Music at the University of Surrey – March 2009

Thursday 19 February 2009

Guildford International Music Festival
06 - 28 March

A complete list of events taking place during the festival can be found on the website: www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk or you can obtain a brochure from the Tourist Information Centre, Tunsgate, Guildford or from Jamie Harber on j.harber@surrey.ac.uk

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Aim Green
Recycled Instrument Project with workshops and performances

A day of family events led by dance and music students from the University, including workshops making musical instruments from recycled materials and dance performances from Actual Size Dance Company.

Saturday 07 March
Friary Centre, all day
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Free Event
Guildford International Music Festival Event www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk

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Free For All - II

An informal, fun and extremely popular evening that showcases the enormous range of musical styles and the huge talents of the various bands and performers within the Department of Music and Sound Recording. As the name suggests, it is free admission, coupled with a highly relaxed atmosphere in which the audience and performers can enjoy an excellent and varied evening of music making.

Sunday 8 March at 7:30 p.m.
The Great Hall, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Admission Free

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First Night

A showcase of four exciting new musicals by writers from the University of Surrey, performed by students from the Guildford School of Acting.

Chat! by Lee Freeman – A musical set in an internet chatroom.
Hearts of War by Arran Holcombe – Rebellion, kidnap, a General, his son and a broken future society.
Faerytale by Laura Tisdall – A gothic fairy story of love and sacrifice.
a verbis ad verbera by Francis Western – Inhabiting the desolate world between dream and reality, thought and action, self and other.

www.firstnightshowcase.co.uk

Wednesday 11 March at 8:00 p.m.
The Electric Theatre, Guildford
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £10 full, £8 senior citizens, £6 concessions
Guildford International Music Festival Event www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk

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University of Surrey Chamber Choir

Choral music, from baroque to modern day, from one of the foremost choirs in the South of England, with chamber music interludes.

Friday 13 March at 8:00 p.m.
Guildford United Reformed Church
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Retiring Collection
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Rush Hour Concert

Avoid the rush hour traffic, relax and be invigorated after a hard day at work by these short recitals given by undergraduate and postgraduate students specialising in performance.

Wednesday 11 March at 5:30 p.m. (finishing at approximately 6:30 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Admission Free
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The Last Waltz (1978) U 117min

Martin Scorsese’s documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. Guiding us through interviews with The Band and featuring a star-studded line up of special guests, The Last Waltz is heralded as one of the greatest music documentaries ever made.

Thursday 12 March at 7:30 p.m.
The Electric Theatre, Guildford
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £6 full/senior citizens, £4.50 concessions
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University of Surrey Chamber Choir

Choral music, from baroque to modern day, from one of the foremost choirs in the South of England, with chamber music interludes.

Friday 13 March at 8:00 p.m.
Guildford United Reformed Church
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Retiring Collection

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Guildford Guitar Day

A rare opportunity to hear international artists specially coming to perform at the Festival, and to watch their techniques at close quarters in intimate surroundings.

Saturday 14 March
University of Surrey
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
£45 day ticket / £25 student day ticket
Guildford International Music Festival Event www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk

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Xuefei Yang guitar

The guitar world has a new star…
Gramophone

Classical guitar is in desperate need of a personality. Step forward Xuefei Yang, a groundbreaking musicians who is making frets fashionable.
Norman Lebrecht, Evening Standard

Stephen Goss - The Chinese Garden
Granados - Valses Poeticos
Albeniz - España, seis hojas de album Op 165
Leo Brouwer - Sonata

Xuefei Yang was the first guitarist in China to enter a music school and graduate with a BA degree from Beijing’s Central Conservatory, the first guitarist from her country to study classical guitar in the West, and the first guitarist and Chinese musician to receive an international scholarship to study in the UK. She is now an international star, attracting rapturous reviews for both her live performances and recordings for EMI Classics. She brings to Guildford an enticing programme combining Spanish classics with a Sonata by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer and a fragrantly evocative work (Gramaphone) written especially for her by local composer Stephen Goss.

Saturday 14 March at 1:00 p.m.
Management Lecture Theatre, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
Tickets: £15

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John Williams in Conversation

A unique opportunity to hear a superstar of the classical music world discuss the demands, challenges and rewards of life as an international musician. Please note seating for the talk is limited to 220, so book early.

Saturday 14 March at 2:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
Tickets: £8 or £5 joint ticket with recital

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Michael Partington guitar

Joaquin Turina - Sevillana Fantasia
Michael Karmon - West, Sonata for Guitar, World Première
Stephen Goss - Sonata
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Sonata Op 77, Omaggio a Boccherini

Rising star of the guitar, Michael Partington performs an intriguing programme of 20th and 21st century works including the world première of Karmon’s sonata for instrument West and a sonata written especially for him by Stephen Goss.

..lyricism, intensity, and clear technical command…. an intelligent and articulate young guitarist, one to be welcomed without reservation…
Classical Guitar

Saturday 14 March at 4:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
Tickets: £15

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John Williams guitar

Mr Williams is arguably the finest guitarist before the public today.
The New York Times

Following his sell-out concert at the 2007 festival with John Etheridge, John Williams returns to Guildford to give a solo performance including baroque and Spanish classics, Williams’ own compositions and Irish folk arrangements, alongside some of the best-loved guitar tunes from the movies including themes from The Deer Hunter and Schindler’s List.

with post-performance Meet the Artists reception

Saturday 14 March at 7: 30 p.m.
Management Lecture Theatre, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
Tickets: £25 or £30 joint ticket with talk

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Preludes and Interludes
Graham Caskie piano
Brian Dunce visual artist

A highlight of the 2007 festival was pianist Graham Caskie’s performance of Debussy’s Preludes while audiences viewed Brian Dunce’s large canvas paintings representing his response to the music. We are delighted to present a further stage in their collaboration, in which Preludes - and the re-worked visual representations - are enhanced by interspersed Interludes written especially by Stephen Goss. A combined musical and artistic experience in one performance space which launches a CD of the works performed.
The concert includes a short talk exploring the artists’ creative collaboration, with an opportunity for the audience to take a close look at the artworks.

with post-performance Meet the Artists reception

Sunday 15 March at 3:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £8 full/senior citizens, £5 concessions
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) E 208min

Scorsese crafts an unprecedented exploration of the legendary singer/songwriter’s creative process during inarguably his most artistically fertile period from 1961-66. In the first ever film biography of the enigmatic, near-reclusive musician, Dylan grants Scorsese his first full-length interview in 20 years for a startlingly intimate and endlessly revealing portrait of a true American icon. Featuring a wealth of archival footage including never-before-seen concert and television appearances.

Monday 16 March at 7:30 p.m.
The Electric Theatre, Guildford
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £6 full/senior citizens, £4.50 concessions
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Feinstein Ensemble

Handel - Trio Sonata in C minor
Bach - Flute Sonata in E
Telemann - Paris Quartet in A
Tom Armstrong - New work (world première)
Bach - Violin Sonata in E major
Telemann - Trio Sonata in G minor

Specialising in the historically accurate performance of Baroque music at A=392, a full tone below modern pitch, the Feinstein Ensemble’s concerts and recordings of the Baroque repertoire have been acclaimed internationally. Their programme tonight sets against this repertoire the world première of a new work by local composer Tom Armstrong, written especially for the Ensemble and instrumentation.

with post-performance Meet the Artists reception

They play with a lightness and delicacy, yet also with a security and force that are a sheer delight. As for Feinstein himself, his flute-playing is beyond praise – I have never heard better.
Fanfare (USA)

Monday 16 March at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £12 full, £10 senior citizens, £5 concessions

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Shine a Light (2008) 12A 122min

In his most recent music documentary, released in 2008, Scorsese casts his lens on rock and roll legends The Rolling Stones. Focussing on two concerts from the band’s 2006 A Bigger Bang tour and two nights at New York’s Beacon Theatre, Scorsese assembled a legendary team of cinematographers to capture the raw energy and spectacle of one of rock and roll’s greatest live acts. Interspersed by historical footage, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from decades past, makes this, the latest in Scorsese’s music-documentary portfolio, another not to be missed.

Thursday 19 March at 7: p.m.
The Electric Theatre, Guildford.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £6 full/senior citizen, £4.50 concessions
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Late Night Big Band

In a special performance as part of the Guildford International Music Festival, the University of Surrey Big Band will perform an exciting late night set showcasing the best in Big Band music in the intimate surroundings of PATS Studio One.

Friday 20 March at 9:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £6 full, £4 concessions, £3 University of Surrey students

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Angel on High

Dance and Sound Installations, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Vertical Dance performance on the west face of the Cathedral tower, 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Lantern dance procession leading to evening performances, 7:00 p.m.

We look to the gilded angel on the top of Guildford Cathedral to see which way the wind is blowing and the angel is a reassuring welcome for travellers approaching the town. The Cathedral is an impressive building, holding memories, memorials and traces of people and times long past. Experience some of these ghosts and resonances through unique site-specific dance and sound happenings and installations, which will take place in spaces around the Cathedral throughout the day until 4:00 p.m.

At 4:00 p.m. using vertical dance on the outside of the Cathedral tower, the angel will descend to come closer to those who watch.

Daytime showings are free.

6:45 p.m. meet and lantern assembly at University Piazza opposite main car park.

For details of lantern workshops and ways to participate visit the Festival website

At 7:00 p.m. a lantern dance procession led by Unique Youth Dance Company and local school children will wind its way up the Cathedral Hill, to watch the angel’s evening descent. Enter the Cathedral to experience sounds and images inspired by the spaces and traces of the building. Site-specific contemporary, ballet and Kathak dance and soundscapes will permeate the Cathedral, encouraging us to walk around and see things from different perspectives. Special lighting effects will influence and change the environment and atmosphere of the building for this intriguing event.

Friday 20 March
Guildford Cathedral, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm

Daytime showings are free.
Tickets for evening events:
£10 full, £8 senior citizens, £5 concessions
Guildford International Music Festival Event www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk

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Debussy - Estampes
Goss/Sampson - Rough Music 1st Performance
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Commissioned new texts and new work by composer Stephen Goss and poet Fiona Sampson, accompany classics of the piano repertoire.

with post-performance Meet the Artists reception

Sunday 22 March at 3:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £10 full, £8 senior citizens, £5 concessions

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Annual Student Conductors’ Concert

The final orchestral concert of the academic year that proudly presents student conductors in a programme that includes movement’s from:

Beethoven - Symphony No 5
Sibelius - Symphony No 3
Holst - Suite from The Perfect Fool.

Sunday 22 March at 7:30 p.m.
The Great Hall, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £7.50 full/senior citizens, £3 concessions

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Rush Hour Concert with Gemini

Walton’s Façade with performances of nonsense poems and music by children from local primary schools. This concert is the culmination of a project with Fiona Sampson, poet, and Gemini Ensemble visiting schools from January 09.

with post-performance Meet the Artists reception

Monday 23 March at 5:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Admission Free

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David Lovatt Award Concert with Gemini

This concert commemorates a much-loved University of Surrey student who graduated two decades ago, but who sadly died in summer 2002. David Lovatt was a keen and gifted composer, and this award in his memory complements the University’s other prizes in composition with a world premiere and CD recording of the winning work by Gemini, the University’s Artists In Residence.

Wednesday 25 March at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Admission Free

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Improvisation Night

Performances by SUIE, a group of Free Improvisation graduates from the University of Surrey which uses ways of listening which are bodily, intuitive and transpersonal, to perform music that is interactional, explorative and that has ethics; and by Rhodri Davies and Matthew Sansom, on-going collaborators whose performances explore the spatial qualities of sound and the interface between electronic and acoustic improvisation with field recordings.

Wednesday 25 March at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Admission Free

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Bassekou Kouyate with Ngoni Ba

Both ancient and utterly contemporary…Like some African answer to Hendrix
The Guardian

A fantastic example of how music can lift your mind and soul at the same time... the perfect proof of how inspirational African music can be, how it can touch so many people on so many levels.
Damon Albarn

BBC World Music Award Winner 2008 - Best Album and Best African Group

Following on from the huge success of Tinariwen in the 2007 Festival, we are delighted to introduce another major name in world music, Malian superstar Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni ba. Winners of Best African Group and Best Album at the 2008 BBC World Music Awards, Kouyate and his band are acclaimed for their distinctly African style of blues and respected both as champions of the ancient traditional West African lute, the ngoni, and as collaborators with international names such as U2 and Carlos Santana. We are delighted to host the first night of his national tour.

with post-performance Meet the Artists reception

Thursday 26 March at 8:30 p.m.
The Great Hall, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £18 full, £16 senior citizens, £10 concessions
Guildford International Music Festival Event www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk

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Julian Lloyd Webber cello
Pam Chowden piano

Put simply, this is just marvellous cello playing.
BBC Music Magazine

Bach - Adagio in G
Bridge - Scherzetto
Britten - Scherzo Pizzicato and Marcia from Sonata in C Faure Elegie, Op 65
Saint - Saens The Swan
Debussy - Sonata (1915)
William Lloyd Webber - In The Half Light
Julian Lloyd Webber - Song for Baba
Brahms - Sonata in E Minor, Op 38

Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation, an experienced musical authority and arts commentator, Julian brings a varied and entrancing programme to the festival.

with post-performance Meet the Artist reception

Saturday 26 March at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Performances/performances.htm
Tickets: £22 full, £20 senior citizens, £6 concessions
Guildford International Music Festival Event www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk

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