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DATE COnCErT VEnuE� TimESun 07 Feb Jeremy Denk - Goldberg Variations Firth Hall 19:30Tue 16 Feb Goodbye, Mr Chips Firth Hall 19:30Tue 23 Feb Beethoven Plus Firth Hall 19:30Fri 26 Feb Otava Yo Firth Hall 20:30Tue 01 Mar Platform 4 Firth Hall 19:30Tue 08 Mar Reflection of Silence Firth Hall 19:30Thu 10 Mar Julian Payne Recital - Tim Peters (tenor) Firth Hall 13:10Tue 15 Mar Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party Firth Hall 19:30Mon 11 April Sheffield University Big Band Firth Hall 17:45Tue 12 April Beethoven Plus Firth Hall 19:30Thu 14 April Hwei Ho Yen (piano) and Firth Hall 13:10

Eleanor Gibson (soprano)Sat 16 April Sheffield University Wind Orchestra Firth Hall 19:30Mon 18 April Mo Sacoor Scholarships Concert Firth Hall 17:45Tue 19 April Sheffield University Chamber Choir St Mark's 19:30

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Thu 21 April Jiayi Wang (flute) and Yuen Yan Rain (violin) Firth Hall 13:10Sun 24 April A Tribute to Peter Cropper Firth Hall 19:30Mon 25 April Final Year Undergraduate Students Firth Hall 17:45Tue 26 April New Music Ensemble Firth Hall 19:30Thu 28 April Zoe Everatt (soprano) and Ella Taylor (soprano) Firth Hall 13:10Tue 03 May Fidelio Trio and Sinead Morrissey Firth Hall 19:30Thu 05 May Rosanna Todd (piano) and Nicola Lucas (piano) Firth Hall 13:10Sun 08 May Sheffield University Symphony Orchestra Firth Hall 19:30

Tue 10 May The Forgotten Songs of Lerner and Loewe Firth Hall 19:30Thu 12 MayThu 12 May Lucy Turner (soprano) Firth Hall 13:10

and Charlotte Vivian (soprano)Sat 14 May Sound Junction Firth Hall 13:00Sat 14 May Sound Junction Firth Hall 19:30Sun 15 May Sound Junction Firth Hall 13:00Mon 16 May Sheffield University Pop Orchestra Firth Hall 17:45Tue 17 May Ligeti Quartet - Metamorphoses Firth Hall 19:30Thu 19 May Chloe Phillips (flute) Firth Hall 13:10

Welcome to the Spring 2016 ConcertSeason at the University of Sheffield.

One of America’s foremost pianistsJeremy Denk launches our season with amasterpiece of the keyboard literature.Bach’s Goldberg Variations areperformed in full, an extraordinary musicaladventure ranging from extroverted displaysof dizzying keyboard acrobatics to thehauntingly sublime.

Our fascinating year-long Beethoven cycle with a differencecontinues to fuse old and new, as Krysia Osostowicz (violin) andDaniel Tong (piano) return to perform the remaining violin sonataswith their brand new companion compositions.

New and contemporary music features prominently this season. We invite you to immerse yourself in an eclectic showcase by some ofthe most exciting composers working in Sheffield today. New works feature by Sheffield based composer collective Platform 4, and SoundJunction presents a glimpse into the fascinating world of electronicmusic. Later on in the season a new collaboration between the FidelioTrio and Irish TS Eliot Prize winning poet Sinead Morrissey exploresdisplacement in a meditation on art, artist, and place, and ourAssociate Artists the Ligeti Quartet are back to perform anelectrifying programme of contemporary string quartet music.

Our Global Soundtracks: International Season continues toprovide the best in world, roots, and folk music. Become ecstaticallylost in new explorations of ancient Persian music; glimpse into life inan old Russian village, replete with romance, melancholy andmerrymaking; pick up inspiration from Argentinian travels; andexplore how we use songs, stories and music to understand what itmeans to be human, with music a little closer to home by Fay Hieldand the Hurricane Party.

Finally, last year the world of classical music lost one of its mostimaginative and inspirational musicians, Sheffield based violinist PeterCropper. Current and former students, friends and colleagues join ina concert performance which pays tribute to Peter’s outstandingmusicianship and legacy which inspired so many people in our cityand beyond.

We look forward to welcoming you to our concerts this spring.

Stewart Campbell – Producer

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The Goldberg Variations are one ofthe great masterpieces and icons ofthe keyboard repertoire. Full ofinvention and imagination, Bach’smonumental work was composed‘for the refreshment of the spirit.’Presented by Jeremy Denk, one ofAmerica’s foremost pianists, thisvirtuosic tour-de-force is asequence of musical miniatures; anextraordinary musical adventure,ranging from extroverted displaysof dizzying keyboard acrobatics tothe hauntingly sublime.

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SUNDAy 07 FEBRUARy19:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)

DURATION: 80 mINUTES(NO INTERVAL)

TICkETS: £10£8 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65) £5 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED)

GoldbergVariations –Jeremy Denk(piano)

“Mr. Denk, clearly, is apianist you want to hearno matter what heperforms, in whatevercombination – both forhis penetratingintellectual engagementwith the music and forthe generosity of hisplaying.“ –The New York Times©

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In the early 1960s, the great American musicianAndre Previn (best known for conducting thefilms My Fair Lady and Gigi) started work on afilm musical based on Goodbye, Mr Chips, thestory of a conservative schoolmaster who falls inlove with an actress. After several years ofdevelopment, Previn left the project and a newscore was written by a different composer.

Previn's score included over 20 beautiful songs,most of which have never been heard before.Thanks to the work of singer and archivistmichael Feinstein, and with special permissionfrom Previn himself, a 36-piece orchestraperforms the first-ever live performances ofmost of the songs from the film score.

Dr Dominic McHugh (presenter)Matthew Malone (conductor)

TUESDAy 16 FEBRUARy,19:30, FIRTh hALL

DURATION: 90 mINUTES + 20 mINUTE INTERVAL

TICkETS: £10£8 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65)£5 (STUDENTS/UNDER26/ UNWAGED)

TUESDAy 10, ThURSDAy 12 mAy, 19:30, FIRTh hALL



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If you enjoyed the international media sensationThe Lost Songs of My Fair Lady in 2015, join usagain to discover other overlooked works fromthe writers of Brigadoon and Camelot.

Featuring songs from Lerner and Loewe's firsttwo Broadway musicals What's Up? (1943) andThe Day Before Spring (1945), a full Broadway-sized orchestra and cast perform survivingsongs from the shows, some of which have notbeen performed for over sixty years.

The concert also launches a new researchcollaboration focusing on Lerner and Loewe,between Dr Dominic McHugh and MatthewMalone, who has recently been awarded theFrederick Loewe Doctoral Scholarship in music.

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Tuesday 23 February

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12Peter Ash: A major ChaseBeethoven: Violin Sonata, No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30Philip Ashworth: Air

Tuesday 12 April

Beethoven: Violin Sonata, No. 8 in G, Op. 30Jeremy Thurlow: mehlschöberlBeethoven: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 90, No. 27 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96David Matthews: Sonatina

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Beethoven's ten violin sonatas areamong the most important bodies ofwork for piano and violin everwritten, setting the standard to whichall other composers aspired. Leadingviolinist of her generation KrysiaOsostowicz teams up with criticallyacclaimed pianist Daniel Tong tobring a complete performance of thecycle to Sheffield with an extradimension. Ten leading composershave written new companion piecesfor each sonata, creating a dialoguebetween past and present, sheddingnew light on what Beethoven’s musicmeans to us today.

Played together with their new companions, this musical adventureoffers an opportunity to hear Beethoven’s sonatas afresh, and as radicaland provocative as they were two hundred years ago!

19:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)

DURATION: 90 mINUTES +20 mINUTE INTERVAL


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made in Sheffield

Sheffield based composer-collective Platform 4team up with Department of music students toshowcase new and recent compositions, andother pieces from the contemporary repertoire.The programme will include For Whom the FanDisplays by Tom Owen; Teeter by JennyJackson; Drinking & hooting machine by JohnWhite; new and recent works by Chris Nobleand Tom James.

Platform 4 (Chris Noble, Tom James, JennyJackson and Tom Owen)

Immerse yourself in an eclecticshowcase of new music fromsome of the most excitingcomposers working inSheffield today.

TUESDAy 01 mARCh, 19:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)


Sound Junction presents a glimpse into the fascinating world of electronic music,unbound by pitch or rhythm, instrumentationor abstraction. Transcending barriers ofpopular and classical, live and recorded; 24 loudspeakers surround the audience indarkness, illuminated by the gentle glow of a laptop operated by a composer. multiple loudspeakers come to life, immersingyou in music; sound spaces are sculpted inthree dimensions as effects dart around theroom…quite simply Sound Junction is cinemafor the ear!

Admission for these concerts is free but booking is required: visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts to register.

SATURDAy 14 mAy, 13:00 AND 19:30, SUNDAy 15 mAy, 13:00,

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Last year the world of classical music lost oneof its most imaginative and inspirationalmusicians. Violinist Peter Cropper will beremembered for his enormous contribution tochamber music. For forty years he led theinternationally renowned Lindsay Quartetproducing in that time a number of criticallyacclaimed recordings and performances.

Locally, Peter made an enormous impact onmusic in our city. Not only did he found musicin the Round, but was a long standing supporterand contributor to University music making,through numerous performances and in hisrole as a Director of Performance.

Through his outstanding musicianship,generosity, and enthusiasm, he truly cultivatedambition and inspired so many youngperformers to fulfil their potential.

Current and former students, friends andcolleagues join in this concert performancewhich pays tribute to Peter’s work. music willinclude Haydn: Farewell Symphony,performances by Peter’s son Martin Cropper(violin) and works composed by GeorgeNicholson and Dorothy Ker for Peter’s 65thbirthday in 2010.

A Tributeto PeterCropper

SUNDAy 24 APRIL, 19:30, FIRTh hALL


TICkETS: £10£8 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65)£5 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED)

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Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3Piers Hellawell/Sinéad Morrissey: New work for piano trio and poet (World premiere)Schoenberg arr. Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht

Created and performed by a team of leading practitioners from aroundthese islands ‘Beyond Borders’ explores displacement, liberation anddialogue. T. S. Eliot Prize-winning Irish poet, Sinéad Morrissey, incollaboration with the composer Piers Hellawell has created a newwork combining music and poetry in a fascinating exploration of thisinterface, which receives its world premiere at this concert.The programme also features Chausson’s little-heard piano trio,portraying Chausson’s churning emotions, from solace to despair, with French elegance and style. In Steuermann’s arrangement ofSchoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht the radiance and clarity of this‘Transfigured Night’ shine in a powerful story of transformation and reconciliation.

Darragh Morgan (violin)Adi Tal (cello)Mary Dullea (piano)With Sinéad Morrissey (poet)

Beyond Borders

TUESDAy 03 mAy19:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)


TICkETS: £10£8 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65)£5 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED)

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Our Associate Artists execute anotherelectrifying programme of modern stringquartet music.

This is a concert conceived as sonic mass; inshape and form, transforming from beginningto end. Featuring the works of two innovatorsin mathematical construction, Nancarrow’searly String Quartet is a labyrinth of blues inspired counterpoint, whilst the visceralpossibilities of texture are explored in IannisXenakis’s brutally virtuosic Tetras.

Three composers who radically transform folktraditions into new musical languages alsofeature. Bartók’s tightly woven Third StringQuartet grows from a haunting opening intodance- like melodies, and Ligeti’s dazzlingFirst Quartet hints at the extreme abstractionand occasional absurdity that would laterbecome hallmarks of his style. ChristianMason’s quartet also explores folk traditions,by applying the overtone properties of Tuvanthroat singing to string instruments.

The concert also features a world premiere,Department of music composer GeorgeNicholson’s tribute to the late PeterCropper.

Mandhira de Saram (violin)Patrick Dawkins (violin)Richard Jones (viola)Valerie Welbanks (cello)

Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet No. 1(1945)Christian Mason: Tuvan Songbook (2016 –Ligeti Quartet commission)Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 (1926)Iannis Xenakis: Tetras (1983)George Nicholson: Peter Cropper Tribute(2016 - World Premiere)György Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1‘métamorphoses nocturnes’ (1952)

TUESDAy 17 mAy19:30, FIRTh hALL (FIRTh COURT)


TICkETS: £10£8 (UNIVERSITySTAFF/OVER 65), £5 (STUDENTS/UNDER26/UNWAGED)

Ligeti Quartet –metamorphoses

“An impressiveforce”York Press

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The best in folk, world,

and roots music.

GlobalSoundtracksInternational Season

Otava yoSubversive energy and surreal witfrom Russia.

Otava Yo bring the forgotten traditions ofRussian folksong to the 21st century. Theyoffer a glimpse into life in an old Russianvillage, replete with romance, melancholyand merrymaking, a fierce sense of prideand a good dose of surreal humour. Withlyrical gusil, global guitar, wailing bagpipes,expert fiddle-scraping, pumping bass andpounding drum, their songs of ruralpassions, heroic sailors, goats andpancakes are delivered with casual wit andplayful imagination.

In partnership with Making Tracks.

FRIDAy 26 FEBRUARy, 20:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)


TICkETS: ADVANCED: £10£8 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/ OVER 65)£5 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED)ON THE DOOR: £12.50£10 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65) £6 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED)

Save money forGlobal Soundtracksconcerts by buyingyour tickets inadvance from:www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts

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Fay hield and thehurricane Party Following the success of the BBCRadio 2 award winning album TheFull English, Fay Hield movesforward as a leading proponent oftraditional songs as she preparesto release new album Old Adam.

This fresh and original explorationof how we use songs, stories andmusic to understand what it means to be human combinesvision, inspiration, dedication and outstanding musicianship to make this an evening of tender poignancy.

her longstanding band, The Hurricane Party, expands to include members of the Full English, bringing newarrangements to old songsincluding fiddle, melodeon,concertina, guitars, percussion andbass. At times sparse andcontemplative, at times with afestival stomp, the music iscaptivating and engaging with plentyof choruses and vibrant interactionwith the audience.

TUESDAy 15 mARCh,19:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)


TICkETS: ADVANCED: £14 £10 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65) £5 (STUDENTS/UNDER26/ UNWAGED) ON THE DOOR: £16£12 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65) £6 (STUDENTS/UNDER26/UNWAGED)


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rchestras and ChoirsUniversity of SheffieldOrchestras and Choirs

All concerts start at 19:30, takeplace in Firth hall (unless statedotherwise) and are priced £10, £8(University Staff/Over 65), £5(Students/Under 26/ Unwaged)

Saturday 16 April Sheffield University WindOrchestra

Programme to include:

“The Age of the Saxophone”Jazz Concerto for SaxophoneQuartet and Concert Band byBill Holcombe

Nigel Hess: masque by Alfred Reed: Second Suite (Latinmexicana)

Anthony Houghton (conductor)

Tuesday 19 April St mark's Church BroomhillSheffield University ChamberChoir

Missa Solemnis and Motets byAnton Bruckner

Mark McCombs (conductor)

Tuesday 26 April Sheffield University New MusicEnsemble

Dorothy Ker (director)

Admission for this concert is freebut booking is required. Visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/concertsto register.

Sunday 08 maySheffield University SymphonyOrchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in Bminor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’Tchaikovsky: Overture - Romeoand JulietKatie Williamson: New WorkKabalevsky: Violin Concerto in Cmajor, Op. 48

Jacob George (violin)Emily Compton (conductor)Adrian Moore (conductor)

Reflection of SilenceReflection of Silence is a collaborationbetween four musicians from differentbackgrounds, from Rock to Iranian music,who share a mutual passion for the art ofcreative improvisation in Iranian andkurdish music. Be prepared to becomeecstatically lost in this fascinatingcontemporary exploration of ancientmusical traditions.

Tara Jaff (harp, vocal)Pouya Mahmoudi (guitar)Mehdi Rostami (setar, shourangiz)Adib Rostami (tombak, kamancheh)

TUESDAy 08 mARCh,19:30, FIRTh hALL(FIRTh COURT)


TICkETS: ADVANCED: £10£8 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65) £5 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED) ON THE DOOR: £12.50£10 (UNIVERSITy STAFF/OVER 65) £6 (STUDENTS/UNDER 26/UNWAGED)


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Free Lunchtime Concerts

Free Lunchtime ConcertsOur free lunchtime concerts are a greatalternative way to spend part of a lunchhour. Sit back, relax and take in the musicperformed by our talented students. Stayfor the whole concert, stay for one piece,it’s up to you – audience members canarrive and leave between pieces.

All concerts start at 13:10 (doors open at12:45) at Firth hall (Firth Court).

Admission: Free – and you don't needto book a ticketDuration: 45 minutes

ThURSDAy 10 mARChJulian Payne Recital – Tim Peters(tenor)

ThURSDAy 14 APRILHwei Ho Yen (piano) and Eleanor Gibson (soprano)

ThURSDAy 21 APRILJiayi Wang (flute) and Yuen YanRain (violin)

ThURSDAy 28 APRILZoe Everatt (soprano) and Ella Taylor (soprano)

ThURSDAy 5 mAyRosanna Todd (piano) and NicolaLucas (piano)

ThURSDAy 12 mAyLucy Turner (soprano) andCharlotte Vivian (soprano)

ThURSDAy 19 mAyChloe Phillips (flute)

Free Rush-Hour Concerts

Beat the traffic, avoid the publictransport rush and unwind beforegoing home after a hard day’s workwith some great free music. Stayfor the whole concert, stay for onepiece, it’s up to you – audiencemembers can arrive and leavebetween pieces.

All concerts start at 17:45 (doorsopen at 17:15) at Firth hall (FirthCourt).

Admission: Free – and you don’tneed to book a ticketDuration: 1 hour

monday 11 April Sheffield University Big Band

monday 18 AprilMo Sacoor ScholarshipsConcert

monday 25 AprilFinal Year UndergraduateStudents

monday 16 maySheffield University PopOrchestra

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SPRING 2016 - concerts.sheffield.ac.uk Spring...ﬁlms My Fair Lady and Gigi) ... score was written by a different composer. ... Matthew Malone (conductor) TUESDAy 16 FEBRUARy, 19:30,