2018
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Sat13Jan2018
RNCM Strings Festival with Sophie Rosa
13:00Royal Northern College of Music
Martinon Sonatine for solo violin opus 32 no.1
Lili Boulanger Two Pieces for violin and piano
Lili Boulanger D’un Matin de Printemps
Ravel Sonata no.2 in G major -
Sun14Jan2018
RNCM Strings Festival with Toby Hughes
13:00Royal Northern College of Music, Carole Nash Recital Room
Franck Sonata in A majorDesenclos Aria et Rondo
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Mon22Jan2018
The Red Brick Chamber Sessions
19:30Peel Hall, University of Salford
Zelenka – Trio Sonata in g minor ZWV 181
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon and pianoJennifer Galloway – oboe
Kenny Sturgeon – oboe and cor anglais
Bill Anderson – bassoon -
Thu25Jan2018
Manchester Mid-day Concert with Kana Ohashi
13:10Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Ysaye Sonata No.4 for Solo Violin
Szymanowski Mythes Op.30, La Fontaine d’Arethuse
Prokofiev Sonata No.2 in D major
Shchedrin In the Style of Albeniz -
Sat03Feb2018
Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto with Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
19:30All Saints Ecclesall Parish Church, S11 7PP
Sheffield Symphony Orchestra conducted by Juan Ortuño
Brahms Tragic Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 -
Thu15Feb2018
Caught in the Treetops
19:30Hallé St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5DG
Charlotte Bray Caught in the Treetops*
Anna Clyne Paintbox
Robert Reid Allan The Palace of Light
Lucy Armstrong Space Adventure
Michael Cryne In Cloud Light
Will Frampton The Greening Variations
Bethan Morgan-Williams In Kenopsia
James Williamson Fault-KlangBenedict Holland Violin*
Psappha EnsembleThe life-changing effects of the atomic bomb are explored in Anna Clyne’s immersive soundscape which combines recorded voice, breathing and other sound loops with a sonorous cello line.
Bound together by a sense of mystery and a relentless energy Charlotte Bray’s work for solo violin and ensemble responds to two contrasting lunar poems. The concert also showcases the next generation of talent with our pick of the best works from Psappha’s emerging composer schemes.
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Wed28Mar2018
Sandbach Concert Series with Sophie Rosa
19:00St Mary's Church Hall, Market Square, Sandbach, CW11 1HD
Programme to include Beethoven’s Violin Sonata in G major op. 96.
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Fri20Apr2018
A Wonderful Day
19:30The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester, M3 1DA
Anna Clyne A Wonderful Day
Fausto Romitelli Amok Koma
Mike Walker New Work (World première)*
Steven Mackey DealStephen Barlow Conductor
Mike Walker Electric guitar
Iain Dixon Reeds
Psappha EnsembleWe explore the connections between jazz, rock and classical. The centerpiece is a new work by the renowned jazz guitarist and composer Mike Walker. Psappha is joined by Mike and reeds player Iain Dixon in a piece that combines classical music with the improvisation and rhythmic drive of jazz. Mike also joins us as the soloist in Steven Mackey’s Deal, which intertwines rock and classical.
Romitelli’s palindromic work draws inspiration from German punk rock while Clyne’s A Wonderful Day features a recording of a Chicago street musician whose natrural, slow voice conveys a sense of both joy and struggle.
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Mon30Apr2018
Ensemble 360
19:30New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Reicha Wind Quintet in E flat Op.88 no.2
Schulhoff Bass Nightingale for Solo Contrabassoon
Kabeláč Wind sextet Op.8
Martinu Sextet for Winds and Piano
Janáček Mládí for Wind sextet -
Sun06May2018
Ensemble 360
19:30Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa
Reicha Wind Quintet in E flat Op 88 No 2
Janáček Mládí
Kabeláč Wind Sextet Op 8
Schulhoff BassNachtigall
Martinů Sextet in E flat H174 -
Thu17May2018
Psappha: Here and Now
18:30The Whitworth, Manchester
Judd Greenstein Plan of the City
Michael Gandolfi History of the World in Seven Acts
David Fennessy 5 Hofer Photographs
Will Frampton Music Alone (world première)
Dani Howard The Den (world première)
David John Roche No Steel Leaves (world première)
Bethan Morgan-Williams Traces of a Disco (world première) -
Sat16Jun2018
Music on the Moor
15:00St Paul’s Church, Heaton Moor
Concert with the Victoria Quartet (Benedict Holland, Suzie Mészáros, Jennifer Langridge):
William Alwyn Rhapsody for piano quartet
Beethoven Andante Favori for piano solo
Manduell Recitative and Aria for violin and viola
Mendelssohn Piano Quartet No 3 in B minor -
Tue19Jun2018
The Path to Heaven
19:45Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds
Performance of a new opera by Ben Kaye (librettist) and Adam Gorb (composer) in a joint performance with RNCM students and Psappha.
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Thu21Jun2018
The Path to Heaven
19:30Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music
Performance of a new opera by Ben Kaye (librettist) and Adam Gorb (composer) in a joint performance with RNCM students and Psappha.
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Sat23Jun2018
RNCM Gold Medal Day
10:00-20:00Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music
More information here.
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Fri06Jul2018
Lichfield Festival with Toby Hughes
12:00St. Michael's Greenhill Church, Lichfield
Concert with Toby Hughes (double bass). Programme to include:
Montag Sonata in E minor
Desenclos Aria & Rondo
Franck Violin Sonata in A major -
Mon17Sep2018
Psappha: New Adventures
19:30Stoller Hall, Manchester
Witold Lutosławski Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Béla Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
György Kurtág Scenes from a Novel*
György Ligeti Aventures & Nouvelles Aventures
Nicholas Kok conductor
Gillian Keith soprano
Jessica Gillingwater mezzo soprano
Alexander Robin Baker baritone*Elaine Tyler-Hall director
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Sun11Nov2018
Psappha with BBC Singers
15:00Milton Court Concert Hall
Bob Chilcott Move him into the sun
Roderick Williams New work
Sofi Jeannin conductor
Psappha
BBC Singers -
Thu15Nov2018
Psappha: Less is More
19:30Hallé St. Michael's, Manchester
Elliott Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux
Peter Maxwell Davies Sea Eagle
Patrick John Jones The Vanity of Small Differences (world première)
Molly Joyce Less is More
Samuel Messer Stray (world première)
Camden Reeves Still Above Ground
David John Roche No Steel Leaves
George Stevenson Algol (world première)
Mark-Anthony Turnage Duetti d’Amore -
Thu29Nov2018
Recital with Abel Selaocoe
19:30Lancaster University Great Hall
Debussy Sonata in D minor
Ravel In the style of Habanera
Shchedrin In the style of Albéniz
MacMillan Kiss on Wood
Britten Sonata in C major
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Fri14Dec2018
Glossop Music Festival
19:30The Parish Church, Old Glossop
Recital with Viv McLean (piano) and Claire Surman (soprano). To include Schubert Fantasy in f minor and Fauré Dolly Suite, songs by Schubert and Fauré and works for solo piano by Chopin and Gershwin.