Head of Woodwind Simon Channing leads the RCM
We are delighted to bring together singers and Wind Ensemble in a colourful programme of both well-
musicians from Eton College and Twyford School known and contemporary works featuring Stravinsky’s
to commemorate the centenary of their past pupil, neo-classical Octet; Strauss’ technically challenging
and one of Britain’s most loved composers, sonatina, Fröhliche Werkstatt (The Happy Workshop);
Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918). plus two new pieces from RCM composers Lara Poe
and Zoë Darbyshire.
Tickets: £10, £15
Tickets: £5
ONLINE: watch the concert live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live
Friday 2 November
RCM STRING BAND:
POULENC AND PARRY
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Mark Messenger conductor
RCM String Band
Schubert Symphony no 8 in B minor D759 Unfinished
Poulenc Organ Concerto
Parry Movements from Lady Radnor's Suite
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony op 110a
The finely honed talents of the RCM String Band are
complimented by the powerful sound of the Flentrop
Orgelbouw organ in this evening chamber concert.
Programme highlights include Poulenc's only organ
concerto, composed for Princesse Edmond de Polignac,
and Shostakovich's intensely melancholic Chamber
Symphony, penned in 1960 and inspired by war-torn
Dresden.
Tickets: £5
Drawing of
Parry by Sidney Kent,
courtesy of RCM collections
12 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018SEASON EVENTS
Saturday 3 November Sunday 4 November
RCMJD SOLOISTS CONCERT GUITAR FESTIVAL
5.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 11am | Various locations
Leading soloists from the RCM Junior Department take The RCM presents some of the finest players on the
centre stage for a varied concert of instrumental music. international guitar scene in a one-day festival of
concerts, masterclasses and lectures celebrating all
Tickets: £5
things guitar.
Featuring performances by classical virtuosos John
Williams, Xufei Yang, Gary Ryan, Laura Snowden and
Carlos Bonell, as well as the Vida Guitar Quartet, the
Eden-Stell Duo and the National Youth Guitar Ensemble.
This is a fantastic chance for guitarists of any age and
ability to pick up tips from the experts on how to improve
their playing and to hear solo and chamber music
performances from RCM guitarists past and present. Kent
Guitar Classics and the London Guitar Studio will also be
on hand to offer advice on instruments, strings and all the
latest accessories.
Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/guitarfestival to find out more.
Tickets: Free but required
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 13Tuesday 6 November Friday 9 November
BIG FAT BRASS SONG PLUS SERIES:
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall PASSING YOUTH
Mike Lovatt trumpet and director 7.30pm | Inner Parry Room
Nigel Black director Our Passing Youth series continues as we commemorate
RCM Brass Ensemble 100 years since the end of WW1 in a concert that
Billy May Big Fat Brass showcases the music of RCM alumni and celebrated
greats such as Schubert, Poulenc, Butterworth, Gurney
Big Fat Brass is back with a new programme of works and Bridge.
from Billy May’s iconic album, superbly brought to life by
the RCM Brass Ensemble. The American composer and Tickets: Free but required
trumpeter found critical acclaim when he released Big
Fat Brass in 1958, and his inventive arrangements of big
band classics promise an uplifting evening for all.
Tickets: £5
Lead trumpet players
are rare birds; they
must possess a faultless
technique, a four-octave
range, and be able to
read anything perfectly at
sight ... Michael Lovatt has
all of these capabilities.
John Wilson
Mike Lovatt © Graham Ibbetson
14 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018Sunday 11 November
SEASON EVENTS
PASSING YOUTH:
CHAMBER CONCERT
3pm | East Parry Room
FS Kelly (arr Mari Funabashi) Elegy In Memoriam
Rupert Brooke
Butterworth (arr Richard Miller) The Banks of
Green Willow
Matthew Lomax New work (world premiere)
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Gurney (arr Farrington) Sleep
Our Passing Youth series continues with four composers
who served in WW1, featuring FS Kelly’s elegy for poet
Rupert Brooke and Ravel’s piano suite, dedicated to
various friends who perished in the war. The programme
also includes Butterworth's meditative Banks of Green
Willow, and ends in a rocking lullaby of a finale with
Gurney's Elizabethan Sleep.
Tickets: Free but required
Ole Kristian Dahl
Sunday 11 November
BASSOON DAY
11.30am | Various locations
Come along to a full day of events and classes
dedicated to the bassoon.
Learn all about the baroque bassoon -- the instrument
that a young Bach once defended in a street fight –
and enjoy a special concert programme designed to
showcase the talents of RCM bassoon students. There’ll
be the chance to take part in both group bassoon classes
and private lessons with RCM professors, as well as a
masterclass with Norwegian soloist Ole Kristian Dahl
from Cologne’s WDR Symphony Orchestra.
A drop-in clinic with bassoon menders will also be
available throughout the day, and world-renowned
woodwind makers Howarth of London will be
showcasing their finest instruments too.
To find out more please visit
www.rcm.ac.uk/bassoonday
Tickets: Free but required
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 15Wednesday 14 November and Thursday 15 November
JAC VAN STEEN
CONDUCTS FAURÉ
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Jac van Steen conductor
RCM Symphony Orchestra
RCM Chorus
Lucy Griffiths chorus director
Franck Les Éolides
L Boulanger D'un soir triste
Dutilleux Sur le même accord
Fauré Requiem
Esteemed Dutch conductor Jac van Steen leads the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this
all-French programme featuring a symphonic poem, a nocturne and a requiem. Gentle but powerful,
Fauré’s undeniably beautiful Requiem provides an exquisite centrepiece for the evening. RCM
instrumentalists and singers combine for a truly moving performance, carrying the audience through
a breathtaking array of emotions.
Our evening of French music also marks 100 years since the death of Lili Boulanger, the first woman
to win the Prix de Rome composition prize. D'un soir triste was the last piece Boulanger composed
by hand – she died mere months later at the age of 24. Hear the exquisitely sad composition
masterfully handled by the full symphony orchestra in a performance that is not to be missed.
Tickets: £10, £15
ONLINE: watch the concert on Thursday 15 November at www.rcm.ac.uk/live
16Friday 16 November Wednesday 21 November
SEASON EVENTS
BACH BITES ESSENTIAL HAYDN
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 7.30pm | Inner Parry Room
Domenico Gioffre organ Kevin Puts Lento Assai
Zoë Darbyshire New work (world premiere)
Our bite-sized Bach series continues with a 30-minute
Haydn String Quartet in C major op 33 no 3,
programme of toccatas and fugues, performed on our
The Bird
new organ.
Jennifer Higdon Autumn Music
Tickets: Free but required Mozart Divertimento in F major K213
Our Essential Haydn series continues with The Bird: a
playful, unpredictable quartet that gets its nickname from
Saturday 17 November
its chirping violins, fluttering motifs, twittering duets and
RCMJD CHAMBER MUSIC harmonic bird calls.
CONCERT Tickets: £5
5.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
RCM Junior Department chamber ensembles take to the LISTEN AGAIN: Hear this programme repeated at
stage to showcase their talents in a varied programme of Conway Hall on Wednesday 19 December.
piano trios, string quartets and wind quintets. Visit www.conwayhall.org.uk for more information.
Tickets: £5
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 17Thursday 22 November Saturday 24 November
ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS: RCMJD PETER MORRISON
ELGAR’S CELLO CONCERTO CONCERTO COMPETITION FINAL
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 5.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Martin André conductor Join us for the culmination of this year’s RCMJD Concerto
Indira Grier cello Competition, the winner of which will perform with the
RCM Philharmonic RCMJD Symphony Orchestra in the spring.
Brahms Academic Festival Overture Tickets: £5
Lara Poe Taivaanranta (world premiere)
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor op 85
The RCM Philharmonic, under the direction of Martin
André, opens this Orchestral Masterworks programme
with a rousing rendition of Brahms’ merry medley of
student drinking songs: the ever-popular Academic
Festival Overture. Afterwards, we bring you a world
premiere of Lara Poe's Taivaanranta before Indira Grier
closes the programme with the performance that won her
this year’s Concerto Competition, Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
Tickets: £5, £8
ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS TICKET OFFER
Book two or more concerts in the series
and save up to 20%.
18 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018Monday 26, Wednesday 28, Friday 30 November
SEASON EVENTS
and Saturday 1 December
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
7pm | Britten Theatre
Sir Thomas Allen director
Michael Rosewell conductor
Lottie Higlett designer
Rory Beaton lighting designer
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro K492
Esteemed baritone and RCM alumnus Sir Thomas Allen returns to
direct a rousing performance of Mozart's much-loved comic opera,
The Marriage of Figaro.
Composed in 1786, Mozart’s classic opera has all the
ingredients of a modern rom com: love, revenge and
deception. In the intimate setting of the RCM’s Britten
Theatre, watch courtship turn to chaos for two servants,
Figaro and Susanna, as their plans to wed are thwarted by
the lecherous Count Almaviva. Lose yourself in Mozart’s
timeless melodies and witty libretto as the talented cast lead
us through a myriad of mistaken identities, mishaps and
misunderstandings. Will our hero finally get his bride, or will
the marriage of Figaro ultimately descend into mayhem?
Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Available from Wednesday 3 October.
Benefactors and Patrons have priority booking from
Wednesday 19 September and RCM Friends from
Wednesday 26 September.
The RCM International Opera School's 2012 production of
Le nozze di Figaro 020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk 19RCM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF VIOLS
Our annual International Festival of Viols returns with Tuesday 27 November
two days of masterclasses, lectures and an evening
concert.
GRAND FINALE: FANTASIES
AND CONSORT WORKS
The festival begins on 26 November with the first of 6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
six masterclasses led by visiting Professor of Viol
Vittorio Ghielmi, plus RCM professors Richard Boothby Byrd Pavan & Galliard
and Reiko Ichise (see page 27). Jenkins 2 Fantasies in 5 parts
Then, on Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon, Purcell 2 Fantasies in 4 parts
join us for a series of lectures to hear Professor Ferrabosco I Di sei bassi
Ghielmi, Christophe Urbanetz, Dr Lucy Robinson, Parsons 2 In Nomines in 7 parts
Dr Sam Stadlen and Richard Boothby share their Gibbons Fantasy in 4 parts ‘to the great double bass’
vast knowledge in the repertoire and performance Lawes Consort set in 6 parts in C minor
practices of the viola da gamba (see page 30 for Lawes Fantazy, Fantazy, In Nomine, Aire
more information). On the final evening of the festival, we bring you a
FIND OUT MORE: charming programme of consort music by some of
for full details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/viols the most popular English composers of the 17th
century, performed by students from the RCM and
Salzburg Mozarteum.
Tickets: £5
Wednesday 28 November
BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
An evening chamber concert featuring performances
from leading RCM brass musicians, including the
RCM Brass Quintet.
Tickets: £5
Vittorio Ghelmi © L Montesdeoc
20 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018Friday 30 November
SEASON EVENTS
HARLEM QUARTET IN RESIDENCE
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
DECEMBER
Harlem Quartet RCM Quartet in Residence Saturday 1 December
Haydn String Quartet in E flat major op 33 no 2 The Joke RCMJD SYMPHONY AND
The Harlem Quartet has been praised for its ‘panache’
CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS
6.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
by The New York Times and celebrated for ‘bringing a
new attitude to classical music’ in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Jacques Cohen and Chris Hirons conductors
Now, as part of its three-year residency, the string quartet Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major op 48
brings its authentic playing style to the RCM stage for Elgar Symphony no 1 in A flat major op 55
a thrilling evening of classical and jazz works from all
corners of the globe. The Junior Department’s premier orchestra perform an
impressive programme featuring Tchaikovsky’s sweeping
The Harlem Quartet Residency is generously masterpiece, Serenade for Strings, and Elgar’s Symphony
supported by Victoria, Lady Robey OBE HonRCM no 1, often hailed as the greatest British symphony
and the Freakley Family. ever written.
Tickets: £5 Tickets: £5
Harlem Quartet © Amy Schroeder
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk 21Sunday 2 December Tuesday 4 December
CONDUCTORS' PODIUM NEW PERSPECTIVES
2pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Christopher McMullen-Laird conductor Timothy Lines conductor
Vicente Chavarria conductor Robin de Raaff Piano Concerto
Avi Taler conductor Hugues Dufourt L'Origine du monde
Milhaud Le bœuf sur le toit op 58 Joel Jarventausta New work (world premiere)
Korngold Much ado about nothing op 11 Ji Heng Lee New work (world premiere)
(incidental music) Carter Conversations from Two Controversies
Elgar The Starlight Express op 78 and a Conversation
(incidental music and songs)
New Perspectives, our flagship new ensemble directed
Milhaud's surrealist ballet forms the centrepiece of this by Timothy Lines, performs new and recent works by
afternoon concert devised and led by RCM conductors. RCM composers and eminent names in contemporary
Tickets: Free but required piano music.
HEAR MORE: Explore some of the music featured Tickets: £5
from this afternoon’s programme at the RCM Sparks
Conductors’ Podium creative workshop on Sunday 2
December. See page 29 for more details.
22 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018Wednesday 5 December Saturday 8 December
SEASON EVENTS
ARTIST DIPLOMA SHOWCASE RCMJD END OF TERM CONCERT
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 2.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
In this varied concert, musicians from the Artist Diploma Students of the RCM Junior Department lead us in a
in Performance programme showcase their honed skills rousing concert to celebrate the end of the autumn term.
with a range of impressive solo performances. This lively programme features something for everyone,
with brass and wind dectets, a number of the RCMJD’s
Tickets: £5
top choirs and much more.
Tickets: £5
Friday 7 December
FROM THE SOUNDHOUSE
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Michael Oliva electronics
Programme to include:
Denis Smalley Piano Nets
Stockhausen Klavierstück XVI
Edwin Hillier Analogue for piano trio
Our From the Soundhouse series returns this season
with an eclectic programme of electronic music, and
continuing on from our New Perspectives concert on
Tuesday, the evening will also include three stand-out
contemporary piano pieces.
Tickets: £5
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk 23Saturday 8 December Tuesday 11 December
RCM SWING BAND: PERCUSSION SHOWCASE
KINGS OF SWING 6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.30pm | Britten Theatre Join us in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall for a fun-
Mark Armstrong director packed evening of good vibrations as we showcase
RCM Swing Band the full breadth of RCM’s percussive talents with an
electric programme of music, featuring show-stopping
Programme to include: performances from RCM’s brilliant PERC’M quartet.
Prima Sing Sing Sing
Goodman Don’t Be That Way Tickets: £5
Miller Caribbean Clipper
Ellington Mood Indigo
Meet the ‘King of Swing’ in this toe-tapping programme
exploring the music that made swing an international
phenomenon. Join Mark Armstrong and the RCM Swing
Band as they perform works from the famous 1938
Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert alongside music
from other major figures of the era.
Tickets: £5
24 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018CHAMBER MUSIC
CHAMBER MUSIC
You can enjoy a wide range of chamber music for a variety of ensembles
performed by the exceptionally talented musicians of the Royal College of
Music at our free lunchtime and rush-hour concerts.
www.rcm.ac.uk/chamber
Tickets: Free but required
SEPTEMBER Monday 22 October
1.05pm | Grove Room
Tuesday 6 November
1.05pm | West Parry Room
Monday 24 September Tuesday 23 October Wednesday 7 November
1.05pm | Farinelli Room 1.05pm | West Parry Room 1.05pm | West Parry Room
Wednesday 26 September Wednesday 24 October Tuesday 13 November
1.05pm | Grove Room 1.05pm | West Parry Room 1.05pm | Grove Room
Tuesday 30 October Wednesday 14 November
1.05pm | West Parry Room 1.05pm | West Parry Room
OCTOBER Wednesday 31 October Monday 19 November
Tuesday 2 October 1.05pm | West Parry Room 6.15pm | Inner Parry Room
1.05pm | West Parry Room
Tuesday 20 November
Monday 8 October 1.05pm | Grove Room
6.15pm | Corelli Room NOVEMBER Wednesday 21 November
Wednesday 10 October 1.05pm | West Parry Room
Thursday 1 November
6.15pm | Corelli Room 1.05pm | West Parry Room Wednesday 28 November
Thursday 11 October 1.05pm | West Parry Room
Monday 5 November
6.15pm | Inner Parry Room 6.15pm | East Parry Room Thursday 29 November
Tuesday 16 October 6.15pm | Grove Room
1.05pm | West Parry Room
Thursday 18 October
6.15pm | Grove Room
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk 25MASTERCLASSES
MASTERCLASSES
The Royal College of Music regularly welcomes some of today’s greatest artists to work
with star RCM musicians. Our masterclass series is a great way to find out more about
the process behind the performance.
www.rcm.ac.uk/masterclasses
Tickets: Free but required, unless otherwise stated
Maxim Vengerov
Wednesday 17 October © Benjamin Ealovega
VIOLIN: MAXIM VENGEROV
6.15pm | Britten Theatre
Maxim Vengerov, the RCM's Polonsky Visiting
Professor of Violin, has appeared with the
world's finest orchestras and conductors and
given solo recitals around the globe. He works
with talented RCM musicians in this violin
masterclass.
Tickets: £5
OCTOBER
Chamber Orchestra Tuesday 9 October
of Europe Cello: Denis Brott
6.15pm | West Parry Room
Tuesday 2 October Tuesday 2 October
Horn: Nicolas Fleury Chamber Music: Tuesday 16 October
6.15pm | East Parry Room Mats Zetterqvist Piano: Marios Papadopoulos
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming 6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming
Concert Hall Concert Hall
Belle Shenkman International
Masterclass Tuesday 16 October
Saxophone: Nikita Zimin
Clarinet: Romain Guyot 6.15pm | East Parry Room
6.15pm | West Parry Room
Tuesday 16 October
Wednesday 3 October Violin: Alina Ibragimova
Trumpet: Nicholas 6.15pm | Britten Theatre
Thompson
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming
Concert Hall
26 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018Tuesday 27 November
SIR JAMES GALWAY
6.15pm | Inner Parry room
One of our most celebrated alumni, Sir James Galway,
returns to the RCM for this early evening masterclass.
Belle Shenkman International Masterclass
Tickets: £5
ONLINE: watch the masterclass live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live
Friday 19 October
Trumpet: David Elton NOVEMBER Tuesday 20 November
Viola: Jerzy Kosmala
2pm | East Parry Room 6.15pm | West Parry Room
Friday 2 November
Belle Shenkman International
Violin: Lewis Kaplan Friday 23 November
Masterclass
2pm | West Parry Room Organ: Thomas Trotter
Friday 19 October 6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming
Thursday 8 November Concert Hall
Cello: Gemma Rosefield
Baroque Violin: Monica
2pm | Grove Room
Huggett
10am & 2pm | Farinelli room RCM International
Friday 19 October
Clarinet: Maximiliano Martin Festival of Viols
Friday 9 November
3pm | West Parry Room
Bassoon: Ole Kristian Dahl Monday 26 November
2pm | West Parry Room Vittorio Ghielmi
Monday 22 October
Cello: Andrew Shulman 10am | West Parry Room
Friday 9 November 2pm | Inner Parry Room
10am | West Parry Room
Baroque Violin: Monica
Huggett Reiko Ichise
Tuesday 23 October
2pm | Farinelli room 10am | Farinelli Room
Tuba: Alessandro Fossi
6.15pm | East Parry Room
Friday 9 November Richard Boothby
Harp: Marisa Robles 2pm | West Parry Room
Tuesday 30 October
2pm | Grove Room
Piano: Steven Osborne
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming Tuesday 27 November
Tuesday 13 November Vittorio Ghielmi
Concert Hall
Piano: Read Gainsford 10am | West Parry Room
6.15pm | Amaryllis Fleming
Tuesday 30 October
Concert Hall Consort coaching:
Trombone: Håkan Björkman
6.15pm | East Parry Room Includes a short recital of Debussy’s Reiko Ichise
Douze Études by Read Gainsford. 10am | Inner Parry Room
Tuesday 30 October
Viola: Jennifer Stumm Friday 16 November Please see page 20 for more
6.15pm | West Parry Room Violin: Peter Herresthal information on this year's
2pm | West Parry Room Festival of Viols.
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 27RCM SPARKS
RCM SPARKS
FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE – MAKE MUSIC WITH US!
Whether you are introducing children to classical music for the first time, or looking for inspiring ways to
delve deeper, families and young people can experience the unforgettable thrill of exciting workshops and
performances to ignite a passion in music.
HOW TO BOOK All events must be booked in advance through the RCM Box Office. Free tickets are available
subject to eligibility. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks for full details.
Wednesday 3 October
LUNCHTIME CONCERT FOR Saturday 27 October
SCHOOLS: PROVE YOUR GROOVE THRILLS, CHILLS AND TRILLS
12.30pm | Britten Theatre
Ages 4+
Key Stage 2
Family Create! Workshop
The RCM Big Band performs an impressive and 10.30am | Parry Rooms
electrifying mix of showstoppers! Strike up the band for a
Suitable for all the family, this fun, practical and
toe-tapping big jazz sound that explores the idiom, style
creative morning of activities and immersive
and instruments and take part in the exciting audience
workshops is guaranteed to get you in the spooky
participation piece led by presenter, composer and band
spirit for the very first RCM Sparks Family Concert
director, Mark Armstrong.
in the evening.
Tickets: Free but required
Family Concert
Key Stage 2 parties only. All school bookings receive a 2pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
specially written teacher resource pack to accompany
this concert. Join presenter Fraser Trainer and the RCM
Philharmonic as they explore Berlioz’s Symphonie
fantastique on a spooky musical journey involving
a love story, a spinning ballroom, a day in the
countryside, a nightmare and a Witches’ Sabbath.
We'll explore instruments, themes and engaging
musical extracts with guaranteed audience
participation. Don’t forget to dress up for Halloween!
Workshop & Concert Package: £25
for one adult and one child. £10 for additional
family tickets. Includes entry to both the workshop
and concert.
Family Concert only: £4, £8
28 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018Sunday 4 November Sunday 2 December
FAMILY CREATE! GUITAR FESTIVAL IGNITE & EXPLORERS:
11am | Parry Rooms MAESTRI IN THE MAKING
Join us for a fun festival of RCM Sparks events especially 10.30am | Inner Parry Room
for budding young guitar players. Ages 6–9 and 10–12
Part of the RCM’s Guitar Festival: see page 13 for Join RCM conductors and musicians for a creative
more details. musical journey involving an ox on the roof, a
Tickets: £15 for one adult and one child double wedding, and a train ride to the North
Pole. Following the workshop, we'll learn what
makes a maestro and explore engaging musical
extracts with guaranteed audience participation!
Bring your baton – a chop stick will do!
HEAR MORE: Hear some of the music from the
workshop performed in full at the Conductors'
Podium afternoon concert. See page 22 for
more details.
Tickets: £15 per child (price includes two
tickets to the Conductors’ Podium concert).
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 29TALKS AND SEMINARS
TALKS AND SEMINARS
Whatever your musical interests, we invite you to further your knowledge in a stimulating
range of talks and presentations given by specialists from across the music profession.
www.rcm.ac.uk/talks
Tickets: Free but required
Thursday 20 September Thursday 25 October
MUSIC AND IDEAS: NEW MUSIC AND IDEAS:
TONALITIES – MUSIC FOR MUSICAL LIVES
CLARINET AND PIANO 6.15pm | East Parry Room
6.15pm | Britten Theatre Martin Gatt in conversation with
Janet Hilton and Jakob Fichert Ingrid Pearson
Janet Hilton and Jakob Fichert explore the works of Launching our new initiative exploring the careers of
Ferruccio Busoni, Egon Wellesz and Paul Hindemith distinguished musicians is Martin Gatt, RCM alumnus and
in the context of the crisis of traditional harmony that former principal bassoon with the LPO, ECO and LSO.
occurred at the end of the 19th century and first half of Martin will be reflecting on his life in music, including
the 20th century. activities across performance, recording, teaching and
arranging.
Thursday 27 September
Sunday 28 October
MUSIC AND IDEAS:
CURATING COUNTERPOINT HUBERT PARRY AND THE PAST,
6.15pm | Britten Theatre PRESENT AND FUTURE OF MUSIC
Professor Terence Charlston (Chair of Historical
HISTORY PEDAGOGY
10am | Parry Rooms
Keyboard Instruments)
This study day, co-organised by the Royal College of
The performance of counterpoint has always fascinated
Music and the University of Southampton, will examine
keyboard players, and the 17th-century virtuoso Froberger
Parry’s work at the RCM and his legacy throughout the
appears to have shared this enthusiasm. His remarkable
20th century. Parry was the RCM’s first Professor of Music
fugues combine arcane method and melodic invention
History and his approach to the subject – driven by
in a very original manner. Using Stephen Keene’s 17th-
active student participation and shaped by contemporary
century bentside spinet, this lecture-recital investigates
doctrines of evolution – was visionary in its time. The day
Froberger’s fugal technique and his preservation of
will conclude with a keynote address on the past and
counterpoint.
present of music history pedagogy in higher education by
Alexander Rehding, Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at
Harvard University.
Tickets: Free but required
Sir Hubert Parry pictured aboard his yacht.
Anonymous, taken ‘off Sark’, c 1900.
Photo courtesy of RCM collections
30 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018RCM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MUSIC TALKS
OF VIOLS LECTURES
Discover how Wagner's famous 'Tristan' chord
Monday 26 November changed music forever in Music Talks' new
6.15pm | West Parry Room autumn course, Music in Time and Place: New
Directions after Tristan. The course takes places
Christophe Urbanetz: The bow technique of on Wednesdays, 10.15am–12.15pm at Christ
Marin Marais – new insights and documents on the Church Kensington, Victoria Road, London
French viol school W8 5RQ, just a ten-minute walk from the RCM.
Vittorio Ghielmi: ‘Tic-tac, par les coups d’archet Visit www.musictalks.org.uk for more details.
tout en l’air’ – The flying-bow as the historical basis Full Autumn Season Ticket: £220
of gamba bow technique
Wednesday 10 October
Tuesday 27 November Claude Debussy:
2pm | West Parry Room L’après-midi d’un faune
Dr Lucy Robinson: The impact of the Civil War Wednesday 17 October
on English Viol Players Arnold Schoenberg:
Richard Boothby: Why is Bach’s Art of Fugue The ‘Scandal’ Concert
unfinished?
Dr Sam Stadlen: Jacques Morel’s livre de pièces Wednesday 31 October
de violle: A forgotten gem? William Walton:
Symphony no 1 in B flat minor
See page 20 for more information.
Wednesday 7 November
Kurt Weill: Der Dreigroschenoper
Thursday 29 November Wednesday 14 November
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
MUSIC AND IDEAS:
EXPLORING FÊTES GALANTES Wednesday 21 November
6.15pm | East Parry Room Witold Lutoslawski:
Paganini Variations
Xavier Bray, Richard Langham Smith and
RCM singers
Antoine Watteau's celebrated fête galante paintings
were an innovative genre, juxtaposing Italian and French
characters with stylish contemporaries in pastoral and
idyllic settings. These works provided the inspiration for
Debussy’s song cycle, Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten Songs),
based on poems by Paul Verlaine. Xavier Bray, curator of
The Wallace Collection, joins Professor Richard Langham
Smith and RCM singers to explore the paintings, the
poems and the music.
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 31BECOME AN RCM FRIEND
BECOME AN RCM FRIEND
Join the Royal College of Music as a Friend today and you can enjoy a range of
attractive benefits. Your support also helps us to provide world-class education and
training to our talented students. Membership starts at just £40 a year and includes:
• P riority booking and access to the best seats for all RCM concerts and
opera performances
• Invitations to an exclusive programme of RCM Friends events
• Subscription to the termly RCM Events Guide and Upbeat magazine
To become a Friend or for more information about the RCM Friends programme
please contact our Supporter Engagement Officer on 020 7591 4331
or email friends@rcm.ac.uk
32 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018 © Nick RutterOUT AND ABOUT
OIUT AND ABOUT
In addition to concerts at the Royal College of Music in South Kensington, RCM performers regularly appear at a
number of venues across London and beyond.
Free, no tickets required, except where otherwise stated
Kings Place St Stephen's Church
Royal Albert Hall 5.45pm | 90 York Way, N1 9AG 6.30pm | Gloucester Road,
Kensington Gore SW7 2AP 21 October SW7 4AL
Classical Coffee Mornings 11 November 15, 22, 25, 29 October
5, 12, 19, 26 November
11am | Elgar Room
Leith Hill Place 3 December
16 September
14 October* 2.30pm | Leith Hill, Surrey RH5 6LY
Victoria and Albert Museum
4*, 11 November 11 October
6.30pm | Cromwell Road,
*RCM Junior Department
Regent Hall SW7 2RL
Tickets: £12.50, including
1pm | 275 Oxford Street, W1C 2DJ 5, 12, 19 October
coffee and a pastry
2, 9, 16, 23 November
19 October
7 December
9 November
Supported by the Friends of the V&A
Austrian Cultural Forum
St James's Piccadilly
1.05pm | 2
8 Rutland Gate,
1.10pm | 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL
SW7 1PQ Royal Festival Hall
28 September 7.30pm | S
outhbank Centre,
1, 15, 29 October
29 October SE1 8XX
12, 26 November
16 November
12 December 8 December
Charlton House
The Swingling Sixties
1pm | Charlton Road, SE7 8RE St Martin-in-the-Fields RCM soloists join in this
12 October 1pm | Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4JJ London Philharmonic Orchestra
16 November performance of Stravinsky’s
23 October
11 December Threni as part of their
Chelsea and Changing Faces series.
Westminster Hospital
St Mary Abbots Tickets: £10–£46, available
1pm | 3
69 Fulham Road, from the London Philharmonic
1.05pm | K
ensington Church Street,
SW10 9NH Orchestra Box Office.
W8 4LA
25 October
5, 12, 19, 26 October
29 November
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November
7 December
Foundling Museum
1pm | 4
0 Brunswick Square,
WC1N 1AZ
13 September
8 November
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk/events 33MORE MUSIC
MORE MUSIC
After ten years of planning, the building work for More Music:
Reimagining the Royal College of Music has begun. The £40 million
development of our South Kensington home will enable us to create
dynamic, vibrant spaces, provide more support for our talented
students and increase access to music worldwide.
More Music will provide:
• Increased scholarships and bursaries
• Two new performance spaces
• Additional practice rooms for our students
• A new café and courtyard area
• A permanent and accessible home for our Royal
College of Music Museum
• Enhanced step-free access for students and visitors
We have much still to achieve. Help us to raise the
remaining £10 million we need to realise our vision
and transform the RCM. Contact the development team
on 020 7591 4331 or development@rcm.ac.uk
34 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018BOOKING INFORMATION
BOOKING INFORMATION
HOW TO BOOK TICKETS ON THE DOOR Tickets are available
on the door for many RCM events. However, we
BY PHONE Telephone 020 7591 4314, open recommend that tickets are purchased well in advance
weekdays 10am–4pm. and cannot guarantee availability on the day.
ONLINE Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/events
LATE ARRIVALS To ensure that other audience
IN PERSON The RCM Box Office, located in the main
members are not disturbed, latecomers’ admission
foyer, is open weekdays 10am–4pm.
cannot be guaranteed.
Please note, there is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction SECURITY Please note that all visitors to the RCM
for online and telephone bookings. This fee covers may be required to sign in on entry and bag searches
administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income may also be in operation.
to support training and performance opportunities for our
students.
KEEP IN TOUCH
For more information on booking tickets, terms and
To stay up to date with events at the Royal College
conditions please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/ticketing
of Music you can register online to receive news and
updates about our events, exhibitions, products and
BOOKING OPENS FOR THE AUTUMN SEASON activities by email at www.rcm.ac.uk/subscribe
on Wednesday 15 August. RCM Friends and Patrons have
priority booking from Wednesday 8 August. You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram
Tickets for Le nozze di Figaro (26, 28, 30 November and @RCMLondon or find us on Facebook
1 December) will be available from Wednesday /royalcollegeofmusic
3 October. RCM Benefactors and Patrons have priority
booking from Wednesday 19 September and RCM To receive event information by post, call the RCM Box
Friends from Wednesday 26 September. Office on 020 7591 4314 or email your contact
details to boxoffice@rcm.ac.uk
BOOKING OPENS FOR RCMJD EVENTS on
Saturday 13 October. Please call the Junior Department on
020 7591 4334 for more details.
FEEDBACK
We welcome comments and suggestions from Patrons
on information that can be found in this guide, online
GROUP BOOKINGS of ten or more receive a 10%
or following your visit to the RCM. Please email
discount where applicable. Maximum group booking size
comments@rcm.ac.uk, or write to:
is 33. School parties must be chaperoned at all times by
school staff.
RCM Box Office
Royal College of Music
REFUNDS Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded Prince Consort Road
unless a performance is cancelled; when an event is sold London SW7 2BS
out refunds may be possible, at the discretion of Box
Office staff.
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk 35VISIT US
VISIT US
TRANSPORT FOOD AND DRINK
BY TUBE The nearest underground station is South The RCM Restaurant offers a great range of hot and
Kensington, which is about ten minutes’ walk from cold snacks and beverages each weekday between 9am
the RCM. South Kensington is on the District, Circle and 4pm, as well as delicious full lunch options between
and Piccadilly lines. Gloucester Road and High Street 12pm and 2pm.
Kensington stations are both approximately 15 minutes’
walk from the RCM.
ACCESS
BY RAIL The nearest mainline railway stations are
Paddington and Victoria. The Royal College of Music has easy access to most
areas and is mostly accessible via lifts and ramps, with
BY BUS Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal the exception of the RCM Restaurant which will not have
Albert Hall, whilst 9a runs from Palace Gate and 70 wheelchair access due to refurbishment taking place this
along Queen’s Gate. The number 360 stops very close term. There are spaces for wheelchair users and seats
to the RCM on Prince Consort Road. Many other services for their companions in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert
run to South Kensington, Kensington High Street or Hall and Britten Theatre. Please contact the Box Office
Knightsbridge from surrounding areas. in advance for bookings and directions. Guide and
companion dogs may be taken anywhere on site.
BY ROAD There is metered parking on Prince Consort
Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3.70 per hour MAIN ENTRANCE There are eight steps up from
for a maximum of three hours and is free after 6.30pm the pavement and two inside the main doors. A lift is
and on Sundays. There are a limited number of disabled available for wheelchair and disabled access assisted
parking spaces and designated motorbike bays in the by RCM staff.
surrounding area.
AMARYLLIS FLEMING CONCERT HALL There
are ten steps down to the main seating area. A lift is
available for wheelchair and disabled access assisted by
PHOTOGRAPHY AND RCM staff. The Balcony is accessible via 18 steps only.
RECORDINGS
BRITTEN THEATRE Access to the Britten Theatre
is through the Main Entrance. A lift is available for
wheelchair and disabled access by RCM staff. The Dress
Circle (auditorium left) is accessible to wheelchair users.
Filming, recording and commercial photography are
Please contact the Box Office in advance if
not permitted during concerts and events without prior
you require step-free access or assistance to
written permission. Photographs may be taken during
access a venue for public performance.
applause following a performance unless otherwise
notified. Many events at the RCM are filmed and
For more information or to request an alternative format
recorded. By attending a performance, you consent to
of publicity or programmes, please contact the RCM Box
any photography, filming or sound recording which may
Office on 020 7591 4314.
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36 EVENTS AUTUMN 2018AT A GLANCE
AT A GLANCE
SEPTEMBER PAGE
20 Sep • 6.15pm Music and Ideas: New Tonalities – Music for clarinet and piano 30
21 Sep • 1.05pm Ensemble Prizewinners 4
21 Sep • 6.15pm Bach Bites 4
23 Sep o 10.30am Vocal & Opera Open Door 4
24 Sep • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
26 Sep • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
26 Sep • 7.30pm Essential Haydn 4
27 Sep • 6.15pm Music and Ideas: Curating Counterpoint 30
OCTOBER PAGE
2 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
2 Oct • 6.15pm Horn Masterclass with Nicolas Fleury 26
2 Oct • 6.15pm Chamber Music Masterclass with Mats Zetterqvist 26
2 Oct • 6.15pm Clarinet Masterclass with Romain Guyot 26
3 Oct • 12.30pm RCM Sparks Lunchtime Concert for Schools: Prove Your Groove 28
3 Oct • 6.15pm Trumpet Masterclass with Nicholas Thompson 26
3 Oct • 6.15pm The Gift of Music: Uncovering the RCM Collection 4
4 Oct • 7.30pm Song Plus Schubertiade: Mountains, Valleys and Streams 5
4 Oct • 7.30pm RCM Big Band: British Behop and Beyond 5
5 Oct • 6.15pm Chamber Orchestra of Europe 6
8 Oct • 6.15pm RCM Chamber Music 25
9 Oct • 6.15pm Cello Masterclass with Denis Brott 26
10 Oct • 6.15pm RCM Chamber Music 25
11 Oct • 6.15pm RCM Chamber Music 25
11 Oct • 7.30pm Orchestral Masterworks: Discovery Workshop 6
12 Oct • 6.15pm Bach Bites 7
12 Oct • 7.30pm Sacconi Quartet 7
15 Oct • 7.30pm Essential Haydn 7
16 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
16 Oct • 6.15pm Saxophone Masterclass with Nikita Zimin 26
16 Oct • 6.15pm Violin Masterclass with Alina Ibragimova 26
16 Oct • 6.15pm Piano Masterclass with Mario Papadopoulos 26
17 Oct • 6.15pm Capriccio Stravagante 8
17 Oct • 6.15pm Violin Masterclass with Maxim Vengerov 27
17 Oct • 6.15pm Saxophone Recital with Nikita Zimin 8
18 Oct • 6.15pm RCM Chamber Music 25
19 Oct • 1.05pm Recital with Maximillano Martín 9
19 Oct • 2pm Trumpet Masterclass with David Elton 26
19 Oct • 2pm Cello Masterclass with Gemma Rosefield 26
19 Oct • 3pm Clarinet Masterclass with Maximiliano Martin 26
19 Oct • 6.15pm Bach Bites 9
19 Oct • 7.30pm RCM Chamber Choir 9
22 Oct • 10am Cello Masterclass with Andrew Schulman 26
22 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
23 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
• Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall • Britten Theatre • Corelli Room • Farinelli Room • Grove Room
• East Parry Room • Inner Parry Room • West Parry Room • Recital Hall • External venue o Various venues
020 7591 4314 / www.rcm.ac.uk 37OCTOBER
AT A GLANCE
PAGE
23 Oct • 6.15pm Tuba Masterclass with Alessandro Fossi 26
24 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
25 Oct • 6.15pm Music and Ideas: Musical Lives 31
25 Oct • 7.30pm John Wilson conducts Ravel and Vaughan Williams 10
26 Oct • 6.15pm Orchestral Masterworks: Symphonie Fantastique 11
27 Oct • 10am RCM Sparks Family Create! Symphonie Fantastique Workshop 28
27 Oct • 2pm RCM Sparks Family Concert: Symphonie Fantastique 28
28 Oct • 10am Hubert Parry and the Past, Present and Future of Music History Pedagogy 31
28 Oct • 5pm Sir Hubert Parry: Centenary Celebrations 12
30 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
30 Oct • 6.15pm Piano Masterclass with Steven Osborne 26
30 Oct • 6.15pm Viola Masterclass with Jennifer Stumm 26
30 Oct • 6.15pm Trombone Masterclass with Håkan Björkman 26
31 Oct • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
NOVEMBER PAGE
1 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
1 Nov • 7.30pm RCM Wind Ensemble: The Happy Workshop 12
2 Nov • 2pm Violin Masterclass with Lewis Kaplan 27
2 Nov • 7.30pm RCM String Band: Poulenc and Parry 12
3 Nov • 5.30pm RCMJD Soloists Concert 13
4 Nov o 11am Guitar Festival 13
4 Nov o 11am RCM Sparks Family Create! Guitar Festival 29
5 Nov • 6.15pm RCM Chamber Music 25
6 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
6 Nov • 7.30pm Big Fat Brass 14
7 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
8 Nov • 10am Baroque Violin Masterclass with Monica Huggett 27
8 Nov • 2pm Baroque Violin Masterclass with Monica Huggett 27
9 Nov • 2pm Baroque Violin Masterclass with Monica Huggett 27
9 Nov • 2pm Harp Masterclass with Marisa Robles 27
9 Nov • 2pm Bassoon Masterclass with Ole Kristian Dahl 27
9 Nov • 7.30pm Song Plus Series: Passing Youth 14
11 Nov o 11.30am Bassoon Day 15
11 Nov • 3pm Passing Youth: Chamber Concert 15
13 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
13 Nov • 6.15pm Piano Masterclass with Read Gainsford 27
14 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
14 Nov • 7.30pm Jac Van Steen conducts Fauré 16
15 Nov • 7.30pm Jac Van Steen conducts Fauré 16
16 Nov • 2pm Violin Masterclass with Peter Herresthal 27
16 Nov • 6.15pm Bach Bites 17
17 Nov • 5.30pm RCMJD Chamber Music Concert 17
19 Nov • 6.15pm RCM Chamber Music 25
20 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
20 Nov • 6.15pm Viola Masterclass with Jerzy Kosmala 27
21 Nov • 1.05pm RCM Chamber Music 25
21 Nov • 7.30pm Essential Haydn 17
22 Nov • 6.15pm Orchestral Masterworks: Elgar’s Cello Concerto 18
23 Nov • 6.15pm Organ Masterclass with Thomas Trotter 27
23 Nov • 11am RCM Sparks Creative Quarter 29
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