Music at the University of Surrey – Spring 2010

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Croser Hughes Chamber Music Award

This annual competition for the performance of chamber music with keyboard always attracts a high standard of entry and exciting repertoire. Guest adjudicator, Michael Dussek, Professor at the Royal College of Music in London, has the final say at the end of a highly-charged afternoon of music-making.

Wednesday 3 February at 1:10 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Free For All - II

An informal and fun 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. One of the most popular student concerts in the calendar, in its short history it has outgrown PATS and Wates House, so for the second year running, the students will stage a large scale concert in the University Hall. We can’t describe an evening which might include Irish jigs and folk music, cover versions or new works, experimental jazz, electronic improvisation and solo singer/ songwriters. All that is certain is that it will be a spectacular, eclectic show.

Sunday 7 February at 7:30 p.m.
University Hall, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £3
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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Lunchtime Recital

Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals. Normally given by undergraduate and postgraduate students specialising in performance, the repertoire at these concerts is extremely varied. It’s a great opportunity to hear some familiar and not so well known works. Feel free to pop down during your lunch break, if only for 20 minutes, as you may come and go between performances. Programmes for these events are not usually available far in advance but can be emailed to you a few days before the recital by Jamie Harber – j.harber@surrey.ac.uk – if requested.

Wednesday 10 February at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 17 February at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 12 May at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 24 February at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 3 March at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 5 May at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 19 May at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 26 May at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 2 June at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 16 June at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Steven Isserlis Cello Recital

Steven Isserlis - cello
Sam Haywood - piano

DOHNANYI - Cello Sonata in B flat minor, Op 8
SCHUMANN - Violin Sonata in A minor No 3, WoO 2
BARBER - Cello Sonata in C minor, Op 6
CHOPIN - Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65

Steven Isserlis is a cellist who is acclaimed worldwide for his technique and musicianship. His passionate approach imbues his work as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. This varied programme has been devised by Steven to celebrate the composers’ special anniversaries that fall in 2010.

Friday 12 February at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £20, £18.50 senior citizens, £10 concessions
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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Annual Cathedral Concert
University of Surrey Symphony Orchestra and Choir

Beethoven - Symphony No 9
Puccini - Tosca Act 1 (excerpts)
Verdi - Force of Destiny Overture

Russell Keable - Conductor

The University Symphony Orchestra
The University Symphony Orchestra and Choir return to Guildford Cathedral for their annual concert. Following last year’s magical performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius at the Cathedral, the Symphony Orchestra and Choir, even stronger than before, will perform Beethoven’s masterpiece, his Symphony No 9.

Excerpts from one of the world’s most popular operas, Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, and Verdi’s Force of Destiny Overture will complete the programme. Under the tutelage of Russell Keable, the University Symphony Orchestra and Choir, made up of students and staff, have gone from strength to strength in recent years. Tonight they will also be joined by five professional soloists so expect another magical evening at the Cathedral.

Saturday 20 February at 7: 30 p.m.
Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £12 full, £10 senior citizens, £5 concessions
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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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.

Friday 26 February at 5:30p.m. (finishing at approximately 6:30p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Doric String Quartet

Haydn - String Quartet No 6 in E flat, Op 76
Korngold - String Quartet No 2 in E flat major, Op 26
Beethoven - String Quartet No 1 in F, Op 59 Rasumovsky

The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. Now in its 12th season, this young, international award-winning quartet makes a first visit to the University with a delightful programme. Haydn’s wit and Beethoven’s imagination are matched by Korngold’s lyrical and romantic second quartet. Oscar-winning Erich Korngold was a child prodigy and a professor at the State Academy of Music, where he was well-known as a composer of concert and chamber works before moving to Hollywood and creating his sweeping film scores of the 1930s and 40s.

Sunday 07 March at 3:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £17.50, £15 senior citizens, £5 concessions
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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Lunchtime Recital – Will Todd Trio

The Will Todd Trio performs regularly up and down the country, often accompanying Will Todd’s 2003 Mass in Blue with soprano Bethany Halliday. Will Todd is a composer and pianist, and trained at Bristol University where he studied composition with Raymond Warren. His extensive output includes opera, oratorio, musical theatre and orchestral music and he has worked with major opera companies, orchestras, conductors and soloists all over the UK and in the US. Will, Jim and Gareth are the best of friends and the trio is all about joint exploration and finding interesting ways to express musical ideas.

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

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Ensembles Concert - 2

Student conductors direct an entertaining and diverse programme of classical works for ensembles and small orchestras. A chance to hear an interesting range of works played with enthusiasm and verve. Please email j.harber@surrey.ac.uk nearer the date for a full programme.

Wednesday 10 March at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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University of Surrey Chamber Choir and Orchestra

Choral music, from baroque to modern day, from one of the foremost choirs in the South of England, with chamber music interludes. Programme to include Mozart’s Requiem, a selection of songs from Finzi and a modern day premiere from the Czech composer J. V. H. Vorisek, not performed since 1824.

Friday 12 March at 8:00 p.m.
Guildford United Reformed Church, Guildford
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission free with a retiring collection

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Joyce Dixey Preliminary Concert

This annual concert of compositions by students of the Department of Music and Sound Recording is competitively performed for an award presented by the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS). The award will be adjudicated and presented at the final on Wednesday 5th May.

Wednesday 17 March at 1:10 p.m.
Wednesday 24 March at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 5 May at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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University of Surrey Big Band Concert

Following their recent success at the National Big Band Championships where they received a coveted Gold award, the University of Surrey’s talented Big Band return to Studio One with another lively and fun-filled programme of Big Band standards through Latin jazz to modern funk.

Friday 19 March at 8:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH.
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £6 full, £4 concessions, £3 University of Surrey students
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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University of Surrey Students’ Union Wind Band

The USSU Wind Band returns for another end of term extravaganza, performing a variety of favourites from show songs to especially composed wind pieces. The concert will feature student conductors and soloists. Anticipate a fun evening!

Monday 22 March at 8:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission free, with a retiring collection to support the Band.

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Rush Hour Concert with Lionel Handy and Thelma Handy

This special concert will feature Lionel Handy (cello) and Thelma Handy (violin). Programme to include major works by Kodaly and a new work by Stephen Goss.

Friday 26 March at 5:30 p.m. (finishing at approximately 6:30 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Emmanuel Despax piano recital

Bach-Busoni - Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ in F minor, BWV 639
Bach-Hess - Jesu Bleibet meine Freude in G major, from Cantata BWV 147
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60
Chopin - 12 Etudes, Op10

Accolades are being collected by this young French pianist who has become a rapidly rising star of the piano world. Emmanuel studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School before going to the Royal College of Music. Winning the 2009 Dudley International Piano Competition has established Emmanuel as a talent to watch and we are delighted to welcome him to the University for this special afternoon recital.

Sunday 28 March at 3:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £15, £12 senior citizens, £5 concessions
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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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 28 April at 1:10 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Improvisation Night

This event will feature music, installations and happenings that explore the University’s famous PATS building. This will include works by final year music students and the University of Surrey Improvisation Ensemble, composed of graduates from the Free Improvisation course taught at the University. Using ways of listening that are bodily, intuitive and transpersonal, they seek to perform music that is interactional, explorative and ethical.

Wednesday 28 April at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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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.

Friday 30 April at 5: 30 p.m. (finishing at approximately 6:30 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Ensembles Concert - 3

Student conductors direct an entertaining and diverse programme of classical works for ensembles and small orchestras. A chance to hear an interesting range of works played with enthusiasm and verve. Please email j.harber@surrey.ac.uk nearer the date for a full programme.

Wednesday 12 May at 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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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.

Friday 21 May at 5:30 p.m. (finishing at approximately 6:30 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Annual Student Conductors’ Concert

The final orchestral concert of the academic year that proudly presents student conductors in their final performances.

Saturday 22 May at 7:30 p.m.
St. Saviour’s Church, Guildford
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £7.50 full/senior citizens, £3 concessions
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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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.

Friday 28 May at 5:30 p.m. (finishing at approximately 6:30 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Free For All - III

An informal and fun 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. We can’t describe an evening which might include Irish jigs and folk music, cover versions or new works, experimental jazz, electronic improvisation, solo singer/ songwriters… As the name suggests, it is free for all, performers and audience, and combined with a highly relaxed atmosphere in which the audience are free to come and go as they please, it makes for a great evening.

Friday 04 June at 7:30 p.m.
Wates House, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Nikolai Demidenko piano

“His extraordinary intimacy with the piano, which withholds no secrets of keyboard brilliance or expressive colouring from him, maximises the potential in the scoring, however modest or extravagant, of whatever he chooses to play.”
The Times

Sunday 06 June at 3:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £15 full, £13 senior citizens, £5 concessions

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Degree Recitals

Students from the Department of Music and Sound Recording specialising in performance present their final recitals.

Wednesday 09 June at 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Degree Recitals

Students from the Department of Music and Sound Recording specialising in performance present their final recitals.

Thursday 10 June at 11am 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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